Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6486, for Lott Low, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C.
Born in Va.

Low, Lott

NUMBER
R. 6486

CONTENTS
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Georgia Stewart County Stewart Inferior Court January Term 1835 SS
On this fifth day of January 1835 personally appeared in open court Lott Low a resident in the twentieth district in the county and State aforesaid aged seventy one 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 the 7th 1832 I was a citizen of Winter County now Barnwell district South Carolina when I was called in to service; I entered the service of the United States under command of Capt. Frederick Wamack and Lieut. Henry Dyas in the capacity of a militia private soldier on or about the first of March 1780 I served under the above officers until about the first of March 1781. I was then transferred under command of Capt. Joshua Inman Lieut. Dyas was our Lieut. still I then served under the said officers until some time in the last of March or first of April 1782 during the time of the above mentioned service I was stationed on Crackers Neck near Demry's Ferry on the Savannah River the character of the above service was as follows I was different times engaged in scouting to and from the stations on short excursions at times on guard off at different fords on the Rivers & creeks &c Sometime in the month of April 1782 I volunteered under command of Capt. John Sapp and Lieut. Isaac Bush we march through Winton County and Orangeburg to the Edisto River where we had a battle with a party of British & Tories under command of Patrick McHenry which we defeated we then remained on the Edisto River for some months during which time we had several skirmishes with the Tories and was scouting up and down the country near the River until about the 15th of July 1782. We returned to the station on Crackers Neck where we continued for some months made several trips and surprised several Tory stations and broke them up our service was of this sort until some time the last of April or first of May 1783
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when the Army was disbanded & I was verbally discharged (I never had any discharge of any other sort) after I had served from the 1st of March (or about that time) 1780 until about the last of March or 1st of April 1783 making in all three years or over I was during the whole time constantly engaged in constant service
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
Lott Low X his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Test A. R. Hill  ( signed ) J.I.C.

We James Lunsford a clergyman residing in the county of Stewart and State of Georgia and William Cooper residing in the same county and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lott Low who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years old that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
James Lunsford ( signed ) Clergyman
Wm Cooper( signed ) 

Sworn to & subscribed to before as the day & year aforesaid
A. R. Hill ( signed ) J.I. C.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and have hereby required the said applicant to answer the Interrogatories prescribed by the war Department
To the first Interrogatory he answers 
That he was born in the State of Virginia in the year 1764.
To the second Interrogatory 
He answers that he has no record of his age.
To the third interrogatory
He answers that he resided in Winton County South Carolina . 
when called into service that since the close of the war he resided fifteen years in the State f Kentucky since that time he has resided in Stewart County Georgia & that he now resides in
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in Stewart County Georgia  . To the fourth interrogatory , He answers  that he was called into service  under command of Capt. Frederick Wamack  in the  capacity of a volunteer. To the fifth Interrogatory  He answers  that Frederick  Wamack , Henry Dyar, Joshua Inman , Issaac Bush , was officers but cannot  recollect who was Regular officer , he cannot recollect any particular  Regiment  by no or otherwise. Recollects no  circumstance of note only the Battle of the  Edisto River under Capt. John Sapp . To the  sixth Interrogatory . He answers that he never received any written discharge .  To the seventh Interrogatory he answers that  Reuben Allen  , Henry Martin  & Peter Cooper  I am known by who believe me to be a Revolutionary soldier  and a man of truth  & veracity. And the said Court  after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories are of opinion  .. ( missing text )  applicant  .. ( missing text )  and served as he states, and the  Court  .. ( missing text )    James L. Lunsford who has signed the proceeding  certificate is a clergyman  and resides in the County of Stewart  and that  Col. William Cooper  who has signed the same  is a resident of the same County   and is a credible person  and that their statements is entitled to credit. A.R. Hill ( signed /sealed ) J.I.C.  Wm H Dismukes ( signed / sealed ) J.I.C. James Villars ( signed / sealed ) J.I.C.
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[Georgia Stewart County ] I Thomas M Dennis Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that  the foregoing contain s the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lott Lowe for a pension .  In testimony whereof I have hereunto  set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 7th day of January 1835. Thomas M Dennis ( signed  ) Clerk of  the Inferior Court  of said County  ( vertical note ) ( Hon. R. L. Gamble )
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 Georgia Randolph County ] Personally appeared before me William Sapp  who on oath says that  he was stationed at Crocker's Mill in  South Carolina  near  Demry's party for the last three years of the Revolutionary  War only when absent on scouting parties . I  there knew the family of the Lowes  ad know them to be on the   Whig side  and from circumstances that Lot Low has been mentioned to me  lately he was a soldier but how long he served I cannot  recollect tho he must certainly  have been a  while at the station . Sworn to and subscribed this 1st of Nov.  1834/  William Sapp ( signed ) Allean McLean ( signed ) J.P. [ Georgia Randolph County ] I William H Barton clerk of the Court of Ordinary do hereby certify that   Allen McLean who subscribed the above affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace for and in said County   this the 3rd day of November 1834/ Wm. H Barton ( signed  ) C.C.O. of Randolph County [ State of Georgia Stewart County ] Personally came before me Cader A Parker one of the Justices of the  peace  in and for said Count  , George Dyas of said  County  and being duly sworn  sayeth the  Henry Dyas  the Lieutenant mentioned in Low Low's  statement  of the officers  he served under  in the  Revolutionary  War  was his Brother and he well recollects hearing Lieutenant  Dyas  his Brother say that the within Lot Lowe has served  under him as a soldier in the war of the Revolution  frequently  enquired after his welfare as one of his soldiers. Sworn to before me this  5th  Jul  1836   Cader A Parker ( signed ) JP George Dyas ( his mark X ) I do certify that  George Dyas is a man of good repute  and veracity  and standing in every respect. Cader A Parker ( signed ) JP
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Lot Low
Georgia
Suspended
Let 21 Feby
Hon. R.
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6486 Lot Low REJECTED
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Lot Low
1830
Geo.
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( post mark ) [ COLUMBIA S.C. FEB 6 ] free Hon. Roger L Gamble Washington  D.C.  mail  6486
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Comptroller General's Office Columbia  6 February  1835  Hon Roger L Gamble  Sir, Your favor of the 28 ulto . , requesting information in regard to the  Revolutionary  services of Lot Low  is before me . After the most   thorough  search , I cannot discover any trace of those services either in this or the Treasurer's Office and I have  examined the Indexes to  Indent Books most carefully . Respectfully yr. obt. svt.  John T. Saibels ( signed ) for William Laval Compt. Genl.
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Free R.L. Gamble  J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions  Washington City  vertical notes ) ( Ga/ Feb 20 ) ( Hon. R.L. Gamble )
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Washington  19th Feb  1835   J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir, I have a drafted a letter to the Comptroller General of the  State of South Carolina  in reference to the application of Lot Low for a Pension  now pending before you from Stewart County  Georgia and the enclosed is the  answer - there is  .. ( missing text ) evidence of Low's services in that office you  .. ( missing text )  and back the declaration of Mr. . Low  do what you think is right & proper  upon the subject. Very respectfully your obt. servt. R L Gamble ( signed ) not