CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - Michael McDowell, Revolutionary War
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State of Tennessee, Claiborne County

This day personally appeared before Samuel Powell, Judge of the Circuit Court 
of law and equity in the state of Tennessee the same being a Court of Record, 
Michael McDowell age 85 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth 
on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of 
an Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.  
States that he entered the services of the United States under the following 
named officers and served as herein states that he resided in the County of 
Bedford in the State of Virginia and some time in the year of 1777 or in the 
year of 1778 he was drafted to perform a three month tour of duty in the 
services his county and that he belonged to company commanded by Capt. Arthur 
which said company was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. James 
Calaway then marched to the lead mines in the western part of Virginia and we 
then built a fort and we were there stationed until my time of service has 
expired and then it was that Col. Calaway called upon us to volunteer our 
services in the cause of our country for the time of three months which this 
applicant did do in good faith and he states most positively that he did serve 
his country under the command of Capt. William Selfridge at the same fort and 
after his time of service had again expired this applicant returned home to 
his residence in the State of Virginia in Bedford County and some time after 
this applicant returned home he again volunteered himself under Capt. Arthur 
and we then marched against the Indians who were committing many defamations 
on the inhabitants of Virginia and the applicant states that he served in the 
campaign as long as his services was required by the commanding officer, but 
the precise time he does not recollect and then being discharged from service 
he returned to his residence in the County of Bedford.
And this applicant begs leave further to represent to the department that some 
time after he had returned home from the last above mentioned campaign that he 
united himself with some of his neighbors and friends together with a vow to 
protect the women and children from the scalping knife of the savage and often 
performing a great deal of hard labour in the service of our country and after 
the spring of the year had set in and the savages had left the frontier we 
again returned home the applicant states that he believes taking the whole of 
his service together that he served in the cause of his country for the term 
of nine months although it may be more or it may be less.
Said applicant also states that he has no documentary evidence of his services 
nor does he know of any livning testimony by whom he can prove his services.  
He a few days ago went to see his Capt. (to wit) Capt. Arthur who now lives in 
the State of Kentucky and that he found that the said Arthur is parylized and 
so palsied that he cannot speak so as to be understood which now fully appears 
no reference to a document, herewith presented and signed by one of the 
Justices of the Peace in said state.  Hereby relinquish his every claim to a 
pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the 
pensions roll of any angency of any state whatsoever.

Sworn to in open court Dec. __ 1832