Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34902, Francis Gowen, Penn.
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SERVICE
Penn. 
*Gowen Francis 

NUMBER
S34902

CONTENTS
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34902 
Revy INVALID 
File No.  34.902 
Francis Gowen 
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18 
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 159 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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18543 
Michigan Territory
Francis Gowen 
of Wayne Co in the Territory of Michigan 
who was a private in the Regiment commanded Colonel Nagle of the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of war 

Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan Territory 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 20 of July 1819 

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of April 182[? Final digit missing]
and sent to N B Van Zandt Esq 
Washington City 

Arrears to 4th of March 1822  $252.12 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept 1822. [$]48.
[total]  $300.12 
31 mos & 16/31

{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
1 May 1820
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Territory of Michigan 
County of Wayne } ss
I hereby certify that Francis Gowen 
who is an applicant for a Revolutionary Pension 
under the acts of Congress of the 18th of March    
1818, and of the 1st of May 1820, was at the day  
of the date of his 
declaration, for many years prior to that period, and now is a resident 
of the County of Wayne, in the Territory of Michigan aforesaid 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court of the County of Wayne aforesaid, at the City of Detroit in said County, on the thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Twenty Two 
Charles C. Trowbridge 
Deputy Clerk of 
Wayne County Court
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Francis Gowen 
claims pension under the 
Act of Congress of 18 Mch 1818 
Van Zandt & Rockwell 
Agts
On Roll
Admd & Con. 
J. L. E. 
(Nagle is the name of the Colonel- April 11. 1822.)
To be returned with the schedule 
of property to the War Dept. 
see letter to N.B. Van Zandt Esq 
Washington 8 Dec 1820.
N. B. Van Zandt
Entered
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I Francis Gowen declare and state that in the year 1776 I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Bowen in the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Noggel in the Continental [illegible] of the Army of the Revolution and continue to serve there in until the close of that war when I was discharged at Philadelphia, That I am a citizen of the United States am sixty one years of age am in reduced circumstances and stand in need of support from my country. That I have no other [illegible] said services Dated at Detroit this 20th day of July 1819
I saw the [illegible] Francis Gowen make his mark at the above declaration BGG Whitherell
Territory of Michigan
Detroit 20th July 1819
Personally appeared before me James Witherell one of the judges in an over this said territory, Francis Gowen and subscribed his mark and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration and gave abundance of his indigenous Witherell
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And I the said Judge do also certify that I am satisfied that Francis Gowen needs the assistance of his Country for Support
Witherell
One of the judges in and over the territory of Michigan
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[See page 10 of this record.  This is a portion of that page]

Van Zandt & Rockwell
[?] Aug. 30. 1821.
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Schedue [Schedule]
Michigan Territory 
Wayne County Court }ss
On this 25 day of June 
1821 Personally appeared in open Court being a 
Court of record for the said County, 
Francis Gowen, aged sixty three years, who being first 
duly sworn doth on his oath declare, that 
he served in the Revolutionary war as follows that he enlisted for the term of three years in 
(as he verily believes) the month of April 
1777 in the State of Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] in a company 
commanded by Capt [Bowen?] in the Regt 
commanded by Col Naggle [Nagle] in the line of the 
State of Pensylvania on the continental establishment, that he continued to 
Serve in said corps, till the expiration 
of the Term of his enlistment & then till 
the end of the war, when he was discharged 
from the said service in Philadelphia in the 
State of Pensylvania.

And I do solemnly swear that 
I was a resident citizen of the United States 
on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have 
not since that time by gift sale or in any 
manner disposed of my property, or any part 
thereof with intent thereby so to diminish 
it as to bring myself within the provisions 
of an Act of Congress entitled “an act to 
provide for certain persons engaged in the 
land & naval service of the United States 
in the Revolutionary war passed on the
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18th of March 1818 & that I have not, nor has 
any person in trust for me, any property 
or securities contracts or debts, due to me 
nor have I any property whatever; & further 
that my occupation is that of a farmer 
and that from age & debility I am able 
to labour but little, and that I have no 
family.
Francis Gowen his + mark
Sworn & Subscribed to 
in open court, this 20th 
June 1821. 
(Signed ) Thomas Rowland 
Clk W.C.C

Wayne County towit:
I Charles C. Trowbridge, Deputy Clerk of Wayne County Court, do certify, that the foregoing oath is truly copied 
from the Record of said Court 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand & affixed the seal of said Court, this seventh 
day of July, One thousand Eight hundred & Twenty one 
Ch. C. Trowbridge 
Deputy Clerk, W Co Court.

[text at right angle to body of text:]
Van Zandt & Rockwell
[?] Aug. 30 1821