DAR
FOWLER, JOHN
Ancestor #: A041123
Service:
NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 1747 NEW HANOVER CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: POST 10-7-1844 PIKE CO ALABAMA
Pension Number: *S16809
Service Source: *S16809
Service Description:
1) CAPTS CLINTON,MOORE,VANN,
2) COLS KENAN,MOORE
http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/s16809.pdf
Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of John Fowler S16809
State of North Carolina, County of Columbus: Superior Court of Law: Fall Term 1832
On this the ___ [blank in original] day of ___ [blank in original], personally appeared in open
Court before the Worshipful Moore Lennon, Bythell Hawes & [?], justices of the Piece for the County of Columbus, presiding in the Superior Court of and for said County, now sitting, John Fowler, a resident of the County of Columbus, and State of North Carolina, aged Eighty-five years, 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 herein stated.
[1.] Shortly after the commencement of hostilities in this part of the Country, but the year & month not recollect, he enlisted as a private (having received a bounty of three dollars and a paw [?] of Books) at Matthews' Old Field in the County of Sampson (then a resident of said County) for a service of six months in a company of Minute men of which Richard Clinton was Captain, Patrick Stewart, Lieutenant and one Barren, Ensign. The company marched to Wilmington, North Carolina, and there joined another company of Minute men under the command of Captain James Love, both companies being commanded by Colonel James Kenan of Duplin County; that while at Wilmington, they were employed in scouting parties and various services against the Tories and in guarding the Town. That after remaining there a considerable time, intelligence was received that the Tories were marching towards that place; upon which the Minute man were marched out to oppose them and took up their station at Moore's Creek Bridge where we were joined by several Regiments of North Carolina Militia under General Caswell [Richard Caswell]. The morning after the junction, the Whigs were fired upon [by] the Tories from the opposite side of the Bridge. The fire was immediately returned and McLeod, the Tory Colonel and commanding officer, who was at the head of his men, was killed. A Captain Campbell of the Tories, called the Captain of the Broad swordsman, was also killed. Upon the fall of McLeod, the Tories immediately made a precipitant retreat. He received a discharge from Captain Clinton which he delivered to one Jeremiah Queen [?] in order to receive his pay for him. Queen has been long since dead & he knows [not] what has become of his Discharge.
2. He enlisted in the Army of the United States, the time not recollected, but at an early period of the War, for twelve months in a company of which Alfred Moore was Captain and in the first Regiment of the North Carolina line, on the Continental establishment, of which ___ [blank in original] Moore was Colonel. He enlisted in Wilmington, North Carolina (being then a resident of Sampson County North Carolina). From Wilmington the Regiment marched to Charleston, South Carolina.
After remaining there sometime, they returned to Wilmington and after having served the period for which he was enlisted, he was discharged and received a written discharge, which he afterwards gave to one Jeremiah Queen of South Carolina in order to get his pay. He never received any pay and Queen has been long since dead & he knows not what has become of the discharge.
3. About twelve months after his tour in the Continental service, he volunteered as a private, then residing in Sampson County, in a company of militia commanded by Captain William Dann [?] and of which one John Matthews was Lieutenant for a service of three months. Marched first to Blueford's Bridge on the North East River; thence up the North East River to a place called Holly Shelter where they were stationed some time. While stationed there, a detachment of British then under the command of Major Craig at Wilmington came out to attack the American force stationed at Holly Shelter. From inferiority of force, Captain Dann ordered a retreat and they were so closely pursued by the British as to be obliged to throw their ammunition in the River. The men under Captain Dann were ordered to disperse and return home. By the time he (Fowler) returned to Sampson, his term of service had expired. He received no written discharge. He was discharged as above stated. He has no documentary evidence of his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
S/John Fowler, X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day &a year aforesaid.
Answers by the applicant to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department as propounded to him by the Court:
1. In Sampson County (then Duplin) in the year 1747, as I have understood.
2. I have not.
3. In Sampson County, I resided about 20 years in Lancaster district South Carolina and since then in Columbus County North Carolina.
