Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,743, Benjamin Bowen, N.C.

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
N. C.

Bowen, Benjamin
             Mary

NUMBER
W.20,743

CONTENTS

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side of page] S. Carolina No. 23,221

Benjamin Bowen
of Anderson Dist. in the State of S. Carolina who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Nelson of the Regt. Commanded by Col. Paisley in the  N. Carolina Troops line for 14 months

Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Decr [December] 1833 and sent to Van S. Lawhon, Anderson C. H. S. C.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833   116.66 1/3
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar ’34  23.33 1/3

$140.00

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 63

[right side of page] 
Letter 21 April 1837 – Pen. Agent
Letter to Hon. W. Thompson ft [first] and 3d Auditor 8 May 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March 1837 to the 5 Mar 1837 the day of his death – Agt. notified 5 June 1839.

Dead
Letter J. N. Whitner Feb. 3, 1840

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[paper torn]413

South Carolina

Mary Bowen
widow of Benjamin N. C.
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
Incd. [Increased] from $30

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Sept. 1850 and sent to Hon. James L. Orr House of Reps.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 303, Vol. 2

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John F Bowen was born September the 25th 1784
Nancy Bowen was born April the 13th 1787
Martha Bowen was born May the 12th 1790
Samuel Bowen was born February the 7th 1793
Mary Bowen was born December the 15th 1795
Margaret Bowen was born May the 13th 1800
Thomas Bowen was born August the 26th 1809

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Mary Bowen was born March the 12th 1765

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Benjamin Bowen
24276

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The State of South Carolina 
Anderson District 
On this fifth day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas in and for the State aforesaid and for the said District, now in session, Benjamin Bowen residing in the State & District aforesaid who being 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 7 1832. 
This Deponent was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in 1756 aged about 77 – removed to North Carolina 1775 – he lived in N. Carolina when called into service – he has lived in South Carolina since the Revolution & now lives in Anderson District – he entered the service in July 1776 as a volunteer under Capt. John Nelson Col. Paisley [John Paisley] & Col. John Locke, Genl. Rutherford [Griffith Rutherford] in Guilford County N. C. & served during an expedition against the cherakey [Cherokees] in North Carolina about 3 months – volunteered again under the same Capt. in 1777 & served 5 months in South Carolina under the same officers – after the five months service returned home & was a substitute & employed by a Continental Officer, Patrick McGibiney [Capt. Patrick McGibbony], to supply the place of one whom he does not recollect, Capt. Geo. Pierce [George Pearce], Col. Paisley – Genl. Davidson [William Lee Davidson] the officers under whom he served. In service this time [about seven weeks crossed out] three months –

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he again volunteered under Capt. Forbis [Arthur Forbis] – Col. not recollected, Genl. Green [sic, Nathanael Greene] served four days and was at the battle of Guilford [March 15, 1781] in 1781 he volunteered under Capt. Smith Moore Col.[s] Isaacks [perhaps Elijah Isaacs of Wilkes County NC Regiment] & Paisley – to subdue that Tories and various parts of the State of North Carolina. This Deponent was liable to do duty whenever called on for six years and actually in service much more than two years. 

He relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state although he has been for several years a Pensioner of the State of South Carolina – 
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court day year aforesaid 
Benj. Bowen
In open Court
5th March 1833
&c Van A Lawhon CC

We Sandford Vandiver - a clergyman residing in the said District and William Acker hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Bowen who has subscribed to the preceding declaration, that we believe him to be of the age he has stated. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion - Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 

Sanford Vandiver
Wm Acker

In open Court
5th March 1833
Van A Lawhon
C. C.

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I Josiah J Edwards Judge of the said court do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter the substance of the interrogatories presented by the War department having been answered as far it is said as is in the power of the applicant from his general appearance reputed character that he was a soldier of the Revolution & that he served as stated - Sanford Vandiver who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman who together with William Archer both are credible and respectable men entitled to implicit beliefs
Josiah J Evans 
presiding Judge 
5 March 1833

I Van A Lawhon clerk of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for Anderson District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Bowen for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have 
set my hand & seal of office
this 5th day of March 1833
Van A Lawhon
C.C.

