Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21, John Bowman, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
NUMBER
Poruman, John
No. 21.
Barsheba
B.L.W. 40,510-160-55
CONTENTS

181982P  East Tennessee  John Bowman
of Roane Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shelton of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stevens in the Virginia line, for the term of three years
on Roll Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of April 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of May 1823 and Julia Pannioner ,  Kingston, Ten.
Arrears to 4th of Semi anl. all'ce ending Sept 1823 $33.86    4 3/4     8     32  $33.86    1.86     33.86   
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } March 1. 1823

181982P  East Tennessee  John Bowman
of Roane Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shelton of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stevens in the Virginia line, for the term of three years  on Roll
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of April 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of May 1823 and sent to Pensioner,  Kingston, Ten.
Arrears to 4th of Semi anl. all'ce ending Sept 1823 $33.86 4 2/3 8 1/3 32 00 1.86 $33.86
33.86
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } March 1. 1823

M r . J. B. Ward Feb. 59 June 28, 1865 - M r . A. Simpson
Death not on AB JLL
4.467 Tennessee kin Parsheba Bowman widow of John Bowman who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Col s Stevens of Va private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 1 st of July 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Dec r 1859 and sent to
J. H. Berret Esq Present Inc d from 1860:
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 283 Vol. 3 29 Feb -
240610

240.610. Act of Mar 3
(83)
Barstow April 3 86 Barstow Bowman, Barstow Bowman, widow of John Bowman de. John Bowman, inv.
Capt C. Shelton 10 Regt Va Regulars. Revolutionary War Rev Pension
Linn July 48-49 AD:1600 AC, Aug: 22 d 56 Bluffton
Ino. Johnson
Washington DC
Vol. Bo- 14 2

Copy of John Brown's Dictation
5 th May 1823
Clerk's fee $1.95 Cts

State of Tennessee Warren County Court 3 April Session 1821/3 1
The following declaration and documents were produced in open Court and ordered to be recorded (to wit), State of Tennessee Warren County personally John Bowman and in open Court doth solemnly swear that he is seventy years of age and was born and raised in the state of Virginia (in her first County) and to the best of his recollection in the month of March 1777 enlisted under Capt. Cluff the Col. and shortly after joined the tenth Virginia Regiment at Philadelphia Commanded by Colonel E. Patterson Genl Scott Brigade. Was in the battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania and from thence to winter quarters at Valley Forge and from thence was sent on duty to a small village called Pennyback and in a skirmage with the British himself and fourteen others was taken prisoners of war and was carried to Philadelphia from thence to New York and was a prisoner of war when the battle happened at Monmouth in New Jersey shortly after was exchanged and joined my Regiment at Brunswick and was at the battle of Stony Point and continued a private soldier in said Capt. Shelby company and in the Virginia Regiment for the term of three years and was then discharged at Burlington which discharge was assigned by James Deland Secy. Cluff Shelby Shelton Capt. and E. Stevens Col. His discharge is lost and has no other evidence in his power to prove his services but his own oath. That he is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support (24th October 1822) sworn to before me in open court John his Bowman mark R.C. White D.C.
Schedule
State of Tennessee Warren County on this 21 st  October 1822 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record having the power of fine & imprisonment and also having been made a Court of Record by the laws of said Warren County John Bowman aged seventy

years resident of the County of Roan and State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath, declared that he served in the Revolutionary war—that is he served the United States three years in the Continental establishment as a private soldier in the tenth Virginia Regiment that he has received no pension certificate that his original declaration was dated as he thinks September about the 12th 1808 from which he has received no answer
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818 and that I had not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed names of my family etc wife Barbara aged about 60 years Daughter Sally do do 24 do Son Lewis do do 19 do myself John Bowman do do 70 years
  Schedule of my property 1 cleared $40.00   1 sow 2.00   House & lot & kitchen furniture 15.00   Working tools 3.50   $60.50 
I again declared to no man nor no man to me Sworn & subscribed in open court 21st October 1822 W.C. White P.C.
Sworn to in Roan County Court April 28th 1823 J.W. McCarroll Clerk
State of Tennessee I William Wall Clerk of the Morgan County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County by my deputy do certify that the foregoing declaration & said schedule are truly copied from the records of said court which is approved by said court I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amt value

of the property exhibited in said schedule of $60.50 3 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal not Having no seal of office this 22 d of October 1822 W. Watt Clk By his deputy R. G. White
And thereupon it was ordered that the same be certified to the secretary of the war department of the United States
State of Louisiana I Henry Breazale clerk of the court of pleas & quorum superior for Poore County by my deputy J. W. M. Breazale do certify that the foregoing declaration & documents together with the orders of court made thereon is truly copied from the records of my office Seam under my hand and private seal not having an official seal at office in Thibodaux this 5 th May 1823 Henry Breazale Clk By his deputy J. W. M. Breazale

1838 Declaration of Barbary Roman for Penguin
James L. Edwards Census of penguins
Hon. S. Jennings Scratch N1

State of Tennessee
5
Roane County } On this 2 d day of October Eighteen hundred & forty three personally appeared before the court of Roane and State against Baskin Bow an a resident of said County of Roane aged about 70 years who being first duly sworn, according to her oath, doth to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of John Bow an , who was a regular soldier in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war that her said husband was in the receipt of a pension at the time of his death and had been for a good many years that his original pension certificate has been retur- ned to the war department according to its requirements to which certificate reference is by this applicant invited to be made in order more fully to ascertain the rank her said husband held in the army and services performed That she is the widow of John Bow an aforesaid, She further declares that she was married to the said John Bow an on the 20 th day of March in the year nineteen hundred and eighty five. That her said husband the aforesaid John Bow an died on the 25 th day of May Eighteen hundred and forty one; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January nineteen hundred and sixty four viz: at the time above stated. Applicant further declares that she has no record of her aforesaid marriage and relies upon this her declaration and the follow- ing parole proof: one of the following witnesses was

present at the time of her aforesaid marriage viz Rebekah as sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the court of the county and state aforesaid Then sitting Barkaba his Bowman mark Nathan L Greene Clerk
Personally appeared in the county court of Roane and state of Tennessee Samuel Bowman & Lewis Bowman who being first duly sworn according to law declare that they are personally acquainted with Barkaba Bowman who has subscribed the above declaration for pension that she is the widow of John Bowman as she hath alledged in her declaration who was a revolutionary pension at the time of his death. That said John Bowman depar- ted this life on the 25 th day of May Eighteen hundred & forty one and further the said Barkaba Bowman is a woman of veracity and entitled to full credit and we believe the facts stated in her declaration to be true Samuel his Bowman mark Lewis Bowman Sworn to and subscribed on the 2 d day of October 1843 Nathan L Greene Clerk } Clerk of Tennessee Roane County The foregoing Barkaba Bowman & Samuel Bowman & Lewis Bowman appeared in open court and being qualified in due form of law to the fore- going declaration and subscribed the same this second day of October 1843 Given under my hand and seal at office in Kingston the day and year aforesaid
Nathan L Greene Clerk

1 State of Tennessee } Bradley County } Be it known that before me 7 Thomas Payne a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Rebekah Lane and made oath in due form of law that she is personally acquainted with Bashaba Boman the aforesaid applicant for pension that she is the widow of the said John Boman who was a revolutionary pensioner as stated in the foregoing declarat- ion and this affiant further declares that she was present when said Bashaba was married to the said John Boman that said marriage took place in the year 1785. Sworn to and subscribed this 20 th October 1843
Thomas Payne Justice of the peace for Bradley County
Rebekah Lane
State of Tennessee } Bradley County } Be it known that before me Thomas Payne a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Joseph Lane and made oath in due form of law that he is personally acquainted with the above applicant Bashaba Boman that she is the widow of John Boman deceased affiant lived in the settlement where the said Bashaba & John Boman were married but was not present when the marriage took place being absent from home but on his return home was informed by said John Boman and all the neighbors that the rites of matrimony had been solemnized between them in due form of law which took place in the year 1785. They were and continued to live together as man and wife until his death and subscribed before me this 20 th of October 1843. Thomas Payne Justice of the peace for Bradley County

State of Tennessee Bradley County } I, John H. Robertson Clerk of the County Court for the County of Bradley aforesaid do certify that Thomas Taylor whose name appears to the foregoing Affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace for said County he was duly Elected Commissioner and sworn and faith and credit is due to his official acts given under my hand and seal of office at office in Cleveland October the 16th 1843
John H. Robertson Clerk
1838 Declaration of

Bounty Loan Act of March 3/55.
Claim of Bersheba Bowman widow of John Bowman
240.610..
Revolutionary War.
M r . Johnson. of
Washington D.C. Adj.

State of Tennessee, } County of Roane, } ss.
On this 20 th day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty six, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Beersheba Bowman, aged about 90 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Bowman deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain C. Shelton, of the Tenth Regiment of Virginia Regulars in the Revolutionary War; and that her said husband was a pensioner at the time of his decease, and for the proof of service she refers to the Records of the Pension Office; that she herself has also been a pensioner since her said husband's death, and the proof of her marriage and identity is on file in the Pension Office, to which she refers for particulars and details.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under "Act approved March 3 rd , 1855;" she never having applied for Bounty Land under any other act (previously), and that she is now  now a widow. Beersheba her Bowman Seal mark
We M. S. Parker and S. G. Owens residents of Roane County in the State of Tennessee, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was acknowledged and signed by Mrs. Beersheba Bowman in our presence; and that we are personally acquainted with the applicant, and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we have no interest in the claim. M. S. Parker S. G. Owens

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Sam Burnett Justice of the peace for Roane
City State of Tennessee } S Austin & Greene clerks Roane County } of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Burnett Esq before whom the within and foregoing declaration and affidavit were made is and was at the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to his official acts as such and that his signature is genuine In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at office in Kingston this 4 th day of March 1856.
Austin Greene Atty

State of Tennessee Knox County } ss
On this 15 th day of May 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County Mrs. Linneah Parks aged Sixty three years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following affidavit That she is well acquainted with Mrs. Barshaba Bowman at this time a resident of Knox County Tennessee and was also well acquainted with her husband John Bowman up to the time of his death she further declares that Fifty five years ago Affiant in company with the aforesaid John and Barshaba Bowman emigrated from Pulaski County Virginia to East Tennessee that the aforesaid John & Barshaba Bowman were living together as man and wife. She further declares that their oldest child which is a son now be Sixty years of age comprising his with that of her own age and she is positive that the marriage took place long before January 1 st 1794 Seventeen hundred and Ninety four she further declares that from her affiant's recollection the aforesaid John and Barshaba Bowman were living together as man and wife
Levinah Parks
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me a justice of the peace for said County and I further certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Linneah Parks that full faith and credit is due her statements and I further certify that her statements would be taken in any Court in the United States when she the aforesaid

Leviathan Parks is known in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15 th day of May 1844
R. H. S. Fleming (seal) Trustee of the premises

State of Virginia Amherst County
I Sam d M c Garland clerk of the County Court of Amherst, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that after examination among the Records and papers of my Office, I have been unable to find any record evidence of the marriage of John Boorman and Deborah Hooper.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office This 31 st day of July 1845 and in the 70 th year of the Commonwealth
Sam d M c Garland
Amherst County Virginia
I Emen Penn presiding Justice of the peace in the County of State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Sam d M c Garland who hath given the preceding certificate, is now & was then clerk of the County aforesaid, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2 d day of August 1845
E. Penn J.P.

May 9, 1933.
J. A. Walker Wallins Creek -Box 47 Kentucky.
BA-J/ILL John Bowman W. 21 John Walker R. 11042
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, John Bowman and John Walker, both pensioners of Roane County, Tennessee.
The records of those soldiers are given below; the data furnished regarding each is found in the papers on file in their respective claims for pension, based upon their military service in the Revolutionary War.
JOHN BOWMAN-W. 21.
John Bowman was born and reared in Amherst County, Virginia; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted sometime in March, 1777, served as private in Captain Clough Shelton's company, Colonel Edward Steven's 10 th Virginia regiment, marched to Philadelphia, was in the battle of Germantown, wintered at Valley Forge, and, while on duty near "Penny Pack" was in an encounter with the British, was taken prisoner, carried to New York and held until after the battle of Monmouth, when he was exchanged, joined his regiment and continued until the expiration of service of three years.
The soldier emigrated from Amherst County, Virginia, about the year 1791 to Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 21, 1822; he was then seventy years of age, and resided in Roane County, Tennessee.
He died March 25, 1841 in said Roane County.
The soldier married in the year 1785, Barsheba Hooper; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. They lived

