Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,066, John Gowdy, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Gowdy, John
S. 31,066
CONTENTS

3191
Illinois New York
John Govey
of Howard in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pease — of the Regt commanded by Lieut. Col. — in the Count — line for 15 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of 50 Dollars — for per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of January 1839 — and sent to Mr. H. White H. H.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 75 Pension allowance ending 4th '33 25 $100
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 92
1853 May 25. Circular to P. Agt. sent above to N.Y. City should have been to Albany P. Agt. May 28. Circular to Albany P. Agt. June 7 — to Illinois from 4 Sept. 1852 & Note to Pensioner, Maria Kane Co. Ills.

In the matter of John Gowdy Application for a pension -
admitted 15 mo. private 50 $

State of New York } Oswego County }
On this 13 th day of
September 1832 before me personally appeared John Ford of Vienna in Onida County aged sixty nine years and seven months who being first duly sworn does declare and say that he knows John Gowsy of Howard Stearn county and also did know him in the Rev- olutionary War and that said John Gowsy did serve as follows viz - Once going to New Landon a seven months town under Capt Abial Pease and once going to Grafton a seven months town under Capt Robison both the above times enlisted and are militia towns of two months - I the said John Ford know the above stated terms of service by living in the same neighborhood with the said John Gowsy at the time he did said service and knew when he went from home to perform said services and also know- ing when he returned from said services and further this deponent saith not -
John Ford
Oswego County } Town of Constable }
I hereby certify that the above named John Ford to me known as a man of truth and veracity, personally appeared before me and made oath to the above affidavit
Ebenezer P. Robbins } Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Oswego County }
On this 13 th day of
September 1838 before me personally appeared John Ford of Vienna in Onida County aged sixty nine years and seven months who being first duly sworn does declare and say that he knows John Gowsy of Howard Steuben county and also did know him in the Rev- olutionary War and that said John Gowsy did serve as follows viz - Once going to New Landon a seven months town under Capt Abial Pease and once going to Grafton a seven months town under Capt Robison both the above times enlisted and are militia terms of two months - I the said John Ford know the above stated terms of service by living in the same neighborhood with the said John Gowsy at the time he did said service and knew when he went from home to perform said services and also knew when he returned from said services and further this deponent saith not -
John Ford
Oswego County } Town of Constable }
I hereby certify that the above named John Ford to me known as a man of truth and veracity, personally appeared before me and made oath to the above affidavit
Ebenezer P Robbins } Justice of the Peace

John G. Smith Notary Public
State of New York } County of Oswego } ss:
I, Eric Poor clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Elyar P. Robbins before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and hereby believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature —
Witness my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of Sept r A.D. 1832
Eric Poor clerk By D. M. Therson Deputy Clerk

On this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty two Before me personally appeared James Gowdy of Hastings of the State & county aforesaid (aged Sixty two  years & two months) Who being duly sworn doth declare and say That he knows John Gowdy of Howard, Stuber County. And did also know him in the Revolutionary War and that said John Gowdy did serve as follows viz. two Seven Months tours and one two months tour. But where said services were performed deponent knoweth not only from report said to be one tour to New London and one to Galow Seven months. Each. Deponent further declares That he is a Brother to said John Gowdy and is knowing to his being absent on said services said length of times and further this deponent saith not  Oswego County } Town of Hastings }  James Gowdy
I hereby certify that the said above named James Gowdy to me known as a man of truth and veracity presently appeared before me made oath to the above affidavit  Guilford Dikeman } Justice of the Peace

State of New York Cayuga County ss
I Eric Poor Clerk of the said County do certify that Guilson Dike man before whom the within affi= davit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature
In witness my hand and Seal of office this 14 th day of Sept r A.D. 1832 -
Eric Poor Clerk By D McPherson Dep. Clerk

State of New York
5 Steuben County ss On this sixteenth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steuben new sitting John Towdy a resident of the town of Howard in the said County of Steuben and State of New York aged seventy three years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated.
That on or about the first day of June 1776 he enlisted in a Company of State troops of the State of Connecticut at Simsbury, County of Hartford in the said State where he then resided for the term of seven months. That said Company was commanded by Captain Abial Pease and belonged to the Regiment commanded by a Colonel Erastus Noble that they marched from Simsbury aforesaid to New London in the state aforesaid immediately after he enlisted, and the said Regiment was stationed at that place during the whole of the said term of seven months where he was employed during that time in keeping guard at that place and constructing Fort Trumbull, that after the expiration of said term he was discharged at New London that he did not receive a written discharge.
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That on or about the first day of June 1777 he again enlisted at Simsbury aforesaid where he then resided in a Company of State troops of the said State of Connecticut commanded by Capt Robinson whose Christian name he does not recollect for the term of seven months. That said Company belonged to the Regiment commanded by a Col. Ely, that from Simsbury aforesaid he marched to Groton opposite to New London and was stationed at that place in Fort Griswold until about the first of September he marched with the said Regiment down to Providence and joined the Army under Genl. Spencer intended for the attack of New Port Island. That when said expedition was abandoned he remained at Little Crompton for about two weeks and then returned to Groton aforesaid where he remained a week or ten days and then marched to Westchester County in the State of New York where he remained with said Regiment until his time expired when he was discharged at that place and did not receive a written discharge. That while the said Regiment was stationed at Fort

