Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7087, for Alexander Mars, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Mars, Alexander.
TP 7087
Mars or
Mears or
CONTENTS
Mears or

No 38,990 Alexander Mearns, M.D.
Very app n for Pension
Indiana
June 7, 1882
Dame Elizabeth Mearns

State of Indiana Johnson County } } on the 19 day of June } A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid David Means a resident of said county and state aged 56 years who being sworn according to law declares that he is one of the surviving children of Alexander Means or Mearns deceased who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Crocker in the Virginia Regiment which he believes was commanded by Col. Christy (he does not positively recollect) in the Revolutionary war. That his said father he believes served for the term of two two years, and was in actual service during the war garrisoning posts - and that his said father was a resident of Botetourt County Virginia and thinks he must have enlisted or volunteer- ed from that county. That his said father died in Shelby County and state of Kentucky on or about the 4th day of May in the year A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine at the age of 87 years, leaving his widow, and the following surviving children viz, Alexander Means, Rachel Verque, Shannon Means, Hannah Wall, John Means, Margaret Means & David Means of which there is now living Rachel Verque aged 64 years, John Means 60 years, Shannon Means 62 years, Margaret Wall 58 years and David Means aged 56 years, all of whom have repeatedly heard their ancestor Alexander Means Means or Mearns speak frequently of his services of the Revolutionary war, together with the names of the officers of his company

and that he never heretofore applied for a Pension,
David Hays
Personally appeared before me David Mearie or David Mearis here at law and surviving child of Alexander Mearis or Mearis deceased, to me well known to be a credible person, who made oath to the foregoing affidavit or declaration in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above mentioned
David Alexander
L. Price
John, or Co. Indiana
Indiana to wit:
Johnson County, } I Jacob Sibert, Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County, hereby certify that David Alexander, before me known, the above affidavit seems sworn to before me at the time of doing said business, an acting Trustee of the peace, within and for said County, duly Elected, Commissioned, and qualified, and that his signature is well known to me to be genuine, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts In testimony of which I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Franklin, on the 19 th day of June, A.D. 1833,
Jacob Sibert, Clerk.

October 5, 1933
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Alexander Mars- R.7087 Alexander Mors- S.38240
Mr. M.H.Thompson 729 Peoples Bank Building Indianapolis, Indiana
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of a number of soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A search of the records has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a James Dunn, Thomas Thompson or John Caman, as described by you, or of a Thomas Craven. The record has been found of Alexander Mors, of Shelby County, Kentucky, also record of only one Alexander Mars and he was of that county. Their records are given herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Alexander Mars R.7087
The date and place of birth of Alexander Mars are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He died May 4, 1839, in Shelby County, Kentucky, aged eighty-seven years. He left no widow but the following children survived him: Alexander Meirs, Rachel Fergus, Shannan Meairs, Hannah Wall, John Meairs, Margaret Meairs, David Meairs(this surname as shown in this paragraph was written by the clerk of the court); the name of the mother of above named children was not given: in 1855, the following children were living: Rachel Fergus, aged sixty-four; Shannan Meairs, aged sixty-two; John Meairs, aged sixty; Margaret Hall, aged fifty-eight; and David Meairs, aged fifty-six years.
On June 19, 1855, soldier's son David, a resident of Johnson

County, Indiana, applied for the pension which might have been due on account of the services of his father, Alexander Mars, in the Revolutionary War. He applied in behalf of himself and his brothers and sisters named above. He signed his name David Mars. He stated that his father was a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, and presumably enlisted from that county and that he served in Captain Crockett's Company, Colonel Christy's Virginia Regiment; length of his service in the Revolution, two years.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
In 1856, the name, W.A. Marrs, appears; no relationship to the family was shown.
Alexander Mors S.38240
Alexander Mors(pensioned Morse) was born February 22, 1750, in the state of Pennsylvania.
While residing in Montgomery County, Virginia, he entered the service and served in the Virginia Troops as follows: from August, 1777, six weeks as lieutenant in Captain Henry Patton's Company, Colonel James Robertson's Regiment; from July, 1778, three months as lieutenant in Captain James Montgomery's Company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's Regiment; soon after his return from the last named tour, he was promoted captain and from the latter part of October, 1778, by order of Colonel Daniel Trigg, of Montgomery County, Virginia, served one month with his company at the "Chisels" lead mines, guarding said mines; in December, 1778, he volunteered and served forty-seven days as a private under Colonel Christy; in 1779, by order of Colonel Trigg, he served two tours as captain, one of twenty days from June and one of thirty-five days from October, of that year; in August, 1780, he served as captain twenty days, by order of Major Henry Patton; all of the above service was rendered against the Tories and Indians.
After the Revolution, he continued to reside in Montgomery County, Virginia, until 1817, when he moved to Shelby County, Kentucky

