Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,107, Andrew Bogle, Penn. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn. Va.
Bogle, Andrew
R. 1,107
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

Joseph Bogle and Jane M. Antle was Married in Lancashire June 8 th 1752.
Andrew Bogle was Born April 27 th 1753.
James Bogle was Born June 22 nd 1755.
Margaret Bogle was Born January 23 rd 1757.
Margaret Bogle Departed this Life August 2 nd 1758.
Joseph Bogle was Born July 5 th 1759.
Rebecca Bogle was Born December 22 nd 1761.
O Bogle was Born August 2 nd 1763.
O Bogle Departed this Life August 18 th 1765.
Samuel Bogle was Born May 24 th 1766.
Jane Bogle was Born December 24 th 1766.
Jane Bogle Departed this Life April 18 th 1767.
Agnes Bogle was Born March 1 st 1768.
Jane Bogle was Born October 8 th 1771.
Joseph Bogle Senior Departed this Life September the sixth 1775.
Jane Bogle Departed this Life June the 14 th 1777.
BOGLE, ANDREW

J. L. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions

Maryville Tennessee February 14 th 1845
Mr J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir: Herewith enclosed you
will find some additional evidence in support of the Claim of Elizabeth Bogle, under the Act of Congress of July 4 th 1836.
Her health being somewhat reestablished since the date of her Declaration, we thought it best for her to repeat, generally, the substance of her Declaration, and to relate any little in- cidents which served to impress upon her mind her late husband's service in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War. The birth of her two of her sons while her husband was, absent from home in his country's service are incidents never to be erased from the mind of a mother. We trust the evidence of Samuel Bogle sufficiently establish- es the terms of service of her late husband, each believed to be of six months duration, which is sustained by the evidence of Richard Williams. The remainder of his service, of which, she alleges, two terms to have been rendered in Pennsylvania, and that he was absent in the army when her son Hugh- was born, to wit, 31 st January 1780, when she resided in Virginia, we have no evidence, aside from her own, to es- tablish; nor at present, no knowledge of any living person by whom she can positively prove said other terms of service.
Claimant is made to assert in her Declaration that she was married in Cumberland Co. Penn. This was a mistake of her attorney, which she promptly rectifies, in this, her own deposition, as well as by the evidence of Samuel Bogle. The mistake was entirely with us, in not noticing the distinction between her husband's and her father's residence.

Proof of the burning of the school-house, in which she depares that her husband's family record was destroyed can be had, if material, but it is hoped that the evidence of Samuel Bogle may be sufficient to establish this fact. She also sent a certified copy of her husband's will, and annex a transcript of a reputed Correct Family Record of her late husband, and if of any use in the examination, may be so established by the dispositions of Claimant, & her living children.
"Andrew Bogle was born 31 st April 1753.
"Elizabeth Campbell was born 1748.
"Andrew Bogle & Elizabeth Campbell were married by the Rev Saul Thompson 24 th May 1774.
"Ann Bogle was born 1 st April 1775.
"Joseph Bogle was born 6 th February 1778.
"Hugh Bogle was born 31 st January 1780.
"Andrew Bogle was born 6 th November 1781.
"Polly Bogle was born 5 th May 1785."
Mr John Vinnery whose Declaration we also forwarded at the same time as Mrs. Bogle's, has since died and left a family of small children by a second wife. Whether his heirs will prosecute the claim further we know not. His Declaration states that he was engaged "in packing pork" as your letter of Jan. 17 th 1845 states, it was an error of the pen; it should have been "provisions", generally our understanding was that he was in a regular organized corps under Capt Peter Carpenter, but was assigned to the duty of packing provisions. He also stated that he was drafted to serve against the English & Royalist under Col. Ferguson, but could not perform the tour in consequence of sickness. This we did not in cooperate in his Declaration.

We also send you enclosed the Declaration of Christopher Baron, and such evidence as he has at present within his reach. The same reasons may be assigned for his failure to apply until this late day as would be gene- rally alleged by the remnant of the Soldiers of the Revolution and their widows, in at least this portion of the Country. To wit, the want of information as it regards the several acts of Congress of 1828, 1832, 1836 & 1838. We have even found the best informed and most intelligent citizens, totally ignorant of these several acts and their provisions.
If any material error has been committed by the undersigned, in the form or manner of taking the Declarations and evidence, please inform us.
Respectfully
Montgomery & William McLean
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the fourth July 1836.
State of Tennessee } Blount County } ss.
In this nineteenth day of November 1844 personally appeared before me William P. L. Cumming an acting justice of the peace in and for said County Elizabeth Bogle, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, now in the ninety-seventh year of her age, 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 July 4, 1836; that she is the widow of Andrew Bogle, who was a soldier in the drafted militia; that he entered the service as a drafted militiaman in Cumberland county Pennsylvania on the day of in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-seven; that he served under Capt Gibson of Cumberland county Pa, and under Captain Robert McLin of the same county, and under Captain William Brown of Rockingham county Pa, and under Col. Benjamin Harrison of said county of Rockingham, that from the loss of memory she cannot positively say how often or how long her said husband Andrew Bogle was on in service, but to the best of her recollections she believes it was not less than two years; that he travelled through Cumberland county, Pa, and elsewhere, her memory serves her not; that she does not know of his being in any battle; that she has no written or documentary evidence in her possession.

