Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,658, Robert Boxwell, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Va


Boxwell, Robert

NUMBER
S. 34,658
CONTENTS
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75104
Entd
Maryland.
Robert Boxwell
Allegany in the State of Maryland
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel
Gibson of the Virginia line, 
for the term of 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 29 of April 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Mar 183 [illegible]
and sent to Wm McMahon
Cumberland Md.
Arrears to 4th Mar 1819  10 3/30 4/32 89.56
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48
[total] $127.56
Discontinued. 
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Allegany Cty Md. 

Dead. See letter to Hon F. 
Thomas H. R. 9 Apl 1834
[written perpendicular] Notification sent to John Goulding Esqr Genl Land Office
24 March 1826
S Spaulding, July 16 / 58
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Robt Boxwells-
[illegible]
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District of Maryland Allegany County SS
On this 29th day of April 1818 before me the
Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the fifth Judicial district of Maryland composed of Frederick 
Washington and Allegany counties personally appears
Robert Boxwell aged sixty one years residents in
Allegany County in the said district who being
by me first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the provision made by the late
act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land
and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War That he the said Robert Boxwell in the year 1781
enlisted in Frederick County in the State of Virginia
in the company commanded by Captain
Kirkpatrick of the first Virginia regiment that he
continued
in the
said
Corps or in
the service of the United States
until some time in the year
seventeen hundred & eighty two
 when he was discharged
from service in [blank] County - State 
of Virginia that he was at the siege of York and was engaged in several skirmishes
with the British at Savanna in Georgia - and
that he is in reduced circumstances and
stands in need of the assistance of his
Country for support and that he has no other
evidence now in his power of his said
services
Sworn to and declared before me on the day
and year aforesaid
[signature] Th. Buchanan

I Thomas Buchanan associate judge as aforesaid do certify that it
appears to my satisfaction, that the
said Robert Boxwell did serve in the
Revolutionary War as stated in the proceeding 
declaration
against the common enemy

Thomas Bucharan apolite
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and I now transmit the proceedings and
Testimony taken and had before me to the
Secretary for the department of War pursuant
to the directions of the aforementioned act of
Congress
[signature] Th. Buchanan

Maryland, Allegany County, to wit
I, Aza Beale, Clerk of Allegany County Court in the
State of Maryland hereby certify that the Honorable Thomas
Buchanan Esquire who appear to have signed the
aforegoing deposition and certificate was at the
time of taking and signing the same and ever since 
hath been one of the associate Judges of the Fifth
Judicial district of the State of Maryland composed of Allegany, Washington and Frederick Counties, 
duly commissioned and qualified, and to all his
acts as such full faith and credit is and ought
to be given.

Given under my hand and the seal of my
Office this Twenty Seventh day of May
in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred
and Eighteen
Aza Beale, Clk
of Allegany County Court

In addition to the foregoing
Certificate given by me on
the 29th day of April last, I further certify that it
appears to my satisfaction that the said Robert Boxwell
is in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the
assistance of his country for support
[signature] Th Buchanan
October 13, 1818
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Robert Boxwell
Pensioner
recordg & caseg application for Pension
Certificate Seal to same 
$1.35
.43
[total] $1.78/3

Paid by M Morell
Aza Beale

not entitled

John Goulding
Genl Ld Office
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STATE OF MARYLAND, Allegany County SS.
On this Eleventh day of October 1820, personally appeared in open court,
being a court of record of said county, Robert Boxwell aged sixty four
years, resident in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:- 
that he enlisted about the month
of March Seventeen hundred and eighty one under Captain Abraham Kirkpatricks Company of Infantry afterwards attached to Captain Conners and last attached to Captain Williams Company, and was engaged in a skurmish with the Indians under General August
near Savanah Georgia, that the served nineteen
months, was discharged about the month September
Seventeen hundred and eighty two, at Cumberland
Court house after the siege of York, that he made a declaration on oath of his application originally
on the 29th day of April 1818 that he received a Pension Certificate number 7510. 

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and
that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war,"
passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto
annexed, and by me subscribed.
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SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY, & c.

1 Mare $40/ 1 Mule Cow $10. 1 De De $9. 1 Red De $10.  $69. ~
1 Red Mule De $8. 1 Brindle De $10. 4 yearlings $16.  34.~
2 Heifers $12. one Lott of 9 Hogs $22.  34.~
1 Harrow and old Bais shear Plow 5.~
2 old Shovel Plows and 3 old Hoes 2.50
3 old axes and 2 old all attachs 5.~
3 pair of Horse Gears much worn.  6.~
1 Chest and Table $3.  1/2 Doz. chairs $7.  10.~
1 Dung and 1 Pitch Fork $1. 1 Cupboard & Dough Trought $3.  4.~
1 old all and & Iron Wedge $1. 3 Buckets & 2 Keelers  $5.  6.50
Kitchen Furniture $5.  1 Old Side Saddle $2.  7.~
Debts Due by me to Sundry Persons $200.~
Robert Boxwell

