Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24776, Edward Bow, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Row, Edward Ruth
NUMBER
N. 24776.
CONTENTS
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New York
Edward Bow-
of Otsego in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Stevens of the regiment commanded by Colonel Burrall in the Connecticut line, for the term of one year from February 1776 to February 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Edward Bow at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 18 day of October 1828,
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Jan: 1829 and sent to G. Morell Esq. Albany, N. Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1829 $ 36.64 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$ 36.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.

Lib to B. Mr. Hand May 30. 1843.
31 17 14 = 3.61 8. — 8 — 8 1.07 36 64

4. to Hon. J. E. Cary 15. May 1844
4471. New York
Ruth Bow widow of Edward Bow who was a private in the Connecticut line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of Jany. 1844 and sent to Hon. J. E. Cary H. R.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 — Page 259

20.825 r

Schedule District of New York
Otsego County, In. On the Sixteenth day of October 1828 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, of Otsego being a Court of Record for the County of Otsego Edward Bow aged Seventy one years resident in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820 that he the said Edward Bow enlisted for the term of one year in the month of February one thousand eight hundred and Seventy Six in the town of Canaan in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain John Stevens in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Purnall in the line of the State of Connecticut in the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until he was taken prisoner in Canada at a place called the Cedars that he was exchanged and released and returned some time in the month of June 1776 to Fort George where he was taken sick with the Small pox and remained sick five or six weeks that as soon as his health permitted General Schuyler then the Commanding General put him in charge of the Cows belonging to the Hospital department at said Fort where he remained until some time in the Month of January 1777 when Colonel Charles Purnall visited Fort George and gave this declarant a pass to return home that he then left the fort and arrived at home the last of January or first of February 1777 that his term of service expired shortly after he arrived at home that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name has never been placed upon the pension list and that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property because he hoped by his industry and the small means he had to support himself that between two and three years ago he had the misfortune to break his leg which confined him to his bed for three months that he has continued lame ever since and cannot walk without the use of a Crutch and is almost blind that in September 1828 with a view applying for a pension he obtained the affidavits of Benjamin Stevens & Daniel Jackway hereto annexed but owing to his poverty and infirmity he has not hitherto applied in pursuance of the act of the first May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of

March 1818 that I have not since that time by gift sale or any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with interest thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed I have fifteen acres of land with a small house consisting of two rooms the whole of which is worth $150.00
 One mare aged about 11 years which is so old she cannot eat hay 5.00  one Cow worth about 12.00  one hog worth about 3  four Sheep do. do 3.75 
That my family consists of a wife who is Seventy three years of age is infirm & unable to labor the above is all the real & personal estate I am possessed of necessary clothing & bedding household furniture & cooking utensils excepted that the value of my bedding household furniture & cooking utensils will not exceed in value thirty five dollars I have no debts or demands due me that since the 18 th of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property I at that time owned eighteen acres of land & in April 1821 I sold three acres of it to Oliver Bow for six dollars an acre & received my pay for it from the said Bow in labor I also owned five cows one I have since killed for Beef & used & disposed of it for the support of my family I also owned a one horse wagon which has since been worn out That I am by trade a Shoemaker but owing to the loss of my eye sight & other infirmities I am now unable to labor
I owe the following debts  Ebenezer Southworth for the Wagon mentioned above $25.00  John Brooks for Black Smith work 8.79  Chester Wright on book account 5.00  Chester Rockwell for Cloth dressing 10.00  Paris Gray for Doctoring 6.89 

Abel Morse for doctoring about — $57.00 Joseph Golden for Merchandise about — 10.00 Frederick Barnard for do — 4.00 Darius Beebee for do — 4.
I owe some other small debts which I do not recollect Sworn to declared on the 16 th day of October 1828 before the Court Edward P. E. P. Crandal Clk
We are of opinion that the value of the above property over & above the demands against it is about eighty five dollars Geo. Maull James C. Walworth } Judges Elisha Fiske J. O. Morse }
Oregon County } Clerk's Office } Sr. I Edward P. Crandal Clerk of the County of Oregon do hereby certify that it ap- pears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Edward P. did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement in the Continental establishment I also certify that the foregoing oath or affi- -mation & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total am- -ount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eighty five dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand aff- -ixed the seal of the said Court this 18 th day of October in the year 1828
Edward P. Crandal Clk By Thos. R. Cory Dep. Clk

