Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2817, for Bradley Medlin, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6.
Medlin, Bradley
S. 2817
carded.
CONTENTS
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Jackson 7467 West Tennessee
Bradley Medley
of Wilson in the State of W. Tenn who was a Prv. H a in the company commanded by Captain Richands of the Reg t commanded by Col Sewell in the N E line for 6 mos { 3 in prof. life 3 " " " " " " a part
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tenn at the rate of 22 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April 1833 and unto R M Burton Lebanon
Arrears to the 4th of March 45.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 11.25
$56.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
W th by Dant Boyd Clerk, Vol. 7 Page 88
Letter to Pen 9. April 1839. Cw to Pen Aug 3. June 1839.
To Jackson Tennessee from the Sept 1838. & July 1839. Noti- fication to Pensioned Poplar Corner Madison Co Tenn

Declaration of Brad
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 1. 1832.
State of Tennessee Wilson County.
In this 28th day September 1832 persona appear in open Court before the Worshipful James M. Martin & David G. Gist, & Benjamin G. Trotter the Presiding Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Wilson County now sitting at the Court house in the town of Tullahoma, Bradley Medlin of the County of Wilson & State of Tennessee aged about seventy three or four years who be- fore 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 1. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that he was drafted a private soldier in Franklin County in the State of North Carolina on the day of  1780. or in the fall of the year for Chatham and was put in the Company Commanded by Captain James Richard Lieutenant Garret Goad, & Ensign Harris, and attached to the Regt Com- manded by Colonels Benjamin Shevell and William Rieckle the Regt was then attached to the Main Army, that he was  at Franklin Court house and marched to Salisbury,  and down the State of South Carolina to a place called  on Pedee river in S.C. and was discharged at Salisbury  in the latter part of the fall of the year in 1780. after having  months in actual service, that he returned home and in the  of the fall of 1781 was again drafted a private soldier and placed in the Volunteer Company of Cavalry Commanded by Captain Wm Ferrill,  and was afterwards placed under the Command of Jos. Tatum, & Lieutenant Hart Continental officers and was marched through the tory settlements on Cape Fear River down to Wilmington and Bluefield's bridge on Cape Fear River. Broke one of the battalions that took old Clayton a celebrated toryascal and several others. that he was discharged at Smithfield on Pedee river on the  day of after serving more than three months 1781. or 2, he recollects it was late in the year and he returned home and shortly afterwar- news reached of peace being concluded, that he moved to the State of Tennessee in 1782 and has resided in Wilson County 17 or 18 years He has no documentary evidence of his services having long since lost his discharges, he can prove by Mr. Bridges his entering the service of his country in the old war, but not the precise time he served, he hereby releas- ing every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State in the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
Bradley his Medlin mark
Not Public V. McLean Clerk of the county court of Wilson County

Tennessee S.S. Wilson County.
On this day of Sept 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Worshippful Benjamin D. Williams David C. Hebbell and James M. Martin Presiding Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Wilson County now sitting Dorrill Bridges and made oath in due form of law that he knows of his own knowledge that Bradley Middle who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration was a soldier of the Revolution but does not know how long he was in the army.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 28 th day of Sept 1832. Test. Josiah McClain Clerk of the county Court of Wilson County.
State of Tennessee S.S. Wilson County.
We Nijon Estes at Dorrill Bridges clergyman resident in the county of Wilson and state of Tennessee and Midgen Dorrill Bridges resident in the county and state of Ala. do hereby certify that we are all well acquainted with Bradley Middle who has made and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about eighty three or four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion - said Bridges lived in Franklin county near some applicant lived when he entered the Army he saw once while in the service and saw him after his return home and has no doubt he read as stated - Nijon Estes.
Test Josiah McClain Clerk Dorrill Bridges And the said Benjamin D. Williams James M. Martin & David C. Hebbell Presiding Justices of the Peace of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Wilson County now in session, after the investigation of the matter and interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states and the said court further certifying that it appears to them that who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman and a resident of the county of Wilson & state of Tennessee who has also signed the same are resident in the county and state aforesaid, are credible persons and that full faith and credit is due to their statements. Sworn under our hands and seals at Lebanon this day of Sept 1832.
D.C. Hebbell J.M. Martin D. Williams
Medlin, Bradley N.C. 52817
in and for the county of Wilson

13. 85 1/2 1/2 Bradley Medlin's Pension Papers.
Medlin, Bradley N.C. 52817

State of Tennessee S.S. Wilson County.
I Josiah P. McLean Clerk and Prothonotary of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Wilson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Bradley Ledbetter for a pension, and that Benjamin H. Presley, David C. Harkness and James M. Martin Esqrs whose names are officially affixed to the foregoing Certificate are and were the Presiding Justices of the Peace of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Wilson County duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all their official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in the town of Lebanon this day of September in the year 1832 and of the Independence of the United States the 57th year.
Josiah P. McLean of the county co.

