Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22372, for Michael Lowry, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.
Penn
and Whiskey Insurrection-1794

Lowry, Michael

NUMBER
S.22372

CONTENTS
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11.824
Pennsylvania

Michael Lowry 
of Somerset Co in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Bell of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Campbell in the Pa ma
line for 8 mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June 
1833 and sent to 
C. Ogle Esq Somerset

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 13.33
$66.65
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7 1832. }

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, 
Book 2 Vol. 5 Page 35

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Date of death no 
on AB
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 
act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.

State of Pennsylvania 
County of Somerset Sct

On the 5th day of September 
A. D. eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared 
before the Judges of the Court of Common 
Pleas of the County & Commonwealth aforesaid 
Michael Lowry a resident of the township of 
Stonycreek in said County & State aged 
seventy two years eight months & two days, who 
after being first duly sworn, according to law
doth, on his oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision 
made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 
1832.  That he was born in the County of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the 3d day of January 
1760.  That he removed with this fathers family 
to Lebanon, in the same state in 1762 where 
he lived until the latter end of June 1776 when 
he volunteered under Colonel Curtis Grubb 
in a company commanded by Captain 
Casper Snively, First Lieutenant Destor Altonbrook 
and Second Lieutenant Jacob Fortney-in the 
battalion of Major Christian Harr-that he 
marched through New Jersey to Paulus Hook
where he lay three weeks, that he was 
there on the 27th August 1776 at the time 
of the battle of Long Island that he continued 
in the army until the month of September 
General Mercer was commander- that 
he again removed with his fathers family 
in April 1777 to Hagerstown in the State 
of Maryland and in the latter part of 
September 1777 the British at the time being 
in possession of Philadelphia he again 
volunteered and joined the troops that 
marched from Hagerstown early in October 
1777 to Sweede's Fort on the Delaware, that he 
continued at Sweede's Fort, at Valley Forge and 
at White Marsh until the beginning of the 
winter in that year, having returned home on
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last day of December 1777.  That the officers under 
whom he served were General Smallwood of 
Baltimore, Colonel Campbell of Frederick County 
Maryland and Captain Peter Bell & First 
Lieutenant Frederick Nicodemus.  That he 
assisted in guarding the prisoners at Hagers
town two months after he turned home the 
last time-the prisoners were part of the 
army of General Burgoyne who surrendered 
at Saratoga-they were first taken to 
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and afterwards 
to Hagerstown, Maryland.  That he removed 
from Hagerstown to Berlin in Somerset 
County Pennsylvania in 1795.  that he 
has continued to reside in Somerset 
County ever since.  He saw Generals
Washington & Hamilton at White Marsh & 
Colonel Morgan.  That he has no documentary 
evidence of his services-except for the last tour under 
Captain Bell-but it had been lost or mislaid. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 
to a pension or annuity except the present 
and declares that his name is not on the 
pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed }
viz 5th September 1832. } Michael Lowry
C. Forward Prothy }

Pennsylvania
Somerset County Sct. Personally appeared before the 
said Court Jacob Lowry Senior a credible witness 
who on his oath duly commissioned doth 
say and depose that Michael Lowry the above 
declarant is a younger brother of this deponent 
and that this deponent doth well know 
that the said Michael Lowry served in 
the revolutionary war in the manner 
stated in the said declaration of the said 
Michael Lowry-And further saith not.
Before Open Court }
Sep 5th 1832 - C. Forward } Jacob Lowry Senr
Prothy }
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11684
Michael Lowry 
Pennsylvania 
14th Mach 1833
Obj 4 5
Return

P.295
11684

Admitted 
8 mos
$26.66

C. Ogle
Somerset 
Pa
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BRIEF in the case of Michael Lowry 
County of Somerset in the State of Penna 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  in Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  [blank]

3.  How old is he?  72.8.mo

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers
                                                                under whom he served.
_____________________________________________________________________
              | Years,  Months,  Days.| As a | Gen.

June In 1776 volun.}| [blank] | private | Capn Lowrey Col Grubb
Sep Left }
Fall of 1777 volun.} | [blank] | " | Capn Bell Col Campbell
untill [until] last of Decem }
He assisted in guarding |
prisoners Hagerstown | 2 month | [blank] | [blank]

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  none mentioned

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Lebanon Pennsylvania

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by 
in [remainder of question and answer cut off]

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?   The periods 
are not all stated nor is the length of service given

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
mentioned.

George Payton
Examining Clerk.
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September 5, 1939 

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MICHAEL LOWRY
S. 22372
BA-J/MLB

Mr. J. Stewart Schell
Black-Foxe Military Institute
Los Angeles, California 

Dear Sir:

The record of Michael Lowry follows as found in his claim for 
pension, S. 22372, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Michael Lowry was born January 3, 1760, in Lancaster County, 
Pennsylvania.  The names of his parents were not stated.  In 1762, he 
moved with his father's family to Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

While residing in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Michael Lowry volun
teered in June, 1776, and served until September, as private in 
Captain Casper Snively's company, Colonel Curtis Grubb's Pennsylvania 
regiment.  In April, 1777, he again moved with his father's family to 
Hagerstown, Maryland, where he enlisted in September, 1777, and served 
until the last of December, 1777, as a private in Captain Peter Bell's 
company, Colonel Campbell's Maryland regiment, after which he served 
two months engaged in guarding prisoners at Hagerstown.

