Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3438, for James Martin, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Martin, James. Mary
W 3438
CONTENTS

12.209
R
Pennsylvania James Martin
in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton the 7th Penna ne, for the term of 6 Years
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of February 1810.
ertificate of Pension issued the 14th July and sent to Thomas Sharp Connorsville Pa.
arrears to 4th of March 1811 6-45 emi-anl. all'ce ending 1 Sept  10-28
10  4 28  31 854.45
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Information about Revolutionary War Pension Act of 1818 for John H. Black, Ohio, pensioned at $10 per month.

Notification sent November 17. 1820 to John G. Blair, Clk., Union County Pa.
12.209 R
Sennsborough James M'arthur
in the state of Penna who was a Colonel in the regiment commanded by M c arthur the M c arthur ne, for the term of years
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvannia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence on the 10 of February 1817
ertificate of Pension issued the 14th of July and John H. Thomas for 92 Connellsville Pa.
years to 4th of March 1818 6-45 emi-anl. all'ce ending 1 Sept 1818
  11  28  4  35    55 45  
Revolutionary claim, } Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Let to Wm A Stewart March 1. 49
Reported Feby 2/49
5016 Pennsylvania Philada Mary Martin, widow of James Martin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private N. J. Service
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Feby 1849 and sent to
A. J. Fuller Mifflintown Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 242 Vol. 2

James Martin, private Col? Maxwell. Drayton H Pickett's manf. 4 th Inf ry regt. afterwards 3. 2. 1. regts. died 75. airdale June, 82
James Martin is found on the N Jersey hills, left the 1 st regt. In 1861. Col. White's regt. again is found regts 3 rd regt. Co. Mustered in 1861
James Martin Nov. 82

Fayette county Pennsylvania ss 14 th Judicial district of the Court of common pleas: On this 4 th day of September AD 1820 Personally in open Court now in Session for said district. James Martin aged Sixty five years resident of said county four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows-
Enlisted under Lieut. W m Partin at Allentown State of New Jersey in December 1776 for during the war. Captain Lyon of the 4 th Reg t of the Jersey Brigade Col. Maxwell Dayton and Foreman or Ferman and transferred to the 3 d , 2 d and 1 st Regiments, and at the Battle of Brandywine Germantown Germantown and Monmouth, when said James Martin received a wound and was honorably discharged at Newborow on the North river in June 1782 said discharge was lost in Saversly Westmoreland County Penn s . Date of ori- ginal declaration was on the tenth of February 1819 - his original certificate at the unexpired pension office Phila a . number not recorded - I was a re- sident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 intent thereby to 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 and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me sub- scribed To wit one old cow $12. one pot and Skillet $2. one table and 3 chairs $3. 4 knives & forks 3 plates $0.75. Valued in all at $17.75 Occupation a Shoemaker. description by Rheumatic form. Wife Mary aged Sixty two years, three daughters namely Barbara 12 years Lois 10 years and Mary

Given under my hand and subscribed on the fourth day of September, 1820 in Open Court as an J. John St. Clair Porthony James M. Martin mark
I John St. Clair Porthony of the court of common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly as said from the record of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is seventeen dollars and seventy five cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court at Uniontown the seventh day of September AD 1820
J. John St. Clair Porthony
James M. Martin July 1820 Sept 119
James M. Martin
James M. Martin

Fayette County Pa State of Penna. } 18 th
Be it Remembered That on the tenth
day of Feb r 1819 Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared James Martin aged sixty five years resident of said County for four years who being duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension allowed by the act of congress of the 18 th of March 1818. That he Enlisted into the service of the U.S. under Lieut. Wm Barton & captain Lyon in Dec r 1776. for during the war in the 4 th Regt t of the Jersey Brigade afterwards transferred to the 3 d 2 d & 1 st Ridgements and during said campaign served under the following officers Maxwell, Dayton, and Gorman, at the Battles Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. and was honourably discharged at Newborough on the north River in June 1782. said discharge was lost a fishing on souwester Westmoreland County Penna. That he has no pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the U.S. to his knowledge and if he has he doth hereby for and in consideration of the pension allowed him by the act of congress above mentioned fully and entirely relinquish the same unto the U.S. That from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support —
Sworn and Subscribed Before me @ the day and year aforesaid — James Finley Clerk
his James X Martin mark.

