Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5854, Patrick Board, Va.
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SERVICE: Va.
Board, Patrick
or Boord Mary
NUMBER: W. 5854
B. L. Wt. 47,617-160-55
CONTENTS
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12,918
Virginia, Wheeling
Patrick Board decd
of Harrison Co. in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Dark of the Regt commanded by Col A. Wayne in the Virginia line for two years

Inscribed on the Roll of Wheeling
at the rate of 80 Dollars 0 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843 & Endg 6 Novr 1839. when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 16,, day of August 1857 and sent to
D. D. Addison Esq
Present

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by H. R. Weightman Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6 1/2 Page 5
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174.387 Act March 3
June 21.

Meary Board, wid.
Patrick Board, pri.
Capt. Wysong.
Private
Va Troops

Rev'y. war
Rev'y pensioner
Va Feby 48 - 5688
Ad. 160 ac's Nov 4/56
Dodge

Alfred Cain
Jackson C. H.

to 47617 issd Nov 8/56

Let: A Cain June 4/56
End P

Vol B = 2 = 16
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3688.
Virginia
Mary Board.
widow of Patrick Board
Va
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
5688

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7" day of June 1857.
and sent to E. F. Brown
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 134 Vol. 3

Date of death not on A.B.
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12977
Mary Board
of Jackson Co. Va.
Widow of Patrick Board
formerly a Pensioner.
Acts 1838, 1843 & 1844.

He died Nov. 6, 1839.

E. F. Brown
Agent.
Washn. D.C.
Aug. 14. 1846.
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State of Virginia
County of Jackson} SS
At a Court held in and for the County aforesaid at the Court House in the Town of Ripley on Monday the 27th day of July 1846 personally appeared in open court Mary Board a resident of said Jackson County aged Seventy five Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows" and of a joint resolution of Congress declarative of said Act of July 7. 1838 approved August 16th 1842 & of the Acts of Congress passed March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844. extending the benefits made by the provision of said Act of July 7. 1838 to fine [illegible] from the 4th day of March 1843 -: That she is the Widow Patrick Boord or Board who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States for a few years and whose pension Certificate was dated June 17th 1833 & whose pension Certificate will accompany this declaration -
That the Pension of said Patrick Board was at one time suspended and when the United States district
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Attorney for the Western District of Virginia was sent to examine & question pensioners & investigating their cases for the purpose of ascertaining who were & who were not justly entitled to pension, this declarants Husband the said Board was by reason of old age and other causes invalid & his memory Completely gone and wholly unable to answer any questions rationally on any subject whatever - And this declarant thinks that he the said Board served in the Maryland line has often heard him speak of Col. Dark and Capt Wysang as his commanders, was not acquainted him untill after the War that said Board was much older than this declarant say about Twenty Years and that he died in said Jackson County on the 6th day of November 1839-
She further declares that her Maiden name was Mary Keazer that she was married to the aforesaid Patrick Board in the Month of May or June 1789 or 90 in Washington County in the State of Maryland near the Potomac River, a few miles above Harpers Ferry and below Antictans Creek & about seven miles from the pardotown in Va. That she knows of no record of said Marriage unless there is one in said Washington County, that there is no family record of said Marriage, that her husband the said Patrick was a man of no education & unable to write: That she was
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not married to him previous to his leaving the service but before the first day of January 1794 as will be made to appear from testimony herewith or hereafter presented to the Department, she therefore Claims the full benefits the Acts & Resolutions of Congress before named all which is respectfully submitted to the Commissioner of Pensions -
Mary x her mark Board

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court and it is ordered to be certified by the Court that Mary Board the before named declarant is a lady in good standing and is the opinion of this Court is a Competent Witness -

A Copy
Teste A. Waugh ck
I Andrew Waugh Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an order of the said Court,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court. this 28th day of July A.D. 1846
Andrew Waugh Clk
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Edmund F. Brown Esqr
Washington Dist. of Columbia
Sir
Please Claim for me The arrears of Pension due my late husband Patrick Board from the time the same was suspended to the day of his death which was on the 6th day of November 1839-
Respectfully yours &c
Mary x her mark Board

In presence of
A [illegible]
D Whorrill
acknowledged by us
July 27 1846-
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174.387.
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State of Virginia County of Jackson
on the 28th day of March A.D one thousand eight hundred and Fifty five personally appeared before me J.W. Cain a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Board aged Eighty three years a resident of the county and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Patrick Board deceased who was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Wysong and the Regiment not Recollected in the Revolutionary War under G. W. Washington doo not Recollect the time & place or whether Enlisted or drafted do not Recollect how long he Served but doo recollect that he was honorably discharged as will appear by the declarations now filed in the pension office for which I am now drawing a pension She further states that she was married to Patrick Board deceased but does not Recollect just when it was by some preacher but has forgot his name and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Keaser and that said husband died at his residence in Jackson County Virginia on the 5th day of November 1839 and that she is still a widow 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act passed 28th Septr 1850 or any amending act never having received or Knowing that she is entitled under any former act of Congress
Mary x her mark Board
test John. W. Stewart
Anthony Thomas
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
John, W, Cain JP
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State of Virginia County of Jackson
on this 20th day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the state and county aforesaid Ann Elizabeth Seaman resident of the State of Virginia and County of Jackson who being duly Sworn according to law declares that Mary Boord is the widow of Patrick Boord deceased does not Recollect any thing about the Captain or Company or the Regiment that Patrick Boord served in but can Recollect of being present and seeing Mary Boord and Patrick Boord married in Washington County and State of Maryland but has forgotten what year was married by some preacher has forgotten his name that the name of the said Mary Boord before her marriage aforesaid was Mary Kuser that her husband the said Patrick Boord died at his Residence in Jackson County on the 5th day of November 1835 and that she is still a widow and she swears that she an disinterested witness
Ann Elizabeth x her mark Seaman
test
J W Cain
Ann Elizabeth Candler

subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of April 1855 and I hereby certify that ann Elizabeth Seaman is a creditable witness given under my hand the date above
J. W. Cain {Seal}
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March 28th 1855
Mr Alfred Cain of Jackson County Virginia 
Sir I request that you will prosecute my clame to Bounty land undr the act of September 28 1850 and the ammdatory acts thereto if I am Entitled you are authorized to receive my land Warrant my husband was a Soldier in Captain Wysong Company in the revolutionary war his residence in the State of Virginia when he entered the Service very respectfully
Mary x her mark Boord
Attest J, W, Cain

Virginia Jackson County, to wit:
I James Greer clerk of the County Court of Jackson County aforesaid certify that J. W. Cain before whoom the foregoing affidavit and declaration purports to have been made was at the time of making said affidavit & declaration an acting justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid duly elected, commissioned and qualified, to whose official acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given, and further that his said signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ripley this 11th day of June 1855
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Commonwealth of Virginia
Wood County ss
On this 15th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the County Court of the County aforesaid Patrick Board a resident of said County and State aforesaid, aged 82 years on the 12th day of June last past, who being 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 1776 or 1777 for the term of three years with Capt. Darke and served in the second Rifle Regiment of the Virginia Line. under the following Officers, to wit, The Company was commanded by the said Capt Dark the Regiment was Commanded by Col. Anthony Wayne that he enlisted in the County of Berkly and State of Virginia in which County he resided at the time of his enlistment, that the said Regiment was marched to the state of Maryland, from thence to Long Island where this affiant and the whole Copy of Dark were taken prisoners by the British, but that he & 4 of the men, made their escape the same night, this was about Eighteen months from the time of his enlistment, that he then Joined a Company of regulars from New Jersey Commanded by Capt John Henry, under whom he served Eighteen months; that he was under the Command of General Washington & Wayne, that he was in an engagement at Chestnut Hill, that he was regularly discharged at the expiration of the said three years at Newport in the State of Rode Island, that his discharge was burnt up in his house 37 or 38 years ago. that after his return to Va. he was drafted for nine months under Capt Morgan. this was in Shepperd
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town Va. that he was during said period of nine months at the Capture of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown Va. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court
Patrick P.B his mark Board

Virginia ss
Wood County Court October Term 1832
Patrick Board this day came into Court and Subscribed and made oath to his declaration agreeable to an act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 in Order to obtain a pension for his services as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and after the Court had fully examined the applicant and the foregoing Statement, examined Samuel Barrett who states he knew the applicant during the revolutionary war in actual service, and verily believes the statement made by the applicant to be true, and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he states. -

Virginia ss
I John Stephenson Jr Clerk of the County Court of Wood County hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Patrick Board for a pension. - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Parkersburg this 18th day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two and in the 57th of the Commonwealth
Jno. Stephenson Jr C.W.C.
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Ripley April 29th 1857
G. F. Brown Esqr.
Dear Sir
I received your letter of the 7th of March and gratified to learn that there is a prospect procuring Mrs. Mary Boards pension, I have communicated the fact to the old Lady who is still living, but in feeble health, and has become very restless and impatient in consequence of the seeming delay attending her application, During the long period in which we heard nothing from you, I have been recently informed, by her son Thomas Board, that she procured some reason to write to the Commissioner of pensions a letter of enquiry in relation to her claim. I censured her son with considerable severity, for suffering such letter to be written. Write to me immediately on the receipt of this, and inform me what is the prospect, that the old Lady may be kept as far from suspense as possible. For others are endeavouring to take the business out of our hands and to undertake for her. I should have written to you sooner in reply to you yours by farther course that I have been extensively ingaged in the business of the late Term of our Circuit Court of Which I
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am Clerk. Tell the Commissioner of Pensions that need not regard any correspondence of any other reasons as for no other persons have any legal authority to action in the matter
yours very respectfully
D. G. Morrill
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May 3, 1932
Patrick Board-W. 5854
xxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL

Mrs. J. R. Runnels
1723 Pierce Street
Sioux City, Iowa

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Patrick Board, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.5754, based upon the military service of Patrick Board in that war.

Patrick Board (the name also appears as Boord) was born June 12, 1750, at Pigeon Hills, Pennsylvania.

While residing In Berkeley County, Virginia, he enlisted very early in the Revolution, served as a private in Captain Dark's Virginia Company and after having served eighteen months was taken prisoner on Long Island but made his escape in the same night and joined a company of regulars "from New Jersey" commanded by Captain John Henry, was in the battles of Paoli and Chestnut Hill and was discharged at the expiration of service of three years. He enlisted in 1781, served nine months in Captain Morgan's Virginia Company and was at the capture of Lord Cornwallis.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, while residing in Wood County, Virginia.

He died November 8, 1839, in Jackson County, Virginia. [clerk note: Date of death cert by Clerk Court of Jackson Co Va]

The soldier married in May or June, 1789 or 1790 (both of these dates appear in the claim) in Washington County, Maryland, at a place near the Potomac River between Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown, Mary Keezer.

Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed July 27, 1846, at which time she was aged seventy-five years
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and was a resident of Ripley, Jackson County, Virginia. In 1855, she was still residing in said county.

It was stated that Patrick and Mary Board reared a large family of children; the only name given is son Thomas Board. The widow stated that her oldest child was born in October, 1791, but did not give the name of the child and there are no further family data.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[clerk note: Date of her death not on AB]
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5854
Mary Board
Widow
Patk. Board
Pvt. Rev: War
Act: Feby, 2"/48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 72
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932 - May 3. Hist to Mrs J R. Runnels
EEL
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____ Ex'r. INVALID.
REJECTED
No.____
976
P.O. Patrick Board
See admitted Widow Mary Board
Service: File No. 5854
(Feby 4 1832 papers delivered to Lewis Maxwell under [illegible])
Enlisted: M.C., 18__.
Discharged: No 1818 papers now on file in this case AW
June 24, 1911
Application filed: _____, 18__.
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No 12977
Mary Board
Va
Let to E. F Brown 16 Sepr 46
" Hon. S. M. H. Beale 26th June 1850
T. W. Smith April 3/51
Act 7 July 1838

No 12977
Mary Board
Va
E F Brown Sept. 16/'46.
Act 7 July 1838
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21981
Patrick Board
Virginia
Act 18 March 1818
Rejected 22 Decr 1834 see letter to Hon L Maxwell HR

47.617
160 Acres
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9020
Virginia W
Mary Board,
widow of Patrick,
who was a private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7" day of June 1851 and sent to
E. F. Brown
Present

