Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,627, John Boggs, N.C.

SERVICE
N 6
Boggs, John Eve
NUMBER
N 18,627
B.L.Wt. 16262-160-55
CONTENTS

North Carolina 9684  7 Pay.
Eve Boggs, widow of John, who was a private, in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. and end 4th September 1847.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Feb'y 1857. and sent to George E. Ames, Present.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 264

139 978 { Oct. Mar. 3/55 May 19th/55
Eric Boggs (wid of John Boggs) Sold in
Purvis & Day War.
Wid had been pensioned 1826 C. Mil.
1626
Special act J.R. July 28-10660.
Private Capt Goodman 4th Regt N.C. Line
Ad. 1600 acs Feb 15/56 Dodge
Geo. C. Mauchall Lexington Tenn
Vol. B2-5.

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Eve Bogg widow John Bogg, paying a pension Act 4 July 1836
= petition for a pension - referred to Com. Rev. Pensions.
April 25, 1846 Referred to the Com. on Revolutionary Pensions.
Aug. 8, 1846 Ref. m. to in 1835
December 22, 1846 Referred to the Com. on Revolutionary Pensions.
December 20, 1847 Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
July 19, 1848 Bill 509
Banger
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Eve Bogg NC
Act 4 July 1836

State of North Carolina Davidson County — }
On this the 16 th day of November one Thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of said Earl Bragg, a Resident of the County of Davidson and State of North Carolina, aged eighty two 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 July 4 th 1836: That she is the widow of John Bragg who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution; That the said John Bragg (then residing in Orange County in the State of North Carolina) enlisted in the service of the United States on the 15 th day of July in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy six, in the 4 th Regiment of the North Carolina forces, under the command of Gen. Nash, Col. Palk, and Capt. Goodman.
The Regiment to which the said John Bragg was attached marched to the North and united with the Northern Army under the command of Gen. Washington. The Claimant states that the best of her recollection her husband the said John Bragg was engaged in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, and that he was discharged from the service on the 15 th day of July Seventeen hundred and seventy nine. She further declares that she was married to the said John Bragg, by the Rev. John Sadler on the eighth day of May in the year one Thousand seven hundred and seventy six in Orange County State of North Carolina, and that her husband the of said John Bragg died on the 28 th day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty eight and that she has remained a widow ever since that period.

as will more fully appear by Reference to the proofs hereto annexed. She further declares that she has no record proof. Neither of a public nor private character, nor documentary evidence by which the date of her Marriage with the said John Bragg can be established.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written in open court
Test Chas Mock Clerk
her Eunice Bragg mark
State of North Carolina Harnad County - ss
On this 16 th day of November an Thousand eight hundred and forty three before the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county personally appeared John Efland & Ludwick May Residents of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina who being first duly sworn according to law & state upon their oath that they were well acquainted with John Bragg men- tioned in the foregoing declaration before and after the Revolutionary war. They further state that he is the iden- tical John Bragg who served in the Revolutionary war as set forth in the above declaration and as designated in the certificate of the Secretary of State hereto annexed
They further declare that the said John Bragg was lawfully married by the Rev John Sudder to the said Eunice Bragg (who has subscribed the foregoing declaration) on the eighth day of May an Thousand seven hundred and ninety six in Orange County North Caro- lina, that they witnessed the marriage ceremony that the said Eunice Bragg lived in their immediate neighborhood while her husband was in the army after the said John Bragg returned home in the year 1779 he & the said Eunice Bragg lived in their

vicinity as husband and wife until the day of his the said John Bagg's death which occurred on the twenty fifth day of October Seven hundred and eighty eight. They further state that the said Eun Baggs has remained a widow ever since
sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written in open court
Test Ch s Mock bbb
John Efland Ludwika May his spouse
North Carolina }
Davidson County }
I Charles Mock Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Eun Bagg's for a pension
I further certify that it was given in evidence to the satisfaction of the said court that Eun Bagg's who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing de- claration is a woman of good character and that her statement is entitled to credit. It was also shown that John Efland and Ludwika May whose signatures appear to the above certificate are men of truth and veracity
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at office the 16 th day of November 1843
Ch s Mock bbb

139978.

State of North Carolina } Davidson County }
On this 6 th day of April A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace in and for said County & State aforesaid Eve Boggs aged 85. years, a resident of Davidson County in North Carolina, who being duly sworn, declares that she is the widow of John Boggs deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, that he served in the Revolutionary war, and went into the service in the year 1776, or there abouts, and that she was married to her said husband in Orange County in North Carolina in the month of May in the year 1779. By one John Sucker a preacher and that her name before marriage was Eve Springer that her said husband died in Tennessee sometime in the month of October 1788. She would refer the Commissioner to the proofs in the case of her pension, she was placed on the pension roll under a special act of Congress of March 3 d 1849. And that she is still the widow of the said John Boggs deceased.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled, under the act passed March 3 d 1855, never having received Bounty land, or knowing that she was entitled, and she believes that no Bounty land was ever received by her husband. She hereby revokes any application for Bounty land previously made, or that may have been

presented in her name, and she hereby constitutes and appoints George C. Mendenhall of Guilford County in the State of North Carolina, her true and lawful attorney to prosecute the above mentioned claim, and to receive for her benefit the Bounty land warrant to which she may be entitled.
Eve her Boggs mark.
Witness Wm P. Mendenhall Witness George C. Mendenhall
sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
And on the same day personally appeared before me Barnabas Payne and Thomas Pope residents of Davidson County in the State of North Carolina, who on their oath do say that they are personally acquainted with Eve Boggs, & have known her for many years, and they believe her to be the identical person, she represents herself to be.
Barnabas Payne
Thomas Pope
The foregoing Declaration and affidavits were subscribed and sworn to before me, the day and date above written, and that I am not interested in this claim nor concerned in its prosecution, neither are either of the above witnesses.
S. J. Piggott J.P.

State of North Carolina } Davidson County
I C. F. Sowe clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for the county & State aforesaid - do hereby certify that Saml. J. Piggott Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits was sworn to, and whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing articles - is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, in & for the County & State aforesaid - duly Commissioned and qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at office the 13 th day of May A D 1855
C. F. Sowe Clerk

