Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,654, William Bowen, R.I.
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Service
R.I.

Bowen, William

Number
S. 21,654
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27466

Rhode Island

William Bowen of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island who was a private in the Comp.y commanded by Captain by Captain Allen of the Reg.t commanded by Col. Crary in the R.I. line for 2 years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 80 dollars -- cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 8th day of Jan.y 1834 and sent to Levi Hale Esq.r Warren R.I.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  $200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '34 - 40.00
$240.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by George Taylor clerk
Book E. Vol 2 Page 126


Set to S.W. Bowen Nov. 15 '88
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William Bowen
R.I.

Private 2 years

Capt. Allen Col
Crary's Reg.t R.I.

Levi Haile Esq.
Warren RI

Samuel Randall Clerk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
County of Bristol
On this second day of September A.D. eighteen hundred thirty three, personally appeared in open court, before the court of probate for the town of Warren in said county of Bristol being a court of record now sitting at said Warren, William Bowen, resident of Warren in the county of Bristol in said state aged seventy two years eleven months & upwards who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pensions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he was born in said Warren in said state on the 25th day of September A.D. seventeen hundred sixty that his birth was recorded in the town clerk's office in said town of Warren a certified copy of which record is hereunto annexed. 
That when he was called into the service herein after questioned he lived in said town of Warren that he lived in said town of Warren from his birth until about their years after the revolutionary war when he removed into the western part of the state of Massachusetts & resided there about list years & then removed into the western part of the state of New York that for about thirty two years preceding last May he resided in the town of Sempronius in Cayuga County in the state of New York, that in the month of May last he removed to said town of Warren where he has ever in lived and that he now lives in said town of Warren; that he entered the service under the following named officers and served as herein stated; that he the said William Bowen, in the fore part of the month of October A.D. 1776, the precise day he cannot now recollect, enlisted into Captain Thomas Allen's company in Colonel John Cook's regiment of Rhode Island state troops for the term of three months and he served as a privet soldier in said company and regiment during said term of three months. He served in said company in Newport in said state until the British fleet arrived at said Newport when he retreated with said company to Bristol in said state; where he served until the expiration of said three months when he was discharged. And he further declares that from the fore part of the month of January AD 1777 to the close of the Revolutionary War he was enrolled in the company of militia in said town of Warren and was liable at all times to be drafted or ordered into the service of the revolutionary war; except when he was enlisted & in actual service with the regular troops or state troops; that in consequence of the peculiar exposure & liability of said state & especially the shores of Namaganset Bay to the encroachment of the British forces said company of militia were kept constantly armed and were drafted or ordered out to guard the shores of said bay; that a part of said company were drafted or ordered out for a period of time & generally for one month at a time to perform said guard service & were then relieved by the other part of said company and the corps drafted or ordered to perform said guard service were placed under the command of  some one or more of the officers of the companies of Militia belonging to the Regiment in said County of Bristol and this declarant further states that he was drafted or ordered out as a private soldier in said company of militia and served as follows, from about the middle of January A.D. 1777 he served as a private soldier one month at Bristol under the command of captain Vial Allin that form about the middle of February A.D. 1777
