Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7931, for Nathaniel Parrish, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Parrish, Nathaniel Martha
R 7931
CONTENTS

V
11.948
Martha Paine
New Ad. to M c Almond Aug 14 '46 to same June 21 '47
7931
Ad 4th July 1838.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7931
P. O.
Martha Paris
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1845 and 5 B. 1 Year of the Commonwealth John T. Johnson
11.948. Martha Parish, Nathaniel Kentucky
at 7 July 1838
Re July 10. 1848.
W. S. Alston Prest.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 intitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows
State of Kentucky } County of Scott }
Be It known That on this Second day of June one Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Five Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and For the County aforesaid Martha Parrish a resident of the County of Scott State of Kentucky Aged Seventy Seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 intitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows That She is the Widow of Nathaniel Parrish who was a private Soldier in the War of the Revolution on the Virginia line from the County of Bedford State of Virginia and She resided in the County of Louisa and was not acquainted with the said Nathaniel Parrish until sometime after the close of the war of the revolution She stated to me he had served as a Soldier in the war of the revolution She has no recollection of his ever stating the name of the officer under whom he served or the length of time he was in the service and she has to rely alone on the records to establish his service and the officer under whom he served at this time she is unable to state whether ever told her the length of time he served or the name of the officer under whom he served on campaigns through which he marched but she does know that he did tell her that he served as a Soldier in the war of the revolution and that after his death that she saw his discharge

and heard it read by Mr Robert Larson who was assisting Mr John Hughes in look over the papers of my late husband after his death but she has no recollection of what it contained or by whom it was signed were that it stated that he was Honorable discharged the said Larson and Hughes have both departed this life and she knows of no other person who ever saw his discharged It was destroyed with his other papers which was considered of no value by Mr John Hughes who was the Administrator on the estate of her husband She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Parrish on the first day of October one thousand seven hundred and eighty five by Parson God in the County of Louisa State of Virginia and that she never had a family record of her marriage or ages of her children and she knows of no person by whom she can prove her marriage all of her old acquaintances are either dead or in parts unknown to her, they moved to the State of Kentucky and settled in Bourbon County about four years after their marriage at which time she had two children both of whom are dead and they lived together as man and wife till his death Another husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Parrish died on the twelfth day of August one thousand eight hun- dred and eleven that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the but the marriage took place from now to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and sixty four very at the time above stated and she has remained his widow ever since his death Elizabeth Parrish
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written and she cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the Court and is known to me to be aged lady of Respectability Truth and Piety since the marriage and the foregoing acknowledged before signing Henry Hays J. D.

I Pirmely Roberson of Scott County Kentucky aged Forty Four years State She is the Seventh Child of the late Nathaniel Parrish and his Present Widow Martha Parrish and that I have examined her Declaration and believe it contains the Truth I know my Father died at the time stated by my mother viz August the Twelfth one Thousand Eight Hundred and eleven and that she has remained a Widow ever since his death I have often heard my Mother Martha Parrish speak of my father being a Soldier of the Revolution and more than Twenty years ago she heard her speak of his discharge being burnt with his old Papers as stated by her she never saw or heard of a family record of her father and mother marriage or the ages of their Children and she does not believe there ever was a family record of any kind kept by them
Parmelia Roberson
I Lucian Shropshire of Scott County Kentucky aged Forty one years State That I am the Ninth Child of Nathaniel and Martha Parrish and have examined her declaration and believe it contains the Truth and believe they were lawfully married Previous to the Birth of any their Children and never heard it called in question or disputed and I know my Father died at the time stated by her and she has remained a widow ever since his death which took place August the Twelfth day one Thousand Eight Hundred and eleven I do not believe they ever had a family record of any kind I have often heard my mother the said Martha Parrish state that her husband was a Soldier of the Revolu- tion
Lucian Shropshire
State of Kentucky County of Scott
Be it known That on this 2 nd day of June 1845 Personally before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Parmelia Roberson and

Luaza Ann Shropshire who are known to me to be Persons of Persevering Truth and Piety and subscribed and made oath to the Truth of the foregoing affidavits the day and date first written Henry Harn J.P.
Kentucky
Scott County Set
I John T. Johnson Clerk of the County Court of Scott County certify that Henry Harn Esq. before whom the foregoing Declaration & Affidavits appear to have been made near at the time of the making thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and Credit are due to all his official acts as such. I also certify that his signa- tures to said Declaration & Affidavits are true and genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office as Clerk of said County Court aforesaid at Office in Georgetown this 2nd day of June 1845 and 53rd Year of the Commonwealth
John T. Johnson

I John Jacobs of Scott County State of Kentucky Aged Eighty Three years I do hereby state that I was a Soldier in the war of the revolution in Captain Bayers Company in the Third Virginia Regiment of light horse under the command of Col William Washington and moved to the State of Kentucky in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety two and settled in Bourbon County near neighbour to Nathaniel & Martha Parish who was living together as man and wife and they had several children I have no doubt but they were mar- ried at least some five or six years before I moved to Kentucky I never heard it doubted but they were legally married before the birth of any of their children and that he was a soldier of the revolution and from my personal acquaintance with him and what was reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resided I have no doubt he was a soldier in the war of the the revolution and law- fully married his present wife Martha Parish before the year ninety four to wit at the time above stated he has been dead upwards thirty years she is still his widow and a woman of respectable faith and piety
his John X Jacobs mark

County of Scott State of Kentucky Be it known that on this 14 th day of Sept 1846 personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said county aforesaid John Jacobis with whom I have been acquainted for some years past and he is known to me to be an aged man and a man of respectability truth and purity so far as my knowledge of him of him and his character and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit the day and year above written then and intended in his affidavit before signing given under my hand this date above written
Martha Parson Tenn Oct 7 July 1846 Esq. Kentucky address over
W. D. Allison Justice
Scott County Set
I John T. Johnson Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify William McMillan before whom or by whom the foregoing certificate & affidavit appear to have been made near at the time of his attestation an acting justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified, and in now, and due faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such, I do further certify that his attestation is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office at the Office of my said Court in Georgetown this 23 rd day of December 1846. & 73 rd Year of the Commonwealth John T. Johnson Clk by Thos E Kelly Dy