Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16040, William Bowling, Va.
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Va.
Bowling, William  S. 16040
or Bawling

carded
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Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6, April 1830
from 4 March 1837 to the 4
Sept [missing text] -teen 1837. Agent notified
12 s[missing text]'t  1838.

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Ohio 19,748.
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William *Bawling
of Canfield Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Jete of the Regt commanded by Col Barnett in the Virginia line 
for 7 Months and 18 days
* Bowling
W.D.Ps.  Mar. 13, 1908
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 25 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Sep.
1833 and sent to Hou[se] M.W. Irwin Lancaster Ohio
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. $63.33
Semi-amt. allowance ending 4 March 1834.   $12.66
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[total]  $75.99
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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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State of Ohio, Fairfield County  js.
On this 11th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the court of Common Pleas now Sitting William Bowling a resident of Amanda Township Count aforesaid, aged seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the foregoing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
He states that (x) sometime in 1775 [inserted] "he was drafted &" entered the service in the militia in Westmoreland County, Virginia, under Cols. Wm. Barnet and Thomas Jet and Captain peter Jet for a two months time, in which service they watched the movements of the British Fleet, when lying in the river Potomac in said county, but was dismissed from service after the fleet went away, and directed to remain ready for further service at warning. In this town they served al told twenty days, & was discharged, but was to hold himself in readiness which he did for the residents of his town.
In 1776 he was again drafted for a time of two months, and was placed in a company commanded Capt. Peter Jet, in a regiment commanded by Cols. Wm. Barnet & Thomas Jet, and was marched to (New Zion?) to watch the shipping of the enemy in which service he continued al told twenty days and was discharged as before.
Then (S. time) he was drafted for a week tour of duty, and was out under the
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same officers four days only, & was again discharged. There was a false alarm. He then moved into Stafford County, when he was drafted in the Militia aforesaid about (inserted "in year") 1779 here with his class, was called out for a term of two months, but served only two days, having a false alarm, and was discharged
He was again in the same year, called out in his class, he performed another tour of duty of two months, and served again only two days, having a false alarm - With these tours, he went out in a company commanded by Capt. James Allen on a Regiment commanded by Cols Wm. & James Garret. -
The year 1780 there was a call for troops &
he volunteered for a two month tour of duty
and was placed in a company commanded by Capt. Thomas Montgomery in a battalion commanded by Major John Griggs, and was March[ed] to the hall plains, there he [Fd??-illegible], where King delivered up his arms and was discharged by Gen'l. George Washington for a full tour of duty.
In the year 1781 the class to which he belonged was called out for a tour of duty, of two months, under Col. Wm. & James Garret, in a company commanded by Capt. Nathan Pilcher. He was marched to Fredericksburg and the Rappahannock Forge, on the Rappahannock river, beyond these
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places, when he was discharged by Col. William Garret for a full tour of duty.-
In the same year [1781], after the surrender of Cornwallis, this class was again called out for tour of two months duty - He was placed in a company commanded by Capt James Prince, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Wm. Philips, and was marched to Winchester to guard the prisoners, from which place they went back into Stafford County, where he was discharged by Col. Wm. Philips for a full tour of duty --All of his service was performed while he lived in Westmoreland & Stafford Counties aforesaid.
He states that he was born on the 13 July 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, where he lived until he removed to Stafford county as aforesaid during the war - He continued residing in Stafford County until  five or six years ago, when he removed to another township in said County of Fairfield, where he has ever since resided - He now has no record of his age, and never received a written discharge for any of his services, and has no documentary evidence by which he can prove them - He has stated with as much precision as he can the times & names in which he entered the
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services & the names of the officers under whom he served. He states he is well known to the Rev.d Jacob Myers in the said county and to Michael Blum of same place who will certify as to his veracity and witness of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a  Pension or an annuity except for the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
[signature]
Wm. (X...his mark) Bowen
(signature)
Michael Blum

Sworn to in open court
Allen Hu Boyle   Clk

We Rev.d Jacob Myers a Clergyman and Michael Blum residing in the vicinity of said Wm. Bowling, who has sworn to and subscribed in above declaration, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Wm. Bowling, that we believe him to be seventy four 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.
[signature]
Jacob Myers

Sworn to in open court
Allen Hu Boyles   Clk
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The State of Ohio Fairfield County Ct
Personally appeared in open court before the Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Charles Bowling & made oath that he and his brother William Bowling bound with his father during the revolution and he knows that the said brother William did, perform services in the Militia as he has stated in his declaration made to procure a pension.
[signature]
Charles Bowling
Sworn to by Charles Bowling
in open court who is a witness of credibility
[signature]
Albert H Boyer  Clk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the (investig-atories) of the matter and after putting the interrogatories persecuted 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 residing in Fairfield County and State of Ohio, and that Wash. Blew who also, signed the same is a resident in the same 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
I Hugh Boyle clerk of the court of common Pleas of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Bowling
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 Eleventh day of March AD 1833 - 
Hugh Boyle Clk
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26  571
William Bowling
Ohio

Adm 7 Months &
18 days  $215.33.---

Hon W. W. Irwin
Lancaster
Ohio