Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8951, Miles Hollowell, N.C.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
N.C.

Hollowell, Miles
                  Ann

NUMBER W8951

CONTENTS
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22.209
Kentucky
Miles Hollowell
of Trig Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the com [company] commanded
by Captain Ballard of the regt [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Eaton in the N. Carolina
line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Oct 
1833 and [sent to] Wayman Crow Cadis

Arrears to the 4th of Sept [1833] – 75.00
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar [1833] 15.00
$90.00
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 13
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Kentucky 8116
Ann Hollowell
widow of Miles Hollowell
who was a Private 
in the N. C. Line
Husbd [Husband] died Feby 6 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars – 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
15th day of March 1847
and sent to James J. Vaughan Empire Iron Works Trigg Co. Ky 

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 181

[right side of page] Repd [? Replaced]
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{ 677 }

FAMILY RECORD.
    
[right side of page] MARRIAGES.

[left side of page] MARRIAGES. 

Miles Hollowell was married to Ann Smith[wick?] March the 27th day 1792

Salley Hollowell the daughter of the above was Married to James McGough February the 16th day 1812

Whitby Hollowell the son of ditto was Married to Margaret Larkins October the 5th day 1813

Penelope Hollowell the daughter [crossed out] the daughter of ditto was married to William Larkins October the 19th day 1819
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FAMILY RECORD.

{ 678 }

[left side of page] BIRTHS. 
The Ages of the Children of Miles Hollowell and Ann his wife are as follows:

Whitby Hollowell was the born January the 14 day 1793 

Irvin Hollowell was born February the 4th day 1796 
*
Noah Hollowell was born September the 27th day [1799 crossed out] 1798 

Sovreign Hollowell was born March the 7th day 1801

Penelope Hollowell was born July the 31st day 1804 

Leucretia Hollowell was the born September the 20th day 1806

Salley Hollowell was born the same date of Irwin Hollowell

[right side of page] BIRTHS. 
Eliziann Hollowell was born January the 20th day 1809 

Mary Hollowell was born June the 11th day 1812 

Adlineann Hollowell was born the 27 day of September 1814 

Lott Hollowell was born March the 7th day 1817

Julyann Hollowell was born August the 13th day 1820
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And that she has remained a widow ever since the period of her husbands death

Sworned [Sworn] to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written

Mordecai Fowler J P 
Jas. J. Vaughan 
Ann [her x mark] Hollowell

State of Kentucky} 
Trigg County} I Mordica [Mordecai] Fowler a magistrate in and for the County & State aforesaid, do certify that Ann Hollowell, the foregoing declarant is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to appear before any Court of Record to make the foregoing declaration. I further certify, that she is the widow of the within named, Miles Hollowell, who was a pensioner of this County, and that he died, at the time set forth in the foregoing declaration. I also certify that the paper hereunto attached is a leaf. I have this day cut out of the family Bible of the aforesaid Miles Hollowell, and contains, the Marriage of the Aforesaid, Miles & Polley, and also the ages of all his children, and was set down by the sd. [said] Hollowell, in his own proper hand writing and was kept by him, until his death, and since it has him kept by his widow Ann Hollowell. 

Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of April AD 1846 

Mordecai Fowler JP
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86 4R 

Declaration 

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled an act Granting pensions to certain widows 

State of Kentucky} SS
Trigg County} On this 8th day of April 1846 Ann, Hollowell a resident of this County & State aforesaid Aged Seventy Three years, Personally appeared before me Mordica Fowler, one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County She being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay [^ & pensions] to certain widows[.]

That she is the widow of Miles Hollowell, who was a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Thirty Dollars pr [per] Annum. That was late a resident of this County [.] She further declares that she was married, to the said Miles Hollowell, On the 27th day March 1792, and that her husband, the aforesaid, Miles Hallowell, Died on 6th day February 1843. That she was not Married to him, prior to his leaving the Service, but the Mariage [marriage] took place previous to the first day of January 1794., Viz, at the time above stated
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[written sideways] Miles Hollowell 25372

State of Kentucky Trigg County, SS. 