State of North Carolina County of Guilford
December
On this 8 th day of November A.D. 1886, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Nicholas Smith aged 92 years, a resident of said County and State, who being first duly sworn according to law, declares as follows, to wit: - That he was born and raised in the immediate neighborhood where he now lives, at the time of his birth his father lived in Orange County, (now Guilford) within a short distance of the now existing Orange and Guilford line, and in a short distance of the old Lutheran Church, called Richland Church, which is also close to said County lines - That he was perfectly well acquainted with Ulrich Springer and his family who lived within one mile of his father's plantation. That said Springer had 4 5 children whose names were George, Eve, Adam and David 5 th (Eve) That said Eve Springer, now the widow of John Boggs, before her marriage with John Boggs, was frequently and often times at his father's house - That he was perfectly well acquainted with her and her brothers, and was at school with her said brothers. He also declares that his father carried on a distillery, and that he always stilled the old man Springer's fruit (apples and peaches) and that Eve Springer daughter of the said Ulrich Springer (now Eve Boggs) often assisted in pounding up the apples &c. He also further declares that he remembers a good deal that took place during the Revolutionary war, and that during said war he became acquainted with one John Boggs, who always told him that he served in said war - That he often seen him the said John Boggs at the house of old Ulrich Springer, the father of the said Eve Boggs - That in

those times it was customary for people to marry by Publication of the Banns, particularly was it so with the people belonging to the Lutheran Church. That he did not see John Boggs and Eve Springer married, but that he lived close neighbors to them after they were married, that he heard the marriage talked about, and always heard that they were married by one Luder, who was, at that time a Minister in Richland Church. That the said John Boggs and Eve Springer were married he has no doubt. That the Springer family belonged to said Church, and they would not have been permitted to live together as man and wife in that neighborhood unless they had been married according to the rules of the Church. He further swears to the fact that the said John Boggs and Eve Boggs his wife lived together as man and wife in his own neighborhood before peace was made, he swears that he recollects this fact perfectly well, that the said John Boggs and Eve his wife lived near his fathers house and that he often seen them together at their own house. He also declares that after peace was made, does not recollect the year distin- ctly, the said John Boggs and Eve Boggs moved to the West, that he has heard that he was going to his land in the west, and that he heard through the family that the said John Boggs got killed though he got killed he does not recollect of having heard. He did declare, that he was acquainted with one Peter Boggs, who is a son of the said John Boggs. He also declares that he has no interest whatever in making this affidavit.
Sworn to & subscribed before
his Nicholas the Smith mark
J. Smith

State of North Carolina } County of Guilford } ss
On this 8 day of December November A.D. 1856, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid John Long aged 70 years, and W I Long aged 40 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, declare that they have been born and raised in the same neighborhood where Nicholas Smith now lives, and that they have always known the said Smith, and that they him to be the oldest man living in this section of Country. That they know him to be an honest, upright, and credible old German citizen, and that they have heard the foregoing affidavit read in his presence this day and verily believe he is perfectly well acquainted with all the facts set forth in said affidavit. They also declare that he is of good and sound mind, and believe him to be of the age set forth, and have heard him say this day that he was 92 years of age. That they are well acquainted with him and saw him make his mark to the foregoing affidavit, and that they have no interest in making this affidavit.
John Long William I Long
The foregoing affidavits of Nicholas Smith, John Long and W I Long were on this 8 th day of December November 1856, sworn to and subscribed before me, a justice of the peace of the aforesaid County and State, and I hereby certify that from personal acquaintance with the affiants, that they are all highly respectable and credible persons of our said County, and that I have no interest in the foregoing affidavits.
J. A. Mack J. P.

State of North Carolina,
Guilford County. I, Lyndon Swain, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Guil- ford, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that J. Smick, Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the within & foregoing, & before whom the foregoing affidavits of Nicholas Smith & John Long & Wm. J. Long were taken, is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Guilford, & was such at the time of signing the same, duly commissioned & sworn, & that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court, at Office in Greensboro' Dec 13th, 1856
Lyndon Swain, Clerk.

State of North Carolina Davidson County } 83
On this 7 th day of January A.D. 1887, personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Boggs, now in her 74 th year, a resident of said County and State, who first being duly sworn according to law, declares, as follows - That she is the daughter of her father John Boggs deceased, and of her mother Eve Boggs now living with herself - That her father and mother have never had a family Record, but that her mother and Grandfather Springer have always told her that she was born in the year that the Revolutionary war closed - That she was born in the month of July 1783. - She declares that she does not recollect her father, that on account of her bad health she did not go with her father and mother to the Holston River in Virginia where her father got killed, but remained with her Grandfather Micah Springer in Orange County N.C. - She also swears that she recollects distinctly, well when never came to her Grandfather that her father had got killed in Virginia at a barn raising and also recollects distinctly well when her Mother returned from Virginia to her Grandfather's house in Orange County. - That she was about 7 years old when her Mother returned and that her Sister Mary who was the oldest child, and Peter and John her brother, returned with her Mother - She further declares that she has always been living with her mother since she returned to N.C. and that her mother has often times told her that her father was making preparations to return to N.C. for her. She further declares that all the children are now dead except herself and her brother Peter, who is now living in Chatham County. She further declares that she feels an interest in the successful prosecution of her mother's claim

but that the interest she feels in this her mother's claim has not prompted her or prejudiced her in favor of making this affidavit. That her father and mother were married legally there can be no doubt, and that her father was killed in the year 1788 there can be no shadow of doubt.
Attest: H. H. Helser
Attest:
Thos Kennedy
her Elizabeth X Bragg mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I do hereby certify that I know Elizabeth Bragg to be a credible and respectable person, and that she is the daughter of John & Eve Bragg, there can be no doubt. I also certify that I have no interest in the foregoing affidavit,
Thos Kennedy J.P.
State of North Carolina } County of Davidson } ss
On this 7th day of January A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, H. W. Brumell aged 40 years a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law declares that he has lived in sight of Mrs Eve Bragg residence all his life time, and that the said Eve Bragg has always been recognized as the widow of John Bragg - that she has been recognized as the widow of John Bragg deceased who he has always understood long before the said Eve Bragg applied for a Pension was killed in the State of Virginia, and who served in the Revolutionary war - That he knew two of Eve Bragg's children, Elizabeth and Peter Bragg, and that Elizabeth Bragg is now living with her mother - He further states that that he does

not personally know the fact of the death of John Buggs, nor does he personally know anything of the marriage of John & Eva Buggs, but that from a long acquaintance with the said Eva Buggs he knows her to be a highly respectable  honorable and credible woman and that from the many statements corroborative of each other that she has made in relation to her marriage and the death of her husband John Buggs that he verily believes that she was legally married and that her husband died at the time she has heretofore stated 1988 and that she is the widow of John Buggs as seen he has not the shadow of a doubt. That her daughter Elizabeth and Peter her son are children of John & Eva Buggs there can be no doubt. He also declares that Elizabeth Buggs is a credible and respectable woman and highly entitled to credit. He also declares that he has no interest whatever in making this affidavit.
H. W. Brummell
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this day and year above written, and I do hereby certify that the affiant H. W. Brummell is a highly credible citizen of our county, and that I have no interest in the foregoing affidavit.
Chas. Hoover J.P.
State of North Carolina County of Davidson ss
J. C. F. Lowe, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Thomas Kennedy Esquire and Charles Hoover Esquire, whose genuine signatures appear

to the foregoing, and before whom the foregoing af- fidavits were made, was at the time of the same being done acting justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Com- missioned and qualified by law to administer oaths and that all their official acts, are entitled to full faith and credit.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office on this 7 th day of January A. D. 1857.
W. F. Stone Clerk

