Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5459, for Shadrach Owen, North Carolina
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
N. C.

Owen, Shadrach
or Owens

NUMBER
W.5459

Born in N. C. Mary
CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] 12,678
So. Carolina & North Carolina

Shadrach Owen
of Granville Co. in the State of North Car.
who was a pri. Inftry & cav [private Infantry & Cavalry] in the Company commanded by Captain Taylor of the Regt. Commanded by Col. Locke in the North Carolina line for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of May ‘33 and sent R. B. Gilliam Oxford C. H. N. C.

Arrears to the 4th of March ‘33 - 123.32
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Sept.
 - 30.83
$154.15

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by William Miller, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 50

[right side] Transfer and J. N. Whitner May 12’36
Cir. Lea June 18 ‘36
Transfd [Transferred] to So. Carolina from 4 Sept 1835 – June 27 ‘36
see let. to Hon. R. F. Simpson, Jany [January] 28, 1845
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[# cut off]

Mary Owens
widow of Shadrach Owens N C
who served in the Revolutionary 

war, as a private of Inf. & Cavy

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 61 Dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the [crossed out - 3d February, 1853] 4th September 1840 (Ending March 14 1854)

Certificate of Pension issued 
28th day of March 1867
and sent to H. S. Wallace Yorkville So. Carolina

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 344, Vol. 26
J N Smith Clerk Sent
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Granville} Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions February Term 1833 
On this 8th day of February A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court aforesaid now sitting Shadrach Owen a resident of said County of Granville aged Seventy-two 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 Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he was born in the County of Granville on the 12th day of December 1760 & has lived in the same County without interruption; except when about on military services, up to the present time -- that the only record of his age is an entry in the family Bible, which has been preserved in the family -- that whilst living in s.d [said] County he entered the Army of the Revolution, as a drafted soldier in the militia at the Court House of s.d ]said] County in the Spring of 1777 in a company commanded by Captain Richard Taylor, being then not 17 years old -- his Lieutenant was James Hague or Hage [James Hage]. He was drafted for a tour of five months & served with his company first to Hillsboro where they joined other forces, then on towards Salisbury & in their march were joined by Colonel Locke [Francis Locke] who took command -- Leaving Salisbury they marched into South Carolina, where they joined other forces under General Butler [John Butler]. He served during this tour of Five months near the Waxhaws, but was in no engagement with the enemy -- Towards the end of his tour his Capt. was one Banks [Ralph Banks], Capt. Taylor having resigned. He received his discharge from Colonel Locke, that he has not preserved it.
He next entered the service, about the close of the year 1778 or early in 1779 as well as he can remember, as a substitute for his brother Frederick Owen, who had been drafted for a tour of five months at Granville Court House under Capt. William Gill & Lieut. William Knight. He marched with two or three companies under Colonel Thornton Yancey by Hillsboro, Salisbury & into South Carolina to a place called the ten mile house in the vicinity of Charleston. They there found a body of American troops under General Lincoln [Benjamin Lincoln] -- & under him he believes General Rutherford [Griffith Rutherford] & General Ashe [John Ashe] had commands -- After two or three weeks, they were marched to Purrysburg on the Savannah [River]. He served out the remainder of this tour performing duty in the country bordering on the Savannah River, & was in several skirmishes but
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in no general engagement. At the time of the defeat of our troops under General Ashe at Brier Creek [Battle of Briar Creek, March 3, 1779] he was stationed at a place called the two Sisters, on the Savannah River, and when his tour of Five months had expired he received his discharge from Colonel Yancey -- but he has not preserved it. The particular period of this tour can be identified by referring to the action at Brier Creek, above referred to.
In the Summer of 1780, early in the Summer he believes, he was drafted in the militia for a tour of three months, at Granville Court House under Capt. Searcy [Bartlett Searcey] & Lieut. Sherad Sims [Sherwood Simms]. He marched to Hillsboro & southwardly in S. Carolina, for the purpose of joining General Gates [Horatio Gates], but before his company reached the Army, they were met by stragglers informing them of Gates defeat [Battle of Camden, August 15-16, 1780]. They joined in the retreat, & shortly after were discharged on the Pedee River before his full term had expired, but he has forgotten from whom he received his discharge. He was again called out to make up the remainder of his term & marched from this County to the South, but before reaching the Main Army his full three months expired, & he was discharged but he does not know who gave it to him.
In January or February 1781 -- he cannot say which, he volunteered in a company of cavalry commanded by Capt. William Thomas & Lieut. Phil Thomas [Philip Thomas], raised partly in this County -- was a term of two months, & marching westwardly, they joined Colonel Malmedy [Francis de Malmedy, Marquis of Bretagne] a French officer above Hillsboro. They then marched into Guilford & joined General Greene [Nathanael Greene], just before the battle at Guilford old Court House [March 15, 1781]. The company to which this declarant belonged was not actively engaged in the action, though they formed a part of the Army. After the action his company with a portion of the Army followed the tract of Cornwallis & had a skirmish with a detachment of the British forces at Ramsey's Mills on Deep River in Chatham County. He then proceeded down the Cape Fear River & received his discharge from Col. Malmedy near Wilmington but he has not preserved it.
In the same year (viz.) 1781, & shortly after his return home in the Spring, he again entered a company of Cavalry for a tour of three months, as a substitute for his brother Frederick Owen at Williamsboro in Granville County in a company commanded by Capt. Gwinn [John Gwinn], & marched to Wake
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Court House -- to guard the assembly then sitting in that place. From that place he was sent to Halifax to guard prisoners, & then returned to Williamsboro, at which last named place he recd [received] his discharge but he does not know from whom. In the same year 1781 -- & in the Fall, he volunteered for a tour of three months in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Gideon Gooch raised in Granville County & marched to Orange County, & consumed the tour of three months in & near Hillsboro guarding Tories at that place -- & performing other duties. He recd [received] his discharge at that place but he does not now know from whom he received it. 
[The following portion of the application is in a different ink which has faded quite badly] 
His Major in was named McAuley [perhaps Major William McCauley of Orange County NC militia] For all these tours except the first, he has been able to procure unquestionable testimony -- he knows of no one living who can prove his first tour -- for that he must therefore depend on his own oath, & the clergyman's certificate. His tour under Capt. Gill upon the Savannah [River] is proven by Benjamin Hester [S6998] & he expects to get the testimony of Zachariah Hester [S7002] to the same point. His tour under Capt. Searcey he proves by David Chandler [R1847] James Gresham [W4969] & John Rice [S9064]. That under Capt. Thomas, by Benjamin Hester—that under Capt. Gwinn & Capt. Gooch by David Chandler. He refers to the Rev'd [Reverend] Willis Harris & to James Matthews for his reputation in his neighborhood &c. 

