Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16041, Charles Bowling, Va.
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Va.
Bowling, Charles
S. 16041
or Bawling
carded
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Ohio 19.747.
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Charles Bawling*
Fairfield in the State of Ohio
was a private in the Co commanded
by Captain Pelcher of the Regt commanded by Col Garrete in the Virginia Mi.
for 7 months & 26 days.
*Bowling
W.D.G.  Mar. 12, 1908
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 25 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of pension issued the 12th day of September 1833, and sent to Hon. W W Irwin Lancaster Ohio
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 -- $64.15
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1834. $12.80
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[total] $76.98
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by F. S. Evans   Clerk
Book E   Vol. 8   Page 3
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fifty one days in the regular Army.
He states he cont'd to reside in Stafford County  while he came to this State, & aft about three years of the time that he resided in Orange County. He came to this county about three years ago & settled in Amanda Township aforesaid where he has resided ever since
He has now no record of his age, which was destroyed some years ago by fire. He never had a written discharge of any kind for his services and has no written or documentary proof of the same, & no witnesses in the services save his brother. He has already stated the periods of his services, and the officers under whom he served with as much precision as he can.
He is acquainted with the Rev'd W. Myers and Mr. Anderson Bloom who can testify as to his character for veracity & credibility, and that witnesses as to his revolutionary services--all other interrogatories answered in his general declaration.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
[signature]
Charles Bowling
Sworn to in open court
[signature]
Albert H. Boyle  clk
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The State of Ohio Fairfield County js.
Marsh town of the Court of Common pleas 1833
On this 11th day of the March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of said Court of Common pleas now sitting Charles Bowling a resident of Lancaster in said County aged about sixty nine years, who being found duly sworn a court of law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as he has stated.
He was born in Westmorland County in Virginia, what is now called King George County, on the 13 April 1763 and resided there while the Revolutionary war was on the 2nd July 1781. He entered the service as a substitute for Samuel Thornbury, who had been drafted in the Militia for a tour of two months in Fauquier County. This applicant substituted honorably for said Thornbury at Bowling Green when he was placed
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in a company commanded by Capt. Thomas Brenan & Joshua Tullis Lieutenant & in a regiment commanded by Col. Armistad Churchhill - He was marched to Williamsburg, when he said until they were driven to Richmond by Gen.l Arnold. At these places he served out the term of two months & was discharged - They rec'd no written discharge. 
In the month of May of the same year he was drafted in Stafford County, and served for a term of two months, and was placed in a company commanded by Cap't Nathan Pilcher, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Garret. They served at Rappahannock Forge, and at Fredericksburg, Cornwallis then lay in the edge of Louisa or Hanover Counties, but affair mainly distant. In this way he served out his tour of two months and was discharged verbally--not in writing.
In September of the same year, he was again drafted in said County of Safford, for a two months tour of duty, and was placed in a company commanded by Capt Montgomery, & was marched to Little York
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where Cornwallis then lay, and was there at the siege where he performed his tour of duty, [sentence crossed out]
At Yorktown, that fall, he enlisted in the Continental army under Capt. John Montjoy, a recruiting Capt. for three years or during the war and was marched to the Bowling Green in a company commanded by said John Montjoy Capt Edmond Monjoy, Lieut Thomas Payton Ensign, and was then placed in a Regiment commanded by Col Mackey, where he remained in the service for 21 days and was then discharged, but had to themselves in readiness at a moments call,  and was, in the fall after Cornwallis defeat (1782) again called into the service at Bowling Green, under the same officers  in which they continued in service about thirty days, believes it was at that time, when they were again discharged, but to he held in readiness at a moments warning - He served in this way three tours of duty, and
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fifty one days in the regular Army.
He states he cont'd to reside in Stafford County until he came to this State, & aft[er] about three years of the tour that he resided in Orange County. He came to this county about three years ago & settled in Amanda Township as foresaid when he has resided ever since.
He has now no record of his age, everything was destroyed some years ago by fire. He never had a written discharge of duty and for his serving and has no written or documentary proof & and the same, & no witnesses to his services save his brother. He has already stated the record of his services, and the officers under whom he served with as much precision as he can
He is acquainted with the Rev'd Wm. Myers and (phrase marked out) who can testify as to his character for veracity & credibility, and they testify as to his revolutionary services - all other interrogatories are answered in his general declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
[signature]
Charles Bowling
Sworn to in open court
Albert Hu' Boyle   clk
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26.572
Charles Bowling
Ohio
Adm 7 Months &
21. days $25.66

Hon. W W Irwin
Lancaster
Ohio --
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will by compling[complying] with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A STATEMENT, shewing the Service of Charles Bowling
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[Field titles for each column are in non-cursive printing and do not need transcribing]
July1787/--/2mo/--/Priv/ Col. Churchill/19yrs, Westmoreland Co. Va./
[last column title: "Proof by which..." Traditionary & Living Witness

May[1787]/--/2mo/--/Priv/Cap. Pilcher/--/--
Sep[1787]/--/2mo/--/---/Col Garrett/--/--
-----------/yr-/mo/21 days/-/Cap. Montjoy/-/-
-----------/yr-/mo/30 days/-/Same Captain/-/-

