Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34974, for Butler Marlow, Maryland
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Service Number
Md. Marlow, Butler S.34974
or Dunning
Contents
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18.739- R
Maryland
Butler Marlow
Capt Beal alias Butler Dunning
of Charles County Maryland, Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War  Maryland Line, 1776 to 1780
Inscribed on the roll of Maryland at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of August 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of August 1822 and handed E. Key Esq. Judge &
Arrears to the 4th of March 1822 344.51
Semi-and. all ee ending 4 Sept 1822 48
42 mo 29/31 6/31    $392.51
8  366 7.48 1. 3  344.51
Revolutionary claim Act 18th March, 1818 & May 1 1820
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State of Maryland First Judicial District
viz-Be it remembered that on this 6th day of
1767
September 1820 personally appeared in Prince
Georges County Court in open Court the same
being a Court of Record expressly constituted
by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland
passed at November session 1801 the
said Court proceeding according to the course
of the common law keeping a record of
their proceedings having the power of fine
& imprisonment & unlimited jurisdiction
both civil & criminal Butler Marlow alias
Butler Danning aged sixty six years or thereabouts who being first duly sworn according
to law deposeth & saith that he enlisted in the year 1776 in a Company commanded by Reson Beall during the war for service in the State of Maryland
& afterwards enlisted for three years on the
continental establishment in the second
Maryland Regiment & was present in the
Battle at Staten Island & there taken
prisoner + kept as such one year nearly &
was present at the siege of York; that he made
his first application for a pension under the
law of the United States on the third day
of August 1818 before Edmund Key, one of the Associate Judges for the first judicial
District of the State of Maryland
comprising the Counties of St. Marys, Charles & Prince Georges - And I do solemnly
declare that I was a resident citizen
of the United States on the 18th March 1818
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& that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled 'An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war,' passed on the 18th of March 1818; & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed; that I have no other evidence of my said services than what is hereto annexed & therewith filed; that I have no property beyond my necessary wearing apparel & bedding, except a mare 12 years old worth $25, a horse 13 years old worth $12, 1 Yoke of oxen & Cart worth $30, & 6 head of cattle worth $20."

Butler Marlow made his mark with an "X."

"I do further declare that my occupation is that of a planter, that I am unable to labor much being much injured in one leg, that my family consists of a wife aged 54 years & four children, all females aged 16 years, 14 years, 12 years, & 10 years who live with me & contribute little to their support."

"Sworn to & declared in open Court on the 7th day of April 1821 before Edmund Key, one of the associate judges of said Court. Sworn to in open Court Aquila Beall, Prince Georges County.
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Recd 7 Aug. 1821
18,170
The date of the application  to discharge was from to the [illegible] of Yorktown - he could not have been in the service at the time 
The 6 head of cattle mentioned in the schedule 
should be more particularly [illegible] property 
 appears to be valued 
much to low.
This is returned for corrections 
explanation and comment

allowed
J. C. C.
Edmund Key. Esqr
Bladensburg, Md.
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State of Maryland Prince George County
On this 24th day of April 1822, personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the place in open court the same being a Court of Record, Butler Marlow of said county and state aged sixty years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May 1820, that he the said Butler Marlow enlisted for the term of during the war in the year 1776, in the State of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain John Hoskins of the regiment commanded by Colonel Alexander in the line of the state on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until he was legally discharged, that he was in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, and was taken prisoner in the Battle of Camden, from which he was not exchanged till after the close of the war.

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid. [Signature]
Butler Marlow [His Mark]
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I certify that the name of Jethro Edmiston subscribed to the within deposition is the handwriting of Jethro Edmiston Esquire a Justice of the peace for Prince George County in the State of Maryland & was so in the 10th day of August 1827.
Commissioner at
the seat of justice
for the County
La de Brit. for the
State of Maryland.
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, October 3rd – 1821.

I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that [Butler Clasbey] enlisted as a [Private] in the 2nd Maryland Regiment, on the [22nd] day of [February] 1776, and was discharged on the 10th [Jan’y] 1780.

Thos. Harney — Aud. S. M.
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I Conoway Doy one of the General Justices for the Judicial District of the State of Maryland

We the subscribers being called on by Butler Clasby to take such a Schedule of his property as by law is Exempt from execution, Report as the same as follows, (viz)
1 horse 14 years old 12
1 cow 7 years old 20
3 grown Cows old & poor 20
2 yearling heifers 12
5 Beef 30
2 tubs 35 = 10 bushels Corn @ 35 35
250 lb meat @ 15 = Sea Hog Bacon @ 1 16
parcel of Potatoes 20
some of his Boat 6
   171
We the subscribers being near neighbours of said Doying as before from our knowledge and from information given that he owns at least fifty Dollars more than the amount of the above estimate and further believe that his poverty would oblige him to pay to the last Dollar given under our hand this 12th day of February 1822.
Theodore Medt
Daniel Townshend
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State of Maryland Prince George County

On this 17th day of February 1822 personally appeared the within named Butler Doying and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the within schedule of property are the only property that he hath any right title or claim unto and demands in matter of law that he hath not given away any property whatsoever for any means whatsoever or parted by him hereto for more than the future of enabling him to be a debtor from the United States as an insolvent debtor sworn before the subscriber this 12th day of February 1822.

Kingston-Townshend
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I Conoway King one of the General Justices for the Judicial District of the State of Maryland do hereby attest that Butler Mantow of Prince George's County in said District did make his personal appearance as within stated and swear before me on the 3rd day of August 1813 under my hand in open court this 17th day of April 1821.
                                                                                                                                            Conoway King

I Aquila Beale clerk of Prince George's county court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the discourse thereon entered are truly copied from the record of the said court. I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the goods exhibited in the personal schedule is eight hundred Dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 17th day of April 1821.
                                                                                                                                            Aquila Beale

I Conoway King one of the General Justices for the Judicial District of the State of Maryland sworn for the hearing of said Mantow, and as Prince George's County does not certify that Butler Mantow of Prince George's County did make his original declarations on oath before me in conformity to the provisions of the act of March 1818. I can this time say no more, and I do now think stating I have meant to exhibit my own hand this 7th day of August 1822.
                                                                                                                                            Conoway King
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I, Conoway King, one of the General Justices for the Judicial District of the State of Maryland, do hereby attest that Butler Mantow of Prince George's County in said District did make his personal appearance before me on the 3rd day of August 1813 under my hand in open court this 17th day of April 1821.
                                                                                                                                            Conoway King

I, Aquila Beale, clerk of Prince George’s County court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the reverse thereof are truly copied from the record of the said court. I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the goods exhibited in the personal schedule is eight hundred Dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 17th day of April 1821.
                                                                                                                                            Aquila Beale
Clerk of Prince George's 
County Court
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT:
- 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE:
- 7 years

RANK:
- Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED:
- CAPTAIN: Magawin Battle
- COLONEL: M.C.
- STATE: NC

Wounded 3 times. Third day of Camden received 3 musket ball wounds. Captured on Dec 6th while recovering, returned to the regt. and discharged Jan. 10, 1780.
Spring 1781 to 1783: In the militia

Battles engaged in, Battle of York

Date of application for pension: April 7, 1830
Residence at date of application: Princes Georges Co. Md.
Age at date of application: 66 years old

Remarks:
In 1821 Soldiers wife was 34 years old and there was four daughters 16, 14, 12 and 10 years respectively No names are stated.
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34,974
Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,974

Alias Swinning, promoting by Act of June 27th
Butler Downing
alias Downing, P.O. - Breeding,
KY
Act: 18th March 1818

Index - Vol., 2 Page 279

[Assignment of 1870.]
*W.N. June 27, 1907.

1894 Aug 5th
Dept. to.
Mrs. Marion L.
O'Kelly
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3-571
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Briefed by: J.W. Moore
Claim No.: J.A. 15 - 1920

Certificate No. _________

Claimant _____________

Soldier: Butler, Maryland alias
         Butler Downing or Downing
Service: Pvt.

Additional Service __________

No ___ claim, State records __________ 190___
No claim, combination records __________ 190___

REMARKS:
In C.W. Vet. Ad. Adkins'v
S. 34274
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[US Department of the Interior Seal]
Rev. No. 6109
Claim No. S. 16,767
__________
Filed by G. W.
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805 Vermont Ave,
Washington, D.C.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir,
I am seeking information
of the Revolutionary service
of Butler Marlow's sons.
The family understands
that he served in the
Maryland troops under
the name of Butler Marlow.
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That after the war he was entered upon the
pension rolls as 
Butler Marlow Downing,
Marlow being the name of his
adopted parents, and that
Downing was his own name.
Any information you can
give me will be greatly
appreciated. My aunt,
Mrs. Frank T. Israel
Registrar, Livingston Manor Chapter
February seventh.
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D. 

US Pension Office
Jul 23 1894

Not I
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Not Md Agency
Not DC Agency

Washington DC
July 20, 1894

Dear Sir
About a year ago, I made applications, without success, to your office for evidence of the military service, in the War of the Revolution, of Butler Downing, my maternal great-grandfather, who, at the time of his death in 1829, was a resident of St. Mary's County, Maryland. This ancestor had been a resident of said county for more than forty years immediately prior to his death, was [illegible] to have been a revolutionary pensioner and is believed to have served as a private soldier in the Maryland Line, during the whole period of our struggle for independence.  Unfortunately, his descendants are without satisfactory evidence of the revolutionary services of this honored ancestor; and I have to ask that you will kindly aid them in  procuring same.
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The proper spelling of the name of this ancestor is Downing; but the name was, almost universally, pronounced "Dunning" and, sometimes "Dunnin" by his neighbors, during his lifetime; and I can well remember hearing my Grandfather addressed as "Mr. Dunning" when visiting with him during my childhood in Prince George and St. Mary's Counties.  Relatives of the Downing name are, to this day, in that section so addressed.  This fact may have caused an error in the entry of his name upon the rolls and may account for the failure of the Office to find the desired evidence heretofore.
My motive, you will observe, is not to procure evidence, upon which to base a claim for pension; but , rather, to substitute for a family tradition some tangible evidence of the patriotic service of this ancestor, which, if obtained will be treasured as a valuable link in the chain of family history.
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Trusting that you will now be able to furnish me with the desired evidence, I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
(Mrs.) Marion G. Lake
1227 N Street N.W.
The Commissioner of Pensions.

U.S. Pension Office
JUL 23 1894