Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6495, for Samuel Lowry, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Loury, Samuel
R 6495
CONTENTS

State of South Carolina } Personally appeared Union district } before me the under- signed, a justice of the peace in and for the district afor- said Mr Saml Powney Sen r who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of mem- ory & removee from that part of the country in which he liv- ed & served, he cannot swear positively to the precise length time of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served the periods mentioned hereafter and in the years as specified.
In the fall of 1775, (I think in October,) I enlisted for six months in Rowan County North Carolina as a private in the Company of Capt. Wm Knowland in the Reg t Com- manded by Col. Alex a Martin, and cannot better ex- plain the course taken by my officers than I already have done in my original application to which I refer. I served out the six months as a private and was discharged. My discharge is lost.
In 1776, when the Cherokee Indians commenced hostilities in Burke and the adjoining counties of No Carolina, I vol- unteered under Capt. Wm Wilson, in Rowan County No- Carolina, who was attached to the command of Genl. Ruther- ford; also of Rowan County North Carolina as a pri- vate; and by reference to the history of the times in a copy of my mem- ory I think we marched on the 15 th of July 1776, and returned

the 11th October same year.
When the last mentioned expedition was completed we were exempted from further public duty for 12 months; after the expiration of this period, I volunteered as a private under Capt. Saml. Young, a militia Officer and served as a mounted ranger. I cannot say at this distant day, to what Regt. Capt. Youngs Company was attached, but I think Genl. Reth's up to as was the Genl. Officer. I think it was in October 1779 I joined Capt. Youngs Company and served as a ranger. I still continued under the command of Capt. Young during the year 1780 until about two weeks before the battle of Guilford in the early part of March 1781, when I was attached with the Small Pox & went home. I never again joined the army, the time of service under Capt. Young being one year, & five months all of which time I served as a private. The whole time of my service was two years and two months. I cannot give precisely the dates. I have no documentary evidence in my possession and live now so far from my former companions in arms, that I do not know if there are any of them alive to testify for me. I swore to and subscribed before me the 16th April in the year 1833 Jas. Dawkins J.P. Saml. Lowrey

South Carolina Dist. 3 I John Rogers Clerk of the of Superior Court - Pleas for said do certify that James Dawkins before whom the within affidavit was made is a Lawfull acting Justice of the Peace and properly authorized to administer oaths that his official acts as such are entitled to due faith & credit & that his signature is genuine
Given under my hand & seal of office at Union
Given under the 15 day of May 1838 -
J. Rogers J.P.

The State of South Carolina
Union District 3 To wit -
On this 5 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and Sessions, now sitting for the District aforesaid, Samuel Dorsey, a resident of Union District aged seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn, on his oath doth make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated - " In the fall, on winter of 1775. I enlisted for six months, in Rowan County North Carolina, in Captain William Rhea's company and Colonel Alexander Martin's Regiment - which rendezvoused at Salisbury - we then moved thro' Mecklenburg, - Chester S.C. on, to Rutherford Creek, where we encountered and took a number of the Tories under the command of Fletcher - whom we delivered to the South Carolina troops, and returned to Salisbury S.C. - We then moved to a place call'd the Crossroads, near Guilford - where the Scots & Tories were collecting, and drove them off - when I was taken sick and joined home - on my way I again the Regiment at Crossroads, and moved to Wilmington where I was discharged regularly by my Captain - In 1776. when the Indians broke out I volunteered under Capt Wm Wilson, under

The Command of General Rutherford, and perform'd a tour of three months in the nation. - On my return from the station I joined the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Young, and I used as a Ranger, and was employed in resisting the Scouting and plundering attacks from Lord Cornwallis's army which was then on its way to Little York. - After the departure of Cornwallis's Army, I took the Small Pox, and never again joined the Army. - I have no documentary evidence of my services and know of no person now alive who knew me in service. - I do hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State. - In answer to the interrogatory put by the Court - I answer,
1. I was born in Roan County at Leon on the 16 th July 1757 - and have the Record of my age at hand. -
3 I lived in Roan when I entered the Service and have lived in North & South Carolina since the war and now live in Union Dist. S.C. -
4 & 5. See the within declaration
6 See within.
7. I refer to the Revd Willis Mathew and to Col. James Griffiths to prove my character for truth and moral deportment. -
Saml Young
I was not subscribed the way I grouped

We Willis Walker a Clergyman residing in Union District and Col James Jeffries residing in the same dis- trict hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Samuel Davis who has subscribed and sworn to the following Declaration that we be- lieve him to be seventy five years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, and an ear- ner in that opinion Willis Walker James Jeffries Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion after the investi- gation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Re- volution and served as he states - and the said Court further certifies that it appears that Willis Walker who has signed the above certificate is a Clergyman residing in the District of Union and that James Jeffries who has signed the same is a credible person his testimony an oath to credit - J. M. Wall Pres. Judge

State of South Carolina Union District } I John Rogers clerk of the Court of Superior Pleas for the said District of Union. Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel Lawrey for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Union Court House the 15 th day of October 1832
J. Rogers C.M.
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Samuel Lowrey
dec'd. Tenn
Hon R.C. Puryear Feb'y 14 1833
6495
June 7 1832

Samuel Lowry
March 2-1833
L. 5. P 280

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Lowry which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? cho V. * Has he mentioned 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? cho VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on 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 claimants 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 signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
The applicant must state his service as required above — The ranging service cannot be allowed, unless the war, called so by authority, was in that case he must give the length of each term — giving the company and performing the kind of duty, described by the applicant as not deemed military service —

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O. James Lowrey Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .