Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23656, Thomas Boon, S.C.
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(3 - 1776 )

SERVICE
S. C.

Boon, Thomas
Mary

Number
W. 23656

CONTENTS
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Dead, see pension certificate
within   do. to Uri Manly 28 July 1838. 

Illinois  13,390.
Thomas Boon
at Clarke C. in the State of Illinois
who was a Private in the Co. commanded
by Captain Moore of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Hammond in the South Carolina
line for two years. 
$80.

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois.
at the rate of 80. Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of July,
1833 and sent to W Manly.  Clark Cff. 
C. Co. Ills.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.        160.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33.   40.
                                                       $200.

Revolutionary Claim,
Act by June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. K. Palmer  Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 8.  Page 55.
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State of (Illinois?)
Clark County
It the December Term of the County
Commissioner's court in and for
County of Clark and State of
Illinois began and holden at Darwin in
in the County and State aforesaid on
Monday the third day of December
A.D. 1832 came Thomas Boon, aged
Seventy one years, and in open court,
being first duly sworn according to
Law, made, on oath, the following
Declaration for the purpose of
Obtaining the benefit of the Act of
Congress relating to the surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution
passed on the Seventh day of June
A.D. 1832.  That is to say
I, Thomas Boon, was, born in
the County of Halifax in the State
of North Carolina  on the 22nd day
of April A.D. 1760. My father, Thomas
Born, in the year 1764, moved into
Ninety Six District, now Edgefield District,
in the State of South Carolina,  
My first services were rendered while South Carolina was yet a British colony. At the early age of eleven or twelve, I think in August in the year 1770
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I went for the purpose of aiding
some of my friends on their way in an
Expedition against, I think, the Cherokee
Indians, who had murdered the family
of one Kelin Smith on the frontiers of
South Carolina, at a place called
Dewits' corner. This Expedition was under
the command of General Andrew Williamson
and we overtook and defeated them at
a place called the Keewee Towns where
we erected a fort calling it Fort Rutledge
and left it under the command of one
Captain Tutt and then we returned
home where I arrived on the 13th
of December 1770.  For this Expedition
I subsequently received the sum of Eight
Dollars which is every cent I have ever
received for my services, either from
the State of South Carolina, or from
the United States or either of them.  I think
was in the year 1775 I volunteered to
accompany an Expedition under Captain
John Pervis against east Florida. 
Our company crossed the Savannah river
at Augusta, thence we marched to
and crossed at Big Ferry on the Ogeechee
River, thence to a place called eat fish
and at eat fish where we encamped
for the night some tories stole about
one hundred head of cattle from us.  
The tories crossed with the cattle (beef
cattle) at Fort Barrentine on the Altamaha
river on their way to join the enemy in
Florida.
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Our commander ordered fifty men
to pursue and if possible to over take
the Tories which the party effected
some distance beyond the Altamaha and
brought the most of the cattle back to
the encampment. We then resumed our
march and crossed the Altamaha at
Indian Bluff some miles below fort
Barrentine where the Tories had
crossed with our Beef cattle, we then
marched to near the mouth of the Saint
Marys river where we encamped a few
days waiting for Boats to come round
from Georgia to take us across the river  
We eventually crossed over to the South side
of the Saint Marys and remained encamped
several weeks and were finally dismised in
the month of October of the same year.  
I returned then to Edgefield District and remained till hearing that the British had taken the Town of Savannah, and that a party of
them were then on their way to Augusta  
Colonel Leroy Hammond raised a party
of 300 or 400 of the neighboring militia
in order to impede their progress.  The
men thus raised by Col. Hammond were
volunteers and of these I was one. 
We commenced our march to a place
called Baggagat but finding our forces
too small to risk an attack from the
British we returned to a place called
McBean, a distance of ten miles, but
hearing that the British were approaching
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and would probably Surround our
camp we marched toward Augusta.
We afterwards understood that the
British arrived at the encampment which
we had left about one hour after we
had left it. The British took Augusta
the next night, it having been partially
defended by Gen. Howe. 
I Subsequently Enlisted to serve as a
Substitute for one John Poum. 
I Entisted for a period of Sixteen
months. I enlisted under captain
John Moore at a place called Foxe's
Hill. Whether I enlisted as a Regular
or into one of three Independ companies
of South Carolina I do not know, but
I am inclined to think it was the latter.
While we lay at Fox Hill general
Ashe from North Carolina encamped
within about two miles of us. I went
to his camp at night to see an acquaintance
who I had understood was with him. 
Ashe was on his way to intercept the British.
In a day or two after Ashe had gone
we left Fox Hill to join Ashe.  when we
got to Summerlin's ferry we heard that
Ashe had been defeated at the mouth
of Brier creek.  It was said by our
men that British gold has done as
much towards Ashe's defeat as British
Armies.  We then recrossed the Savannah
towards Charleston, which direction
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we had heard a party of the enemy had
gone. General Lincoln was at this time
commander in chief though Gen. Williams
was still with us. Our army had
now increased to about six thousand men,
including volunteers and militia. 
We now marched day and night till we
arrived at Bacon's Bridge and on the night
on which we arrived there we were
fired upon by some tories. By this
time we had got between the British
and Charleston. The British then, in order
to evade the pursuit of the americans,
took an other route towards Charleston,
crossing the Edisto river towards the mouth
of Stono. We then Shifted our course
to pursue them and at the distance of
about ten or fifteen miles from Edisto
river we over took a party of about two
hundred or two hundred and fifty men
who appeared to have been the rear
guard of the enemy or, to have strayed
from the British in some manner. 
This party of British had with them
two ox waggons and several hogsheads
of rum. These men were sent as
prisoners to Orangeburg jail. I
well remember that among these
prisoners was one William Cunningham
a son of the Tory Gen. Robert Cunningham
of South Carolina. When we arrived
at the mouth of Stono (or Stono ferry)
we found that most of the British had
crossed over with the exception of some tories
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and British who remained in possession
of a small port at the mouth of
Stono. The ground in rear of the Fort
being very swampy we retired to about the
distance of 24 miles and encamped. An
attack was now meditated against the British.
Gen. Moultre was to come round from
Charleston and attack them by water
while Gen Lincoln was to attack them
at the same time by land. I cannot
recollect the date of the Battle of Stono but
know that we left our camp in the night
and when near the British Fort (it being
near light in the morning) we heard the
report of cannon at sea.  Gen. Moultrie
not arriving the attack was commenced
without him by Gen. Lincoln. The
engagement lasted I should suppose,
something like one hour and a half. 
I well know it lasted sufficiently long
for me to compliment the British with
sixty three Balls.  We were, however,
finally compeled to retire.  We wounded
the British Commander, Maitland, in
the hip.  We afterwards heard that
the firing was caused by Gen. Moultrie, 
who, on his way to the attack, had
fallen in with some British Boats
laden with clothing and provisions
for the enemy, and that he had
captured rthem and taken them back
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to Charleston, which was the cause of
his not arriving to the attack on Stono in season
to cooperate with Gen. Lincoln.  I think
the British left that place soon after the
Battle, just related and sent to a place
called Bluford.  Soon after this we were
ordered back to Fort Independent
(or Independence) on the Savannah
river, 24 miles below the Cherokee ford.
While at Fort Independence, many
toris and British, were brought
to White Hall.  Gen. Williamson
sent to Fort Independence for a Sergent,
Corporal, and twelve men as an additional
guard and I was one of that guard. 
I remained at White Hall till I think
in the summer of 1779, when the company
to which I belonged was marched
to Savannah which was at this time
in the possession of the British. 
At about half way from Augusta
to Savannah we were joined by
Col Parker with a small body of
Virginia Regulars.  We reached Savannah
