Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1463-100, for William Martin, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Martin, William
B. & N. 1463-100.
CONTENTS
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No. 1463
Sam d . Martin & other heirs of Wm. Martin
Br. Va.
mail to Anthony Evans Va.

Virginia Dept
At a Court held for Bedford County the 28 th day of December 1828
Testimonial evidence was adduced in Court to prove that Samuel Martin is the son of the late William Martin, late a soldier in the Fifteenth Regiment of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment.
Guadalupe B. Pritchard County Clerk of the County Court of Bedford do hereby certify that the above evidence is taken from the records in my office as Testimony thereof I have hereunto set my official Seal this 31 st day of December 1828
G. B. Pritchard

That full paid and credit and due and ought to be given to said his official acts as such Secretary of State having been qualified and sworn to the best of his knowledge this 13 th day of January 1829 [Signature] Secretary of State
N o 1463 Sam l Martin son & other heirs of W m Martin Briv Va by mail to Anth y Evans Va

State of Virginia } County of Bedford }
I Samuel Martin son of one of the heirs at law of William Martin do upon oath testify & declare to the best of my knowledge & belief that William Martin did Enlist for the term of during the war in 1779 & served in the 14 th Regiment under the command of colonel Davis of the Virginia Line on continental Establish- ment & that he continued in the service afore said until the close of the war in 1783. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to William Martin for the part of the united States - nor do I believe that he ever received it or trans- ferred his claim to it in any manner who-soever therefor.
Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Martin aforesaid do hereby constitute & appoint Anthony Evans of the aforesaid City & State to be my true & lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand & receive from the Secretary of war of the united States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid & my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute & appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Samuel Martin

Personally appeared the above named Samuel Martin Subscriber to the foregoing declaration & in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney therein contained to be his free act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned given under my hand this 14 th day of November 1828
Sam l Hancock Justice of the Peace
Virginia Circuit Court Clerk's Office Decatur
I, George W. Wingfield Deputy Clerk of the Court of the County of Decatur in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Samuel Hancock J.P. (whose signature is annexed to the above Certificate) is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal this 13 th day of January 1829 G. W. Wingfield Clerk
No 1463 Sam l Martin son of the heirs of Wm Martin Esq N.S. by mark to Sam l H. Esq for

N o 1463
Wm Martin Miss
Rec d
By L o Official 12. Feb 1859
Hon. Secretary of War
Washington City
Free

February 3 rd 1829 Received from the Secretary of War Warrant No. 11163 for the sum of the heirs of William Martin a private in the Virginia Continental Line in the Revolutionary War
Anthony Evans