Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 705, Jesse Boswell, Md.

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Service         Number
Md. Boswell, Jesse W.705
Mary B.L.Wt 11,419-160-58

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1653
Restoration 

South Carolina (WCity)
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Mary Boswell dec widow of Jesse Boswell who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private and Sergeant Md Line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 110 dollars 
cents per annum, to commence on the [redacted 3d February, 1853.] 4th March 1860
ending November 12th 1863 pension payable to the surviving children
Certificate of Pension issued 7 day of May 1866 and sent to 
AS Wallace Yorkville SC
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 342 Vol. 26

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[left side]
Vol. B3-H.

[right side]
91.994 
 Aet War /55 
[Illegible] 25/55
Mary Boswell 
widow 
Jesse Boswell prvt Pensioner
Widow act March 1818

D. Regs
Revolution War
Y.C. [illegible] 53-1652
Ad. 160 ach Week 5/55
[illegible]
WO 11.419 df Dec 7/55

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[left side]
let T G. WWilliams Sept19 ‘45

Contd. Dec 5. 1821
And feutto 
JM Henry
York C.H
L Cardline

[illegible] issued Aug 9 1822
sent to Pensioner
York Ct Hon
So. Ca.

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7958 4
South Carolina
Jesse Boswell
Of York District in the state of South Carolina
Who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Imilk of the Maryland
Line for the term of 8 years
[i]nscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
At the rate of 8 Dollars per month, commence o[n]
The 27th day of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued to the 18th of Mar. 1819
and send to
York District Court House
South Carolina
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 4mo 9/31 = 34.32
Semi-anl. All’ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.
$82.32
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

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my R sent to the son State Maryland 1 of for proof of service of 5 Calhoun Washington City
son.

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South Carolina
Jesse Boswell, resident in York District in 
the State of South Carolina, being duly sworn Declared that in the month of July 1780 at Port Tobacco in the State of Maryland, he enlisted as a common soldier in Second Regiment of the Maryland line of the Armyof the Revolution in the service of the United States for the term of three years. That at the time he joined
his regiment it was commanded by Colonel Alexr L. Smith and his company by Captain Francis Shepherd, and that under their command he marched to the Southward and joined Genl Green's army either 
in North or South Carolina, and after he joined
that army his company was commanded by Captain James Bruff and the regiment by Col. Ford That he  remained with the Command of General Green until the expiration of his enlistment and was regularly discharged at Anapolis, and  that during his service he was in the Battle at Guilford, Camden, Eutaw Springs at the Siege of Ninety six. And that his discharge is lost. The Declarant further saith  that he is a native of the United States, that he has always  heretofore and still resides therein  and from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
Jesse Boswell

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South Carolina

I David Johnson one of the associate
Judges of the said State do hereby
certify that the writer named Jesse
Boswell did this day make and subscribe
the within declaration on oath That  I have no reason to doubt the truth of the facts therein stated and am therefore satisfied that the said Jesse Boswell did serve as a common soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the service of the United States on the continental 

establishment against the common enemy for the time therein mentioned and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support

Given under my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State at York Court House the 27th day of October AD 1818.
David Johnson

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Schedule
of
Jesse Boswell
7958

1st Reg [illegible] 28
80.646-81.021

2nd R no. 90
81.022-82.567

p107-3[illegible]
188-4 [illegible]
144 - [illegible]

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Schedule 

State of South Carolina York District In this twenty-fourth day of October 1821, personally  Appeared in open Court being a Court of Record  For the Said District. Jesse Boswell aged sixty-six Years resident in South Carolina in said District who  

Being first duly sworn according to law doth on  His oath, declared that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that he the said Jesse Boswell Enlisted for the term of three years about the  Eight day of July in the year 1780 in the State  of Maryland Charles County, in the Company commanded first by Captain Shepherd (^subsequently by Captain Russ) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Smith and afterwards by Colonel Ford in the Maryland line that he continued to serve in the first corps during the time of his enlistment and for some time [illegible, illegible] he was discharged from the said service at the City of Annapolis in the State of Maryland. That he has received a pension but does not recollect the number of his pension certificate said certificate having been burnt with his house. That he was in the battle of Guilford. The battle at  Camden. The battle at the Eutaw Springs, at the Siege of ninety six, and in several skirmishes and that  he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.  And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and there I have not since that time by gift, sale on in any manner disposed of my property or any past thereof with in  

lend thereby so to diminish it as to bring  myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Services of the United States, in the Revolutionary

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War passed on the 18th day of March 181, And
that I have not nor has any person in truth
for me any property or Securities, Contracts or drafts
and to me nor have I any income other than 
what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed 
and by me subscriber 

Schedule
Pat Mettle south about 	$4.00
Household furniture…	11.75
Corn Cotton & Hadder	13.00
	                                $28.75
I am a farmer and not able to pursue it on account of our
age and infirmities my family consists of myself, my wife and about
42 [illegible]
[illeg]
Sworn to and Subscribed, on the 24th day of 
October, 1821 before	Jesse Boswell

I John Henry, clerk of the Court for York
District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing 
Oath and the Schedule the hereto announced
and truly capisce from the Record of the 
Law Court. And I do further certify that the 
total amount in value of the property

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South Carolina} 
York District}         

On this 4th day of May  1853 Personally appeared before me John M. Ross Judge of the Court of ordinary for the District and State  aforesaid Mary Boswell a resident  of the District and state aged 72 years who being, first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed 3rd February 1853. that she is the widow of Jesse Boswell Who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States South Carolina agency at the  rate [crossed out: at the rate] of $96 per annum She further declares that she was maried to the said Jesse Boswell on the twenty fourth day of December one thousand eight hundred and nine (1809) by Samuel Givens Esqu late of Yorke District deceased and that her husband the said Jesse Boswell departed this life at his residence in York District on the 23rd day of November one thousand eighty hundred and died twenty eighty 1828 and that She was married to him at the time above Stated she further swears that she was a widow at the passage

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of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made ap-plication for a pension. and I further constitute and appoint A.S. Wallace of york District [crossed or  Hon W. W. Boyer our Mentor of Congress] to Prosecute my claim of Pension to examine all pappers and documents on file at the departments at Washington City or elswhere to file additional evidence and arguments and to receive the certificate when issued which certificate I wish made payable to me and to do all other acts and deeds that I might or could do were I personally present hereby rattifying and confirming all that thy said attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the 
premises Given under my hand and seal this the day and year above written Sworn to and subscri bed this 4th day of May 1853

 Mary x ^her mark^ Boswell [hand drawn cloud here; illegible]

JM Ross            
C.Y.D.

