Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,914, Peter Borders, Continental N.C.

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Continental
N.C.

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Borders, Peter
Esther

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W.2914
BLW [illegible] 15, 173-160-55

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19590

Kentucky

Peter Borders
of Allen Co in the State of Kentucky who was a Pr. Serg't in the [illegible] commanded by Captain Smith of the regt. commanded by Cap Rutherford in the [illegible] line for 11 months private of infant
6 " " covant
6 " " Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 9/dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sept 1833 and Served
Walker Scottsville

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 229.15
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 45.83
$274.98

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Dan Boyd clerk,
Book 6 vol. 7 Page

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[illegible] 683

State of Kentucky
County of Allen} SS.

On this 8th day of July 1833 personally appeared in open court before us in [illegible]

Justices of the court of Allen County State of Kentucky then in the courthouse of said county in court sitting Peter Borders a resident of said county aged 77 years the 4th day of January last. Who being first duly sworn according to the law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That in June or July of the year 1778, to the best of his recollection, in the county of Rowan state of North Carolina where he then resided, this declarant entered into the service of the United States a private of militia infantry as a substitute for Peter Workman and as such under command of Cap. David Smith and in his militia infantry company and in the Regiment militia commanded by Gen. or Colo. Reatherford of N. Carolina militia he [illegible] marched from Salisberry to the Western part of the state against the Indians who were committing depredations on the frontier settlements. That he served as a private of infantry in said company and Regiment not less than Three months, that after several partial engagements with the Indians, and having burned their villages and destroyed their corn the detachment was marched back to Salisberry and there discharged he being the member of the latter part of September or first of October 1778 as is his best recollection.

That in the year 1780 and in the spring of that year the month not recollected he was drafted out of Capt. Hetterick's militia company in the County of Rowan N. Carolina where he still lived and was placed under Capt. Wright of militia infantry and served in said Wright's company as a Sergeant and in the Regt. of N. Carolina militia infantry commanded by Colo. McKissick or McKusick not less than Six months and was again discharged at Salisberry N. Carolina in October 1780 as is his best recollection.

That in 1781 and in February as he believes, declarant again entered into the service of the United States in the county of Guilford N. Carolina (his residence still being in Rowan County) as a substitute for Adam Powers, and served as a private in the company of horse commanded by Capt. Jones, and in the Regt. under command of Colo. or Maj. Blount and that he served as a private in said company and Regiment not less than Five months.

That declarant enlisted as a Regular soldier for and during the War in the United States service at [illegible] in South Carolina in August 1781 and served as a private in the company of Dragoons, commanded by Capt. Powers and in the Regiment under command od Colo. Washington, not less than One month, when he was taken prisoner by the British at at the Eutaw Springs S. Carolina on the 8th September 1781. That from the Eutaw Springs he was conducted by the British a prisoner to Charleston S. Carolina and there by them determined

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a prisoner of war untill the Summer of 1782 when he escaped from Charlestown and returned to General Green then at Dorchester and from him obtained a discharge on permit to return home. Declarent states that from the time he was taken prisoner at the Eutaw Springs untill he obtained the permit on discharge frin Genl. Green was not less than Eight months and he recapitulates his service as follows, I served not less than three months a private (substitute) for Peter Workman under Capt. Smith in 1778. I served not less than Six months as a sergeant drafted out of Capt. Hetericks company under command of Capt. Wright in 1780. I served not less than Five months a private substitute of militia for Adam Powers, in Capt. Jones' company in 1781. I served not less than One month a private of Dragoons in the Regular service under Colo. Washington. I was detained a prisoner of war by the British not less than Eight months; making in all One year Eleven months. And for such service I claim a Pension. This declarant upon his said Oath further states that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned above and in the grades times companies and Regiments above set forth. To the interrogatories propounded by the War Department this Declarant upon his said oath responds as follows. To question 1st, that he was born in the county of Berks in the state of Pensylvania on the 4th day of January 1756 as he has been informed and from the best information he believes. To the Question 2nd that the Register of his age is in his possession in Allen County Kentucky. To Question 3rd That he was living in Rowan County North Carolina when called in to the service of the United States. that since the Revolutionary War he removed to and resided in Greenville County South Carolina, from thence to Tennessee and that he now lives in Allen County Kentucky. To Question 4th That he was called into service by draft from a militia company; and also as a substitute for Peter Workman and for Adam Powers and also as a private in the Regular service having enlisted there in for and during the War. To Question 5th That in 1778 whilst he was in the expedition against the Indians, there was no Regular officer with the troops where he served that Capt. David Smith commanded the company and General Reatherford or Colo. Retherford the Regiment in which he served, that Genl. Gates commanded the troops with which he served in 1780. That General Green and Colo. Washington commended the troops with which he served in 1781. That the general circumstances of his service in the years 1780 and 1781 (the circumstances of his service in 1778 having been already given) are as follows. That in 1780 he marched from Salisberry to New Camden and was in that battle, after which he  retreated to Charlotteville and from there to Salisberry when he was discharged. That in 1781 he marched under Capt. Jones to Guilford courthouse and was in the Battle fought there between the British and Americans, that this Capt. (Jones) was killed in that battle and thereafter Capt. Gen. Smith commanded the company, that after the battle he retired to the [illegible] works and from there marched in said Smith's company and under command of

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David Smith, I know that during the revolutionary war they were both militia officers in the county of Rowan North Carolina. I know that it was generally known and talked of in the neighborhood at the time that Genl. Reatherford and Capt. Smith went on an expedition against the Indians as stated by the defendant Borders. I remember well that it was generally reported and believed that Peter Borders was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the neighborhood where I lived in Rowan N. Carolina, I remember that he was absent from [illegible] neighborhood as many as three times during the war and was reported and believed to have been in the service of the United States as a soldier, I remember well his return to Rowan in 1782 as stated by him above. I was a youth at the time but I have a clear recollection of the facts I have stated. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore said
Samuel Sears 
[illegible]
a clergyman, residing in Allen County Kentucky
[illegible] Edmund Waggoner
and Ruben Messaker John D. Snow
residing in the same county and state afore said hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Borders who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. 
That we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Edmund Wagoner
[illegible]
Ruben Messaker
[illegible]
John D. Snow

And 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 Soldier and served as he states.
And the said court further certifies that it appears to them that Edmund Waggoner who has signed and sworn to the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Allen County Kentucky, and that Ruben Messaker and John D. Snow who have also signed and sworn to the same, and resident in the same county and state aforesaid, and that the Samuel Sears who swore to and subcribed the preceeding deposition is a resident of Sangamon County Illinois and that the said Edmund Waggoner Ruben Messaker John D. Snow and Samuel Sears are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit W Hamm
Signed in behalf of the Court
I David Walker of the County Court of Allen County Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Peter Borders for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have herein to set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of July 1833.
David Walker
Allen County Kentucky

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Genl. Green to Ramsey's mill on Deep River, from thence to the neighborhood of Camden and to 96 in S. Carolina, where he entered the Regular service. That he was at the Battle of Eutaw Springs under Colo. Washington and there taken prisoner as stated above. To Question 6th That it is his best recollection that he received from General Retherford a discharge in writing from the service in 1778. That he has no recollection of his having obtained a written discharge from the service in 1780. That in 1781 he entered the service as a private of militia and whilst at [illegible] with the militia company in which he served and with the knowledge and consent of his Capt. (Smith) he entered the Regular Service as above stated, and that he does not recollect of his having received a written discharge in the Summer of 1782 he thinks he cannot be mistaken, that he wad never afterwards called into service. That after the War, believing that the papers he obtained from Retherford and Green were no longer of use, and moving as he did from place to place, they were mislaid and lost many years ago. To Question 7th he responds, that Reubin Messaker, Jeremiah Hinton George Follis Edmund Waggoner and others reside in his present neighborhood and to whom he is known, and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution. This declarant states that he has no documentary, or other evidence of his service as above set forth, nor has he any knowledge of any surviving witness by whom he can prove the same except Samuel Sears of Sangamon County Illinois whose depositions he expects to procure and herewith forward. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State or Territory. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Peter Borders
I the undersigned a resident of the County of Sangamon state of Illinois being first duly sworn according to Law depose and say that I lived near Peter Borders who was subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declarations, on the State of North Carolina and county of Rowan, during the Revolutionary War my father lived about four miles from the residence of John Borders who was the father of said Peter and with whom he lived. I often saw said Peter and remember well that he worked for my father both before and after the Revolutionary War, I have heard his preceeding declaration read and I verily believe the statements therein, and for the following reasons, living in his immediate neighborhood, whom my said oath I state that I knew well Capt. Hetterick [illegible]

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26.683
Peter Borders
Allen Co.
Ken.
[illegible] 1778 private
of [illegible]
23 months
Pr. [illegible] 11 months 36.66
Pr. [illegible] 6 mo. 25.-
Sergt 6 - 30.-
$91.66

183.32
45.83
229.15

David Walker
Clk Allen Co.
Scottsville
Kentucky

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War Department,
Pension Office

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The noted and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A statement showing the service of Peter Borders
1778
[Below information is in chart form]
Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service
Years
Months
Days
Rank of the claimant
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported
1778 
3 (months) 
Pr.  
Cap Smith 
Col. Rutherford 
77 N.C. 
Living witness & Traditionary
1780 
6(months) 
Sergt. 
Cap. Wright 
Col. Mckennik
1781 
5(months)
Pr [illegible]
Cap Jones
1 (month) 
[illegible]
Col Blount
Aug 1781
8 (months) 
Pr
Cap Powers
Col Washington
S.C.
I am, respectfully,
your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of } ss. [this brace links this line and the following]
County of

On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

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

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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 Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition. if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever received a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions to the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represent, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

(c) The age of the Claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of the war when he served. }
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine as to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: __ For ___ year ____ months, and _______ days, I served as a _________. For _______ months and _______ days, I served as a _________; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant service, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italics] about three or four months [end italics], is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. [underlined] Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. [end underline] [end { and } bracketed area]