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he served as a private soldier one month at Warren Point in Barrington nder the command of Captain Ezra Omsbee, and from about the middle of April A.D. 1777, he served as a private soldier one month at Bristol in said state under the command of Lieutenant Smith Bowen.  Ezra Omsbee was Captain of said company of militia & Smith Bowen was Lieutenant, and said company belonged to Colonel Nathaniel Martin's Regiment, of which Thomas Grey was Lieutenant Colonel & Benjamin Bosworth was major.  And this declarant further states, that on or about the 16th day of June A.D. 1777, he enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Thomas Allen's company in Colonel Archibald Crary's Regiment of the Rhode Island Line for the term of nine months, and that he served as a private soldier in said company & Regiment during said term of nine months, & was discharged on or about the 16th day of March A.D. 1778; he served a part of said nine months in Bristol & the remainder of said term at Little Compton in said State.  he was at said Little Compton at the time of General Spencer's exepedition on Rhode Island. - Lawless was Lieutenant of said company, and John Topham was Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment. said Regiment belonged to the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Cornell.  On or about the 6th day of August A.D. 1778, he was drafted in Captain Curtis Cole's Company of Militia in said Town of Warren for twenty days, and served as a private soldier in said company during said term of twenty days in the exepedition of Major General Sullivan against the British troops on Rhode Island.  Thomas Easterbrooks was Lieutenant & Ichabod Cole was ensign of said company & said company belonged to Colonel Nathan Miller's Regiment.  In the fore part of the month of September A.D. 1778, he volunteered and joined a corps detached by said Captain Curtis Cole from his company and served as a private soldier in said corps ten days in transporting a large Iron morter from Dighton to Providence.  that from this time to the fall of the year 1779, he was drafted or ordered out as a private soldier in said company of Militia in said Town of Warren, and served as a private soldier in guarding the shores in said County of Bristol five months; from the great lapse of time he cannot now more distinctly recollect the precise times of said drafts, but from the best of his recollection he was drafted or ordered out at five different times between the middle of September 1778, and the first of October 1779, for one month at each time, and that he served as a private soldier of said company during the whole of said period.  he is confident that he did serve not less than five months:  he served a part of said time in the town of Bristol and a part of the time on the shore at peck's Farm on Bristol neck.  Curtis Cole was Captain, Thomas Easterbrooks was Lieutenant & Ichabod Cole was ensign of said company & Nathan Miller was Colonel of the Regiment to which said company was attached.  for all the aforementioned periods of service in the Militia he was drafted or ordered out by competent authority, was held to do duty during the whole of said period, he received rations in the same manner as the state troops, and he was not employed in any civil pursuit during said periods.  And he, the said William Bowen further declares, that he enlisted in the Army of the United States, on or about the first of April A.D. 1782, in
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Captain    Brown's Company in Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Regiment, as a private soldier for the term of nine months, and that he served as a private soldier in said Company and Regiment during said term of nine months, and was discharged in the fore part of the month of January A.D. 1783.  he marched from Providence to Philadelphia and joined said Regiment at Philadelphia.  said Captain Brown's Company was composed in part of coloured persons who had previously enlisted therein; and this Declarant and others enlisted to fill the vacancies in said Company.  Said Regiment were stationed a part of said time at Philadelphia, and this Declarant marched with said Company & Regiment from Philadelphia to the Highlands near West Point in New York, where they were encamped for a period of time, and thence marched to Saratoga where said Company & Regiment were encamped until they were discharged.  John J. Dexter was major of said Regiment.  He received a written discharge from said Captain Brown's company at the expiration of said term of nine months which discharge he has since lost.  He received no written discharge from the other services aforementioned, but was discharged by the commanding officer at the expirations of each of the aforesaid period of service.  He has no documentary evidence of his service.  The following named persons can testify to his revolutionary services, to wit, James Goff, Jules Sisson, Jeremiah Pearce, Seth Cole, Ichabod Cole and David Maxfield, whose depositions are hereunto annexed.  He is known to the following persons in his neighbourhood, who can testify to his character for truth and veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, viz. Rev. John C. Welsh and Col. Benjamin Cole.
He, the said William Bowen hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
(mark) Samuel Randall Clerk
                William Bowen

