Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,444, Samuel Boles, Del. Md. Privateer
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SERVICE                                       NUMBER           

Del                Boles, Samuel    W.10,444

Md           or  Bowles           BL.Wt.30,615-160-55
 
                or  Bowels,               
                                
Privateer                  
                               Nancy
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[Left side]

Letter to Hon A G Harrison on 28 May 39
Same person of [Soth crossed out] Cir to Pen Agents 15 July 1809.

To Missouri from 4 Sept 1838. 11 Aug 1839-Notification to Hon A. G. Harrison., Fulton, Missouri

Paid at the Treasury from under the Act of the 7th April 1838, from 4 Sept 1838 to  4 March 1839. Agt notified 26 July 1840

Lets to P Agt & Hon L. F. Lewis, June 20. 1840.
do to W Selden Treas, July 14. 1840.
do to Hon. L. F. Lewis July 23.1840.
do J. S. Henderson Aug 17. 1840.
same June 8. 1841.
let: 26 July 41for J. C. Edwards

[Right side]

Missouri 7224
Kentucky [crossed out]
Samuel Bowels of Bourbon in the State of Kentucky who was private in the company comma by Captain Hall of the  ____________ comma by Col Hopewell in the Deleware and for 2 years      & Privateer

                   & Md.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars   ________ Cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Marc 1833 and Sent to J. M. Arnold Clk Paris Ninth

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00
                                                        ______
                                                     $200.00


Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
[above enclosed in section signs]
Recorded by Daniel Boyd    Clerk.
Book E  Vol.7   Page 3
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Vol B2 page 114 [on left page]

184 334 Abstract 163
July 5th

Nancy Bowles
Nancy Bowles
Sarah Bowles
Samuel             Private
Capt Mitchell

rect
DC
No 30615 issued 3/56 [written on the diagonal over the above]

Revolutionary War
Rect 
act 2 February 1853

Ealy 53-5198
AO:160 acr June. 6/56
Boyton

Jas S Henderson
Fulton, MO
Ha [written vertically to the left of the name]
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5198
Missouri
Nancy Bowles
widow of Samuel Bowles 
Del
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 22d day of May 1855 and sent to C. C. Tucker
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 3, 1853, Page 196 Vol. A 
(32)
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Maryland Worcester County Sc:

I hereby certify that it appears from the records of my office, that on the twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fiften a marriage license was issued by the Clerk of Worcester County Court for the Marriage of a certain
Samuel Bowls and a certain Nancy Powle according to the provisions of the Act of Assembly
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of the
Circuit Court for Worcester County this fourteenth day of October in the year
of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty
four
Edward D. Martin Clk.
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19239
Sam Bowles
Kentucky



from 1775 final 
a year.

$80

 J M Arnold clk
Paris
Bourbon Co
K
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Brief in the case of Samuel Bowles 
County of Bourbon in the State of Kentucky 
(Act 7th June, 1832)  

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

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

3.  How old is he?  82

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Column headings:  Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served]
[Column headings below above headings: Years. Months. Days. As a. Gen.]
In 1774 or 5. 1. __Private. Capt Hall
1776.  _8. _. Privateer. Capt Cordery
1777. _6. _. Private. Capt Purnell
drafted. 1778. .9. -. ". Capt Long, Col Hopewell.


5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Lewistown, Trenton.

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Delaware.

7.  Is his statement spported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary


8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correctca

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the se above mentioned.

Chs W. Forrest
               Examining Clerk
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State of Missouri
                                  [section sign]
County of Calloway for 
On the 24th day of June 1839 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Calloway, personally appeared Samuel Bowles, who on his oath declared that he is the same person who person who formerly belonged to the Company Command by Captain Solomon & serving in the Regiment Command by Colonel  ____.  The name not recollected in the service of the united States, that his name was placed before the pension roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Missouri where he intends to remain and wishes his pension there payable in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from Kentucky to Missouri, that all of his children have settled in the state of Missouri, and that he wishes to reside with of near them.
Sworn to subscribed before me the day & Year aforesaid [section sign] Samuel X his 
                                                mark
Bowles witness   Isr Grant         J. B. Grant JP
I William F Powell Do swear that Samuel Bowles whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit, and who has taken the above oath, is the same person ascribed in the above and foregoing affidavit.  Sworn to & subscribed before me this day & Year aforesaid J. B, Grant JP [section sign] William F Powell
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State of Missouri
                              [section symbol]
County of Callaway for

I I B Grant; a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Do hereby certify that William F Powell the subscribing witness to the foregoing affidavit of Samuel Bowels is a respectable pensioner, and for varacity stands unimpeached, and that full faith is and ought to be given to his oath of Identity.
Given under my hand this 24th day of June 1839
I. B Grant JP  

State of Missouri                      
                              {section symbol}
County of Callaway for 
Israel B Grant
Clerk of the County Court within and for the County aforesaid Do Certify that J.B. Grant and whose name is subscribed to the above and foregoing certificates is and was at the time of making and signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that full faith is due and right to be given to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of office  in Fulton this 24th day of June 1839 & in the 19th year of the state.
Israel. B. Grant clk
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19239
Samuel Bowles

Pension Claim



Post Office

Paris Kenty
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State of Kentucky 
                                 [section sign] ss
County of Bourbon
On this the 13th. day of November 1932 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Bourbon Circuit Court Samuel Bowles a resident of the County & state aforesaid aged 82 years the 17th. day of March next who being first duly sworn according to Law, forth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States and under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  In the winter of the years 1774 & 1775 at Lewistown Sussez County state of Delaware he volunteered for 12 months & served that time; He was under the command of Capt David Hale who had the command of 100 men & was stationed at Lewistown to guard that place & then Cape Melson.  He remembers that whilst in this service an American Schooner was on the cape & an engagement took place between the British & American forces, the British  attempting to siege the schooner & the Americans repelling them.  He was in the engagement in the year 1776 having removed to Worcester County State of Maryland he entered the service again under Captain James Cordery for a cruize of eight months under the command of Captain Cordery he went on Board the Privateer Buckskin; at the end of about  took prize of the end of about six months after the commencement of the cruize, the Buckskin took prize of a Guinea ship on the Coast of the West Indies.  He was sent in among others with the prize to [illegible] Inlet at which place the prize was sold; he served out the term of eight months on Board the Buckskin whilst with the prize.  In 1777. under Captain with Nathan Purnell he again entered the service & served a term of six months.  He was stationed at the Fort at Sixapuxton Inlet; whilst serving at this place then
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British on this occasion attacked on the fort wishing to capture the vessel in the harbor but was not successful.  In 1778 he was  drafted for nine months and in Captain Solomon Long. in Worcester County State of Maryland; hehe was he thinks attached to the 3rd Regiment Commanded by Colonel Hopewell, while in this service he was at the Battle of Trenton when the Hessians were taken; He was taken sick with the camp fever during this time & lay in the hospital at Germantown about five months.  If the time he was at the hospital is included he served out the full term of nine months.  He states that he received regular discharges from his commanding officers at the end of each term of service, but that he has lost them-that he has as documentary evidence that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is o on the pension roll or agency of any state.
Sworn to subscribed the day & year afores?
Samuel Boldr

M Robert Robert M Batson a clergyman residing in the County of Bourbon & Lewis Vimont residing in the same county & in the same neighborhood when the above named Samuel Bowles lived, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Bowles who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 82 years old, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood  where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in the opinion" Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afores?
Robt M Battson
Lewis Vimont
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And the said court does hereby declare it opinion after the investigation of the matter & after further the interrogation prescribed by the war department that the afore named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & same as he states.  And the Court further certifies that is appears that Robt M Batson who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergyman & that Lewis Vimont who has also signed the same in a will as since Batson a resident in the County of Bourbon aforesaid & in their same neighborhood of said Bowles is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit.
I James M Arnold Clerk of the Court [crossed out]
Bourbon Circuit Court and do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Bowles for a pension.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 13th. day of Nov. 1832
In the 41st year of the Commonwealth
J M Arnold Clk
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Claim for Pension

Act of

Mrs.