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows; and the several acts in continuation thereof.

State of South Carolina}
District of Anderson} SS
On this tenth day of February 1845 personally appeared Mrs. Mary Bowen (widow of Benjamin Bowen) who I certify is unable by bodily infirmity to attend in open court before William Magee Judge of the Court of Ordinary in and for the District aforesaid; aged as she believes 79 years the 12th day of March last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, and the several acts in continuation thereof. 
That she is the widow of Benjamin Bowen who was a private in the North Carolina Troops, in the war of the Revolution that he lived in Guilford County N.C. & she lived neighbor to him when he entered the service, but she does not know the date when he entered, or the officers under whom he served; marched through North & South Carolina & Georgia and suffered much as he stated; her husband however was placed on the Pension List on the 7th December 1833 under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 and he of course proved his service, which may be referred to as she supposes the proof is filed in Pension Office which will prove & show more fully his services than any thing she can tell or otherwise make appear, as she is old and infirmed, and unable to remember what she has heard on the subject.
She further declares that she was married the said

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Benjamin Bowen in November one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, in Guilford County N.C. twelve miles from Gilford C. H. by 'Squire McCama at his house, that her husband obtained a license for the purpose as was the law & custom of that county in that day. She has no record of the date of her marriage but has a record on a slip of paper of the birth of her first child John F. Bowen; which was the 25th September 1784 and recollects that their marriage took place the November previous to his birth; the said family record on the slip of paper alluded to, which is herewith forwarded, was made by Pinkney Vandiver under her superintendence, taken from a record in a Bible which has been kept in their family as a family record but which was left with their son who is now dead & the said Bible is either in the hands of his former wife or lost as she supposes; that she is very sure the slip contains a true record of the birth of their children. That her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Bowen, died on the fifth day of November, which she thinks was eight years ago last November, which would make it 1836. That she was not married to him previous to his last period of service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. 

They remained in North Carolina one or two years, she thinks after marriage, and then moved to this District, and has remained here ever since, and she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband.
Mary [her X mark] Bower

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
William Magee Judge of the court of ordinary for Anderson District

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South Carolina}
Anderson District} Before me personally appeared John J. Stevenson a respectable and truthful citizen of the District and State aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that he has been acquainted with Benjamin Bowen who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier for about thirty two years past, and that he never heard it doubted but that he and his wife (now his widow) were lawfully married, but believes it to be so, as they lived together as such and raised a family of children, the said widow Mary Bowen, who is now making application for a Pension, is the widow of the same Benjamin Bowen who drew a Pension, and that she has not married since the death of the said Benjamin Bowen, which he believes took place at the time stated by the said widow, viz. on the fifth day of November 1836. He further states that the said widow Mrs. Mary Bowen is truthful, and he has every reason to believe her statement as to the time of her marriage, as well from the apparent ages of her children as from a knowledge of her veracity, he also has every reason to believe her whole statement made in her declaration.

John J Stevenson

Sworn to 10th February 1845 before} 
William Magee ordinary & Ex offices M.A.D.}

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[written sideways] 11701 Rd. [Received] Feb. 25 1845

South Carolina}
Anderson District} Before me personally appeared Andrew A. McFall Esq. a highly respectable citizen of the District and State aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that he became acquainted with Benjamin Bowen late of the District who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier,  some thirty years ago, that he also knew his wife Mrs. Mary Bowen, and that they lived together as husband and wife and raised a family of children together, that they were believed to be married, and he never heard it doubted that they were lawfully married, but believe it to be so, the said Mary Bowen is the same who has made the annexed declaration to procure a Pension, and he knows her to be the widow of the same Benjamin Bowen who drew a Pension, and who died in this District some six or eight years ago, he presumes at the time stated by the said widow, he also knows that she has not married since the death of her said husband Benja. [Benjamin] Bowen; Mrs. Mary Bowen the said widow, has always been considered respectable and truthful and he has no reason to doubt, but every reason to believe her statement in the said declaration annexed.
A. N. McFall

Sworn to & subscribed before me}
this 11th Feby. 1845.}

W. Magee ordinary
& Ex officio M.A.D.
I, Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court of Anderson District, certify that William Magee is Ordinary and Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine, & also that Mrs. Bowen the declarant & the affiants J. J. Stevenson & A.N. McFall are also highly respectable.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 11th Feby 1945.
Elijah Webb Clk [Clerk] of the Court of Anderson District  SoCa [South Carolina]

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July 31, 1845
Adal [Additional] to case
Mary Bowen

[written sideways] 
Pickney Addl [Additional]}
25 July}

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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State of South Carolina}
Anderson District} S.S.
Personally appeared before me William Magee ordinary and Ex Officio Magistrate of Anderson District William Acker Esqr. [Esquire] a highly respected citizen of the district aforesaid who being duly sworn deposith and saith that he has known Benjamin Bowen and Mary Bowen his wife over fifty years. Said Benjamin and Mary did live together as husband & wife more than fifty years ago. That their eldest son Jno. F. Bowen was born previous to the year 1794. Also Nancy their eldest daughter & Martha and Samuel their second son each of the aforementioned children of Benjamin Bowen and Mary Bowen were born previous to the year 1794. The said Wm Acker Esquire declares that they were always regarded as their children and is satisfied from his intimacy with the family that they had been married a sufficient length of time for each of the above named children to have been born previous to the above date. He further declares that Benjamin Bowen had been from his first knowing of him, reputed as a Revolutionary Soldier and to his knowledge that he did die several years ago and that Mary Bowen is still living and is the widow of said Bowen -- and that her declaration may be relied on as she is a person of know[ledge] & veracity

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
26th day  April 1845}   Wm Acker
W. Magee ordinary}
& Ex officio Mag. A.D.}

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State of South Carolina}
Anderson District} S.S.
Before William Magee ordinary and Ex officio Magistrate of the district aforesaid appeared personally Huldah Gray age seventy seven years past a lady of respectability and made oath in due form saith that she was acquainted with Benjamin Bowen and Mary Hindley in North Carolina over sixty years ago. Afterwards they moved to this State and district as husband and wife at which time they had one or more children and she is certain that when they came into their immediate neighborhood that it was previous to the year 1796 She is satisfied that Martha her third child and Samuel her fourth were born in her neighborhood and that it was previous to the time above specified - that said Benjamin Bowen and Mary his wife did live together as husband & wife as above stated and he was regarded as a revolutionary Soldier - She further states that she is satisfied that he did depart this life several years ago and that Mary his wife is still living and is his widow still & further states that Mary Bowen is a woman of respectability and has always been regarded as such.
Sworn to and subscribed the 20th day of April A.D. 1845 - 
Huldah (her X mark) Gray

W. Magee ordinary
& Ex officio M.A.D.

State of South Carolina 
Anderson District
William Magee Judge of ordinary for the district and State afore such hereby certify that William Acker Esqr [Esquire] and Mrs. Huldah Gray the two officiants are persons of undoubted honesty and their depositions may be considered true, under my hand and Seal of office this 30th day of April A.D. 1845 - William Magee 
Judge of the Court of Ordinary for A.D.

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South Carolina}
Anderson District} I, Elijah Webb Court of the County of Anderson District certify that William Magee is Ordinary and Ex Officio a Magistrate in and for the District and State aforesaid and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine and also that the affidavit, Wm Acker Esqr [Esquire] and Huldah Gray are respectable & truthful citizens of this District. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and officiary seal of
Office, this twenty fourth day of July 1845.
[signature]  
Elijah Webb C.C.A.D

Pickens S.C.
35th July 1845
Dear Sir,
You have herewith the additional proof for Mrs. Mary Bowen, which I hope will be satisfactory & that I state above was from you.
with the highest respect
Yours,
Miles M. Norton

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24276
Benjamin Bowen
S.C.

Rev

Admit as a private
14 mo.
e.m.   $46.66

Van A Lawhon
A. Lawhorn, Anderson
C H
No Ca

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

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, nd 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. The points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, thus ( {  ).  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 your claim. 
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Benjamin Bowen. SC
_____________________________________________
[column headings:} * Period when the service was rendered
* Duration of claimant's service Yr/Mo/Days
* Rank of Claimant
* Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served
* Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service
* Proof by which the declaration is supported

[1st line entry]
July 1776 volu[nteered] -  3 [mo] - Private - Col Cpt Nelson Paisley - 77[yrs] born in Lancaster Pa entered in N.C. now lives in Anderson District S.C. 
[2nd line entry]
1777  ( " ) - 5 [mo] - " " "
[3rd line entry]
Substitute - 3 [mo] - " Cpt Pierce Paisley 
[4th line entry]
again volun[teered] - 3 [mo] " Cpt Forbs... Col. forgotten
[5th line entry]
1781 ( " ) - 14 [mo] - " Cpt Moore Col Isaacs -
[6th line entry-notation]
Was actually in service much more than 2 years - [based on proof of...] Certificate of a Clergyman and Citizen
____________________________
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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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section AWF Own

January 9, 1928

James Y. Bowen
600 Haas & Howell Bldg
Atlanta, Ga. 

Sir:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 20743, it appears that Benjamin Bowen was born in 1756 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

While residing in Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, as follows-

From in July 1776, three months in Captain John Nelson's Company, Colonels Paisley's and John Locke's Regiment; from in 1777 to April 10, 1778 under same officers as above; from in August 1780, three months in Captain George Pierce's Company, Colonel Paisley's Regiment; four days in Captain Forbes' Company,  and was in the battle of Guilford; from  in October 1781, three months in Captain Smith Moore's Company, Colonels Isaacs' and Paisley's

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Regiment; and served at various times, officers not stated, his entire service amounting to over two years. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 5, 1833, while a resident of Anderson District, South Carolina. He died there November 5, 1836 or 1837.

Soldier married in November 1783 in Guilford County, North Carolina, Mary Hindley, who was born March 13, 1765.
 
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 10, 1845,  while a resident of Anderson District, South Carolina.

Children-

John F.  born September 25, 1784
Nancy " [born] April 13, 1787
Martha " [born] May 12, 1790
Samuel " [born] February 7, 1793
Mary " [born] December 15, 1795
Margaret " [born] May 13, 1800
Thomas " [born] August 26, 1802

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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Sept. 24, 1845
Recd of
Mary Bowen

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Pickney Clk.S.C.               10
16 Sept
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Pickens C.H.  S. C.
15th Septr. [September] 1845

Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 8th. Inst. with reference to Mary Bowen's application, is at hand, and if I understand it, you propose to allow her a pension for 9, instead of 14 months service of her husband. If so, in the absence of other proof at present, she will have to accept your offer, you will therefore oblige by forwarding her certificate accordingly.
I am Sir,
Very respectfully 
Your obt. [Obedient] Servant
Miles M. Norton

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[Illegible] $46.66
Act 38
43744
48, deducting 
former payts [payments] at $30 per an [annum]


Hon James L. Orr
H of R. [House of Representatives]

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Washington 10th July 1850
Sir:
I have the honor to enclose you here with the declaration of Mrs. Mary Bowen of Anderson District and State of South Carolina - She is the widow of Benjamin Bowen whom I know to be a Revolutionary Pensioner during his life. Mrs. Mary Bowen has already been placed on the Rolls in your office at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum but is enti [entitled] the $46.66 as you will see by reference to the papers on file in your office, this application is to obtain the balance due her as well as for the future.
I am personally acquainted with Herbert Hammond and know that he is judge of the Court of Ordinary for the District of Anderson and State of South Carolina and that the Seal attached to the enclosed paper is the seal of that Office 
I am very truly
Your Obt. [Obedient] Servant
James L. Orr

