Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 31,695-160-55, Nathan Bowen, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bowen, Nathan Patience
B.L.Wt. 31,695-160-55
CONTENTS

Cip E. Hodges Mar 31-156 Set: " " Apr 21-156
53.978 Act March 3/55- May 31/55
Patience Bowen wid of Nathan Bowen - Prob
Capt John Perry Col Abial Mitchell Mass Mil
Enk 31/10 Dis 27. Dec by 1780 30. Oct "
Revolutionary War Private Col Mitchell Mass Mil No Papers
Ad. 160 acs June 26/56 Dodge
(Signature)
Earl Hodges Horton Mass
Vol, 3-2-11

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 28, 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations hereto annexed,
R. P. Hodges and John Parney were Justices of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts, County of Bristol.
ON this twenty eighth day of April A. D., 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County Patience Bowen aged ninety one years, a resident of Rehoboth in Mass who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of Nathan Bowen deceased, who, was a private in the Company, commanded by Captain John Perry in the Massachusetts Militia, commanded by Col Abial Mitchell  in the Revolution war with Great Britain, declared by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812 , that her said husband was drafted or  enlisted at Rehoboth on or about the twenty seventh day of July A. D. 1880, for the term of time not known and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of three months and was honorably discharged at Rhode Island on or about the thirteenth day of October A. D. 1880, as will appear by reference to the rolls, that he received no printed or written discharge, and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to bounty land for any other service, except that she received for the same service, under the Act of September, 1850, a 40-acre Warrant, No. , which she had sold and cannot return.
She further states that she was married to the said Nathan Bowen in Rehoboth on the first day of February 1884 by Ebenezer Hicks a clergymen and that her name before her said marriage was Patience Linsley that her husband died at Rehoboth on the fifth day of April 1853, proof of which will be found on file with her previous application, that she is still a widow,—that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, passed March 3, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Earl Hodges, Norton, Mass.
Subscribed and duly sworn to, the day and year first above written. I certify that she is the identical person above described. I have no interest in the case.
R. P. Hodges Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, COUNTY OF BRISTOL.
We, William H Bowen and Lydia Bowen having been duly sworn, depose and say that we well knew Nathan Bowen who was a Massachusetts Militia man in the war of the Revolution 1812, with Great Britain, whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than five years before his death, which occurred at Rehoboth about two years ago,—that we know that he died about that time, because * we were attended his funeral that we are residents of Rehoboth and that we have known his said widow from his death to this time—that she has remained unmarried, and that we are disinterested,—that her declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence, and that we know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Wm. H. Bowen Lydia Bowen
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this twenty eighth day of April A. D. 1855.
R. P. Hodges Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of William H. Bowen and Lydia Bowen of the said County and State, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Patience Bowen is the widow, remaining unmarried, of the late Nathan Bowen  the Revolution who was a Massachusetts Militia man in the war of 1812 with Great Britain, and that the said Nathan Bowen died at Rehoboth on or about the fifth day of April A. D. 1853.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty eighth day of April 1855.
I have no interest in this claim. R. P. Hodges Justice of the Peace.
"We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.

OF MASSACHUSETTS, COUNTY OF BRISTOL, TOWN OF Rehoboth
February First Seventeen hundred and Eighty four Nathan Bowen to Patience Lindley both of Rehoboth joined in Marriage by Jacob Hix Elder of a Baptist Church in Rehoboth
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures. as follows:— (b)
“ Feb. 1 st 1784 — ”
Cyrus M. Wheaton } Town Clerk.
I, Cyrus M. Wheaton — above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Cyrus M. Wheaton Town Clerk.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this twenty first day of May A. D. 1855, and I certify that I am not interested as agent, or otherwise concerned in the prosecution or result of the above claim of Patience Bowen Widow of the above named Nathan Bowen
J. N. Barney Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

153978
Patience Bowen
Hon J. Munroe Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
3 envelopes
Boston
Patience Bowen
Act Mar. 3 1885 Suspended Case Patience Bowen no 153978. (Revolutionary) Earl Hodges Norton Mass.
Additional Evidence Revolutionary case No 153978

State of Massachusetts County of Bristol
We Calvin Moulton and W m Marvel 2 d residents of Rehoboth in said County having been duly sworn depose and say that we have well and long known Nathan Bowen whose widow Patience Bowen has applied for Bounty Land under the Act of the 3 rd of March A.D. 1855 which claim has been suspended for further proof. No 153978 - that we have often heard him speak of being a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he was the identical person named in the enclosed certificate issued by Hon John G. Palfrey Secretary of the State of Massachusetts. and we are disinterested
Calvin Moulton W m . Marvel 2 d
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this twenty first day of March A.D. 1855 and I certify that I know the deponents to be credible witnesses and I have no interest in the case.
Cyrus M. Wheaton } Justice of } the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 5 th 1856
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Cyrus M. Wheaton
Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
J. D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Patience Bowen Mrs Balhan
Chapman

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 3 d 1856
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed,
Earl Hodge
Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
H. D. Pit Secretary of the Commonwealth

State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol
I Patience Boven of Rehoboth in said County having been duly sworn depose and say that I am the identical Patience Boven who has applied for Bannig Land under the act of 3 d of March 1855 No 153978 that I have always known my late husband Nathan Boven that we were both born in the same neighbourhood and always lived in the same neighbourhood till his death and that I will remember of his being a soldier in the war of the Revolution
Attest
Adrian Boven
Earl Hodges
Patience her X Boven mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me This second day of May A.D. 1856
Earl Hodges Justice of the peace

State of Massachusetts County of Bristol
I Samuel Morse a resident of Rehoboth in said County, a justice of the Peace, having been duly sworn depose and say that I have long and well known Nathan Bowen who's widow Patience Bowen has applied for Bounty Land. That he has always had the reputation of having been a Soldier of the Revolution. and that I obtained the amount of his services in said year for him before his death, through John G. Palfrey Esq then Secretary of the State of Massachusetts and I believe he is the identical person described in the said widow's declaration and that he served in all particulars as set forth in her application and I have no intent in her claim
Sam. Morse
Sworn and subscribed this 3. day of May A.D. 1856
Earl Hodgdon
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Sep. 1. 1845.
Nathan Bowen Rehoboth
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathan Bowen is borne upon a Pay roll as a private in Cap t John Perry's Company Col d Abial Mitchell's reg t from July 27 to October 30 1780, 3 months & 4 days including allowance of 1 day to return home; - his name is signed to a receipt for One hundred and twenty dollars advanced by the town of Swansey for Joseph Nemus, who was a mulatto, as a bounty for his enlisting into the Continental service for 3 years, dated at said town, July 4. 1781. - and who might have served as a substitute for said Nathan Bowen of Rehoboth. - Not upon rolls of Cap t Israel Hicks, and the above is all the evidence of service which can be identified as belonging to the individual named in the annexed application —

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Peabody,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Nathan Bowen of + Rehoboth  Lebanon in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby declare & say that I was a soldier of the Revolution, that I served three months in + Anthony Stry  Col. Mitchell's Regiment. Capt John Perry's Company I also served in Capt Israel Hicks Company of Militia whereupon I request the Secretary of Massachusetts to examine the Rolls of Revolutionary services in his office & certify the amount of services At the time of my service my name was known as Nathan Bowen Jr. by testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this second day of June A.D. 1845. Nathan Bowen
State of Massachusetts Bristol County } ss.
On the Second day of June 1845.
Personally appeared the above named Nathan Bowen a credible witness, who is well known to me, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true. Before me.
Levi Morse Justice Peace
x I certify that the above erasures and interlineations were made before signing. Levi Morse Justice Peace.