The soldier moved in 1795 from Hagerstown to Berlin, Somerset 
County, Pennsylvania.

Michael Lowry was allowed pension on his application executed 
September 5, 1832, while a resident of Stony Creek Township, Somerset 
County, Pennsylvania.  He signed Michael Lowry, Senior.

It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.

In 1832, Michael Lowry's older brother, Jacob Lowry, Senior, made 
affidavit in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, but did not state his age. 
No further family data are shown in the claim.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the 
name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death 
of Michael Lowry, the soldier, you should address the Comptroller 
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city 
and cite the following data:  Michael Lowry, certificate #11824, 
issued June 28, 1833, rate $26.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, 
Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator




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[Circular mail stamp]
[illegible]
May 
23

[Written vertically left margin]
Pa  May 27
[illegible]

FREE
J. L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington
D. C.
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I have returned the declarations  
of John Kilpatrick and Michael Lowry 
with additional affidavits as to 
the length of service.
Very respectfully 
Your Obt Servant 
Charles Ogle 

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Michael Lowry
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Pennsylvania 
Somerset County Sct.

Personally appeared before me 
the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in 
and for the County aforesaid Michael 
Lowry 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 recollec
tion he served not less than eight 
months as a private soldier, and 
for such service I claim a pension.
Said Michael Lowry doth further 
say that there is no clergyman 
residing in the township wherein 
he lives.
Sworn & subscribed } Michael Lowry
May 13th 1833. }
Before }
Jacob Schneider }

Pennsylvania
Somerset County Sct.

I Chauncey Forward Esqr.  
Prothonotary of the 
Court of Common 
Pleas in & for the 
County of Somerset 
aforesaid do by 
these presents certify that the 
above named Jacob Schnieder Esq.
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before whom the foregoing deposition 
was taken was at the time of 
taking such deposition & now 
is an acting Justice of the 
peace duly commissioned & 
sworn to all whose official acts 
as such due faith & credit 
ought of right to be given. 
In Testimony whereof I have 
hereto set my hand & 
caused my official seal to 
be affixed this 13th May 1833.
C. Forward 
Prothy
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Declaration of 
Michael Lowry 
in order to obtain 
the benefit of the 
act of Congress passed 
June 7th 1832.

11684
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We Martin Shank & Jacob Wingler 
residents of the township of Stony Creek 
in said County of Somerset hereby certify that 
we are well acquainted with Michael Lowry 
who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing 
declaration, that we believe him to be 
seventy two years of age, that he is reputed 
& believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he 
resides to have been a soldier of the revolution 
and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn & subscribed }  Jacob Wingler
the day & year aforesaid }  Martin Shank 
5th September 1832. }
In open Court. }
C. Forward Prothy

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion 
after the investigation of the matter & after putting 
the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department 
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary 
soldier & served as he states.  And the Court 
further certifies that it appears to them that 
the above named Jacob Lowery Senr. Jacob Wingler & Martin Shank 
are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to 
credit.

I Chauncey Forward Esquire Clerk of the said 
[word struck out] Court of Somerset County aforesaid do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original 
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of Michael Lowry for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand 
& seal of office this 5th day of 
September in the year of 
our Lord eighteen hundred 
& thirty two.
C. Forward  
Prothy
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22372
INVALID.
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REVOLUTION

File No. 22,372
Michael Lowry 
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 245

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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1912 May 31 Hist to Geo. 
Spangler. V.L.M.
{1923-Dec. 12-Hist to Geo Spangler MMHF
{Letter in cl W.19344 of Christian Chank.
1932. Dec. 6 - Hist. to Mrs. E. S. 
Miller - MLB.
1939. Sept. 5-Hist to Mr. J Stewart Schell
MLB
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Bentonville, Ark. Nov 23rd. 1932

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C.

[Circular time and mail receipt stamp]
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RECEIVED 
NOV 26 1932
[illegible]
U.S.V.M. 17
READER

Gentlemen:

Will you please give me the pension record 
and any additional information you may have in 
your archives of the following Revolutionary soldiers

Michael Lowry received a pension while living 
in Somerset Co. Pa for service as a private in Pa militia
He pension com. dated 1831.

