Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,030, John Boren, Md.
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SERVICE
Md.

Boren, John

NUMBER
R. 1,030
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34, 817
John Boren
Pennsylvania

Please direct to
M. P. Fetterman
Beaver
Beaver County
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania
Beaver County SS

On the fifth day of
[March] A.D. 1839 personally appeared in open
[court] before the Hon. John Bredin Esq. President, and
Benjamin Adams Esq and John Nesbit Esq, associate
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County
John Boren a resident of New Sewickly Township
County aforesaid aged eighty four years, who being duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provisions made by the act of Congress passed the
7th day of June A.D. 1832. That he was born in 1755
Baltimore County, Maryland, his age was recorded
in his Fathers Bible, but at the decease of his father
said Bible did not come into declarants possession
and what has become of it or where it is he knows
not. That when he was in his twenty third or fourth
year, then residing in said County of Baltimore he
enlisted in the Army of the United States, as a private
soldier, for a term of three years, in a company
commanded by Robert Lemmon div[?] Lieutenant & Sam[ue]l
Brison - he does not recollect the number of the
regiment, but does recollect that the colonels name
was Isaac Hammond and that his Majors name
was Joseph Cox. He enlisted in 1775. After he enlisted
he remained some time in the City of Baltimore with
his company and from there he marched
with his regiment to McCallistertown
Maryland, laid there a short time an
then from thence was marched to Bunker
Hill, laid there some time, march from
there to within a few miles of the Brandywine
(Pennsylvania) arrived there a few days before
the battle of Brandywine. He and the regiment to
which he belonged were in that battle. He was
on the right wing with the Maryland troops who
were warmly engaged with the enemy. A few
days after that battle, cant certainly recollect
how long his term of service having expired he
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was discharged, his discharge was in writing a [given?]
by his captain but is lost. At the time he was
discharged the regiment to which he belonged
had fallen back to the foot of Chestnut Hill.
After his discharge he returned to Baltimore County
aforesaid where he continued to reside until
the year 1778 when he again entered the service
of the United States as a substitute for one
of his uncles by the name of Richard Davis
in a company of Militia under the command of
Captain James Thompson, Maryland Militia,
for the term of six months, was in no particular 
engagement, and at no time at any
great distance from the city of Baltimore,
the city was under constant apprehension
of a visit from the enemy; at the expiration
of his term of service he was discharged by
his captain, his discharge was in writing
but is lost. Your declarent then returned
home and remained there till the spring
of 1781 when he again entered the service
the United States, Maryland Militia,
entering as a substitute for a Robert Davis,
another of his Uncles, in a company commanded
by the aforesaid Captain Thompson
whose company of Militia was then attached
the army under General Morgan and was
present at the battle of the Cowpens,
although he and his company were not
actually engaged in it. Some days after
said battle his terms of service having expired
he was discharged. The discharge was
in writing, given by his captain but is
lost. He does not recollect the names
of the Lieutenants the two last times he was
out. He recollects of seeing General Green
Major Lee and Col. Washington at the
Cowpens. He does not recollect any of
the Continental or Militia regiments that he
belonged to, the army the last times he was 
out,or at  [???] times during the period
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of his service either in the Maryland Line or
the Militia he was not engaged in any line
pursuit. After his discharge he returned
home to the County of Baltimore where he
lived three or four years and then moved to
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, where he
lived ten years from there he moved to Beaver
County State of Pennsylvania, where he
has continued here since to reside. He
is known to Jarvis Dunlap, John M. Seekers
Isaac Walker Esq, David Hoops, John Hoops
and Mather Brooks Esq who live in his
present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to his character for truth and veracity
and their belief of his services as a soldier
in the revolutionary War. The reason that
he never before applied for a pension is that
he was always until lately, able to work and
provide for himself and his family
which was small. That he knows of no
person now living who knew him to have
been in the army of the United States, but that
George Swager who now lives in Beaver County
aforesaid and whose deposition is appended
to this declaration, seen him in Hagerstown
Maryland immediately after his last dischage
And when he was returning home - And he the
said applicant doth hereby relinquish every claim
whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the
present and declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of any agency in any State
or territory, and that by reason of extreme
old age and loss of memory he is unable
to detail more particularly the events
and circumstances of his several terms of
service.
his mark
John Boren

Sworn & subscribed in
open Court this 3d
March A.D. 1839

S.W. Sprott, Proth[onotar]y
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And on the day and year aforesaid the Court
foresaid propounded to the said applicant
the following Interrogatories, the answers
to which are embodied in his declaration
are satisfactory.

