Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36692, for Micajah Mayfield, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
La.
Mayfield, Meajah
S 36692
CONTENTS

20.305
Indiana
Mercajah Mayfield
of Knox Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Montgomery in the Dr line, for the term of four years from January 1779 to _____ 1783
Inscribed on the roll of Indiana at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 day of January 1828
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of February 1831 and sent to Hon. Wm Hendricks Senator U. States
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $209. 03 Semi-annual all'ce ending 6 Sep r 48. -
$257. 03
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
20 May 1830
Rec. Book D. Vol. 9. fol. 159.
See letter 2 d Feb. to Pen. Agent 1888 Nov 24 LC Draper history Pres

State of Indiana Knox County Set
Be it remembered that on this 7 th Day of January 1820 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Knox Micajah Mayfield now of Sullivan County and State aforesaid. Who being duly sworn deponeth and saith, That some time in the Month of January 1779 he enlisted as a soldier in the State of Virginia and he understood that it was the first Virginia Regiment. That the Spring following he was moved under the Command of Colonel John Montgomery to what was then called the Illinois country, and remaind there in service until the summer 1780 when he removed to Fort Jefferson on the Mississippi where he remained until the 8 th of June 1781 when he ascended the ohio under the Command of Capt George to Louisville where he remained in the service under the Command of Major Walls until he was Lawfully discharged. Some time in the Month of March 1783 which discharge he has long since lost, This deponent further states that he is now in his 80 th year and so inform that he is unable to procure a comfortable living that he is nearly Blind and has for several years been entirely dependant on the Liberality of his friends who are not in affluent circumstances, he therefore hopes and prays, the bounty of the Government may be extended to him and that he may be placed on the Pension list as early as practicable, he should have applied earlier but from his remote and private situation he was ignorant of the proffered bounty of the Government.
Signed Acknowledged and sworn to before me this 7 th day of January 1820
his Micajah Mayfield mark
Joseph Chambers J.P.

State of Indiana Knox County      E.H.      I, Homer Johnson Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County of Knox, do Certify, that Joseph Chambers before whom the within dep- osition appears to have been taken, is, and was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that due faith and credence, is, and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of Office, this 7 th day January
1828.
H. Johnson Clk. C.C.K.C.
21. 604

March 6, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Micajah Mayfield, S. 36692
Mrs. Charles C. Cheshire, Jr. Route 1 Nashville Tennessee
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 36692, based upon the military service of Micajah Mayfield, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He enlisted in Virginia in January, 1779, and served as private in Captain Jesse Evans' company in Colonel John Montgomery's Virginia regiment under George Rogers Clark; in the following spring he marched to the Illinois country and after serving one year he was discharged. Immediately after the expiration of this enlistment he again enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops under General George Rogers Clark and was in the companies of Captains Richard Brashear, George and Helm and was discharged in March, 1783, at or near what later became Louisville, Kentucky.
Micajah Mayfield was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1828, at which time he was living in Sullivan County, Indiana, and stated that he was in his eightieth year.
In 1831 he stated that he had lived in Sullivan County, Indiana, for about nine years and previous to that time he had lived in Kentucky.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
General Administration Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.

Nashville Tenn.
Jan. 30/34
Bureau of Pensions
Please send me the Rev. War records of Micajah Mayfield probably from Ky. of John Sharpe Sharpe from Ky. probably Jefferson County Also Solomon Wright from Wap - haw Settlement S. Car. He fought in Capt Amos Windham Co in 1782.
Yours truly
Mrs. Chas. C. Chas. Lee Jr. Route 1

I nearly blind  Meajah Mayfield in Jany 1828 of Sullivan Co Ind aged in his 80 th year Sometime in Jany 1779 he enlisted under Capt Jesse Evans in Va - as he understood - in the 1 st Reg t Colo John Montgomery & in the Spring marched to the Illinois Country where he continued to command  remained until the autumn Summer of 1780 when ordered to Fort Jefferson on the Mississippi where remained to June 8. 1781 when he ascended the Ohio under Capt George to Louisville (where Major  or Wales or Maj Chittenden Willis was in command & which in March 1783 by order of Genl Clarke  became He was then in 1 st Va Reg t This First Service under Evans was one year, then reenlisted for 3 yrs part of the time with Capt Richard Brashear & part with Capt George of the artillery & also under Capt Holmes In 1831 he stated he had resided in Sullivan Co 9 years & previously in Ky

36 692 INVALID. Rev
File No. 36,692
Merciah Mayfield Rev Rev Rev
Act: 25 th May 35 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1930, Jan 6, Hist. to Hon Arthur H. Greenwood, Esq. in claim of Alexander Bailey S. 32/81, M.E.E.
1934, Mar. 6, Hist. to Mrs. Chas C. Cheshire Jr
1937, Dec. 8, Hist. to Edith M. Smith. See letter in War 1812 clm. gas. Mayfield B. Lot. 25-799-90-55

Micaiah Mayfield
Enlisted the Revolutionary service in the year 1779 according to his own statement and served in the 1 st Virginia Regiment and served till March 1783 when he was lawfully discharged. His discharge has been lost. He is 80 years of age - nearly blind and dependent for support upon the liberality of friends.
Major Bland M. Ballard says that he knew Mayfield as a soldier in the years 1780. 81. & 82. That Mayfield had enlisted before he knew him - says that Mayfield served faithfully as a soldier to the end of the war. - That said Mayfield is old infirm & blind, and very poor.

December 8, 1937.
Edith M. Smith 436 West 47th Street Kansas City, Missouri.
BA-3/ILL James Mayfield B.L.Wt. 25799-80-55
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Micaiah Mayfield who served in the Revolutionary War and furnish citations showing two soldiers with that name and wish to know whether or not they may pertain to the same man, and request also the War of 1812 record of James Mayfield who served from Kentucky.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and only one claim for pension found based upon service of a Micaiah Mayfield. His record is furnished herewith from pension claim, S. 35692, also, the War of 1812 record of James Mayfield of Kentucky.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

December 8, 1937
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Micajah Mayfield, S.36692 BA-J/MCS
Edith M. Smith 436 West 47th Street Kansas City, Missouri
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.36692, based upon the military service of Micajah Mayfield.
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted in Virginia in January, 1779, and served as private in Captain Jesse Evans' company in Colonel John Montgomery's Virginia regiment under George Rogers Clark; in the following spring he marched to the Illinois country and after serving one year he was discharged. Immediately after the expiration of this enlistment he again enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops under General George Rogers Clark and was in the companies of Captains Richard Brashears, George and Helm and was discharged in March, 1783, at or near what later became Louisville, Kentucky.
Micajah Mayfield was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1828, at which he was living in Sullivan County, Indiana, and stated that he was in his eightieth year.
In 1831 he stated that he had lived in Sullivan County, Indiana, for about nine years and previous to that time he had lived in Kentucky.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

----- To Hon Arthur H. Greenwood House of Rep. D.C.
M.E.E. Jan. 6, 1930
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 36692, it appears that Micajah Mayfield enlisted in Virginia in January 1779, served one year as a private in Captain Jesse Evans' Company, Colonel John Montgomery's Virginia Regiment under General George Rogers Clark and marched to the Illinois Country, then re-enlisted and served as a private, a part of the time under Captain Richard Brashears, under Captain George of the Artillery and under Captain Holmes, and was discharged in March 1783 near Louisville, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1828 while "in his 80th year" and a resident of Sullivan County, Indiana, where he had lived for about six years. Previous to that time he resided in the State of Kentucky.
There are no data concerning his family. -----
Correspondence in claim of Alexander Bailey S. 32107,
R 1482

Micajah Mayfield
Micajah Mayfield
B. W. Ballou as
Affidavit
June 21- 1828
Ref. to Com. on Mil. Pensions
Apr. 24. 1828
Bill reported - N o 283.
Albany
December 5. 1828.
Ref. to the Com. on Mil. Pensions
Dec. 16. 1829.
Ref. to Com. on Mil. Pensions
see letter Aug. 25. 1830 to J.
Potey do. to
Hon. W. Hendricks Dec. 10. 1830.
Blakely 89. Pussing

