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Continued: Joseph Bouney or Boner was a Revolutionary War veteran from France. Shortly after the Battle of Brandywine which took place on September 11, 1777, he enlisted for the American Revolutionary War under Capt. Marquis Calmes in the second Virginia regiment commanded by Colonel Christian Febiger in Brigadier General George Weedon's Brigade. After enlistment, his first engagement was at the Battle of Monmouth which occurred on June 28, 1778, at Monmouth Court House, New Jersey and then the Battle of Stony Point. After that, he was marched south under General Peter Muhlenberg, but was with a number of other fellow soldiers left sick at Halifax in North Carolina. After he had recovered he was marched towards Charleston in South Carolina under the command of Captain William Payne, but the town was taken before they arrived and they did not reach Charleston. Shortly afterward, he was attached to the command of Col. Abraham Buford and he was in the rear guard when Col. Banastre Tarlton defeated Col. Abraham Buford at the Battle of Waxhaws and then there got wounded in the head by a sword and fell and while lying in his gore the horsemen rode over him and trotted on his right ankle and mashed it to pieces so that he never recovered the right use of it. He got off to the bank of a River and stayed there until his wounds healed. Afterward, Major General Nathanael Greene gave him a discharge as an invalid from being disabled as a result of the serious injuries he sustained while in service. However, the discharge was burned in the house of Philip Bouney. The application did not specifically state how Joseph Bouney was related to Phillip Bouney. Most researchers believe they were brothers. Afterward, he joined a troop of Cavalry under the command of Col. Richard Bowyer and under him was engaged in a skirmish at Yorktown a while before Cornwallace was taken in and he was badly wounded by a sword in the instep in a reencounter with the British horse troops.
In summary, he enlisted before the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778 and his last engagement was in a skirmish before the Siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781.
On April 18, 1820, Judge Eli Shortridge approved his application and he was declared a soldier of the Revolution on the continental establishment for nine months and upwards. A certificate number 17583 was issued on July 3, 1820. The certificate states Joseph Bouney of Floyd County in the state of Kentucky was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Phebiger of the Virginia line. His pension was inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of April 1819. Certificate of pension issued on the 3rd of July 1820 and sent to Eli Shortridge, Judge for Floyd Co., Kentucky.
Joseph did not have a middle initial using the letter "B". In his Revolutionary War documents, he used the letter "B" as his mark which was a substitute for his signature. Whenever someone was unable to provide their own signature, it was a common practice to use the letter "x" as a substitute for the signature. However, Joseph chose to use the letter "B" as a substitute for his signature because it represented his last name since it was the first letter of his last name which was Boner or Bouney. Usually, when people provided a mark as a substitute for their signature, they usually wrote their mark below their printed name and they were instructed to center it between their first and last names. Since Joseph placed a letter "B" as his mark below his printed name and since it was centered between his first and last name, it made people assume it was his middle initial, but it was his mark which used the letter "B" as a substitute for his signature and people thought the letter "B" was his middle initial used for his middle name, but it was used to represent his last name.
The pension application on Oct. 1820 gave the names and birthdates of his children including:
Nancy 21 years old last April 7 (born April 7, 1799) Martha 10 years old last March 13 (born March 13 1810) Hiram 8 years old last April 23 (born April 23 1812) Carlisle 6 years old last May 28 (born May 28 1814) Rebecca 4 years old last August 27 (born August 27 1816) Margaret 2 years old last November 1 (born November 1 1818)
His wife was currently pregnant, possibly with Mary who was also known as "Polly". A deed was filed Jan. 20, 1846 in Pike Co., KY which named the heirs of Joseph Bouney. Mary and her husband Timothy Miller were included among his list of heirs.
Not included in the pension application were his children Elizabeth, Mary and Sally who were all born after the pension application was completed. Joseph also had a daughter named Delilah and subsequent census records show she was born about 1815 which was about the same time Carlisle was born. It appears Delilah was misidentified as Carlisle since the names are somewhat phonetically similar. Also, after the pension application was completed, there have been no other records found for Carlisle which suggests Carlisle and Delilah were one and the same. Delilah (Boner) Adkins appeared on the 1850 Morgan Co., KY census. She was 35 years old and she was born in Virginia. Her husband Elisha Adkins was 37 years old and was also born in Virginia. She was also found on the 1900 Wayne Co., WV census. She was 88 years old and stated she was born in West Virginia. Her husband Elisha Adkins was 90 years old and born in Virginia.