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Knows that as aforesaid his father served in the applicant's place as a substitute for him for about one month.
That in the month of September as he thinks 1778 he was drafted at the said Town of Simsbury where he then resided in a Company of Militia commanded by a Capt. Olcott of Col. Chaplain's Regiment for the term of two months. That from Simsbury he marched with said Company to New Port Island aforesaid and joined said Regiment and also the Army under Genl. Sullivan which then lay on the Island and occupied a part of it while the British troops were in possession of the residue. That he remained there about two weeks when the Army retreated to Providence, where he remained about two weeks and was employed in constructing a redoubt and guarding the place until his said term of two months expired and he was discharged at that place that he did not receive a written discharge.
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That the unsworn affidavits of John Ford and James Sowdy is the only evidence of his said services he has been able to procure.
That he was born in the said town of Simsbury in the County of Hartford, Connecticut on the tenth day of May 1759. That he has no record of his age and knows the same only from his recollection of the information given to him by his parents.
That after the close of the war he continued to reside at Simsbury aforesaid until 1784 when he moved to Pensionsfield, Massachusetts where he lived about four years then to Colebrook in same State where he lived three or four years - then moved to Watkinsland, Oneida County New York where he lived several years, then to Rome same County - then to Smithfield, Madison County New York and lived there about thirteen years then to Italy then Ontario now Yates County New York lived there eight or nine years - then to Howard Seneca County where he now lives and where he has lived since his removal from Italy aforesaid.
That in his present neighborhood he is known to Peter Noct Esq. - Genl. Daniel S. Bennett, Col. Simon Bacon, Hubard W. Rathbun Esq. Charles Graves, William Lilly, Adonai Ford, Capt. John Merrill - Capt. Joseph Bartholomew and others who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present one and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid.  John Gowdy c/o J. Magnus Dep CLK Steuben County
We Adonijah Ford a Clergyman residing in the Town of Howard in the County of Steuben and Peter Robbins residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gowdy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is reputed and believed 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 this day and year aforesaid.  Adonijah Ford c/o J. Magnus Dep CLK Steuben County Peter Robbins
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- ion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Adonijah Ford who has signed the preceding certifi- cate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Howard and that Peter Robbins who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town of Howard and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Martin S. Ramsey Deputy Clerk of the said County of Steuben and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court.

in the matter of the application of John Gowdy for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
M. L. Ramsey Dep. Clk Steuben County
In the matter of John Gowdy Application for a pension -
admitted 15. mo. private 250

admitted
Whalen

BRIEF in the case of  John Gowdy  of Howard — in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years —  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.     about 1 st June In 1776 — 7 As a Col d E Wolcott Bg y State   for June — 1777 — 6 Capt d O'Peadi Co d Sen'cks   Thirty Days — 1778 — 2 Col d Ely's Bg y   15 Capt d Charmis D o drafted   Capt d O'Leary Co d  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? not stated  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? only traditionary evidence of two witnesses — one a Clergyman — Certificate to be credible person — no witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not attached according to the regulation 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens
Examining Clerk.

Baltimore Md May 16
Price 3.
Wm Lloyd
Compt of Pensions
Washington Dist Col

W. Gandy for transfer from New York to Illinois
JP Missioner Batavia Kane Co. Ill!

State of Illinois County of Kane
John Gowdy of said County, who first being duly sworn says, that he is now a resident of the state of Illinois and intends to remain in said state. That he is the identical person who is enrolled in the New-York Agency of revolutionary Pensioners. That he wishes to be transferred from the New York to the Illinois Agency.
In testimony whereof he has hereunto set his name.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 4 day of May 1853
John Gowdy
Jason Chapell Justice of the Peace
CLERK.
Address John Gowdy Batavia Kane County Illinois

State of Illinois County of Kane
John Goudy of said County who first being duly sworn says that he is now a resident of the state of Illinois and intends to remain in said state. That he is the identical person who is enrolled in the New York Agency of revolutionary pensioners. That he wishes to be transferred from the New York to the Illinois Agency. In testimony whereof
STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) ss. I, JAMES HERRINGTON, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, hereby certify, that Jason Chapel was, on the 4th day of May A. D. 185 3 , an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and full faith and credit are due all his official acts, as such Justice of the Peace; and his signature to the annexed paper is genuine, as I believe.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my name and the seal of said County Court, this 9th day of May A. D., 185 3 ,
James Herrington CLERK.
Address John Goudy Batavia Kane County Illinois

New York city pension agency May 27 th . 1853
Sir
In reply to your letter of inquiry of the 25 th instat, desiring to be informed to what time John Govey, a pensioner under act of 7 th June, 1832, was last paid, I beg to state that there is no such name on my roll. I presume the letter must have been intended for a different agency.
I am
very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
Dion M. Ming
Passing Agent
L. D. Galt Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

 Albany Pension Agency. 
May 31. 1853.
L. P. Waldo
James L. [?] Esquire.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 28 th inst. I have to state, that John Goudy a Prisoner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 at fifty Dollars per annum was last paid on the 21 st day of September 1852.
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thomas W. Alcott
President PENSION AGENT.
By Col. V. L. Brock, ne

31066 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,066
John Gowdy Pi Rev Was
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]