Fayette County Pa 8 th State of Penn s
Personally appeared Before me Adam Snyder who upon his solemn oath deposeth and saith That he was personally acquainted with the within named James Martin while in the service and well knew him to be the same person that served agreeable to the within statement —
Sworn and subscribed before me one of the judges of the court of said county the day and date aforesaid — James Finley (Seal) I am of firm time
I James Finley Judge. etc as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Martin did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months at one time on the continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. Given under my hand and seal this 10 th day of February 1819 James Finley (Seal)

State of Pennsylvania, ss: Fayette county, ss: I John H. Glass, prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for said County do Certify that the within named James Kinley Esquire before whom the within instrument of writing was acknow- ledged was at the time of so doing and still is an honor associate judge of said court duly commissioned and qualified and that as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as well within court, of justice as thereout. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this fifteenth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and nineteen
John H. Glass, prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } ss
On this twenty third day of October A. D. 1844 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace of East Huntingdon Township & County of Westmoreland in the State, Mary Martin a resident of said Township Aged ninety two years, who being first sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed 4 th of July 1836, or any other act now in force, That she is the widow of James Martin, who served as a soldier in the revolutionary war, and who drew a pension from the General Government, as the roll will show, on which pensions, many are entered,
She further declared, that she was married to the said Martin in Decem r 1773 and that her said husband J s . Martin, died on the 23 rd day of December 1833 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written before me - Moses Ferrrett Esq r Mary Martin mark
And I do further certify that the Aforesaid Mary Martin from bodily infirmity is entirely unable to appear in court in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 23 rd Day of October 1844 Moses Ferrrett Esq r
Westmoreland County ss
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for Westmoreland. Mary Martin and after having been duly sworn according to law did depose and say that she is the person mentioned in the above declaration and that she was married to the said James Martin before his last service in the revolutionary war. Sworn and subscribed before me Nov 5 th 1844 Moses Ferrrett J.P. Mary Martin mark

State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County
I David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby Certify that Moses Sterrett Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was made and whose name is to the foregoing Certificate appended in his own proper hand Writing, was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and Commissioned and qualified  sworn to all whose Official Acts and Deeds full faith and Credit are of Right due
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Greensburg the thirty first day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty Four
David Fullwood Proth.

Pennsylvania Fayette county } ss.
Personally appeared before me one of the Associate Judges of the courts of Fayette co. Pa. Wm E. Martin of German township, state & county aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith, that he is the son of James Martin dec d late of Fayette co. Pa. & of Mary Martin his wife now of East Huntingdon tp. Westmoreland county Pa, & that he (Wm E. Martin) was born on the 9 th of September 1788, that he has a distinct recollection of both his parents previous to 1794, from the time he was four or five years of age, & that they lived together as man & wife continuously from that time until the death of James Martin his father. Said Martin further saith that the said James Martin & Mary Martin his parents had in all ten children, three sons & seven daughters, four of whom, two sons & two daughters were born previous to himself. He further states that he knows that his father James Martin drew a pension from the United States for services rendered during the Revolutionary War.
Sworn & subscribed before Wm E. Martin me this 8 th day July 1845 Robert Boyd { Associate Judge

Wm E. Martin the deponent above is an individual of excellent character &c, good repute for veracity.
Robert Boyd
Fayette County, ss:
I Daniel Kaine, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County, Penn a do Certify, that the Hon. Robert Boyd, is one of the Associate Judges of the said County of Fayette as stated in the preceding affidavit, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures foregoing, purporting to be his are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Union Town, this 19 th day of July A.D. 1845.
D Kaine Prothonotary
notary, 3 mill

Miss. the
4th level
7234
X
J L Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Pennsylvania
Mary Martin,
widow of James Martin,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818, and who died on the 25 Dec: 1832, of Westmoreland in the State of Penn:
who was a private in the _____
commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt: - commanded by Col: Dayton in the N. Jersey - line for 2 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 80 - Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of August, 1845 and sent to J. K. Eding Uniontown, Penn: -
Total amount, $ 400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. Stewart Clerk, Book 12 Vol. 1 - Page 225

7234.
Pennsylvania
Abby F. Ewing Sept. 1845
Mary Martin widow of James Martin who was a private in the New Jersey line
No 835
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of August, 45 and sent to J. K. Ewing Uniontown Pennsylvania
2 1/2
[Act of March 3,
17 June 18
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 112

6353
Mary Martin
pa
Unmarried
W to L. D. Fuller Dec. 1844 - see letter to J.K. Ewing June 13. 1845-
Rejected
Act July 4 th 36

