Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,196, Elisha Boon, N.C.

Page 1

Service                                                 Number
N.C.            Boon, Elisha                        S 35,196

Contents

Page 2

10.280 
From
North Carolina 
to Kentucky [struck through]
Elisha Boone
of Wake Cty in the State of N. Carolina
who was a private in the Regiment commanded
Colonel Shepherd of the N. Carolina
line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 3rd of Feb'y 1821
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of Oct. 1821
and sent to H. Potter, Esq
Raleigh, N.C.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1821    56.40
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1822   40.00
6 Mo's     $104.40
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818}
21st May 1820
Wake County

Page 3

District of No. Carolina
Frederick Reed maketh oath that he is well acquainted with the aforesaid Elisha Boon - that he knew him during the revolutionary war, & served with him in Captain Baker's Company, of the 10th regiment, in the North Carolina line on the continental establishment, in the war of the revolution, for the term of nine months - that the said Elisha entered the said service, he thinks, in 1778, and his time commenced, after marching to Petersburg, Virginia, in or about the month of July of that year and after serving his full nine months as aforesaid, was discharged in or about April 1779, to the best of his recollection & belief this deponent never saw his discharge, but the fact was so reported & believed,
Sworn to before me the 7th of February 1820.
[signed] H. Potter JusNC

District of North Carolina
Lewis Holloman deposeth & saith that the aforesaid Elisha Boon resides in the City of Raleigh, in which the deponent also resides and that from the knowledge he has of his condition in life, he the said Elisha is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to before me, the 15th May 1820.
[signed] H. Potter Jus NC

I Henry Potter Judge NC as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Elisha Boon did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and I know transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Raleigh 20 June 1820.
[signed] H. Potter Jus NC

Page 4

District of North Carolina
On the thirteenth day of June 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the United States, for the said District, personally appeared. Elisha Boon, aged sixty one years, resident in Wake County in the said District, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled the Act to provide some certain persons engaged in the land + naval service of the United States in her Revolutionary War. First early in the Revolutionary War, the years he cannot remember for certain, be the said Elisha Boon turned out as a volunteer soldier, in Nash County + State of North Carolina, under the command of Captain Isaac Horn, [sentence struck: of the First Regiment in the North Carolina Line in the Continental establishment in [illegible] continues to serve] who marched him the said Elisha with the rest of his company, to Halifax where this Declarer was put under the command of Captn Baker of the Third Regiment in the North Carolina Line, on the Continental establishment, in said war, for a nine month service; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the end of the said nine months. When he was discharged from service in Halifax, N. Carolina, which discharge he gave up to Major Hogg, this never been seen or heard of by him since; that he was in no battle in the nine months service, but as a militia man he was in the battle of New Eutaw; that he is in reduced circumstances + stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. 
Sworn to + declared before me, the day + year first aforesaid
H. Potter JUS N.C.
The aforesaid Elisha Boon again appeared before, this 21st day of January 1820, and by way of amendment of his declaration aforesaid further declare, on oath, that to the best of his recollection, after reflection + enquiry, he entered the service of the United States, as stated aforesaid, in or about the month of July 1778, + was discharged therefore in or about the month of April 1779.
Sworn to + declared before me the said 21st Jan'y 1820.
H. Potter JUS NC

Page 5

[Left column]
Col Hogan did not command the 10th Regiment - See letter to H Potter Esq 14 April 1821
Department of War
Pension Affairs
14 April 1821

[Right column]
Elisha Boone
Schedule R
3rd Feb'y 1821
10th N. Carolina Reg't
(Col Shepherd)
1781, 1 year
prior service, also, proved
Admitted [very light]

Page 6

State of North Carolina
Wake County} Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions February Term 1821.
On this 3th day February 1821 Personally appeared in open court it being a Court of records in and for the County of Wake aforesaid, Elisha Boone aged 67 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and 1st May 1820.
That he the said Elisha Boone enlisted for the term of Nine months in his first tour of service on the day of May 1778 in Nash County in the state aforesaid in company then commanded by Capt. Isaac Horne and from thence he marched to the town of Halifax and was then placed in the company commanded by Capt. John Baker in the 10th Regiment commanded by Colo. John Hogan in the line of the state of North Carolina in the Continental establishment that the continued to serve in the said corps the full period of his said enlistment after which he enlisted for 18 months and was marched into the state of South Carolina then in a company commanded by Filmore Dixon in the fifth regiment, commanded by Col. Loury and was stationed near Charleston and faithfully served out his 18 months - and when discharged He again enlisted, in the year 1780 for twelve months, under Capt. Dixon of the 10th Regiment which Regiment was commanded by a Col. Dixon and from thence he was marched to the Enten Springs where he was in that war memorable Battle, fought between the Americans and British soon after which his term of enlistment expired & he was honourably discharged - and then he took a militia mans place for six months and faithfully served our all the several periods of his enlistments - and then returned home, having served to the end of the war - was honourably discharged in the state of South Carolina - And that he has no other evidence of his

Page 7

said services now in his power except a Certificate from the Secretary of his State showing only a part 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 March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift or sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent 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 service of the U. States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security Contracts or Debts, due to me and have I any income other than that is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed.

