Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,652, Nehemiah Bowers, Mass.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Bowers, Nehemiah
              Sarah

NUMBER
W.23,652
B.L.Wt.85,062-160-55

CONTENTS
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153.310 May 31 Act of Mar/55
Sarah Bowers Wid.
Nehemiah Bowers priv
Rev Pensioner
[text diagonal across the above:] [illegible] $50.62 pd. Dec. 20/58
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N. H. hely [?] 48-3840

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Ad 60 acr [?] Decr. 27/58
M [illegible]

F. A. Faulkner
Keene N.H. 

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Lett: F. A. Faulkner Apl. 2d. 56
Pr. of [illegible] required
E. A. Bealls

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Jan 14/59 Let to S. J. Bowers Present notice of [illegible] & [illegible]
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Vol B [13?] Page 29.
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3840
New Hampshire Car
Sarah Bowers
widow of Nehemiah
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
___________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 77
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
13 day of Feby 1849
and sent to
Hon. Jas. Wilson
HofR
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 53 Vol: 1

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Reported
Feby 13/49
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on roll Mass
Vol 14 p 12
ent Apr 29' 75

53 54
13 38
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66.92

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1590
Sara Bowers
Declaration
Wid of Nehemiah
NH
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1777
died 1828
on roll Vol. 14 p 12
Apl 29, 1775.
8 mo 11 day for $26.77
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE }
Cheshire County ss. }
On this fourteenth day of August --- A. D. 1838 personally appeared before me Frederick Vose Esq. Judge of Probate in & for Said County, in the town of her residence Sara Bowers a resident of Rindge in the county of Cheshire aforesd. aged eighty two 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Nehemiah Bowers who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. -- and served according to the best of her knowledge and belief as following viz -- in the year 1775 eight months - and immediately after the close of said service at the at the commencement of 1776 -- two months -- in both services stationed in the neighborhood of Boston Mass. -- He went from Westminster Massachusetts into both services. --
The officers under whom he served she cannot name. -- things she has heard him talk of having served under Captain Miles & Capt. Edgill or Agil. -- but is not positive as to officers. -- thinks she understood from him that he was a [illegible] to Capt. John Miles in the two months service -- has no documentary proof. --
She further declares that she was married to the said Nehemiah Bowers on the eighth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven; that her husband, the aforesaid Nehemiah Bowers died on the twenty sixth day of April A.D. 1828. -- that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz : at the time above stated. that she has never since been married to any other person. -- her maiden name was Sarah Sawin. --
Sarah her X mark Bowers
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Frederick Vose, Judge of Probate
I certify that the above applicant is unable to
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attend Court, by reason of bodily infirmity.
Frederick Vose, Judge of Probate

State of New-Hampshire
Cheshire County ss
I Hendry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature in and for the County of Cheshire, Certify that Frederick Vose was on the fourteenth day of August instant and still is Judge of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn - and that his name subscribed to the foregoing is his genuine signature. --
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Keene this fifteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight
H. Coolidge Clerk
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Application of Gilman Bowers
Guardian of
Sarah Bowers
for Bounty Land
under Act March 3d 1855.
153.310
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The State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire Jr. ⎬ On this fifteenth day of
May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty five personally appeared before
me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County
and State aforesaid Gilman Bowers a resident of
Rindge in said County who being duly sworn
according to law declares that he is Guardian of
Sarah Bowers a resident of said Rindge, aged
ninety eight years, who is an insane person and
the widow of Nehemiah Bowers who was a
private in the Revolutionary War between the
United States and Great Britain declared July 4. 1776.
that the said Nehemiah enlisted into service in the
State of Massachusetts about the first day of May
A.D. 1775 and entered in actual service in said
war for the term of about seven months, and
was discharged at Cambridge Massachusetts
the term of his enlistment having expired
that Edward Bemis was Captain of the Company
in which said Nehemiah served and the Regiment
 was commanded by Colonel Asa Whitcomb 
according to the best information and belief of
the said Gilman
He further states that the said Nehemiah
and Sarah were married in Westminster
Massachusetts on the eighth day of July A.D. 1777
by the Reverend Asaph Rice a Minister of the Gospel
that her name before her said marriage was
Sarah Sawin; that the said Nehemiah died
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at said Rindge on the twenty sixth day of April
A.D. 1828 and that the said Sarah has ever since
remained and still is his widow.
He further states that the said Nehemiah Bowers [lines of text crossed out] Sarah Bowers is
now a Pensioner of the United States, holding a
Pension Certificate numbered 3840 under the Act
of February 2d 1848 Recorded in the Pension Office
on the Roll of Pensioners under Act February 2d 1848
Page 53 Vol 1. and that she was a pensioner on the
Roll of the New Hampshire Agency under the Set
of the 7th of July 1838, and that for further and
more full and particular information respecting
the said Nehemiah military service, their marriage
and his death he here refers to the evidence
now on file in the Pension Office upon which
said Pension was granted,
He further states that he makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining for his said
ward the Bounty Land to which she maybe
entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855"
hereby declaring that neither the said Nehemiah
nor the said Sarah to the best of his knowledge,
and belief have ever applied for or received
any Bounty Land under this or any former act
of Congress.
Gilman Bowers
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We Aaron Sawtell and John Richards residents of Rindge in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Gilman Bowers in our presence, that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant as well as from the appearance of the said Sarah Bowers with whom we are well acquainted that she is the identical person whom she is represented to be.
We further state that we have been acquainted with said Sarah previous to and ever since the decease of the said Nehemiah and that we know that she had ever since remained and still is unmarried: that she is a Pensioner of the United States under the Guardianship of Gilman Bowers and is still living.
Aaron Sawtell
John Richards

