Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,916, for John Low, North Carolina

SERVICE
Low, John
NUMBER
S. 38.916
CONTENTS

Papers in this case to be sent to Genl. S. Bobo
June 2 d 1845
30 4 26/20
29 10 200 17-3 258 219
Notification of continuance sent to Genl. S. Bobo June 2 d 1845
17555 Q
South Carolina
John Low
of Spartanburg Dist. in the state of S o Carolina who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd of the North Carolina line, for the term of one year
Incribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of April 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of June 1820 and sent to Col. Colcock Esq r Spartanburg S o C a 
Arrears to 4th of Nov 1820 — $ 219.90 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6 Sep 1820 $ 48. 10 mo 24 / 30  4 / 31 $ 267.91
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued —

It is Court of Common Pleas, to be held at Spartanburg Court house in and for the district of Spartanburg on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in October being the fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one — Present his Honor Judge South
The State of South Carolina On the fifth day of November Spartanburg District 1821 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for said District (to wit the Court of General Sessions of Common Pleas) John Low a resident of Spartanburg district South Carolina late a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn accord- ing to law doth on his Oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and of the first of May 1820 that he the said John Low is at this time a resident of Spartanburg district And that he entered the service of the United States as a Lieutenant in the Continental Establishment in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy in the Spring of the year 1777 in Captain James Wilson's Company attached to the 10 th Regiment a North Carolina line Commanded by Colonel a Hon. Shepherd and that being in a bad state of health he was furloughed to return from near Georgetown in Maryland to Cooswell County, North Carolina to recruit the 10 th Regiment lying near him he was ordered to attack himself to the same that remaining in a bad state of health he resigned his Commission in the Fall of the year 1778 and that he has no other evidence of his said services except that already sent on to the office of the Secretary for the War department at Washington City with the original Declaration And in pursuance of the Act of the year of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of the Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons

engaged in the same of the United States in the Revolution - passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor hath any other person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule
  Two head of hogs " " " " $15.00.0   One hoe " " " " 1.00.0   One axe " " " " 2.25.0   Some table furniture " " " " 2.00.0   Two pots & two pk hooks " " " " 5.00.0   One Oven " " " " 1.50.0   One Weage " " " " 0.0.0   $27.25.0 
John Low Sr.
And I the said John Low do further swear that I am a farmer by Occupation that I am intirely unable to labour for a support that I have two in family besides myself who reside with me (to wit) my Wife Jane Low between 65 & 70 years of age who is in an afflicted state so that she cannot raise either of her hands to her head One grand Child named Abner Low about seventeen years of age I do further swear that I have obtained from the War department one certificate bearing date the 21 st of June 1820 the number of which is 17.555 and commenced drawing pay on the 5 th day of April 1819 which is the date of the original Declaration and that I owe fifty dollars which debt I have been compelled to contract for a support
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court before me Richard Gantt
John Low Sr.
I am of opinion that the total amount of property in value contained in the above schedule does not exceed one hundred dollars
Richard Gantt

State of Georgia ) Rabun County ) I Certify that Satisfactory Evidence has been addressed to me to prove that Betsy Moore wife of the Rev Hugh Moore of Spartanburgh District So. Car. is the heir at law and the sole heir at law in fee to Lieutenant John Low late a Commissioned Lieutenant in Capt Wilson's Company South Regiment Commanded by Col Shepherd North Carolina Line and that said Lieutenant John Low was commissioned on the nine- tenth day of April 1777 and that he was slain near the ford called Beatie's on the Catawba River whilst engaged with the common Enemy (to wit a party of Tories) was attempting to rescue some men he had enlisted under the command of Capt Wilson whose affidavit is filed in my office given under my hand and seal of office this 29th Day of May 1828 I further state he was slain on the 28th day January 1778 in company of Capt Wilson  Sealed Henry Cannon Judge of the Court of Ordinary  Me H
State of Georgia ) came personally before me Betsy Moore wife Rabun County ) of the Rev Hugh Moore and duly made oath that she has since rec d the land warrant promised to her father under whom she as heir or heiress at law claims to her Lieutenant John Low who was commissioned on the nineteenth day of April 1777 in Capt Wilson's Company Tenth Regiment North Carolina Line Commanded by Colonel Shepherd and was slain in a conflict with the common Enemy at or near Beatie's ford on Catawba River on the twenty eighth of January 1778 and that she has not assigned transfer nor conveyed the same in no manner whatever I therefore request the Moore all Secretary of War to have the warrant forwarded to me at Spartanburgh Court house South Carolina and this shall be his receipt for the same 29th day of May 1828  Sealed Henry Cannon Jdg Betsy Moore Lieutenant
Before me Henry Cannon a Justice of the peace personally Betsy Moore the wife of the Rev Hugh Moore the Subscriber to the above and acknowledged the declaration and letter of attorney to be her order and free act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned and at the same time appeared Capt James Wilson a gentleman of high veracity and undoubted truth who upon oath deposed and saith that he was well acquainted with Lieutenant John Low and well knew that he was

Commissioned on the nineteenth day of April 1777 and that he was commissioned for during the war in the Company I had the honour to command in the tenth Regiment North Carolina line commanded Colonel Shepherd and he further deposes that he well knows that he was slain on the twenty eight day of January 1778 in a conflict with the common enemy near a place called Beall's Ford on the Catawba River (under my command he fought valiantly until he fell defending some mules we had bloated and was conveying to head quarters and that we belonged to the Continental Establishment he further deposes that he was well acquainted with the above named Betsy Moore and knows her to be the only child and heir or heiress at law the said John Low had that he knew her from her childhood till she married the Rev Hugh Moore and since she settled in Charlottesville District South Carolina he had often lodged at their house and well knows her to be some identical daughter to John Low and his heir or heiress at law sworn and subscribed to before me this 29th day of May 1828
Henry Cannon J.P. (Seal)
J. A. Wilson { Identifier
State of Georgia } I, Terrell Mosely do certify that the above Rabun County } named Henry Cannon is the Judge of the Court of ordinary and an acting Justice of the peace for the said County of Rabun and that aforesaid and due faith and credit ought to be paid as such to all his official acts given under my hand and seal this 29th day of May 1828
(Seal)
Terrell Mosely Clerk Rabun Co Ga
State of Georgia } I, Underwood of the superior court Rabun County } of Rabun County State of Georgia do certify that Terrell Mosely one of the judges of the Court of ordinary and an acting Justice of the peace for the said County of Rabun and that aforesaid and due faith and credit ought to be paid as such to all his official acts given under my hand and seal this 29th day of May 1828
Underwood Judge of the superior Court

State of South Carolina, On the fifth Spartanburg District day of April 1819
came before me the Subscriber one of the judges of the Superior Court of Law in the State aforesaid personally appeared John Low Sen aged Seventy Three years Resident in the District aforesaid and State of South Carolina who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made By the late act of Congress entitled, an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war That he The said John Low Sen d Served as a Second Lieutenant Under Captain James Wilson in the Continental Service in the 10 th Regiment commanded by Colonel Abraham Shephard of Carolina Light and that he Entered the service in South Carolina, Caswell County for the term of Eighteen months and he farther saith That he Received his commission in the Spring of 1777 and resigned in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy eight - and that he was stationed in Caswell County North Carolina for the purpose of recruiting and from that place he was ordered to join the army at Hingham North Carolina and after serving in Virginia and Maryland at Georgetown having impair- =ed his health he was furloughed for to recruit men again Caswell County South Carolina By Reason of the number of soldiers being reduced Colonel Litter Regiment Lying near him he was ordered to join that Regiment But does Remembered What that Regiment was called But not recovering his health he resigned his commission soon after joining that Regiment he farther saith that he is in Reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support for he is so far worn with age that he is unable

To Labour and that he has no other Evidence now in his power But what he has produced of his services Sworn to & subscribed before me this 5 th day of Ap r 1812 John Low senior
South Carolina Spartanburgh District
I Chas Colcock Judge &c as aforesaid do certify from the production of certain affidavits
That it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Low Sen r did serve as a Lieutenant in the Continental line as stated in the preceding declaration in the Revolution against the Common Enemy and is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the direction of the above mentioned act of Congress in case made and provided given under my hand and the Seal of the Court at Spartan- burgh Court house this fifteenth day of April in year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and nineteen and the forty third year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States Of America C. S. Colcock

John Low
and John Low is not returned as an Officer killed by the enemy. His commission of military with them him to have been an Officer - We want proof that by official report that that he was an Officer, and then his being killed by the enemy may be proved by witnesses -

Lieut: John Low is not returned as an Officer killed by the enemy.
His commission if in being will show him to have been an Officer.
We want proof fact by official papers first that he was an Officer, and then his being killed by the enemy may be proved by witnesses.
John Low

The Honourable Secretary of war at Washington
Spartanburg S.C. 17th June 1838
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State of South Carolina Spartanburg District
26th July 1829
Dear Sir I herewith send you the claim of Mrs Moore for land in right of her father and the certificate of last Will showing that John Low was officer there appears some small error in the description out by M c Canon he ought to have instead of officer of the Revd Hugh Moore as she is a widow and that of high standing if you should grant her an account and or before the first of October to reach this place by that time if not you are requested to send the same to a post Post office Fayette County Tennessee as she will start to move to that country at that time without fail give notice immediately if her claim is
established if not return her papers if it should be consistent with the duties of your office please to send me a list of all those who are yet entitled to land in the north Carolina line and I will pay your charge tell M c Green to forward me his weekly paper and I will forward his pay according to his terms if he would give a list of all the officers and soldiers in the Continental line that had drawn their land
that John Low is not returned as an officer killed by the enemy. His commission is in being as it shows him to have been an officer. We want proof (not) by official papers first that he was an officer, and then his being killed by the enemy may be proved by witnesses.
John Low
Warrants it greatly increase the circulation of his paper (I mean his weekly paper) as the heirs of many of these old veterans know nothing about their being entitled to lands and in 99 cases out of 100 feel acting their just right I am yours in high esteem 26th July 1829
Hugh Moore son
The Honourable Secy at War

Yours sincerely & cly. June 27/45 CJ May 24/45
To the Head of the Pension Bureau Bureau Washington City D.C.
Ino Low S.C. Mill

Spartanburg S.C. May 23. 1885
Sir
The heirs of John Low who was a Soldier in the Continental Army of the Revolution N o Co. Line have received information from a highly Resputable source that they are entitled to the sum of $7456 - Commutation money under some act of Congress -
They have applied to me for information upon the subject and as I am entirely ignorant upon that subject and they are too poor to employ an agent to examine into the business I have promised them to write to you & request that you would thro' me give them information 1 st whether any such right exists in favor of descendants of his grade, & if so 2 nd what mode will they adopt (Low being dead) to procure the funds. You will know who he is by looking to the old Pension list from 1818 to 1826 during which time he resided in this District & drew a pension of I think $240 per annum - I will

so much obliged to you if you will give me an answer very soon, that they may if entitled to any thing keep up the testimony be gained by the time Congress sets
I am etc
Simpson Bobo.

John Low
Miss. Parker

State of North Carolina Rutherford County
Personally came Joshua Adcock Before me one of the
Justices of the peace for the county aforesaid and duly made oath that he was well acquainted with John Low since previous to the Revolutionary war and he further saith that the said John Low since acted as a lieutenant in the United States army for the space of below twelve and eighteen months in the 10 th Regiment as he thinks called the North Carolina Regular commanded by Col. Thomas Shepherd he saith further that he the said deponent was enlisted by Lieutenant John Low and that he this deponent served in the capacity of cook for Lieutenant John Low he saith further that Lieutenant John Low was dis- charged from the army when it lay in Maryland for the recovery of his health & to recruit soldiers he saith that Lieut John Low was a resident at that time of Rutherford County North Carolina but removed after the war to Spartanburg South Carolina Sworn to and subscribed before me this
4 th of January 1819
Joshua Adcock
Leah Cloud J.P.
The above deponent is a man of respect- able standing given under my hand day and date above written
Leah Cloud J.P.

State of North Carolina
I Richard Lewis Clerk of Rutherford County Court do certify that I said Clerk before whom the within affidavit was
taken was at the time & day stated one of the Acting Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that all due faith & credit is & ought to be observed to this my Certificate in testimony of the same I have affixed the Public County Seal this 4th
Day of January 1870
Richard Lewis Clerk

Johnson

State of South Carolina I personally came before me Thomas Wyatt of Spartanburg District. I know that before me Daniel Luce one of the Justices of the Inferior for said District & duly qualified that he was personally acquainted with John Lord Luce in the time of the rebellion and war between the United States & Great Britain & that he the said Luce did take up arms in behalf of the United States against the British forces & acted in the office of private part in the American Army & did enter into the service, & that he the deponent is still acquainted with the said Luce who is in diligent cir- cumstances & in his opinion is by no means able to support himself by his labour as being old & also crippled in one leg
Sworn & subscribed this 9th day of November 1878
before me Thomas Wyatt
Also personally came before me Samuel Turner & Reuben Warren & made oath that they are well acquaint- ed with the above named John Luce who they think is a man of good character & in intelligent circum- stances & in their opinion is not able to support himself by his labour, as being old & crippled
Sworn & subscribed the 9th day of November 1878
before me - Reuben Warren Samuel Turner
to the Hon. J. P.
I hereby certify that the above deponents in my opinion are men entitled to credit of value under my hand the day above written
J. P. [Signature]

John Low Lieut North Carolina line 10 Regt Col Shepard
Spring 1777
Fall - 1778
mustered out same M.H. Found on North Carolina Roll
Admitted
The line not stated.
June 9 th 1820
Service proved by one witness only. The Secy of State & W.P.A. will please to furnish such information as may be respecting the service of the applicant either as an Officer or private, or both. C. S. Calcock, Judge.
Attest: John Low

State of N o Carolina Secretary's Office 16 th June 1820
I William H. S. Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that it appears from the Musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the Revolutionary War, that John Low a Lieut. in Capt. Wilson's Comp y of the 10 th Reg t . was commissioned on the 19 th April 1777, and was mustered in January 1778.
Given under my hand the date above
W. H. S.

Spartanburgh Dist.
John Low Oath & Schedule
John Low Lieut.
Col. Shepherd's N. Carolina regt.
From spring of 1777, to fall of 1778 -
on roll of list of fines -
Cont.
Spartanburgh Dist.

The State of South Carolina Spartanburgh District
I Elisha Bomer Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for the district aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property, exhibited in the aforesaid schedule does not exceed one hundred dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court the fifth day of December A.D. 1821
E. Bomer
Clerk of the Court of the District of Spartanburgh & State of South Carolina

State of North Carolina Secretary of State's Office I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that John Low a Lieutenant in Cap t Wilson's Company of the 10 th Regiment was Commissioned as such on the 19 th day of April 1777, and omitted in Jany 1778, that nothing more is said of him on said rolls. The said 10 th Regiment was Commanded by Col o Abraham Shepperd.
Given under my hand this 17 th Sept r 1828.
W. Hill

38916
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 38916
John Low Lieut Genl
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Department of the Interior.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. OFFICIAL BUSINESS. Penalty for private use, $300.
Miss Annie R. Shelby 256 W. 45th St New York N.Y.
REMOVED RESIDENCE Kensfield May 21

L.
Chief Clerk Pension Office,
Dear Sir, -
I am anxious to know whether my pensions are granted to serve in John Lord, both of North Carolina for services during the Revolutionary War. I imagine they served as priests. I should

like also to know whether L. A. person was arrested & Major John Shelby of Maryland, I think, was in services at that time. If you will kindly advise me on these points it will be a great favor in kind.
WAR AND NAVY DEPT. MAY 25 1892 P.L. 13
Very Truly, (Miss) Anne C. Shelby.
250 West 45th St. New York City, June 22

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
A.A.N.
2,38916
Jan. 9, 1893.
Miss:
In response to your inquiry relative to the military history of John Lowe , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, I have to request that you will please furnish for purposes of identification the soldier's place of residence before and after service, and also the christian name of his widow if one survived him.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Annie B. Shelby, 256 West 45th St. New York City, N. Y.

J. 38916.
A.A.M.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9, 1893.
Miss:
In response to your inquiry relative to the military history of John Lowe, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, I have to request that you will please furnish for purposes of identification the soldier's place of residence before and after service, and also the christian name of his widow if one survived him.
Very respectfully,
Green B. Raum Commissioner.
Miss Annie B. Shelby, 256 West 45th St. New York City, N. Y.