Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,091, for Levi Lowrey, South Carolina
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[3-1776]
SERVICE NUMBER
SC Lowrey, Levi W8091
Ga Martha
CONTENTS
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Georgia 16013
Levi Lowrey
at Jackson in the state of Georgia
who was a pri in the company commanded by Captain Tutt [crossed out of the command by ] in the South Ca line for 2 years rationed at fort Rutledge on Seneca Riv S Ca
see Thomas Holmes paper Geo 
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of June '33
and sent Hon A S Clay
to Athens Ga
Arrears to the 4th of March 33  160
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 40
$200
{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7 1832
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk
Book E Vol 6 Page 96
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Hon J Hillyer May 10/32

864
Georgia
Martha Lowry
widow of Levi Lowry
who served in the Revolutionary war as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Oct 1851
and sent to 
JJ McCulloch
Jefferson Ga
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29 1848 Page 152 Vol a
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No 1000
Martha Lowry
widow of Levi
Ga
Oct 29 July 1848
Married 1799
Husd decd 1847
Advd 2 yrs pri
$80 per annum
comg 4 March 1848
J J McCulloch
Jefferson Ga
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State of Georgia
County of Jackson } SS
On this twent tird day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before the Inferior court for said county & state in open court Martha Lowrey a resident of Jackson county in the state of Georgia aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 29th July 1848 that she is the widow of Levi Lowrey deceased late of Jackson County state of Georgia who was a private in the war of the revolution and a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum that the original pension certificate of her husband the said Levi Lowrey is now in her possession and is numbered 13073 bearing date at the war office of the United States the 24th day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three signed by John Robb acting secretary of war examined and counter signed J L Edwards Commissioner of pensions and that the proof of the service of her said husband she now begs leave of reference to his original declaration she further declares that she was married to the said Levi Lowrey on or about the day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine in the county of Burke and state of Georgia by one Simeon Lowrey a
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Justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage was Martha McCullers that her husband the aforesaid Levi Lowrey died on the eighteenth day of March 1847 at his home in the county of Jackson state of Georgia and that is now and has remained a widow ever since that period that she has no private or family record of her said marriage and is not able to procure any public record thereof sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Martha her x mark Lowrey
before
Charles Witt JJC
Russel J Park JJC
Middleton Witt JJC
State of Georgia County of Jackson SS
and now personally appear Middleton Witt and Joseph H Adams residents of Jackson County in the state of Georgia before me a justice of the Inferior court in and for the county of Jackson & state of Georgia and after being duly sworn according to law declare they are acquainted with the above affiant Martha Lowrey and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be that she is still the widow of Levi Lowrey deceased with whom they were also acquainted in his lifetime that they were at his burial and know that he died about the time stated by her in the foregoing declaration
and they
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swear that they are disinterested witnesses
Middleton Witt
Joseph A Adams
subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of May 1851 and I hereby certify that Middleton Witt and Joseph H Adams are credible witnesses Russel J Park JJC

State of Georgia
County of Jackson } 
I P H Hinton clerk of the Inferior court for said county and state do hereby certify that Charles Witt Russel J Park and Middleton Witt before whom the foregoing declaration was made and Russel J Park before whom the above affidavit of Middleton Witt and Joseph H Adams was made are Justices of the Inferior court in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature of each purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Inferior court for the county aforesaid This 23rd day of May 1851
P F Hinton clerk
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[upside down
Samuel Burns JJC]

Declaration of Levi Lowrey to obtain a pension
State of Georgia
County of Jackson}
On the third day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court before the inferior court of Jackson Co Ga being a court of record now sitting Levi Lowrey a resident of said state and county aged 68 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers as a private and served as herein stated
In the year 1777 about the month of June then nearly 13 years of age I was carried by my Father to the house of Capt Benjamin Tutt near Ninety Six in So Carolina and enlisted for 3 years under said Tutt as captain of the independent company of volunteers in the militia Richard Tutt was first Lieutenant Thos Farrer was second lieutenant & James Huggins ensign after enlisting my Father my Brother & myself immediately recd each a furlough untill the middle of September for the purpose of gathering our crop on the ex
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untill the middle of September for the purpose of gathering our crop on the expiration of our furlough we joined our company at Fort Rutledge So Carolina I was stationed at Fort Rutledge during the whole three years for which I enlisted except about 3 months towards the close of my term when I was stationed at Augusta during my service at Augusta, Charleston was taken by teh british I was again returned to Fort Rutledge and very shortly thereafter was surrendered up a prisoner of war as I always thought under an agreement of the officers in the surrender of Charleston I was paroled next day on the back of my discharge During my parol I removed or rather was removed by my brother to Burk co Ga still considering myself a prisoner of war at the time of the siege of Augusta by the Americans being threatened to be hanged by one McGirt or celebrated tory commander unless I would join him and fight for the King I joined the American forces under Genl John Twiggs in the company of Littleberry Bostwick as capt and was stationed ten miles below Augusta during the siege of that place at the mouth of Spiret creek to prevent the British from coming from Savannah to the relief of Augusta during the siege we heard that the above named MgGirt was to collect a company in Burk Co at a particular place and I was sent among others to meet and give him battle there but he never made his appearance and we returned to Spirit Creek and there remained until the fall of Augusta after this I went over into So Carolina to Rembows Mills and placed myself under Capt Ryan who was stationed at that place during this time I took a scout under one of the captains of that station Capt Carter down upon Edisto River in pursuit of Torys but we found none I remained untill the fall of the
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year at Rambow's mills and then went to wake co N Carolina and performed no more service during the war from there I removed after the war to Burk Co Ga after ward to the Jackson Co Ga where I have been living upwards of thirty years I was born in Wake Co N Carolina on the first day of August 1764 I have a record of my age in my family bible which I recd from my relations I was living in So Carolina about ten miles above Augusta Ga when called into service my subsequent residence I have stated above I was enlisted in the service by my Father as stated before and the reason of my being recd was on account of my Father and my older brother enlisting at the same time there were three other boys in the company at the same time not so large as I & two of them younger viz Lewis Yarborough James Holmes, Simeon Jestice all enlisted or put in the service by their Fathers as they told me I was never drafted nor ever a substitute for any body my services after my three years service were all as a volunteer I do not know that ever I was with any continental officers or regiments I recd a discharge from Capt Benjamin Tutt after I was taken prisoner as above stated which I have long since lost or destroyed upon my being taken prisoner the British officer to whom we were surrendered attempted to enlist me in the royal service which I refused and he wrote a paol on the back of my discharge and ordered me off from the fort I served in the Independent company three years two months and some few days including my parol and four months afterwards as a volunteer with the militia in So Carolina & Georgia together I name as persons in my present neighborhood who can testify to my
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I name as persons in my present neighborhood who can testify to my character for truth and teir belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution the following persons viz David Witt Edward Adams Russel Jones Francis Hobson James Shields Horatio Webb Wm E Jones Silvanus Ripley Jno W Glenn Joseph Hampton &c
I have no documentary proof to establish my claim nor any personal testimony except what is attached hereto I have no claim to any pension or annuity other than this nor is my name on the roll of any state agency in the Union He states fore reason that why he was not acquainted with any more continental officers that Genl Rutledge was situated in the Cherokee County forty or forty five miles from any white settlement the Indians were so troublesome at that time we could not spare any men from the fort except a few that was sent to the siege of Savannah at the latter part of my service was at Augusta as before stated General Williamson of the South Carolina Militia had the Corneh at that time Levi Lowrey
Sworn to & subscribed before us this 3d day of June 1833
Edward Adams JJC
Nathl C Jarrett JJC
Samuel Burns JJC
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C.  19

wf 8091

In reply to your request of received for a statement of the military history of Levi Lowrey or Lourey a soldier of the REVEOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - Sept 1777
Apr 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 
3 yrs & 2 mos
4 mos
RANK -
Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN - Benjamin Tutt's Independent Co
captured at surrender of Fort Rutledge and paroled the next day
Littleberry Bostwick
Ryan
Carter
COLONEL -
STATE - SC
Ga
SC
Battles engaged in 
Residence of soldier at enlistment in South Carolina near Ninety Six & Burk Co Ga
Date of application for pension Oct 31 1828
Residence at date of application Anderson District SC
Age at date of application, born Aug 1 1764 in Wake Co NC
Remarks died Nch 18 1847 in Jackson Co Ga
He mar in Jany 1799 in Burke Co Ga Martha Wilson widow of David McCullers or Cullach who died Feby or Mch 1798 She was at pension on account of the services of Levi Lowrey or Lowry on an app ex May 23, 1851 while a res of Jackson Co Ga aged 76 years

