Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14975, John Bohon, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Bohon, John
NUMBER
S. 14975
CONTENTS
carded

72 83 Kentucky
John Bohon
of Mason Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Spencer of the Regt commanded by Col Stevens in the Virginia line for 2 years
Rate of stock sub m 83-
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of March 1833 and sent to Gen R B McCree Frankfort Ky
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $160.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 3

Bohon John
from 1775 print 2 years $80.
Spencer Stevens
Genl R. B. Mearns
Frankfort, Ky Harrisonburg

State of Kentucky Mercer County ss On this 30 th day of December in the year of our Lord 1832 personally in open court before the Justices of the county court of Mercer County now sitting John Bohon saw aged 76 years December 25 th 1832 a resident citizen of said county and state who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated Wife of John Bohon saw state on oath that I am 76 years of age December 25 th 1832 That I was born in the county of Orange in the state of Virginia where I resided when the revolutionary war commenced That early in the war before the declaration of Independence I believe late in the fall 1775 (say October) I enlisted in Capt. Joseph Spencer company of Minute Militia and we immediately marched from Orange county In Col Tallifera Regt from Orange county to James Town at which place Col Tallifera left us or resigned and Col Stevens succeeded him, after being stationed at James Town several weeks we marched to Norfolk and before we reached that place we had a Battle at a place called The Long Bridge with some troops sent against us by Lord Dunmore we killed some of the British officers and captured a number of their men and Lord Dunmore then retreated to his ships and we took possession of Norfolk when I completed three months of my service when I received a furlough to return home, Capt. Spencer was promoted and raised a Regt or Battalion to march to the south. I had been at home but a short time before I was ordered back to Norfolk under Capt. Edmundson, we had no Colonel that I know of until we got to Norfolk and then Col Burly commanded

us and I was stationed at Norfolk and in marching between that place James Town and Williamsburgh and during which time and when I was there the first time we had frequent skirmishes with the British vessels. I have served out my time of twelve months of active service and was honorably discharged. My Lieutenant's name was Moses Hawkins after I returned to Norfolk.
My next tour of duty was at the Albemarle Barracks. In the month of February 1778 I was drafted for three months in Capt. Buckner's company to guard prisoners at the above named Barracks and I faithfully discharged my duty for three months. I do not recollect what Colonel or whether any Colonel commanded while I was at the Barracks again in the summer 1779. I served another tour of three months under the same Captain as a Guard at the Albemarle Barracks.
and in the year 1780 in the spring I volunteered as a guard at the same place in Capt. Buckner's for three months and faithfully discharged my duty and was honorably discharged. I do not recollect the name of any Colonel who commanded at these Barracks. If a Colonel commanded the frailty of my memory on account of my age does not now enable me to give the name but I solemnly avow that I performed three several tours of three months each at the Barracks in the years above named.
My last tour was in the spring 1781. about the last of May I was drafted in Capt. Moses Hawkins company of Col. Matthews Regiment, and we marched to Williamsburgh where I was stationed and in escorting prisoners to the Main Army when Cornwallis invaded Virginia and after marching and counter marching in trying to intercept

Lord Cornwallis my time expired near Williamsburg and I was honorably discharged during this last tour. Genl Wayne and La Fayette were sometimes with us. I further declare that I have no documentary evidence that I have long since lost my discharges considering them of no account, and I do not know of any person by whom I can now prove my services except George Threlkeld and Wharton Ransdale both of whom lived my neighbors in Virginia and since I removed to Kentucky in the year 1787 when I have ever since resided. I am not now a pensioner of the United States or of any state and I hereby relinquish all claim that I may have to any pension or annuity except the Present Writings my hand this 3 d day of December - 1832
John Bohon mark
Stearns (county etc) This day also personally came into open court George Threlkeld and Wharton Ransdale who being first sworn and interrogated by the court do on their oaths declare that we lived in Orange county Virginia during the revolutionary war and were the neighbors of John Bohon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and altho we were not on the muster roll when the war first commenced, we remember that the said John Bohon marched as a soldier early in the war down to Jamestown and Norfolk and We believe that he was in service during the time he has sworn to. we also know of his being several tours of service at the Albemarle Barracks in the years 1778 9 & 80. also that he marched to Williamsburg the year Lord Cornwallis was captured, we have known the said John Bohon ever since and are now his neighbors in Kentucky to which state we all removed in the year 1787, we have always believed him to be a man

of truth and a good Citizen, Witness our hands this 28 th day of December - 1832
George Thrall Wharton Ransdell Isaac Head
(Mercer County Ky) We the undersigned a Clergyman residing in the said county of Mercer and state of Kentucky and Isaac Pearson - and Jesse Dunn residing in the same county do hereby state and certify on oath that we are well acquainted with John Bohon Esq. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age he has stated, and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and in this opinion we concur We further certify that he is a man of truth and an honest good Citizen, Witness our hands this 28 th day of December 1832
Isaac Head
Isaac Pearson
Jesse Dunn
State of Kentucky Mercer County, Set. 3 Dec 30 th 1832
This day John Bohon, Esq. the applicant for a pension herein together with Isaac Head a Clergyman, and George Thrall, Wharton Ransdell, Isaac Pearson and Jesse Dunn came into court and severally subscribed and swore to the statements and certificates above by them subscribed - and thereupon 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 soldier of the Revolution and served as he states;
John Bohon Dec 30 1832 sworn to by John M. H. Ransdell

and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Jesse Head who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Mercer, and that George Threlkeld, Wharton Ransdell, Isaac Pearson and Jesse Dunn who have signed the preceding certificates are residents in the County of Mercer and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I, Thomas Allen, Jr. Clerk of the Court of Mercer County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of John Bohon, Jr. for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office. This 3 rd day of December 1832.
Thos. Allen Jr.