[Acts of March 4, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 134
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11.123.
Virginia. W.
Mary Board
Widow of Patrick
who was a pensioner under the Act of -
and who died on the - of - in the State of Va
who was a private in the - commanded by Captain - of the - commanded by - in the - line for 2 Years

Inscribed on the Roll of Wheeling at the rate of 80 Dollars - per annum, to commence on the 6 November 1839.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of June 1851 and sent to
E. F. Brown
Present

Total amount, $____
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H E. Robinson Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1 Page 263
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additional Evidence
Patrick Board, dec
Va
174,387.
Boynton
Mar: 11, 56
Johnson
Adl Ev

Official Business
To The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington city DC-
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Wheeling Agency Act 7 June 1832.
Patrick Board, for $80 per annum
To what time last paid?
Paid to 4th. Mar. 1834 Pension Office
on the Richmond Roll. - Coll
Not on Wheeling BLB.
Maj Bogan

To what time has Patrick Board, who was a pensioner on the Wheeling (Va) Roll under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $80 per annum, been paid?
B.O.L.

Pension Office.} This Pensioner is on the
April 3, 1851} Richmond Roll, never having been transferred to Wheeling. - Pd to 4th March 1834 BLB.

File with papers of Mary Board, July 7, 1838, No given Ones.
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174.387.

To L P Waldo Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington City
D.C
Official Business
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Virginia 12.918
Patrick Board
of Wood Co. in the State of Virginia
who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain Dark of the Regt. commanded by Col: A. Wayne in the Virginia line for 2 years
Not Dead

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th. day of June '33 and sent Jno. Stephenson Parkersburgh C.H. Va.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33- 160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "- 40
$200
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 3-

Let Pen: 20 March 1835 
do - Henry T. Fisher, July 15, 36
do Hon J. Johnson Oct 6. 1837

April 2, 1851,
The Commissioner has carefully examined the papers in this case, and has decided that Board was improperly stricken from the Rolls
N.C.N.

see case of Samuel Barrett - Virginia Roll, Act June 7, 1832.
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Regr. Land Office
Annapolis Md. 29. Aug.
Recd. 5. Sept. 46.
Patrick Board: name not found.
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Land Office
Annapolis, 29th Augt, 1846

Dear Sir,
Having been absent from Town for several weeks past, I did not receive your letter of the 20th Inst, until my return home a day or two ago, or I should have replied to it before. - - I have made a Carefull examination of the records of the Revolution in this Office, and they afford no evidence of the service of Patrick Board, his name is not to be found upon any of the Master or pay rolls of the Revolution.
very respectfully yrs,
G. G. Brewer,

Edm. F. Brown, Esqr,
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Acts 1838, 1843, 44 & 48, & 1. July 1848.
New Declaration & proof of Marriage &c. -
Mary Board,
Widow of Patrick,
a Pensioner.

See Original papers filed 14. Aug. 1846.

E. F. Brown
Washn. D.C. Atty.
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Acts 1838, 1843, 44 & 48, & 1. July 1848.
New Declaration & proof of Marriage &c. -
Mary Board,
Widow of Patrick,
a Pensioner.

See Original papers filed 14. Aug. 1846.

E. F. Brown
Washn. D.C. Atty.
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State of Virginia,
Jackson County.} SS: On this 20th day of May, in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Mary Board, a resident of said County aged seventy nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration as an amendment to her former Declaration made on 27th. July 1846, and now on file in the Pension Office, and also to obtain the benefits of the Acts of 2nd. February 1848, of 1st. July 1848, and such other Acts as may provide relief for her:- That she is the Widow of Patrick Board, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and a Pensioner under the Act of 7th. June 1832, at Eighty Dollars per annum;- that several years before his death, her Husband's Pension was discontinued because he was unable to answer questions asked him by the District Attorney, in consequence of the failure of his memory;- that her said Husband died on the 6th. of November 1839; that in 1846 she made application for a Pension as above stated, which was unsuccessful on account of her failure to prove her Marriage and her Husband's service;- that being now informed that the proof of service is not now required in her case, and that her Agent at Washington has learned there is no record of her Marriage at either of the proper Offices in Maryland, and that she must produce the best evidence in her power of the date of her said Marriage: she therefore states on oath, that she cannot, from loss of memory, give the precise date, but she feels certain that it was in the year 1789 or 1790, and in warm weather in the month of May or June; that she knows it was before the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four because her first child was born in the month of October Seventeen hundred and ninety one; she therefore trusts that the Department will consider the additional evidence which she transmits herewith, and
allow
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allow her such Pension as the Act of 1838 and the other Acts referred to in her papers now on file in the Department, and also those referred to in this: - and this Declarant, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
Mary &lt; her mark Board
Sworn to and Subscribed,
this 20th day of May 1850,
Before me,
Jesse Carney J. Peace.

I Jesse Carney - - a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Jackson do hereby certify that Mary Board who has subscribed the above Declaration is a respectable resident of the County of Jackson and is entitled to credit - May 20th 1850
Jesse Carney J.P.

State of Virginia
Jackson County} SS
On this 21st day of May 1850 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Personally appeared William Bennett a resident of the said County of Jackson aged seventy four years and made oath according to law, that he was acquainted with Patrick of said County, who was a pensioner of the United States and died in year 1839. That he knows that Mrs Mary Board who is now applying for a pension is the widow of the said Patrick Board, That upwards of thirty years ago, he was acquainted, with the said Patrick Board and Mary Board, knows that they lived together as man and wife, were so reputed, and raised a large family of children; That he does not know the date of their marriage. But from his knowledge of their children he believes it must have been as early as 1790. That the said Mary Board is a respectable resident of the said County of
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of Jackson and that she is reputed to be a woman of truth and further this affiant states that he is well acquainted with Mrs Ann Elizabeth Seaman who has deposed to the marriage of the said Patrick Board and Mary Board and Deposition accompanies this application. That she is a woman of unquestionable veracity and is so reputed by all her neighbors. 
Wm Barret

Sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Jackson aforesaid this 21st day of May 1850
James Armstrong J.P.

Virginia
Jackson County} to wit
I Andrew Waugh Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County in the State of Virginia, hereby certify, that Jesse Carney and James Armstrong Esquires, whose names are signed to the foregoing and accompanying certificates, were each, at the respective dates of such certificates, and now are acting justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified; to each of whose official acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given
I further certify That their said respective signatures are genuine
In testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Courts at Ripley the 21st day of May 1850
A. Waugh Clerk
of Jackson County Va.
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B Mar 6/17.
Joint Resolutions
of 1. July 1848,
& March 1851.

Mary Board,
Widow of Patrick
Jackson Co. Va.

Acts 1838, 43, 44, & 48.

Papers filed in 1846 & 1850, see within.

Mr Cole Miles,
Pension Certificates to be sent to
E. F. Brown
at Newark, 
N. Jersey.
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Washington City,
6th. March 1851.

Hon. J. E. Heath,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:
I have the honor to ask your immediate consideration of the claim which is described below.
Under the Joint Resolution explaining the Acts of 1838, 1843 & 1844, passed a few days ago, I presume the claim will be allowed immediately; and will thank you to forward the Certificates of Pension to me at Newark, New Jersey, where they will reach me.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Edm. F. Brown
Atty. for Claimant.

Mary Board, Widow of Patrick Board, a Pensioner, who Died 6. Nov. 1839, but whose Pension had been previously discontinued, and we claim from the time his Pension was discontinued, and not from his death only.
Her claim was originally filed by me 14. Aug. 1846, and in May or June 1850 I filed, thro' Hon. J. M. H. Beale, a new Declaration, and all the proof of Marriage that could be had in addition to what was previously filed.
E. F. Brown
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Certif. of Court -
Date of Death
of Patrick Board.
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Va. to wit
At a county Court of Law held for Jackson County at the Courthouse thereof on Monday the 27th day of July A.D. 1846: It is ordered to be certified to whom it may concern that Patrick Board late a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per Annum, died in this County on the 6th day of November 1839; that he left a widow whose name is Mary Board

I Andrew Waugh Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, this 6th day of August A.D. 1846
Andrew Waugh Clk
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Patrick Board - Pen
Jackson cty-
a Special examination of this case is requested -
Comparison
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Patrick Board. Served 3 yrs. draws $80 per annum.
I the undersigned Patrick Board the
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Law and know each other which is same as before stated - James Stephinson wrote my Declaration & charged me $50. In witness of which I hereto subscribe my name, Decr. 27. 1836
Patrick Board x his mark

Note - the statement of Mr. Board is Wholly enclosed - his mind and recollection seemed rational enough on all Subjects except his revolutionary services, as to them he knew & recollected nothing - from his examination I could not reset the conviction of his being on expedition, but in this I may be mistaken, for Samuel Barrett who has given a very Satisfactory statement, says he knew Board in service & he then recollected that he had been Enlisted for 3 yrs - Board's name may have been found on the Roll, that fact would [illegible] doubt - but in the absence of that fact, I should say, unhesitatingly that he is an [illegible] -- it as to be remarked. that he alleges to have Enlisted under Capt Dark. - I think Darks first Entrance in the service was in a higher grade than Captain - Steves this-
W. G Singleton
Dec. 28. 1834
I omitted to state that Board at the time of making his declaration resided and still resides, in Jackson Cty. 16 miles from the county seat. He made his Declaration in Wood County. 20 miles from his house. WGS.
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[obscured] Wood County to wit
Patrick Board, in addition to his declaration to obtain a pension hereunto annexed after being duly sworn, says that he resided near forty miles from the Court House of said County that from his age & infirmity it is very difficult for him to attend the Court   further says that he was born on the 12th day of June 1750 at a place called the pigeon holls in the State of Pennsylvania  the name of the County not recollected   that the record of his birth was bernt some thirty and forty years ago.  he also says that there is no person now living to his knowledge who knows of his service in the Revolutionary War but Samuel Barrett whose affidavit is hereby annexed   that there is no Clergyman living in the part of the County where he resides   that he is known to Caleb Wiseman  Thomas Cain   Barnet H Foley  Charles Rector and William Dyar who riside in his neighborhood & who can testify as to his carracter for veracity & their belief as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution
Patrick Board  PB his mark
Sworn & subscribed before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County on this 15 day April 1833
Presley Woodyard


Virginia  Wood County to wit
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Virginia  Wood County to wit

[illegible - text is too faint to read]
the said Board enlisted for the term of three years in a Company commanded by Captain Dark, that he served out the whole of said time, and was regularly discharged,  that the said Board was attached to the Second Rifle Regiment of the Virginia Line,  that the said Board and affiant were frequently [illegible] on the same field during the time they were in the service.  Affiant says that he believes the statement of the said Board hereunto annexed to be true;  that he the said Board & affiant have for the most of the time since the Revolutionary war resided in the same neighborhood.  Sworn & subscribed before me this 9th of April 1833
Matt  Cashel

I the said Matthew Cashel the justice before whom the the affidavit above was taken do hereby certify that Samuel Barrett who has sworn and subscribed the said affidavit is a credible person and that his affidavit is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand this 9th of April 1833
Matthew Cashel
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Virginia Wood County to wit
I JM Stephenson residing in said county hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Patrick Board, whose declaration to obtain a pension is hereunto annexed,  that I believe him to be upwards of eighty 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 I concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county this 30th day of April 1833
JM Stephenson
JL Prentiss J.P.

And I the said [illegible] Justice of the peace as aforesaid do hereby certify that J M Stephenson who has sworn to and subscribed the above statement is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.  Given under my hand this 30th day of April 1833
H.L. Prentiss

Virginia Wood County to wit
I JM Steed residing in said county hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Patrick Board whose declaration to obtain a pension is hereunto annexed  that I believe him to be upwards of eighty years of age,  that he is reputed and believed in the nighbourhood where he resides to have been a solder of the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said county this 30th day of April 1833
J.M. Steed
HL Prentiss J.P.

