Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,883, Jacob Borrah, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Borrah, Jacob or Borah.
NUMBER
5.30,883.
CONTENTS

25-539 25.539 Kentucky
Jacob Borrah Boorah of Battle Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company by Captain Weaver of the 2d Regt commanded by Col in the  the  Infantry Mil- itia for 6 months in 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Jan'y 1836 (1834) and due to Gen. Watk. Pres.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $30. Semi-ant. allowance ending 6 Mch 32, 10. $60.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm H Wilson Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 34
Date of his will not on A B.

State of Kentucky Butler County Set.
On this 9 th day of December 1833 personally appeared in open court Jacob Borah before the County Court of Butler County now sitting Jacob Borah a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged 68 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was drafted in the year of 1780 or 81, he is not positive which. He then lived in Northumberland County Pennsylvania, As was born in Lancaster County in the same state, he was mustered into the service under one Capt Michael Weaver, we encamped at Sonsberry and marched 2 from thence up the West bank of the Susquehanna to Frieling's Fort where we were stationed and where our captain commanded, he remained in the fort until it was taken by the British and Indians from Niagara he was he thinks in this service three months. In the latter part of 1781 or the first of 1782 he was again drafted, and marched from the county aforesaid where he then lived under one David Miller who was Lieutenant, at Buffalo Gap where there was a station. This station was occupied by our company, and when our time was out other companies were called alternately to defend the station, he served in this tour three months . If he ever got a discharge he has lost it. He has no documentary evidence to prove his service. He moved from Pennsylvania to Bourbon County Ky from thence to this county which was then Logan 38 years ago. 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.
Sworn and subscribed to
the day and year aforesaid Jacob Borrah
We, Benjamin M'Reynolds a Clergyman residing in the County of Butler and state of Kentucky and John Harrold residing in the County and state aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Borrah who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 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 day and year aforesaid
B M Reynolds John Harrold
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 Benj. M'Reynolds who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Butler and that John Harrold who has also signed the same is a resident in the County aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. James M c lellan

May 31, 1939
BA-J/AWT Jacob Borrah S. 30883
Mr. Oscar Boruff Owensburg Indiana
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Borah of Pennsylvania, later lived in Kentucky.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 30883, based upon service of Jacob Borrah in the War of the Revolution.
Jacob Borrah was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, date not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
While residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Jacob Borrah enlisted in 1780 or 1781, served three months as private in Captain Michael Weaver's Pennsylvania company. He enlisted in the latter part of 1781, or early in 1782, served three months under Lieutenant David Miller.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 9, 1833, then a resident of Butler (formerly Logan) County, Kentucky, then aged sixty-eight years; he had moved from Pennsylvania, soon after the close of the Revolution,

that part here called to Bourbon County, Kentucky, and the 1833, had been living in Logan, later Butler County, Kentucky, about thirty-eight years.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to the family of the soldier, Jacob Borrah.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Jacob Borrah Certificate # 25539 Issued January 28, 1834 Rate $30.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

30883
Rec'd INVALID.
File No. 30 663
Borah Jacob Borah His Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 46
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 Mar. 31 Hon Wm E Borah wife heirs no title.
1928 June 4 - Hist. to W. J. Martin 1931 Apr. 24 - " " Jessica 3. Ferguson avd 1931 - May 18 - Jessica Ferguson adv. dist. co. to pension agency 1933 - April 4 - Hist. to Elsie Frey 1939 - May 31 - " " Arleen Stouff

129. 187 Jacob Borah other
for 1781 p. 6-
$20
McWork,

State of Kentucky Butler County Set
I Robert Morrison Clerk of the County court for sd County do certify that James Tyler whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the aysd County and that the above is his genuine signature
In Testimony of all which I have pursuant to my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 9 th day of December 1833 - R Morrison Clerk Clerk of Butler Co Ky
J. B. Smith Esq. Clerk

Congressional 3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by a. m. w. d. 3/3/11
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Jacob Borah
Service _____
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
No Wid. any service from 14000 " Reg't at all No Rev. below. W. 14000 Receipt. S. 30000

