Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,810, for Bowdoin Snead, Virginia
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(3—1776)
SERVICE  Va.    
Snead, Bowdoin    
Mary.      
NUMBER  W.4,810
B.L.Wt.39338-160-55
CONTENTS
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3—1081.
(Old No. 3—405.)
PENSIONER DROPPED.
United States Pension Agency.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Oct, 1, 1902
Certificate No. 3501
Class  Widow
Pensioner Mary Snead
Soldier Bowdoin Snead
Service Pvt. Rev. War, Va. Line
The Commissioner of Pensions.
SIR:  I have the honor to report that the above-named pensioner who was last paid at $30, to 4 June, 1902, has been dropped because of death
June 29 - 1902
Very respectfully,
ALLEN BUSSIUS,
Chief Clerk
United States Pension Agent
NOTE.— Every name dropped to be thus reported at once, and when cause of dropping is death, state date of death when known.
o-9
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Pension Office
Oct 8 1902

Certificate
Oct  1902
Received

Finance Division
Nov 13 1902
Bureau of Pensions
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State of Virginia, Accomack County, to wit:
On this 26th day of October, A.D., one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Mary Snead, who made oath in due form of Law, that she is the widow of Bowden Snead, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and who received a pension for his services in said War, under the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832; - that by the declaration of her said former husband, the said Bowden Snead, made, before the Court of the Count aforesaid, on the first day of August 1832, for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act aforesaid, that in said declaration the said Bowden Snead states that he was, as he verily believed, on duty at different times during said War in the whole upwards of Three Years; that she, the said Mary Snead, after the death of her said husband, made a declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, passed February 3, 1833, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that under the provisions of the last mentioned Act she was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, as will appear by the original certificate, now in her possession, No: 3501, issued at the Department of the Interior on the 26th day of January 1854 and examined and countersigned by the Commission of Pensions; that for a description of the services of her said husband and for the proof of his death, she refers to his declaration and the other papers of her said husband, and to her own declaration, made as aforesaid, and papers on file in the Pension Office.-

She further states , that she was married to the said Bowden Snead, in the said County of Accomack, on the 26 day of January, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and forty one, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Powell, that her said husband died in the County aforesaid, on the 1st. day of July
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AD, one thousand eight hundred and Forty one, and that she is still his widow.  For the evidence of her marriage she likewise refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office as aforesaid.-

She makes the declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "Act granting additional Bounty Land to certain Officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the Military service of the United States", approved March 3rd, 1835.-

She further declares that she has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under any other Act of Congress, nor made any application therefor. - 
Mary Snead

Sworn to and subscribed before me, in my said County, the day and year before written; and I hereby certify that I believe the said Mary Snead, who signed and executed the foregoing declaration, and is now present, to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.-
Saml M Hopkins  J.P.

State of Virginia, Accomack County, to wit:
On this 26'' day of October, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, in the state aforesaid, L Gray and Henry C White, residents of the said County, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Snead who saw her Sign & Swear to this foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and that they are disinterested witnesses—
L. Gray
Henry C.  White

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26 day of
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October, A.D., 1835; and I certify that the said L. Gray and Henry C. White are credible and respectable citizens-
Saml M Hopkins  J.P.

State of Virginia, Accomack County, to wit:
I, John W. Gillet, Clerk of the County Court of Accomack County, in the state aforesaid, Certify that Samuel M. Hopkins, who has subscribed the foregoing certificate, was at the time of subscribing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to the Constitution and Laws of the said State, and that his signatures thereto are genuine.  

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this 16th day of February, AD, 1836, and in the 80th year of the Commonwealth.-

F.J. Rayfield  Dp:
for J.M. Gillet  C.A.C.
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238.279 [Accomack]
55
March 14. 56

Mary Snead, widow
of Bowdoin Sneed
dec. Priv. & Pensioner

Mary Snead
widow of
Bowdoin Snead. Pri:
Revolutionary 
War
Rev Pension Act
of Feby. 3, 1853.
for $80 per annum
Certificate No 3501
Date 26 Jany 1856
AO: 160 ac, Aug: 21/56
B[illegible]
P. F.  Brown
Accomac C.H.
VA

March 2/70 Lett to SV Niles Present RW
Vol S-2-3
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At a Court held for Acamack County in the State of Virginia on the 1st day of August 1832.
Bowdoin Snead of the County of Acamack this day personally appeared in Court & made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th day of June 1832 &c
"State of Virginia, County of Accemack Viz  "On this 1st day of August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the County Court now sitting Bowdoin Snead a resident of the County of Accemack. St Georges Parish aged Seventytwo 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 7th 1832.  That he served in the Militia of Accemack County Virginia from the time he was 16 years of age till free from duty by reason of age.  That during the War of the Revolution he served in Capt. Thomas Copes' Company & afterwards in the same company under Capt. Elisha Fitzgerald or Garrett and after the War ended under Capt. Samuel [Waples? ].  That during the War the Militia were frequently called out to keep guard & were in actual service a considerable portion of the time.  That the companies were divided & a part of them performed duty regularly & alternately.  That Col. Simpson had command of the Militia of Accemack during part of the War & Cols. Corbin & Cropper afterwards.  That this deponent was engaged principally on the Sea Coast & on Chesapeake Bay coast in Keeping guard & preventing the enemy from landing for the purpose of obtaining supplies, plundering the country & committing depradations of every kind.  That the County of Accemack was very much exposed & frequent alarms were given & the Militia was often compelled to turn out to defend the county.  This deponent performed service principally at the Black house on Col. Cropper's land & at the Barracks near a windmill on George Parker's land.  This deponent has no hesitation in saying that he was in actual service under arms at least two years during the Revolutionary War.  That he was born in Accemack County & he has no record of his age.  he was living in sd. county during the whole of the War of the Revolution & still resides in said County.  There were no written discharges given in writing at the expiration of the respective tours.  This deponent was well acquainted with Col. John Cropper, Col. Levin Joynes, Major John Paulson
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Capt. Smith Snead & various other officers in the Continental line who lived in this County & joined the Continental Army & is well acquainted with Capt. Samuel [Waples?] now living in this County who was a Lieutenant of the Continental Army.  This deponent cannot state the dates of his performing service, he was called out for the purposes aforesaid every few days & continued under arms for a longer or shorter period as circumstances required during nearly all the War.  This deponent is known to John Bull, Lieutenant Custis Bull, Col. Finney, Col. L.S. Joynes & others & in fact to nearly all the Citizens of St. Georges Parish.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except this present & declares that his name is not on any pension Roll of the Agency of any state.  Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid"  
Bowdoin Snead

We Mathew Floyd a clergyman residing in the parish of St. George in the County of Accemack & John Bull Senr of the same County & place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bowdoin Snead who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & that we believe him to be 72 years of age.  that he is reputed & believed in his neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Militia in the Revolutionary War & we concur in that opinion.  Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Matthew Floyd
John Bull Snr.

And the Court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Matthew Floyd who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in this County, and that John Bull who has also signed the same is a resident of this County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit & was also proved by the affidavit of Custis Bull & Fanny [Sheward?] who are residents of this County and are credible persons that the facts set forth in the foregoing application are true.

I Thomas R Joynes Clerk of the County Court of Accomack in the State of Virginia do hereby certify
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that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Bowdoin Snead for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty two
Tho R Joynes Clk
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Mary Snead
Widow of Bowdoin Snead.
App for land bounty 
War of the Revolution.
325.969
Filed by S.V. Niles 
Washington DC
Nov 9, 1869

[Stamp:]
DEPARTMENT OF [illegible]
[Nov] 10
[illegible]
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925.969
State of Virginia
Accamac County} S.S.
On this 27 day of September A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and sixty nine personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Snead aged fifty three years, a resident of Sd County and State of Virginia who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Bowdoin Snead deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  That she does not know in what company & Regiment he served.  That he enlisted at an early date, and it was proven at the time I recieved a certificate of a Pension for his services, that he was in actual service in the said war for the term of three years, and that he was honourably discharged from the service in the said war.  I received a Certificate for a Pension for the service of said husband Bowdoin Snead on 23rd day of March 1867
That I am still a pensioner of the U.S. and have regularly received a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum for the service of my said husband in the Revolutionary war.  If the fact of my previous holding a Pension for three years service of my said husband is not sufficient to entitle me to bounty land, I respectfully
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refer to the evidence on which I was allowed a pension filed in the proper Department D.C. with my declaration & application for the said Pension [illegible] under the Act of Feby 3 1853.
She further states that she was married to the said Bowdoin Snead in Accomac Va. on the 26. day of January A.D. 1841 by one Rev Geo. Ewell a Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Powell  That her said husband died at in Accomac County Va. on the 29 day of July A.D. 1842 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3. 1855."  And she further declares that she has not received or applied for bounty land under this or any other Acts of Congress.
Mary Snead
Claim: signature

We Frances D. Parkes and Elijah W. Hickman residents of the County Accomac in the State of Virginia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Snead in our presence and from the appearance and statements of the applicant That we believe that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and is still a widow.
Signatures of Witnesses
Francis D. Parks
Elijah W. Hickman
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons  that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and is still a widow and that I have no interest in this claim.
William H. Gibbons J.P.

Virginia, Accomack County to Wit:
I. Wm. H. B. Custis, Clerk of the Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, certify that William H. Gibbons Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit was acknowledged, and whose genuine signature is thereto annexed is a Justice of the Peace, for the County aforesaid, duly qualified and Sworn according to the Constitution and laws of the State of Virginia and of the United States, In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name, and affix the Seal of the Court, this the 27th day of October A.D. 1869, in the 94th year of the Commonwealth.
Wm. H. B. Custis  C.A.C.
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Revolutionary War.  Special [illegible]
(3—232.)
No. 3.501
DEAD.
Mary Snead
Widow of Bowdoin Snead
Rank Pvt.
Company Capt Cope's
Regiment Va. Mil. War of 1776
Rate per month $30.
Commencing Sept 30. 1890
Ending
Certificate dated Oct. 23., 1890, 
and sent [check mark] "  25, 1890
Payable at Washington Agency.
Atty none
Order 59[illegible]M
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1890 Nov 18.  S. Wesley Snead. with her address & rate to which increased _ Prior
1893 April 18 place of residence to Miss SV Snead Balt. M
Oct 30/02 Amd adv of death  H.G.
Nov.4.1902. Dr. Sledge adv. of acr
Mar.2.95 & reimb. blk sent. Also of Rev. pens. in annual report June 30.1902  Z.P.
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12738
Virginia
Bowdoin Snead
[of] Accomack in the State of Virga
who was a Private in the Company commanded [by] Captain Copes of the Regt commanded [by] Col Cropper in the Va Militia for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia [at] the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum [to] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May 1838. and Sent V. Ellis Accomack Ct House

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1838  $160:00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 21st Sep. 33  40.00
200.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting  Clerk, 
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 26
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U R Anderson Act of 1839
suspd.
let.. 24 / 17.  35 H. Alvis
" 15 Oct "  agt. rpd
" Francis A. Dickin July 13 1838
Fabius M. Lawson 22d Nov 50
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Mary Snead
Widow of Bowden Snead
Act 3 July 1853
V Ellis atty
Present
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Mary Sneads Declaration
PFB
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At a Court held for Accomack County on the 25th day of April 1853.
State of Virginia
Accomack County. } Ss.
On this 25th day of April 1853 personally appeared before the County Court of Accomack, State of Virginia, Mary Snead, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged thirty seven years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d February. 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolution: that she is the widow of Bowdoin Snead, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7th 1832, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and that he was paid at the Agency in Richmond Virginia; for further particulars of services &c: she refers to his declaration under the Act of the 7th June 1832.  She further declares she was married to the said Bowdoin Snead on the 26th day of January Eighteen hundred and forty one; that her said husband died on or about the 1st day of July Eighteen hundred and forty one; that she was not married to him prior to the second January, Eighteen Hundred, but at the time above stated.  She further declares that she is now a widow.
Mary her x mark Snead

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before the County Court of Accomack County.

State of Virginia, Accomack County. Sc.
I, Jno: W. Gillet, Clerk of the County Court of Accomack County in the State aforesaid, Certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of the said Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 30th day of March A.D., 1833. and in the 77th year of the Commonwealth.
J.W. Gillet C.A.C.
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February 21, 1934.
Bowdoin Snead-W.4810
BA-J / AWF

Mrs. Sarah F. Walls
403 W. Walnut Street 
Greencastle, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Bowdoin Snead.
You are furnished herein the record of the only Bowdoin Snead (Sneed), that is found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 4810, based upon his service in that war.
Bowdoin Snead was born August 14, 1760 in Accomac County, Virginia, names of parents not given.
While residing on a farm in Accomac County, with his father, Bowdoin Snead enlisted in 1776 and served as a private at various times in the Accomac County Militia under Captains Thomas Copes, Elisha Fitzgerald, Garrett, Colonels Waples, [illegible] Simpson, Corbin, and Cropper; the service amounted in all to about two years.  He stated that he served with the militia of Accomac County, from the time he was sixteen years of age until "free from duty by reason of age".
He was allowed pension on his application executed, August 1, 1832, then a resident of St. Georges' Parish, Accomac County, Virginia.
Bowdoin Snead married, January 26, 1841 in Accomac County, Virginia, Mary Powell; no other wife is referred to.  He died July 1, 1841 in Accomac County.
The widow, Mary Snead, was allowed pension on her
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application executed, April 25, 18[illegible], then aged thirty-seven years and living in Accomac County, Virginia.  In 1890 she gave her address as, Parksley, Accomac County, Virginia.  She died June 29, 1902.
Captain Smith Snead of Accomac County, Virginia during the War of the Revolution, was well acquainted with the soldier, Bowdoin Snead, and Miss S. V. Snead in 1893 was living in Baltimore, Maryland.  It is not shown that these persons were related to the soldier.  There are no further data in this claim relative to family.
very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Virginia
Mary Snead
widow of Bowdoin Snead who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Richmond, Va Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
4th March 1868
Certificate of Pension issued 23rd day of March 1867 and sent to Claimant. care H. P. Y. Browne Accomac [illegible]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 158  Vol. H.
J.N. Smith  Clerk.
Sent

[Stamp:]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Virginia
Mary Snead
widow of Bowdoin Snead who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Va
Washington
(Richmond) agency
Rate 96 Dollars cents per annum. 
Commencing July 27. 1868.
Red. pay is made since.
Certificate dated Faby 11, 1870.
and sent to S. V. Niles
Present
Mard 1841
[Reco]rded on Roll of Pensioners under [illegible]
[illegible] 853, Page 263  Vol. [illegible]
[illegible] 68