State of N Carolina } Orange County }
This day personally appeared before me an acting justice of the peace in and for said county Barbary Patterson of said county and being duly sworn according to law, on oath states that she was well acquainted with Eve Boggs the daughter of Springer and Margaret Springer, and this affiant was born and brought up within a few miles of where they lived; and they had children Adam, Eve and David Springer - that Adam is dead and Eve it was understood and believed was married to one John Boggs, and said Boggs and wife Eve lived for some years as man and wife together in the immediate neighbourhood of this affiant and had several children; they lived together and were reputed there to be man and wife - that John Boggs and wife Eve removed to the County of Davidson as this affiant has been informed and believes, where the said Eve still resides. That David Springer the brother of the said Eve Boggs, resided in the western part of Orange County of this state ever since affiant can recollect, till within a year past, and was then owing to his poverty and becoming a cripple removed to the public poor house of

Orange where he now is as affiant has been informed and believes - and that said David Springer who was always of very weak mind, has become so impaired in his mind that he is altogether incapable of giving his deposition - That there are no persons in the neighbourhood or elsewhere now living who can prove the actual marriage of John Boggs and Edie Springer, but that they were man and wife was as well understood known and believed in that neighbourhood as any other persons in that section of country
Barbary J. Patterson
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this the
29 th July, A.D. 1846 G. Patterson J.P.
State of North Carolina } August 28 th 1826. Orange County
This day personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of the Peace for the County of Orange, Armored F. Long who being duly sworn, maketh oath that he is well acquainted with Barbary Patterson above named & that she is a woman of good character and entitled to full faith & credit Sworn to & subscribed before me, Steph. Moore J.P.
D. F. Long

State of North Carolina, County of Iredell & Quarter Orange County, ss. August Term 1846
I Joseph Allison clerk of the court of Iredell & Quarter Sessions in & for said county certify that the foregoing affidavit was read in open court & that said court was satisfied that the same are true & that full faith & credit should be attached to the same. I also certify that Stephen Moore, Esq., followed me acting secretary of the free court, testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office August 28th 1846.
J Allison Clk

Recy 18.627 WIDOW, &c. aw
File No. 18.627 Eve Boggs Widow of John Boggs Prin. Geo. Pa.
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. 04 , Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Eve Boggs Maw of John Boggs N.E.
Set to b. Brummele May 1. 43 Set to b. Brummele July 27. 44 " " Hon. D. M. Barringer Jan 19: 46
Act 4 July 1836
Homestead Act July 21
Hon. Secretary of the Interior Free
Washington City

Let to Hon D. M. Barringer Dec 22 o 1846.
V No 6440 5944 Eve Rogers NC Repealed 9th. Meadshall Mar 46 Let to Hon D. M. Barringer March 14. 1846 to same March 23 1846 same Apr 24 1846 (over) Sept. 16. 46 act 4 July 1846
in other letter
5 S 6.262 J New Orleans

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that John Boggs a private soldier in Capt. Goodman's Company of the 4 th Regiment, entered the service on the 15 th day of July 1776 for the term of three years, and was discharged on the 15 th day of July 1779.
Given under my hand this 17 th day of November 1845.
Wm Hill Secretary of State

11849  North Carolina. 7!  Eve Boggs, widow of John, who died on the _____ in the State of _____ of _____ who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville at the rate of 80. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of February 1857 and sent to Geo. L. Ames. Arrears to the 4th of _____ Semi-annual allowance ending Present.
( Revolutionary Claim, ) Act July 7, 1838. }  Recorded by _____ Clerk. Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 293.

10.660.
North Carolina
Eve Boggs
Widow of John Boggs. who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 25 Oct. 1788; of _____ in the State of N. Carolina who was a _____ in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the _____ line for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1847 September 1847.
Certificate of Pension issued the _____ day of June 1849 and sent to James Hulse Fayetteville N.C.
Total amount, $ Special act } [Act July 7, 1838.] & 3 March 1849 } Recorded by Geo. H. King Clerk, Vol. 1 Page 28
Reported.
Let Hon. J. P. Caldwell July 26/50 Let Hon. J. P. Caldwell Sept 24 1850, " I. Roach 3 July '51 - Hon. J. P. Caldwell, Apr 3/57 Let I. Roach Aug 20/57. Hon. J. P. Kerr July 24/53 Hon. J. P. Kerr year 22 Feb 1855, G. C. Mendenhall July 17/56 Let same Nov. 25/56

George C. Mendenhall Fayetteville Guilford Co. North Carolina Sept 19. 1855
Request the issue of Bounty Land Warrant to Mrs. Evel Boggs, who is over 90 yrs of age
ackd Sept 24. 1855
Respectfully referred to the Comm. of Pensions Dep't of War Sept 24/55
Chas. S. Frailty Q.M. Clk
Boston
16262 - 160/55
ackd Sept 24. 1855

Gamertown. Guilford County North Carolina September 19 th 1855.
To the Hon. The Secretary of The Interior —
Dr. Sir - The letter of the Hon. L. P. Waldo. dated 4 months since this day (19 th of May/55.) was recd as to the claim of Eve Boggs for Bounty land. requesting to wait a reasonable time - The old Lady is now in light of the very last mile-post of life, and her case will not admit of much more delay - I therefore respectfully request, her case may receive early attention - She was placed by Special Act of Congress on the Pension Roll - She is over 90 years old - her husband fought through the Revolution, and she ought to have a double portion - being very poor indeed -
Please answer me to this office - Most Respectfully
George C. Mendenhall

State of North Carolina
I John Taylor Clerk of Orange County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions hereby certify that there is no Record of the Marriage of John Boggs to be found in my Office
Witness my hand & Seal of Office 23 d August 1843
J. Taylor Clerk

Report No. 773.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 609.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
EVE BOGGS.
JULY 19, 1848.
Mr. DONNELL, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eve Boggs, praying for a pension, report:
The petitioner claims a pension for services rendered by her husband, as a private in the continental army, from the 15th July, 1776, to July, 1779. The service is clearly proved. She filed her declaration first on the 16th of November, 1843, in which she states that her intermarriage with John Boggs was on the 8th day of May, 1776, and to this declaration is appended the certificate, in due form, of two citizens of Orange county, North Carolina, whose character as men of veracity is endorsed by the court of said county. The substance of the certificate is, that they witnessed the marriage ceremony, on the 8th May, 1776, and "that the said Eve Boggs lived in their immediate neighborhood while her husband was in the army," and after he returned they both continued to reside there, living together as man and wife, until his death. Afterwards, on the 14th day of November, 1845, she filed another declaration, containing, in substance, the same statements as the first, except that her marriage is alleged to have been on the 8th day of May, 1781, with the further allegation that it was the "May after and next following the battle of Guilford, which was in March, 1781." To this is appended a certificate of a citizen of Davidson county, where the last declaration was made, (the said Eve Boggs having removed to said county,) which certificate proves only the reputation in that county of her being the widow of John Boggs, deceased. She has also filed a certificate of the clerk of

Orange county, where the marriage is alleged to have been celebrated, after the due publication of banns, that there is no record evidence in his office of any such marriage.
Upon this state of the facts, the committee are of opinion that the petitioner is entitled to a pension. We cannot doubt that the petitioner was married to John Boggs, unless we discard entirely the testimony of the two witnesses who profess to have witnessed the ceremony, and are proved to be men of truth and character, and the controversy as to the precise year in which it was celebrated is unimportant, inasmuch as either time alleged would bring her within the requirements of the acts of Congress. They, therefore, ask leave to present a bill.

