Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3040, John Boisseau, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Boisseau, John
S 3040.
CONTENTS
Carded
A Service Statement of War Dept. 1918 Feb 5, History to O. G. Boisseau 1938 June 1, History to Mrs. A. E. McNeill
A lengthy Declaration of John Boisseau to the County Court of Simpson Co. Kentucky.

25575 West Tennessee
John Boisseau
of Simpson Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Shultz of the reg t commanded by Col Pym in the Virginia line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Feb y 1834 and Applicant Franklin Simpson to Ken
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 100.00 Semi-ann. allowances ending 4 March 20.00 $120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Boyd Clerk, Book C Vol. 7 Page 78
Date of death not on A.B.

June 1, 1933
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Mrs. A. B. McNeill Box 104 Sanger, Texas
JOHN BOISSEAU S. 3040 BA-J/MLB Cur
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request information in regard to your ancestors with surname Boisseau, and in which you designate Leonidas Boisseau as the soldier in whom you are most interested and state that your ancestor settled in Kentucky.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of a Leonidas Boisseau, under any spelling of the name. The record has been found, however, of a John Boisseau which may be of interest to you in your research. It is furnished herein as shown in pension claim, S. 3040, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Boisseau was born March 14, 1764, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, where he was reared. He was the son of James Boisseau; the name of his mother was not given. He lived for ten years in Lunenburg County, Virginia, then moved back to Dinwiddie County, that state.
While a resident of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, John Boisseau enlisted June 1, 1780, served as private in Captain George Pegram's company, Colonel Faulkner's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Camden and was discharged the last of November, 1780. He enlisted January 1, 1781, as a substitute for his uncle, Benjamin Boisseau, served as private in Captain Baker Pegram's company, Colonel Jack Willis' Virginia regiment, and was discharged April 1, 1781. He enlisted in April, 1781, as a substitute for his brother, Daniel Boisseau, served as a sergeant in Captain Baker Pegram's company was in the battle of Petersburg and was discharged the last of July, 1781.
The soldier moved with the family in 1806 from Dinwiddie County, Virginia, to the State of Kentucky and settled in that part of Logan County which was later Simpson County, Kentucky.

John Boisseau was allowed pension on his application executed January 20, 1834, while a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky, with post office at Franklin.
It is not stated whether the soldier was ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: John Boisseau, Certificate #25575, issued February 4, 1834, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1828, West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Argument that this Declarant was attached to and Robert Lawson was Brigadier General of the whole Brigade, and the Troops were kept between Yorktown & Petersburg Va. And this Declarant and the other militia were discharged by Captain Pignun near Suffolk Va. on the 1 st of April 1781 and this Declarant enlisted in this campaign on the 1 st of January 1781 making this campaign three months and one day this Declarant served.
The last & third campaign, this Declarant served in, was as a Sergeant in the place of his brother Daniel Boipean now deceased. That he enlisted on the last of April 1781 under the said Baker Pignun and that this Declarant was at the Battle which was fought at Petersburg Va. between the American Generals Lawson, Stevens and General Philips on the part of Britain. This Declarant & the other militia were then marched from Petersburg by Chesterfield County Va. and from thence they crossed James River at the place, then and perhaps now called Swan's Wharf Town, and from thence on the south side of James River to Richmond Va. here the Troops were ordered to halt and lay a day or so, and here they marched down to Welle's Bridges & here they lay some time & then returned to Richmond again & then they crossed over the River into Chesterfield County Va. to a place then called Leary's Mill and at this place, this Declarant was discharged by Captain B. Pignun on the last of July 1781 by parole order. In this campaign this Declarant served three months.
In all three of the aforesaid campaigns, in which this Declarant served in the Revolutionary War, he was dismissed or discharged in each by parole order and that there were no written ones given him in either of them.
1 st and 2 nd This Declarant was born on the 11 th day of March 1760 in Dinwiddie County Va. and that he lived in Lunenburg Va. ten years of his life, and then went back to Dinwiddie County Va. again and that he removed with his family that County to the State of Kentucky in the year of 1806 to the State of Kentucky in which State he has resided ever since that he has been a resident of the County of Simpson ever since 1819 in the winter of which year the Legislature of Kentucky formed Simpson County or a greater part of it out of the County of Logan, and that he was a resident of Logan County before said was cut out of it as aforesaid. That he has no record of his age at this time, the Book that his name and age are recorded in by his father James Boipean was sold at this Declarant's father's sale and was bought by one James Swift of Louisville Ky. Va. at the said sale.
He was a resident of Dinwiddie City Va. the remainder of this time already answered under 1 st and 2 nd Interrogatories. The fully answered in the body of this Declarant's

