Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,445, John Boon, N.C.
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Service
N.C.

Boon, John
           Anne

Number
W.10,445
B.L.Wt. 40,913-160-55

Born in Va.
Contents
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23.312
North Carolina
John Boon
of Guilford in the State of N.Car.
who was a pr.. in the Compy commanded
by Captain Fifer of the .....commanded
by .....in the N.Car.
line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence ont he 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20- day of Decr 33
and sent Hon. A.H
Shepperd  HR

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833                       66.65
semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34    .....13.33
........................................................................$79.98

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol.[Illegible] page 46
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28.911
John Boon
Original Case

Guilford Co

A H Shepperd
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Declaration of John Boon in order to obtain the
benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th
North Carolina
Guilford County
On this 18th day of November 1833
personally appeared in open court
before the Justices of the Court of pleas and
quarter Sessions now sitting, John Boon a resident of
United States in the County of Guilford North Carolina aged Seventy eight years  who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
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your applicant states that shortly after the commencement of the revolutionary war, the Cherokee nation of Indians & others were stirred up and excited to become hostile & take up arms against  the people the United States who resided near them, by the influence of British agency as was then believed, they were murdering and doing immense mischief in the frontiers of this our said State - When a call was made, your applicant entered the Service under the command of the Caleb Phifer Captain and John Phifer major as a Volunteer, in the month November 1774 - the object of this expedition was to march immediately for a place called Ninety Six in South Carolina, there to intercept and overtake the men that were then called Schofelites, but afterwards Tories who were engaged in hauling & carrying great quantities of arms and ammunition to the Indians, after the army was organized, your applicant then living in Rowan County North Carolina, we marched on to the place of destination, passing thro Charlotte, and crossing the Catawba at the old Nation ford and along through South Carolina crossing Broad River a little below the mouth of the Tiger River, bearing somewhat south to meet with the Southern force that was to cooperate with us and after we had crossed the Saluda river we learned that the wagons with supply of ammunition for Indians had passed on a little before us
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We called a halt & a council held, when a company
of the most active men were selected to pursue after
them, who accordingly  came up with them at Long Cane
River, and took the Wagons, loaded with ammunition
Two of lead and one with powder - the men that
were with the Wagons, run and left their wagons
upon our approach, and one of them got into the
River, and would not come out until Colonel Polk
went in after him & the fellow shot the Colonel in
the Shoulder-- We then turned home to Rowan
and was verbally dismissed but had no written deposition
- after having served as well as I can now recollect
2 or 3 months and suffered immensely with cold, a great
many died, got frost bite wading Home thro the
a deep snow
the next service your applicant tendered was a three month Tour
in March 1775 - I was still at this time a resident of Rowan County and State aforesaid, and was drafted and served
under John Barringer Captain, John Piper Mayor, and James Martin Colonel, and after we were organized, we commenced our march to the place of destination,  -we went to Salisbury
crossed the Yadkin River, Abbotts Creek and a stream
called Little River leaving Deep River upon our left we marched on to Fayetteville for the purpose of dispersing and subduing the Scots who it was reported had declared in favor of
Great Britain & were emboding[sic] for the purpose of giving them assistance - they were then considered Tories & unfriendly
to the Freedom of their country, but when we got
to Camden, we understood and learned that they
had dispersed & separated, and we then returned
Home & were dismissed, verbally.
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The next service your applicant rendered was in
the Cherokee war in the year 1776,- I volunteered in
this expedition and we commenced our March
the last of July or first of August, (not certain
which) - the care of the Pack Horses were committed
to me, - our officers were, Caleb Phifer Maj John Phifer Colonel and Rutherford our General -your applicant still continued to live in Rowan and we commenced our march and went on to the Catawba, crossed at Sherild's ford, & then went back up the Catawba to a fort called the Mulberry Bottom and then crossed Blue Ridge, then on to French Broad River, and after crossing said River we had a little skirmish with some Indians & White men
who had intermarried with the Indians, but they
fled quickly, - we marched to some of the Principal
Indian Towns the Middle Town & Overhill Town
is all that I can at this time name- and we destroyed
& Burt  [burnt]their Grain & Houses & Towns, - the Indian
Warriors had concentrated at a place in the
mountains called the Half Moon, and before our
men could form a Junction with the South army
these warriors attacked the South army, a severe battle was fought and a great many lives were lost and shortly after this engagement we joined the southern Army & having prostrated and destroyed every thing we could we delivered up our prisoners to the Southern army & returned home; having served as well as I can recollect four months -
your applicant having moved over into the
Holsten Settlement in the year  1778, on the 5th
August I again volunteered under the command
of David Ward & served one month, we had men
called Minute men that held themselves in ready
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to march at a moments warning to save and preserve the frontier families from being massacred by the Indians, and this was a call of this description - the Term of service of these minute men was one month which was  rendered
At the Period your applicant rendered the then stated service, there were raised in this
State no continental Troops, or soldiers of the Regular army - therefore your applicant cannot name any officers of the Continental line at that time - further states he has no Documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whether to a
pension or annuity except the present & declares
that his name is not in the Pension Roll of the
agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed the
day & year first written
John Boon
mark
We Joseph Gibson esq and Captain Henry Clapp
residents of the County of Guilford & State aforesaid Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Boon who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be from his appearance seventy eight years
of age, And the said Henry Clapp saith that
many years ago he heard the said John Boon
Telling over his services in the Revolutionary war
, & he further saith from what he heard others
say as well as the present Applicant, he believes
he was a soldier of the Revolution & Indian
War, sworn & subscribed the year & day aforesaid
Jose Gibson
Henry Clapp
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Questions propounded by the court-
1st where and in what year were you born
ans- I was born in the state of Virginia on the16th day of July AD 1750
Ques 2 Have you any record of your age and if so where
ans- I have a record in my family Bible
Ques 3d- Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live-
ans-My parents moved to North Carolina Rowan County when I was young  I lived in said county and state at the time I rendered the [illegible] service except the service of one month. I then lived in the Holsten Settlement/ and after the war was ended I moved into Guilford County North Carolina and has remained there ever since -
4th. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute
ans- In answer to this question I refer you to the body of my declaration 
5th State the names of some of the officers who were with the troops among whom you served- such continental and militia officers as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your service 
ans- In answer to this question I likewise refer to my declaration 
6 Did you receive a discharge from the service - if so - by whom was it given and what has become of it
ans- I never recd a written discharge, but in all my service was discharged verbally.
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7th. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for truth and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans- Joseph Gibson esquire and Captain Henry Clapp and I could name a number more of worth men in my neighborhood 