He hereby relinquishes all claim to an annuity or pension except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court 
B. Bulloch, Clk [Clerk]} PJ Shadrach Owen
S. H. Parish} Court now in Session
Thos. H. Nears}

We Willis Harris a Clergyman residing in Granville County and James Mathews residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Shadrach Owen who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy two years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion} Willis Harris 
Sworn to subscribed in open Court.} 
James [his X mark] Matthews

And the sd [said] Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Willis Harris who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman residing in Granville County & that James Mathews who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County & that their statement is entitled to credit 
B Bulcock Ch. PJ}
S H Parish} Court now in Session
Thos. H. Nears}
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Granville} February Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions A.D. 1833 – 
Personally appeared in open Court David Chandler, an aged inhabitant of said County who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith as follows -- that he is well acquainted with Shadrach Owen, the person now applying in this court for the purpose of procuring a pension as a Soldier in the Revolution & has been acquainted with him more than Sixty years -- that he knows that s.d [said] Owen served a tour of three months in the militia at the time of Gates defeat, as this affiant served in the same company with s.d [said] Owen under Capt. Searcy. That he afterwards, in the year 1781, he believes, saw said Owen whilst he was serving as a soldier in a company of Cavalry at Williamsboro in Granville County, this affiant being then of the foot service. 
That afterwards he served with s.d [said] Owen in a company of militia for a tour of three months, principally at Hillsborough, guarding the assembly & also Tories who were prisoners at that place. In this last tour they were discharged a short time before the three months had expired, but they stood as minute men, subject to being called on for the remainder of the tour. His Major in this last tour was named McCauly & the Captain Gideon Gooch & further this deponent saith not. 

Sworn to & subscribed in open court & the Court} 
do certify that said David Chandler} 
is a credible person & that his statements} 
are entitled to full credit} 
[Signed] David Chandler
Wm Sneed, JP
Thos. Willis, JP
E. Hester, JP

State of North Carolina} 
County of Granville} Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions February Term A.D. 1833 
Personally appeared in open Court, James Gresham [W4969] an aged inhabitant of said County, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith as follows, that he is likewise well acquainted with the above named Shadrach Owen, & has been both before & since the war of the Revolution -- that he served in the same company with said Owen a tour of three months in the Revolutionary War about the time of Gates defeat, in a company commanded by Capt. Searcy -- it being the same tour first named in the foregoing affidavit of David Chandler -- & further this deponent saith not. 
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court & the s.d [said] Court} 
do certify that s.d [said] James Grisham is a credible} 
witness. [Signed] James Gresham
Wm Sneed, JP
Thos. Willis, JP
E. Hester, JP
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23132

