On June 19 of the year 1818 in Jefferson County in the state of Kentucky, the said pensioner at the age of 60 years appeared in open court and stated that he had enlisted when he was at the age of eighteen years and by Lieutenant Francis Tennel on September 30 of the year 1776 or 1777 for a tour of three years duration in the second Virginia regiment and that they then marched to Prince Edward Court House in the state of Virginia and there he came under the command of Captain Elisha Miller and they then marched to Savannah in the state of Georgia and there they then joined the regiment under the command of Colonel White and the brigade under the command of General Samuel Elbert in the Second Georgia Regiment.  They then marched to Florida and to the Allamaha River and then to Sansberry in the state of Georgia and there they were commanded by Major Joseph Layne. The said pensioner served in the Battle of Guildord Court House.

On August 1 of the year 1843 in Jefferson County in the state of Kentucky, Eleanor Booksberry, being the widow of and relic of the said pensioner and being at the age of 84 years, appeared in open court and stated and swore that she was the widow and the relic of the said pensioner and she also swore that her husband had received a pension, and she asked that she herself might receive a pension.

On January 17 of the year 1820 in the District of Columbia, the affidavit of Reuben Booksberry was also given.  The said deponent stated and swore that he was a brother of the said pensioner and he swore that his brother, the said pensioner, had enlisted and served as he had said.

On July 1 of the year 1830 in Jefferson County in the state of Kentucky, Eleanor Booksberry, being the relic and widow of the said pensioner and being at the age of 78 years, appeared in open court and swore that she was the widow and relic of the said pensioner and that they had been married in the year 1785? and that her husband had died on May 15 of the year 1823.

On October 4 of the year 1839 in Jefferson County in the state of Kentucky, the affidavit of Mrs. Sarah Mayfield was also given.  The said deponent stated and swore that at one time and in the said county and state she had been both well and favorably acquainted with the said Eleanor Booksberry and this deponent also stated the said Eleanor really was the widow and relic of the said pensioner and she stated that Jacob Booksberry had received a pension and that he had died as has been stated.  The said deponent also stated and swore that the eldest child of the said pensioner and this deponent had been both been well and favorably acquainted with the said pensioner in Fairfax County in the state of Virginia from the infancy of the said Booksberry until the year 1776.  They also stated that he had served as had been stated and that they had been acquainted with him for fifty five or sixty years.

On July 18 of the year 1825 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the affidavit of Alexander Gibbs and David Cochran was also given.  the said deponents stated and swore that the said pensioner, Jacob Booksberry, had died on May 15 of the year 1823.

On June 13 of the year 1839 in Jefferson County in the state of Kentucky, the affidavit of Samuel Conn was also given.  The said deponent stated and swore that he was both well and favorably acquainted with Eleanor Booksberry and he stated that he had been present at her marriage to the said pensioner which took place four years after the War of the Revolution was finished in Loudon County in the state of Virginia and he stated that they were married by Mr. Jerry Moore.  This deponent also stated and swore that the said pensioner had died as had been stated and that Eleanor Booksberry still remained the widow and relic of the said pensioner, Jacob Booksberry.

On July 12 of the year 1839 in Floyd County in the state of Indiana, the affidavit of Mary Wheeler was also given.  The said deponent stated and swore that she was both well and favorably acquainted with both the pensioner and his present widow and she stated that she had been present at their marriage and that they had lived together as man and wife and that he had died as had been stated and that Eleanor still remained the widow and relic of the said pensioner, Jacob Booksberry.

The widow of the said pensioner, Eleanor Booksberry, was in the Kentucky Roll of Pensions at the rate of $80.00 per annum and her certificate of pension for that amount was issued on December 27 of the year 1839 and it was then sent to B. R. Vance at Middletown in the State of Kentucky.  She also received $80.00 per annum and her certificate of pension for that amount was issued on December 9 of the year 1843 and it was sent to William B. Vance at Middletown in the state of Kentucky.  She also received $80.00 per annum and her certificate of pension for that amount was issued on November 6 of the year 1848 and it was then sent to the Honorable C. S. Morehead at Frankfort in the state of Kentucky.

The said pensioner himself, Jacob Booksberry, was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensions at the rate of $8.00 per month to commence on June 8 of the year 1818 and his certificate of pension for that amount was issued on February 11 of the year 1826 and it was then sent to the Honorable R. O. Anderson, H. R.