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 10th, 1839,

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Benj: [Benjamin] Bowen, a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Forty six Dollars and sixty-six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department,  from the 4th of March, 1837, to the 5th Nov:, 1837, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
J. Seaner
acting Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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[circular stamp sideways] ANDERSON C. H. JAN 20 S.C.

Jan 28 1840
Benj [Benjamin] Bowlen [Bowen]
S. Co na [Carolina]
Act 1832

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Free
J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr. for Pensions
War Department
Washington City.

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Anderson Jany. [January] 21st 1840

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
The widow of old Benj. Bowen who had been allowed a Pension under the Act of Congress June 1832 is desirous of knowing whether any provision has been made by any acts of Congress for persons of her description. 
She has been furnished through the Hon. J.C. Calhoun by the department with the act of 7 June 1838 "granting half pay of the pensioners to certain widows" with accompanying instructions,  but that act seems to me to contemplate only those whose husbands had not enjoyed the provisions of the Act 1832. This old Lady was married previous to 1794 but her husband was placed on the pensions roll under the act of 1832 & enjoyed its provisions to the time of his death in 1838 - a line on the subject at your earliest convenience will be a kindness to an aged & necessitous female 
Very respectfully
Jos. N Whitner.

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Greensboro Guilford County, March 3rd 1843
Dear Sir
Yours of the 17th ultima came to hand and was duly received & in answer to your request, I have made diligent search for the License  bond you want but cannot find any with Benjamin Bowen's name to it. I found one with Thomas Bowen's name & looked over at least five hundred old Bonds, you state in your Letter that you have had frequent occasions to write & have never received any answer this is the first time I have received one with your name to it but regret that I cannot answer it satisfactorily
Yours [Illegible]
John M Logan ccc

Mr. Miles M Norton}

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No. 11824
Mary Bowen
S.C.
Act 7 July 38

M83 a37

Miles M. Norton Esq.
Pickens C.H.
S.C.

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Pickens S.C.
15th Feby 1845
Dear Sir,
I send herein the Declaration & proof of Mrs. Mary Bowen of Anderson, claiming a Pension, please forward her certificate to me, on examining her claim, if it be admitted & oblige very respectfully Your obl Svt
Miles M. Norton

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Aug 8, 1845

Adaeter[?] on[?]
Mary Bowen

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Pickens C. House       10
1 August
Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

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Pickens C. H. S.C   1st Aug. 1845
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Enclosed is the  compt.[completion?] of N. C. certificate of the service of Benj [Benjamin] Bowen in behalf of his widow Mary Bowen, whose claim is before you
Respectfully,
Miles M. Norton Esq.

Mail}

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Washington  18th Sept 1850
Sir,
Your letter of yesterday which says "I have the honor to enclose herewith the pension certificates of Mary Bowen widow of Benj. Bowen of South Carolina" &c came to hand but on opening it I found no certificates. I suppose it was inadvertently left out.
I have the honor to be
yours &c,
James L Orr

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Payment to be made at Charleston
by
J. 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
2nd, 1848, page 303 Vol. 2.
Lev. Jenkins
Clerk.

Go to '49
Guilford N. C.

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WAR DEPARTMENT
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2nd, 1848,
Mary Bowen
widow of Benjamin Bowen
who was a Private -- in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars [crossed out and_cents] per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, 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 War Office of the United
States this 15th day of December
one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight.

W. C. Marcy

Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned,
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensioners.