No 13806
Bradley Medlin
Wilson
from 1780 private of Inf y & Cavalry 6 mths Pay 3 mths $10 R ch 3 mths 12.50 $22.50
Richard Bennett N.C.
R. M. Burton Lebanon Genl.

BRIEF in the case of  Bradley Medlin of the County of Wilson  in the State of Tenn.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 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.      in the fall of In 1780 or 81 } , 81 or 82 — 3 — As a drafted Gen. Col. Seawell & Bricke, Capt   — 3 — Cavalry James Richards Capt Forrell & Tatum  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Franklin Co. Tenn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? lost his discharge - Deposition tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Regular
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Tennessee _____
County of Madison ss.
On this 10th day of May 1839, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Madison aforesaid personally appeared Bradley Medlin-spencer under the act of 7 Jan. '32 who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain James Richards & - Fatima - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sevell in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of West Tennessee from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District or Territory,) of Tennessee, Madison County at Jackson where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from (West) Middle Tennessee to Madison County County Tennessee viz
Her Wife having departed this life, he was solicited by his daughter & her husband, to become a resident of their family. His Bradley Medlin Mark Richards & Hogg att
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. Martin Cartmell
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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 be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of Tennessee Madison County p. 3 May 10. 1839
I Martin Cartmell Notary Public in & for the county above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz. the affidavits of Thomas Williams, and Billy Williams, persons of veracity, that Bradley Medlen, who has this day appeared before me and taken the oath necessary to a transfer from one agency to another is the identical person named in the foregoing affidavits.
Given Under My hand at Jackson on the day & year above written.
Martin Cartmell
J. Montgomery B. Stewart Clerk of the Court of (Madison County Tennessee, certify that Martin Cartmell is a notary Public as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office & subscribed my name this 10 th day of May in the year, one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine.
J. M. B. Stewart Clerk
3

No 12 Bradley Minton deeds
21.68 } 9 Jan 1832
4 Sept. 1842 to 18 Augt. 1843
11. Oct 1843
Act June 7, 1832 Jackson, Tenn 4 th Quarters 1843 Bundle # 12
Bradley Minton

State of Tennessee
Madison County
County Court Oct Term 1843
At a county court began and held in and for the County of Madison at the court House in the Town of Jackson on the first Monday in October it being the 2 nd day of said month A D 1843 present and holding said court the worshipful Wm Wyatt Morning Chairman and presiding Justice of said court Isham W Harris and John B Day Justices presiding.
Among other business the following Entry was made.
Upon motion of Pleasant R Gideon and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court by the evidence of Gray B Wooten and Lindley Beard who being first duly sworn depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Brady Wooten the Revolutionary Pensioner named in a certificate of Pension granted him at the War office of the United States the sixteenth day of June 1833. pay able at Nashville for Twenty two dollars and fifty cents payable same annually and on the 8 th July 1839 Transfer from the roll at Nashville to that of Jackson Tennessee the certificate and papers being produced in court and inspeced and examined by said witnesses in Identifying said deceased said witnesses further showed that said Brady Wooten departed this life on the 18 th day of August 1843 then a citizen.

of the County of Madison, State of Tennessee Whereupon it is ordered by the court that Letters of Administration of all and singu- lar the goods and chattels rights and estates of the said Brandy Moulton deceased be gran- ted to Pleasant R. Gibson who thereupon took the oath of an administrator and entered into and acknowledged his bond in the penal sum of Fifty dollars with Gray B. Moulton as his security whereupon on the said Gray B. Moulton came into court and signed said Bond and acknowledged for the due execution the signing sealing and delivery thereof to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained It is therefore ordered by the court that Letters of Administration Issue to the said Pleasant R. Gibson upon the Estate of the said Brandy Moulton deceased.
State of Tennessee Madison County } I James D. McCallan, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby Certify that the foregoing Transcript conta- ins a true copy of the proof and Entry granting Letters of Administration on the Estate of Brandy Moulton deceased to Pleasant R. Gibson as appears of Record in my office. In Book 5 Page 314
Given under my hand and seal of office at office in the City of Jackson on the 5 th day of October 1843 James D. McCallan