-sion to support her claim for and in behalf of her deceased husband's services. She further declares that she was married on the 24 th day of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy four, in the County of Cumberland Pennsylvania by the Rev. Samuel Thompson; that her husband the aforesaid Andrew Bagle, died on the 29 th day of November 1815, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period; that she continued to reside in Blount county Tennessee, that she has resided in the said county of Blount ever since the year 17 —
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day 2 and year above written before me 3
Elizabeth her Bagle mark
William P. L. Cummings Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee } Blount County } Sct.
I William P. L. Cummings, a justice of peace in and for said county, do hereby certify that the above declaration of the said Elizabeth Bagle was made, sworn and subscribed before me; that she is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open court; that I am well acquainted with her & her general character for truth and integrity is good; and that the word "not" in the last line but one, in the first page of the above declaration was interlined before it was subscribed. Given under my hand this 19 th day of November 1844
William P. L. Cummings a justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Blount County } ss.
I, William Lowry, Clerk of the County Court for the county of Blount, do hereby certify, that William P. L. Cumming whose signature is signed to the above declaration and certificate, is an acting justice of the peace in and for said county, and full faith and confidence may be placed in all his acts as such.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at office, at Maryville, this 30 th day of November 1844
William Lowry Clk. County Court of Blount
State of Tennessee Blount County
I, Henry Hannum Chairman of the county court for Blount County do hereby certify that William Lowry is the Clerk of said court, and full credit may be given to all his official acts as such. Decr 2. 1844
Henry Hannum
Chairman of the County Court of Blount County
Evidence of Samuel Bogle -
I am now in the 80 th year of my age, and recollect the marriage of my brother, Andrew Bogle to Elizabeth Campbell daughter of Hugh Campbell of York county Pa., which took place on the 24 th day of May (1774) seventeen hundred and seventy four, and that the said Elizabeth Bogle named in the accompanying declaration is the identical person then married to my brother Andrew, and that they lived together until the time of the death of the said Andrew which occurred in November 1893. I am assisted in my recollections of dates by my father's family record, which is in the handwriting of Joseph Bogle

and remained in my father's possession until his death in 1790 seventeen hundred and ninety - since then it has remained in my pos- session. I recollect that my brother Andrew was drafted into the service of the United States under Captain Cravens of Roanoke county Va. and I think in the Regiment commanded by Col. Ben- jamin Harrison in the year (1781) seventeen hundred and eighty one but I am not positive how long he served. I am a resident of Blount County Tennessee, and have been more than fifty years.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20 th November 1844
Sam l Bogle
William P. Cummings Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee } County Court of Blount County Blount County } December Term, held at the Court house at Maryville December 2 nd , 1844.
The above proceedings having this day been submitted to the county court of Blount County, when sitting for or- dinary purposes, and the justices of said court being per- sonally acquainted with the witness, Samuel Bogle, by whom a portion of the service is proven, as well as the identity of the widow of the aforesaid Andrew Bogle, do hereby certify that the aforesaid Samuel Bogle is a person of the highest character for truth and credibility and that the court has entire confidence in the truth of his evidence sworn to above
Witness Will Lowry Clerk of the County court of Blount County, at office, at Maryville Decr. 2. 1844
State of Tennessee } Henry Harriman
Blount County } Chairman of the County court of the aforesaid county do hereby certify that William Lowry is Clerk of said court and that full faith and credit is due his official acts Decr 21 st 1844 Henry Harriman

August 12, 1935
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Andrew Bogle-R.1107 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Reuben Hayes 919 Frances Street Knoxville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Andrew Bogle, soldier of the War of the Revolution, private Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 1107, based upon the service of Andrew Bogle in the Revolutionary War.
Andrew Bogle was born April 26, 1753, place not stated; he was the son of Joseph Bogle, who died in 1790.
Andrew Bogle married May 24, 1774 in York County, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Campbell; she was born in the year 1748 and was the daughter of Hugh Campbell of York County, Pennsylvania, name of her mother not given.
Andrew Bogle died November 29, 1813 in Blount County, Tennessee, having moved there in 1786 from Rockingham County, Virginia.
The widow, Elizabeth Bogle, applied for pension November 19, 1844, then a resident of Blount County, Tennessee, and alleged that her husband, Andrew Bogle, while residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, served in the winter of 1777 and 1778, as private in Captain Gibson's company of Pennsylvania Militia, in 1780, as private in Captain Robert McTeer's company of Pennsylvania Militia, that he moved to Rockingham County,

Virginia and served in 1781 in Captain William Craven's company, Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Virginia regiment.
Her claim was not allowed as proof of six month's service as required by the pension law was not established.
The children of Andrew Bogle and his wife, Elizabeth:
Ann born April 7, 1775 Joseph " February 6, 1778 Hugh " January 31, 1780 Andrew " November 6, 1781, died December 13, 1842 in Blount County, Tennessee. Polly " May 5, 1785.
The following data relative to the family of Joseph Bogle, father of the soldier, Andrew Bogle, are found in the claim: Joseph Bogle and Jane McAntires was married in Lancashire, June 8, 1752-
Andrew Bogle born April 26, 1753 James Bogle " June 22, 1755 Margret Bogle " January 25, 1757, died August 30, 175-(illegible) Joseph Bogle " July 5, 1759 Rebecah Bogle " December 22, 1761, died June 23, 1762 O. Bogle " August 2, 1763, died August 18, 1763 Samuel Bogle " May 24, 1765 Jane Bogle " December 27, 1766, died April 18, 1767 Agnes Bogle " March 20, 1769 Jeane Bogle " October 3, 1771.
Joseph Bogle, "Señior", departed this life September 6, Year illegible.
Jean Bogle departed this life June 14, 1797.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
add not there the widow's interest though Campbell resided with - during Rev.

1931- Feb 16 - High L. Mrs.
J.C. Young area
1935 Aug 12 - list. to Mrs. Reuben Hays Ex'r.
INVALID.
REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
11117
P. O. Elizabeth Boyle On list as Boyle -
Service: _____
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for surper-
Enlisted: _____, 18 sear-
Discharged: Not six months _____, 18 service established in this case
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

No 6381 Elizabeth Boyle Irish Her estate was sold by the Commissioners of the Revenue
No 6381 Elizabeth Boyle Irish Her estate was sold by the Commissioners of the Revenue Messrs Montgomery & W m Linn April 16 th 1845 do to same & J. R. Gillespie June 6. 1845 Act 4 July 1836

No 637.
Elizabeth Boyle Maw of Andrew Jew.
Act 4 July 1836
Act 4 July 1836
1107

State of Tennessee } Blount County } ss.
I Alexander B Gamble, a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, and one of the justices of the County court of said County, before whom the statement of Elizabeth Bagle was made and sworn to, purporting to be an explanation of, and addition to, her declaration made the 19th day of November 1844, and Samuel Bagle by whose affidavit she proves the service of her late husband, which was also made before me - do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with each of them for at least thirty-five years, and that they are both credible persons and their statements may be relied on; and that I was acquainted with Andrew Bagle, the applicant's husband before his death, and know her to be the the reputed wife of said Andrew Bagle, and believe her to be in the ninety-seventh year of her age, and that the claimant would be unable, from bodily infirmity, to appear in open court to be sworn.
February 6th 1845.
A. Gamble (seal) Justice of Peace for B. Co.
State of Tennessee } Blount County. } ss.
I John Clark, an acting justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Richard Williams Jr., whose affidavit has this day been made before me, and that he is a credible person and his statements entitled to entire belief. Given under my hand, this 7th day of February, 1845 John Clark (seal) Justice of the peace for said County

State of Tennessee Blount County 3 rd .
On this 10 day of February 1845, personally appeared before me, Samuel Pridde, an acting justice of the peace, and one of the associate justices for the County Court of the county aforesaid, Jesse Wallace Sinn, a resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose, that he is now depose that he is now in the 77 th year of his age, and became acquainted with Andrew Bogle and his wife, Elizabeth, as early as the year 1786 - Seven hundred and eighty six, in what is now Blount County, Tennessee; that the said Andrew continued to reside in said the said county and on the same farm until his death, and that the widow also, continued to live on the same farm until the death of her youngest son, Andrew, some two years ago; that he was intimately acquainted with the aforesaid, Andrew Bogle surr. and continues to be acquainted with the widow, Elizabeth Bogle, who was, at his first acquaintance with them in 1786, the reputed lawful wife of the said Andrew Bogle; that they then had several children, the oldest of whom, might have been eight or ten years old; that he knows that the said Elizabeth Bogle is the identical person, then known and believed in the settlement in which they resided, to be the lawful wife of the said Andrew Bogle; that she has sustained an unimpeachable character for truth and uprightness, is a credible and intelligent person and her statements is entitled to entire belief and credit.
He further deposes that he has been for many years acquainted with Samuel Bogle and Richard Williams surr. that they are both men of intelligence and credibility, were early settlers in the country, and have ever sustained unimpeachable characters for truth and uprightness.
Sworn and subscribed before me this day at date above written
Samuel Pridde
A justice of the peace for Blount County
Jesse Wallace

State of Tennessee } Blount County } ss.
This day personally appeared before me Samuel Pridle, an acting justice of the peace, and one of the justices of the County Court of the County aforesaid, Rev. Isaac Anderson D.D. Pastor of First Providence Church, at Maryville, in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose that he has known Mrs. Elizabeth Bogle for more than 42 years, and has for thirty-two years been intimately acquainted with her. She has sustained an unimpeachable character for truth, and uprightness in all her conduct, and such has been her general character. That he has been for many years acquainted with Samuel Bogle, and believes him to be an intelligent, honest, upright man - and a man of truth and credibility.
Isaac Anderson
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 10 th day of February, 1845
Samuel Pridle (seal)
a justice of the peace for said county.
State of Tennessee } Blount County } ss.
I Samuel Pridle, an acting justice of the peace, and one of the justices of the County Court of said County, before whom the deposition of Jesse Wallace and the Rev. Isaac Anderson D.D. have this day been made, do hereby certify that the said Jesse Wallace and Isaac Anderson D.D. are both men of intelligence and credibility and their statements entitled to credit. I further certify that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Bogle, the Claimant, & Samuel Bogle and Richard Williams Senr, and they are all persons of intelligence and credibility, and their evidence entitled to belief.
Given under my hand and seal, at office, this 10 th day of February 1845
Samuel Pridle (seal)
a justice of the peace for Blount Co.

State of Tennessee Blount County 3 rd W.
I William Lowry clerk of the County Court for the County of Blount and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Alexander B. Gamble, John Clark and Samuel Pride before whom the above proceedings were had and done, are severally justices of the peace, and justices of the County Court for Blount County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and were so at the time, the several affidavits and Certificates made before them, and signed by them, bear date, and that their several signatures purporting to be genuine.
And I further certify, that I am personally well acquainted with Elizabeth Bagle, Samuel Bagle, Richard Williams Junr, Jesse Wallace and Rev. Isaac Anderson D.D., that they are all now, and have been for many years, residents of Blount County, are intelligent and credible persons, and full faith and credit ought to be given their evidence.
Given under my hand and seal of office at officer at Maryville, this 10 day of February 1845.
William Lowry Clerk of the County Court, for Blount County,
State of Tennessee, Blount County 3 rd SS.
I, Henry Hannum, Chairman of the County Court of Blount County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Lowry, whose signature appears to the above, is the clerk of said court, duly qualified as such, and that the signature appears to be genuine.
Given under my hand and seal, this 12 th day of February 1845.
Henry Hannum Chairman of the County Court of Blount County,

