Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8085, William Boatman, Penn. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn. Va.
Boatman, William
S 8085
CONTENTS
Carded

Ohio 29.742
William Boatman
of Highland Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Roeckenberger of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Wyatt in the Virginia mil. line for 6 months
Va. & Pa.
Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Feb. 1835 and sent to Hon. J. Corwin N. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '34. 70.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 March '35. 10.00 $80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E-2 Vol. 8. Page 4
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838. Age notified 19. July '39

State of Ohio
Highland County } ss
on this seventeenth day of October 1834 Before John W Price president and Moses Patterson, John Mathews and Hugh Smart associate Judges of the Court of common pleas for said county of Highland Personally appeared in open court William Boatsman aged seventy seven years resident of Highland County and State of Ohio who being 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 7 June 1832, that he served in the service of the United States, under the following named officers, as herein stated, first in the company of Capt Swerlingin, in Col Hyeths Regt. under General McIntosh, in September or 1778 1777 as a substitute for a man living in Shippensburg Va his name not recollected, marched thence to Martinsburg Va, thence to the mouth of Bigbeaver, on the Ohio river there built a fort called Fort McIntosh, marched thence to Piqua, a fork of Muskingum river there built Fort Laurens, then marched back to Fort McIntosh, and at the expiration of four months, was discharged, and returned to his resi- dence near Redstone Fort Pa, second time was drafted in June 1778, or 1779 to guard the United States property at Redstone Fort, under Sergeant Bolwin of Capt Clerns company of militia, served un- der him one month, and was dismissed, in July 1778 third time was drafted in January 1779 to guard United States property at Redstone Fort under said Sergeant Bolwin and served one month and was dismissed by said Bolwin in February or 1780 1779, making in all six months
Rev. J. Carson, H.R.

service, That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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
William his Boatman mark
Sworn to and Subscribed this 17 th day of October 1834 in open court Samuel Bell Clerk
We Charles B. Smith a clergyman of the Baptist Church, and G. W. Barron a citizen, Both residing in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, and in the immediate neighborhood of the above named William Boatman do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Boatman, who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, That we believe him to be Seventy Seven 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 in open court this 17 th day of October 1834
Charles B. Smith
G. W. Barron

question by cant when was you born and in what year And I was born in Fauquier county Pa in December 1757, qst have you any record of your age and if so where is it now And I have no record evidence of my age at this time but often heard my Father and Mother say I was Born in the year 1757, qst by cant where were you living when called in to service and where have you lived since the Revolu- tionary War and where do you now live And when I entered the service I lived near Redstone fort Pa from there I moved to Shippensburg near Catfisher camp, now Washington Pa lived there several years, then move to Kentucky resided in the counties of Fayette and Bourbon several years, from there I moved to where I now live, Highland county Ohio about the year 1800 and have lived there ever since and as at this time, qst how were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom And I first entered the service as a substitute for a man who lived in Shippensburg Pa whose name I do not recollect, I never saw him before nor since, I served four months for him the second and third. Then I was drafted, and served one month each time under Seargent Colvin at Redstone fort Pa + + + + +

Q r did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it, And I believe I received a discharge for the first tour at Fort MeIntosh but by whom it was signed or given, or what has become of it I cannot tell at this time The two last tours I was dismissed by General Bolivar without any discharge, I am not at this time able to say whether any of the officers in McIntoshes campaign were regular officers or not but suppose General McIntosh was
I own to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Samuel Bell Clerk
William his Bolman Mark
The State of Ohio Highland County
I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of William Wootten for a new trial
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17 th day of October A.D. 1844
Attest - Samuel Bell Clerk

Rev has
8085
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 8085-
William Bratman
Brig Gen War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 122 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 9 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Boatman, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Ohio Feb 9 32.738 Mr Boatman Ohio
f 1778 p 6 $20
3.
John Brown Esq
Dunton Ohio
26. 1849
Mr Brown

7th July 1835-
Mr. Lee
I enclose the application of another soldier I believe the Clerk's hand writing well it is genuine & Bell the Clk a perfectly correct man
I Edward G. B.
The Governor