Soldier Information
Name: George Boarman
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Place of Birth: Hardin KY Year of Birth: 1831
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Complexion: Copper
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 3
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:
At age 33, George Boarman, enlisted and was mustered in at Lebanon. He enlisted without his enslaver’s consent. He was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, and was a farmer. He was described as having a “Copper” complexion, having brown eyes and black hair, and was 5’3” tall. His enslaver was Richard Columbus Craycroft, and George Boarman enlisted without his consent. During the early months of 1865, George Boarman was confined to the Fort Monroe hospital at Hampton Roads, Virginia, with an unspecified illness. During his service, George Boarman drew $17.60 on his clothing account. When he was mustered out of the 107th USCI at Washington, DC, George Boarman owed the US Government $6.00 for arms, equipment, etc., and the Government owed him $200 in bounty payments. When he mustered out, Boarman was described as “Free.”
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: August 31, 1895
Cause of Death: Unknown
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: August 30, 1886
Application No.: 583914 Certificate No.: 884314
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No widow pension card found
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Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
George Boarman applied for, and received an invalid pension. No records were found to suggest that George Boarman ever married, so therefore there were no records for a widow’s pension.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
On December 15, 1866, George Boarman deposited $200 in the Freedman’s Bank, most likely his Bounty money that he received after mustering out. His “Master” was identified Sylvester Boarman (1801-1854). But in fact, his enslaver at the time of enlistment was Richard Columbus Craycroft, the late Sylvester Boarman’s son-in-law. George Boarman listed his father as Hanson Boarman. No name was provided for his mother. No children or spouse were listed. George Boarman’s residence was given as Jeffersonville, Indiana. A second Freedman’s Bank record (undated) provided slightly different information. It stated that George Boarman’s enslaver was “Columbus Craycroft.” His “Mistress” was “Mary C.” (Mary Boarman Craycroft). George Boarman was described as 5’3” tall with a “light brown” complexion. No parents were named and he was not married. At the time that the undated Freedman’s Bank record was filed, George Boarman lived in Meade County, which was also where his former enslaver, Richard Columbus Craycroft lived. (Undated Freedman’s Bank record link: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8755/images/DCM816_4-0028?pId=173046)
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Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Hanson Father Last Name: Boarman
Siblings: William Anthony Boarman
Charles Boarman
Cornelius Boarman
Horace Wesley Boarman
Sophia Boarman
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Family Notes:
George Boarman was one of the five Boarman brothers who served in the 107th USCI. According to newspaper records, the Boarman brothers purchased a house and lot on the southwest corner of the intersection of Indiana Avenue and Sixth Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana, shortly after being mustered out of the 107th USCI in Washington, DC. The house remained in the family until around 1905 when it became the subject of a complicated estate settlement involving as many as 40 heirs. The house no longer stands and was one of many houses razed in Jeffersonville to make way for Interstate 65.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
In 1870, George Boarman, age 35, lived in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in a household headed by his brother, Cornelius Boarman, age 25. Cornelius Boarman owned the home valued at $1,000. Cornelius Boarman’s wife Mary Boarman, age 20, and their son, Francis H. Boarman, age one, were also present. This house, located at the corner of Indiana Avenue and Sixth Street in Jeffersonville, later became the centerpiece of an estate with dozens of heirs. Also in the household was the Boarman brothers’ sister, Sophia Boarman, age 19 (mistakenly identified in the Census as George Boarman’s wife); Clara Boarman, age (assumed to be their mother but none of the Boarman siblings named her as their mother in records—only their father, Hanson Boarman was mentioned); and Horace Wesley Boarman age 22, (brother to George, Cornelius, and Sophia), who worked on the nearby Ohio River as a steamboat hand.
1880 Census
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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: Richard Columbus Craycroft Location: Meade County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver: Sylvester Boarman
Enslaver Notes:
All of the formerly enslaved Boarman brothers who served in the 107th USCI, were originally enslaved by Sylvester Boarman (1801-1854) of Hardin County. Sylvester Boarman was enumerated in 1850 as Sylvester “Bowman”. After Sylvester Boarman’s death, his enslaved persons were dispersed to his heirs. George Boarman was then enslaved by Richard Columbus Craycroft (1836-1916) via Sylvester Boarman’s daughter, who was also Craycroft’s wife, Mary Catherine Boarman Craycroft (1841-1897).
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 13
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $6,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $4,445
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 1
1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found