1st. When and in what year were you born?

2d. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?

3d. Where were you living when called into service;
where have you lived since the revolutionary War
and where do you now live?

4th. How were you called into service; were you
drafted did you volunteer or were you a
substitute? And if a substitute for whom?

5th. 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.

6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from
the service, and if so by whom was it given
and what has become of it?

7th. Statethe names of persons to whom
you are known in your present neighbourhood
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The declarant replies to the first interrogatory as
follows: That he was born in Baltimore County State of
Maryland in the year 1755.

Ans. to 2nd. As his age was recorded in his Fathers
Bible, but at the death of his father his Bible did not
come into declarents possession, and what has become
of it or where it is he knows not

3rd. He was residing in the County of Baltimore
State of Maryland when called into service that he
lived three or four years in said County after the close
of the revolutionary war, and then moved to
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, where he lived
ten years, from there he moved to Beaver County
Pennsylvania where he has continued ever since
to reside, and does now reside

4th. The first time that he entered the service
of the United States he enlisted as a private soldier
for the term of three years in a company commanded
by Robert Lemmon of the Maryland line, the
second and third times he entered, he entered as a
substitute, first for a man named Richard Davis
an uncle of his, secondly as a substitute for
other uncle named Robert Davis

5th. He states that Capt. Robert Lemmon and
Lieut Samuel Bryson commanded the company
to which he belonged, his Col. name was Isaac
Hammond, his Majors name was Joseph Fox
he also recollects Genl Green, Maj. Lee and Col
Washington, he does not recollect the numbers
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of any Continental or Militia regiments, that after
he had enlisted in 1775 he remained with his company 
in the City of Baltimore for some time he cant
recollect how long, from there they were marched to
McCallisters Town Maryland, laid there a short
time, and from thence were marched to Bunkers
Hill where they remained a considerable time
marched from there to within a few miles of the
Brandywine Pennsylvania, where they arrived
a few days before the Battle of Brandywine
he and the Regiment to which he belonged were
in that Battle, They were on the right wing with
the Maryland troops who were warmly engaged
with the enemy. The first time that he entered
the Militia as a substitute they were not in any
particular engagement and at no time were
they at any great distance from the City of Baltimore,
the City being under constant apprehension
of a visit from the enemy the second time he
entered the Militia he was attached to the army
under Genl Morgan, and was present at the
Battle of the Cowpens, although, he and his company
were not actually engaged in it.

6th. He received one discharge from Capt. Robert
Lemmon, when his term of service in the regular
service had expired, he received his discharge from
Capt. James Thompson, the expiration of
each tour of service in the Militia his discharges
were all in writing, but were lost.

7th. Garvin Dunlap, John M. Lukens, Isaac
Walker Esq., David Hoops, John Hoops, and
Matthew Brooks Esq. live in his present neighbourhood
and can testify as to his character for
truth and veracity, and their belief of his services
as a soldier in the revolutionary war
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And also on the day and year aforesaid
personally appeared in open Court George
Swager, a resident of said County, who being
duly sworn according to law upon his oath
saith that he is now about seventy six years
of age and is a revolutionary of the goverment
of the United States for services rendered by him
during the revolutionary War, that he well
recollects of seeing John Boren the aforesaid
applicant shortly after the battle of the Cowpens;
seen him in Hagerstown Maryland, when your
deponent was then an apprentice to a trade,
that said Bowen was dressed in military
uniform and had the letters U. S. A. on the
buttons of his coat. he became acquainted
with Boren at that time and had frequent
conversations with him. he then told deponent
that he had belonged to the United States
Army andhad lately been discharged
also told deponent how long and when he
had served but deponent does not now recollect.
He recollects Boren well from
a peculiar stammering in his speech
and from his general appearance. At that
time their was a good many soldiers
scattered through Hagerstown & the surrounding
neighborhood who all appeared to have
be discharged. He is certain that the
foregoing applicant is the same man
he saw in Hagerstown. Has known him
also for many years in Beaver County
aforesaid but has not lived in his
immediate neighborhood and that
Borens statement is in his opinion entitled to credit
and further saith not.
Geo Swager

Sworn & subscribed
in open Court the
day & year aforesaid
S.W. Sprott Proth[onotar]y
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Also at the time aforesaid personally appeared
in open Court Matthew Brooks Esq and
who being sworn according to law do depose and
certify they are immediate neighbours at this
time of the said applicant, that they are
acquainted with him, that they believe he
is of the age he represents, and that he is reported
and believed in the neighborhood in which
he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier,
and that they concur in that opinion,
That they are also well acquainted with
George Swager whose 
deposition is hereunto annexed, that his
reputation for truth and veracity is good &
his statement entitled to credity.
Matthew Brooks

Sworn & subscribed in
open court the day
& year aforesaid.
S. W. Sprott Proth[onotar]y

Also at the time aforesaid personally
appeared in open Court James Flemings who
being duly sworn according to law do depose
& certify that he is an immediate neighbour
at this time of the said applicant, that he believes
he is of the age he represents, and that he is reported
and believed in the neighbourhood in which he resides
to have been a revolutionary soldier and that
he concurs in that opinion.
James Flemings

Sworn & subscribed in
open Court the day
and year aforesaid.
S. W. Sprott Proth[onotar]y
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and the said Court do hereby deliver their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter
and after propounding the interrogatories prescribed
by the war department, that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served
as he states, and that it appears to the said
Court that Matthew Brooks and James Fleming
who have signed the preceding certificates are
residents of the said County of Beaver and
neighbours to the said applicant and that they
are credible persons, and that they are of good
character, and that their statement is entitled
to credit, and that George Swager, who has signed
the foregoing deposition is likewise a credible
person, and of good character and that his
Statement is entitled to credit
Attest
S. W. Sprott Proth[onotar]y

Beaver County SS
I S.W. Sprott Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of said
County, do hereby certify, that the
forgoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the
matter of the application for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and the seal of said Court, this fifth day
of March A.D. 1839.
S.W. Sprott Proth[onotar]y.
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[Marginal note]
Searched
by
MMHF

May 15, 1931

Mr. Elmer W. Loring
Box 384
Wildwood, Florida

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
EEL
Oen

Dear Sir:

You are advised that this bureau is unable to furnish
the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a
claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account
of his services.

A careful search of the records fails to show such
claim on file on account of the service of any soldier
of Maryland with surname Boring. The histories which
follow are of the only soldiers with surname Boring and
the only one of Maryland with similar spelling, that are
found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, R. 1030, that John Boren was born in 1755,
in Baltimore County, Maryland.

He applied for pension March 5, 1839, while residing
in Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and
alleged that while living in Baltimore County, Maryland,
he enlisted in 1775, for three years, served as a private
in Captain Robert Lemmon's Company, Colonel Isaac Hammond's
Maryland Regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine and was
discharged a few days thereafter; that he enlisted in 1778.
and served six months as a substitute for his uncle, Richard
Davis, in Captain James Thompson's Maryland Company, and
that he again enlisted in 1781, served as a substitute for
another uncle, Robert Davis, in Captain Thomas's
Company, was at the battle of Cowpens and was discharged a
few days after that battle.
sion laws.

His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish
proof of the alleged service as was required by the pension
laws.

After the Revolution, he resided in Baltimore County,
Maryland, for three or four years: then moved to Huntingdon
County, Pennsylvania, where he resided for ten years;
then moved to Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

His family is referred to, no names are given.
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John Boren
Pennsylvania
Suspended

See let. [crossed out: 31st July]
[crossed out: 1839] to M.P. Fetterman

to [crossed out: 26 July 39?]
1030

Act 7 June 1832
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1877

N. P. Fetterman, Esqr,
Beaver,
Pennsylvania

Mail
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Land Office, Annapolis, 29th Augt, 1839,

Dear Sir.
Yours of the 23rd Inst was received. In reply, I have to
inform you, that the records of the revolution in this Office, afford
no evidence of the service of John Boren, his name does not appear
upon the Muster rolls of the Continental troops, the officer,
Capt. Robert Lemmon, under whom he alleges
to have served, commanded a company in the Militia of Baltimore
County, there is no muster or pay role to be found, of his Company, I cannot
therefore say, how long he was in service or when he left it,

I am very respectfully,
Yr obt svt
G. G. Brewer

N. P. Fetterman Esq
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FREE

A. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[marginal note]
[???]
PA.
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Beaver 20th Sept. 1839.

A. L. Edwards Esq

Sir,
Agreeably to your suggestion
I wrote to the Land office at Ancropolis for information
relative to the serices of John Boren, an applicant for a
pension, and have received in reply the enclosed which
I forward to you. I have delayed reading it till now
hoping to get some other testimony but have not
succeeded.

Very respectfully
N. P. Fetterman
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N. P. Fetterman
Sept. 26 '39
OC
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478
War Dept Pen. Office
Sept 26, 1839

Sir
The letter of G. G. Brewer Esq
respecting the service of John Boren
transmitted by you to this office has been
filed with his other papers. The claim
will remain suspended for such further
testimony as it may be in your power
to obtain.

N. P. Fetterman Esq.
Beaver
Pa.
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Ex'r. INVALID.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
1030

P. O. John Boren
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18
Discharged: [blank], 18
Printed list of 1852 shows
cause of suspension
Application filed: [blank], 18
"suspended for further
proof of service,"
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]

[right page]
1931 - May 15. Hist to
Elmer W. Boring. EEJ
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M. P. Fetterman
July 31, 1839
O.C.
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546
War Dept Pen. Office
July 31, 1843

Sir,
The papers in the case
of John Bowen have been examined
and filed with [???]ded
cases. Application should
be made to George G. Brewer Esq
Register of the Land Office at
Annapolis, Md for proof of the alleged
service as an enlisted soldier.
If the records in his office offer
no proof of said service, it should
be proved by witnesses from personal
knowledge. If no such proof can be
obtained the claim perhaps be allowed
for the alleged service as a milita
man, for two tours of three months each.
The militia did not perform actual
service for so long a term as six months
as set forth.
M. P Fetterman Esq.
Beaver
Pa

O.C.
entered
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[letterhead]
W. OTIS HUNT.
POST COMMANDER

S. A. HOLLIHAN.
POST ADJUTANT
AND SERVICE OFFICER

ELMER BORING
FINANCE OFFICER

AMERICAN LEGION
TRI-CITY POST No. 18
WILDWOOD, FLORIDA

April 25th, 1931.

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir,

I am seeking information relative to the Boring
Ancestors. According to what information I have now the family
originally settled in Baltimore County Maryland when they came to
to this Country back in the 17th century. It is my understanding that
there were quite a few Borings in Baltimore County in 1776. And
John Boring was the first Mayor of Lord of Baltimore. And there was
an Ezekiel Boring who was given a grant of land in this county in
1795 consisting of some 300 acres of land known as Borings
Habitation Rock.

Major General C. H. Bridges of the Adjutant General
Office of the War Department has advised me that you might be able
to give some information concerning early settlers of this County.

If you have any record of this family as to civil
or military service I would certainly appreciate any information
you might be able to give me.

Yours very truly,
Elmer W Boring

Have you any record of any pensions having been paid
to any Boring for Revolutionary War service?

Elmer Boring
Box 384
Wildwood Fla