Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20,860, for Jeremiah Markham, Connecticut

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Markham, Jeremiah
S. 20,860
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Connecticut Jeremiah Starkham Sergt. Revy War Capt. Blague's company Col. Cook's regiment.
inserted on the roll of the Connecticut agency on 21 March 1797 at $5- per mo: increased to $8 by the Law 24 April 1816 to take effect from the passage of the act.
Formal Certificate issued 24 April 1824 and sent to Calvin Butler Esq. Plymouth Connecticut

This may certify all it doth or may concern, that Mr. Jeremiah Markham of Middletown in the County of Middlesex applied to the subscribers who were appointed Commissioners by the Honorable Judge Law to hear & determine the Claims of Injured Persons belonging to said County — & at said Markham, in consequence thereof, informed to have been wounded while in the service of the United States by a ball passing through his jaw — & by the subscribers was recommended for a Pension —
Middletown 2 nd March 1797
Asaph Miller Ezekiel Hubbard.
Commissioners (with a circular seal: ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES)
Exec d approved for W m H. Inlay
W m H. Inlay Clerk
Markham, Jeremiah Conn S 20860

Certificate for a Pension

County of Litchfield ss. Litchfield
On this 8 th day of April 1894 before me the Subscriber, a Notary Public duly appointed and sworn, residing in said Litchfield, personally appeared Jeremiah Markham of Plymouth in said County, who on his oath declares that he is the same person, who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain -- Blague in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cook in the ser- -vice of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Connec- -ticut as an Invalid pensioner of the United States but has never received a formal certificate from the Hon: Secy of War and now wishes to obtain one. Sworn & subscribed to before me this day of year { Jeremiah Markham above written -
John G. Deers Notary Public for the State of Connecticut

Rev. War.
March 14, 1912.
Mrs. J. P. Caldwell, 102 Magnolia Terrace, Springfield, Mass.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 7" and received the 9" instant, you are advised that in the claim Sur. File No. 20,860, it appears that Jeremiah Markham was a Sergeant in Captain Blague's company, Colonel Cook's Connecticut regiment, Revolutionary War, and was wounded by a ball passing through the jaw at Saratoga.
He was pensioned for disability, from March 4, 1793, under the Act of April 20, 1796.
He was a resident of Middletown, Middlesex County, in 1797, and of Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1824. He died November 27, 1827.
There is no family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Providence
20860 INVALID.
File No. 20860
Jeremiah Markham Sergt Conn Regt
Act: Rev War Invalid
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr 30 '1896 paid pension to Geo A Scott.
Pegunabuck Co
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1912 Feb. 14 Hist. to Mrs. J. P. Caldwell - v. 2. u. 1919 Oct. 22 Hist. to S. R. Sillars. 1926 - Dec. 10 - Hist. to Miss Elva Davies - Minn

West Winfield, N.Y.
Oct. 11, 1926
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I should greatly appreciate any information you can give me relative to the Revolutionary War service of Jeremiah Markham of Litchfield County, Conn., born 1734 and died 1827 at Plymouth, Conn.

I find his wife's name given as Ann Deering and also as Amy Deering.
Would also be glad to have anything your files may show as to his family.
Yours respectfully, (Miss) Elva Davies

Rev. Sec.
Westfield N.Y. Oct 7-1919
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly send me the military and family records of Jeremiah Markham, Sergeant in Conn. and pensioned for service in the Revolution.
Very truly yours S. R. Sellers
48 Elm St.

OFFICE OF
W. H. SCOTT & CO.,
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
PINE AND DOMESTIC LUMBER, SHINGLES,
CHARCOAL BY THE CAR LOAD, WAGON LOAD, BARREL OR BUSHEL.
Boots and Shoes, Ice, Grain, Coal, Wood, Fertilizers, Patent Medicines, Feed Stables, Wood and Blacksmith Work.
BRANCH WOOD, CHARCOAL, AND COAL YARD, WATERBURY, CONN..
ON NEW ENGLAND R. R., NEAR GAS HOUSE.
Pequabuck, Conn., April 23. 1896.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a copy of the application of Jeremiah Harkham for a pension He fought in the American Revolutionary War. & oblige George A. Scott Pequabuck Ct.
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Springfield Mass Mar. 7-1912 Bureau of Pensions -
Can you give me any information about one Jeremiah Markham -
I read in "The Record of Conn. Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution" Page 647 under Conn. Invalid Pension, (with Serjt. Cook at Saratoga) the name of Jeremiah Markham residing in Litchfield Co.
I would be very grateful to learn anything about his Military History or any data as to family -
I wish to find out if he is the one that was my ancestor.
Yours Miss J. P. Caldwell 102 Magnolia Terrace Springfield Mass

Plymouth, Com. April 9 th 1824 J. S. Edward, Esq.
Sir, - Enclosed the original certificate and the affidavit of Jeremiah Markham. Please forward to me his certificate from the Secretary of War for the use of said Markham.
Very Respectfully Your Obed. Servt. Calvin S. Dutcher

Rev.&1812 Wars Section
S. 20860
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December 10, 1926
Miss Elva Davies West Winfield, New York
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Jeremiah Markham was a Sergeant in Captain Blague's Company, Colonel Cook's Connecticut Regiment and was wounded at Saratoga by a ball passing through his jaw.
He was pensioned from March 4, 1793 on account of disability resulting from said wound.
He was a resident of Middletown, Middlesex County, in 1797, and of Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1824. He died November 27, 1827.
There is no data on file as to his family.
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.