We John C. Welsh, a Clergyman residing in Warren aforesaid, and Benjamin Cole, residing in said Warren, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Bowen, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be upward of seventy two 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.
       John C. Welsh
       Benjn. Cole
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid.
(mark)  Samuel Randall Clerk

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, William Bowen the above named Applicant was
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Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that John C. Welsh who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Warren aforesaid, and that Benjamin Cole who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town of Warren and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     (mark) Samuel Randall Clerk

I Samuel Randall, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the town of Warren in said County of Bristol, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of the aforenamed, William Bowen, for a Pension.
[Seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and Seal of Office, this Second
day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred
thirty three.

     Samuel Randall Clerk
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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Town Clerk's Office Warren, August 28th 1833
William Bowen son of Nathaniel Bowen and Esther his wife, was born on the 25th day of September A. D. seventeen hundred sixty.
A true copy of record.
Witness Samuel Randall Town Clerk.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. William Bowen S.F. 21654

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.  Oct. 1776
Length of Service. 3 mos.
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain Thomas Allen Colonel John Cook
Staff. R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Jany 1777
Length of Service. 1 mo
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain Vial Allen
Staff. R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Feby 1777
Length of Service. 1 mo.
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain Ezra Omsbee
Staff. R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Apr. 1777
Length of Service. 1 mo.
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain Ezra Omsbee Colonel Nathaniel Martin
Staff. R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. June 16, 1777
Length of Service. Mar 16, 1778
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain Thomas Allen Colonel Archibald Crary
Staff. R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Aug 6, 1778
Length of Service. 20 days
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain Curtis Cole Colonel Nathan Miller
Staff. R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Sept. 1778
Length of Service. Served at five different times one month each time until Oct 1, 1779
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain Curtis Cole Colonel Nathan Miller
Staff. R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Apr. 1, 1782
Length of Service. Jany 1783
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain Brown Colonel Jeremiah Olney
Staff. R.I.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warren, R.I. (enlisted there also)
Date of application for pension, Sept. 4, 1833. His cl. al.
Residence at date of applicaiton, Warren Bristol Co. R.I.
Age at date of application, born at Warren R.I. Sept. 25, 1760 died Feby 14, 1854
Remarks: Soldier was the son of Esther and Nathaniel Bowen
from Agency book.
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State of New York
County of Herkimer  Ss:
    Jeremiah Pearce of the Town of Fairfield in said County aged seventy two years and upwards being duly Sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with William Bowen that in the Year 1776 he and the deponent resided in the Town of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and this deponent further saith that he knows of the said William Bowen serving in the War of the Revolution as follows Viz:  In the fall & this deponent believes in September 1776 he the said William Bowen & this deponent enlisted as volunteers in the Town of Warren aforesaid into Capt. Thomas Allens Company in the Regiment Commanded by Col John Cook in the State Troops for three months and he & this deponent were marched to NewPort in Rhode Island and were stationed at said NewPort in the State Guard under the Command of Capt. Allen until they were driven off by the arrival of a Brittish fleet in the Harbor and they then retreated under the Command of Capt Allen to Bristol in the County of Bristol in Rhode Island and they were stationed at Bristol in the State Guard, under the Command of Capt. Allen and served in said Guards until they were discharged and this deponent recollects that said William Bowen served in said State Troops as aforesaid three months- In the winter of 177 the said William Bowen & this deponent were drafted into the Company Commanded by Capt. Royal Allen in Col Nathaniel Martin's Regiment in the Militia and served one month at Bristol aforesaid in the State Services - In the month of June 1777 the said William Bowen and this deponent enlisted as volunteers in Warren aforesaid where they both resided into Capt.
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Thomas Allens Company in Col Archibald Crary's Regiment in the State Troops for the Tour of nine months and he & this deponent were marched to Bristol aforesaid and stationed in the State Guards at Bristol under the Command of Capt Allen and during the time they were at this Station they were marched under the Command of Capt Allen with the Troops to Trenton & Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island on the East side in order to join the forces of Brig. Gen. Spencer to go on an Expedition against the Brittish who were at that time in possession of Rhode Island but the Expedition being abandoned they returned to Bristol Station and they both served at said Station until they were discharged and this deponent recollects that said William Bowen served as aforesaid in the State Troop for the Tour of nine months; The officers under whom they served were as follows - In said three months service they were Capt Thomas Allen Lieut, Reynold, Bol John Cook - In said nine months services they were Capt Allen Lieut. Lewless, Second Lieut. Humphrey Col Crary Lieut Col. Topham Maj. Williams  In or about the month of August 1778 the said William Bowen served with this deponent in the State Militia about twenty days in an Expedition against the Brittish in Rhodes Island - The names of the officer under whom they served are not recollected except that Gen. Sullivan Commanded the Troops on this Expedition.
     Jeremiah Pearce
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Thomas, Allens Company in Col Archibald Crary's Regiment in the State Troops for the Term of nine months and he & this deponent were marched to Bristol aforesaid and stationed in the State Guards at Bristol under the Command of Capt Allen and during the time they were at this Station they were marched under the Command of Capt Allen with the Troop, to Trenton & Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island on the East side in order to join the forces of Brig. Gen. Spencer to go on an Expedition against the Brittish who were at that time in possession of Rhode Island but the Expedition being abandoned they returned to Bristol Station and they both served at said Station until they were discharged and this deponent recollects that said William Bowen served as aforesaid in the State Troop, for the Tour of nine months; The officers under whom they served were as follows - In said three months service they were Capt Thomas Allen Lieut. Reynolds Col John Cook - In said nine months service they were Capt Allen Lieut. Lawless, Second Lieut. Humphrey Col Crary Lieut Col. Topham & Maj. Williams - In or about the month of August 1778 the said William Bowen served with this deponent in this State Militia about twenty days in an Expedition against the Brittish in Rhode Island - The names of the officers under whom they served are not recollected except that Gen. Sullivan Commanded the Troops on this Expedition
          Jeremiah Pearce
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State of New York
County of Herkimer  Ss:  On this sixteenth day of August 1832 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of said County of Herkimer personally appeared Jeremiah Pearce to me known to be the same person described in & who made oath to the foregoing affidavit and he is also known to me to be a person of respectablity truth and veracity and he made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed according to Law -
   Hiram Nolton Justice
      Peace

