Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31826, for Simeon Lowrey, North Carolina
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N. C. Lowrey, Simeon  S. 31826
S. C. Lourey.
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Georgia 30,370
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Simeon Lowrey of Burke Co. in the State of Georgia who was a Private in the company commanded bt Captain Tutt of the Regt. commanded by ______ in the S. Carolina line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 80 Dollars ____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Jany. 1836 and sent to Hon. R. L. Gamble, H. R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep 35.    [$]360.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '36    [$]40.00

[Total] $400.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 , 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 6 Page 96

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Let to Hon. Jabez Jackson
HR. Feb 1 1836
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th Sept 1837 to 7th Sept 1838, the day of his death. Agt notified 7 March 1840

Dead
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Treasury Department 
Second Comptroller's office, 
February, 10th 1840

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled " An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same to the Treasury of the United States," Osborn M. Lowry, Executor of Simeon Lowrey, dec'd [deceased], a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency at the rate of Eighty dollars  and ___ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837, to the 7th Sept. 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully Yours, 
Albion K. Parris, Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present
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Declaration of Simeon Lowry to obtain a Pension
Georgia Burke County
In the Inferior court of said County in Chambers

On this seventh day of September 1835 personally appeared before the Justices of the Inferior Court of Burke County in chamber Simeon Lowry a resident of the said County and state aforesaid who first being 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 the 7th 1832. That he will be seventy three years of age on the thirteenth day of September [illegible] That in the month of June 1777 he enlisted for three years in the Independent Company of South Carolina states troops commanded by Captain Benjamin Tutt Richard Tutt first lieutenant Richard Tutt [crossed out] second lieutenant Thomas Farrow and Ensign James Higgins were the commissioned officers of the Company. The non commissioned officers of the company were Nicholas Claw here  sergeant major orderly sergeant Michael Shapper Daniel Jones sergeant William Jones Corporal William Arnet [illegible] also were all the officers of the company according to the recollection of the deponent That at the time he enlisted he resided with his father in the district of ninety six in the State of South Carolina that his father's brother himself enlisted at the same time That after his enlistment he was arched to Fort Rutledge in the State of South Carolina. Forty miles from the settled parts of the state on Seneca River where they remained in Garrison there for three years. Next following of except whilst they were engaged in scouting parties or scouring the country against the Cherokee & Creek Indians in the year 1780 in the month of June of July the  fort & garrison was taken posession of by the British the fort was garris [garrison]

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oned [garisoned- continued from previous page] above by the company to which deponent belonged when the fort was taken I was frequently sent into the settlements with excepts to give notice of the approach of the Indians that refused to treat with the United States after the first war with the Cherokees after Independance was delared I now was in a battle a part of the Company was sent to Charleston to guard the waggons to bring up
ammunition for the army of whom I was one and when we arrived at Monks Corner our ensign received information that the town had surrendered to the British we were marched back to Augusta where a part of our company was stationed after a few weeks we marched back to Fort Rutledge I was about when the Fort was taken on duty being ordered by Lieutenant Farrow to move his family to the settlements on my return to the Fort our officers and men
we all gone off and the British in possession & was then paroled by the British officer and returned home at the time the Fort was taken my enlistment had just [illegible] although I had not been discharged. after I returned to the settlements I was by the Tories treated as
a prisoner at war and remained there till Tarltons defeat I then went to Wake County North Carolina and remained there until the closed during the time I was there I served a three month tour in the militia as a substitute for a man who was drafted and was on public duty at Raleigh North Carolina during three months this was called a foraging party after that I removed to Burke County Georgia & have resided there ever since and still reside there still. that he has no documentary evidence by whom he can establish his evidence, that he has appended to this the affidavits of Levi Lowry and Charles Gunter both of Jackson
County in this State who knows and have testified of his services he hereby relinquishes every claim what
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answers to the questions propounded by the court to Simeon Lowry agreeably to the instruction of the war department

answer to the 1st Interrogatory. I was born on the 13th day of September 1762 in Wake County North Carolina 

ans to the 2nd I have a record of my age it is my family Bible and at my house

ans to the 3rd I was living in South Carolina Ninety [illegible- likely Six] district immediately after the close of the war I moved to Burke County Georgia where I have resided [illegible]
& where I now reside 

Answer to the 4th I enlisted for three years under the direction of my Father and afterward in the State of North Carolina served as a substitute for three months for a man whose name I do not recollect in the militia

