Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,951, Peter Dosher, Va.
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Service
Va
Dosher, Peter
or
Dozier
Alley
W22,951
B.L.Wt 75,004-160-55
Bonn Penn.
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Feb. 24.73
To 3rd Auditor for payments
Application by a daughter of Alley D. for restoration and arrears
Rejected.  No one entitled.
Mom's
Mch 10.73
Date of death - [illegible]
2826[?]7

6435
Arkansas
Alley Dozier,
widow of Peter Dozier
Va
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Oct. 1857 and sent to John Johnson
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 26 Vol. [unclear]
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Order to pay 15 March 1838.
C.H. Barklay, Feby 27, 1857

Peter Dozier of Clark Co in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the [unclear] commanded by Captain Marshall of the [unclear] commanded by [unclear] in the Virginia line for 7 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Oct. 1833 and sent to U Manly Clark Co. Ills.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 58.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending [unclear]11.67
$70.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [unclear] Palmer Clerk,
Book [unclear] Vol. 8 Page 56.
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282657 Oct 11/07 E Apr 10th
Dozier
Alley (Dozier)
of Peter Dozier (Dozier) jr
Capt Dozier pen.
C&c 75.00 Issued
Nov 4th/57
Revol Pensioner
Iss 32
Arks 2d Feby, 48 Rev War
Ad: 160 acs Nov: 3d/57
Boynton

Specl. B.

John Johnson
Present
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The Declaration of Peter Dozier in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 A.D. 1832
State of Illinois
Clark County SS
Be it remembered that on this 25th day of September A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before circuit court in & for the county and state aforesaid now sitting Peter Dozier a resident of the county of Clark and State of Illinois aged 71 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 7, 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say.  He was born in the State of Pennsylvania & while a mere child his father's family moved into Culpepper County in the State of Virginia.  That he was born on the 2nd day of November A.D. 1762 that he entered the Service of the United in the Spring of the year before he was nineteen years of age & he thinks in the year A.D. 1781.
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that he was drafted as a militia man in Shenadoah county Virginia (in which county he had resided for a year previous to his being drafted) that he can not say positively whether he was drafted for four months or for six months, but is sure that it was for a period not less than four months.  Captain Vincent (whose Christian name he does not recollect but thinks it was Joseph) ordered the militia company to which he Dosier belonged to meet at the place of mustering captain Vincent's company at a place called the muster ground on Shenadoah River at which place he Dosier was drafted as aforesaid.  After being drafted he & the others drafted out of Vincent's company rendezvoused at Miller Town and from there they all proceeded to rendezvous at one Mortin Shank at the foot of the blue ridge.  At the foot of the blue ridge they were joined by Captain Thomas Marshall who then took the command of the company to which he Dosier belonged, from the foot of the blue ridge he marched under the command of Captain Marshall &
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joined the American force under the command he thinks of general Lee.  That the tour just stated was his first tour & that he served it out faithfully that when his tour was out there was a new draft of men joined them & that among these men were one George Wolf with whom he was acquainted in Shenadoah county & that he then served as a substitute for said Wolf for a period of three months.

The court then put the following interrogatories to the Applicant to wit - 

1st - when & in what year were you born?
Ans: in Pennsylvania in the year 1762

2nd - Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Ans: he has none except that which is recorded in his father's family Bible.

3rd - Where were you living when called into service?  Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans: when called into service he was living in Shenadoah county Virginia.  He has lived thirty years in Tennessee and State of Illinois where he has lived for 18 months.
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3 - how were you called into service?  Were you drafted Did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom
Ans:  these last interrogations he has answered in the body of his Declaration

5 - State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served.  Such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
Ans:  the general circumstances of his service he has already stated.  He was acquainted with the following officers to wit General Lee Gen. Washington Captain Thomas Norshace  & that owing to a severe blow on the head which the said Dozier received from the fall of tree somewhere about ten years ago which has almost maimed his memory he cannot speak with much certainty as to the events of the period of the Revolution.

6 - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
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Answer to question 6th:  he was taken sick a short time before his second tour of service had expired & was taken to the hospital about nine miles from York in Virginia.  He was sick in the hospital during the seige of York & heard the cannon for that the officers & men of the detachment were discharged & went home while he was yet in the hospital & that the only discharge he got was a paper of some kind signed by the physician of the hospital & what that was he does not know for he cannot read nor write.

7.  State the name of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans:  Nathan Wells Esquire Captain Benjamin Ogden Lewis Huckaby Levi Beauchamp & many others but that no minister of the gospel resides near him & that the neighborhood in which he resides is very thinly settled.  That he has no documentary evidence of his services & knows of no person whose testimony he can
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procure who can testify as to his service with the exception of that of Adam Dozier of White County Illinois.  That the papers given him by the physician as aforesaid he has lost but when where or how he does not know.  And he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Peter Dozier
X
his mark
Sworn to subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob Harlan, Clerk

We Nathan Wells and Benjamin Ogden both residents of the county of Clark and State of Illinois as hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Dozier who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration
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that we believe him to be between seventy and seventy two 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 fully concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
Jacob Harlan, Clerk
Nathan Wells esq.
Benjamin Ogden

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant Peter Dozier was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that Nathan Wells and Benjamin Ogden who have signed the above certificate are residents of the county of Clark and State of Illinois.  That they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that in the opinion of the court it would be
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too much trouble and inconvenience to the applicant to produce in court a clergyman to testify as to his belief of the reputation of his service and of that belief in the neighborhood of his service and character for veracity
Wm. Wilson
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State of Illinois
County of Clark

I Daniel Dosher of said county and state aged sixty two years do state that I was born in the county of Knox in the state of Tennessee on the 17th day of July in the year seventeen hundred and ninty four.  That my mother has often told me that my sister Nancy Dosher was fifteen months older than myself and that my sister Margaret, the oldest of this family was fifteen months older than Nancy.  That my father peter Dosher was married to my mother Alley Pritchell about or prior to the year 1791 (seventeen hundred and ninety one) in Knox County Tennessee.  I have heard my father and mother say that they were married by publication in the church.  My father and mother neither of them could read nor write, and when I had obtained learning enough to read and write, which has been upwards of thirty years ago I made out for them under their direction a family record on two or three sheets of paper and fastened the same in their bible.  That about the year 1817 I removed from Knox County to Warren County, and my father and mother with the balance of the family removed to Warren Co about the year 1820.  That I was married to Judith Maxey when I was just entering my twentieith year, as well I can recollect about the 20th of August in the year 1813.  That Margaret and Nancy were married in the same county that I was to wit Knox county Tennessee, several years before I was.  That I am unable to say as particularly about the marriages in the family as I could have said, had not my children while I was in California in 1849 so defaced and destroyed the family record above herein named, as to render it unintelligible.  Margaret Dosher was married at sixteen
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or seventeen years of age to Jacob Tarwater, and Nancy Dosher was married I think when she was about seventeen or eighteen years to Walter Maxey - that Nancy is now a widow and resides in the state of Arkansas and Margaret I think resides in the South part of this state.  That I removed from Warren County Tennessee to this county in the year 1830 and my father moved to this county in about a year or eighteen months afterwards and died in this county.
Daniel Dosher

State of Illinois
Clark County

Be it known that on this 9th day of September 1856 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally came Daniel Dosher, a resident of said county, who is well known to me to be a man of good reputation for truth and veracity and he did sign and swear to the foregoing affidavit.  I have known him for upwards of twenty years and believe him to be of the age of sixty two years as he calls himself and to be disinterested.  And I am myself so.
Witness my hand and seal at Marshall in said county and state this 9th day of September 1836.
W.C. Whitlock, J.P.

State of Illinois Clark County
I Allen B. Briscoe of the county court in and for said county do certify that William C. Whitlock, whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate, was at the date thereof and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified.  Witness my name and official seal at Marshall on this tenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
A.B. Briscoe, Clerk
[SEAL]
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Marion County Arkansas set
I Alley Dosher of said county aged 87 years do make the following statement (viz)
"I am the widow of Peter Dosher (or Dozier) who was in his lifetime a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, resident of Clark County Illinois - said Peter Dosher died in said county of Clark on the [space left here] day of August 1838 (Eighteen Hundred and thirty eight) I was absent in Tennessee when he died - I was married to said Peter Dosher in what is now called Blunt County Tennessee more than 67 years ago by one -- Brooks a Methodist Circuit preacher and my name before said marriage was Alley Pritchett (or Pritchard).  I refer to the proof on which said Peter Dosher's pension was allowed as the best and in fact the only proof known to me of his services.  I refer also to such proof as may he filed in support of my claim to a pension under Act July 7th 1838 and its amendments and extensions
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I make this declaration for the purpose of applying for and receiving the benefit of the Bounty Land Act of March 3d 1855 never having heretofore applied for or received the benefit of this on any other Bounty Land Act and neither did said Peter Dosher that I ever heard of.  As his revolutionary services for which he was pensioned were the only military services ever performed by him (except possibly some scouting against Indians).
I make another exception - I made out application last fall for pension and one for Bounty Land and they were directed to my attorney C.H. Barkley of Louisville Kentucky, but they got lost per mail some way.  He informs me that he never received any of them.  I have never again married since the death of said Peter Dosher but I am still his widow.
Witness my name on this [4th?] day of May 1857
Alley Dosher
X
her mark
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Affidavit of Henry Dosher and Margaret Tarwater both of Marion County Arkansas aged respectively 56 and 69 years do state that we are children of the above named Peter Dosher (Dozier) and his wife Mrs. Alley Dosher

According to what we have always heard and believed and never heard disputed our parents above named were lawfully married in Tennessee more than 67 years ago, and our mother's name before her said marriage was Alley Pritchett (or Pritchard).  During the lifetime of said Peter Dosher he and said Alley Dosher were reputed among their neighbors and acquaintances to be husband and wife and lived together as such until a short time previous to the death of said.  Peter Dosher, and at the time of his death said Alley Dosher was in Tennessee and said Peter Dosher died at the residence of our brother Daniel Dosher in Clark County Illinois in summer of year 1838 and at the time of his
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death was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States resident of said county of Clark

Said Mrs. Alley Dosher has never again married since the death of said Peter Dosher but still remains his widow and now resides in this county and she did this day in our presence sign and acknowledge the foregoing declaration 

And for the reasons herein above set forth we certify that she is the identical person whom she therein represents herself to be and she is now a widow - and we are disinterested witnesses.
This 11 day of May 1857
Henry Dosher
Margaret Tarwater
X
her mark
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Marion County Arkansas Sct.
I Alley Dosher of said county aged 87 years do make the following statement (viz) "I am the widow of Peter Dosher (or Dozier) who died in Clarke County Illinois on the 6th day of August 1838 (eighteen hundred and thirty eight) and at the time of his death was a resident of said county of Clarke and was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of about $23 a year - I was not there when he died being absent in the State of Tennessee with some of our other children - I was married to said Peter Dosher in what is now called Blunt County Tennessee on (or about) the 20th day of the month of June about or previous to the year 1790 (seventeen hundred and ninety) - It has been at least 67 (sixty seven) years by one Brookser methodist preacher and my name before my said marriage was Alley Pritchett (or
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Pritchard) - I have no record of our marriage and no certificate of it - neither my husband or myself could write - and we never had any until our son Daniel made one for himself after he was grown - I do not know of any person living by whom I can prove the date of our marriage

I have never married again since the death of my said husband but I am still his widow - I make this declaration for the purpose of applying for and obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838 and its extensions and amendments hereby appointing C.H. Barkley of Louisville Kentucky my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim thereto.  Refer to the accompanying statements and certificates 

Witness my name on this 12th day of May 1857 - 
Alley Dosher x her mark
I cannot write my name but in correspondence heretofore with my said Attorney sometimes my name has been written without
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a X and sometimes with one made by myself - when without one it was written by others with my consent and instructions.
Alley Dosher
X
her mark

Affidavit of Henry Dosher of Marion County Arkansas aged 56 years and Mrs. Margaret Tarwater also of said county aged 68 years

We the undersigned above named and described do make the following statement (viz) "We are children of the above named and described Peter Dosher and his wife Mrs. Alley Dosher - According to what we have always heard and believed and never heard disputed our parents above named were lawfully married in Tennessee more than 67 (sixty seven) years ago and that our mother's name before her said marriage was Alley Pritchett or Pritchard - During the lifetime of said Peter Dosher and up to the time of his death he and said
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Alley Dosher were reputed to be husband and wife among their neighbors and acquaintances, and lived together as such up to within a few months previous to the death of said Peter Dosher.  When said Peter Dosher died said Mrs. Alley Dosher was absent in Tennessee on a visit - our parents had quit house keeping and calculated to spend their remaining days among their children - Soon after the death of father we heard of it and that he had died at the residence of our brother Daniel Dosher in Clarke County Illinois - At the time of his death he was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States

Our mother above named the said Mrs. Alley Dosher has never again married since his death but still remains the widow of said Peter Dosher, who died as we remember in summer of year 1838 (eighteen hundred and thirty eight) Exact date we leave to
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be established by the records of said county of Clarke in Illinois 

Said Mrs. Alley Dosher now resides in this county and did this day in our presence sign and acknowledge the foregoing annexed declaration and for the reasons herein above set forth we certify that she is the identical person whom the therein represents herself to be - and we certify that we are not interested in her application except that as her children we are anxious that she shall receive what we are satisfied is justly due her - 

This 12th day of May 1857
Attest 2 witnesses
Attest
Thos. Jefferson
Calvin Summers
Henry Dosher
Margaret Tarwater
X
her mark
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State of Arkansas
Marion County
Be it known that on this 12th day of May 1857 before the Probate Court in and for said county in open court aforesaid now sitting at the court house of said county in the town of Yellville personally came Mrs. Alley Dosher and Henry Dosher and Margaret Tarwater all residents of said county and who are all well known to me, and they did sign and swear to the respective foregoing statements ascribed to them.
I believe them to be of the respective ages that they call themselves - The witnesses are persons of credibility and veracity whom I believe to be disinterested.

And I further certify that the foregoing statements together with similar ones that were accompanied by an official certificate from the clerk of the County Court of Clarke County Illinois are satisfactory evidence to this court that Peter Dosher a revolutionary pensioner of the United States resident of said county of Clarke departed this life in said county of Clarke
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he established by the records of said county of Clarke in Illinois.
Said Mrs. Alley Dosher now resides in this county and did this day in our presence sign and acknowledge the foregoing annexed declaration and for the reasons herein above set forth we certify that she is the identical person whom the therein represents herself to be - and we certify that we are not interested in her application except that as her children we are anxious that she shall receive what we are satisfied is justly due her - 
This 12th day of May 1857
Attest 2 witnesses
Attest
Thos. Jefferson
Calvin Summers
Henry Dosher
Margaret Tarwater
X
her mark
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at the residence of his son Daniel Dosher on the sixth day of August 1838 (eighteen hundred and thirty eight) leaving the above named Mrs. Alley Dosher his widow who still survives him and still remains his widow - The statements above referred to as having heretofore been made before this court are represented as having been lost per mail

Witness my name and official seal at my office in Yellville on this 12th day of May 1857
J.H. Swofford
County and Ex officio Judge of the Probate Court of Marion County

