Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 21,697, Peter Bowerman, Penn.

SERVICE
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Penn.
Bowerman, Peter
R. 21,697
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Peter Bowerman Blount County - Tenn.
4 years & 2 months.
W 6519. P.O.
Address Mrs. Kate Meyersville Blount County Tennessee

State of Tennessee; Second Judicial Circuit Blount County, Circuit Court, July Term 1832.
On this 4 th day of August 1832, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Honorable the Circuit Court for the County Circuit and State aforesaid, now sitting Peter Baughman a Resident in the County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy four years, on 24 th May 1832 as he believes, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declarations, 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 herein stated - At about the age of Nineteen years, and near Christmas in 1777, he enlisted for one year in Wigginstown Township Pennsylvania (Bucks County, as he believes) under Capt. Thomas Brady in the 2 d Pennsylvania Provincial Regiment commanded by Col. John Wood; the Majors Name Ferguson; Captains Christie and Bounce of the same Regiment are the only Officers names remembered. They encamped at Easton Pennsylvania, and marched to Philadelphia got Clothing &c. and were then marched to Cincinnati there the troops got into Battle and went down the Lake & landed within a few Miles of Duquesne, as applicant under- stood, to aid Genl. Montgomery in the attack on that place, when the troops were landed and ready to march, an express was received informing them of the

3 defeat and death of Genl. Montgomery We immediately took to our Balcans and put back, were pursued by three British Vessels as far as the Water would permit then to follow, we continued our retreat to Three Rivers, thence to an encampment name not recollectd, soon after were Ordered to attack the British at Three Rivers where they had taken station, we Marched to the place, were repulsed with great loss; thence Marched to New- Saraga, Remained there some time during which a slight attack was made by the British an Encroachment by Land and Water, only a few men were killed and they retreated, this Applicant term of one year Services there expired and as there enlisted again for three years under the same Capt. M c Craig in same Regiment as he before, soon after were marched to Philadelphia thence to Jersey and joined the Army Under General Wayne, were marched about to several places. Not remembered until they attacked Stony Point, which they carried, a Applicant there received a wound in his head in entering the Fort; After the Surrender of Stony Point We left it next day, and returned to their old encampment at a place called Hood's Cove, as Applicant thinks, Remained there some time, and went into Winter quarters.

at Monmouth in Jersey, where this applicant was attached to General Washington's Life Guard, Mount Spring applicant was ordered with the troops sent to attack a Block House, opposite Fort Washington, in this we were repulsed with the loss of about 300 men as this applicant understood at the time; we returned to Head quarters applicant continued in the Life Guard, and was in the fight at White Plains, and remembers that there were three spies taken there, Americans, who were tried and hung on the same gallows together. Applicant was discharged honorably at Hackensack above New York his term of three years having expired, on his return home, in crossing the Delaware River the Cause upset, and he lost his knapsack, discharges and clothing - Afterward applicant went as a substitute for his brother George Bowman who was drafted for two months as applicant delivered, to fight the Shawnee Indians, applicant was mustered into service in Capt. Wynrick's Company, under Col. Eastman's Command, marched up the West branch of the Susquehannah River, fought and defeated the Indians below and near Long Island; then returned to Sunbury and was there again

again generally discharged, that this discharge is also lost - Applicant has no discharge or documentary evidence, nor does he now know of any person by whom he can prove his services, & he never received any pay or Certificate therefor and cannot at this distant day give any further or more satisfactory account of his services than is herein before stated. He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 of any State -  Sworn to and subscribed Peter Newman the day and year first above said Peter Newman Dan d . D. Foulk Clerk
We Joseph Vanpelt a clergyman residing in Blount County Tennessee, and Alexander Is d Esq. residing in the same County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Newman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is respec- -ted and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -  Sworn to and subscribed the 31 st day of August 1837 Joseph Vanpelt Alexander Is d Dan d . D. Foulk Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the inter- rogatories, 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 Joseph Vanpelt who has signed the proceeding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in Hickman County, Tennessee and that A. Ish Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County, and State and is a Credible person, and that their state- -ment is entitled to credit.
Edw. Seeks one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of Law & Equity in the State of Tennessee aforesaid
Daniel M. Gould Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hickman County Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Peter Bowerman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Nashville this 4 day of August 1832.
Daniel D. Ford Clerk Circuit Court Hickman County

The Hon ble Secretary of War Will please address any communication on this subject to the subscriber at Maryville Tenn. Postoffice Very Respectfully Yours &c
August 9. 1832
Geo. W. Foute

State of Tennessee) Dr Peter Rainwater Plaintiff vs the before named Defendant & State - We hereby declare that Defendant under Capt. Thomas Craig & joined his company in the Second Regiment of Tennessee Commissariat by Col. Woods in the year eighteen hundred & seventy seven and continued in this regular service four years, at the time that I enlisted I was only fourteen years of age at the expiration of my four years ser- vice I received a regular discharge - which I have lost. I served for many years for the U. States but it was just -five years application until some more suitable time, at which time I could not conveniently attend to it never received any remuneration, I am now nearly seventy years of age. My health has become much impaired My constitutional energy exhausted, and do not feel myself capable of laboring for a subsistence for which reason I appeal to the Charity of our Congress for a support as

My old age. I do hereby certify that what I have herein stated is correct to the best of my knowledge this 24 th day of December 1828.
Also the undersigned James Gillespie & Saml Henry Justices of the peace in and for said County & State above named do affirm that Peter Bauman made oath before us that the above statement was true to the best of his knowledge 24 th December 1828. Not for fruitless
James Gillespie Saml Henry
Seal
State of Georgia. This day personally appeared Peter Bauman & affirmed before me James Gillespie & Saml Henry Justices of the peace in and for said County. George Oliver and Made Cash that the above named Peter Bauman is the same man that he represents himself, I have known to have been admitted as the law requires. Given under my hand & seal this 24 th day of December 1828.
James Gillespie Saml Henry
George Oliver Made Cash

I Peter Haveriman Praying that the present decision of Congress will take into consideration my necessities & remain relief. I think it would be just as as myself to draw a Venetian currency for at least $1000 and from the time at the end of my days, which from all probability will be but few. My health declining rapidly It is necessary to give further information.
State of Tennessee
I Francis H. Hanks Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Blount County do hereby certify that James Gillispie and Samuel H. Hanks Esquires whose signatures appear to the foregoing affidavits were at the time of the date thereof acting Justices of the peace duly commissioned therein in said Blount County that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such - Given under my hand & seal at Office Sat Official in Maryville the 29 th day of December 1828.
Francis H. Hanks Clerk By his Dep J. L. Hanks

War Department Pension Office
January 8, 1835
Sir,
I herewith return to you the papers in the case of Peter Bowerman. The proof of his service is still unsatisfactory. A favorable decision cannot be had, unless he shall produce such proof as has heretofore been required.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obed. Servt.
J L Edwards
Hon. Luke Lea House of Representatives

Pete Bunn -
Uncoated Notepad May 3, 1933
See 27
Hon L. Lea

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Peter Bowerman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 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? Yes 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 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? Yes

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? Yes
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? Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
# not on the Roll
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? Yes
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

War Department Pension Office December 9. 1834
Sir,
The papers in the case of Peter Bowerman have been again examined and they are herewith returned, the proof of service being still unsatisfactory. It is indispensable to a favorable, that he should produce the testimony of two witnesses who had a personal knowledge of his services, as required in note j in the enclosed printed sheet.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your obed. Servt. J L Edward
Hon. Luke Lea House of Representatives

Washington City, Jan'y. 22, 1849.
Dear Sir,
Day before yesterday I received your paper, & immediately sent them to the Pension Office, from which I have just obtained an answer, which I now send to you, to enable you to have your paper sent in the form required. I have no expectation that it would be possible for you to have a special law made for your particular case, and your best plan will be to use the common means to get yourself placed on the Pension list. It might be well for you, in addition to the division herewith sent, to examine a regulation of the War Department, as to the amount of the applicant's income, which I sent to be published in the "Morrisville Register" where, I presume, it may be found. It would gratify me to serve you at any time.
I am your most obedient servant, W. Peter Bourneman, Blount County, Tenn.
Friend Lee.

War Department. Pension Office. January 21 st 1829
Sir,
The documents received from you in the case of Peter Bowerman have been examined, and are herewith returned, being insufficient to authorise the inscription of his name on the pension roll. He must make a declaration agreeably to the enclosed blank form, and pay particular attention to the notes thereto attached. The witnesses who have given their testimony in regard to the service of the claimant, must state the time of his entering the service and the time and manner of his leaving the same and the regiment company and line to which he belonged. The magistrate before whom the witnesses may make their affidavits must certify to their credibility, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obl. Servt.
James L. Edwards
Hon. Pryn Lea House of Representatives.

Peter Bowmer of Tenn Pollock Street
J.
6-27
Hon. L. Lea
J. F. P. to
Mayville Tenn

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 subjoined 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. These 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 Peter Bowerman
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
The name of the applicant not appearing on the rolls, he should prove his service as required by the regulations of the Department. The papers are returned with objection 14 which required such proof. See note j in the sheet.
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)                      , who has 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 days 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 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 who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses.
[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.

I William Calhoun Esq. residing in Blount County Tennessee hereby certify that I am well acquainted acquainted with Peter Bawerman who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be Twenty Seven years of age and that he is have been a Soldier of the Revolution and This the 11 day of September 1834 William Calhoun

(3-223.)
Rev.
No. 21,697
, Ex'r.
REJECTED
OLD WAR INVALID.
Peter Bowman of Tenn P.O. Inc, Cole Wood Pen'troop
Service: Rev
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

State of Tennessee This day personally Ithor County I appeared before me Robert Houston a justice of the peace for said County & State George Malt and made oath that he was personally acquainted with Peter Bawerman before he enlisted, and that this is the same Peter Bawerman now living in Blount County Tennessee and that he this the said Peter Bawerman did enlist in the service of the United States Army about fifty two or three years since, and that he has been well acquainted with him ever since - He the said Peter Bawerman enlisted in Washington in the revolutionary war Tenn A He does not now recollect the Regiment or Company that he enlisted in Given under my hand and seal 23 rd of December 1877
Justice of Peace (seal)

State of Tennessee Knox County
I Charles M. Kling clerk of the court of pleas and quar- ter sessions for the County of Knox State aforesaid, by my deputy William Brown certify that Robert Hovenden before whome the within affidavit was made by George Smith was then & now is an acting justice of the peace in for said County duly commissioned and sworn
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office the 23 rd day of Dec r 1828
Chas. M. Kling By his Dep. Wm. Brown

Van Fryor Lea Will please forward these papers to the proper officer's for to receive a pension for this the said Doctor Bawerman - I give infor- mation to Doct r W m Thomas of Maryville Tenn - by line, whether a pension can be obtained by these papers - He said Thomas, examined D r Bawerman & has found his health declining so as to be unable to support himself -
Respectfully
By } George Elder William Thomas att. D.

State of Tennessee this day personally Blount County I affirmed appeared George Ellis before me William Coburn an acting justice of the peace for said County and made oath that he had a personally knowledge of Peter Bowerman when he did enlist in the Regular Service since that he was gone for a term of years and I have a good wright to believe that he was in the Regular Service for Bowerman and my self was Boyer of the same neighbour hood and that he was courting my sister when he did enlist and when he was gone for a term of years I do not recollect how long he was gone but when he came back he was married to my sister he had his Niagara belts on when he came back sworn to and subscribed the 10 day of September 1834 William Coburn a justice of the peace for Blount County his George Ellis mark

State of Tennessee - Blount County.
Nathaniel Ragan Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in & for Blount County the State aforesaid, do certify that William Calburn Esquire, whose name appears to the within affidavit was at the time of signing the same & now is an acting justice of the peace duly Commissioned & sworn in & for said County & that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing & that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such -
Given under my hand & seal of office at office in Maryville the 11 th day of September A.D. 1834.
Nath l Ragan Clerk.