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South Carolina}
York District}    

I John M Ross Judge of the Court
of Ordinary of York District do hereby certify that
Mary Boswell who made the foregoing declaration is a
credible woman and that ^in^ open Court she stated she
had no family register. I further certify that John Burris
Robt Ash & Reuben McConnell who made the following
affadavits before be are men of good character &
are entitled to full credit. I further certify that from
the testimony produced before me I am fully satisfied
that the said Jesse Boswell and Mary Boswell were legally
married Given under my hand & seal of Office May 4th
A.D 1853

South Carolina}
York District}     Personally appeared John Burris before
me and made oath that he is now forty seven years
old that he knew Jesse Boswell a revolutionary pensioner
of the United States from deponents earliest recollection
to his death that he and Mary Boswell his widow who
makes the foregoing declaration, were respected [crossed out: all that time]
as husband and wife and lived together all that time
as such & that there resided within two miles of deponent
he further states that he has heard the late Saml Givens
Esqs state in his life time that he married the said
Jesse Boswell to the said Mary Boswell

John Burris

Sworn to before me}
May 4th 1853}
JM Ross Oyse

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South Carolina}
York District}      Personally appeared Robert Ash
to me & makes oath that he is over fifty years old that he
saw Jesse Boswell & his Widow Mary Kelough the day they
were married and saw them when they returned from 
Samuel Givens Esq where they had been married
that day and that afterwards they were always [illegible]
and lived together as man and wife until the
health of the said Jesse Boswell who was a revolutionary
pensioner of the United States and that deponent
has never heard their marriage [illegible]
Robert Ash

Sworn to before me} 
May 4th 1853}
JM Ross  J.P.D.

South Carolina}
York District}          Reuben McConnell [illegible]
that he is fifty five years old that has known 
Jesse Boswell & Mary Kelough from his earliest recollection
that he lived about one mile of them at the time of  
their marriage that deponent was not present at the
marriage but recollects destincly to have heard it ^at^ the
time & that ^they^ were married by Saml Givens Esqr & that they
were always afterwards respected as man and wife and
lived together as such and never heard their marriage 
[illegible]
R McConnell
Sworn to before me}
May 4th 1853}
JM Ross Gupe

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South Carolina}
York District}    

On this 18th day of
April 1855 personally appeared before me a magistrate duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and  for said District Mary Boswell aged 74 years a resident of York District  in the State of South Carolina who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Jesse Boswell deceased who was  a pensioner of the United States under acts of 18th March 1818 at the rate of $96 per annum for services in Revolutionary War (Maryland lines but to give particulars of her late Husbands service declarant cannot or the officers under whom he served but would refer the de-n partment to the proof now on file in his case. She furth declares that she was maried to the said Jesse Bos=well on the [blank] day of December A.D. 1809 or 1810 by one Samuel Givens
Esqu of York District and that her Maiden name was Kelough or  Keler and that her said husband died on the [blank] day of Nov. A.D. and that she is still  his widow and pensioncs of the United States under act 3 March 1853, which she still continues to draw and would refer the departments to the proof of her marriage now on

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in her own claim as well as the death of her said husband as she is now a pensioner at the rate above stated, and my be incorrect in some of the dates, and as a  mater of [underlined: extreme caution] would  most respectfully call Mention of the departments to her former statements, and that she as never before made application for  bounty land under this or any other act of Congress She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855     Mary x^her mark^ Boswell We Dixon McKnight and Moses  McCleave Residnets of said Districts South Carolina upon our oaths declare the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Boswell in [illegible] and that we believe and know that she is the Identical person she represents herself to be as we have known her all our lives
 Moses McLeave
Dixon McKnight

The foregoing declarations and af
fidavit was sworn to and subscri=
bed before me on the day and

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year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that the claim=ent is the person she represents herself to be. and that the Witnesses as well as myself have no inter est in this claim
A.S. Wallace
(Magistrate)

South Carolina}   I John G Enlow Clerk of the York District}   Court of Common Pleas in general session for York District and State aforesaid Certify that A.S.Wallace is a Magistrate duly authorized by Same to administer oaths and that the foregoing signature purporting to be  his is genuine, In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed by name 
John G Enlow
              B.B.A.PB & G.S.

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State of South Carolina}
York District} SS

On this twenty eighth day of August A.S. one
thousand eight hundred and sixty five personally ap-peared before me John A. Brown Judge of thecourt of ordinary in Said State and District the Same being a court of record Nancy Garvin, Elizabeth Boswell & Margaret Boswell children and heirs at law of Mary Boswell a widow of a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $110.00 per annum, which pension has paid to the Said widow up to the fourth of March 1861, who being first duly Sworn according to law declare that they are the only Surviving children and heirs of the Said Mary Boswell who died at her residence in  York District South Carolina on the twelfth day of November 1863 and that they have not in any
manner encouraged the late rebellion nor monifer-ted a Sympathy in their cause and that they now make this application to obtain the arrears of pension due their Said mother Mary Bos-well at the time of her death and that they 
have taken the oath of Amnesty which is here-
with enclosed and that they all are over twenty one years of age.

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 
twenty eighty day of August 1865
John A. Brown
Judge of the Court of Ordinary
W.B. Wells
Comm in Equity
for York Dist

Nancy x^her mark^ Garvin
Elizb x^her mark^ Boswell
Margt x^her mark^ Boswell

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State of South Carolina } SS.
York District }

I John A. Brown Judge of the court of ordinary for the District and State aforesaid which court is a court of record certify that Mary Boswell who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States So. Ca. agency at the rate of
$110.00 per annum died at her late residence in York District South Carolina on the twelfth
(12th) day of November one thousand eight hundred Sixty three (1863) as Shown by the evidence of John M Brison and Rebecca Herherington. and that Nancy Garvin Elizabeth Boswell and Margaret Boswell the declarants are the only Surviving children and heirs at law of the Said Mary Boswell died and that the Statements of the Said declarants are enti-tled to full credit, and that the witnesses are very respectable citizens of this district and that they as well as myself have no interest in this 
claim. Given under my hand Seal of Office at York Court House
August 28. 1865

John A Brown Judge of the
Court of Ordinary for York Dist

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August 19, 1931

Mr. George Burroughs      BA-J-REV. & 1812 Wars Section
1020 Sixth Street? N.E.      KEL
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of August 14, 1931, addressed
to Mr. Alfred D. Wilkinson, which has been referred for considera-
tion and reply.

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolu-
tionary War pension claim, W. 705. that Jesse Boswell enlisted at
Port Tobacco, Charles Coutny, Maryland, July 6, 1780, and served as
a private and sergeant in Captains Francis Shepherd and James Bruff's
Company, Colonels Alexander L. Smith and Ford's Maryland Regiment.
He was in the battles of Guilford, Camden, siege of Ninety Six and
Eutaw Springs and served three years.

[ Could not identify Capt. Francis Shepherd. ]

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 27, 
181, while residing in York District, South Carolina. In 1820 he
was aged sixty-six years.

He died November 23, 1828, at his residence in York District,
South Carolina. The date and place of his birth are not given.

The soldier married December 24, 1809 or 1810(both dates appear in the claim) Mary Kelough or Keler. They were married by a Justice
of the Peace of York District, South Carolina.

Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application exe-
cuted May 4, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-two years and 
resided in York District, South Carolina.

She died November 12, 1863, in her home in said York District.

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Three daughters survived their mother: Nancy Garvin, Elizabeth Boswell and Margaret Boswell, who in 1865 were aged fifty-three, fifty-two, and forty-nine years, respectively. 

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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South Carolina}
York District} Before me person
ally appeared Moses McCleave a resident citizen of said District aged 84 years past who being first duly sworn according to law on  oath says that he was intimately acquainted with Mary Boswell Revolutionary Pensioner died and her three Surviving children Nancy Garvin, Elizabeth Boswell and Margaret Boswell, for many years past and have lived within one half mile of their Residence for fifteen years previous to the death of the old lady. and saw her often and from his person al knowledge knows that she as well as her children have named was very much opposed to the late rebelion and knows they had no sympathy for their cause as they were very poor and the old lady Mary Boswell intirely dependent on her Pension for everything which ^u^ well known to the community and that he has no  interest in this application Sworn to and subscribed this 17th day of April 1866. 
A.S. Wallace N.P.
Magt Escoffino     Moses McCleave

I certify that I have been long and intimately acquainted with Moses McCleave that he is and has always been one of the best citizens of the District and to my knowledge a [underlined: illegible] and can yet hunt ride, walk, and fish, and no [underlined: imbicility] about him

A S Wallace NP
Magt Escoffino

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John H. Stevenson aged 47 years past last February on oath says that he fully [illegible] the affidavit of Moses McCleave with whom he is well acquainted and one of the most unforgetable men in county that he himself was about one mile from the Boswells has been a miller during the war and often gave them grain from the mill both before and after the death of Mrs Boswell and that he himself was always opposed to the war and often confered freely with the Boswells who were very much opposed to the war and the above named Nancy Garvin Elizabeth Boswell and  Margaret Boswell are still living and her only surviving children and all over twenty one years of age and that he has no interest in this application

Sworn to and subscribed this 17th day of April 1866
A.S. Wallace NP. }   John A Stevenson
Magt Escoffino}

I certify that the above witness John H Stevenson is a  man of good character and to my knowledge a Union man I aided him in keeping out of Service
A.S. Wallace NP
Magt Escoffino

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South Carolina}   
York District}      
I. JF Wallace clerk of the Court  of Common Pleas and General Session or York District in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that AS. Wallace Esqr before whom the preceding affidavit was made was at the date thereof a a Notary Public for the District aforesaid who had been duly appointed and qualified and had signed the roll kept according to laws in my office In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal of office at York Court Hours thirteen 19th April AD 1866

JF Wallace
CCCP

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Yorkville S.C.
August the 31st 1865.

HC Lauch
Chief Clerk Pension Office
Washington City D.C.

Dr Sir 
I have sent the claims of Mrs Sarah Wilson and heirs of Mary Boswell deed of this District I know [underlined: all the parties.] They all live near me and both families were opposed to the war and had  no one in service the parties are 
 kneedy, will you be so kind as  to hav the claims passed as soon as  convenient as all the parties are very kneedy. I have directed the papers to the commissioner of pensions, you will recollect I was  one of commissioners from York District in July last asking  a provisional government for S.C and mit you in the pension office you were then acting [underlined: chief clerk] you gave the general

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Instructions and promised to see to those claims, as soon as (illegible) should stamps be required. All the  fathers (illegible) as have it attain (illegible) to an I will permit at once the amount, direct to me at Chesterville or Yorkville by way of Chesterville SC
Very respectfully yours,
A.S. Wallace

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right center of page)
The Court of Pensions
Washington City.
D.C.

(sideways overlain over above text)
Rec'd. Sept. 13th (illegible) from (illegible)
B.

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Yorkville S.C.
August the (21 or 31)st 1865

To the Honorable
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City D.C.

Sir,
I here with hand you the 
claim of Mary Boswell Deed. 
You will please examine and 
report the claim to me at Yorkville 
SC as soon as convenient. 
I know all the parties, they 
are my neighbors, and I know of 
my own personal knowledge, their 
statement to be true.
I had the honor to be be one 
of the Commissioners from York Dis=
trict S.C. at Washington City D.C. i
n July last, asking a provisional 
government, for this state.
Very respectfully yours,
A.S. Wallace

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Respectfully referred 
to the Comm. of Pen
sions for adjustment 
in accordance with 
his Communication 
to me of the 10th inst
C.H. Rhett
May 21/59

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Yorkville S.C.
May 16th 1859
Charles H Rhett Esq
My dear sir I herewith 
hand your evidence of 
the continued widowhood 
and being of Mrs. Mary Bos=
well. Please have it attended to 
at once, Jesse Boswell her 
husband, was a very smart 
man, and had the reputation 
of a non-commissioner & 
[underlined: commissioner officer] of the 
Revolution
with the highest esteem
I remain your sincere
and devoted friend
A.S. Wallace

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Dept. Interior
May 9th 1859

Dear Sir,
I have received a com-
munication from A.S. Wallace 
Esqr. upon the Subject of the 
increase of pension due Mrs. 
Mary Boswell widow of Jesse 
Act Feb. 3 1853. She now gets $96 
per annum, but it appears [crossed out: ser
ved as a Sergeant]her husband 
served as a Sergeant, which would 
entitle her to $120~ per annum. 
Would you oblige me by hav-
ing the increase granted and 
communicate the result to me. 
I am indebted to Mr. W for some 
little kindnesses, which I would 
be glad to return be serving 
him in this matter.
Yours Truly,
C.H. Rhett

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Yorkville S.C.
April the 19th 1866

Hon. Joseph H Barret
Court of Pensions
Washington City, DC

My Dr sir
In answer to your letter of 
the 9th first in Claim of Mary Widow 
of Jesse Boswell Revolutionary Pensioner 
at Rate $110 per annum S.C. Agency ^deed^ I here
with hand you evidence of Moses 
McCleave, and John H. Stevenson, which 
I hope will be satisfactory. The facts 
stated are to my personal knowledge 
true. Very Respectfully Yours
A.S. Wallace

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(TOP CENTER OF PAGE) 
Treasury Department, 
Third Auditor's Office,
May 1st, 1866


Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the 
28" insh I have to inform you that 
the pension of Mrs. Mary Boswell, (on 
the South Carolina rule under 2" sec,
of Act 3" Feby 1853), appears, by the 
books of this Office to have been last 
paid to 4 March 1861.
Very Respectfully
AM Gangewer
Auditor


Hon Jos. H. Barrett
Comr of Pensions

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Brief in the case of Mary Boswell wid: of Jesse, 
York District [crossed out: County and] State of South Carolina
Act 3d Feb 1853

Claim, ([crossed out: "original", or] "for increase") Increase under said act from $96 to 
#110. Per An: Com: Feb 3rd 1853.

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant is a pensioner under Said Act at the rate of #96 per An: 
Her husband was pensioned under the Act of 18" March 1818. 
The Certificate of the Commissioner of the Land Office at 
Annapolis Md, & the final Settlement certificate, on 
file in this office show, that Jesse Boswell served 
over three years in the Maryland Continental ^line^ that full 
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Eighteen months after this service was in the Capacity of 
a Sergeant.
Mrs. Boswell has surrendered her 
pension certificate & filed Satisfactory evidence 
of her continued widowhood & of her identity. 

C.H. Rhett Esq
Int: Dept.
[crossed out: A.S. Wallace Esqr
Yorkville, S.C.]
Name and residence of agent

(bottom right)
S.C. Boyton
Examining Clerk.

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Mary Boswell
Wid of
Jesse Boswell
$96.00
(Di?) 23 (Mar?)1838

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[typed form, handwritten responses] 
Brief in the case of  Mary Boswell Wid of Jesse Boswell 
of York District [crossed out: County] and state of South Carolina
 under the act of 3rd Febry 1853

Claim, ("original, or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Jesse Boswell was a Rev. Pensioner of the U.S. under the 
Act of 18 March 1818, and who died on the 23 Novem 1828. 
His Wid. Mary Boswell on the 4th day of May 1853 
in the Court of Ordinary in the County & State aforesaid 
made application for a pension under the 2nd Section 
of the Act of 3rd Febry 1853. 
Marriage proven by reputation of their nearest neighbors. 

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death of the Pensioner by (illegible) of 3rd Auditor --
Identity and proof of widowhood by nearest neighbours - 
Pension allowed at the rate of $96 per annum
Commencing on the 3rd February 1853
August 19th 1853

(bottom left)
Name and residence of Agent
Wm W Boyce Esqr
Winnsboro
S Carolina

(bottom right)
Daniel McCook
Examining Clerk.

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John McKnight (A)Mary Boswell

Payment to be made at
Charleston, by 
J.C. Cochran Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
South Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
[sideways overlapping other text]
Cancelled
May 24 1859

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page (illegible) Vol. A

Clerk.
H.R. Weightman

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION
I certify that in conformity with 2d section of the act of Feb
ruary 3, 1853, Mary Boswell 
widow of Jesse Boswell 
who was a private in the revolutionary war, 
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety-six 
dollars [crossed out: and cents]per annum, commencing on the 
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again 
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such 
marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior, 
this thirty first day of August 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

R McClelland 
Secretary of the Interior 

Examined and Countersigned.

S. Cole
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.

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Winnsboro, S.C., May 19th '53
Dear Sir,

The annexed papers have 
been put in my hands, with a 
request that I should forward 
them to your department.
Very Respectfully
William W. Boyce

S.P. Waldo Esq

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Mary Boswell,
wid: of 
Jesse
S.C.
Increase from #96 to 
#110 per an under 
2d Sec Act of Feb 3d/53 
to Com: Feb 3rd/53, 
deducting former payts 
under said Act. 
Svl War
a pri: & Sergt,

Cert: to AS Wallace
Yorkville
S.C.

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(illegible) Office
January 24 1859

Sir, 
In compliance your request of the 6th Instant I enclose herewith a copy of the forms.

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After Com will pleas
let me examine the claims 
of Janet Morrow S.C. at 4th July 1836,
or 7th July 1838.
Sarah Clarke widow of William, York 
District S.C. 7th July 1838, and subsequent 
acts
Simeon Hager Lincoln County N.C. 
Mary Boswell York District, So Ca, 
act of 3 Feb 1853
I have powers of attorney 
in all the above claims
A.S. Wallace




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Mary Boswell, Decd.
wid: of
Jesse
S.C.
Ref: Claim for Res:

Issue Cert: for #110. per An: under the
2: Sec: of the Act of Feg: 3d. 1853.
to Commence March 4"1861 & to End
November 23"1863, when she died,
payable to Nancy Garvin Elizabeth 
Boswell and Margaret Boswell, the
only surviving children for their benefit
& that of other heirs at law, if any.
Boynton


Cert: to 
A.S. Wallace. Esqr.
Yorkville,
S.C.

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Brief in the Case of Mary Boswell decs: widow of Jesse Boswell 
for Restoration
York District [crossed out: County] and State of S. Carolina 
Act 3d Feby: 1853, the 2d Section.

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,

PROOF EXHIBITED,
Before the Rebellion the claimant was pensioner at the rate of #110. per
Annum. She died November 12th 1863 as appears by two credible witnesses and a 
Certificate of Court. Original pension certificate is surrendered. Widowhood & identity 
at death, Satisfactorily shown. It appears from the affidavits of two affiliates
and a Certificate of Court that Nancy Gavin, Elizabeth Boswell, and Margaret 
Boswell are the only Surviving children and heirs at law. The loyalty of the 
pensioner and her children is established. Their Auditor Reports the pensioner w
as last paid March 4th 1861. 
 
(Allow?) at the the rate of #110. per An: under the 
2d. Section of the Act of July 3d, 1853. to Commence the 4th March 1861 & to end 
the 12th November 1863 when she dies. payable to Nancy Gavin, Elizabeth Boswell, 
and Margaret Boswell, surviving children, for the benefit of themselves and 
other heirs at law, if any.    May 4" '66

Name and residence of Agent.
A.S. Wallace. Esq
Yorkville, S.C.