 State of New York  )  SS.
Herkimer County     )
Clerks Office            )
  I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the said County do Certify that Hiram Nolton Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was, at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the Signature of Hiram Nolton Subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 17th day of August 1832

             Julius C Nelson  Clerk
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I David Maxfield of Bristol in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, at the age of seventy seven years & upwards, being sworn according to law, do testify and say, that William Bowen, now resident in Warren in said County of Bristol, but lately resident in Sempronius in the State of New York, on or about the first of April A.D. 1782, enlisted in Captain Brown's Company in Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Regiment in the Continental line for nine months, as a private soldier, and that said William Bowen served as a private soldier in said Captain Brown's Company and Colonel Olney's Regiment during said term of nine months, and said William Bowen was discharged in the fore part of the month of January A.D. 1783, at Saratoga.  I served as a private soldier in said Regiment during said term of nine months; John J. (?) was major of said Regiment.  Said Regiment marched from Providence to Philadelphia and served there a part of said time, & thence marched to the Highlands near West Point in New York, and then marched to Saratoga where said Regiment encamped until it was discharged.  And I further testify and say that I was well aquainted with said William Bowen during the Revolutionary war, and that said William Bowen served as a private soldier in the Continental line, in the State troops and Militia, at different periods, and in different companies during the principal part of the revolutionary war.  The precise period of which service I do not now recollect.
       David Maxfield

The State of Rhode Island
County of Bristol    Ss. In Warren, August the 17th A.D. 1833
This day the above named David Maxfield personally appearing before me, the Subscriber, and being sworn according to law made oath to the truth of the above written deposition, to which he subscribed his name in my presence, taken at the request of the above named William Bowen to be used in his application for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution."  And I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with said David Maxfield, that he is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit.

Attest   Levi Haile Justice of the Peace,
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The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
County of Bristol   Ss.
    I Samuel Randall Clerk of the Court of Probate for the town of Warren in said County of Bristol, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify Levi Haile, who has certified the taking of the aforewritten depositions of James Goff, John Sisson, Seth Cole, Ichabod Cole and David Maxfield, was at the times of taking said depositions and now is a Justice of the Peace for said Town in said County of Bristol, authorized by law to take depositions; and that the signatures to the aforementioned certificates of (?), purporting to be his, are in his proper hand writing.
[seal affixed]
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court, at said Warren this second day
of September, A.D. 1833.

   Samuel Randall Clerk

The Court hereby certify, that it appears to them that James Goff, John Sisson, Jeremiah Pearce, Seth Cole, Ichabod Cole and David Maxfield, who have subscribe and sworn to the annexed and aforewritten deposition are credible Persons, and that their sttaements are entitled to credit.
   (mark) Samuel Randall Clerk
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     March 2 - 1908.

Commisioner of Pensions
     Wasington D.C.

  From the Adjutant General's office I rec'd the following information:

The records show that one William Bowen was a private of Captain Moses White's company, Colonel Moses Hazen's Regiment Continental Troops, Revolutionary War.  He enlisted May 3-1778
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to serve during the war and was discharged by the commander-in-chief June 30- 1783

Family records of Bowen family give one William Bowen as being born Sept 26- 1760 making him 23 years at close of war

Where he was born & when also:
from what colony he enlisted should like to have verified or certified by official records.

Was he a pensioner?
If he were, when did the pension cease?  Can you give me date of birth, date and also place & date of birth, death and also place & date of enlistment?
      Mrs. Ada Goodrich
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U.S. Pension Office Mar 4 1908