4. I enlisted in the Minute service and in the Continental line and was a volunteer in the service last mentioned.
5. This interrogatory is answered as far as I can recollect in the body of my declaration.
6. I have answered the in her auto Tory fully in the body of my declaration.
FOWLER, JOHN
Ancestor #: A041123
Service:
NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 1747 NEW HANOVER CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: POST 10-7-1844 PIKE CO ALABAMA
Pension Number: *S16809
Service Source: *S16809
Service Description:
1) CAPTS CLINTON,MOORE,VANN,
2) COLS KENAN,MOORE
http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/s16809.pdf
Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of John Fowler S16809
State of North Carolina, County of Columbus: Superior Court of Law: Fall Term 1832
On this the ___ [blank in original] day of ___ [blank in original], personally appeared in open
Court before the Worshipful Moore Lennon, Bythell Hawes & [?], justices of the Piece for the County of Columbus, presiding in the Superior Court of and for said County, now sitting, John Fowler, a resident of the County of Columbus, and State of North Carolina, aged Eighty-five years, 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 herein stated.
[1.] Shortly after the commencement of hostilities in this part of the Country, but the year & month not recollect, he enlisted as a private (having received a bounty of three dollars and a paw [?] of Books) at Matthews' Old Field in the County of Sampson (then a resident of said County) for a service of six months in a company of Minute men of which Richard Clinton was Captain, Patrick Stewart, Lieutenant and one Barren, Ensign. The company marched to Wilmington, North Carolina, and there joined another company of Minute men under the command of Captain James Love, both companies being commanded by Colonel James Kenan of Duplin County; that while at Wilmington, they were employed in scouting parties and various services against the Tories and in guarding the Town. That after remaining there a considerable time, intelligence was received that the Tories were marching towards that place; upon which the Minute man were marched out to oppose them and took up their station at Moore's Creek Bridge where we were joined by several Regiments of North Carolina Militia under General Caswell [Richard Caswell]. The morning after the junction, the Whigs were fired upon [by] the Tories from the opposite side of the Bridge. The fire was immediately returned and McLeod, the Tory Colonel and commanding officer, who was at the head of his men, was killed. A Captain Campbell of the Tories, called the Captain of the Broad swordsman, was also killed. Upon the fall of McLeod, the Tories immediately made a precipitant retreat. He received a discharge from Captain Clinton which he delivered to one Jeremiah Queen [?] in order to receive his pay for him. Queen has been long since dead & he knows [not] what has become of his Discharge.
2. He enlisted in the Army of the United States, the time not recollected, but at an early period of the War, for twelve months in a company of which Alfred Moore was Captain and in the first Regiment of the North Carolina line, on the Continental establishment, of which ___ [blank in original] Moore was Colonel. He enlisted in Wilmington, North Carolina (being then a resident of Sampson County North Carolina). From Wilmington the Regiment marched to Charleston, South Carolina.
After remaining there sometime, they returned to Wilmington and after having served the period for which he was enlisted, he was discharged and received a written discharge, which he afterwards gave to one Jeremiah Queen of South Carolina in order to get his pay. He never received any pay and Queen has been long since dead & he knows not what has become of the discharge.
3. About twelve months after his tour in the Continental service, he volunteered as a private, then residing in Sampson County, in a company of militia commanded by Captain William Dann [?] and of which one John Matthews was Lieutenant for a service of three months. Marched first to Blueford's Bridge on the North East River; thence up the North East River to a place called Holly Shelter where they were stationed some time. While stationed there, a detachment of British then under the command of Major Craig at Wilmington came out to attack the American force stationed at Holly Shelter. From inferiority of force, Captain Dann ordered a retreat and they were so closely pursued by the British as to be obliged to throw their ammunition in the River. The men under Captain Dann were ordered to disperse and return home. By the time he (Fowler) returned to Sampson, his term of service had expired. He received no written discharge. He was discharged as above stated. He has no documentary evidence of his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
S/John Fowler, X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day &a year aforesaid.
Answers by the applicant to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department as propounded to him by the Court:
1. In Sampson County (then Duplin) in the year 1747, as I have understood.
2. I have not.
3. In Sampson County, I resided about 20 years in Lancaster district South Carolina and since then in Columbus County North Carolina.
