Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7840, for Alvan Owen, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Owen, Alvan
NUMBER   R. 7840
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23340
In the matter of Application of Alvan Owen for a Pension 
Declaration
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State of New York 
Steuben County } ss. On this 16th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steuben, now sitting, Alvan Owen, a resident of the Town of Hornby in the said County and State of New York, aged sixty eight 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated Viz 
He entered the service sometime in the month of May (but the day of the month he cannot state) in the year 1778 as a substitute for his father, who was a Soldier in the regular service that he continued in the service about four months, in the company commanded by Captain Prior in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley - that the regiment was first stationed at a place called Crompond, near West point in the State of New York and afterwards at the Highlands on the North river, and then at a place called Nelsons Point, on the East side of the North river - his father was enlisted in the regular service for and during the time that the war should continue, and when his father wished to return home he was allowed to take his father's place in the Army and serve as a substitute. That their was another regiment stationed at the places above mentioned, with the regiments to which he belonged, but he cannot recollect the name of the Colonel of that regiment, both regiments were under the command of General Dayton, whom he thinks
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was from the State of Massachusetts.   
That sometime in the fall of the year 1779, he went into the service again as a substitute for his father, and joined the Army in the Town of Springfield in the State of New Jersey- that he was stationed as part of the time at the said Town of Springfield, and the rest of the time at Newark & he continued in the service during the winter and until sometime in the month of May time before Springfield was burnt, when he returned home and his father took his place.   That this part of the Army had no regular winter quarters, and the troops were divided into small bodies & quartered upon the inhabitants.  The army was not furnished with provisions or clothing in sufficient quantities and the Soldiers were much exposed, and subject to the greatest hardships.  There was but little discipline maintained at that time, and he is not able to state the names of his officers.  He remember the names of Major Prior and Major Walbridge and General De Marquis, who were with the troops where he was stationed.  
That in the fall of the year 1780, but he cannot state the month he went into the service again as a substitute for his father, and joined the Army in the Highlands a few miles from West-point, where there were two regiment stationed he was in the company commanded by Captain Keler & Lieutenant Martin Denslow, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler, but he cannot recollect the name of the Colonel who commanded the other regiment.  That the Small pox prevailed in the army during that winter, and that he continued in the service four or five months, until March or April following, when he was taken sick, and returned home, and his father took his place.
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That sometime in the fall of the year 1781 he enlisted to serve during the war, in the company commanded by Captain Chapman in the regiment commanded by Colonel Heman Swift That he served as a waiter to the Surgeon of the regiment, whose name he thinks was John Simpson That he continued in the service until the month of may following, when the army was disbanded, and he was dismissed, and returned home. that he was in the service at this time six months or more - but he cannot state particularly at what time in the fall be entered the service.  He has been much reduced and enfeebled of late, having for four or five years past been subject to attack of numb palsey.
He never received a written discharge from the service. 
He was born in the Town of Windsor in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut on the Eighth day of June in the year 1764. 
He has the record of his age, which he has kept with the family record of his own family.   
When he first went into the service he lived in the Town of Simsbury, in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, where he resided until after the close of the war and then he removed to the Town of Mamakating in the County of Ulster where he lived about eight years - he then removed to the Town of Butternuts in the County of Otsego, where he lived six or eight years he then removed to the Town of Oxford (now Guilford), in the County of Chenango where he lived ten or twelve years, and then to the Town of Hornby in the said County of Steuben where he now resides. 
That he has no documentary evidence, of his service, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
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That Amasa Stanton, Dyer Woodworth and Jacob Woodward, are his neighbours and have known him a number of years, and will testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever & to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares is that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State   
Alvan Owen
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid- 
M. S. Ramsey Dep Clerk Steuben County 
We David B. Corriell a Clergyman residing in the Town of Urbana in the said County of Steuben, and Selah Hammond residing in the Town of Campbell in the said County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alvan Owen who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
David B. Coriell
Selah Hammond
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid }
M. S. Ramsey Dep Clerk Steuben County 
And the said Court do hereby declare there opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that David B. Coriell
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who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said Town of Urbana and that Selah Hammond who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said Town of Campbell and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit 
Geo. C. Edwards 
John Cooper Jr. 
Henry I Williams 
I J M. Ramsey Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steuben, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Alvan Owen for a Pension.   
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. 
J. M. Ramsey Dep. Clk Steuben County
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In the fall of 1779 he went to West Point & St. Lawrance until [unreadable] in the summer of 1780}
Went to West Point & Fishkill [unreadable]
State of New York 
Chenango County } SS. Abner Owen of the town of Butternuts in Otsego County & State of New York Maketh oath before me Benjamin S Twichell a Justice of the Peace of Chenango County & Saith that he is well acquainted with Alvan Owen Jr  - is his brother & is four years younger.  That his father lived in the town of Windsor County of Hartford & State of Connecticut & he this deponent & the said Alvan Own Jr together with a Sister Roxana lived with to their father.  An this deponent saith that his brother Alvan Owen Jr. Joined the Army of the United States in the month of May 1779 & returned house in the month of September following, at this time he went out as a Substitute for his father Alvin Owen who was at that time an enlisted Soldier during the Revolutionary War.  And this deponent knows that his brother Alvan Owen Jr. was in the Army every year more or less until the year 1782 & from the best of his knowledge  believes that his brother Alvan Jr was in the army in all Eighteen months, and that when his brother Alvan Owen Jr. Returned home he brought with him, his father Alvin Owens discharge.   This deponent further testifies that his father Alvin Owen was a pensioner & rec’d a pension but he has been dead as many as ten or fifteen years. 
And this deponent further saith that in the year 1782 his father lived in the town of Simsbury in the County & State aforesaid and further saith not 
Abner Owen
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 16 th day of August 1834 
Benjamin S Twichell  Justice of  peace
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State of New York
Chenango County ss}
Roxana Phelps of Guilford in said County being duly sworn before me saith that she is sister to Alvan Owen Jr. that he the Alvan Owen lived in the town of Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut & that this deponent lived with her father together with Alvan Owen Jr. her brother, and that her father was an enlisted soldier in the Army of the Revolution during war & her father came home in the year 1779 and her brother Alvan Owen Jr went out in his place & her father staid at home & that her brother was out more or less in the army for four years some every year & at the termination of the war her brother Alvan Owen Jr. was in the Army & brought to her fathers certificate of discharge & that her father was a pensioner & drew a pension has been dead about thirteen years. And this deponent furth saith that in 1784 she married on Oliver Phelps & lives with him now.  She further saith that from her knowledge she believes that her brother Alvan Owen Jr. was in the army as many as Eight months, and that the service was done from the age of 14 years to 18 years of age of her brother in Alvan Owen Jr and further said not 
Roxany Phelps
Subscribed & Sworn before in this 16th day of August 1834 
Benj. S. Finchel Justice of Peace
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Alvin Owen
N Y
[unreadable] Act 1832
A.	H. Markland
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State of New York 
County of Steuben}   
Be it Known, That on the 12 day of Nov’r AD 1852, before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sylva Wilder resident of  
Erwin, Painted Post, in said County, and made oath according to law that she is one of the Legal Heirs of the identical man who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 
That she is directly interested as a claimant in said pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.  
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I herely constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Alvin Owen for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due;  and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on fo;e om the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowleged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Sylva Wilder to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
N. Sawyer
Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Steuben N. York
State of New York
County of Steuben}
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited for me, Clerk of the Court of Steuben County that Sylva Wilder acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the child of the reputed soldier aforesaid.  I further certify Nathan Sawyer Esq before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 12th day of Nov 1852 
P. P. Hubbell Clerk 
of Steuben County Court 
1. Claimant name or names in full. –
2. Post Office address. 
3.That he is the identical man, or that she is the widow of the identical man, or that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man, &c., &c. 
4. Leave this line blank 5. 
5. “He is” “She is” or “They are”
6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.
7. Claimant's signature. 
8. Claimant's name, 
9.Magistrate's signature
10. “Identical”, “widow of”, or “child of” – 
11. Magistrate [unreadable]
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Alvan Owen
Stuben Co. N. York
23.396
Let 1 June ‘33
To M. S. Ramsey
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
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Sir. 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of Alvan Owen
Period when the service was rendered.  May 1778  Duration of Claimant’s Service.   4 Months  Rank of the claimant.  Private   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.   Capt. Prior   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Col Bradley  General Corydon Battles in which he was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  Stationed at Crom Point  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.   68 years Simsbury Cont    Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Traditionary & Clergyman
Period when the service was rendered.  Fall 1779 time of service not stated    Duration of Claimant’s Service.   Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Battles in which he was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  
Period when the service was rendered.  Fall 1780 “Four or Five mo”   Duration of Claimant’s Service.   Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Capt Heler   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Col Butler  Battles in which he was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  Stationed Springfield
Period when the service was rendered.  Fall 1781  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  6 Months    Rank of the claimant.    Waiter   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Captain Chapman   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Col. Heman Swift   Battles in which he was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  
I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.            
