Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8082, Charles Borer, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Borer, Charles
S. 8082
Carded
CONTENTS
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Virginia 16.644
Charles Borer
Pendleton in the State of Va
he was a  pr: in the commanded
Captain of the Regh commanded
by Col. Shepperd in the 2d line for 9 months
Inscribed on the roll of Virginia at the rate of 
30 Dollars [line] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sept
and surn Wm M. Cryer:
Franklin [line] va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 3
75 -
15 -
$90 -
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by N. Rice --- Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 3
Letter to the Auditor & J. Gales Jr
22d Oct 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the 
act of the 6th April 1838 agt 
notified 30 Oct 1839.
Letter to 3d Auditor 31 March 1840
Paid as above from 4 Sept
1838 to 4th March 1839. Agent
notified 16 April 1840
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No 25693
Charles Borer Pendleton County
Virginia

Oann USA
Mute
9 mo $30

Wm M Coy Jr Franklin Virginia 
Pendleton County
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
5. August 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claims, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined , and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Charles Borer Pendleton County Virginia
Period when the
service was
rendered.
1777
1780
1781
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years
Months 
3
6 
Days
Rank of the claimant.
Private
"
Names and rank of the Field offices under whom he served.
Cap Parsons, [Partons] [Parton] [Parson] Col Gibson 
Genl Hand, Col Shepherd
Cap Hamilton, Colonel Harrison
Age at present, and cplace of abode when he entered the service.
72 years
Hampshire 
County 
Virginia
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
one witness
not certified credible - and one piece documentary evidence paper authenticated.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.   The Regular Troops.
2.   The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.   Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.   Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of 
County of                        
On this          day of          personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident of (b) of          in the county of                and State, Territory or District of                aged (c)              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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)          ,
with          and served in the            (e) regiment of the          line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service;  (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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 any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of          
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year of the aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicatnt was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I               of the Court of              
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                
for a pension. 
In the testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of       
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the avobe declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                            Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this              day of            &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition,, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service' were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these [persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other person, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party, And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court of County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. [Et cetera] . A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] . For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months", is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. [Et cetera] without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service, This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[THE FOLLOWING (j) IS {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY]
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. [THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE IS UNDERLINE FOR EMPHASIS] The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
[THE FOLLOWING (k & m) ARE {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY]
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Va. Borer Charles S.8082
Carded
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State of Virginia
Pendleton County ⎬SS

On this 8th day of May 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the justices of the County Court of the said County, now sitting. Charles Borer, aged 72 years, a resident of the said County in the State of Virginia,
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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as is herein stated--

On or about the 1st day of October 1777 (as near as I can recollect) I (the above named Charles Borer) entered the service, as a volunteer to serve three months as a private in the Company of Volunteers commanded by Captain James Parsons, Lieut Robert
Cuningham & Ensign Adam Fisher of the County of Hampshire. I being at that time a resident of the said County of Hampshire. 

The company of Captain Parsons was raised to go against the Indians on the North Western frontier, and was rendezvoused at Moorefield on or about the 1st day of October 1777, and from thence marched immediately to Pittsburg, at which place we were
stationed, about one month, under the command of Colonel Gibson, who I believe was an officer in the Regular service.

General Hand commanded the post at Pittsburg at that time--

About this time a company of Virginia Militia commanded by Captain Foreman, fell into an ambuscade of the Indians, not far below Wheeling Va., and as I understood, all except one man was cut off. After the account of this defeat reached Pittsburg, the Company of Captain Parsons was sent down the Ohio River to Wheeling, where we were stationed under the command of Colonel Shepherd. I remained at Wheeling until the expiration of my three months term of Service, When I was
(together with the balance of the Company) marched back to Hampshire by Captain Parsons, and there discharged --

Afterwards, some time in the year 1780 or 1781, as near as I can recollect, I was drafted in the County of Hampshire, to perform another Tour of three months in the Militia. A certain Captain Richardson of said County, however persuaded us that we were illegally drafted, that it was not our turn to go, and gave us
writings, from under his hand, to that purport, -- In consequence of these representations, I together with several other men then drafted, refused to march, when called on. But I paid
dearly for having followed the advice of Capt. Richardson --
I was taken forcibly by Jacob Fisher, and Thomas Parsons
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and by them carried to Winchester Va. where I was given up to Lieutenant Frely, and in place of three months, I was condemned to serve Six months, (for my ignorance and contumacy), which I faithfully performed as will appear by reference to my discharge herewith annexed, --During this Six month term of service I was marched from Winchester to Fredericksburg Virginia, from thence to Cumberland Old Court House in North Carolina, where I was stationed a short term, during the time we lay at this place, all the other drafted men from Hampshire, who had been condemned to serve for six months, deserted, except myself and Jacob Pickell.  Pickell asked me one day what I intended to do?--my reply was, that "I would serve out my time, and that when I had done so, and got home again, I should be a free man". -- From Cumberland Old Court House--I was marched to Richmond Virginia, where I was stationed two or three months, under the command of Capt. Hamilton, and Col. Benjamin Harrison of Rockingham County Virginia.  In the spring or summer of 1782, the Indians had broken into the settlement on the North Fork of the South Branch of Potomack, and murdered some of the inhabitants, and there being a call for men, I was sent back, together with others, by Colonel Harrison, from Richmond, with a letter to the County Lieutenant of Hampshire, Joseph Nevill, who sent me on an [illegible] across the Alleghany Mountains to Tygarts Valley; to learn whether the Indians had committed any depredation, on the settlement there.  The Indians having disappeared, and my term of service being completed, I was honourably discharged sometime in the summer of the year 1782, by Lieutenant Joseph Nevill, (afterwards Genl. Nevill).  I did not secure a written discharge at the time, but on application to Lieut. Nevill some time afterward, he furnished me with the discharge herewith annexed.  This explanation is considered necessary to account for the date of my discharge--Under the two engagements, I Served at least nine months, during the War of the Revolution.  The evidence of my service is the written discharge of Lieut. Nevill, and the testimony of David Reel now of Hardy County, who served with me, during the three months tour against the Indians---He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present, and declares, that,
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that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.  Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid} Charles his x mark Borer And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.--I Zebulon Dyer Clerk of the County Count of Pendleton County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Borer for a pension-- In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of Office this 29th day of May 1833 and in the 5th year of the Commonwealth.  Z Dyer
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August 26, 1936
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BA-J/MCS
Charles Borer,S. 8082

Jessie D. Borror
Danville
Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Charles Borror and Herk or Hercules Yankee, who served in the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of a Herk or Hercules Yankee.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 8082, based upon the military service of Charles Borer.

While a resident of Hampshire County, Virginia, he enlisted about October 1, 1777, and served three months as private in Captain James Parsons' Company in Colonels Gibson's and Shepherd's Virginia regiments. He enlisted in 1781 as private in Captain Hamilton's Company in Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Virginia Regiment; in the spring of 1782 he was detached to go on an express, serving under Lieutenant Joseph Nevill, and he was discharged in the summer [handwritten note: Diss. dated Dec - 20, 1782] of 1782, having served six months in all. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 8, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Pendleton County, Virginia, aged seventy-two years.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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May 24, 1934
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Charles Borer, S.8082
BA-J/MCS

Mr. F. W. Sydnor
3320 North Avenue
Richmond
Virginia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Charles Borer who was pensioned while living in Pendleton County, Virginia.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 8082, based upon the military service of Charles Borer.

While a resident of Hampshire County, Virginia, he enlisted about October 1, 1777, and served three months as private in Captain James Parsons' Company in Colonels Gibson's and Shepherd's Virginia regiments. He enlisted in 1781 as private in Captain Hamilton's Company in Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Virginia Regiment; in the spring of 1782 he was detached to go on an express, serving under Lieutenant Joseph Nevill, and he was discharged in the summer of 1782, having served six months in all. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 8, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Pendleton County, Virginia, aged seventy-two years.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

[handwritten note: Soldier's death not on Agency Book]
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December 16, 1926

Mrs. W. P. Bowdry
1804 Sixth Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8082, it appears that CHARLES BORER, while a resident of Hampshire County, Virginia, enlisted October 1, 1777, and served three months as a private in Captain James Parsons' Company in Colonel Gibson's and Shepherd's Virginia Regiments. He enlisted in 1781 as a private in Captain Hamilton's Company in Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Virginia Regiment ; in the spring of 1782 he was detached to go on an express, serving under Lieutenant Joseph Nevill, and he was discharged in the summer of 1782, having served six months in all.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 8, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Pendleton County, Virginia, aged seventy-two years.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Charles Boren.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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1926. Dec. 16 hist to Mrs. W. P. Bowdry
MCS
1934. May 24. hist. to Mr F. W. Sydnor M.C.S.
1931. Aug 26. hist. to Mrs. D. Borror. M.C.S.

8082
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 8082
Charles Borer
Priv. Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1st, Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Charles Borer
S.F. 8082
Va.

Chas Borer
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Charles Borer a Six month Soldier having Served the time for Which he was Condemn'd to The Westward agreeable to Instructions from the Govern is hereby discharged Given under my hand this 20th day of Decr. 1782
Jos. Nevill Lieut
Hampshire
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Franklin Pendleton County Va.
Augt. 15th 1833 -

Sir
I have the honour herewith to return the papers in the case of the application of Charles Borer, for a pension under the law of June 7- 1832 -
The objection pointed out by you in your now of the 6th. Inst. having been removed, by the certificate of the magistrate of Hardy Court, before whom the testimony of David Reel was taken, and the credibility of the said Witness being now Certified; I hope the case will meet with a speedy and favourable investigation
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Wm Wiley Jr.

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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David Reel's Testimony
in support of the
Declaration of Charles
Borer. -
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State of Virginia
Hardy County} SS.
On this 27th day of April, 1833, before me Jacob Sites a justice of the peace in and for the said County, personally appeared David Reel, a resident of the County aforesaid, and made oath that he is well acquainted with Charles Borer, now a resident of the County of Pendleton, that he believes him to be 72 years of age, and that in the War of the Revolution during the year 1777 he the said Reel served a three months tour, as a private in a Company of Militia of Hampshire County, Commanded by Captain James Parsons, on the Waters of the Ohio River, against the Indians; and that the above named Charles Borer also served in the said Company as a private and in the same mess, with him the said Reel. That the said Company was stationed a short time at Pittsburg Pennsylvania, and afterwards sent down to Wheeling Virginia, where them, the said Borer and Reel continued to serve until the expiration of their term of three months service.
Sworn to and subscribed this} David Reel
27th day of April 1833 before} x his mark
the subscriber a justice of the}
peace for Hardy County
Jacob Sites

State of Virginia
Hardy County} SS.
I Jacob Sites a justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with David Reel who has subscribed and sworn to the above certificate, as to the services of Charles Borer and that he is a resident in the said County of Hardy, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. Given under my hand this 14th day of August 1833
Jacob Sites
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Virginia
Hardy County Sct
I James Carr Gamble, clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Jacob Sites Esqr, before whom the within affidavit was made is a justice of the peace & was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace for Hardy County, duly Commissioned & sworn: and that I believe the signature thereto to be his -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my Court this 6th day of May 1833 & in the 57th year of the Commonwealth-
Jas. Carr Gamble
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 11th, 1840.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", Charles Borer, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Thirty - Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838, to the 4th March 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 11th, 1840.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", Charles Borer, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Thirty - Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1837, to the 4th Sept.,1838.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Mr. A. D. Hiller, Ass't. Administrator,
Veteran's Administration Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

[stamp 1]
RICHMOND
MAY 19
1130 PM
1934
VA

[stamp 2]
MAY 21 1934
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Richmond, Virginia,
3320 North Avenue,
May 19th, 1934.

Dear Sir:
Kindly favor with the pension record of Charles Borer (Borrer, Borah) Revolutionary War. Report of Secretary of War, 1835, Pendleton County, Va.
Very truly yours,
[signed] F W Sydnor
F. W. Sydnor

3320 North Ave.,
Richmond, Va.
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MRS. W. P. BOWDRY
1804 SIXTH AVENUE
FORT WORTH
TEXAS

Also record of
Charles Boren
of Pendleton Co. Virginia, private under Capt.James Parsons.

Clara K. Bowdry.

Other part of this letter gone when case was handled in East Search Room
Jan, 15, 1941
MMHF
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Rev. + 1812 Wars
THE COMMERCIAL-NEWS
MORNING, EVENING AND SUNDAY
E. C. HEWES, Publisher
DANVILLE, ILLINOIS

August 12, 1935

War Department
United States Government
Washington, D.C.

Attention: PENSION Department

Gentlemen:

I am writing to obtain information regarding the war record of one Charles Borror (or Borrer) who served in the Revolutionary War.

A history of Pendleton County, West Virginia, lists him as a Revolutionary War pensioner in 1840 and gives his death as 1843 at the age of 83 years.

Also I would like any information regarding the war record of one Herk (Hercules) Yankee who served in the same war,according to the family records, and who probably would receive his pension at the Pendleton County address also.

Enclosed is a stamped, self-addressed envelop for a reply. Any information which you may give me in this matter will be greatly appreciated. [handwritten note: returned to sender Aug 17, 1935]

Yours very truly,
[signed] Jessie D. Borror
Jessie D. Borror

[Stamp 1]
RECEIVED
AUG 17 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #75

[Stamp 2]
RECEIVED
AUG 16 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #75
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Finance Division.
June 1, 1916
Chief of [illegible]
Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. D. Robeson Cash $.70/100, requesting the certified [illegible] as per letter herewith.
June 7, 1916 Finance Div to retain money
AWB
Law
Very respectfully,
[illegible]
Chief of Division.


70 cents rec'd
CW
Records of Mrs. 2448 - 20th St. N.W. city
D. Robeson 80 cents (10 of which has been returned by Law Division for a revenue stamp) for certified Copy of declaration in case of Charles Borer Va. Troops Rev War Sur. File No 8082
AWB Law
June 1, 1916
[stamp]
CHIEF'S DPT
JUNE - 1 1916
Division
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Date: June 6, 1916.
Name: Charles Borer
Va Troops, Rev. War.
Photostatic copies wanted of 1
[illegible] consisting of 3 pages
Remarks:
Exr. Wilkirson Chief: Rev. War. Section
APPROVED.
Chief. Law Division.:
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Law Division
AWB

June 7, 1916.

Mrs. D. Robeson,
2448 20th st., N.W.,
Washington, D.C.

Madam:
In compliance with your personal request of the 1st instant you will find herewith certified copy of certain papers on file in this Bureau in the case of Charles Borer, Virginia Troops, Revolutionary war, survivor's file No. 8082.
Respectfully,
G. M. SALTZGABER
Commissioner.

RWB/EOA
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Mrs D. Robeson
2448 - 20 St. N.W
Wash. D.C

personal inquiry of June 1. 1916.

Charles Borer. Va Troops, S8082 - Rev. War copy of declaration 3 sheets.
want it
certified to -

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