Aug 21. 1845-
Adla E. Car
May Martin.
Aug 23 26 28
Edwards Esq Comm te of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Union town July 19 th 1845
To Sir,
Herewith is transmitted the evidence required by your letter of the 13 th ult. as necessary to complete the claim of Mary Martin widow of James Martin claiming a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838. An early decision upon the case as now before you is respectfully asked.
Yours &c
J. Kennedy Ewing.
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Sept 1 '45
2-
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.
May Martin Paul

Union town Aug 29 th 1845
Is Sir
The certificates of Mary Martin have been received. Her husband drew ninety six dollars per annum & the widow thinks her pension should have been the same: does not the law so stand? Please examine the matter & ascertain whether some mistake has not been made in the filling up of the certificates.
Very respectfully
yours.
J. Kennedy Ewing
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington City D.C.

N 12.133
Mary Martin Maw of James P.
act 7 July 1838
Adm o 2yrs per $80 00 per ann
Adm o 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $80 00 per ann
J Kennedy Esq

Dec 18 43
Ph
Hon. J. L. [unclear]
Genl. [unclear]
Present
H. B. [unclear] Supt. [unclear]

Senate Chambers.
Dec 18 th 1844
Dr Sir
Permit me to call your attention to the within application for a pension at your earliest convenience
Yours Truly
Danl. Thompson
Hon J. T. Edwards

State of Pennsylvania Westmorland County ss
I David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmorland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Moses Stawell Esquire before whom the for- going Depositions were made and whose name in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing Certificate appended was then and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Westmorland duly Elected and Commissioned and to all whose Official Acts and Deeds full faith and Credit are of right due.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Affixed the Seal of said Court at Greensburg the Eighth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four
David Fullwood Proth

Westmoreland County SS
personally came before me the Subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County of Westmoreland Solomon Sooter and after having first been duly Sworn according to law did depose and say that he has known James Martin and Mary his wife for forty years and upwards and that they lived always together as man and wife and had several children born since the time of his first personal knowledge of them.
Solomon Sooter
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th Day of October 1844
Moses Sterrett J.P.
I do further certify that the said Solomon Sooter Esq. is a creditable and responsible witness to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Moses Sterrett J.P.
Westmoreland County SS
personally came before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Westmoreland Daniel Sarr and after having been first duly Sworn according to law did depose and say that he has known the said James Martin and Mary his wife for fifty or sixty years and that he has known them to live together ever since until his death and the said James Martin frequently told him the said Daniel Sarr that they were lawfully married and always acknowledged and called her his lawful wife and that to his personal knowledge they had several children born since the time of his first acquaintance with them and that the said James Martin told him that he was married and subscribed before me to her in the Ferrys this 26th Day of October 1844
Moses Sterrett J.P.
Daniel Sarr
I do certify that the word him interlined in the above was by myself and is correct.
Moses Sterrett

Westmoreland County ss
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the Said County of Westmoreland Michael Lerman and after having been sworn according to law did depose and say that he has known the said James Martin and Mary his wife for thirty years and that they have lived together as man and wife and he never knew of them living apart Sworn and Subscribed before me this 26th of October 1842.
Moses Sterrett J.P.O. } Michael Lerman
I do certify that the said Michael Lerman is a creditable and competent witness to the best of my knowledge.
Moses Sterrett
Westmoreland County ss
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Westmoreland Jacob Culler and after having been first duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he was acquainted with James Martin of Fayette County Pa and that he drew a pension for his services in the revolution and I know that Mary Martin the present Applicant is the wife of James Martin as that they lived together for twenty years in that capacity and that he had always understood from the said James Martin that they were married before his service in the revolutionary war.
Jacob Culler
Sworn and Subscribed before me Nov 5th 1844
Moses Sterrett J.P.O.
And I do certify that the said Jacob Culler is a respectable and competent witness to the best of my knowledge and belief and further that the ward last, in the above deposition was written by myself.
Moses Sterrett

Westmoreland County SS
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Westmoreland Nancy Culler and after having first been duly Sworn according to law did depose and say that she has known James Martin of Fayette County Pa for at least thirty years and that he drew and received pension for his services in the Revolutionary war and that the said Mary Martin the present applicant is his wife or that they lived together in that capacity and that she heard the said James Martin say that they were married before his last service in the Revolutionary war
Sworn and Subscribed before me Nov 5th 1844
Moses Sterrett
Nancy X Culler mark
I do certify that the said Nancy Culler is a respectable and honorable witness to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Moses Sterrett
I do further certify that I have known James Martin and Mary his wife for several years before his death and that they lived together in the capacity of man and wife and report say that they were married in the State of New Jersey and they have no certificate or record now of the fact nor any one known who witnessed the ceremony but from my first acquaintance with them I have never known the fact of their marriage doubted in the least by any
Moses Sterrett
And further that the said Mary Martin is now in indigent circumstances being very old and infirm
Moses Sterrett

Uniontown Dec 8 th 1844
Dr Sir
I transmitted to Mr. Edwards the Commission of pensions, the declaration and evidence in the case of Mr. Martin who wishes to obtain a pension and as it has been some time since it is probable they have been misplaced I wish if you please that you would call upon Mr. Edwards and ascertain if he has received them and if he has let that they are attended to
Hon D. Sturgeon
Yours with respect
A. S. Fuller

6353
Mary Martin Pa
Act July 4 th 36

Nov. 18 1894
Addl. tes cars
Mary Martin.
75
Hon. James G. Schuchert Committee of Public Washington City D. C.

Uniontown Nov 15 th 1844
Sir
I received your letter and have proceeded to gather what evidence I could. I have however found it somewhat difficult to obtain such evidence as might be necessary, as to record she has none whatever of her marriage (and as she was in the State of New Jersey there are none here that witnessed the ceremony and from the fact of her being very old it is impossible to find any person who can testify to the facts. But her mind is very little if at all impaired and she can relate the whole circumstances of her marriage and of her marriage husband's service after her marriage. By examining the records you will find that her husband James Martin received his certificate about the year 1820 21 this certificate has however been mislaid. You will probably also find some evidence about the year 1830 or 4 showing that she was the wife of James Martin as she drew the last the pension and it was then shown that she was his wife.
J. L. Edwards
A. S. Fuller
PS
If any thing more is necessary please let me know A. S. Fuller

Jan 16 45 p.m.
FREE Commissioner of Pensions
Mary Martin
Mr J. L. Edwards Washington City D.C.

Ms. A. 9. 2. 16. No. 18. 1844 Uniontown Jan 3 d 1845
Sir
I transmitted to you some time since some papers in reference to a pension claimed by a Mrs Martin the claim was based upon a law granting full pay to widows of revolutionary soldiers who had been married previous to the last period of the service of their husbands. I have since visited Mrs Martin and have ascertained that she more properly comes under the law granting half pay to widows, as it was not at the time of the Justice of the peace who took her declaration supposed the revolution that he served in after marriage but it was what was called the indian war and I wish to know from you whether (if it be proven by her own oath and by respectable testimony that they lived together previous to 1794 as man and wife and also down until the day of his death; a period of upwards of fifty years without the validity of their marriage being called in question) it will entitle her to half pay there is no record whatever of the marriage And we have found none as yet who witnessed the ceremony ————— Yours
J. J. Edwards } In answer is requested immediately } Respectfully J. C. Fuller

Rev.  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3438
Mary Martin Widow James Martin Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2, 1848
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 2.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

No
Mary Martin Mother of James P.
act- 7 July 1838
Marr'd previous to 1794 but died 1832
Rejected under 1836

State of Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County) ss. David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To all to whom these presents shall come, I, David Fullwood Esquire, before whom the Declaration of Mary Martin and the Deposition of Jacob Buller were made and whose name in his own proper hand writing as to the within Certificate appended was then and now is One of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly Commissioned and appointed and to all whose Official Acts and Deeds full faith and credit are of right due. And I do hereby further certify that Solomon Suter Esquire before whom the deposition of Daniel Faw & James Cowan were made and whose name in his own proper hand writing is to the said Certificate appended was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland duly elected and Commissioned and to all whose Official Acts and Deeds full faith and credit are of right due.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Greencastle this Eighteenth day of July in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and forty five.
David Fullwood (Seal)
James Bell