Boynton
Examining Clerk.

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1653 
South Carolina 
Mary Boswell
widow of Jesse
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [crossed out: 4th day of march, 1848.]
3d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Aug /53
and sent to Wm. W. Boyce
Winnsboro
S.C.


Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a
[crossed out: July 29, 1848.]^Febry 3"/53^ Page 141 Vol. A

1818

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Auditor office Annapolis 12th March 1819
I hereby certify that it appears from the pay Rolls 
remaining in the Auditors office that Jesse Boswell 
received from John Hamilton agent of this Maryland 
line the sum of $122.60 for arrears of pay from the 
1st August 1780 to the 1 Jany 82 for also the sum of 
$120 from the 1 Jany 1782 to the 1 Jany 1783 and also 
the sum of $31.60 for pay from the 1 Jany 83 to the 
15th Nov. 1783 when his time expired.
Thomas Karney And S. M.

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Yorkville S.C.
27th day Dec 1855

Hon J Minot
Com of Pensions
My dr sir as the attorney 
of Mary Boswell, now a pensioner 
of the United States, at the ^rate^ of $96 per annum, 
and who recently received a bounty 
land warrant for 160 acres in which the 
rank of her husband was put down 
as a sergeant. she Mrs. Boswell says 
he was a Lieutenant and had the command 
of men in time of the Revolution. 
I respectfully request that you 
examine the claim, and make the proper 
allowance to her, as well as her husband 
Jesse Boswell, for whatever rank he held 
in the Maryland line in time of the Revolution 
her certificate will be forwarded 
promptly whenever called for.
Very respectfully yours,
A.S. Wallace

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Pension office
January 11. 1856

Sir
You have not filed any Power of Atty 
authorizing you to demand an increase of the 
pension of Mary Boswell but as you were 
her atty when she applied for bounty land, I 
shall disregard that for the present. Her husband 
did not intimate that he served in any other grade 
than that of private, nor is there any direct evidence 
in the papers that he did otherwise serve. But 
the examining clerk inferred from the amount of pay 
he received that he was a Sergeant and so indorsed 
the papers, hence the warrant was so issued. 
I do not deem this sufficient to justify the 
increase asked for.

Very Respectfully,
Your obt Servt
R. McRae
for Pension

A.S. Wallace
Yorkville
So. Car:

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CERTIFICATE
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ON THE twenty eighth DAY OF August 1865 AT Yorkville  S.C., THE OATH PRESCRIBED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN HIS PROCLAMATION OF MAY 29, 1865, WAS DULY TAKEN, SUBSCRIBED, AND MADE MATTERS OF RECORD BY Nancy Garvin OF York District, S.C. 
JA Brown ordinary for York 
District + Magt (illegible) off


OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
YORK DISTRICT
I, Nancy Gavin, A RESIDENT OF York DISTRICT, AGED 53 YEARS: 5 FEET 5 INCHES HIGH; fair COMPLEXION AND BY OCCUPATION A (blank); DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, (OR AFFIRM) IN PRESENCE OF ALMIGHT GOD, THAT I WILL HENCEFORTH FAITHFULLY SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE UNION OF THE STATES THEREUNDER, AND THAT I WILL IN LIKE MANNER ABIDE BY AND FAITHFULLY SUPPORT ALL LAWS AND PROCLAMATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE EXISTING REBELLIONS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES. SO HELP ME GOD.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME, AT Yorkville S.C. THIS 28 DAY OF August 1865
J.A. Brown Ordinary for York District (illegible) Ese Off
A.S. Wallace

+ her mark
Nancy Gavin


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(Duplicate)

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CERTIFICATE
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ON THE twenty eighth DAY OF August 1865 AT Yorkville S.C., THE OATH PRESCRIBED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN HIS PROCLAMATION OF MAY 29, 1865, WAS DULY TAKEN, SUBSCRIBED, AND MADE MATTERS OF RECORD BY Margaret Boswell OF York District, S.C.
JA Brown Ordinary for York
District + Magt (illegible) off


OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
YORK DISTRICT
I, Margaret Boswell, A RESIDENT OF York DISTRICT, AGED 49 YEARS: 5 FEET 5 INCHES HIGH; fair COMPLEXION AND BY OCCUPATION A (blank); DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, (OR AFFIRM) IN PRESENCE OF ALMIGHT GOD, THAT I WILL HENCEFORTH FAITHFULLY SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE UNION OF THE STATES THEREUNDER, AND THAT I WILL IN LIKE MANNER ABIDE BY AND FAITHFULLY SUPPORT ALL LAWS AND PROCLAMATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE EXISTING REBELLIONS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES. SO HELP ME GOD.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME, AT Yorkville S.C. THIS 28 DAY OF August 1865
J.A. Brown Ordinary for York District (illegible) Ese Off
A.S. Wallace

+ her mark
Margaret Boswell

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(Duplicate)

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CERTIFICATE
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ON THE twenty eighth DAY OF August 1865 AT Yorkville  S.C., THE OATH PRESCRIBED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN HIS PROCLAMATION OF MAY 29, 1865, WAS DULY TAKEN, SUBSCRIBED, AND MADE MATTERS OF RECORD BY Elizabeth Boswell OF York District, S.C. 
JA Brown ordinary for York 
District + Magt (illegible) off


OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
YORK DISTRICT
I, Elizabeth Boswell, A RESIDENT OF York DISTRICT, AGED 52 YEARS: 5 FEET 4 INCHES HIGH; fair COMPLEXION AND BY OCCUPATION A (blank); DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, (OR AFFIRM) IN PRESENCE OF ALMIGHT GOD, THAT I WILL HENCEFORTH FAITHFULLY SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE UNION OF THE STATES THEREUNDER, AND THAT I WILL IN LIKE MANNER ABIDE BY AND FAITHFULLY SUPPORT ALL LAWS AND PROCLAMATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE EXISTING REBELLIONS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES. SO HELP ME GOD.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME, AT Yorkville S.C. THIS 28 DAY OF August 1865
J.A. Brown Ordinary for York District (illegible) Ese Off
A.S. Wallace

(sideways bottom left margin):
(Elizabeth Boswell)
(Duplicate)

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Hon L.P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.

(left sideways)
9694

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Yorkville S.C.
19th April 1855
Hon. LP. Waldo,
Com of Pensions
My der sir, I here with inclose claims of Robert Lindsey, Margaret M, Baggs, and Mary Boswell, for bounty land under act of 3 March 1855, which you will please examine and report as soon as convenient.
Very sincerely yours,
A.S. Wallace

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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE
State of South Carolina
District of York SS.
ON THIS twenty second DAY OF June, A.D. 1822; BEFORE ME, THE SUBSCRIBER, A JUSTICE OF THE Pension, FOR THE SAID District of York PERSONALY APPEARED Jesse Boswell WHO, ON HIS OATH, DECLARES THAT HE IS THE SAME PERSON WHO FORMERLY BELONGED TO THE COMPANY COMMANDED BY Captains Bruff + Smith (illegible) IN THE REGIMENT COMMANDED BY Colonel Ford IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES; THAT HIS NAME WAS PLACED ON THE PENSION ROLL OF THE STATE OF South Carolina --- THAT HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF THAT FACT, UNDER THE SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR; WHICH CERTIFICATE, ON OR ABOUT THE nineteenth DAY OF November 1820 AT my own dwelling house in the said district 
HE had the misfortune to have his dwelling house consumed by fire in which was (illegible) his said certificate with his others before and (illegible) 

SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED TO, BEFORE ME, THE DAY AND YEAR AFORESAID
Jesse Boswell 
(illegible) 

NOTES. THE LAST FOUR BLANKS ARE LEFT FOR THE APPLICANT TO SET FORTH THE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER OF THE LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE.
THE OATH TO BE TAKEN BEFORE A DULY QUALIFIED MAGISTRATE, WHOSE OFFICIAL CHARACTER AAND SIGNATURE MUST BE PROPERLY AUTHENTICATED.
IF THE PENSIONER HAS NEVER RECEIVED A FORMAL CERTIFICATE, BUT HAS DRAWN HIS PENSION ON A MERE NOTIFICATION, AS WAS THE CASE IN A FEW INSTANCES MANY YEARS AGO, HE SHOULD LEAVE OUT THE ABOVE WORDS IN ITALICS AND INSERT, IN LIEU THEREOF, "BUT HAS NEVER RECEIVED A FORMAL CERTIFICATE, AND NOW WISHES TO OBTAIN ONE".

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South Carolina
York District
I John Henry Clerk of the Court for the District of York aforesaid do certify that John Henry Esquire (illegible) offices within (illegible) at the (illegible) acting (illegible) of the Querant for the distract aforesaid, and that all due faith and credit may and ought to be given to her (illegible)
Grant? under my hand and seal of approval of the said Court this 24th day of July 189?

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[Left side of the page]
A.S. Wallace Sept. 20, 1845
""" Nov. 28 ""
"""3. A.""
"""Apl. 9
"""(11, 18 " "

1653
South Carolina
Mary Boswell
WIDOW OF Jesse Boswell

WHO SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AS A Private and Sergeant increased from $96.00 INSCRIBED ON THE ROLL AT THE RATE OF 110 DOLLARS OO CENTS PER ANNUM, TO COMMENCE ON THE 3D FEBRUARY, 1853. 
CERTIFICATE OF PENSION ISSUED 27th DAY OF May 1859
AND SENT TO
C.H. Rhett
Interior Depart

RECORDED ON ROLL OF PENSIONERS UNDER ACT FEBRUARY 3, 1853, PAGE 342, VOL. (16?)

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1819   3   4
1113    2   3
__________
61  [some numbers too faint to make out here]

14
6
_____
84      141400
115/3    116
[rest is too faint to make out]

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So Ca} Personally came before me with
York D} Mary Boswell a resident of the
district & State aforesaid aged about eighty
years who first being duly sworn according
to law on oath says that she is now
a pensioner of the United States South
Carolina agency as the widow of Jesse
Boswell deceased at the rate of ninty six
dollars [some symbol here] annum act 3..Feb 1853 guarn
ted 31 of August 1853 and signed by 
R McClelland secretary of the interior
numbered 1653 which she has drawn up
to the 4th of March last AS Wallace attor-
ney whom she still continues with full
honor of substitution and herewith sur=
renders her pension warrant for the
purpose of having her pension increas
=ed for the official service of her said
husband in the war of the revolution
and that she is the identical Mary Boswell
named in said warrant and that she 
has not intermarried snce the death
of her said husband Jesse Boswell
Sworn to & subscribed to before me
this 10th of May 1859
John McKnight (M)    Mary x^her mark^ Boswell

I the said Magistrate do certify that I am the
near neghbour of the applicant Mary Boswell who
sworn to & subscribed the above declaration
before me and have known her intimately

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from the time of her marriage with
Jesse Boswell occurred and know her
to be the [illegible] person that she
represents hereself to be and that her
Slockments an entitled to full credit
and that I have no interest in this 
application Given conscer my
hand the day & year above written
John McKnight (M)

Elizabeth Boswell aged forty five years,
on oath says that she has been living
with her mother Mary Boswell who has
sworn to & subscribed the above in her
presence and know that she has regular
=ly drawn her pension since the war and 
now surrenders was obtained and
that her said mother Mary Boswell has 
not intermarried since the death of
her father Jesse Boswell above named
and that she has no interest in this appl
=ication Sworn to & subscribed to before
me May 16th 1859
John McKnight (M)     Elizabeth x ^her mark^ Boswell

Moses  McClave a [illegible] of service [illegible] aged
seventy six years upon oath saith that he is well
acquainted with Mary Boswell [illegible] in
about a half mile of the said Mary Boswell
and know her to be a pensioner of the United
States South Carolina agency at the rate of

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ninty six dollars [illegible symbol] annum that he
signed screral of her vouchers to [illegible]
her money as witness that she is still
living and has not intermarried since
the death of her said husband Jesse
Boswell and that he has no interest in
the application Sworn to & subscribed 
to before me May 16th 1859 Moses McClave
John McKnight (M).

The State of South Carolina}
York District}
I S.E Moore Clerk of
the court of common Pleas & General Sessions for
the District aforesaid do hereby certify unto all
whom it may concern that John McKnight whose
name appears to the forgoing was at the date
thereof an acting Magistrate for the District
of York who had been duly appointed qualified
and had signed the Role kept according to law
in my office
Given under my hand & seal of
office at York Court House this 17th
day of May AD 1859
SE Moore
ccps & GS

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[two columns; left column follows]

JA Brown Judge of
the Court of Ordinary for York
District S.C.

