Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5551, William Yowell, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.

Yowell, William
Yowel
Youell, Nelly

NUMBER
W. 5551
B.L. Wt. 26208-160-55
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5587
Virginia R.
Nelly Yowell
widow of William Yowell
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Va [[illegible]crossed out] Mil
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
21 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
5 day of July 1857
and sent to
R.A. Banks
Madison Ct.
Va:

[page torn]
[illegible]on Roll of Pensioners under [illegible]
[illegible]1848, Page 124 [illegible]
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484,D
Virginia 
Nelly Yowell
widow of William Yowell
who was a Private
in the Revolution
[illegible] 6th March 1845

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
21 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence
the 6th day of March, 184[illegible]

Certificate of Pension issued the
24th day of May 1848
and sent to 
R. A. Banks, Esq
Madison Ct. [illegible]
Virginia

[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1. Page 151.
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[Right side of document]
[illegible]
March 31, 1855
Nelly Yowell, widow of
William Yowell
Yowell is the name Yowell, Sri
Yowell
Va.

[handwritten text written across:]
[illegible]26208
Revolutionary War
Pensioner.
Va [illegible] 48 5587
Av:160 [illegible] May 16/56
Boynton

[illegible]

Francis H. Hill
Madison C. H.
Va.

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Va.
Feby 48 No5587
Cir. to F.A. Hill Aug 16, 1855

Vol Y, page 72.
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761
Virginia
William Yowell
of Madison in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Towles of the Regiment commanded 
by Col: Barbour in the Virginia Militia
[illegible] for 6 months & 14 ays from
1779.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per Annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of 
October and sent to Felfields
Cove, Madison, Virginia

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - 31.49
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th March '33 - 10.83
$42.32

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 7, Page 122
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See letter to B. Cave Oct. 7, 1836
[illegible] to same &P.Agt. Nov. 10, 1836

Belfield Cave & Pens. Dpt.
April 22, 1837

Letter 15 May 1837 B. Cave.
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Wm. Youel
Virginia.

$21.66
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BRIEF in the case of William Youel
of Madison Co in the State of Virginia
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70 years.
4. State his service, ad directed in the form annexed.

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Period. In 1779
Duration of Service. 2 months
Rank. As a Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Col. Barbour

Period. In 1781
Duration of Service. 2 months
Rank. [illegible]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Col. Slaughter

Period. In 1781
Duration of Service. 2 months, 14 Days
Rank. [illegible]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Col. Edmonds

5. In what battles was he engaged? Petersburg & York Town
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Culpeper Co, Va.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by one living witness and traditionary evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? papers correct

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. S. Allison
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the pension of the Act of Congress of the 17th of June 1844,  entitled "An act to continue the pensions of certain Widoes."

State of Virginia
Madison County}C.S.
On this 19th. day of June 1847 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said County, Nelly Yowell a resident of said county aged Eighty four years (84) on the 15th day of April last past 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 on the 17th of June 1844 entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain widows."
That she is the widow of William Yowell who was a private in the army of the Revolution and who was allowed a pension under the act of Congress passed on the 7th of June 1832, and whose declaration filed as declarant is informed shortly after the passage of that act will show his services and ups which she relies for support of this claim. She further declares that she was married to the said William Yowell in th month of July in the year
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Seventeen hundred and Eighty two (1782) but that she does not now remember the day of th month, her first child Judith Yowell was born on the 15th day of May 1783..

