Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14974, Jesse Boling, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.B.
Boling, Jesse or Bowling
S. 14974
carded
CONTENTS

4701 Kentucky.
Desse Bowling.
of Gray - in the State of Ky.
who was a Pvt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Hall of the Reg t commanded by Col. Cleveland in the N. Car. line for 8 mos: from 1776-
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky. at the rate of 26 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Jan y 33 and sent Hon. R. P. Leitch, Ho: of Rep s .
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 39.99. Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mar 33 13.33-
$53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk. Book (D) Vol. 9 Page 32

Jose Boling from 1876 per mth 8 months $26 \frac{66}{100}
Hon: R. P. Letcher N. R.

BRIEF in the case of
of Gray Co. in the State of Kentucky,  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
Jerpe Bowling
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Dec. In 1780 " 3 " Sgt Gen. Capt Wall   1781 " 3 " Sergt Gen. Capt Cleveland Col   Augt " " 2 " Pt Comd Gen. Col Clemel D. Col Sturton Col Campbell  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wilkes Co. N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky & B.C Clay County
On the 22 nd day of October 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before Joseph Eme Judge of the Clay Circuit Court now sitting upon Bowline a Resident in the County of Clay and State of Kentucky aged sixty four years of age and five months Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832. —
That he entered the service of the united States in December 1780 - in Wilks County North Carolina as a Volunteer Revolutionary Soldier in the office of a Sargent and served a tour of three months in a Company Commanded by Cpt n William Hall - Which Company was Commanded by Major Joseph Phelps - and was Marched to Salisbury and there stationed and employed in guarding british prisoners & stores, and after some time marched with the prisoners & stores from Salisbury towards the Virginia line the british in pursuit - Crossed the Adkin river and cut loose the boats to prevent the british crossing - at which place he was discharged - having served his full tour of three months as aforesaid - That he again entered the Revolutionary Service as a drafted Soldier in the spring of the year 1781 and he thinks in the month of March for a tour of three months - He resided in Wilks County State of North Carolina and was attached to a Company Commanded by Cpt n John Cleveland and was appointed & served as a Sargent in the Company - Which Company was attached to a Battalion Commanded by Major Benjamin Herndon and Col o Benjamin Cleveland Commanded the Regiment - That the troops Marched -

from Wilks County N Carolina down the Yadkin River to a place called the trading ford and back River and War there employed in guarding for reconnoitering the Country against the inroads of the Britts until he was regularly discharged -
He states that in the month of July or August 1781 in Greene County Virginia he again volunteered as light horse Revolutionary Soldier under a Col o Stevenson whose given Name is not now recollect d which Com- pany was attached to the Command of Col o Arthur Campbell who was the Chief Commander of the troops - this expedition was intended to guard against the depredations of the Tories in abode d on the south line of Wilks County N. Carolina under a Captain James Roberts - that the troops Marched into North Carolina and to the place s where they target had embo- died themselves and found they had dispersed and then reconnoitered the Country in that quar- ter until and then returned to Greene City Virginia and War discharged - He states he served two months and in this expedition and found his own horse - That he hereby relinquishes every Cla- -im whatever to a pension or annuity except the pre- -sent and declares that his Name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed
The day and year aforesaid -
Jesse Boking
We Eberhard Bauman a Clergyman resi- -ding in the County of Gray Kentucky and Jacob Doseford residing in the same hereby Cer- -tify that We are Well acquainted with Jesse Bo- -king Who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that We believe him to be twenty for- -ty years of age - that he is respected and beloved in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Eberhard W. Bauman Jacob Doseford

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 Elijah W. Mauney who has signed the preceed- ing Certificate is a clergyman resident in the Coun- ty of Clay Kentucky, and that who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County & State, and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit. —
Joseph Lane County Judge of the Clay Circuit Court
Kentucky Clay County & Circuit Court
I, Alvin Baker Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and Circuit of Clay do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- -cation of Jesse Bowling for a summons
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 22 d of October 1832
A Baker

I have known the Revd Jesse Bowlin the within applicant many years. No man has a better character for truth integri- ty and uprightness in his entire region of country. R P Letcher 22 d January 1833

August 31, 1932
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Jesse Boling-S.14974
Mrs. Kate Bowling Ledford Manchester Kentucky
BA-J/MHF/eel
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Jesse Bowling, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who lived and died in Breathitt County, Kentucky.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.14974, based upon the military service of Jesse Boling(pensioned Bowling) in that war.
Jesse Boling volunteered in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and served with the North Carolina Troops as follows: from December, 1780, three months as sergeant in Captain William Nall's Company, under Major Joseph Phillips; from March, 1781, three months as sergeant in Captain John Cleveland's Company, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's Regiment; from July or August, 1781, two months in Captain Stinson's Company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 22, 1832, while a resident of Clay County, Kentucky(which adjoins Breathitt County), aged seventy-four years and five months.
There are no data as to his family.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Jesse Bowling, or similar spelling, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
This office has no general genealogical data on file as a means of establishing ancestral lines.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death not on AB

1914 Nov. 19 Hish. to E. H. Britt. 1916 June 28 Hish. to Mrs. A. M. 17.5 m. Gross. Letter in W.F. 6728 Wm. Cornett. 1923 Nov. 22. Hish. to Mrs. Catherine. Glenn M.M.H.F. 1982 - Aug. 31 - History to Mrs. Kate B. Bedford M.M.H.F. 1939 Oct. 28. Hish. to Mrs. 9 Oct Fred Sides. A.D.F.
Book
14974  INVALID.
File No. 14 974  Jesse Bowling  Phil. Rev. War.
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mrs. A. M. Gross, Hazard. Ky
Dated Jan 16. Recd Jan 24.
Letter in claim W.F. 6723 William Cornett.
(Date your letter Jan 22. 1912 please.)

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

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? No, two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? No.
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?
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 not ans.
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.

per you Los Angeles, California, November 9th, 1914.
U. S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Jesse Bowling was a pensioner of the War of the Revolution, residing in Clay County, Kentucky, then aged seventy-six. It appears that he received his pension under the act of 1818.
Will you kindly give me what your records may show concerning this service, and greatly oblige,
Very truly yours,
E. W. Britt
Address me:
1132 Title Insurance Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.

Dayton, Ohio.
Oct. 13th. 1923.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;--
Will you be good enough to give me the service and other information possible to give, of the Revolutionary service of Jesse Bolling who drew a pension for said service in Clay Co. Kentucky, in 1831. I think he served from Virginia.
I need this information in order to use in joining the D. A. R. and am told your department is kind enough to help.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Catherine Glenn
210 Commercial St.
Dayton---- Ohio.

State Vice-Regent MRS. C. M. MCGEE BURKESVILLE State Chaplain MRS. PRESTON JOHNSTON LEXINGTON State Recording Secretary MRS. NORMAN TAYLOR BURNSIDE State Corresponding Secretary MRS. HUGH L. RUSSELL 1601 BATH AVE., ASHLAND
State Treasurer MRS. I. B. STAFFORD 231 ROSEMONT AVE., FT. THOMAS State Consulting Registrar MRS. RICE WOODS RICHMOND State Historian MRS. W. P. DRAKE BOWLING GREEN State Librarian MRS. WALTER WORTHINGTON MAYSVILLE
OF KENTUCKY
State Regent MRS. FREDERICK A. WALLIS PARIS
1855 Nicholasville Rd. Lexington, Ky Oct 12, 1939.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C. Gentlemen.
Will you please send me any information you may have on Sgt. Jesse Bowling of N.C. and his family. He received pension at Clay County, Ky. He enlisted 1780 from Wickes County N.C.
Thank you.
Yours truly.
To Hazel Mew. Sides (Mrs Fred Sides)

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Manchester N.Y.
July 14 1932
The Director of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I wish to obtain pension record of Jesse Bowling a Revolutionary war soldier who lived and died in Breathitt Co. K.Y. I think he died in Breathitt Co. K.Y. He probably came from Virginia. I wish to obtain all the information that I can on his service and family. I wish proof of his service to prove

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eligibility to D.A.R. membership.
I wish to know about his family I wish to know if he is one of the Ballings of the Pocahontas tree or not. give me his Fathers Name if you can or all you can.
He Jesse Bowling is one of my ancestors.
I remain yours respectfully
Mrs. Kate Bowling Ledford Manchester N.Y.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jesse Baling a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     D. 1772 3 mos. Sgt. William Hall Major Joseph Phillips Ky.   U. 1778 3 mos. John Cleveland Benjamin Charlton   July 1778 1 mo. Sturdivan Arthur Campbell  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Milesboro Ky. Date of application for pension, Oct 22 1881 Residence at date of application, Milesboro Ky. Age at date of application, 74 years
Remarks: No date as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

November 22, 1923
Catherine Glenn 210 Commercial St., Dayton, Ohio.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 14974 it appears that Jesse Boling ( pensioned Bowling ) enlisted in Wilkes County, North Carolina in December 1780 and served as a Sergeant three months in Captain William Hall's Company, under Major Joseph Phillips in the North Carolina Troops.
In March 1781 while a resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina he enlisted and served three months as a Sergeant in Captain John Cleveland's Company, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment.
In July or August 1781 he enlisted and served two months in Captain Stinson's Company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's North Carolina Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application execut-

ed October 23, 1832 while a resident of Clay County, Kentucky aged seventy-four years and five months.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Full & health not an ER

October 28, 1939.
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Mrs. Fred Sides 1855 Nicholasville Road Lexington, Kentucky
BA-J/ady Jesse Boling S.14974
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jesse Bowling, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14974, based upon the military service in that war of Jesse Boling(pensioned Bowling).
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jesse Boling are not shown.
Jesse Boling enlisted in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and served with the North Carolina troops as follows: from December, 1780, three months as sergeant in Captain William Hall's Company, under Major Joseph Phillips; from March, 1781, three months as sergeant in Captain John Cleveland's Company, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's Regiment; from July or August, 1781, two months in Captain Stinson's Company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 22, 1832, while a resident of Clay County, Kentucky, aged seventy-four years and five months.
There are no family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of soldier, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:

"Jesse Bowling, Certificate No. 4701, issued January 26, 1833, rate $26.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator