Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1443, for John Martin, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Martin John Mary
W. 1443
CONTENTS

213 Tennessee West
John Martin, private Virginia line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of July, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Augt 1818 and sent to John M c Kainy Esq r Nashville, Tennessee.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept. 18.
1 mo 11/31  1/30 $ 11.89
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Three years
Continued to 1821
Dead
Paid at the treasury under Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 10 April 1837 Age 80 Notified 13 June 1838
To John M c Kainy Esq r 24 April 1831 John M c Kainy

✓ Letter to A. Ferguson Dec 24, 1849 Lt Gen'l Simon Ewing January 23/50
Date of death not on AB
Tennessee 4109
Mary Martin widow of John Martin, dec. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 10 April 1837 of Wilson in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com ny commanded by Captain Harris of the reg t commanded by Col. Spottwood in the Virginia line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 10th day of April, 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Sept r 1839, sent to A. Ferguson Carthage, Tenn.
Arrears to the 1 th of Mar 1839 $ 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep r 39 40
$ 280.
{ Act July 1838.
Recorded by D. McLemay, Clerk Book A. Vol. 2. Page 208.

District of west Tennessee
John Marlow formerly a citizen of the State of Virginia in the county of Caroline now a citizen of the county of Wilson in the State of Tennessee came before me and to be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to the provisions of the act of Congress passed the 18 th of March 1818. herewith having entered his release of the pension heretofore allowed him and after being duly sworn deposed and saith that he enlisted as a soldier in the revolutionary war under the com- mand of Captain William Talbafers in September 1775 for one year in the 2 d Virginia Reg t commanded by Col. Woodford, that he faithfully served out his time, and was discharged but that he has lost or mislaid it. Within a few days after he got home he again enlisted under the command of Captain Samuel Haws in the

said Reg t then commanded by Col o A. Spotswood, for three years and faithfully served said Col o and was discharged, and hath also lost the discharge; that he again enlisted for 18 months under the command of Lieut. Sam l Seldon in the same Reg t commanded by Col o John Green and not long after was taken prisoner at the newly sed in South Carolina and was paroled and never again joined the Service - That he is in his sixth third year and in very reduced circumstances and needs the aid of Government. That he has a pension from the United States as may be seen by the enclosed letter from G. Boyd, on which may be seen his relinquishment. That he is the same man named in said letter Sworn to subscribers before me 21 st July 1818.
John Martin
John M c Naught
District Judge

This may certify that I am satis- fied of the truth of the foregoing statements.
John Wm. Wainwright District Judge.

Lebanon Tenn Nov 13/80
Free
285 Tennessee
John Mark
Recd 27 Nov 1880
245 Mr. Jennings
Honble. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington City.

State of Tennessee Wilson County court } November term 1820
On this 9th day of November 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record (made so by act of assembly) for said county John Martin aged sixty five years resident in Wilson County in said State who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: first for the term of five years; that he enlisted originally in the company commanded by Capt. John Fife in the Second Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Woodford for one year, at the expiration of which term he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Haws in the same regiment for three years, and after ward for eighteen months in the company commanded by Lieut. Samuel Heldon in the same Regiment commanded by Col. John Green. That he has al ready been placed on the revolutionary pension roll by certificate from the Secretary of War dated the second day of August 1818. and numbered (2159) and I do hereby solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with the intent thereby to so diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States, in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property of securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto

annexed & by me subscribed. vizt one horse worth one mare two cows & calves twenty seven hogs of different sizes besides necessary bedding & clothes some few farming tools worth ten or fifteen dol- lars and some household furniture worth about the same sum. and that I owe fifty eight dollars
My family consists of myself & wife who is only one year of age my occupation is farming & I am too infirm to labor much.
Sworn to in open court.
John Martin
the 9th day of November 1820
John Allcorn clk
State of Tennessee Wilson County set.
I John Allcorn clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county of Wilson aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true & perfect transcript from the records of said court and that it is the opinion of the said court that the total value of the property exhibited in said schedule deducting the debts therein stated is seventy one dollars and fifty cents and no more.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal (there being no seal of office) the 9th day of November 1820
John Allcorn clk

State of Tennessee Wilson County On this 28 th day of March 1889 personally appeared before me Benjamin Graves one of the Acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Martin a resident of Wilson County and State of Tennessee aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 4 th 1888 entitled an "act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows"
That she is the Widow of John Martin who was a Pensioner of the United States and drew his Pension in Nashville State of Ten- nessee and was a resident of Wilson County up to the day of his death. She further De- clares that she was married to the said John Martin on the seventh day of April in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two That her husband the aforesaid John Martin died on the tenth day of April 1887 That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written before me Also she further states that at the time of the marriage he was then a Prisoner and on parole from the British authorities he was taken at the battle of Manassas

Ninety Six being severely wounded in the thigh, and when he got well went to see the surrender of Cornwallis at Little York and as well as this declarant is informed and believes was not exchanged at the date of the marriage
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written before
Test Roger Graves
here Mary Martin (X) mark
State of Tennessee Wilson County S I Benjamin Graves one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mary Martin Who has this day made the foregoing Declaration that she is a Woman of truth and veracity and that full faith and credit are due her stat- ments I further certify that the an- nexed record of their marriage was taken out of the family bible formerly the property of the said John Martin and now in the possession of his widow aforesaid also that the record is in the genuine hand writing of the said John Martin with the exception of the record of his death. I further certify that owing to old age and bodily

Daniel Coleman's
Book
This Book was a present given me by Col. Daniel Coleman
John Martin his
Book May 15 th 1815
He was born February 8 1756
Mary Martin was born August
18 1760
We married April 7 1782
John Martin departed this life
April 10 th 1837 — Aged
81 years 2 mo. 2 days

Maria M. Hornsby was born February  4 th 1820.
= Elizabeth C. Hornsby was born March 22 nd  th 1822; and died this life June 23 1828
= Julia Hornsby was born October 9 th 1824.
= Ruth Ann Hornsby was born May 8 th 1826.
= Albert B. Hornsby was born April 29 th 1828.

informity she cannot travel to the court house to make this declare- -tion in open court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this 28 th the Day of March 1839
Mygraves (JP) Justice of the Peace
State of Lampeter Wilson County ss I Josiah S. McBlain Clerk of the Court Court of said Wilson County, hereby Certify that Benjamin Graves, whose signature appears to the foregoing declaration & Cer- -tificate, is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Wilson, and that the foregoing full faith and Credit should be given to all his official acts as such, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at office this 28 th day of March A D 1839
J S McBlain

February 15, 1933
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BA-J/EEL
John Martin- W.1443
Mrs. William R. Johnson 350 East King Street Franklin, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Martin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War who served with the Virginia Troops from Carolina County, Virginia.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1443, based upon the military service of John Martin in that war.
John Martin was born February 8, 1756, place not given.
He enlisted, place not stated, in September, 1775, served in Captains William Taliaferro's and Samuel Hawes' Companies, Colonels Woodford and A. Spotswood's 2 nd Virginia Regiment, length of service four years: he enlisted, date not given, for eighteen months, served under Lieutenant Samuel Seldon in Colonel John Green's Virginia Regiment, was at the siege of Ninety Six, where he was severely wounded in the thigh and taken prisoner; was paroled and did not again enter the service. It was stated that he served as a sergeant.
He was allowed pension from March, 1810, on account of disability resulting from the above noted wound. At that time he was a resident of Caroline County, Virginia.
In 1818, the soldier removed to Wilson County, Tennessee, where he died April 10, 1837.
He married April 7, 1782, Mary Flipp, who was born August 18, 1760, place not stated. She stated that her husband was a paroled prisoner at the time of their marriage.
all officers identified
Pau. Law mays nocton show that his pen. mean. Mar 31, 1810 Sol. states Mar 4, 1812 as I left out day of month.
He did not say he served as sergeant but it was so stated on Invalid book & 1835 list. She told stated that after he recovered from his wound he went to see the surrender of Cornwallis but as I did not think he was engaged in the army at that time, I did not use it.

Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed March 28, 1839, while residing in Wilson County, Tennessee.
No reference is made to any children of John and Mary Martin.
In 1839, one May Flipps made affidavit in Carolina County, Virginia, that his sister, Mary, was the wife of John Martin.
The following appears in the papers in the claim:
Maria M. Hornsby born February 29, 1820. Elizabeth C. Hornsby " March 8, 1822, died June 23, 1828. Julia Hornsby " October 9, 1824. Ruth Ann Hornsby " May 8, 1826. Albert B. Hornsby " April 29, 1828.
No relationship of any of the above named persons with surname Hornsby to the soldier and his family shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of widow's death not on AB

Reuben
1933-Feb 15-Heistony To Mrs H. M. R. Johnson Eld
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12443
Mary Martin Widow John Martin Priv. Va. Line
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. M , Page 1
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MRS. WILLIAM R. JOHNSON 350 EAST MADISON STREET FRANKLIN, INDIANA
King
Dec. 30, 1932. ✓
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Please send me the pension record of John Martin , who served with Virginia troops from Caroline Co., Virginia, during the Revolutionary War. As genealogist of our local D.A.R. chapter, I shall appreciate a prompt reply.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Wm. R. Johnson.
(Mrs. William R. Johnson)
350 East King St.
Franklin, Indiana.

Carthage Tennessee 9th May 1889
Sir
Inclosed are the papers in support of the claim of Mrs Mary Martin of Wilson County. I expect you will find the proof and record as preserved in the family bible to be satisfactory. In the proof or affidavit of May Hippo of Caroline County Virginia I see that the affiant has not signed the affidavit but as I have seen several of the kind come from Virginia it is possible that may be their mode of doing business. If you require his signature please to send it to him as it is much nearer to you than this place with a request that he make it complete. I have this day inclosed money to pay his fees (that is the clerk) and I have apprised him of the defect that perhaps exists and that on its being remitted to him he must rectify the omission.
Should however you prefer sending it back to me I will attend to any alteration you may require to be done. I am well assured that the claim is a genuine one and such as I feel no hesitation in recommending to your most favourable judgment.

I am requested by Mrs Morton to ask of you as early a decision as in your power
The Pension certificate of Mrs Mary Ann Gunt about which I last wrote has been safely received and she will get it in a few days
Respectfully
A. Hergutsson
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions

Lebanon N.Y. February 16
Free Honorable Samuel Hogg member of Congress
Washington D.C.
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Dear Sir
I have been so favoured as to arrive in the Neighbourhood, of Mr Graves, and now avail myself of the present Opportunity of sending you my Deposition, to have my pension paid in the state of Tennessee instead of Virginia, perhaps it may not be a miss, for me to remind you, that Mr Fletcher came to Virginia to assist me in removing me to Tennessee, we met you on your way to the city and stated to you what I wanted you to do about having my pay trans- ferred to Tennessee, I have understood that congress has acted on the case of supporting of Officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary war, I was wounded in the struggles for liberty and I am going on sixty three years of age, & if any thing more, is to be done for such, perhaps my circumstances would require it - your attention to my business will lay me under obligations and much oblige your fellow citizen John Martin Doctor
Sam l Hogg
10th of Feb 1818
N.B. I paid on the 21st of September last what was due up to that time

This man is a Recolu- tionary Prisoner under the Act of March 18. 1815 See West Tennessee role See letter 11 Dec 1829 to Hon R. D. D. D.

John Martin forming an Invalid pension of the Virginia Agency now a Rev Pensioner of the West Tennessee Agency. His name was transferred from the roll of Invalid Pension of the Virginia Agency to that of Tennessee to take effect from the 1st of March 1818. Be pleased to inform me up to what time

paid as an Invalid to at the Virginia Agency. & oblige
In P.M. Am
B. B. Bell
Dr Broadhead
Pension Office
appears paid to Sept. 1817 by 2 d Compt. Office
10 Dec 1827
J. Sear

Libanon. P. May 18
215
W. John Boyd War Department Washington City D.C.
Memoranda the National Guard May 18

Dr Sir
Lebanon (Tenn) 16 th May 1898
Previous to my leaving Washington Mr John Martin who has been placed on the Virginia roll of Invalid pensioners requested me to have him transferred to Nashville as he is now a resident of this state. Will you therefore be good enough to transfer him as soon as practicable & also forward me his certificate or give me such information as may be necessary to authorize him to be paid at Nashville — I gave you his letter to me & was to have gotten the certificate but neglected it
I am respectfully Yr. obd! Hbl. Servt. Laurd Hogg