As to the 5 th and 6 th The 5 th he has also fully answered in the body of this Declaration. He never received any written discharge all were by parole and by the Captains whose names are fully stated in this Declaration nor neither did he ever receive a Commission from any officer in the army during his term of service therein.
To the 7 th He states that Sanford Duncan, Seth Keely, John Alderson, James Williams, and Elijah Solomon, reside near neighbors to him and to whom he is personally known, who can testify to his general Character for honesty and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
He would here state that all the statements made in the foregoing Declaration are made from his best recollection, that altho he is old and infirm and fifty two years have slid away since he performed his Revolutionary services, and those number of years have created many divisions upon him, yet his memory is tolerably distinct as to the facts here stated, for he was only a boy in his 16 th and 17 th years when he enlisted as is herein stated, and of course the facts and circumstances of his campaigns made deep impressions upon his mind, and in addition to this, he has always enjoyed good health all his days a Contented mind and a peaceful Conscience. And as to the time here stated he is pretty certain that it is less than he served, but for greater Certainty and for the fear of doing wrong, he has put it down less than he served. He would further state to a great Certainty that he never has as yet received one cent from either those persons, or the whose names he enlisted as a substitute, nor does he ever expect to do so now, as they have been long laid in the cold and silent graves. Nor has he any documentary evidence of his Revolutionary services whatever, and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his Revolutionary services. Nor was he during any of the time he was engaged in the campaigns herein set out, employed in any civil pursuit. This Declaration was advised when his Declaration was sent back to him with objections, from the War Department, that it would be the most prudent to write an entire new declaration as it would be impossible to amend the old one by interlineations to any Certainty in connection the cranes, bits and bobs that must necessarily ensue to remove objections, and make the necessary amendments thereto, compatible with the requisitions of the law, and the rules and constructions of the act by the War Department, and in doing so, he has only set out the facts more at large, and stated the time more precisely than he did in the first. He this Declaration hereby renounces every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his main is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Boice & Co.

State of Kentucky & January County Court 1834 Simpson County Det 3
(On this 20 th day of January 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Simpson County, State of Kentucky, now sitting, John Baisden, a resident of the aforesaid County, aged sixty nine years of age, on the 11 th day of last March who being duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the 17 th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the year of 1780, he was a resident of the County of Dinwiddie State of Virginia, in which County & State he was born and raised, that in the said County & State on the first of June 1780 according to the best of his recollection, he enlisted as a substitute in the place of Peter Epps, under Captain George Pign, who was Captain of the Matilda Company of the aforesaid County of Dinwiddie Va. and that after he had enlisted, as aforesaid under Captain Pign, he the said Pign, marched his Troops from Dinwiddie Court House Va. on the said first of June 1780. to Hillsborough in North Carolina, and at that place Captain Pign joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Saunders, and the Brigade was commanded by General Stevens. And from Hillsborough N. Carolina the Troops were marched under the command of the said General Stevens to South Carolina and in which State General Stevens overtook and joined General Gates at Rugeley's Mill in the fore part of the day, and in the evening of the same day, this Declarant was detached to the Infantry which was commanded by Lieutenant Col. Porterfield, the Infantry were then that night, about 10 o'clock ordered to march towards Camden where Lord Cornwallis and Rawdon were posted with their well disciplined Veteran Troops, and the Infantry in marching that night met the British Troops about five miles from Camden or about half way between Rugeley's Mill and Camden, and a considerable contest ensued between the advanced Corps of the two Contending armies, and some of the advance and Troops were thrown into a complete confusion and consequently were driven back, which produced considerable disorder as it was dark and neither party could tell exactly where to take a proper stand nor see objects around them sufficiently to carry on the battle in a like manner, to advantage. L. Col. Porterfield's Glancing Corps and Armstrong who commanded with him

