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A letter from Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. dated November 12, 1936 and signed by A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator, contains the following information:  Pension claim S.C.12084. 
 
...Isaiah Webb enlisted in Fayetteville, Tennessee, and served from September 15, 1814 to April 10, 1815, as a private in Captain Joseph Kincaid’s company of Tennessee militia.  He served also from about February 1, 1818 to June 30, 1818 as private in Captain Hugh Kirk’s company of Tennessee Mounted Gunmen in the Seminole Indian War (Florida and Georgia), during which he was in a number of skirmishes.
 
The soldier married about December 1, 1818, in Rutherford County, Frances May.  December 2, 1850, Isaiah Webb applied for the bounty land which was due on account of his services, given above.  He was then a resident of Bedford County, Tennessee.  He was allowed 160 acres of bounty land on warrant #6888, under the Act of 1850. 
 
•In 1850, Benjamin Webb and Samuel Webb made joint affidavits in behalf of the soldier’s claim for bounty land, but their relationship to him was not stated
 
•Isaiah Webb was allowed pension on account of his service in the War of 1812.  Isaiah Webb was then aged seventy-five years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not stated.  The soldier resided then Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas, his post office, Bentonville.  He made no reference to children..
 
Pension information:  Certificate #12084, issued February 5, 1872, rate $8 per month, commenced February 1, 1871, Act of February 14, 1871, Arkansas Agency.
In another letter from the War Department, The Adjutant General's office, dated November 17, 1936, and signed by E. T. Conley, Major General, The Adjutant General General, it is stated that:

...The records of this office show that one Isaiah Webb served in the War of 1818 as a private in Captain Kirk's Company, 1st Regiment Volunteer Mounted Gunmen, West Tennessee.  He was enrolled and mustered into service January 31, 1818, at Camp Blount, Tennessee, and was mustered out with the company and honorably discharged the service June 30, 1818, at Columbia, Tennessee.

In a letter dated December 11, 1936 from the United States Department of the Interior's General Land Office, Washington D.C., it is stated:

...Military Bounty Land Warrant No. 6888, for 160 acres, act of 1850, issued August 16, 1851, to Isaiah Webb, a Private in the Tennessee Militia, War of 1812.

On December 27, 1851, he applied to locate the warrant on lands identified as the NW 1/4 sec. 2, T. 20 N., R 30 W., Benton County, Arkansas.  Patent or that tract issued to him March 15, 1852.  The patent was forwarded to him at Shelbyville, Tennessee.  On the issuance of such patent, the United States was divested of title to the tract and had no further jurisdiction thereover, and this office has no other records or information in the matter. 

According to the certificate of the register of the district land office at Fayetteville, Arkansas, the warrant was received in that office from Josiah Webb, of Bedford, Tennessee.  His relation to the soldier is not shown.

From the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville 3, Tennessee, State Library Division -- Rutherford County, Tennessee Marriages, Vol. 1, 1804-1837, page 175: Webb, Isaiah to Franky May, Issued Nov. 16, 1818. Aden Webb, Surety.

Isaiah moved to Arkansas in the 1850's. Served in the War of 1812.

Isaiah filed his pension and bounty land papers as a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Creek & Seminole War of 1818 in 1850 at Bedford County, TN. He received a pension and Bounty land of 160 acres for his service. He was in the West Tennessee Militia during each War. He was originally from Rutherford County, NC (his birth) and was in Tennessee by 1814 (when he volunteered for service in the War of 1812 at the age of 18). He married his wife in 1818 at Rutherford County, Tennessee (her home) and were in Bedford County for certain by 1823 (birth of second child (Stephen Bedford Webb, was at Bell Buckle, Bedford Co, TN)

And from http://www.geocities.com/~etelamaki_home/war1812.html:

This site is dedicated to Isaiah WEBB and the Men of Tennessee who served the United States of America during the War of 1812.

This war was fought against Great Britain from 1812-1815. There were many reasons for the war, but the main causes were economic issues caused by British arrogance and American national pride. Naval actions were fought on the Great Lakes, and in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Infantry operations were conducted along the Canadian border, along the east coast (Maryland and Washington DC), and in the South (Florida, Alabama and most notably New Orleans, Louisiana).

The southern US forces were under the command of General Andrew Jackson of Tennessee (Old Hickory). A few other colorful Tennesseans of note who participated in this war were Davy Crocket and Sam Houston.

Kincaid's Company began their service at Fayetteville, Tennessee, on September 1, 1814, and mustered out April 10, 1815, at Wilson Springs, Madison County, Alabama. Isaiah WEBB served as a Private in Kincaid's Infantry Company and saw action in several skirmishes against Indians near Pensacola, Florida, in November 1814. Isaiah stated that he served part of the time in the infantry and part of the time in the cavalry (Mounted Gunmen). He also said that he was left as a nurse on the Alabama River, about 70 miles from Mobile, Alabama, to care for others, and was then taken sick himself. The Company muster role taken on March 27th, 1815, shows Isaiah absent and sick at Fort Montgomery, Alabama. Isaiah later earned a land grant of 160 acres and a pension of $8 per month for his service during the War of 1812, and he took his family and moved west to Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas.

Isaiah also volunteered with many other Tennessee Veterans (Including General Jackson and Colonel Crocket) for service during the War of 1818, (also known as The Creek & Seminole War). Isaiah was a Private in Captain Hugh Kirk's Company of Mounted Gunman, 1st Regiment of West Tennessee Militia (Under the command of Colonel Dyer). Isaiah again saw action against Indians in Alabama and Florida.

In letters obtained by Mrs. Louis Roark, 2652 S. Trenton, Tulsa, Oklahoma, we find:

A letter from Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. dated November 12, 1936 and signed by A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator, contains the following information:  Pension claim S.C.12084. 

...Isaiah Webb enlisted in Fayetteville, Tennessee, and served from September 15, 1814 to April 10, 1815, as a private in Captain Joseph Kincaid’s company of Tennessee militia.  He served also from about February 1, 1818 to June 30, 1818 as private in Captain Hugh Kirk’s company of Tennessee Mounted Gunmen in the Seminole Indian War (Florida and Georgia), during which he was in a number of skirmishes.

The soldier married about December 1, 1818, in Rutherford County, Frances May.  December 2, 1850, Isaiah Webb applied for the bounty land which was due on account of his services, given above.  He was then a resident of Bedford County, Tennessee.  He was allowed 160 acres of bounty land on warrant #6888, under the Act of 1850. 

In 1850, Benjamin Webb and Samuel Webb made joint affidavits in behalf of the soldier’s claim for bounty land, but their relationship to him was not stated

Isaiah Webb was allowed pension on account of his service in the War of 1812.  Isaiah Webb was then aged seventy-five years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not stated.  The soldier resided then Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas, his post office, Bentonville.  He made no reference to children..

Pension information:  Certificate #12084, issued February 5, 1872, rate $8 per month, commenced February 1, 1871, Act of February 14, 1871, Arkansas Agency.

In another letter from the War Department, The Adjutant General's office, dated November 17, 1936, and signed by E. T. Conley, Major General, The Adjutant General General, it is stated that:

...The records of this office show that one Isaiah Webb served in the War of 1818 as a private in Captain Kirk's Company, 1st Regiment Volunteer Mounted Gunmen, West Tennessee. He was enrolled and mustered into service January 31, 1818, at Camp Blount, Tennessee, and was mustered out with the company and honorably discharged the service June 30, 1818, at Columbia, Tennessee.

In a letter dated December 11, 1936 from the United States Department of the Interior's General Land Office, Washington D.C. and signed by the Assistant Commissioner, it is stated:

...Military Bounty Land Warrant No. 6888, for 160 acres, act of 1850, issued August 16, 1851, to Isaiah Webb, a Private in the Tennessee Militia, War of 1812.

On December 27, 1851, he applied to locate the warrant on lands identified as the NW 1/4 sec. 2, T. 20 N., R 30 W., Benton County, Arkansas. Patent or that tract issued to him March 15, 1852. The patent was forwarded to him at Shelbyville, Tennessee. On the issuance of such patent, the United States was divested of title to the tract and had no further jurisdiction thereover, and this office has no other records or information in the matter.

According to the certificate of the register of the district land office at Fayetteville, Arkansas, the warrant was received in that office from Josiah Webb, of Bedford, Tennessee. His relation to the soldier is not shown.

From the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville 3, Tennessee, State Library Division -- Rutherford County, Tennessee Marriages, Vol 1, 1804-1837, page 175: Webb, Isaiah to Franky May, Issued Nov. 16, 1818. Aden Webb, Surety.