Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6929, for Isaac Marshall, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass.
Marshall, Isaac
R6929
CONTENTS

Respectfully recd letter 2 Jany 1827 to Hon. D. C. Allen H.R.

No rejection jacket Declaration was jacketed with another claim.

Rockford, Ill.
July 16, 1938.
My Dear Sirs;
I am trying to prove the rev. services of the Marshall family of Leverett and Amherst, Mass.
Peter Marshall served for three years from Leverett, Mass. according to James Barrett's returns. Was he pensioned?
His son Issac Marshall enlisted at S. Hadley, Mass. lived at Amherst. He applied for a pension and was refused. Would you explain why when the Mass. Soldier's and Sailors Magazines say that he fought with Northern Army at Battle of Bemas Heights?
Sincerely,
Ann Marshall-Wiley.
1316 Grant Ave.
P.S.
I would like any data that you might have on this family; names of wives, children, towns, &c.
Did Issac's brother Clement Marshall apply for a pension? He had served twice from Leverett or Amherst.

See page 117 - Register.
Isaac Marshall Washington 6 o P.M.
Hon. S.C. Allen H.R. rec d Dec. 21. 1826

State of Vermont.
Washington County Court August Term A.D. 1826. -
On this 30 th day of August A.D. 1826 personally appeared in open court, to wit the Hon. County Court now sitting within and for the County of Washington aforesaid, Isaac Marshall of Waterbury in said County being a resident of said town aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law, cloth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the first of May 1820; that he the said Isaac Marshall in November 1774 enlisted as a minuteman by the orders of Genl. Donaldson from the provincial Congress and ordered to be in readiness at any emergency, and to provide his own equipments - The last of said November on the first of December after he with forty five others met at South Hadley in Massachusetts and chose their Officers and were mustered - He the said Isaac being chosen Orderly Sargeant - that they then went home and were exercised two or three times each week until called to Cambridge the next April - On the 19 th day of said April we went to Worcester & from there to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts - that he with others immediately enlisted under Captain Reuben Dickinson in Col. Benj a R. Woodbridge Regiment of Genl Israel Putnam's Brigade for the term of Eight months in the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment - That he served out the full term of said enlistment and did the duty of Orderly Sargeant of said Company, A part of my Orderly book I have found among my old papers - That immediately on the expiration of my Eight months at the special request of Genl Washington, I, with others, continued in the service until the 20 th day of January 1776 when I was discharged and went home - That there was no intermission of my service between the 19 th day of April 1775 and the 20 th day

of January 1776, being nine months and two days continued Service as an orderly Sargeant - That in July 1776 he again Enlisted in Capt. Sam d Merriam's Company of the same Regiment for the term of five months, that he served untill the latter part of November when he was taken Sick and discharged - That in August 1777 he again Enlisted for three months or more in Capt. Moses Harvey's Company Same Regt. and served untill Jan y . 1778, at which time he was again honorably discharged -
He also States that in 1776 he hired a man to serve during the remainder of the war & paid him therefor the sum of $100.00, to wit, Peter Marshall, who immediately entered the service and continued in the service untill the month of December 1778 when having been wounded badly in the shoulder, he was discharged as an invalid & returned home -
That he relinquishes every claim whatever except the present, and that his name is not on the roll of any State - That he made an Application the 3 d . of April 1818, before the Hon. Ezra Butler then a Judge of Washington County Court, and the same was forwarded to the Department of War & returned by him disallowed - That he has since been advised to apply again in consequence of his poverty & old age - And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident 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 so 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 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not nor has any person

in trust 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 subscribed. —
That in 1818 he had a wife, who has since died, but possessed no property, except a few trifling Articles of household furniture of but little value, and one Cow & ten Sheep.
That he is now wholly destitute of any property except his wearing apparel and one Cow & ten Sheep —
Isaac Marshall.
Sworn to in Open Court the day & year above written. —
Attest Joshua W. Vail Clerk
Joshua W. Vail Clerk of Washington County Court do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Isaac Marshall did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one continuation of service, on the Continental Establishment. — I also certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule hereto annexed are truly copies from the records of said Court, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited therein is twenty three Dollars. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 22 d day of September A. D. 1826 —
Joshua W. Vail Clerk , of the County Court within & for the County of Washington aforesaid —

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War Department Pension Office January 2, 1827.
Hon. S. C. Allen H.R.
Sir:
The claim of Isaac Marshall to a pension on account of Revolutionary service has been examined. He stated, that he enlisted in November 1774 as a minute man, and on the 19th of April following he enlisted in Colonel Woodbridge's regiment for the term of eight months and that at the request of General Washington, at the expiration of his term of eight months, he continued in service two months longer. As he did not serve nine months, under one period of enlistment, and as the officers under whom he stated to have served, did not belong to the Continental Army, his case does not come within the provisions of the Act of the 18th of March, 1818, under which he claims. His claim cannot therefore be allowed. His petition is herewith returned, and his declaration will remain on file, agreeably to the regulations of this Department.
J.L.E.
August 3, 1938. ILL

August 5, 1938.
Ann Marshall Wiley 1316 Grant Avenue Rockford, Illinois.
BA-J/ILL Isaac Marshall R. 6929
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding Peter Marshall who served from Leverett, Massachusetts, in the Revolutionary War, also in regard to his sons, Clement and Isaac Marshall, the latter an applicant for pension.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Peter or Clement Marshall under any spelling of the surname. The record of Isaac Marshall is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 6929, based upon his service in that war.
Isaac Marshall entered service in Massachusetts in November 1774, as a minute-man, met about December with forty-five others at South Hadley, Massachusetts, organized a company of which he was chosen orderly sergeant, and drilled several times each week; he was called out April 19, 1775 at Cambridge, where he enlisted immediately as orderly sergeant in Captain Reuben Dickinson's company, Colonel Benjamin R. Woodbridge's Massachusetts regiment for eight months and continued to serve until January 20, 1776, when he returned home. He enlisted in July 1776, and served in Captain Samuel Merriam's company, Colonel Benjamin R. Woodbridge's Massachusetts regiment until the latter part of November, when he returned home on account of sickness; he enlisted in August 1777 and served in Captain Moses Harvey's company in that same regiment until January 1778.
Isaac Marshall stated that he hired one Peter Marshall in 1776 to serve as his substitute for the duration of the war and that said Peter Marshall served until December 1778, when he returned home on account of a bad wound in his shoulder. He did not state any relationship to said Peter Marshall, nor give any further details regarding his service.
Isaac Marshall applied August 26, 1826, for the pension which

might have been due under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. He resided then in Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont, and gave his age as eighty-two years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. His claim for pension was not allowed as he did not render service of nine consecutive months in the Continental Line in the Revolutionary War, as required by the Act of Congress under which he applied.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.