Rev
Oakdale, California, Aug 17, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: I am very much interested in the genealogy of the Borah family. In an effort to obtain the first name and possibly the date of birth and death of our original ancestor who came from Germany to Pa., I am addressing you at the suggestion of the War Dept. Washington D. C.
All we know about this Borah is that he was in the Revolutionary War from probably Lancaster or Northumberland county, Pa. He was buried at Sunbury, Pa.
The name may appear of record in the German spelling " Boher " instead of Borah.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am,
Respectfully, H. J. Martin.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
FREDERIC A. GODCHARLES DIRECTOR
STATE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION HARRISBURG
Feb. 25, 1931.
United States Pension Commissioner, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
The Report of the Secretary of War states that Jacob Borah (Borrah) secured a pension in Butler county, Kentucky, for service in Pennsylvania. Will you kindly send us a record of his service in order that we may correct our Archives?
JCF/VMK
Very sincerely yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "Jessica C. Ferguson".
JESSICA C. FERGUSON, Genealogist, State Library.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
FREDERIC A. GODCHARLES DIRECTOR
STATE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION HARRISBURG
April 27, 1931.
Mr. E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, Veterans Administration, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Morgan:
Will you kindly examine the pension claim S. 30883 of Jacob Borrah and tell us if his pension was granted when he was living in Butler county, Pa. or Butler county, Ky.?
The report of the Secretary of War 1835, states his pension was granted in Kentucky. There is no record in Butler county, Pa. of a man by that name living in said county.
You may be interested to know that this is the ancestor of the Senator of the same name.
JCF/VMK
Very sincerely yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "Jessica C. Ferguson".
JESSICA C. FERGUSON, Genealogist, State Library.

Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, March 30, 1933.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir:-
I wrote to you some time ago concerning a land patent in the Virginia Military Land District. For some reason I have never heard from you.
Mrs. Madgelene Borror came to Ohio with her family around 1809. She settled on the site in the survey number 1108. Both her father, Christopher Strayder, and her husband, Jacob Borror, served in the Revolutionary War according to the accounts which I have been able to find.
I have written to the Land Office and they have no record of Strayder or Borror, and have referred me to you. They say that survey number 1108 was granted to the claimants of a Mr. Rose.
I would like to know if you have any record of Christopher Strayder or Jacob Borror serving in the Revolutionary War, and, if so, whether they were granted a land patent in the Virginia Military District and the survey number including the number of acres.
I would also like to know to whom survey number 1108 was granted to according to your records.
I would like this information for a paper which I am writing for History I can get no first hand information here as the records were destroyed in the Court House fire in the late eighteen hundreds.

I wish to thank you for all work this puts you to.
Respectfully yours,
Elsie Drey, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
P.S. Borror is sometimes spelt Borrer and Borer. Strayder is sometimes spelt Strader.

Owensburg, Ind. 4-6-1939.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: - Please send me the service record of Jacob Borah, Pennsylvania pensioner of the Am. Revol., living in Kentucky in 1832.
Resp' Oscar Boruff

April 4, 1933
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Jacob Borrah-S.30883 BA-J/AWF
Elsie Irey Capital University Columbus, Ohio
Dear Madam:
This is in response to your letter of March 30, in which, with other data furnished in your previous letter, you state the full name of the soldier named Borror in whom you are interested.
On March 29, reply was made to your previous letter. The records have been searched again and the record of only one Jacob Borrah found under any spelling of that surname. His record follows as found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30883, based upon his service in that war.
This office has no record of land granted for his service or service of Christopher Strayder.
Jacob Borrah was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, date not given; nor are the names of his parents stated.
Jacob Borrah, while residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in 1780 or 1781 and served three months in Captain Michael Weaver's Pennsylvania company; and enlisted in the latter part of 1781 or early in 1782 and served three months under Lieutenant David Miller.
The soldier, Jacob Borrah, was allowed pension on his application executed December 9, 1833, then a resident of Butler (formerly Logan) County, Kentucky, and was aged sixty-eight years, no. 3840.
There is no reference to wife and children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

May 18, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF
Jessica C. Ferguson State Library Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that the pension of Jacob Borrah or Borah (S. 30883) was granted him while he was a resident of Butler County, Kentucky.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

April 24, 1931
Jessica C. Ferguson State Library Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30883, that Jacob Borrah or Borah was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, date not given.
While residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:
In 1780 or 1781, three months in Captain Michael Weaver's company; and in the latter part of 1781 or early part of 1782, three months under Lieutenant David Miller.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 9, 1833, while residing in Butler County, Pennsylvania, aged sixty-eight years.
moved from Pa to Bourbon Co Ky where the Bullitt Lyon Co - Kentucky
There are no family data.
The above noted Jacob Borah or Borrah is the only soldier of that surname found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Section.
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June 4, 1928.
W. J. Martin, Oakdale, California.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30883, it appears that Jacob Borrah or Borah was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, date not given.
While residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served with the Pennsylvania Troops, as follows:
In 1780 or 1781, three months in Captain Michael Weaver's Company; and in the latter part of 1781 or early part of 1782, three months under Lieutenant David Miller.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 9, 1833, while residing in Butler County, Pennsylvania  (Keokuk, Iowa) , aged sixty-eight years.
There are no family data.
The above noted Jacob Borah or Borrah is the only soldier of that surname found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

March 31, 1911.
William E. Borah, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter dated the 30 th and received the 31 st instant, I have the honor to advise you that one Jacob Borah or Borrah who served in the Pennsylvania troops during the Revolutionary War and lived in Butler County, Kentucky, was allowed pension for his services (Sur. File No. 30,883.)
There is no law which would entitle the heirs of a soldier of the Revolution to pension.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.