State of Tennessee Blount County I Andrew Bogle senior of the State and County, aforesaid do make my last will and Testament in manner and form following, that is:
1 st I give to my wife Elizabeth Bogle a decent living in the house I now live in during her nat- ural lifetime the young grain more and the use of another house creature until she is fit for use two cows all to be maintained by my son Andrew without being any expense to her one hundred Dollars in cash two feather beds, bedsteads and furniture and one third of all the kitchen and dresser furniture, all to be at her disposal at her death,
2 nd I do give to my daughter Ann twenty shillings to be paid in trade within one year after my decease by my son An- drew.
3 rd I do give to my son Joseph twenty shil- lings to be paid in trade within one year after my decease to be paid by my son Andrew
4 th I do give to my son Hugh twenty shillings in trade to be paid by my son Andrew within one year after my decease
5 th I do give to my daughter Polly as near the amount what my daughter Ann got as can be ascertained by my two sons Joseph & Hugh to be in the same kind of property and twenty shillings in trade to be paid by my son Andrew

6 th I do give to my son Andrew all my estate real and personal which I have not all ready bequeathed. November 29 th 1873
State of Tennessee Blount County } I William Lowry clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument of writing is a true and perfect transcript of the last Will and Testament of Andrew Boyle sen deceased (on the back of which said Will is indorsed 179 Andrew Bogles Will Filed 20 th of March 1814) as taken from the original now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of office at office in Maryville this 31 st January 1848
William Lowry C.M. By Jas R. Dacus D.C.
State of Tennessee Blount County I Henry Hannum Presiding Justice of the County Court of the aforesaid County do hereby certify that William Lowry is Clerk of said Court and that Jas R. Dacus is his lawful deputy, and that his Certificate is in due form of law Given under my hand this the 12 th day of Feb y 1845. Henry Hannum Clerk

State of Tennessee } Blount County } ss.
In this 6 th day of February 1845 personally appeared before me Alexander B. Gamble a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, Elizabeth Bogle a resident of said county and state, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following additional statements in explanation of her Declaration made on the nineteenth (19) of November 1844, in order to obtain the benefits of the 3 rd Section of the Act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836, entitled, "An Act granting half pay to widows, &c.", that at the time of making her declaration, to wit, on the 19 th day of November 1844, in addition to the infirmities of old age, she was very much indisposed, and consequently her memory more impaired than if in ordinary health, and that she then could not positively name dates, and the length of each term of her late husband's service; that she recollects that Andrew Bogle, her husband, entered the service of the United States in the latter part of the year 1777 as a draftsman in Capt. Gibson's of Cumberland County, Pa. and was absent during the winter of (1777 & 1778) seventeen hundred and seventy seven and seventeen hundred and seventy eight; that her son Joseph Bogle, her second child, was born while her husband was in the Army, to wit, on the night of the sixth (6 th ) of February 1778, and she then understood and believes that, her husband was then lying at the town of Lancaster, Pa.; that her husband returned home in about nine weeks after the birth of her said son Joseph, that is, about the 10 th of April following - That her husband, Andrew Bogle, was again in the service one or two towns, as a private, under Captain Robert M c Vea of Cumberland Co. Pa., and that he was absent from home in the service at the time of the birth of her son Hugh Bogle, to wit, on the 31 st day of January 1780, but the beginning, duration and ending of his term or terms of service under Captain Robert M c Vea or Matus, she is wholly unable to state, nor does she know of any living witness by whom she can prove said service; That her husband removed from Cumberland County Pa. to Rockingham County Va. in the year

1779, and again served a term of duty, as a private in the militia, in a company commanded by Captain William Craven of said county of Buckingham, and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Benjamin Harrison, that said last term of service commenced in May or June in the year 1781) seventeen hundred and eighty-one, and that her husband was absent from home until late in the fall or winter following, but the precise length of said last term of service she is unable to say, nor does she recollect the names of any other officers under whom her husband served, She further declares that she was married to the said Andrew Bogle on the 29 th day of May, in the year (1774) seventeen hundred and seventy four, in the county of York Pa, by the Rev Samuel Thompson; that her husband removed about the year 1786 from Virginia to Blount County, then North Carolina, now Tennessee; that he continued to reside in said county and on the same farm on which he first settled until the time of his death , which occurred on the 29 th of November 1813; that since the death of her husband, Andrew Bogle, she has remained a widow, and resided on the farm of her late husband, with her youngest son, Andrew, until his death, which happened on the 13 th day of December 1842 - That the original family record of her husband was destroyed in the following manner, to wit: It was kept in a small Bible, which, a bound boy, whom her son Andrew, raised and educated, named William Boling, took this book to school with him, the school-house was burnt, and with it, the Bible containing the family record of her husband: That the said William Boling, soon after coming of age removed from the State, and she knows not, if living, where he might now be found.
Sworn to and subscribed, before me this 6 th day of February 1845
Elizabeth her X Bogle mark
Passable Justice of the peace, for Blount County.
State of Tennessee Blount County 3 rd
Samuel Bogle, being first duly sworn according to law deposes that he is not interested either directly or indirectly in the result of the claim of Elizabeth Bogle for a pension under the 5 th

section of the act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836; that he is now in the 80 th year of his age and recollects the marriage of his brother, Andrew Bogle and Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of Hugh Campbell, of York Co. Pa. on the 24 th day of May (1774) seventeen hundred and seventy-four, and knows that they lived together as man and wife until the death of his brother on the 29 th day of November 1813. He recollects that on the marriage of Andrew, his brother James, who was a blacksmith, made a present of a pair of large fire-tongs to Andrew, and cut in fair legible figures the date of the year then (A.D. 1774) seventeen hundred and seventy-four; that the said tongs remained in the family of Andrew until his death in 1813 as above; his son Andrew jr continued to live on the same farm, and never married, and his mother, the said Elizabeth Bogle lived with him until his death in 1842, and the tongs remained in the family until then, and are now owned by William M c Lean Esqr; that he has recently examined said tongs and the date is yet very plain upon them, and he knows them to be the identical tongs made and presented to his brother Andrew by his brother James the same year Andrew was married. That circumstance have recalled to his memory the fact of his brother Andrew's service in a company of militia designated by Capt. — Infantry of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the years 1777 and 1778; that he now recollects that himself and Hugh Campbell, a brother of Elizabeth Bogle, were living with her in the absence of her husband, who was then in the United States service, on the (6 th ) sixth of February 1778. seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, and were sent for the Midwife on the birth of her son Joseph, who is the second child of Andrew and Elizabeth Bogle; that his brother Andrew had been absent in service for some time before the birth of his son Joseph, and was absent for some weeks after, but is not positive how long he remained in service at this time. He also recollects that Andrew Bogle was drafted into the service of the United States in May or June (1781) seventeen hundred and eighty-one, under the Command of Captain William Cravens of Rockingham County Va, as a private, and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Benjamin Harrison; that he lived with his brother's wife, the said Elizabeth, that sum-

summer, and helped raise a crop of corn, that he was at the husking in the fall and his brother was still absent from home, but cannot say positively at what time he was discharged, or how long he served this last term. He further declares that the said Elizabeth Bogle who now claims a pension under the Act of Congress of July 4 th 1836, is the identical person married to Andrew Bogle on the 24 th day of May 1774, and the same with whom he lived in 1778 and 1781 while his brother was in the service of the United States as above described.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6 th day of February 1845. J. Barksdale a justice of the peace for Blount County.
State of Tennessee Blount County ss
Richard Williams senr. being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose and say that he is not either directly or indirectly interested in the result of the claim of Elizabeth Bogle, widow of Andrew Bogle, for a pension under the 3 rd Section of the act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836; and he further deposes & says that he is now 77 years of age, and became acquainted with Andrew Bogle & his wife Elizabeth, about fifty six or fifty eight years ago in Blount County, then North Carolina now Tennessee; that he continued to be intimately acquainted with Andrew Bogle and his family to the time of his death, and that he is intimately acquainted with Elizabeth, the widow of the said Andrew Bogle; that he believes her to be in the ninety seventh year of her age; that she is a credible person and a woman of the highest respectability and integrity, that he has frequently conversed with her late husband, whose credibility was undoubted, about his services in the Revolutionary war; that he believes the statements of the widow to be correct; and that the said Andrew Bogle, was reputed and believed, in the neighborhood in which he resided at and before the time of his death, to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that he concurs in that opinion.
Richard Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7 th day of February 1845
John Clark a justice of the peace

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Mr. E. Bogle's Claims

Mrs. E. Bogle's Claim, 3 Maryville, Va. April 29. 1844.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir: We are in receipt of your letter of the 14 th April inst. acknowledging the receipt of "The additional declaration of Elizabeth Bogle," and stating that it had "been examined and filed with her other papers."
You state that "the proof of service is altogether unsatisfactory; as is also the date of the marriage;" and you now require "the testimony of credible and intelligent persons (who are not relations of the family)" "who should show by some associated event in their own history, calculated to impress the particular date of this marriage so strongly in their minds that they cannot be mistaken."
On referring to the Executive regulations of July 9 th 1836, prescribing rules for carrying into effect the Act of 4 th July 1836, we find that "applicants must produce the best proof the nature of the case will allow," which "must be had either from the records of the War Department, the muster rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers, or the affidavits of persons of known respectability." And under the 3 rd Section—"The claimant must, in every case where there is no record or documentary proof, of the revolutionary services of the deceased officer or soldier, produce the testimony of at least one credible witness. Fractionary evidence will be deemed useful in such cases."
By turning to the Executive Regulations, the relation

to the execution of the Act of 7 th June 1832 we find — "The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important in the absence of any direct proof , except the declaration of the party " "To require from the applicants positive proof of service from a contemporary survivor, would, after the lapse of so many years, be to deprive many of them of the benefit of the law. And as no presumption is raised against the Militia by the existence of Rolls in the Department, there is no good reason why this requisition should be extended to them. On the other hand, to receive the declaration of the parties as sufficient grounds for placing them on the Pension Roll, without corroborating circumstances , would be to open the Treasury to great frauds."
Again, In the letter of the Secretary of War, Gen. Clegg, of June 15 th 1832, to Hon. Sam l A. Foot he says, in reference to the Militia — "Since has so reduced the number of those veterans, and of the witnesses of their services and sufferings , that to demand of them positive proof  independently of their own statements , would be to deprive many of them of the benefit of the act. If he has no living or documentary evidence of his services, he should transmit as detailed a statement, under oath, as he can prepare, showing the time, place, and manner of his employment, the corps to which he belonged, and such other circumstances connected with the subject as he may be able to recollect, and as will serve to guide an examining officer in his examination of the justice of the claim. To this should be added the certificate under oath, of at least two respectable persons, whose

character can be established at the department, stating the general impressions of the neighborhood, where the applicant resides, or has resided, that he was engaged in the revolutionary war. I imagine there are few or none of the survivors whose claims to this character is not recognized in the vicinity where they live.
"These are my impressions, hastily written in answer to your letter. I have the most confidence in them, as they are fortified by the opinion of Mr. Edwards, in whose experience and judgment, I place great reliance."
Pursuing the investigation further we find in your letter of July 24 th 1837 to Hon Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Catherine Oakley, the following: "The pension of July, 1835, was intended as a reward for the sufferings of those women who had husbands in the service during the revolutionary struggles, and it would seem to be an infringement of their rights not to allow them the full amount to which their husbands would have been entitled under the act of June 7 th , 1832."
The act of July 4 th 1835 is evidently benevolent and just in its design, and the provisions of the 3 rd Section was doubtless intended as a slight recompence to the Matrons of the Revolution - the Mothers of Liberty, for the privations and sufferings they had endured, in common with their husbands. Being based upon the act of June 7 th 1832, it would undoubtedly be just to apply, as to service, the same rule of evidence, as the cases

are entirely analogous, with this exception, that the sol- dier had his acquaintances in the Army, knew his offi- cers, and the exact period of his service, while the widow, though her sufferings and privations were doubtless equal to those of her husband, neither knew his officers and associates, nor was she known to them. To require, then, from the Widow "applicants positive proof of service by a contemporary survivor" who was "not a relation" "months after the lapse of so many years, be to deprive many of them of the benefit of the Law," the provisions of which, "was intended as a reward for the sufferings of those women who had husbands in the service during the revolutionary struggles."
On a hasty examination of the Pension Laws, Exec- utive Regulations, and the opinions of the Attorney General within our reach, we are unable to find any thing which prohibits as inadmissible the evidence of a "relation" to prove any fact of service or marriage, nor were we apprized of any such rule until the receipt of your letter of of the 14 th ; and which, if adhered to, "after the lapse of so many years," must inevitably "deprive many of them of the benefit of the law," "intended as a reward for this sufferings" "during the revolutionary struggles."
On the contrary, the plain import of the executive regulations appear to be, while they would guard with vigilance against frauds, to place it within the reach of all who deserve it, the benefit benefit of the Acts of Congress granting pensions to the officers and soldiers

of the revolution, and their widows, by a "relaxation" of the rule of evidence, "as the difficulty of procuring testimony gradually increases." We know of no general rule of evidence, that would exclude the testimony of "relations," provided those relations were disinterested credible persons, and their testimony was sustained by other circumstantial evidence. Pardon us, sir, if we err in this conclusion, as we are not bound to the law, but plain, unsophisticated mechanics.
If we understand the correct use of language, the Executive Regulations to carry into effect the Act of June 7 th 1838, admits the "declaration of the party" as "direct proof," however, to be corroborated by circumstantial and traditional evidence, descending even to common neighborhood opinions. If in 1838, "after the lapse of so many years" it would have been improper, in all cases, to have required positive and direct proof by a "contemporary survivor," how much more unjust, to require from widow applicants, positive proof , after the lapse of thirteen additional years, which must "deprive many of them of the benefit of the law!" and at the same time prohibit the evidence of a contemporary survivor, who happens to be a "relation of the family."
Relative to the proof of Marriage you require, if "no record or documentary evidence" can be had on this point, "the testimony of credible and intelligent persons (who are not relations to the family) from the neighborhood where the parties resided at the time the marriage took place, should be produced, by which the date

thereof prior to the termination of the husband's service may be shewn; who should be able to shew, by some associated event in their own history, calculated to impress the particular date of their marriage so strongly in their minds that they cannot be mistaken."
Here then, "after a lapse of" 41 years from the date of the Marriage of Andrew Bogle and Elizabeth Campbell, and of more than sixty years from their leaving the State of Pennsylvania, proof of that marriage is asked, and when it is furnished by the evidence of a "contemporary survivor" in the person of a brother-in-law, it is deemed inadmissible, because he is a "relation;" but at the same time a "family record" kept by a connection, would be taken as good evidence, although the applicant, if disposed to have practiced fraud upon the Government, might have had a "family record" manufactured for the express occasion, to have borne all the marks of antiquity, so perfect, as to avoid detection by the strictest scrutiny of an examining officer. But the evidence of Samuel Bogle is corroborated by that of Jesse Wallace Esqr, and Richard Williams and Alexander R. Gamble Esqr.
Adopting the regulations to carry into effect the act of the 7 th June 1832, of which the act of July 4 th 1836 is but supplementary thereto, and by giving a fair and literal interpretation of the language therein used, Mr. Bogle has furnished such proof service as was then required of an applicant, in certain cases. She has filed her declaration, setting forth the facts as well as a

person ninety-seven years of age might have been expected, in which she claims for four several terms of service in organized companies, three of them in Pennsylvania and one in Virginia, besides which, she alleges that her husband was some several tours with a ragged, in all, she believes more than two years. She proves positively two of these terms by Samuel Bogle, a "relation" whose evidence is corroborated by that of Richard Williams, who "is not a relation," by proving the neighborhood opinion of the service of Andrew Bogle at and before the time of his death. Mrs. Bogle might fairly under these regulations claim a pension for two terms of service under Capt. Robert Matur in the Militia of Pennsylvania, which she cannot now positively prove, and which admitting to be, each, of two months duration, would be four months. Also one tour under Capt. Gibson, also of Pennsylvania, which was probably in a volunteer company, commanded by Capt. James Gibson, as there is evidence in existence that Capt. J. Gibson of Cumberland County, in October 1777, after the invasion of Pennsylvania by Lord Howe, called his company of Militia together, made a speech to them, volunteered himself, and most of his company also volunteered, among whom, was another member of the same family. Andrew Bogle returned home the 10 th of April 1778 which would make his tour of service not less than five, perhaps six months. One other tour is clearly proven in the same manner, in Virginia, commencing in May or June and ending in the fall, say, five or six months. This last tour in Virginia is alleged to