On this 13th day of May 1833 personally appeared before the County Court of Trigg County Kentucky Miles Hollowell a resident of said County and State aged 72 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 [he repeated] was [^ Born] in Pergimans [Perquimans] County North Carolina , on the 4th February 1761, as he was informed by his Parents. He has no record of his age. That he lived in Martin County N.C. when he enlisted in the service of the U.S. about the 1st August 1780, and rendesvoused [rendezvoused] at Wake Court House, his captain was John Ballard, the Colo [Colonel] was Thomas Eaton, General Allen Jones Commanding - he was marched through Guilford Old Court house & Salisbury & after getting beyond Salisbury was taken sick & had to be sent to Salisbury, he there was under the care of Doctor Gibson, General Butler commanding he was discharged in November or December 1780 by General Butler in Salisbury, his discharge he lost not thinking it was of Sufficient value to take care of.

That he entered again into the service
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of the United States in said Martin County N.C. in February 1781 as a Substitute for one Wm [William] Duggan for three months, his Officers were Lieutenant Colonel, Kenneth McKenzie, Capt. Benj. Hardison, Major John Everett, & Colonel Whitmell Hill he marched through Halifax, to Butler Camp near Hillsborough, where he joined Butler & Eaton's Brigade, went from thence crossing Haw river & joined General Greene's Army & was under the command of General Saxton, was in the Battle near Guilford Old Court house on the 15 March 1781, after which he marched to high rock ford [High Rock Ford] on Haw river, thence to Ramsey Mills, he was there under General Brickle thence to Halifax in pursuit of the British, where he was put under Continental Officers Captain McCoach & Col. Benj. Coleman, thence to Kingston, thence to Richland Chappel [Richmond Chapel] on New River where they were joined by General Caswell-- he was there discharged (after serving) considerably longer than his tour [^ in September] by Colo [Colonel] Coleman, his discharge he sent to the Comptroller's Office of N.C. for 7 years afterwards, with a view of getting pay & it - was returned for consequence of some informality & torn up by him. He resided in Martin County North Carolina from his infancy until 1811 & moved from there to the place he now lives at Trigg County
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Kentucky - In all his service he was out not less than nine months, He is known to the Revd Wm [Reverend William] Young Chas Kenedy, Philip Smith, Judge Presly Slaughter, and the Honorable Chittenden Lyon of his neighborhood who can testify to his general character for veracity & their belief of his services in the Revolutionary War[.] He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first written 
Miles Hollowell 

I Job Cherry residing in Caldwell County Ky do hereby certify that I was acquainted with Miles Hollowell who has subscribed [word crossed out] and sworn to the above declaration that I beleive [believe] him to be 72 years [^ old] that I resided in the same neighborhood in which he did during the Revolutionary war, & that I know him to have been absent from his home about the period, he mentions in his declaration, furthermore I have heard two of my brothers state that they were in the service with him, that he is reputed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have Served in the Revolutionary war, & that I concur in that opinion, 

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Job [ his x mark] Cherry
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I William Young a Clergyman residing in Trigg County Ky do certify that I am well acquainted with Miles Hollowell who has Subscribed and Sworn to the foregoing declaration that I beleive [believe] him to be 72 years of age, that he is reputed & beleived [believed] in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, & that I concur in the opinion[.] 
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Wm Young 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the before mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, & served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Wm Young who has signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate is a Clergiman [Clergyman] resident in Trigg County & that Job Cherry who has signed the preceeding [preceding] Certificate is a resident of Caldwell County & that their Statement is entitled to Credit.

Levi Lancaster
T C Frayser
Blake Baker 

I, William Cannon Clerk of the Trigg County Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Miles Hallowell for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 14th May 1833. 

