Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1797-400, for Philip Lowe, Georgia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Ga.
Lowe, Philip or Low
B.L.M.1797-400
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BOUNTY LAND
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES - CLAIM OF HEIRS.
(NO. 1.)
STATE OF [handwritten] Georgia
County of [handwritten] Liberty 
}33.
I, Eliza Green Roberts Daughter and [handwritten] only [one crossed out] of the heir[s crossed out] at law of Major Philip Low late of the County of [handwritten] Liberty and State of [handwritten] Georgia but now deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said [handwritten] Major Philip Low was an[n handwritten] [handwritten] officer in the [handwritten] 4th Continental Regiment of [handwritten] Infantry belonging to the [handwritten] Georgia line, on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary War. I do further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the [italics] United States for the quantity of land due the said deceased, from the [italics] United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.
THEREFORE, [italics] KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, [handwritten] Eliza Green Roberts as aforesaid, [italics] do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON my true and lawful attorney, for me, in my name, to demand and receive from the [italics] Secretary of War of the United States, for the time being, a warrant for the quantity of land due in right of said deceased. And my said attorney I do hereby fully authorize and empower to constitute and appoint, one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose herein expressed, and the same to revoke at will.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this [handwritten] 7th day of [handwritten] December A.D> 18[handwritten]31
[handwritten] Eliza Green Roberts
[italics] In presence of
[handwritten] A. J. Holmes J.P.
(NO. 2.)
PERSONALLY appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the above named County, [handwritten] Eliza Green Roberts signer and sealer to the foregoing declaration and power of attorney, and made oath in due form of law to the one, and acknowledged the other, as her [his crossed out] voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named.
[italics] Sworn subscribed, and acknowledged before me, this [handwritten] 7th day of [handwritten] December A.D. 18[handwritten]31 [handwritten]A.J. Holmes J. P.
[handwrtten] Eliza Green Roberts
(NO. 3.)
STATE OF [handwritten] Georgia
County of [handwritten] Liberty
}SS.
PERSONALLY appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, [handwritten] The Revd Samual S Law and [handwritten] Joseph Jones both credible and disinterested persons, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say, that they verily believe that [handwritten] Major Philip Low named in the within declaration, signed by [handwritten] his daughter Eliza Green Roberts served in the [handwritten] Georgia line, during the Revolutionary War: That they have understood that he died about [handwritten] forty six years since, viz. on or about the [handwritten] 28th day of [handwritten] September 1785 at [handwritten] the G[illegible]land within the [handwritten] state of [handwritten] Georgia leaving [handwritten] a widow, and that [handwritten] Eliza Green Roberts is the only surviving Daughter and is the
[are the crossed out] reputed and only heirs at law of him, the said [handwritten] Major Philip Low 
Sword and subscribed before me this, [handwritten] 7th day of [handwritten] December A.D. 18[handwritten]31
A.J. Holmes J. P.
Samuel S Law
Jos. Jones
[handwritten in left margin] 1831-1785 died = 46 years
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and that the above named person [s crossed out] [are crossed out] [handwritten] Eliza G Roberts is the only heir [s crossed out] of the said [handwritten] Major Philip Low known to be living.
IN WITNERS OF ALL WHICH, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal [official crossed out], [handwritten] having no seal of office, in my capacity of a [handwritten] clerk of ordinary this [handwritten] 7th day of [handwritten] December Anno Domini 18[handwritten]31
E. Baker GGOLC
(NO 5.)
STATE OF [handwritten] Georgia
County of [handwritten] Liberty
}ss.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That [handwritten] Adam J. Holmes, Esquire, before whom the declaration, power of attorney, and deposition herto annexed appear to have been signed and made, was, at the time of signing and making the same, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of [handwritten] Liberty aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and to all his official acts as such, due faith and credit should and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal [crossed out of office] [handwritten] having no seal of office, - at [illegible] this [handwritten] 7th day of [handwritten] December 1831
E. Baker G. G. O. L. C. 
(NO. 6.)
INSTRUCTIONS.
It is only requisite that one of the heirs should sign the declaration and power of attorney. Although in the stateof Maine, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, and Vermont; the Judges of Probate, in New-York and New-Jersey the Surrogates; in South Carolina and Georgia the Ordinaries; in Virginia, North-Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the other Western States, the Courts of Record are considered as authorized to certify heirship; yet it is deemed expedient to accompany their certificates (which must be under seal, or [illegible] [their crossed out] absence accounted for) with the evidence on which they may grant them, and hence the deposition No. 3, herewith, which is indispensable as to the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and North-Carolina, where it has been considered that no particular officer is authorized to certify heirship, yet even in these, it is advisable, to cause the certificate of heirship No. 4, to be signed by the officer charged by law, with the granting letters of administration, and receiving the proof of wills.
DIRECTIONS AS TO FILLING OUT THE BLANKS.
In the declaration, after the name in the first line, place the degree of relationship - After regiment in the 5th line, place infantry, artillery, dragoons, invalids, sappers, and miners, Hazen or Congress, as the case may be, the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied.
In deposition No. 3, previous to the word widow, place the word a, or no, as the case may be; and in the blank which follows, place the names of all the heirs, having care after the name of each, to state, his or her degree of relationship to the deceased; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied. In the certificate of heirship, No. 4, after the word proof, insert the words to me, or the court of  holden at  as the case may require; and previous to the words and one, insert the degree of relationship of the person who signs the power of attorney. In the large blank, insert the names of all the other heirs, designating their relationship and residence; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied.
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Rev. War Section.
May 1, 1913
Miss Martha Harris,
c/o Western Electric Co.
230 Lee Street,
Atlanta, Ga.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 22nd and received the 24th ultimo, you are advised that from the papers on file in this Bureau it appears that on December 7, 1831, Eliza Green Roberts of Liberty County, Georgia. daughter of Major Philip Lowe of said County, applied for the bounty land due on account of her father's service in the Revolution.
She stated that he was an officer in the 4th regiment of Infantry, Georgia Line, and died about September 18, 1785. leaving a widow whose name is not stated.
A warrant numbered 1797, for 400 acres of land on account of the above service, issued December 31, 1831, to said Eliza Green Roberts daughter and only heir of Philip Lowe.
There is no further data on file.
Very respectfully,
[handwritten] J.L. Davenport
Commissioner.
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[square black stamp] OLD WARE 7 NAVY FILES. FEB 27 1899
[circle black stamp] PENSION OFFICE. U.S. FEB 24 1899
[handwritten] No Record Mar 2 - 99
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Shreveport, La. Febry 17/99
Hon. H. Clay Evans
Pension Com.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly furnish me any data in your possession about the services, during the Revolutionary War, of the following me, my ancestors: 
A. Philip Lowe, most probably a resident of Charlotte County, Va. He served as follows: - 
1. In North Carolina troops, Continental line: Ensign, 2nd, Setp 1st 1775;
Lieutenant May 3rd, 1776; 
Resigned Febry 1st 1777;
1. In Georgia Continental line: - 
Major, 3rd Ga., June 18, 1778
Lt. Colonel - 
Retired January 1st 1781
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More I do not know of this man.
B. William Sublett, of Charlotte County, Va. I can only say that tradition in my family has it that he served with N.C. troops, and was with Washington at Valley Forge. He died in Charlotte County, 1780.
Of Philip Lowe I would like very much to know of his residence before and after services.
Very Respectfully
Mrs. Mattie R. Mayer
810 Jordan Street
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Western Electric Company,
230 LEE STREET.
ATLANTA.
[Western Electric Company logo]
April 22, 1913
IN REPLY REFER TO
REPLYING TO
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: - 
I have been referred to you by the Adjutant General of the War Department for information about the Revolutionary services of the following:
Benjamin Harris, who, according to the information I have, was a 1st Lieutenant 2nd Virginia Regiment during the War of the Revolution; also that he served as Ensign under Washington at Braddock's defeat in 1755; served in the campaign in the Jerseys, New York, Philadelphia and Valley Forge, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown; and that his son Absalom Harris, was a Sergeant in the same Company.
I would also like to obtain some further information with reference to the services of Philip Lowe, who was Ensign in 2nd N.C. Sept. 1, 1775, and later was a Major in the 3rd Ga.; and Arthur Harris, Ensign and Lieutenant 5th Maryland, later in the 2nd Maryland.
I am anxious to have the information about Benjamin and Absalom Harris verified, and if you have any other information about other services performed by any of the above, I should be glad to secure it.
Thanking you for any attention you may give my request, I am,
Yours truly,
(Miss) Martha Harris
C/o Western Elec. Co.
Atlanta, Ga.
[circle black stamp PENSION OFFICE U.S. APR 24 1913]
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[box in top left corner with text] This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possessionof the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

L.W.B.
Rev. B. L. 1797.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
O.W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
August 14th, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of William Sublett has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records on file in this Bureau.
One Eliza Green Robarts [Roberts], only heir (daughter) of Philip Lowe, made an application for bounty land on December 7th, 1831, at which time she was residing in the COunty of Liberty, Georgia, which was allowed by reason of the service of her father as a Major in the 4th Continental Regiment of Infantry, Georgia Line, Revolutionary war. The officer died September 28th, 1798. Place of his enlistment or length of service not states.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Mattie R. Mayer,
810 Jordan Street,
Shreveport, La.
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Philip Lowe
No 1797
[underlined] Major Ga Line
Revolution
Aug 14 '99
Mrs. M R Mayer
Shreveport, La
General Land Office
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William Gordon Esq
Chief Clerk
Bounty Land Off.