Shadrach Owen,
Granville County,
North Carolina

Admit as 
priv. Cavy [private cavalry] [Illegible] 8. 33
“ Infy [Infantry] 16 – 53.33 
$61.66

Robert B. Gilliam 
Oxford N. C.
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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 Shadrach Owen, Granville Co N. Carolina

[column headings] 
Period when the service rendered. Drafted 1777 Substituted for F. Owen 1778 & 1779 Drafted 1780 Volunteered 1781 Substituted for F Owen Volunteered

Duration of the claimant’s service. Years. Months. Days. 5 [months]. 5 [months]. 3 [months]. 2 [months]. 3 [months]. 3 [months]. 18 2 Ca/16 2 ta 53.33/8.33 [=] 61.66

Rank of the claimant. Private Cavalry do private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt. Taylor Capt. Banks Capt. Gill Capt. Searcey; Capt. Thomas Capt. Gwinn Capt. Gooch

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Col. Locke Col. Yancey Col. Malmady
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Ramsey’s Mill

Country through which he marched. Hillsboro Salisbury South Carolina Ten Mile House SC Pee Dee Hillsboro’ Guilford Halifax Williamsboro’

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 72 Granville N. C.

Evidence by which the declaration is supported. tradition Witnesses from all the services except the first tour

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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers in not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found in the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and 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 signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule to [illegible] note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Shadrach Owen

NC 
to
So C
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER

State of South Carolina
[crossed out – County] District of Anderson SS.
On this Sixth day of June 1836, before me, the subscriber, a [crossed out - Justice of the Peace] Notary Public for the said [crossed out – County] District of Anderson -- personally appeared Shadrach Owen who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the companies commanded by Captains Taylor, Gill, Searcy, Harrison George & Thomas Yancey, Moore. J. Taylor & P. Taylor in the Regiments commanded by Colonels Yancey – Moore J. Taylor & P. Taylor in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State [crossed out - (District, or Territory,)] of South Carolina where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow-are his reasons for removing from Granville North Carolina to Anderson Dist. So. Carolina for the purpose of living in the neighborhood of his Brother Frederic Owen 

Sworn and subscribed to before me,} [signed] Shadrach Owen
this day and year aforesaid.}
Joseph N. Whitner
Not. Public & Q.W. Ex. Off.

[Illustration of a hand pointing right] The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
[Illustration of a hand pointing right] The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner’s identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed. 
[Illustration of a hand pointing right] 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 be sent with the papers.
[Illustration of a hand pointing right] Mode of authenticating papers.-In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
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So. Carolina} 
Anderson District} Personally appeared Frederic Owen and being duly sworn declares on oath that the within named Shadrach Owen is his brother & did serve in the Companies mentioned within and that he is well satisfied he is the identical Shadrach Owen who has been placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina –
Frederic [his X mark] Owen
Joseph N. Whitner Notary Public

I certify that I am well acquainted with Frederic Owen & have him for a number years. He is a respectable Citizen of our District, of Revolutionary reputation, & of undoubted Veracity - This 6th June 1836 – 
Joseph N. Whitner Not. Public 

The State of South Carolina 
Anderson District - I Van A. Lawhon Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Com Pleas for Anderson District certify that Joseph N. Whitmer is a Notary Public for said District and that the foregoing certificate with his signature are genuine
Given under my hand & seal of office this 6th of June 1836.
Van A. Lawhon C. C.
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Declaration
To obtain the benefit of the pension law of the United States passed February 1853.