Will Cannon, CTCC [Clerk Trigg County Court]
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No 25372 Miles Hollowell Trigg County Kentucky 

from 1780 private 
9 months 
$30 

Wayman Crow Cadis, Trigg County Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSION OFFICE

183

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 show 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, (these:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Miles Hollowell Trigg County Kentucky

[column headings: Period when the service rendered: Duration of the claimant’s service. Year Month Day: Rank of the claimant: Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.: Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service, Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

Entered Augt [August] 1780 / about 5 months / private / {Genl [General] Greene; Capt [Captain] Ballard, Colonel Eaton, Gnl [General] Allen Jones 
Age at present 72 years / place when he entered service Martin County N. Carolina 
Proof of declaration Traditionary, paper correct

Entered 1781 / 4 months / private / {Lt. Col. McKenzie, Cap [Captain] Harrison, Major Everett 

Battle Guilford Ct House

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 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, musicians 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 of} ss.
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: 
[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 country 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. 
[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. 
1               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 day and year aforesaid. 
[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 bis 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 all 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.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 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 he 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 enquiry 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 trans nit 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. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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    . For     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 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 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.
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Miles Hollowell's widow, Ann, was allowed pension on her application executed April 8, 1846, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and a resident of Trigg County, Kentucky.

The names of their children [were crossed out] are shown as follow:

Whitby Hollowell -born January 14, 1793, married October 5, 1813, Margaret Larkins
Irwin W " [Hollowell] " [born] February 4, 1796
Salley " [Hollowell] " [born] February 4, 1796, married February 16, 1812 James McGough
Noah " [Hollowell] " [born] September 27, 1798
Sovreign " [Hollowell] " [born] March 7, 1801
Penelope " [Hollowell] " [born] July 31, 1804, married October 19, 1819, William Larkins
Leucretia " [Hollowell] " [born] September 20, 1806
Eliziann" [Hollowell] " [born] January 20, 1809
Mary " [Hollowell] " [born] June 11, 1812
Adlineann " [Hollowell] " [born] September 27, 1814
Lott " [Hollowell] " [born] March 7, 1817
Julyann " [Hollowell] " [born] August 13, 1820

No further family data are shown. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Ann Hollowell, widow of Miles Hollowell, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 

Ann Hollowell, widow of Miles Hollowell 
Certificate #8116 
Issued March 15, 1847 
Rate $20.00 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1843 
Acts of March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844 
Kentucky Agency. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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March 18, 1940. 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 

BA-J/CC 
Miles Hollowell 
W. 8951

Mrs. G. B. Bingham, 
Cadiz, Kentucky. 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Miles Hollowell who served with the North Carolina troops and later lived in Trigg County, Kentucky. 

The data which follow were obtained from pension claim W. 8951, based upon service of Miles Hollowell, in the Revolutionary War.

Miles Hollowell was born February 4, 1761, in Perquimans County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Martin County, North Carolina, Miles Hollowell enlisted about August 1, 1780, served as private in Captain John Ballard's company, Colonel Thomas Eaton's North Carolina regiment, marched through Guilford Old Court House and Salisbury and after leaving Salisbury was taken sick and sent back to Salisbury, was under the care of Doctor Gibson, and was discharged in November or December 1780; enlisted in February 1781, served as private in Captains Benjamin Hardison's, [^ next tour Co. Col. Whitmell's N.C. regt. & in Capt McCoach's Co. Col. Benj. Coleman's N.C. Regt., was in etc] and McCoach's companies, Colonels Whitmell Hill's and Benjamin Coleman's North Carolina regiments, was in the battle of Guilford Court House and was discharged in September 1781. 

He resided in Martin County, North Carolina from infancy until 1811, when he moved to Trigg County, Kentucky, where he was residing when allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1833. He died there February 6, 1843. 

Miles Hollowell married March 27, 1792, in Martin County, North Carolina, Ann Smithwick, she was also referred to as Polley. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
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[left side of page] 1940 – Mar, 18 Hist [History] to Mrs. G. B. Bingham, C K [Cadiz, Kentucky]

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 8951
Ann Hollowell
Wid [Widow], of Miles Hollowell 
Pvt. N. C. line

Act: Mch, 3d/43 [March 3rd 1843] & June 17/44 [June 17th, 1844]
Index: - Vol. A, Page 344

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Miles Hollowell Ky Act 7 June 1832 $30 per ann [annum] 
To what [Illegible] was he last paid? 

G C A
Pension Office} 
March 12 1847} Paid the 4th Sept. 1842 
B L B
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J. J. Vaughan 
22 Decr [December] 1846
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471

Pension office
Decr [December] 22, 1846 

Sir
The case of Ann Hallowell has been examined. Her husband was allowed a pension for nine months served in two tours one of five months and the other of four months. The present information of this office is [crossed out better than it was when this allowance was made, and is known] that the militia tours seldom exceeded three months. The Comptrollers certificate does not sustain the whole time which he claimed, but if his widow will accept a pension for one months [^ service] no objection will be made to allowing one for that the amount. 

James J. Vaughan} 
Littleton N. Carolina
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Empire Iron Works Ky} Paid 10
Feby 2nd 1847}  

Jas L Edwards Esqr [Esquire]
 Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City D. C

[written sideways] Feb 10 1847 Rec’d Ann Hallowell
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Trigg County Kentucky 
January 29th 1847

J L Edwards Esqr 
Sir 
I recd [received] your Letter, under date of 22nd Decr [December], Last, it was forwarded to me from NC, In the case of Ann Hollowell, applicant for a Pension. She is willing to accept a Pension for six months, service, as is proven before the Deportment in wright of Her Husband Miles Hallowell, who was a soldier in the war of the revolution. You will please enclose me her certificate, by return Mail if possible. I shall leave hear [here] soon for No [North] Carolina. and want to attend to, before I liave [leave]. 
I am respectfully 
your Obt Servt. [Obedient Servant] &c. 
Jas. J. Vaughan

Direct to Me, 
Trigg County Ky, 
Empire Iron works}
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Raleigh N C 
Compt [Comptroller] Office

I William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accounty [Accounting] in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that the name of Miles Holloway appears of record in this office as having had a Specia certificate issued in his favor for Military Service, for Nine Pounds, See Book No 18 page 30. given under my hand and seal this 1st day Decr [December] 1846. 

Wm Collins, Compt [William F. Collins, Comptroller]
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No 12812 9222 1877 

Ann Hollowell 
widow of Miles Ky [Kentucky]
act 7 July 1838
Rejected, husband died 11 Feby 1843. 
Admd. [Administered] acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 
6 mo pri [6 months as a private]
$20.00 pr ann [per annum] 
from 4 March 1843 


James J. Vaughan 
Empire Iron Works Trigg Co Ky
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12812 
Ann Hollowell 
Declaration 
row " [Widow Declaration] of Miles Ky 

act 7 July 1838 
Married 1792
Rejected 
husband died 11 Feby 1843
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State of Kentucky} 
Trigg County} I Stephen Peal certify on oath that I was well acquainted with Miles Hallowell a pensioner of the United States & Ann, whose Maiden name was Ann Smithwick, and that they were Married on 27th day March 1792, In the County of Martin, and State of North Carolina - I was personally present and witnessed the Marriage of the aforesaid Miles & Ann. I further certify that the said Miles Hollowell, Died on 6th day of February 1843 and that his said widow Ann Hollowell has not since intermarried 
Sworn to & subscribed this} Stephen [his x mark] Peal
8th day February 1846}
before me-}
Mordica Fowler J. P. 
Dennis Peal 

State of Kentucky} 
Trigg County} I Mordica Fowler & Magistrate in and for the said County & State do certify that Stephen Peal, The foregoing affiant is a Respectable inteligent [intelligent] & veracious man, & should be believed as such - Given under my hand & seal this 8th day of April AD 1846- 

Mordecai Fowler J P
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State of Kentucky} County Court
Trigg County} April Term 1846

The foregoing declaration of Ann Hollowell being exhibited in open Court, as taken, before Mordica Fowler, is Confirmed, by the Court, as though the same had been taken in open Court and the Court being satisfied, that Ann Hollowell, is the widow of Miles Hollowell, a pensioner of the United States, who died on 6th day February 1843. That she was lawfully Married to her said husband, on 27th day March 1792. It is therefore ordered by the Court, that the Clerk of our said Court Certify the same, to the war Department

