Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31215, for John Lowry, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Loury, John
L. 3/2/15-
CONTENTS

21065
John Lowry Jr
from 1779 private 6 mths & 26 days $22.90 \frac{3}{4}
E. Russell C.O. Franklin Co N.Y.

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, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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 of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Lowrey  Franklin Co. T.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. Sep '78 March Oct '81 5 1st Capt Lof Col Bravard none N. H. C. 74. Roban Co NC Frady t doc 7. as to last service   1 26 " Capt Perry Gen Rutherford  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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.
A. B.
[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.
I 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 his 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

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. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } 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 the 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 traditional 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 transmit 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. 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 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 is 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 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 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 signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. L. Withers Ex off

2 Illinois
grace
John Lowry 1682
of Franklin Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Loft of the 1st command by Col Breward in the N.C. mile line for 6 mo. 26 days for 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 22 Dollars 90 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and sent to E. Russell Winchester Tenn.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $45.80 Semi-annual allowance ending Sep 33 11.45
$56.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1833.
Recorded by M c Alison Book 8 Vol. 7 Page

See letter 4 th January 1837 To Hon. J. B. (Rosen) Secy.
As to Peoria 4 th March 1839. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 th Sept. 1837 to 4 March 1838. Acts Modified 15 March 1839
To Illinois from 4 March 1838 29 March 1839
Date of this note

Application for a transfer
On this 28 th day of January 1839 before the subscriber (a Justice of the peace in and for the County of White and State of Illinois) personally appeared John Lowrey, who on his oath declares that he served in the Revolutionary War under Captains William Penny and Joseph Dixon and in the Regiment commanded by Col Lock. That his name was placed on the Pension List Roll of the West Tennessee Agency, from whence he has lately removed. That he now resides in the State of Illinois (Hamilton County) where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be made payable there in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Tennessee to Illinois. That is, his children all having removed to Illinois, he moved also to be with them. Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written. Before me J. W. M c Knight John Lowrey
State of Illinois White County This day personally appeared Light W Lowrey and made oath that he is well acquain- ted with John Lowrey, and knows him to be

the person described in his pension certificate and in the affidavit aforesaid sworn and subscribed this 28 th January 1839 Before me
L t W m Knight B d Light D o W m Lowry
State of Illinois White County ss I James Ratcliff Clerk of the County Commissioners Court in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Leander W m McKnight Esqr whose signature appears to the above affidavit was on the day of the date thereof, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Com- -missioned and qualified into office, and that as such full faith and Credit are due and of Right ought to be given to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cam- this 29 th Day of January AD 1839
J. Ratcliff Cl.

John Lowry 210 55
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

State of Tennessee
Franklin County
On this 4 th day of August 1833.
Personally appeared in open court before James Sharp. John Daugherty and Jacob Mangant, Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Sitting John Lowrey a Resident of the county of Franklin and State of Tennessee aged 74 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 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, he was commanded by Col. Hugh Breward and Captain John Lops. He was a volunteer and entered the service some time in the month of September 1779 - and left the service he thinks about the first of March thereafter he was in camp at the time General Greene was defeated at the mouth of Bryan Creek. He resided in Roane county State of North Carolina at the time he entered the service he marched through the State of South Carolina. That he has no documentary evidence of this Lower or campaign, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure. When he came to his service, he entered the service of the United States a second time some time he thinks about the first of October 1781 - under the command of Brigadier General Rutherford and under the command of Capt. William Penney, and was discharged by his said Captain on the 9 th day of November 1781 - which is here with filed and made a part of this declaration & marked exhibit No (1) He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that the present his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of army roll, sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
E Russell Clerk
The Court propounded the following interrogatories to wit, see here and in what year were you born.
Answer. I was born in the month of October 1758 - in Frederick county and State of Virginia

