Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,595, Jehiel Boardman, Vt.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                               NUMBER
Vt     Boardman, Jehiel    W. 15,595
                            Salla

CONTENTS
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14066
14553 New York
Jehiel Boardman
of Cattaraugus Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Benton of the Rgmt; commanded by Col Herrick in the Vt ma
time for 8 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May 1833 and sent to Jno M. Staunton CC
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 53.32
semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Septr  13.33
                                              =============
                                                $66.65
{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Cler.
Book E Vol 4 Page 44

(right side of page)
Letter to 3rd Audetor 19 Feb 1844
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the Acts of the 6 April 1838, from 4 March 1831 to 27th July 1834 Agent Modified 22 July(crossed out) March 1841
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Albany 5,581
Salla Boardman
widow of Jehiel Boardman
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 17 July 1834 of Cataraugus Co Vt in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Burton of the Regt. commanded by Col Herrick in the Vert militia line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence  on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of May 1860 and sent to Hon L. C. Peck
H. R. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840  106.64
Semi=annual allowance ending to Sep. 13.33
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                                                     $119.97
{Act July 7, }
{1838}
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk, 
Book A Vol 2 page 69
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State of New York
Cattaraugus County [ilegible] on the twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared before me [ilegible] I Morton one of the judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Polly Carnes a resident of the town of Olean in the said County County of Cattaraugus who being first duly sworn according to law saith that on her oath declarath and saith that she is the daughter of Jehiel Boardman and Salla Boardman that she is the age of forty two years. That her father the said Jehiel Boardman died in the town of Olean in said County of Cattaraugus on the twenty seventh day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four that  she was with and attended her father the said Jehiel Boardman through all of his last sickness and was present at the time that he died. And further she declarath and saith that her mother the aforesaid Salla Boardman has since been resident with her and that she knows her to be and now [ilegible] the widow ow Jehiel Boardman; and further this depondent  declarath and saith that he was knowing of her father Jehiel Boardman having in his possession a Pension certificate granting him a pension at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum that she frequently saw said Certificate that a few days previous to his death - And
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she further declarath and saith that the said Pension Certificate has been lost that she has made diligent search and  inquiry and can not find it and further she declarath and with that her father did not to her knowledge record his pension as granted him or any part of it from the agent for granting Pensions;  that further [ilegible] of it she wouldn't have [ilegible] very likely to [ilegible] and further this depondnet saith  not
Polly Carner
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Fred. S. Martin } Judge
State of New York
Cattaraugus County Ss. I Frederick I Martin one of the judges for said County do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Polly Carner who made the foregoing affidavit before me. having resided in the Same town with him and [ilegible] for the last twenty two years and that I have not the least doubt as to the facts set forth on the foregoing affidavit. 
Date April 21, 1840. Fred S. Martin
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State of New York}
Cattaraugus County Js. }
I, Francis E. Baillet Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick S. Martin Esq. is a Judge as within and that the forgoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 24th day of April, 1840. 
Francis E. Baillet clk
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No 14553
Jehiel Boardman
Olean N. York 
Admitted 
8 mo Private
Olean NY
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
[blank] 183[blank]

Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, 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, shewing the Service of Jehiel Boardman Cattaraugus Co N.Y. Town of Olean
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.|Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers|Battles in which the applicant was engaged.|Country through which he marched.|Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.|Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|]
vol. 1777|([blank]|5|[blank])|Private|Capt'n Elisha Benton|Col. Herrick|[blank]|Stratford Verm't|Age 71|traditionary|
 " 1779|([blank]|1|[blank])|[blank]|L't Jno Buell Lovel Ens'g|[blank]|[blank]|Norwich Co. Vermont|[blank]|
fall 1779 or 80|([blank]|2|[blank])|Cap Allen Timothy Bush Capt|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
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 et 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, 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} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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?
{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 the 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 persons 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 or 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 most 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. 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 ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; 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 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. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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 place 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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.
[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 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 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 [j] applies to continental troops only.
[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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State of New York
Cattaraugus County }ss. On this twenty-fourth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared before me Frederick S. Martin one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for said county, Salla Boardman, a resident of the town of Olean in said county of Cattaraugus; aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; That she is the widow of Jehiel Boardman, who was a private in the war of the Revolution; that he had in his possession a Pension Certificate dated on the 9th day of May 1833. Entitleing him to receive Twenty six Dollars and Sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831; - And she further declareth and saith that said Pension Certificate is lost, that diligent Enquiry and search has been made, and that it is not to be found; And further she declareth and saith that her husband the said Jehiel Boardman did not to her - knowledge receive his Pension granted him by said Certificate or any part thereof during his lifetime; And further she declareth and saith that she was married to the said Jehiel Boardman on the 19th day of March 1789. in the town of Norwich in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, by the Rev - Lyman Potter then pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the said town of Norwich; that she ever after resided with her husband the said Jehiel Boardman untill the day of his death; that he died in the town of Olean aforesaid on the morning of the 27th day of July 1834; And she further declareth and saith, that she has not since been married, but continues the widow of the said Jehiel Boardman; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four viz; at the time above stated. 
/s/X her mark Salla Boardman
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me - 
/s/Fred'k S. Martin} a Judge of Cattaraugus County
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State of New York
Cattaraugus County} Ss. I, Frederick S. Martin one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Salla Boardman, who made the foregoing affidavit before me, and that I know her to be the widow of Jehiel Boardman, having resided in the same town and neighbourhood for the last twenty two years, and that I have not the least doubt as to the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit, And I do hereby further certify, that I am fully satisfied and know that she cannot, from bodily infirmity attend the court, and that from the same cause cannot write her name
/s/Frederick S. Martin Judge [illegible]
State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss.} I Francis E. Baillet clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick S. Martin Esq. is a Judge as within and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 24th day of April 1840.
/s/Francis e. Baillet clk
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'Recorded Mar. 28th 1789'}"Jehiel Boardman Married to Miss Salla Hatch March nineteenth A.D. Seventeen hundred eighty nine"
{Town Clerk's office Norwich, Windsor County Vermont, March 23d 1840
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record now remaining in this office with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, 'March 19th A.D. 1789'
attest /s/IRA DAVIS Town Clerk
I Ira Davis above named depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk in the County, Town & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
/s/IRA DAVIS Town Clerk,
Sworn before me, /s/Aaron Loveland Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the county court of the county of Windsor in the state of Vermont do hereby certify that Aaron Loveland is a justice of the Peace in and for said county of Windsor duly appointed and qualified, that his commission was dated November 25. AD 1839 and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature above written is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said county court this eighth day of April 1840. 
/s/N. Williams, Clerk
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14553
Jehiel Boardman
dec'd Jehiel Boardman
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State of New York
Cattaraugus County} ss. On this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Jehiel Boardman a resident of the town of Olean in the said County of Cattaraugus, aged seventy one 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - 
That some time in the month of August in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven he volunteered to serve in the War for five months under Captain Elisha Burton. John Buell Lieutenant and - Lovel Ensign by his Father's consent, when he volunteered he resided in Norwich State of Vermont, the regment to which he belonged to five companies was commanded by Colonel Herrick. Ebenezer Allen Captain, Parmely (Parmelee) Allen ['Captain' crossed out] and Captain Sawyer ['Captain' crossed out] who commanded companies in said regment. The Regment was raised by Vermont primarily to guard against the depredations of the Indians, That he served under the said Elisha Burton Captain for the term for which he volunteered - That in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine in the month of October he served in the war under Captain Timothy Bush as a volunteer for one month that he was principal part of the month in the town of Strafford state of Vermont - That in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy nine and fore part of the winter of Seventeen hundred and Eighty he volunteered under the same Captain Timothy Bush and served under him for two months more 
That he has no documentary evidence of his services
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and that he does not know of any person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. That he was born as he has been informed by his parents on the thirtieth day of September in the year One thousand seven hundred and Sixty one at East Hartford in the State of Connecticut. That he has not any record of his age. When he volunteered into the service he resided with his father in Norwich, state of Vermont - that since the revolutionary war he has resided in Norwich Vermont, and in Derby Vermont, and in the town of Olean Cattaraugus County State of New York, where he now resides. That he never received a written discharge from the service. 
And that he is known to Daniel Chandler of Hinsdale and James Townsend of the town Olean and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State 
/s/Jehiel Boardman
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
/s/Israel Day a Judge
We Daniel Chandler (residing in the town of Hinsdale) and James Townsend (residing in the town of Olean) in the County of Cattaraugus and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Israel Boardman who has subscribed and sworn to the above or within declaration that we believe him to be seventy one 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
/s/Daniel Chandler
/s/James Townsend
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
/s/Israel Day, a Judge
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Daniel Chandler and James Townsend who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the aforesaid [illegible] mentioned towns (Olean & Hinsdale) and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
/s/Dan Allen}
/s/Israel Day:}
/s/Alson Leavenworth} Judges of the Court of Comm Pleas &c as above
State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss.} I John W Staunton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cattaraugus County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jehiel Boardman for a pension
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
/s/John W. Staunton clk
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At Ellicottville Oct 2d 1832
Cattaraugus County. 
One year after date I promise to pay John w. Staunton forty dollars with use value rec'd 
/s/John Paywell
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[verso]
1892 May 7 Hist to O E Boardman Esq Olean N.Y. J.S.

[recto]
Vt. 
Rev WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No. 15595
Salla Boardman Widow of Jehiel Boardman Priv Rev War
Act: July 7th 1838
Index: - Vol. A, Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Albany, Jehiel Boardman act of June 7 1832 to what time period? VL
He does not appear to have been paid 27 July 1834 JH
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File with Salla Boardman widow Jehiel N Y
act July 7. 1838
[illegible annotation]
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All Official Letters to this Office must be addressed to the "Third Auditor of the Treasury," and in replying to Letters from this Office the initials in the upper left hand corner should be referred to. 
Treasury Department, THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
[margin notes: Enc wrote Jany 28. 1871 O. P. Boardman Olean NY]
Sir,
Jehiel Boardman an Invalid pensioner on N.Y. Roll under Act June 7 1832 Died July 27 1834 and was paid in full to date of death (Treas. Sett 6 Apl '38)
Salla, his widow was pensioned under "Act July 7 1838" and paid to 4 March 1841 at Albany N.Y. No record of her death is recorded. 
Very respectfully
/s/Allan Rutherford Auditor
Hon H. Van Aernam Commissioner of Pensions
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Second Comptroller's Office,
February 22d, 1841.

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," The widow of Jehiel Boardman, dec'd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1831, to the 27th July 1834. 
Respectfully yours, 
/s/Albian K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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[handwritten letter]
House of Reps May 9, 1840

Sir
I Send herewith the pension application of Mrs. Sally Boardman widow of Jehiel Boardman deceased
Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/L. C. Peck
Hon J L Edwards 
Com'ser pensions}
P.S. please Sent set of printed forms &c to Enable her application to be made for arrears of pension in case of a [illegible] pensioner
/s/LCP
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6997
Salla Boardman
Married 19 March 1789
Husband died 27. July 1834
Col Hawk}
Capt Burton} Vermont Militia
Admitted Private 8 months
Hon. L. C. Peck H.R.
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State of New York
Cattaraugus County} ss On this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, personally appeared before me Frederick S. Martin one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County, Nicholas Van Wickle of the Town of Olean in said County of Cattaraugus and being duly sworn according to Law, deposeth and saith, that he was personally acquainted with Jehial Boardman deceased, late a resident of the Town of Olean aforesaid, And this deponent, the aforesaid Nicholas VanWickle further saith that the said Jehial Boardman on or about the first day of July 1834, requested this deponent to make out his papers, that he the said Jehial Boardman could draw his pension, which was then due for the last three years preceding the fourth day of March 1834, and that this deponent complyed with the request of the said Jehial Boardman, and on the 3d day of July 1834, made the identical paper to which this affidavit is annexed, which said annexed paper was on the said 3d day of July 1834 signed and sealed by the said Jehial Boardman, together with the necessary affidavit sworn to before Timothy H. Porter a justice of the peace in and for said County, and this deponent further saith, that ['that' crossed out] the Copy of the Original certificate from Lew Cass Secretary of War on the paper to which this affidavit is annexed was made by this deponent, was made by this deponent, from the original certificate at that time in this deponents possession, and further this deponent saith that the said Jehial Boardman requested
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this deponent to insert the name of John Stewart Jun'r as this deponent then understood him, (a Merchant in the city of New York), to collect or receive from the agent for paying pensions in the city of New York the said Jehial Boardman's pension, or in other words to act as his agent, and this deponent accordingly inserted the name of John Stewart Jun'r s the Agent of said Jehial Boardman, and this deponent at that time sent the identical paper to which this affidavit is annexed to the said John Stewart Jun'r, and this deponent acting for and at the request of the said Jehial Boardman received an answer from said Agent, that the only reason why said pension so claimed, was not paid was in consequence of the spelling of said Agents name with the letter "t" ending his name instead of "d" and that he the said Agent had but a short time before by Advertisement in the Newspapers omited the Junior at the end of his name, that his name was John Steward and not John Stewart Jun'r and this deponent further saith that at the time the letter was received by him from the agent, setting forth the facts of the agent's name being spelled wrong, the said Jehial Boardman was very sick and not able to speak and died a few days after on the 27th July 1834, and that said paper to which this affidavit is annexed has been and remained in this deponent's possession ever since - And this deponent further saith that he is about to depart from the state of New York, and that it will in consequence impossible for him to appear in open court to make this affidavit
/s/Nich's Van Wickle
Sworn and subscribed on the first day of April 1840 being the day and year first above written before
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me /s/Fred. S. Martin} Judge
I Frederick S Martin one of the judges of the Court of Common pleas, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Nicholas Van Wickle who made the above affidavit before me having resided in the same village with him for the last  Eight years, and that I have not the least doubt as to the facts set fourth in the above affidavit, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Nicholas and that I know the original pension papers to which his affidavit is attached to be made in the hand writing of the said Nicholas Van Wickle is about to depart ['to depart' crossed out] from the State with his family and that it will be impossible for him the said Nicholas Van Wickle to attend the Court of this County or any County in the State unless at great expense and inconvenience - dated at the village of Olean this first day of April 1840 
/s/Fred. S. Martin} Judge
State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss.} I, Francis E. Baillet clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick S. Martin Esq. is a Judge as within and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 24. day of April 1840. 
/s/Francis E. Baillet clk
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State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss} Be it known, that before me Timothy H Porter a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Jehial Boardman and made oath in due form of Law that he is the identical person named in an original certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
War Department Revolutionary Claim. 
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Jehial Boardman of the State of New York who was a private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Six dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable Semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 9 day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three
/s/Lew Cass Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned} J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions."
That he resides in the Town of Olean in the county of Cattaraugus and has resided there for the space of Twenty years past and that previous thereto he resided in the town of Derby in the State of Vermont
/s/Jehial Boardman
Sworn and Subscribed this 3d day of July 1834 before me - /s/Timothy H. Porter J.P.
Know all men by these presents that I Jehiel Boardman of the Town of Olean Cattaraugus County State of New York a Revolutionary pensioner of the United
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States do hereby constitute and appoint John Stewart Jr of the City of New York my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in the City of New York State of New York, my pension from the fourth day of March 1831 to the fourth day of March 1834 - Witness my hand and seal this third day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
/s/Jehiel Boardman
Sealed and delivered in the presence of - /s/Timothy H. Porter }

State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss} Be it known that on the third day of July 1834 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County personally appeared Jehiel Boardman within named and acknowledged the within power of attorney to be is act and Deed 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
/s/Timothy H. Porter J.P. 
State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss} Be it known that on the Twenty sixth day of July 1834 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County personally appeared Jehiel Boardman within named and acknowledged the within power of attorney to be is act and Deed - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
/s/Timothy H. Porter J.P. 
Jehial Boardman died 27th July 1834 - Sunday morning /s/N VanWickle
pension for 3 years 4 mos & 23 days