And I the said HL Prentiss Justice of the peace as aforesaid do hereby certify that JM Steed who has sworn and subscribed the above statement is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit.  Given under my hand this 30th day of April 1833
HL Prentiss
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Virginia Ss John Stephenson Jr Clerk of the County
Court of Wood County do hereby certify that Presly Woodyan
Mathew Cashel and Henry L Prentiss Esqrs before whom
the severally affidavits hereto attached were seperatly taken
are now and were at the time of taking the same acting
Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned
and qualified to said Office and that the signtures
purporting to be theirs are genuine and that [crossed out: the]
full faith is due to all their acts and deeds in courts
of Justice as well as else where-
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
set my and seal of Office at Parkersburg
this 24th day of May 1833 and in the 57th
year of the Commonwealth
Jno Stephenson Jr.
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Jan 10

Parkersbury D R Mat
Dec 6
Hon D R Nealatrick [Illegible]

Patrick Bond
va care

G W Singleton Esqr
Winchester
Va

from a personal acquaintance with D R Neal
I believe him to be [illegible] & [illegible] 5
W G Singleton

D R Neal
Decr 6. 1836

W G Singleton
[Illegible]
Jan 10
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The undersigned residents of Jackson and Wood Counties
in the State of Virginia, having been acquainted with Patrick
Board of the County of Jackson aforesaid for the last fifteen
or twenty years, and believing that the rigid course which
the fraudulent conduct of others has required on the
part of the war department in reference to Pensioners
in this part of Virginia has not only depreciated his
hard earned reputation as a soldier of the Revolutionary 
war, but has likewise deprived him of the small
pittance provided by the laws of his county for the
support of those who fought for our liberties-- feel ourselves
called upon to declare our conviction that the measures
necessarily adopted to detect the frauds of others has
(no doubt unintentionally) operated to the prejudice of his
claims upon the gratitude of his country
As the grounds of this conviction we deem it proper to state
that during our acquaintance with Patrick Board we have
never had reason to doubt his statements relative to his
services in the Revolutionary war - that we have never
heard them doubled until a full development of
the frauds of certain Pension agents caused suspicion
[crossed out: to] in relation to almost every claimants right to a
Pension - that ever since a severe illness which he
endured several months before he was called
upon - by the District attorney for his second declaration,
he has constantly exhibited a want of recollection
even as to occurities of recent date, [crossed out: and] that
at the time he was called upon by Mr. Singleton
we are confident none of his acquaintances would
have affected a correct statement from him of
even the events of the previous days, and that we
have full confidence in his honesty and integrity and
believe that his first declaration contained nothing
but the truth. And we moreover believe that he
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is not and perhaps never will be capable of giving a correct statement in relation to his services in the Revolution.  And we would further remark that he has for several years been deprived of one of his arms lost by an acidental explosion whilst engaged in the blasting of rocks and that his relatives as well as himself are in indigent circumstances and unable to afford him that subsistance which nature demands.
Given under our hands this 20th day of Septr. 1836.
David Hopkins 
Chas. Rector
Wm Sheppeard
Thos Cane
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Parkersburg Va. Decr. 6th 1836

Dr Sir
Mr. Board has sent this paper to me, with a request that I would forward it to you.  The persons whose names are attached to the foregoing statement, are his immediate neighbors, and men to be relied upon.  The first two are magistrates of this county, the latter of Jackson County.  If any thing could be done for the old man, it would be very grattifying to him and his neighbors.  The fact of Mr. Barrett getting a pension upon his evidence, ought to have some weight in deciding upon his case.
If you recollect Mr. B. makes the same statement in favor of Mr. Board, that Mr. Board made in favor of Mr. Barrett, they having served together.  Will you be so good as to say to me in what way Geo. & Thos. Leach was disposed
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of, whether for the want of other evidence
or what _ I am aware that you are
not in the habit of answering or permitting
yourself to be questioned too closely - you will
please give such information as you are in
relation to the foregoing cases - in hast
Yours Respectfully

[for transcription of the bottom of this document, see Document 48]
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Pl. Pht. Mason Cty. Va.

Sir,  The other day there was placed in my hands a letter of yours in relation to the pension of One Patrick Board of Jackson Cty (formerly Wood Cty but became Jackson by the creation of that County which was take off parts of Wood, Mason & Kenawha) in which you say that as I find upon a re-examination of your declaration and papers connected with it that your claim was admitted without the production of the evidence required by the regulations.  As your name does not appear upon the Va roll you will be required to furnish additional evidence before the payment of your pension can be resumed".  It may perhaps be well to premise in the first place that not myself by a Gentleman of the name of Stephenson prepared this mans papers - and in the second place that I am personally and well acquainted both with Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Board - and in the third place that Mr. Board is a very aged man with but one hand in very low circumstances in life.  His hand he lost some twenty or more years ago in blasting rock on a well which he was then digging.  Under these circumstances and knowing that if in point of fact he is entitled to any thing that morality would award it to him I have [illegible] to address you regarding his case.  I know nothing about the merits or demerits of his claim but in a conversation with the Gentleman who drew his papers I was informed that it was highly probably that you were under some mistake about his case for he had served in the militia as well as in the regular service and that the militia service was properly proven and that in fact the regular service was performed not in the Virginia but in the Pensylvania Line and that living evidence of that was produced viz a Mr. Barrett.  Will you be kind enough to examine the papers again and see if there may not be some mistake about Boards pension and if you still find that your last impressions were right state to me what further proof is required and as an act of charity I will prepare the papers for that old man should be be able to produce satisfactory proof so as to get the payment of his pension or any part thereof [illegible] for any thing that he may be entitled to however small would be a great help to him in his aged and decrepid helplessness and extreme poverty.  He is I assure you an object of ccharity
Yours &c very respectfully
Henry J. Fisher
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Pt Pleasant Va
June 17

Free

June 24
Va

Patrick Board

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions

Washington City
District of Columbia
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Claim of Patrick Board, decd.
to be restored to Pension Roll,

The Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington City
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Jackson County, Virginia,
July 23. 1851.

To
the Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington City.

Sir:
Certificate
I have received my Certificates of Pension under the Act of 7 July 1838 3d March 1843, 17. June 1844, and 2nd February 1848;
for which I feel thankful; but as the Pension only commences with the date of the death of my Husband on 6. Nov. 1839, and his pension was suspended several years before his death, I have to request that you will cause his name to be restored to the Pension List from
the time he was suspended, till his death, and make the same payable to me, at Wheeling Va and deliver the certificate to my Agent, Edmund F. Brown, at Washington City.
My papers on your files contain
proof of his death, and of the fact that I am his
Widow.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
Mary X her mark Board
Widow of Patrick Board, deceased
Revolutionary Pensioner, suspended

Witness
Thomas Board
D G Morrill
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Wheeling, Va.
26 July 1851

Hon. J.E. Heath
Commr. of Pensions

Sir:
In reply to yours of 5th Inst. relative to Mary Board, widow of Patrick, I have to state that the case of her Husband is not one that is generally called "Arrears," but she claims that he be re-instated on the Roll, as you will see by her letter herewith enclosed.
In his latter years, when insane, he was questioned, and suspended, as you will see by the Widow's Declaration on file.
Please issue his Certificate & send it to me at this place, as early as practicable.
Very Respy.
Yr. Obt. St.
Edm. F. Brown
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B
Mr. Cole

Mary Board
Va 48

For new Certificate

The Commissioner of Pensions
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Albany, N.Y. 14. June 1851.

Hon. J.E. Heath
Commr of Pensions

Sir:
The Pension
Certificates of Mary Board, Widow of Patrick, have been forwarded
to me here, for which please accept my thanks
As there is evidently anerror in one, which will keep
back, $200 to $300. of the amount justly due, I beg you
to have a new certificate issued. The error is this: -
Certificate No 9020, Acts 7 July 1838, 1843 & 44, dated 7 June
1850, commenced the Pension on 6. Nov. 1839, the date of Husband's
death, whereas you will see by her declaration and your Books
that her Husband was stricken from the Rolls before his death
probably in 1834 or 1835- As the law of 1838 commences the
Pension on 4 July 1836, you will readily admit that nothing can
prevent her receiving it from the latter date, unless her husband
received it for a part of that time. This error makes nearly 
four years difference in her pension.
In 2 or 3 days I expect to start from here West, and
at Gallipolis, Ohio, cross over to Jackson Co. Va to see Mrs
Board and arrange for her to have it collected at Wheeling.
Please have the papers examined immediately, and a new certificate
issued for Acts 1838, 43, 44, at $80. and sent to me at
Gallipolis,Ohio, where I will meet it and return you the
one I have. If I do not receive a new one I shall have
it collected as it is.
Your immediate compliance, will
confer a favor on Mrs Board, as well as on
Very Respy. Your obt St.
Edm. F. Brown
Washington City.
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Washington  August 12 1851

My dear Sir
Enclosed you will find some papers relating to the claim of Patrick Board of Va whose widow was receiving pensioner under the acts of 1838 &c
Mr. Brown, the Agent in this case, informed me that he had fully explained the case to you & pointed out the oversight that caused the certificate of Mrs. Board to issue unaccompanied by that of her decd. husband, from the time of the suspension of his pension until the date of his death in 1839.
I promised to hand these papers to you last week but was prevented from indisposition.
As this is a matter which simply requires the issuing of a certificate, I beg that you will have it attended to forthwith and forward the certificate to E.F. Brown Cincinnati Ohio, as he has left Wheeling.
Yrs truly
D.D. Addison
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Private

Boston, Mass. 2. June 1851

Rev. F. S. Evans.

Dear Sir:
About 17 days ago
my son left at your house a private letter from me, enclosing
one relative to the claim of Mary Board, Widow of Patrick Board
Acts 1838, 43, 44, 48, & Joint Res. of 1. July 1848 & 3. March 1851; and
requesting you to make certificates payable at Pittsburgh, Pa
and send them to me at Newark, N.J., as I expect soon
to have other business to call me to Western Pa. Va, & Ohio.
Soon after I sent that letter, I was informed in
New York that you expected to be absent in Vermont about
that time, and suppose that has prevented you from
complying with this special and last request.
My object now is, to ask you the favor to
have it taken up immediately and send me certificates
to Hartford, Connecticut, as I shall be in that vicinity
for a week or more, and letters sent there will be duly
forwarded, if I am absent when they arrive.
As I shall probably not trouble you with a
similar case very soon, you will confer a great favor
by complying with this request; and it may be in my power
some day to serve you in some way, which would give
me great pleasure.
Very Truly Yours,
Edm. F. Brown
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12977
Mary Board,
widow of Patrick
Va
Act 7 July 1838

Married 1790
Husd died 6 Nov 1839
admd 2 yrs pri &80 per
annum,  comg 6 Nov 1839
Acts
38
43 & 44
48

Wheeling
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Wednesday 5 1/2 P.M.
Newark, N.J. 14. May 1851

Rev. F. S. Evans

Dear Sir
You did me
one favor, for which I am thankful, and I now
have to ask another, which is the last of my
old cases, (except two which I have requested my
friends Addison & Pugh to attend to.
The enclosed letter from D.G. Morrell Esq.
of Jackson C.H. Va was forwarded by my wife
and I have just received it here on my arrival
from Boston, which place I left yesterday.
It relates to the claim of Mary Board
widow of Patrick Board, Act 1838, 43, &
& Joint Resolutions of 1 July 1848 & 3. March 1851;
the same case in which I sent my son on
7 March last to place in your hands my
special request for you to send me her certificate
to this place. It was just as I was leaving
home, and he said he placed it in your
hand in your office. Last year I applied
(thro' Hon. J. M. H. Beale) to have it allowed
under Joint Res. 1. July 48, but as her Husband
died in 1839, it had to wait for Joint Resn
of 3. March 1851
I had trouble with it years ago,
as the papers on file will show, and now,
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you will see by the enclosed letter, there is danger of some one else getting it away from me.
The papers shew that the marriage is proven as well as it can be, and the service must be admitted because her husband drew $80 - 
Now if you will just look into the papers five minutes you will see it is a clear case;  and if you will have the Certificate sent to me here, immediately, I will go out with it & see her in person in a few days.  It will be more convenient for her to have it payable at Pittsburgh, Pa. as she is near the Ohio River.
The enclosed letter may be filed with the papers if you think proper.
Last year was an unfortunate year to me, but the prospects are that this year will make it all up.
Your immediate compliance will confer a very special favor on
Your friend & obt. st.
Edm. F. Brown

Please address me,
Newark, N.J.
for 10 days & [illegible]
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Treasury  Annapolis 16 March 1850

