REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - JAMES DOWDEN

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Declaration of James Dowden, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 
Congress of the 7th June 1832.

State of Kentucky

Madison County

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 do not know 
whether believe it was in Pennsylvania or Virginia that my father resided. It 
seems to be a matter of some doubt. I enlisted as above stated, and lived in 
Montgomery County Virginia about five years after my discharge, where I moved to 
Bourbon county in Kentucky, lived there one year and moved to Madison county, 
Kentucky where I now live. 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 the state.

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid

his

James Dowden

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And said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant as 
a revolutionary soldier and served as he states I, David Irvine, Clerk of the 
County Court of Madison in the state of Kentucky, do ___ that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the 
applicant of James Dowden for a pension

In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 13th 
day of Aug 1832