Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,072, Lewis S Bowers, New Jersey

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Service: New Jersey              
 Bowers, Lewis S.           
Number: R.1,072

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State of New York
Rensselaer county. On this 3d day of June One thousand eight hundred & forty three personally appeared in open court before the County Court of the County of Rensselaer now sitting in the City of Troy in said county Lewis Bowers a resident of the town of Hoosick in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid & state of New aged Twenty nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated,  in the year 1778 this deponent entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War as a private soldier in Captain Solomon Munson's Company, then residing in the town of Hanover, County of Morris & State of New Jersey that the regiment was commanded by Colonel Seeley, that he continued to serve in said company for two months, that he performed garrison duty at Elizabethtown opposite Staten Island.  

And this deponent further says that in the year 1779 this deponent was drafted for the term of three months & entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in a company commanded by Captain Stephen Baldwin in the regiment commanded by Colonel Seeley, that this deponent went to Newark from thence to Dobbs Ferry remained there about one month, was marched from thence to Newark, from thence to Springfield in which battle this deponent

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was engaged. After the battle at Springfield this deponent was marched to a place called Connecticut Farms in Springfield & remained there until he was honorably discharged after having served the full time of three months. 

And this deponent further says that in the year 1779 this deponent was taken from the militia in which he then was as a private soldier in the service of the United States to attend as waiter to several officers at the town of Hanover in the county of Morris in the State of New Jersey, that the army was inoculated for the smallpox, the Officers' waiters were also inoculated & were sick & this deponent was detailed to supply their places, that this deponent served in that capacity for the term of four & a half months, when he was discharged at Hanover, afore said, that this deponent recollects distinctly the name of Captain M--d one of the officers he attended but the names of the others have escaped his recollection.

And this deponent further says in the year 1780 he again entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the town of Hanover in the County of Morris in Captain Daniel Gage's [?] Company, that he was engaged the most of the time in cutting wood for Artificers in the employ of the United States that this deponent continued in the service of the United States for the term of two months when he was discharged in the town of Hanover aforesaid.

And this deponent further says in the year 1781, he was again drafted for three

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months that he entered the service in Captain Josiah Crane in Col. Seely's Regiment.

that this deponent was stationed some part of the time at White Plains & was marched from there up & down the shores of the Hudson River to guard the same. The main Army were then at Yorktown that this deponent continued to serve for the term of three months & was discharged at Newark in the State of New Jersey.

And this deponent further says he cannot state the particular months he entered the service of the United States nor the month he was discharged.

And this deponent further says that he has no documentary evidence by which he is enabled to prove his said service, nor does this deponent know of any other witnesses except Martin Baldwin & Sally Bowers whose affidavits are herewith annexed by whom this deponent can prove his said service.

And this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any state.

Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid:
Lewis Bowers

Sig W. Davy, J.P.
Judge of Renss [Rensselaer] County Court

We Thomas Gordon - a clergyman residing in the town of Norfolk in the County of Cumberland & David Whitney residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Brown who has subscribed & sworn to the

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above declaration & we believe him to be Seventy three years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Geo R Davis First Judge
of Renss [Rensselaer] County Court

Thomas Gordon
David L. Whitney
Geo R Davis

I, Charles Hooper Clerk of the county court of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the following interrogations were propounded to Lewis Bowers the foregoing applicant for a Pension on account of service in the United States during the Revolutionary War & answers by him given.

1. Where, and in what year were you born?

Answer I was born in the town of Hanover in the county of Morris New Jersey in July 1763

2. Have you any Record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer I have no Record of my age.
3. Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War? Where do you now live?

Answer I was living in Hanover Morris County New Jersey a large portion of the time & since the Revolution I have lived in Hanover where I now reside.

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4. How were you called into service were you draughted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom?

Answer I went into service as a substitute for Silas Baldwin to whom I was then an apprentice this was my first two months service my third service was a draft.

5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such 
Continental & Militia Regiments as you can 
Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect the general circumstances of your services? I do not now recollect any continental officers Andrews I remember upon the Battle of Springfield there was Captain Timothy Tuttle I was belonging in the same company with me General (crossed out text) had command at Springfield was continued for American (crossed out text)

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?

Answer: I never received a written discharge

7. State the name of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify to your character for veracity & then on behalf of your services as a solder of the Revolution?

Answer Geo Thomas Gordon & David Whitney.

And further certify that the foregoing content is the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lewis Bowers for a Pension,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 30th day of June 1843.

Chas Hooper
Clerk

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1072

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State of Vermont 
Addison County
Be it known that before me Udney H Everest 
a Justice of the peace in and for the County of
Addison aforesaid personally appeared Martin Baldwin a resident of
Addison in the County of Addison aforesaid aged seventy six
years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law 
deposes testifies and says, that he has from his earliest recollection
been acquainted with Lewis Bowers of Hoosack in the County of
Rensellaer and State of Newyork [New York], that he the said Martin
Baldwin and the said Lewis Bowers family lived in the same
neighbourhood in the Township of Hanover in the County of
Morris and State of Newjersey [New Jersey] that they both resided at said
Hanner during the Revolutionary War, the said Martin Baldwin
further testifies that he the said Martin Baldwin is the son of 
Captain Luther Baldwin who was a captain in the Militia of
Newjersey [New Jersey] and who served as such at various times during the
war, and that he was a pensioner. And the said Martin
Baldwin further testifies that the said Lewis Bowers was a soldier
in the said Captain Stephen Baldwin's Company in the Militia of
Newjersey [New Jersey] aforsaid, and that he the said Lewis Bowers was a 
Soldier in actual service in said Company for the time of
three months as he the ten Martin Baldwin does well 
remember, and that during said three months same as afors'd
the said Lewis Bowers. Served at the White Plains in the State 
of
Newyork [New York] at Dobs ferry and at Springfield in the State of 
Newjersey [New Jersey], and the said Martin Baldwin further testifies that he
was present at the Battle of Springfield in Newjersey [New Jersey] during the
Revolution and that the said Lewis Bowers was in said
Battle and further says not

Sworn and subscribed to this 21t day of February 1843
Martin X Baldwin his mark

Before me Udney H Everest Just Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Martin Baldwin
is a credible witness
Attest Admy H Everest Justice Pea

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State of Vermont
Addison County ss.

Be it known that before me Udney H Everest 
a Justice of the peace in and for the County of
Addison aforesaid personally appeared Sally Bowers a resident of
Bridport in the County of Addison aforesaid aged eighty one years
and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law deposes
testifies and says, that she has been acquainted with Lewis
Bowers now of Hoosack in the County of Rensselaer and State of
Newyork [New York] upward of Seventy years, that the said Lewis Bowers family
lived in the Township of Hanover in the State of Newjersey [New Jersey] and
that he resided in said Hanover during the war of the Revolution
and that according to her best recollection and belief the said
Lewis Bowers was a solder in the militia of Newjersey [New Jersey] in the
service of the United States during the Revolutionary war, and
belonged a part of the time in Captain Stephen Baldwins Company
and that she then understood that he served three months as a
Soldier in Captain Baldwins Company, and the said Sally Bowers
further testifies that her late husband Samuel Bowers late of Crownpoint [Crown Point]
in the State of Newyork [New York] deceased was a brother of the said Lewis
Bowers and that he was in the Term of the United States as a soldier
and that according to her best recollection and belief the
said Lewis Bowers was also a soldier in the militia of Newjersey [New Jersey]
and served at various times during the war of the Revolution
She further testifies that she well remembers of the said Lewis
Bowers with other soldiers coming from the Army at Morristown
in the winter season and cutting wood in the neighbourhood where
in the said Sally Bowers then resided for the use of the Army at 
Morristown, and she then understood that he the said Lewis Bowers 
then belonged to Captain Daniel Guards Company - she does 
well remember of the said Lewis Bowers and the other soldiers while
chopping wood as aforesaid drawing their rations at the Commissary
stores at Morristown She further testifies that according to her best
recollection and belief that the said Lewis Bowers and her late husband
Samuel Bowers were in the Battle of Springfield in Newjersey [New Jersey] during the
war of the Revolution and further say not

Sally X Bowers her mark

Sworn and subscribed to this 21st day
of February 1843 Mfer m

Udney H Everest Justice

I hereby certify that the above named Sally Bowers is a credible
witness

Attest Udney H Everest Justice Peace

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State of Vermont
Addison County

I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the
said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Udney
H. Everest, before whom the within affidavits of Martin
Baldwin & Sally Bowers were made was at the
time, a Justice of the peace for said County & his name
severally subscribed thereto is his own signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this first day of March 1843.

Saml Swift Clerk

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Apl 16 44
Col. Niles

[Postmark]
WASHINGTON DC APR 15

[vertically downward}
From D L Seymour
We [?]
Col Edwards
Pension Office
Washington

[vertically upward]
Hon D L Seymour
April 17/44

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Washington Ap. 15. 1844

Col. Edwards

Sir, will you please inform
me whether during the past year there has
been received at your office any pension
papers in behalf of a Mr. Bowers of the
State of New York. His name is Lewis or
Lewis S. Bowers I do not know which
He is one of my constituents & informs
me that his agent says that in May 1843
he sent his papers to Washington but has
not heard from them since - As speedy a
reply as you can conveniently give will
much oblige

Your Humble Servt
D L Seymour

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June 22 1843
N.Y.s
Lewis Bowers

[Postmark]
[NEW Y]ORK JUN 20

[vertically downward]
June 7 1832
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Comr
Washington City

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[illegible] June 2 [?] 1843
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you
the application of [illeg] Bowers for
a Pension. I am satisfied of his
Revolutionary services
Truly
Geo R Davis

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B458
Sept. 27 1836.
Pension Office.
NY

[upside down]
Honl. Lewis Cass Esqr.
Secretary of War.
Washington City.
Revolutionary Claim

[Postmark]
TROY NY SEP 24

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Honl. Lewis Cass Esqr.
Secretary of War.
Sir, please direct answer
to Nathan Howard Jr. Troy Renss. Co. N.Y.

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2nd-  Morris Co N.
78. Capt Munson Col Seely Elizabethtown  2 mo.
79. " Baldwin  " Newark, Dobbs Ferry &c  3 -
79 served as waiter to small pox hospital - 4/ -
80. cutting wood for artificers &c
81 " Crane - Col Seely on shores Hudson - 3 -
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19L
4 first only-

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New York
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Revo'y
Lewis S. Bowers
Suspended
Letts to N. Howard Esq
  Sept. 29, 1836
let to GR Dans Aug 21. 1843
" Hon. D. L. Seymour
April 17 /44

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____ Ex'r.  INVALID.
[blacked out]
of 1832, and
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
[above line crossed out]
1072
[vertically:] REJECTED
[illeg.] o. Lewis S Bowers
[s]ervice: ___
[en]listed: ___ , 18
[di]scharged: ___, 18
[Ap]plication filed: ___, 18
[illeg.]leges: ___
Re-enlisted: ___
Attorney: ___
P. O. ___

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33.839
B438
Lewis S. Bowers

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State of New York
Rensselaer County: ss:
On this 24th day of
September in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty six personally
appeared in open Court before James Vanderpool Esquire 
Circuit Judge of the third Circuit 
now sitting in and for the County
of Rensselaer Lewis S. Bowers a resident of the
town of Hoosick in the County of Rensselaer
and State of New York aged Seventy three
years and twenty four days old who being
first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his 
oath make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832 -
That he entered the Service of the United
States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated. That in the 
begining [sic] of September 1778. he entered the Service
under the command of Captain Solomon 
Munson in Morris County in the State of New
Jersey as a substitute for Silas Baldwin who
was Drafted, that he went from there to Elizabeth 
Town in New Jersey, that he there served
as guard at Halsteds Point for the space of
Two months when he was discharged. That 
the Colonels name was Seely and the General
Hurd [Heard] -- That he again entered the service as
Volunteer on the first of December 1778 at 
Morristown in New Jersey and continued in the
Service four months and a half. That the surgeons
name was John Pleasant. That he has

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now forgotten the names of the other officers - 
That during that winter he acted chiefly as-
Servant. That the other officers belonged to the
Pennsylvania line. That the army during that
winter quartered at Morristown for the purpose
of innoculation [inoculation] for the Small-pox. That during 
the month of August 1779 he was drafted as 
a private soldier. That Stephen Baldwin was
the name of his Captain. that - Seely was the
name of his Colonel, and - Hurd that of his
general. That he then went from Morris County
in New Jersey to Dobbs ferry in the State of
New York, that he remained there about three
weeks and then returned with the company
to Elizabethtown in New Jersey that he remained
there untill the enemy came over from
New York when they retreated to Springfield
sometimes called Conneticut [Connecticut] farms where an 
engagement took place between the two armies
from which place the British army retreated
the same day to New York. That he remained
at Springfield and served as guard there and
at Tremble's Point untill the Tenth of November
when he was discharged. That General Hurd [Heard]
was after the battle of Springfield tried by a
Court Martial and his commission taken
from him for cowardice. That he then returned 
home where he remained until February
1780, when he again entered the Service at
Morristown, where he served one month and
a half - when he was discharged and went
home in the Town of Hanover in Morris County

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in the State of New Jersey where he Remained
untill June or July in 1781, when he again
entered the Army at Hanover in Morris County
under Captain Josiah Crane as a substitute
for Silas Baldwin who was drafted for three
months. That - Seely was the name of the
General who succeeded Hurd [Heard]. from there he 
went to Brunswick and from there to Newark 
and from there to Morristown where he
was discharged. That he was at various times
after that called out upon alarms at one of
which times he served two weeks at Halsted
and Trembles Point Near Elizabeth Town in
New Jersey. That the cause of his being called
out so frequently upon alarms was to repel
parties of the enemy who came over from New
York to plunder. And he further declares that
he has no documentary evidence to prove his, (the) 
aforesaid service and that he knows of no person
whose testimony he can procure, who can testify
to his service. And he further declares that the
Reason of his not applying for a pension under
this act sooner is that within the last year and
a half or two years he has lost all of his property
and that before this time he has not been in
need of it. He hereby relinquishes every 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

Lewis S Bowers

Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in open Court H. R. Bristol Clerk

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We, Israel Keech - a Clergyman 
Residing in the Town of Hoosick in the County of
Rensselaer & State of New York and Harper Rogers
Residing in the same place hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Lewis S. Bowers, who has subscribed 
and sworn to the annexed declaration that we
believe him to be Seventy three years of age; that he is
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he
resides, to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and
that we concur in that opinion

Israel Keach
Harper Rogers

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in Open Court
H.R. Bristol Clerk

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 Israel Keech - 
who has signed the preceding certificate
is a Clergyman Resident in the Town of Hoosick in the
County & State aforesaid and that Harper Rogers
who has also signed the preceding certificate
is a resident in the same Town County & State aforesaid
and is a credible person and that their statement is
[illegible] to credit

I, Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the Circuit Court held 
in & for the County of Rensselaer do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application 
of Lewis S. Bowers for a pension
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal
this Twenty Fourth day of September 1836

Henry R. Bristol Clerk