Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 871-100, Samuel Bowdler, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bowdler, Samuel
BL 16 871-100.
CONTENTS

— 8719 —
The heir of Sam Bowler private — 7th Regiment Mass. line
Warrant issued 8th March 1820
John Blackett atty

fe 29. 067 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk County.
Probate Department.
This certifies, that it appears to me from satisfactory evidence, That Samuel Bowdler, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gunsmith, is a son, and one of the legitimate and legal heirs of Samuel Bowdler, late of Roxbury, in the county of Norfolk, and Commonwealth aforesaid, deceased; the said Samuel Bowdler, deceased, having enlisted to serve, and served, the term of during the Revolutionary war, in Colonel Vose's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the American Army, and the said Samuel Bowdler of Boston, aforesaid, is, by the laws of the said Commonwealth, entitled to a share of all the Estate, Credits, and Rights of every description of the said Samuel Bowdler, late of Roxbury, deceased, which appertained to the said Samuel Bowdler at the time of his death. —————
And

And there is no particular seal appro- priated to said Department, or required by law to be used by me in the proceedings thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th day of January, in the year of our LORD, one thousand, eight hundred, and nineteen.
Edward H. Brien Judge of Probate for Norfolk County.

10 29 067 I the undersigned, do hereby certify that I served the United States in the war of the Revolution, from the 1 st July, 1777 to the termination of the said war, as a Lt. Colonel in the First Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the American Army; and that I well knew Samuel Bowdler who was a Soldier in the said Regiment - that he enlisted for the term of During the said war, - that he served as a good and faithful Soldier through the war - and was honorably discharged by General Washington in the year 1783; as appears by the Records on the Regimental Books, examined by me.
Elijah Vose Lieut. Col.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk, } Boston, } ss
On this thirty first day of October A.D. eighteen hundred and eighteen before me William Stevenson Notary Public, by legal authority admitted & sworn, & dwelling in Boston aforesaid, & a justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, personally appeared Elijah Vose and made oath to the truth of the

foregoing Certificate by him subscribed
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year above written.
William Stewartson not Pub o Just Peace
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Samuel Bowdler Maps to Line
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KNOW all Men by these Presents,
That I Samuel Bowdler of Boston, County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gunsmith, one of the heirs of Samuel Bowdler deceased who was a Soldier of the First Massachusetts Regt of the Revolutionary Army, have constituted, ordained and made, and in my stead and place put, and by these presents do constitute, ordain and make, and in my stead and place put Adonai Bliss of George Town District of Columbia —,
to be my true, sufficient and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead, to my use and to the use of the other heirs at Law of my late Father, the said Samuel Bowdler, deceased late of Roxbury, County of Norfolk, & Commonwealth aforesaid, to ask for and to receive of the Government of the United States, a Warrant for One Hundred Acres of Land, promised to be granted to the said Samuel Bowdler, deceased, for enlisting to serve, and for serving, the Term of. During the War of the Revolution, in the First Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the American Army, as a Bounty, and now due to the Legal Heirs of the said Samuel Bowdler, deceased.
Giving and hereby granting unto my said attorney full power and authority in and about the premises; and to use all due means, course and process in the law for the full, effectual and complete execution of the business afore described; and in his name to make and execute due acquittance and discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of me the constituent to represent before any governor, judges, justices, officers and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts of judicature, and there, on my behalf, to answer, defend and reply unto all actions, causes, matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises. Also to submit any matter in dispute, respecting the premises, to arbitration or otherwise: with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or more attorneys under my said attorney, and the same again at pleasure to revoke. And generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish, and finish all matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises, as fully, amply and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as the said constituent, if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised. The said constituent ratifying, allowing and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in Presence of us,
W Stevenson
Walter Bowdler
Samuel Bowdler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Boston, Suffolk, ff.
BE IT KNOWN, That on the thirty first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me, WILLIAM STEVENSON, Notary Public, by legal Authority admitted and sworn, and dwelling in Boston aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, personally came Samuel Bowdler above named, and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be his Act and Deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the Day and Year last aforesaid.
William Stevenson
{ Notary Public & Just. of Peace