in Amherst County, Virginia, before moving to Tennessee.
Barsheba Bowman, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1843, at which time she resided in Roane County, Tennessee; she was living in that county in 1856. She was born sometime between 1762 and 1773 according to the various statements in regard to her age.
The soldier and his wife, Barsheba, had children; the first, a son whose names is not stated, was about twenty years of age in 1808; Sally was twenty-four years of age in 1822, and Lewis was then nineteen years old.
In 1843, Samuel and Lewis Bowman made affidavits in behalf of the soldier's widow, Barsheba, in Roane County, Tennessee; no relationship to the family was stated and there is no further information relative to them in the papers in this claim.
*****
JOHN WALKER - R. 11042.
John Walker enlisted in Botetourt County, Virginia, served one year as private in Captain Matthew Arbuckle's Virginia company, and was discharged October 16, 1776. He enlisted August 11, 1777, served three years as private in Captain Cadwallader Jones' company, Colonel William Washington and George Baylor's 3 d regiment of dragoons, during which period of service he was in the battle of Monmouth and in the Siege of Charleston.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he resided in Roane County, Tennessee.
The soldier died February 7, 1829, then aged seventy-four years, ten months and twenty-eight days.
John Walker married March 12, 1782, Jane Boyd; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. She died July 24,

1836, in the seventy-fourth year of her age.
John Walker and his wife, Jane, had ten children; the only name shown is that of John B. Walker, their only surviving child in 1856. In that year, this son stated in a court in Sumner County, Tennessee, that some of the soldier's children were survived by children, but he did not give any names.
In 1819, one Sam Walker stated in Knoxville, Tennessee, that he saw the discharge of John Walker, the soldier, "after his return home", but no relationship is stated.
One Cyrus Boyd resided in Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1856, and made affidavit in behalf of the above noted son of the soldier, John B. Walker; no relationship to the family is shown.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

4467 Tennessee Knoxville Barbela Bowman widow of John, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March 1849 and sent to
M c J. McLean Hingston Miss.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 283 Vol. 3 .

Barsheba Bowman Widow of John Bowman Claiming a portion of Pension under Joint Res: app: 1 st July 1848. due to $96, ded $80 for autumn, Cong 1 st July 1848
Knoxville
James G. Berret Present

Know all men by these presents That I, Barshuba Bowman of the county of Roan and State of Tennessee have this day appointed
of my true and Lawfull Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claims for any amounts that may be found due me from the Governments of the United States as the Widow of John Bowman and whatever my said Attorney may Lawfully do about the matters shall be as valid as if I were present and doing and acting for myself Given under my hand and seal this July 12 th day of July A.D. 1852
Witness
Sam l Burnett
Justice of the Peace for Roan county Tenn J. N. Hester
Barshuba her Bowman mark
State of Tennessee County of Roan
I hereby certify that Sam l Burnett Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration of Barshuba Bowman was sworn to, and to which he has also appended his certificate, to each of which he has subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn , and that the signatures purporting to be his are in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office, as Clerk of the County Court of said county, at Office in Kingston, this 7 th day of August 1852.
Austin Green Clerk of Roan County Court

State of Tennessee Moore County
On this 12 th day of July A.D. 1852 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Barshuba Borrmann and made oath in due form of Law That she is the Widow of Solon Borrmann who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum, that she has drawn a Pension since his death at the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum, and is now a Pensioner under the Act of February Dec 1848. That she now asks for all arrears in Income of Pensions to which she may be found entitled to under the Acts of February and 1848 and July 29 th 1848 that she now resides in said County and State Sworn to and Subscribed before me this day and date above written
Sam l Burnett (Seal) Justice of the Peace Barshuba her Borrmann mark
(Attest) A. N. Pope Rev. Secretary
State of Tennessee
Moore County I hereby certify from my personal acquaintance both with the above named Affiant and her said Husband That she is the Identical Person she represents herself to be and that she is a person of respectability and in whose statements full confidence may be placed Given under my hand and Seal this 12 th day of July A.D. 1852
Sam l Burnett (Seal) Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee Roane County
On this 20 th day of January, in the year 1849, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid, Parshiba Bowman, a resident of said County and State, aged it is supposed about eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d day of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of John Bowman, who was a Revolutionary soldier in the service of the United States, by whom she has been informed that he was a private in a company of Regulars, commanded by Captain Shelton, in the South Regiment, and that under the act of 17 June, 1844, she received a pension annually of eighty dollars from the United States Government. — She further declares that she is still a widow —
Parshiba her Bowman mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me, by the said Parshiba Bowman, the day and year first above written, and

I further certify that Parshiba Bowman the Declarant is personally known to me and that I know her to be the identical Parshiba Bowman  Parshiba Bowman who has heretofore been in the habit of drawing a pension from the United States Government -
Sam D Burnett Esq. Justice of the Peace for Roane County
State of Tennessee Roane County
I Austin Greene, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Roane aforesaid, do certify that Sam Burnett Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing certificate, was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Roane, duly elected commissioned and sworn for that purpose, and that full faith and credit is given and due to his official acts as such, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Office in Kingston, this 24 th day of January, 1849 -
Austin Greene Clerk of Roane County Court

Kingston Ont Roan County Tenn
Jan 7/1849
Sir
Accompanying this is my declaration &c, which is forwarded with the view of having a certificate sent to me, in order to enable me to draw my pension as heretofore -
You will please send my certificate to the care of William S. McEwen, Kingston Tennessee -
Witness William Jones
Respectfully yours Pachita her Bowman mark
To J. L. Edwards Esq - Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Tennessee State Loan Off. Hts May 1823. The Honourable John C. Calhoun 4
At the time my Declaration was prov d before Tho. Emerson Judge of our circuit court at that Session, he gave it his opinion. It was not necessary to have it Recorded As at that time there was no Schedule requir d by Law after the clerk of our court had certify d The Honourable Tho. Emerson was Judge of our circuit court Col. Tho. Williams Brother to J. Williams U States Senator Rec d them from me and they never have been Recorded therefore I send you the Best testimonies in my power at present. to Satisfy your honour I have done Every thing that I believe d to be necessary to obtain a Pension Government Was pleas d to bestow on me — therefore I cheerfully Submit to your Decision on this matter And Remain your mo t Obed t Serv t . Will Heath
John Bowman

Connersville May 19th 1846
Dear Sir
After my respects I send to you three affidavits in the case of Mrs Boivman completing establishment her Pension I wish in this for you to examine Mr Gelfards letter to you of last month
Mr Benjamin Prater sends his respects to you I took his affidavit in this claim although he only makes his mark but from your knowledge of the man he is as accurate in respect to dates as any man in Indiana the other two witnesses with their names I also send a letter from the P Master of Cash County to Cash County informing me that he had forwarded you the Clerks certificate of their County in the case of Mrs Willis I sent to you some time back his declaration
Yours with Mrs Jacob Newman
Hon J. H. Brown
N B
The war say has been succeeding in our land thousands of Europeans are just waiting an opportunity to distinguish themselves in the timber field your knowledge of their skillfulness will be sufficient for you to know that they never will disgrace themselves in the state that you have the power to represent
J. H.

Washington the 21 st Aug 1852 Sir
I enclose herewith the declaration and previous arti- ficate of Mr. Bowman and request that the same may be increased under the South Resolution app. 1 st July 1848.
Very Respectfully James G. Berret
H.C. Nuttall Esq Secy Comtee

Brief in the case of Barsheba Bowman , Rowe County and State of De act 2 Feb 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Ingrazed under the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848.
J. G. Berret
Name and residence of Agent
Present
J. C. ... Examining Clerk.

V 9831 Bartholomew Bowman Zen
Set to Dan S. Jaynaquin Decm 16. 43 " to same Dan 19. 1844 " Hon J.H. Loring 16 th Apr 46
act 7 July 1838

No 9831
ad 43 8657 ad 44 353 It Res 459
Parshela Penman
Widow of John
Irne
act 7 July 1838 and 23 January 1845
Adm d 2 years per $80 00
per 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
Adm d acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $80 00
Hon J. H. Cazier House of Reps

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Bowman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1777 3 years Pvt. Clough Shelton Edward Stephens Pa.   While on duty at Penny Peak + in engagement with British was taken prisoner + held until shortly after the battle of Monmouth, then exchanged and joined his Regt.  
Battles engaged in, Germanstown Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, born and raised in Amherst Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 21. 1844. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Morgan County, Tennessee
Age at date of application, 70 years. He died May 25. 1841.
Remarks: He married in 1785 - Barbara or Barbara. She was allowed pension on an application submitted Oct. 2. 1843 while a resident of Roane Co. Tenn. aged 70 years. In 1822 children, Sally 24 years and Lewis 19 years were referred to. Another son who was 20 years old in 1848 was also referred to his name is not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Box 47 Wallins Creek, Ky.
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs; Please furnish me with data pertaining to two Revolutionary soldiers as follows: who settled in Roan County, Tenn, and received their pension in that county. John Walker Colonel Virginia, died July 7 th 1829. Roan Co, Tenn Joseph Overton, both John Bowman, private, Va received pensions under act of March 18-1818.
OK
Yours very truly,
J. A. WALKER
WALLINS CREEK KY.

Rev Sec Rolla Mo Oct 10 '19
Commissioner of Pensions Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me a copy of Pension Grant or Land Grant with all family data concerning John Bowman who served in the Revolution and died 1841 either in Tennessee or Virginia I desire to use this to join D. A. R.
Thanking you
Yours truly,
Box 226 Rolla Mo. Mrs V. B. Hinsch.

Pa 1859 Sept 4 1860 in 35 98 '60 London, Tenn., June 17, 1865. Hon. Comt. of Pensions, Sir, At Feb. 2, '48
John Bowman was a Revolutionary Pensioner & his widow Ben- Sheba Bowman of Roane County, Tenn., drew Pension until her death which occurred in 1860, I believe, leaving a balance due her of near $500; whereupon, I was appointed her Administratrix & filed the necessary papers in the Agency at Knoxville, but the Pension Office had ceased to disburse funds where with to pay on account of the Rebellion. —
Now, can I get procure the arrears due her - all the parties having remained loyal & if so how proceed?
Very Respectfully, Wm. A. Simpson.

97 Hilly - a pson LMB Tenn + R Gibson H of R 1919 Oct. 24 Hist. to Mrs. V. B. H. 1933 - May 9 - Hist. to N. G. Halk 922.
21 Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9 Barheta Bowman Widow John Bowman Priv Rev War
Act: Feb. 2 nd 1848
Index: - Vol. 9 , Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]

21
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Jany 25 Wasun Phila tho Hunt
File No.
Barheta Bowman
Widow
John Bowman Priv Rev War
Act: Feb. 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Tennessee, I, Justin S. Greene Clerk of the Rhea County Court of the County of Rhea aforesaid do hereby certify that Andrew T. Wilgus Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing or within-entitled affidavit of Bessie Bowman was at the date of said affidavit and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for Rhea County duly elected and sworn for that purpose and that full faith and credit is given & due to his official acts as such and that the signature of said Justice appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Kingston this 27th day of March 1846
Justin Greene Clerk
Rhea County Court
State of Tennessee, I, William W. Clark Clerk of the Rhea County Court of the County of Rhea aforesaid do hereby certify that Justin Greene whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date of said certificate and now is Clerk of the County Court of the County of Rhea aforesaid duly elected and sworn for that purpose and that full faith and credit is given and due to his official acts as such and that the signature of said Clerk appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of March 1846
Wm B Clark Clerk Rhea County Court

Payment to be made at Shoepville by
Mr. Lyon J. C.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of St. Helene
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 283 Vol. 3.
G. H. [unintelligible] Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Barsheba Bowman widow of John Bowman who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 21st day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

✓ 40 3 10
S Neo Aug

State of Tennessee Knox County ss
On this 15th day of May 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County Mr. Abner Parks aged sixty years who being justly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit That he has been acquainted with Mrs Barbelle Bowman at this time a resident of Knox County Tennessee and was also well acquainted with her husband John Bowman who as affiant understood died in Knox County Affiant further declares that about the year 1808 he affiant first became acquainted with the aforesaid John Bowman at which time the aforesaid John and Barbelle Bowman had a son grown to man hood and at the above date their son worked for him and affiant supposes the son to be at that time twenty one years of age
Abner Parks
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and year above written before me a justice of the peace for said County and I further certify that I am well acquainted with Mr. Abner Parks and full faith and credit is due his statements in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of May 1846
P. H. Fleming, Clerk Justice of the peace

7773.
Yankee Knave
Barstow Bowman widow of John Bowman who was a Private in the Regt.
husband died 25th May 1841.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of June, 1846. and sent to
Wm. J. H. Crozier Kee of Reps
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2.
1 st June, 44 Page 189.
Joint Reso. Repealed.

M rs Beman's proof of Manigal.