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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The State of South Carolina
Anderston District
I John T Lewis clerk of court of Sessions and Common Pleas do here by certify unto all whom it may concern that Robert Holland Esquire whose signature and attestation appears to the within affidavit is now and was at the time of the attestation an acting justice of the Quoreum in and for Anderson District that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named John Looney that he is a man of good character and also that a pension either from this state United Sates
Given under my hand and seal of office at office this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and fifty third year of the Soverenty and Independence of the United States of America
Jno P Lewis
CCP

State of Georgia
Jackson County I Edward Adams Clerk of the Superior court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Levi Lowry who made the affidavit on the opposite page of this leaf for twenty or twenty five years that he has been a neighbour to me during that time that as a citizen & a man of integrity & uprighness of conduct he stands as far as any other man whatever I further certify that he has ever been considered among us as a revolutionary 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand 
affix the seal of said court this 8th day of November 1828
Edward Adams clk
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State of South Carolina 
Anderson District
Personally appeared before me an acting Justice for S. District Levi Lowry and after being sworn according to Law Deposeth and say that he the sd Lowry was a Regular Soldier in the old Revolutionary war in the Independent Company commanded Capt. Benjamin Toth at Fort Rutledge there was taken 
prisoner and after serving three years or upwards and Never was exchanged for until Cornwallis was taken to the best of his Knowledge
[signed] Levi Lowry
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of October 1828
Robert Holland

State of South Carolina 
Anderson District
Personally appeared before me an acting justice for District John Looney and after being sworn according to Law deposeth and sayeth that he was a soldier at the same time and place with a Levi Lowry and he believes the above affidavit to be true
[signed] John Loo[ney]
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of October 1828
Robert Holland
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State of Georgia 
County of Coweta 
 In person came before me William B. Brown Justice of the peace in and for said County and State John Powell aged about sixty nine years a resident of said County and State who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares, that he is acquainted with Martha Lowrey of Jackson County State of Georgia, widow of Levi Lowry deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner, and has known her from his infancy, that she is his half sister, and they lived together till her marriage, her maiden name was Martha Wilson, that she first married one David McCullers who died about February or March 1798 she afterwards intermarried with Levi Lowrey in the County of Burke State of Georgia in the month of January 1799 they then removed to the County of Jackson State of Georgia about the year 1803. and continued to reside there together till the death of said Levi Lowry in 1847-that he was not present when his sister married Levi Lowry but knew from report and others of the family that they were married, and that to his own knowledge she moved from the place where her first husband died with Levi Lowry, lived with him as his wife till his death, and that he often visited them, visited his sister is late as December 1850 and is now informed she is applying for pension
[signed] John Powell
Sworn to and subscribed This first day of June 1851
William B. Brown J. P.
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State of Georgia
County of Coweta 
I, Hillsberry B. Harrison Clerk of the Superior -- court for the County and State aforesaid do certify
that William B. Brown before whom the within affidavit was made, is and was at the time of
attesting the same a Justice of peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and
qualified, and that his signature thereto is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private Seal then being no seal office this June the 1st A.D. 1857
Hillsberry R. Harrison CSC ℗

Secretary of State's Office
Milledgeville Ga 20th June 1847
I George W. Harrison, Secretary of State of the State of Georgia do hereby certify that Hillsberry R. Harrison, whose signature appears to the above certificate was at the time of signing the same Clerk of the Superior Court in and for the County of Coweta in said State. duly commissioned and qualified as appears from the records of this office and that due faith and credit are due to his attestation as such,
Given under my hand & seal of Office
Geo W Harrison
Sec of State
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415 Lee St
Dawson, Ga.
Jan. 30, 1920.
Pension Commissioner.
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
Will you please give me the record of one Levi Lowrey, who served in the
Revolutionary War, South Carolina Mil. private, and drew pension

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
FEB ?? 1920
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also record of his brother, Simeon Lowrey I desire these records to complete records for 
membership to the Daughter of the American Rev.