Schedule of Elisha Boones property Taken on the 1st February 1821 and valued at -
No real or personal Property.
1 old Bed furnature - at $6.00
2 Sitting chairs - 1.50
4 Earthen plates - .40
1 Case knives & forks - 1.00
1 Axe - 1.00
1 Shot Gun - 10.00
$19.90

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts

Page 8

or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule here to annexed and by me subscribed -
That his occupation is a farmer that he now of the age of 67 years, verry old and infirm and not able to support himself by his laborer having no person to assist him except his wife - and that the following persons compose his family & now live near Raleigh - Viz -
Aylsey his wife about twenty years
Anderson his Eldest son about 7 years old
Josiah his second son about 4 years
Eliza his first daughter 2 years
all of which except his wife are not able to assist him any in procuring their daily subsistence, wither he is able to do so himself nor has he any other means of support nor any person to and [illegible] to his assistance. - And that he does stand in need of the assistance of his Country. -
Sworn to and Subscribed in open court
Elisha Boon his X mark

State of North Carolina
Wake County
I Benjamin S. King Clerk of the Court of Please and quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed and copied from the records of the said court, and do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Nineteen dollars and ninety cents
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 3th day of February 1821.
[signed] B.S. King Clk

Page 9

The aforesaid Elisha Boon, as an amendment to the foregoing declaration, further on oath states, that after his enlistment in Nash County as set forth, he was marched to Halifax under Col John Hogan, where he was put into the 10th Regiment under Col Shepherd; and that he as mistaking in his former declaration where it is said he was placed in the 10th Regiment, at Halifax, under Col Hogan. Sworn to before me, at Raleigh in the District of No Carolina, this 21st May, 1821
H. Potter JUS NC

Page 10

Revolutionary War Records Section
3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.,___, 19__
S.F. 35196
In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Elisha Boon a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. | Length of Service. | Rank. | Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. | State.
Captain | Colonel
July 20, 1778 | Apr 1779 | Pvt | Isaac Horne, John Baker | John Hogan, Shepard | N. Car
V | 18 mos. | Tilghman Dixon | John Lowrie
May 4, 1781 | 12 mos. | Dixon | Dixon
V | 6 mos. | in militia no officers are stated
Battles engaged in, Eutaw Spring
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Nash Cou, N.C.
Date of application for pension, June 13, 1818. [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Wake County, N.C.
Age at date of application, 61 years
Remarks: In 1821 his wife Aylsey was about 20 [?] years old and children Anderson 7 years, Josiah 4 years and Eliza 2 years. In 1824 soldier had moved to Monroe County, Ky.
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
6-285C

Page 11

[Left column]
35196
Rev Y INVALID
File No. 35196
Elisha Boon
Prv' Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 46
[Arrangement of 1870]

[Right column]
1919 Nov. 21 Hist. to Mrs. J.R. Spraker
Letter in S. 16582 Daniel Wilcoxin

Page 12

Ex'r.   INVALID
REJECTED [stamped]
Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 8, 1873 [struck through]
1015
P.O. Elisha Boon
Consolidated Jan'y 24 1882
Service: with Admitted Soldier File
No 35196
Enlisted: In Spring, 18
Discharged: , 18
1818 N.C. [on side]

Page 13

Elisha Boone
Wake
1015

Page 14

Mr Edwards
The Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City

Glasgow
18 Sept

Page 15

State Kentucky Monroe County. 31. Aug 1824.
Sir.
Mr. Francis Johnson our member of Congress has transmitted to you a form for a transfer [illegible] the enclosed for Elisha Boones comfit a soldier of the revolution placed on the pension list last. Formerly drew his pension in N Carolina. Will you be so good on the reception of this as to enclose to me at Troop Riverville, Monroe County, Ken'ty the [illegible] any authority for him to draw his pension in Lexington Ky, as I presume from Mr. Johnson's letter, that the application for the transfer should be addressed to you. I am Sir yr. most Obed't. Servant
Nasa Simmons with
whom Boon lives.

Page 16

Elisha Boon,
Private.
Declaration made 3rd Feb'y 1821
Served in 1778. 9 months +
1781 - 12 months -
on Roll -
age 67 - wife 20 - 
Sons aged 6 + 4 - 1 Daughter - age 2 -
worth $19.90 -
Sept 21 1821

Page 17

Elisha Boon
a private
Cert.

Page 18

State of No Carolina Secretary's Office 21st Janry 1820.
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears from the Masterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Elisha Boon a private in Bakers Company of the 10th Regt. was mustered on the 20th day of July 1778 for 9 months. No remark opposite his name, therefore I cannot say how long he served.
Given under my hand the date above
[signed] Wm. Hill

Page 19

State of No. Carolina Secretary's Office 3rd Feby. 1821
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears from the Musterrolls of the Continental line of his State, that Elisha Boon a private in Capt. Bakers Company of the 10th Reg.t was mustered on the 20th July 1778, for nine months, nothing said of his discharge from this enlistment; that he was mustered again on the 4th May 1781 for 12 months in Cap.t Dixon's Company of the 10th Regt. and that his term was out on the 4th May 1782.
Given under my hand at Office in Raleigh the date above
[signed] Wm Hill

Page 20

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

County of Monroe ss. State of Kentucky
On this seventh day of June 1824, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Monroe personally appeared Elisha Boon who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Baker in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Lowrie in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of North Carolina from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Kentucky & Monroe County where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. in Lexington Kentucky
Elisha Boon his X mark

Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.}
[signed] Radford Maxey a Justice of the peace in & for monroe County Kentucky

WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, August 13, 1818. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Page 21

State of Kentucky, Monroe County Sol
I Will Butler clerke of the Monroe County Court in the state aforesaid do certify that Radford Maxey Esq whose name is subscribed to the within + foregoing certificate in presiding and acting Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County and was at the time of signing the same and that due faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand and seal of Office this 7th day of June 1824 + of an said Commonwealth the 33rd.
Will Butler Clk