The following regulations have been adopted:                  
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.              
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:  
1. The Regular Troops.  
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.    
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.             
4. Indian Spies.                 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.             
DECLARATION.                        
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.           
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:    
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]            
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]            
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.            
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.          
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.                 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]     
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.         
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.            
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his  alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.            
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.    
1. Where and in what year were you born?                
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?          
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?               
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?              
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.           
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer has become of it?              
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.                 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.         
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject     
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.        
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed his genuine signature.          
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.        
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.    
[b]   The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.     
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.    
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.        
Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year - months , and days , I served as a - months and --- days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension."   
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.    
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.  
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.               
Mode of authenticating papers.              
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.         
Proof of Service.         
[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.     
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Know all men by these presents that I Clarissa Burlingame  of Homby in the County of Steuben & State of New York do hereby constitute appoint Geo C. Ames of Washington D.C. my true & lawfull agent and attorney for me and in my behalf to prosecute the claim of Alvin Owen late of Homby aforesaid to a pension on account of his services in the war of the Revolution.  
and to receive such certificate as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of attorney heretofore given by me in relation to said claim and confirming all things my said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises.    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3d day of October A.D. 1856 
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written 
Clarissa Burlingame 
L. Maltbey Notary Public 
State of New York 
County of Cayuga} On this 3d day of October A.D. 1856 before the undersigned a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Clarrissa Burlingame of Homby in the County of Steuben and State of New York and made oath in due form of Law, that she is daughter and heir of Alvin Owen late of Steuben Co. N.Y. deceased. That the said Alvin Owen before his death made an application for a pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary War, and that his said claim was Suspended.     That she has lately been informed, that said pension ought to be allowed, that she is directly interested in said claim as heir of the said Alvin Owen. 
That she makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said agent or attorney
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may use in the prosecution of said claim. 
Clarissa Burlingame 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and I hereby I certify that Clarissa Burlingame who executed the foregoing papers is a reputable resident of the County of State, State of N.Y. and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. 
Witness my hand and official seal this of October A.D. 1856 
L. Maltbey Notary Public
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April 12, 1932 
BA-J/AWF 
Alvan Owen 
R. 7840
Mrs. James D. Hoskins 
1315 Fremont Place 
Knoxville, Tennessee 
Dear Madam: 
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 7840, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Alvan Owen.   
Alvan Owen, the son of Alvan Owen, was born June 8, 1764 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut . 
It is stated that his father lived in Windsor and Simsbury, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War . 
Alvan Owen, Junior stated that while living in Simsbury, Connecticut, he served as a substitute for his father, from sometime in May, 1778, four months in Captain Prior's company, Colonel Bradley's Connecticut regiment; from the fall of 1779 until the following May, no officers given; from the fall of 1780, four or five months in Captain Keler's company, Colonel Butler's regiment; and that he enlisted in the fall of 1781 and served six months in Captain Chapman's company, Colonel Heman Swift's regiment. 
After the Revolution he lived in Mamakating, Ulster County, New York, Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, Guilford, Chenango County, New York, and Hornby, Steuben County, New York, where he was living when he applied for pension, October 16, 1832.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service
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as required by the pension law was not furnished. 
His daughter, Sylvia Wilder, in 1852 was living in Erwin (?), Steuben County, New York; and his daughter, Clarissa Burlingame, in 1856 was living in Hornby, New York . They referred to their father as being deceased but gave no definite date of death. 
His brother, Abner Owen, in 1834 was a resident of Butternuts, New York; and his sister, Roxany Phelps in 1834 was living in Guilford, New York. She stated that she married Olin Phelps in 1784. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
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1905. Nov. 17. History to Miss Marion Finn M.B.H.
1932. April 12 Hist to Mrs. Jane Hoskins AWF 
REJECTED
7840
Alvan Owen
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension "Comptroller of Connecticut may furnish proof in his case”
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23,396
Alvan Owen
New York
Act June 7, 1832
7840
Act 7th June 1832
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Pension Office Dec 9 1845 
Sir
In reply to the enclosed letter of Hon W. S. Hubbell I have to state that the papers of Alvan Owen are on our files.   The enclosed copy of a letter addressed to Hon J.T. Andrews on the 11th of December 1838, will shew what objections existed to the admission of the claim on the papers exhibited.  No additional evidence has since been filed.  