Answer to the 5th  I was young at the time and know no other officer except those immediately attached to the company [illegible] had command of the Company except the company officer. I understood that the company belonged to a State Regiment but the Regimental officers never had the immediate command of the company nor did the company ever join the regiment the nature of my service I have stated in my declaration

Answer to the 6th I never received a discharge to my recollection my company was taken by the British and paroled just after my time of enlistment had expired

answer to the 7th  Ezekiel Lester & John J. Triggs and the whole neighbourhood were  it convenient for them to attend Court

This answer was sworn to & subscribed before me this 7th September 1835} Simeon Lowrey

L. Powell J.J.C.B.C.
Geo. W. Evans J.JC.B.C  Wm Blount J.J.C.B.C
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ever 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 whatever
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Simeon Lowrey
Geo W.Evans J.J. C.B.C.
L F Powell JJCBC
M Blount JJCBC
And the said Court do declare their opinion 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 Ezekiel Lester who has signed the annexed certificate, is a resident in said County and a credible person and that John J. Triggs who has signed the same is a Clergyman, resident in said County and that their statement is entitled to credit.
L F Powell JJCBC.
Geo. W. Evans JJCBC
M Blount JJCBC
We John J. Triggs a clergyman, residing in Burke County and Ezekiel Lester residing in the same County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simeon Lowry who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that we believe him to be about Seventy three years
of age that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion-
Sworn to and subscribed & the day & year aforesaid
John J Triggs MG
L. F. Powell J.J.C.B.C.
Geo. W. Evans J.J.C.B.C
M Blount JJCBC
Ezekiel Lester
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
3-525
S.F. 31826
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.

In reply to your request of ______, received ______ for a statement of the military history of Simeon Lowrey or Lourey soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
June 1777
Length of Service [illegible] July 1780
Rank.  Pvt. 
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain Benjamin Tutts  Independent [illegible]
Paroled after surrender of Fort Rutledge
State. S.C.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
[check mark]
Length of Service [illegible] 3 mos
Rank. [none listed] 
Officers under whom service was rendered
in militia no officers stated
State. S.C.

Battles engaged in,  none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ninety-six Dist. S.C.
Date of application for pension, Jany 5. 1829.  His Cl [claim] was al [allowed]
Residence at date of application, Burke Co. Ga
Age at date of application, 
born Sept 13, 1762 Wake Co. N.C.
died Sept 7 1838
It is not stated whether he had a wife or children

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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31826
Revy [Revolutionary] INVALID.

File No. 31.826
Simeon Lowrey

Pri [Privater] Rev [Revolutionary] War

Act: June 7 32" [1832]
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 247

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1920 Feb'y 12 Hist to Mrs John L Lowrey Sr
Letter in W. F. 8091 Levi Lowrey
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J L Edwards Esq
Washington City
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Louisville Geo 22d Sept 1835

J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
Mr. Simeon Lowry an old acquaintance of mine and a very respectable man has desired me to certify as to the genuine of his application for a pension as a member of Congress. I told him
that although no member yet I was personally acquainted with you and there being no member within his reach I have annexed to it my certificate he says his brother has been pensioned who was with him in the service (now of Jackson County in this State) I have no
doubt of his right according to law, the papers whereto went on and which were not book an not here I do not know what has become of them. I think he told me they were either lost or mislaid, or some excuse was given for their non production I do not now recollect precisely what it was these papers were left at my house in my absence the other day Mr Lowry resides at Birdsville Burke County Geo. where he wishes you to answer this
very respectfully
your obt svt [obiedient servant]
R. L. Gamble
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James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner.
Pension Office.
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Sir
House of Representatives
1 Feb. 1836,

Sir,
Yesterday, I received a certificate from the War Dept in favor of Simeon Lowrey as a Pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832. The certificate bears date the 29 January

I really have forgotten from whom in Georgia I received (if I did in fact receive at all) the application in favour of Lowrey; and not wishing to trouble the Hon: Secretary of War, take the liberty of requesting you, Sir, to inform me, at your earliest leisure time (if you can by reference to your files) when I applied to the Department in behalf of Lowrey. And if the application was not made by me, please to say by which of my colleagues it was made. as the thing is now, I having kept no memoranda respecting Lowrey petition, do not know, absolutely, where to send the certificate to in Georgia.

Very respectfully, I am, Sir,
YrObSevt [Your obedient serant]
John Jackson
Jus L. Edwards Esqr
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27170
Simeon Lowrey

Return all the papers

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13 Nov 1833
John Watts Esqr
Clk Burke Co
Waynesboro
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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. These 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.

