Bedford County TN Archives Military Records.....Martin, Josiah 
Revwar - Pension 
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JOSIAH MARTIN



   Josiah Martin applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bedford

County, Tennessee in 1832 when he was 77 years old. He was, therefore, born in

1755. He stated that his home was in the shadow of King's Mountain but that he

was not in that battle owing to a thigh wound accidently received from a spear

in the hands of a comrad. He was in the battle of Ramsour's Mill He served in

Captain Barber's company, Colonel McDowell's regiment. He married Mary McCleary,

daughter of Robert and Abigail McCleary of Mechlenburg, North Carolina. She

survived him and drew a pension. She stated that they were married May 28, 1783,

in her father's home. Their children were: Abigail, born 1790; Robert, born

1793; Clarissa, born 1796; Marilla, born 1799; Polly McDowell, born 1806; and

Matilda born 1808.



Additional Comments:
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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. IV



by Zella Armstrong



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