and encamped within a short
distance of the Town, immediately on
the west of the french forces,
under count D'Ertaring.  At Savannah
we found count Pulaski.  I do not
remember the precise date of the
siege of Savannah
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But to the best of my recolection it was
early in the month of October in the
year 1779.  I well know however that
on the night before the attack was
to be commenced we were ordered to
be ready at a moment's warning. 
On that night we were joined by
two hundred men, called the Charleston
Grenadiers, but where they were
cast from, or upon what business
they had been, I do not know.  
About an hour before day, on
the morning on which the attack was
made, we were ordered to parade. 
We were marched to the attack before
day break in the morning.  A small
Detachment was ordered to dislodge
a party of British who held a fort
in a small Dutch Settlement called
Yammacran Settlement, a very short
distance from the main Town of
Savannah but precisely the distance
I cannot tell.  The Expedition against
Yammacran was commanded by
Col. Laurens and Lieut Col. O'Rea. 
I well remember that I and John
Moore, under whom I enlisted, together
with one Joseph Reed and his son
Isaac Reed, had just mounted the
parapet at the very moment that
a retreat was ordered
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by General Lincoln, the two Reeds on
one side of me and my captain, Moore,
on the other, and at that moment the two Reeds were shot and fell from the parapet, the son falling first and the father on the top and across the son.  In this engagement Count Pulaski was
shot with a grape shot through breast just under the Shoulder.  I helped to lay Count Pulaski on a Litter which was made of a Blanket,
some pine poles, and some pine boughs, upon which he was carried to the Hospital.  He, Count Pulaski, lived that day (that of the Battle) the next day and on the next day he died.  I was never at the hospital but I understood it to
be about three miles south of Savannah.  We then returned to Augusta where we wintered.  In the spring we started to go to White Hall, where we were to be discharged But hearing on the
way that Ninety Six and Charleston were both in possession of the British our Captain John Moore dismissed us on the way.  I then returned home.  I was afterwards engaged in several occasional excursions against the Tories and forging parties of British and Tories.
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But in all of them I was a volunteer  I once Served five months, or more, under Captain Joseph Vincent.  In that Expedtion we crossed the Savannah and drove a small party of tories with provisions for the Enemy into a small fort called Fort Golphin at Silver Bluff.  We took the
fort and then went to Augusta.  Here we found general Pickens (who had Superseded general Williamson) and joined him to go in search for and to join General Green who was some where in the North part of South Carolina.  We found him at Columbia in South Carolina.  From thence. General Pickens with all under his command started in pursuit of the British who having evacuated Ninety six were on their way to Charleston not being able to intercept the
British, we returned home.  I would here say that under the enlistment under Captain John Moore I not only served out my time faithfully but several days longer.  
The court then put the following Interrogatories to the said Thomas Boon, To wit,
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Question 1st  Where and in what
year were you born?
Answer  I was born in the County
of Halifax in the State
of North Carolina in
the year 1760. 
Question 2nd  Have you any record of
your age and if so
where is it?
Answer  I have no record of my
age except that written
in my father's family Bible
Question 3rd  Where were you living when
called into service  where
have you lived since the
Revolutionary war
and where do you now
live? 
Answer  When I enlisted I was
living at Edgefield
District in South Carolina  
I lived after the war a while
in South Carolina, then for
a short time, in Tennessee and
for a period of more than
fifteen years in the County
of Logan in the State of
Kentucky.  I now live in
the County of Clark and
State of Illinois.
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Question 4th  How were you called into
service, were you drafted
or did you volunteer or
were you a substitute
and if a substitute for
whom? 
Answer  When I enlisted under
Captain Moore I did so to
serve as a substitute for
one John Pound, But
on all other Expeditions
I was a volunteer. 
Question 5th  State the names of some
of the Regular officers
who were with the troops
where you served. Such
continental and militia
Regiments as you can
recollect and the
General circumstances
of your service. 
Answer  The general circumstances
of my service I have already
stated so far as I recollect
them. I remember the names
of many Officers but to say
whether they belonged to
the Regular or Militia is
not in my power. 
I recollect General Greene 
Gen, Pickens  Gen. Lincoln 
Gen. Williamson and
Gen. Ashe
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Col. Leroy Hammand, Col. Butler,
Col. Warford, Major (formerly
Captain) John Pervis, Captain
John Moore, Capt Benjamin Tutt,
Henry Kee (or Key), Capt Boid, Capt
James Cosey, James McCoy, Thomas
Jones, and Joseph Vincent, Lieutenants
John Montgomery, Thomas Prince, Charles Earle, 
Adjutant  Crofton, Count d'Estaing and Count Pulaski.  
And I hereby relinquish every
claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present and I
do declare that my name is not
on the Pension Roll of the agency
of any State. I have no documentary
evidence of any service and I know of
no person whose testimony I can
procure who can testify to my service  
I (illegible) received  discharge and
that for the reasons which I before stated, in conclusion I would beg leave to say that
having enlisted while a mere youth,
and occupying the station of a private
it is impossible for me to speak
of the movements of the main Army
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or the immediate objects it's commanders
had in vein, with any degree of certainly  
But this I do know, that, I was
always ready to march at the
call of my Country.  I fought
for her in her darkest hours, and
I know that the noble sight of
a happy, a great, and growing Republick,
is enough to repay the
friend of his country for a life
of toil.  But cheering as is the
sight, it cannot banish Individual
and immediate (illegible).  An old
age of poverty has overtaken
me, and I now merely ask of those
for whose freedom I and
their fathers fought, a small
pittance to blunt the sting of
poverty during my few remaining
days.  I would also state that
it has been so long since the
occurence the events of which
I have spoken, and not having
near a history of that period for
more than forty years I cannot
speak with entire certainy as
to dates.  Subscribed
and sworn to in open
court the day and year
aforesaid.
Thomas Boon 
Jacob Hailan, Clerk.
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State of Illinois
Clark County  Set
This day
personally appeared before the
undersigned a Justice of the peace
in and for the County and State aforesaid
Thomas Boon who 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 stated below
and in the following grades.  I served
for a period of six months as a private
under cap Pervis who acted as Major, 
and I served for three months under
Captain James Casey and Col Leroy
Hammond.  I served also as
a private under Captain John Moore
for one year and four months  and
for such service I claim a pension
when I served under captain Moor   I
Enlisted, but whether it was in the
continental Establishment, or in the
State troops of South Carolina I cannot
say.  I remember that I enlisted
under capt Moor about three months
before Ashe's defeat at Brier
Creek
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my term of Enlistment was out a few days
after Charleston had fallen in to the
hands of the British.  It is my impression
that I enlisted into one of "three Independent
companies of South Carolina" but
I cannot speak with certainty of
these companies   Boise had command of
one  Benjamin Tut of one and Moor of
the other.  I served as a militia man
except when under Capt Moor. 
When I served under captains Cosey and
Pervis  Leroy Hammond was our colonel  
I cannot find a witness by whom to prove
my service.  The Seige of Savannah
in which Court Pulaski fell took
place during my service under captain
Moore.  I was in the Battle of
Savannah.  The Batte of Savannah
took place many months after the Battle
of Stono.  At Savannah our Colonel
was Laurens, Lieut Col Gree____  
The dates I can not speak of with
more precision that I have
in this and in my first declaration State
as that I can remember.  
Sworn to before me this 18th May 1833. 
W Manly  J. P.
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State of Illinois
Clark County
This day personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the peace in &
for the County and State aforesaid
Thomas Boon who being first duly
Sworn according to Law says that the
facts stated in the within amended
Declaration are true.  I also certify
that from bodily infirmity said Boon
is not able in my opinion to attend
before a court of record.
Given and ex. my hand and seal
this 18th day of May A.D. 1833
M. Manly  J.P.