have been served in the year 1781 in a company of militia under capt. William Bravery & in a regiment commanded by Col Benj. Harrison
We regret that Mrs. Bogle is unable to "set forth the service of her husband with the precision necessary to enable the Department to re adjust her claim understanding." She has heretofore, until since the death of her youngest son, with whom she resided, constantly refused to apply for the benefit of the Act of July 4 th 1836, but her condition being now changed she applies, and it cannot reasonably be expected that "after the long lapse of so many years," and at her advanced age, altho blessed with an uncommonly vigorous constitution, and retentive memory, she should recollect the particular dates of her husband's entering and leaving the service, altho her sufferings and privations while her husband was absent in his country's service, are "associated events in her own history, calculated to impress," if not the exact length of her husband's service, her own sufferings & privations in his absence.
A son of Mrs. Bogle's was born on the 6 th of February 1778 while her husband was absent in his country's service, he being then a resident of Pennsylvania; and he was in service until the 10 th of April following, and had been absent for some time before this "associated event" in the lives, not only of herself, but in that of her principal witness, who was sent for the midwife on that occasion. The enemy being in force in the neighborhood, and in possession of Philadelphia, and it being positively proven that

Andrew Bogle was in service at that time, longer than "the known course of the Pennsylvania militia service, the tours of which were limited by law to two months only," and as he did not belong, as the widow believes, to the Continental line, not having been in service at any one time more than six months, it follows of course, that he was either a volunteer-militiaman, or from the exigency of the times, either by the express orders of the Pennsylvania authorities, voluntary service, or the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, continued in service longer than "the known course of the Pennsylvania militia service!"
We are compelled to arrive at the conclusion, from an expression in your letter of the 14 th inst., that the examination of Mrs. Bogle's papers has not been thorough. You say, "In this case the Only terms mentioned, is inconsistent with the known course of the Pennsylvania militia service, the tours of which were limited by law to two months only." Mrs. Bogle alleges a term of service in Virginia in 1781, under Capt. William Craven, which the examining officer has wholly overlooked, and which said service is proven by a "relation" who "worked a crop of corn for him in his absence," who proves that Andrew Bogle "entered the army in May or June and was absent until after the corn was gathered and husked," thus clearly establishing by "associated events," that this period must have been not less than five or six months. This relation also recollects that Andrew Bogle returned home on furlough from Col. Benjamin Harrison, to put his harvest, and then returned to the army; Altho' we did not deem

it necessary to incorporate this fact, either in the declaration of claimant, or in the testimony of the witness. Whatever of error there may be either in the form or manner of the papers in this case, are errors of the attorneys, not of the claimant or the witnesses—as we were not then informed in these matters.
Neither Mrs Elizabeth Bogle, or Samuel Bogle, her brother-in-law, but between whom there is not a good understanding, are willing to swear to any particular dates as to the time of entering and leaving the service, lest they commit a crime, which many could not hire them to do. But as to the marriage they are positive. Mr. Samuel Bogle is positive as to the date of the marriage, as it occurred on his birth day, and the day he was nine years of age. His father's family record is herewith enclosed. Still another effort will be made to find in the family connections a record of this marriage, but we confess we have little hopes of securing one, nor would it be probable that a living witness or any public record of the marriage could be had in Pennsylvania, as the known course of celebrating marriages in that State, we believe, has been without license, and the claimant alleges she was married after publication.
There is not a witness whose evidence has been taken in this case, but whose character is unimpeachable, and we would refer to John H. Gellsply, Esq r now in Washington, who is personally acquainted with every witness, as well as attorneys, & claimant. Respectfully, Montgomery & Williams Atty Sec.

Messrs Montgomery & Wm. H. Seer, to John F. Gillespie 6 June 1845
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Pension Office
June 6. 1845
Sir
The papers lately received here in the case of Elizabeth Bogle, widow of Andrew Bogle, decd. have been examined and filed. The proof as to the service of her husband is not satisfactory. It is probable that the  husb he performed two tours of militia service; one with the Pennsylvania militia, which could not according to law, have exceeded two months in length, and the other with the Virginia militia, which was seldom called out for more than two or three months at a time. As it does not appear that the deceased was in service so long as six months (the time required by law to entitle any one to the lowest rate of pension) we cannot admit the claim.
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Messrs Montgomery & Wm. M c Tier, Maryville, Tennessee.
John F. Gillespy, Esq. Present.
N o 6381 act 4 July '36 Tennessee case

Pension Office July 17 th 1845
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the case of Elizabeth Boyle upon the act of 4 July 1836, have been examined and filed.
The rules require that the commencement and duration of each term of service, together with the grade and the names of the Company and field officers under whom the service was performed, shall be distinctly set forth, and established by the best evidence attainable. In this case it is alleged that Andrew Boyle the husband of Claimant was in service in the Militia of Virginia, and Pennsylvania, for upwards of two years. but no proof whatever has been offered and no term of service specified. The rules must be complied with. before a pension can be granted. The date of the marriage should be established by record or documentary evidence public or private if attainable, or by the testimony of respectable and intelligent individuals who knew the parties as husband and wife at an ascertained period prior to the termination of the husband's service. No proof whatever has been produced on this point.

In the Case of John Simerly, who is now apply- ing for the first time, under the act of 7 June 1832, the only Service specified was an employment under Capt. Peter Carpenter and Genl. Rutherford in 1776. in "Pocahontas Park from Lincoln County N.C." this is not believed to have been military duty, nor is the duration of this service given, He also asserts other service against the Cherokee Indians but at what period, and how long he was in service does not appear. Unless he can establish at least 6 mo service in a regular organized Corp, no pension can be granted. Some satisfactory reason should be given for delaying to this late day, his application for a pension, when the means of establishing his claim are daily dimin- ishing
The letter of Messrs Montgomery and William M'Ginn is herewith returned
Hon W. J. Seaton House of Reps.
South Carolina on Reps. etc.