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary solder and served as he states- and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Gibson esq and Henry Clapp Capt are residents of this our county of Guilford, and are credible and respectable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit- Isaac Bell JP Francis Shelly JP  N W Bundy JP

I W. W. Woodburn clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for Guilford County Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Boo for a pension- In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of November AD. 1833  W.W. Woodburn
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I certify that the preceding sheets contain nothing but the genuine proceedings in the case of the application of John Boon for a pension. I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the clerk and [illegible] of teh court- I certify them to be genuine.  [illegible] Shepperd
26 Nov 1833
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251.585  Act  Mar. 3. '55
  July 11.'16

Anne Boon. Wid
John Boon  Pri

[written across above writing]
No 40913[illegible] Sept 13/56

Revy war.

Pensd. Act
Feby 5 - 5820

Ad: 160 [illegible] Sept : 10/56
Boynton

T. Webb
Hillsboro
N.C.

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Vol B=2-4
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5820
North Carolina  F.
Anne Born
widow of john Born
who served in the Revolutionary 
N.C.
War, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 26 dollars 66,
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 
18th day of June 1856.
and sent to
T. Webb
Hillsoboro
N.C.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, page 133. Vol A

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Date of death not on 
A.B.


251585 
[illegible]
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Claim of 
Mrs Anne Boon
To Bounty Land
Act of March 3d 1855

251.585

Revolutionary War

T Webb
Attorney
Hillsboro
North Carolina
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State of North Carolina
County of Alamance

On this 5th day of July A.D. 1836 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Anne Boon aged Fifty Nine years a resident of Alamance County in the State of North Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Boon, deceased, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and who was a pensioner of the United States and paid at the Fayetteville Agency in the State of North Carolina at the rate of twenty six 66/100 dollars per annum that she does not remember the names of his officers, or the company or Reg't in which he served.