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 5, 1834, while residing in Shelby County, Kentucky.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Washington March 1. 1856.
Dear Sir.
I enclose to you a letter from W. A. Marns Edinburgh Indiana.
Will you please to inform me whether the writer is entitled to any thing by virtue of the facts he has stated.
Please return the letter for a memo. I suppose that it is not necessary for me to say that I have never given occasion to any of these applicants to offer me fees in these cases
Very respectfully Your Obedt Servt Lucian Burrows
Hon. Josiah Meigs Compt. of Pensions Washington

Mr Dodge will please answer
Hon Josiah Manser Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Lucian Parkin Mar 1892

Pension Office.
March 4 th , 1856.
Sir:
In answer to the letter of W. A. Mearns, Esq., of the 18 th , ultimo, which is herewith returned. I have the honor to enclose, herewith, a copy of the letter of my predecessor to J. E. Stewart, Esq., of the 27 th of June last, which clearly explains the grounds upon which the claim was suspended.
Hon. Lucian Barbour House of Representatives.

Perrine Office, June 27, 1855.
Sir,
I have examined and filed the declaration of David Mearns also Mairs, made before a justice of the peace, claiming an account of pension alleged to be due to his father, Alexan- der Mearns or Mairs, made the 10th of June 7, 1832; and you are informed that it is utterly unfounded, for the name in which the pension is set forth, and the entire absence of testimony of any kind, to say nothing, and the said Alexander rendered an account of pension which made wrong the same within the provisions of the Pension Laws - for his name is not known to the author of the State Line  trusts of Virginia, nor was there a Capt. Mearns or a Colonel Mearns attached thereto. There was a Lieutenant Mearns and a Col. Chris- tian in that line - but even admitting that the

I cannot now, and all, from the lapse of time to which the names of the father's officers con- nect, the fact stated, that the names do not contain his name in no way strengthen the case, which is believed to be a very doubtful one.
Jan. E. Stewart
June 27/55
James E. Stewart, Esq. Pursu

this one not here
August 29, 1933 Indianapolis Indiana
Commissioner Pensions:
Please send me copies of the applications for Rev Pensions if any be found.
1. Alexander Marrs enlisted Aug. 3, 1780 in Vol Lancaster Co. Penn. #132, See Mombert's History Lancaster Co. Penn. (Pub 1869) page 320. His name not in 1835 or 1840 Lists for that County. ✓ 2. Alexander Morse of Shelby Co. Ky. Name is in 1835 list page 514 but is not in 1840 list. He was granted a pension April 25, 1834 under act of June 7, 1832. ✓ 3. Alexander Marrs of Shelby Co. Kentucky only ✓ 4 James Dunn of Jessamine Co. Ky. ✓ 5 Thomas Thompson of Monmouth C. N. J. ✓ 6 John Carman of Monmouth Co. N. J. o 7 Thomas Craven of Warwick Company Bucks County Penn.
These last do not seem to be in 1835 or 1840 list but still application may have been made but pension not granted.
729 Peoples Bank Building
M H Thompson

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
REJECTED
7087.
P. O.
Alexander Morris
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1933-Det 5-Visit to M. H. Thompson - E.E.

No 38990.
Alexander Mearns, co
Indiana
Let. J. C. Stuart, June 27/55
Hon. S. P. Hovey Mar 4/56
7087
June 7, 1832,

Know all men by these Presents That I David Mears of the County of Johnson and State of Indiana, here as last and one of the surviving children of Alexander Mears or Maria deceased who served as a private in the war of the Revo- lution do hereby constitute and appoint D P Mousier of Louisville Kentucky my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute any claim due the said David Mears or Maria deceased for Pension or arrears of Pension due by the United States under any act or acts allowing Pension to soldiers who ser- ved in the Revolutionary War. and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empow- ered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes, or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Given under my hand and seal the 19 th day of June A D 1833,
D David Mears
Indiana to wit:
Johnson County. I personally appeared before me the undersigned clerk of the Circuit Court, within and for said County, David Mears, and acknowledged that he signed the above power of attorney, for the purposes above mentioned:
In testimony of which I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Franklin, on this the 19 th day of June. A.D. 1833,
Jacob Sibert, Clerk.