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2413
South Carolina
Mary Bowen
widow of Benjamin Bowen
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
15 day of Dec. 1848
and sent to
Miles M. Norton
Pickens, C. H.
S.C.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 303 Vol 2

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Reported 
Decr. 15/48

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9686

South Carolina
Mary Bowen
Widow of Benjamin Bowen
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 5th November 1837
of Anderson Dist. in the State of So. Car.
who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain Nelson of the
Regt commanded by Col Paisley in
the N. Carolina line for _____________

Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66/100 Cents
per annum, to commence on the [words crossed out] 5th November 1837
Incr'd [increased] from $30

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of 
Sept 1850 and Sent to
Hon James L. Orr
House of Reps.

Total amount $_______

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by H. R. Wightman Clerk,
Book D  Vol, 1 Page 305

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7361
South Carolina

Mary Bowen
widow of Benjamin Bowen
who was a private 
in the N. Carolina lines
__________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars ____ Cents
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
__________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
20 day of Oct. 1845
and sent to Miles M. Norton,
Pickens, Ct. House,
So. Carolina.
________________________
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
& 17 June, 1844.

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 164.

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7361
South Carolina 

Mary Bowen
widow of Benjamin Bowen
who was a private 
in the N. Carolina line
Incd [Increased] from $30
____________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
46 Dollars 66 Cents
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
16th day of Septr. [September] 1850
and sent to 
Hon James L. Orr
House of Reps
_______________________
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2   Page 168

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9686

South Carolina

Mary Bowen
widow of Benjamin Bowen,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832,
and who died on the 5th : November, 1837,
of Anderson Dist: [District] in the State of So. Ca: --
who was a private in the coy [company]
commanded by Captain Nelson, of the
Regt. commanded by Col: Paisley --in
the N. Carolina line for 9 mos: [months]
______________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston,
at the rate of 30 Dollars
_____ Cents per annum, to commence on the [words crossed out] 5th: November, 1837
____________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th: day of
Oct: 1845 - and sent to M. M. Norton
Pickens C. H. [Court House] S. Ca.

Total amount  $ ______________

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by Will Stewart    Clerk,
Book D   Vol. 1   Page 305

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Benjamin Bowen, S. Carolina Roll act 7 June 1832 at the rate of $46.66 per annum.
to what time was he last paid?

Pension Office
Oct. 18, 1845     SrC. A.
Paid to 5 November 1837. The day he died

[smaller scanned page]
No. 11.824.
Mary Bowen
S.C. 
Let. [Letter] to Miles M. Norton Apl 4th, '45
"   to same Augt [August] 29, '45
"   to same Sept 8 - '45

Act July 7, 1838

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No 11701

Mary Bowen
widow of Benjamin
S. C. 
Act  7 July 1838

Admd. [Admitted] 9 mo [months] prior
$30.00 per annum
from 5 Novem 1837, to 4th 
March 1841 - 

Admd [Admitted] act 3 March 1843
and 7 June 1844
$30.00 per annum

Miles M. Norton
Pickens A D
S. [C.]

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Raleigh N C.
Compt [Comptrollers] Office

I, William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accounting in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the Name of B. Bowen appears of Record in this office as having 
had a specie Certificate issued in his favor for Two Pounds Sixteen Shillings (£2 16) or will appear in Book G No 18 Page 16--given under my hand and seal this 25th day July AD 1845

Wm F. Collins Compt [Comptroller]

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Mrs. Mary Bowen.



Answer to
Miles M. Norton
Pickens C.H.
S.C.

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 2nd February 1948 entitled  ["] an act making further provisions for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."

State of South Carolina}
District of Anderson}  S.S.

On this twenty ninth day of September 1848 personally appeared before me Herbert Hammond ordinary & Ex off M.A.D
Mrs. Mary Bowen a resident of the same District and state aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pensions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Benjamin Bowen who was a private in the North Carolina Troops in the war of the Revolution. 
That she received a pension under the act of 17th June 1844 of Thirty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.

Witness: Mary Ann Stevenson

Mary [her X mark] Bowen

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me this 29th September 1848.
Herbert Hammond {L. S}
Ordinary & Ex off Ex off M.A.D.

I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with his Mrs. Mary Bowen and Know her to be the same who drew a pension under the act of 17th June 1844 
Given under my hand and seal this 29th Septr. [September] 1848

Herbert Hammond {L. S.}
ordinary & Ex off M.A.D.

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South Carolina
Pickens District

I, Elijah Webb Clerk of the Court of Anderson District certify that Herbert Hammond is a magistrate as within and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony where of I have
here unto affixed my seal of office
And subscribed my name this
2nd day of October 11848
Elijah Webb
C. C. A. D.

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Declaration}
of }
Mrs. Mary Bowen}

Made 31st July 1850


H. Hammond
O.A.D.

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State of South Carolina}
Anderson District} On this 31st day of July 1850 personally appeared before me Herbert Hammond Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Anderson District and state aforesaid being a Court of Record, Mrs. Mary Bowen a resident of said district age 85 years who being first 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 law of the United States passed on 1st of July 1848. That she is the widow of Benjamin Bowen who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $46.66 cents. That she has herself been placed on the pension Roll of the United States at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum. That she now makes application for the difference between her own and her husband's allowance under all preceding Acts (to wit) Act of 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th of June 1844 and 2nd February 1848 and would refer the Department to the proof now on file in her said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 31st day of July 1850.
Herbert Hammond
O.A.D.
Mary [her X mark] Bowen

I further Certify that the above Declarant Mary Bowen who has sworn to and subscribed the above is a person whose statements full faith and credit is due
I further Certify that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.

Given under my hand and Seal
of Office in Open Court at Anderson Court
House the day and date above written

Herbert Hammond
O.A.D.

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Awf

Rev. and 1818
War Section.

September 13, 1926

Miss Artemisia T.L. Bowen
Broadway Central Hotel
673 Broadway
New York City

Madam:
I have to advise you that you were furnished, December 6, 1920, the history of Benjamin Bowen (W. 20743), who enlisted in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Owing to a lack of clerical force available for the purpose, it is not the practice of the Bureau to send the same history to the same person.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION   
3--525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Dec 6, 1920

In reply to your request of _______, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Benj. Bowen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 20743

[column headings: Dates of Enlistment or Appointment * Length of service * Rank * Captain * Colonel * State]
[Row 1] July 1776 / 3 mos. / Pvt / Jno Wilson / Paisley and Jno Locke / N.C.
[Row 2] July 1777 / Apl 10-'78, 5 mos. / "" / " " [Jno Wilson] /  " " [Paisley and Jno Locke] / " " [N.C.] 
[Row 3] Aug. 1780 / 3 mos. / " " / Geo. Pierce / Paisley / " " [N.C.]
[Row 4] " " / 4 days / " " / Forbes / ___ / " " [N.C.]
[Row 5] Oct. 1781 / 3 mos. / " " / Smith Moore / Isaacs and Paisley / So Ca
[Row 6] Officers not [on file??] Served into at various times. Enlist/service over two years.

Battles engaged in, Guilford

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Guilford Co. N.C.

Date of application for pension, March 5, 1833, cl. al. [claim allowed]

Residence at date of application, Anderson Dist. S. C.

Age at date of application, b.[born] Lancaster Co. Pa. in 1756

Remarks: He married Nov. 1783 in Gilford Co. N.C. Mary Hindley (b. Mch [born March] 12 - 1765) both resided in Guilford Co. He d. [died] Nov. 5, 1836 (1837 (there) and he was a pensioner on ap ex. Feb. 10, 1845, while res. in Anderson Dist. S.C. aged 79 yrs. Children: John F. Sept - 25, 1784; Nancy b. Apl. [born April] 13, 1787; Martha b. May 12, 1790; Samuel b. Feb. 7, 1793; Mary b. Dec. 15, 1795; Margaret b. May 13, 1800 and Thomas B. Aug. 26, 1802.

Respectfully,        
Commissioner.

1844 [-] 79 [=] 1765

6-2856

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NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DARWIN P. KINGSLEY

J.Y. BOWEN
NEW YORK LIFE INS.  CO.
600 HAAS & HOWELL BLDG.
ATLANTA, GA.

June 24th 1927.

U.S. Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
I am writing to ask you to please [send] me a copy of the Revolutionary War Record of Benjamin Bowen of Guilford Court House, N.C.

Benjamin Bowen was my Great-Great Grandfather, and I should like very much to have this record.

Thanking you and hoping that I may hear from you at an early date, I am,
Very truly yours,
James Y. Bowen

[postmark]
U.S. PENSIONS OFFICE
JUNE 27 1927

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Broadway Central Hotel
CENTRALLY LOCATED
673 Broadway
CORNER THIRD STREET
New York

July 26th 1926
Pension Bureau
Revolutionary War Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Will you be so kind as to send me the Revolutionary War Record of Benjamin Bowen who enlisted from Guilford Court House N.C. in 1776?
I wish it as credentials for membership in the D.A.R.'s.
Yours truly
Miss Artemisia T.L. Bowen

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Personal
inquiry
Nov. 1, '20

Send certified to
Miss Artemisia Bowen
c/o  Alfred E. Smith (lawyer)
25 Broad St. - New York

Benj & Mary Bowen
N.C. W. File 20743

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[Left page]

20.743
Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 20743
Mary Bowen
Wid. of
Benjamin Bowen 
Priv. Rev. War.

Act: Feb. 2nd

Index: - Vol. A, Page 75

[Arrangement of 1870]

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July - 20 - 1900
Mrs. Arta Bowen Durham
_____________________
1920, Dec. 6 Hist. to Mrs.
Artemisia Bowen - Ew.
____________________
1926 - Sept. 15 - Miss Artemisia 
Bowen - advise 4 same Hist
not each 2 " times awf
_____________________
1928 - Jan. 9 - Hist. to James
Y. Bowen  awf

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Amended Declaration of Benj. Bowen

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The State of South Carolina 
Anderson District
 
Benjamin Bowen appears personally before me and makes the following amended Declaration on oath to supply as far as in his power lies the deficiencies in his Declaration made in open Court the 5th y [day] of March 1833 though from the frailty of memory he cannot swear with more precision than follows as to the precise length of his service. This Deponent's age was recorded in a family Bible which has passed into the hands of one of his children since removed to Tennessee. He never received but one written discharge which was at Pocotaligo in S. [South] Carolina on the 10th day of April 1778 at the end of the second tour set forth before but which has been long since lost. 
In stating his first tour to be about three months he was careful to declare to the longer period than he was assured he did serve and if the phrase be less objectionable he will say at least three months. 
His second tour which was in South Carolina may be ascertained from his discharge 10th April as above – He was out for a six months tour & has no doubt scarcely that he was actually out that long but preferred setting it down as five months positively – 
The third tour in which he substituted was commenced in August 1780 and was for three months mos. [months]. 
His tour in 1781 was commenced in the month

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of October and was discharged in January after and continued at least three months. The foregoing tours he distinctly recollects was often out for a few days at a time which from his description of service it is impossible to set forth with precision – For six years he was a volunteer and subject to orders. 
Fourteen months and four days he has been able to call to mind of actual service as before set forth - 
and is satisfied that two years of actual service and more was seen by him during the struggle. 
He acted entirely in the capacity of a Private. 
Benj. Bowen

Sworn to and Subscribed (before me)
November 2nd 1833
Joseph N. Whitner
Not. Public & L.W. Ex-Officio -

The State of South Carolina
I, Van A Lawhon Clerk of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas of the District of Anderson certify that Joseph N. Whitner is an acting Notary Public as above and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this Ninth day of November one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
Van A Lawhon
C.C.