Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6801, John Dowtin, N.C.

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(3-1776)
Service N. C. 
Dowtin, John
Number
S. 6801
Carded
Contents
50
113

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Order to [illegible] May 18, 1837
[illegible] 11 April 1840
Date of death on A B


6735
North Carolina
John Dowtin
of warren in the State of N. Car-
Who was a Pri- in the Carin commanded 
By Captain White of the Regt commanded by Col Patone in the N Car- 
Line for 6 mo. 

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon M J. Hankins. M. G. Pesent.

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 - $50. Semi-anl. Allowance ending SP4.33-10
$50
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

{illegible, recorded} by E.D. Bulloch Clerk
[illegible] D Vol. 8 Page 28

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State of North Carolina
Warren County
Court of Phasand
Quaite Sepciom
August Tenth 1832

On the 28th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the pention of said court more sitiny, it being a court of record John Dowtin aged seventy two years, of this county aforesaid who having been first duty sworn [illegible] to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed the 7th of June 1832 [illegible}. 
That he was a volunteer in the County of Warren where he now resides, in the company of Capt John While, that he entered the services in said company on the fourth of June in the year of the Gates, defeat and that he volunteered for three month service out of the state, that after entering the services he marched to Halifax Town in No Carolina where he joined the Halifax troops, from whence he marched to Crop Creek (now Fayetteville) & from thence up the river to to the high rock ford on he believes , & from thence after marching in Various counties & directions we at length arrived at a place as he believes in the state of South Carolina called [illegible] Brandy at which place we were impeeted & [illegible] by an officer said to be Genl Gates, from thence we marched to Lynchen Creek & thence to Rugelys

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Mill & from thence to Camden or near a place of that name where we had an engagement on was said with Cornwallis’ army, in which engagement he was under the command or he understood and believed of Col Portfield who was said to have been wounded, this battle in the kalled and known as Gates defeat and was fought in the month of August but as to the year he does not know, and as he believes on the 16th of the month, from this battle [illegible] other started home which place, he reached about the middle of September being unable to travel on acct of some bodily infirmities, after [illegible] at home and being unable to perform duty immediately I was discharged on furlow granted me by Agrippa Aicholon making five month service from the time of entering the service [illegible] two months or thereabout in this hate  and three months afterwards including the time he was on furlow. Which furlow has been lost & cannot bow be found, and that he believes he can prove by Capt John L. Mard who was a soldier in another regiment that he did perform the services as herein stated and that sat John Dowtin fourth maketh oath and declares that in the next year and as he believes in February about the first of the month at Marrenta in the state aforesaid

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And County of Warren he again entered the service on a volunteer for three months under the command of Capt william Christward, and marched under his command to Harrisburg & from thence to Hillsborough & alamance during this time I was again under command of Capt John White, and was in the Battle of Guilford under the command of Col Pink Eaton having recd in said Battle at Guilford a wound in the Left Thigh, and was removed to the hospital at the old lauro Tocom or Dan River calld Perkins, one Philips he thinks was the officer at the hospital and Doctor Brown was call’d the head Surgeon of the Hospital or he very thinks & he believes, he was confined three weeks in the hospital, after which he [illegible] head quarter at Ranoyo Mill and was under command of Genl Green until he marched to the south after which he was under command of Fenl Butter until discharged which was in May, which discharge was issued by an officer the name of which he does not recollect but knows it was at a place called Abernathy in Pake County having completed his term of services 
He resided during the war partly in Virginia and removed to No Carolina at the breaking out of the war and has lived in Warren County where he now lives near [illegible] about two years

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Which he lived in the adjoining County of Franklin, he hereby reliquishes any claim whatever to a pension except the [illegible] and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state except as in [illegible] 
Sworn to in open Court
Jn Dowtn
Caswell Drake CWCF

We Peter. R. Gavin. And Hentry Fith a clergyman of Warren County and state of North Carolina do hereby certify that we have been long acquainted with John Dowtin the above applicant, that he is reported to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war, and that we concur in that opinion.
Caswell Drake FCWC Peter R Davis
Henry Fiths

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion to be that that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and it also appears to them that Henry Fith who signed the above certificate is a clergyman in said county and that Peter R Davis who has also signed above is also a resident of this county and are credible persons and entitled to credit. 
I Caswell Drake Clerk of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of John Dowtin for a penson - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 29th day of August 1832. 
Ca Drake CMCF

[illegible] of [illegible] Warren County
J Henry Fitts P. [illegible]
In the Court of pleas 
[illegible] quarter [illegible] for the county

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March 25. 1936
John Dowtin-S.6801
BA-J/ AWF

Mrs. J. Lionberger
Landover
Maryland

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of soldiers with the following surnames- Doughton of North Carolina, Gunder of North Carolina, Virginia or Pennsylvania, McPavahon (McKarachan) of Iredell County, North Carolina, and Sisco of Virginia.

Revolutionary War Data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war. 

A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of any soldier with the surname Sisco who served from Virginia; or of soldiers with surnames McPavon (McKarachan) and Gunder. The surname Gunter is found. In order to identify the record of the particular soldier with that surname, the full name is essential, with some of the following data, approximate dates of birth andddah, and places of residence at enlistment and after service.