State of Kentucky & January County Court 1834 Simpson County Det 3
On this 20 th day of January 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Simpson County, State of Kentucky, now sitting, John Baibear, a resident of the aforesaid County, aged sixty five years of age, on the 11 th day of last March who being duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the 17 th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the year of 1780, he was a resident of the County of Dinwiddie State of Virginia, in which County State he was born and raised, that in the said County State on the first of June 1780 according to the best of his recollection, he enlisted as a substitute in the place of Peter Epps, under Captain George Pignum, who was Captain of the Matilda Company of the aforesaid County of Dinwiddie Va. and that after he had enlisted, as aforesaid under Captain Pignum, he the said Pignum, marched his Troops from Dinwiddie Court House Va. on the said first of June 1780 to Hillsborough in North Carolina, and at that place Captain Pignum joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Saunders, and the Brigade was commanded by General Stevens. And from Hillsborough N. Carolina the Troops were marched under the command of the said General Stevens to South Carolina and in which State General Stevens overtook and joined General Gates at Rugeley's Mill in the fore part of the day, and in the evening of the same day, this Declarant was detached to the Infantry which was commanded by Lieutenant Col. Porterfield, the Infantry were then that night, about 10 o'clock ordered to march towards Camden where Lord Cornwallis and Rawdon were posted with their well disciplined Veteran Troops, and the Infantry in marching that night met the British Troops about five miles from Camden or about half way between Rugeley's Mill and Camden, and a considerable contest ensued between the advanced Corps of the two Contending Armies, and some of the American Troops were thrown into a complete confusion and consequently were driven back, which produced considerable disorder as it was dark and neither party could tell exactly where to take a proper stand nor see objects around them sufficiently to carry on the battle in a like manner, to advantage. L. Col. Porterfield's glancing Corps and Armstrong who commanded with him

of this Declarant's memory serves him correctly as to him, in- vincibly confronted and opposed the progress of the enemy. Van and within a short time some prisoners were taken on both sides, and finally both armies came to a general halt as it was extremely dangerous to carry on the battle in the dark shades of the night. After the halt was made the American troops were engaged in making all the preparations they could for the appearance of the dawn of day light which was thought not to be far distant. So soon as day dawned in the morning the Battle Com- menced heavily on both sides, and our Cannon opened upon the British with a destructive fire from our Centre, and General Stevens Virginia militia as might have been expected from bad management and misguided judgment among the commanding officers in said army, after one fire, were greatly disordered, and some of them, if not the greater part, threw down their arms and took to their heels through the dismal swamps in that country, like wild fowl. This engagement between the American General Gates, and the British Lords and Generals Burgoyne & Rawdon lasted about one hour. The heroic De- Rochester at the head of the Keyserlanders fell with wounds and was numbered among the slain. S t . L. Porterfield was also badly wounded in the leg during the brave stand he took and maintained in the Battle. This battle was fought about the middle of August 1780, & finally terminated in an entire route of the American General this troops they were pursued by their enemy, from the battle ground, say fifteen or twenty miles. Consequently the American troops were driven and retreated back from the ground of battle until after they had crossed the Adkins River which is the main spring of Rappahannock River in Shenandoah, not far distant from the South Carolina line. After the militia had crossed Rappahannock River, they were marched on to Hillsborough again in S t . Learners, Major Conway was along with the troops in the just described march. From Hillsborough the militia were marched under Col. Fauchner to the new Gardens a quaker settlement in Kingford County S t . Learners & at this place on the last of November 1780 this Declarant with the other militia were discharged by the Captain. In this campaign this Declarant served six months
The next campaign this Declarant served in, was when General Arnold had the British troops under his command and invested Norfolk, Richmond and Williamsburg Va. In this campaign this Declarant acted as a substitute in the place of his uncle Benjamin Peeples under the command of Capt. Baker Pigeon, & Capt. Willis command the whole

Argument that this Declarant was attached to and Robert Lawson was Brigadier General of the whole Brigade, and the Troops were kept between Norfolk & Petersburg Va. And this Declarant and the other matricies were discharged by Capt. Pigeon near Suffolk Va. on the 1 st of April 1781. And this Declarant enlisted in this campaign on the 1 st of January 1781 making this campaign three months and one day, this Declarant served.
The last & third campaign, this Declarant served in, was as a Sergeant in the place of his brother Daniel Boipean now deceased. That he enlisted on the last of April 1781. under the said Baker Pigeon and that this Declarant was at the Battle which was fought at Petersburg Va. between the American Generals Lawson Stevens and General Philips on the part of Britain. This Declarant & the other matricies were then marched from Petersburg by Chesterfield County Va. and from thence they crossed James River at the place, then and perhaps now called Swan's Point, and from thence on the south side of James River to Richmond Va. Here the Troops were ordered to halt and lay a day or so, and were then marched down to Wollen's Bridges & here they lay some time & then returned to Richmond again & then they crossed over the River into Chesterfield County Va. to a place then called Leary's Mill and at this place, this Declarant was discharged by Capt. B. Pigeon on the last of July 1781 by parole order. In this campaign this Declarant served three months.
In all three of the aforesaid campaigns, in which this Declarant served in the Revolutionary War, he was dismissed or discharged in each by parole order and that there were no written ones given him in either of them.
1 st and 2 nd This Declarant was born on the 12 th day of March 1764 in Dinwiddie County Va. and that he lived in Dinwiddie for ten years of his life, and then went back to Dinwiddie County Va. again and that he removed with his family that County State in the year of 1806. to the State of Kentucky in which State he has resided ever since. That he has been a resident of the County of Simpson ever since 1819 in the winter of which year the Legislature of Kentucky formed Simpson County or a greater part of it out of the County of Logan, and that he was a resident of Logan County before Simpson was cut out of it as a county. That he has no record of his age at this time, the Book that his name and age are recorded in by his father James Boipean was sold at this Declarant's father's sale and was bought by one James Sweet of Dinwiddie City Va. at the said sale. 3 rd He was a resident of Dinwiddie City Va. the remainder of this interrogatory is already answered under 1 st and 2 nd Interrogatories. 4 th is also fully answered in the body of this Declarant's

To the 5 th and 6 th The 5 th he has also fully answered in the body of this Declaration. He never received any written discharges all heard by parole and by the Captains whose names are fully stated in this Declaration nor neither did he ever receive a Commission from any officer in the army during his term of service therein.
To the 7 th He states that Sanford Duncan, Seth Keely, John Alderson, James Williams, and Elijah Solomon, reside near neighbors to him and to whom he is personally known, who can testify to his general Character for honesty and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
He would here state that all the statements made in the foregoing Declaration are made from his best recollection, that altho he is old and infirm and fifty two years have slid away since he performed his Revolutionary services, and those number of years have created many deviations upon him, yet his memory is tolerably distinct as to the facts here stated, for he was only a boy in his 16 th and 17 th years when he enlisted as is herein stated, and of course the facts and circumstances of his campaigns made deep impressions upon his mind, and in addition to this, he has always enjoyed good health all his days a Contented mind and a peaceful Conscience. And as to the time here stated he is pretty certain that it is less than he served, but for greater Certainty and for the fear of doing wrong, he has put it down less than he served. He would further state to a great Certainty that he never has as yet received one cent from either those persons, in whose places he enlisted as a substitute, nor does he ever expect to do so now, as they have been long laid in the cold and silent graves. Nor has he any documentary evidence of his Revolutionary services whatever, and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his Revolutionary services. Nor was he during any of the time he was engaged in the campaigns herein set out, employed in any civil pursuit. This Declarant was advised when his Declaration was sent back to him with objections, from the War Department, that it would be the most prudent to write an entire new dictation as it would be impossible to amend the old one by interlineations to any Certainty, in connection the erasures, blots and blurs that must necessarily ensue to remove objections, and make the necessary amendments thereto, compatible with the requisitions of the law, and the rules and constructions of the act by the War Department, and in doing so, he has only set out the facts now at large, and stated the time more precisely than he did in the first. He this Declarant hereby renounces every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of any state. Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Boiss. & Co. S. D.

28,320.
John Boipeau of Kentucky. West Tennessee roll, see note below.
2 fine 1780 private 10 yr $40
When allowed wishes to be placed on the W. Tennessee aging.
Applicant, Franklin, Dunson Co. Ken. Thos. C. Thompson Glasgow Ken

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Boipean
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 not precisely stated P. Col Pigrum Col Halkner 68 Va Traditionary   1780 not stated P. do. do. Col Willis   1781 not stated Sergt. do. do.  
3 3 3
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

1918 Feb. 5. History to Q. G. Boisseau, Jr.
1938 June 1 - Hist. to Mrs. A. E. McNeill 1938
Rev. Name
3040 INVALID.
File No. 3040
Boisseau * John Boisseau Proven Line
Act: June 7/932
Index:—Vol. A , Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* W.W.H. Oct. 23, 06.