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Shelby County Set Be it remembered That on this 14 th day of December 1827. Majr Bland W Ballard a citizen of this County personally appeared and made oath before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County and Commonwealth that he knows Bage Mayfield of Green County Indiana; that he knew said Mayfield as a soldier in the years 1780, 1781 and 1782. That said Mayfield had enlisted in the service before this affiant knew him, he does not now recollect the name of said Mayfield, Captain, but he will recollect that he said Mayfield was in the Battalion at the Falls of the Ohio in the year aforesaid commanded by Majr Mails, under the command of Genl Clarke. That said Mayfield served faithfully as a soldier, a private, to the end of the war, and this affiant was present when he was discharged, at Louisville, by the order of Genl Clarke which discharge the said Mayfield says he has lost. Said Mayfield is old, infirm and blind, and very poor, and will be greatly benefitted

by the aid of the Government of the U. States.
Signed, Acknowledged and sworn to before me this 14 th day of Dec 1827 Bland M. Ballard Geo T. Miller J.P.
State of Kentucky Shelby County, ss.
I James S. Whitaker Clerk of the County Court of Shelby in the State aforesaid do Certify that George T. Miller Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made was at the time of signing the same an the Commonwealth Justice of the Peace for said County Commissioned and qualified according to Law and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said County to be hereunto affixed at Shelbyville this 14 th day of December 1827.
James S. Whitaker Clerk Shelby County Court

Micajah Mayfield Micajah Mayfield B. W. Ballou as Affidavit
June 21. 1828 Ref. to Com. on Mil. Pensions at 24. 1828 Bill reported - N o . 283.
Allowed December 5. 1828. Ref. to the Com. on Mil. Pensions Dec. 16. 1829. Ref. to Com. on Mil. Pensions
see letter Aug. 25. 1830 to J. Percy do. to Hon. W. Hendricks Sec. 10. 1830.
Blake 29. Pensions

Know all men by these presents, that I Micajah Mayfield of Sullivan county, state of Indiana do hereby constitute and appoint Hon: Wm Hendricks, my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the United States, the amount of pension money due to me under an act of congress approved May 20 th 1830 up to the fourth day of September of the present year, as provided for in the third section of the act alluded to.
Witness my hand and seal this 19 day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
his Micajah Mayfield mark
Sealed and delivered in presence of
James Love Thomas Piety Junior James Mayfield
Before me, a Justice of the Peace in the county of Sullivan, state of Indiana, personally appeared this day Micajah Mayfield, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed. Witness my hand this 19 day of November in the year 1830
James Love J.P.O.L.

State of Indiana Sullivan County ss
I Samuel Cohnan Clerk of the Sullivan Circuit Court hereby certify that James Love Esquire before whom the within Power of Attorney was acknowledged then was and still is an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County of Sullivan duly elected Commissioned and qualified. Having as such full power and authority to Take Acknowledgements etc. To which as to all of his official acts full faith and Credit ought to be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the same County this 19 th day of November A.D. 1863
S Cohnan Clerk

Mayfield Pen. O.
Hon. W. Hendricks Senate U.S. dep. Feb. 1. 1831.
Pen: to con: Jan. 1. 1828 $8 per month. at 20 May 1830 Rev. Indiana

State of Indiana Sullivan County
Be it known that before
me James Love a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Micajah Mayfield and made oath in due form of law. That he is the identical Micajah Mayfield named in an act passed at the first session of the Twenty First Congress for the relief of sundry Revolutionary and other officers and soldiers and for other purposes, approved May 20 th 1830. That he is entitled to a pension of eight dollars per month on account of wounds and disabilities received or of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War. That he enlisted some time in the year 1779 under Jesse Evans Captain, John Montgomery Colonel, Geo. R. Clark General, and served under Captain Evans one year, then enlisted a second time for three years, but served three years & thirteen months, a part of said time under Captain Richard Brashear, some time under Capt George of the artillery, and some time under Captain Holmes, and was discharged in the year

1883 under Major Wales, or Major Setten- den, at or near what is now known as Louisville Kentucky, as a private in the first Virginia Regiment; That he presented his claim to Congress in 1828 through Col. Thomas H. Blake who was then the member of Congress from this district, That he now resides in Sullivan County State aforesaid and has resided in said County and State about nine years previous to which he resided in the State of Kentucky his Micajah Mayfield mark
Witness James H. Harvey James Mayfield
Sworn to and subscribed this 5 th day of January 1831 before me James Love J.P.P.C. (seal)
State of Indiana } Sullivan county } Benjamin W. Wolf of the circuit court of the county aforesaid do certify that James Love Esq. is one of the jus- tices of the peace of said county and that full faith and credit is due to his legal acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county 8 th day of January 1831 Benj. Wolf Clerk