State of Illinois
Clark County  Set
I, Jacob Harlan, Clerk of the
County Commissioner's Court in and for the
County of Clark and State of Illinois, do hereby
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certify that Uri Manly, Esquire, before whom the within
amended declaration of facts appears to have been sworn
to by the within named applicant Thomas Boon, was at
the time the same appears to have been sworn to and
Subscribed, and still is, an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, duly commissioned and
qualified, and that the signature of "U. Manly"
thereunto subscribed, purporting to be his is genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of said
Court, at Darwin, this Eighteenth
day of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty three. 
Jacob Harlan,  Clerk.
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State of Illinois  ss.
Clark County
On this first day of March in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one,
personally appeared before the county commissioner's court, (in open
court, the court judicially sitting) in and for the County of Clark
and state of Illinois, Mary Boon a resident of the County
of Clark aforesaid, aged seventy three years, on the 22nd day of
July in the year 1840, 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 the act of Congress
passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and
pension to certain widows:"  That she is the widow of Thomas
Boon, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain
Moore, under the command of General Williamson of the troops
from the State of Georgia, or from the State of 
South Carolina, (as well as she
now recollects) in the war of the Revolution.  This declarant cannot
state with certainty, the day, month or year, which the said Thomas
Boon, entered the service in the Revolutionary war, but Recollects
distinctly, that it was about the commencement of the war, or immediately
afterwards, and that he served previously, in the war against the Indians
in the Florida's and Southren parts of the Territory in the United States. 
This declarant states, that the said Thomas Boon, was a citizen of the
State of South Carolina at the time he entered the service. That he enlisted
(as well as she now recollects,) in the state of Georgia, during the war,
served out his time, and was disbanded, she thinks, at the close of
the war, by Captain Moore, in South Carolina; the said Thomas
Boon, during his service in the war, was in several engagements and
battles, as she recollect from his history of the service after he returned
home, she cannot now state all of them with certainty; but
recollects, that he was at the battles or siege of Savannah, and at
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Stony point and that the said Thomas Boon , never had any written discharge as now recollected. This declarant says that the said Thomas Boon was a pensioner on account of his services  in the Revolutionary War and that he resided in the County of Clark and state of Illinois and was placed on the Illinois  Pension agency  at Carmi and that he resided in the mid country of Clark up to the time of his decease, herein after specified. She further declares that she was (  married to the said Thomas ) ( underscored ) Boon on the (  tenth day of September) ( underscored )  in the year of our Lord ( one thousand seven hundred and ninety, by one ) ( underscored )  Esquire Lassiter a Justice of the Peace in ( the county of Burke in the State of Georgia) ( underscored )   & that from negligence , inattention or sad misfortune unknown to this declarant she is unable to procure any record proof of her said marriage to the said Thomas Boon, ( died on the ninth day of  March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six ) ( underscored ) in the county of Clark and State of Illinois : 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. she further declares that she has remained the widow  of the said Thomas Boon  unmarried to any other person  since his death as above stated and that she has not married any person since his death , as aforesaid. as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. ( her mark X ) Mary Boon  Subscribed & sworn  to in open Court this last day of March  1841. above written before me.
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6135. 
Illinois
Mary Boon
widow of Thomas Boon
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832
and who died on the 9th March 1836. 
of Clark Co in the State of Illinois
who was a private in the compy commanded
by Captain Moore of the Regt commanded
by Col. Hammond in the S. Carolina
line for 2 years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois
at the rate of 80 Dollars __ Cents per annum
to commence on the 10th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of April
1841, and sent to J. P. Cooper
Marshall, Clark Co, Illinois.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840        $319.02
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '41.   40.00
$359.02

Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by Wm C. Lantzingen, Clerk,
Book A.  Vol. 2  Page 223.


Reported,
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Rev. War Section.
April 3, 1930.
Hon. Carl R. Chindblom,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Chindblom:
In reply to your letter of the second
instant, requesting information for H. B. Wilson, 3516 Bosworth
Ave. Chicago, Illinois, I have the honor to advise you,
that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim,
Widow File No. 23,656, it appears that Thomas Boon born in
Halifax Co (illegible) 1760, was the son of Thomas Boon.
He was resting in Edgefield District, South Carolina, when
he volunteered in 1776 and sent in General Andrew Williamson's 
Expedition against the Cherokee Indians, whom they defeated
at the Keowee Towns, he then assisted in building Fort Rutledge,
after which he returned home.
He next volunteered, as private, under Captain John Purvis,
and Colonel Leroy Hamond for the Florida Expedition and served
six months.
Upon hearing that the British had captured Savannah, he
again volunteered and served three months under Captain James
(illegible) and Colonel Leroy Hammond.
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He next enlisted and served as a private for sixteen months
under Captain John Moore, during which time he was in the
battle of Stono and at the siege of Savannah.
He volunteered and served six months under Captain Joseph
Vincent and aided in capturing Fort Calphin.
He is also out on several excursions against the Tories.
Soldier married in Burke County, Georgia, September 10,
1790, Mary, those maiden name is not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Dec.
3, 183? while living in Clark County, Illinois. He died there
March 9, 1836.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March
1, 1841, while a resident of Clark County, Illinois, aged
seventy-three years on July 28, 1840. 
Very truly yours.
Commisioner.

This sol. gave an exact account of campaigns
and events but mixed his dates
dreadfully
The Cherokee Exp. & building of Ft Rutledge
were in summer of 1776.
I omitted the step son Wm Woods, as it
was not lineal descent & statement so
obscurely worded.
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21271
Thomas Boon
Clark C. Illinois
13390
Adm 2 years
$80

