Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3651, Abraham Booker, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. _____
Booker, Abraham
No. 3651
or Boocher
BL 712 28,625-160-55
or Bougher
CONTENTS
or Bucker
or Frances

Let to H. H. W. June 16 1843
916
Pennsylvania
Abraham Booker
of Pittsburgh in the state of Penn a who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Gibson of the Virginia line, for the term of 7 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Nov. 1820 and sent to Applicant Pittsburgh, Pa.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. - $220.41 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 march 1820 48. -
$268.41
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. } 1 May 1820

Pennsylvania, Set.
On this twenty-sixth day of June 1820, personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of record - viz, The Court of Common Pleas of the fifth Judicial District of Commonwealth aforesaid, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings. Abraham Booche, aged seventy two Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 - and the first of May 1820: That he, the said Abraham Booche, enlisted for the term of three Years, or during the war, on the 9 th January, 1776, in the state of Pennsylvania at Lititzburg (as the place is now called) in the company commanded by Capt. Cope Sullivan, and in the regiment commanded by Col. John Gibson, in the Virginia line, on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, until the peace in 1783, when he was discharged at the same place at which he had been enlisted: That he was in the battles of Trenton, Germantown and Brandywine, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service, except that which is annexed to this Declaration.
And in pursuance of the act of the 18 th May, 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that

time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, dispose of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to be diminished, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war"; and that I have not nor has any person for me, in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income or property whatever, with the exception of one cow. That I am by occupation a farmer, but am now unable by reason of my age and infirmities to pursue it. That I have a wife and six children; the eldest boy (21 years) is a cripple, and unable to support himself. The next boy is fifteen years of age; the next to him 12 years. The youngest boy is 8 or 9 years old. The other two children are girls. That they all, at present reside with me.
Sworn and declared his Abraham X Poocher the day and year first mark above written - before
Richard P.
Allegheny County ss.
I, Ephraim Pentland, Prothon- otary of the court of Common Pleas, for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the fore- going draft is truly copied from the records of the said court; and

157,572 Vol 11 No 3 May 28 / 53-
Frances Booker Widow of Abraham Booker
in the Revolutionary War & a Pensioner
Albany is a Pensioner Act July 2 o 1818
No 2
Penn Feb 45 - 424
W. B. W. May 24/53
R. H. D. N.
P
Chas. Maylon Pittsburgh Pa
R. C. Maylon, Mch. 24/56
Vol. B2-10.

157,572

State of Pennsylvania, City of Pittsburgh and County of Allegheny. } 88.
On this Twenty second day of May - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Frederick A. Heisley an Alderman of the said City of Pittsburgh, in the County of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, the subscriber Frances Booker (or Bucher) aged about seventy nine years or upwards a resident of Allegheny County in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Abraham Booker deceased, who was a private in the Virginia and Pennsylvania lines , in the Revolutionary War and who was a pensioner as such, on the United States Pension Roll , at the Pittsburgh Pension Agency , in Pennsylvania . She further states that she was married to the said Abraham Booker in Allegheny County in the State of Pennsylvania - on the month of December  day of  or November A.D. 1793 - by one Ebenezer Johnston a Justice of the peace of Allegheny County - and that her name before her said marriage was Frances McElroy , that her said husband died at Allegheny County aforesaid on the Second day of February A.D. 1833 . and that she has ever since been and now is a widow. She further states that she is now, as the widow of the said Abraham Booker decd. a pensioner of the United States , under Act of February 2 nd 1848 , on the Pittsburgh Pension Agency , aforesaid, by Certificate dated 7 th June 1851 , her pension commencing on the 1 st of July 1848 - her pension being at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum - deducting however, former payments to date of Certificate at $80 per annum - And she respectfully refers to the application of her said husband Abraham Booker deceased, for a pension and to her own application for a pension and to the testimony accompanying said application, for the proof of her said husband's services, of her said marriage, the death of her said husband, and other requisites, for the proof of her claim for Bounty Land , as well as to the proofs which accompany this application, she further says that her husband's name was sometimes spelled Bucher & Bougher and may be found thus spelt on the Rolls but pronounced as if spelt Booker .
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the Act approved the 3rd day of March, 1855 . She also declares that she has never applied for nor received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty-land warrant, and she hereby authorizes CHARLES NAYLOR, Esq. of the City of Pittsburgh , to procure for her her Warrant for said Bounty Land .
Witness my hand -
her Frances X Booker mark
F. A. Heisley W. R. Watson William Griffith

I, Margaret Fleming of the County of Allegheny in the State of Pennsylvania, aged about eighty years, and being being duly sworn, on my oath say, that I have known the witness named Frances Booker, ever since the year sixteen hundred and ninety eight - and from that time, also, knew her said husband, the witness named Abraham Booker, now deceased. They were then living together as husband and wife - and ever after lived together as husband and wife and were known and received as such, by everybody who knew them, and as such raised a large family of children. During all the time I have known them intimately, lived their neighbors till his death - he, said Abraham Booker died, in the winter of A.D. 1833. A limb of a falling tree, struck him, in its fall, and killed him - He was an old Revolutionary soldier and often talked some of the war of the Revolution and their experience in it - I further say that ever since the death of the said Abraham Booker, the said Frances Booker has been a widow, and she is now a widow - and I have no interest in her claim for Bounty Land -
Margaret Fleming mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, an alderman of the City of Pittsburgh, in the County of Allegheny & State of Pennsylvania, this 31st day of May A.D. 1855. And I certify that the aforesaid affiant is a credible witness, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. H. Steel Alderman

We Alexander Watson and William Griffith residents of Allegheny County in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Frances Booker or Bucher in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person her self to be, and that we know her now to be a widow - Alex n Watson William Griffith
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents her self to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. A. Heisly Ald d & Ex officio Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania, } ss. County of Allegheny. }
I, EDWARD CAMPBELL, Jr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania, do certify that Thomas Steel Egan  Frederick A. Heisly Esq. who subscribed officially the within and foregoing declaration, made by Frances Booker or Bucher and the foregoing affidavit made by Alexander Watson & William Griffiths , and that Thomas Steel Egan who subscribed officially the annexed affidavit of Margaret Fleming was at the time of so doing, and now is an Alderman of the City of Pittsburgh, in the County of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, duly commissioned, authorized and empowered by law, to administer oaths for gen- eral purposes, and for the purpose embraced in said declaration and affidavits and that the names of said Alder- men, subscribed to said declaration and affidavits are their own genuine signatures respectively -
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Prothonotary of said Court, this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five -
Edw Campbell Jr Protho

5424.
Pennsylvania Pits Frances Booker, widow of Abraham Booker, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private .
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1850 and sent to J. E. Berret Esq Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2
H. E. Robinson

State of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny ss.
On this sixteenth day of January A D 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Frances Booker (at her dwelling house in Peebles Township in said County She being prevented by bodily infirmity from appearing in open Court.) She the said Frances Booker being a resident of Peebles Township in said County aged about seventy years, and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That She is the widow of Abraham Booker who was a soldier in the army of the United States and a pensioner under the United States up until the day of his death some time in the year A D 1833. He was a private soldier and She believes he served two Terms, one by volunteer or enlistment, and one as a substitute for one Christopher Cat, Kat or Skat, and one Term she thinks was under a Col Gibson, one Springer was his captain during a part of his service, She believes he entered the service in the County of Allegheny aforesaid.-

She cannot possibly tell through what country he marched, or whether he was ever in any engagement, nor the time when he entered the service, nor the time when he left it nor the exact period of his death as she had no documentary evidence in support of her belief but he died in the year AD 1832 or AD 1833, and for these proofs she begs leave to refer the commissioner to the records of the Pension office in which she believes they may be found. -
She further declared that she was married to the said Abraham Booker before the first day of January AD 1794 and was his lawful wife up until the day of his death. That she was never married to any other person, That it is utterly impossible for her to prove the exact time of her marriage as there was no town, Parish, church, family or county record of the same.
Attest. - Wm. Frazar C. S. Elytn { her Frances ★ Booker mark

State of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny ss
Before me William Kerr one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County personally appeared Frances Booker widow of the late Abraham Booker, at her dwelling house in Pebbles Township in Said County (She the said Frances Booker being prevented by bodily infirmity from appearing in court,) and who upon her solemn oath did make utter and publish the foregoing declaration for the purposes therein set forth In Testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and seal the day and year therein written.
January 16 th 1869.
Wm Kerr Judge

State of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny ss.
I Hiram Aultz Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that William Kerr Before whom the foregoing acknowledgement or declaration was made was at the time of making the same, and is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, and that his signature thereto attached is in his own proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts both here & elsewhere, In witness of which I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court this Eighth day of February AD 1849 Hiram Aultz Pro Eul

information as contained in h. (his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
name also appears Boecker, Boegher & Buehler  Boecker wid. file 3651
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug 9 1776 Pvt. Capt. Sullivan Springer John Gibson 13th Va.   Served until peace in 1783                                            
Battles engaged in, Trenton, Brandywine & Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Pittsburgh Pa.
Date of application for pension, June 26 1820. His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Allegheny Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 72 yrs. Died Feb 2 1833
Remarks: Soldier mar. Nov or Dec 1793 in Allegheny Co. Pa. Francis M c Elroy She was ab. pens. on an app. of Jan'y 16 1849 while a res. of Peabody Twp. Allegheny Co. Pa aged 70 yrs. In 1820 Soldier referred to his four sons aged 20, 15, 12 & 8 or 9 yrs; and two daughters whose ages are not given. There are no names stated.
Very respectfully, Data from B.L. added Feb'y 1, 1916.

Pennsylvania
Allegheny County ss
City of Pittsburgh
Personally appeared before me, one of the Aldermen of said city, being duly sworn, Abraham Booher, the party who subscribed to the within Declaration, who being duly sworn according to law deponeth saith, that he within about two months after the passage of the Pension Law of 18th March 1818, made a Declaration to obtain a pension, which was proven by his Col. Col. John Gibson sent on to the War Department, he himself having put it into the post office at Pittsburgh, thinking that his own & Col. Gibson's affidavit would have been sufficient, but that he has never had a reply to that application.
Sworn & subscribed before me
Pittsburgh July 31st 1870
Abraham Booher
Matthew B. Laurie
Pennsylvania, Allegheny County ss
City of Pittsburgh - Personally appeared before me Jacob Springer, late Lieutenant in Capt. Biggs Company, in Col. John Gibson's Regiment, of the 9th Regiment Virginia Line - voluntary troops, who being duly sworn according to law deponeth saith that the facts set forth by Abraham Booher (late a private in the said line) as respects the identity of his person and service are just and true, also that the said Abraham Booher is an acquaintance between him and myself about three months, stated to deponent, that immediately after the passage of the act of the 18th March 1818, for the relief of old soldiers of the Revolution, he had made a Declaration & sent it into the War Department for a pension, he having at that time got the signature of our Col. John Gibson, thinking that some kind of a character would be sufficient for to obtain a pension.
A.D. 1870
Matthew B. Laurie
Jacob Springer

I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property distributed in the foregoing petition is twelve dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on the twenty sixth day of June 1820.
John H. Clarke Pres.
State Penn y Allegheny Co. ss
Personally appeared before me James Norner Esq. a Justice of the peace in S d County. John Gilson late Colonel of the Thirteenth Virginia Reg t during the American Revolutionary War, who declares on his solemn oath that the statement made by Abraham Booker (now present) in the foregoing deposition, is true, so far as it relates to his enlistment & services during S d War, - And that he is the only Abraham Booker that belong d to the deponent's 5 th Reg t . - The deponent further says that within two months after the passage of the pension law of the 18 th March 1818, the said Abraham Booker apply d to him for a statement of his (Booker's) revolutionary services, which he gave to him, (as the deponent understood) for the purpose of enabling him to obtain a pension -
Sworn & subscribed before me 29 th July 1820
John H. Clarke
29 th July 1820

To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

To the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States.-
Sir
Herewith you have the application of Frances Booker widow of the late Abraham Booker of this County for a widows Pension under the act of the 7 th July AD 1838, as directed in Doc No 95 , page 155.-
By her application and by the papers which ought to be on file, you will perceive that her husband died or was killed by the fall of a tree upon him - some time in 1833.- and by this act see same Book, Doc 95, page 28. She is only entitled to a pension from the 4 th day of March 1836, which would bring it to the 4 th day of March 1841.-
What is her course to procure her pension from that date subsequent?
Can she get a pension from the date of the death of her husband to the 4 th March 1836.
What is her course to get the benefit of the last Law? -
If the answers to these questions are not inconsistent with the duties of your office, you will do much good to her by giving me information

Where will she receive her pension here or at Washington City?
If there will a power of Atty empowering me or Mr Hampton to receive it, be sufficient -?
Any info I have sent herewith the Certificate of Mr Howard, Marks, & Watson. to the Character of Mr Wm Craid. I could also send that of Mr Wilkins late Secretary if it will aid her claim.
Your early attention to this will be of much advantage to the Widow who is now full and in need, and confer a great favor on your obedient servant.
Pittsburgh Penn a  G. S. Lytle February 15 th 1849.

Payment to be made at Pittsburgh by Wm. L. Howard Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pittsburgh
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2.
W. E. Robinson Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Frances Booker widow of Abraham Booker of Penn a , who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this Second day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty,
T. Jennings
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington 27 April 1850
Sir -
Enclose herewith the application of Mrs. Booker claiming the benefit of the act of Congress approved 2 d July 1848
Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt James G. Bunt
Hon: S. L. Edwards Committee of Resolutions

✓ 28,625
5 Nov 1887

Pittsburgh Roll, Act 18 March 1818
Abraham Booker, private
To what time last paid?
Ans. To his death Feb. 27, 1833
: Please direct to C. S. Eyster Esq. Pittsburgh.
To J. L. Edwards Esq.
M Hampton

W13790 Frances Bovick Pa J. L. R. Eyeter Esq., March 26. 49
ad 7 July 1838

Pennsylvania Set.
Personally appeared before me, James Riddle Esqr one of the Associate Judges of the fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania for the County of Allegheny, of which Jam s Roberts Esqr is President Judge (and who is now absent,) Peter Perchment & Jacob Springer, who are long residents of this County & who hereby certify are credible and respectable Witnesses, Who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and solemnly swear, that they actually & personally knew Abraham Boecker (who is now present) while in the 13 th afterwards called the 9 th Regiment Virginia line, commanded by Col John Gibson in the Continental Service during the Revolutionary war, that they actually knew of his enlistment & service therein for more than nine months at one time in continuance, that their knowledge of said Abraham Boecker proceeds from their service with him in the said Regiment and at the same time & place, and further that they believe the said Abraham Boecker is now very poor and has a large family to support.
Sworn & subscribed before me, in Pittsburgh this 2 nd day of October A D 1820. In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal as associate Judge of said court.
James Riddle
Peter Perchment Jacob Springer

Allegheny County Pa
I Ephraim Pentland prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do Certify that James Riddle Esqr. Before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was taken and whom has affixed his seal & signature, Now is & at the time of so doing was an Associate Judge of said County & is duly commissioned and sworn & that full faith and Credit are due to all his acts as such throughout the United States or elsewhere — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court City of Pittsburgh October 9 th A. D. 1820
E. Pentland, Pa. H

17,223.
Abraham Booher, Allegheny Co: Pa original declaration 18 July  July , 1818.
Col. John Gibson's Regt. Virg. line, 1776, to 1783.
Not found on the rolls,
with one bow,
See letter from A. Booher herewith dated 9 th October 1820, at Pittsburgh - which is considered as the residence
Applicant, at Pittsburgh, Pa
Rec d 7. Augt. 1820
The testimony, on oath of two or more disin- terested and credible persons, certified as such, by the judge, proving 9 months service, in conti- -nuance, on con- -tinental estab. also, the Certificate of the judge, stating the day when the first declaration was made,
Schedule 20 June 1820

I Ephraim W Rutland 1820 of the county of Common Pleas, in and for said County, do hereby certify that M c B. Lowrie Esq before whom one of the foregoing Depositions was taken, and who has thereto, in his own proper handwriting, subscribed his name was, at the time of taking such deposition, and now is, an alderman in and for the city of Pittsburgh, and county of Allegheny: and I do further certify that James Horner Esq, before whom the other of the foregoing Dep- ositions was taken, was, at the time of taking such deposition, and now is, a Justice of the peace, in and for said county to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, through- out the United States and elsewhere.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 31. July 1820
Rutland Pa. (H)

Be unpleasing?
I Samuel Roberts President of the court of common pleas of the fifth Judicial District in the commonwealth of Pa. Do certify that Abraham Booche, to whom Declaration this certificate is annexed is the identical person, who formerly made a declaration before me with a view to obtain a pension under the act of 10 th March 1818. The precise time of the making of such declaration is not remembered by me; but according to the testimony of Genl. Gibson hereto annexed the application was made & the proof of services given within two months after the passage of the act of 10 th March 1818. I do further certify that the witnesses whose depositions are annexed to this present application are respectable & credible persons - and as I firmly believe altogether disinterested In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the City of Pittsburgh this ninth day of October An thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Samuel Roberts

Hon'ble J. C. Calhoun.
Pittsburgh October 9th 1820
Secy of War.
Sir. I now return my application for a pension, & the proofs & certificate required -
In returning my Pension certificate, you will please order the Paying Department in Philadelphia, to pay me up all arrears up till the 4th September next. as it is really hard times, in this country to struggle through the winter, with a large family, and it will distress me much to be obliged to wait till the 4th of March for my Pension, which may have fallen due on the 4th September past.
These remarks are made, from the case of one of my old Colleagues, in the War, namely, John Drally who circumstances of family are situated like my own, and he on applying for the arrearages of his pension due the 4th September last, on a certificate issued the 7th Sept, and on which he had to draw near two years pay, he was told at the pension office in Philad a , that he would not be paid anything like until the 4th of March next; this circumstance will greatly distress his family unless he finds aid from another quarter - the same must be the situation of my family under similar circumstances -
attest
Isaac Harris
I am Respectfully -
Abraham Bocher Bocher Mar 12

Alm Booker Pa To Mar 12
General App
Stamle Secretary of War
Washington City

Pittsburgh July 24 th 1820
Sir
Agreeable to the notice of the 30 June I beg leave report my self to your Department - my name is Abraham Bougher - I have long lived and still live in Allegheny County & State of Pennsylvania I am a Revolutionary Pensioner - my certificate is dated on the 8 th day of November 1820 my pension commencing the 18 th day of May 1818
Registered in B 7 th page 70 By Benger & Beall Clerk
Your Respectfull & amble Servt
I do hereby certify that his Abraham Bougher This is the signature of the within named Abraham Bougher and that he is still living and my near neighbour Wm Lempell

I Matthew B Lowne an Alderman of the city of Pittsburgh and Notary Public of Allegheny County Do certify that Mrs Sample who has signed testimony about Baughman is a respectable & credible witness
I have seen Baughman agree to this with Mr Baughman myself and believe his statement to be true
July 22 d 1826.
Matthew B Lowne
To the War Department

Pennsylvania 542 Pitts Frances Booker widow of Abraham Booker who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
of July 1848 Certificate of Pension issued the day of June 1851.
sent to M c Taylor Pittsburgh Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 204, Vol. 2
Reg 3 m 55-151512

In 8th pgh, de d g p 80 Com'y 1 July 1848,
Pittsburgh
John Taylor, Pittsburgh, Pa

Pittsburgh May 31 1851
Sir,
Herewith I enclose the application of Mrs. Frances Booker, whose husband Abraham Booker was a pensioner of the U. States under act of March 18 1818 at $96. per ann. for an increase of pension from the rate she now receives, to that which her husband received in his lifetime, under the act of July 1 1848, or July 29 th 1848.
I do not know whether she would come in under the latter act or not. She certainly was not a pensioner at the date of its passage, altho' afterwards made one under the acts of '38, '43, & '44. If this bars her under the act of July 29 1848, she is still, unquestionably entitled to an increase under the act of July 1 1848 to have effect from that date.
Very respectfully Your obt Servt John Taylor
J. E. Keath Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington

157 572
Charles Naylor Pittsbury Penne,

Pittsburgh Pa:
May 24. 1855.
Sir,
Herewith I enclose you the application of Frances Booker , widow of Abraham Booker decd. d for a Land Warrant, under act of 3 d March 1855. Mrs Booker the applicant is a pensioner, under act of 2 d February 1848. and her husband, the said Abraham decd. d was also a Revolutionary Pensioner - on the Pittsburgh Pension Agency Roll.
The case is stated in her application. She is a worthy old woman, and there is no doubt of her identity, nor of the integrity of her claim in all respects.
Respectfully
(Your obedt. Servt
Charles Taylor
H.
Hon L. P. Waldo.
Com: of Pensions
Washington D. C.

No 13790 Frances Booker wid of Abraham Pa act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794 Husband died 1835
Adm rs 2 yrs pri $80 per annum, Comg March 1836,
Adm rs act 43 & 44 '48
Pittsburgh 191 Allowed by Adm rs of Court J. G. Berret Present

Allegheny County.-
We do certify that we are well acquainted with William Craig of Peebles Township Allegheny County. He is one of our oldest and most respectable citizens and a man of good name fame and credibility -
Walter Forward Alfred W. Marks Nelson Watson

State of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny ss..
Before me one of the judges of the court of common Pleas, in and for the County of Allegheny, personally came William Craig of Pebbles Township, who upon his solemn oath doth depose and say I am and have been acquainted with Abraham Booker and Frances his wife for at least sixty years from this time, they lived together as man and wife and were always taken held and considered as such from before the year AD one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, I do not know what time they were married; but it was before the year last aforesaid and they lived together as man and wife up until the day of his death which was I think in the year AD 1832. I believe he was a Pensioner on the General government. She has never been married again since his death. Sworn to and subscribed, They were married before me this Twenty second day of January AD 1849.
H. Hartzler
William Craig Mark
This latter part in bracket and the interlineation above to wit "of Pebbles Township, Allegheny County" is inserted before me and before the execution of this paper.

Allegheny County ss I Hiram Hultz Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny in the State of Pennsylvania do certify that Benjamin Patton Esqr by whom the foregoing oath was taken was at the time of taking the same and is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County to whose official acts full faith and credit are due both here and elsewhere In witness of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 22 nd day of January AD 1849 and that the signatures before Annexed are his true and genuine signatures
Hiram Hultz Pro

State of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny ss.
I Benjamin Patten one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny aforesaid do certify that the within named William Craig is a person of good name, fame reputation and credibility in the County of Allegheny aforesaid In witness of which I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty second day of January AD 1849.
Benjamin Patten Seal

8817. Pennsylvania Pensions Frances Booker, widow of Abraham Booker who was a pirate in the Virginia Line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $10 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1880, and sent to
J. G. Bennett Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 104.
H. E. Robinson

John Taylor Pittsburgh Pa

State of Pennsylvania, Allegheny County s
Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Frances Booker and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Abraham Booker who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, that on the 2 nd May 1850 she was placed on the Roll of pensioners at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum; that she still remains the widow of the said Abraham Booker, and that she now makes this declaration in order to obtain an increase of pension to which she believes she is entitled under the acts of July 1 1848, or July 29 1848.
Sworn to & Subscribed this 29 day of May 1851 Before me Ralph Reed J.P.
Frances her Booker mark
Witness present W m Watson Ralph Reed

ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
State of Pennsylvania,
ss.
I, Geo. S. Hays , Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the same being a Court of Law and Record, do by these presents certify, that Ralph Reed Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper handwriting, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is,
an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to administer oaths , to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said county, this 31 st day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- one and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the seventy- fifth
ATTEST:
Geo. S. Hays PROTHONOTARY.

10.902 Pitts Pennsylvania Frances Booker Widow of Abraham Booker who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818, and who died in the Year 1832, of in the State of Penn a who was a pirate in the company commanded by Captain Gibson of the the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1859 and sent to J. G. Barrett Present
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by E. Robinson Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 215.

State of Pennsylvania, Allegheny county } ss.
On this twentieth day of April 1850 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Frances Booker, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the Widow of Abraham Booker who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, under the act of the 18th of March 1818, who died in the year 1833; and she further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Booker prior to the year 1794, and that she has no record or documentary evidence of their marriage, and claims to be placed on the pension list pursuant to the provisions of the acts of the 7th of July 1838, 3 rd of March 1843, 7th of June 1844, and 2 nd of February 1845. That she now resides in the said county and State.
Sworn to and subscribed before me. This 20 th of April 1850. Frances mark Booker one of the Justices in and for her Allegheny County. Ralph Reed
Wm Watson Atty at Law
I, John D. Guthrie late Pension agent at Pittsburgh do certify that Ralph Reed was duly elected a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Allegheny Penn a and was I believe duly acting as such when the foregoing affidavit was executed; and I further certify that Frances Booker above named was living at the time the above affidavit was made, and that she a respectable woman and entitled to credit. J. D. Guthrie

1908 Oct. 14 First To J. Boyd Duff L.M. 1916 Feb. 1 Hist. To Dr. H. H. Reader. 1919 June 24 Hist. To Mrs. C. E. Friend. 1921 Mar. 29 Hist. To Abbie E. Urban.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3651
Frances Booker Widow Abraham Booker Pvt. Rev. War
Act: July 2. 1848
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 82
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. BOYD DUFF, ATTORNEY AT LAW PITTSBURG, PA.
1122 FRICK BUILDING
October 9, 1908.
To the Pension Commissioner, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I would like to have the record of Abraham or Abram Bugher, or Bougher, or Booher, as contained in your office if there is any. He was my great-grandfather, and was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and I am told that he received a pension from the United States Government, and also that his widow Frances received a pension.
He lived the greater part of his life at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and I understand that he served in the Pennsylvania Regiment in that war. Should you find any such name on your rolls, please give me the entire record as shown thereby.
If there are any reasonable fees in connection with this matter, I shall be glad to remit.
Yours very truly,
Dic: J.B.D.
Sten: E. C.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Abraham Bougher or
Soldier Bougher or Booker
Service Ga
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No such claim except Mid. Booker, # 3657

W. H. READER, M. D. NEW AMSTERDAM, INDIANA
Rev Sect 1 J.C.
New Amsterdam Ind.
Jan 24, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I write to ask you for a copy of military record of Major Booker or Abraham Booker of Shenandoah Valley Va. of Rev. war. I don't know nor can I find out as the relatives are most all dead, as to whether he was a pensioner or not. I heard my G. Mother tell of seeing Washington and he had dined at her Father's home, Her Father was in his Command and I think, her Uncle or Bro also, anyway one of them was a Major under Washington. Any information you can impart as to the Booker Revolutionary activities. I will be under many obligations to you and your department.
Yours Truly, W. H. Reader

Lawrence Causer
Record 95. June 12. 1919.
Dept of the Interior - Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
Will you kindly send me the Pension certificate of Abraham Booker, who drew a pension in Vermigo Co. Pa in 1818 - for War service - Will you please give me all the family data given in his application. Thanking you for the favor -

I am. Very Respectfully Mr C. E. Friend 1646 Mass. St. Lawrence, Mass -

Lawrence, Kas. June 25. 1919
Rev Sir Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - On June 11 th
I wrote you in regard to my great, great grand father Abraham Booker who drew a pension in Venango Co. Pa. in 1818 and I have

not receiving a reply. I feel quite certain - I failed to state that Abraham Booker rendered service in Virginia in the Revolutionary War -
I would appreciate his pension certificate and family data given in his application as I wish it for the Daughters of the American Revolution membership. Thanking you for the same. I am Very Respectfully
Yours C. E. Friend.
1646 Mass. St. S
Letters crossed reference. See - Report marked "28" - 28th - written

2d Stamp enclosed OK
Rev. Mr. [unclear] Richmond, Va. Feb 23- 1921
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Will you kindly advise if you can furnish me a statement regarding my Revolutionary Ancestor Abraham Boagher who served with the 9 th Virginia Regiment and the 13 th Virginia Regiment during the war of the Revolution

I have had my application for membership in the K. of P. held up pending a statement of his pension.
My papers regarding the verification of the war record of my ancestor read as follows Military Secretary's office files 1174312 Washington D.C. Bureau of Pensions Dept of the Interior, Record D V L M 1111 File 3651 Rev. War.
Any expense that may be necessary to get this statement you can send to me and I will remit for same.
Yours very truly Miss Abbie E. Urban 902 N W S Richmond Ind.