Address
Mrs. Ida Goodrich
200 Third St.
Ft. Atkinson
Wisconsin
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I James Goff, of Bristol in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, of the age of seventy four years & upwards, being sworn according to law, an solemn oath, do testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with William Bowen, now resident in Warren in the County an State aforesaid, for upwards of sixty years, that said William Bowen served as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution as follows, viz. in the fore part of the month of October A.D. 1776 said William Bowen enlisted into Captain Thomas Allen Company in Colonel John Cook's Regiment of the Rhode Island Line for the term of three months, & he served as a private soldier in said company and Regiment during said term of three months.  He served in said Company in Newport in said State until the British fleet arrived at said Newport, when he retreated with said company to Bristol in said State, when he served until the expiration of said three months when he was discharged.  On or about the 16th day of June A.D. 1777, said William Bowen enlisted into Captain Thomas Allen's Company in Colonel Archibald Crary's Regiment at the Rhode Island Line, for the term of nine months, and he served as a private soldier in said Company and Regiment during said term of nine months.  He was discharged on or about 16th of March A.D. 1778.  He served a part of said nine months in Bristol & the remainder of said term at little Compton.  He was at said little Compton in said State with said Company at the time of General Spencer's expedition on Rhode Island.  John Topham was Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment and      Lawless was Lieutenant of said Company.  Said Regiment was attached to the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Cornell.  On or about the 6th of August 1778, said William Bowen was drafted in Captain Curtis Cole's Company of Militia & served as a private soldier in said Company twenty days in the expedition of Major General Sullivan on Rhode Island.  Thomas Easterbrooks was Lieutenant & Ichabod Cole was ensign of said Company.  I served as a private soldier in the aforesaid Companies & Regiments during all the aforesaid periods, and messed in the same mess with said William Bowen during all said periods of service, for which service I have received a pension.
            James Goff

The State of Rhode Island  &c.
County of Bristol   Ss   in Warren, August 28th 1833.
This day the above named James Goff personally appearing before me the Subscriber & being sworn according to law, made oath to the truth of the aforewritten deposition to which he subscribed his name in my prescence; taken at the request of the above named William Bowen to be used in his application for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution."  And I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with said James Goff, and that he is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit.
    Attest  Levi Haile Justice of the Peace
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I John Sisson, of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations of the age of seventy five years & upwards, being sworn according to law, on solemn oath, do testify and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as follows, in the fore part of the month of October 1776 I enlisted into Captain Thomas  Allen's company in Colonel John Cook's Regiment of the Rhode Island line for the term of three months, & served as a private soldier in said company during said term of three months; and that William Bowen, now resident in said Warren, enlisted at the same time as a private soldier in said Company & Regiment for said term of three months & that he served as a private soldier in said Company & Regiment during said term of three months, at the expiration of which time he was discharged; that this deponant & said William Bowen served in said Company at Newport in said State until the arrival of the British fleet, when we retreated to Bristol in said State, where we served until the expiration of said term.  And this Deponant further testifies that on or about the 16th of March 1777 he enlisted into Captain Caleb Carr's Company in colored Archibald Carary's Regiment in the Rhode Island line & served as a private soldier in said Company and year.  And he further testifies, that according to the best of his recollection, said William Bowen on or about the 16th day of June 1777, enlisted as a private soldier into Captain Thomas Allen's Company in said Colonel Archibald Carary's Regiment for the term of nine months; & that said William Bowen served as a private soldier in said company during said term of nine months; & was discharged on or about the 16th of March 1778  We served a part of said term in Bristol & the rest of said term at Little Compton.  John Topham was Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment, & said Regiment was attached to the Brigade under the command of Brigadier General Cornell
     John Sisson