(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[stamp with a finger pointing right] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Report

May 11 1855. duplicate issued and send to J. H. Lewis Glasgow Ky.
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Reg 3/ m 55.- 171050



3188
Kentucky
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Esther Borders
widow of Peter Borders who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pri & Sergeant North Carolina Line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 91 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Febry. 49 and sent to W. F. Evans Scottville Ken.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 220  Vol. 3

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State of Kentucky } ss
On this 13th day of December 1840 personally appeared before me Andrew Harrison an acting Justice of the Peace of the County of Allen and State aforesaid, Esther Borders a resident, of said County and State aged 72 years who being 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 pased [sic] July 7. 1838, entitled "an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"  That she is the widow of Peter Borders who was a private and Sergeant in the North Carolina line, and was  placed on the Pension Roll 25th September 1833, and commenced drawing a Pension on the 4th day of March 1831 and his annual allowance was $91.66 Cents  She further declares that she was Married to the said Peter Borders on the 16th day of August 1786.  that he husband the aforesaid Peter Borders departed this life on the 31st day of July 1837.  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.

Esther Borders
her X mark

Before me
A Harrison J. P. A. C.

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State of Kentucky}
Allen County} ss

I the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Allen and State aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that I am the justice whoes [sic] name is signed to the foregoing declaration of Esther Borders, that I am acquainted with Ester Borders and I also Certify, that she cannot from age and Bodily infirmity attend Court to make her said declaration  Given under my hand this 13th day of December 1840.
A Harrison J.P.A.C.

[written vertically down right side]
7575
Esther Borders
of Peter
Kentucky
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State of Kentucky}  ss
Allen County}

I the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Allen and State aforesaid do hereby Certify, that  Samuel Sears this day, the 13th December 18?? personally came before me, and after being duly sworn, according to Law, made the following deposition, in support of the application of Esther Borders the foregoing applicant for a Pension

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under the Act of Congress of July 7" 1838.  He states that he was personally well acquainted with Peter Borders the pensioner refered [sic] to in the declaration of Esther Borders, his Widow, and that he was present  as an invited guest at their marriage, and that he saw them married on the 16th" day of August 1786 in the County Rowan State of North Carolina, that the marriage ceremony was performed by Thomas Phelps Esq and that the said Peter Borders and his wife Esther lived together as husband and wife up to his death which took place on the 31st day of July 1837 as stated in the foregoing declaration of his Widow Esther Borders, and that said Esther Borders has never since intermarried but still remains the widow of
 A Harrison J.P.A.C.

State of Kentucky }
Allen County}  ss

I the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State o\aforesaid, and whoes [sic] name as such is signed above do hereby Certify that I have been acquainted for many 29 0r 30 years, with the above named Samuel Sears the above affiant
the he is a Preacher of the Gospel, and has been so for many years that he is a pious, honest and respectable man and his word or oath is entitled to the fulest [sic] Credit and confidence__I also find from [illegible] with Mrs Esther Borders who is makeing [sic] this application for a Pension, that she has to record evidence of her marriage with Peter Borders.  nor does she know of any other person in this Country now living Mr Sears who was present at their Marriage__ I myself have lived a neighbor to

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to Peter and Esther Borders for twelve or fifteen years and Know that they have lived together as Man & Wife and that they have always been reputed as such given under my hand Officially this 13th day of December 1840.
S/A Harrison J.P. A.C.


State of Kentucky }
Allen County } SS
I Lemuel Swearingen Clerk of the county court  for the county aforesaid, do Certify that A Harrison Esqr whoes [sic] name is signed to the two foregoing certificates, as a Justice of the Peace of Allen County and also to the deposition of Samuel Sears, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Allen and State of Kentucky duly commissioned and Qualified and that the signature attached to the said Certificate & deposition of Samuel Sears are his genuine signatures and that [illegible] said Certificate are in due form of Law; and that full faith and Credit is due to all his Acts as such 

[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County Court. at Scottville this the 13th day of December one thousand eight hundred and Forty and of the Commonwealth the thirty ninth
S/Lemuel Swearingen Clerk of the Allen County Court
S/Honor. J. R. Underwood
H. Reps.

No 7575

Hon. J. R. Underwood
HR

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[appears to be German]

Page 17

Caterine Borders was born March the 3 Day ["1778" crossed out] 1787
__________
Mary Borders was born the [illegible] ["July" crossed out] 178 [illegible]
_____________
Elizabeth Borders was born the 28th July 179 [illegible]
______________
David Borders was born the 3d January 1795
_____________

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Berzeichniss der Buecher
des
Neuen Testaments

1. Evangelium G. Matthai
2. Evangelium G. Marci                       41
3. Evangelium G. Luci                          66
4. Evangelium G. Johannis                  108
5. Der Apostel Geschichte, geschrieben von G. Luca                                                     140
6. Die Epistel G. Pauli an die Roemer   184
7. Die 1 Epistel G. Pauli an die Corinther 197
8. Die 2 Epistel G. Pauli an die Corinther  214
9. Die Epistel G. Pauli an die Galater  224
10. Die Epistel G. Pauli an die Epheser 230
11. Die Epistel G Pauli an die Philipper 236
12. Die Epistel G. Pauli an die Colosser 240
13. Die 1 Epistel G. Pauli an die Thessalonicher 243
14. Die 2 Epistel G. Pauli an die Thessalonicher 247
15. Die 1 Epistel G. Pauli Timotheum 249
16. Die 2 Epistel G. Pauli Timotheum 253
17. Die Epistel G. Pauli an Titum 257
18. Die Epistel G. Pauli an Philemon 259
19. Die 1 Epistel G. Petri                  262
20. Die 2 Epistel G. Petri                  264
21. Die 1 Epistel G. Johannis           267
22. Die 2 Epistel G. Johannis           271
23. Die 3 Epistel G. Johannis           272
24. Die Epistel G. Pauli an die [illegible] 273
25. Die Epistel G. Jacobi                 285
26. Die Epistel G. Juda                    289
27. Die Offenbacung G. Johannis    290

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Das
Neue Testament
unsers
Herrn und Heilandes
[illegible]
verdeutcht
von 
D. Martin Luther

Halle, zu finden im Maisenhaufe
1785.

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171.050      Act March 3.}
June 18.} '55
_______________

Esther Borders, wid.
Peter Borders, pri. ["& Sergt." crossed out]
_________________
Esther Borders Wid: of Peter.
Pri:

[intentional brackets as written]
[Pensioner '107 years of [illegible]]

N.C. Mil:
(Revi. War
________________
[written diagonally across all of the above]
no 15173 [illegible] Feb 4/56



Pend. Act Feb. 2. 1848.
AD: 160 Acres Jany: 30/56
Ky 2d Feby 48 - 3188
________________
Special             [illegible]
S. Car
C.C

Cib: [illegible]
["Jos: H. Lewis." crossed out]
__________________
[strikethrough]
Glasgow Ky.

[right side of page]
Cer: to Claimant Aug: 27"/55
let. Jos: H. Lewis. Nov: 13/55.
Ad. 2 Feby 48 - No 3188



Vol. B2 - 5.~

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171.050
_________

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State of Kentucky
County of Barren } ss

On this 23rd day of May 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid, personally appeared Esther Borders aged 107 years a resident of Barren County Kentucky, who being duly sworn declares that she is the widow of Peter Borders, deceased who was a private and sergeant in the Revolutionary War. and that she is the identical person named in a Duplicate Pension certificate in her possession of which I certify the following is a true Copy
Duplicate
Department of the Interior
Widows Pension

I certify that in conformity with the act of February2nd 1848  Ester Borders widow of Peter Borders who was a private & Sergeant in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the oath of ninety one dollars and sixty six cents per annumm__commencing in the 4th of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.  Issued in line of a certificate dated January 18th 1849. Given at the Department of the Interior this eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
R McClellan
Secretary of the Interior

LS
Examined and Countersigned
LPWaldo
Commissioner of Pensions

Upon the back of which said Duplicate Certificate are the words & figures following "Recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3rd 1848. Page 220 Vol 3
Clerk--

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under Act Congress of the 3rd March 1855.  And refers to her declaration and petition for a pension under Act 2nd Feb 1848,  And the record & proceedings had in relation [illegible] & now on file in the proper Department at Washington.  She further declares that she has not received any Bounty Land nor made any application therefor now does she believe her said husband Peter Borders has, except the one now presented
Esther Borders
her X mark

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Sworn to and subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written: And on the same day personally came before me John W Durham and Nancy Borders residents of the County and State aforesaid, and to me known as credible witnesses. who being duly sworn, declare that they are personally acquainted with Esther Borders. widow of Peter Borders. who has in their presences subscribed to the foregoing declaration by making her mark, that they have every reason to and do believe that she is the identical person named in the aforesaid Duplicate Certificate now in her possession, a copy of which is inserted herein before and who is now receiving a pension from the United States. That from her appearances they believe she is of the age stated by her in her declaration. That the above named Peter Borders is now dead and said ["Peter" crossed out] Esther Borders is a widow and they further swear they are not interested in her claim aforesaid
S/John W Durham
Nancy [X her mark] Borders
test. J R Beam


State of Kentucky Barren County Sch
I Travis Cockrill Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid, certify that James R Beam, was at the time of making the foregoing signature and is now a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified. That he is authorized by law to administer oaths and that his paid Signature above written is genuine

In testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 12th day of June 1855
Travis Cockrill C Bel
By Jos G. Hardy Dep Clk

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[2 round stamps reading: 
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]

Pension Offices 
February 8. 1841.

Sir,

The declaration and testimony in the case of Mrs Esther Borders, widow of Peter Borders, deceased, have been examined and filed with suspended cases. If there be a family record of the marriage, or of the births of the children, it should be sent to this office; if not, the claimant should state the fact under oath. From the statement made in her husband's declaration, it is inferred that there was at that time a family record. If there be no record existing, the certificate of the Clerk of Rowan County North Carolina, where, the claimant states, she was married, should be produced, showing which evidence of the marriage the records in his office afford.

I have the honor to be,
very respectfully, your obt servt, [obedient servant]
S/J L Edwards


Hon. J. R. Underwood, 
House of Representatives.

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Washington 15 Feby 1841-

Dr Sir
The within shews the objection made to granting a pension to Mrs Borders. If you can remedy the defect before I leave this I will cheerfully aid the old Lady in getting what she is entitled to
Yours in haste
S/J. R. Underwood


Scottville 24th March 1841

Sir.
In order that you may refer without delay to the papers of Mrs. Esther Borders heretofore sent to your office and also that you may see what has heretofore been the action of your department in relation to them. I enclose the foregoing Letter of JL Edwards. Comr. of Pensions to the Hon J R Underwood, and his as above to me in the Proof now sent. We suppose that We have met all the requirements of the Department & of the Law.

I have the Honor to be 
Very respectfully your obt svt [obedient servant]
S/Lemuel Swearingen


BORDERS, PETER

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Rev. WIDOW, &c.
_____________
File No. 2914
Esther Borders Widow
Peter Borders 
Priv & Sergt. Rev War
____________
Act: Feby 2" 1848
Index:- Vol. A,   Page 71

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Page 27

[checkmark]
15.173



Rev War

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171050


Esther Borders
wid Peter
Ky Feby 48 - 3188
Boyntors

[round stamp partially reading "GLASGOW
NOV"]      Free

to Commissioners of Pensions
Washington
DC

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6164
Kentucky
____________
Esther Borders, widow of Peter Borders, who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7th 1832, and who died on the 30th July 1837, of Allen Co: in the State of Kentucky who was a Pv & Sergt in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt: commanded by Col: Rutherford in the North Carolina line for 1 Year and 11 months.
____________
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 91 Dollars 66 Cents per ann to commence on the 31st day day of July 1837
_____________
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of April 1841 and Send to Lemuel Swearingen, Scottville Ky:
________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841  $328.70
Semi=annual allowance ending [blank]
________
$328.70
_________

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by W.W. Tyler Clerk,
Book A.    Vol. 2     Page 210

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Reported


Kentucky 617
__________
Esther Borders widow of Peter Borders who was a Pr. & Sergeant in the Revolution
____________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 91 Dollars & 66 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
___________
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th. day of June 1843 and sent to Lemuel Swearingen 
Scottville, Allen County
Kentucky
_____________
[intentional brackets as printed]
[Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A.
Vol. A.   Page 166

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(Arrears)
Kentucky 6164
____________
Esther Borders widow of Peter Borders who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 30. July 1837 of Allen Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the regt. commanded by Col. Rutherford in the N.C. line for 1 year & 11 months
____________
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 91 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & to end 30th. July 1837
___________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th. day of October 1843 and sent to A. Ray 
Present
___________
Total amount,  $ [blank]
__________

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by D Brown, Clerk, 
Book A.   Vol. 2.   Page 210.

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PGM: Act 2d Feb: 48. Ky:
[illegible]


7575
Esther Borders of Peter Kentucky
__________
admitted
_______
Pr: & Sergt of Comy & Inf;
23 months. ---- $91.66
Cap Smith, Col Rutherford,
N.C. Mila

died 30th. July 1837,

Ac 7 July, 1838.


Lemuel Swearingen.
Scottville. Ken:

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In reply to your letter of the 25th inst: 
You are informed, that we have no rolls of Capt: Fellows Company.

A roll of Col. Chapmans Regt: for the year 1778, is upon file in this Office, 
[bottom line cut off & illegible]

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Comptrollers Office
Raleigh N.C.  Jany 24

To the 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir,
In compliance with a request of Mr Jos. H. Lewis. I enclose you Certificate relating to the ["service" crossed out] Suspended Claim of Esther Borders No. 171.050 forwarded from Glasgow K.Y. by Said Lewis, for Bounty Land under Act of March 1854

The name "Peter Borders" does not appear here as you can see from the Certificate But I have give one for Peter Berdause or Berdaux presuming that some family record or tradition my show that the name was originally so written

Respectfully I am
Your obt Servt [obedient servant]
S/Geo W Brooks
Comptr of N.C.

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Glasgow Ky Nov 6th 1855

Hon J Minot
Comr. Pensions
Yours of 27 Aug 1855. addressed to Esther Borders, informed that her claim for bounty Land [strikethrough] act March 18555. No 171.050 had been examined and suspended. Because "The [underlined] revolutionary service of Peter Borders. the husband of the applicant does not appear of record in this office". [end underline]

Allow me to call the attention of the Comr. to the fact and to refer him to the proof now on file in the proper department. That Peter Borders was a private & Sergeant in the North Carolina Line.

That under the act of the 7th June 1832, he was on the 25th Sept 1833 placed on the Pension Roll at the rate of $91.66 cts per annum.

His Pension Certificate was No 195.90 & issued 25 Seps 1833 as above stated..

It is impossible, I presume, from his age & condition, for Mrs Borders to supply the second Evidence of her decd husbands service, unless: The papers above refered [sic] to contain it. to which your attention is respectfully called. The above information was obtained by one from Lemuel Swearingen who attended to her Pension business some years ago

Very Respt fully
yr obt servt [your obedient servant]
S/Jos H Perris Atty for Esther Borders

Page 36

Ky.
Act 7 July '38
Esther Borders
arrears

rec @Oct 9. 1843


[rest upside down] 


Alexander Ray
Present

Page 37

Washington
Oct. 9. 1843.

Sir/
I enclose an application made by Mrs. Esther Border of Kentucky. She was a pensioner under act 1838. payable from the death of her husband who was also a pensioner. She now claims the arrears of  Pension under act 7 July 1838. from the 4th 1836. to the time her pension was made to commence as will be shewn by the papers on file in her case.

I am very respectfully
[illegible]
S/Alex. Ray


Geo. W. Crump Es
acting commissioner of Pensions

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Peter Borders Ken: Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
(Pen: Office Feb: 8. 1841

$91.66
$ died 187. Died 30th July 1837 [illegible]
JH

Glasgow, Kentucky June 1855
Hn L P Waldo
[illegible]
Enclosed is the application of Esther Borders, widow of Peter Borders died, who was a soldier of the Revolution, for bounty land the act 3. March 1855 --
Jas G Sems atty.

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Scottville Ky }
July 15 }                                  Free

J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia.



KY
Dh. h83

Page 40

[strikethrough]
Esther Borders
Ken:
Act 7. July 38
91.66
from 4 March 36 to 30 July 37 ~



A. Ray Esqr.
Present

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Declaration,
In order to obtain arrears of Pension due from March 4th, 1836. under the Act of July 7. 1838,

On this 17th day of September 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Aleen and State of Kentucky, Esther Borders a resident of Kentucky in the County of Allen, Aged 87 years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of Pension which she claims from the 4th of March, 1836 to the last day of July 1837, from which period, or near which period she has been already paid under the Act of the 7th July, 1838. (The declarant not being positive as to the day would beg to refer to the Papers on file in the department a Washington)

Ant the declarant further alledges [sic] that she is still the widow of Peter Borders who was a private and Sergeant in the North Carolina live, during the Revolutionary War; that her pension was allowed at the rate of $91.66 cents per annum, and was paid to her at the Agency in Lexington in the State of Kentucky. And further she sayeth not 
Esther [X her mark] Borders [personal seal]

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me a justice of the Peace as aforesaid
S/JC Marshall J. P. A. C.


State of Kentucky Allen County Set
I Lemuel Swearingen Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that John Marshall Esquire whoes [sic] name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration of Esther Borders, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and

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Qualified, & the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my said office at office this 17th day of September 1843.
S/Lemuel Swearingen
Clerk of the Court of Allen County

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Brief in the case of Esther Borders -
County and State of Kentucky - 
act 2d February 1848 -
______________
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") 
[blank]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
[blank]

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

______________________
For duplicate.
["(If for increase.)" crossed out]
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Affidavit of the pensioner and her Attorney shows that the original certificate is lost. Duplicate therefore issued.



Name and residence of Agent }
Jos. H. Sims Esq. }
Glasgow Kenty. }

S/R. McRae Examining Clerk.

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Admit
pri & Serg $91.66.
Kentucky Agency
Send to 
Lemuel Swearingen
Scottville
Allen County Ky

Scottville Ky }
Apl 12th }

443
Apl 19 '43
Ken
Mar 3d
Esther Border

J L E

Pension Paper of Esther Borders }

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Declaration of Esther Borders
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd of March 1843., granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7th 1838.


State of Kentucky
County of Allen.    S.S.
On this 8th day of April 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Esther Borders, a resident of Kentucky in the County of Allen aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law., doth on her Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the Widow of Peter Borders who was a Private and Sergeant in the N. Carolina line, and, that ^as well as she can now recollect he served in a Company Commanded by one Capt Rutherford or Pearson, and then by one Capt Smith in the Regiment Commanded by one Col. Cole, and at a later joined he also served in Col Washingtons, Corps of Horse, and that she received under the Act of July 7 1838 and Annual Pension of $91.66 cents -

She further declares that she is still a Widow. and as she cannot write she signs with her proper mark enterlined above before signed
Esther [X her mark] Borders

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me a justice of the Peace aforesaid I also Certify that said Esther Borders is personally known to me, and that she is still the Widow of the said Peter Borders enterlined above before signed 
S/Wm. Foster J.P.A.C.

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[sideways in right margin] 443

State of Kentucky
County of Allen S.S.
I Lemuel Swearingen Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid, do Certify, that William Foster Esqr is now and was at the time of signing the foregoing Certificate an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith is due to all his official acts.