State of Kentucky} County Court
Trigg County} April Term 1846

I James E Thompson Clerk of the County Court in and for said County & State, It being a Court of Probate & Record, do certify that Mordica Fowler is a Legally Commissioned Qualified & Acting Justice of the Peace, within, and for said County & was at the date of the foregoing Certificates, that the said, Certificates, and signatures, purporting to be his are genuine, and that the foregoing are the original proceedings in the foregoing and within case at April Term of
forward -
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Trigg County Court
In Testimony of which I 
James E Thompson Clerk as 
aforesaid, have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the 
seal of my office, at Cadiz 
the 13th day of April 1846

J E Thompson, CTC
By A.S. Dabney D C
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[upper right corner] paid 15

[upper left corner] Littleton NC
Sept 7

[Center] Mr. James L Edwards 
Commissioner of 
Pensions 
Washington City 
D C

[left side written sideways] 6823
Sept 10, 1846
Lucy Mattock
Jul 4 1836
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[right side] Littleton Halifax County
North Carolina September 7th, 1846

Mr. J. L. Edwards 

[indented in middle] Dear Sir 

[indented] I enclose you the Declaration [^ and papers] of Mrs Lucy Mattock, application for a Pension, and Also the auditors Certificate, you will please have it attended to as early as may be convini ent [convenient] and write me, Halifax County North Carolina Littleton Office.
[indented] I wrote you some time since upon the application of Mrs. Ann Hollowell for a Pension, you wrote me, in her case, to get the Comptrollers Certificate, Mrs Hallowell is a resident of another State, you will please - inform me, if it is necessary to get the Comp Trolers [Comptrollers], certificate in the State where the appli cant [applicant] resides or the Comptrollers certificate where the service was done, you will please inform me upon that point
[indented] and oblige yours respcy [respectfully]
Jas. J. Vaughan
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[left side] Cadiz Ky
16 May

[right side] Free

[written sideways upper middle] 25372

J. L. Edwards Esqr. [Esquire]
Commissioner of Pensions 
War Department
Washington City
D. C.

[written sideways lower left] June 4 Ky.
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[right hand corner] Cadiz Trigg County 
Kentucky, May 14. 
1833 

Sir,

I hand you enclosed the Declaration of Miles Hollowell & Absolem Humphries for a pension under the late Act - When a decision is made by the Depart-ment [Department] please advise me 
Most respectfully 
Your Obt [Obedient] Servant 
Wayman Crow 

J. L. Edwards Esqr [Esquire]
Com [Commissioner] Pensions
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[upper left corner] will

[upper right corner] paid 15

[upper left corner] Littleton NC
Dec 5

[Center] J L Edwards Esqr.
Commissioners of Pensions 
Washington City 
D C

[left side written sideways] Dec 8, 1846
[Illegible] case
Ann Hollowell
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[upper right corner] Dec. 5th 1846

J L Edwards Esqr [Esquire]

[indented in the middle] Sir
I Enclose you the Comptrolers [Comptrollers] Certificate in the case, Mrs Ann Hollowell an appli cant [applicant] for a Pension, in write [right] of her husband Miles Hollowell, a Pensioner, the Comptroler [Comptroller] informs me, there is several books, yet to examine, having the legislator to attend to, it has prevented his Examining all the books, you will please write me as early as posible [possible]. I expect to be in Washington City in a [few] days, if so I will apply to give in person, your very repecy sert [respectful servant]

[right side of page Jas. J. Vaughan

N B Direct to Littleton}
Halifax County NC-}
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[indented] Cadiz, Ky 

Veterans Administration 
[crossed out] War Department 
Revolutionary War Div.
Washington, D.C. 

[circular stamped upside down on right side] RECEIVED FEB 28 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 12 VETS ADM

Gentlemen: 
Will you please send me the pension data on the application records of Miles Hollowell, a Revolutionary soldier of Trigg County, Ky. 
I believe he served in North Carolina line 
Thank you. 
Mrs G.B. Bingham