[Note between paragraphs] 1835 List

Noah [struck out: Miller] Miller received a pension while living 
at Lincolnville, Me.
He enlisted Sept 19, 1780 in Mass militia and was a 
private in Thomas Knights Scouting Party 
Roll certified at Falmouth (Portland)

Thanking you for any information you can give 
me.  I am
Very Sincerely 
Mrs E. S Miller
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May 20, 1912

Caption [Captain] Michael Lowery
Also is my great grandfarther [grandfather]
on my mothers side & he too was 
a Capt in a Pa regt. & company in 
the Revolution war and he drawed a pension 
at Berlin Pa til he died is there 
any record to show what company 
he commanded as well as Capt 
Story & regt Please your Honer [honor]
let me know and I 
shall be verry [very] greatfull [grateful] to you

George Spangler 
Late of Co B 54 Pa inf rolls
Shanksville
Somerset County Pa
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[Seal of Black-Foxe Military Institute]
BLACK-FOXE MILITARY INSTITUTE
______________________________
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
July 26, 1939

[Circular mail and time receipt stamp]
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RECEIVED 
JULY 31 1939 
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 14
VETS ADM

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

May I have copies of the Revolutionary War records of 
the following Pennsylvania soldiers who received govern
ment pensions (according to the Pennsylvania Archives):

Somerset County, Pa.

I.  LOWRY, MICHAEL -- pr. P.M., June 28, 1833; 79.
II.  LOWRY, JACOB -- pr. P.M., July 12, 1833; 75.

Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Yours very truly,

J. Stewart Schell
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December 7, 1932

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MICHAEL LOWRY
S. 22372

Mrs. E. S. Miller

Bentonville, Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
records of Michael Lowry and Noah Miller, soldiers of the Revo
lutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained 
from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States 
based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

No claim for pension has been identified as that of the 
Noah Miller, of Lincolnville, Maine.  If you will name the publi
cation in which you found him listed as a pensioner; or give as 
much as possible of the following data in regard to Noah Miller, 
your own ancestor, another search of the records will be made in 
your behalf:  approximate dates of birth and death, places of 
residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. 

You are furnished below the history of Michael Lowry, the 
only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records 
of this office, and the data contained therein were obtained 
from the papers on file in his pension claim, S. 22372, based 
upon his service in the war of the Revolution.  

Michael Lowry was born January 3, 1760, in Lancaster 
County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown.

In 1762 he moved with his father's family to Lebanon, 
Pennsylvania, and volunteered in June, 1776, and served as a 
private until September in Captain Casper Snively's company, 
Colonel Curtis Grubb's Pennsylvania regiment.  In April, 1777, 
he again moved with his father's family to Hagerstown, Maryland, 
and enlisted in September, 1777, and served as a private until 
the last of December, 1777, in Captain Peter Bell's company, 
Colonel Campbell's Maryland regiment, after which he served two
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months guarding prisoners at Hagerstown.

Michael Lowry moved in 1795 from Hagerstown to Berlin, 
Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pension on his application executed 
September 5, 1832, while a resident of Stony Creek Township, 
Somerset County, Pennsylvania.  He signed as Michael Lowry, Senior

It is not stated that the soldier ever married.

In 1832, Jacob Lowry, Senior, an older brother of the 
soldier, Michael Lowry, made affidavit in Somerset County, 
Pennsylvania.  There are no further family data in the claim.

[illegible note]

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator



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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section  MMHF

December 12, 1923

George Spangler
20 Bedford St., Rear 10
Johnstown, Penn.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the 
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 22372 it appears 
that Michael Lowry was born January 3, 1760 in Lancaster-
ter County, Pennsylvania.

In 1762 he moved to Lebanon, Pennsylvania where 
he enlisted in June 1776 and served as a private un
til September in Captain Casper Snively's Company, 
Colonel Curtis Grubb's Pennsylvania Regiment.

While a resident of Hagerstown, Maryland he en
listed in September 1777 and served as a private un
til the last of December 1777 in Captain Peter Bell's 
Company, Colonel Campbell's Maryland Regiment, after 
which he served two months guarding prisoners at Hag
erstown.

He moved from Hagerstown to Berlin, Somerset Coun
ty, Pennsylvania in 1795.  He was allowed pension on 
his application executed September 5, 1832 while
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a resident of [word blurred] Creek Township, Somerset Coun
ty, Pennsylvania.

It is not stated that he ever married.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

[Handwritten note]
Date of death not on AB.
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RECORD DIVISION.   3-525.

V.L.M  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
S.F. 22372  Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,  [blank], 190[blank]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Michael Lowry Sr.
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen
sion on file in this Bureau.
__________________________________________________________________________
DATES OF | 
ENLISTMENT OR | LENGTH OF |  | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |
APPOINTMENT. | SERVICE. | RANK. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.
__________________________________________________________________________
June 1776 | Sept √ | Pvt. | Casper Snively | Curtis Grubb | Penn.
Sept. 1777 | last Dec. 1777 | [blank] | Peter Bell | Campbell | Md.
√ | 2 mos | [blank] | guarded prisoners at Hagerstown 

Battles engaged in, √

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon, Penn. since 1762

Date of application for pension, Sept. 5, 1832  His cl. al. √

Residence at date of application, Stony Creek Somerset Co. Pa.

Age at date of application, b. in Lancaster Co. Penn. Jany 3, 1760.

Remarks:  Moved from Hagerstown to Berlin, Somerset Co.
Penn. in 1795

brother named Jacob

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner.
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September 5, 1939.

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BA-J/ady

Mr. J. Stewart Schell
Black - Foxe Military Institute
Los Angeles, California

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to 
soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The records of Jacob Lowry and Michael Lowry 
are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator