Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,136, Michael Bowen, Penn.

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Penn.

Bowen, Michael
Anna

W.4136
BL.Wt. 30,614-160-55.

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Died 15 Nov. 1830
Notification sent to Joseph Wheeler 12 days: 1823, at Burlington, Ohio 

6,514
Ohio
Michael Brown, of Lawrence County, in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment comannded by Colonel Mc Coy of the Pennsylvania lne for the term of three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16th of June, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d of July 1819 and sent to the Hon.ble.W. Bucher  House of Rep. U.S.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 2 mos 10/26 to 4/30.
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819

  21.18
118.00
$:69.18 (written on left side of the final paragraph)

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}

Continued

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Missouri 3723
Anna Bowen
widow of Michael Bowen (written in different handwriting)
who served in the Revolutionary 
Penn
war, as private

Inscribed the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 21st day of Feby. 1885 and sent to 
Claimant 
Care of Geo. W. Sours
Gentry, Ct     Mo

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under at February 3, 1853, Page 196. Vol 61

Lewis David, Guardian
Let to P    13 Dec 1854

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Vol B2. page11.

180.212          (est  March 3 '85
Anna Bowen, (Inmate,) mid
Michael Bowen. mi

No. 306.14 issue 13/56
(written diagonally from bottom left to top right, different handwriting)




Revy. War
Period. Act Feb. 3. 1853 _ no. 3

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State of Ohio
Lawrence County S. Be it remembered that on 
the sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred + eighteen
of the Independence of the United States of America the forty-second and of our state the sixteenth personally came {illegible} before  {illegible} President {illegible} of the Courts of Commom Pleas {illegible} the County of Lawrence in the State of Ohio {illegible} Michael Bowens and made oath 
bury duly sworn upon the holy Evangelist of Almighty God, that he is in the sixty third year
of his age that he enlisted into the service
of the United States in the spring of the year he thinks March or April of the year our thou
-sand seven hundred and seventy-six as well as he can now remember near Redstone old Fort in the state of Pennsylvania, (but does not
remember the name of the county,) for three
years in the company of, and under Captain
Winn Liny of the eighth Pennsylvania  Regiment commanded at that time by Coloniel McCOy (whose christian name deponent does not remember) our first march after joining said company was to Philadelphia
where we lay ^ about two weeks, thence we took shipping for Morristown in New Jersey and form there we marched to Quibbles Town where we had the first fight with the Brittish
Col. McCoy died before we reached this place
and in the fight we were commanded by
Lient. Col. Wilson, whom first name is not remembered)

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and were defeated and retreated back towards
branskin ridge and after the Brittish lift
Quibble Town we marched thru and from
There to Morristown again and from there
to Lomerset and were marched about to places not remembered until we had a fight at
the . White-house and were commanded by Genl. Wayne + thinks the [illegible] and the
next fight deponent remembers was at Paoli
where the Brittish came upon us in the night
with their bayonette and routed us and took a
good many prisoners among the rest our
Commander the Genl. Wayne (as well as
this deponent recollects) and the rest of us 
being dispersed and were collected under Col.
Broadhead and marched back on to the fron
-tlines to go against the Indians and on our way lay a five weeks at Carlisle and from thence went to the standing-stone, having heard that the Indians were there but they were gone having done some damage and from there returned to Carlisle and them marched to Fort Pitt and lay there sometime and moved down below the mouth of big beaver and built Fort McIntosh and then Genl. McIntosh took the command -From thence we were march on to the Tuscaroras, and built Fort Lawrence and Then we suffered much for want of pro
-visions and after enduring much were taken
back to Fort McIntosh and from thence to
Fort Pitt again and after wating some time

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we were marched against the Indians up
the Allegheny River and killed five Indi-
-ans on the march but found their Town
deserted which we ^ burnt + destroyed and destroyed their corn as well as we could and returned
to Part Pitt _ This deponents time was out
before the last [illedgible] was ended but
he continued through it as a volunteer and
was finally discharged, and the said Col. Broad-
head (then Genl. if this deponent remem-
-bers correctly) signed and gave him his dis -
-charge and he had also a certificate for
his gun and has lost both of them by
means not remembered he was
carily of keeping them not knowing that
they would ever be of any use to him
and be further saith that from reduced
circumstances in life he needs the assistance
of the country and the Government for
support
Sworn to Subscribed before me
Michel B Bone his mark
John Thompson
Burlington Lawrence County
State of Ohio