That declarants husband the aforesaid William Yowell died on the sixth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and forty five (1845). That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place, sometime in the month of July 1782, that her maiden name was Nelly Crane, that at the time of their marriage, she & her husband were both residing in that part of Culpeper County in the state of Virginia which now forms Madison County. That they continued there to reside until the death of said William Yowell & she the declarant still continues to reside in the neighborhood in which she was raised & married. That she has not been able to procure any record proof ^of their marriage with the said William Yowell, but she knows that she was married to him by one Parson Milldrum or some such name as that; there is now no person of her acquaintance bearing the same name & she is not certain that it was Mildrum but thinks so, it was the Parson who
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attended & preached in the Brick Church near a place now called Slate Mills which was then in said County of Culpeper. They were married at the Parson's own house in the month of July 1782.
Nelly Yowell x her mark

I Robert A. Banks the justice of the peace before whom the above declaration ws made do certify that Nelly Yowell the declarant at the time of making the declaration, was by reason of age and bodily infirmity unable to go to the County house to make said declaration and further that she is of good character and is entitled to full credit in what she has said in her said declaration.
Robert A. Banks. J.P.
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31179
Nelly Yowell
for Bounty Land
[illegible] March 3, 1858

Filed 1878
By Francis H. Hill
Madison Co.
Virginia
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State of Virginia
County of Madison}SS

Be it known that before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid in the state of Virginia duly authorized by Law to administer both. Personally appeared Nelly Yowell aged ninety three years, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of William Yowell deceased who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and that she is the identical person mentioned in an original certificate in her possession of which I certify the following is a true copy.
"Department of the Interior, Widow Pension
I certify that in conformity with the Act of Feb 2nd 1848, Nelly Yowell widow of William Yowell who was a private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension list at the rates of Twenty one dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 1st of March 1848 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the Pension is not payable after such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior the 5th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Examined and countersigned Alex. H H Stewart
Secretary of the Interior
J C Heath
"Commissioner of Pensions"
that she is a resident of the County of Madison and
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State of Virginia, and that she is still a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1858.
She also declares that she has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress any land warrant or Pension except which is in mentioned in the foregoing certificate.
Nelly Yowell
x her mark

We John Yowell and R. H Hill do upon our oaths declare that we are personally acquainted with Mrs. Nelly Yowell and saw her sign and acknowledge this foregoing declaration. That we are fully satisfied that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is still a widow.
John Yowell
F. H. Hill

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of MarchA.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five (March 16, 1855) and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claims.
Robt. Henshaw J.P.
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State of Virginia
County of Madison
S.S.

I Belfield Cave Clerk of the County Court of said County certify that Robert Henshaw, whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such, and entitled to full faith and credit; and the said county court is a court of record given under my hand and seal of office, the 23rd day of March A.D. 1855.
Belfield Cave Clk
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State of Virginia
Madison County
S.S.

Be it known that William Finks a resident of said county appeared personally [crossed out] appeared [end cross out] before me Robert A. Banks, a justice of the peace in & for said county on the 22nd day of July 1847 & made oath that he will be sixty seven years (67) old on the 5th day of September next, and that he was raised in the same neighborhood in which William Yowell and his wife Nelly lived & also that he knew them both well as far back as the year Eighteen hundred (1800 and that he well remembers that the two oldest daughters of said William & Nelly Yowell visited affiants sisters at his (affiants) fathers in the year Eighteen hundred (1800) and that the older of the two was named Judith Yowell and was then just about grown and the other not quite grown. This visiting was before affiant left his father's to turn out in the world for himself which he certainly did, so soon as he was twenty ones years of age & he thinks he did so at twenty years of age and those the visiting must
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have been in 1801 or before that time for in that year affiant attained twenty-one (21) years of age.
Affiant verily believes that the said William Yowell & his wife Nelly must have been married before the first day of January 1794. Affiant never heard anything like a doubt about the said William & Nelly's having been lawfully married. He knows that they lived together as man Y& wife from affiant's earliest recollection to the death of said William Yowell about two ro three years ago and affiant is fully satisfied that if they had not been lawfully married that he would at some time or other heard something said about it.
Wm. Finks
Sworn to & subscribed on this 22nd day of July 1847 before me & I certify I am well acquainted with said William Finks & he is entitled to full confidence.
Robert A. Banks J.P.
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State of Virginia
Madison County
S.S.

Be it known that on the 22nd day of July 1847 James Yowell personally appeared before me Robert A. Banks a justice of the peace in & for said county & made oath that he will be fifty Eight years (58) old on the 14th day of September next, that he is a son of William Yowell and Nelly his wife, that there were three children older than himself viz Judith Yowell, Daniel Yowell & Charity Yowell who were also children of the said William & Nelly Yowell. Said Judith is now death, but if she had lived she would now be in the sixty fifth (65th) year of her age.
Said William Yowell received in his lifetime a Pension for his revolutionary services at the rats of Twenty one Dollars & sixty six cents a year ($21.66c) and he died on the sixth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred & forty five (1845).
Affiant verily believes that the said William Yowell & Nelly (whose maiden name was Nelly Crane) were married before the first day of
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January seventeen hundred & ninety four, for from the best information he can get they are married in the summer of the year 1782 and affiant was born on the 14th of September 1789 and as before said there're three other older children.
Affiant never heard anything like a doubt about his father & mother's having been lawfully married.
James Yowell
x his mark

Sworn to & subscribed on the 22nd day of July 1847 before me & I certify I am well acquainted with said James Yowell & he is entitled to full confidence.
Robert A. Banks J.P.
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William Yowels Declaration
Virginia Madison County [illegible]
On this 27th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Madison now sitting, William Yowel a resident of Madison County Virginia aged Twenty Years in May next who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States by being drafted in the year 1779 in the County of Culpeper where he there resided and still resides (The County of Madison later from the County of Clapper) to perform a tour of two months. The Company to which I was attached was under the Command of Capt. Henry Towles, The Regiment was commanded by Col. James Barbour the greater part
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of the time I was stationed in the neighborhood of Richmond In the early part of the year 1781 I was again drafted for a two months tour under the command of Capt, Rice. I was marched to the neighborhood of Norfolk in Virginia attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Jos. Slaughter, from Norfolk I was marched to the neighborhood of Petersburg, Va where the British Army attacked us after an engagement of several hours. The American force under the command of General. Muhlenburg were forced to retreat with considerable loss. The British Army then entered and burnt the Town of Petersburg ^as I was informed and all our efforts could not prevent it. Some time after I reached home after performing the second tour of two months I was again drafted to perform a third tour of two months, during this third I was
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I was attached tot he Company commanded by Capt. White, the Regiment commanded by Col. Edmonds during this tour I had the pleasure of seeing the British Army under Lord Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown in Va. I was then detailed to guard the prisoners to Winchester in Va Where I was regularly discharged, the discharged long since lost. Dennis Crow of Madison is the only person living near me that can testify to the whole of my services this last tour detained me some weeks after my term expired in consequence of guarding the prisoners as above stated, I ask of my Country to allow me for only six months duly and I say with confidence that my efforts to do my duty as a soldier met the approbation of my officers
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[illegible] & acknowledge that the certificate given by him to certain facts.
Wm. H. Hill [end cross out]

Virginia, S.S. At a Court held for Madison County the 27th day of July 1832.
The said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after [crossed out] investiga [end cross out] 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 John Garnett who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in this County, and that [illegible] Newman who has also signed the same, is a resident in this County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Belfield Cave Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application os William Yowell for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 2nd day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Belfield Cave Clerk
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Madison County to wit
this day Dennis Crow personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the County of Madison and acknowledged the certificate signed by him to be true given under my honor this 26th day of July 1832.
Wm. H. Hill
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It was my good fortune during the serge of Yorktown to have a good stream of strenth [sp] and activity which I am persuaded enabled me to haddle the spade to as much purpose as ny engaged in that memorable siege.
I hereby relinquished every claim whatever to any Pension or annuity except the present and declare that my service is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state
William Yowel
x his mark

Mr. John Garnett a clergyman residing in the county of Madison, and [illegible] Willam, residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Yowell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be near Seventy years of age, that he is respected and believed [illegible] the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, an that we concur [illegible] the opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year ascribed.
John Garnett 
H.R. Gibbs Justice of the peach
[illegible]
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I Dennis Crow of the County of Madison and State of Virginia [illegible] Seventy Five years do hereby certify that in the war of the Revolution after I had return to Virginia and after the experation of the [illegible] for[illegible] I had enlisted I was several times drafted to perform tours in the Militia and can certify that William Yowel of this County performed the following tour in the Militia with me the first tour of two months in the year 1779 but discharged a short time before it expired [crossed out] the second tour [end cross out] was [illegible] credit for the full tour of two months, in the year 781 Wm. Towel performed two other tours of two months each, the last at the siege of York.
Since the war of the Revolution I have lived in the same neighborhood with William Towel and confidently speak that the amount of his services is about six months Given under my hand this 26 day of July 1832. Dennis Crow.
[illegible] on the back of this W. Hill must [illegible] this certificate of [illegible] Crows swearing to it.
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[handwritten in top right corner] W.5551 [end handwriting]

In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of William Yowell a solider of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ([crossed out]or ^and] his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W F 5551
Name also appears as William Yowell

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2mos.  
RANK. Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN Henry Towles
COLONEL. James Barbour
STATE. Va.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 4 mos.
RANK. Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. {Rice, White
COLONEL. {James Slaughter, Edmonds

Battles engaged in Petersburg
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Culpeper Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, July 27, 1832, His cl. was at
Residence at date of application, Madison Co. Va.
Age at date of application, B. in May 1763.
Remarks: He mar. in July, 1782, in Culpeper Co. Va Nelly Crane who was born Apr. 15, 1763. He died Mch 6, 1845 and she was al pen. on her ap, ex. June 19, 1847 while a resident of Madison Co, Va. Children: Judith, b. May 15, 1783, Daniel, Charity, James b. Sept 14, 1789
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[Left page]
1916, Aug 9 History to Phillip Tillian, Jr.

[Right page]
Revy WIDOW, &c
File No. 5551
Nelly Yowell
Widow
William Yowell
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby, 2nd 48
Index: ___ Vol. H, Page 135
(Arrangement of 1870)
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K.T.G.
Rev. Sec

381 Fulton St.,
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please send me the Pension Records of the Following:
1- Edward Henderson, of Halifax County, VA., was a private in the Virginia Militia; pension granted, May 1834, age 88 years.
2- William You'll, of Madison County, Va.; was a private in the Virginia Militia, pension granted Oct. 18, 1832, age 72.
3- John C. Harris, of Nelson County, Va.,, was a private in the Virginia Cavalry, pension granted, May 31, 1838, age 80 years.
4- John Harris, of Pittsylvania County, Va., was a private in the Virginia Militia; pension granted March 22, 1833, age 81 years.
Thanking you for your kindness in this matter, I am
Sincerely,
Phillip Tillion Jr.
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V. [illegible]
Nelly Yowell
Va
Lit. [illegible] Ro. A. Banks
Sept 20th  47
Sub to Hon. W. L Gigger
May 5, 1848

Act of June 1844
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26, 208
S.
Rev [illegible]
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William Yowell Va. Act of June 1832. $21.66 [illegible]
To what [illegible] was he last paid?
G.C.A.
Pension Office
May 22, 48
Paid to 4th Sept. 1844
BLB.
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William Yowell
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C. of 0[illegible]
Oct. 15, 1836
Pension Office
Wm Yowell
Va[illegible]
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Madison Cthouse, Va. October 11th
Dr. Sir,
The enclosed paper is sent with a view to ascertain whether the agent in Richmond has not unnecessarily refused to pay the pensioner what is due him. The eppenjse and trouble that the pensioners are compelled to undergo in order to get what little is due them, appears to the undersigned to be unnecessarily increased by the agent in Richmond, as in the present instance, the expense is already 88 cents. & the amts due is only 10 dollars & some cents.
Your [illegible]
Belfield Cave
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Madison Ct
Octr 12th
To the Secretary of War
Washington City