[right column follows]

Mary Boswell
Payment to be made at Charleston, by
John C Cochran
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
South Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 342 Vol. H

FT Yetty Clerk.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1858, 
Mary Boswell
widow of Jesse Boswell
who was a Private and Sergeant in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of One hundred and ten
dollars and [blank] cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1858, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage. Deducting former payments at the rate of $196.00 per annum-
Given at the Department of the Interior.
this twenty seventh day of May
one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine-
J. Thompson
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.

[written diagonally across the page, lower left to upper right is the following]
amount due on this Certificate from 3d February 1853 to [illegible] March 1859 [illegible] Pension Office calculated is $85 16/100

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State of South Carolina}
York District} On this 10th day of
December 1856 personally appeared Elizabeth
Boswell a resident citizen of York District
aged years before me the subscribing
Magistrate who being first duly sworn accor-
-ding to law, does on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain
the full benefit of the act of 7th June 1832
as well as the act of 3rd February 1853, and
any exlintion given to said act by con shine
tion of otherwise so as to make it commence
on the 4th of March 1848 - That she is the
widow of JesseBoswell who was a Ser-
-geant in the revolutionary war, as she has
always understood and believed; as such he
served the United States against the com-
-mon enemy - that she is now a pension
-er of the United States at the rate of $96
dollars per annum, the amount as own
by her late husband under act of 1818 and
she now wishes to obtain the full benefit of
his said service -  as she has often heard
him speak of having men under his com
-mand, and she impression has always
been on her mind that he was either a
Sergeant or Lieutenant - and would refer
the Department to the proof now on file
as well as the record of her said husbands
Service, which in admitted in the issuing
of her Land warrent to have been that
of Sergeant as she is informed that the
pay covers that grade -  She further swears

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that she was a widow at the passage of the act
and that she is still the widow of Jesse Bos-
-well and has drawn a pension and
bounty land as above - and I do hereby
constitute and appoint A.S. Wallace of
South Carolina York District my true and
lawful attorney, for me and m my name
to prosecute this my said claim of pension
as above stated - every part and parcel to
examine all papers and and documents
on file at Washington or else where -
to file additional evidence and ar-
-guments and receive the certificates
when issued - which cirtificates I wish
made payable to me with full powers
of Substitution to prosecute the said claims
before any of the departments of the Inte-
-rior or the court of claims - which power
is irrevocable for three years - and do all
other acts and deeds that i myself could
do were I personally present hereby
satisfying and confirming all that my said
attorney and agent shall lawfully do in 
the premises Sworn to and subscribed
as well as Given under my hand and seal
which power is fully acknowledged this
day and year above written

Mary X ^her mark^ Boswell

John McKnight (Mag)

I the said Magistrate do hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with the
declarant Mary Boswell who was
sworn to & subscribed to before me

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That she is the identical person 
she represents herself to be and that
her [illegible] and entitled to full
faith & credit and that I have 
no interest in application
Givin under my honor this
10th day of December 1858
John McKnight (Mags

South Carolina}
York District}   I John G Enloe Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions for York District do hereby
certify that John McKnight Esqr before
whom the annexed affidavit was made,
was at the date thereof an acting
Magistrate in and for said District
duly authorized by law to administer
oaths and that the name thereunto subscribed
is his genuine Signature
Given under my hand and
seal of office at York Court
House this Eleventh day of Dec AD one Thousand
Eight Hundred & fifty Six
John G Enloe
Clk Cipls & G.S.

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Court of Ordinary York District S.C. 4 May 1853 Marriage 24 Decr 1809 Nov  
By reputation of them recount neighbors Deed 23 Nov 1828 Nov and by evidence of their righty Identity & cout, inderhood- Certificate of Dr Auditor 4 Vol 3 to Jan 83 120

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yorkville. South Carolina
11 Sept 1845
Geo Williams
asks for a copy of the declaration of
Jesse Bogwell to enable his
widow to apply for a pension.
Also for a copy of the pension [illegible]

W2857
17 Sept 1845
Pension Burreau

Jesse Bagwell
SC [illegible]
18 Mar [illegible]

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Yorkville Solw Septr 11. 1845
Sir.
Mrs Mary Bozwell the widow of a revolutionary
soldier Jesse Bozwell, intends to apply for the
benefits of an act of Congress granting pensions
to certain widows. Her Husband was a pensioner
& has been dead for some fifteen or twenty years.
It will greatly aid her in her application to have 
a copy of the Declaration her husband made and
I will thank you to send the same to me, a
aln copies of the laws granting pensions to 
widows & the rules & regulations adopted by war
Department in carrying said laws into effect.
Yours Resp
G.W Williams

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Yorkville S.C.
11th December 1856.
Hon J. Minot.
Com of Pensions,
My Dr Sir,

I herewith inclose the Declaration of Mary Goswell for an increase, and extension 
of her Pension The pay to her husband is admited to be that of a sergeant and that rank is assigned him in the issuing of his land war rants. You will Pleas examine
and report as soon as conven ient, 
Very Respectfully Yours
A.S. Wallace

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[two columns on this page; left column is vertically written on the page and is as follows}
Hon Geo C, Whiting
Com of Pensions,
Washington City
S.C.

[right column is below]

This letter was enclosed 
to me by Mr. Wallace.
If proven I would be
glad to be informed
whether there is any
evidence that Bos-
well served as an 
ordirly Sergeant.
Dept. Int.}
Jany. 31/59.} C.H. Rhett.

Hon. G.C. Whiting
Com. of Pensions.

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Yorkville S.C.
Jany 21st 1859.

Hon Geo C. Whiting
Com of Pensions.

My Dr Sir
In answer to your favor of
the 26th of December 1856, in claim of
Mary Boswell, widow of Jesse Boswell
of York District S.C. act 3 Feb 1853 un
der which she was pensioned at rate
of $96 per annum which she continues to 
draw I would respectfully ask if Jesse
Boswell above named husband of
the present claiment, did not receive
pay as a sergeant of the Maryland
Line in the war of the revolution and
If so what more is wanting to perfect
her claim.
Your early attention will very
much oblige,
A.S. Wallace

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[two panel page; left panel is as follows]

Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 705
Mary Boswell
Widow
Jesse Boswell
Pri. & Sgt. Rev. War
Act: Feb, 3, 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 71

[Arrangement of 1870.]