Nancy m. James Roberts Hiram m. Nancy Crabtree Martha "Patsy" m. John Frederick or Jude Delilah m. Elisha Adkins Rebecca m. Riley Blankenship Margaret "Peggy" m. William Francis Mary "Polly" m. Timothy Miller Elizabeth "Betsy" m. Jesse Adkins Sally m. Waynewright Adkins
1810 Giles Co, VA census
"Joseph Boner" 1m 45+, 2f <10, 1f 16-25 Joseph born before 1765
1820 Floyd Co., KY census
"Joseph Bouney" 1m 10-16, 1m 45+, 4f <10, 2f 10-16, 1f 26-45 Joseph born before 1765
Joseph Bouney or Boner's son Hiram Bonee moved to California and indicated on the 1880 census his father was born in France according to the following excerpt:
1880 Mendocino Co., CA census June 4 Big River Fk. south of Little River page 277
No. 32 Bonee, Wm. 42 MO, KY, VA Martha 32 wife MO, KY, KY Alice P. 14 daughter CA, MO, MO Rosa F. 13 daughter CA, MO, MO Minnie 11 daughter CA, MO, MO Della M. 6 daughter CA, MO, MO Maude P. 1 daughter CA, MO, MO Young, Della 25 boarder MO, MO, TN Susan 3 boarder, CA, IA, MO Maud 6/12 Nov. boarder CA, IA, MO Lake, Wesley 30 farm help MI, NY, NY
No. 33 Bonee, Hiram 68 VA, FRANCE, VA Maria 54 wife TN, TN, TN Southard, Thomas 11 stepson CA, IN, TN
Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-WGN?i=4&cc=1417683
Notes from Rodney Veitschegger:
20 Sep 1819 Crt Floyd Co,, KY "Ordered that...Joseph BOUNEY be exempted from paying county levies in the future."
Deed Bk B Know all men by these presents that I, Joseph BOUNEY, late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby appoint my trusty friend, James S. LAYNES, Attorny in Fact for me for any sums do me as a pensioner of the United States. 19 Sep 1820
Tazewell Co. Land Grant 63-521 Joseph Booner (assignee of Samuel MORGAN) 60 A 22 Jul 1813 surveyed 23 Oct 1805 on Laurel Fk of Guyandotte, the upper end of the 1st bottom below the Rock House. (notice that James MORGAN was the guardian of Peggy BONER when she married Wm. FRANCES, Jr in PCK)
Floyd Co, 1835 Report of Rev. War Pensioners (source Sep 71, TEK) Act of 18 March 1818: Joseph BOUNEY, private, Va. line, $96, rec'd $674.63, on roll 7-3-1820, commenced 4-24-1819, age 74, died 5-3-1826. Vet #S.35782, "was in rear guard when Col. Tarleton defeated Col. Buford. He was there wounded on the head by a sword and fell and while lying in his gore the horseman rode over him, trodded on his right ankle and mashed it to pieces so that he has never recovered the right use of it." He had bro. [?] Philip BOUNEY m Catherine MEYER, Berkeley Co, VA in 1790's, in German Church, prob. Lutheran. I think the name Boney is derived from D'Aubigni, which was later DeBany, DeBones, or DeBoney, and Bouney/Boney, Sometimes DABNEY, or ABNEY also. See New Kent 1664.
Sarah MULLINS BOUNEY apparently md next to Jesse ADKINS, then 5 Jul 1849 to Winright ADKINS. She b c1780, on 1850 PCK census #138. (on 1829 PCK Crt Order Jessee Adkins & Sally Boney cited for Illeg. children, then a mrg of Jesse Adkins to Sarah Boney "both of lawful age" 11 June 1831 PCK attested by Thomas ROWE & Theophilus POWELL) I'm in doubt whether Sarah was mother to all children of Joseph BOUNEY. Children of Joseph BOUNEY: 1. Nancy BONEY b 7 Apr 1799 m 27 Jul 1826 PCK James ROBERTS, Jr, by Simeon JUSTICE, Bnd George STANLEY & James ROBERTS, Jr., permission by Sary BOUNEY, attested by Geo. STANLY & Patsy FREDRICK 2. Martha "Patsy" BOUNEY b 13 Mar 1810 md 9 Jun 1825 PCK John FREDER ICK/Jude, by James ROBERTS, JP s/o Mary, Martha d bef. 1849 and he remd Priscilla RUTHERFORD, Signed by Levi OOTON, Wtn: John Stotts & Silas Oooten 3. Hiram BOUNEY/BONEY b 28 Apr 1812 md 3 Feb 1830 PCK to Nancy CRABTREE b KY by Wm. RAMEY d/o Ritty (Charity) Consent by Sary BOUNEY & Wm. Ratliff, Jr, grdn of sd Nancy, Attested by James ROBERTS & Jessee ADKINS, Hiram went to Cal. in a wagon before 1850. (on 1850 Tazewell Co census is #1025 Hiram BONER b 1830 wf Eveline b 1831..is this a son fo Hiram & Nancy ??) 4. Delila BOUNEY b 28 May 1814 md 6 May 1829 PCK Elisha ADKINS, by Theophilus POWELL, Salley BOUNEY & Winright ADKINS give consent; Attested by Wm. ELLIOT & Jesse ADKINS, Consent by Elisha's mother, Lucy ADKINS; signed by Winright ADKINS 5. Rebecca BOUNEY b 27 Aug 1816, md Raleigh BLANKENSHIP b c1815 VA Rebecca on 1850 Taz #979, 1860 Buch #115 6. Margaret "Peggy" BOUNEY b 1 Nov 1817 md 27 Oct 1835 PCK Wm. FRANCES, Jr. by Thomas BEVINS s/o Wm. Sr., Consent of Wm. Francis, Sr, & James MORGAN grdn of sd Peggy BOUNEY, attest: Benj. WILLIAMSON & William FRANCES 7. Elizabeth BOUNEY b c1823, md 5 Aug 1838 PCK Jesse ADKINS (Jr.) b c1815 VA by WM. RAMEY, JP on 1850 PCK #139, consent Sarah ADKINS, parent of sd Elizabeth, Bnd Jesse ADKINS & Elisha HOPKINS, Attest: Elisha ADKINS & Winright ADKINS 8. Sarah "Sally" BOUNEY b c1826 d 12 Apr 1855 PCK rheumatism, md 3 Mar 1844 PCK Winright ADKINS b c1815 KY on 1850 PCK #141 Consent Henry ADKINS & Sarah MULLINS Bnd Wainright ADKINS & Elisha ADKINS 9. Mary BOUNEY md John FREDERICK/JUDE, Sr* b ca1803 he 1st md sis. Martha "Patsey" BOUNEY above, Ch: John FREDRICK/JUDE b ca1832 VA d 22 Aug 1907 m Nancy Ann STATON #136 1870 FlCoKY, Nathan JUDE, b c1829 KY #122 1870 FCK, Martin "Mart" b ca 1832 KY, Joseph b ca 1845 VA #138 1870FCK ?Mary BOUNEY b c1823 KY md c1844 Timothy MILLER b c1810 VA on 1850 PCK #477 Ch: Rebecca, John, Wm. H.
* Mary Boney never married John Frederick or Jude who was her sister's husband.
The following is some additional information from Mr. Veitschegger's files regarding the family of Joseph Bouney's daughter Nancy (Boney) Roberts and her family:
I-3-5b Children of James ROBERTS, Jr. & Nancy BONEY: 5. Cornelius "Neil" ROBERTS b 1828, PCK md 30 Jul 1849, Letcher, Winny Little HAMMONS d/o Wm. LITTLE (sis to Wm. Little who md Mary CRABTREE (I-3-5a-1) Winny m 1st Ephraim HAMMONS who was prob. s/o Obadiah HAMMONS b 1794 KY 6. Daniel ROBERTS, Sr. b 5 Jan 1829, PCK d 21 Apr 1910 md 1) Elizabeth DAMRON d/o John & Nancy (Branham) DAMRON 2) Jennie ADKINS 7. Malinda ROBERTS b 1841, PCK md 1857 Henry HALL, went to Va. 8. Marinda ROBERTS b 1841, PCK md 1857 PCK Spurlock DAMRON s/o John & Nancy (Spurlock bro to Betsy md Daniel Roberts, Sr) *9. John P. Morgan "Democrat John" ROBERTS b 1843 PCK md 1) 20 Dec 1860, PCK Sarah M. MULLINS b 1843 d 1866 d/o Booker & Nancy (Potter) MULLINS, 2) 29 Aug 67 PCK Frances "Fannie" DAMRON 2nd mrg, 3) 14 Oct 1872 PCK Alcey DAM RON, 4) 1902 PCK Parlee BRANHAM ..LAYOUT 2 10. Dicy ROBERTS b 10 Jul 1847, PCK d 11 Mar 1917 md 19 Feb 1867, PCK David NEWSOME b 10 Mar 1838 d 31 Jan 1918 s/o Henry & Martha (Branham) NEW SOME 11. Clarilda/Sirilda "Relda" ROBERTS b 1851, PCK d 1940 brd Greasey Cr, PCK md 20 Jan 1870 PCK Joseph LAMBERT b 1848 s/o James LAMBERT & Polly BEV ERLY ?Huldy ROBERTS b c1849 d 4 Jul 1853 PCK d/o James & Mary ROBERTS?? ?Nancy ROBERTS 52 yrs (b 1808 VA) d Mar 1860 PCK, of Ulcers???
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