$21. 68
Sackin Oct. 11. 1843
Rec? from J. M. Campbell agent for paying pension at Sackin, Twenty one 18 dollars 68 cents, being the amount of pension due Bradley Medlin who was a private under act of June 1832, from 4 Sept. 1842 to 18 August 1843, the day on which he deceased - for which I, the said Bradley Medlin's Administrator legally authorized, have signed duplicate receipts -
Pleasant A. Sanders
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
of Bradley Medlin deceased
Received from GAO

STATE OF TENNESSEE, } Be it Remembered, that heretofore, to wit, on the Madison  County.)  2 nd day of October at a Court of Pleas  County Court began and and Quarter Sessions , held for said county of Madison at the court house in the town of Sackson on the first Monday in October 18 43 . Present holding said court, the worshipful
Wyatt Moore Chairman etc John N Harris and John H Day
} Esquires, Justices.
Pleasant R Gideon applied to said court for letters testamentary upon all and singular, the goods and chattles, rights and credits, which were of Bradly Menden late of said county deceased, which for reasons appearing to the said court, were granted the said applicant, upon entering into bond and secu- rity according to law, which was accordingly done, and spread of record in the words and figures following, to wit: Administration of all and singular the goods and chattles rights and credits of Bradly Menden was this day granted to Pleasant R Gideon who therefrom took the oath of an administrator and entered into and acknowledged his bond in the penal sum of Fifty dollars with Gray B. Menden as his security
These are therefore to authorize and require of the said Pleasant R Gideon that he forthwith enter in and upon the administration of all and singular, the goods and chat- tles, rights and credits, which were of the said Bradly Menden late of said county of Madison deceased, and make due disposition and return thereof, ac- cording to law.
In witness whereof, I, James D McCallum Clerk of said Court, hath hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office this Seventh day of October 18 43 .
James D McCallum clerk

Revised
2817 1/2 INVALID.
File No. 2817
Bradley Medallion
Port. N.C. line
Act: June 7/1888
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 253
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Y o 13.806
Bradley Medlin
R. M. Burton Esq Lebanon                      Ten s

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Bradley Medlin which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? yes 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? one 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? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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 shown 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.

Write to the sumner at Boston Lower Sumner.
apls 8
FREE
Mr Evans
J. S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

State of Tennessee Madison County ss
On this twentyfifth day of March 1839, before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Madison, personally appeared Bradley Medlin, who on his oath declared, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. James Richards in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Seville in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of West Tennessee, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in that portion of the State of Tennessee called known by the name of the Western District, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be payable at Jackson in the said district, in future.
The following is his reason for removing from West or Middle Tennessee to the Western District.
He has two daughters residents of the latter divisions of the State, who solicited him to make the removal Witness - J. W. Graw Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year above written.
his Bradley of Med mark
John H. Deyo J.P.

FREE
Mr Evans
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City DC

Poplar Corner May 10. 1839
Sir.
I enclose an application, to be transferred to the Pension Agency at Jackson Tenn. please direct the same, and advise me thereof at this place
Most Respectfully Yrs. obt Servt. Bradley his Mark Madlin

Payments to be made at Nashville by the Act of U.S. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of West Tennessee
Capt. Johnson's Company Within lines of No Carolina
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 7 Page 88 by Daniel Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Bradley Marlow of the State of West Tennessee who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive — Twenty two — dollars and Fifty cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
L. D. Baker
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. S
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Union Bank of Tennessee Nashville 12 th June 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
Your return in favor of the 3 rd Instant requiring information to what time Bradley Medley a Revolutionary Pensioner Under the act of the 7 th June 1832 and at the rate of $22.50 Per Annum was last paid to at this Office is duly to hand. And in reply have to inform you he has been paid to the 1 st September 1838 I am very Respectfully Sir
Your Ob t . Serv t John M. Dais Com r Pension Agent By S. Canhell

Oct. 12,
Humble Services Co. FREE War. Department Washington City
13.80 3/4 Application for pension

Oct. 12,
Honble Lemuel Coats War Department Washington City
FREE
13.80 3/4 Appleton a pension

Lebanon Sept 24th 1832
Honble Lemuel Clegg
In closed is I send you the application - of Bradley Medley for a pension you will please let him know through me the decision of the Department on his case if the action of the Department is favorable you will please inclose a draft on the United States Bank at Nashua being the nearest point where a payment will likely be made under your letters to Lebanon I am
Yours &
Robert M Benton