She further states that she was married to the said John Boon in Guilford County NOrth Carolina on the 7th day of July A.D. 1822 by one Eli Smith a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Anne Montgomery that her said husband died in Guilford County on the 27th day of January A.D. 1837 and that she is now a widow.
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She refers to the papers now on file in the office of the commissioner of pensions for evidence of the service of her said husband John Boon deceased, upon which he was allowed pension during his life; and for evidence of her marriage she refers to the papers accompanying her declaration for pension filed in the same office in the month of June 1856, on which she has recd a certificate dated June 18th. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3d 1855" And she further declares that she has not received or applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of congress.  (sign your name)  Anne Boon

We Jacob May and John P. Albright residents of Alamance County North Carolina upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Anne Boon in our presence; and that we are well acquainted with said Anne Boon, and were also well acquainted with her late husband John Boon deceased; that we were not present at her marriage with
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said John Boon, but we , and the whole community acknowledges them as husband and wife, that they so considered them [illegible]; and that the fact of their marriage was never doubted: that the name of the said Anne Boon before her marriage was Anne Montgomery and that she is now a widow.
(witness will sign their names)  Jacob May  John P. Albright

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed  before on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person is the person she represents herself to be, and is still a widow, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Elias Albright JP

State of North Carolina- Alamance County
I, John Faucett, clerk of the county court for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Elias Albright Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing a Justice of the Peace for this county duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 7th day of July A.D. 1856

J. Faucett  Clerk County Court
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State of North Carolina
County of Alamance }

On this 4th day of June A.D. 1836 personally appeared before the county court for the County and state aforesaid, Anne Boon a resident of Alamance County, North Carolina, aged fifty nine years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath declare, in order to obtain the benefits of the law of congress passed the 3d February 1853; that she is the widow of John Boon, who was a private soldier, in the Revolutionary War, and a pensioner of the United States, and was Paid at the Fayetteville Agency North Carolina at the rate of twenty six dollars per annum; that she was married to the said  John Boon on the ...day of July 1822 in the county of Guilford N.C., by Eli Smith a Justice of the Peace; that she has no public record, and search has been made for her in the county of Guilford, nor is there any family record that she knows of, that her maiden name was Anne Montgomery; that her husband the said John Boon died in Guildford County N.C. in the year 1837, the 27th day of January; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.  She further declares that she has
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 never again married, but is still the widow of the aforesaid John Boon, and that she is now a widow. [signed] Anne Boon

Sworn to and subscribed  in open court the day and date above written and I certify that the same is a court of Record. Jno Faucett CCC

We Daniel Klapp and Joseph L Holt residents of Alamance County North Carolina, upon our oaths declares that we were well acquainted with John Boon, who was a  Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner of the United States, and that Anne Boon who made the foregoing affidavit is his widow (he having been married three times) that they were not present at the marriage, but they always have heard and believed that they were married, that they recognized each other as husband and wife, and were always considered as such by all the neighborhood and they never heard the fact of their marriage called in question, that they  have but one child which died when it was about two years old. and that she is now a widow. They also swear that they are disinterested witnesses and are not [illegible] with the applicant.  D. Clapp  Joseph S. Holt
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I William Holmes a magistrate in the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits of Joseph S. Holt and Daniel Klapp was sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I certify that they are credible witnesses: and that I have no interest in this claim.  Wm HOlmes JP

State of North Carolina
Alamance County

I John Faucett Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid I hereby certify that this is a court of record: and there the affidavit of Anne Boon was taken in Open Court as before stated. I also certify that William Holmes Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace for this county duly commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office This 4th day of June 1856.  Jno Faucett  C.C.C.
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November 16, 1939.

BA-J/ILL
John Boon
W. 10445

Mrs. Eva Boon Myers Pool
415 West 9th Street
Dallas, Texas.

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim. W. 10445, based upon service of John Boon.

John Boon was born July 16, 1755 in Virginia and moved with his parents, when young, to Rowan County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, John Boon volunteered sometime in November 1774 and served two or three months under Captain Caleb  Pfifer and Major John Pfifer in the expedition to Ninety-six, South Carolina, during which he was engaged in intercepting large supplies of ammunition of Tories to the Indians.

He enlisted sometime in Mary 1775 and served a tour of three months as private in Captain John Baringer's company, Colonel James Martin's North Carolina regiment; he enlisted about August 1, 1776 and served four months as private in Captain Caleb Pfifer's company, Colonel John Pfifer's North Carolina regiment in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, during which he assisted in burning Indian towns and supplies and was in a skirmish after crossing the French Broad River. He moved then to the Holsten settlement and belonged to the minutemen there; he was called out August 1, 1778 ad served one month in Captain David Ward's company against the Indians.

After the close of the Revolutionary War, the soldier moved to Guilford County, North Carolina, where he resided during the rest of his life.
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John Boon was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed November 18, 1833. He died January 27, 1837.

John Boon married July 7 or 8, 1822 in Guilford County, North Carolina, Anne Montgomery, also of Guilford County: she was his third wife. The names, dates of marriages, and dates of death of his former wives are not shown.

Anne Boon, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 4, 1856, at which time she resided in Alamance County, North Carolina. She was aged then fifty-nine years: the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents were not given.

John Boon and his wife, Anne, had only one child who died at the age of two years; the name of said child was not given. In 1856, when Anne Boon made application for pension reference was made to her step-grandson, but his name was not given. There are no further data relative to the family of the soldier.

Anne Boon was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land under the Act of March 3 1855 on account of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War; her application was dated July 5, 1856. Warran #40913 was issued on her behalf. If you desire more information in regard to the location of this land, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish the following data: warranr# 40913- 160 acres, Act of March 3, 1855.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Copy of 
Marriage License Bond


John Booh
to 
Ann Montgomery
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(Copy)

State of North Carolina
Guilford County }

Know all men by these presents that we, John Boon and James Ross are held and firmly bound unto Gabriel Holmes, Esquire, Governor, &c, or his successors in office, in the full sum of five hundred pounds, current money, to be paid to the said governor, his successors or assigns, for the which payment well and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated this 1st day of July, A.D. 1822.
"The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas, the above bounden John Boon has made application for a license for marriage to be celebrated between him and Ann Montgomery of the county aforesaid; now in case it shall not appear hereafter, that there is any lawful cause or impediment  to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.   John Boon (seal)  Jas. Ross (seal)

"Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Jno. Hanner. C.C.C."

State of North Carolina
Guilford County}
I, Lyndon Swain, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for Guilford County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Bond for license for marriage between John Boon and Ann Montgomery, which is filed in my office.
Witness Lyndon Swain, Clerk of said court, at office, in Greensboro; on this the 6th day of June, 1856.  Lyndon Swain, C.C.C.
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Admit as a
Private  8 mos [illegible]

Hon A H Shepperd
HR.
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War Department 
Pension Office
Dec. 03 1833

Sir:
The declaration of Jno Boon has been examined and is herewith returned for amendment, to wit, the authentication of his papers each sheet or piece of paper should bear the seal of teh clerk or his name, or be attached together by the seal by a piece of ribbon, or tape passing thro' them and under it.

When they shall have been returned at this office so amended, a pension certificate will be issued for eight months service- The three months performed in 1774 being before the war, is inadmissible.

I have the honor to be
Yr obt Servant
J.L. Edwards
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Hillsboro N.C.  June 11th 1856

Sir

Herewith please find the application of Mrs. Anne Boon for pension under Act of Feb 3d 1853.

At the time of making her declaration, no bond for marriage could be found in the county of Guilford; because her step-grandson, who had the search made was mistaken as to the tie of her marriage; but after learning the proper time the clerk easily found it and herewith you will find a copy, duly certified to.  
Respectfully yours
T Webb
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Hillsboro N.C. July 9th 1856

Dear Sir

Herewith please find the application of Anne Boon for Bounty land under Cat of march 3d 1855.