State of Tennessee Rutherford County ss
On this 15 th day of May 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County Mr Benjamin Prater aged seventy four years on the 29 th day of April last who being first duly sworn according to Law cloth in his Oath make the following Affidavit That he was well acquainted with Mrs Barshel Bowman and also well acquainted with her husband John Bowman Affiant further declared that he himself was married in the year seventeen hundred and thirty eight John 4 th and a short time after Affiant's own marriage he became acquainted with Mr John and Barshel Bowman in Rutherford County Tennessee and at which time they were living together as man and wife Affiant further declares that after comparing Mrs Barshel Bowman's Children with those of Affiant the marriage of the aforesaid John and Barshel Bowman must of taken place long before Affiant's marriage
Benjamin his Prater mark
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and year above mentioned before me a justice of the peace for said County and I further certify that I have been well acquainted with Benj Prater for thirty years and that is no man in Tennessee and that is no man in the State whose testimony would be taken before him when he is known In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15 th May 1846 R. H. G. Fleming, J of the Peace

State of Tennessee Knox County } ss
I Geo. M. Gibson clerk of the County Court of Knox County do hereby certify that N. G. Fleming is and was a justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that the signature purporting to be his is
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Knoxville this 18 th day of May 1846.
Geo. M. Gibson, clerk

9831
Barstow Bowman
Gen:
Act of July 38
decl re in Oct 43- Supplement March 46.
May 184 184
Marland died 25 May 1841

Smith Chamber 6 th May 1844
J. L. Edwards Esqr,
Your letter to me of the 16 th Decem r last, on the application of Bursheba Bowman for a pension, was transmitted to her agent, John G. Smith, of Kennebec. Mr Smith writes me, it is not possible for Mrs Bowman to procure a copy of the marriage bond or license, as they were not made matters of record. That the family register has been taken by one of her children, and is lost - He says, that accompanying her declaration are two affidavits, proving the marriage, and that that is the best evidence in her power at this day. Mr Smith requests that I call your attention to this case again, and ask a review of the former decision, which I now do.
Respectfully yours &c
Spencer Larnagin

War Department Pension Office
Nov. 12. 1822.
Sir:
I herewith return the Declaration of John Bowman, and have to state, that he must exhibit a schedule of his property and swear to it, before a Court of Record in the County in which he resides.
It appears from our records, that his original Declaration was returned on the 5th of May 1820, to the Honble J. Williams of the U. S. Senate, on account of some deficiency; and as if that Declaration was made agreeably to law, the commencement of his pension would be governed by its date, he should either transmit it, or an authenticated copy of it, to this Department, with the schedule which he may make.
I am, respectfully, Yr. Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
William Wall Esq.
Kingston,
Tennessee

I Thomas Williams do hereby certify that in the month of September 1818 as well as he now recollects, he prepared some papers for John Brown to entitle him to a pension from the U. States. That the papers were afterwards forwarded to John Williams Senator in Congress from Tennessee. That the papers were returned with a statement endorsed as he thinks that Brown's name could not be found on the rolls of the Army of the Revolution. Since that time the papers have been lost or so mis laid that he can not now find them.
Kingston Tennessee April 28 th , 1823. Thos L Williams

John D. ... affidavit } Smollrich Brentham Affidavit.

Tennessee State Board of Pensions Before us
Personally came Mallekiah Bran- ham aged about Seventy years and Being Duly Sworn according to law Saith that Some time in the Court during the Second Monday in September 1818 he v o Branham was present and saw John Bowman Prove by his own Cath a Declaration in order to draw a Pension which was prov d in time of court week Before Hon ble Emerson Esq d Judge of S o court at that term Sworn and Subscribed to before us this 28 th April 1823.
Thomas Stockton Solomon G. G. G. Mallekiah X Branham Mark
We Further certify we believe v o Mallekiah Branham to be a good citizen of our v o county and a man in whom We can place confidence
Thomas Stockton Solomon G. G. G.

State of Tennessee
I, Henry Breazeale, clerk of the court of pleas, Jefferson district, for Wayne County by my deputy, W. M. Breazeale, do certify that Thomas Stockton, Solomon, & Gerard before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made and are at the time the same purports to have been made on acting Justices of the peace for said County duly qualified and sworn. Given under my hand and private seal, not having a seal of office, at office in Stockton this
11th Dec 1893
Henry Breazeale By his deputy W. M. Breazeale

Widow's Reso.
Reported.
100 42
Tennessee
Barbela Bowman
Widow of John Bowman who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818. and who died on the 25th May, 1841. of Moore Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Shelton of the Reg t commanded by Col. Stewart in the Res. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Knoxville at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of June, 1846 and sent to Hon. J. H. Crozier, Rep d of Rep s
Total amount, $ 400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. Rumpkin Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 340

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Powman, Luke GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6783 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 17, 1796 to Chauncy Goodrich, assignee
*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.