State of South Carolina}
District of Anderson} On this the 10th day of November A.D. 1853, personally appeared before Herbert Hammond Judge of the Court of Ordinary in and for the District aforesaid Mrs. Mary Owens a resident of the District and State aforesaid aged sixty four years in December next who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the day of February AD. 1853. That she is the widow of Shadrack Owens who was a private in the war of the Revolution of the United States against Great Britain, but as she intermarried with the said Shadrack Owens long after the close of the war she is unable to state with any precision or detail the length or character of his services. though she has often heard him speak of his services and she thinks he claimed to have performed at least three tours of service. The next important knowledge in her possession in regard to his services is that he drew a pension regularly amounting as the deponent believes to about the sum of Sixty One Dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum. She further knows that he had the reputation of being a revolutionary soldier and having faithfully served his country and this Deponent verily believes that he was a revolutionary soldier. She further states that she was married to the said Shadrack Owens in Granville County in the State of North Carolina by one Alexander Smith a magistrate for that County on or about the 24th day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty five. That her maiden
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name was Mary Stevens and after her intermarriage with the said Shadrack Owens she lived with him as his wife from the time of her said marriage till the day of his death which occurred on or about the 24th day of July in the year One thousand Eight Hundred and forty three. That she is now and has continued to be since his death a widow, and that this is the first and only application she has made for a pension under the act of 1853, or any other act, except to draw the money due her late husband at the time of his death to wit from the 4th of March to the 24th July 1843, at which time she surrendered her husbands original pension certificate and she presumes the same is now on file in the Pension office and she refers the department to it as proof of the services of her husband - she also submits that the surrender of the former certificate of her is evidence of her being the widow of Shadrack Owens. 
Attest James L. Orr 
Mary [her X mark] Owens 

The above declaration was sworn to and subscribed before me in open Court the day and year above written and I do hereby certify that the widow of Shadrack Owens who has subscribed the above declaration is a woman of good character and her statements are entitled to credence.
Given under my hand and seal of office the day and year above written 
Herbert Hammond 
Judge of the Court of 
Ordinary Anderson Dist.
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State of South Carolina}
Anderson District} Personally appeared before me Frances Owens the wife of Anderson Owens who deposed on oath that she was present and witnessed the solemnization of the Marriage between Shadrack Owens (now deceased) and her Mother Mary Stevens in the County of Granville and State of North Carolina. That the marriage was solemnized by Alexander Smith on the 24th of December in the year 1825 according to the best of this deponents recollection of dates. That about ten years after their intermarriage they removed to Anderson District in the State of South Carolina. That after their intermarriage Mary Owens had one child to wit Martha Owens, who has intermarried with Azariah Lollis. That the sd [said] Shadrack and her mother Mary continued to live together as husband & wife until the death of the said Shadrack which occurred in the year 1843. That his widow has never intermarried with my other person and still continues a widow.
Frances [her X mark] Owens

Sworn to & subscribed before} 
me this 9th November 1853} 
and I further certify that} 
Francis Owens is a woman of good character and her statements are entitled to the credence of the Pension Office. 
James L. Orr 
Not. Pub. & Ex off M.A.D.
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South Carolina} 
Anderson Dist.} Personally came Thomas H. McCann before me and deposed on oath that he was well acquainted with Shadrack Owens and his wife Mary Owens. That the said Shadrack was a Revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. up to the period of his death, that this deponent knows the fact because he prepared his papers every six months to draw his pension Several years before his death. That he died in the year 1844 or thereabouts and left surviving him his widow Mary Owens the person who makes the foregoing declaration, that she is still a widow never having married since the death of her late husband. That Shadrack and her self resided together as husband and wife and were so reputed in the neighborhood, that they raised one child a daughter, whom the said Shadrach acknowledged to be his lawful heir and that the sd [[said] Mary Owens who makes the forgoing declaration is the widow of Shadrack who was a Revolutionary pensioner.}
Sworn to & subscribed before me}   Thos H McCann
20th Nov 1853 & I further certify that}
the said Thos. H McCann is a man of} 
respectability & veracity}
James L Orr 
Not. Pub. & Ex off M.A.D.

South Carolina} 
Anderson} I Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court of Sessions & com pleas certify that James L. Orr before whom the two foregoing affidavits were made was & is a Notary Public duly authorized to administer oaths and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine - Given under my hand & seal of office this 20th day of Nov 1853
Elijah Webb
CCSHPD
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State of South Carolina}
Anderson District} 
On this day of October A.D. 1866 personally appeared before me John W Daniels Clerk of the Court and acting during a vacancy occasioned by me death of the former occupant as Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the said District and State, the same being a Court of record; Anderson Owens 70 years old a resident of Anderson District State of South Carolina who being duly sworn by me according to law declares that he is the administrator duly qualified and appointed by law of the estate Mary Owens decd [deceased] who was the widow of Shadrach Owens and who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Charleston So. Ca. and whose pension certificate is herewith returned No 3251 dated 17 Dec 1853. 
And he further swears that his mother in law Mary Owens died on the 1st day of March A.D. 1864 at the residence of her daughter Martha Lawless near Williamston P. O. Anderson District So Ca. and was buried at Pisgah Church Yard, and at the time of her death She was according to the best of his knowledge about 75 years of age, and he further swears that she never intermarried but remained the widow of Shadrach Owens up to the time
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of her death. and that from the first day of January 1861 up to the Fall of 1863 she lived at her home near Equality P. O. in this Dist. and at that time she removed to the house of her daughter his [Martha] Lawless where she died. And that during this time her means of subsistence were procured from an unexpended balance of her pension drown previous to the war and from her services in the neighborhood as midwife. and he further swears that she did not encourage the rebels or manifest a sympathy with their cause, and that he often heard her express her opposition to Secession and the war and he knows that she never gave up her attachment to the Government of the United States. And he further swears that he has never bore arms against the United States and that he never in any manner voluntarily encouraged the rebels or manifested any sympathy with their cause and that he was a poor man living contented and happy and was opposed to be Secession of the Southern States from the union and the rebellion and that he expressed these sentiments to his neighbors. 
And he further swears that to the best of his knowledge Mary Owens was last paid her pension on the 4th day of March 1861. 
And he further swears that his wife Frances A. Owens and Robert Stephens of Pickens District
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S. C. [crossed out - Children, a former husband], and John St. Stephens of Hart County, Georgia Children by a former husband and Martha Lawless the daughter of her last husband Shadrach Owens are her only children and heirs at law and that she never had any children but those four.
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of the name of Mary Owens to the pension rolls and of obtaining a new certificate for such amount as may be found due to her for the benefit of her children and heirs above named and that the said amount may be made payable to him as administrator such as she may be entitled to under existing regulations reference being made to the evidence already on file in the pension office to substantiate her original claim. 
And he further swears that he does hereby constitute and appoint A.J. Wallace of York District So. Ca. his true and lawful attorney for him and in his name to prosecute this claim for the arrears due Mary Owens decd [deceased] and that he does hereby authorize him to do all necessary acts or deeds in the prosecution of said claim and to receive and receipt for all monies which may be found due to her.

Anderson [his X mark] Owens
Also personally appeared Col. James Long
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and Rev J.B. Long residents of Anderson District So. Ca. gentlemen whom I certify to be of the richest standing and respectability and entitled to full credit who being by me duly sworn say that they were present and saw Anderson Owens adm [administrator] of Mary Owens decd [deceased] make his mark to the foregoing declaration. 
And they further swear that they were intimately acquainted with Mary Owens for thirty years before her death and they know from their own personal knowledge that she was the widow of Shadrach Owens and that she was a pensioner of the United States up to the beginning of the war and that she lived near them up to a few months before her death and that she died as stated above in the declaration on the 1st day of March 1864 and was buried at Pisgah Church one half mile from James Longs residence and two miles from Rev. E. Z. Long and E. Z. Long Lucas that he loaned his buggy to Frances A Owens to go to Mr. Lawless where her mother [died] and to accompany her remains to the grave and that he furnished help to dig her grave. And the further Swear that they both have heard her express her sentiments freely and fully in opposition to the Secession of the south and the year of the rebellion and they believe she monitored her loyalty to the Government of the United States unchanged up to the time of her death and they further
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swear that they have been intimately acquainted with Anderson Owens as a near neighbor for thirty years and they know that he is the Son-in-law of Mrs. Owens decd [deceased] the husband of Frances A. Owens and they swear that he has never borne arms against the United States and that they have always understood from him and others and have always believed that he was opposed to the Secession of the South and the war of the rebellion and that he was and is still a poor man and they further swear that they have always understood and believed that Frances A. Owens Robert Stephens and John H. Stephens and Martha Lawless were opposed [to] the war of the rebellion and that they are intimately acquainted with them and they have never heard that they in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with their cause. And that the persons above named are the only children and heir at law of Mary Owens and that she never to their knowledge had any other children, and that from January 1861 up to the time of her death she was supported by the balance of her pension on hand at the time and her services in the neighborhood as Midwife. And they further swear that she had not intermarried but lived a widow of Shearach [Shadrach] Owens up to the time of her death. And they further swear that they know that she was the identical Mary Owens widow of Shadrach who was a pensioner.
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And they further swear that they have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim 
James Long
E. Z. Long

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 1st day of October 1866 and I do hereby certify that I am satisfied of the entire corrections of the facts set forth in the above application Col James Long and Rev E. Z. Long are men of as high standing or Anderson District affords and I further certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in this claim. 
And I further certify that I am Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions acting Judge of the court of Ordinary according to a law in such cases made and provided during a vacancy occasioned by the recent death of the former occupant and I further certify that the words “and Martha Lawless" were interlined before signing.
I further certify that the above declaration was read over in my presence and hearing to the Applicant Anderson Owens before he made his mark and I certify that I am fully satisfied from the evidence of Col James Long and Rev E. Z. Long that the parties mentioned are the legal heirs of Mary Owen decd [deceased] and that according to the laws of this State (South Carolina) the amount due should be paid to them in equal shares. 
Seal John W. Daniels
CCS & Acting OAD
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Revy WIDOW, &c. Own

File No. 5459

Mary Owens
Widow
Shadrach Owens
Privt Inf & Cavry [Private Infantry & Cavalry]

Act: Feb. 3d, 1853
Index: - Vol. M, Page 106

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[left side written sideways] afft. [affidavit?]

[right side] 3251
South Carolina 
Mary Owens 
widow of Shadrack 
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a priv. of Inf. & Cavy

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 61 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 

Certificate of Pension issued 17th day of Decr [December] 1853 and sent to Hon. J. L. Orr H. R Paid to Sept 4/60 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 145 Vol CC
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Will the 3d Auditor state time of death of pensioner, and when paid? & oblige.
Repectfully, 
Yr ob svt [Your obedient Servant]
S Cole
For Comm - 
F. Burt Esq}
3d Auditor}
Dec. 14. 53}

Shedrack [Shadrach] Owen, Act 1832 
$61.66 per ann. deced [deceased]
24 July 1844, paid 

F Burt 
Auditor
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

3251

South Carolina 
Mary Owens 
widow of Shadrach
who served in the Revolutionary war as a private {Infantry & Cavalry

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day Decr [December] 1853 sent to Hon. Jas. L. Orr House of Reps

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 145 Vol. A. 

32
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Anderson

Letters} Mary Owens Decd [deceased]
of}
Administration}

Copy
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

{U. S. Revenue Stamp One Dollar}
State of South Carolina,} 
Anderson DISTRICT} 

BY John W. Daniels C.C. Sct, Esq., Ordinary of Anderson District. 

TO Anderson Owen 

WHEREAS Mary Owen, late of Anderson District, deceased, lately died intestate, having whilst she lived, and the time of her death, divers goods, rights and credits within the District aforesaid, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting the administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, and also auditing the accounts, calculations and reckonings of the said administration, and a final dismissal of the same, to me is manifestly known to belong, -- I desiring that the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased may be well and truly administered, converted and disposed of, do hereby grant unto the said 
Anderson Owen
in whose fidelity in this particular I very much confide, full power, by the tenor of these presents, to administer on the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, which to her in her life-time and at the time of her death did belong, and to ask, levy, recover and receive the same, and to pay the debts in which the deceased stood obliged, so far forth as her goods, chattels, rights and credits will extend, according to their rate and order of law; being first sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, to make a true and perfect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same into the Ordinary's office in Anderson in order to be recorded on or before the first day of November now next ensuing, and to render a just and true account, calculation and reckoning of the said administration, when thereunto required; and I ordain and constitute you the said
Anderson Owen
administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this First day of October Anno Domini 1866 and in the 91 --- year of American Independence. 
I certify this to be a true copy of original 
John W. Daniel CC. Acting O.A.D.
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3344
Shadrach Owen 
Granville Co. No. Ca.

IV. L. V. XI XII. XVI.

Sct. 6.7 
Rob B Gilliam 
No. 27 1832 
Oxford N.C.

Page 94
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BRIEF in the case of Shadrach Owen, of Granville Co. in the State of N C
(Act 7th JUNE, 1832.)

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

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

3.  How old is he? 71

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.]
In 1776 
5 [months] 5 [months] 3 [months] 2 [months] 
pri. [private] 
Capt. Taylor, Capt. Banks, Col. Luck, Col. Wm. Gill, Thornton Yancey, Col. Searcey; Col. Malmoody A Malmoody, Capt. Gwinn

5.  In what battles was he engaged? None

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Granville N C

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary – one witness as to the service of 7 mo/5 infy [infantry] 2 Cavalry /.

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Clerk Certified and properly attached to the paper

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk.
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Anderson S. Ca. June 8th 1836 

Sir
I herewith return the pension certificate of Shadrach Owen with accompanying evidence to procure his transfer to the Pension Roll of So. Ca. I did not know where the old one was to be given up or not but as it could no longer of use I thought best to forward it also—
Old Rev. Frederic owen [Owen] was at my office to attend to the execution of above & protests most solemnly against the purposed reduction in his annuity for the reason given - says he volunteered for the term specified for a different service and after being called out & in fact going
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off in quest of the enemy or it being ascertained that they had disbursed was marched to the place of meeting of the Legislature and was there actively engaged in performing duty as much military as any he was concerned in during the war. That he was actually in some skirmishes with the tories [Tories] & that the Service Every way indispensable. It may not with this view I submit be so very Clear that this tour should be stricken out Mainly because their location was determined with a view to the additional benefit of affording protection to the Legislature.
Very respecty [respectfully]
Jos. N. Whitner
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Oxford 4th March 1833

Hon. Lewis Cass

Enclosed is the application of Shadrach Owen for a pension.

Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt [Your Obedient Servant]

Robert B Gilliam
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Shadrach Owen

[written upside down] FREE
James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
[faint circular stamp]

[written sideways] June 27 Mr. Burdine
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FREE

James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

[faint circular stamp]

[written sideways] June 27 Mr. Burdine
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Pension Office 
Fayetteville June 22d 1836 

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
Shadrach Owen pensioner under the Act of 1832 at $61.66/100 per ann. was paid to 4 Sept 1835. will not be further paid at this Office per your letter of the 18 August

very respectfully 
[Illegible] 
Jnn Huske
Agent
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Restoration 3.2 57 

Brief in the case of Mary Owen, Widow Shadrack Owen Revy [Revolutionary] Soldier
Anderson District County and State of So. Carolina 
[Illegible] Act 3d Feb 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE. 
PROOF EXHIBITED. Revolutionary 
Mary Owen was inscribed on the Roll So Carolina at $61.66. paid to Sept. 1860. She has [Illegible] Certificate - The claim for restoration is made by Anderson Owen administrator of deced [deceased] for arrears due to date of death March 6, 1864. Divider of legality – widow heirs [of Shadrach?] 
{Heirs - Francis Owen -- Martha Lawless}
{Robert Stephens} 
{John H. Heras} 
Restored March 22 1867 to a pension at $61.66 pr Annum Commencing Sept 4 1860 & terminating March 4, 1864, [Illegible] to Anderson Owen - administrator for loyal legal heirs – 

Name and residence of Agent. 
A. S. Wallace 
Yorkville So Carolina

W. E. Track 
Examining Clerk.
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Oath of Allegiance 
I, Anderson Owens of Anderson of Anderson District So Ca aged 70 years 5 feet 8 inch high fair complexion and by occupation a farmer, do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will henceforth faithfully support protect and defend the constitution of the United States and the union of the State thereunder and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of Slaves. 
So help me God & Respectfully Steadfast. 

Anderson [his X mark] Owens

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Anderson C. H. So. Ca. July 23d 1866. 

John W. Daniels C. C. C. P. O. S. & Ex=off 
M. A.D.
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John W. Daniels
D. C. Acting O. A. D.
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A. S. Wal]paper torn]
Yorkvil[paper torn]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Payment to be made at Charleston by John C. Cochran Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of South Carolina 
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March 

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 145 Vol. A.

Clerk.
H. R. Weightman
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28 years 1858

Granville Co. N C
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW’S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d [2nd] section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Mary Owens
widow of Shadrach Owens
who was a private } Infantry” Cavalry n the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Sixty-one dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, commencing on the 3d [3rd] of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this Seventeenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three

R W Clelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned

L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Anderson    Free
June 1836

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

Pensions

[written sideways] June 16 Mr. Burdine
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[written sideways] 9,800/7000/2,800

J. L. Edwards
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions

FREE

[circular stamp]

Joseph N. Whitner Esq.
Anderson So Carolina
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South Carolina} 
Anderson District} Personally came James Pegg before me and deposed on oath that he was acquainted with the late Shadrack Owens a Revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. and his wife Mary Owens. That they lived together as husband & wife and were so reputed and considered by the neighbors from the time they first came to reside in the neighborhood up to the death of the said Shadrack. That the said Shadrack died in or about the year 1843, leaving the said Mary his widow and one child by her to wit Martha Lollis [Lawless] formerly Owen, and that the said Mary still survives and has never again married 
Sworn to & subscribed} Jas. B. Pegg
before me the 19th} 
Nov. 1853.} 
James L. Orr M. C. 
Not Pub & Ex off M.A.D. 

South Carolina}
Anderson Dist.} Personally came James M. A. Cason before me and deposed on oath that he was acquainted with Shadrack Owens a revolutionary pensioner and his widow Mary Owens who now applies for a pension. That they lived together as husband & wife from the time they came into the neighborhood and were so esteemed and reputed that the said Shadrack died many years since and that his widow still survives and has never married. They had one child after their marriage 
Sworn to & subscribed before} J. A. M. Cason
the 19th Nov. 1853} 
James L Orr M. C.}
Not Pub & Ex-off M.A.D.}
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Owens
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Brief in the case of Mary Owens, widow of Shadrach Anderson District, [crossed out - County and] State of South Carolina
act of Feb 3 1853

Claim, (“original,” [crossed out - or “for increase.]”)