Washington January 12/1837 Geo M Whiting Esq Sir
Enclosed you will find Additional evidence in support of the Claim of Mrs Rogers widow of John of North Carolina to a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838.
Some years since Mrs R. made application for the benefits of this act, but the evidence furnished was not deemed sufficient to authorize the allowance of her Claim. She then took her Claim to Congress and a special act granting her a pension at the rate of $80. per Ann. Commencing from 4 th Sept 1847. was passed for her . Mrs R has never been satisfied with this allowance and has frequently asked that she might be placed on the Pension Roles under the act of 7 th July 1838, but the Office has heretofore refused to open her case. The evidence she has since been able to obtain which I now present removes all objections, her close friend, and shows clearly she is entitled to the benefit of that act.
In her declaration now on file Mrs Rogers alleges that her husband

at the time he entered the Service resided in Orange County, NC - that he served three years - in the  that  the  Myrtle  equivalent time - that she was married to him in 1780 or 81 - and that he died or was killed in 1788, leaving her a widow with several children. It is also stated that her husband had a brother Ezraick Boggs who served in the same company and regiment with him.
I present herewith a certificate from Mr. Hill, Secretary of State of North Caro- lina, showing that John & Ezraick Boggs served in the Continental Line for three years, and that they were both allowed Pensions paid for their service. - That that their warrants were delivered to Col A. Lytle of Hillsboro, which is the County Seat of Orange Co. It is shown also by the testimony of respectable witnesses that Mrs. Boggs has always been recognized by her neighbors and acquaintances as the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier, and that she is an old lady of good character and standing. Which together with the evidence already on file is deemed amply sufficient to identify her as the widow of the Soldier referred to in Mr. Hill's Certificate.
With regard to the date of their marriage no objection was raised by the

Office, the fact of her husband having died in 1788 leaving her a widow with several children was satisfactory at that time to show the existence of the relation of husband and wife between them prior to 1794. I have herewith, herewith, enclosed additional evidence on that point. This claim is clearly established. It would be as well to let Mrs. Rogers retain the Certificate she now holds, and issue one to her under the act of 7 July 1838 for 5 years and under the acts of 3 March 1843 and 17 March 1844 from 4 March 1843 to 4 Sept 1847, when her pension under the special act of Congress commenced.
Very Respectfully, Your obed Servt Geo C. Ames

No. of Reps. 20 Feb. 1832
Sir;
A constituent of mine, who is now a pensioner, viz: Eve Bazzo of Davidson County, N.C., was placed on the pension Roll by a special act of Congress, but seems much dissatisfied with the terms of her pension and has addressed several letters of inquiry thereon.
I would be pleased to learn whether the Congress could report in her case w. on file in your Department as it can not be found at the House, as from

Since report the condition of her case may be understood to. If a copy of said Report could be obtained, it would be quite gratifying to.
Very respectfully Yours Oct. 2nd. R. C. Mayhew
Hon L. D. Hulds. Comm? of Rivers }

Hillsboro. August 28 th 1844.
W. L. Edwards,
Sir
In the case of Eve Boggs which is now in your office under the management of George C. Mendenhall of Jonestown, he has directed me to procure the proof of the marriage - and enclose the same to you as he is now on his circuit. I herewith send you the affidavit of Barbara Patterson & your own communication with Mr Mendenhall at Jonestown if any thing further is wanting.
Yours with respect
W. L. Edwards.

Ho. of Reps.
Decr. 21. 1856
Sir,
Will you have the kindness to send me the affidavit of Barbara Patterson filed as additional testimony by Mr. Lang of Hillsboro N.C. in the application of Eve Bagggs for a pension.
The other papers are on file here - at last season and I wish to add this to them.
Yours. S.
J. W. Jennings
Col. J. A. Edwards.
P.S. Your letter acknowledging the receipt of this affidavit was addressed to George C. Mendenhall Jr. Sept. 16. '46

Pension Office
February 15, 1849.
Sir:
The papers in the case of Mrs Eve Rogers are herewith re- turned. Under our rules of evidence we could not allow the claim under the act of July 7, 1838.
But I have no doubt that she was married before 1838, and is entitled under the law of July 29, 1828 to a pension from the 4 th March 1828. The Bill proposes to give her a pension from 1827, to which I can perceive no objection.
I have the Honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
Your ob t Servt,
J L Edwards
Hon. H. Johnson,
Chairman of the
Committee on Pensions,
Senate U. S.

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these Presents: That I, Eve Boggs of the county of Davidson and State of North Carolina the Widow of John Boggs deceased whose claim for pension under the Act of Congress approved the 7th day of July 1838, is now suspended for further proof, and who died on the 7th day of 1888 , do hereby constitute and appoint George C. Ames Esqr of Washington D. C. my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably for me, and in my name and place, to examine all the records, letters, affidavits, and other documents and papers connected with the aforesaid suspended claim now on file in the Pension Office, as well as all the Muster Rolls and other records that may show the Revolutionary services of the said John Boggs and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises in order to prosecute said claim to some result: hereby revoking all powers of attorney heretofore given for a like purpose, and confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall, in my name, legally do in the premises: In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this Seventh day of January 1857.
Asst H. H. Helper
Eve Boggs [SEAL.]
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace, for the aforesaid County of Davidson and State N. Carolina ; and I do certify that of my own personal knowledge the aforesaid Eve Boggs is the Widow of John Boggs deceased.
Witness my hand and seal this Seventh day of January 1857.
Thos Kennedy J. P. [SEAL.]
STATE OF N. Carolina } ss. COUNTY OF Davidson }
I do certify that Thos. Kennedy Esquire, before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made, was at the time of it being made a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the above is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and the seal of the County court for said county, this
Seventh day of January 1857.
C. F. Alonzo Clerk.

Eve Boag widow of John N. Carolina - Davidson Co. Acts July 7. 1838, &c
Admitted
Private 2 years, at $80 per annum, from July 4. 1836 to Sept 4. 1847, when her pension commenced under act of 3 rd March 1849, - excepting 2 years.
Certificate payable to the claimant.
Atty.
Geob. Ames
Present.

Com. on Pensions, Jan'y 25 th 1835.
Eve Boggs.
N.C 38 ad
W. Kenwick to Burgess of these is the Register of the Court Committee on pile with the papers in Pension Office and if a, whether a copy can be obtained.
A. H. Markland

Pension Office Jan'y. 24. 1855.
Sir
I herewith return the memorandum signed H. and have the honor to inform you that Eve Boggs widow of John of N. C. was pensioned by special act of Congress, which directed her pension to commence 4 September 1847 and that this office has no right to open the case except by direction of the same authority that ordered the allowance of the pension. It is not such a case as would be allowed by this office, without a special act of Congress.
I am, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt. L. M. Wallace Commissioner.
Hon. Geo. Herr, W. of R.

Erie Boggs ms of John NC
cut 7 May 88
GC Sheet Present

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these Presents: That I, Eve Boggs of the county of Davidson and State of N. Carolina the Widow of John Boggs deceased whose claim for pension under the Act of Congress approved the 7th day of July 1838, is now suspended for further proof, and who died on the  day of  18 , do hereby constitute and appoint H.H. Helper of Salisbury N.C. & Geo. L. Ames of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably for me, and in my name and place, to examine all the records, letters, affidavits, and other documents and papers connected with the aforesaid suspended claim now on file in the Pension Office, as well as all the Muster Rolls and other records that may show the Revolutionary services of the said John Boggs and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises in order to prosecute said claim to some result: hereby revoking all powers of attorney heretofore given for a like purpose, and confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall, in my name, legally do in the premises: In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of June 1856.
Eve  her  Boggs mark [SEAL.]
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace, for the aforesaid County of Davidson and State N. Carolina ; and I do certify that of my own personal knowledge the aforesaid Eve Boggs is the Widow of John Boggs deceased. Witness my hand and seal this tenth day of June 1856.
Thos Kennedy J. P. [SEAL.]
STATE OF N. Carolina COUNTY OF Davidson } ss.
I do certify that Thomas Kennedy Esquire, before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made, was at the time of it being made a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the above is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and the seal of the County court for said county, this 11th day of June 1856.
C. D. Long Clerk.

No. of. Repn. March 5. 1876.
Sir,
You will be pleased to inform me what has been done on the application of John Stilwell , for a pension - Additional Evidence has been filed in the case.
Will the Commission review the case of Wm Rogers , of N.C. In your last, it was stated that there was not sufficient proof of marriage - There is the most simple proof to establish the marriage in a Court of Justice - And in a recent communication from you to Genl. McKay of the Army, which was read here, I understood you to say that such proof would be sufficient. There is no second proof - I have no doubt myself the claim is just.
Yours H.C. J. M. Cunningham
Col. J. L. Edwards

State of North Carolina Davidson County
On this 4 day of July 1850.
Personally Appeared before me James Robertson one of the Acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. One Bogg's Aged (82) Years, (widow of John Bogg's dec'd), A resident of the State & County aforesaid, who after being first sworn in due form of law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July (1838) and the special Act of the 3rd of March (1849) That her Husband John Bogg's served in the Revolutionary War, And died on the 25th day of October (1788) That she applied for a Pension on a former occasion, and her Declaration was Made and filed under Act of the 7th of July (1838) And by a special Act of March the 3rd third, (1849) She was allowed a Pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, That she has received her said Pension from the 11th day of September (1847) to the 11th of March (1850) That under the Act of July 7th, 1838, her Pension should have commenced the 11th day of March (1836) And, that this Declaration is Made for the purpose of enabling her to draw the balance of Pension that is now due her (Widow) from the 11th day of March (1836) to the 11th day of September (1847) it being the time her present Pension commenced, Sworn to and subscribed the day and Year first above written before Me. J. Robertson                      Place                      One Bogg's
And I the aforesaid Magistrate, do hereby

Certify, that I am intimately acquainted with Eve Boggs, who has this day appeared before Me, sworn to & subscribed the forgoing Declaration & she is a Resident of the Aforesaid County, a person of honesty & truth, she is still living and is still the widow of the aforesaid John Boggs decd, that her oath has never been disputed & to her statements is due full faith & Credit, _____ And I do further Certify, she is unable to appear in & before the Court to make her said Declaration there on account of Old Age & bodily infirmity Given under my hand the day & Year aforesaid.
J. Robertson (Seal)
State of North Carolina Davidson County
I E. H. Lowe, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the aforesaid County, it being a Court of Record, do hereby Certify that J. Robertson before whom the forgoing Declaration was proven, is an acting Magistrate in & for the aforesaid County, authorized therein & commissioned to Administer Oaths according to law, & that the forgoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine, & I do believe the same to be his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of our said Court at Office at Lexington And subscribed my Name this 6 th day of July A.D. 1850.
E. H. Lowe Clerk

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that John Boggs, a private soldier in Capt. Goodman's Company of the 4 th Regiment, entered the service on the 15 th day of July 1776, for the term of three years, and was discharged on the 15 th day of July 1779. A land Warrant N o 1007 for 274 Acres, was issued for his services, and delivered to Colo. A. Lytle of Hillsboro.
Given under my hand this 24 th day of Novem r 1856.
W. Hill Secretary of State
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that Ezekiel Boggs a private soldier in Capt. Goodman's Company of the 4 th Regiment, entered the service on the 26 th day of July 1776, for the term of three years and was discharged on the 25 th day of July 1779. A land Warrant N o 1207 for 274 Acres was issued for his services, and delivered to Colo. A. Lytle of Hillsboro.
Given under my hand this 24 th day of Novem r 1856.
W. Hill Secretary of State

No. of Neps. March 17 1846.
Sir, I herewith return to you the papers in the case of Briggs Eve Briggs - I trust that on a review of the case, you will find sufficient evidence of the marriage (receivable in a Court of Justice) to authorize you to grant a certificate of permission to which I have no doubt she is justly entitled -
Col. J. A. Edwards.

State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that John Boggs a private soldier in Capt. Goodman's Company of the 4 th Regiment, enlisted on the 15 th day of July 1776, for the term of three years, and was discharged on the 15 th day of July 1779. The 4 th Regiment was commanded by Colo. Thomas Polk.
Given under my hand this 9 th day of August 1843.
W m Hill

Ingraham April 16 th 1849
Wm Lloyd Williams,
Dear Sir.
I am directed by Mr Geo. C. Mendenhall, to enquire by what mode he shall succeed to obtain the Pension that was granted to Eve Doyg , of Davidson Co. N Carolina at the last Session of Congress, and that you will please give me all the information that will be required to form the mode by which the Pension can be collected, - whether the Pension is payable at Washington, or payable at this Agency, - let the information be full & clear;
Your ling. Attention to this will much oblige
Yours Sincere Glyn W. Smith M rs M rs Smith
P.S.
Where has become of the "Declaration; Marriage the Adoption of Isabella , Maria on the 8 th March 1849. I hope this has come to hand;
J. A.