Accept my grateful thanks for Your Courtesy I am Yours Truly,
Mrs. John S. Lowrey, Sr.
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[left side]
1920 Feb. 12 Hist to Mrs. John S. Lowery
[right side]
Revolution. South Carolina
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8091

Martha Lowry
Wid:
Levi Lowry
Pri. Rev. War
Act: July 27/48
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 441
Arrangement of 1870.
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Levi Lowry
Declaration for Pension
Jackson Co Geo
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State of Georgia
Jackson County
Personally came before Joseph Hampton one of the Judges of the Inferior Court for  said County, Simon Lowrey of the County of Burke in said State who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he knows of his own personal knowledge that Levi Lowrey at present of the County of Jackson & State of Georgia did in the year 1778 enlisted as a volunteer in the independent Company in the State of South Carolina near Ninety six under the command of Benjamin Tutt as Captain Richard Tutt first
Lieutenant Thomas Farrer Second Lieut James Huggins Ensign & Nicholas Granzier Sergeant Major
Michael Shaver 1st Sergeant &c.  - The deponent saith further that he knows of his own knowledge that the said Levi Lowrey served for three years as a Soldier of the revolution & that he was surrendered to the British at Fort Rutledge to Capt Smith of the British Army. This Deponent further saith that he lives at to great a distance from the County of Jackson that it would be inconvenient for him to attend a regular session of the Inferior Court of said County to give in the above testimony
[signed] Simon Lowrey
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 17th Sept. 1832
Joseph Hampton J.J.C.

I certify that Simon Lowery is a man of credit & may be relied on
A W Clayton MC
June 10th 1833
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Georgia Jackson County
I, Sylvanus Ripley, Clerk of the Jackson County Inferior Court of said County do hereby Certify that Joseph Hampton whose name appears to the foregoing depositions is Judge of said Court now in commission & that full faith & credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my private seal of office this 15th day of Sept 1832
Sylvanus Ripley

Georgia Jackson County
I David Will one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify Sylvanus Ripley whose name appears to the above certificate as Clerk of said Court is now Clerk thereof acting under legal commission that full faith & credit ought to be had given all his certificates as such & that the above is in due form

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal this 7 day of Sept. 1832
David Will J.J.C.
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Georgia
Franklin County
Personally came before me Robert R Neal an acting Justice of the peace for said County Thomas Holmes after being Duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he was in the army with Levi Lowrey and
his Brother Simeon Lowrey in the same company at Fort Rultledge in the independent company in which We was enlisted for three years. Benjamin Tutt was our Captain, Richard Tutt first Lieutenant Thomas Barron Second lieutenant James Huggins Ensign, Nicolas Glandwere Sargent Major Michael Shavers first Sargent, Sworn to an subscribed Before me
this the 27 September 1832
[signed] James Holmes his mark
Robert A M Neal J.P.

Georgia Franklin County
We do hereby certify that we have been acquainted With the above mentioned Thomas Holmes for some time he has always past for a revolutionary Caracter and has drawed and a pension for some time from South Carolina. The his Revolutionary services and stands fare in this settlement and are too infirm to attend Jackson Court as a Witness in the above case. Given under hand and seals this 29 September 1832
[signed] Joel Thomas
Robert A R Neal

Georgia Franklin County 

 I James Morris Clerk of the superior Court of
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Georgia
Franklin County ⎬ 
I James Morris Clerk of the superior Court of said county do hereby certify that Robert A. R. Neal Esqr
before whom the above affidavit was made & whose official attestation appears to the same is and was at the time of attesting the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County and that full faith and credit should be given to his official acts as such & I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent in the same Thomas Holmes and Joel Thomas who certifies for him that they are persons entitled to credit

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office in Carnesville ninth day of May AD 1833
Jas Morris Clk
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Georgia
Jackson County
Personally came into open court Charles Gunter & being Duly Sworn deposeth & saith that he was
in the Army of the Revolution with Levi Lowrey & Simion Lowrey & was with them in the same Company at Fort Rutledge in the Independent Company in which we were enlisted for Three years Fort Rutledge was on Gennaca River South Carolina under Benjamin Tutt, Capt Richard Tutt, First Lieutenant Thomas Farrow and Second Lieutenant James Huggins Ensign Nicholas Glover. Sargent Major Michael Shavers First Sargent Sergent Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 2nd day of October 1832
[signed] Charles X Gunter his mark
Sylvanus Ripley Clk

Georgia
Jackson County
Personally appeared before me Edward Adams one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for said County Joseph T. Cunningham who after being duly Sworn as the Law directs Deposeth & saith he is personally acquainted with Charles Gunter who has signed the within or above affidavit by making his
mark there, to & from his knowledge of said Gunter he thinks to be a man to be believed on his Oath & think him entitled to full credit in any Court of Justice Sworn to & Subscribed this 6th day of May 1833
[signed] Joseph H. Cunningham
Edward Adams JJ.C. . 