[included table is blank]

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE, 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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, 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}
County of _______}

On this ___ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of ____ in the county of ___
and State, Territory or District
of ____ aged (c) ____ 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 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) _____, with ____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:

[The following paragraph giving instructions is bracketed]

[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 county 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 on that of the Agency in the State of ____

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.            A. B.

[The following instructions are bracketed]
[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 _____ do hereby certify (h) 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 (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 ____
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ 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 days and year aforesaid.

[The following statement is bracketed in the document]
[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 _____ 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 a 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?
6. {To an officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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 the 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.
If 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 inquiry 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 is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is 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 the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period 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 ____ 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, as 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 [begin italics] about three or four months [end italics],
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 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.

[The following paragraph is bracketed with handwriting to indicate the portion of the claim that needs attention, as referenced on page15 of these scanned files]

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 in 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 the evidence is note [j] appies 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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I John Watts Clerk of the Inferior Court of the Count of Burke and State of Georgia do hereby certify that the fore-going contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Lowry for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Count Court this 7th day of
September 1835
John Watts
Clerk

Georgia
I certify that I am acquainted with John Watts and know him to be Clerk of the Inferior Court of Burke County and that the above is his certificate 22nd September 1835

Roger L Gamble
late member of Congress
from Georgia
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1828 papers
to be filed
with A'd
[illegible]
File #31.826
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Burke County Georgia January 9th 1829

Dear Sir

In about four hours after my claim was stated by Mail I received a letter from Mr Thos Gray of
Wilkinson County with this enclosed affadavit and also your letter of 29th Novr 1828. By your letter I find it necessary to send on the following as quick as possible

In the first place I will state all the circumstances that can be done on this sheet that comes in my knowledge. Myself and brother were enlisted in the continental line by my Father before I was sixteen my Brother two years younger I think I had just entered my fifteenth. Our Capt was Benj Tutt the first Lieutenant was Richard Tutt the second Thos Farrow Ensign James Huggins Sergeant Major Glawzer First Sergt Shaffer the non commissioned officers were frequently changed and need not be mentioned. We were stationed at Fort Rutledge forty miles north of
the frontiers of South Carolina. We the Soldiers saw no Officers but our own except Militia that were sent to our relief in time of imminent danger. Gen Williamson was their commander as as we understood. Part of our men were marched to Savannah Four of them fell at the seige. One of our men was killed at the
Fort and scalped. One wounded. Hollems killed. Jas Dunnelow wounded. Just before fall of Charleston, part of our company was marched to Augusta. Fourteen of our men were sent down with waggons by the way of Congaree for safety Myself was one. As the Tories were
very troublesome on the direct way. When we got to Monks corner there our Officer received information of the surrender of Charleston. We returned to Augusta as quick as possible. From thence our Company was marched back to the station Fort Rutledge and in a short time a British Officer and a large company came to the
Fort and all the munitions of war were given up. The men paroled and immediately scattered. I do not believe that any of our Officers
are alive except Thos Farrow and has removed from his
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former residence in Carolina. I have not had it in power to ascertain his residence or I should have applyed to him for aid in this matter.

In your letter to Mr Gray you speak of grants or
other gift to Soldiers. When I enlisted, I believe I received thirty dollars and a promise of two hundred acres of Land and cloathing. I remember that I received some money at one time while in service [illegible] blue coat turned up with red. Over-alls as they were then called
made perhaps of white plains one pair stockings one leather cap turned up before and behind The buttons on our coats had the initials of the United States. we were so often without Shirts that I do not recollect whether I received any or not. Perhaps we received one blanket filled in part with hair mixed some with wool
or cotton. You will ask how we made out. Bad enough I assure you. I can hardly refrain my tears while I am relating these circumstances. But to return. After Peace was concluded I was
in North Carolina, where I had retired for safety as the Tories were so troublesome that we had to join one party of the other. I returned to South Carolina and found that a Land Office had been established where was desert when I left. Grants [crossed out] Warrants had been
granted, and all the Land surveyed (as they told me) that was worth granting. No attention was paid to the Soldiers claims. Being young and without money [illegible] shaped my course to George and settled where I now reside. I have no knowledge (as before state) of the act of 1778, as one of the requisites which you require.