State of Arkansas
County of Marion
I Eli Danson Clerk of the current and ex officio clerk of the County of County court do certify that John H. Swafford whoes genuine signature appears to the foregoing instrument of writing was when signing the same and is now the presiding Judge of the County and Ex officio Judge of the Court
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of probate commissioned and qualified and all his acts as such Judge is entitled to full faith and credit

In testimony where of I have here unto let my hand and seal as such as office in Yellville this 20th day of May 1837
Eli Dodson
Clerk and Ex officio Clerk of the County and probate courts
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State of Tennessee
County of Knox
I Wm. Craig Clerk of the County Court in and for said county, do hereby certify that it appears from the records of my office that a bond for marriage between Jacob Tarwater and Margaret Dozier was duly entered into on the 25th day of May 1807 (Eighteen hundred and seven) and that license was issued for marriage of Walter Maxey and Nancy Dozier on the 8th day of March 1809 (Eighteen hundred and nine) and that a bond for the marriage of Daniel Dozier and Jude Maxey was duly entered into on the 25th day of August 1813 (Eighteen hundred and thirteen) and that the return of licenses and marriage of those dates is very partial and defective
Witness my name and official seal at my office in Knoxville on this 4th day of October 1856
Wm Craig, Clerk
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22426
Peter Dozier
Illinois
Adm. 7. Months
M. Manly
Clarke C.S.
Illinois
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
24th Oct 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Peter Dozier

Period when the service was rendered:  1781
Duration of the claimant's service:  4 months
3 months
Rank of the claimant:  Priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served:  Cap. T. Marshall
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:  71 years, Shenandoah County Va
Proof by which the declaration is supported:  Traditionary and a living witness

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations Under The Act of June 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Person who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law as well as person who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
For general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of
33.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)     , with     and served in the     (e) regiment of the     line, under the filling named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [Illegible] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a person or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I     of the court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for the pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of officer (i) this day of     &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman. residing in the     and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with     , who has subscribed and the sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subs robed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,     Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of     &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof of his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To an Officer has  of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he the and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule aid down a for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the C.
under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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 saith, that, by reason
Funeral for the trial of the
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 year
months, and days
, I served as a . For months and - days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension.
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 that 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 shown 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
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 claimant's 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.
The notes from (a) to (l) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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August 23, 1932
BA-J/AWF
George Clower-S.30323
Peter Dosher-W.22951

Mr. George E. Wilson, Jr.
121 W. Rockwood Avenue
Rockwood, Tennessee

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the Revolutionary War pensioners, George Clower and Peter Dosher.

The data contained herein [overstrikes] the papers on file in pension claim, S. 30323, based upon the Revolutionary War service of George Clower.

He enlisted, February 4, 1776, in the state of Virginia, no definite place given, served in Captain Jonathan Clark's company in Colonels Peter Muhlenberg's and Abraham Bowman's Eighth Virginia regiment, he was in the battle of Brandywine, and was discharged at Valley Forge, in 1778, having served two years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 25, 1818, at which time he was sixty-three years of age and living in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

In 1820 he referred to his family residing with him as follows:  his wife (her name not given) aged fifty-seven years; his son, Benjamin, aged eighteen years; sons, George and Joseph "upwards of twenty-one years of age"; and to Henry aged nearly twenty-one years.

The soldier, George Clower, died May 15, 1822.

There are  no further data as to his family.
***************
The data furnished herein were obtained from
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2-
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 22951, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Peter Dosher.

He was born November 2, 1762 in the state of Pennsylvania and when a mere child his father's family, no names given, moved to Culpeper County, Virginia.

He enlisted in the spring of 1781, while residing in Shenandoah County, Virginia, where he had lived about one year, and served four or six months in Captain Joseph Vincent's Virginia company.  He served three months in Captain Thomas Marshall's Virginia company, was taken sick near Yorktown and was in the hospital at the time of the siege of Yorktown.

He lived after the Revolution about thirty years in Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1833, then living in Clark County, Illinois with his son, Daniel, having lived there about eighteen months.  He was pensioned as Peter Dozier.

He died August 6, 1838 in Clark County, Illinois.

The soldier, Peter Dosher, married June 20, 1790 or in 1791, in Blount County, Tennessee, Alley Pritchett or Pritchard.

His widow, Alley, was allowed pension on her application executed May 12, 1857, then aged eighty-seven years and living in Marion County, Arkansas.

Their children mentioned were - their oldest child, Margaret who married Jacob Tarwater, marriage bond executed May 25, 1807; Nancy who married Walter Maxey, marriage license issued March 8, 1809; Daniel their third child born July 17, 1794; Henry who was fifty-six years old in 1857.

Daniel Dosher stated that his sister, Nancy, was fifteen months older than he and that his sister, Margaret was fifteen months older than Nancy.

In 1857 Margaret Tarwater was living in Marion
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County, Arkansas; Nancy Maxey was a widow in 1856 and living in Arkansas; Henry Dosher was a resident of Marion County, Arkansas in 1857; and in 1856 Daniel Dosher was living in Clark County, Illinois; he married sometime in August, 1813, Judith Maxey, their children were referred to, no names given.

One Adam Dosher in 1833 was seventy-four years of age and living in White County, Illinois, no relationship to family shown.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 4, 1922
In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Peter Dosher or Dozier a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (&/or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. W. 22951
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT:
Spq. 1781.
LENGTH OF SERVICE: 4 or 6 mos
RANK: [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED:
CAPTAIN:  Jos. Vincent
COLONEL:  [check mark indicated]
STATE:  Va.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT:
Im. after
LENGTH OF SERVICE: 3 mos
RANK: [blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED:
CAPTAIN:  Thos. Marshall
COLONEL:  [check mark indicated]
STATE:  [blank]

Battles engaged in:  None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment:  Shenandoah Co, Va.
Date of application for pension:  Sept 25, 1833 al.
Residence at date of application: Clark Co. Ill; he lived 30 yrs. in Tenn.
Age at date of application: b. Nov. 2, 1762 in Pa. [unclear]
Remarks:  He mar. June 20, 1790 Alley Prichett (or Pritchard) in Blount Co. Tenn; he d. Aug. 6, 1838 in Clark Co. Ill. & she was al. pen. on an ap ex May 12, 1857 while res. in Marion Co Ark at 87 yrs.  Ch. referred to:  Margaret wife of Jacob Tarwater; Nancy wife of Walter Maxey, Daniel mar. Judith Maxey, and Henry.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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January 18, 1913.

Mrs. E.L. Pegram
465 West Macon Street,
Decatur, Ills.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 13th and received the 15th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the claim W. File No. 23,656, it appears that Thomas Boon served in the South Carolina troops, Revolutionary War.  He was born in 1760, and died March 9, 1836.

From the papers in the claim Sur. File No. 32,112, it appears that Nicholas Bean served in the Pennsylvania troops and Continental Dragoons, Revolutionary War.  He was born March 16, 1760.  Date of death not stated.

In the claim of Peter Dosher or Dozier, W. File No. 22,951 it appears that the soldier served in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary War.  He was born November 2, 1762, and died August 6, 1838.

From the papers in the claim W. File No. 22,472, it appears that Frederick Unsell served in the Pennsylvania troops Revolutionary War.  He was born August 25, 1765, and died September 11, 1835.

Very respectfully,
J.L. Davenport
Commissioner
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Rev. War Section
November 9, 1917

Mrs. E.W. Archer,
Marshall.
Illinois.

Madam: 

In response to your letter of the fifth instant, you are advised that in the claim of Peter Dosher or Dozier, W. File No. 22,951, it appears that the soldier served in the Virginia Troops, Revolutionary War.  He was born November 2, 1762, and died August 6, 1838.

For information relative to obtaining a marker for soldier's grave, you should address the Quartermaster General, U.S.A., War Department, Washington, D.C.

Very respectfully,
[signature unclear]
Commissioner.
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B. J. WALTER
DEPT. OF MILITARY RECORDS
AND GRAVES REGISTRATION
AMERICAN LEGION, Wabash Post No. 423
MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS
January 10th, 1936.
The Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please furnish pension record and any other
information available of Peter Dosier, claim No.
K. 22951, who served with the Virginia troops
during the War of the Revolution.
Very truly yours,
B.J. Walter
Dept. of Military Records
and Graves Registration,
American Legion,
Wabash Post #423.
BJW: rpf
[stamped] Received Jan. 18 1936
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm. Reader #24
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Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Section.

Dear Sir: - Please send me all information, including family information, from the pension papers of the following;
Alley Dosher (or Dozier), widow of Peter Dosher (or Dozier),
File No. W. 22951
George Clower, Rockbridge Co., Va., list of 1835.
Thanking you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter, I am,

Yours very truly,
George E. Wilson, Jr.
George E. Wilson, Jr.,
121 W. Rockwood Avenue,
Rockwood, Tennessee.
August 3, 1932.
[stamped] Received Aug 4 1932
Receipt Section
Pension Files SSS-Division
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200 ROOMS EACH WITH INDIVIDUAL BATH
LOCATED NEARER THAN ANYTHING TO EVERYTHING
ON ATLANTA'S MOST FAMOUS THOROUGHFARE
PEACHTREE STREET

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Revolutionary War Sect.

Dear Sir-- Please send me all the
data your office contains regarding
the following-
James Montgomery - Monroe Co. June 1817
Peter Dozier, Va. Soldier Clark Co Ill.
1832 - age 72
Please send at once, and oblige
Yours truly
Robert Miller Jr
c/o Box 226
Harriman
Roane Co Tenn
1/12/22
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Marshall, Illinois
November 5, 1917
Rev Sec

Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: -
Will you kindly send me information concerning Peter Dozier, a Revolutionary soldier, born in
Virginia, 1762?  We have a record
that he was awarded pension No.
22951. Our Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution has
located his grave; thus we desire
all official information that
we may secure a marker.

Truly yours
Mrs. E. W. Archer
(Secretary)

Send tombstone data.
they know all about this claim
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Revy Widow, &c.

File No. 22951
Alley Dozier
wid of
Peter Dozier
Priv Rev. war

Act: Feb 2d /48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 190
Arrangement of 1870.

1913 Jan 18 to Mrs. E.L. Pegram
letter with Cl. W 23,656
Thomas Boon.  F.W.
Tombstone data
1917 Nov 9 To Mrs. E.W. Archer Tombstone data F.W.
1918 Mch 22 to Jr. Mr. Gen - Tombstone
1922 Feb 6 hist to Robert Mil[obscured]
1932 Aug 23 Hist to [obscured E. Wilson Jr. AWF
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Mrs Ally Dosher
widow of
Peter Dosher (Dozier)
Bounty Land Claim Act March 3rd 1835
R82657

"Revolutionary"

Please make "Special"
Attorney C H Barkley 
Kentucky
John Johnson
Washington D. C.
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75,004


164 Acres
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Mrs Alley Dozier
Widow
Peter Dozier
Act July 7th 1838

Evidence
Relating 
Marriage
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Mrs. Alley Dosher
Widow of
Peter Dosher (or Dozier)
"Revolutionary"
Act July 7th 1838
Extensions
and Amendments
Including Amendment
March 3rd 1851

[start crossed through]
Attorney
C.H. Barkley
Louisville Kentucky
[end crossed through]

John Johnson 
Washington D.C.
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No. 15. 480.
Alley Dozier,
widow of Peter Dozier
Marion Co. Arkansas
-
Admitted, Act July 7. 1838
&c
at rate of $23.33 per annum, commencing
from 6th August 1838, when her husband died
(excepting 2 years )
Service 7 Mos private Infantry

"State of Margin of Certificate
the amount one 4th Sept 1857"
"pay widow"
Certificate to
John Johnson
Washington,
D.C.
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9.700
Arkansas
Alley Dozier
widow of Peter
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 23 Dollars 33. cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
27th day of Oct 1857 and
sent to John Johnson
Present

[Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book H.  Vol 1 
- Page 20
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Pension Office, October 22, 1857
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which within named pensioner was paid and name of the party or parties who received arrears.  if the same were paid to the date of his death.
Very Respectfully
John Robb
For Commissioner

Geddes
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3d. Auditor's Office
Oct: 23. 1857

Sir:
Peter Dozier, Illinois Act 7 June 1832, died Aug: 6. 1838 & his pension has been paid in full to that date to his widow Alley Dozier.
Very Resp'y
Rob Jamison
Auditor

Geo: C. Whiting Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions
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Peter Dozier Illinois - 7. June 1832
$23.33
To what time last paid

pd to the 4 Sep 1834
JH

Pension Office
15th March 1838
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State of Tennessee
Knox County
I Wm Craig Clerk of the County Court of Knox County in the State of Tennessee, do certify that I have carefully examined the records & files in my office relative to marriages and that I find no records or marriage bonds or licenses of a date prior to the year 1792, about which time I am informed said County of Knox was organized.  I further certify that there is no record evidence whatever on record in my office of the marriage of Peter Dosher (or Dozier) to Alley Pritchett (or Prichard)
In testimony of all which I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County Court officially at Office in Knoxville this the 26th of July 1856.
Wm. Craig Clerk of the County Court of Knox County Tenn.
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Clerk Blount Co Tenn
March 1857
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Maryville Mar 9th 1857

Dear Sir  I have examined the records and the acts of Assembly we find that all East Tennessee was divided into Hawkins and Sulivan Sulivan on the East side of Holston River  our County was in 1795 established out of part of Knox County  now sir as to the period from 1785 to 1790 we cannot tell better than that it belonged to the Indians the whites were intruders how long and how we became part of Knox County we have no means of knowing  you will name your case and if we have any information you will get it  you will  you will get perhaps what you want by writing from Knoxville or Blountsville
Yours &c
John C. McCoy

GH Barclay
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Louisville Ky
February 9 1857
Sir
In July last I  prepared some papers
and sent to the Clk of County Court of Marion 
Co Ark
 They were the application of
Alley Dosher or Dozier widow of Peter Dozier
 or Dosher   for pension under the Act July 1838 and amendment
Also her Bounty Land Application
Peter Dozier was a pensioner under
June 7th 1832 at the rate of $23 and resided  in Clarke County Illinois 
I have never yet heard from the papers
through the Clerk 
Mrs Dozier has written to me  since 
requesting me to push her business on
but does not say whether she had prepared the papers or not
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Alley Dozier wid of 
Peter Dozier 


Rev No 282,657

Jno Johnson 
Washington D. C. atty
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Washington
Nov 2d 1857

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comr. of Pensions

Sirm
I beg to say that three several pension certificates for the Revolutionary services of Peter Dozier, were issued to his widow Alley Dozier on the 27th [illegible] and we now respectfully ask that a Land Warrant may be issued to said Ally in order that we may make one mail to Michigan, the residence of Mrs. Dozier.
I believe it is the practice of the office, that all Revolutionary claims for Bounty Land are considered and treated as special.
The number of Ally Dozier's claim is 282:657.
I am, Very respectfully
Your obt. ser't.
Jno Johnson Eqr
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All Official Letters to this Office must be addressed to the "Third Auditor of the Treasury," and in replying to Letters from this office the initials on the upper left-hand corner should be referred to.

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
February 27th, 1873.