Brief in the case of Eve Boggs, widow of John Davidson County and State of N. Carolina act July 7, 1838. etc.
Claim, ("original," or for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This claim was originally asserted under the act of July 4 th , 1836. but, as it appeared that the service of John Boggs terminated July 15, 1779 and the marriage did not occur until May 1781. it was rejected. It was then taken to Congress whose committee reported that the service was proved but there was some doubt as to the date of the marriage, and Congress passed an act 3 d of March 1849. pensioning her from the 4 th Sept 1847 for increase.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Additional oral evidence has been filed - of persons who knew the John & Eve and their children, at and soon after their marriage, which determines that the marriage was long before 1794. In fact it is proved that John Boggs was killed at a barn-raising about 1788. leaving 4 children. Some question existed as to Identity - but an additional certificate from the Comptroller, shows that the pay warrant  land warrant for Boggs 3 yrs service was delivered to Col A. Sytle of Hillsboro. Boggs lived in Fredell - adjoining Guilford - and but a short distance from Hillsboro. The registers of all the Southern & Western States, under all the acts have been searched & no fns Boggs has applied for pension for this service. Admitted at $80. under act 1838. Payable up to 4 th  Sept  Dec 1847. when her pension from Congress commenced. Widow still living, over 90 yrs of age. Geo. C. Ames Present
Examining Clerk.
S. G. Dodge

* On the point of identity - The widow declared that her husband, being of the requisite height, went north and became one of Genl Washington's Life Guards: Was at White Plains - the battles of Brandywine, Germantown & Monmouth. This statement, made by a person so remote from the scene of the northern campaigns and so little likely to understand about the life-guards would seem, of itself to give the stamp of authenticity to her narrative. S. G. H.
Love Boaggs, widow of John Boaggs N. Carolina Oct 18 38.
Brief

Comm. of Pensions. Feb. 21 st 1833.
Copy of Report in the Case of Eve Boggs .
Copy lent to M rs Boggs February 26 th 1833.
A. H. Mark and Present

(copy)
Thirtieth Congress First Session.
Report N o 773. [To accompany Bill, H. R. N o 609.] House of Representatives.
Eve Boggs.
July 19, 1848.
Mr. Donnell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following Report:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was re- ferred the petition of Eve Boggs, praying for a pension, report:
The petitioner claims a pension for services rendered by her husband, as a private in the Continental army, from the 15 th July, 1776, to July, 1779. The service is clearly proved, She filed her declaration first on the 16 th of November, 1843, in which she states that her intermarriage with John Boggs was on the 8 th day of May, 1776, and to this declaration is ap- pended the certificate, in due form, of two citizens of Orange county, North Carolina, whose character as men of veracity is endorsed by the Court of said county. The substance of the certificate is, that they witnessed the marriage ceremony on the 8 th May, 1776, and "that the said Eve Boggs lived

in their immediate neighborhood while her husband was in the army," and after he returned, they both continued to reside there, living together as man and wife, until his death. Afterwards, on the 14 th day of November, 1845, she filed another declaration, containing, in substance, the same statements as the first, except that her marriage is alleged to have been on the 8 th day of May, 1781, with the further allegation that it was, the "May after and next following the battle of Guilford, which was in March, 1781." To this is appended a certificate of a citizen of Davidson county, where the last declaration was made, (the said Eva Boggs having removed to said county.) This certificate proves only the reputation in that county that she was the widow of John Boggs, deceased. She has also proved, by the certificate of the clerk of Orange county, where the marriage is alleged to have been celebrated, after the due publication of banns, that there is no record evidence in his office of any such marriage.
Upon this state of the facts, the committee are of opinion that the petitioner is entitled to a pension. We cannot doubt that the petitioner was married to John Boggs, unless we discard entirely the testimony of the two witnesses who profess to have witnessed the ceremony, and are proved to be men of truth and character, and the controversy as to the precise year in which it was celebrated is unimportant, inasmuch as either time alleged would bring her within the requirements of the acts of Congress. They, therefore, ask leave to present a bill.

in their immediate neighborhood while her husband was in the army," and after he returned, they both continued to reside there, living together as man and wife, until his death. Afterwards, on the 14 th day of November, 1845, she filed another declaration, containing, in substance, the same statements as the first, except that her marriage is alleged to have been on the 8 th day of May, 1781, with the further allegation that it was, the "May after and next following the battle of Guilford, which was in March, 1781." To this is appended a certificate of a citizen of Davidson county, where the last declaration was made, (the said Eve Boggs having removed to said county.) This certificate proves only the reputation in that county that she was the widow of John Boggs, deceased. She has also proved, by the certificate of the clerk of Orange county, where the marriage is alleged to have been celebrated, after the due publication of banns, that there is no record evidence in his office of any such marriage.
Upon this state of the facts, the committee are of opinion that the petitioner is entitled to a pension. We cannot doubt that the petitioner was married to John Boggs, unless we discard entirely the testimony of the two witnesses who profess to have witnessed the ceremony, and are proved to be men of truth and character, and the controversy as to the precise year in which it was celebrated is unimportant, inasmuch as either time alleged would bring her within the requirements of the acts of Congress. They, therefore, ask leave to present a bill.

No 5944 Ebene Rogers N.C.
act 4 July 1836

Extract of a letter from the Pension Office dated July 27. 1844.
The papers in the case of Eve Boggs, widow of John Boggs, under the act of 4 th July 1836, have been examined and filed. The proof of the date of the marriage and of the identity of the claimant as the widow of the soldier of the name of John Boggs, contained in the certificate of the Secretary of State, who served three years in the N. Carolina line, is not satisfactory. Marriages are so susceptible of proof by record or documentary evidence, that there should be no difficulty in establishing their date, in one or the other form. If the records of the Court furnish no proof, there may be a family record kept by some of the children, which will establish the date of the marriage, with some degree of certainty. Before parol testimony can be received, the Department must be entirely satisfied that proof of a higher grade cannot be obtained.

5944
In 6410 Supp' dec. Eve Leah Boggs widow of John re act 4 July 1836
6410
Dec 23. 1835. Rejected
Barringer Rev Pension

State of North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Davidson County, 3 November Term 1845.
On this fourteenth day of November In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and forty-five, personally appeared in Open Court (being a Court of Record) Eue Boggs a citizen of the County and State aforesaid Aged Eighty Years who being first sworn in due form of Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress of July 4 th 1836.
That she is the Widow of John Boggs who was a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War - That the said John Boggs (then residing in the County of Orange in North Carolina) enlisted in the Service of the United States of America on the fifteenth day of July In the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six, as she has often heard her husband John Boggs say. And that he was in the fourth Regiment of the North Carolina forces under the Command of General Nash. and United as she was informed by her husband with the Northern Army under the Command of General George Washington. and was one of General Washingtons life-guard being of the proper height, and was selected as she has heard her husband say on account of his height agreeing with that of the others who were chosen and selected as General Washingtons life-guard.
Eue Boggs the claimant doth on her Oath further declare that to the best of her knowledge information and belief and as she has frequently heard her husband say that he the said John Boggs was in the Battle of the White-Plains Trenton - Princeton - Brandywine - Germanton, and Monmouth, and that he served in the Army three full years -
The said Eue Boggs doth on her Oath further declare that her maiden name was Eue Springer, being the daughter of Uriah Springer who is dead many years since who was a resident citizen of the County of

Orange in North Carolina - And that she the said Eve Boggs was married to the said John Boggs in the said County of Orange in said State of North Carolina by a Minister of the Gospel to wit the Reverend John Sador on the Eighth day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty One (1781) and that said marriage between herself and the said John Boggs took place & was Consumated and Solemnized by means of the publication of Banns, and that no marriage license was had or obtained as she has been informed and the Common way and manner of marriages in her day & time was by publication of Banns in those troublsome and dangerous times of the War in that Region of Country That her fathers house being small herself & John Boggs were married in the Barn - and the Reverend John Sador who published the banns and Solemnized the rites of matrimony between said John Boggs and herself is long since dead, and there is no Record or documentary Evidence of her said marriage in her possession or power and none to be found or in existence to the best of her knowledge or belief, nor does she believe any record or entry was ever made of the same -
The said Eve Boggs further on Oath states & declares that her husband John Boggs died on the twenty fifth day of October in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight and that she has remained his widow ever since that period and is still his widow and has never been married to any other person - And she further states that from age and infirmity it is now with the greatest degree of difficulty and some danger that she has been brought to Court to enable her to make this Declaration - having been at times wholly unable to travel to Court.
Eve Boggs further states on Oath that she recollects she was married to John Boggs the May after and next following the time of the Guilford Battle - which was in the month of March 1781 -
Eve her Boggs mark

