Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,062, Michael Bowden, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bowden, Michael
R. 1,062
CONTENTS

no 38.205 dec d Michael Woodson Dum d Main e
Act 7 June '32 at Sept 1 st 1837.
James G. Benet Present

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, May 7th A. D. 1851 }
I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Arthur M c Arthur Esq. at the time of the signing of the paper hereto annexed
was an Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of York as appears by the paper hereto
annexed; that he was DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said M c Arthur was dated February 3 d A. D. 1842 and will expired February 3 d A. D. 1849.
and that the following SIGNATURES purporting to be his are Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon
CLERK.

I Simeon Chadbourn of Lyman in the county of York & State of Maine of the age of ninety five years do hereby testify and say that I served as a sergeant & clerk in Captain Jonathan Hamelton's company in Col Frost's Regiment commencing first day of December 1776 & was discharged Pittsfield March 1777 & came home where I arrived in April 1777; that my place of Residence was Berwick in the State of Maine & the service was performed in New York & that from the time of my entering the service until my return allowing the usual time for travel would have made four months; that while serving in said Frost's Regiment Michael Bowden now of Waterville in the county of York & State of Maine but then of Halloway in said county was a private in said Regiment & served the period that I did & returned home at same time & served that period in Holbrook's company in said Regiment & have no doubt that the service aforesaid was four months.
Witness Simeon Chadbourn Simeon Chadbourn
State of Maine York ss: On this sixteenth day of March A.D. 1846 personally appeared Simeon Chadbourn above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Simeon Chadbourn the deponent above named that he sustains a good character for truth & veracity and that he is remarkably intelligent and of sound memory and I believe full faith and credit should be given to his declarations. Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace

State of Maine York County ss: On this fifth day of May A.D. 1851 Before me William C. Allen Judge of the Probate Court for the county of York aforesaid sitting at Saco within and for said county being a court of Record in open court personally appeared Daniel Bowden of Waterville in the county of York aforesaid 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 7 1832 That he is the administrator of the estate of Michael Bowden late of said Waterville deceased, who served as a private in the United States army in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain:
That he believes that the said Michael Bowden enlisted as a private in Captain William Holbrook's company in Col. Frost Regiment in Massachusetts line as a private on the last day of November 1776 and served till the last day of March 1777 with an allowance of twenty five days more for five hundred miles travel home from Pictouland's discharge.

That he believes that the said Michael served as a private in Capt. Thomas Cutts Company in Major Daniel Lettfield's detachment of Militia in the Penobscot expedition from July 10 1779 for two months.
That the said Michael Bowden died at said Waterville on the twenty fourth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight leaving no widow and that Daniel Bowden, John Bowden, Elliot R. Bowden and William Bowden are the children and only surviving children of Michael Bowden deceased.
Witness
Daniel Bowden
J. M. Hughes
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Thos. C. Allen, Judge of Probate as aforesaid.

State of Maine.
County of York, pet.
I, Joshua Herrick, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the county of York, do hereby certify that William C. Allen is Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said county; being a Court of record; that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate, this ninth day of May, A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one.

STATE OF MAINE. } COUNTY OF YORK, ss. }
Court of Probate,
Special Term, A. D. 1851.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this twenty second day of April , A. D. 1851, it has been satisfactorily proved, in open Court, being a Court of Record, that Michael Bowden  late of Waterborough  refuted to have been in said County, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he died at said Waterborough on the twenty fourth day of July A. D. 1848, and that leaving no widow, and that Daniel Bowden, John Bowden, Elliot R. Bowden and William Bowden are the children and only surviving children of said Michael Bowden deceased
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty one.
Joshua Merrill } Register of the Court of " Probate, York County.

STATE OF MAINE.
— — YORK COUNTY, SS.
I, Joshua Herrick , Register of the Court of Probate for said County of York, hereby certify that at a Court of Probate held at Yaco. within and for said County of York, on the Fifth day of May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, Daniel Bowden of Waterborough in said County, was appointed Administrator of the estate of Michael Bowden , late of Waterbo- rough aforesaid , deceased,
and gave bond to the acceptance of the Judge of said Court, for the faithful performance of said trust according to law.
I do further certify , that it appears by the Records and Files in the Probate Office of the County aforesaid, that said APPOINTMENT remains in full force, and in no wise revoked, reversed or annulled.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at the Probate Office aforesaid, this ninth day of May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Joshua Herrick Register of Probate for said County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
May 6 1851 .
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Michael Bowdin is borne on a roll of Capt. Thomas Mutt's Co. Maj. Littlefield's detachment from York Co. on expedition against Penobscot, as a private, from July 10. 1779. 2 months. —
There are no rolls of any Capt. Holbrook, of Maine, in this office: most of the rolls of 1776 are missing. —

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Amasa Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application of Daniel Bowden of Waterborough, in the county of York & State of Maine one of the children of Michael Bowden late of said Waterbo- rough deceased for the service of his late father in the Revolutionary War.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of my late father Michael Bowden in the war of the Revo- lution.
Michael Bowden my late father as he informed me was a native of Exeter New Hampshire from whence he emigrated to Kelley Maine at an early period of years. and resided there when services were rendered.
I believe my late father enlisted in Captain Holbrook's company in Col Frost's Regiment the 1st of November 1776 & served four months, arriving home in April a distance of five hundred miles traveled.
I believe that my late father enlisted in Captain Dyer's Co's Com- pany as a private in the Penobscot Expedition in 1779 on the 20th day of July and served two months & four days. Welcomes my land at Waterbo- rough ninth day of April AD 1857 Signed by the said Daniel Bowden Daniel Bowden in my presence.
Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace.

_____ Ex'r.
INVALID.
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REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1062
F.O. Michael Bowdon
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
F.O. _____

Washington 2 June 1854.
Hon: James E. Heath Council of Pensions Sir:
I respectfully invite your attention to the applications of David Bowden admr. of Michael, & Jacob Gork admr. of Jacob for the benefits of the act of Congress approved 7 June 1852 - also that of John Dean's children for increase of Pension -
I am
Very Respectfully Your obedt. Servt. James G. Bernt