Mr. Gray says in his affidavit that I was a Sergeant. That part I do not claim. After we had been separated for twenty years he came and settled in this County and found me in office. This is the only reason I can give for his mistake. But I send it to you just as it is with his letters.  I have not been able to see him since the law was passed and you must judge from what is before you of the justness of our claims, allowing for little inadvertencies from the length of time since we were in service and He being an old man and I expect very infirmed.
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I should have been more forward in this business but from the opinion I entertained of your requirements I concluded it impossible to comply with them. I knew of no person living to whom I could refer but a few othr soldiers and these I conceive to be party at interest. But in a conversation, while looking over the law, some were of the opinion that common repute was sufficient to send on to Mr Gray and he delayed until now. I had lost all [word crossed out] expectation of being benefitted by his testimony. I shall send on my testimony to aid Mr Gray. He is extremely poor and could he obtain relief, it might keep him of the Parish

You may think I am tedious and that I have a good memory but Sir the thoughts of our youth are better recollected than acts that passed ten days ago an [paper folded] when I bring to mind the perils in the Wilderness, Per [word possibly "periods" but unreadable due to folded page]
of hunger, in nakedness, in cold, ofttimes in danger of losing my life. Riding expresses to the frontiers to search out Spies in cane breaks. Oh my Dear Sir could I see you face to to you to relate what I cannot put on this sheet, you would want no further testimony except to comply with the law

You can enquire of Mr John M Berreen our Senator in Congress who is personally acquainted with me

I am Dear Sir yours with Respect
Simeon Lewis

Hon Richard Rush

PS Should the evidence which I have produced, be deemed sufficient to establish my case Will you be good enough to forward what is coming to me by mail Observing to cut the bills in two
and send one part of them first, and upon the acknowledgement of the receipt of that part send the other and you will greatly oblige 
Yours truly S L

Pleas to [illegible]

Byrdwell
Burke County
Georgia
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Birdsville, GA 
Revolutionary Claims
January 15-
free

Hon Richard Rush
Washington City

[text written upside down at the bottom of the page]
Simeon Lowrey
for Joseph Gray _ 663
Rec 26 Jany 1829
2591
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Wilkinson County Ga July 25th 1828

Dear Sir
By the hand of Mr Tindall I received your letter of the 14th inst in relation to our claims on the General Government for Revolutionary service which I sincerely thank you.  I have examined the papers to which you refered me and have the satisfaction to inform you that you were mistaken as to the requirements of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the proof of our service

It is only necessary that 2 persons should swear that it is "generally believed "we ser [word smudged] we must set forth in the declaration of which you have seen the form. And again
we enlisted during the war so that no difficulty can arise on that ground

Our Captains name was Tutt & the
Regiment was commanded by Genl Moultrie

The name of the Brittish officer to whom
we were given up was Cruger, but this
information I presume will be of no
benefit  I have already made application to the Secretary of the Treasury, but
have not, nor do I expect to receive an
answer under 3 or 4 weeks, we can then
ascertain whether or not our claims will be sustained and I accord with you in opinion
that we should petition Congress if they are not. I am dear Sir yours sincerely,
the
Thomas Gray

[This page was scanned on top of another page so the margins and last line are actually from a different letter.  The last line from the other letter that is indicated here reads as follows:]

are alive except M. Farrow and has removed from his
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Irwinton Ga
25 July
12 1/2

Simeon Lowry Esquire
Birdsville
Burk County
Ga

Mail }}
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Before me James Neal, a Justice of the Inferior Court of the County of Wilkinson in the State of Georgia personally appeared this day Thomas Gray of said County who made oth [oath] that Simeon Lowry of the County of Burk in said State who hath applied for the benefit of an
Act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & Soldiers of the Revolution passed 15th May 1828 enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the revolution for & during the war and continued in service until its termination at which period he was a Sergeant

Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 30th
day of December 1828.
James Neal J.J.C.

Thomas Gray x his mork

[This paper was scanned laying on top of another paper and the bottom of the other paper is showing on this page.  That paper reads as follows:]

of pensions of South Carolina.  We the soldiers saw no Officers
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Simeon Lowry
Geo.

Suspended see let. [possibly letter]
R S Gamble Oct 1 '35

Admit as private 2 years
Capt Benj'a [Benjamin] Tutt, SC

State troops ___$80 =
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Georgia}
Jackson County}
Personally came before me Levi Lowry
& Saith on oath that in the month
of June 1777 himself & his brother Simeon Lowry enlisted in the revolutionary War under Capt Benjamin Tutt in the Independent Company in South Carolina & was stationed at Fort Rutledge in the State of South Carolina
forty miles in front of the Inhabitants &
remained there for the term of three years Except when on other duty. The officers of the Comp [companhy] was Benjamin Tutt Capt Richard Tutt first Lieutenat Thos Farrow [Thomas Farrow] Second Lt. James Huggins Ensign Nicholas Clawshure Sergant Major Michael Shaffer orderly Sergant. He Simeon Lowry remained in the service until the fort was taken by the British in the year 1780

Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 17th June 1835
Wm Bryant J.P.