[Illegible] Agt reports paid to
[illegible] living at Accomac CH
[illegible] mac Co Va (then aged [illegible] years)
Transferred to D.C.
Ex Order Aug. 15.1887.   MRB
1890 Feby 12  S R Downey no law for arrear or increase Prior
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323.969- Act Mar. 3rd 1855
Nov. 10th 1869
Mary Snead - wid of
Bowdoin Snead  Private
Capt.
Col. 39338-160
Revolutionary War.
Feb. 4. 1890
Rejected, as 160 acre was allowd to claimt
Aug 21. 1856
Track E
Saml. V. Niles.
Present
To wit
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[Illegible: Burk?]
Room 23
1890 Feby 12 S. R Downey Bounty Lands has been allowed  Prior
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(3—464.)
O. W. and N. Div DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., April 18, 1893.
Respectfully returned to Miss S. V. Snead,
Baltimore, Ma., with the information that the last known Post Office address of the pensioner named is Parksley, Accomac County, Virginia.
D. D. Murphy
Acting Commissioner.
(o 6—059)
8628—30 m
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Washington City Dec: 5/53
Hon: R. McClelland
Sir:
Accompanying this I hand you my argument in the appeal case of Mrs Mary Snead, with the original letter of the Clerk of Accomack Court [trusting?] the mode of authenticating such matters.  Allow me to ask your personal perusal of the Argument.
Very respectfully
Your ob Servt
Vespasian Ellis
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Copy of Comr letter suspending the Claim.
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(Copy)
Pension Office Oct 17th 1853
Sir: The Claim of Mrs Mary Snead for a pension as the widow of Bowdoin Snead has been received Examined & suspended.  The regulations of this office require that the original proceedings & papers in a case be certified.  In the case of Mrs Snead a copy of the proceedings is certified.  The rules also require that record evidence of the marriage be filed if there be any.  If there is no record evidence the claimant must own that fact in an affidavit.  Mrs Snead is required to furnish record evidence of her marriage or the above affidavit
Very respectfully
(signed) L P Waldo
Commissioner

V Ellis Esq
Present.
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Declaration for Increase of Pension 
State of Virginia
Accomac County } Ss.
On this 2d day of December A.D. 1869 personally appeared before me Clerk of the County of Accomac Virginia Mary Snead aged 53 years resident of Accomac County, State of Virginia.  who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical person to whom was granted pension certificate No. 3501 pay aob at Richmond Va.  and at the rate of $6.66 7/8 cents per month issued under the Act of Feby 3d 1853.  [  ] she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth Section of the Act of July 27. 1868
My Post office address is Accomac. C.H. Va.
Mary Snead her x mark

Also personally appeared B. B. Ewell and J B Ailwirth residents of the County persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn say they were present and saw Mary Snead make her mark to the foregoing declaration and they further swear that they
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they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim
B.B. Ewell
HB Ailwirth
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2d day of December A.D. 1869, and I duly certify I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.  Witness my hand and the seal of the Court affixed the day and year above named.
Wm H. B. Custis  Clerk of the Co'y. Ct. of Accomack Co.
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Restoration 3197  Rich
Brief in the Case of Mary Snead Widow of Bowdoin Snead.
Accomac CH. County and State of Va
2d Dec Act February 3. 1863
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
On the roll of Richmond Va at $ 80.00 pr. year. and paid to March 4. 1861  She has surrendered her certificate & claims restoration.
She proves [  ], Identity are all in due form as required.

Restored March 15, 1867 to a pension at $80. per annum commencing March 4, 1861
W. E Track
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant
Dr. P F Browne
Accomac CH  Va.
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Accomac C. House Va. Nov. 15th 1866
To. the Commrs of Pensions:
Sir: I forwarded to you my application for restoration to the Pensions Roll in May or June.  I have never heard from it.  I am a poor widow, am now, and have been since my pension was suspended in 1861.  Living on the charity of my friends.  
May I ask the kindness of you to take up my case, so long delayed, and have it acted  on.
Respectfully
Mary Snead her x mark
P.S.
Any communication direcedt to my friend D.P.F. Browne  Accomac. C. H. Va. will presently reach me.
M. S. her x mark
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[Stamp:]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NOV 17 1968
PENSION OFFICE
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SAMUEL V. NILES,
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 262 I Street,
(Between 17th and 18th Streets,)
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Washington, November 9th, 1869

Hon Henry Van Aernam.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
I file herewith the application for Revolutionary Land bounty, of Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin Snead, a soldier of the Virginia Line in the War of the Revolution.
The claimant alleges that she is now a pensioner of the United States, and refers to the papers filed in her pension claim, for evidence as to her right to land bounty.
Very Respectfully,
Sam V. Niles
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925.969

[Stamp:] 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NOV 10 18[66?]
PENSION OFFICE
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B Land
925.169
Mary widow of Bowdoin Snead
[Crossed out: Track]
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11 Dec
BL
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SAMUEL V. NILES,
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 262 I Street
(Between 17th and 18th Streets,)
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Washington, December 16th, 1869.
Hon Henry Van Aernam.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
Agreeably to your request of the 16th Ult. I file herewith oath of loyalty, as add'l evidence in support of the claim for Revolutionary Land Bounty, No. 325.969, of Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin Snead, decd, late of the Va Line, War of the Revolution.  I also file an affdt of claimant, as to any discrepancy in her signature, she sometimes signing by mark, &c.
Very Respectfully,
Sam V. Niles
P.S. The above claim is for land bounty under Act March 3, 1855.
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SAMUEL V. NILES,
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 262 I Street
(Between 17th and 18th Streets,)
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Washington, January 20th, 1870.
Hon Henry Van Aernam.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
Agreeably to your request of the 19th Ult. (letter enclosed,) I file herewith a power of Attorney from Mary Snead, to prosecute her claims for land bounty and Increase pension, which I trust will be found satisfactory:  
App for land bounty No. 325.969.
App for Increase pension No. 3.501.
Very Respectfully,
Sam V. Niles
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SAMUEL V. NILES,
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 262 I Street
(Between 17th and 18th Streets,)
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Washington, December 16th, 1869.
Hon Henry Van Aernam.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir: I file herewith the application for increase of pension under Act July 27, 1868, of Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin Snead, a soldier of the Revolution, who is now pensioned at the rate of $6.66 2/3 per month; Certificate No 3,501.  Act. Feby 3d 1853, and for evidence in support thereof, reference is made to her application for land bounty No. 325,969, now pending before your Dept.
Very Respectfully,
Sam V. Niles.
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[Stamp:]
DEPARTMENT [OF THE INTERIOR]
DEC 17 [illegible]
PENSION OFFICE.
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SAMUEL V. NILES,
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 262 I Street
(Between 17th and 18th Streets,)
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Washington, February 21st, 1870.
Hon Henry Van Aernam.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
I will be obliged if you will advise me as to the condition of the Revolutionary Land bounty claim No 325.969 of Mrs Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin Snead, Va Line.  Act Nov 9. 1869.  The app' of claimant for renewal of pension filed subsequent to that for land bounty has been adjusted, and certificate delivered.
Very Respectfully,
Sam V. Niles.
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[Stamp:]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FEB 22 1870
PENSION OFFICE.
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J.W. Tillett
Original letter referred to in my printed argument
V Ellis
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Accomack C. H. Virga
November 14th 1853.
Dr. Sir.
In answer to certain enquirie contained in yours of the 10th (received this morning,) relative to the Declaration of Mary Snead, I reply:
That she appeared before the County Court of Accomack on the 25th day of April 1853, and produced a declaration in writing precisely similar to the one entered among the proceeding of that day with the exception of her name being subscribed thereto.  Upon its being stated to the Court that she was desirous of making a Declaration and leave being obtained for that purpose, the writing produced by her was read over, and I, as Clerk, administered an Oath to her as to the truth of the statement contained therein, and she then subscribed the same by making her mark thereon.  All of which was done in the presence of the Court.  I afterwards made a literal copy of the declaration so sworn to and subscribed, upon the minute book of the Court, and the same was included in the proceedings of that day which were read over and signed by the presiding Justice.  The paper from which I copied, and which was sworn to & subscribed by the declarant, is filed among the papers of the term.  I have always been in the habit of pre
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preserving such papers in order to show the correctness of the Clerks Copy, if the same should be questioned.
Yr: obdt: servt:
J. W. Gillet.