W. Manly Esq
Clark Court House
Illinois
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the subjoined
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the requirements will shew 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 Thomas Boon. Clark Co Illinois
Period when the service was rendered.
He thinks 1775
"
No date
No date
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Month. Days.
Not Specified
Not stated
Not stated
5 months or more 
Rank of the claimant.
Private
"
"
"
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap Pervis
Not Stated
Cap Moor
" Vincent
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
None mentioned
Col. Hammond
Gen Lincoln
" Williams
Gen Pickens
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. 
None
"
Stono
Near Savannah
"
Country through which he marched.
S. Carolina
E. Florady
S. Carolina
"
Georgia
S. Carolina
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
72 years
Evidence by which the declarant is supported.
Traditionary
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of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or Disrict of
County of                ss.
On this ______ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before ________ 
A.B. a resident (b) of ____ in the county of ____ 
and State, Territory or District
of ____ aged (c) ____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed 
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____, with ____ and 
served in the ____ (e) regiment of the ____ 
(e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided 
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched.
This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _______ 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 ______ of the Court of _____
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of _____ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____ 
and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
_______, who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 
years of
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The Counrequested
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
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.
in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will folmust
make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the
following words:
who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
days, I served
positively to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
months andmonths
, and --
collection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following reasons gratis him, senior
days, I served as ain
all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pension
---
11
the miliand
the length of his service. The use of the war he held, as the law
in the indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
at three or four months,
without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under that
service was performed that the planters the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent aupursuit
.
thority; 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
The opinion of
the Court
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The Clerk must given
is
The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubpapers
.
lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
Mode of authenticating papers.
tains
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which conthe
affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's ent
til 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,
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate
tering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
The ⌨
minister 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
note applies to continental troops only applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
not be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen Ex. C.
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We the undersigned Citizens of Clark
County & State of Illinois do
hereby certify that we are
well acquanted with Thomas
Boon who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration
That we believe him to be seventy
three years of age; And that he
is reputed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution; that
we have never heard a doubt & (illegible)
as to his having been such and
that we believe this statement upon
this or any other subject entitled to
the fullest confidence; and we
have no hesitation in saying that
we believe him to have been a
Soldier of the Revolution.  Clark
County Illinois  4th December 1832 
John Boon
Wm McCabe
Lieut Allen E C??m
Thos F Weathers
Joseph Combs
Wm Woods
Geno A Gilmore
John Combs
??? McCabe
John Wood
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George D. Collom, Horatio N. Munning, Aaron Roach, David Wykess, Amos Ashmore, James Ashmore, Glenn Grover, Jacob Johnson, Samuel Ashmore, Henry Taylor, William Michlin , Daniel Thompson, William Walker , John  W. Thompson, Aaron Thompson, Harrison Durell, Lucias Killey, John Durell, Royal A Sotto, Charles Ballew, Isaac Rhoads, B. Jer Maxey
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[ State of Illinois Clark County ] Set. I, Jacob Harlan, Judge of Probates in and for the County  of Clark and State of Illinois, do certify that I am Personally acquainted with five and twenty or more of the persons whose names are subscribed to the annexed certificate marked " D " , that they reside in this County  in the neighborhood of Mr. Boon, and that they are men of  fair character.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my had and  affixed the seal of said Court at Darwin this fourth day of December  A.D. 1832.  Jacob Harlan ( signed ) Judge of Probate
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I Isaac Hill a clergyman residing in the County of Clark and State of Illinois do hereby certify that I reside in the very neighborhood of and  am well acquainted with  Thomas Boon , I believe him to be at least seventy two years of age - that he is reputed and in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a  soldier of the Revolution and that I fully concur in that opinion - The character of Thomas Boon is that of a man of truth. Subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Clark and State of Illinois this 7 day of December A.D.. 1832.  Jacob Johnson ( signed ) J.P.  [ State of Illinois Clark County ] Set.  I Jacob Harlan Clerk of the County  Commissioner's Court  in and for the County of  Clark and State of Illinois do certify that Jacob Johnson Esquire, before  whom the foregoing  certificate of Isaac Hill appears to have been sworn to , was at  the time of certifying , the same and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County , duly commissioned and qualified. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
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my hand and affixed the
official Seal of said Court at
Darwin this Eighth day of
December A.D. 1832.
Jacob Harlan, Clerk.
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Clovis Co. of Illinois, 18th May 1833   Hon . J. L. Edwards  Dear Sir, I have the honor to enclose you  the amended declaration of Thomas Boon I do not know that the man has sufficiently served the ( years ) ( underscored ) in which he  served he can  only speak of ( events ) ( underscored ) that occurred immediately  (before ) ( underscored )  and immediately ( after ) ( underscored ) and ( during ) ( underscored ) his service the years which those events ( did ) ( underscored )  occur are well .. ( illegible ) to the Department. Indeed considering the old man's age at the time his extreme  debility both of  body and mind I rather wonder he is  able to give as good an account as he has - no one who has  ever seen and conversed with Boon. I mean even know  his having served as he states, but I am well aware that you are to be governed by a different  rule of evidence- He has done all he  can  and if he fails why it will merely be what he will consider a hard case to believe I think the testimony of Wood Smith is other than ( heresay ) ( underscored )
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By again noticing the original declaration  it will be seen that he  enlisted for 16 months under Cap. Moor and in another place he says that " he served and his time under Capt Moor faithfully ". I thank you for your kindness  in sending the Brief and I cannot forbear to suggest the propriety of  ending it on the first application for instructions as calculated to save trouble both to the Department and to the applicant - I can  assure you  that the old man is very old, very poor, very ignorant, but I think very honest.  I have the honor  to be  your very honorable friend Wm Manly ( signed )   Hon J. L. Edwards
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7740
Mar 12, 1841
Illinois
July 7, 1838
Mary Boon
papers

Marshall Ills.
?? March 1841.

Free.

J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.
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J. L. Edwards                                               Comr. of Pensions.
[State of Illinois Clark County]  ss.
Marshall  3rd March 1841.
Hon. Sir,
I herewith enclose to you the Declaration of
Mary Boon of this county together with the Deposition annexed
William Woods of this county as to the proof of the marriage
of the said Mary Boon to one Thomas Boon, who was a
pensioner of the U.S. on the Pension Roll & agency at Carmi
in the State of Illinois. 
Mary Boon, the declarant, therein makes
application for the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th
July 1838, granting half pay &c. to certain widows, on
account of the service of her deceased husband Thomas
Boon. 
I hope you will decide upon the application, at a
early a day as convenient & Reply to me at this place
upon the subject matter. 
Please address to me at this place, all correspondence
upon the application. 