And the said Robert Boxwell further declares on
oath, that he is by occupation a Farmer that he's very infirm, he had his thigh bone broke and his
hip put out of joint and think that neither is in place, that he has a wife aged fifty nine years who is
infirm and the following children to wit. Robert Boxwell
aged 20 years & 9 months, William Boxwell aged 19 years and 5 months, Mary Boxwell aged 16 years, Elizabeth Boswell
aged 13 years, Deborah Boxwell aged 11 years & John Boxwell aged 9 years

Sworn to and declared on the Eleventh day of October 1820
In open Court
Test Aza Beale Clk

I Aza Beale
Clerk of Allegany County in the State of Maryland
do hereby that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred & eighty dollars. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 22nd day of November 1820. 
[signature] Aza Beale
Clerk of the Court for the County
of Allegany
In the State of Maryland
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O. W. & N. Division. 
F. S. 
[initialed] Our
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions,   M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., March 25, 1895
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of
-- Robert Boxwell --
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[column headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE. 

Mar. 1781 | 12 mos. | Pvt. | {Kirkpatrick/Conner/Williams | 1st Va. Regt. | Va. 
Battles engaged in, Siege of York.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Frederick Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, April 29, 1818. 
Residence at date of application, Allegany Co., Maryland.
Age at date of application, Sixty-one years. 
Remarks: 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner. 

John W. Boxwell, Esq., 
85 West Congress St., 
St. Paul, Minn. 

1904blm
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Baltimore. April 6, 1905.

My dear Sir -
Will you kindly send me the names of any Boxwell's that received pensions. 
[rectangular stamp not at legible] U. Navy Files
Apr 8 1905

They enlisted in The Revolutionary War from Frederick County
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Virginia, but in their old
days lived in Alleghany
County -Maryland
We have been told
that two
of them were
at the Siege of Yorktown.
and surrender of
Lord Cornwallis and afterwards received pensions
my interest is purely
personal as I am tracing
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up my mother's ancestors - the Boxwell family - 
your prompt attention will be
greatly appreciated. 
Address -
Miss Laura S. Crown
6 East Franklin St.
Baltimore Md.

[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE A
APR 7 1905
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85 West Congress St., St. Paul, Minn.
March 18, 1895
B. 
[rectangular stamp] O.W. & N. DIV.
MAR 21 1895
CHIEF'S DESK 

Hon Wm. Lochren Com. of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:-
I had forgotten that my ancestors Joseph Boxwell and Robert Boxell, brothers, and Virginians, moved to Alleghany County, Maryland, more than thirty years after the Revolutionary War, and I have just, by accident, found their names on page 26 (middle paging) in Vol. 2, Senate documents Pension Roll, printed in 1835.  They were living in Alleghany Co., Maryland, when they were placed on the Revolutionary Pension roll in 1819. 
I owe you so much for courtesy, that I reluctantly trouble you again, but I shall be doubly and trebly grateful for as full a record as can be obtained of their services in the Revolutionary war.  over
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The name is spelled "Boxwell," as my own is spelled in the Minn. History of the Civil War. There are surely some clerical errors in the Sen. Doc. Pension Roll. Joseph Boxwell is put in the Maryland line, a mistake somehow resulting from his transfer "from Virginia July 27, 1838, from March 4, 1830 maybe. The date "1838" is impossible, as the book was printed in 1835. Perhaps, it was 1833. He was surely in the Virginia line, as well as his brother Robert Boxwell, who was but 16 years old when he enlisted and went with his older brother "Joe." You cannot change the record, but I hope it will correct several mistakes in the Sen. Doc. Pension Roll. they were both surely in the Virginia Continental line, and together all through the war. They were under Gen. Anthony Wayne a part of the time, and were in Georgia.  I suppose in 1782, after Yorktown. 
Most respectfully, 
John W. Boxell.
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P. S., and too much, I know. 

Myself and seven sons are members of the Minnesota Society, Sons of the American Revolution, on the record of my grandfather Wm. Neel, kindly furnished by you. The year Brook is almost ready for the press, and the Registrar and Historian says he will keep back our record as long as possible, that we have the record of the Boxells, or Boxwells also. A matter of family pride. 
I hesitate to ask it attended to as soon as possible, but really I shall be exceedingly grateful. 
John W. Boxell.
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34658
Revy INVALID.
File No. 34, 658
Robert Boxwell
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 46
Arrangement of 1870.]

Mch. 25 / 95 Sent Hist. to John
W. Boxwell, 85 W. Congress St. 
St. Paul, Minn. M. E. L. 

Apl 17, 1905 History to Miss
Laura S. Crown, Balto., Md.
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Peoria Ill June 17/58

Hon
Commissioner
Pension Office Washington D.C.
Dr Sir: 
the Heirs of Robt Boxwell, who died in 1825, claim that the said Robert Boxwell, served
in the Revolutionary War & commenced
drawing a Pension in 1816 or 17
& that for the reason, the government
were short, drew mil 2 years
pension & that his name is on the
Books of the Pension Office, as a recognized pensioner-
said
Robert in a Virginian & belonged
to the Virginia Troops as did also
his brother Joseph, who was also a
Pensioner-

The Heirs claim that Robert Wason now decede of Hancock
Washington Co. Maryland, was the
agt or in some way connected
in drawing or obtaining the Pension
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of
the said Robert Boxwell. 
Will you please to inform
me whether the Books of the
pension office show that the said
named Robert Boxwell was an
Enrolled & recognized pensioner
in the years
1816 or then abouts.
You will do me the favor
to forward me a copy of the
printed instructions of your office
for obtaining pensions & also any
reference to the Terms upon that
subject and of back pay and
very much oblige
Yours &c
To Spaulding
Atty for Hairs
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P. Auditors Office
July 15. 1858
Sir: 
Joseph Boxwell
Md. Act 1818, appears to have been paid to March 4, 1838. 

Robert Boxwell, same roll & nel, appears to have been paid to Sept. 4, 1819 & dropped. 
Very Resp'y
[signature] Wm J Min [illegible]

Auditor
Gen. C. Whitiny Esqr 
Comm. of Pensions}

[written perpendicular to other text] Pension Office, July 18 / 58
The Third auditor will please certify.  The data to which within appeared pensioners were paid. 
Very respectfully
Geo C. Whiting
Commissioner 

Eddy
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[pale script appears to be written under other?]
S. 
Robert Boxwell
Md. [illegible] 8 M, 1818
Joseph Boxwell
Md. w 18 M, 1818
2 cases

[text perpendicular to other]
[circular stamp] PEORIA ILLS.
JUN 19 18 [ illegible]
FREE
To the Hon Commissioner of
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
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Smithville Ill July 8, 1854

Hon J. P. Waldo Com of Pensions
I need a Line from you in answer to and I sente you in which you say Joseph Boxwell of Maryland  had drawen all money due him as a pensioner thare is a mistake believe &  you and me it was Racent Boxwell that I asked to know if he was on the pension List He sevred with Joseph Boxwell and the Heirs of Joseph Boxwell admit that He anawed all of His pay But the Heirs of Robert Boxwell was entered on the pension List and saved a few years and was not taken up again and I have advised them to ask you to see if you could find any thirty of Notient Boxwell  on the pension List
He Resided a part of his time in the state of Virginia and a part of his service trn in Maryland 
Your 
Thes P Smith Clr
P. M. at Smithville Ill
Peoria County

Hon J. P. Waldo
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I have one other request to make
in relation to an application
I made some time about one year ago for one Martha Smith
Widow of Isaac Smith who
served in the war of 1812
in the campaign of Genl Hanson under 
Col R. M.  Johnson and Capt George
Mears from the County of Servis state of Ky
all the proof was sent to the
Department I believe but the certificate of Marriage and that
it appears can not be found it
took place in the County of Mason State of Ky as the old Lady said and I believe I sent her affidavit
to that effect but there is no record
of by marriage in those day in that
County and thare is no record of any
Marriage in those day in that County and thare is no doubt of there Marriage and they lived together untill about the year  1846 when the said Isaac Smith died in the
County of Louisa State of Ioway
I wish to know of any other proof
would do but the records or some
one that was presant
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that he served thare is no doubt and
as to her being the widdow and
remains a widdow at this time
thare is no doubt that they lived together for many years and raised Eleven children and that they are all Democrats of the old
Line as it is said in those day there
is no doubt and that I am the fourth
Child there is little doubt and the
Children do not come and cent
for all the amount that the old Lady
is justly entitled nor will it be worth any thing to her but to get a bounty from the servises of
Her husband would be worth
thousand to her in her Amagnatin
and Especily when she soon back to
the many trials and Hardships
of that day and I well Recolect may of the would the evidence of them living a long life 
together be sufficient evidence
and would her own oath of marriage be suficient. 
Yours
Thos B Smith Esqr
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Smithville Peoria County Illinois
May 29 1834
Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of
pensions Sir I wish to ask of you if
all pensions are under your Suppension
if so I wish to know if thare is the name of
one Robert Boxell or Boxwell as thare is some difference in the way it is spelt But the same
peansoner of his name appears on the pensioners List he is as it is said a Revolunaray
Soldier from Va. and it is said He drawed a 
pension for two yares as it is said a
bout the yares 1816 or 20 and by some Law His pension was stoped for a term
of yares as all others was that was worth a Cinties  amt as assesed by the same Law after which time he died be fore the time to receive his pay Leaving a balance due which the Heirs of the said Boxell believes is due them they comprove
his servises and his Received his two yares pay
the time of his assessment and the time of
his death at the time he the said
Robert Boxell Drew the two yares of pay. He resided as it is believed
in the State of Maryland the heirs wish to know if any record is on the pension list
and if so if they can prove all they say
if they would be alowed to recover the
pay that is Back a part of them live heir and the remainder in Ohio and bee 
they are mostly females and been
not attend to the business and I have
sent these lines of inquiry for them
.
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they are poor but appear to be very
Honest
if you will answer this
Direct the Smithville Peoria County 
State of Illinois
Thomas P Smith Esq
prt at Smithville

to
L. P. Waldo Esq