Hon. Martin Grover 
Ho Reps
23.396, NY 
32 Susp’d  [suspended]
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Hon J. T. Andrews
11 Dec 1838
OC
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War Department 
Pension Office  
Dec. 11, 1838 
Sir 
The additional evidence in the Case of Alvan Owen has been examined.   It is alleged by the Claimant that he served four months in Col Bradley reg’t in 1778 as a substitute for this father, four or five months under Col Butler in 1780 and six months under Col Swift in 1781. The rolls of the above mentioned regiments so not sustain the claimants statements - his name is not on either of them.  For aught that appears Alvan Owen Sen. served out the term of his enlistment in Col Bradley reg’t in person - If the claimant served as alleged in 1780 and 1781, it was doubtless in the lines, if so evidence thereof may be had by application to the Comptroller of Connecticut to whom reference is made for further proof 
J. T. Andrews
House Rep 
NY
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Washington Dec 8th 45 
My Dear sir
I have read the accompanying from the Hon Wm S Hubbell my predecessor-  here an early reply acknowledged to me will much oblige 
Yours Respt 
Martin Grover
Hon James L Edward Com of Pensions
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Alvan Owen
Aft
Hon J. T. Andrews HR
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State of New York   
Chenango County } ss 
I Benjamin S. Twichell do certify that I am well acquainted with Abner Owen & Roxana Phelps the person who have made the preceding affidavit & that they are credible person and that their statements are Entitled to full credit Guilford August 16. 1834 
Benjamin S. Twichell 
State of New York 
Chenango County ss: I Jarvis K. Pike Clerk of said County do certify that Benjamin S. Twitchell, Aq. before whom the within affidavits of Abner Owen and Roxana Phelps purport to have been sworn was at the day of the of the peace to but for the said County duly sworn and authorized to acts such and that I am acquainted with his hands writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and to the preceding certificate of Credibility to be his genuine hand writing and signature 
Witnes my hand and the seal of the said County this 18th day of August 
P. B. Prindle
Dep Clerk
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1315 Fremont Place 
Knoxville Tennessee 
April 2, 1932
Mr. A. D. Hiller 
Assistant to administrator,
Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir 
In reference to your letter of March 12, I refer to BW-J/AWF  As you have not the service of Oliver Owen will you please send the service of Alvan Owen, Chenango Co. NY. 
Thanking you I am Very sincerely, 
Mrs. James D. Hoskins 
1315 Fremont Place, 
Knoxville, Tennessee
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[stamp] NOV 9 1905
Chicago, Nov. 6th, 1905. Mr. V. Warner, 
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
My dear Sir:- 
Will you kindly ascertain from your records whether or not Alvan Owen was a Pensioner for service in the Revolutionary War? 
I find on P. 134 Suspended & Rejected pensions " published at Washington abt. 1852, the following: granted, "Alvan Owen, Residence, Hornby, Steuben, N. Y. Comptroller of Connecticut may furnish proof of this case”   Applied for under act of 1832 - suspended. 
Will you kindly inform me is this pension was ever granted, and give full details as contained on your records. 
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy, I beg to remain, 
Yours very truly, 
(Miss) Marion Finn
1105 - 135 Adams Street.
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3
Nov. 12 1905.
S. F. No. 45,753,
Alvin Owen and 
Rej. No. 7840, 
Alvan Owen, Jr., 
Rev. War. 
Madam:  
In reply to your letter dated November 6, 1905, and received in this Bureau November 8, 1905, you are advised that Alvin Owen applied for pension on April 26, 1818, he stated that he enlisted in Connecticut, February 1777, and served as private the 2nd Connecticut regiment, discharged 3, 1785. In 1820 he was eighty-six years of age and a resident of  Guilford, Chenango County, . His wife was then aged eighty-one years; her name not stated.  Son Alvan.  Soldier died December 20, 1821.  His claim was allowed. 
On October 15, 1832, Alvan Owen applied for pension. He then resided at Hornby, Steuben County, N. Y., and stated that he served as substitute for his father in 1778 for four months, from the fall of 1779 to May 1780, and from the fall of 1780 for four or five months; and also that he enlisted in the fall of 1781 and served as waiter in Captain Chapman's company, Colonel Heman Swift's regiment, discharged May 1782. He was born June 8, 1764, at Windsor, Hartford County, Conn.; lived at Simsbury, Conn in 1778. He had the following children: Sylvia Wilder and Clarissa Burlingame. His claim was rejected on the ground of no proof of his service. 
Very respectfully,  
Commissioner.
Miss Marion Finn,
1105-135 Adams St.,
Chicago, Ill.