Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,165, Zephaniah Gowen, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  
Va.

  [stamp of a star] NUMBER
[handwritten] Va.  Gowen, Zephaniah  R.4165 [/handwritten]

CONTENTS
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Suspended
See letter to
Hon. S. Burch
18. Feb. 1835
[illegible] Wm. Spurlock
R. 10023
4165
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[crossed out by hand] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [crossed out by hand]
4165
P.O. _____________________________
[by hand] Zephaniah Gowan
Service: __________________________
[stamped] REJECTED [stamped]
Enlisted: _________________________, 18   .
Discharged: _____________________, 18   .
Application filed: ________________, 18   .
Alleges: __________________________
___________________________________
Re-enlisted: ______________________
___________________________________
Attorney: _________________________
P.O. _______________________________
____________________________________
_________ Recognized.      ___________Contract
_________ Cert. of Dis.     Searched for _________, 18   .
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State of Tenn [illegible]  
Hawkins County
On this 18th of December 1834, person
ally appeared before me John I. 
Walling one of the Justices of the Court of Appeals & [illegible] 
sessions and also a Justice for the County [underlined] Zephaniah Gowen [underlined]
aged about [underlined] seventy six years [underlined] old 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 on 
June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers and served as
therein state [illegible] about the [underlined] sixth day of March 1779 [underlined]
he volunteered in the County of Henry & State of Virginia
in the company commanded  by Captain John Conigauer
of the Regiment of Militia Commanded by [underlined] Col. Haston [underlined]
& Major Sammons from the County he was attached to Gilford 
County state of North Carolina and was in the service of the
United States until about the 10th day August 1779 where he 
was discharged by his Said Captain and Co. and when about 
Returning Home his Said Captain prevailed with him to 
Continue with him in service Longer which this declarant he
did volunteer another six months and entered the service of the United
States about the 12th day of August 1779 under the command 
of the Said above named officers and was attached 
to Henry County of State of Virginia & was in the service of the
United States until about the 20th of February 1780 when
he was discharged by his Said Captain & Colonel and 
that in wrighting (sic) he was discharged this declarant states 
some time about the 28th of July 1781 he entered the service 
of the United States by being drafted in the said county
of Henry & state of Virginia in the Company Commanded 
by Captain Rubel of the militia Commanded by
Colonel Haston & Major Sammons and from [illegible] County he
was marched to Yorktown in the state of Virginia and
this declarant states he was there and in that [illegible].
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and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis which was
about the 19 day of October 1781 this declarant states
that he was discharged near Yorktown about 
the first day of [written in over crossed out words not legible] September 1781 which was in wrighting (sic)
which he was discharged and returned home. Having 
served altogether fifteen months and was discharged
as afore said and this declarant states he was acquanted (sic)
with Gens. Sawyer & Stevins & Cols. Preston and
Lynch and with Genls. Eaton and Reatherford of
North Carolina and Virginia who commanded the
militia from those states and with Genl Green
of the Regular Army and is acquainted
with William Walling a Revolutionary pensioner at
the Jonesborough Agency and also with John Sillavant (?)
and a good man and he states he was borne (sic) in the
county of Halafax (sic) & state of Virginia and he has no
record of his age and he was living in the County of 
Henry [inserted on top of the line] state of Virgina when called into service and he has wrighten (sic)
discharges as before stated but they have been long since
destroyed by having his hous (sic) burnt and there is no
clergyman in his neighborhood
and he hereby reliquishes his every claim to
pension or annuity except the present and declares
that his name is not on the pension role (sic) of any
state whatever.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year
afore said before me

John I. Walling  [Initials circled]      Zaphinia  [x his mark]  Gowen
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And on the day afore said pearsonally (sic) appeared William
Walling a Revolutionary Soldier of the Agency at Jonesborough
East Tennessee who being duly sworn according to Law doth
on his oath [inserted] states [inserted] that he is well acquainted with the said
Zephaniah Gowen who has subscribed and sworn to the
afore Declaration and that he believes him to be seventy six
years old and he is a close neighbor to said Gowen
and Entertains no doubts of said Gowen being a soldier 
of the Revolutionary war for he was well acquainted with
the officers that said Gowen served under and of the 
said William Walling further states that said Gowen is
a sitizen (sic) of Hawkins County and is Believed and 
Reputed in the neighborhood to have bin (sic) a Soldier
of the Revolution sworn to and subscribed before me
this 8th day of December 1834
Witness
John I. Walling         [circled initials]      William [x his mark] Walling
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And I the said John I Walling a Justice of the peace
and also one of the Justices of the court of pleas and
Quarter Sessions do here by declare my opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after
pulling the interrogations prescribed by the war
Department that the above named applicant was
a Revolutionary Soldier and served  as he states
and that by reason of his age and bodily 
infirmity he cannot attend court for the purpose
of making out his claim here and I further certify
that it appears to me that William Walling is a 
Revolutionary pensioner on the Role (sic) at Jones
borough and also a Citizen of Hawkins County
and also that John Sillavan & [illegible] Goodman
is Resident and neighbor of the said Zephaniah
Gowen [inserted] all [inserted] who have signed the preceeding (sic) certificate
and is neighbor of the said applicant and that
they are all entitled to benefit and is creditable
Pearsons (sic) in Testimony where of I have here unto
set my name this 18th Day of December 1834
John I. Walling [initials circled]
State of Tennessee of Stockley D. Mitchell Clerk of this court of 
pleas and quarter sessions of Hawkins County in the state 
afore said do certify that John I. Walling whomsoever is [illegible]
had to above and foregoing affidavit is now and was at the
time the same [illegible] date and acting Justice of the peace of 
said county duly commissioned and qualified and assigned
to hold said court and that his signatures thereto purporting
to be his are Genuine
Given under my hand and seal of
office at office in Rogersville this 2nd
day of February AD 1835
S. D. Mitchell Clk
By M. Mitchell DClk
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32,749
Declaration of
Zephaniah Gowen
Tennessee
[Illegible]
E.
Hon. S. Bunch