The State of Rhode Island &c.
Bristol County   Ss.  in Warren August the 28th A.D. 1833.
This day the above named John Sisson, personally appering before me the Subscriber and being sworn according to law made oath to the truth of the above written deposition, to which he subscribed his name in my presence; taken at the reuqest of the above named William Bowen, to be used in his applicatoin for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed, June 7, 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution."  And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said John Sisson, that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.
   Attest  Levi Haile Justice of the Peace.
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I Seth Cole, of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, at the age of seventy three years and upwards, being sworn according to law, on solemn oath, do testify and say that from our childhood I have been well acquainted with William Bowen, now resident in said Warren, that in the fore part of the month of October A.D. 1776, said William Bowen enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Thomas Allen's Company in Colonel John Cook's Regiment of State troops, for the term of three months.  I saw said William Bowen in said service at Newport, and I have ever since understood that said Bowen served in said company and Regiment during said term of three months.  And I further testify, that while the British fleet were in Narangansett Bay & while the British troops kept possession of the Island of Rhode Island, the company of Militia in said town of Warren was drafted or ordered out to guard the shores in said County of Bristol, a part of said Company was detached or ordered out for a period of time & then was relieved by the other part of said company, and said William Bowen was enrolled in said Company from January A.D. 1777, to the close of the Revolutionary War, and he served as a private soldier whenever said Company was drafted or ordered out during said time, except when he was in the Continental or State service, and said William Bowen was drafted or ordered out and served as a private soldier of said Company during the following periods & under the command of the following named officers, according to the best of my recollection, viz. from about the middle of the month of January A.D. 1777, he served as a private soldier one month at Bristol under the Command of Captain Vial Allin from about the middle of February 1777 he served as a private soldier one month at Naiat Point in Barrington under the command of Captain Ezra Ormsbee from about the middle of April A.D. 1777, said William Bowen served as a private soldier one month at Bristol under the command of Lieutenant Smith Bowen.  I served in the same corps with said William Bowen during the several periods aforesaid in said militia service; said Company belonged to Colonel Nathaniel Martin's Regiment.  Thomas Grey was Lieutenant Colonel and Benjamin Bosworth was Major.  said William Bowen was drafted or ordered out by competent authority and drew rations in the same manner as the State troops, and he was not employed in civil pursuit during the periods aforesaid.  And I further testify that said William Bowen was drafted in said company of Militia on or about the 6th of August A.D. 1778, and served as a private soldier in said Company twenty days, in the expedition of Major General Sullivan on Rhode Island against the British troops; Curtis Cole was Captain, Thomas Easterbrooks was Lieutenant & Ichabod Cole was Ensign of said company at that time
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said Company at that time belonged to Colonel Nathan Miller's Regiment.  In the fore part of the month of September A.D. 1778, said William Bowen volunteered and joined a corps detached by said Capt Curtis Cole from his Company and served ten days in said corps in transporting a large Iron Morter from Briton to Providence; I served in the same service.
    Seth Cole

The State of Rhode Island &c
 County of Bristol Ss. in Warren August 29th A.D. 1833.
This day the above named Seth Cole personally appearing before me the Subscriber and being sworn according to law, made oath to the truth of the aforewritten deposition, to which he subscribed his name in my presence; taken at the request of the above named William Bowen to be used in his application for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution."  And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Seth Cole, and that he is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit.
  Attest Levi Haile Justice of the Peace
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I Ichabod Cole, of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, of the age eighty four years & upwards, being sworn according to law, on solemn do testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with William Bowen, now resident in said Warren, for more than sixty years, and that I served as an officer in the Company of Militia the said Town of Warren from the commencement to the close of the Revolutionary War, and that said William Bowen was enrolled in said Company of Militia from January A.D. 1777 to the close of the revolutionary war, and he served as a private soldier, whenever he was drafted or ordered out during said time; and I further testify, that said William Bowen according to the best of my recollection, was drafted or ordered out and served as a private soldier of said Company, under these different drafts, three months, between the middle of January A.D. 1777, and the middle of May A.D. 1777, two months of said time at Bristol, and one month at Naint Point in Barrington.  Captain Ezra Omsbee was commander of said Company at that time and said Company belonged to Colonel Nathaniel Martin's Regiment.  on or about the 6th of August 1778, said William Bowen was drafted and served as a private soldier in said Company twenty days in the expedition of Major General Sullivan on Rhode Island against the British troops; Curtis Cole was Captain Thomas Easterbrooks was Lieutenant and I was Ensign of said Company at that time.  From the fall of 1778 to the Fall of 1779 said Company were drafted or ordered out to guard the shores in said County of Bristol, the Members of said Company were ordered out by turns to perform said guard service, and said William Bowen served as a private soldier of said Company under different drafts from the Fall of 1778 to the Fall of 1779 from the best of my recollection five months in guarding the shores in said County of Bristol.  I cannot now recollect from the great lapse of time, the precise times of each draft, but am confident that he did not serve less than five months.  Said Bowen was drafted by competent authority, drew rations in the same manner as state troops, and was not engaged in any civil pursuit during the periods of said services Curtis Cole was Captain, Thomas Easterbrook was Lieutenant & I was Ensign of said Company.  Peter Church was colonel of the Regiment at that time.
             Ichabod Cole

The State of Rhode Island &c
County of Bristol  Ss   in Warren Agusut 24th A.D. 1833.
This day the above named Ichabod Cole personally appearing before me the Subscriber, and being sworn according to law, made oath to the truth of the aforewritten deposition to which he subscribed his name in my presence; taken at the request of the
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aforesaid William Bowen to be used in his application for the benefit of the  Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 entitled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution.  And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Ichabod Cole, and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.

    Attest  Levi Haile Justice of the Peace
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Revolution
21654
Invalid.
File No. 21,654
William Bowen
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1908 Mar 10 Hist to Ada Goodrich. V.S.M.