War Department, Pension Office,
June 1 st 1818.
SIR,
AGREEABLY to your request, you have this day been transferred from the Roll of Virginia , ——— to that of Tennessee , . . . . . to take effect from and after the 4 th day of March, 1818. ———
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient serv t
G. Boyd
Mr. John Martin , ——— U. S. Invalid Pensioner; care of Hon: M c Hogge Lebanon , ——— Tennessee . . . . . Turn

I do by these presents relinquish and quit claim to the pension now allowed me by the United States, alluded to in the fore- going letter, in consideration that I receive the provisions and benefits of the act of Congress passed the 18 th of March 1818 for the relief of those who served in the land and naval service during the revolutionary war.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 21 st of July 1818.
Signed sealed and acknowledged before me
John Martin
Seal
John McNary District Judge

Washington January 15 1849
Dear Sir
I have received a letter from one of my Constituents making some enquiries in regard to an Invalid Pension of John Martin, which you have stated to them was received by the said John Martin until June 1818 when he relinquished his claim for a Pension as an invalid and received it under the Act of 1818. Now it is claimed by his heirs that the War Department at some subsequent period decided that Pensioners could receive under both Acts, as an Invalid and also under the Pension Act of 1818. If this be true, then the relinquishment of John Martin was unnecessary under the Act 1818 & he lost the $8 per month under the old act and his Heirs wish to set up the claim. - Now are the facts: Is there any right or chance for this claim?
Write me as soon as convenient
Yrs Respectfully,
Andrew Ewing

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James S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions 287 Ws Washington St

Carthage Tennessee
29 th November 1849
Dear Sir
Be pleased to ascertain and inform me whether John Martin late a Pensioner on the Nashville roll of the Agency of Middle or West Tennessee drew his Pension in Tennessee as an Invalid or as a Pensioner placed on the roll under act of 1818 or under what act if changed from an invalid to a Pensioner under any subsequent act. John Martin lived in Caroline County State of Virginia was placed on the Pension roll of the Agency at Richmond as an Invalid from a known wound in the hip or thigh about in the war of the Revolution was in receipt of his Pension previous to 1818 if my information be correct. He moved to Tennessee in or about 1819 or sometime before or after that Period leaving a balance of his invalid Pension unpaid. You will be pleased therefore to inform me at what date his pension was last paid at Richmond as an Invalid what amount remains unpaid paid? Whether after coming to Tennessee he was transferred as an invalid or placed under act of 1818 on the Nashville Agency. Doctor Samuel Hogg was the Member of Congress who had his papers made out for

the transfer which I think as well as recollected was about the years from 1816 to 1819. He died in receipt of a Pension about the year 1837 at the rate of $96.00 per annum. His heirs contend and I have no doubt of the fact that he is entitled to a Pension as an invalid and for his Services also. The above facts will facilitate the investigation of their claim and as far as I am informed will not in the least infringe on the rules of your office. It will lessen the labour of investigation and give us an idea of what amount is due and as such will afford us less trouble. I have no doubt whatever that whatever was his rights his children are entitled up to his death to the amount either as an invalid or on account of his Services.
Be pleased to give me the necessary information as soon as you can make the proper investigation.
Respectfully N. Bergdahl
James L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Nashville Tn. Invalid Roll, also Act 18 March 1818 John Martin Sgt. 4 th Germantown Pa 1818. Died 10 th April 1837. Paid in full To what time last paid, no John Martin on Nashville, Roll, Invalid. Pension Office MEMO.  Col.
To 3 rd Auditor's Office

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 11. 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" The widow of John Martin deceased, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Tenn Agency, at the rate of " - eight Dollars and " - " - Cents per annum month under the law of the 18 th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 10 th of April 1837, the day of said pensioner's death - Respectfully, yours.
William E. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Richmond Va Invalid roll,
John Martin Sgt 4th Va. Cav. There is a John D. Martin
To what time last paid? at 4th on Va. if he is your man, 4th to 4th Sept. 1848. P.D.M.
Martin appears from our books to have been transferred to Nashville in 1817, J.D. Martin is not my man, John Martin
Sgt. at 4th per m. was transf'd for Va. to Tenn. from the 4th March 1818, - so say our books,
I found the old chap on an old Roll, endorsed thus: - "redinguishe
his pension for 4th Man. 1818 to obtain the benefit of Pension Offic.
act 18th March 1818" - This is a hard name to true, but found at last, yours P.D.M.
Cole.
3rd Auditor's Offic

From John Martin, re- questing to be transferred from Virginia, to Tennessee, dated Lebanon, Wilson Co. Tennessee, 10 th Febr y . 1818. Rec d 7 th March, 1818. and transfer made on the 1 st June, 1818. Agents informed and the Hon. Mr. Hogge, writes to inclosing a letter to John Martin Hon: Mr. Hogge.
Transfer this man to take up from 8 th of the the 4 th March 1818. 8 th Aug st Mar 7 1818

State of Tennessee } This day John Martin Wilson County } personally appeared before the subscriber, One of the Acting Justices of the peace, in & for said County, And maketh Oath, that he is the same John Martin of Caroline County, State of Virginia that the secretary of War, directed to be put on the pension list, the 4th of March 1810. subscribed & sworn to, before } John Martin me, this 10th day Feb. 1818. J. F. Davis (W)
State of Tennessee } We the under subscribers Wilson County } do hereby certify that Mr John Martin is a settler in our neighbourhood given under our hands this 10th day Feb 1818 John G. Graves Blake Rutland J. F. Davis John Brown Thomas Canipe

State of Tennessee Wilson County Set I John Allcorn clerk of said County Court, do hereby certify that Isham F. Davis whose name appears to the within Affidavit of John Martin is now and was at the date of certifying the same, one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County of Wilson aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified, and that full faith & credit are due all his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private Seal there being no Seal of Office yet provided, at Affix this 13 th day of February 1818. Ira Allcorn Clk
Know John Martin, re- questing to be transferred from Virginia, to Tennessee, dated Sewanee, Wilson Co. Tennessee, 10 th Feby. 1818. Rec d by March, 1818. and transfer made on the 1 st June, 1818. Agents informed and the Rev. Mr. Hoagge, written to enclosing a letter to John Martin Rev. Mr. Hoagge.
transf this man to late part from & after the 4 th March 1818. E. Myds March 7 1818

Washington January 21 1849
Dear Sir
I wrote you a letter some days since putting interrogatories in regard to the right of the Heirs of John Martin to claim a Pension and for the arrears of a Pension under the Law granting Invalid Pensions when their Father had claimed & received a Pension under the Law of 1818
Please recur to my letter and answer the enquiries as soon as convenient
Yrs &c
Andrew Ewing

5665
Mary Martin, of John West Son 25
admitted p. a. r. 1880 n Col Hanes Col Ferguson Oxford Va. line Carthage Tenn. co
died 18 April 1837
Act 7 July 1838
A. Ferguson Carthage Tenn

Virginia, Caroline County to Wit,
This Day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Ray Flippo and made oath that Mary Flippo, who was his sister, was intermarried with John Martin about the year 1782 according to law, That after their Mar- riage they went to the State of Tennessee and after some time returned, after remaining a while They returned a second time to Tennessee since which he knows nothing of them
Rufus Downing J. P.
Virginia, Caroline County to Wit,
I John L. Pendleton Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Rufus Downing is a Magistrate as above duly Commissioned and qualified according to law and that the signature subscribed to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 29 th day of May 1839 In the 63 rd year of the Com- monwealth.
John L. Pendleton Clk
Virginia, Caroline County to Wit,
I James J. Garnett presiding Justice of the Peace in and for the said County do hereby Certify that John L. Pendleton whose name is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of the said Court, duly qualified ac- cording to law and that his said Certificate is in due form of law. Given under my hand & Seal this 29 th day of May 1839.
J. J. Garnett

Dr. Sir;
Bowling Green Caroline County Virginia
May 29 th 1839.
Yours of the 4 th has been rec d and in answer I have to say that in consequence of the Office taking fire several Books were lost. The records in relation to Marriages extends no farther back than 1785. I have taken the affidavit of Old Mr. Flippo which you will receive herewith. You will please enclose Five dollars which is the amount of fees tax &c. It is contrary to my practice to remit papers in this way, but relying on promise to remit the fees &c. I have sent the same. Respectfully
John L. Pendleton
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