Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,167, Frederick Goen, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE [stamp of a star]  NUMBER
[handwritten] Goen, Frederick   R.4,167 [/handwritten]
[handwritten] or Gowen [/handwritten]

CONTENTS
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V. 
Fredrick Gowens 
Alabama 
Rejected 
See letter 12 April 
1838 Honorable J.S. Martin
See letter to Daniel Hay Esquire
3. January. 1843
did not serve
in a military capacity
4167
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Per act april 2
WAL
Honorable J. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
[Right side script]Honorable J.S. Martin, House of representatives
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Washington, 10th April 183
Sir,
I leave you here with the application Fredrick Goen for a pension. I have added my certification as to the genuiness of the signature of the clerk and judge, which if unnecessary will do no injury – I have done so from a recollection that it has been required in applications which I have made heretofore.

With great respect, 
your obedient servant
J.L. Martin
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Dec 15, 1842 ----- free
[signatures illegible]
James L. Edwards, ESGR
Commsioner of Pensions
Washington City
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2nd December 1842
Sir
An old colored man by the name of Frederick Gain has come here well recommended from Alabama and has applied to me to aid him in getting a pension. I suppose from what I can learn that a declaration for him has been forwarded to you from Alabama a few years ago. The object of these lines is to ask for information from you and whether that is the case and what are the objections that have to be removed before he can get the pension or whether his case is a hopeless one- he is quite intelligent for a person of his colour and age- and I cannot doubt but what he served in the Revolution as he represents- that is, that being a free man of color he was subject to militia duty, that he belonged to No 7 in his company and was called out to serve five tours of six weeks each under Captains Robinson, Brown, Cock. House, he resided in Brunswick County Virginia. Will you please answer these lines and let me know whether it is likely I can do anything for him.
Respectfully
your obt. sergt.
Daniel Hay
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[Crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873
4467
P.O. _____________
[signature] Fredrick Gowen
Service: ________
Enlisted: [Stamp] REJECTED , 18
Discharged: __________, 18
Application filed: ______, 18
Alleges: ________
Re-enlisted: _________

Attorney: _________
P.O. _____________
______ Recognized.  __________ Contract.
_____ Cert of Dis.   Searched for _____, 18
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The State of Alabama
County of Lawrence
On the 21st day of March 1838, — in the – 
court now holder for the said county of Lawrence 
Frederick Gowen a free man of color a resident of said county of Lawrence
 aged about 78 years who being first duty sworn 
according to law — on his oath make the following declaration
 in order to attain the benefit the provision made by the act of 
[illegible] June 7th 1832 
that he served in the troops of the state in Virginia various 
 times of duty during the Revolutionary War of which he will 
give [illegible] on accounts of his memory will – him that 
he born [scratched out] on — river in what was called Brunswick
County until after the Revolutionary War when that part of it 
was stretch off into a new county called [scratched] he does 
not know what year he was born as no record of his birth was
preserved I lived in Brunswick when I was drafted under
no.7 was then about 16 years of age but do not recollect how
long it was before I was called into service
I served as near as I can recollect five tours of duty of
six weeks, each the first tour was under Captain James
Robertson  or – nothing memorable happen during 
this tour. We formed no junction with the regular army but
June the time mostly in —- and cabin front
the second tour was under one of the above captains
The third or fourth tour of duty was performed by Capt. –
House, major M. Boys of —-
this was about the time of the Battle of Guilford
we had been stationed at Cabin Point – when I acted as a
cook and orders to – to Petersburg  
on the march I was sent by Major Boys to a house near 
the road to have some houses fed and Corporal J. Mood
was sent in company, the only reason I 
mention this is that Corporal Woodruff was killed on our arrival
In Petersburg then we found great confusion, the inhabitants were
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flying in every direction and our troops were ordered to form
I was then ordered away with four houses, Major Bais, colonel Aufling, captain houses and my own to take care of them somewhere near the
rendezvous ground which was in the direction of Chesterfield 
courthouse – I crossed Pocahontas bridge and while in sight
the British commenced the attack – our troops came up and 
were preparing to act near  Chesterfield courthouse when there
was an [illegible] that the British light horse was upon us and we immediately marched and at Richmond fell in with a 
part of General Washington's command called the Marquis army 
In a short time I received my discharge and returned home
where I found the county in great confusion from the
march of the British army through it from Guilford – 
I served two tours of duty under Captain Turner Bynum.
there was nothing worth mentioning except in the last
when stationed 30 miles south of Jamestown, Sugar Bynum 
brother of the captain was taken sick and returned home
on the captains horse. before the horse was sent back
we were ordered to Little York and I was directed to remain for the 
horse and joined the army at york in some 8 to 10 days.  I found
my company stationed up the river to present the British from
returning that way – this was about a week before Cornwallis
Surrender.
that he has no documentary proof and that he knows of no person whose testimony he
can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present; and he declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of any agency in any State
Frederick Goen X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid.
John M. Jackson, Clerk
I, William Jones a Clergyman residing in the County of
Lawrence aforesaid and John Glass residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Fredrick Going [sic] who has subscribed
Sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be about
seventy eight years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where
resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Jones
John Glass
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served of the states, and the court further certifies that
it appears to them that William Jones who has signed the pension coding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Lawrence
– and that John G. Hays who has also signed the same is a resident in the county appraised as is a credible person and that these statements is entitled to credit.
I John M. Jackson, clerk of the circuit court of Lawrence County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origins; proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Fredrick Gowens for a pension in testimony i have [ilegible] set my hand and seat of office the 21st day of March 1838

John M. Jackson, Clerk

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The State of Alabama 

I Daniel Coleman, judge of the appraised circuit court of Lawrence county do hereby certify that John M. Jackson whose in [question] to the foregoing certificate was at the time of subscribing the same clerk of said court, and that his said attribution is in due form of law – given under my hand seal this 21st day of March 1838.

Daniel Coleman
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I hereby certify that John M. Jackson who has 
signed the within certificate as clerk of the circuit 
court of Lawrence County Alabama in the clerk,
of said court, and that I am acquainted with the his hand writing and the signatures ins genuine. I also know
Daniel Coleman whose signatures as judge of the
circuit court is signed to his certificate to be the 
judge as he states and that his signature is genuine.
J.L. Martins  
10th april 1838
V 34.391
Fredrick Gowens 
Alabama

a colored man for service in Virginia militia
Honorable J.L. Martins
House of representatives