Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,947, for Mark Mitchell, Virginia

SERVICE
SEP Wa
Mitchell, Mark or Mitchel
NUMBER
NUMBER D. 38947
CONTENTS

10,268 West-Tennessee
Mark Mitchel
of Warren Co. in the state of Tennessee who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stevens of the Virginia line, for the term of Three years
enrolled on the Roll of West-Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of August 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 of May 1819 and sent to P W Humphreys M c Minnville - Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 6 16 / 31 52.12 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819 6 mos 48.
$ 100.12
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Book D Vol 9 page 132
Can't "
Letter to Hon. John Forster. Oct 4 - 1836 - (new ca)
Duplicate certificate issued Nov. 1836, and forwarded to Hon John Forster at McMinnville, Tenn.
W. H. H. 1831. H. J. G. Mitchell, Esq. Nashville, Tennessee.

Black Mt. Estate
No 10268
W. Year
  1 flat Iron   7 printer plates in use 35 years 100   6 delft five tin cups " 50   1 printer Disk " 25   5 cups and saucers " 12 1/2   1 Coffee pot " 6 1/4   2 Chairs Old Spriggins! Churn " 81 1/4   5 Pans & forks 2 printer spoons " 6 1/4   5 tea spoons " 3 75   $113 62 1/2 

State of Pennsylvania Northampton Co. ss
Schedule
In this fourth Eighth day of October 1820 personally appeared in open court living a bond of record for said County Mark Mitchell Aged 67 years resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth and his oath declare that he served in the revolu- tionary war as follows Enlisted for the term of three in February in the year 1777 in Culpepper County Virginia in the company commanded by Capt John Gallison of the Regt Command by Col Edward Stephens 11th Regt of the line of the State of Virginia on the continental establishment Discharged in Philadelphia in 1780 by Col Hebecker — was in the battle of Brandy wine, Germantown, Monmouth, at the Battery of Stony Point and Paulsboro agreeable to the Original Declaration of the 20 of August 1815 one person entitled 10265 to the two previous I do hereby swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or any in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to deny my self within the provisions of An act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval ser- -vice of the United States in the revolutionary War passed on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time any portion in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any in some other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me sub- -scribed
Real Estate " " " " " " " " Same

Personal Estate
  1 mason 10 years old " " " $ 30.00   1 year old Filly " " " " 20.00   2 Pows & calves " " " " 20.00   1 bull & 1 heifer " " " " 7.00   28 hogs & pigs " " " " 25.00   2 pots & dutch oven books " " " " 3.00   1 flat iron " " " " 50   7 printer plates in use 35 years " " " " 1.00   6 delphi fine tin cups " " " " 50   1 printer disk " " " " 25   5 cups and saucers " " " " 12 1/2   1 coffee pot " " " " 6 1/4   2 chairs Old 2 priggins 1 chum " " " " 8 1/4   5 Pans & forks 2 printer spoons " " " " 6 1/4   5 tea spoons " " " " 3 75   2 hos 2 axes & 2 plows " " " " $113.62 1/2 
Mark Mitchell
No 10268
W. Tenn
My family consists of my wife and four children - her wife 47 years of age a step arm by reason of a former marriage. Children my eldest a daughter 14 years of age Second 11 years of age with a daughter 10 years the third child is six years of age. Since the fourth aged ten years. Youngest are subject to the poor law since February 1812.
Severn to & executed on the eighth day of October 1828
Severn to and Scotland and the 7th Day of October 1828
Mark X Mitchell mark
J. G. G. G. G.

Severn to a executor on the eighth day of October 1828
Sworn to and Declared on the 7 th Day of October 1828
Mark X Mitchell marks
J. H. O'Callaghan Clerk
State of Tennessee Warren County
I Joseph O'Callaghan Clerk of the County Court of Warren do hereby certify that the foregoing Cash and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property enumerated in the aforesaid Schedule is $10,127.50
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed Seal (having no seal of office) at office the 13 th Day of October 1828
J. H. O'Callaghan Clerk

State of Tennessee August 20th 1853
Warren County set 2
This day before me Parry Mayne
Humphreys one of the Judges of the circuit
Courts in & for the State of Tennessee having produced the the  first Judgement given in & of which the said County of Warren is a component part came Mark
Stilwell a citizen resident in the said County of Warren of the age of sixty three or 64 years who being first sworn by me to declare the truth
nothing but the truth touching his service as a soldier in the army of the Revolutionary war - with a view to obtain a pension under the act of Congress making provision for the officers & soldiers who served in the Revolutionary war Declared & says
Some time in the month of February in the year 1777. to the best of his recollection in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia he enlisted for three years with a Captain Thomas Barker who com-

of John Gillison's Company in the 10th Virginia Regiment Commanded by
Col. Edward Stevens he further states that he served during that time & was dis- charged in the month of February in the year 1780 at the City of Phila- delphia his discharge was in writing but on his return to Virginia he sold his discharge paper which entitled him to 700 acres of land as he believes - if he can now get the account of it
During the time of his service he served in the States of Virginia Pennsylvania New Jersey & Maryland he fought in the Battles of Germantown Brandywine
Red Bank & Red Bank General Wayne at the Storming of Red Bank being in that action a volunteer he was not served he lost a single day from duty
During the term of three years that he was in service this service was rendered in the Army of the United States and con- stitutes a full service he was after that service in the Militia for 10 years after that he further declares that

he is now in very reduced circumstances in life having no means of subsistence but his manual labour & the charitable assist- ance of his friends he has a small family & is rendered unable to perform ordinary labour being afflicted for the last 5 or 6 years with fear of his situation & circum- stances are such as to require assistance from his country for support.  Mark & Mitchell Mark  Sworn & subscribed before me this 20th August 1816.
A. H. Dumplery
William Laque, a citizen of said County being first by me lawfully sworn deposes and says that he has known Mark Mitchell above mentioned for about 20 years. has heard him frequently conversing on the subject of his services in the army of the United States & from his knowledge of the man & the constancy of his statements he believes his foregoing declaration to be true & further he knows him to have been afflicted with fear for some years past so as to render him in a considerable degree incapable of labour & that he is

a very poor man if he believe he does stand in need of the assistance from his country for support
William Lague
Sworn & subscribed
before me the day & date
a copy to Mr. Humphreys Judge &c
Subscribed to Mr. Humphreys Judge as afore
said do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the aforesaid
Mark Melick did serve the Army of the United States against the Common enemy when on duty at the establishment
they in the Revolutionary War for more than nine months & that the said Mark
Melick is in such reduced circumstances as to require assistance from
his country for support & I do therefore certify & transmit the foregoing testimony &
proceedings had before me to the lion- orable Secretary of the War Department as required by the Act of Congress in such
case made & provided
August 28 th 1818.
Parry M c Humphreys Judge

December 21, 1931
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. D. A. Lehman 105 North Granger Street Harrisburg, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, relative to Mark Mitchell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 33947, based upon his military service in that war.
Mark Mitchell or Mitchel enlisted in February, 1777, in Culpeper County, Virginia, served as private in Captain John Gillison's company, Colonel Edward Stevens' Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point and several skirmishes, and was discharged in February, 1780. He also stated that he afterwards served ten months in the militia, no officers stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1818, at which time he was living in Warren County, Tennessee, aged sixty-three or sixty-four years.
In 1830 he (was still a resident of Warren County, Tennessee,) and referred to his family as follows:
  Wife,  aged  forty-seven  years,  name  not  given    Daughter  "  fourteen  "  "  "  "    Child  "  eleven  "  "  "  "    James  "  six  "  "  "  "    Isaac  "  two  "  "  "  "  
In 1836 he was still a resident of Warren Co., Tenn., Soldier died April 18, 1838.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Assistant to Administrator
Wife aged 47 yrs. (1836) 1 - " " 14 yrs. (1836) 3 child " " 11 yrs. (1836) James " " 6 yrs. (1836) Isaac " " 2 yrs. (1836) The second child was his daughter aged 11 yrs. and the third James aged 6 yrs. The last rest is the name of his wife or the other children.

38 947
Rev INVALID.
1909 Jan. 15. History to J. T. Clark f. 1911 Jan. 1 - Mr Clark advised only one statement to each person 1917 Oct. 2. History to Mrs. Blanche S. Bentley f. 1931 Dec. 21 - Hist to Mrs. D. A. Lehman D. B. (Rev Btr. in case of John Mitchell (S 5763) 1934 Oct. 12 - Hist to Mr. D. C. Gennamer - M. B.
File No. 38 947
Mark Mitchell Rev Rev Btr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 8 , Page 889
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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M c Minnville, Warren Co., Tennessee, R.D. Route # 5-Box 81. } Jan 6-1909.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: I am now trying to find some record to show that Mark Mitchell was a pensioner as it is known that he (Mark Mitchell) served through the Revolution and was in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth and also assisted in taking Stony Point. I do not know where he enlisted but he landed in Philadelphia in 1774. After the Revolution he (Mark) married Polly Rider or Ryder in Washington County Pa. near Union (Now W. Va) and sold out there and went to Warren County Tennessee about 1793. He died in Warren County on Rockay River April 18-1838 aged 89 yrs. He would go from Warren County Tennessee to Nashville Tennessee on horseback to transact some kind of business concerning his pension. I have been thinking of writing to Nashville Tennessee to know if they could help tell me something but I wrote to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia and the Librarian wrote me that if Mark Mitchell was a pensioner of the Revolution, write to the 'Pension Department' Washington D.C. for copy of his application. I therefore write and would be glad if you could send me a copy of the application of Mark Mitchell for a pension, and also if you have anything to write whether I would also get anything of record by writing to Nashville Tennessee. I am informed that Mark Mitchell P.O. was M c Minnville when he lived in this Warren County. It may have been that Mark Mitchell was living in White County when first drew his pension as a part of Warren I am told was in what was then White County Tennessee. I am trying to get all the information about the old Soldier I can. He was born in London England and came to America about 1774 or may be earlier. Do any or all of the states publish something about the services of their soldiers. If so could get the history by writing to the state or states for a short history of their soldiers. Pardon me for writing so large a letter as I wished to know what you could furnish me from your office. Thanking the Pension office for a past favor and hoping to hear from you very soon. I am yours most Respectfully, J. L. Clarke.

In: Minnville Warren Co: Tennessee R.D. Route # 5 - Box 81. Dec. 28 - 1908.
Commissioner of Land Office Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: I am having some investigation made to see what can be found about Mark Mitchell who was born in London England about 1747 or 1748. He married in Washington County Va. (now W. Va.) after the Revolution. He married Mary Ryder or Rider, near Abingdon in Washington County Va. (Now W. Va.) and went from there to Warren County Tennessee where he died April 18 - 1838. He drew a pension for his services in the Revolutionary war. He would go to Nashville Tennessee to attend to something concerning his pension. Have you anything on record in your office to show anything of record as to where Mark Mitchell was when he drew his pension. Do you know whether there would be anything at Nashville Tennessee to show that Mark Mitchell drew his pension at Nashville. Please write me and let me know if you have anything to show where the old soldier enlisted or anything whatever him as I am trying to search the records at different places. Hoping to hear from you very soon. I am yours Respectfully. J. T. Clark

Commission of Pensions Washington, D. C. :
Rev see 1721
The pension is desired of Walter Mitchell Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted from Culpeper County Virginia, in 1777; was in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point etc. and in 1793 immigrated to section of state of Tennessee now known as Warren County. Here he died.
Mrs Blanche Sparlow Bentley, West Main Street,
McMinnville, Tennessee.
Sept. 25, 1917.

42 Albemarle Place, Yonkers, N. Y., Sept, 29, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Dept., Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
only one I am anxious to learn more about my great-greatgrandfather Mark Mitchell . All I have about him is the following taking from his tombstone in the old Baptist Graveyard, on Rocky River, near the bridge on Spencer Road, ten miles from McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee: "Mark Mitchell, died April, 1838; a patriot of '76; age 89 years!"
From this record I take it he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, probably serving with North Carolina or Virginia troops.
I will thank you if you will give me such information as you may have of him and his widow.
Yours very truly,
W. C. Kennamer,

Record Division.
June 1, 1911.
Mr. J. T. Clark,
R. D. # 5, Box 81,
McMinnville, Tenn.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 24" and received the 27" ultimo, you are advised that on January 15, 1909, you were furnished the history of Mark Mitchell, Sur. File No. 38,947, (who gave his age in lieu of the date and place of his birth) and you are advised that it is not the practice to furnish more than one such statement to each person.
This Bureau has no record of the date and place of birth of a Revolutionary War soldier unless the same are stated in his claim for pension.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War pension records fails to afford any information in regard to James Johnson or Johnston described by you.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Mark Mitchel or Mitchell , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. File 38947
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feby. 77 3 yrs. Pri. John Gillison Edward Stevens 10th Va   disch Feby 1780 at   Phila., Pa.   ✓ 16 yrs. in the militia as officer mentioned.  
Battles engaged in, Brandy. Germ. Mon. Stony Pt. & sev. sk
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓  Eul. Culpeper Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Aug. 20, 1818. allowed & pd at Nashville
Residence at date of application, Warren Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, 63 or 64 yrs.
Remarks: 1820 wife — 47. dau. 14. child 11. James 6.
Isaac 2 yrs. Died Apr. 18 1838 (Agreement)
Names of wife & two chil are not stated.
See Report from Comptroller.

October 12, 1934
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Mr. W. C. Kennamer 42 Albemarle Place Yonkers, New York
MARK MITCHELL S. 38947 BA-J/MLB Am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Mark Mitchell, who died in April, 1838, and was buried in Warren County, Tennessee.
You are furnished below his record as shown in pension claim, S. 38947, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
Mark Mitchell or Mitchel enlisted in February, 1777, in Culpeper County, Virginia, served as private in Captain John Gillison's company, Colonel Edward Stevens' Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point and several skirmishes, and was discharged in February, 1780. He also stated that he afterwards served ten months in the militia, no officers stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1818, at which time he was living in Warren County, Tennessee, aged sixty-three or sixty-four years.
In 1820, he referred to his wife, aged forty-seven years, and four children, his daughter aged fourteen years, the second aged eleven years, the third child, James, aged six years, and the fourth child, Isaac, aged two years. He did not give the name of his wife nor the names of the other children.
In 1836 he was still a resident of Warren County, Tennessee. The soldier died April 18, 1838.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Mark R. Mitchell
McMinnville Sept 23.
Oct 3 John B. Mitchell
John B. Forster W. T. ...
John B. Mitchell Esq.
for Dear Sir.
Commissioner of Pension Washington D. Columbia

McMinnville Sept 23
Dear Sir,
You will see from the enclosed affidavit of John Black a man of high respectability that Mark Mitchell pension certificate has been lost or mis- laid please enclose to me at this place the necessary papers to enable him to draw his pension as soon as convenient as the old man needs his money
very respectfully yours &c John B Forster

McMinnville O.R. Feb 25
John B. Foster
Nov 5
In-act- Mr. Brundage
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Commissioner Washington City D.C. Columbia

McMinnville, Oct 22
Sir,
I again enclose you the affidavit of a bank check where pension certificate was lost by John Black. I send Mitchell affidavit Harein Smith as to identity and John Black as to the loss. Please attend to it im- mediately and oblige me
John B. Foster

State of Tennessee Warren County
On the 20th of Sept 1836 John Black personally appeared before me John Duncan an acting justice of the peace for said county and made oath that the pension certificate of Mark Mitchell of said county and state was placed in his hands to draw his pension at Nashville that he drew the same up to March last that since that time said certificate has been lost or mislaid so that he cannot lay his hands on it he believes it was for ninety six dollars per year.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
} John Black
John Duncan.
Justice of the Peace for said county
I certify I am intimately acquainted with John Black who subscribes like the above affidavit he is a highly respectable man and no one is entitled to more credit on his oath I am also acquainted with John Duncan for he is an acting justice of the peace and for Warren County and the signature purporting to be his to the above affi- davit is genuine Sept 23 d 1836 John B. Foy Member of Congress

Mark Mitchelle, Pri. Rev. West Tenn. spec. at #8. In M o
In what time was he last paid?
Per affix.
Nov. 7: 1836
R. B.
3. Auditor to 11 Sept 1835
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Mark Mitchell for new Cert. Presentation by the Hon. J. Forster.
The name of the boat is not given, and the affidavit of the Agent who lost the Certificate is not at- tached to the application in the usual way.
This is the second time Mr. F. has sent the papers, and still they are not correct.
Shall they be again returned?
Respectfully referred to the Comt.
You can issue the Pen. office Certificate, as I have Nov. 7:36 no doubt but all is fair in the case.
J. L. E.
R. B.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of Tennessee ————— County of Warren ss.
On this twentieth day of October 1836, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Warren personally appeared Mark Mitchell who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Gilisron in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of the United States that he received a certificate, of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the fifteenth day of March 1836 at or near his residence
he gave his pension certificate to William Johnson his guardian for to carry said certificate to John Black his lawful agent.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Mark Mitchell mark
Wm Duncan Justice of the Peace.
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
□ If the Pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
□ 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
□ No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

State of Tennessee § This 21 st Day of October 1836 Warren County § personally appeared before me Hardin Smith, and Makes oath that he saw Mark Mitchell make his mark to the affidavit on this sheet of paper and that he is the identical Mark Mitchell that is named in the affidavit to his certain knowledge, sworn to and subscribed Hardin Smith before me the day and year above written.
John Duncan Justice of the peace.
I am well acquainted with Hardin Smith whose name appears to the above affidavit he is entitled to full credit on his oaths in a court of justice I also certify John Duncan whose signature appears to the two foregoing affidavits is a justice of the peace for Warren County and his signatures as above to said affidavits are genuine Oct 22 nd 1836.
John B. Foster A. Langref.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 24, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the Adm rs of Mark Mitchell, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per Month, under the law of the 18 th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1838 to the 18 th April 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Breakhead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

M. Minnie Lee August 22 nd 1878
John H. Lee
John
Mark Mitchell Private 77 to 80 Stevens Virginia Puff
Lee Roll D. ...

40 J. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington City
Admitted
Admitted

State of Tennessee (Warren County) I Pharsant Henderson Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Warren do hereby certify that Parry W. Humphreys whose certificate is attached to the above statement of Mark Mitchell is one of the presiding Judges of the Circuit Courts for the State of Tennessee and that full faith and credit is and ought to be attached to all his attestations as such given under my hand and private seal this being no lie of office provided as given this 20 th day of August A.D. 1818 Pharsant Henderson Clerk
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