The proof is as direct and clear as to
the marriage, as the declarant; as yet, is able to
procure.
All traditionary evidence be sufficient proof of marriage
in the case, where it is out of the power of the applicant
to procure Record evidence, as the Depositions of eye
witnesses, at the marriage. 

Respectfully your most
Obt. humble servant.
J. P. Cooper ( signed ) 

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions.
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Payments to be made
at Carmi
by Daniel Hay
Agent for paying Pensionors,
in the Agency of
Illinois. 

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E.  Vol. 8.
Page 55.  by Wm. R. Palmer,
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, Thomas Boon
of the State of Illinois.
who was a Private in the Army
of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars
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 sixteenth day of
July one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three. 
John (illegible)
Acting Secretary of War. 

(illegible)

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Marshall, Ill 29 Mar 1843                                    Sir, I have the honor to enclose the application of Mrs. Mary Boon of this County under the Act of 3rd March 1843 . Very Respectfully Wm Manly ( signed )
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7740 Mary Boon of Thomas Illinois, admitted -Pri 2 yrs $ 80. - Cap. Moore , Col.  Hammond  died 9 March 1836 Act 7 July 1838.  J.P. Cooper Marshall Clark Co., Ill.
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Marshall Ill 12th July 1836  Sir , At the request of the widow of Thomas Boon late a pensioner of the County I have to  enquire whether if any act of Congress she is entitled to a Pension- Thomas Boon was a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832 - he died in 1834 or 35 - was a pensioner when he died he and his wife had lived together some 40 years - Very Respectfully your obt servt.  Wm Manly ( signed )  J L Edwards Esq Comr. of Pensions
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Darwin Ill 
5th April
Free
J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.
Ap 17
file AWL
Tho Boon
[illegible]
Pres Roll
13390
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Darwin, Ill. 5th April 1837                                   Sir, Thomas Boon late a Pensioner of the U.S. is dead and I have the honor to enclose his certificate of Pension. Respectfully   W. Manly ( signed )   J L Edwards Esq
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Illinois 1000  Mary Boon  S.C. widow of Thomas Boon who was a Private in the Revolution  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars __ Cents per annum , to commence on the 4th of March 1843.  Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of July 1843 and sent to  W. Manly Marshall , Illinois [ Act of March 3, 1843. ]  Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 195
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William Woods, the witness was a witness  under act 7 June 1832
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Thos. Boone 21271
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I , William Wood a resident of the County of Clark and State of Illinois do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Thomas Boon who has subscribed and sworn to the  foregoing declaration ( for  more than forty years last past ) ( underscored ) - That I resided near him in the County of Logan in the State of Kentucky for about fifteen years. That these also resided in  Logan County in the State of Kentucky a certain  man Chapman Taylor and also one other man of the name of Nathan Johnson both old men - That these men  Taylor and Johnson were often conversing and in my presence with the said Thomas Boon upon the subject of the war in the South ____ That the said Taylor and the said Johnson have both
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repeatedly told me that they the said Johnson and Taylor both served as soldiers in the  American Army in the Revolutionary war in the State of South Carolina and in the State of Georgia - And they have as often told me that the above named applicant Thomas Boon served as a private soldier with them in the Revolutionary War in the American Army  in the State of South Carolina and in the  State of Georgia - I have never heard any doubt & proper as to his having served as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution - I believe the said Thomas Boon  will be seventy three years of age in the month of April A.D. 1833 - The said Boon has always  since I had any knowledge  of him been reputed as a man of truth And if I had no other evidence of his services than his own word I could not doubt from my knowledge of the man his having served  as he states
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I believe that Nathan Johnson and Chapman Taylor of whom I have spoken are both dead.  Subscribed and sworn to  in open Court on this 4th day  of December A.D. 1832.  Wm Woods (signed )  Jacob Harlan ( signed ) Clerk  ( note in margin)( A ) And the Court testifies that William Woods who has signed and sworn to the proceeding certificate is a resident of the County of Clark and State of Illinois and is a credible person and that his certificate is entitled to the fullest confidence and credit Jacob Harlan ( signed ) Clerk
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I, Jacob Harlan Clerk of the County Commissioner's Court in and for the County of Clark and State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing fourteen pages, together with the certificates marked " A,"" A, " , "B", and "C"  contain the original proceeding  of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Boon for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office , this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Jacob Harlan ( signed ) Clerk
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Jacob Johnson Certificate
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I Jacob Johnson  a citizen of the County of Clark and State of Illinois do certify that I am well acquainted with  Thomas Boon  who has signed and sworn to the  foregoing declaration,  That he is  reputed and in his neighborhood believed  to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I fully concur in that opinion.  Jacob Johnson ( signed )  Clark County 3rd December 1832  And the Court certify that Jacob Johnson Esquire who signed and sworn to the  above certificate in open Court is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full confidence and credit. Jacob Harlan ( signed ) Clerk  ( side margin note ) (B)
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We James McCabe  and Henry Groves both residents of the County of Clark and State of Illinois do hereby certify that we  reside in the neighborhood of  and are well acquainted with Thomas Boon who has subscribed and sworn  to the foregoing declaration - We believe him to be a least seventy two years of age . That his character is  that of  a man of truth  - That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we have no hesitation in saying that we  fully in that in that opinion. Subscribed and sworn to  in open Court this 4th day of December 1832  Jas. McCabe ( signed ) Henry Groves ( signed ) Jacob Harlan ( signed ) Clerk  ( side margin note ) (B)
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And the Court certify that Henry
Groves who has subscribed and
Sworn to the within certificate, and
James McCabe who has also subscribed
and sworn to the same and both residents
of the County of Clark and State of
Illinos. And that they are both
credible persons, and that their
statement is entitled to entire confidence
and credit.
Jacob Harlan, Clerk.
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7740
Declination of
Mary Boon
of Thomas
Illinois
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Samuel McClure
Milton Lake
Willis Dougherty
county commissioners