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations Under The Act of June 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all person enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of } ss.
County of                              }
On this   day of   personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of   in the county of   and State, Territory or District of   aged (c)    years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with and served in the (e)    regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
and the country through which he marched. D.: This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g)   that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I   of the Court of
do hereby certify   (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of     & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the     and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the  
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,     Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this     day of     &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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{Note: this document already printed in non-cursive writing and needs no transcription]
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The State of Ohio Fairfield County js.
Personally appeared in open court William Bowling & makes oath that he and his brother Charles Bowling, lived with their father during the revolution, and knows that his brother performed several tours of duty in the Militia, & he states that after he enlisted he whoed him his bounty his bounty Money, & told him that he had enlisted with the regular army. He states that he knows his said brother Nathan served in the regular army, & he believes for the time he has stated.
[signature]
Wm ["X"] (his mark) Bowling
Sworn to by Wm. Boling[sic] in
open court who is a witness of
credibility
[signature]
Albert Hu[gh] Boyle clk
I Hugh Boyle Clerk of the court of commons as
per the county aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Charles Bowling -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 11th day of
March AD 1833
Hugh Boyle  Clk
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In reply to you request of ________, received_____
for a statement of the military history of Charles Bowling a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as  contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. file 16041
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Dates..../ Length of/ Rank/  Officers / Staff
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Feby 2, 1781/2 mos./---/Thomas Brenan/
Armestead Churchill/ Va.
*May, 1781/2 "/---/Nathan Pilcher/ Garret/--
Sept. 1781/2 "/---/Mountjoy/ -----/---
Yorktown
Fall 1781/21 days/--/John Mountjoy/Macky/--
Fall 1782/1 mo/---/  " " / "  " /--
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Battles engaged in, Yorktown
Residence of soldier____________
Date of application... Mch. 11, 1833.  allowed.
Residence at date of application, Amanda Twp, Fairfield Co. Oh.
Age at date of application, b. Westmoreland Col, Va.Apl. 13, 1763
Resided in Westmoreland county until the Rev. War.
Remarks: * Drftd. in Stafford Co Va where he continued to reside except for three years in Orange Co. (years not given) until he removed to Fairfield Co., Ohio about 1830.
[following text crossed out: "1833 bro. Wm Bowling testified"]
respectfully,
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[Faint hand written text upper left corner]
Lancaster, O.
March 14

[Upper right corner hand written text]
Revy War Priv

James L. Edwards Eqr.
Pension Offic e
War department
City of Washington
D.C.
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Lancaster Ohio 15, March
1833.
[Circular postal stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Sir
You will find included the application of Wm. & Charles Bowling for pensions, which have been drawn up with more accuracy &  sustained affidavits
Very respectfully
Yrs etc
Wm. W Irwin

BOWLING,
CHARLES S.16041
(VA)
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Ginn & Company, Publishers
OF
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEXT-BOOKS
BOSTON/NEW YORK/CHICAGO/LONDON
Represented by
OSCAR L. WATKINS
2415 N. PENN ST.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 11/23/9

Dear Sir:
My great-grandfather, Charles Bowling, lived in Stafford Co., Virginia, and later moved to Ohio, near the towns of Amanda and Royalton. According to my mother, he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and later a pensioner.
Will it be possible to get from your Department positive information con-
erning this?
I am not really certain
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Ginn & Company, Publishers
OF
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEXT-BOOKS
BOSTON/NEW YORK/CHICAGO/LONDON
Represented by
OSCAR L. WATKINS
2415 N. PENN ST.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.________________

that I have spelled the name as it may appear upon the National records. It is variously spelled by different branches of the family; Boyen, Bullen, Boland, Boling, Bolen, Bolin, and Bowling. The last spelling is, I believe, the one adopted by my grandfather.
I inquired of the War Department and was referred to you. They report that their records for the Revolution are far from complete.
Thanking you for any information you may give me,
I am,
Very Resp.,
O.L. Watkins
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3-871
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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Briefed by Geo m. Moore
Claim No. Dec 1, 1909
Certificate No. _____________
Claimant _______________
Soldier:  Charles {Bowling, Bullen, Bolen, Boleyn, Boland, Boling, Bolin}
Service: Va. ___________________Revy
Additional Services ___________________
No. _____claim, State records________, 190__
REMARKS:
Ans O.W. I. W or R. as above except.
I.F. 16041

0-8         Chief Division
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P  16041
INVALID
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File No. 16,041
Charles Bowling
Priv Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 432

[Arrangement of 1870]

[Handwritten notation on Top left column]
1908 Mar. 16. Hist. to Mrs. Clara
E.B. Towt, letter in S. File 2476.  C[copy]
1909 Dec. 7, 20  O.L. Watkins C[copy]
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We the Rev'd Jacob Myers a Clergyman & Michael Blue residing in the vicinity of Charles Bowling, who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration, humbly certify that we are well acquainted with him; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to in open court
Albert Hu Boyle   clk
[signatures]
Jacob Myer
Michael Blue
[xxx]
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of this matter and after heeding the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certify that it appears to them that Jacob Myers who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman & resident in Fairfield County & State of Ohio, and that Michael Blue who also signed the same is resident of the said county and State; and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
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The State of Ohio Fairfield County ss
.