State of South Carolina Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Davidson County 3 November Term 1845
I Viceo J. Some clerk of the Courts of Pleas and quarter Sessions in & for the County of Davidson, do hereby certify that Eve Boggs whose Name appears to the foregoing Declaration personally appeared this day in open Court and was duly Sworn according to Law and in open Court did Make and Swear to and Subscribe the foregoing, Declaration in order to enable her to obtain a Pension and the said Courts directed me as clerk of said Courts to certify the same.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Courts this 14 th day of November 1845.
(seal) S. G. Allen Clerk
William Kennedy on this fifteenth day of November In the year Eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared in open Court and being duly Sworn according to Law on Oath States that he has lived a neighbor to and been well acquainted with the above named Eve Boggs in the County of Davidson formerly a part of Rowan County in said State - the County of Davidson having been taken from Rowan and erected into a County in the year 1822. - That he has known the said Eve as the Widow Boggs for thirty years or more residing where she now resides - She is a very aged & infirm woman - And he has understood and believes she is the Widow of John Boggs a Soldier of the Revolutionary War That this affiant has been for many years high Sheriff and generally acquainted with neighbors and acquaintances of said Eve Boggs and the People generally of Davidson County and unless the foregoing statements were correct, he thinks he would have known it - That he always understood said Eve Boggs to (Rowan now) Davidson County from

the County of Orange in this state - William Kennedy further states that from his knowledge of the character of the aforesaid Sue Boggs, he thinks her declaration on oath might be relied upon -
Wednesday
Sworn & Subscribed to in open Court under the seal hereunto attached November, the 15 1843
C. F. Greville

Davidson County N.C. Dec 4 - 1843
Sir,
Enclosed you will find the declaration of Betsy Bagg made before a court of Record. She has so far recovered from the disease which prevented her from attending court when she made her final declaration as to enable her to appear in court -
I presume there is now no reason why she should not be allowed her pension. She & her parents were quite unlearned, could neither read nor write, therefore they kept no family record. The public Record of her marriage was, I have no doubt destroyed in 1784 at which time the court house in Orange County together with all the Records & papers were consumed by fire.
Please let me hear from you in relation to her case as soon as practicable.
I trust you will reconsider the case of Daniel Matsinger & grant him a pension, that he served as he states there not a shadow of a doubt. He will carry indisputable evidence of it to his grave, & never was wounded. In your communication of the 6 ult. you "If there be no remaining of the late claimant for military service in his county, by which he can prove his service it is his neglect that he did not obtain the evidence before it was swept away by time."
All his comrades say the applicant as far as he knows were swept away by death before the passage of the act of 1832. He has declared that but for the straitened circumstances in which he has been reduced recently that he would not have applied for the small amount to which he is entitled. There several cases some 8 or 9 years ago entrusted to my care in which you allowed pensions when there was no evidence of

Comrades as to the Service. The Regulations under the Act of 1832 do not exclude those from the benefits of that act who cannot produce the evidence of Comrades to sustain their claims.
It will be hard for the old man to linger out the balance of his days in poverty & want when the amount to which he is entitled would render him comfortable.
There are three other declarations which I sent you long since concerning which I would be glad to learn the result. I allude to the cases of Michael Smith, Elizabeth Roper & Jennet Martin. Please forward their certificates of pensions for if they are to get any thing in this world in the way of pensions it must be before many years more pass away. They will soon be where pensions will give them nothing.
Your Abt. Servt Chas Brownell
J. L. Edwards Comd. of Russians.

Lexington N.C. February 10. 1847
Col. Barringer
I recd your letter in regard to a discrepancy in the statements of Eve Boggs. and cannot possibly account for the error in dates - she is a very aged & ignorant woman and I could only see her at Court. and had to do her writing at the Bar in great haste. and had also some other few claims to attend to at the same Courts and I was much pressed with business and I suppose it is an error of my own in putting down the year 1781 - instead of 1776. - 8 th of May seems to be the date of both - she seemed like a perfectly honest old woman - and in the hurry of business the mistake occurred - That she is the widow of John Boggs a soldier cannot be doubted. & has had no pension is equally clear. & most certainly she is entitled - and if this mistake is made I am sure it is not her fault. and I know of no way of correcting it. but hope she will not be rejected for something for which she is not to blame or to be censured -
Your friend
Jesse L. Mendenhall

Garnetown, Guilford County, N. Carolina
To the Hon.
July 4. 1856.
The Commissioner of Pensions. Sir Sir
Many years since I applied for a Pension for Eve Boggs widow of John Boggs for a Pension - And the case for some cause was suspended by J. L. Edwards - and I was advised by Members of Congress to petition for a special act. I did get Col D. M. Barringer late Minister to Spain to attend to it & the act passed the 3rd of March 1829 - placing Eve Boggs on the Pension Roll at $80. per annum - But by some mistake, or the time not then appearing from which she was entitled, she was only placed there from 1st of Sept 1827 - and her back pension is still due from 1st of March 1831 - She applied to me, & I agreed to try - but John Roach went to her, & being myself much engaged about 1830. I consented for her to engage with Roach. and he sent on her Declaration as he since alleges in January 1832 - which was returned in May 1833. he claimed by mistake from 1836 instead of 1831. & Roach says he sent another amended. & she was informed it was approved & sent to the Committee on Pensions. & Mr. Aldron Chairman wrote to him his lead health had delayed action -
John Roach became in difficulties with the Government for lead Conduct, & the matter has been long delayed. & he is now discharged by Eve Boggs & she in her very old age has again applied to me, & I have agreed to act - as you will see by the enclosed Paper from her - I wish to know, if she can obtain her back Pension, or any further or amended Declaration is required, or further proof - I obtained for her lately a Land Warrant, the proof being

Considered sufficient there on file - as it was for Congress to act in placing her on the pension Roll in 1849 She was unfortunate in having employed Roach She is now too old to allow of much further delay - Please to answer me on her claim
Most Respectfully
Mary C. Mendenhall Jamestown P.O Guilford County North Carolina.

Jamertown, Guilford County North Carolina Nov. 15 th 1856.
Hon. George C. Whiting.
Dear Sir - years past I made application for a Pension for Eve Boggs widow of John Boggs. but was not able fully to satisfy J. L. Edwards then Commissioner of Pensions of the validity of her claim - And being advised, I made application to Congress - & by an act passed the 3 rd of March 1849 procured Eve Boggs placed on the Pension Roll at $80 pr annum Commencing on the 4 th of Sept r 1847. and she is still living. & has drawn her Pension - The Evidence was fully satisfactory to the Committee in Congress - but by some means, oversight or otherwise her pension by the Act commenced only in 1847 - when it should have been from 1838. under act of July 7 th of that year.
Since that a further application was made for the back - Pension, or Arrears of Pension to which Eve Boggs is entitled from 1838. to 1847. her Declaration & the Evidence is on file - and under the Act of 1835. She obtained a Land Warrant in August 1836. or before that.
Hon. J. Minot wrote me sometime since that the application for a Pension could not be allowed while she remained on the Pension Roll.
I am very sure the case must have been wholly mis-apprehended - for it is not for an increase or additional Pension - but for the Arrears of Pension that Eve Boggs widow of John Boggs makes her application now to which she is entitled from 1838. to 1847. - and I most respectfully ask your attention to her case - and beg leave to refer to the Evidence on file in your Department, which was sufficient to establish her claim for a land Warrant & to satisfy Congress heretofore, whereby she was placed on the Pension Roll.
most Respectfully George C. Mendenhall Jamertown Guilford N.C.
Hon. J. Minot who wrote me 17 th July 1838 learned to think further legislation necessary - but the law of 1838 entitled Eve Boggs - & she asks for the arrears only.
The Pension Certificate issued to Eve Boggs is Recorded in March D. Vol. 1 page 285. of your office.

Jamestown Guilford N. C. Dec. 18 th 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send a Declaration of Eve Boggs, a poor and aged woman of Davidson County, and have procured all the evidence that I believe ever can be procured in regard to her marriage which I do hope and trust will be satisfactory - for there is no person now living to be found who was present at the marriage, nor does it seem to me that such strictness should be required in a case of a marriage as far back as 1781. She is just as well understood in this part of the Country to be the widow of John Boggs, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, as any other undisputed fact that can be mentioned, and the whole Community are satisfied that she is entitled to a pension. But of course this is a matter for you to determine. I have procured from Wm. H Hill, Secretary of State of N. C. a Certificate showing the service of John Boggs - and which I have enclosed - also the affidavit of William Kennedy Sheriff.
I wish as soon as convenient you would answer me directed to this office. I am sorry for poor old Eve Boggs every time I pass her door. She greatly needs the bounty of her Country, and I tried to get Col. Barringer on his way to Congress to call and see her -
With great respect
George C. Mendenhall

18998.
Free
Honorable
L. P. Waldo
Secretary of the Interior
Washington City

Lexington. Davidson County N. C. May 16. 1855.
Hon. L. P. Waldo.
Enclosed I forward the Declaration of Eve Boggs widow of John Boggs. for Bounty Land -
My Residence & Post Office is Jamestown Guilford N.C.
Most Respectfully.
George C. Mendenhall
The Proof was very strong heretofore for Eve Boggs, but S. L. Edwards declined allowing her any pension. and the feelings of our Country was so strong that a special Act of Congress was procured & passed to place Eve Boggs upon the Pension Roll -
T. C. M.

To the Commissioner of Pensions -
Heretofore I employed George C. Mendenhall to procure for me a Pension as the Widow of John Boggs for his services in the Revolutionary War, and through his agency I was placed on the Pension roll by an Act of Congress passed 3 rd of March 1849 Pension to commence 4 th Sept r 1847 - I then employed said Mendenhall to procure my back Pension from the 4 th of March 1831 to the 4 th of Sept r 1847 - But he was then much engaged in the practice of Law, & being applied to by John Roach it was consented to by said Mendenhall & myself, Eve Boggs, that said Roach might proceed and attend to the business for me - which I understand he did for awhile, but he got into difficulties with the Government, and I, Eve Boggs, have discharged said Roach, and have again employed & empowered George C. Mendenhall of Guilford County N. C. to act for me in all matters, and to obtain my back pension from 1831 to 1847 as aforesaid, and request that my Pension Certificate issued the 9 th of March 1849, & all other Pension papers for which said Mendenhall may find it necessary to make application shall be delivered to him, and he is authorized to receive the Certificate for my said back pension when issued, & I, Eve Boggs have revoked all power given to said Roach, to H. H. Helper, and all other persons, & have employed said Mendenhall alone as my sole Attorney.
This 2 nd of July 1856 Witnesses William his Chambers mark
Eve her Boggs mark
Euphronia her Boggs mark
Re: Jeff Peck

Rezeiph Reece is pronounced Reeves Reece.

State of North Carolina } County of Guilford } 88
On this 24th day of October A.D. 1886, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County, and State aforesaid Lewis Low, aged 84 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares as follows: Viz: That he was born and raised near the Orange County line in this State. That he knew one John Boggs and his wife Eve Boggs, whose name before her marriage he has always understood was Eve Springer, but did not know any thing of her before her marriage. He also declares that the said John Boggs and Eve Boggs lived together as man and wife and that he had often seen the said John Boggs and Eve Boggs at what was called the old John May's place, about 3 miles from his (Lewis Low's) father's own house. That his father David Low swapped horses once with the said John Boggs, and declares that he remembers this circumstance very distinctly from the fact that John Boggs wife Eve Boggs was very much dissatisfied with the horse Boggs got from his father, and that his father took back said horse and delivered to Boggs the one he got in return. He declares that he can not remember in what year this transaction took place between said Boggs and his father, but that he was a good stout boy, being the eldest boy of his father then living and went about in the Country a great deal with his said father and was at the time of the aforesaid transaction to the best of his knowledge twelve or thirteen years old. He also declares that his said Father had two brothers living

in Rowan County, N.C., and that he and his said father some years after the horse swap transaction visited his father's brothers in said County, and that upon their way in at that portion of the County, that is now Davidson he and his father met with Ene Boggs the widow of John Boggs, that she was living upon the "Main" western road leading from Greensboro N.C. to Salisbury, N.C. and that she the said Ene Boggs told him and further that her husband John Boggs had got killed in the "wild" at a "Barn raising", that his death was caused by one of the "rafters" falling upon him. He also declares that the said Ene Boggs had some three or four children with her at that time, two of whom were named Elizabeth and Peter, he also declares that he verily believes that the said John Boggs and Ene Boggs his wife were legally married by Publication as it was customary at that time, but does not know when said marriage took place, that they were living together as man and wife at the time of the "Horse Swap". He further declares that he has no interest in making this affidavit.
Attest: J. Keok
Attest: Saml. Smith
Levi L. Low
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I do hereby certify, that the affiant Levi Low is a highly credible person, and that the two witnesses who attested the signature of said Low, have been this day qualified, and sworn that they saw him sign his name to the above affidavit, and I do also certify that I have no interest, and that the witnesses are credible and respectable persons.
C. Downey J.P.

State of North Carolina
Guilford County, } I, Lyndon Swain, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Guilford County, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that E. Kenny, Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing, & before whom the foregoing affidavit of Lewis Low was taken, is, & was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & sworn, & that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such
In testimony whereof, I have herunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court, at Office, in Greensboro', on this the 13th day of December, 1856
Lyndon Swain, C.C.C.
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