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Michl Bowan
Admi
State of Ohio Sct.
 I John Thompson president as within
mentioned do certify that from said examination
it appears that applicant served in revolutionary was, and on
examination of applicant and his neighbors particularly as [illegible] 
circumstances it appears that applicant has but little property a worthless family of children shiftly females that it require his daily exections
to afford a contracted  [illegible], and on an  [illegible] of bodily pains
he will be duabled this other means to cover prosence himself the recepa.
mis of life, and that badily pains moreous on him, as his years roll on
or the whole he [illegible] the [illegible] on the Country, but we make out the aid of this lounship at present.
John Thompson
Burlington 16th June 1818.
State of Ohio
Lawrence County SS
I W S Robinson Clerk Protem
of the court of common pleas for the county afore said
do hereby certify that John Thompson before whom the
forgoing affidavit was taken is president judge of
the Counts of Common pleas for the Second Circuit
including the county of Lawrence and that the signature of
the said John Thompson is in his own proper hand writing
In Testimony Where of I have here
unto set my hand and affirmed the seal
of said court at Burlington this 16th
day of June 1818 and in the 16th year
of this State 
W S Robinson Clk P T

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501
Ohio
Michael Bowen

Recd 6 Aug 1823

Joseph Wheeler
Burlington, Ohio

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Personal Property
1 Horse worth $ 20.00
1 cow  do  9.00
1 sow + pigs do 3.00
1 Pot  1.00
8 old plates  1.00
1 Dozen old spoons 0.75
6 tin cups 0.50
1 Bed 5.00
1 Sheep 2.00
$42.25
My wife has recently died after several 
years sickness - I had one son living me
about seventeen years of age
who is crippled and unable to help himself
This deponent does not recalled the date of
his original Declaration but is satisfied
it was in the summer of the year 1818 the
Number of his pension certificate is 6514
Michael his O mark Bowen
I Joseph Wheeler clerk of the court of
Common Pleas for said County of
Lawrence and state of Ohio do here
by certify that the foregoing oath
and the schedule thereunto, an-
-swered are truly copied from the re-
-cords of the said Court; and I do
further certify that it is the opinions of the said
court that the total amount in value of the prop
-erty exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty
two dollars and twenty fire cents In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed  the seal of the said Court this seventeenth day of July 1823
Jos Wheeler Clerk of the
Court for the County Lawrence

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State of Ohio
Lawrence County
On this 22d day of May 1823 person
=ally appeared in open court. being a count of record
for the said County of Lawrence towit the court of
Common Pleas of Michael Bowen aged
sixty seven years resident in Lawrence county in said
State of Ohio, who being first duly according
to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in
the revolutionary war as follows - He enlisted under
Captain Winlory in the 8th Regiment of Pen-
nsylvania line or it was called the Eighth when we  
joined the army in New Jersey and was commond
-ed by Col. McCoy and Lieat. Col. Wilson we
were marched first to Philadelphia and staid several weeks and look shipping and would up
the Delaware to some place in New Jersey does
not recollect the named of the place then went
through Bearskin Ridge and the regiment
went on and joined the Troops at Quibbletown
where we had a fights and part of the regim-
-ent cut off killed and taken prisioners, and 
then moved up to Bond Brook where we had
another fight and from that to Morrestown
thence to the Valley Forge as well as depo-
nent recollects where we look winter quarters
The next year we were marched about to dif
ferent places deponent can not recollect to
state them but remembers having gone
up to what was called Flower Town and
back another route to some place near Phil-
=idelphia and was put under the command
of Col. Broadhead who marched us to Pitts
=burgh and thinks Genl Mc Intosh look com-
mand and we were marched down to Big
Beaver where we built a fort and marched

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to Fort Lawrence on the Tuscarawas waters of the
Muskingum some limes called Tuscarawas
thence we went back to Fort Mc Inlosh at Big
Beaver from thence to Pittsburg again
Thenwe went a campiagn up the Allega 
-ny against the Indians Broadhead was then
a General it was against the Munsees. returned
to Fort Pitt when Deponent was discharged
having served three years one month and
four days. The month and four days over
his time_ having enlisted for three years 
And I do solemnly swear I was a resident of
citizen of the United states on the 18th day of  
March 1818 and that I have not since that
time by gift sale or in any man new disposed
of any of my property or any part thereof with intent hereby so to diminish it as to bring my=
=self within the provisions of an act of congress in=
=tilled an act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day
of March 1818 and than I have not nor has
any person in trust for me any properly or
Securities, contracts or debts due to, me, nor have
I any income other than what is contained in
the schedule of property hereunto answered
and by me subscribed_ I have no real esttle
at this time_ I formerly entered a quarter sec- 
=tion of very indifferent land which I intinned for 
my self when I received the money upon my
pension and made the first payment of eighty 
clollars out of the money so received but have
lateley been compelled to sell my right to said
quarter section of Land to support his family

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Personal Property
1 Horse worth $20.00
1 Cow do. 9.00
1 Sow & pigs do 3.00
1 Pot 1.00
8 old plates 1.00
1 Dozen old spoons 0.75
6 Tin Cups 0.50
1 Bed 5.00
1 Ssheep 2.00
$42.25
My wife has recently died after several
years sickness_ I have one son living with me
about seventeen years of age
who is a cripple and unable to help himself
This deponent does not recollect the date of
his oreginal Declaration but is satisfied
it was in the summer of the year 1818 the
Number of his pension certificate is 6514
Michael his mark Bowen
I Joseph Wheeler Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County of
Lawrence and state of Ohio do here-
-by certify that the foregoing oath
and the schedule thereunto an-
-nexed are truly copied from the re-
-cords of the said Court; And I do
further certify that it is the opinion of the said
Court that the total amount in value of the pro
-erty enhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty
two dollars and twenty five cents_ In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my name and affix
ed the seat of the said Court this seventeenth day of July 1823
Jos Wheeler Clerk of the
court for the county Lawrence

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State of Missouri
County of Gentry Ss
On this Second day of Jun 1853
personally appeared before me, the under
signed Justice of the County Court of the
County and State aforesaid Anna Bowen
a resident of the County of Gentry and
State of Missouri aged Eighty three years
who 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 February 3rd 1853, that
She is the widow of Michael Bowen
who was a Pensioner of the United
States; that the said Michael Bowen
drew as a pension from the United
States as Revolutionary Soldier,
ninety six dollars per year for
the term of (not recollected) years, at
which time said pension ceased
the said Michael Bowen having died
{7 illegible words}
that the said Michael Bowen at the
time he drew said pension resided
in the County of Lawrence in the
State of Ohio. and that said pension
was paid to him by the Agent for
paying pensions at Portsmouth in
the state of Ohio.
She further declares that she was
married to the said Michael Bowen
on the Seventh day of June
in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty
six; that her husband, the aforesaid
Michael Bowen, died on the fifteenth

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day of October in the year
Eighteen hundred and thirty
that she was married to him at the
time above stated. She further swears
that she was a widow at the passage
of the act, and is still a widow, and
that she has never before made appli-
cation for a pension.
Anna her mark Bowen
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written, before me
Joseph Hawkins a justice of the County
Court for Gentry County, in the
State of Missouri. And I hereby cer-
tify that Anna Bowen the appli-
cant herin named cannot, from
bodily infirmity attend Court.
Joseph Hawkins JP
of the County Court
State of Missouri
County of Gentry ss
I Albert G. Whitton Clerk
of the County Court in and for the
County and State aforesaid, do hereby
certify that Joseph Hawkins before
whom the foregoing Affidavit was
made and whose name appears
thereto subscribed is and was at the
time of so doing Presiding Justice
of the County Court in and for

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the County and state aforesaid, duly
elected commissioned and qualified
and that his signature thereto is
genuine.
In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my office
as Clerk of the County Court
aforesaid, at office this 6th
day of May AD. 1853
Albert G. Whitton Clerk
Gentry C. H. Mo.
June 6th 1853
Commr of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Sir
I hereby trans
mit my papers for a pension or right
of my deceased Husband Michael Bowen
If I am entitled and my papers
in property presented I request a Pen
sion Certificate to be issued for in my
name for what I may be allowed
if any, and sent to me at Gentry
C. H. Mo. care of George W. Lewis

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(1)
State of Missouri
Country of Gentry⎬ SS
On this 14th day of June A.D.
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
five personally appeared before me, the
undersigned Clerk of the County Court
within and for the County and State
aforesaid, duly authorized by law to
administer oaths for general purposes
in and for said County and State
Lewis David Guardian of the person
and estate of Anna Bowen a person
of unsound mind and incapable of
managing her affairs aged about Eighty
four years. Guardian aged Sixty years
a resident of the County of Gentry in
the State of Missouri, who being by me
duly sworn according to law, declares
that he is the Guardian of the person
and estate of the said Anna Bowen
of unsound mind and incapable of
managing her affairs as aforesaid,
that the said Anna Bowen is the wid
ow of Michael Bowen deceased who
was a private in the Revolutionary
War, but he does not know in what
company and Regiment he served
nor the names of his officers, nor
at what time he went into the
service or for what time he
served. He states that the said Michael
Bowen in his lifetime received a
Pension for his service as such pri

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(2)
vate in said War, that since the death
of the said Michael Bowen, the said
Anna Bowen his widow applied to
the Pension office for a renewal
of said Pension in her own name
and right, under the 2nd Section of the
Act of Congress of February the 3rd 1853,
under which said Act there was issued
in the name of the said Anna Bowen
widow as aforesaid, a Pension cer
tificate, granting her the sum of
Ninety Six dollars per annum from
and after the 3rd day of February 1853
till her death or marriage, hearing
late the 21st day of February A.D. 1854
and Numbered "3723," Payable at St.
Louis Missouri, and Recorded in
the Pension Office on the Roll of Pen
sioners under said Act on page
196 volume A. to which he refers
for the service of said deceased
in order to show that the said
Anna Bowen is entitled to Boun
ty Land under Act of March 3rd
1855, it being impossible for
him to give the service of said
deceased more particularly.
He further states that the said
Anna Bowen was married to the
said Michael Bowen deceased in
the County of Lawrence in the State

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(3)
of Ohio on or about the first of
May A.D. 1827, as he is informed
and verily believes by one Peter Lime
barger a justice of the peace, and
that her name before her said mar
riage was Anna Crank, that Mich
ael Bowen the husband of the said
Anna Bowen died in the State of
Illinois on or about the 15th day
of September A.D. 1830, as he is in
formed and verily believes, and
that the said Anna Bowen is now
and has hitherto been a widow
and the widow of the said Mi
chael Bowen deceased.
He makes this declaration for
the purpose of obtaining for
the said Anna Bowen as her
Guardian, the County land to
which she may be entitled un
der the "Act approved March the
3rd A.D. 1855, said Guardian refers to a
duly authenticated copy of the record of said
marriage on file in the Pension Office for pro
of of marriage; and proof of the witnesses ac
companying this. Lewis David guardian
We David Stephens and Phebe Stephens
residents of the County of Gentry in the
State of Missouri upon our oaths
declare that the foregoing declaration
was signed and acknowledged by
Lewis David in our presence; and

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(4)
that we [3 illegible words] the appearance
and statements of the applicant Lewis
David, that he is the identical person
he represents himself to be, and that
the said Anna Bowen is the iden
tical person he represents her to be,
Deponents further swear that the
said Anna Bowen and the said Mi
chael Bowen deceased were married
in the County of Lawrence and State
of Ohio on or about the 1st day of
May A. D. 1827, as they believe and
now recollect, by one
Peter Limebarger a justice of the
peace, that they were present
when they were married, and both
heard the ceremony of marriage
pronounced, that they both were
acquainted with them both, from
the time of their said Marriage till
the death of the said Michael Bowen
and know that they lived and
cohabited together as husband and
wife during all of said time, and
that they were so reported in the
community where they resided
that the said Michael Bowen is
dead, that he died in the State of
Illinois on or about the 15th day
of September A. D. 1830 as they verily
believe, and that the said Anna

