Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10379, Adam Bouman, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Bowman, Adam Bowman,
S. 10379
CONTENTS
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No. 711 New York
Adam Bauman
of Herkimer in the State of New York who was a private in the Co. A , commanded by Captain De Graaf of the Regt. commanded by Col. Palmer in the Brig. line for N. York &c.
 26.66 $ 14.66  66 18.66  $37.32 $93.30 
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 37 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept. 1832 and Martha E. Gray Herkimer
 Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 32 $ 93.30  Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th  March 34 18.66  $111.96 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Steele Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 48

No 20426
Seam Brumans Herkimer Co N York
333 1/4 36 63 7 66 37.25 2
e.i.
Admitted 11 mo 4 days Private
Service as a minuteman Mt. Maud
Chas Gray Agt Herkimer N York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 28 1833
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. Those 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, showing the Service of Adam Bowman Herkimer Co. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft 1777 1 8 Private Capt Big Stratford Col Peter Bollinger Ft. Stanwix Ag. 49 Herkimer Nicholas Bowman   Draft .. 21/28 Ft. Dayton Philip Horton   Enlisted 1778 9 Capt Mark Dunn Maj Clap John Brewster   6 Capt Henry Hunt  
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 and C. D. residing in (the same) 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 day 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 about 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 must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

The matter of Sam Bowman for a Pension
20425

State of New York } Herkimer County }
ss
On the Twelfth day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Herkimer now sitting Adam Bowman a resident of the town of Herkimer in said County of Herkimer and State of New York aged Seventy three years in December last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 4 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated - That in the year of the Bunker Hill Battle which was in the year 1777 in the Spring of the year he was drafted into the service of the United States and served under Captain Bigbead for the term of five weeks and three days - That the service rendered at said time under said Bigbead was at and in the vicinity of Fort Stanwix in guarding the men employed in getting out timber for said Fort which was then building and for pickets for said Fort and for buildings for Barracks which were then constructing - That he was not himself employed in laboring upon said works but acted as a guard and was daily stationed out side of the works to guard and defend the men employed upon said works - That he does not remember who were the subaltern Officers under Captain Bigbead - That he at the time resided
5 weeks 3 days

at Herkimere in Tryon County now Herkimere County and that Captain Bigbroad resided at Palatine then also in Tryon County now Montgomery - that when he was drafted he was marched from Herkimere where he resided to Fort Stanwix and at the end of said Term of five weeks and three days service he was discharged and returned home to Herkimere - that no written discharge was ever
that afterwards in the same year he was again drafted and went to Fort Stanwix and served there three or four weeks opening a road - he don't remember who was his officer at that time for 4 weeks service - that in the year 1778 during the
9 mos year after his said aforesaid Term of service he enlisted and served for the Term of nine months - that he enlisted for said Term of nine months into a company of Rangers - under the command of Captain Marks Smith
That he does not recollect who were the subaltern Officers in the Company of Captain Smith except John Dymott and Lieutenant Daniel Gordon -
That said Company was under the com- mand of Colonel Peter Billings as he believes who was a Colonel of the Militia at Herkimere That his said Term of nine months service was performed chiefly at Fort Dayton at Herkimere where he and the Company of Captain Smith were most of the time Stationed to guard said Fort - that he was occasionally during said nine months employed and sent out with others of said company as scouts - that as often as four or five times he served as a guard to guard Boats on the Mohawk River from Herkimere to Fort Stanwix during his said