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State of New York Otsego County - ss On this twenty sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and Forty three personally appeared before me Hiram Kinne a Judge of Otsego County Courts being Courts of Record Ruth Bow of New Lisbon in the County of Otsego aforesaid aged eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1835 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of Edward Bow deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death That Edward Bow her said husband served as a private in the War of the Revolution that he enlisted at Canaan State of Connecticut under Captain Stevens that deponent cannot now recollect the names of his other officers or the particular service rendered by him but for proof of the service rendered by the said Edward Bow reference is made to his original Certificate heretofore returned to the War Office and to the proof then on file in the Pension Office This deponent thinks her said husband received his pension Certificate somewhere about fifteen years ago She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Bow on the twenty fourth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty by Enoch Huntington a Presbyterian Minister at Middletown State of Connecticut that she has no record evidence of her marriage except that her attached that her husband the aforesaid Edward Bow died at the Town of Hartwick in the County of Otsego on the twenty fourth day of April eighteen hundred and forty two 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 seventeen hundred and

State of New York Otsego County - ss On this twenty sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and Forty three personally appeared before me Hiram Kinne a Judge of Otsego County Courts being Courts of Record Ruth Bow of New Lisbon in the County of Otsego aforesaid aged eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of Edward Bow deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death That Edward Bow her said husband served as a private in the War of the Revolution that he enlisted at Canaan State of Connecticut under Captain Stevens that deponent cannot now recollect the names of his other officers or the particular service rendered by him but for proof of the services rendered by the said Edward Bow reference is made to his original Certificate heretofore returned to the War Office and to the proof then on file in the Pension Office this deponent thinks her said husband received his pension Certificate sometime about fifteen years ago She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Bow on the twenty fourth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty by Enoch Huntington a Presbyterian Minister at Middletown State of Connecticut that she has no record evidence of her marriage except that which attached that her husband the aforesaid Edward Bow died at the Town of Hartwick in the County of Otsego on the twenty fourth day of April eighteen hundred and forty two 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 seventeen hundred and

ninety four viz at the time above stated that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said Edward Bow Ruth her  mark Bow As the word del erased and the word her inserted before execution Subscribed and sworn to before Hiram Kimb Judge on the day and year above written
Hiram Kimb Judge of Otsego County Courts I certify that the reason the above Ruth Bow makes her mark is that she is from age and infirmity unable to write and I also certify from personal observation that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend in open Court and that she is a credible person and worthy of belief Hiram Kimb Judge of Otsego County Courts
State of New York Otsego County David Gardner of New Lisbon in said County aged forty seven years being duly sworn said he has been acquainted with the above named Edward Bow and Ruth Bow for the space of about fifteen years during all which time and up to the death of said Edward Bow they the said Ruth & Edward lived and cohabited together as man and wife and that the above named Ruth Bow is now the widow of said Edward Bow David his  mark Gardner Subscribed & sworn to before me this 26th day of July 1843.
Hiram Kimb Judge of Otsego County Courts
I certify the reason the above named David Gardner makes his mark is that he never learned to write and that he is credible & worthy of belief Hiram Kimb Judge

April 24 Edward Bow & Ruth Hubbard."
I certify that the above is a true copy of an entry contained in a book entitled "Account of Marriages" among the records of the Church in the First Ecclesiastical Society in Middletown, in the State of Connecticut.
Middletown May 1 st 1813 John B. Brane
Pastor of the First Chh in Middletown

I have sent to the Town Clerk and he returned answer that the marriage of Mrs Bow is not recorded in the books of the town.
A transcript from the records of the Church I send you. Similar transcripts have been furnished by me in other cases of the same description and they have answered the purpose of the applicants. Should a transcript certified under oath be thought necessary I would inform you that the application must be made to John Fisk Esq. the Town Clerk. I have uniformly declined to make oath in such cases. Where it has been deemed indispensable Mr Fisk has done the business.
Respectfully yours J. B. Brown

one State of New York Ulster County Clerk's Office ss. I, Samuel Kupfer Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Herman Kinne Esq. before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavits of Ruth Row and David Gardner purport to have been sworn was on the date of the same a Judge of County Court in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified and authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his signature subscribed to the jurats aforesaid affidavits and to the certificates following said affidavits to be genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal this fifth day of August 1843
Samuel Kupfer clerk

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Curry Am
April 23, 1925.
Mrs. J. A. Prichard Onawa, Iowa.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 24776 , it appears that Edward Bow , while residing at Canaan, Connecticut, enlisted in February 1776 and was a private in Captain John Stevens' Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment, he was taken prisoner at the Cedars, Canada and exchanged in June 1776 and went to Fort George, where he was taken sick with small pox and in hospital five or six weeks, after which he served until in February 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1828, while a resident of Otsego County, New York, aged seventy-one years. He died