State of Pennsylvania } Westmoreland county } P
On this the 15 th day of July 1845 personally appeared before me one of the judges of the several courts of Westmoreland co. Pa. Mary Martin a resident of East Huntingdon T p . state & county aforesaid aged ninety three years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the several acts of Congress, passed, July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay pensions to certain widows", March 3 rd 1843, entitled "An act granting a pension to certain revolutionary soldiers" & June 17 th 1844 entitled "An act to continue the pensions of certain widows"; That she is the widow of James Martin dec d late of Fayette co. Pa. who was a soldier & pensioner of the Revolution. She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said James Martin prior to the year 1794 & had children born of him before that time one of whom Wm E. Martin now resides in Fayette co. Pa. That her husband the aforesaid James Martin died on the 28 th day of December 1832. Her
Mary Martin
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 15 th day of July 1845
James Bell
I do hereby certify that Mary Martin the deponent above is unable from bodily disability to appear in open court.
James Bell

State of Pennsylvania } p Westmoreland county }
Personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the several Courts of Westmoreland county, state aforesaid, Jacob Culler who being due ly sworn according to law doth de- pose & say, that James Martin decd. late of Fayette co. Pa., the husband of the deponent above Mary Martin, died on the 25 th day of December A.D. 1832. Sworn to & subscribed Jacob Culler before me this 15 th day July 1845
James Bell
I certify that Jacob Culler is an individual of excellent character & of good veracity.
James Bell

State of Pennsylvania } Westmoreland county }
Pennsylvania Fayette Co } sp
Personally appeared before me one of justices of the Peace of East Huntingdon Twp Westmoreland Co Daniel Carr Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he knew James Martin late of Fayette Co a revolutionary soldier pensioned by the United States and also Mary Martin his wife now of this township he states that he has known them for upwards of fifty years and he further states that he knows that they passed for man and wife and had children born previous to seventeen hundred and ninety four and that they were always understood to be man and wife until his death
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 2 nd day of July 1845
Solomon Stuler
D. Carr
The Carr is a man of good reputation and is a respon- sible Witness
Solomon Stuler

State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County ss
Personally appeared before me One of the the Justices of the peace in and for said County James Bowen who being sworn according to law doth Depose & Say that he knew the late James Merten of Fayette County Pa who drew a pension from the United States & also his wife Mary Merten now of East Huntingdon Township County & State aforesaid he knew the said James Merten & Mary Merten previous to 1794 live together as Man & wife and had a large family of children & lived in the Capacity of man & wife untill his death & further states that him & the said James Merten served a term of duty at the same time at Chambers Station in the north of the Co aforesaid in the year 1792 or 93 & is confident they lived in the Capacity of Man & wife previous to that date
Sworn & subscribed before me The 14 th day of July 1845 Solomon Stiter J.P.
James S. Conner
Westmoreland County ss
I hereby that the said James Bowen is a Creditable Witness Witness my hand the 15 th day of July 1845
Solomon Stiter

Pennsylvania Westmoreland County
{p
Be it known that before me a justice of the peace in the State and County aforesaid Mary Martin and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical person who drew a pension under the acts of Congress passed in the years 1838, 1843 & 1844 on account of the revolutionary services of her husband the late James Martin at the rate of eighty dollars per annum that, that she now makes this affidavit for the purpose of drawing a pension under an act of Congress passed in the year 1848 entitled an act to continue for life certain pensions to widows: that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said James Martin that she now resides in Westmoreland County and has resided there for ten years and previous thereto she resided in Fayette County Pa
Sworn to and subscribed this 29 th day of Sept. 1848 Attest before me Solomon Ruten
Westmoreland County Pennsylvania
{p
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in said County Martin Luther Martin and Stephen John Stauffer who are persons entitled to credit and made oath in due form of law that they are personally acquainted with the aforesaid Mary Martin and know that she drew a pension from the United States as the widow of James Martin who was a soldier in the

Revolutionary war Sworn and subscribed this 29 th day of September 1848 before me Solomon Suter
Martin Loucks Henry Bauman John H. Stauffer
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in her foregoing affidavit.
29 th Sept. 1848
Solomon Suter
State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County 321
I David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Solomon Suter Esqr before whom the foregoing Declaration and Deposition were made and whose name in his own proper hand writing is to the foregoing Certificate appended was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland duly elected and Commissioned and to all whom acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greensburgh the 29 th day of September A.D. 1848
David Fullwood Pro

Union town October 6 th 1848 J L Edwards
Sir
I send the within Claim of Mrs Martin for a renewal of her pension You will please give it your attention
A S Fuller
all

Westmoreland County ss I certify that the word Grayville was recited before signing & Westmoreland inserted in the deposition in the obituary page 29th Sept 1848 Solomon Shuter