Pension Application for James Dowdentranscribed by Ran Raider, 24 October 1998 My comments appear in brackets []. Declaration of James Dowden, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of Kentucky
On this 13th day of Aug, personally offered
before the Worshipful, the county Court of Madison,
James Dowden, a resident of Madison County and
State of Kentucky, aged 75 years on the 14th day of Oct. next,
who being first duly sworn and according to law, doth, on his oath,
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the
pension made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted
in the army of the United States in the year 1779, with Maj. Thomas Bell
[Beall], and
served in the 1st Maryland Regiment of the Maryland line, under the following
officers, Maj. Thomas Bell [Beall], Capt. Anderson Tawneyhill [Adamson Tannehill
, ___ (or Josiah) Tawneyhill. He enlisted
on his return from serving a volunteer tour on the St. Lawrence [Ft. Laurens]
on the Muskinchum [Muskingum] river just above Fort Frederick, and marched Braddocks rear to
Pittsburgh, and from thence to Fort St. Lawrence [Ft. Laurens], from thence back to
Pittsburgh, from thence to the Munsee [Muncey] and Mingo towns, destroyed them and killed
near 30 Indians, from thence to winter quarters at Pittsburgh, from thence
to Fort Cotanian [Coshocton], from thence to winter quarters at McIntush
[Ft. MacIntosh] on the Ohio river,
from thence to the Delaware towns and destroyed them and killed about 21 Indians,
from thence to Anapolis to Gen. Smallwood. The next spring (1782) re enlisted
under Gen. Smallwood at Anapolis, and marched under Capt. [Walker] Muse the balance
of his officers he cannot recollect. From Anapolis we marched to ___ ___ and North
river to Gen. Washington and wintered at Smoke-hill, from thence to Stony Point,
from thence to Smoke-hill where we illuminated for the declaration of peace, from thence to
Fredericktown Maryland and there wintered, from thence to Pittsburgh under Maj.
Marberry [Joseph Marbury and wintered and in the spring 1785 received discharged for six years, signed by
Capt. David Luckett, and left it in the war office at Anapolis in the state
of Maryland Col. Richard Campbell [13th Virginia]
commander when I was at fort St. Lawrence [Ft. Laurens]
the despondent was born the 14th of Oct 1757. He has a record of his age in his
father's Bible, but he does not know where it is at present. I
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
And said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Mark Mayo Boatner III. Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1966.
Bernard C. Steiner. Western Maryland in the Revolution. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1902.
Steuart, Rieman. The History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783.
Towson: Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland, 1969.
Pension application transcribed by Ran Raider, 25 October 1998. |