Since I wrote the declaration she has recd her certificate of Pension at the rate of $26.. 66/100 per annum dated at the Department of the Interior June 18th 1856 and numbered 5820

Respectfully yours 
T. Webb

Comm Of Pensions
Washington City
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Brief in the case of Anne Boon, widow of John Boon--
Alamance County and State of North Carolina
act February 3, 1853

Claim, ("original", ) [crossed out-or "for increase"]

Proof Exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under Act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $26.66 per annum, and was paid to 4th September 1836, as per 3d auditors certificate.

Marriage in 1822 proven by certified copy of marriage ban, and [illegible] evidence of cohabitation. JC

[crossed out- (if for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?]

Identity of claimant as the widow of the said pensioner, and her present widowhood proved by Daniel Kplapp and Joseph S. Holt- credible witnesses- Robt Giddes Examining Clerk

T. Webb Esqr
Name and residence of Agent
Hillsdobor 
North Carolina
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N.C.
Anne Boon
Official Business

Free
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[stamped]
Hillsborough N.C. 
Jun 11

23812
[written over the top of address] [illegible]
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40.913

Rev Ames


Official Business
Free
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[stamp -illegible]
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3d Auditor's office
June 17, 1836

Sir: 
John Boon, No: Carolina, act 1832 at $26.66 per ann., has been paid to 4 September. The name of his widow does not appear in this paper, he not having died until 27 Jany 1857.
Very Respy
your obt. Servt
Robt J Atkinson Auditor

J Minot Esq
Commissioner of Pensions


Pension office June 16, 1856

The third auditory will please certify the [illegible] of math of within named pensioner, and name of widow.
Very respectfully 
R. McRae
for Commissioner

[illegible]
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Anne Boon, widow
of John Boon
Alamance Co. North Carolina

Admd. Act Feby 3 1833
at rate of $26.66 per ann.
commencing on date of said act.

Husband private of infantry
8 months

Pay widow

Certificate to 
T. Webb Esq
Hillsboro; 
N.C.
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1909 Jan 19 Hist . to Mrs. Annie S. Ross
1925 Par 13 Hist to Mrs. C.C. Reed [illegible]
1935- June 6 Hist. to Mrs Ethel A. Lawhon [illegbile]
1939- Feb 16 Hist to Mrs. F. A . Gordon  (Allene) cc
1939- Nov 16- Hist to Mrs. Eva Boon [illegible] Pool Ill.

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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 10445
Anne Boon
Wid of
John Boon
Privt Rev. War

Act: Feby 3d 1953
Index:-Vol. A, Page 73

[arrangement of 1870]
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Mrs. Clayton Reed
416 14 Avenue South
Nampa, Idaho

[stamped] 
Pension Office US
L
Feb 24 1925

Pension Dept.
Washington DC

Will you please send me the service record of John Boon (1755-1837) was placed on the Pension Roll 1833, of Guilford Co. N.C. for service 1778 as a private in the Revolutionary War.
Please send name of 2nd wife and children, also Co. in which he served.
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Mrs. Clayton Reed 
416 14 Avenue South 
Nampa, Idaho

His first wife was a miss Starnes but the second I can not find. 
Thanking you very much for your trouble
I am
Resp.
Mrs. C. C. Reed
416 14 Ave S
Nampa 
Idaho
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3-871.

Record Division
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions

Briefed by  L.D. L
Claim No.........
Certificate No........
Claimant.......
Soldier  John Boon
Service  N.C.
Additional Service Rev War
No....claim, state records....., 190...
No claim, combination records......,190...
REMARKS:

No Claim, except
W.#10445




0-5  Chief Division
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[stamped]
Received 
May 27 1935
Mail Sub Div
[illegible] 


216 East 5th Save
Arkansas City, Kans.,
May 23, 1935

Pension Bureau
Revolutionary Dept.,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

On the North Carolina Pension roll of the Revolutionary War (pages 8, 80 and 81) there is listed a John Boon from Guilford County, as a private in the N C Militia, commencement of pension, March 4, 1831 at age 79.