M.419
160 Aus

[right panel is as follows]

1912 Jany 11 Hist to Mrs.
Grace Burroughs. U.L.M.
1918 [illegible] Hist ot Mrs. Virginia Boswell
1921 [illegible] Hist to Miss Margaret Castill
[illegible] Hist ot Mary K. Boswell
[illegible] 19- Hist to Mrs
Burroughs - EEL

[bottom right panel is vertical on the page and follows]

Interior
Official Business
Chief Clerk
Commr. of Pensions.

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[two panels at the top of the page and one at the bottom; top left panel is vertical on the page and follows]

Jesse Boswell, Act 1818 - $8
p. m. - Died 23d Nov. 1828
Paid to his death.
Fr Bent
Auditor

[top right panel is horizontally on the page and follows]

Pension office
Jany 1853
This case is respectfully
refered to 3rd Aud for [illegible]
of death of Pensioner
of last payment
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
Chief Clerk
D,M,C. (see other side.)

[bottom panel is illegible; scan is too dark to read]

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[text is vertical on the page]

Department of the Interior,
Official Business.
Chief Clerk.
Commissioner of Pensions.


FREE
[round stamp on left side; black with the following text inside: YORKVILLE S.C. APR 21]

Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[horizontally on the page next to round stamp: 96994]

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Department of the Interior,
Pension Office, Official Business
[illegible]

[round black stamp; WASHINGTON D.C.
JAN 22
1858
FREE]

A.S. Wallis
Yorkville
Va.

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[Top page]
A.S. Wallace Jany 11 1856
Same Dec. 20, 1856
C. H. Rhett Feb 7. 1859
May 10, 1859
[Bottom Page]
{Stamp top left corner of bottom page-Yorkville Dec 12 S.C}
Free

ditto
Mary Boswell
1883
1653
Cole
by
R
R
W
Washington
Com of Pensions
2

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Jesse Boswell SC
house burnt with Certificate
but with Admitted widow
File with Mary
Boswell No 705

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The State of S. Carolina 
York District
May 8th 1822

Sir, 
this is to certify that on the 19th day of November 1820 my house took fire I know not how. As I was not present, I was not absent more than half an hour. And when I returned, my home was in flames, from one end to the other, so that I knew it as no possibility of saving any thing that was in the house. And with my house and furniture my Original pension certificate is as burnt. Which is now the cause of my writing to your office, as I can draw no money until I get a Certified Copy of my Original Pension Certificate.
I have sent on to the cashier of the U.S. Branch Bank in Charleston, but he informs me that he can pay me no money, without a copy of my Original Certificate. You will confer a great favor on me if you will send me on a Certified Copy as soon as possible as my circumstances are truly necessitous. 

I am Sir Yours Respectfully,

Jesse Boswell

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South Carolina} 
York District}

Personally came before me James Ditty 
and being duly sworn saith that he 
lives within one mile of the within named Jesse Boswell, and 
believes the within statement to be true, no my part though,
and this deponent further saith that from the needy
circumstances of Boswell family he had a Brief drawn
up and actually attained a subscriptions for their Relief
at that time and this deponent further states ^that^ the said
Jesse Boswell is a Very Straitened circumstances and is not
able to support his family, and this deponent further Saith [illegible]
Sworn to and Subscribed before  me this 10th day of May 1822

John Henry J.A.     James Ditty

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Typed words are  part of the page-Battles engaged in, Residences of soldier at enlistment, date of application for pension, Residence at date of application Age at date of application Remarks
on file in this Bureau. DATES OF tion as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. July 6 1780 LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. Rob & Et Oswell W 105 ┃ OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Frances Shepherd COLONEL. Alex James Bruff Smith Ford STATE. Ald Battles engaged in, Cam- Colon Spring & Residence of soldier at enlistment, who - Date of application for pension, Residence at date of application, Dist - Age at date of application, - Dutton for Remarks: her Married Dec 4, Man Kelsash he was allowed pension on an application extented May 4, 1853 while a President of York Dist. S.C. aged her. She died in York Dist. S.C. Nov. 12. 1863. Nancy Garvin Elizabeth Bowell and Margaret Boswell were her surviving children - 156563m 10- Very respectfully, Commissioner.

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Rev. Dec 
Read one 3¢ stamp
in

Mayfield, KY
Apr. 26 - 1918

Commissioner (illegible),
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir, 
Will you kindly 
advise me whether or 
not you have records 
of claims filed by 
the following Revolutionary 
soldier or their relations:
John Boswell, Prince

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George Co. Maryland,
Samuel Boswell, Maryland.
Jesse Boswell - Maryland.
Joseph Carman - N.C.
Richard Carman N.C.
Paul Dismukes, Va - he 
died in Tenn., his wife 
was Sarah Richardson.
Thanking you very very 
much for your kindness,
I am,
Most Respectfully,

Mrs. Virginia Boswell

(Stamp)
U.S. Pension Office
Apr 29, 1918

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                                         Apt. 24, The Isabella,
                                        1483 Newton St. N.W.,
                                        Washington, D.C.
May 10, 1921

Chief Clerk,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:
Will you please furnish me with 
a full statement of the service of Jesse 
Boswell, Sergeant 2nd Regt. Maryland line. 
Enlisted at Port Tobacco, Md. July 6, 170.
Also any information you can

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give me of pension claim filed by widow, Mary Boswell.
I am  desirous of securing their information for patriotic purposes.

Respectfully yours,
(Miss) Margaret Castell

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(Stamp)
U.S. Pension Office
Feb 14, 1922

Springfield, Missouri
February 11, 1922

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
Will you please give me the military history of my ancestor Jesse Boswell, who resided in South Carolina, but who served in the War of the Revolution from Virginia, or perhaps from Maryland. Also give me any family history that may have been filed with his application for pension.

Respectfully
(Miss) Mary Kathryn Boswell
Springfield, Missouri

R. F. D. #9

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Aug 15 1932
Bureau of Pensions

Pension Service 
Administrative Assistant
Aug 15 1931
Veterans Administration

August 14, 1931

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me information relative to the military record of Jesse Boswell.
Mr. Boswell enlisted in the service during the Revolutionary War at Port Tobacco, Md. in the year 1780.

Respectfully,
George Burroughs
1020 Sixth Street, N.E.

Mr. Alfred D. Wilkinson,
Chief Clerk,
Bureau of Pensions,
Interior Building.

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Mrs. Grace Burroughs 
Congress Heights D.C.

Jan 5, 1912

Hist. of Jesse Boswell
N. File 705

Honough Miss Goff -
Civil War Division

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See Certificate of payments  to him from which Mr Dorse inferred that he was a Sergeent