Soldier Information
Name: Anthony Buckles
Alias: William Boarman
Place of Birth: Hardin KY Year of Birth: 1831
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 12, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4
Company: F Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Lebanon, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: November 22, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
On July 12, 1864, Anthony Buckles (aka William Anthony Boarman), enlisted and was immediately mustered into Co. F 107th USCI at Lebanon, Kentucky (Marion County). He was described as 33 years old, 5’7” in height, with brown eyes, black hair, and a Black complexion. He was born in Hardin County, Kentucky and was a farmer. His enslaver was Alfred Buckles and Anthony Buckles enlisted without his consent. His name also appeared in the CMSR as “Anthony Bucker” (page 4). In January through March 1865, he was on detached duty with First Brigade. In March/April 1865, he was in the field hospital at Raleigh, North Carolina. In August/September 1865, he was on duty as a “nurse” in the hospital and in November/December 1865, he was an “attendant” at the Regimental hospital. Private Anthony Buckles was mustered out on November 22, 1866 at Washington, DC. During his service, he withdrew$22.94 from his clothing account. When he mustered out, he was owed $200 in Bounty payments and was described as “Free.”
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: October 5, 1905
Cause of Death: Unknown
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: July 28, 1890
Application No.: 877039 Certificate No.: 825842
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Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: October 20, 1905
Application No.: 836836 Certificate No.: 604042
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
Anthony Boarman applied for an invalid pension, and it was granted in December 1892. He died in Alexandria, Virginia, on October 16, 1905. His widow, Caroline Boarman, applied for a widow’s pension on October 20, 1905, and her pension commenced on January 31, 1906.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
Three Freedman’s Bank records were found for Anthony Buckles aka Anthony Boarman. The first record, dated December 15, 1866, included not only Anthony Buckles/Boarman’s record, but also bank records for his four brothers, all of whom served in the 107th USCI. The information for all five Boarman brothers was very similar (all lived in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and their father was Hanson Boarman, etc.). One difference was that Anthony Buckles/Boarman had a different enslaver–Alfred Buckles (1825-1879). The second record was undated. Anthony Buckles’s brother George Boarman was the only one of his brothers who was included on this bank record page. There were two conflicting pieces of personal information on the undated bank record. Anthony Buckles is described as “Yellow” (vs. “Black” on other records), and his “Mistress” was named as “Susan E.” “Susan E.” was Susan Elizabeth Boarman Buckles, wife of Alfred Buckles, and the daughter of the soldier’s original enslaver, Sylvester Boarman (1801-1854). The third Freedman’s Bank record was dated November 22, 1867. His enslaver was identified as Alfred Buckles and Anthony Buckles was described as “Yellow.” No information was given for his parents. He was not married and had no children. None of his brothers appeared on this Freedman’s Bank record page. It was noted that his account was transferred from Louisville, Kentucky, to the Washington, DC Freedman’s Bank. In 1867, Anthony Buckles had $257.50 in the bank. His place of residence was Alexandria, Virginia, and his occupation was “Scholar.” He signed the document in his own hand as “Anthony Buckles.”
Second Freedman’s Bank Record: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8755/images/DCM816_4-0028?pId=173044
Third Freedman’s Bank Record: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8755/images/DCM816_4-0184?pId=174138
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Clara Mother Maiden Name: Boarman
Father First Name: Hanson Father Last Name: Boarman
Siblings: George Boarman
Charles Boarman
Cornelius Boarman
Horace Wesley Boarman
Sophia Boarman
Wife #1 First Name: M. Caroline Maiden Name: Griffin
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Children: William Anthony Boarman 1869
Martha A. Boarman 1871
Charles L. Boarman 1873
Katherine Boarman 1876
John Thomas Boarman 1899
Family Notes:
Shortly after they all mustered out of the 107th USCI, Anthony Boarman and his four brothers, purchased a house and lot in Jeffersonville, Indiana. But Anthony Boarman did not linger in Indiana. By 1867, he moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where he married M. Caroline Griffin (1846-1920) in 1868. They had six children but only one was living when Anthony Boarman died in 1905; his daughter, Katherine Boarman (1876-1933). It does not appear that any of the Boarman children married and/or had children of the own. Anthony Boarman used his soldier’s wages and Bounty money to purchase a home in Alexandria. He and his family lived in the two-story brick row house in Alexandria until the soldier’s widow’s death in 1920. The 1880 Census revealed that, at the time, the Boarman residence was worth $300. Today, their house at 211 Franklin Street in Alexandria, is valued at over $1 million.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 300 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Anthony Boarman (enumerated as “Anthony Bowman”) 23 (age incorrect, closer to 30), was a laborer. He owned $300 in real estate (likely the house on Franklin Street). He shared the house with his wife “Caroline Bowman” [Boarman], age 18, and their son “Willie Bowman” [Boarman], age one. Also in the household was Susan Green, age 8, Black, born in Virginia, who was identified in the 1880 Census as an adopted daughter; and boarder named “Ind. Swansburg,” age 16, white, a dressmaker, who was born in Virginia. According to the Census, neither Anthony nor Caroline Boarman could read or write, but this was most likely incorrect–at least for Anthony Boarman. He signed his Freedman’s Bank records in 1866, and, according to the 1880 Census, he could read and write.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1880 Census Notes:
In 1880, “Anthony Bowman,” (as he was enumerated), was 38 years old, working as a laborer in Alexandria, Virginia, and could read and write. He lived on Franklin Street in Alexandria with his wife Caroline Boarman, 30, who kept house; son William Boarman, age ten, at school; daughter Martha Boarman, age 8, at school; son Charles Boarman, age 7, at school; daughter Catherine Boarman, age 4; son John Boarman, age one; and an adopted daughter, Susan Green, age 18 (born in 1862 in Virginia). All of the Boarman children were born in Virginia.
1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Alfred Buckles Location: Hardin County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver: Sylvester Boarman
Enslaver Notes:
Anthony Buckles aka Anthony Boarman was originally enslaved by Sylvester Boarman (1801-1854), who was born in Maryland, and died in Hardin County. The Boarman family was Roman Catholic. When Sylvester Boarman died in 1854, his estate was dispersed to his heirs, including his enslaved persons. His daughter, Susan Elizabeth Boarman Buckles (1828-1891), was one of his heirs. In 1846, She married Alfred Buckles (1825-1879) of Hardin County. It is likely that when Susan Boarman Buckles inherited Anthony Boarman from her father’s estate that her husband, Alfred Buckles, became Anthony Boarman’s enslaver. According to the 1860 Slave Schedule, Alfred Buckles enslaved two men: one mulatto male, age 30; and one Black male, age 28. Either of these two enslaved men could be a match for Anthony Buckles aka Anthony Boarman. In 1879, Alfred Buckles died in 1879 in Hardin County. A few years later, Susan Boarman Buckles moved to Sangamon County, Illinois where she died in 1891.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 13
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $10,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $1,475
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 2
1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found