Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41798, for John Marr, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. 6.
Hoarr, John
S. 41798
CONTENTS

5441
North Carolina Roll
John Marr Capt Medery Private North Carolina Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to Henry Potter Esq. Judge Raleigh.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 2m. 18/30 - 20:00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
$68:80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
177 for 18 months.
Continued Walter C.
Walter sent to Mr. Mann, Esq. 30 Oct 1820. Raleigh Pence 16.

North Carolina
19 th June 1818
John Carr Private
Early in 1777 enlisted & served for 18 months 3 rd Troop of Dr. C. Light Cavalry on Clinton's Exp. Captain Coffin's Militia
A. Patten Judge Raleigh
Admitted

District of North Carolina ss.
In this 17 th day of June 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the judges of the United States for the District aforesaid, personally appeared John Marr, aged eighty eight years, resident in Wake County, in the said District, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war." That some time early in the year 1777, in the County of Wake aforesaid, he the said J. Marr became a substitute & took the place of another, and entered into the service of the United States in the war aforesaid, under Captain Cofman's Medice, a member of the Third Troop of Light horse of North Carolina, in the Continental service, for the term of eighteen months, the residue of a two & an half years service; that he continued to serve in the said corps (there being no regiment of horse, of North Carolina) until the end of his said eighteen months service, when he was then discharged, in Halifax County, N. Carolina; but his discharge is lost - he believes it was stolen from him; that he was in no battles; and that he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to & declared before me, the day & year first aforesaid.
H. Potter

District of North Carolina.
William Tate make oeth, that in the years 1777 & 1778, while in the Continental Service of the United States, in the war of the revolution, he was well acquainted with the aforesaid John Marr, & knows that in the said war, he served in Capt. Medics company of Light horse of North Carolina, in the Continental service aforesaid, for a term more than nine months. And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to before me the 17 th June 1818
H. Potter D. J. U. S. C.
I Henry Potter, District Judge of the United States for the District of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Marr did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for term of nine months, on the continental establishment, and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
28 th July 1818.
H. Potter D. J. U. S. C.

State of N o Carolina, Secretary's Office 17 th Jan. 1818. I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that John Marr sen r has, (as appears by the warrant book in this office) obtained a warrant for 335 Acres of land for his services as a Soldier in the Re- volutionary war, which warrant was ob- tained on the Certificate of an Officer of the Continental line of said State certifying that he the said John Marr sen r had served as a Soldier in the line aforesaid for the term of three years and eight months. Given under my hand the date above W m Hill

State of North Carolina Wake County 3
On this 21 st day of August 1870 personally appeared in Open Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of said County, being a Court of Record for said County, John Marrs - aged Ninety years the 28 th July last, who being first duly according to law, took on his Oath, make the declaration in Order to Obtain the provision by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820, that he, the said John Marrs, entitled for the term of Eighteen Months, sometime the latter part of March or the first of February 1777, in the State aforesaid, in the Company, commanded by Captain McCleery in the Regiment, commanded by Col Sumner in the line of said State as well as he recollects for the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the fall of 1788, when he was discharged from said service at Guilford Camp, Halifax County in said State of North Carolina and that he has no other evidence now in his power of said service, except the evidence upon which his original Certificate of the War Department was obtained.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1870 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March An thousand eight hundred & eighteen, and that not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof without intent, thereby to diminish it or to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress, "entitled an act, to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War" passed, on the 18 th day of March An thousand eight hundred & eighteen and that I have not, nor has any person in trust

For me, any property or pecuniary. Contracts or debts, due to me. Nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.
Schedule
50 Acres in the County of Lake, mostly cut down by the Congress apportion to $75.00 I am about 13 years of age - and Blind I have 2 Sparlings, about 5 Grown Hogs & 8 Sheep I have 30 head of cattle including Chickens Doors, Windows in all 10 dozen glass bottom Chairs 1 set of Skates, 5 Ruler plates 1 Powder Dish, 6 Powder Horns 4 Ruler Spoons, 1 Spinning wheel & 10 spindles 1 Club Ax, 2 Wooding axes, 2 plow lines 1 plow, 1 drawing knife & iron wedge 1 Chair, 5 Pine Tables 1 Box containing lemons 1 Loom, 1 old saddle & bridle, 1 Stone jug handle broke - and two pocket knives
Debts due by me, the said John Marr sen. to sundry persons will amount to about $50.00 and further to the said John Marr sen. am by occupation a farmer, but by age & infirmity, not able to pursue it, I have a wife in her 54 th year, a son by the name of John in his 20 th year but mostly for himself, upon the whole I consider myself not capable of support without the aid of government, except by private or public charity
Yours Truly John Marr
his John Marr sen. Mark

John Marr,
5.441.
91 810
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William Peace,
Raleigh, N.C.

State of North Carolina Wake County
I Benjamin H. King clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid. do hereby certify that the foregoing call and the schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property returned in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and twenty Dollars
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21 st day of August A.D. 1820
B. H. King 666

City of Raleigh 11 th Sept r 1820.
Hon ble John C. Calhoun Secy at War.
Sir
At the request of John Marr Sen r . - a very inform Pensioner, I herewith inclose you a schedule of all his property - taken and sworn to in open Court by him, pursuant to the act of the 1 st of May 1820. as per the Clk s . Certificate. - Should you think proper to continue his allowance as pensioner, I do for one believe with great reference that it will be well bestowed, - His schedule I believe contains a faithful and true account of his worth & situation, and although the court has estimat d his property to be worth one hundred & twenty dollars, it is my opinion that the income it would produce would be literally nothing in comparison to his support. - I have no personal interest in sending the inclosed, further than to render the common assistance to the poor old man in doing for him in the present instance what he could not possibly do for himself, - if therefore, there should be any communication necessary for him you may send it to my care at this place, which shall carefully be conveyed to him by some of his neighbours who are frequently here & who are I believe very friendly towards him. - Mr. Marr lives about 18 miles above this & not near any Post office.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob dt . Serv t
Wm Pearce

41798 INVALID.
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File No. 41798
John Maw Ali Sher Khan
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 807
[Arrangement of 1870.]