4. I enlisted in the Minute service and in the Continental line and was a volunteer in the service last mentioned.
5. This interrogatory is answered as far as I can recollect in the body of my declaration.
6. I have answered the in her auto Tory fully in the body of my declaration.
DAR
FOWLER, JOHN
Ancestor #: A041123
Service:
NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 1747 NEW HANOVER CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: POST 10-7-1844 PIKE CO ALABAMA
Pension Number: *S16809
Service Source: *S16809
Service Description:
1) CAPTS CLINTON,MOORE,VANN,
2) COLS KENAN,MOORE
http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/s16809.pdf
Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of John Fowler S16809
State of North Carolina, County of Columbus: Superior Court of Law: Fall Term 1832
On this the ___ [blank in original] day of ___ [blank in original], personally appeared in open
Court before the Worshipful Moore Lennon, Bythell Hawes & [?], justices of the Piece for the County of Columbus, presiding in the Superior Court of and for said County, now sitting, John Fowler, a resident of the County of Columbus, and State of North Carolina, aged Eighty-five years, 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 herein stated.
[1.] Shortly after the commencement of hostilities in this part of the Country, but the year & month not recollect, he enlisted as a private (having received a bounty of three dollars and a paw [?] of Books) at Matthews' Old Field in the County of Sampson (then a resident of said County) for a service of six months in a company of Minute men of which Richard Clinton was Captain, Patrick Stewart, Lieutenant and one Barren, Ensign. The company marched to Wilmington, North Carolina, and there joined another company of Minute men under the command of Captain James Love, both companies being commanded by Colonel James Kenan of Duplin County; that while at Wilmington, they were employed in scouting parties and various services against the Tories and in guarding the Town. That after remaining there a considerable time, intelligence was received that the Tories were marching towards that place; upon which the Minute man were marched out to oppose them and took up their station at Moore's Creek Bridge where we were joined by several Regiments of North Carolina Militia under General Caswell [Richard Caswell]. The morning after the junction, the Whigs were fired upon [by] the Tories from the opposite side of the Bridge. The fire was immediately returned and McLeod, the Tory Colonel and commanding officer, who was at the head of his men, was killed. A Captain Campbell of the Tories, called the Captain of the Broad swordsman, was also killed. Upon the fall of McLeod, the Tories immediately made a precipitant retreat. He received a discharge from Captain Clinton which he delivered to one Jeremiah Queen [?] in order to receive his pay for him. Queen has been long since dead & he knows [not] what has become of his Discharge.
2. He enlisted in the Army of the United States, the time not recollected, but at an early period of the War, for twelve months in a company of which Alfred Moore was Captain and in the first Regiment of the North Carolina line, on the Continental establishment, of which ___ [blank in original] Moore was Colonel. He enlisted in Wilmington, North Carolina (being then a resident of Sampson County North Carolina). From Wilmington the Regiment marched to Charleston, South Carolina.
After remaining there sometime, they returned to Wilmington and after having served the period for which he was enlisted, he was discharged and received a written discharge, which he afterwards gave to one Jeremiah Queen of South Carolina in order to get his pay. He never received any pay and Queen has been long since dead & he knows not what has become of the discharge.
3. About twelve months after his tour in the Continental service, he volunteered as a private, then residing in Sampson County, in a company of militia commanded by Captain William Dann [?] and of which one John Matthews was Lieutenant for a service of three months. Marched first to Blueford's Bridge on the North East River; thence up the North East River to a place called Holly Shelter where they were stationed some time. While stationed there, a detachment of British then under the command of Major Craig at Wilmington came out to attack the American force stationed at Holly Shelter. From inferiority of force, Captain Dann ordered a retreat and they were so closely pursued by the British as to be obliged to throw their ammunition in the River. The men under Captain Dann were ordered to disperse and return home. By the time he (Fowler) returned to Sampson, his term of service had expired. He received no written discharge. He was discharged as above stated. He has no documentary evidence of his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
S/John Fowler, X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day &a year aforesaid.
Answers by the applicant to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department as propounded to him by the Court:
1. In Sampson County (then Duplin) in the year 1747, as I have understood.
2. I have not.
3. In Sampson County, I resided about 20 years in Lancaster district South Carolina and since then in Columbus County North Carolina.
4. I enlisted in the Minute service and in the Continental line and was a volunteer in the service last mentioned.
5. This interrogatory is answered as far as I can recollect in the body of my declaration.
6. I have answered the in her auto Tory fully in the body of my declaration.
FOWLER, JOHN
Ancestor #: A041123
Service:
NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 1747 NEW HANOVER CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: POST 10-7-1844 PIKE CO ALABAMA
Pension Number: *S16809
Service Source: *S16809
Service Description:
1) CAPTS CLINTON,MOORE,VANN,
2) COLS KENAN,MOORE
http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/s16809.pdf
Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of John Fowler S16809
State of North Carolina, County of Columbus: Superior Court of Law: Fall Term 1832
On this the ___ [blank in original] day of ___ [blank in original], personally appeared in open
Court before the Worshipful Moore Lennon, Bythell Hawes & [?], justices of the Piece for the County of Columbus, presiding in the Superior Court of and for said County, now sitting, John Fowler, a resident of the County of Columbus, and State of North Carolina, aged Eighty-five years, 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 herein stated.
[1.] Shortly after the commencement of hostilities in this part of the Country, but the year & month not recollect, he enlisted as a private (having received a bounty of three dollars and a paw [?] of Books) at Matthews' Old Field in the County of Sampson (then a resident of said County) for a service of six months in a company of Minute men of which Richard Clinton was Captain, Patrick Stewart, Lieutenant and one Barren, Ensign. The company marched to Wilmington, North Carolina, and there joined another company of Minute men under the command of Captain James Love, both companies being commanded by Colonel James Kenan of Duplin County; that while at Wilmington, they were employed in scouting parties and various services against the Tories and in guarding the Town. That after remaining there a considerable time, intelligence was received that the Tories were marching towards that place; upon which the Minute man were marched out to oppose them and took up their station at Moore's Creek Bridge where we were joined by several Regiments of North Carolina Militia under General Caswell [Richard Caswell]. The morning after the junction, the Whigs were fired upon [by] the Tories from the opposite side of the Bridge. The fire was immediately returned and McLeod, the Tory Colonel and commanding officer, who was at the head of his men, was killed. A Captain Campbell of the Tories, called the Captain of the Broad swordsman, was also killed. Upon the fall of McLeod, the Tories immediately made a precipitant retreat. He received a discharge from Captain Clinton which he delivered to one Jeremiah Queen [?] in order to receive his pay for him. Queen has been long since dead & he knows [not] what has become of his Discharge.
2. He enlisted in the Army of the United States, the time not recollected, but at an early period of the War, for twelve months in a company of which Alfred Moore was Captain and in the first Regiment of the North Carolina line, on the Continental establishment, of which ___ [blank in original] Moore was Colonel. He enlisted in Wilmington, North Carolina (being then a resident of Sampson County North Carolina). From Wilmington the Regiment marched to Charleston, South Carolina.
After remaining there sometime, they returned to Wilmington and after having served the period for which he was enlisted, he was discharged and received a written discharge, which he afterwards gave to one Jeremiah Queen of South Carolina in order to get his pay. He never received any pay and Queen has been long since dead & he knows not what has become of the discharge.
3. About twelve months after his tour in the Continental service, he volunteered as a private, then residing in Sampson County, in a company of militia commanded by Captain William Dann [?] and of which one John Matthews was Lieutenant for a service of three months. Marched first to Blueford's Bridge on the North East River; thence up the North East River to a place called Holly Shelter where they were stationed some time. While stationed there, a detachment of British then under the command of Major Craig at Wilmington came out to attack the American force stationed at Holly Shelter. From inferiority of force, Captain Dann ordered a retreat and they were so closely pursued by the British as to be obliged to throw their ammunition in the River. The men under Captain Dann were ordered to disperse and return home. By the time he (Fowler) returned to Sampson, his term of service had expired. He received no written discharge. He was discharged as above stated. He has no documentary evidence of his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
S/John Fowler, X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day &a year aforesaid.
Answers by the applicant to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department as propounded to him by the Court:
1. In Sampson County (then Duplin) in the year 1747, as I have understood.
2. I have not.
3. In Sampson County, I resided about 20 years in Lancaster district South Carolina and since then in Columbus County North Carolina.
4. I enlisted in the Minute service and in the Continental line and was a volunteer in the service last mentioned.
5. This interrogatory is answered as far as I can recollect in the body of my declaration.
6. I have answered the in her auto Tory fully in the body of my declaration.
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