Boats on the Mohawk River from Hudson to Fort Stanwix during his said
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enlistment for nine months - that at the expiration of nine months he was discharged at Herkimer and has no knowledge or recollection that any written discharge was ever given him for said term of nine months service - that during his said two different periods of enlistment aforesaid he was in no battle but in skirmishes and does not know the names of any of the officers in the regular service although there were some Regulars at Fort Dayton when he was stationed there during his enlistment for nine months Was along with troops when Brant was killed, see his deposition And the said Adam Bowman further states that he was enrolled in a company of Militia at the beginning of the Revolu- tionary War under the command of of Captain Henry Captain Lieutenant John Derruth and Lieutenant Peter Melick and Ensign John Bellinger that said company was in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Bellinger Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Bellinger and Major Denis Clappatle - that the orders were that they must keep themselves in readiness at all times & march at a minutes warning and he during the whole of the war except when at Fort Stanwix under Captain Bellinger and when he was enlisted under Captain Derruth served in the company of Captain Derruth and kept himself ready at all times & march at a minutes warning - that he was during the whole of the war stationed

at Fort Dayton and almost continually engaged on duty at said Fort, except  As sometimes worked on farms and hay corn when absent on duty. That the inhabitants in the vicinity of Fort Dayton were collected at Fort Dayton during most of the War that he and the rest of the Militia of that neighborhood were kept at said Fort to guard said Fort and the inhabitants living at the Fort - that there were times when the Militia were not on duty at the Fort - that sometimes some continental troops were stationed at said Fort to guard the Fort but that the Militia and he among them were almost continually engaged upon duty at said Fort - that he was sometimes with the rest of the militia ordered out in pursuit of the enemy - that he was in the Battle on the West Canada Creek when Butler was killed
Adrian Baume

5 that he was in the
that he has no documentary evidence of any of his services
that he was born at Canajoharie now in the County of Montgomery & State of New York on the day of December 1758 Will be 74 years old Dec 14 th next that there is a record of his age
that he has a transcript of said Record with him -
that he lived at Germantown now Berne in the County of Berne then Schoharie County when he entered the service - that he has lived at Berne ever since the Revolutionary War -
that his first service was in the Militia - he was next drafted under Capt. Sijbeard he was next enlisted for nine months under Captain Denneth - and he then again served in the Militia under the officers hereinbefore named to the close of the War

That he never received a written discharge for any of his service
That he is known to Christopher Bellinger, John Darkstad and Philip Kautu who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed Adam Bowman - the day and year aforesaid - in Open Court Julius Nelson Clerk
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 Adams Bowman Philip Kautu and Andrew Rippe whose affidavit of the said service of the said Applicant is hereto annexed and known

by the court to be a person of credibility and that their statements are also entitled to credit.

State of New York Herkimer County } ss:
Nicholas Bowman of the Town of Schoharie in said County being duly sworn saith that he is seventy years of age - that Adam Bowman who is an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 is a brother to this Deponent - that during the Revolutionary War the said Adam and this Deponent and their fathers family resided at Herkimer and most of the time of said War in Fort Dayton at Herkimer - that in the year 1781 this Deponent and his father & mother removed from Herkimer & Warrensburgh now in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York aforesaid - that previous to the year 1781 and whilst their family was living in Fort Dayton his brother the said Adam Bowman was enlisted into the nine months service and served for the term of nine months in a Company commanded by Captain Marks. Deponent called a Company of Rangers - that a Mr. Garden whose given name he does not remember was a lieutenant in said Company - that he does not remember the year in which said

Adam his brother was enlisted and served precisely but believes that it was in the year 1778 that he believes that it was during said year 1778 from the fact that said service was rendered by said Adam several years before the year 1781 when this Deponent and his parent removed to Warrenton as aforesaid — that said Adam and the said Company of Rangers under said Demuth were during their said term of service of service stationed at Fort Dayton at which said Fort this Deponent and their family were during said time stationed and living — that after the termination of the said term of nine months service by the said Adam as aforesaid the said Adam and this Deponent remained at said Fort Dayton and served in the Militia under the command of Captain Henry Hart Lieutenants John Demuth & Peter Weber and Ensign John Bellingr, Colonel Peter Bellingr and Lieutenant Frederick Bellingr — that prior to the enlistment of the said Adam under Captain Demuth as aforesaid, the said Adam and this Deponent both served under the said Militia officers and continued to serve under them in Militia service of the United States until the year 1781 when this Deponent removed to Warrenton.