State of Illinois
Clark County  ss
I Darius Phillips Clerk of the county commissioners
Court, in and for the County of Clark and State
of Illinois do certify that the foregoing declaration of
Mary Boon, contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of the said Mary Boon for a
pension, as therein set forth. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the official
seal of said court at my office in Marshall
this first day of March
Anno Domini, 1841.
Darius Phillips  Clerk
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[State of Illinois Clark County ] Set Be it remembered that on this 1st day of March in the year 1841 personally appeared before me  Wm J Daugherty one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Clark aforesaid William Woods a resident of the said County of Clark , who being by me first duly sworn doth depose and says , as follows , to wit, " That some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety one , he became personally acquainted with Thomas Boon and Mary Boon his wife, in the County of Burke  and State of Georgia and the said Thomas Boon being my step father then and there learned  that he had married the said Mary Boon, that they had been married previously by one ___ Lassiter Esq. , then a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Burke, that some time afterwards, this affiant became acquainted with the said Esq. Lassiter , and in a conversation  with him, he Lassiter , told this affiant , that he had joined the said Thomas Boon  and Mary Boon together as husband and wife, in the said County of Burke, some time in the month  of September in the year seventeen hundred and ninety , as well as this affiant now recollects. This affiant further states that  he personally knew the said Thomas Boon and Mary Boon  to live together as husband and wife in the State of Georgia , Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois in the
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County of Clark aforesaid, continually  from the year seventeen hundred and ninety one up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Boon, being about forty five years. This affiant further says, that the said Thomas Boon died on the ninth day of March in the year 1836 in the County of Clark and State of Illinois and the the said Thomas Boon was a Pensioner of the United States, and placed on such on the Illinois Pension Agency  at Carmi ,Previous to his death, and that the said Thomas Boon resided in the said County of Clark at the time of the allowance of his Pension by the War Department. This deponent further says, that the said Mary Boon is widow of the said Thomas Boon now resides in the said County of Clark , and is the identical person and widow of the said Thomas Boon , pensioner , as aforesaid and that the said Mary Brown has remained unmarried  and to any other person, since the death of the said Thomas Boon, as aforesaid and is now living unmarried to any  other person in the said County of Clark, And that the said Mary Boon , is the same person, who has made her declaration  a widow of the said Thomas Boon, before the County  Commissioner's Court of the said County of Clark, on this day . this deponent further states that the said Esq. Lassiter who celebrated the marriage of the said Thomas  and Mary Boon in the said County of Burke in the  State of Georgia is now dead and has been deceased for several
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years, as well as this deponent is informed and believes  Sworn to & subscribed before me this 1st day of March A.D. 1841.  William Woods ( signed )  W. Doughtery ( signed / sealed ) J.P.  I Willis Doughtery the Justice of the Peace  in and for the County of Clark and State of Illinois, before whom  the above deposition of William Woods, was taken, do certify that the said William Woods is personally and well known to me  and that the said William Woods is a person of undoubted credibility for truth  and veracity . Given under my hand and seal at Marshall this 1st day of March  A.D. 1841. Willis Dougherty ( signed / sealed ) J.P.
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[ State of Illinois Clark County } Set I Darius Phillips Clerk of the County Commissioner's Court  in and for the County of Clark and State of Illinois do certify that  Willis Dougherty , whose official signature appears to the within deposition of William Woods, and the certificate of credibility, thereto is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Clark as appears above on the day of the date thereof , and that the signature s thereto purporting to be his  are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the official seal of said Court  and subscribed my name, this first day of March Anno Domini  1841.  Darius Phillips ( signed / sealed ) Clerk
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172
Mary Boon's
Declaration
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State of Illinois
Clark County  ss
On this twenty eighth day
of March in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty three; personally
appeared before the subscriber a Justice of
the peace in and for said County Mary
Boon, a resident of the State of Illinois, in
the County of Clark, aged seventy years
who being first duly sworn according to
Law, doth on her oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefitt of
the provision, made by the act of Congress,
passed on the 30 of March, 1843, granting
pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the
widow of Thomas Boon, who was a private in
the army of the Revolution in the service
of the State of South Carolina; That she was a
pensioner under the act of July 7 1838, at
the rate of eighty dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to, and subscribed
on the day and year above
written before me. 
Mary Boon  her X mark
John McManus  JP
John Boon

State of Illinois
Clark County  ss
I John McManus
one of the Justices of the Peace in and
for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify
that Mary Boon, who has this
day subscribed and sworn to, the foregoing
declaration before me, is, and has been
personally known to me, for the space of
six years past.  Given under my hand
this twenty eighth day of March A.D. 1843
John McManus  JP
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State of Illinois
Clark County  ss
I, Darius Phillips
Clerk of the County
Commissioners Court, in and for said
County do certify, That John McManus
is a Justice of the peace, in and for sais County, duly elected and qualified, and that the foregoing
signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine
sign
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court, at
Marshall, this twenty nineth
day of March in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty three. 
Darius Phillips  Clk

The words in and for said County
were interlined before signing
Testi  Durie Phillips  Clerk
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( left page ) 1913 Jan. 18 To E. L. Pegram For tombstone  F.W.  1913 Sept. 10. Hist, to Mrs. Harry  E. Cork : & 1920 Apr. 3, Hist. to Hon Carl R. Chindblom ans ( right page ) Rev  WIDOW. &c. File No. 23656  Mary Boon wid of Thomas Boon  Pri Rev War  Act : March 3rd 1843 Index : - Vol. A , Page 76  [ Arrangement of 1870.]
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Daughters of the American Revolution         
STATE OF ILLINOIS                                         
STATE REGENT                                                
MRS. GEORGE A. LAWRENCE                            590 N. PRARIE ST., GALESBURG  ,                  
STATE VICE REGENT                                        MRS. LUTHER DERWENT                                    " THE WAYSIDE" ROCKFORD,                     
STATE SECRETARY                                        
MRS. JOHN H. HANLEY                                 
724 BROADWAY , MONMOUTH,                
STATE TREASURER                                       
 MISS LYRA BROWNE                                    102 YOUNG'S AVE. JOLIET,                         
STATE HISTORIAN                                              MRS. E. L. PEGRAM                                        
465 W. MACON ST., DECATUR ,     
CONSULTING STATE REGISTRAR                 
MRS. NOBLE C. SHUMWAY                          
4436 N. ROSEY ST., CHICAGO              Commissioner of Pensions U.S. Pension Dept. Washington, D.C.                                          Dear Sir - The Daughters of the State of Illinois are making an effort to locate and mark the graves of all the Revolutionary soldiers buried in the State. To do this we need to verify their records of military service. I am very anxious  for the records of the following  soldiers of the American Revolution.  Thomas Boon - S. Carolina ,Nicholas Bean from Mass., Peter Dozier ( Dosher) from Virginia , Fred Unsell from Pennsylvania. Can the same be furnished me by your office ?  Yours truly , ( Mrs. E.L. ) E.K. Pegram 465 w. Macon St. Decatur, Illinois  January 13, 1913-
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Marshall, Ill Sept 1 - 1913  Commissioner of Pensions Washington  D.C.  Dear Sir, What record  have you of Thomas Boon a Rev. soldier ? Have been told he received a pension  No. 23.656 for his services. How he did before his wife did and did she continue to draw the pension and if so to whom was it sent ? I am trying to find out what Mrs. Thomas Boon's given name was. Respectfully  Mrs. Harry E. Cork  503 N. Michigan Ave.
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CARL R. CHINDBLOM
IOTH DIST. ILLINOIS
Rev War
House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D. C.
2 April, 1920.
[stamp] DEPUTY COMMISSIONER APR 3-1920
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir:.
Please advise me whether you can furnish any
information for the identification of Thomas
Boon, a Revolutionary War soldier who enlisted
in the Second South Carolina Regiment on Nov. 4, 1775 as Thomas Boon or Boone. He died
about 1845 when living near Livingston or
Marshall, Clark County, Illinois. I am advised
that Thomas Boon drew a pension from the
Government.

One of my constituents is a descendant of the
family of George Boone of whom Daniel Boone,
the first settler in Kentucky, was one, and
my constituent is anxious to obtain all the
information possible in regard to his ancestors.
The constituent in question is H. B. Wilson, 3516 Bosworth Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
Yours very truly,
1
Carl Chindblom
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. G APR 3 1920
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Fr.
Rev. War Section.
January 18, 1913.
Mrs. E. L. Pegram, 465 West Macon street.
465 West Macon Street,
Decatur, Ills.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 13"" and received
the 15"" instant, you are advised that from the papers in the
claim W. File No. 23,656, it appears that Thomas Boon served
in the South Carolina troops, Revolutionary War. He was born
in 1760, and died March 9, 1836.
From the papers in the claim our. File No. 32, 112, it
appears that Nicholas Bean served in the Pennsylvania troops
and Continental Dragoons, Revolutionary War. He was born March
16, 1760. Date of death not stated,
In the claim of Peter Dosher or Dozier, W. File No. 22,951
it appears that the soldier served in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary
War. He was born November 2, 1762, and died August
6, 1838.

From the papers in the claim W. File No. 22474(2), it appears
that Frederick Unsell served in the Pennsylvania troops
Revolutionary War. He was born August 25, 1765, and died September
11, 1835.
Very respectfully,
[illegible]
Commissioner.
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Thos born Sept. 1790 Mary --Sol. "step - son " William Woods res. Clark Co., 1841.
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In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Boon a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR , you will find below the desired information  as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for a pension on file in this Bureau. W. 23656  DATE IF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT .  1776 about Dec 1778 . LENGTH OF SERVICE. 6 mos, 3 mos, 1yr. 4 mos, 5 mos. RANK . Private. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. John Purvis, Wade Casey , John Moore,  Joseph Vincent. COLONEL. Andrew Williamson ( expedition against the Cherokee Indians & protected Fort Rutledge)  marched to Florida . Leroy Hammond. STATE . S.C. Battles engaged in , Stono  & siege of Savannah. Residence of soldier at enlistment , Edgefield Dist. S.C. ( nearby Ninety Six ). Date of application for pension . Dec 3, 1832, His cl was al. Residence at date of application. Clark Co., Ill . Age at date of application . born Apl. 22, 1760 Halifax Co., N.C. , son of Thomas Boon who removed to Ninety Six  Dist  S.C. in 1764. Remarks :  Sol. married Burke Co., Ga.  Sept 10, 1790 Mary __. He died Mch 9, 1836 Clark Co., Ill. and she was allowed pension on her appl. exec. Mch 1, 1841, while res. of said Clark Co. aged 73 yrs on July 22, 1840 . ( deleted remarks re: William Woods )( I omitted this as not lineal descent  & statement was so obscured )( vertical note ) ( worded ) Very respectfully, ( no signature)