Dear Sir,
In accordance with your request, the reports of marriage by Clergyman, on file in this Department have been carefully examined but the names of the parties referred to are not found among them.  The reports are very meager, very few Clergymen having even complied with the requisitions of the law
Very Respectfully Yrs
D.C. [illegible]
[illegible]

Edm. F. Brown Esq.
Wash. City

The above is in answer to my letter of 12 March 1850 relative to Patrick Board's marriage to Mary Keezer, as suggested by letter from Clerk at Hagerstown Md. of Sept. 3. 1846.
E.F. Brown
18 March 1850
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Wood County Va.  April 10th 1837

The undersigned do hereby certify that they have been personally and intimately acquainted with Patrick Board (whose name was some time since stricken from the Pension Roll) for the last twenty years - that they have always regarded him, and believe his neighbours have without exception hitherto considered him, an honest and well disposed citizen - that during all their intercourse with him as a neighbor they never have had reason to doubt his word or [illegible of serving on the [illegible] and that so far as they can learn no one who is acquainted with him doubts his right to the Pension formerly allowed him for services in the Revolutionary war - that although, he was unable to give a rational account of his services when called on by Mr Singleton, their confidence in his former statements (which are sustained by the evidence of Wm. Barrett who served with him)  still unshaken - that when called upon by Mr Singleton (and for some months before) his mind was greatly impaired, by severe indisposition - that ever since, his mind has continued imbecile and his body much afflicted.
The undersigned also certify that the said Patrick Board is not only poor, and without relatives who have it in their power to afford the necessary comforts of life, but is destitute of an arm which was lost many years ago whilst engaged in blowing rocks, - and that his poverty cannot be ascribed to either dissipation or want of industry.
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The undersigned further pledge themselves to satisfy the war department that in case his pension is restored, no portion of it will be applied to the purposes of agents but will, if granted, be applied solely to the rise & benefit of Patrick Board, under the direction, if the department should prefer it, of persons who can have no other object than to promote the comfort of one whom they believe to be justly entitled to the small pittance promised the early defenders of their country.
In witness whereof they have hereunto set their hands the date above
James Henderson
David Hopkins
Wm H Rogers
John Cae
Jacob Conrad
Peter Jett
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Washington 18th Augt 1850

To Commissioner of Pension

Sir, as Congress has passed the joint Resolution explanatory of the Act of July 7th 1838, granting pensions to certain Widows, I request that you will again turn your attention to the case of Mary Board, widow of Patrick on whose behalf application had been made by me, and objections made, by your letter to me of the 26th June 1850
May I hope an early action on this case
Respectfully
JMH Beale
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Wood County (Va.) to wit
This day personally appeared before me the subscriber, Samuel Barret of said county and made oath that, he served as a private in the Revolutionary war under Gen Woodford three years, and that during this term he frequently saw Patrick Board now of Jackson County Va. who was also in the service, a part of the time in the rifle corpse under (then) Capt Morgan - and the residue of the term in the service, but does not recollect whose company he belonged to - that he was acquainted with P. Board before he entered the service as well as since - and knows him to have served as above stated at least three years in the Virginia line.  Given under my hand this 4th day of September 1837
J.G. Stringer  J.P.
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Letters address to this Office must be post-paid

United States Agency and Notarial Office,
Washington City,

E.F. Brown's United States Agency and Notarial Office, Established in 1843.
Edmund F. Brown,
Attorney and Agent for Claimants
Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, &c.,
Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several branches of the Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency and fidelity; especially
Claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands,
Post office and other Contracts, &c.,
7th Street
Washington City.

Augt. 14. 1846.

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions.

Sir:
I enclosed herewith, the original claim of Mary Board, of Jackson Co. Va. under Acts of 1838, 1843 & 1844, with the old Pension Certificate of her husband Patrick Board.
Before this case is examined, I hope to file other papers that will satisfy you that the widow is entitled to a pension for herself, and also to the restoration of her husband's name to the Rolls from the time he was stricken off.
Very Respectfully,
Yr. Obt. St.
Edm. F. Brown
Agt.
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Washington Feb. 4. 1832.
Received from the Pension Office the papers in the case of Patrick Board.
Lewis Maxwell
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Payments to be made
at Richmond
by the Presd: U.S. Br: Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners.
in the Agency of Virginia

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E vol. 6
page 3 by Wm. Miller
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Patrick Board of the State of Virginia who was a private in the war of the revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty dollar and [blank] 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 17th day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three

[signature]
John Robb
Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and}
Countersigned.}

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Jackson C.H. Jackson Co.
Va.  Oct 13. 1850.

Honbl. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DCa.

Sir:
I have been requested by Mary Board widow of Patrick Board a revolutionary soldier & who drew a pension from Government to the time of his death to ascertain from your office what progress has been made in her claim as the widow for a five years pension.  I am informed that her papers were made out & sent to your office some 9 or 12 months since, with the necessary proofs to sustain it.  Mr. Ed. Brown of Washington was the agent selected to attend to it.  As it has been delayed so long 9no doubt without the last fault on the part of your office)  you will please explain the matter in order that proper steps may be taken to give the claim proper action.
I am Very Respectfully
Your obt. svt
Fleet. W. Smith

P.S.  You will confer a favor by sending me a copy of the bounty land bill in favor of the soldiers in the late war with England together with the necessary forms & rules of evidence required
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Washington 18th June 1850

James L Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Sir
I recd by yesterdays mail the enclosed communication from Mr. E.F. Brown.  The claim is on behalf of Mary Bond a constituent of mine.  May I hope that you will give as early an answer to this application as is practicable
Very respectfully
J.M.H. Beale
Va
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Cincinnati, O. 27.May 1850.

Col. J.L. Edwards,
Commr. of Pensions.

Sir:
I have the honor to enclosed herewith, additional papers in the case of Mary Board, widow of Patrick Board, Decd., whose papers I filed in your office on 14. Aug. 1846, with the original Pension Certificate of her said husband.
By referring to your letter to me of 16. Sept. 1846, and the Act of 1. July 1848, you will readily understand the enclosed, and the different dates will be accounted for by the circumstances.  You will also, doubtless, allow said claim from 4. March 1836, as her said husband was probably stricken from the Roll in 1835 or 1835;  and as the enclosed papers clearly prove the Marriage before 1794.
Please send me her certificates as early as practicable and oblige
Very Respy. Yr. Obt. St.
Edm. F. Brown

As it is uncertain where I shall be when you reply, please address me at Washington City.
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State of Virginia
Jackson County  to witt
On the 20th day of May 1850 personally appeared before me Jesse Carney one of the common wealth jutices of peace in and for the county of Jackson and State aforesaid David Seaman a resident of the County of Wirt aged eighty years and made oath acording law that he was acquainted with Patrick Board late of the county of Jackson for the term of fifty five years and this affiant further states that the said Patrick Board and Mary Board his wife lived together as married people till the said Patricks death  further he saith not
Given under my hand this 20th May 1850
David Seaman

Sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid the 20th day of May 1850
Jesse Carney JP
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State of Virginia
Jackson County to wit
on this 20th day of May 1850, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Personally appeared Ann Elizabeth Seaman a resident of the County of Wirt, aged seventy seven years and made oath according to law, that she was acquainted with Patrick Board late of the  County of Jackson, who was a pensioner in the United States and died in November 1839, from her earliest recollection up to the time of his death.  She knows that Mrs. Mary Board who is now applying for a Pension is the widow of the said Patrick Board.  This affiant further states that she knows that the said Patrick Board and the said Mary were lawfully married together as man and wife, and that she was present at their marriage and witnessed that same.  She believes according to the best of her recollection in or about the year 1790 the said marriage was solemnized.  She is certain, that the marriage aforesaid took place previous to the year 1794   That the said Patrick Board and Mary his wife raised a large family of children the issue of their marriage, the oldest of whom is dead, but if she were alive at this time she would be fifty eight years of age.  The second child if alive would now be fifty five years of age   This affiant further states that the said Mary Board still sustains the character of a woman of truth, and she believes the statements in her Declaration may be relied on
Ann Elizabeth Seaman  x her mark

Sworn to and su
Jesse Carney JP.

I Jesse Carney a Justice of the Peace, do certify that Elizabeth Seaman who has sworn to and subscribed the
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above Deposition is a respectable resident of the County of Wirt, formerly part of the County of Jackson, and that she is considered to be a woman of veracity and that her statements on oath are entitled to credit.
Jesse Carney J.P.
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Jackson County and state of Virginia
pesonaly appeard be fore me the under signed a acting Justice of the pease in and for said county Mary Board and made oath that she is the same identical person that drawd a pension as the widow of Patric Borde on Number 5.6.88
Mary Board x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this ninth day of September 1836
A. Dilworth JP

State of Virginia
Jackson County To wit
I James Greek Clk of the Court Court of Jackson County hereby certify that A Dilworth whose signature appears to the above certificate is now and was the date of said certificate an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified & to whose official acts as such full faith and credit is due on and out to given
In Testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of my said office at Ripley this 9 day of Sept. 1836
James Greer Clk
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Reedy Post Roane County Va
Septr 16/56

Dear Sir
Within you have the affidavit of Mary Board widow of Patrick Board decd. who is a pensioner & also an applicant for Bounty land under the act of March 3 1855
as to the no. of the certificate upon which she draws her pension as the widow of P Board and hoping that this will be sufficient and satisfactory & that you will attend to this matter at once and forward on to me the warrant to my address above & oblige
Yours &c
Alfred Cain

The no of Mary Board aplication 174 387
The no of J Blasser widow of H Blasser 174 389
Robert Stuarts no is   174 388
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Clerk's office, Hagerstown
Sept. 3d, 1846

Dear Sir:
In reply to yours of the 26th ult. I have to inform you that I have carefully examined the records of this office from 1785 to 1795, and can find no evidence of the marriage of Pat. Board, or Boord, to Mary Keezer.
In those early days it was a common practice, in order to save the license fee, to have the notice of marriage published from the pulpit three successive sabbaths previous to the performance of the ceremony;  in which case no record would be made here, but the duty was then required of the clergyman to report the marriage to the Treasurer of the state, from whom you may possibly get some information upon the subject, if you write to Annapolis.
The sitting of our Chancery Court for a few days prevented me from writing sooner.  I return you the $1 sent as a fee, and am sorry that I can't gratify your application
Yours &c
Isaac Nesbitt
Clk.

see within letter
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Brief in the case of Patrick Board,
Harrison County and State of Virginia
act 7 June 1832
______________
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This case was suspended from the 4 Mach 1834
The Commissioner directs the removal of the suspension

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent.
D. D. Addison
Agent

S. Cole.
Examining Clerk.
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[STAMP]
Received 
Mar 30 1932
[illegible] 

Sioux City Ia
March 28/32

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir.
I am desirous of become a member of the D.A.R. of America, and I find I do not have the date of the marriage of my ancestor, Patrick Board to Polly Kicer of York, Green Co. Va.
Are such dates given in Pensions?  All the information
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I have at present is from History of West Virginia 1910-Page 104 giving names of Pensioners of Revolutionary war, as follows.
Name           Patrick Board
Rank             Private
Annual All.     $80.00
Sums Rec'd    $240.00
Description of service   Va. Cont'l
When placed on Pension  June 17-1833

Is there any other information you can give me or tell me where to obtain it, if so I shall be very grateful
Sincerely
Mrs. J.R. Runnels
1723 Pierce St
Sioux City Ia
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W.F. 5854 Washington, D. C., - , 19

In reply to your request of -, received - for a statement of the military history of Patrick Board 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.
1776 3 yrs Pvt Darke Va.
taken prisoner at Long Island
but escaped the same night and joined 
John Henry
1781 9 mos. Morgan
Battles engaged in, Park: Chestnut Hill, Capture of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Berkeley Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 15, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Wood County Va.
Age at date of application, born June 12, 1750, at the Pigeon Hills, Penn.
Remarks: Nov 5 or 6, 1839 in Jackson Co. Va.
He was in May or June 1789 or 1790 in Washington County Md. Mary Keezer. She was al. pension on an app. ex. July 27, 1846 while a resident of Ripley, Jackson Co. Va. aged 75 years.
They had a large family of children son Thomas the only one whose name is stated.
Respectfully,
Never sent out. Commissioner.