Vespasian Ellis Esqr:}
P. S. Perhaps it would be proper for me to say that all papers copied by me in the proceedings of the Court and filed among the papers, like in the case of Mary Snead's declaration, I consider record of the Court, and consequently cannot consent to deliver them, but any copies that may be desired will be furnished.
J.W.G.
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Department of the Interior,
Washington Decr 15th 1853
Sir:
Your decision upon the claim of Mary Smead [Snead], widow of Bowdoin Smead for a Pension under the Act of February 3d 1853, has been affirmed, and the papers accompanying your report are herewith returned to your office.
I am respectfully,
Your Obdt. Svt
R. McClelland
Secretary

Hon L. P. Waldo,
Commissioner of Pensions
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Accomac. C. House. Virginia
Aprl. 12" '66

J. H. Barrett. Esqr.
Sir:
Enclosed you will find the pension certificate of Mrs Mary Snead, and her application for restoration to the Pension roll; and [arrearages?] of pay.  She has given the date of her last payment to the best of her recollection, if it is incorrect, she desires it will be corrected in your office.  Any communication for her, sent under cover to me, will presently reach her.
Very. Respectfully,
P. F. Browne
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Apr 16 1866
PENSION OFFICE
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Washington City Oct 31st 1853
Hon: Secretary of the Interior
Sir
I respectfully ask an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of pensions in the case of Mary Snead widow of Bowdoin Snead for a pension under the act of 3d February 1853.
A copy of the Commissioners letter dated 17th Oct herewith sent will inform you that the Commissioner has suspended the claim on the grounds towit.
1st. Because the Original proceedings in the case are not presented.
2d. Because no record proof of marriage was filed nor any affidavit that no record proof of marriage existed.
I ask an appeal from the decision
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of the Commissioner refusing to recognize a certified copy of the record of the Court of Accomack County Virginia as Sufficient.
Mrs. Snead, the claimant, made her declaration in Open Court, and the same was made a part of the record, it having been entered in full upon the Order Book of the Court, as has been uniformly done in all cases from that County & I believe from the State of Virginia where Claimants ask pensions.
Refer to the following cases from that County under the act of 1832 in which the same made was adopted, & certified copies from the record were admitted towit 
Elkanah Andrews, Isaiah Bagwell, Castes Bull, Daniel Bull, Robert Chase, Jacob Edwards, Mathew Floyd, John Harman, J. B. Hickman Houston Killam, Hillary Mears
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Nimrod Perkins, Edmund Read, Robert Russell, & Bowdoin Snead, the last case being that of the husband of the present Claimant. These cases were allowed about 1833.
But as new rules, regulations, & requirements, are now the "order of the day" in the pension bureau I beg leave to refer to the case of Sabra P. Waples, widow of Samuel Waples, under the act of 3d. February 1853 which (if my memory is not at fault) was a similar case to that of Mrs. Snead, and in which the copy of the record was held sufficient. If I am wrong as to Mrs. Waples's case, I have only to say, that this is the first time I have ever known the original record of a Court to be demanded, & the first time I have ever heard that a certified copy of a record
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of a court was refused in any Bureau under this government. I must confess however that I feel no surprise at this requirement, and I should not appeal to you in the matter if it were in my power to obtain what the Commission demands.
As the Commissioner ought to know, & may not be aware of the fact, that by the laws of the State of Virginia, the Clerk of a County Court has no right to send his original records to Washington, I beg to state to him through you, that such is the fact, and that unless the Commissioner can devise some means, by a subpoena duces locum or otherwise to obtain a view of the Original record, I do not believe his requirement can be complied with in the present instance. It is
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p 5
therefore a matter of necessity on my part, in behalf of Mrs. Snead, to take this appeal.
As to the 2d. permit made by the Commission, it was well taken, and is now complied with, by the entered affidavit of Mrs. Snead, stating that she has no record evidence of her marriage & cannot procure any.
I will be obliged to you if you will permit me to see the report of the Commission when made before your final action thereon
very respectfully
Your ob Servant
Vespasian Ellis
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Mary Snead

[STAMP]
Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Jul 12
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Accomack C.H. Va.
July 10# 1866.

Jos: H. Barret
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
Yours of Apr: 27# was duly received informing the the claim of Mary Snead had been suspended for errors in the declaration &c:- as you did not return me the declaration for correction I have taken the only means in my power or correcting it. viz:  making an entire new declaration amended and corrected as pointed out in your letter.  This poor woman is very much in need of her money and begs that you will give it your earliest consideration.  Any communication for her sent to me will promptly reach her.
Respectfully
P.F. Browne
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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 Bowdoin Snead which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration shown where the applicant resides?  yes
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes
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?  -
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period of periods of the war when he served?  NO
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?  No.  Should state the particular periods of each tour and their duration
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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2
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?  Yes

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is thawer any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, hes he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yy

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witness as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? [blank] And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]

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? [blank]

XVI ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?   and, if not, which of them is not so answered?  No. 2.4.6

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 this service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For [blank] year [blank] [blank]  months and [blank]  days.
I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."
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238,279
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Accomac C. House Va.  Nov. 29# 55

Sir:
Enclosed you will find my declaration for bounty land under the act of March 3d. 1853.  When the warrant is allowed please enclose it to my agent P.F. Browne of this place.  Any further inquiries for information &c may also be directed to him.
Yours Respectfully.
Mary Snead
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Sept. 16, 1853.
Mary Snead,
widow of 
Bowden Snead,
Accomack Co., Va.
Revolutionary
Act 3 feb 53.
V. Ellis Atty
present

Rev.


1853 Revo
Sep 16/53
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Washington 16 Sept 53

Sir
Enclosed I send the application of Mary Snead widow of Bowdoin Snead (a pensioner) for pension under act 3 feby 1853.
I think it will be found on reference to the original papers of Mr Snead that the pension was obtained for him by myself about 1833.
I knew him well & resided near him.
Respectfully
Vespasian Ellis

Commissioner of Pensions
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Copy of
Order relative to Bowden
Snead's death &c
238.277

For Doct: P.F. Browne
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At a Court held for the County of Accomack on the 28th day of October AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
It was ordered to be certified that it appears to the Court by satisfactory evidence that Bowden Snead was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars ($80) per annum, that he was a resident of the County of Accomack, in the State of Virginia and died in the said County of Accomack, in the said State, in the year 1841 on or about the 1st day of July;  that he left a widow now living, whose name is Mary Snead;  and that the pension certificate of said pensioner has been lost, and after due search and enquiry therefor it cannot be found.

State of Virginia, Accomack County, to wit;
I, John W. Gillet, Clerk of the County Court of Accomack County in the state aforesaid, Certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the Records of the said Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 6th day of December, A.D. 1855, and in the 80th year of the Commonwealth.
F.J. Rayfield Dy:
for J.W. Gillet, C.A.C.
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Brief in the case of Mary Snead,
Accomac County and State of Va
Act 3 Feb 1853

Claim, ("Original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $80 per annum
Proof of marriage - living witnesses, certified to be credible - no record in existence

S. Cass
Examining Clerk.

V. Ellis
Name and residence of Agent
Present
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Mary Snead
widow of
Bowden Snead
Revolutionary
act 3 feb 73

V. Ellis Atty
present
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State of Virginia County of Accomack Ss
On this 11th day of January 1854 personally appeared Mary Snead before me a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid a resident of Accomack County aged 38 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed on the 3d day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War;  that she is the widow of Bowdoin Snead deceased who was a private in the militia of Accomack but she does not know the particulars of his service;  that he was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 June 1832 at the time of his death and resided in Accomack County & State of Virginia at the time he was pensioned & received the sum of Eighty dollars per annum;  and she further declares  that she was married to said Bowdoin Snead on the 25th day of January 1841 & that her husband died on the 29th day of July 1841:  that she was not married to him prior to the 2d day of January 1800 but at the time above stated & she further declares that she is now a widow.
Mary Snead widow.  x her mark
Teste
P.F. Browne [illegible]
[illegible]

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written as witness my hand
Wm. J. Dix J.P.
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State of Virginia, Accomack County, to wit;
I, Jno W. Gillet, Clerk of the County Court of Accomack County, in the state aforesaid, certify that William H. Dix, who has subscribed the foregoing certificate, was, at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to the Constitution and laws of the said State, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court his 13d. day of January A.D. 1854. and in the 78th year of the Commonwealth.
F.J. Rayfield Dy.
for J.W. Gillet C.A.C.
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Bowden Snead.
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At a Court held for the County of Accomack, on the 28th day of October 1850.
It is ordered to be certified, that it appears to the Court by satisfactory evidence, that Bowden Snead was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars ($80:) per annum;  that he was a resident of the County of Accomack, in the state of Virginia, and died in the said County of Accomack, in the said state, in the year 1841, on or about the 1st day of July;  that he left a widow now living, whose name is Mary Snead;  and that the pension certificate of said pensioner has been lost, and after due search and enquiry therefor, it cannot be found.

State of Virginia, Accomack County Sc.
I, John W. Gillet, Clerk of the County Court, of the County aforesaid and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of said Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this the 29th day of October A.D. 1850 and in the 75th year of the Commonwealth.
F.J. Rayfield Dy:
for J.W. Gillet C.A.C.
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We the undersigned do on our oaths declare that we were well acquainted with Bowden Snead and Mary his wife, that we were present at their marriage and that it took place in the month of January in 1841
We further certify that Mary Snead the identical person who is now an applicant for a pension is the widow of Bowden Snead who was a Revolutionary pensioner and that the said Bowden Snead died on or about the 1st day of July 1841 that Mary Snead the present applicant for a pension is now his widow   Witness our hands this the 8th day of September 1853
Levin Gray
Tabitha Satchell

State of Virginia
Accomack County SS
On this the 8th day of September 1853 personally appeared Levin Gray & Tabitha Satchell the County of Accomack and made oath to the facts in the foregoing affidavit.  I further certify that the said Levin Gray & Tabitha Satchell are respectable, disinterested and credible persons and that I have no interest in the claim of Mary Snead.  Witness my hand this the day and year last above written.
Saml M Hopkins J.P.
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State of Virginia, Accomack County, to wit;
I, Jno: W. Gillet, Clerk of the County Court of Accomack County, in the state aforesaid, certify that Samuel M. Hopkins, who has subscribed the foregoing certificate, was, at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to the constitution and laws of the said state, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 10th day of September, A.D. 1853, and in the 78th year of the Commonwealth.
F.J. Rayfield Dy:
for J.W. Gillet C.A.C.
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Power of Attorney.
Claim of
Mary Snead
for Land Bounty
and
Inc. Pension

Filed by Saml. V. Niles
Jan 20/70

sold by W.H. Moore, 484 11th st., Washington, D.C.
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Power of Attorney
Know all Men by these Presents, that I, Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin Snead. of Accomac Court House in the State of Virginia, have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Sam'l V. Niles, of Washington D.C. my true and lawful attorney irrevocable, for me and in my name, place and stead, hereby annulling and revoking all former powers of attorney or authorizations whatever in the premises, to prosecute my claim for Increase pension, and Land Warrant, now pending in the Pension Office.  Claims filed Dec 16, 1869 by said Sam'l V Niles and to, from time to time, furnish any further evidence necessary or that may be demanded, giving and granting to my said Attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do, if personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and revocation, and to receipt and sign all vouchers, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his substitute may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this fourteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy
Mary Snead x her mark  L.S.
Two Witnesses:
P.F. Browne
Cate Powell
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Virginia Accomack County, to wit;
I, Wm. H.B. Custis, Clerk of the Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, certify that Mary Snead whose name is signed to the with letter a power of Attorney, signed and same in my presence and acknowledged it to be her act and Deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court his 14 day of January, A.D. 1870, in the 94th year of the Commonwealth.
Wm. H.B. Custis  C.A.C.
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Samuel V. Niles,
Attorney for Claimants,
No. 262 I Street,
(Between 17th and 18th Streets,)
Washington, DC.

Washington,
February 3rd, 1870

Hon. Henry Van Aernam,
Commr. Pensions.
Sir:
I file herewith as addl evidence in support of the claim for increase pension of Mrs. Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin Snead, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, the original certificate of the claimant No. 3501, and as she is sick and destitute, I respectfully ask that her case may be taken up and disposed of at your earliest convenience.
Claim filed Dec. 16, 1869
Very Respectfully
Saml V Niles
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[STAMP]
Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Feb 4 187[3?]
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(3-128)
WIDOW'S PENSION.
Rev. War 1776 -Increase- Special Act Se.t 30/90
3501
DC
Claimant Mary Snead Soldier Bowdoin Snead
P.O. Parksley Rank Private, Co. of Capt. Cope
County Accomac, State Va. Regiment Va. Mil. War of 1776
Rate $30 per month, commencing Sept. 30, 1890 and

RECOGNIZED ATTORNEY:
L. C. N. B

APPROVALS:
Submitted for Al. Oc. 15, 1890 Lewis C. White, Examiner.
U.A.S.
Approved for increase to $30.00, origin of her mo - from Sept. 30, '90 her Special Act of that date
-, 18 -, Legal Reviewer.
J Longhran, Re-Reviewer.
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HISTORY OF ATTORNEYSHIPS:
1st appointment, 18 Name and P.O.
By Recognized, or why not
2d appointment, 18 Name and P.O.
By Recognized, or why not
3d appointment, 18 Name and P.O.
By Recognized, or why not
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3-328.
Transfer Statement-I.

U.S. Pension Agency
Knoxville, Tenn.
Nov 11 1887

Sir:
By order of the Commissioner of Pensions, dated Aug 15 1887, the name of Mary Snead wid of Bowdoin Certificate No. 3501, Act of 3 Feby 1853 Soldier's service Revy War, Rank Priv, Rate 12+, has been transferred to the Rolls of the Washington DC Agency, to take effect from 4 Sept., 1887, the date of last payment.
Very Respectfully,

Pension Agent

Hon. Com. of Pensions,
U.S. Treasury.
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[STAMP]
US Pension Office
P
Jan 18 1890

O.W. and N.

No.  wid
Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin
Snead, a soldier of the Revolution.

Letter of 
S.R. Downey,
Attorney,
Washington, D.C.
submitting P. of A.
and asking a 
revision of the
claimant's account
and how much
land has been allowed.
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S.R. Downey,
Attorney,
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.
January 18, 1890

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:
I submit herewith a power of attorney to me from Mary Snead, one of the small class of widows of the Revolutionary soldiers.  I respectfully ask a thorough revision of her account and a payment of the residue of pension found due her.  Has she received a warrant for all the land to which she is entitled?
Respectfully,
S.R. Downey.
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Balto Jan 25, 1893
Gentlemen, 
Kindly send me the address in Va of Mrs. Mary Snead widow of Bowdoin Snead.
She is a Revolutionary Pentioner.
Mr. Snead was a soldier of the Virginia troop.
Respy
Mrs. S.V. Snead

Parkeley
Accomac Co Va
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S.

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office.
R
Jan 26 1893
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Restoration
3,501

Department of the Interior.
Widow's Pension.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Mary Snead widow of Bowdoin Snead who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty dollars and 00 cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March [1867?], and continuing for life, unless she should again marry;  in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty third day, of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven
W.T. Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned,
Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Department of the Interior.
Widow's Pension.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Mary Snead widow of Bowdoin Snead who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 3rd of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
R.W. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned,
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[STAMP]
Department of the Interior
[illegible]

State of Virginia
County of Accomack SS.
On this 17th day of May, A.D., 1866 personally appeared before me M. Oldham Deputy Clerk of the court in the said State & County, the same being a Court of record, Mary Snead, aged 50 years, a resident of the County of Accomack, and State of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Mary Snead, who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Richmond and whose pension certificate is herewith returned;  that she has resided since the 1st: day of January A.D. 1861, as follows:  in the County of Accomack, State of Virginia, that during this period her means of subsistence have been mainly on the charity of her relatives and friends, and that she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their cause and that she was last paid her pension on the 4th day of September, A.D. 1860.
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate such as she may be entitled to, under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence hereto forth filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim
Mary Snead  x her mark

Also personally appeared David B. Wessels and George T. White, residents of the County of Accomack and State of Virginia, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn say that they were present, and saw Mary Snead make her oath to the foregoing declaration, and they further swear that they have every reason to believe
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from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with her that she is identical person she represents herself to be, and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim, and that the claimant did not in any manner encourage the rebels nor manifest a sympathy with their cause.
David B Wessels
George T. White
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of May, A.D. 1866. and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim, and that the declarant who made her mark to the foregoing declaration had its contents explained to her
Test:  M. Oldham Dy
for J.W. Gillet. C.A.C.

I Mary Snead, do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will henceforth faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves:  so help me God.
Mary Snead  x her mark
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The affidavit of Bowdoin Snead an applicant for a pension who being duly sworn says in answer to the 4th objection - that he recollects that he [illegible] service in the year 1776 & he continued in service till the end of the War regularly when called upon, which was almost every week & sometimes oftener, & continued in service for a longer or shorter period as circumstances required.    & in answer to the 5th objection he says that it is utterly impossible for him to state the precise length of each tour of service - that the [illegible] situation of this County demanded the almost constant attention & action of the militia during the whole of the War - that this deponent was a young man at work for his father on his farm when the war commenced & that shortly afterwards his father hired a negro man to supply this deponents place on the farm because this deponent was absent from home on duty nearly all his time & could do no work on the farm & that his (this deponents) father kept said negro for years which he would not have done but for the circumstances of this deponents being so absent.  This deponent states in answer to the 17th objection & in regard to the 2d interrogatory that when asked in Court about a record of his age he stated that he had no record of his age by which he meant that he had no record of his age with him - he had a record of his age in a large testament wherein his birth was recorded by his father & from this record it appears that he was born August 14th 1760.  He states in regard to the 4th interrogatory that he was enrolled in the militia by Law & that during the War, the
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militia were classed & did duty or guard by turns periodically excepting on alarm & then all turned out who heard of the alarm;  that they were usually divided into small squads and guarded the coasts constantly by turns = that he was not drafted in the usual service of that term, but that it was on the same [illegible] as drafting that the squads were selected = that he often volunteered out of his turn, and always attended all alarms & though it is utterly impossible to mention dates of entering upon & leaving guard duty, because the squads were changed to often yet he has not the slightest hesitation in declaring that he was under arms more than two years during the War = that this County is washed on the East by the Ocean & on the West by the Chesapeake bay & is indented with numerous creeks & inlets into which the British were almost constantly coming after provisions & &c.
Bowden Snead

State of Virginia
Accomack County
Feb. 6. 1833
This day Bowden Snead made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit and I certify that he is a man of truth and veracity.  witness my hand & seal the day & year aforesaid as a Justice of the peace in & for said County
Jacob Warner JP [handwritten seal]
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The deposition of John Bull Senr. who being duly sworn testifies & says that he has been a near neighbor of Bowden Snead upwards of sixty years.  that he has heard the foregoing deposition of Bowden Snead read and has no hesitation in saying that he knows that the militia of this County were called out upon duty as he therein states & that he (Snead) did perform service as he has testified & has no doubt that all his statements in regard to such service are strictly true, knowing as he himself does that he was on duty a great part of his time during the War.
John Bull senr

State of Virginia
Accomack County
Feby 6. 1853
This day John Bull Sr. made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition - and I certify that he is a man of truth and veracity & of good memory.  Witness my hand & seal the day & year aforesaid as a Justice of the peace in & for said County
Jacob Warner  J.P.  SC

State of Virginia
Accomack County Feby 21: 1833
The affidavit of Custis Bull Sr aged about 70 years who says that he was a drummer in Capt Thomas Copes's  company of militia in the time of the Revolutionary War, with Bowden Snead.  that he has heard the foregoing deposition of said Snead read to him the Witness & that
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the statements therein made so far as regards his service are true = that he the witness has lived all his lifetime within half a mile of said Snead & knows of his service & has no hesitation in saying that he must have served upwards of two years under arms during the Revolutionary War
Custis Bull  x his mark

Accomack County
Virginia  February 21st 1833
This day Custis Bull who is an aged man & a credible witness made oath to the truth of the afsd. affidavit before me a Justice of the peace in & for said County
Wm. R. Custis  JP  [handwritten seal]

The affidavit of Hillary Mears aged about 75 years who says he kept guard several times & attended alarms with Bowdoin Snead & has no doubt from his own knowledge that sd. Snead was under arms more than two years during the Revolutionary War.
Hillary Mears  x his mark

State of Virginia
Accomack County
March 13d 133
This day Hillary Mears made oath before me to the truth of the foregoing affidavit & I certify that he is a man of truth & veracity as witness my hand & seal.
Edwd. O. Finney JP  [handwritten seal]

State of Virginia Accomack County Ss
I Thomas R Joynes Clerk of the County Court of Accomack in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that John C. Warner, William R. Custis & Edward O Finney whose names are affixed to the foregoing certificates are justice of the peace of the County afsd. duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith  credit ought to be placed in all their acts as such, and that the signatures of the names of the sd. Warner, Custis & Finney affixed as aforesaid appear to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court his 30th day of March 1833 & in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.
Teste Js. J. Ailworth Dy
for Tho. R Joynes  C.A.C.
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State of Virginia
County of Accomack SS.
On this 11th day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty six, personally appeared before me, T. C. Walston Dy Clk. of the county court, in said State and County, the same being a court of record, Mary Snead, aged (50) fifty years, a resident of Accomack County, in the State of Virginia, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Mary Snead who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency of Richmond City, and whose pension certificate is herewith returned; that she has resided since the first day of January, A.D. 1861, as follows: in the State of Virginia and County of Accomack, that during this period, her means of subsistence have been chiefly by the aid of her friends
and that she has not, in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that she was last paid her pension on the 4th day of September, A.D. 1860.
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim 
Mary Snead x her mark
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Also personally appeared Thos. Bundick and Justis B. Taylor, residents of Accomack County, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mary Snead sign her name, or make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have no reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further swear that they have no interest, in the prosecution of this claim.
Witnesses Justis B taylor
Thomas Bundick

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 11th day of April A.D. 1866; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct, or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim; and I further certify that the declarant who made her mark to this declaration had its contents explained to her before executing the same.
Thos. C. Walston Dy:
for J. W. Gillet. C.A.C.
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I, Mary Snead, do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder; that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support, all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves: 
So help me God.
Mary Snead x her mark
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OATH.
I, Mary Snead, of Accomack County, do solemnly swear, that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority, or pretended authority, in hostility of the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution, within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
And I do further swear, that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.
Mary Snead x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this the 2d. day of
December A.D. 1869.
Wm. H. B. Custis Clerk of
the Coy. Court of Accomack Coy. Va.
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Mrs. Snead's
Affidavit
touching the
non existence
of record
Evidence.
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I Mary Snead widow of Bowden Snead do hereby certify and declare on my oath that I have no record evidence of my marriage and that I cannot procure any evidence of the kind
Mary Snead x her mark
Witness
P F Browne
T F Hurst

State of Virginia
Accomack County SS
October 26 1853 The above affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace
Thos. Lilliston Justice
of the peace

State of Virginia Accomack County to wit;
I, Jno: W. Gilles, Clerk of the County Court of Accomack County, in the state aforesaid, Certify, that Thomas Lilliston, who has subscribed the above certificate was, at the time of subscribing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature thereto is genuine.-
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 27th day of October, A.D. 1853, and in the 78th year of the Commonwealth.-
F. J. Rayfield Dy:
for J. W. Gilles, C.A.C.
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51st CONGRESS, SENATE. REPORT
1st Session. No. 1751.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1890.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. FAULKNER, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following
REPORT:
(To accompany H. R. 6349.)
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6349) increasing the pension of Mary Snead, a Revolutionary pensioner, have examined the same and report:
Your committee adopt the report submitted by the Committee on Pensions, House of Representatives, and recommend the passage of the bill.
The Hose report is as follows:
The claimant's husband, Bowdoin Snead, was a private in the militia of Accomack County, Va., commanded by Captain Copes and others, and served irregularly, as his services were require, about two years in the Revolutionary war. He was pensioned at $80 per annum for his said services, and died July 29, 1842.
The claimant is now a pensioner at $12 per month on account of her husband's service in the war of the Revolution. She asks for an increase to $30 per month, declaring that the pension she is now drawing is too small for her comfortable support, and another pensioner of her small class has been granted by special act of Congress the increase she prays for. The papers filed in the Pension Bureau indicate that the claimant is now about seventy-four years old and she is very poor.
Believing this to be a worthy case, your committee respectfully recommend the passage of the bill.
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wid ctf 4,810 F. 3501
O. W. & N. DIV
OCT 15 1890
CHIEF'S DESK
[PRIVATE-No. 813.]
An act increasing the pension of Mary Snead, a revolutionary pensioner.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin Snead, a private soldier of the Revolutionary war, from twelve dollars per month to thirty dollars per month, the same to commence from the taking effect of this act, by approval or otherwise.
Approved, September 30, 1890.

October 10 90.
E M Dawson

BOARD OF REVIEW
OCT 16 1890
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O. W. and . Div.
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
No Widow
CLAIM OF
Mary Snead,
widow of Bowdoin Snead, a soldier of the Revolution,
FOR accrued pension, arrears of pension and increase.
This claimant has reached an advanced age will the Commissioner give her claim early consideration?
FILED BY
S. R. DOWNEY,
ATTORNEY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
42 Atlantic Bldg.
Printed and for sale by J. F. Sheiry, 623 D St., Wash'n D.C.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Mary Snead, widow of Bowdoin Snead, a private in the Revolutionary war, of Parksley in the County of Accomack and State of Virginia, have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint, Samuel R Downey, of Washington, D. C., my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, place and stead, hereby annulling and revoking all former Powers of Attorney whatever in the premises, to prosecute before any Department, or the Courts, or Committees of Congress, of the United States until final completion, for me, my Claim for the pension accrued at the death of my husband, July 29, 1842, and the arrears of pension due me as his widow and also for an increase of my pension by a private act of Congress
and to, from time to time, furnish any further evidence necessary, or that may be demanded, giving and granting to my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or - substitute, may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
My Post Office address is Parksley, Accomack Co., Va
IN TESTIMON WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 16th day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety
J. T. Sledge, Mary Snead x her mark
Kate Powell (Signature of Claimant.) [L. S.]
(TWO WITNESSES who can write sign here, If claimant signs by mark.)
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State of Virginia, County of Accomack, ss:
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 16th day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County and State, personally appeared Mary Snead to me me well known to be the identical person who executed the foregoing Letter of Attorney, and the same having been first fully read over to her and the contents thereof duly explained, acknowledge the same to be her act and deed, and that I have no interest, present or prospective, in the claim.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, the day and year last above written.

[handwritten] D Frank White (Official Signature.)
[handwritten] Notary Public (Official Character.)

[L.S.]
I, M. Oldham Jr. Clerk of the County Court in and for aforesaid County and State, do certify that D Frank White, Esq., who has signed his name to the foregoing declaration and affidavit was at the time of doing so a Notary Public in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and sworn ; that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 16th day of January, 1890.
[handwritten] M. Oldham Jr
Clerk of the County Court of Accomack Co., Va.}

[L.S.]
NOTE.- This should be [crossed out: sworn to] acknowledged before a CLERK OF COURT, NOTARY PUBLIC or JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. If before a JUSTICE or NOTARY, then CLERK OF COUNTY COURT must add his certificate of character hereon, and not on a separate slip of paper.
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Know all men by these presents that I Mary Snead widow of Bowdoin Snead who was a Revolutionary Soldier and a pentioner under the Act of June 7th 1832, hereby authorize and empower P. F. Brown, of Accomac, Va., to present and prosecute before the proper tribunal any and all my claims, as widow of Bowdoin Snead, aforesaid for Commutation, or five years full pay; half pay for life; seven years, half pay, or another other Compensation, pension or gratuity which may be due or be allowed for the services of the said Bowdoin Snead in the Revolutionary War, and in any and all respects to act for me, and in my name in presenting and prosecuting my said Claims, and in adjusting and receiving whatever may be due to me from the United States for said services, and all his acts in premises I will ratify, and Confirm by these presents. The meaning and intent of this deed is to invest my said agent and Attorney, P. F. Brown aforesaid, with full power and Authority to claim, demand, and receive for me all monies due me for the services of the said Bowdoin Snead.
Whether allowed under any existing law, or under any general or special law hereafter to be passed in the premises. I do by these presents revoke all former powers attorney given by me. As witness our hand and seal, this the 24th day of September 1850 Mary Snead x her mark Seal
Teste. 
Saml Melvin seal

State of Virga:, County of Accomac, this day - came before me and acknowledged the above power of attorney, to be her true act and deed. Witness my hand as a Justice of the peace, this 24th day of September 1850
Saml Melvin
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Widow
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Increase 3806
Brief in the Case of Mary Snead, Widow of Bowdoin Snead
Priv Revy War, Accomac C. House
Accomack County and State of Virginia
Act 2d Sec Feb 3. 1853
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, Inc 13th Sec July 27 - 1868
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pensioner on the roll of Virginia at $80.00 per ann, She surrenders her old certificate and applies for increase under 13th Sec Act July 27 - 1868.
Identity Shown.

Admitted Feb 4, 1870 to pension at $96. per ann to commence July 27, 1868. Deducting payments since
W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
G S. V. Niles
Present
B.C.
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12,738.
Virginia R
Bowdoin Snead decd
Acck. Co in the State of Va
who was a private in the - commanded by Captain - of the Bay - commanded by Col Cropper in the Va line for 2 years
deducting former payment
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834 and Ending 1 July 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of
April 1851 and sent to
S. Godwin
Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to
Mary Snead
his widow
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. E. Robinson Clerk,
Book E Vol. 62 Page 34
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Reinstated-
Bowdoin Snead, dec
Va
Act 7 June 1832
Ad 2 yrs Pri. $80
per ann. from 12 Aug, when his pension was suspd. 1854 when he died. to 1st July 1821
Payable to
Mary Snead, his widow-
Cert sent to
S. Godwin
Present
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P. F. Browne,
238279

501
Ric
Snead
Bowdoin
ed in the Revolution
ar, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Jany/54
and sent to
V. Ellis Esq
Present
Paid to Mch 4/61
JGC
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 129 Vol. A
32
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Bowdoin Snead, dec
$80 per annum
Comg 4 March 1834, & End 1 July 1841,
dedg former payls
payable to
Mary Snead, his widow

S. Godwin
Present
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39,338
160 acres
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No. 3197
Mary Snead,
Wid: of
Bowdoin
Let: to V. Ellis. 17 Oct. 1852

Act 3d. Feby, 1853
Page 116

Coms. decision
affirmed -
R. MC
Dec 15/53
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OLD WAR. WIDOW.
3-082.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
FILE No. 4810
Application No.
Certificate No.
NAME OF SOLDIER.
Bowdoin Snead.
Co. -, Va. Reg't Rev.
INFORMATION DESIRED.
Paper
C.9.B. self.

First Deputy Commissioner.
JAN 4 1911
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Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Penalty for private use, $300.
WASHINGTON DC
APR 22 1230PM 1893
Wid. 
File no. 4810
File
Miss S. L. Snead,
Baltimore, Md.,
BALTIMORE MAY 23 12PM
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[illegible]
Page 120

4810
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4810
Mary Snead
Wid.
Bowdoin Snead
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby 3"/53, July 27"/68
Index:-Vol. M, Page 229
Arrangement of 1870.
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1929 - Oct. 8 - Hist. to Mrs. Marshall Rust
1933 - Aug 1 - " " R. H. Woolling - M.D.
See his letter in Nathan Damsel W. 10711 AWF
1934  Feb 21 - hist to Mrs. Sarah F. Walls AWF

Rec'd from House Com
Mar 3 - 90
Oct 1 03
death. JMK
Dec - 9 - 1092 Hist
Mr. Yager, for the press
Jany - 8 - 1903
Hon R M. Griff
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Reported
12738. Reinstated. R.
Virginia.
Bowdoin Snead, decd.
Accomack Co in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Copes of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cropper in the Va Militia for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 12 day of Augt 1834 & end 1 July 1841, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Novr 1850 and sent to
S. Godwin, Present.
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to
Mary Snead
his widow
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J P Chase Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 26
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August 1, 1933
xxxxxxxx
Bowdoin Snead-W.4810
BA-J/AWF

R. H. Woolling, M. D.
Pulaski
Virginia

Dear Sir:
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 4810, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Bowdoin Snead.
He was born August 14, 1760 in Accomac County, Virginia, the names of his parents are not given.
While residing on a farm in Accomac County, with his father, Bowdoin Snead enlisted and served from sometime in 1776 at various times as a private until the close of the war in the Accomac County militia under Captains Thomas Copes, Elisha Firzgerald, Garret, (Samuel Waples), Colonels Simpson, Corbin and Cropper; the service amounted in all to about two years. He stated that he served in the Accomac County militia from the time he was sixteen years of age until free from duty on account of age.
Bowdoin Snead was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, then living in Accomac County, Virginia. He died there July 1, 1841.
Bowdoin Snead married January 26, 1841 in Accomac County, Virginia, Mary Powell.
The widow, Mary Snead, was allowed pension on her application executed April 25, 1853, then aged thirty-seven years and living in said Accomac County. In 1890 she gave her address as, Parksley, Accomac County, Virginia. She died June 29, 1902. There is no
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reference to children.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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October 8, 1929

Mrs. Marshall Rust
Pilot Grove
Missouri

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4810, it appears that Bowdoin Snead was born August 14, 1760, in Accomac County, Virginia.
While residing in said county with his father, whose name is not stated, he served from in 1776, at various times, as a private until the close of the war in the Accomac County Militia under Captains Thomas Copes, Elisha Fitzgerald and Garret, Colonels Simpson, Vorbin and Cropper, his service amounting in all to about two years.
He stated that he served in the Accomac County Militia from the time he was sixteen years of age until he was free from duty on account of age.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, at which time he was living in Accomac County, Virginia. He died there July 1, 1841.
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The soldier married January 26, 1841, in Accomac County, Virginia, Mary Powell. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 25, 1853, while residing in said Accomac County, and stated that she was thirty-seven years of age. In 1866, she stated that she was fifty years of age.
She died June 29, 1902.
There is no reference to children.
Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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C.R
DR. J. T. SLEDGE,
PARKSLEY, VIRGINIA.

Oct. 13th, 1902
Hon Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
I wrote you on the 3rd inst, in regard to obtaining amt due Mary Snead at death, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, drawing $30 per month under Certificate No. 3501.
Will you kindly advise me how to proceed in regard to the matter and oblige
Yours very resply]
J. T. Sledge.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE A
OCT 15 1902
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OCT 18 1902
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Page 129

DR. J. T. SLEDGE,
PARKSLEY, VIRGINIA.

Parksley Va. 10-3, 1902,
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Mary Snead who drew a pension of $30.00 pr. mo. under Certificate No. 3501 "odd acts" Roll No. 1169 died on the 29th day of June 1902.
Please send proper blanks to enable me to obtain am't due pensioner at death and oblige
Yours resp'ly
J. T. Sledge Trustee,

U. S. PENISON OFFICE G 
OCT 4 1902
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30j.
DR. J. T. SLEDGE,
PARKSLEY, VIRGINIA.

Sept. 27th, 1902,
Hon S. L. Willson,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Mary Snead who drew a pension of $30.00 per mo. under Certificate No. 3501 - "odd Acts Roll No. 7169," died on the 29th day of June 1902.
Please send proper blanks to enable me to obtain amount due said pensioner at death and oblige
Yours very respectfully,
J. T. Sledge,
Trustee.
P.S.,
Kindly inform me how many pensioners of this state were not on the rolls and oblige
Yours very Truly,
J. T. Sledge
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3.501
F
JP

U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
FINANCE DIVISION
OCT 4 1902
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Accomac County
State of Virginia SS
I Mary Snead widow of Bowdoin Snead, a soldier in the Rev. war do hereby certify that in making acknowledgement to [illegible] such as application in pension, or Bounty land &c I some time make my mark, at other times - I get and authorize some friend, in my presence, to sign my name - or not - I make my mark - or otherwise my name to be signed as the private officer describes.
Mary Snead x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2d. day of December
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1849, and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecuting of this claim.
Witness my hand, and the seal of the Court affixed, the day and year above named,
Wm. H. B. Custis, Clerk
of the Coy. Court of
Accomack County Va:
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War----Rev.----1812.
Mrs.S.F.Wells.
403 W.Walnut St, Feb 8
Greencastle, Ind.
Feb.6-1934.
Pension Department, (Veterans Administration- Washington, D.C.
Have you a record of Pension for Bedin-Bowdin (only one) Snead-who served in the Rev-under General George Washington- Said to be one of his Staff. His Widow- his third wife- was among the last pensioners-(Widows)
Any thing you can give me-will be greatly appreciated-
The record of the service of Bedin-Bowdin Snead will be greatly appreciated, Respectfully yours. Mrs.Sarah F.Walls. 
Sarah F. Walls.
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July 17th 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:  Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record of Bowdoin Snead of Virginia who served long and faithfully in The Revolutionary War __ and oblige
Yours truly
Hon. Marshall Rust
Pilot Grove
Missouri

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JUL 20 1929