Free
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No. 513
Nelly Yowell
Wid of William
Va.
Act 17 June 1844

Married before 1794
husband died 6 March 1845

plagiocephaly 6 mo 14 days plagiocephaly
$21.66 per an
from 6 March 

R.A. Banks Esq
Madison Co
Va
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State of Virginia - At a court held for Madison county the 22nd. day of July 1847.
The above paper purporting to be the declaration of Nelly Yowell widow of William Yowell deceased for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 17th: of June 1844 was presented to the Court, whereupon it was ordered to be certified that the following facts were satisfactorily proven to the Court - That the said William Yowell was a Revolutionary soldier as is set forth in said declaration - that said Nelly Yowell is his widow and has not married again, that they were married in the month of July in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two (1782) and that the said William Yowell died on the 6th day of March eighteen hundred and forty five (1845) and that the said Nelly Yowell is entitled to full credit in what she says in the said declaration. 
In testimony whereof I Belfield Cave Clerk of said Court have hereto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 26th, day of August 1847.
[signed] Belfield Cave Clerk
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State of Virginia
Madison County
SS.
Be it known that on this 19th day of June 1847 personally appeared before me Robert A Banks, a justice of the peace in & for said County Humphrey Leathers who being first duly sworn, says that he will be Eighty years old in December next, that he is and always has been well acquainted with Nelly Yowell the widow of William Yowell who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & who was also a Pensioner of the United States. Affiant was raised in the same neighborhood with both the said Nelly & William, in that part of Culpeper County in the State of Virginia which now constitutes (this) Madison County. Her name before marriage was Nelly Crane. Affiant knows
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that said Nelly Crane was married to said William Yowell before the first day of January in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety four, but does not remember the particular year, he knows that it was in the summertime of the year that they were married, about the time forward apples get ripe for affiant well remembers seeing company returning from the wedding whilst he, affiant was getting some apples near the road, and that one of the company affiant thinks it was a Wm. Razor, laughed at affiant for being badly clothed, which made a lasting impression on affiants mind, and enables him now
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to say with certainly that affiant was then only about fourteen or fifteen years old at the time of the marriage of said parties and that they were married sometime between the years seventeen hundred & Eighty - and seventeen hundred and Eighty five. Affiant did not see them married, but knows that they always lived together as man & wife after the time at which t was said above stated that they were married. Affiant verily believes they were lawfully married and never heard it doubted that they were lawfully married.
Said William Yowell was an uncle to affiant & he and affiant lived neighbors to each other until the death of said William Yowell.
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in March of the year one thousand Eight hundred & Forty five.
Humphrey Leathers 
x his mark

Sworn to & subscribed on this day first above mentioned before me & I certify that I am well acquainted with said Humphrey Leathers & he is entitled to full confidence.
Robert A. Banks J.P.
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State of Virginia
County of Culpeper
to wit
I Fayette Manzy clerk the county court of Culpeper in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that after diligent search of the record of marriages in my office I can find no evidence of marriage of William Yowell and Ellen or Nelly Crane. In witness whereof I have affixed the seal of the said court this 25th day of May 1847.
F. Manzy, C.C.
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R.A. Banks
Madison City, Va.
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State of Virginia
Madison County
S.S.

Be it know that on this 24th day of April 1848 John Jones aged Eighty three years on the 6th day of August last and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with William Powell and his wife Nelly Yowell whose maiden name was Nelly Crane.
That for many years past affiant lived near to said Yowell & wife & that he now lives in the same neighborhood in which said Nelly Yowell widow of said William Yowell now lives. That affiant knows that said William Yowell & his wife Nelly were living together as man & wife and had several children before affiant was himself married and that affiant was married on the 2nd day of November 1791 (seventeen. hundred and ninety one). Affiant knows that before he was married some two or three years that he was at work for one Joshua Leathers who was a near neighbor to said William Yowell & wife and that they then had several children and that affiant never doubted that they were lawfully married or had it doubted by anyone.
John Jones

State of Virginia
Madison County
S.S.
I Robert A Banks, a justice of the peacein & for said county do hereby certify that above affidavit was
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Taken sworn to and subscribed by the above named John Jones this day and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with said John Jones and that he is a man of truth and entitled to full confidence.

Given under my hand and seal this 24th day of April 1848

Robert A Banks, JP

State of Virginia, Madison County towit

I Belfield Cave Clerk of the county court of said County, certify that Robert A Banks is a Justice of the peace in and for said county, as stated in the certificate next above, and that the signature next above purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office hereto this 18th day of Mary 1848

Belfield Cave Clk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2nd February 1848 entitled, An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution.

State of Virginia
County of Madison

On this seventh day of August 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county Nelly Yowell a resident of same in the County of Madison in the State of Virginia aged eighty seven years on the 15th day of April last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of person who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of William Yowell who was a private (as she has been informed and believes) in the War of the Revolution and who was allowed a pension under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.  Declarant refers to his declaration and evidence filed with it shortly after the passage of that Ace for proof of her late husband’s services.  The annual amount of Pension which she received under the Act of the 17th of June 1844
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was twenty one dollars and sixty six cents.
She further declares that she is still a widow

Nelly X Yowell
(her X)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me and I do also further certify that the said Nelly Yowell the declarant is personally known to me.

Robert A Banks, JP

State of Virginia, Madison County towit
I Belfield Cave, Clerk of the County Court of said County, certify that Robert A Banks is a justice of the peace in and for said county and was such Justice on the 7th: day of August last, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 23rd day of December 1850.

Belfield Cave, Clerk
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Act 2 Feb 1848

R. A. Banks
Madison C. H,
VA
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Madison Co, HS, Virginia
December 23, 1850

Dear Sir
I enclose herewith the Declaration of Mrs Nelly Yowell widow of William Yowell asking for a Pension under the Act of 2nd Feby 1848

Very Respectfully
Robert A Banks

To: James E. Heath, Esqr
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC
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J. L. Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Madison Co Ho Virginia
August 30, 1847

Dear Sir
I enclose herewith the Declaration [ve] of Nelly Yowell, the widow of William Yowell for a pension under the act of the 17th June 1844.
Please direct the answer to me as above.

Very Respectfully
Robert A Banks

To: J.L. Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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To be addressed
To W Cole

postal stamp (Richmond, VA)
April 5
FREE

James E Heath, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

mail
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Richmond, April 5th 1852

Dear Sir,
Under date of 5th March 1851, I was directed by you as Commissioner of Pensions to inscribe on the Roll, the name of Nelly Towell, widow of William Yowell – Oct 21 by 1848 @ $21.66 per annum. Gen Banks has applied for the pension of Nelly Yowell and there is no such pensions on Roll.  She asks me to request the favor of you, to have the papers of Nelly Towell examined, and you will find the name to be Yowell, and not Towell.  He says he was the agent who obtained the pension.

Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
F. M. Lawson Pen Agt


Jas E. Heath, Esqu
Comm of Pensioner
Washington
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Madison Ct Ho VA
March 29th 1855

Dear Sir
Enclosed is the application of Nelly Yowell for Bounty Land under act of 3 March 1855.

Respectfully
F H Hill

Hon L. P Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
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FREE
Nov 3
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of
Pensions
Madison Office	Washington City
Octr 30th
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Madison Ct House Va 1836

Dear Sir
The pension claim of William Yowell is herewith sent to you after have again been sent to Richmond. My agent. Mr. Fry in Richmond, whose letter is herewith sent, states the reason why the money is not paid and which I suppose to be the reason assigned by the agent for paying pensions.  I distinctly requested Mr Fry to get the agents objection in writing but whether he refused or Mr Fry failed to request him to do so, I cannot say.  Mr William Taylors claim has also been rejected by the Agent in Richmond and is herewith sent to you, to act upon as well as Yowells.

Your obient servant
Belfield Cave