April 24, 1842 at Hartwick, Otsego County, New York.
Soldier married April 24, 1780 at Middletown, Connecticut, Ruth Hubbard. She was allowed pension on her application executed July 26, 1843, while a resident of New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York, aged eighty-seven years.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Edward Bow a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. F. 24,776
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1776 1 yr. Pri. John Stevens Chas. Burrall Conn          
Battles engaged in, {was taken prisoner at the Cedars, Canada, and exchanged in June, 1776. To Ft. George}
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Canaan, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct 16, 1828. His Ch. was at _____
Residence at date of application, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 71 yrs. {He died Apr. 24, 1842 at Hartwick, Otsego Co. N.Y.}
Remarks: He mar. Apr. 24, 1780, at Middletown, Conn, Ruth Hubbard. She was al. pen. on her ap. ex. July 26, 1843, while a resident of New Lisbon, Otsego Co. N.Y. For date of death and last known residence of widow, address the Auditor for the Interior Dept. U.S. Treasury Dept. citing the following data: Ruth, wid. of Edward Bow, Cert No. 4471, issued Jan. 18, 1844, at $40 per an. from Insn. 4, 1843, under Act Mch. 3, 1843, N.Y. Agency.
Respectfully,
(Data to be sent to Auditor, not included in letter to Mrs. Melvin Dec.)
Commissioner.

Onawa, Iowa,
January 22, 1925.
Gentlemen: -
Was Edward (Bowe) Bowe a pensioner of the Revolution? I think he died at Milford, N. Y.
Would be glad of all information you can give.
Yours Truly,
Mrs. J. A. Prichard. ONAWA.

Ex. AWS . Div. Rev. # 1812-
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18 , 1925-
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
1 "name of wife probably  No. of claim,  Ruth Hubbard widow deceased
Name of soldier Edward Bow (or Bone)
P.O. address of soldier  claimant,  at enlist- ment & after service
Company Middletown, Conn.
Regiment We have no other dates.
State where enlisted Conn.
Date of enlistment birth born at Middletown Conn.
Date of discharge death Died in Otsego Co. N.Y. near Milford.
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers. Placed on pension roll in N.Y. in 1828 for one year's service as private in Conn. line.
Return attached letter with reply. Washington  to  Boardman Commissioner.

ms 1, Rev. Sec.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. Bureau of Pensions.
Dear sir:
Will you please send me abstracts of the declarations for pensions of Philip Ballard and Edward Bow for services rendered during the Revolutionary War.
Philip Ballard's residence at time of enlistment was Montague

Hampshire Co. Mass.
He enlisted April 1775 and served as private in Captain Robert Allison Co. Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's regiment Mass.
At the time of his application for Pension he resided in Gill Franklin Co. Mass.
Edward Bous residence at time of enlistment was Canaan Conn.
He enlisted in Feb. 1776

and served one year as private in Captain John Stevens Co.
Colonel Charles Burrall's regiment. Conn.
His residence at time of application for Pension was Astoria Co. N. Y.
I am great-great grand daughter of Philip Ballard and Edward Burr.
Thanking you for your trouble. I am Respectfully

Mrs. Edwin R. Deo North Branch Michigan
Lapeer Co.
March 28. 1916

F. C. BALLARD LAW OFFICE NORTH BRANCH, MICH.
Rev. War. etc
2/19/16.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:-
Please give me abstract of Declaration for Pension for services in Revolutionary War of the two following men and also any family details of record:-
1st. Bow, Edward. Private from Canaan Conn.- Company commanded by Capt. John Stevens. Regiment by Col. Chas. Bunall (or Burrall)
Especially where and when did his wife Ruth die.
2nd. Ballard, Philip. Sergeant. Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, Vol.1, p.551.
If possible please give the above records in duplicate, as I desire to use them in two separate transactions.
Yours very truly,
F. C. Ballard.

A B. 200 - W. 25269
Edward Rowe or Bow, Connecticut.

Lena Gertrude Hubbard
1307 F.H.W.

Sept. 26/97 Miss that pension was was INT 1916, Feb. 29. History to L.C. Ballard. Lrr. 1916, Apr. 7. History to Mrs. Melvin R. Deo. 1925. Apr. 22 - Hist to Mrs. J.A. Prichard awt.
Ray  WIDOW, &c.
Deohu allo
File No. 24776
Ruth Bow
Wid. of
Edward Bow
Ph. Rev. War
Act: Mch. 3 rd 1843.
Index:--Vol. M , Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7705.
New York Albany
Heath Row
widow of Edward Row
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 24th April 1842 of Olsego in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stevens of the Hgt commanded by Col. Burrall in the Conn. line for One year
Sept 29
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to D. M. Ward New Windsor N.Y.
Total amount, $ 200.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thomas Lunsford, Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 70.

9404.
Ruth Bow
NYork
Act July 7 th 38
Adm l
One year
Price
$ 40 per an
D. M. Harding New Lisbon NYork

Washington January 8 - 1844
Dear
J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions Sir -
I herewith send you the Declaration of Beeth Bow a Widow claiming a pension - If it be sufficient please send me the Certificate - if not, point out defects
Very respectfully Yours &c!
W. C. Cary

9404 Aug 11/43
Ruth Bowd
July 7. 1835.
NY
Presented by the Library of Congress
Hon. J.
Edward
Evarts
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
True

Sir New Lisbon August 7 th 1843
Entwards I send you the application of Ruth Baw Widow of Edwards Baw for a pension. I hope the papers will be deemed sufficient to establish her claim. As all the proof upon which the pension was granted to her husband are in the pension office I suppose the original certificate to said Edwards Baw has been returned. Should the papers be deemed insufficient to establish her claim please inform me what more will be required.
I am very respectfully Hon d J L Edwards - Your obedient servant D McHard

The deposition of Benjamin Stevens and Daniel Jahway of Canaan County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut of Lawful age Testify & Say That in the month of February One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy six we the deponents enlisted into a company commanded by Cap. John Stevens which company belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Parnall, on the continental Establishment Connecticut Line, for One year Service, and with us enlisted one Edward Bow then of Canaan aforesaid now a resident of the Town of Hartwick County of Otsego and State of New York that said Bow marched with us from S c Canaan when said company went to Canada and was taken prisoner with us at a place called the Cedars in Canada and that we continued with said Bow till sometime in June 1776 when we left him at Fort George sick with the small pox, and we joined our Regiment at mount Independence, and that we understood that after said Bow recovered from the small pox he was employed by Special order of Gen l Schuyler then the commanding Gen l to take charge of the Convoy belonging to Hospital at Fort George, and that we understood said Bow continued in said business until the expiration of his enlistment as aforesaid and further the deponents sayeth not Benjamin Stevens Daniel Jahway

Witchfield County S t . Canaan Connecticut September 29 1826
Personally appeared Benjamin Stevens and Daniel Lockwood Disinterested and credible witnesses and known to me to be such, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by them subscribed before me
James Fenn Justice of Peace
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that James Fenn Esq. was, on the 29 th day of September A.D. 1826, a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Litchfield, legally commissioned and qualified - and that the signature to the above Certificate which purports to be his, is, as I sincerely believe,
genuine, & his proper hand writing. -
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this fifth day of
October A.D. 1826. Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

Washington May 11 1844
Honl
J. L. Edwards Conroe Sir-
I enclose the Certificate & papers in case of Mrs Ruth Bow - Requesting an order from you to the Pension Agent directing the payment of the Pension due on the papers presented - The agent declines for reasons specified in the paper attached to the vouchers - If not inconsistent with your rules of action I should be glad if you could make the order requested or in some way pro- vide for the payment of the small sum due, as that is the last of it - and it will cost more than the amount to get it by administration before a Surrogate Yours Respectfully
J. L. Cary

June 2nd May 25th
Stearns
May 29
Hon. J. P. Calverly
Edw. Bow NY
Commissaire of Pensions Washington City

Shrewsbury 6 th Mo 24 th 1843 Hon S r L t Edwards
I wish to enquire of you in relation to the rights of a widow of a deceased pensioner Edward Baw a deceased pensioner of this county has left a widow in indigent circumstances. They were married in the year 1780 and have lived together until Mr Baws decease a year last April His services for which he was placed on the pension list were performed previous to his marriage. He was married soon after he left the service. Is the widow entitled to draw a pension and if so is there any other proof wanting than to prove the marriage and the identity of the person Respectfully yours — J. M c Hard
3

Pens. Office
5. Jan. 18 189.
Edward at Bm.
act 11 March 188
Geo. Mitchell. Esq.
Albany N.Y.
To the Secretary of War Washington

Coshocton Nov 30 th 1820
To the Secretary of War
Sir
Enclosed
are the Pension papers of Edward Boone - Please direct to me at Albany where I shall be during the sitting of the Legislature - yours &c
Geo: Morell

4958
Keith Bow
AHO
Hon J E Carty H.K.

(Declaration)
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3 March 1843 granting pensions for a term of years to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of New York p-
Otsego County ss
On this twenty eighth day of December 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Ruth Baw, a resident of New Lisbon in the County of Otsego aged Eighty seven 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 3 March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war That she is the widow of Edward Baw who was a private in the army of the Revolution and that she received forty dollars annually under the act of July 7 th 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me — Almon J. Johnson Justice of the Peace Ruth Baw
State of New York p-
Otsego County ss
I certify that Ruth Baw, the Declarant above named is personally known to me — given under my hand this 28 th day of December 1843
Almon J. Johnson Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Allegany ss. I George B. Wilson clerk of said County do hereby certify that Simon G. Johnson Esq. before whom the within declaration purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said County duly Elected and qualified. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said justice and really believe his Signature subscribed to the within joint and Certificate to be genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office this 2 nd day of January AD 1844
George B. Wilson Clerk