bush aforesaid - that the said Adam did not remove with this deponent but remained at said Fort Dayton until the close of the Revolutionary War - that whilst this deponent and the said Adam remained at said Fort Dayton they were under orders and did in pursuance of such orders keep themselves in readiness constantly to march at a minutes warning - that previous to the year 1781 except the time that said Adam was enlisted as aforesaid, the said Adam was enrolled and served in the Militia under the aforesaid Militia officers and that such militia service was almost constantly and was rendered in guarding and defending Fort Dayton and such other service as was at that period rendered by the Militia of Tryon County -
Sworn to & subscribed. Nicholas B. Adam this 12th day of October 1832 Julius C. Nelson Clerk
5.
State of New York } Herkimer county } ss
Philip Bartos of the Town of Herkimer in said county being duly sworn saith that he is seventy one years of age - that he was acquainted with Adam Bowman of Herkimer during the Revolutionary War - that said Adam was during said War enrolled in the Militia of Tryon County under Captain Henry Bartos who was the father of this deponent and under

such aforesaid - that the said Adam did not remove with this deponent but remained at said Fort Dayton until the close of the Revolutionary War - that whilst this deponent and the said Adam remained at said Fort Dayton they were under orders and did in pursuance of such orders keep themselves in readiness constantly to march at a minutes warning - that previous to the year 1781 except the time that said Adam was enlisted as aforesaid, the said Adam was enrolled and served in the Militia under the aforesaid Militia Officers and that such militia service was almost constantly and was rendered in guarding and defending Fort Dayton and such other service as was at that period rendered by the Militia of Tryon County -
Sworn to 2 subscribers. Nicklas Dabram this 12th day of October 1832 Julius C Nelson Clerk
5.
State of New York } Berkshire county } ss
Philip Barton of the Town of Berkineer in said county being duly sworn saith that he is seventy one years of age - that he was acquainted with Adam Bowman of Berkineer during the Revolutionary War - that said Adam was during said War enrolled in the Militia of Tryon County under Captain Barry Barton who was the father of this deponent and under

Lieutenants John Demuth & Peter Weber and Ensign John Billings - that said officers were attached to the Regiment comman- ded by Colonel Peter Billings, Lieutenants Colonel Frederick Billings and Major Sam's Clappattle - that the whole Militia were during the whole of the Revolutionary War under orders and disarmed and equip themselves and keep themselves in constant readiness & march at a minutes warning - that this Deponent knows that the said Adam was during said War almost constantly engaged in the military service under the aforesaid orders - that he was on duty and in the said service at Fort Dayton where said Adam was stationed during the greater part of said War that many of the Inhabitants in the vicinity of Fort Dayton after the burning of their dwellings by the enemy moved to and lived in said Fort Dayton - that a Military force was constantly kept at said Fort Dayton to defend said Fort and the Inhabitants collected there - that there were occasionally small parties of Continental troops stationed at said Fort to defend the same but that said Fort was during most of the period of the said War guarded and defended by the Militia of the neighborhood who were almost continually on duty at said Fort - that this Deponent was at said Fort during said War from the commencement thereof until about three years before its close, when he and his father and their family moved to a place on the Hudson River below Albany called East Camp where they remained until the close of the War - that whilst this Deponent remained at Fort Dayton the said Adam was also at said

...the close of the War - that whilst this deponent remained at Fort Dayton the said Adam was also at said
Fort and performed military service as herein before mentioned - That the said Adam Bowman as this deponent has always understood from common report and which he believes true remained at said Fort Dayton and performed the usual military duty required at that place until the close of the said War and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed This 7 th day of November 1882
Philip Horton
Chas Gray Comfr. of Seeds &c
On the seventh day of November 1882 before me Charles Gray Commissioner of Seeds &c came Philip Horton of Hutchinson in the County of Hutchinson and subscribed and made oath in due form of law to the foregoing Affidavit - Said I do further testify that the said Philip Horton is to me well known and that he is a person of fair character & a man

of indisputable veracity and that this Statement contained in his Affidavit is entitled to full credit -
Adad Gray
Brown
father of this Deponent and under