Will you please advise me if there is any record of heirs or any other possible information you could give me of this John Boon?

May great-great-great-grandfather was a John Boon from North Carolina and I am seeking this information for family record.

Yours truly

Mrs. Ethel A. Lawhon
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In reply to your request of .........., received........
for a statement of the military history of John Boon
a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.       W.10445

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Nov 74
Length of service 2 or 3 mos
Rank. Pri.
Officers Under Whom service was rendered.  Captain Caleb Phifer      colonel
State . NC

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Mch 75
Length of service. 2 or 3 mos
Rank. Pri
Officers Under Whom service was rendered.  Captain John Baringer     colonel James Martin
State NC

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. July or August 76
Length of service. 4 mos
Rank Pri
Officers Under Whom service was rendered.  Captain      colonel John Phifer
State. NC

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Augst 78
Length of service. 1 mo
Rank PRI
Officers Under Whom service was rendered.  Captain  David Ward    colonel
State NC

Served against the Tories and Cherokee Ind.

Battles engaged in,  [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rowan County, N.C.
Date of application for pension, Nov 18, 1833
Residence at date of application, Guilford Co., N.C.
Age at date of application, b. July 16 , 1755 in VA.
Remarks: Sol. Mar Guilford Co, N.C. July 1822 Anne Montgomery. He died Jany 27, 1837 Guilford Co., NC 
Wid appl. June 4, 1856 at 59 REs. Alamance Co., N.C.
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[stamped]
Received
Jan 16 1939
Mail Sub-div
[illegible] 28

Marshalltwon, Ia
Jan 13, 1939

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
So you have among the list of Revolutionary Soldiers receiving pensions a record of Jonathan or John Boone (only one frm NC) or wife Rebecca of Rowan Co., N.C.?
Also is Ebenezer Frost or his first wife Sarah, second wife Elizabeth or Rowan Co. N.C. mentioned? Also is Wm Frost, father of Ebenezer or James Carter, both of Rowan Co. N.C. listed as pensioners?

I will appreciate any infomration you can send.
Sincerely yours
(Mrs J. A. G.) Allene Gordon
608 WW. State St.
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November 16, 1939

BA-J/MMHF: MLB

Mrs. Eva Boon Myers Pool
415 West 9th Street
Dallas, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Boon who was born in 1755, received a pension and died in 1857, in Guildford County, North Carolina, and of Jesse Boon, born about 1734 and died in 1828 in Warrick County, Indiana, and in which letter you request to know whether or not the children of veterans of the Mexican War are entitled to pension.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the Jesse Boon described above. The record of John Boon is furnished you herewith.

Your letter has been referred to the proper division for reply in regard to Mexican War pensions.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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February 16, 1939.

BA-J/ILL/CC
John Boon
W. 10445

Mrs. F.A. Gordon
608 W. State Street
Marshalltown, Iowa.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jonathan or John Boone, Ebenezer Frost, William Frost and James Carter, all of Rowan County, North Carolina.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a James Carter of Rowan County, North Carolina, nor of a William Frost or Jonathan Boone of North Carolina, nor of Ebenezer Frost. the data which follow were obtained from papers in pension claim W.10445, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of John Boon.

John Boon was born July 16, 1755, in Virginia, and moved with his parents, when young, to Rowan county North Carolina; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, he volunteered sometime in November 1774, and served two or three months under Captain Caleb Phifer and Major John Phifer in an expedition to Ninety-Six, South Carolina, during which he was engaged in intercepting large supplies of ammunition of Tories to the Indians.

He enlisted sometime in March 1775, and served a tour of three months as private in Captain John Baringer's company, Colonel James Martin's North Carolina regiment; he enlisted about August 1, 1776, and served four months as private in Captain Caleb Phifer's company, Colonel John Phifer's North Carolina regiment in an expedition against the  Cherokee Indians, during which service he assisted in burning Indian towns and supplies and was in a skirmish after crossing the French Broad River. He moved then to the Holston settlement and belonged to the minutemen there; he was called out August 1, 1778, and served one month in Captain David Ward's company against the Indians.
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After the close of the war, John Boon moved to Guildford County, North Carolina, which was his home during the remainder of his life.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 18, 1833. He died January 27, 1837, in Guilford County, North Carolina.

John Boon married July 7 or 8, 1822, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Anne Montgomery, also of that county; she was his third wife; the name, dates of marriage, and dates of death of his other wives are not shown.

Anne Boon, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 4, 1856, at which time she resided in Alamance County, North Carolina; she was then aged fifty-nine years, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown.

John Boon and his wife, Anne, had only one child, who died at the age of two years; the name of this child is not shown. IN 1856, when the widow, Anne Boon, made application for pension, reference was made to her step-grandson, but his name was not stated. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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June 6, 1935

BA-J/Ill
John Boon
W. 10455

Mrs. Ethel A. Lawhon
216 East 5th Avenue
Arkansas City, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jonathan or John Boone, a pensioner of Guilford County, North Carolina.

 The data given herein regarding John Boon are found in the papers on file  in pension claim W.10445, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

 John Boon was born July 16, 1755, in Virginia, and moved with his parents, when young, to Rowan county North Carolina; the names of his parents are not shown.  

While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, he volunteered sometime in November 1774, and served two or three months under Captain Caleb Phifer and Major John Phifer in an expedition to Ninety-Six, South Carolina, during which he was engaged in intercepting large supplies of ammunition of Tories to the Indians.  

He enlisted sometime in March 1775, and served a tour of three months as private in Captain John Baringer's company, Colonel James Martin's North Carolina regiment; he enlisted about August 1, 1776, and served four months as private in Captain Caleb Phifer's company, Colonel John Phifer's North Carolina regiment in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, during which service he assisted in burning Indian towns and supplies and was in a skirmish after crossing the French Broad River. He moved then to the Holston settlement and belonged to the minutemen there; he was called out August 1, 1778, and served one month in Captain David Ward's company against the Indians.
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After the close of the war, John Boon moved to Guildford County, North Carolina, which was his home during the remainder of his life.  

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 18, 1833. He died January 27, 1837. 

John Boon married July 7 or 8, 1822, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Anne Montgomery, also of that county; she was his third wife; the name, dates of marriage, and dates of death of his other wives are not shown.  

Anne Boon, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 4, 1856, at which time she resided in Alamance County, North Carolina; she was then aged fifty-nine years, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown.  

John Boon and his wife, Anne, had only one child, who died at the age of two years; the name of this child is not shown. IN 1856, when the widow, Anne Boon, made application for pension, reference was made to her step-grandson, but his name was not stated. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.  

Very truly yours,  

A.D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section                 MMHF


April 13, 1925

Mrs.C.C. Reed
416 14th Ave., south
Nampa, Idaho

Madam:


I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 10445 it appears that John Boon was born July 16, 1755 in Virginia.

While living in Rowan County, North Carolina he volunteered in November 1774 and served two or three months under Captain Caleb Phifer and Major John Phifer in an expedition to Ninety Six, South Carolina against Tories and Cherokee Indians.

He served from March 1775 three months agains Tories under Captain John Baringer and Colonel James Martin.

He enlisted the last of July or first of August 1776 and served four months as private under Captain Caleb Phifer and Colonel John Phifer in the North Carolina Troops on an expedition against Cherokee Indians and was in a skirmish.

He then moved to Holston settlement and was a
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minute man when he was called out August 1, 1778 ans served one month under Captain David Ward against the Indians on the frontier.

He was allowed pension [hand written insertion] (Miss Wilson said I need not add "for his services in the Rev." His ser. began prior to Rev-) on his application executed November 18, 1833 while living in Guilford County, North Carolina. He died in said county January 27, 1837.

Soldier married (the third time) July 7 or 8, 1822 in Guilford County, North Carolina, Anne Montgomery. The names of first and second wives not given. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 4, 1856 while living in Alamance County, North Carolina aged fifty-nine years.

Soldier and his wife Anne had only one child which died at the age of two years, its name not stated. Widow Anne's step-grandson was referred to in 1856, his name not given.

Respectfully,

Commissioner