[seal]
 In Testimony of which I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 8th day of April 1843
S/Lemuel Swearingen Clerk 
of the Court of Allen County


State of Kentucky
Allen County Set
I John Whitney seignior Justice of the Allen County Court in the State of Kentucky, do Certify, that Lemuel Swearingen whoes [sic] name is signed to the foregoing Certificate as Clerk of the Allen County Court is and was at the time of signing the same clerk of said Court, duly Commissioned by Law as such. that the seal annexed thereto is the seal of said Court and that the signature purporting to be the signature of said Clerk is genuine, and that his said Certificate is in due form of Law. Given under my hand this 10th day of April 1843
S/John Whitney J P A C

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Scottville Allen County Ky April 11th 1843

Sir
I have the honour, [sic] to transmit to you the declaration of Esther Borders, Widow of Peter Borders a Soldier of the Revolution, she claims the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows.

When you have satisfied yourself of her right to the provisions of the said Law please forward to her or to me as her Agent the Authority to draw the money

I have the honour to be your Verry Obt Svt
S/Lemuel Swearingen

J L Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Washington City

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Ky
___
Issue Duplicate
Act 2d February 1848
~

Jos H Perris Attorney at Law ^Glasgow Ky hereby Authorized to procure & received for me the within named Certificate
This 30 day of April 1855
Esther [X her mark] Borders

Acknowledged before us this 30 day of April 1855
S/Jas R Beam

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United States of America
State of Kentucky Barren County Sch

Be it known that before me Jas R Beam a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Esther Borders and made oath in due form of law. that she is the identical person named in an original certificate. that issued from the War Department of the United States. Which said certificate was placed in the possession and care of Henry S. Moss at Glasgow Ky. for the purpose of preparing her declaration to draw the pension to which she was entitled And that said certificate as she has been informed, for being old & infirm she has not been able to see him, has been lost or mislaid by said Moss.

She states that she is the widow of the identical Peter Borders deceased who was a private and Sergeant in the Revolutionary War and that according to the showing of said certificate, she is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of ninety one dollars and Sixty six cents per annum commencing on the 4th of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry. in which case the pension is not payable after the tie of such marriage. Which said certificate is signed by W L Marcy Secretary of War and dated 19th day of January 1849

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She states that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned Peter Borders deceased, That she now resides in the County of Barren and state of Kentucky and has resided there for the space of five years past. That previous thereto she resided in Allen County Kentucky. That she was married to the above mentioned Peter Borders in Roan county State of [blank] on or about the day of [blank] 17 [blank] by me

That she is now about 107 years of age. She makes this declaration for the purpose procuring a renewal of said lost certificate. She refers to the accompanying affidavit of Henry S Moss. and to the proof and proceedings heretofore made by her and now on file in the Department at Washington
Attest James R Bean
Esther [X her mark] Borders

Subscribed and sworn to before me by Esther Borders [strikethrough] I certify from her age and description ["of the" crossed out] and having seen the above mentioned certificate and qualified her to her declarations made to draw the semi-annual pensions at Louisville Kentucky that I am satisfied of the truth of the foregoing declaration, And on the same day personally appeared John W Durham a credible and respec-

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tible [respectible] person who being first duly sworn states that he is well acquainted with Esther Borders who has in his presence subscribed to the foregoing declaration and from her age, appearance and his knowledge of her having received a pension, he believes the foregoing statements made by her are true
S/John W Durham

Sworn to & subscribed before me by John W Durham this 30th day of April 1855 
S/James R Beam JP


State of Kentucky Barren County Sch

On this the 1st day May 1855, before me a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Henry S Moss a resident of the City of Louisville Kentucky, and to one known as a credible & respectable witness and made oath. That for some years before his removal from Glasgow, Barren County Kentucky to Louisville Kentucky, he had been employed by Esther Borders a resident of Barren County, and widow of Peter Borders, to prepare her papers, to be sent to the Pension Agent at Louisville to draw her pension, and for that purpose had the possession of her pension Certificate, of which he is enabled to state the following is a copy. To wit; "War-Department-Widows pension- I certify that in conformity with the  act of February 3rd 1848. Esther Borders of Kentucky widow of Peter Borders who was a private and Sergeant in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of ninety one dollars and sixty six cents per annum. commencing on the 4th of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry, in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such

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marriage. Given at the war office of the United States this 19th day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty nine Examined & countersigned W L Marcy Secretary of War
J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions"

That about the time of his removal to Louisville on the day of 1855, he, in arranging his papers, lost said original certificate, out of his possession. That he knows not other Esther Borders of Barren County, except the one for whom he drew the pension as aforesaid. And that although not present when the foregoing declaration was signed, yet he believes that the foregoing signature purporting to be hers, is the signature of the identical Esther Borders, whose pension certificate was lost, For he was present when the foregoing declaration in blank, was prepared & delivered to her son to carry to her for her signatures 
S/W.S. Moss

Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written
S/R. R. H. Gillock JP

[sideways writing]


State of Kentucky County of Barren
I Travis Cockrill, Clerk of the County Court for the County & State aforesaid certify that James R Beam, and R R H Gillock whose official signatures, are respectively subscribed to the foregoing declaration and affidavit, are each of them. Justices of the Peace in said County duly commissioned and qualified & [illegible] so. at the date thereof. And the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at my office This 3rd day May 1855
[seal]
S/Travis Cockrill Clk

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Esther Borders

To } Declaration
Pension. 1848

AU 
617

Page 54

State of Kentucky Allen County SS
On this 1st day of September 1848 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace in and for said county Esther Borders a resident of said County aged Eight eight years, who being first ["duly" crossed out] sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d Feby 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Peter Borders who was a private & Sargent [sic] in the army in the N. Carolina line placed on pension roll [25th Sept 1833 added above the next line] and that she received an annual pension of ninety one dollars ^66 cts under the act of 17th June 1844 She further declares that she is still a widow sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
S/J. W. Hecter J.P.
Esther[X her mark] Borders 
Witness Wm A. McCampbell

I certify that the above declarant is personally known to ne, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by him in the foregoing declaration
S/J W Hecter J.P.


State of Kentucky Allen County SS.
I Lemuel Swearingen clerk of the court of said county, certify that J. W. Hecter is a magistrate in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, His commission is date on the 1th day of May 1845. and continues during good behaviour.

[seal] 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 2d day of September 1848.
S/Lemuel Swearingen clerk

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State of Kentucky Allen County Set
Be it remembered that on this 20th day of March 1841 Esther Borders of sd County personally appeared before the undersigned Andrew Harrison an acting Justice of the peace for sd County and made oath in due form of Law, as an amendment to her former declaration in order to obtain a pension as the widow of Peter Borders decd; that at the time of making her sd original Declaration, being entirely unlittered, she was unaware of the fact that there was any family record of the marriage of herself & husband - or of the date of the Births of their children - A friend has since pointed out to her the entries on a leaf of the old family Dutch Bible, of the births of four of her children. She here with encloses it, [strikethrough] obedience to the instructions of the Commissioner of Pensions Mr J L Edwards - as the only existing record of the fact in her possession - She is advised, and believes that the same old Bible from which the leaves sent are taken, in another part of it contained the Record of her then husbands marriage - But that the Leds & first Hast leaves are all lost, as well as the blank leaves between the old & new Testament, except the one on which the record now sent is found- - (To the truth of which I the sd A. Harrison also certify) And that the lost record was upon some of the lost leaves of said old Bible -
She further states on oath as aforesaid

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that the marriage of herself & husband took place in the County of Rowan North Carolina - That it was presided by publication of Bans - and not by written License - & that she is advised that no record was then made & kept and that none can now be procured of marriages which occurred at the period of hers - She is unable as heretofore by age infirmity to attend court - To which fact I the sd A Harrison also certify -
Esther [X her mark] Borders

Sworn to & subscribed before me this date first written -
S/A Harrison JP.


Be it further remembered that on this 20th day of March 1841 also personally appeared before me Andrew Harrison a Justice of the peace as afsd Samuel Sears Daniel Myres and Mary Myres of said County of Allen & severally made oath that they have known Peter Borders & Esther Borders his wife for the last Twenty years - That they have ever heard together & been reputed as man and wife That they were also acquainted with Catharine Borders, who died about a year since And that from the length of their acquaintance with her and her personal appearance they have no hesitancy

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in expressing the belief that she was born as early as the 3d March 1787, according to the entry in the old Dutch Bible now shewn them They are also acquainted with the other children of sd Peter & Esther Borders - named in sd Record. and they are satisfied they are each as old as made out by sd Record - - 

And I the sd Andrew Harrison further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Sears, Daniel Myres and Mary Myres that they are credible persons & that their statements are worthy of Belief And I do further certify that I am myself personally acquainted with the facts deposed by them -

Sworn to & subscribed before me this date above mentioned
S/A Harrison J.P.
Samuel [X his mark] Sears [personal seal]
Daniel [X his mark] Myres [personal seal]
Mary {X her mark] Myres [personal seal]


State of Kentucky Allen County } Sct
I Lemuel Swearingen Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do Certify, that A Harrison Esqr. whoes [sic] name is signed as such to the foregoing declaration of Esther Borders, and the foregoing deposition of Samuel Sears, Daniel Myres and Mary Myres, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Allen duly Commissioned & qualified, that the signatures

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purporting to be his are his genuine signatures and that full faith and audit are due to all his Official acts: In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my said Office at Scottville this 20th day of March 1841
[seal]
S/Lemuel Swearingen Clerk
Allen County Court

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{ State of N. Carolina
{ Comptroller [illegible]
I Geo W Brooks Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the state aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made sundry persons for Military service in the Revolutionary war, as follows

Peter Berdause, or Berdaux
Book 23 Page 99 L5 "   "  spend being and Army Certificate returned to the Hillsboro Treasury Office by the Sheriff of Sampson County, I give the above in reply to an application for the service of one "Peter Borders" upon the probability that the said Borders name was originally written "Berdause, or Berdaux" as the named "Peter Borders" does not now appear on record

[seal] 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said office This the 24th Jan'y 1856
S/Geo. M. Brooks
Comptr MC