I, Augustine S Clayton, Member of Congress, do hereby
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certify that Edward Adams, whose official signature appears next above is a Justice of the Inferior Court, & that Signature is in his own proper hand  & I further certify that Sylvanus Ripley whose name appears in several place of this declaration is the Clerk of the said Inferior Court of Jackson County & State of Georgia that wherever his name appears it is in his own proper hand
A. Clayton
June 10th 1833
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We John Pendergrass a Clergyman residing in Jackson County State of Georgia and William Miller
residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Levi Lowry who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Sixty eight years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
[signed] John Pendergrass Cl
William Miller
Sworn to before us & subscribed this 3d June 1833
Edward Adams J.J.C
Nath C Jarrett J.J.C
Samuel Burns J.J.C

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 & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Pendergrass who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Jackson County and that William Miller who has also signed the same is a resident in Jackson County and is a creditable person and that their Statement is entitled to Credit
Edward Adams J.J.C
Nath C Jarrett J.J.C
Samuel Burns J.J.C
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I Sylvanus Ripley Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County & State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application
of Levi Lowry for a pension

In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at office this third day of July 1833
Sylvanus Ripley
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Brief in the case of Martha Lowry, widow of Levi Lowry, Jackson County and State of Georgia
29 July 1848
Claim, (original, or for increase."
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act of 7 June 1832, at $80 per annum,
Proof of marriage, living witness & traditionary

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
J.J. McCulloch
Jefferson Ga.
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Levi Lowry
Declaration

Admit as a private at $80-

AS Clayton
Athens Ga
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Levi Lowry which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled? no
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? No Seal
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? not on the roll
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the role of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ---- years ----- months, and  --- days , I served as a ------ For -----months and --- days, I served as a ----- and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served.
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of sSrvice.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Comm. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Jefferson Ga
June 25th 1851
Sir Enclosed you will find the Declaration of Mrs Martha Lowry widow of Levi Lowrey decd. for Pension the act of Congress passed July 29th 1851, I do not know that the proof of her marriage prior the 2nd January 1800 will be deemed sufficient. She may be able to find testimony more satisfactory and full, to do which we will continue an effort till I hear from you

Address me if you please at Jefferson, Jackson County Georgia

I am most Respectfully
your obt Ser
John J. McCulloch


Com. of Pensions
Washington
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Hon. J Hillyer
May 10th 1852
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112
Pension Office
May 10, 1852
I have the honor to return herewith the letter of Mr Witt and to inform you that the pension claim of Martha Lowrey widow of Levi of Ga. was allowed under act 29 July 1848, for $80. per an, on the 25 Oct 1857 and the certificate sent to J.G. McCulloch, Jefferson, Ga.

Hon J. Hillyer
H of Reps
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Jefferson Jackson Co. Geo Nov 20th 1851.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, 
I have thought it proper to inform you that in some cases  fraud is practiced in procuring pensions for widows, represented as widows of revolutionary soldiers. These pensions as you no doubt know are usually procured by agents who are made deeply interested sometimes retaining half or more than half the amount received. In my opinion in some cases the correction of the statements contained in declarations and other accompanying testimony is extremely doubtful. I know a case in this neighborhood. I will state it as I am not apprised that the existing laws embrace it. John J. McCulloch
as agent for his mother in law Martha Lowrey is proceeding in an effort to recover a pension for her
If I recollect right the declaration was sworn to before me a presiding officer of a court of record in this State Now this Martha Lowrey is the widow of Levi Lowrey who died some four years ago. The said Levi for many years and up to the time of his death received eighty dollars per annum from Government.

I am not informed whether or not the declaration, to which I have alluded has been sent to the pension department. Should you desire any reference relative to the undersigned I refer you to Judge Hillyer the member elect to Congress from the District

Very respectfully &c  
Charles Witt
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Jefferson Ga.
 Nov 2  Free

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[sideways]
November 28-1857
Rel. to the case of Martha Lowery revy wid: of Levi

Chas Witt
Jefferson Jackson Co. Georgia
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[illegible]
#8091
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Levi Lowry or Lowrey - Soldier
What line Act 1828

So Carolina
Ex. Ad Inv., Ref & old Books

All Wids File 8091 OK

No record of Inv