Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36101, for James Mc Cowan, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Vol-
McBowan, James
S 36/101
CONTENTS
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6,996
Kentucky
James McEowan,
of Logan Co. in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Davis of the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky . . . . . at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of July, 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Feb y 1819 and sent to Hon: D. Walker of House of Rep s U. States .
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818  131 3/4 mo $ 11.90 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March, 1819 $ 18.
$ 59.90
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

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State of Kentucky Russellville 6 week
This day James Jones personally appeared before me one of the circuit judges in and for the State of aforesaid and swore on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that James M c Lean, to his knowledge did serve more than nine months, during the Revolutionary war in the 14 th Virginia Regiment commanded Col d Charles Lewis and afterwards by Col d  Francis . On the Continental establishment, but this deponent says he does not know the number of Regiments or the name of the officers who commanded. A Gene under my hand & seal this 5 th August 1818.
Henry P. Proctor

N o 4.
James M c Crae.
Admitted
1776 - 3 Sept.
Admitted 1776 - 3 Sept.

State of Kentucky Logan County Set
This day Came James McBarnard before me Parson in Shepherdsville Judge of the Circuit Court for the 7th Judicial Circuit for the State aforesaid and made oath that he was born in the United States and that he to the best of his knowledge a Citizen of the United States was since his birth - That sometime in the year 1776 he enlisted as a private Soldier in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War against his Common Enemy for the term of three years under Captain Richard Price in the 4th Virginian Regiment on the continental establishment commanded by Colo Lewis at one time & afterwards by Colo Davis and that he served as a private Soldier as aforesaid during the full term of three years when he was regularly discharged But believing after the end of the War that his discharge would be of no further service to him he has negligently lost or mislaid his said discharge so that he can not find it and

and that forasmuch as his reduced Cir- cumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support. Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 21 st day of July 1818
I James M c Howard do hereby declare to the United States all former pensions heretofore allowed me
by James M c Howard mark
Kentucky, set Logan Circuit
This day the above named James M c Howard B Shackelford appeared before me, the sole judge of the dis- trict and circuit aforesaid and subscribed and made oath that the foregoing state- ment of facts is true. I do further certify that from an examination of himself under oath as to his property, that his circumstances are such, as to entitle him to the assistance of his country for support. This old man is nearly blind and deaf and is lame forsooth which he swears he rec d in the war of the revolu- -tion. Given my hand this 21 st day of July 1818
B Shackelford

State of Kentucky
Logan County, sit. I Spencer Curd clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Logan aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Shackelford Esq. before whom the foregoing & within affidavit of James O'Bowan was taken & whose name is signed thereto was at the time of taking the same & still is one of the judges of the Circuit Courts for the State of Kentucky having been duly commissioned & qualified as such according to Law
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 23 rd day of July 1818 and in the 27 th year of the Commonwealth
Spencer Curd

36 101
INVALID.
Rev
1931 July 29. Inst. Do Rev Ralph G. Nichols See also Jas. M. Coon S. 26068. MCS
File No. 36, 101
James M. Coon Rev Rev 1880
Act: 18 th March 1880
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]