December 30, 1935
John Bohon-S.14975 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Fern Crandall Rupert Idaho.
Dear Madam:
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14975, based upon the service of John Bohon in the Revolutionary War.
He was born December 25, 1756 in Orange County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Orange County, Virginia, John Bohon enlisted sometime in October, 1775 served as private in Captain Joseph Spencer's Company, and in Colonels Taliaferro's and Stevens' Virginia Regiments, was in the battle of Long Bridge, length of service three months. He returned home and in a short time enlisted and served about nine months in Captain Edmondson's Company, Colonel Burly's Regiment, and was in frequent skirmishes. He served three months in 1778, three months in 1779, and three months in 1780 in Captain Buckner's Company, as a guard at Albemarle Barracks. He enlisted sometime in May, 1781 and served in Captain Hawkins' company, Colonel Mathews' Virginia Regiment, length of this service not shown.
The soldier, John Bohon, moved to Kentucky in 1787. He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, then a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative

to the family of John Bohon.
If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:
John Bohon Certificate # 7283 Issued March 26, 1833 Rate $80.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1915-May 25 Hist. to Ezra B. Highleyman.
1924-Jan. 3- Hist. to J. E. McCormick See letter in George Cathey S. 16699 aug.
1935 Dec. 26. Hist. to Mrs. Mena Crandall, A.W. J.
Recd. Rewritten by A.W.J. Dec 30- 1935
Rev 1935
14975 INVALID.
File No. 14,975
John Bokon Rev. Rev. war
Act: June 1 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rupert, Idaho
Dec. 9, 1935.
Veterans Administration, W.D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the Pension record of John Bohon who was a private in the Virginia lines. He received his pension in Mercer county Kentucky, about the date Mar. 26, 1833. . Please give birth date, names of parents and other Genealogical information.
Among those receiving a war pension in Mercer Co. Ky. was a Sarah Bohon. Was she the wife of John Bohon? Please give me what information you can about her?
Also among those receiving a pension in Mercer Co. was a John Bohannon who served in the second regiment of Virginia (war dep't. 34) I am wondering if he and John Bohon were the same person. I have some evidence of the name Bohannon being changed to Bohon. Will you kindly send me his record also, stating if you know, whether they are the same person.
I am seeking genealogical information. It seems as though the Southern records are so incomplete so I hope you will give this your careful consideration and kindly let me know if there is any charge.
Thanking you in advance,
(Mrs) Fern Crandall
P.S. The above named are Revolutionary veterans.

W. H. Highleyman General Insurance Agency
315 OHIO STREET
Sedalia, Mo.,
May 17, 1915.
Bureau of Pensions, Dep't. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I, Cora Beck Highleyman, am the daughter of Major William Beck and his wife Rebecca Bohon Beck, who is the daughter of Walter Raleigh Bohon and his wife, Martha Catherine Jones.
Walter Raleigh Bohon was born in either Virginia or Harrodsburg, Ky. Feby. 20th, 1788 and died June 21, 1884. Martha Catherine Jones born March 2, 1808 and died Jan 12, 1859.
The said Walter Raleigh Bohon was the son of John Bohon, wife Sallie Johnson, born and died in Virginia and he is said to have enlisted in Virginia and served in the Revolutionary War. In the year 1837 Walter Raleigh Bohon and family immigrated to Missouri.
Yours truly,
Cora Beck Highleyman

FIRE TORNADO, LIABILITY HEALTH, ACCIDENT PLATE GLASS
AGENCY TRAVELERS INS. CO.
STEAM BOILER, LIFE AND COMPENSATION BONDS
W. H. Highleyman General Insurance Agency
315 OHIO STREET
Rev Sec H 2
Sedalia, Mo.,
May 18, 1915
Bureau of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am enclosing statement giving information as far as in my power lies covering my connection with the Bohon and Johnson family during the time of the Revolutionary War.
It is my desire to become affiliated with the Daughters of the Revolution and I am informed the records in your department will show the connection with this war of my ancestors named herein.
Any information along this line that you can give me I assure you will be most thankfully received, as I know of no other place to get the information.
Very respectfully yours,
Cora Buck Highleyman
W.H.EJ

December 26, 1935.
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BA-J/ady
Mrs. Fern Crandall Rupert Idaho
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Bohon of Mercer County, Kentucky, who received a pension March 26, 1833, and the record of Sarah Bohon of the same county who you think may have been the wife of John Bohon, also, information as to whether John Bohannon of Mercer County, Kentucky, were the same as John Bohon named above.
The record of John Bohon whose pension certificate was issued March 26, 1833 is furnished you herewith and that of Benjamin Bohon who was the husband of Sarah Bohon of Mercer County, Kentucky. It is believed that your reference to John Bohannon of Mercer County, Kentucky, pertains to another individual than John Bohon.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
January 3, 1934.
J. E. McCormick, Sedalia, P.O.Box 53, Mo.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14975, it appears that John Bohon was born December 25, 1756 in Orange County, Virginia.
While residing there he enlisted in October 1775, and served three months as private in Captain Joseph Spencer's Company, Colonels Taliaferro and Stevens' Virginia Regiment; soon after he enlisted and served in Captain Edmundson's Company, Col. Purvis's  Colonel Purvis's Regiment, W.L.  where in the battle of Long Bridge, and served nine months.
He enlisted in February 1778, and served three months; the summer of 1779, he served three months; and spring of 1780, he served three months; each tour being in Captain Buckner's Company.
He enlisted in May 1781 and served in Captain Moses

Hawkins' Company, Colonel Mathews' Virginia Regiment, length of service not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, while a resident of Mercer County, Ken- tucky. There is no data on file as to his family.
Owing to a lack of clerical force, available for such a purpose, only two reports are furnished each inquirer.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.