Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2743, for Ezekiel Marshall, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Marshall, Ezekiel
S. 2743
carded
CONTENTS

7592 West Tennessee
Ezekiel Marshall of Dumrall in the State of Mississippi who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Anderson of the Light commanded by Col. Meredith the 1st line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of May 1833 and sent to John H. Turner Gallatin
Arrears to the 4th of March 80.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept 20.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Day Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 88
See letters Nov. 21. 1836 to P. of V. Penf.
Recd Apr. 3, 1842 (A.B.)

Ezekiel Marshall
20026

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Tennessee On this 13 th day of November 1882, personally Eunice County Ky appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Sumner, Erskine Marshall, a resi- dent of said County State, aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. Applicant was born in Prince George County Virginia, 1786 or 7. when he was about , in the month of April 1776 Applicant enlisted in Culpeper County for the term of 12 months under Captain Anderson, in the first of May this Company started to march down James River in Company with Capt. Ballard's Company. The Companies marched down to Hampton Town, passing through Petersburg, crossing the River at Old Cob- ham, going through Little York Town, where they were attached to the Regulars lying at Hampton Town commanded by Col. Meredith the N.C. of the Regiment not recruited, remained here about five months, then crossed over to Portsmouth, where they lay until we were all discharged in the fall, it being under- stood that the British had gone round to the North to go into Winter Quarters. Applicant got home in the month of November, having served six months - or a little more - Applicant was drafted in 1778 for a three months term, he hired a substitute to perform this term - In 1780 in the fall Applicant was again drafted for three

months, in the Company commanded by Capt-George Pegram, the company marched from place to place down the James River & was stationed sometimes at Old Cabin Point - at the expiration of his term Applicant was regularly discharged: he does not recall the No. of the Regiment or the names of the Officers who commanded on this expedition. Applicant has lost his discharge. Applicant lived in Virginia until he was about 35 years old, when he moved to North Carolina, where he lived about 14 years, from then he removed to Surry County, Albemarle where he has resided about thirty years - Applicant has no documentary evidence of his services, nor does he know of any person living whose testimony, he can procure by whom he can prove his services - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State or Territory. Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Sworn to in open Court J. H. H. H. H. H. H. Nov. 13th 1832
A. H. Douglass Clerk

We William Asply Samuel Centre residing in the County of Sumner and State of Tennessee and
residing in the County of Sumner hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David  Ezekiel Marshall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is respected and believed, to in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
William Asply
Sworn to in open Court Nov 13th 1832
his Samuel Centre mark
A. H. Douglass Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Asply and Samuel Centre who have signed the preceding certificate, are Residents of the County of Sumner and State of Tennessee and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I. A. H. Douglass, Clerk of the County Court of Sumner do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the Application of Ezekiel Marshall for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 24th day of November 1832.
A. H. Douglass Clerk

2026.
Ezekiel Marshall, of Sumner County, Ten- nessee.
from 1776 per annum 12 months. $40.
2
John H. Turner, Agent. St. Gallatin, Tennessee.

BRIEF in the case of Ezekiel Marshall,  County of Sumner,  in the State of Tennessee.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1776. _____ 6, or a little more _____ As a Pr. Gen. Capt. James Anderson; he joined   Drafted 1778. _____ 3. _____ " Col. Meredith.   " 1780. _____ 3. _____ " Capt. Geo. Pegreen.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Virginia.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. R. Turner, Examining Clerk.

October 20, 1934
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Mr. James Bailey, Jr., 1701 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C.
EZEKIEL MARSHALL S. 2743 BA-J/MLB Cur
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ezekiel Marshall who received pension, lived and was buried in Sumner County, Tennessee.
His record follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2743, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Ezekiel Marshall was born in 1756 or 1757 in Prince George County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in the State of Virginia, he enlisted in Mecklenburg County, in April, 1776, served as private in Captain James Anderson's company, Colonel Meridith's Virginia regiment, and after serving a little more than six months was discharged in the fall and reached home in November of that year. He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served three months as private in Captain George Pegrum's Virginia company.
The soldier resided in Virginia until he was about thirty-five years of age, then moved to North Carolina, where he resided about fourteen years, and from there moved to Sumner County, Tennessee. In 1836, he gave as his post office address, McCreary's Post Office, Robertson County, Tennessee.
Ezekiel Marshall died April 3, 1842.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1924 Mar. 29. Lett. to Hon. Scott Wolff for Mrs J. Frank (Sallie A.) Thompson See letter in Henry Pitt Sells 1934 Oct. 20 - Lett to Jas Bailey, Jr. - mls
Rev War
2743 INVALID.
File No. 2743
Ezekiel Marshall
Priest Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 235
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1701 Mass. Ave N.W. Washington D.C. Oct 9 1934
Veterans Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
In conjunction with the D.A.R. I hope to place a marker at the grave of one Ezekiel Marshall who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I believe that he was drawing a pension as late as the year 1840. That late date may, however, be inaccurate. He lived and is buried in Sumner County, Tennessee.
I desire any information relative to his services which would make the proper inscription for this marker and assuring you that your cooperation in the matter will be deeply appreciated.
I am
yours Truly
James Bailey Jr.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ezekiel Marshall, which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No. Two citizens.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Nashville 8 th Nov r 1836 J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
I have applied this day for the Pension due me to the Agent in Nashville and am told I cant be paid until the papers are first sent on for your inspection there is one years pay due me up to the 4 th Sept. last the reason of my not calling for my pension is I have been sick and not able to come down, please to examin my claim herewith inclosed and if correct direct me to be paid, write me to McQuary's Post Office Robertson County Tennessee and much oblige
Yr Obed. Servt.
Ezekiel Marshall