We Mr Dawson a clergyman and Thos. Beauchamp citizens residing in the County of Simpson State of Kentucky hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with John Baisan who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. M. Dawson D.D. Secy
Thos Beauchamp
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 Certify that it appears to them that Mr Dawson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Simpson and State of Kentucky, and that Thos Beauchamp who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said County of Simpson and State of Kentucky is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
W. M. Montgomery J.P.
State of Kentucky } January County Court held on Simpson County Feb } this 26 th day 1834.
I, John L. Moore Clerk of the aforesaid County Court of Simpson do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Baisan for a pension
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at my office this 26 th day of January 1834. M c K Moore, Clerk

enclosure
It is the wish of Mr. Boisseau that his pension, if granted, should be paid at Nashville, Ten. - He lives within fifty miles of this place, and about 160 or 170 miles from Lexington, Ky. - Mr. Boisseau is known to me personally, and he is a man of respectability.
C. Tompkins

District Vice-Presidents
 1st Frank C. Millspaugh, Canton  2nd J. N. Stonebraker, Carrollton  3rd John L. Tilton, Grant City  4th Ben F. Sherer, St. Joseph  5th A. T. Finnell, Kansas City  6th Geo. W. Davies, Osceola  7th Frank A. Wightman, Springfield  8th Clarence Shears, Boonville  9th A. Kramolowsky, Union  10th Fred Essen, Clayton  11th Nat Goldstein, St. Louis  12th Gus Frey, St. Louis  13th E. H. Cameron, Flat River  14th G. H. Boehm, Ava  15th Arthur E. Erwin, Cassville  16th W. I. Diffenderfer, Lebanon 
Association OF  Young Republicans of Missouri
Executive Committee
 O. G. Boisseau, Holden  C. U. Philley, St. Joseph  B. W. Welch, Kansas City  Arthur M. Hyde, Trenton  Roy T. Davis, Columbia  C. S. Walden, Joplin  Julius S. Feydt, Jr., St. Louis 
Rev see 121
PRSIDENT, O. G. BOISSEAU, HOLDEN SECRETARY, TREASURER, C. U. PHILLEY, ST. JOSEPH B. W. WELCH, CHAIRMAN OF ARRANGEMENTS 205 NEW YORK LIFE BLDG., KANSAS CITY.
Holden, Mo. Jan. 27th 1918
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Does your records show that John Boisseau was a soldier of the revolution or 1812. I understand from my ancestors that he served in the revolution and the war of 1812. At the time of his death which I think occured about 1831 or 1832 dont know the axact date he lived in Simpson Co. Ky. He was my great grandfather.
Very truly,
O. G. Boisseau
If he was a revolutionary soldier it would perhaps be well to look for him as may be Rockhambeas or Lafayette

Rec. 3 rd July 32
Reynolds my dear
London July 30 1832
Dear Sir
Yours sincerely
Richard Pennycuick Esquire
Washington City

I desire if my pension is granted that that you should direct it to Mrs. Mrs. Franklin Simpson County Kentucky and not to Humphreys at all as you
I am Yours Respectfully
John Beisner

Many men of many minds many beds for Many men of many minds many
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1834

Sanger Texas May 10-38.
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am trying to establish relationship to ancestors in the Revolutionary War.
The name is Boisseau - I believe it to be Leonidas Boisseau . He and his brother came over when young men with La Fayette - The two men then settled, one in Kentucky, one in Virginia & my ancestor is the one who settled in Kentucky.
If they received pensions or any other information you may have, I shall certainly appreciate it as I am trying to get my papers for the D. A. R.
or if you can put me in touch with any other source of information I shall thank you
Yours very truly Mrs A. E. McNeill Sanger Texas Box 104

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Boisseau a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 3040.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1, 1780. 6 mos. Pri. George Pegrum Faulkner Va.   Jan 6, 1781 to Apr 1, 1781 ✓ Baker Pegrum Jack Willis   Apr 30, 1781 to July 31, 1781 Sergt. Baker Pegrum ✓  
Battles engaged in, Camden, Petersburg
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dinwiddie Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Jan. 20, 1834. His Ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Simpson Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, { B. Mch. 14, 1764, in Dinwiddie Co., Va.
Remarks: { He was the son of James Boisseau.  There is no data relative to wife or children.
It is not stated that he served in the war of 1812.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.