Sir: 
In reply to your letter of 24 inst in the case of Alley Dozier, widow of Peter, certificate issued Oct. 27th 1857.  Arkansas roll;  you are informed that, the records of this office shown payment at the rate of $11.66 1/2 half yearly, or $23.33 per annum.
Paid to 4th Sept 1857.
Very respectfully
Allan Rutherford
Auditor

Hon. J.H. Baker
Commr Pensions
J.W.B.-W.J.M
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Brief in the case of Alley Dozier, widow of Peter Dozier Marion County and State of Arkansas,
act February 3, 1853

Claim, (original, or for increase)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of Claimant was a pensioner under
act of June 7, 1832, at rate of $23.33 per annum and died Aug 6, 1838, as shown by Auditor's Certificate, which also shows that the arrears due at his death were paid to his widow, Alley Dozier, (prior to Jany 1794)
Marriage proved by verified ages of the children - the oldest shown to have been born about 1791  by part and by record evidence to have been married in 1807
---
Identity and present widowhood proved
by several credible witnesses
Allowance accordingly

John Johnston Esqr
Washington, D.C.
Name and residence of Agent

R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
Page 61

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 22951, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Peter Dosher.

He was born November 2, 1762 in the State of Pennsylvania, and when a "mere child" his father's family, no names given, moved to Culpeper County, Virginia.

He enlisted in the spring of 1781, while residing in Shenandoah County, Virginia, where he had lived about one year, and served four or six months as a private in Captain Joseph Vincent's Virginia Company.  He served three months in Captain Marshall's Company, was taken sick near Yorktown and was in the hospital at the time of the Siege of Yorktown.

He lived, after the Revolution, about thirty years in Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 25, 1833, then living in Clark County, Illinois, having lived there about eighteen months.  He died August 6, 1838 in Clark County, Illinois at the residence of his son, David Dosher.

Peter Dosher married sometime in June, 1787 or June 20, 1790 in  Blount County Tennessee, Alley Pritchett or Pritchard.  She was allowed pension on her application executed May 12, 1857, then aged eighty-seven years and living in Marion County, Arkansas.

Their children mentioned were:  Margaret married Jacob Tarwater, marriage bond executed May 25, 1807 in Knox County, Tennessee;  Nancy married Walter Maxey, marriage license issued March 8, 1809 in Knox County, Tennessee, Daniel [illegible] Henry, fifty six years of age in 1857.

Daniel Dosher stated that his sister, Nancy, was about fifteen months older than he, and that his sister, Margaret, was about fifteen months older than Nancy.

In 1857 Margaret Tarwater was living in Marion County, Arkansas;  Nancy Maxey was a widow in 1856 and living in Arkansas;  Henry Dosher was a resident of Marion County, Arkansas in 1857;  Daniel Dosher in 1856 was living in Clark County, Illinois, he married sometime in August, 1813, Judith Maxey, their children referred to, no names given.

One Adam Dosher in 1833 was seventy-four years old and living in White County, Illinois, no relationship to family shown.
Very truly yours
Page 62

Marion County
State of Arkansas
Be it known that on this 4"
day of May 1857 before me
a justice of the peace in and for
said County personally came Mrs Alley
Dosher and she did sign and swear
to the annexed declaration of this date
ascribed to her I believe her to be
of the age that the calls herself
---
At the same time also came Henry
Dosher and Margaret Tarwater and
they did sign and Swear to the
foregoing annexed joint affidavit of this date
ascribed to them
I believe them to be of the respective ages that they call themselves and to be
disinterested - and I myself do further certify that Mrs Alley Dosher  is the person whom
she represents herself to be
The witnesses are well known to me as persons of credibility and veracity
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In testimony of which i do hereto subscribed my name
AJ Noe JP

State of Arkansas
Marion County Ss
I Eli Dodson Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Andrew J Noe whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate, was, at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified
Witness my name and official seal
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at my office in Yellville on this fourth day of May 1857
Eli Dodson Clerk
[SEAL]
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Yelloville Ark.
October 13-1856

Mr. CH Barkley  I received yours of the 18 Sept 56 you requested me to send you a family record of my marriage if I had eny  I have none  I was maried in what is now caled Blunt county Tennessee but at that time was a territory and was maried by publishing three times by a preacher by the name of Brooks and where it was recorded I cant now [illegible] for there was now country[?] laid of at that time on the south side of the river but I suppose it was recorded in Blunt or Sevear   I have been maried 69 years last June my husband was no schollar and never had eny record  I dont receloct the county on the north side of of french Broad river  you can look on a map and tell it was laid of in county on that side of the river and mite ben recorded over there  none of my children has eny  I can make oath of it I suppose all that was present is ded or at least I dont now whare thea are I wish you to git it of you can
Alley Dosher

Mr CH Barkley
Louisville Ky
Page 66

I Jacob Harlan Clerk of the circuit Court in and for the county and Clark and State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain the original procedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Peter Dozier for a Pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the said court at Darwin this twenty fifty day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred the thirty three
Jacob Harlan, Clerk.

[SEAL]
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Carmi Ill
3rd March 
Free

James L Edwards Esqr
Com Pensions
Washington City

March 3
Mr. Evans
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Carmi Ill   3rd March 1838

Sir 
I enclose to you the papers of Peter Dosier for your inspection and order as to the payment  
I have reason to believe that all is right.  he lives some 20 miles from the County seat of his county and probably had no knowledge of the impropriety of delaying his claim
my son is the attorney for the purpose of sending the money by mail
very Respectfully
Daniel Hay
Page 69

Clark County Court May Term 1856
The declaration of Daniel Dosher of this County who is well known to the Court as a credible witness made before AB Briscoe this day and supported by reference to the records of the office is deemed to be satisfactory evidence to the Court that Peter Dosher (or Dozier) late of said County a revolutionary pensioner of the United States residing in this County, departed this life at the residence of his son  the above named Daniel Dosher on the 6th day of August 1838. leaving Mrs. Alley Dosher his widow and that when last heard from she had never married again but was still the widow of said Peter Dosher and was living when last heard from in Marion County in the state of Arkansas

State of Illinois
Clark County Ss
I Allen B Briscoe Clerk of the County Court within and for said County do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record now in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Marshall this 15th day of April AD 1857
A.B. Briscoe
Clerk
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State of Illinois
White County Ss
On this 5th day of September 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Hon Wm Wilson Judge of White Circuit Court. Adam Dosher a resident of said White Co. aged 74 years who being first duly sworn, doth, on his oath, depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Peter Dosher now as he thinks residing in Clark Co. that he is aged 70 years & born on the 2nd day of Nov 1762.  That said Peter Dosher in the Spring of the year 1781 entered the service of the United States in the militia and continued in the service until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at York Town.  That this deponent has no recollection of any of the officers under whom he the said Peter served, but well recollects his service as above stated.
Adam Dosher
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
Jas. Ratcliff Clk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above witness is of good character and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Wm. Wilson
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I James Ratcliff clerk of the White Circuit Court do hereby certify the the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the deposition of Adam Doshier.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Carmi this fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jas. Ratcliff Clk
[SEAL]
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Hon JL Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
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Clark Court House Ill  26th Sept. 1833

Hon: J.L. Edwards

Dear Sir
I have the honor to enclose herewith to your office the application of Peter Dozier (indifferently written Dosier or Dosher) for a pension.  I can say little as to the merits of the claim for the old man you will see gives not a very detailed account of his services.  I have no doubt but the old man did render some service but I infer that in a great measure from the Deposition of Adam Dosher of White County.  Peter Dozier can neither read nor write  is an ignorant old Duchman but of unimpeachable veracity  It is, I am sure, utterly impossible to show you how ignorant a man may be-though this man's memory is greatly impaired from an injury which he received in the head some years ago.
I am Sir with great Respect your obt servt
M. Manly

Hon: J.L. Edwards
Comr: Pensions
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11.865.
Arkansas
Alley Dozier,
Widow of Peter,
Who died on the 6th August 1838.
Of blank in the State of blank
Who was a private  in the blank commanded 
By Captain blank of the blank commanded 
By blank in the Revolution 
Inscribed in the Roll of Little Rock
At the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents
Per annum, to commence on  6th August 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the. 27th day of
Oct 1857 and sent to 
John Johnson. Present
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim;
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk.
Book 26 Vol. 1- page 16.
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State of Tennessee Knox County
to any Regular Minister of the Gospel, having the care of Souls, or any Justice of the peace for said County Greeting.
By virtue of the full Power and authority in my vested, I hereby authorize and empower you or either of you to celebrate and perform the rites of matrimony between Walter Maxey and Nancy Dozier, and join them together as man and wife in the holy estate of matrimony, he having given bond and security as the Law directs
Given at Office the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord 1809 and in the 33d year of our Independance.
Chas. McClung
By his Deputy
Jno. N. Gamble

State of Tennessee
Knox County
I Wm Craig Clerk of the County Court of Knox County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full true and perfect transcript of an original License now on file in my office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County Court officially at Office in Knoxville this the 23d day of Sept 1856.
Wm. Craig Clerk
of the County Court of Knox County Tennessee
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Clk Knox Co
Tenn.
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Knoxville Sept 23 1856
Dear Sir
I enclose to you a certified copy of 
The marriage license of Walter Maxey to Nancy
Dozier, I also find the marriage Bonds of
Jacob Tarwater to Margaret Dozier and of Daniel Dozier to Jude Maxey, the first 
Named bearing date May 25th 1807 the other August 25th 1813 but I have not  been able to find the License, at that date there were many of the Licenses which were not returned to the office. If you should desire a copy of these bonds you can inform me and I will forward them to you.
Wm. Craig clerk
Of the County Court of
Knox County Tennessee


N.B. The minister or  Justice  who married Maxey neglected to enter his cirtificate on the License. Wm. C.
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State of Tennessee
Hawkins County SS.
I James H Vance Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that I have searched the files of my office for the marriage license of Peter Dozier and Alley Pritchett and cannot find the same  
I further certify that previous to the year 1838 no marriage record was kept or required by law to be kept in my office and that many of the licenses issued previous to 1838 were never returned to this office or if returned cannot now be found
Given under my hand & official seal at office in Rogersville the 6th day of December 1856
J.H. Vance  Clerk