Widow of Samuel Bowels, 
Declaration


Chas. C. Tucker
Attorney

County Court [written vertically]
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Declaration of Mrs. Nancy Bowels [we crossed out], widow of Samuel Bowels [we crossed out] a Pensioner under the Act of 1832.
For Revolutionary Pension under Act of

State of Missouri in the county court of Callaway
                                                                           ss
County of Callaway
 
On this 16th day of October 1854, personally appeared before Thomas B Harris clerk of the county court of the County and State above named, Mrs. Nancy Bowels [we crossed out] a resident of the county of Callaway in the State of Missouri aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed                               granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.  That she is the widow of Samuel Bowels [we crossed out] who was a Revolutionary Pensioner in Bourbon County, Kentucky under the Act of 7th June 1832, at Eighty dollars per annum, as  Private of the Delaware Line, whose Pension Certificate dated 16th. March 1833 she has sent to her Agent at Washington City to present with her claim, and such other evidence as can be obtained.

She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Bowles [we crossed out], on the 15th day of February 18' [crossed out] A. D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifteen at County of Worcester & state of Maryland by Hall a preacher of the gospel that her name before her said marriage was Nancy Powell and that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Bowels died at the County of state of Mo of Callaway on the 16th day of May A.D. 1841 and that she has remained a widow since the death of her husband.
                              Nancy Boles 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me, in open court
Thos B Harris Clerk [brace symbol to the right of the above words]
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Know all Men by these Presents, that I, Nancy Bowels - of the
County of
Callaway and State of Missouri
do hereby constitute and appoint
Chas. C. Tucker, of Washington, D. C., my true and lawful agent and attorney, for me, and in my name to prepare and
prosecute my claim for a Revolutionary Pension by reason of the services of my deceased husband; and I hereby empower
my said attorney to examine all records and documents in reference to said claim on file in the Departments at
Washington, to file additional evidence and arguments, and to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the
premises, with full powers of substitution. Hereby revoking and countermanding all former powers of attorney that
may have been given by me for the above specified purpose.
Witness my hand and seal this 16th
day October 1854
Nancy Boles
State of Missouri--
County of Callaway
Be It Remembered that on this 16th
day of October 1854,
personally appeared before me, Nancy Bowels and acknowledged the foregoing power
of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal the seal of the Court
at office this date above written
B Hams Clerk Callaway County Court
CLAIM FOR PENSION
Act of
Mrs. Widow of Samuel Bowels
Declaration
-
CHAS. C. TUCKER,
Attorney
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184334
[illegible]
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State of Missouri
County of Callaway ⎬S.S

On this 21st day of
June AD One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid, Nancy Bowles (aka Boles or Bowels)
aged --- Eighty ---- years a resident of Calloway County in the State of Missouri. Who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Samuel Bowles deceased ---- who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Mitchel in the War of the Revolution in the Regiment of no not Known commanded by name of Colonel not Known refer to Pension papers in the said War of the Revolution. that her said Husband enlisted or volunteered at Worcester County Maryland on or about the not known day of A D  not known for the
term of six  months and continued in actual
service to said war for the term of six months
and was honorably discharged at not known
On the not known day of not Known AD. not know she further states that she was married to the said Samuel Bowles in Worcester County Maryland on the ---- day of date not Recollected AD ----by One Doctor Hall - a minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Nancy Powell - that her said Husband Died at Calloway Count Mo. On the ---- day of May AD 1841 and that she is now a widow she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the
act approved March (illegible) 1855. she further
States that in consequence of having forgotten
the names  of some of the Officers and the dates required in some cases, she wishes  to refer you to her declaration and affidavit now on file in the Pension Office

(continued page 2 - with relevant witness names Miranda Newsom, Henry Newsom, Elizah Adams, Wm F Powell)
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(continuation of page 1)

in which she as the widow of  (cross out) my said Husband Samuel Bowles claimed a pension under the act of February 2nd 1853 and received a Certificate dated 22nd day of May 1854, for Pension of Eighty dollars per annum during her natural life to commence on the 3. February 1853 - and in which statement on file, Will be found all the necessary evidence of my marriage & the death of my said Husband - --- that I have no public or (illegible blot) in possession of my  said Marriage

Nancy Bowles (signature)

 
We  Elijah Adams and Henry Newsom
residents of Calloway County in the State of Missouri upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged Nancy Bowles  in our presence and that be believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be ---- and that we have no interest in this claim ------
Elijah Adams
Henry Newsom


We Wm F Powell and Miranda Newsom 
Residents of Calloway County State of Missouri
do solemnly Swear that we are well acquainted with Nancy Bowles , widow of Samuel Bowles deceased  that we reside near neighbors to the said  Bowles , that we know the fact that she is still the widow of the said Samuel Bowles
never married since his death - that we sworn 
also the fact  of the Death Said Samuel Bowles
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that he died on the - day of May AD 1841
that we were each one of us well acquainted with him in his lifetime, having resided near neighbors to him for several years previous to and up to the time of his death, that we individually were present at his funeral and assisted in burying him---

Wm F. Powell
Miranda Newsom


The foregoing declaration and affidavits were
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year above written and I certify that I
Know the affiants to be credible persons that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in the
Claim

Isaac P. Howe
J. P. C.C


State of Missouri      }
County of Callaway  }ss

I Thos  B Harris Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do Certify that Isaac P. Howe  whose genuine signature appears to
the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and Qualified according to  Law and full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto
signed my name & affixed the seal of said
Court at office in Fulton  this 27th day of
June A D 1855

Thos B. Harris Clerk
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( 3 tabs of paper)

1st

Rev WIDOW, &C
File No.. 104444
Nancy Bowles
Widow of Samuel
Pri Rev War

Act:  Feb 3rd "/53

Index:---Vol.  A     Page   73

(Arrangement of 1870)


2nd tab

5393
Nancy Bowles
Wife: of Samuel
Set to CC Tucker  January 12 "/55
Act of "/58


3rd tab

30.615
Recorded
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Samuel Bowels. (aka Boles, Bowles) Missouri roll, act
June 7, 1832, at $80 per Annum
Be pleased to say to what
time he was sent  last 
Pension Office }
June 19. 1840} 
.
note  4 Sep 1839
TH


two to ref:: & co;
16" May, 41,
2 ordered & iden

Boyton
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Jany (sic January) 11 "1855

Nancy Bowles
Wid (sic Widow) of
Samuel

Callaway Co Mo (sic Missouri)

Act /53
$80. per annum
Com Feby (sic February) 3r 1853

Reg:

CC (illegible )
present

(Printed on the right side)

Department of the Interior,
Pension Office, Official Business
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(addressed to)

Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pension, 
Washington  D.C.-

(On top of address)

W Cole

Boyston  Jany (sic January) 11th 1833
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Revolutionary Claim

Hon. Lewis Cass. Sec (sic secretary) War
Washington Ctiy


Nov 24
KY
19239

(2 stamps)

Paris KY
Nov 18

FREE
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OPEN

Hon Secretary of War
Washington City  D.C.

Mail }

(Stamp)

Fulton Mo.
May 24
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Fulton Mo. (Missouri) May 22/48
June 5th-----

Jno S Henderson

How can we get the balance of pension due Thomas Bowels at time of his death.

S & 193(?)

Pension Office

Tho.(sic Thomas) Bowels
Mo. (sic Missouri) roll act
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Fulton Mo. (sic Missouri) May 22, 1841

Sir

Thomas Bowels 
a Revolutionary pentioner of the United States 
Died in this County few days since and
there will be something due him since the 4th of March Will thank you to inform me what
is necessary before the money can
be drawn and also to send me the
necessary blanks, for  his pension as you
Will percent was 80$ for  year to my 
attention will Oblige

Very Respectfully
Jas. S. Henderson

Hon Sec of War }
Washington       }
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Free  
A.G. Harrison

J.S. Edwards Esqr
Commi (sic commissioner) of (sic of pensions)
Washington City

(stamp left hand right corner)
FULTON MO.
June 28 (written over with July)

IW Evans
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Fulton,  June 27th 1839

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comm of P (sic commissioner of Pensions)

Sir I enclose you the within, trusting it may be sufficient for the old man to get his pension. He is so very old and feeble that he cannot write his name He is a close neighbor of mine, and having
seen him lately am well satisfied that such
is the fact. He says it was a piece of forgetfulness altogether that he used the name of Sons  in his former petition. Please attend to it 

 Yours respectfully
A. G. Harrison
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Bowles which require further proof of explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [Blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [Blank]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [Blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? [Blank]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [Blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [Blank]
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1,2,5,6,7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim pension.
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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 about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two 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 shewn [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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authorizing 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. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 11th, 18840.
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 at the Treasury of the United States," Samuel Bowles, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and [blank] Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838, to the 4th March, 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 
To the Commisioner of Pensions,
Present.
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COPIED

Pension Agency St. Lewis

May 1. 1840

Your letter of 15th January last informs me of settlement of the claim of Samuel Bowles, (aka Boles, Bowels)  a pensioner per act of June 1832, and that the sum found due, forty dollars, would be remitted to me as his Atty by the Treasurer as the remittance has never come to hand, I have thought it proper to advise you of that fact

I am Very Respectfully
Your Ob Sert

Wm C Anderson

(to) Peter Hagner Esqr
Auditor
City of Washington


Treasury Department
Third Auditors Office
May 13. 1840

Sir
In reply to your letter of the 1st instance  I have to you that in application at the Treasury. I am informed  a remittance   of 40 $  in the case of Samuel Bowles was made to you as his
attorney on the 17th January last at Saint Louis in a draft the Bank of Missouri


Very Respectfully Sir
Your obt Sert
Peter Hagner Auditor

 (to) William C Anderson Esqr
Saint Louis Mo
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Washington June 17 1840-

Sir

I herewith enclose you a letter from James S Henderson in relation to the Pension
of Samuel Bowels (aka Boles, Bowles)  you will oblige me by examining this case, and furnishing
me with the information asked for in the
letter of Mr Henderson

Respectfully
G.L. Sims

(to)

 J L. Edwards
Commr Pensions (sic commissioner)
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L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Pension Agency [illegible]
July 1, 1840
Sir
I am today in receipt of your letter of 20th [illegible] relating to the pension of Saml. Bowles. The facts are true as stated. In regard to the half year pension unpaid, the copies of letter here enclosed of enquiry and answer between Mr. Hagner & myself will explain that point. I can add that the draft for that portion of pension is still [illegible]; and to make it the more satisfactory to yourself and the pensioner, I have made inquiry at the [illegible] Bank under the possibility of the draft having fallen into improper hands and been paid, and learn that it had never been presented. My conclusion is that it had altogether miscarried.
Pensioners often and almost always apply to one & put them in a way to procure that portion of their pay receivable at Washington. In many instances they do this by letter written either by themselves or their friends, and in other instances by personal application. In answer, we point out the two [illegible],
[illegible]
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First, by the petitioner furnishing some friend either at Washington or going their with the proper papers-  Second, by authorizing me as attorney.  If he prefer the latter course, I furnish the blanks, fill them up, and endure their correctness.  If all prove right and the money be obtained, I charge $5.  We have never ever, failed, although the pensioners sometimes say that "Congress" ought to pay all expenses-  generally they seem to be content, knowing that the [ illegible] received no compensation from the govt., and finding that in this way they soon got their money, and that on the first trial.
I am, very respectfully
[illegible] Your Obt Svt
Wm. C. Anderson
Agent
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr Pensions
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Fulton, M0.
July 26, 1840
Hon J L Edwards

Dr. Sir

Enclosed will be found Wm C Anderson reply to yr. letter to Dr. Linn, from which you will discover the Draft alluded to in yr. letter has not been Recd at St. Louis according to Maj Andersons statement- Mr. Bowels is quite old and infirm and really stands in need of the money.  Will you do me the favor to inform me as early as may suit yr. convenience  of what means the money can be obtained together  [crossed out] with all necessary information on the subject
Yr. kind attention will oblige
Very Respectfully
James S. Henderson
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Brief in the case of Nancy Bowles widow of Samuel, 
Callaway County and State of Missouri.
act 3d Febry; 1853.

Claim, (original," [words crossed out]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioner under the Act of 7th June 1832, the rate of $80. per an.  Two witnesses testify to general reputation of marriage & cohabitation.
Pensioner died 11th May, 1841, as per the affidavits of two credible witnesses report of the Third Auditor.
Widowhood identity is established by the affidavits of two credible affidavits.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed sine the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
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Washington D. C. Jan. 10. 1855.

Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
Enclosed please find the chair of Nancy Bowls of Missouri, widow of Samuel Bowls. for a pension under the Act of February 3. 1853.
I have this day filed in the Third Auditor Office the Soldier pensions certificate dated March 16. 1833 and evidence showing that the pensioner died May 16. 1841. at Callaway C. Mo.

Very respectfully
Your Oct. Servt.
Chas. C. Tucker


Encl
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Washington D.C. May 10, 1855.

Hon L. V. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir.

Enclosed please find the Claims for Revolutionary Pension under the Act of Feb 3. 1855 of Nancy Boles of Missouri widow of Samuel Boles.
An early examination of said claims is respectfully requested.

Very respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Charles C. Tucker

The within are forwarded in accordance with the instructions contained in your letter of Jan. 12th.

Encl
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
January 23, 1855

Sir,
Sixteen dollars & twenty five cents will be remitted thro' you to Nancy Bowels. widow of Samuel Bowels dec. a pensioner of the Missouri Agency per Act of June 1832. for his pension from 4 March 1841. to 16 May 1841, when he died, at $80 per annum.
I am your obedient servant
Robert J Atkinson
Auditor

C. C. Tucker, Esqr
Washington, 
D.C.
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[Stamp] FULTON MO May 10 
May 28 [written over FUL on stamp]

May
No [illegible]

Free A G Harrison

James l. Edwards Esqr
Comr Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Futton, [could be Fulton, Missouri], May 14th 1839
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Court Pensions

Sir.  Enclosed is the statement of Mr. Bowles desiring a change in the place of receiving his [illegible].  You will please give it the necessary pension.  Eight months have expired since he drew his pension.  He would be glad to get a warrant for the money on the Bank of Missouri at St. Louis.
Respectfully
A.G. Harrison
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Northern Bank of Kentucky
Lexington July 23 1839

Sir

In reply to your favor of the 15th Inst I inform you that Samuel Bowles a pensioner on the roll of the agency under Act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum has been paid to the 4th day of September 1838 and as you direct will not be paid in the future at this agency
Very respectfully
Your obt Svt
M Tilford
Pens

J. L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Wm F Powell &
Thos D Boles
To Affidavit
Nancy Boles
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State of Missouri
                              ss
County of Callaway

William F Powell & Thomas D Boles being duly Sworn upon oath state that they are intimately acquainted with Nancy Boles & that they were intimately acquainted with Samuel Boles decd who was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of Congress of  the 7th of June 1832 at Eighty dollars per annum- That they know the said Nancy Boles was the wife & that she now is the widow of the sd Samuel Boles decd pensioner as aforesaid, under the act aforesaid & for the amount aforesaid & that the said Samuel Boles was formerly of Bourbon County Kentucky & that he died in Callaway Co Missouri on or about the 16th day of May AD 1841 & that the said Nancy Boles has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Boles decd-   That they have known the said Samuel Boles & Nancy Boles ^ one of them [inserted] for over 40 years & the other for about 30 years & been intimately acquainted with them during all that time & that they are not interested in the claims of the said Nancy Boles widow of the said Samuel Boles decd or them of what kind they may & that they are in no wise concerned in it prosecution
Wm. F. Powell
Thomas D Boles

State of Missouri
                             ss
County of Callaway

I Thomas B Harris clerk of the County Clerk in and for said County Do certify.  That the above named Wm F Powell and Thos D Boles, (who are personally known to me to be the Persons who appear to the above) thas [crossed out] this day was sworn to the above affidavit by me, and I do further certify that they are credible witnesses and I do not believe them interested in the claim above specified or concerned in the prosecution.
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this day of January AD 1855
H B Harris
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Declaration of Mrs. Nancy Bowels.   widow of Samuel Bowels, a pensioner under the Act of 1832.
For Revolutionary Pension under the Act of February 3, 1852.
[Written signature] Nancy Bols

State of Missouri
                               ss
County of Callaway.

On this 20th day of February 1855, personally appeared before the county court [within & for the] crossed out  of the County and State above named, Nancy Bowels, _________ a resident of Callaway County in the State of Missouri, __________ aged ____________ years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed February 3, 1853. ___________ granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.  That she is the widow of Samuel Bowels who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of June of 1832. on the Kentucky roll at Eighty dollars per year.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Bowels on the 15th day of February. _______A. D.  one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. ________________at Worcester County, Md. ___ by one ___________________ a clergyman that her name before her said marriage was Nancy Powell. _____ and that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Bowels. ______ died at Callaway Co. Mo. on the 16th day of May.________________A. D. 1841. __________ and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband. 
Nancy Boles
State of Missouri
                             ss
County of Callaway

I Thos B. Harris Clerk of the County Court in and for Said County do certify that at a County Court held in and for Said County on the 20 Day of February AD 1835 personally appeared in open court Mrs Nancy Boles and make oath to the above declaration as is required by Law and Subscribed to the Same.  In testimony which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in
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Know all Men by these Presents, that I, N            of the County of                   and State of               do hereby constitute and appoint Chas. C. Tucker, of Washington, D.C., my true and lawful agent and attorney, for me and in my name to prepare and prosecute my claim for a Revolutionary Pension by reason of the services of my deceased husband; and I hereby empower my said attorney to examine all records and documents in reference to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington, to file additional evidence and arguments, and to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, with full powers of substitution.  Hereby revoking and countermanding all former powers of attorney that may have been given by me for the above specified purpose.
Witness my hand and seal this           day          of
185 .

State of   
                   ss
County of 

On this             day of              185
personally appeared before me,             and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
 
[Written vertically]
Claim for Pension   
-----o-----
Act of
            __________________
Mrs.

Widow of 

   Declaration
______________________________
______________________________

Chas. C. Tucker, 
                           Attorney
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State of Missouri
County of Callaway,

William F Powell & Thomas D Boles bring duly sworn [illegible] their oaths declare that they have known Nancy Boles since their infancy, that one of them, William F Powell  is now about 41 years of age & the other Thomas D Boles is about 30 years of age.  
That they also knew Samuel Boles who was the firstborn of the said Nancy Boles from their infancy up to the death of the said Samuel Bole on or about the 16th day of May 1841 That they were each well acquainted with both of them all the time
That the said Nancy Boles was during all that time the wife of the said Samuel Boles, that they lived and cohabited together & were generally reputed as married.  That the said Nancy Boles is now the widow of the said Samuel Boles & hath so been remarried ever since the death of the said Samuel Boles.  That they are disinterested in the claims of the said Nancy Boles widow of the said Samuel Boles deceased as aforesaid.  That they know the said Nancy Boles who has signed & executed the above declaration is  the identical Nancy Boles who was the wife of the said Samuel Boles deceased which said Samuel Boles was a pensioner under the act of 1832 on the Kentucky Roll at eighty dollars per year
Sworn and subscribed           Wm F Powell
to before me this 20 Day       Thomas D Boles
of February AD 1858
Thos B Harris Clerk County Court
By W. J. Harris Deputy
State of Missouri & County of Callaway & Sct 
I Thomas B Harris Clerk of the County Clerk in and for Said and County.  Do certify that at a County Court held in an for Said County Do certify that at a County Court held in & for Said County on 20 day of February 1835 personally appeared in open court Wm Powell and Thos D Boles the subscription witnesses to the above and made that they are dis interested.  I also certify that they are credible and that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution.  Given under my hand & seal of said court this Day & year above written.
Thos B Harris Clk
for W S. Harris Depty