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(5)
Bowen is still alive and a Wid
ow, and the widow of the said
Michael Bowen deceased, never
having married since his death.
David Stephens
his mark
Phoebe Stephens
her mark
The foregoing declaration and
affidavit ^on pages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 including this page^ were sworn to and sub
scribed before me on the day and
year above written; and I certify that
I know the affiants to be credible per
sons; that the claimant is the person
he represents himself and the said
Anna Bowen to be, and that I have
no interest in this claim and am
not concerned in its prosecution
In witness whereof I Albert
G. Whitton Clerk of the County
Court aforesaid, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County Court
at office this 14th day of
June A. D. 1855.
Albert G Whitton Clerk

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Gentry C. H Gentry Co. Mo.
June 14th 1855
Sir
Please find herein the
claim of Anna Bowen a per
son of unsound mind by my
self as her guardian. If the claim
be properly presented and the said
Anna Bowen is entitled as the
widow of a Revolutionary sol
dier, you will please issue a
warrant for the amount she
may be entitled to, and direct
the same to me at the above named
address to the card of George W.
Lewis Respectfully
your Obt. [Obedient] Svt. [Servant]
Lewis David
Court of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

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State of Missouri
County of Gentry ⎬ ss
Be it remembered that at
a Probate Court begun and held in
the town of Athens in said County
of Gentry on the First Monday in
October A. D. 1854 (it being the 2nd day
of said Month among other pro
ceedings were the following, to wit,
"Now at this day comes Lewis
David and files in Court here in
formation in writing, that Anna
Bowen of said County is a person
of unsound mind, and incapable
of managing her affair; Whereup
on by order of the Court here comes
a jury, to wit: William Rice, Jacob
Stephens, John C. Williams, John Grims
ley, Johnson B. Culp, Miles Orton
Josephus H. Cole, Benjamin Dawson,
Henry Parman, John S. Duncan

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jury find Anna Bowen a person of unsound mind and incapable of managing her affairs. John C. Williams foreman

Whereupon it is ordered by the Court that Lewis David be and he is hereby appointed guardian of the person and estate of the said Anna Bowen and it is further ordered that the said Lewis Davis enter into Bond as such guardian in the sum of five hundred dollars.

And afterwards to wit: on this day and year last aforesaid was the following, to wit:

Now comes Lewis David Guardian of the person and estate of Anna Bowen a person of unsound mind and presents to the Court his bond as such in the sum of five hundred dollars with Meredith [illegible] by David P. Stephens and Russell W. Shannon as his security, which is by the Court examined approved and ordered to be filed.

State of Missouri
County of Gentry
I George W. Lewis Judge

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of the Probate Court within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing preceding two pages contain fully true and perfect copies of the orders appointing Lewis David Guardian of the person and estate of Anna Bowen as therein round at the time specified and also of the order approving and filing his Land  as such as the same remain of Record in my office.
In witness whereof I have herewith  set my hand and affixed my private seal (no seal of Court being yet provided) at officer this 14th day of June A.D. 1835
George W. Lewis PJ

State of
The County of Gentry} Ss
I Albert G Whitton Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George W. Lewis ? Certificate appears to the foregoing copies of orders of Record and ? named and

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private seal appears to said certificate is and was at the time of signing and certifying the same Judge of the Probate Court within and for said County of Gentry duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature to said certificate is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court at office this 14th day of June A. D. 1855
Albert G Wilton Clerk

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“This is to certify that on the 27th day May 1827 Michael Bowen & Anna Crank were legally joined in marriage by me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Sacosessee . Given under my hand and seal
Peter Leonburger J.P.

The State of Ohio, Lawrence County Ss
I Joseph Wheeler Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is well and truly copied from the records of Marriages for said Count now in my office— I also certify that Peter Leonburger Esquire whose affixed signature appears to the above certificate of Marriage, on the 27th day of May AD 1827 as therein set forth, was at that time a regular acting Justice of the Peace, for and within the County; and state aforesaid; duly commissioned and sworn; that by the Laws of the state of Ohio, he was duly authorized to ?said persons in marriage lawfully applying to him for that purpose in the county aforesaid; and that all due faith and credit are and ought to be given to set his affixed seals as such as well in Courts of Justice as else where.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Ohio seal of said Court at the Courthouse in Ironton the seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and Fifty four

Jos Wheeler Judge of Probate

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Revy WIDOW, &c.
[illegible]

File No. 4136
Anna Bowen
Wid.
Michael Bowen
Pvt. Rev.' War
Act: Feby. 3 of 53
Index:-Vol. A, Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Gentry C.H Mo}  Free
June 15th}
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia
180.21

No 2362
Anna Bowen wife of Michael
Let to Claimant can of
G.W. Sour-- 9 " Sept: 53
Act 3d Feb. 1853

Appl of Anna
Bowen, Widow of
Michael Bowen
Gentry Co. Missouri

Act 3d Feby. 1853
$96.00 per An: Com.
Feby: 3: 1853
Rev.

Anna Bowen
case of
Geo. W. Sours
Gentry C.
Mo.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissi

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Brief in the case of, Anna Bowen, wid: of Michael, Gentry
County and State of Missouri
act 3rd. February: 1853.

Claim, ('original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a persioner under the act of 18" March, 1818.

Reconcille evidence of marriage.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Mrs: Anna Bowen.
Care of Geo: W. Sours. (cannot read)
Name of residence of Agent
Gentry C.IV.
Mo: 
S.L. Bozntow
Examining Clerk.

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{upper right corner - different handwriting} Sentry C.H. Mo.
Jany 30th 1857
{standard letter format} Com of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Sir, 
I am in receipt of a communication from you of Sept 9th 1853 in which you state that record evidence of the marriage of myself with Michael Bowen must be produced if possible in order to obtain a pension under Act of Feb 3rd 1853. as asked for by my declaration now on file in your office or the same.
I have therefor sent to Ohio where the marriage was solemnized and procured an authenticated copy of the same which is enclosed to you. Hoping that my application may be entertained and a successful termination thereof had soon and my certificate of pension if granted forwarded to me at [illegible] C.H. [illegible] Mo care of George w. Suir.
Respectfully 
Your Obed Serv.
Anna Bowen

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State of Missouri}
County of Gentry} hs
On this 14th day of May A.D. 1853. personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice  of the peace in and for said County and State. Mary David D. P. Stephens and Phebe Stephens
who I certify are entitled to credit, and being by me duly sworn according to law. Depose and on their oath say that they are acquainted with Anna Bowen and have been for the last eighteen years past. And that they {illegible}  acquainted with Michael Bowen previous to his death and had been acquainted with him for three years previous thereto. That the said Michael Bowen and Anna Bowen were married in {illegible} County in the State of Ohio on the seventh day of June A.D. 1826. That they were present at that time and swear said Marriage solemnized; that the said Michael Bowen and Anna Bowen lived together and were reputed man and wife for the space of four years and upwards. That there is no family record, as they {illegible} in existence, of said marriage. Neither do they know of any other record of any kind, of said marriage that can be attested.
That the said Michael Bowen, died on the fifteenth day of October A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty in the County of [BLANK] State of Ohio and that the said Anna Bowen has

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ever since that period to the 15th day of October 1830 remained the widow of the the said Michael Bowen and is still his widow.
{signed} Mary David, David P Stephens, Phely Stephens
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first herein written and I certify that the deponents above named as credible noting and that I have no interest in the preservation of the said claim.
{signed} H.W. Stephens Justice of the Peace
James Morris

State of Missouri
County of [illegible] 
I Albert G. Whitton Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that H. W. Stephens before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made and whose name is subscribed thereto is and was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. Duly con{cut off}

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missioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office as [illegible] of said county court and office this 6th day of May A.D.1853
Albert G. Whitton Clerk

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Rev(olutionary) Army