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the said Sarah is the person she is represented to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Thomas Ingalls Justice of the Peace

State of New-Hampshire }
County of Cheshire ss } I Leonard Besio Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of said state, for said County, do hereby
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certify, thatThomas Ingalls, before whom the the foregoing declaration
and affidavit were made, was, at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace
within and for said county, duly authorized to take depositions and
administer oaths and that his signature thereto is in my belief genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court this 24th day of May A.D. 1855
Leonard Besio, Clerk.
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"June Married Nehemiah Bowers to Sarah Sawin seventeen hundred and seventy seven.
Asaph Rice Clerk"
I Edward Kendall, Town Clerk of the Town of Westminster County of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Record of Marriages in said Town of Westminster, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on record in fair legible figures as follows: "June 1777"
Edward Kendall { Town Clerk of said Westminster
I Edward Kendall above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town of Westminster, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Westminster with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Edward Kendall { Town Clerk of said Westminster

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Worcester ss. Westminster August 21. 1838.
Sworn to before me
Simeon Sanderson Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. I Jos. G. Kendall Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for said County - Certify that Simeon Sanderson within names, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly qualified, and that the signature of his name within written is in his own hand writing --
In witness whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of said County at Worcester this first day of September A.D. 1838
Jos. G. Kendall Clerk

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Sarah Bowers
Evidence of Marrg. D. [marriage?]
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State of New Hampshire.
Cheshire, SS. Probate Office,
I, Calvin Meny Jr Register of the Court of Probate in and
for the County of Cheshire aforesaid, hereby certify; that at a Court of Probate holden
at Keene, in and for said County, on the fifteenth
day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty five
Gilman Bowers of Rindge in said County
was duly appointed Guardian of Sarah Bowers of
said Rindge, an insane person,
and became bound, according to law, for the faithful discharge of said trust.
I also certify, that it appears by the records and files in said office, that said appointment
remains in full force, in no wise revoked, reversed or annulled.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Court, at KEENE, the twenty third
day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.
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Lowell, Mass
Feb. 4, 1907.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please be
so kind as to send me the
records of Mr Nehemiah
Bowers who was born
Feb. 26. 1752 and settled in
Rindge, N.H. died Apr 26, 1827
He married Sarah Sawin
in 1777 daughter of Stephen
Sawin.
Please send as soon as
possible, as I want to join
the Daughter's of the Revolution.
Very respectfully yours,
Miss Clementine H. Bowers,
18 Loring St
Lowell,
Mass.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23652
A
Sarah Bowers
Widow of 
Nehemiah Bower
Pri Rev War 
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Act Feb 2d 48
Index: Vol. A, Page 16
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1907 Mch. 22. History to
Miss Clementine H. Bowers
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Polly or Mary Bowers, a Rev. Pensioner
in N. Hampshire Roll. Bounty Land application
filed from Keene N.H. in the spring or summer
of 1855- Her son, Gilman Bowers, applied as her
Guardian, she being now [illegible], I wish to see
papers,
S. J. Bowers
Dec. 31. 1856
85062 -160-55
Pension Paper also B S. App No 153310
Handed to Mr Bower
Dec 31/ 56
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Letter of Guardianship,
OVER
INSANE.
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No. 153.310
Sarah Bowers
widow of
Gilman Bowers
Bounty Land Claim
Act. March 3, 1855.

S. J. Bowers
Present .
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Sir
Enclosed is the Declaration with
proof of Marriage & of Identity,
of Sarah Bowers.-
The applicant was unable
to state names of officers & does
not know of direct evidence of service.-
The place from which he
went into service Westminster
being given, I have supposed
that an examination of the Rolls
may perhaps be made & that
they will sustain her statement.-
The 2 mo service she thinks
was under Capt. Miles.-
Respectfully
Th M Edwards
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Sarah Bowers
Affidavit of
Identity
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Joel Miles
Affidavit
for Mr Bowers
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Sarah Bowers
aa
1332
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss.
I Leonard Besio, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judication, of said State, for said County of Cheshire
do hereby certify that Levi Howe is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified
according to law; that his commission was dated on
the twentieth day of June A.D. 1844 and will
expire on the twentieth day of June A.D. 1849, and
that his signatures within written are in my belief
genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of
said Court the twenty fifth day of September
A.D. 1848.
Leonard Besio. Clerk
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1461
Declaration
of
Sarah Bowers

$26.77 per  an
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We Gilman Bowers and Polly Bowers
of Rindge in the County of Cheshire and State of
New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that
no more acquainted with Nehemiah Bowers late
of Rindge in said County deceased, that he died
on the twenty sixth day of April AD 1828-
That he left a widow Sarah Bowers who
still survives and remains his widow.
Gilman Bowers
Polly Bowers
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss
March 25,1843.-
Subscribed and sworn to
before me,
Joshua Converse Jus Peace
I certify that the above [illegible]
are credible persons
Joshua Converse Jus Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Chesire Jr
I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court
of Probate in and for the County aforesaid,
certify that Joshua Converse is a Justice of
the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
duly commissioned and qualified, that his
Commission bears date June 21st AD. 1838.
and the foregoing signatures purporting
to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court, this 23 day
of May, 1843_
Elijah Sawyer Regr.