Pension Office April 14 1845
Mr. Gantt
The additional declaration of Elizabeth Boyle has been examined and filed with her other papers
This, like her former declaration, does not set forth the service of her husband with the precision necessary to enable the Department to adjust her claim understandingly. The amount of pension to be allowed under the act of 4 July 1836, depends upon the length of  average service, (not up than 6 mos) and unless the date of the commencement and time of discharge be given, there is no means of ascertaining the amount to which a claimant is entitled. In this case the only term mentioned is inconsistent with the known course of the Pennsylvania Militia service, the term of which were limited by law to 2 mos with  each ; and if Andrew Boyle belonged to the Continental Line evidence thereof should be found on the records of the State at Harrisburg. The proof of service is altogether unsatisfactory; as is also the date of the marriage. If there be no record or documentary proof on that point, the testimony of credible and intelligent persons who have not measures of the family from

the neighborhood where they party resided at the time the marriage  it took place should be produced, by which the date thereof, prior to the termination of her husband's may be shown life, who should be able to show, by some associated events in their own history calculated to impress the particular date of this marriage so strongly in their minds that they cannot be mistaken.
Mrs. Montgomery & W. M. Allen April 16 th 1846
Mrs. Montgomery & William M c Lean Mary's niece Tenn.

Knopville. Tenn. July 30. 1935.
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Please give me any information regarding the war record of Andrew Bogle who served as a private in Capt. John Hamilton's Company of Cumberland County Pennsylvania Militia 1777-1781. In 1781 he was transferred to Capt Thomas Arbacy's Company Sixth Battalion Cumberland County Militia which was commanded by Col. James Dunlap.
I am very anxious to secure all information regard my ancestor to complete my records for the Daughters

of the American Revolution- and will appreciate your prompt attention.
Thanking you, I am.
Yours truly -
Louise Bogle Hayes.
(Mrs. Reuben Hayes)
919 Frances St.
Knoxville, Tenn

1609 Cullom St., Bham Ala.
Feb. 9, 1931.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Two weeks ago I wrote you asking about a pension which the widow of Andrew Boagle , a Revo- lutionary War soldier, applied for in 1844. The widows name was Elizabeth Campbell Boagle. I have heard nothing from you and as I am very anxious to complete my papers for membership in The Daughters of the American Revolution I am writing for the second time. I trust that it will be possible for you to attend to this at once

I want a copy of the pension Please have it stamped with the official seal of your depart- ment or whatever is necessary as proof of authenticity. Am enclosing self addressed envelope. If there is a charge for this service notify me & I will send check at once.
Very truly,
Mrs. T. C. Young.

1609 Cullom St, Birmingham Ala. Jan. 28, 1931
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C. Gentlemen:-
In 1844 Elizabeth Campbell Boagle came into court & proned that she was entitled to a pension since she was the widow of Andrew my Boagle who fought in the Revolutionary War - Roll of Captain John Hamiltons Co 5 th Class Militia Cumberland Co. Pa 1777.
I am getting my papers ready for admission into the Daughters of the American Revolution and since I havin't the date of their marriage I need the pension record as proof. Please have a copy made for me Have your stamp affixed or what-

ever is necessary to make it accept- able as positive evidence to the National Association
Am enclosing self addressed envelope & if there is any charge for this service let me know & I will pay it.
Very truly
Mrs. T. C. Young

February 16, 1931
Mrs. T. C. Young 1609 Cullom Street Birmingham, Alabama
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 1107, that Andrew Bogle was born April 26, 1753, place not stated. He was the son of Joseph Bogle, who died Sept 6 - 1790
Andrew Bogle married May 24, 1774 in York or Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Campbell, the daughter of Hugh Campbell, of York County, Pennsylvania. She was born in 1748, place not stated.
The soldier died November 29, 1813 in Blount County, Tennessee, having moved there in 1786, from Rockingham Co. Va.
The widow, Elizabeth, applied for pension November 19, 1844, then a resident of Blount County, Tennessee, and alleged that her husband, Andrew Bogle, enlisted in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and served in the winter of 1777 and 1778, as private in Captain Gibson's company of Pennsylvania militia, and in 1780 served in Captain Robert Mc Teer's company of Pennsylvania militia. He  Andrew then moved to Rockingham County, Virginia and served from the spring of 1781, until fall of that year, in Captain William Craven's company, Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Virginia regiment.
Her claim was not allowed as proof of six months service required by the pension law was not established.
The children of Andrew Bogle and his wife, Elizabeth:
Ann born April 7, 1775 Joseph " February 6, 1778

   Hugh  born  January  31, 1780     Andrew  "  November  6, 1781,  died Dec. 13, 1842    Polly  "  May  5, 1785    
The following is a copy of the family record of soldier's father, Joseph Bogle:
Joseph Bogle and Jane Mc Antires was married in Lancashire June 8th, 1752. 
   Andrew Bogle  was born  April  26, 1753     James Bogle  was born  June  22, 1755     Margret Bogle  was born  January  25, 1757     Margret Bogle  departed this life  August  30, 175-  (illegible)    Joseph Bogle  was born  July  5, 1759     Rebecah Bogle  was born  December  22, 1761  and died June 23, 1762    O. Bogle  was born  August  2, 1763     O. Bogle  departed this life  August  18, 1763     Samuel Bogle  was born  May  24, 1765     Jane Bogle  was born  December  27, 1766     Jane Bogle  departed this life  Aprile  18, 1767     Agnes Bogle  was born  March  20, 1769     Jeane Bogle  was born  October  3, 1771    
Joseph Bogle, "Seinor", departed this life September the sixth, -7-- (date illegible)
Jean Bogle departed this life June the/4th, 1797.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner