Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20529, for William Lowell, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
Lowell, William
Abiah
NUMBER
W. 20529.
CONTENTS
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No 11.709
Vermont
William Lowell of Lower Canada
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Dustin of the Regt. [REGIMENT]
commanded by Col. [COLONEL] Dearborn in the N. [NEW] Hampshire line for 2 years Private $80.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of
80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June 1833 and sent to S.F. Redfield Derby Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00
Semi-anl. [ANNUAL] allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 40.00
_______
$200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 3. Page 74
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2610.
Vermont Montpelier
Abiah Lowell widow of William Lowell
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of Decr. [DECEMBER] 1848 and sent to Levi Spalding Derby Vt 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 67 Vol. 3
 
Reported Decr 26/[18]48 
.
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N.H.
12,351
William Lowell, Stansted Co. [COUNTY]
Lower Canada
Final certificate
20678
20678
admitted 24 mo. [MONTHS] Private

S.F. Redfield
Derby Vt.
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BRIEF in the case of William Lowell
of Notley [MOTLEY] in the State of Lower Canada
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

|Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. |

In 1781 | 3 Years | As a Private | Capt. [CAPTAIN] Dustin Colo [COLONEL] Dearborne [DEARBORN] |

5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warner New Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By army witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
the papers are not [illegible] as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
& the Claimant states that he sent to the war office the deposition of Stephen Colby Stephen Putney for the purpose of obtaining pension in 1818 -
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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State of New-Hampshire. [sic] Office of Secretary of State.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel A. Kimball is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Merrimack duly Commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 8th day of August 1843 and will expire 8th day of August 1848 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 20th day of Sept - 1843
Thomas P. Treadwell SECRETARY of State.
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[left hand margin] See letter of John Kimball Oct 11, 1843. [end]

Town Clerks Office Warner N.H.
"The following persons were joined in Marriage by the Rev [REVERAND] William Kelly late of Warner deseased. [DECEASED] viz
One thousand seven hundred and Eighty six October twenty six William Lowell and Abigail Chace [CHASE] both of Warner
Town Clerks Office Warner September
twenty eighth one thousand Eight hundred and
twenty five. A true copy from the record of the
Rev William Kelly late of Warner deseased
Recorded by
Abner B Kelly Town Clerk"

This certifies that I, Ira Harvey hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Warner And that the foregoing is a true copy from the records in said town of Warner, excepting the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible words and figures as follows to wit 1786. Oct. 26 William Lowell and Abigail Chace [CHASE] both of Warner.
attest Ira Harvey Town Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack Ss. September 20th 1843 - Then Ira Harvey appeared in person and made oath that the above certificate, by him subscribed, is true-
Before me ---S.A. Kimball Justice of the Peace
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9803
Rejected
husband died
Feby [FEBRUARY] 18th 1843
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State of Vermont 
Orleans County SS } At a special Court
holden at Derby on this thirteenth day of
June 1843 Personally appeared Abiah Lowell
a resident of Hatley in the Provence of Canada
aged seventy four years who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of
Congress passed July 7th 1838 and also all
subsequent acts of Congress which may apply to her case That she is the widow of William
Lowell who served in the war of Revolution
from the State of Newhampshire [NEW HAMPSHIRE] she thinks a three years men but for a particular account of his services she would refer to his declaration now in the War Department for which he drew a pension of eighty dollars per year That she was married to the said William Lowell at Warner Newhampshire by the Rev William Kelly minister of that time in the Fall of the year 1786 that she had a record of the exact time of her marriage which is now lost She is confident it was either in September or October 
That her said husband William Lowell died on the 18th day of February 1843 That she was not married to the said William Lowell previous to his services but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January 1774 That before her marriage her name was Abiah Chase
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That at the time of her said marriage she and her husband resided at Werner [WARNER] 
aforesaid that for nearly forty years last past she and her husband have resided at
Hertley [HARTLEY] in Canada where her said husband died at the time above written and at
which place she now remains his widow
Abiah her x mark Lowell
I Parker
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Isaac Parker Judge
I further certify that from evidence before me I am satisfied the above named
Abierh [ABIAH] Lowell is the lawful widow of
the said William Lowell and that her
statements are true
I Parker Judge
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I Amos Keizer of lawful age depose and say that William Lowell died
at Hertley [HARTLEY] in Canader [CANADA] in February last that I attended his funeral that
Abiah Lowell his widow is still living and has this day made application for a pension for the services of her husband who was pensioner of the United States
Amos Keizer
Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirteenth day of June 1843
I Parker Judge

I certify that the above named Amos Keizer
is a credible witness
I Parker Judge

State of Vermont Orleans County Clerks Office June 13 1843
I Henry M Bates Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Isaac Parker is one of the Judges of Orleans County Court duly qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting
to be his is true and genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office this 13th day of June 1843
Attest H M Bates Clerk
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State of Vermont
District & County of Orleans}
On this 15th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable [illegible] within and for the District of Orleans aforesaid now sitting William Lowell of Hartly in
the County of Stanstead & Provence of Lower Canada aged sixty nine years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make and subscribe the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832 That he entered under enlistment into the Army of the United States in the year 1781 & served in the first regiment of the New Hampshire line under the following named officers in manner [illegible] often stated. That in the month of March 1781 he resided in the town of Warner in the State of New Hampshire and then & there enlisted for the term of three years in the company called the Sixth Company of the regiment aforesaid; said company Commanded by Captain Moody Dustin and said regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Dearborn; that he was discharged in the month of April 1784 at Westpoint in the State of New York that he applied for a pension Under the act of 1818 of this March and there filed in the office of the Secretary of war three Affidavits for the purpose of substantiating
claim; said affidavits made by Stephen
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Putney Stephen Colby & Seth Russell whose
affidavits [illegible] are now on file in said office & that he is the identical Willam Lowell [illegible] & that he was at the time of his said application in
formed by the Secretary of War's Letter that his
service to as sufficient proof but his claim rejected 
on grounds of his residence being in the
Province of Lower Canada; he received a written
discharge at the expiration of his said term which discharge was burned with his dwelling house in Sutton New Hampshire more than thirty years ago; after his enlistment be posted muster at Amherst NewHampshire [NEW HAMPSHIRE] and joined the regiment at Peekskill in the state of New York, he moved from thence to a place called Robinson farm opposite West Point New York state; from thence to Morrison Plain for the purpose of forming a junction with the French for the first time; from there to said Robinsons farm; thence to White Plains; thence he marched with a small detachment to Lord Morrison Plain & had a slight encounter with the Enemy; he was then detached as a part
of a reinforcement to aid in capturing Cornwallis but met an Express informing of his surrender & encamped for two weeks at [illegible]; thence
to Peeks Kill [PEEKSKILL] in New York; thence to Fish Kill [FISHKILL] & on board two sloops with his regiment & [illegible] around regiment of the NewHampshire line & [illegible] to at Albany, about Albany with twenty [illegible] Commanded by Lieutenant Morse were
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during the winter employed in foraging for
Lord Sterlings [sic] house, in March 1782 he
joined his regiment, at Saratoga & then
[illegible] through the summer & fall; in
November 1782 he marched to Albany &
Embarked & sailed to Newburgh & about
five miles back from river Hudson he went 
into Winter quarters & contind [CONTINUED] till June 1783; thence into New York City; he then went under a Lieutenant Hood with 20 privates to the north side of Dobsons Ferry to guard the block house & then [illegible] till next spring & went to [illegible] & had his discharge he was born November 8th 17[illegible] at Amesbury Massachusetts, where is a record of his birth; Since the revolutionary war he resided in Motley thirty years; in Springfield New Hampshire two years and the remainder of the time in Said Warner; he enterd [ENTERED] the service as a Voluntary [illegible]  Flood a recruiting officer for said Warner.
He herby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares
his name is not on the Pension list of the agency of any State.
William Lowell

Subscribed & Sworn to the day & year foresaid
We William Putney & Joseph Webster of Motley Soldiers of the revolutionary now hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
William Lowell who has signed & sworn to
the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been [illegible]
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the above declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion
Joseph Webster
William Putney

Sworn & subscribed the day year aforesaid
I Daniel Doyen of Kinsley in the Province of Lower Canada certify that in the month of June 1782 I joined the first regiment of the New Hampshire line in Captain Munroe's company at Saratoga in the State of New York & was at that time acquainted with William Lowell who signed & swore to the foregoing declaration and that I belonged to the same regiment with him & know of his having served as in his declaration the forth of June1782.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Daniel Doyen
And the said Court do hereby declare the 
opinion after the investigations
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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 Joseph Webster and William Putney and Daniel Bogen who have signed the within certificate are credible witness and that their statement is entitled
and credible -
And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion that that within named
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier
and served as he states-

I John H. Kimball Register of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William
Lowell for a pension -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this 15th day of August 1832 -
John H. Kimball Register

[sideways] Wm [WILLIAM] Lowell Declaration
12.351 J. Fletcher Redfield agent and attorney Derby Vt.
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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 Joseph Webster and William Putney and Daniel Bogen who have signed the within certificate are credible witness and that their statement is entitled
and credible -
And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion that that within named
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier
and served as he states-

I John H. Kimball Register of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William
Lowell for a pension -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this 15th day of August 1832 -
John H. Kimball Register

[sideways] Wm [WILLIAM] Lowell Declaration
12.351 J. Fletcher Redfield agent and attorney Derby Vt.
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In reply to your request of ____, received ____
for a statement of the military history of William Lowell 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.20,529
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK |OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE. |Captain. | Colonel|
Mch. [MARCH] 1781 | 3 years | Private | Moody Dustin | Henry Dearborn | 1st N.H. |
disch [DISCHARGED] Apl. [APRIL] 1784
at West Point, N.Y.

Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warner, Merrimack Co, N.H.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 15, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Hatley, Stanstead Co., Canada.
Age at date of application, born Nov. 8, 1762 at Amesbury, Mass. [MASSACHUSETTS]
Remarks: Soldier married at Warner N.H. Oct. 26 1786 Abiah Chase He died Feby [FEBRUARY] 12. 1843 at Hatley Canada and she was
allowed pen. [PENSION] on her application executed June 13, 1843 while a resident of Hatley aforesaid & 74 yrs of age.
There is no further family data on file.

Respectfully,
3 -- 2850
Commissioner.
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4667
Abrah Lowell Vt

Act Mar. [MARCH] 5th [18]43
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State of Vermont
Orleans County Ss} at Barton in said County on this 9th day of October 1843 personally appeared before John Kimball a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid Abiah Lowell a resident of Hatley in the Province of Canada aged Seventy four years who being 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 the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary War - That she is the widow of William Lowell who served as a private in said War from the State of Newhampshire [NEW HAMPSHIRE]
for which services he was a pensioner at the rate of eighty dollars per year - She further declares that she is still a widow and that in the month of June last she made application
for a pension before the Hon. [HONORABLE] Isaac Parker under the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838 -
Abiah her x mark Lowell
Witness John Kimball