Levi Lourey

Georgia}
Jackson County}
This is to cerify that I have been acquainted with Levi Lowrey for the Term of thirty years & know him to be a man of Credit given under my hand this 17 June 1835
Wm Bryant J.P.
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Georgia
Jackson County 
I Sylvanus Ripley, Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that William L. Bryant whose name appears Signed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace for said County and all his acts as such are entitled to due faith and credit
Given under my hand and seal of office at office this 17th day of June 1835
Sylvanus Ripley C.J.C.J.C
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Georgia}
Jackson County}
I Sylvanus Ripley Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Perry Bowen whose name appears Signed to the within certificate is as a Justice [of said County is crossed out] the Peace of said County and that his acts as Such are entitled to due faith and credit

Given under my hand and seal of office at office this 17th June 1835
Sylvanus Ripley J.J.C.J.C.

I certify that I am acquainted with Sylvanus
Ripley that he is clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County and that the above is his certificate 22nd September 1835
Roger L Gamble
late member of Congress for Geo.
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Georgia}
Jackson Cty}

Personally appeared before me Perry Bowen an acting Justice of the piece for said Cty., Charles Gunter who being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that he enlisted in the Cirvis [service] of his country in the revolutionary war at Fort Rutlidge in South Carolina to the best of his recollection in the year 1778 in Captain Benjamin Tutt's Company & Richard Tutt was first Lieutenant Thomas Farrow SeconD James Huggins Ensign Nicholas Glawsure Sargent Major Michal Shaver Orderly Seargant and when he went into the cirvis [service] Simeon Lowery was in the same Company and he the said Simon Continued their until the fort was taken by the British in the in the year 1780 Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 16th of June 1835
Perry Bowen J.P.
Charles Gunter his mark
[The signature of Charles Gunter mark is also written but crossed out on the left side]

This is to certify that I have been acquainted with Charles Gunter Twenty years and he is a
man of credit and is to be fully [illegible] on in
any and every thing he says given under my have
this 16th June 1835
Perry Bown J.J.
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Birdsville, Geo Revolutionary claim
January 8 --1 free--

The Hon'ble Rich'd Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City D.C
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1460

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
29 January 1829

Simeon Lowrey of ____ in the County of Burke
in the State of Georgia has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in Captain Tutt's company, in the ____ regiment of the S Carolina
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary,
F A Dickins

Act Rev File No 31.826

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2nd February 1829

It further appears that Simeon Lowrey is [inserted word "not"] now on the pension list of any agency, and has [inserted word "not"] been so since the 3d March 1826

The name of Simeon Lowry cannot be found among these of the South Carolina line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued

Peter Hagner [illegible]
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War Depart: Bounty land Office
6 May 1829.

The records of this Office do not show that Simeon Lowrey of the So Carolina line ever
received or is entitled to bounty land of the
United States
Robert Taylor
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1460

I Simeon Lourey of Burke County and State of Georgia do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the revolution in the State of South Carolina and continued in service until the fall of Charleston say about three years, and after the fall of that City our company was given up as prisioners of war and paroled and so continued until peace was concluded. I was enlisted in Captain Benjamin Tutts company and was told that our company was attached to the Regiment commanded
by General Moultrie, as to the eight Dollars which I was entitled to by act of Congress 1778 I never received nor ever heard of such a law, and I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States and further that I was a private in said Company
Simon Lourey

Georgia }
Burke County ⎬ 
Before me James Torrance Justice of the Inferior Court, duly empowered to administer
Oaths in the County of Burke in the State of Georgia personally appeared this day William Gray and Matthew Spain of the said County who did severally make oath that Simeon Lourey by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner therein Stated. Witness my hand this 5th day January 1829.
of
William Gray
Matthew Spain
James Torrance JJCBC
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I Jesse Cox Clerk of the Inferior Court in the County of Burke in the State of Georgia do hereby certify that James Torrance before whom the foregoing Affidavits were sworn was
at the time a Justice of the Inferior Court of this County duly empowered to Administer Oaths

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private Seal there being no Seal of Court this Fifth day of January in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and Seventy Nine
Jesse Cox, Clk J.C.B.C.