Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 16,883, for William Owen, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
966
Quinn, William
99 16883
Sally
o
CONTENTS

State of Tennessee Henry County } ss
On this 2nd day of April 1849 before the County Court when in session for the County and state aforesaid personally appeared Sally Owen a resident citizen of this County age eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 4 th July 1846 That she is the widow of William Owen who was a private in the war of the Revolution That he was drafted in the County Burt in the state of North Carolina and marched under Captain Trionly and marched to many places unknown to the applicant but was gone from home and in the service of the United States seven months at that time which was in the year 1780 Then after returning he was again drafted and his Brother Daley Owen served that tour as a substitute for him. Then after the return of Daley Owen the said William Owen was again drafted and went out under Captain John Cookley and was in the service for just three months at that time which was in the state of 1782 the other head officers under whom he served the applicant is unable to state whom of them her deceased husband was under more than the Captains but of this she

She is very certain that the said William Owen her deceased husband did serve under said two Captains both together Last Ten Months and returned home to Beaufort County N.C. where he remained for several years then removed to Chatham County N.C. from thence to South Carolina from thence to Sumter and into Overton County where he died on the fifteenth day of October 1843 But since that the County of Hertford being taken from Overton she now belongs to Hertford County and has remained there ever since. She further Declares that she was married to the said William Owen on the 23rd day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the County of Beaufort North Carolina by Parson Cupples she further states that she has had in her possession since the death of her husband family records which is now lost or mislaid so she cannot find them That her husband the aforesaid William Owen died on the fifteenth  15th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen and that she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by a reference to the proof hereto annexed sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and date above written Sarah L. Owen mark

Whereupon came William Owen the son of the said William and Sally Owen aged seventy three years who after being first duly sworn for that purpose on his said Oath makes the following affidavit in open Court (v o ) That he is the reputed son of Sally Owen the present plaintiff and of William Owen dec d That he cannot distinctly recollect the starting of his Father to the service he being very young at that time - But has a clear recollection of the return of his Father from the last town recollects a gun he brought home and to see his neighbours and friends come to see him and to have heard him tell remark- able events he also recollects to have saw his discharge from his officer But what has now become of it he cannot tell and as to the Declaration made by his Mother it all corresponds with his recollections and what he has heard his Father state he also recollects of seeing his Father offer to sell his discharge to a man that was buying - but the man refused to buy because it was for militia service and the discharge he wanted to purchase was for Regular service so that I am sure he did the mans name was Richard Marshall that was looking at the discharge at one time he clearly states that he saw the discharge that his Father died at the time stated by his mother and that she has remained a widow ever since that period sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 2nd day of April 1849
William Owen

whereupon same being first read agreed and respectable citizen of this County and Moses Solomon a clergyman in the County and after being first duly sworn in open Court made the following affidavit That to the of them is well acquainted with the applicant and with William Owen and whom was the husband of the applicant and from their own knowledge of some of the service and as to the marriage and death of William Owen they say is all true to the best of their knowledge 1849
And the Court hereby certify that in their opinion the said William Owen did in service in the war of the Revolution as stated by the applicant that she is his widow as stated by her that all her Declaration is true
Robert P. Baughman Wilson L. Wright Wiley C. G. G. G. John Wood Joshua Green James M. Wright James C. Baughman
State of Tennessee ss Shelby County I, Balaam L. Stephens Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above Declaration of Sally Owens was made in open Court on the first Monday being the 2nd day of April 1849 and that the evidence and opinion of the Court was all then and there duly done and acted upon as set forth in the above that the signature of each Justice of the peace are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 2nd day of April 1849 Balaam L. Stephens. OMR

William Owens.
Oct 1852
Teem.
36

State of Tennessee
County of Fentress
Be it Known, that on this 12 th day of October A. D. 185 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared George Owen, Willis
Owen & Henry  William Owen in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the legal heirs of whose widow  William Owen  Sally Owen who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of
that they are directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of William Owen for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
George Owen. Willis Owen
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said George Owen & Willis Owen to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
James J. Richardson (JP) of Fentress County State aforesaid
State of Tennessee County of Fentress
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Fentress County that George Owen & Willis Owen the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the children of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Joshua Owen J. Richardson Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this fourteenth day of October 1853
12 David L. Francis clerk By R. T. Hildreth D.C.
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3 "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

March 29, 1939.
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BA-J/ady am
Mr. L. Garrett Myers 80 North Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Bailey and William Owens .
1716883 Their records are furnished you herewith as found in the claims for pension based upon their services in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 29, 1939.
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Mr. L. Garrett Myers 80 North Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah
BA-J/ady William Owen R.16883
Dear Sir:
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.16883, based upon the military service of William Owen in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of William Owen, the name is also shown as Owens, are not stated. His name is shown also as Wm Owens.
After the Revolutionary War William Owen moved from Bute County, North Carolina, to Chatham County, North Carolina, thence to South Carolina, and thence to Overton County, Tennessee.
He died October 15, 1813, in Overton County, that part which was later called Fentress County, Tennessee, his age not given.
He married October 23, 1775, in Bute County, North Carolina, Sally, her maiden name not stated.
Sally Owen, widow of William Owen applied for pension April 2, 1849, at which time she was aged eighty-nine years and a resident of Fentress County, Tennessee. She stated that William Owen while a resident of Bute County, North Carolina, enlisted in 1780 and served seven months as private in Captain Knolls' North Carolina Company; that he was then drafted in the North Carolina troops and his brother, Baley Owen, served as substitute for him, name of captain and length of service not given; that William Owen enlisted in 1782 and served three months as private in Captain John Coakley's North Carolina Company.

Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the Revolutionary War services of William Owen and proof of their marriage.
Sally Owen was dead in October 1852, date and place of her death not shown.
In 1853 Willis Owen, aged about seventy-seven years and George Owen, his age not given, were residing in Jamestown, Fentress County, Tennessee. They were children of William and Sally Owen.
In 1849 Joshua Owen was a Justice of the Peace for Fentress County, Tennessee, his age or relationship to the family not given in this claim.
In 1849 Jesse Wood and Moses Solomon, a clergyman, were living in Fentress County, Tennessee, their ages and relationship to the family not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Act July 14, 1862, March 3, 1872
1939 Mar. 29 Hist. to L. Garrett Myers. see also W. 3711 Bailey own. for letter. A.O. 7.
16883 Reg
P. O. Sally Owens Service: Widow of William
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
1852 Rejected & suspended Pensions List gives Reasons
Alleges: for suspension: "for proof of service by the North Carolina
Re-enlisted: records, & of the marriage before the termination of the same."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

N 7537 Sally Owen Tenn
Letter James L. Thornton Esq. August 10 th 1849.
act 4 July 1836

James L. Kennedy 10 August 1849

Pension Office August 10 th 1849
Sir
The application of Sally Owen, widow of William Owen, for a pension under the act of 4 July 1836, has been examined and her papers placed on file.
No evidence either of the date or of the date of their marriage has been produced. The records in the office of the Comptroller of North Carolina should furnish proof of the service of William Owen, and the date of their marriage should be established by a certified copy of the marriage bond or license from the clerk's office in the County in which the ceremony was performed.
To entitle Claimant to a pension under the act above referred to she must show clearly that her husband rendered not less than 6 mo service and that she was married to him prior to the termination of that service.
James L. Kennedy Esq. Boiling Springs Fayette Co Tenn

Sally Owen, wid. of Mr
Jan. Act 1836 - Sus
J. N. Coombs

Know all men by these presents, That I George Owen here at Law of Shelby County Tenn who was the widow of William Owen decd
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint
J. H. Coombs my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims that have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th May 1828, and 7th June 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching upon my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers therein conferred upon me hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 2 nd day of October 1852 Hiram Hillsaps J. H. Coombs George Owen
State of Tennessee  Shelby County, sec.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 2nd day of October 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared George Owen son of Sall, Owen decd who was the widow of W m Owen decd subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and deliv- ering the same to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name, Hiram Hillsaps J. P.

State of Tennessee } I David C Travis clerk of the Gentress County } County Court of said County do hereby certify that Hiram Millsaps whose signature appears to the within certificate is an acting justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his signature is genuine Witness In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office on the 2 nd day of October 1852 David C Travis clerk By R. T. McIlwain D.C.

N 7531 Sally Owens wid of William I'm act 4 July 1836
7531 July 12/49 Mrs. Sally Owens
RECEIVED JUL 12 1849
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Col J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C. U.S. Department Pension Office

Boiling Spring Greene County Tenn 3rd April 1849
Col J. J. Edwards Esq. (m r of Pensions) at Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir
enclosed you will find the Declaration of Sally Owens for a Pension under the act of 1834. When examined you will please communicate the result to me at this Office.
and I have to ask you for information in a case where the widow was a Pensioner under the act of 7 th July 1838 and where the State had went on til 1845 and then Congress passed a law for those Characters of widows to draw for life and I understand from the Pension agent that a new Declaration will be required and a new Pension certificate issued by you please give me the information by copy of Declaration in such case.
I am Sir very respectfully
Your most obed t Servant as L. H. Williams