The record of John Dowtin is furnished you, as found in papers on file in pension claim, B.6801, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution, This is the record of the only soldier with that sur-name (searched under similar spellings), who served from North Carolina. 

The date and place of birth of John Dowtin are

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Not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

John Jowtin moved from the state of Virginia, after the breaking out of the Revolution, to North Carolina.

While residing in Warren County, North Caro-lina, he volunteered June 4, “in the year of Gates’ Defeat, served in Captain John White’s company, was in the battle of Camden (Gates’ Defeat), under Colonel Porterfield, length of service five months. He volunteered in the following February, served in Captain William Christman’s and Captain John White’s companies, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House, under Colonel “Pink” Eaton; he was wounded in the left thigh in this battle, length of this service three months. His service was with the North Carolina troops. 

He was allowed pension on his application exe-cuted August 28, 1832, then aged seventy-two years and living in Warren County, North Carolina. 

The papers in this claim contain no reference to the family of John Dowtin. 

If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of birth of this pen-sioner, you should write The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Wash-ington D.C., and give the following:

John Dowtin
Certificate # 6735
 Issued March 7, 1833
 Rate $20.00 Per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency.


Very truly yours

A.H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Washington  October 10, 1931
BA-J/WF

Miss Ida Montgomery
530 North Person Street
Raleigh, North Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to John Dowtin, a soldier of the War of the Revolution. 

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, S.6801, based upon his military service. 

John Dowtin volunteered in Warren County, North Carolina, June 4, 1780, served in Captain John White’s company and was in the battle of Camden (Dates’ Defeat) under Colonel Porterfield; the length of this service was five months; he enlisted in the following February, served in Captains Christman’s and John White’s Companies and was in the battle of Guilford under Colonel Pinketham eaton; in that battle he was wounded in the left thigh; the length of this service was three months. His entire service was in the North Carolina troops. 

He was allowed pension on his application execu-ted August 28, 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age, and living in Warren County, North Caro-lina. 

He stated that he lived a short time in Franklin County. 

There is no reference to wife and children. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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March 23rd ‘36

Veteran Administration

Attention Rev. Sect & Nas 1812

Will you please advise me if you hase the following names on record among your revolutionary files Doughton of North Carolina Sisco (believed to have lived in London Co, Virginia 
Won McPavahon McKarachan Iredell Co N.N.
And 
Gunder
(Mrs JH) Ruth D. Lionberger
Landover
Maryland

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Rev. 
State of North Carolina 
Insurance Department
Raleigh
Dan C. Boney
Insurance Commissioner Sept, 21, 1931

Director of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;-

I wrote to the War Department, and have been directed to write to your department for information I want. 
There is the name of John Dowtin in the Revolutionary Records of this state, but no dates, nor that he received a pension. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and I want his record to enable me to join the D.A.R’s. Please give me any information your records show in regard to him, when pensioned or anything to help what I want, I should be very glad.

Thanking you for any information you may give me,
I am
Very truly yours,

Miss Ida Montgomery
530 North Person St., Ida Montgomery
Raleigh, N.C.

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Revluan
6801.
INVALID
File No. 6801
John Dowtin
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-- Vol. 7 ez, Page 99

(Arrangement of 1870.)
[written on side] 
1931- od 10 hist to Ida Montgomery  [illegible]
1936 - mch 25 Mrs J H Lionberger [illegible]

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Pension Office
Day Three April P. 1840
James L Edwards 
Commp.sion of Pension,
[illegible]

Just for your information, [illegible] pension [illegible] F. Lit [ illegible] 
[illegible]
John Euson
Jim Huske
Jimm - 

Act of 1832
Perry Chinn…[illegible].. [illegible]
Edmund Hays “-  3-
Robert Huddleston  “..... 30
William Payson  “- 20
Lewis Wolfe “- 32.16
& John Dowtin “- 20

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State of North Carolina
Warren County 28th. August 1832

I John L Ward of said county do hereby certify and declare that I have long known John Dowtin the applicant for a pensi. Under the act of  Congress [illegible] June 7th 1832 that I know that he was a solder in the revolutionary war, and that I verily believe he was in the Battle at Guilford and rec’d a wound in the battle. 

J. L Watson

Sworn to in 
Open court
Caswell Drake CWCF

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Aforesaid do hereby certify that caswell Drake whose attestation appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of [illegible] the [illegible] of said court and that his certificate and attestation is in deed [illegible] of law. [illegible] from under my hands [illegible] in the [illegible] and county aforesaid this 3. day of September cfl.
1832 Hentry Fitts  Justice Red

I concur in opinion with the Rev’d Henry Firrs and Peter R Davis who are acting Justices of the Peace of Warren County & State of N Caro-lina and men of the very highest standards as to John L Ward he is also an acting Justice of the Peace & an [illegible] to be believed

6th March 1833 M. T. Hawkins M. C

About GW $20.-
John Dowtin 4599

I hereby certify that hearing been long acquainted with John Dowtin personally, I know him to be a man of character and veracity, and have no doubt that he performed the services set forth by him in his declaration

M. T. Hawkins, M.C.