State of Vermont Orleans County Ss -
at Barton in said County on the day of the above date personally appeared Abiah Lowell who has subscribed the above declaration
and who I am fully satisfied is the widow of William Lowell as above and made oath to the the [sic] same
Before me
John Kimball Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont Orleans County Clerks [sic] Office October 9th 1843 
I Henry M Bates Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that John Kimball of Barton is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Orleans duly qualified - And that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office this 9th day of October AD 1843
Attest H M Bates Clerk
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Abiah Lowell under joint resolution of
23d. Jany: [JANUARY] 1845 & act 7 July, 1838-
Admd [ADMITTED] $80 per ann. [ANNUM]
from 4 March, 1836, to 4 March, 1841
F.W. Kimball Agent
Barton
Vermont.
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State of Vermont
Orleans County Ss. ⎬ At Derby in said County
of Orleans personally appeared Abiah Lowell before F W Kimball a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Resolution of Congress of the 23d January 1845. Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner - I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the Resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of William Lowell who was a private in the war of the Revolution I have drawn a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum from the 4 March 1843 and now ask for the amount due me from the 4th day of March 1836 to the time when my former pension commenced or to the 4 March 1841
Abiah her x mark Lowell
attest Hannah Lowell

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this
26th day of February 1845
F W Kimball Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
F W Kimball Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Orleans County SS}
I Henry M Bates Clerk of Orleans County Court Do hereby certify that F W Kimball of Barton is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orleans duly qualified - And that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of Office this 4th day of March AD 1845
Henry M Bates Clerk
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[illegible]
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848. 
State of Vermont Orleans County SS} On this 31st day of July AD 1848, personally appeared before me Levi Spaulding a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Orleans Abiah Lowell a resident of Hatley in the County of Stanstead in the Province of Canada East Aged 82  who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the War of the Revolution
That she is the widow of William Lowell who was a private in the Revolutionary War. That she has been pensioned under the acts of Congress passed on the 7th July 1838, March 1843 and 17th June 1844 which she received at the pension agency at Montpelier Vermont at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Abiah her x mark Lowell 
In presence of [illegible]
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me
Levi Spaulding Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont Orleans County S.S.}
I Harry M Bates Clerk of the County and Supreme Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Levi Spaulding is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and his commission is dated on the 20th day of November 1847 and will expire on the 30th day of November 1848. and that his signature within written is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 5th day of August 1848.
H.M. Bates Clerk

The [illegible] & interlineation on the 6th line in the above certificate was made before Signing
Attest H M Bates Clerk

I hereby certify that the within named affiant (Abia Lowell) is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the within affidavit Levi Spaulding Justice of the Peace}
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 |✓ | William Lowell Warner 5th Co. Dr [DEBIT]
1783 July 12 Gave a certificate to Eliphalet Ladd | 16
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1781 May 2 | Contra [CREDIT] By 8 months in 1781| 16

State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State.
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original & of the whole of said original the same having been examined and compared by me. The original contains no marks or alterations which are not represented on this copy & may be found in a Book entitled Cilley's NH Regiment (page 23d) of the Records returned to this office from the War Office January 1841.
In Testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and have hereunto affixed the Seal of said state this fourteenth day of June In the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four
John Town Deputy Secretary of State
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[seal illegible] FREE [postage]
Oct 17 [18]44
affidavit Abiah Lowell

Col. [COLONEL] J. L. Edwards
Commr [COMMISSIONER] of Pensions
Washington City
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Barton Orleans Co Vt. Oct. 7, 1844
Col. [COLONEL] J. L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I forward you the certificate of the Secretary of Newhampshire [NEW HAMPSHIRE] showing the service of William Lowell agreeable to your requirement on the case of the application of Abiah Lowell for a pension

very respectfully
your obt [OBEDIENT] servt [SERVANT]
F.W. Kimball
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9803 Oct 18 [18]'43
Barton Vt 12 cents
July 7 1838 & Mar 5 1843
Abiah Lowell
Col. [COLONEL] James L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions War Department 
Washington
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Barton Vermont Oct 11 1843
Col [COLONEL] James L. Edwards
Sir enclosed is [sic] the papers of Abiah Lowell
you will see by Town Clerks [sic] Certificate the name reads Abigail not Abiah - There has been some writing back and forth upon the
matter, but the record cannot be made to read Abiah - nor does the widow acknowledge that her name was ever called Abigail-
There can be no doubt but both names mean the same person -
You will see that she has made a declaration under the act of July 7th 1838-- also under the act of March 3d 1843
Respectfully yours John Kimball

