Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6131, for Owen Lane, Maryland
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Md.     Lane, Owen [star stamped above surname]    R. 6131
Born in Md.
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Tennessee
Rejected. See letter 22 Mar 1832 to W Lewis Esq
6131
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1876. [crossed out]
6131  REJECTED [stamp]
Owen Lane
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Owen Lane Sen'r
Pension Claim
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remained sometime until the British left that station. They were then discharged and sent home. This service was performed in the month of July in the year 1776.
 Sometime in the year 1777 he got married, shortly after which he was drafted for nine months under the same officers as above stated, then he hired a substitute by the name of Thomas Fisher to whom he paid sixty dollars to take his place. This man Fisher went out in the 5th Maryland Regiment and was killed at the Battle of Germantown in the year 1777. He was again drafted for a like term under the same officers and regiment. He then hired another substitute by the name of Edward Hardin to whom he paid sixty dollars. This man went into service as his substitute and was killed at the Battle of Princeton. He states that he has had a discharge but has long since lost it, nor does he now know of any persons by whom he can prove the facts set forth in this declaration owing to lapse of time, deaths & distance
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from the flow of his then residences and service. He was born and bred in the County of Carolina State of Maryland, where he resided at the time all the above stated service was performed. He afterwards moved to the County of Guilford State of North Carolina where he resided some time. He moved from thence to the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee where he now lives. 
Hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
 Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid.  Act Jun 18, 1832
 Henry Ewing Clerk
Owen Lane his mark

The following questions now propounded by the court and deposed as follows
1 Where & in what year was you born. 
Ans. I was born in Carolina County in the state of Maryland on the 26th of December 1755.
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2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is
Ans.  I have no record of my age in my possession but there was a record at Annapolis in Maryland.

3 Where were you living when called into service. where have you lived since the war & where do you now live.
Ans. I was living when called into service in Carolina County Maryland, from thence I moved to Guilford County North Carolina, from thence to Davidson County Tennessee where I now live.

4 How were you called into service. were you drafted; did you volunteer or did you substitute and if so for whom.
Ans  I first volunteered and was twice afterward drafted and hired substitutes.

5  State the names of some of your regular officers who were with the troops where you served - such continental or militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services.
Ans The answer to this is the same as contained in the declaration.
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6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Ans. I did receive a discharge at the end of my first term of service but cannot at this time recollect by whom it was signed. It has long since been lost.

7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Rev’d Guy McFadden, John Johnston, William Hamilton & many others.

We Guy McFadden a clergyman residing in the County of Davidson & State of Tennessee, and William N Hamilton & John Johnston, residing in the same State & County Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Owen Lane Sen’r who has subscribed & sworn
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above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that we have known him for about [illegible] years and know him to be a man of strict truth. That he has always stated to some of us that he was a soldier of the revolution and was known in the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and we further state that we would give him full faith and credit upon his oath - never having known him to be guilty of an untruth during our acquaintance.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Henry Ewing
Guy McFadden
Wm N Hamilton
John Johnston

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 Guy McFadden who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman in in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee. And
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that Wm N Hamilton & John Johnston, Who have also signed the same are residents in the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
 J W  Wharton
 Will’m N Hamilton
 E P Connect 

I Henry Ewing Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee; do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Owen Lane Sen’r, for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of October 1832.
Henry Ewing