Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6691, Mackness Bowman, Va.

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2192 Virginia
MacKness Bowman of Charlottesville in the State of Virginia who was a Gun: of Arty: in the Compy: commanded by Captain Dunlop : of the Regt--commanded by Col: Marshall in the Virginia line for 3 years from 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 104--Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Nov: 1832--and sent to Parke Princedale , Charlottesville , VA
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1832-- 156-- Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33 52 $208--
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book G Vol. 7 Page 124

Mackness Bowman's N o 6211. Declaration
1832 August 13. presents do sum: to allowed & ordered to be certified. —
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State of Virginia and County of Chesterfield to wit.
On this 13 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the county court of Chesterfield Matthew Brown an a resident of Chesterfield in the State of Virginia aged seventy four years in November next who being duly sworn first, 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 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the State troops of the State of Virginia on the sixteenth day of August 1777 with Lieutenant Thomas Clay and served in the second state regiment of Artillery commanded by Col Thomas Marshall. The field officers were Col Marshall, Major Alexander & Major Mazarant and the company officers of the company to which he was attached were Capt Henry Quarles of King William county in this State and Lieutenant Thomas Clay. There was a second lieutenant but I have forgotten his name. Elias Sommers was the oldest captain in the regiment and Quarles was the second. Gibson Johnson and Polard, William Spikes, Saml Blackwell, Christ Roane, & Peter Wright were also captains. There was also a Capt Pannick. He also deposes that he was discharged in the city of Richmond on the 22 nd day of August 1780 & that his captain at the time of the discharge at Richmond was William Spikes who marched them home. His discharge was signed by order of Col Elias Sommers. John Mazarant, Major. Second Regt Va State Artillery. He enlisted for one term of three years and served it out. He was a resident of the county of Chesterfield at the time of his enlistment and has resided in it ever since. He was at the battle of Petersburg but not in the action. This was while I was in the militia with whom I served two terms of duty of two months each. When first enlisted he was marched by Lieutenant Clay to Williamsburg and York and Hampton. While we were at York the British took Portsmouth

and we were marching to Smithfield. In the Spring of the year 1780 we were marching from Williamsburg through Petersburg and troped into North Carolina at Gaylor ferry and went to Hillsborough and by Guilford through Salisbury and within about forty or fifty miles of the hanging rock we were at a place called Sipes. When we heard of Beauford's defeat were at and a place called Rocky River retreating to Hillsborough and there joined a body of troops commanded by De Kalb. General M'Arthur was there also. We then marched to some iron works at Deep River with the army and afterwards returned to Hillsborough with the field pieces which we left there and come on home. He states that his Capt at the time he left Hillsborough was Thomas Clay who had become a Capt, but he was marched home by William Spiller.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. Given to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Mark me S r B. Brown C o 3  Respectfully I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original proceedings of the Subscribed in the matter of the application of Benjamin Brown for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of

We Jacob Flourney and Thomas Newby residing in Chesterfield county in the State of Virginia, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mackness Bowman who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy four years old; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion:
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year herein first written.
Jacob Flourney Thos Newby
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 Mackness Bowman was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states: And the court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Jacob Flourney and Thomas Newby, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the county of Chesterfield and state of Virginia, that they are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit.
I Parke Poindexter clerk of the county court of Chesterfield county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Mackness Bowman for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 15 th day of August anno Dom: 1832, and in the 57 th year of our Independence.
Parke Poindexter, Clerk

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MacKness Bowman
from 1777 years years of artillery years years 3 yrs $104.
on Roll.
P. Poindexter

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BRIEF in the case of  Noackness Bowman  County of Chesterfield  in the State of Virginia  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     10 Aug In 1777 enlisted Served also in the White Oak 2 Comp of 2nd Regt 3 — 6 Private Gen. H. H. Lee 2 d State Regt. Artillery Col. Chas. Marshall Capt. H. Quarly   4. 0 "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chesterfield Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Langh
Examining Clerk.

Rev War
6691
INVALID.
File No. 6691
MacKness Bowman
Re: Rev War
Act: June 7 th '32
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Bowman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ss II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? ss III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ss IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? ss V. * Has he mentioned 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? ss VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? ss VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? ss VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ss IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? ss X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? ss

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Heathcote Bowman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ss II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? ss III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ss IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? ss V. * Has he mentioned 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? ss VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? ss VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? ss VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ss IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? ss X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? ss

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? ✓ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? ✓
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? ✓
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.