State of New York
Herkimer county ss
I, 70 years of age, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is seventy two years of age that he is acquainted with Adam Bowman of the town of Herkimer in the county aforesaid and was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War
That this deponent knows that during said War the said Adam & this deponent were in the service of the United States at Fort Stanwix now Rome Oneida County That the service rendered by said Adam and this deponent was guard duty in guarding the men employed in building some of the out works of said Fort
That this deponent does not recollect the year particularly but believes it was in April or May in the year 1777 and knows it was the early part of the season of the year that Burgoyne was taken. That the said Adam & deponent were both drafted into the said service and Captain Bigbroad & Captain Peter Deyo were officers in command of the men there deponent does not remember how long he and said Adam or said Adam alone served but deponent believes said Adam served as long as he has stated in his application which is five weeks & three days and deponent says they were under the command of him the company of Captain Bigbroad did with said Adam & deponent were in the same mess together.
and deponent saith that in the same year aforesaid of 1777 & after the above stated service and commencing about the first part of July of that year the said deponent and said

Adam Bowman were again drafted from the militia entered the service of the United States and marched to Berkley hill and remained there upon duty some three or four weeks in opening a Road and when the road was completed were dismissed returned home disappointed to find that Major Harkness was an officer commanding there and does not recollect the name of any other officer who was there
John Finster
On the 11 th day of October 1832 before me Charles Gray, a Commissioner of Sedgwick County who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that the facts contained and stated in the foregoing Affidavit were true and at the same time subscribed the same and I do further certify that the said John Finster is to me known and that he is a person of fair character and entitled to full credit
Charles Gray
I Julius C. Nelson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sedgwick do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Adam Bowman

for a pension and I do hereby further certify that Charles Gray before whom the preceding Affidavit of John Finster appears to have been sworn was on the date of the said Affidavit a commissioner of the said County of Herkimer and duly authorized to take Affidavits and that the signature of Charles Gray to said Affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said Charles Gray
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this twelfth day of October 1832 Julius C. Nelson Clerk
The Afft. of Philip Bartle was drawn and annexed and was part of the original papers presented to the court - but for the reason that Mr. Bartle did not attend court on the day of the presentation of these papers to the court, the Afft. was not subscribed and sworn by him until after the adjournment of the court and the making of the certificate by the Clerk - The testimony furnished by his Afft. is corroborative only of the testimony furnished by the Afft. of Nicholas Bowman, and although taken after the presentation of the papers to the court, may be serviceable to satisfy the Department that the service claimed by the applicant has been rendered - Charles Gray

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Adam Bousman or Bowman 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. S. F. 10,379
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring, 1777 5 wks. 3 das Pri. Bigbread ✓ N.Y.   1777 3 or 4 wks. Names of officers not remembered.   1778 9 mos. Mark Dearth Peter Bellinger   At various times ✓ Henric Herder Peter Bellinger  
Battles engaged in, West Canada Creek, Residence of soldier at enlistment, Germantown, Tryon Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Oct. 12, 1832. His ch. was al. Residence at date of application, Herkimer, Herkimer Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, Born Dec. 14 1758, at Canajoharie, N.Y. Remarks: There is no data relative to wife or children  He died Oct. 4, 1834
Respectfully,
(Date of death taken from Agency Book)
Commissioner.

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10379. INVALID.
1915, July 2. History to Nellie P. Drake. L.W.
File No. 10379
Adam Bowman Prior Brew War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Herkimer, N.Y., June 26, 1915.
To the Pension Department, Record Division, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I understand that Adam Bowman was a member of the Tryon County Militia of New York and made application for pension. That he must have been about seventy four years old when he made application for the pension in 1833 or 1835. I am not sure as to the date.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me, I remain,
Yours truly,
Nellie P. Drake
[Handwritten signature]
D/D

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Bound, William GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8159 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 7, 1794 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Pounds, John GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3708 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 8, 1792 to  not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.