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by Rolls? If either, state the substance. Marriage & identity, by three accredible witnesses -

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed for $61.66 per an. & From Feb. 3, 53


Name and reside of Agent
Hon. J. L. Orr, M.C. Present

J L Adams Examining Clerk,
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Yorkville So. Ca. October 20th 1866

Hon Joseph H. Barrett 
Washington D. C. 

Sir:
Enclosed you will please find the application of Anderson Owens administrator of Mary Owens decd [deceased] for a restoration of her name to her pension rolls. She was pensioned under 2nd Section act Feby 3 1853 on the roll of the agency at Charleston So. Ca. 

Your early attention will greatly oblige 
Yours very Respectfully 
A. S. Wallace
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Washington 9th Decr [December] 1833 

Sir,

I enclose you the papers of Mary Owen for Revolutionary pension, the claim is regular and the papers were all executed in my presence. I am a Not. Pub. in So Ca duly commissioned &c 

Yours &c
James L. Orr
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House of Representations 
May 21st 1845

Sir

Enclosed I send you a letter for information. Be good enough to inform whether a pension can be obtained - and if so send me the blank to be forwarded.

Very Respectfully 
Your obt. Sevt [Obedient Servant]
R F Simpson.

Col J L Edwards
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Shadrach Owen 

---

Certificate returned with printed instructions for transfer to Joseph N. Whitmer, Anderson S. Ca. May 12 ‘36

Wishes to be transfd [transferred] fr [from]
N.C. to So. Ca. 

[See?] papers, directions have to add in pencil on the Certificate which was returned as above 
R B. 
May 12 - 36
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War Department
Pension Office
May 12 1836
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South Carolina} 
Anderson Dist.} Personally came Andrew M. Smith before me and deposed on oath that he was well acquainted with Shadrack Owens during his life time and with his wife Mary - that the said Shadrack Owens and her lived together as husband and wife and that they were reputed to be such in the neighborhood where they resided. The said Shadrack Owens was a pensioner of the U.S. that he departed this life several years ago, and that his widow Mary Owen is still a widow never having again intermarried, 
Sworn to & subscribed} Andrew M Smith
before me this 18th Nov 1853} 
James L. Orr M. C} 
Not Pub & Ex-off, M.A.D}
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Shadrach Owen
23132
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Granville} Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions February Term 1833. 

Personally appeared in open Court, Benjamin Hester & Zachariah Hester aged citizens of s.d [said] County, who being duly sworn according to law, depose & say as follows – 

Benjamin Hester saith that he has been acquainted with Shadrach Owen who is now applying for a pension since the revolutionary war. He saw s.d [said] Owen as a soldier in the militia during s.d [said] war, in & about a place called Perrysburg on the Savannah River, & he thinks, he served a five months tour at that time. He was afterwards with s.d [said] Owen in a Cavalry Regiment after the Battle of Guilford & fought with him at the skirmish at Ramsey's Mills. During this tour he served two months. 

Zachariah Hester saith that he has also known the s.d [said] Owen from the period aforesaid & knows that he served a tour of five months in the Revolutionary War in & near Perrysburg on the Savannah River. 

Sworn to & subscribed in open} 
court before us, & we certify that} 
s.d [said] Deponents are credible witnesses.} 
Benj. [his X mark] Hester
Zachariah [his X mark] Hester

B. Bulloch, Clk [Clerk}
S. H. Parish}
Thos. H. Nears} Court now in Session

[written sideways] Ribbon cut by F. B[Illegible]
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State of North Carolina} 
County of Granville} Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions February Term 1833

Personally appeared in open Court John Rice an aged inhabitant of s.d [said] County, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith as follows -- That he has known Shadrach Owen who has made the foregoing declaration since the Revolutionary War, that he saw him in the Army as a soldier in the militia, in the southwestern part of this State, about the time of Gates defeat. He believes he served at the time of which this affiant speaks three months. The name of Owen's Capt. he does not certainly know -- & further this Deponent saith not. 

John [his X mark] Rice
Sworn to & subscribed in open court} 
& the court certifies that s.d [said] John}
Rice is a credible person}
B. Bulloch, Clk [clerk]}
S. H. Parish}
Thos. H. Nears} Court now in Session

State of North Carolina}
Granville County}
I Stephen K Sneed Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court this Term, in the matter of the application of Shadrack Owen for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8” day of February AD 1833 
Step. K Sneed Clk [Clerk]