Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B L Reg. 91911-1855, Thomas Floyd, N.C.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. 
BOUNTY LAND FILES. 
AT OF: 1855-BL Reg 91 911. 
VETERAN: Thomas Floyd.
GRADE: Pvt 
SERVICE: Capt. Shepard
Col. Armstrong N.C. Mil. 
CAN NO. 1701 
BUNDLE NO. 224
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Sarah Floyd, wido of
Thomas Floyd, Sr.
Rev. War      Pin
Capt. Shepard.
Col. Armstong. 
N.C.
Chro Meir
Ent.
Dis.

War Rev.
"Now a Pensioner of the U. States"
Geo     No Papers

Thomas Lusulbliss [crossed out]
C.W. Bennett Agt.
Present
(Substituted)

[RIGHT PAGE]
C.W. Bennett Nov. 19/66
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91911
Sarah Floyd
wid
Thomas
B
Boynton

Additional Evidence

Hon. J. Minot
Com. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

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Free
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91911
Sarah Floyd
wid
Thomas
B
Boynton

Additional Evidence

Hon. J. Minot
Com. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[This appears to be an envelope as in the upper right corner, where postage should be, it says:]
Free
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Georgia 
Lumpkin County  SS

Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Floyd widow of Thomas Floyd of the State
aforesaid have heretofore made application for Land Bounty under Act 3rd March 1855 and that I have been informed and believe that the same has been suspended, the said claim was for services rendered in Captain Shepard's Commanded by Colonel Armstrong Rgt of North Carolina Militia in the Revolutionary War
and was numbered 91:911. I hereby appoint C W Bennett my Attorney and authorized him to
prosecute said claim and receive the warrant when issued and do all acts necessary and proper in the premises. Witness my hand and seal this sixth day of October A.D. 1856.
 [signed]  Sarah Floyd, X her mark
[signed] James R. Brady
[signed] Thomas Floyd
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Suspd. No. 91.911
     Washington
     Oct. 15, 1856.

Hon. J. Minot
Com. of Pensions    Sir,

I have the honor to enclose herewith authority to prosecute the suspended claim No. 91.911 of Sarah Floyd for land under Act of 3d Mar. 1855.

I would respectfully request that a re-examination of the claim may be had under the provisions of the amended act of May last.

Very Respectfully
Your Ole Gent
C.W. Bennett
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91.911

No.
CLAIM OF Sarah Floyd.
ACT OF March 23 1855.

Filed by
THOMAS LUMPKIN,
Washington, D.C.
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Declaration for Widow Who has never received Bounty Land
State of Georgia
County of Lumpkin
 On this sixth day of April 1855, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice
of the peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, (duly authorized by law to administer
oaths,) Sarah Floyd, aged 92 years, a resident in Forsyth County State aforesaid, who, being duly
sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Floyd Senior, deceased, who
was a volunteer, in the company commanded by Captain Shepard, in the Regiment of not known
commanded by Colonel Armstrong in the war of the Revolution
Her said husband entered the service of the United States at Surry County North Carolina
on or about the not known day of not known 18__, for the term of not known and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least 14 days, and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, not having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband was discharged. She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Floyd in the County of Spartanburg State of South Carolina on or about the 15 day of March 1794, by William Simpson a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Butram, and that her said husband died in South Carolina on the 31 day of July, 1828, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor made any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
 THOMAS LUMPKIN, of Washington City, D.C., is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
Sarah Floyd X her mark     [SEAL]

AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We, Samuel Hamby and Sarah Crytes residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above Sarah Floyd in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said Thomas Floyd and Sarah Floyd his wife (now the widow) during the life time of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed.  That her said husband,, the said Thomas Floyd died in South Carolina on the 21 day of July 1828, and that she is still a widow; and that they have no interest in this claim. 
[signed] Samuel Hamby  X his mark [seal]
[signed] Sarah Crytes [seal] 

Magistrate's Certificate
The foregoing declaration, and affadavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written ; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons ; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
[signed] L T Barrett JP

County Clerk's Certificate
State of Georgia
County of Lumpkin  SS
I hereby certify that LT Barrett Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affadavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this 16th day of April 18 
[signed] Wier Boyd Clerk
of the Superior Court of said county said court being a court of record. 

If no public or private record of the marriage exists, or can be procured, state the fact in the declaration, after the word widow ; and in such case, such other evidence, such as the testimony of persons who know the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and know them to live together as husband and wife, and to be reputed, will be admissible. 
If a public or private record exist, and authenticated copy thereof must be furnished; if it be a private record, the authenticated copy thereof must be accompanied with the affidavit of some disinterested person, proving the genuineness of the original, and that the copy certified is a true and correct copy of it. 
A certificate from the clergyman of magistrate who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of the certificate be proved, and the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemnize marriage.