Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 16,877, for Thaddeus Owen, Connecticut
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SERVICE Conn.  Continental                          
Owen, Thaddeus   NUMBER R. 16.877        Abigail Owens
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No. 14,907 Abigail Owen widow of Thaddeus Owen re Pension Act of 1838                                 F.A. Dickens atty.
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 [ State of Indiana                                        
Davidson County ] On this first  day of March A.D.  1853 personally appeared before  me the subscribed justice of the peace within said County and State duly authorized  to administrate oaths  Abigail Owen a resident of said county  to me well known  aged eighty two years on the 26th of April next who being know by me duly sworn according to law on her oath says that she is the widow of Thadeus Owen dec'd who was a private in the Army of the Revolution that deponent believes  that the said Thadeus Owen & knew entered the service in the State troops of Connecticut Cont. line in the year of 1774 and served four terms of one year each that he entered the service  she thinks sometime in the month of November 1774 and after he came out of the service  in the State troops of Connecticut he enlisted for during the War in the Continental service and served for nine months   when he was discharged by Genl  .. ( illegible ) year of 1781 During the period of  his service he resided at Fishkill ( ?) Connecticut. This deponent remembers of his naming the officers presently under whom he served and she can name the following: He was in the Regiment for some part of his service Col S Wagers and in the companies of Capts Moody and (? Lyman - illegible). He was in the battles of ( White R.... illegible) and (Stonebridge (? )- illegible ). This deponent states about the year 1820
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the said Thadeus Owen applied for a pension under the act of 1818 through Amos Lane Esq. of Lawrenceburg, Ind.  that she supposes said declaration is still on file in the proper office and deponent refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the same as a part of her statement. She further declares that she was married to the said Thadeus Owen on the 10th day of June 1787, in the village of Putney Vermont by Elder Hibbard. at the house of John Owen and that her maiden name was Abigail Nickles, that her husband the given Thadeus Owen died on the 10th day of February 1831. She was married to him at his leaving the service that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, viz at the time above stated. Abygal Owen ( her X mark) Sworn and subscribed this day above written before me. Abram Lozier J.P. (signed / sealed )
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[ State of Indiana Dearborn County ] SS I Cornelius O 'Brien  clerk of  Dearborn County  in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that Aham Lozier  Esquire, before me whom  the foregoing  proceedings  were had in the matter of Abigail Owen  or a pension, was at the time of the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for the said County  duly commissioned and qualified that full faith ids due  and credit  in should be given to all his official acts , and that the foregoing signature is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Lawrenceburg this second day of March 1859.  Cornelius O'Brien  ( signed ) Clerk
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This is to Certify that I Abigail Owens was united in Marriage with Thaddeus Owens in the State of Vermont June 1787, And lived with him untill his death, which occured February 19th 1832 

Abigail Owens 
her X mark 

Subscribed and sworn to before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of Dearborn County and State of Indiana this 27th day of May 1856 

 Ingols Butterfield 
Justice of the Peace
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16877 Recy P.O. Abigail Owen Service :widow of Thaddeus   REJECTED
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April 15th  2853  Appl of Abigail Owen widow of Thaddeus Owen Indiana Act 7th July 1838 No papers of file 1818 -Sus by Francis A. Dickens Present ( vertical  ) [ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE , OFFICIAL BUSINESS  Commissioner. ]
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No. 14907 Abigail Owen widow of Thaddeus  Ind  Let  F.A. Dickens July 14. 1853  same June 7, 1856  claimant July 14, 1856    July 7, 1838
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Thaddeus Owens  application made under act 1818 through Hon Amos Lane and claim not allowed because Owen would not swear that the was not possessed of property.  Card papers 2 m  S.J. Bowen Atty Present
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Know all men by these presents that Abigail Owens of Dearborn County Indiana do hereby  by these presents constitute and appoint  S. J. Bowen  Esq. of the City of Washington  D.C. her true and lawful attorney  for me and in my name and stead to prosecute before  any and all of the Department of the Government of the United States my claim for a Pension due me on account of the services of my deceased husband Thaddeus Owens in the war of the revolution and by these presents authorizes said attorney to receive and receipt for all monies due me in any way or manner from t he Government of the U.S. on account of the services of my said husband  as Pension or otherwise and do all other acts in and about said  claim or claims as fully as I myself could do were I present - as witness my hand and seal this 9th day of December 1850  ( her mark X ) Abigail Owens ( seal )  Attest  J. H. Lane ( signed ) Everline Elliott ( signed )   [ State of Indiana Dearborn County ] ss On this 9th day of December 1850 personally appeared Abigail Owens  before me and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her  act and deed as  witness my hand and  notarized seal  J. H. Lane ( signed ) Notary Public
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Washington City D.C. Octo . 17 1851  Sir, Enclosed you will find Power of Atty . in my favor from Mrs. Abigail Owens, widow of Thaddeus Owens, deceased, who served in the Revolutionary War . I wish to examine any papers , which may be on file in support of her claim for a Pension office. I am informed that said Thaddeus lived at Salisbury Connecticut at the time he served . His  widow  applied some years since from Indiana. S. J. Bowen  &  A M Gangewer     Hon J E. Heath Com of Pensions
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53  O. Wrights Conner , Dearborn Co Ind. June 27 1856  Abigail Owens    Asks information in relation to her husband Thaddeus Owens a soldier in the Revolution . etc  Res . referred to the Commissioner of Pensions - who will please direct the necessary examination - and infor the writer. E D Townford Asst Agt . General  July 5, 1856. Received July
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June the 27 : 1856  Mr. Adjutant General of the USA Sir, will you please look on your rolls and see  if you can find the name of Thadeus Owens he was my husband he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war he served  some four or five  years he was drafted in Salisbury  Massachusetts ,  he lived there when he was drafted, have note to Boston to the Secretary  and he says the name of Thadeus Owens is  not on his rolls if they are not there please tell me  where you think I can find his name recorded I am getting old and of need some help the pension again says  if I  my husband  served six months in the war I am entitled to a pension - please help me some if you can. Very respectfully yours Abigail Owens                   Wrights Conner Dearborn Co. Indiana
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May the 31st 1856 Mr. Pension office agent  Sir   I will give you history of my husbands service in the Revolutionary war he was drafted first for one year  then he listed for one year and then came home and the he listed again he served three year and three months in the Revolutionary  war I will give you the names of some of his officers General Washington, was in Command  Colonel Moody was in his army Captain Symonds was one if his Captains he went from Massachusetts State here is my affidavit of my  linage to Mr. Thadeus Owens if you wish any more information on the subject please write to me as soon as you can and you will  confer a pension on me for I am getting quite old and would be glad to get what is my  due from the Government to me please write  as soon as convenient. Very Respectfully yours Abigail Owens  Wrights Conner Dearborn Co. In.
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Mayo
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Washington  13 April 1853   L. P. Waldo Com. of Pensions , Sir, Enclosed I present to you the claim of Abigail Owen widow of Thadeus Owen  dec'd for a pension under the act of 7 July 1838 - Under the act of 1818 . Thadeus Owen applied for a pension and his widow refers to the papers then filed for ( evidence ) ( underscored ) of his services.  Yours very respectfully Francis A. Dickens ( signed )