2 Have you any Record of your age & if so where is it. Answer I have a Transcript of my age taken from my father's Bible. I cannot tell where the Bible is
3 Where were you living when called into Service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, & where do you now live.
Answer as before stated I was living in Wayne county State of North Carolina when called in to Service. Since the war I have lived in the State of South Carolina I removed to the State of Kentucky and from there to Franklin county Tennessee where I 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.
Answer as before stated I was a Volunteer
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 service.
Answer I do not recollect the names of any of the general officers except those before mentioned - nor do I recollect any thing of the engagements. I do not recollect any remarkable circumstance that occurred during the war.
6 Did you ever receive a discharge, & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
Answer I did receive a discharge which was given by General Lincoln. I lost this discharge at the time the British came to Charleston how or in what manner it was lost or destroyed I am unable to state.
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief as to your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer John Hickerson & John Camden Edge and Pearson Henry Hurst live in my neighbourhood and can give the information asked in the question

I Henry Hunt a clergyman, and John Hickerson & Solomon Hough Residing in Franklin county Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Lenny who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that he believe him to be seventy four years of age. That he is reported & 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.
E Rupert Clerk
J W B Wagnor D.C.
Henry Hunt
Solomon Hough
J. Hickerson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the new appointment, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier found as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Henry Hunt who has signed the preceding affidavit is a clergyman residing in the same neighborhood with the said John Lenny and that Solomon Hough & John Hickerson who have also signed the same are residents of the same neighborhood, and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Edmund Rupert Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Franklin County Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Lenny for a
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office in Winchester W. Dec 1832 E Rupert Clerk D.C. J W B Wagnor D.C.

February 12, 1940
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Mr. John B. Lowry Elizabeth City North Carolina
JOHN LOWRY S. 31215 BA-J/AWF;MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to John Lowry were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S. 31215, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Lowry was born in October, 1758, in Frederick County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, John Lowry volunteered in September, 1779, and served in Captain John Lop's company, Colonel Hugh Brevard's North Carolina regiment, and was discharged March 1, 1780. He volunteered October 1, 1781, served in Captain William Penney's troop of horse, from which he was discharged November 9, 1781. It is also stated that he served in the cavalry under Captains Bartley, Joseph Dixon, Simmons, Colonels Smith and Locke, definite dates of this service not given.
After the Revolution, John Lowry lived in South Carolina and in Kentucky. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while a resident of Franklin County, Tennessee.
In 1839, he was living in Hamilton County, Illinois, and stated that his children were living in Illinois. He did not state the names of his children, nor is the name of his wife shown.
One Light W. Lowry made affidavit in 1839 in White County, Illinois, his relationship to the soldier not stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of

the soldier, John Lowry, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Lowry Certificate #7682 Issued May 13, 1833 Rate, $22.90 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Illinois Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Cornwall N.Y. Feb 18 th
Dear
Mr Evans
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Carnegie Ill
Pension Agents office 30 th January 1839
Sir
I have been called on by Mr John Lawrey, a pensioner under the act of the 7 th June 1832, to assist him in being transferred from Tennessee to this agency - I have written the application without having a form before me. though I think it is substantially sufficient - I would thank you to reexamine his declaration and inform me whether there could be any probability of his pension being increased - (you once gave me a clue by which I obtained from the Comptroller General of South Carolina - evidence sufficient to increase the pension of a Mr Park) Mr Lawrey says he served 14 months in the cavalry under Col s Smith and Lock - Captains. Penny, Bartley, Dixon and Simmons - Genl - Rutherford, in North Carolina - exclusive of a nine months tour that he was put to driving team. he states that one of the Captains under which he served gave him a discharge, as having served in the

Calvary - which he delivered to the Lawyer who prepared his declaration, to be forwarded with it to you, yet the pension allowed to him is for a little over six months service in the infantry - he exhibited to me a number of his old papers - such as certifi- cates of his good character in the different places he has resided - one dated in 1798 certifying that he had taken the oath of allegiance as required by law - I incline to credit the statements of the gentleman, and I would be gratified if I could be of service to him in getting an increase of pension
very Respectfully
Daniel Hay
James L Edward Esqr
I have prepared papers and sent to the Treasury department, to draw Mr Lowrys pension from the 4 th  March 1834 Sept 1834 to the 4 th Sept 1838 Should it be paid you will be notified of it and his transfer could take effect from the 4 th Sept 1834
D Hay
It will be proper for the transfer to take effect the 4 March 1834

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, February 27 th , 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," John Scowrey, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the West Tennessee Agency, at the rate of Twenty two — Dollars and Ninety Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parry Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Union Bank of Tennessee Nashville 15 th March 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Memphis
Your esteemed favor of the 4 th Instant requiring information as to what time Mr. John Lowry a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of the 7 th June 1832 and at the rate of $22.90 per annum was last paid here at this office is duly to hand. And in reply have to inform you he has been paid here 4 th September 1837
And I have Mr. A. K. Parris's Second Comptroller letter of the 27 th Feby. 1839 advising me of a payment made to Mr. Lowry at the Department of six months, say from the 4 th Sept. 1837 to the 4 th March 1838 which is noted on the Books of this Agency, I am very Respectfully Sir
Yours Obedt Servt
John M. Bais Pres. & Pension Agent By J. Canthell

City jacket
Tenn. Agency trans. to Ill.

Exhibit No 11

November the 9 th 1781 This is to certify that John Lowrey hath Served Eight Weeks in my Troope of horse under the Command of B r . Genl. Rutherford Subscribed By me W m Penney Capt.

3-1609.
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
If not called for in 15 days, return to The Commissioner of Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C.
[Handwritten signature: J. H. Thompson]

31 215 Ray INVALID.
1935-Jan. 14 - list to Laura B. Kendall and 1948, Feb. 12 - list to John P. Lowry
File No. 31,215
John Lowry Rev Rev was
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index: -Vol. 2 , Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Bureau Washington D. C. Revolutionary Records.

712 West 19th Nov 11.
Oklahoma City - Okla
Pension Bureau:-
Will you please send me names of wife and ch. mentioned in pensions of John Lowery and Wm Lowery. Being mt men pensioned 1792 in Knox and Sevier Co Tennessee. I would appreciate an early reply - am eager to establish a Revolutionary line -
Respt -
Laura B. Kendall -
The name of soldier Lowery

Elizabeth City N.C. May 24/39
Veterans administration Washington DC
Adjt General War Department war records of John Lowry Robert Lowry war 76 Both of Pasquotank Co N.C. mentions them as privates under certain Commands and thinks you may furnish more information pertaining to those Early pioneers also to Benjamin Lowry and the Freshwaters see Census 1790 Pasquotank Co N.C. when did 76 & 12 war pensions Cease to function? with Overture of sincere thanks allow me to remain Yours Truly John B Lowry
2 John's only N.C.

February 12, 1940
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BA-J/MHF:MLB
Mr. John B. Lowry Elizabeth City North Carolina
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Benjamin, John and Robert Lowry, all of Pasquotank County, North Carolina.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Benjamin or Robert Lowry. Two soldiers, only, of North Carolina, with the name John Lowry have been found. Their records are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 14, 1935
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John Lowry-S.31215 BA-J/AWF
Laura B. Kendall 712 West 19th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of John and William Lowery, who you state were pensioned in 1792 in Knox and Sevier Counties, Tennessee.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land, based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War services of a William Lowery of Tennessee. The surname has been searched under similar spellings. The pension referred to above, may have been granted by the state from which they served.
The Revolutionary War record of John Lowry which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31215, based upon his service in that war. This is the record of the only John Lowry (similar spellings of the surname searched) from Tennessee, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
John Lowry was born in October, 1758 in Frederick County, Virginia, names of his parents not given.
While residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, he volunteered in September, 1779 and served in Captain

John Lop's company, Colonel Hugh Brevard's North Carolina regiment, and was discharged March 1, 1780. He volunteered October 1, 1781, served in Captain William Penney's Troop of Horse, from which he was discharged November 9, 1781. It is also stated that he served in the cavalry under Captains Bartley, Joseph Dixon, Simmons, Colonels Smith and Locke, definite dates of this service not given.
After the Revolution John Lowry lived in South Carolina and in Kentucky. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, then a resident of Franklin County, Tennessee.
In 1839 he was living in Hamilton County, Illinois and stated that his children were living in Illinois. He did not give the names of children, nor is the name of his wife shown.
Light W. Lowry made affidavit in 1839 in White County, Illinois, his relationship to the soldier not stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data:
John Lowry Certificate # 7682 Issued May 13, 1833 Rate $22.90 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Illinois Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator