Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 12556, Claudius Boatman, [BLANK]

SERVICE
NUMBER
Boatman, Claudius
R.12556
Perm residence of heir in 1860
CONTENTS

State of Pennsylvania } Lycoming County } Be it known that where one of of the peace for the County of Lycoming & State of Pennsylvania commissioned and duly qualified to administer Oaths according to Law & etc.
Then says Boatman appeared heretofore before me and made oath in due form of Law that she is the daughter of at Law & Legal Representative of Abraham Abraham Boatman a Her- etofore a Soldier who entered the said War at its commence- or near as may be & served until the during the said War & belonged to the Co C Penn under Col. Rapp. & belonged to the Regiment. Commissioned by General Rapp. for said War & who entered entered re a drafted & entered a said War on or about the day of May 1861. & served during said War as the case may be as may more fully appear by the company rolls & muster rolls at the Department of the Interior at the City of Washington who to his Life time was not paid by the Government of the United States who is now dead & who was

Entitled to a pension under Act of 18 th Feb y 1818 for services granting pensions to officers & Soldiers of the Army & Navy of the Revolutionary War who have been Soldiers said a sum of Boatman being a representative of Boatman who was as private in the Revolutionary War & who done duty & service in said War and who served out the term of his enlistment, or were discharged Said that at the time when she was discharged, the said Mary Boatman Daughter & heir at Law & Legal Representative makes this application that she may obtain the amount due & owing for & in right of deceased Father & his services as a horse soldier & under the before mentioned act or any other act of the house of Congress granting pensions to officers & soldiers & their children who are heirs of deceased officers & soldiers, heirs of deceased officers & soldiers who have been & have not been paid a pension under act for which the soldier died entitled to said Mary Boatman makes this application that she may obtain the amount due in right of her said Father heretofore Mary Boatman be- coming as heir at Law & Legal Repres- entative of said Boatman a soldier of the War of the

Resolutions whereby & where as not paid under act of 18 th  March 1818. or any other acts of Congress & who was not paid before his death & who did mean 1819. & received at the rate of $96. per annum & C. C. Vance & others Boalman re appointed know all men by these presents That I Henry Boalman do here by nominate & appoint Edward Day my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name to demand & receive of the Commissioners of Pensions of the United States the annuity due owing unto me as heir at Law & Legal Representative of Charles Boalman as set forth in the foregoing Declaration hereto attached & my said Attorney is hereby Empowered & Authorized to demand & receive of any pension paying Agent of any State Pension paying Agent of the United States & my said Attorney is also Empowered & granted the power of Substitution & Revocation to substitute one or more Substitutes or Attorneys in his room said Attorney is Empowered & Authorized to obtain from any & the proper officers & Authorities of said Colleges of any money or money records or any Documents In which his said Services may be recorded & to procure any & all other Evidence that may be required & necessary to establish

his claim as fully other claim as fully as she could do if person ally present herself. At the doing thereof & allowing all & whatsoever ing said Attorney may lawfully do & hereby acknowledging all former authorities & power of Attorney & countersealing all former authorities that might have previously given by me given by me & the said & I seal for the above purpose now timed & expressed this day Sept. 1878. her mark
The above. I subscribe & seal to before me this day of Sept 1878. I do hereby certify me personally appeared before me & known to be of known & made oath to the foregoing Declaration hereto attached & acknowledged adopted the letter & power of Attorney & subscribed to above & that it is her free act & deed that it is for the purpose there in mentioned & expressed & so on Wm Mabel
Justice of the peace personally appeared before me on the same day Residents of the County of the County of State aforesaid personally known to me who I certify to be an able Witness & entitled to credit & who were duly sworn according to Law & who are personally present & saw the said Mary Boatman

Subscribe her name to the foregoing Declarations herunto attached & that from the appearance of the Declarant & that from their acquaintance with the said Nancy Boatman the Applicant is the individual person & identical person that he represents himself to be & that they reside at the place above named & expressed L. B.
Sworn to & subscribed to before me this day of Sept 1860 or
Justice Dizon here
& I certify that I have no interest in this claim & that I am not interested in its prosecution & that I know the Applicant to be the able & trustworthy & that the Declarant is the person that he represents himself to be L. B.
Justice Dizon here
Octob 3 1860 Before me
one of the justices of the peace after being duly sworn Nancy Boatman acknowledges the within to be her act and deed William Maffet justice

State of Pennsylvania,
COUNTY OF LYCOMING, ss.
I, JACOB S. RUNYAN, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Lycoming, do hereby certify that William Maffet Esq., by whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of taking the same, and still is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, to all whose acts, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere, and the said acknowledgment is in accordance with the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Williamsport, in said county, this Third day of October A. D. 186 0
J. S. Runyan Prothonotary.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel AWF
April 12, 1929
Mrs. Beulah Williams Lock Box 667, Austin Pennsylvania
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.12556 , it appears that in 1860, one Nancy Boatman of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, applied for the pension which might have been due as the daughter and only heir of Claudius Boatman , who she alleged enlisted in May, 1776 and served during the Revolutionary War, and died May 18, 1819.
The names of his Captain and Colonel, and the troops in which he served are not stated.
The claim was rejected on the ground that there was no law granting pensions to the children or heirs of soldiers of the Revolution.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Levy 12556
Child
P. O. Nancy Boettman Service of Mid Claudius Boettman
Enlisted: Pa _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ / _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1919 June 5. Mkt. to Mrs. Mary R. Molett, letter in 8. file 42710 John English. 2 1923. Mch. 20 - Mrs. Mary R. Molett with Mr. Claudius Boettman. Her letter in Ch. 27 Daniel Callahan, 1940's and envelope copy of reply Mmk 1925. Mch. 10 - Mrs. Mary R. Molett & son Paul the Hrd 1927. Apr. 12 - Hrd to Mrs. Boettman William's cont.

No 39. 170.
Claude Boatman
his of h.
Wyoming Co Pa
Sol. to Edward May Oct. 12/50
Act. March June 7 th 1832

Letter abt Nancy Boat- man - Miv. of - 6 - Boatman - Pa. Rev.

Sept 26th 1860 Mr Geo T Whiting Coomer
Dr Sir there within mailed the Declaration of Miss Nancy Boatman who is the only heir of Boatman now living of the Revolutionary Soldier & the only Legal heir & Represent Future now living who is the only claimant to the pension money due her & in right of her Deceased Father & where you have secured the Documents so Enclosed & the claim being allowed please address one by form as may be the Department

and the Money or Draft payable to the Post Office in the County of Allegheny Pennsylvania please be promptly & directly as above directed by Stanley & Kirby Post Office E. G. D. (Dug) Atty for J. B. Lamont

Nancy Poorman - heir of G. Poorman - Pa Rev. - original

Pension Office, Oct. 13 th 1860.
Sir:
Your letter of Sept. last enclosing ap- -plication for pension by the terms of law of Colo- -dia, Boatman & William R. 13650 May, respectively, have been received & filed under the Act of Jan 7 th 1832. But you are informed that there is no pension law which grants pension to the children or heirs of a pensioner. -
The Bounty Land Act of March 3 1855 grants bounty land to the minor children of a deceased soldier; but it does not appear that either of the above applicants is a minor child .
Edward May, Esq. Williamport Pa.

Williamsport Pa. Feb. 3, 1925.
Hayes Waymaker Actg Comm. Dpt. of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
Our chapter of The D.A.R. is unable to give birth and death records or names of wives of these Rev. sol.
Samuel Campbell was a resident of various places, Juniata valley, Jersey shore Pa. Northumberland county and Lycoming Co. Lycoming county was created from Northumberland county in the year 1795. He also was in Ohio. Rg. Penn. Archives Vol. 4. 5 series p. 675 - He served in Continental line Northumberland Co. Penna Militia and in Robinson Rangers of Northumberland county. Samuel Carson served in continental line Northumberland Co. Penn. Militia and served in Capt. Casper Weitzel company of Penn. Rifle Regt. commanded by Col. Samuel Miles which was the 2nd formed in Northumberland Co. Pa. I haven't found any service for John Gamble. I think he enlisted in Ct. Jersey. I would also like the record of Blandius Boatman Jr., a private in Robinson Rangers Penn. Archives Vol. 4. 5 series. Blandius Boatman Jr. & wife in Capt. Thomas Robinson Rangers also served and were residents of Buffalo valley Northumberland county. I haven't found any service for Jacob Forster.

2nd page.
probably if you looked over Bucks county records you might find a record of
Jacob Yount.
In the Colonial Records found Col. Hugh Yount of the 1st Battalion of Bucks county Pa. who enlisted May 6. 1777. It is probable Jacob may
have come from the same place.
Jacob was from Dauphin Co. came to Northumberland Co. in 1786 was driven out by the Indians returned 1791. (in 1795 part was Lycoming Co.)
A. Jacob Yount was taxed in Paxton Township in 1782, Lancaster county now Dauphin Co.
A. Jacob Yount served in Capt. Jacob Bily Company, 1776. York County Militia. The names were so misspelled during the Revolution, could this be my Jacob Yount perhaps if a pension was granted that would prove if it was Jacob Yount whom I desire to find his war record.
I believe the Younts came to Penna from N. Jersey it is possible that he enlisted there the same as my ancestor did. The most of them Pioneers who settled on Pine Creek Northumberland Co. came from N. Jersey. Kindly send me the war records of these soldiers from the Bureau of Pensions if there is any. Trusting I may hear from you at your earliest convenience. Thanking you
I am very truly yours Mrs Mary R. Holcomb R. F. D. No. 2.

Austin, Peru
Jan. 15 th 1929
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you give me any data on the life of Claudius Boatman who served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Thomas Robinson's Co. of Peru.
I wish this information that I may add a bar to my W.A.P. pin
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Beulah Williams
Lock Box 667.

Rev. War Section.
June 5, 1919.
Mrs. Mary R. Wolcott, 660 Spruce Street, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the sixteenth ultimo, you are herewith furnished the histories of James English W. File No. 3,332 and John English S. File No. 42,710 Rev. War, and you are advised that from the papers on file in claim R. 12,556 Rev. War, it appears that in 1860, one Nancy Boatman of Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, applied for the pension which might have been due her as the daughter and only heir of Claudius Boatman, who, she alleged, enlisted in May, 1776, served during the Revolutionary War, and died May 18, 1819.
The names of his Captain and Colonel, and the troops in which he served, are not stated.
The claim was rejected on the ground that there was no law granting pensions to the children or heirs of soldiers of the Revolution.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Salzgeber Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
March 10, 1925.
Mrs. Mary R. Walcott, Williamsport, R.F.D. 2, Penn.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 12556, it appears that in 1800, one Nancy Boatman of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, applied for the pension which might have been due her as the daughter and only heir of Claudius Boatman, who she alleged enlisted in May 1775 and served during the Revolutionary War, and died May 18, 1819.
The names of his Captain and Colonel, and the troops in which he served are not stated.
The claim was rejected on the ground that there was no law granting pensions to the children or heirs of soldiers of the Revolution.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner. akd by cur