PS. Abner B. Kelley son to the old Minister copied his marriages into the Town Records after his fathers [sic] decease (in 1825)
he then being Town Clerk - probably there was a mistake in writing Abigail for Abiah
John Kimball
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12.351 William Lowell
S.F. Redfield Darby Vt.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Lowell Motly Lower Canada which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? no
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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 an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me , the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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, ___ days, I served as a ___ For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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. [ETC.] 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; 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.
+QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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.
++QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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4667
Abiah Lowell Widow of William Vt
Act 3 March 1843
Admd. [ADMITTED] 2 years private $80
No.
F.W. Kimball Barton Vt
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✓✓ 4667.
Abiah Lowell Vt
Suspended
Let [LETTER] to John Kimble May 15 [18]'49

Act Mar. [MARCH] 3d [18]'43
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[stamp] U S. PENSION OFFICE A JUL. 9 1917
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2 -2c [CENT] stamps retd [RETURNED aw July 2nd 1917 Rev [illegible]
Recd. [RECEIVED] two 2 ct [CENT] Stamps [illegible] ok aws
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

Dear Sir
I am desirous of joining the Daughters of the American and will you try to find out if a man by the name of Lowell was pensioned of course he mint [MIGHT] not have drawn a Pension his name is either William Lowell or Bengeman [BENJAMIN] Lowell 
He lived at Boscawen N.H. or Penacook N.H. and was in the Revolutionary war
That is one side now in the other side I have the Georges
[right side margin] in Township adjoining Warner Township
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It is possible I could get in on
Mr Rice George also of Bosquine [BOSCOWEN]
or Penacook N.H. near Concord N.H. who served in the Revolutionary war
I will not be able to get anything more defined - 
from my folks are Grandmother is to [TOO] - old to remember much will you do what you can for me & oblige
Yours Truly
Mrs Emma Austin Smoot
Dayton Oregon 
W. (on envelope) of W. Ketchum
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Rev. War Section. July 12, 1917.
Mrs. Emma Austin Smoot,
Care of W. Ketchum,
Dayton, Oregon.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the second instant, [this month] you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to show a claim on file for any soldier named Rice George, or for a Benjamin Lowell who served in the New Hampshire troops or resided in that State.
The Only William Lowell of the New Hampshire troops found on said records, resided at Warner, New Hampshire when he enlisted, and as Warner is found to be near Boscawen and Penacook in Merrimack County, his military history is herewith furnished you.
Very respectfully, 
G W Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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No.
Letter to Levi Spaulding Sept 5. 1868

Montpelier 6443 Vermont
Abiah Lowell, widow of William Lowell, who was a Private, in the N.H. Line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1842.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Novemr" [NOVEMBER] 1844 and sent to F.W. Kimball Barton, Vermont 
[Act of March 3, 1843] Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 64.
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9.237.
Vermont Montpelier Abiah Lowell widow of William Lowell who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 18 Feby [FEBRUARY] 1843 of Orleans Co [COUNTY] in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dustin of the Reg. [REGIMENT] commanded by Col [COLONEL] Dearborn in the N. [NEW] Hampshire line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March. 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of April 1845 and F W. Kimball Barton, Vermont.
Total amount, $
[ACT July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. S. Evans Clerk, Book D. Col 1. Page 133
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Revy [REVOLUTIONARY] WIDOW, &c, [ETC.]
File No. 20.529 Abiah Lowell widow of William Lowell Pri [PRIVATE] Rev [REVOLUTIONARY] War 
Act: Feb 2d [18]48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 444
[Arrangement of 1870]

1917 July 12. Hist. to Mrs. Emma A. Smoot.