Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6488, for Thomas Lowe, Virginia
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Service                                Number
Va.        Lowe, Thomas.     R. 6488
               Mary
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4611
North Carolina
Thomas Lowe
of Rockingham in the State of N. Car:
who was a Sergt in the compy commanded
by Captain Woods of the Regt commanded
by Col. Stephens in the Va:
line for 2 years from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 120 Dollars ____ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Jan: 33
and sent Hon: A H.
Shepperd. House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832-
[$]180 -
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33
[$]60
$240-

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 8 -- Page 35
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State of North Carolina
Rockingham County
On this 29th day of August personally
appeared before the Worshipful Court of pleas and quarter
Sessions held for the County and State aforesaid Thomas Lowe
a resident of Rockingham County State of North Carolina
aged Seventy Seven 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 1776 with John
Lowe Peter Frances others and served in the 10th Regiment of the Virginia
line under the following named officers. He was en-
enlisted by Lieutenant Hugh Woodson in Capt Tarlton Woodson Company and
first joined 10th Regiment of the Virginia line. Col. Edward Stephens, afterwards transferred to
6th Regiment he believes under Col. Green, was serving under Col Hall when
discharged which took place at Trenton, on the 19th December 1779 which
said discharge he filed in the auditors office in Richmond Va. He was
appointed quarter Master Seargent soon after he entered  in the service by Colo Rusd
in which capacity he served until his discharge. He enlisted in Cumberland County Virgi-
nia [Virginia] in December 1776 and was born and raised in the same county.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
Sworn to and subscribed to this day and year aforesaid
Ro. Gallaway cc
Thomas Lowe

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states

I Robert of the Court of pleas and quarter
sessions of Rockingham County NC
do hereby certify that 
the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
Thomas
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Thomas Lowe for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 30th day of August 1832
Ro. Gallaway CCC

State of North Carolina
Rockingham County

Thomas Lowe of Rockingham County
State of North Carolina maketh the following
affadaved as an additional proof to that he
set forth in his declaration to let that he has no
recollection of the amount he received as the
balance due him for services in Augt 1783 that
he was well acquainted personally with most
if not every man in the Regiment & does
verily believe that he was the only nam of
the name of Thomas Lowe, in the Regiment during
the [illegible] 3694 of his Continuances
[illegible] and
that he was quarter master Sergeant that 
the great length of time has placed an
further proof entirely out of his power
Thomas Lowe
Sworn to & Subscribed before
Mr Wm H Lowe a Justice of the
Peace for said County the
11th day of Jany 1833
[illegible signature]

State of North Carolina
Rockingham County

I Robert Gallaway
Clerk of Rockingham County Court do hereby
certify that Wm H Lowe is an acting Justice of
the Peace for said Court that due
faith & credit should be given to his
official acts as such
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand [illegible] the seal of said Court of
Rockington [illegilbe] Jany [illegible] 1833
Ro Gallaway
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State of North Carolina
County of Rockingham ⎬S.S.

On this the twenty fourth
day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty two (1852)
personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of
the aforesaid County now sitting, Richard N. Lowe, a resident
of the aforesaid County and State, aged 39 years, who, being first
duly sworn according to law, declares on his oath, that he is the
legally appointed, administrator of the Estate, of Thomas Lowe
deceased, a late revolutionary Pensioner, and that he makes this
declaration, in order to obtain arrears of pension under the
provision of any act of Congress, to which this claim may be appli
-cable, Viz. That the said Thomas Lowe, was placed on the
Pension Roll of the agency of North Carolina in the month
of January in the year 1833, at the rate of one hundred
and twenty dollars ($120) per annum for services, as Sergeant
in the Va. Cont'l Line in the war of the revolution with Great
Britain, and that he continued to receive, the above rates
of pension, until the fourth (4th) day of March
Eighteen hundred and thirty five (1835); That said Thom
-as Lowe, died in the County of Rockingham State 
of North Carolina, on the twenty seventh (27th) day of
October Eighteen hundred and thirty five (1835) leaving
a widow, and children (five) alive. He further declare
that the said Thomas Lowe, was married to his wife
Mary Lowe, in the County of Cumberland, in the
State of Virginia, on the twentieth (20th) day of February
in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty three (1783)
by a Protestant, (Church of England) Minister named
Christopher McCray, who was duly authorized by
law to perform and administer the rites of Matrimony
and that the name of the said Mary Lowe, previous to
marriage was Mary Holman, in proof of which he
refers to the affidavit & which will be herewith presented
He also declares that the aforesaid Mary Lowe, Widow
of Thomas Lowe deceased, survived her husband, until the
thirteenth (13th) dfay of May, in the year Eighteen hun
dred and thirty nine (1839) when she also died in the County
of Rockingham in the State of North Carolina, at the
age of 78 years, that the said Mary Lowe, never again
married, but remained a widow until her death as afore
said: He also declares that the following named children
are the only surviving one of the aforesaid Thomas Lowe
and Mary Lowe deceased, Viz William H. Lowe, was
born 9th day of November 1783, Cinthia Wardlow was
born February 3rd 1790, Ruth Massey, was born the 30th
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of November 1792, John H. Lowe was born 31st April 1797
Elizabeth Whitsett was born March 11th 1799
He further declares that he has no other proof of the marri
age and deaths of the said Thomas Lowe and Mary
Lowe; that the name of the said Thomas Lowe, is not on the
Pension Roll of the agency of any other State, than the
one aforesaid, and that he makes this declaration in
order to obtain and pay over as administrator of the
deceased to the aforesaid children, whatever arrears
of Pension, may have been due the said widow at the
time of her death,
Rich N. Lowe [illegible]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above
mentioned
W. B. Carter Chairman

And the said Court do hereby certify that the
said Richard N. Lowe, is the legally appointed administrator
of Thomas Lowe, deceased, a late resident and Revolutionary
Pensioner, of this County That he is a highly credible
person, and that his above statement in regard to the
marriage, death &c. of Thomas Lowe and of Mary
Lowe is entitled to credit
W. B. Carter Chairman

I, Thomas B. Wheeler, Clerk of the County Court of the
aforesaid County and State, do hereby certify that the
foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Richard
N. Lowe, administrator of Thomas Lowe decd for
arrears of Pension; And I do further certify that the
said Richard N Lowe, is the legally appointed ad
-ministrator of the said Thomas Lowe decd and for the faith
-full performance of his duties, as such, he has given
to the said County Bond and sufficient Security for the
sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500)

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
Seal of the above Court
of Record on this the 24th
day of February in the
year 1852.
T.B Wheeler Clk

Date of marriage & death of widow at first improperly
states is best attentions were made by the Adm of
the [illegible]& made before the Court to [illegible]
to evidence affidant
T. B. Wheeler Clk
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Mary Lowe, dec'd
wid of Thomas.
N.C.
Act 7 July 1838
Let July 2. 1852

Evans & Fant
Present
6488
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"Married by Christopher McRae on the 20th day of
February 1783. (Twentieth day of February Seventeen
hundred and eighty three,) Thomas Lowe and
Mary Holeman"

State of Virginia
Cumberland County to wit. ⎬ I B.B. Woodson Clerk
of the County Court of Cumberland, in the State of
Virginia, do hereby certify that the above is a
true copy of the register of the marriage of
Thomas Lowe and Mary Holeman, (with the except
-tion of the date written which
is in fair legible
figures) taken from the records of the said
Courts

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name, and
affixed the seal of the said Court
at office, this 1st day of March
1852
B.B. Woodson C.
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Harry Z. Tucker
Stokesdale N. Carolina
Jan 17-1933-
I.L.L.

Thomas Lowe -- R. 6488
The record of Thomas Lowe, furnished also, is obtained from
the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 46488, based
upon his service in that war.

Thomas Lowe was born in Cumberland County, Virginia, the date
of his birth not stated, and lived there until the time of the Revo-
lution.

He enlisted in December, 1776 in Captain Tarleton Woodson's
Company, Colonel Edward Stevens' 10th Virginia Regiment, was appointed
shortly afterwards quartermaster sergeant, served as such under Colonel
Green and was discharged at Trenton on December 19, 1779, at which time
he was under Colonel Hall.

After the war, the soldier lived some years in Cumberland County,
Virginia, after which he moved to Rockingham County, North Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30,
1832, at which time he was seventy-seven years of age; he resided then
in Rockingham County, North Carolina.

Thomas Lowe died October 27, 1835 in Rockingham County, North Caro-
lina.

The soldier married February 20, 1783, in Cumberland County, Vir
ginia, Mary Holeman. His widow, Mary Lowe, died May 13, 1839 in Rocking-
ham County, North Carolina, at the age of seventy-eight years. The date
and place of her birth are not stated.

Five children of the soldier, Thomas Lowe, and his wife, Mary,
were living in 1852; William H. Lowe, born November 9, 1783; Cynthia
Wardlow, born February 3, 1790; Ruth Massey, born November 30, 1792; John
H. Lowe, born April 31, 1797; and Elizabeth Whitsett, born March 11, 1799.

One Richard N. Lowe was a resident of Rockingham County, North 
Carolina, in 1852, at which time he was thirty-nine years of age. He was
administrator for estates of both the soldier and his wife, Mary Lowe, no
relationship to the family stated.

The soldier, Thomas Lowe, stated that one John Lowe enlisted with
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him in 1776, no relationship, however, stated.

Yancy Holeman, brother of Mary (Holeman) Lowe, was living in
Rockingham County, North Carolina, in 1852, at which time he was ninety-
two years of age.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

Ist page in R.W. claim of Thomas Carter - S. 8150
furnished same day
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Record & Pension Office
541692
Mar 10 1889
War Department

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WASHINGTON.
March 2, 1899,

Rev. George G. Smith,
Vineville, Macon, Georgia.

Sir:
Your letter has been received requesting to be advised as to
whether a land warrant has been issued for the service of one
Thomas Loise in the Revolutionary War.

In response thereto I have to state that the Commissioner
of Pensions, to whom your letter was referred, reports that he has
caused a very careful search to be made in his office, but that the
name of Thomas Loise has not been found on the Revolutionary War
pension or bounty land records filed therein.

In this connection it is proper to add that such of the
original muster and pay-rolls of the Revolutionary War, and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on
file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department, in this
city, where application can be made by you for information touching
the officers under whom Mr. Loise served in the Revolutionary War.

Very respectfully,
E. A. Wilcock
254.
Secretary.
254.
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Macon Geo.
I regret that I wrote the name of
the party so indistinctly. It is
Thomas Lowe who was a Sergeant
in a Virginia regiment and receive
a land warrant in 1785 from the
Commonwealth of Va. I am sure he
received a pension from the United States
but am unable to say positively. I
and sure he resided when the Pension
was granted in Rockingham Co N.C
I shall be greatly obliged for
further information Please addup
Rev Geo G Smith Vineville Macon Ga

[illegible]
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OW
RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
WAR DEPARTMENT
March 10 1899
541692 

Vineville, Macon, Ga.
, 189

Thomas Lowe
St Co.___ Reg Va

Rev. Geo. G. Smith replies to
a letter from Dept of the Int.
in answer to his inquiry as to
which land warrant was
issued to this man

WRAPPER.
see 496248
( 515 )


O3 Address: " Chief of the Record and Pension Office,
War Department, Washington, D. C."

Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Washington, March 10, 1899.
Respectfully transmitted to
The Commissioner of Pensions,
for whom this communication appears
to have been intended.

War & Navy
Mar 11 1899

US Pension Office
Mar 11 1899

BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
F. C. [illegible]
Chief of Office

(300c)
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Stokesdale, N.
January 3, 1932
Veterans Administration
Washington D. C

My dear Sirs
Will you please
give me what information
you have relative to Thomas
Lowe and Thomas Carter, two
Revolutionary War soldiers of
Rockingham County, North Car?
These soldiers were pensioned
Yours very truly
Harry Z. Tucker

Received
Jan 5 1933
Mail [illegible] DIV,
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305- The Vance Apts
Raleign N.C.
April 18 1921

Will you kindly give me all data
connected with Thomas Lowe
as Pensioner from N.C.  I 
think from Orange or Granville
County  I oblige
Mrs. Cornelia A Norris

send
R6488
only one of
N.C.

US Pension Office
Apr 20 1921
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Apr 20 '99
Rev Geo G Smith
Vineville Ga

1921, May 13 hist to Mrs
Cornelia A Norris- En.

1933- Jan 17- Hist to Harry Z Tucker
I.L.L.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
6488
Nancy Lowe
Rejected
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No. 14.643
Mary Lowe dec'd
widow of Thomas.
N. Carolina

Let Evans & Fant 
July 2. 1852

Rejected, same Oct 13/52
Not a widow '32, not alive '62

R6488
Act 7th July 1838
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
R 6488 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19 ___

In reply to your request of ____, received ____
for a statement of the military history of Thomas Lowe
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Dec 1776 

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
to Dec 19, 1779
RANK.
S M Sgt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Tarlton Woodson
COLONEL. Edw. Stephens
[Col] Green
[Col] Hall

STATE.
Va

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland Co Va
Date of application for pension, Aug 29 1832 His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Rockingham Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, 77 born in Cumberland Co Va

Remarks: Sol. Mar in Cumberland Co Va Feb. 20, 1783
Mary Holeman or Holman He d, Oct. 27. 1835 in Rockingham
Co NC and she died there May 13, 1839.
Children Wm. H. b. Nov. 9, 1783 - Cinthia Wardlow b. Feb 3
1790 - Ruth Massey b. Nov. 30, 1792, John H b. Apr 31, 1797 &
Elizabeth Whitsett
b. Mar 11, 1799

Respectfully,
Commissioner

no need to mention rejection of
children's claim only legal.
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Rich'd N Lowe
Adm'n of
Thomas Lowe dec'd
for Arrears of Pension.
Revolutionary Pension
claim.

Evans & Fant
Washington City
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Thos Lowe died 1835
Mary Lowe died
13 May 1839
Children
Wm H Lowe
Cinthia Wardlow
Ruth Massey
Jno H Lowe
Elizabeth Whitsett
R N Lowe
Adm

Entitler shows not a
widow in '32, & died not [illegilbe]
until '42
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Washington, Aug 4th 1852

Sir
We herewith enclose the
evidence required in your letter of
the 2d July 1852 in the case of Mary
Lowe, Widow of Thomas of North
Carolina, [illegible] Act July 7th 1838.
We presume that this fully meets
the requirements of the Pension Office
and hope soon to receive the Pension
certificate
Very respectfully
Evans & Fant

James E. Heath Esq
Comm of Pension
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Washington, April 3 1852
Sir
We herewith enclose the papers
in the case of Mary Lowe, deceased
Widow of Thomas Lowe deceased
As the said Thomas Lowe was a
Revolutionary Pensioner, his paper will
show his services and therefore deter
-mine the act under which the said
claim should be aforted
Very respectfully
Evans & Fant
James E. Heath Esq
Coner of Pensions
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from 1776 Sagt [sergeant]
2years
$120
Thomas Lowe
amended Declaration
[illegible]
for it [illegible] attention
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I certify that Thomas Lowe who has
made the accompanying declaration has
been known to me for at least ten years: that
I have often seen him attending the Court of Rocking
-ham as a person and in conversations have fre
-quently heard him talk of his revolutionary
service: his character for honesty and truth
is as good as that of any man, and from my
knowledge of him & his general character I have
the fullest confidence in the cuten [certain] truth of his
statement made in his declaration
A H Shepherd
23 May 1833
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Evans & Fant
Act 13/52
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GC

Pension Office
Oct 13 1852

Sir
I have examined the claim of Mary
Lowe dec widow of Thos of N.C. and re
jected it. Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 and lived until 1835.
She died before the passage of the Joint Res
-olation
of Aug 16 1842. Her children of
coarse, have no claim-
Misters Evans Fant
Present
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Supplemental declaration
of
Richard N Lowe
Admn of 
Thomas Lowe dec'd
for
Arrears of Pension
Act 7th June 1832
or 4th July 1836
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State of Carolina, Rockingham County ⎬ SS.

I T.B. Wheeler Clerk of the County Court of said
County do hereby certify that the within contains the original
proceedings of an said Court at the February time in the matter
of the supplemental declaration of R.N. Lowe for areas of
pension due Mary Lowe dec. That the same have been sanc
tioned by our said Court and admitted to Record and that
Robert M. Napier Esq. who has certified the annexed affident of
Yancy Holeman, and W.B Carter Esq. Chairman of said Court, and
acting Justices of the peace for said County duly commissioned, and that 
the within are their genuine signatures. I also certify that the said
court is a court of record.

In testimony whereof I have here-
unto subscribed my hand and
affixed my seal of the said
Court at Office in Wentworth
on the 16th day of March 1832
T.B. Wheeler Clk
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Affidavit of Yancy Holeman taken to accom
pany application of R. N. Lowe administrator of Thos
Lowe des [deceased] for Arrears of Pension &c

This affiant states that he is now ninety
two years of age is a Revolutionary Soldier (whose application
is now before the Department for pension) and
for many years was acquainted with Thomas Lowe
deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner some 14 or 15
years prior to his death - that they were both residents
of Cumberland County, Virginia, during and subsequent
to the Revolution - that said Thomas Lowe was mar-
ried in Cumberland County aforesaid on the twentieth
day of February Seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783)
to Mary Holeman (Sister to the affiant by one Church of
England Minister named Christopher McCray and
that he (the affiant) was present at said Marriage
that said Lowe removed some years afterwards to the
aforesaid County of Rockingham, North Carolina, and
there lived until the twenty seventh (27th)  day of October
in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five (1835) when
said Love died in the said County of Rockingham
that his widow Mary Lowe Survived him until
the thirteenth day of May in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty nine (1839) when the then
said Mary Lowe also died in said County &
State at the age of nearly eight years. That he
(the affiant) being requested to do so, did, a few
months before the death of said Mary Lowe
illegible]
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give an affidavit in favor of said Mary
Lowe who was then about to apply for a con-
tenance of her said husband's pension under a law
which had been, just the year before, passed by
Congress, but that her death, as he verily believes, pre-
vented the further prosecution of her applica-
tion. He further declares that the following 
are the names of all the surviving children
of said Mary Lowe and Thomas Lowe Viz.
William H. Lowe aged 68 years - 
Cinthia Wardlow aged
62 years - Ruth Massey aged 61 years - John H. Lowe aged
55 years and Elizabeth Whitsett aged 53 years and
that Richard N. Lowe is the legally appointed ad-
ministrator of the Estate of said Thomas Lowe
dec.- And he further declares that he is in
terested in making this affidavit and that said Mary
Lowe remained a widow till he died
Yancy Holeman. x his mark

State of North Carolina- Rockingham County
It is hereby certified that the above named-
Yancey Holeman did, on this 25th day of February
in the year 1852 personally appear before me, and
after being duly sworn according to law, did
declare that the above statement concerning the mar
riage of Thomas & Mary Lane &c. &c. is true and
correct. And I further certify that said Yancy Holeman
a resident of this County, is about 92 years of age, is
highly credible witness, and that he is unable from
bodily infirmity to attend Court.
Robt H. Napier
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Supplemental Declaration
State of North Carolina, Rockingham County,
February Term, Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions

On this 27th day of February 1852, personally appeared
in open Court before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
for the said County, now sitting, Richard Lowe
resident of said County, aged 39 years, who, being
first duly sworn according to law, declares
that he is the identical Richard N. Lowe who did
qualify as administrator of Thomas Lowe deceased
at November Term of the year 1835, and as such
did make a declaration before the aforesaid Court
on the 24th of this present month February 1852, for
arrears of pension due widow of said Thomas
Lowe at the time of her death; and that he
makes this additional declaration in order to sup
ply an omission in his first declaration viz that
he had previously made every necessary reach and
inquiry after the Family Bible Record of Thomas
Lowe and Mary Lowe deceased, but was in
formed that said Record had been lost or de
stroyed some ten or twelve years since, and that
it had not been found, that in making the
necessary inquiries he could only obtain the ages &
births of the different children which are stated in
his prior declaration, and that the Family Records
of said children did not contain the record of the 
death of either Thomas Lowe or Mary Lowe. He
now declares that being unable to find, authenti
cate and send on to the pension Department
the
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the said family Record of the marriage and death of the
deceased parties, he trusts that the affidavits of re-
spectable persons who were present will be suffi
cient; and that, if required to do so, he can
furnish the affidavits of a large number of
citizens and neighbors attesting the periods
of the death of both
R. N. Lowe 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year above mentioned
W. B. Carter clerk

Also personally appeared before the said
Court on this 27th February, 1852. Charles Roper
an old and respectable resident of the county aged 70
years, who, being first duly sworn according to
law, swears that he knew Thomas Lowe
dec a late Revolutionary pensioner of this County
and his wife Mary Lowe for many years pre-
vious to their death-- that he was of near neighbor
to them, and was present at the death of Thomas Lowe
On the 27th October 1835, and that his widow [illegible]
vince him until the 13th day of May 1839, when
she also died - that he was present at her funeral
on the next day the 14th May 1839, and at her bu
-rial on the evening of the same day. He further
declares that they left five children viz: Wm
H. Lowe- Cinthia Wardlow - Ruth Massey
John H. Lowe and Elizabeth Whitsett all
of whom are
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of whom are now alive, and are well known to
him (the affiants): that the said Richard N Lowe
is the administrator of said Thomas Lowe deceased
and that he, (the affiant) is one of his sureties in
the Bond of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) for
the faithful performance of his duties as such,
and that in making this affidavit, he is
disinterested.
Charles Roper

Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year above mentioned
W. B. Carter Chairman

And the said Court hereby declare
their opinion, after hearing the evidence, that the
said Thomas Lowe and Mary Lowe died as
above stated;
and the said Court do
further certify that the aforesaid Richard
N. Lowe and Charles Roper are residents 
of this County, are credible persons, and
that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. B. Carter Chairman
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Additional Declaration
of
Rich'd N. Lowe
Administrator of
Mary Lowe dec.
for
arrears of Pension
due children

Filed by
Evan & Fant
August 4, 1852
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State of North Carolina
County of Rockingham ⎬ SS.

Before me Thomas Roach a Justice of the peace
in and for the aforesaid County & State,
per
sonally appeared Richard N. Lowe, a resi
dent of said County & State, aged 50 years, who
being first duly sworn according to law, de
clares on oath, that he is the identical Richd
N. Lowe, who, at the February 1852 Term of the
Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions for the aforesaid
County, did make a declaration or several
declarations as the administrator of Thomas
Lowe deceased, for the purpose of obtaining
whatever arrears of pension were due the heirs
of said Thomas Lowe; and, that having re
cently heard by a letter from the Pension Office
dated 2 July 185[2] that "the pension is due the
children of said Thomas Lowe in right of their
mother," Mary Lowe, who died on the thirteenth
day of May in the year eighteen hundred &
thirty nine (1839), and that said arrears
of pension must be paid to the administra
tor of said Mary Lowe, he, (the declarant)
does now declare that he (the said declarent)
was or had been also appointed administrator
of said Mary Lowe at the may term
of
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of said Court of the aforesaid County, in the
year eighteen hundred & thirty nine (1839)
and as such does now apply, ac-
cording to the requirements of the Pension
Department, for whatever arrears of the pension
may be due the surviving children of
said Mary Lowe, the number & the
names of said children at the time
of her death, being as follows
William H. Lowe,
Cynthia Wardlow,
Ruth Massey, John H. Lowe, and Eliz
abeth Whitsett, in proof of which
he refers to the certificate of the
Clerk of the aforesaid Court, which
will be annexed according to the
requirements of the Pension Office, and
that he is interested only as administrators
R.N. Lowe Admn
of Mary Lowe dec..

Sworn to and subscribed before me
On this 29 day of July 1852, and I do
certify that the said Rich'd N. Lowe is a credible
person, and is now confined by sickness and
unable to attend in open Court to make this
declaration
Thomas Roach J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Rockingham County, towit.

I J. B. Wheeler Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter sessions for the said County, do certify
that Thomas Roach esquire who has certified the fore
going declaration of Richd N. Lowe, is a Justice of
the peace for said County, duly qualified & commis
sioned, and that the above is his genuine signature
I do also certify that the said Richard N. Lowe
was appointed and duly qualified as administrator of
Mary Lowe dec. at the May term of said Court, in
the year eighteen hunted and thirty nine (1839) and
that on examining the papers connected with said ap-
pointment, it appears that said Mary Lowe dec'd
in said County on the thirteenth 18th day of May
in the year last mentioned (1839), and that the fol
lowing named children survived her, the said Mary
Lowe, Viz: William H. Lowe, Cynthia Wardlow, Ruth
Massey
John H. Lowe and Elizabeth Whitsett.

In testimony wherof I
hereunto set my hand and
affix the seal of my
office, at Wentworth
On this 30th day of July
in the year 1852.
T. B. Wheeler C C C.