He was 35 years old when he was enlisted (3, 4). He was born in Ireland (4).
He was a labor[er] (4).
He was 5 feet 6 inches tall, and had a ruddy complexion, blue eyes, and sandy hair (4).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 20 February 1864 (1, 3, 4). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lieutenant H H Shipley (3, 4). He was mustered in as a private, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lieutenant Snyder (3, 4). He served as a private in company D (1).
He died of disease, near Warrenton Junction, Virginia, on 2 April 1864 or 10 April 1864 (1 [10 Apr], 2 [2 Apr], 3 [10 Apr], 4 [2 Apr], 6). He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery (6).
On 10 October 1864, his widow, Margaret Borlan, successfully applied for a pension (7, 8).
In 1870, Margaret Borlan (presumably his widow) was living in ward 7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (9). She was keeping house (9).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (George Rollin)
2 company D, register of deaths (George Bolon [sic])
3 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 27 July 2004 (George Rollin)
4 company D, descriptive roll, entry 30 (George Bolon [sic])
5 consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 3 April 1864 (George Bolen)
6 Veterans' cemeteries, on <www.ancestry.com> (searched 31 Mar 2005) (George Rollin)
7 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company D (George Borlan)
8 pension index, by name (George Borlan)
9 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 7, district 9, microfilm series M593, film 1392, page 409 recto = 177 handwritten (Margaret Borlan)
[I did not find an entry for him in Philadelphia in the Heritage Quest indices to the 1880 or 1900-1920 censuses (searched November 2009)]
[I did not find an entry for him in Ancestry's index to the 1890 veteran's census (searched June 2007)]
[I did not find an entry for him on Rootsweb WorldConnect (searched 19 November 2009)]
[The only Margaret Borlan in the LDS index to the 1803-1915 Philadelphia death certificates is Margt. Borlin, died 2 March 1862, married, 35 years old]
| line | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Dwelling-house number | 1225 | |||
| Family number | 1314 | |||
| Name | Purdy Robert | - Rose | Borlan Margaret | McBride Rose A |
| Age | 55 | 40 | 45 | 10 |
| Sex | M | F | F | F |
| Color | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Ret. Grocer | Keeping house | Keeping house | Attending School |
| Real estate value | 1500 | |||
| Personal estate value | 300 | |||
| Birthplace | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Penna |
| Father foreign born | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mother foreign born | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Birth month if born within year | ||||
| Marriage month if married within year | ||||
| Attended school past year | 1 | |||
| Can't read | ||||
| Can't write | 1 | 1 | ||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | ||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | |||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |