Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5726, for John Markham, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Markham John
8.5726
carded
CONTENTS

Virginia
John Markham
Bedford in the State of Virginia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Walker of the Reg't commanded by Col. Burwell in the Virginia for 9 months and 10 days
* 12,582
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 31 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of May '33 and sent R.T. Dickerson Liberty C.H. Bedford Va
Due to the 4th of March '33 - 62.22 Trans. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 15.55
$77.77 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1839. }
Recorded by William Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 17.

John Markham Declaration for a Pension
24063
Bedford County Pa

State of Virginia County of Bedford ss.
On this 25 th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the legislature Court of Bedford County now sitting the same being a Court of Record John Markham a resident of the County of Bedford and State of Virginia aged Sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - He does not remember the date of the year but thinks it was in 1779 is confident it was in the month of March about two years before the close of the war that he was drafted as a militia man from the County of Prince Edward, where he then resided to serve a tour of duty and accordingly at that time marched from said County under Capt. Henry Walker Lieutenant Richard Holland and Ensign John Porter and was attached to the Regiment under the command of Col. Burwell and Thomas Hubbard was Major they marched to South Carolina beyond Charleston to place called Pon Pon within forty miles of Sunbury where they joined the American Army under General Lincoln and General Moultrie who then lay near the said place he thinks within seven miles - He was in the engagement at Stone River where there was a fort in South Carolina. St. Johns Island was on the side nearest the British forces where they received reinforcements and so were enabled to carry and finally did carry the day - The battle took place on the 22 nd day of June and it lasted two hours and three quarters constant fire with cannon and small arms; it commenced between day break and sunrise and ended he thinks about 8 O'clock in the morning - He remembers there was a Frenchman who had command of a party of Americans in this engagement and in a desperate attempt to scale the fort was taken by the British and was again retaken. his name he does not remember - when the engagement had terminated they returned to the same encampment for a few days and afterwards was marched about

Through the country and was at various places To Wit Cantaw Springs, Camden, Monks corner, Dousehire, and many other small places, was not, though in any other en- -gagement during that time; the last place he was at was Camden where he was discharged, the day of the month he does not remember, thinks however it was in the latter part of August of the same year that he entered the service - During this time he served not less than five months and is confident he served that length of time at least. He received an honorable discharge from the service but supposes he has lost or mislaid it, he never knew to have seen it among his papers a number of years since - He received it from the hands of Captain Holland who succeeded to the captaincy after the death of Captain Walker who he thinks died in June - In the year 1781 in the month of March between the 15 th and 25 th shortly after the battle of Guilford he was drafted as a militia man from the county of Prince Edward, and marched from thence under the command of Captain Mark or Nat Cum- -mingham, Lieutenant Alexander McClardy and ensign James Parks, to South Carolina by the way of Salisbury and Charlottesville in North Carolina to the District of Ninety Six in South Carolina. He was attached to the Regiment under the command of Col. Rose of Augusta County and Major Ward of Campbell County in Virginia. After they arrived at headquarters or where the main army was Stationed under General Green, he thinks the Regiment bore the number of 71 st or 74 th - He was in what is commonly called the siege of Ninety Six for twenty eight days during which time he never pulled off his clothes even to sleep or to dress himself with others - General Green and his army were here finally routed by Rawdon who had command of the British forces on the 28 th of June as well as he recollects During this time he acted as an orderly sergeant in the company to which he was attached for 10 or 15 days, the regular orderly sergeant having died. After this siege the Army under Green retreated to Broad river in South Carolina at the Shallowford and then in the latter part of

Since he with about 200 others part of whom were detached for the purpose from the Army volunteered to act as infantry with Colo. Lee who followed on in the trail of the British Army, and up to that time he had served not less than three months under the officers as aforesaid as a militia when as before said he was permitted to join Lee's Infantry (or the men who acted as infantry) as a volunteer. They moved on towards Charlott ton and kept an eye to the operations of the enemy when at length an engagement took place at an old house where they lost some of Colonel Lee's men and about 60 British prisoners whom they had previously taken, that is these were retaken by the British. General Green had intended to push on to Charlott ton ahead of the Army after the siege of Ninety Six but his designs were frustrated. He was in this volunteer service not less than 40 days and received a discharge for this as well as the preceding four of three months in the month of August but the day he does not remember his discharge he has lost or mislaid never expecting to need it. The discharge he thinks was given him by Captain Cunningham. About Ten days before the surrender of Cornwallis he was called to go again into the service but the news of the surrender made his services unnecessary. Andrew Baker was Captain of the company. He having just returned from the siege of 96 his Captain gave him a furlough for ten days, and before his time expired Cornwallis had surrendered. The whole of his actual service amounts to not less than nine months and ten days to wit, not less than five months he was engaged in the first tour to the South when the battle of Stone took place, not less than three months in the next tour to the siege of 96 and not less than 40 days as a volunteer acting with the Infantry of Colo. Lee all of which is set forth in the above declaration. He has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his services and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure or who can testify to his service except John Willard of the County of Campbell by whom both of the tours to the South are proved.
He was born in the County of Prince Edward in Virginia

the day of the month or the Year he does not remember ever to have known but from circumstances he thinks he is now 69 years of age, he entered the service when only 16 Years old - He has no record of his age nor did he ever have - He has resided most of his time since the Revolution in Bedford & Botetourt Counties and now resides in Bedford - he as aforesaid resided in Prince Edward when he entered the service - He answers to the Interrogatories propounded by the Govt  Govt  Department as follows -
Answers to the 1 st Interrogatory, See body Declaration for an answer
Answer to the 2 nd See body of Declaration for an answer.
Answer to the 3 rd See Body of Declaration for an answer.
Answer to the 4 th - See Body of Declaration for an answer
Answer to the 5 th - See Body of Declaration for an answer
Answer to the 6 th - See Body of Declaration for an answer
Answer to the 7 th - See Body of Declaration for an answer -
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Markham
We Owen Wilkerson & Moses Parker residing in the county of Bedford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Markham who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Owen Wilkerson
Sworn to & subscribed in open court Moses his Parker mark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And they do further certify that it appears to them that Dean Wilkerson and Moses Parker who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in said County, respectable persons and that their certificate is entitled to credit. Also that it appears to the Court that the said applicant cannot procure the attendance and certificate of a Coleridge as required by the regulations of the War Department without great inconvenience.
I Robert A. Dickerson deputy Clerk of the County Court of Roanoke the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court, had in the matter of the application of John Markham for a pension (except as to the affidavit of John Willard, certified from the County of Campbell the original of which is hereto annexed).
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the said Court, the 9 th day of April 1833. in the 57 th year of American Independence.
Robt. A. Dickerson A.C.

8824063
John Markham Bedford Co. Virginia
Admrs as a perula 9 mo. mo. and 10 days $31.11
Richard Dickerson Dept. of the Bedford Co. Virginia

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Markham Bedford Co. Virg
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist March 1779 5 Private Captn Walker 69 years Witnesses In Willand for 2 towns to the south & also traditional evidence   discharged Col Burwell Edwards   drafted 3 in this town Major Hubbard 60 years   acted as orderly sergeant 10 15 Genl Lincoln   discharged Major Lee   1 10 Captn Holland   Captn Cunnings   Col Pease   Major Ward   Genl Lee  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John C. Schult

MMAT Qu
October 25, 1926
Mary W. Case 124 South Seventh St., Klamath Falls, Oregon
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 5726 it appears that John Markham was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, date not stated.
While a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia he enlisted in March 1779, served five months as a private in Captains Henry Walker and Holland's Company, Colonel Burwell's Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Stono.
He enlisted in March 1781, served four months and ten days in Captain Matt Cunningham's Company, Colonels Rose's and Lee's Virginia Regiments and was at the Siege of Ninety Six and in a skirmish.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 25, 1833 while a resident of Bedford County, Virginia aged sixty-nine years.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev. War
572.6
INVALID.
File No. 572.6
John Markham Pr. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1922-Rev. S. J. Hunt to Mrs. F. Hatfield and 1926-Oct 25th Hist. to Mary H. Clegg - MSS. A. 1. 1. 2

124 So. 7 th St. Klamath Falls, Ore. Aug 26, 1926.
Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me a copy of the pension of John Markham from the reference en- closed and a copy of his  the statement on which the pension was issued.
Also a copy of the more in pen- sion of John Markham, his son, who was in war of 1812. also from Bedford Co. Va.

In our family records he received a pension but the Virginia Records do not have him.
I wish this information in order to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for any information you can give me.
Yours sincerely,
Mary W. Case.

F. P. HATFIELD M.D. OLATHE, KANSAS
Nov. 30 - 1922. W. A. Stant
Rev. Sec Commissioner of Pensions, Department Interior, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:- Please send me a statement of military service in Revolutionary War and all family data given in pension application of Jno. Markham who served from Virginia.
Very truly.
Mrs. F.P. Hatfield.
(over)

1) Jno. Markham b. Pennsylvania Co. Va., d. Bedford Co. Va. was Maj. in Col. Alexander Spottswood 2 nd Va. Reg. 1777
(2) There is 1 or 2 Captains - Jno. Markham and an officer J. C. Markham -
I have been given never asked for data. We it is the Jno. Markham and children were, 'Major, Mar Thomas' Josiah
Another Jno. Markham was born was of a prominent

Va.
Wattwood's
Wachapreague
{ See M.S. Accounts of Committee of Safety 1775-6 p. 6, 14 also p 1-12
- S. of W. vol 2, p. 24 or 115.
given these references but have would be glad to have same, if in who married Sallie Brown "Marvel" Archibald, Edmund James siah & Mary, Judith
born near Richmond & died there out Episcopal family.
married ab. 1810 Joe Kelly or Kella

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of  John Markham , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the _____ claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar 1779 5 mos. Pvt. { Henry Walker Holland Burwell Va.   Mar 1781 { 3 mos & 40 days Mat Cunningham Rose Lee  
Battles engaged in, Stony Ferry, Brandywine, and a skirmish Residence of soldier at enlistment, Prince Edward Co Va Date of application for pension, Mar 23 1833 His cl. was at Residence at date of application, Bedford Co. Va Age at date of application, 69 yrs Prince Edward Co Va - date not stated Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
The above noted is the only one ext of Va
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Campbell County (1832)
John Willard a credible person of said County personally appeared before me one of the commissioners of the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath that he marched as a soldier with John Markham from this County of Prince Edward to the siege of Ninety Six and served a term of three months with said Markham. The company in which they marched was commanded by Matt Bunningham as captain and Alex. McDonald as Lieutenant. And the said Willard further says that he started in company with said Markham from Prince Edward to served another term of duty at  on  the  at Stono and that he went as far as Rionoki where he the said Willard was returned but he has reason to believe that the said Markham went on and served the term and the company in which they marched was commanded by Capt. Walker and Richard Holland as Lieutenants Given under my hand this 6 th November 1832 (Joseph W. Scott)
State of Virginia Campbell County De: 3 I John Alexander Clerk of the County Court of Campbell in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph W. Scott Esq. who has subscribed this name to

Campbell County (To all)
John Willard
To the within Certificate made by John Willard is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified to the Constitution and laws of said State to act as such and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all of his official acts as such and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County Court of Campbell this the 11 th Day of February 1833 for the 57 th Year of American Independence.
John Alexander Clerk pro tem