Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,708, John Boyd, N.C.
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Service
N.C.

Boyd, John
Ann

Number
W. 24,708
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4934
Illinois
Ann Bod, Decd
widow of john Boyd,
who died on the 2 Dec 1814 
of Coles Co in the State of Illinois
who was a Pri and sergt in the compy commanded
by Captain McRee of the Regt commanded
by  .......in the 61 N.C. Regt
line for 1 year private
1 year sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of Springfield
at the rat of 100 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1831 and end 19 March 1844 
when she died

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of 
March 1850 and sent to 
Hon T. R. Young H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of .....
Semiannual allowance ending....
Payable to only surviving 
child, to wit
Alpha Balch
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836  Section the}

Recorded by JP Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol 2 Page 422

Reported
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State of Illinois
Coles County } ss  On this....
day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three: personally appeared: before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the County, Commissioner's Court, in and for said County,  (the same being a Court of Record) Ann Boyd, aged eighty years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836.
That she is the widow of John Boyd, who was an Orderly Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, and entered the service in the State of North Carolina; that she does not recollect under whom he served, nor the precise length of time he was in the service but that he served during the greater part of the Revolution.
She further declares, that she was married to the said John Boyd on the sixteenth day of November, seventeen hundred and and seventy nine: that her husband  the aforesaid John Boyd, died, on the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen and that she has remained a widow ever since that period; as will more fully appear by reference to the proof, hereto annexed-
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
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above written, before me
one of the Judges of the County  Commissioner's court

State of Illinois 
Coles County }ss
I..... ... one of the Judges of the County Commissioners Court in and for the County and state aforesaid do certify that on this ........day of March AD 1833- Ann Boyd was duly sworn in and in my presence subscribed the foregoing declaration, I further certify that the said Ann Boyd, is unable from bodily infirmity, to attend said Court at its usual place of sitting.
Given [illegible] my hand and seal the day and year above written.

One of the Judges of County Commissioners Court


State of Illinois 
Coles County }Ss   I Nathan Elington Clerk of the County Commissioner's Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do certify, that James Gill, is one of the Judges of the County Commissioner's Court, in and for the county and state aforesaid, and that the several
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foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Office at Charleston, this ...day of.......  [illegible]  Clerk

State of Illinois 
Clark County }ss
Before the subscriber one of the justices of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Thomas C. Moore who being duly sworn upon his oath says that the foregoing declaration is the one to which he alluded in his deposition made before [illegible]the 23rd day of May 1843 as having been written for Mrs Boyd by [illegible] the month of March 1843.  Thos C. Moore
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27 day of June 1843. Uri Manly JP
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I certify that Thomas C Moore esq who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing deposition before me is a credible witness and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit June 27 1843  Uri. Manly JP

State of Illinois 
Clark County } ss I Darius Phillips Clerk of the County Commissioners court in and for the county aforesaid do certify [illegible] is a magistrate [illegible] duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony of which I have hereunto affixed the official seal of said court [illegible] this 27th day of June 1843. Darius Phillips Clerk
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5853   [crossed out 12395]

Ann Boyd decd
widow of John
Illinois
July 1836
Act of July 38

Cav McRae 6th N.C.Regt

admitted
Pri 1 yr.....$40.-
Sergt 1 yr   60.-
                  $100
[illegible] on 4 March
1831 to 19th March 1844.
only child Alpa Balch


Hon T R. Young
HR
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State of Illinois 
Coles County ss
On this first day of December in the eyar of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five before the county commissioners court in and for the county of Coles and State of Illinois  the same being a court of Record and so declared by the Law creating it. Personally appeared Alpha Bolch a resident of said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed on the 7th day  of July 1838 That she is a daughter of AnnBoyd deceased who was the wife of John Boyd who was a sergeant in the service of North Carolina during the war of the revolution- That she refers to the application of her said mother on file in the War office under the Act of July 4th 1826. That she is the only child of John Boyd and Ann Boyd- That she has always understood that her said father and mother were married in the year 1779 in Rowan County North Carolina. That this declarant was born about sixteen years after the marriage of her said father and mother and is the only child they ever had. That her mother the said Ann Boyd died on the 19th day of March in the year 1844.   Alpha Balch
Subscribed and sworn to in open court. N. Ellington Clerk
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State of Illinois 
Coles County   ss
I certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Alpha Balch for a Pension. I further certify that at the above term of said court satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said court that Ann Boyd was the widow of John Boyd aforesaid. That he died in the county of Coles in the state of Illinois on the 19th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty fur. and that she left but one child whose name is Alpha Balch the above declarant who resides in the county of Coles and State of Illinois.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said court at Charleston this 1st day of December 1845.  N. Ellington Clerk
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State of North Carolina
Iredell County } ss
On this the 14th day of December 1844 personally appeared before W. F Cowan a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Hugh Andrews a native of Rowan County, now resident in Iredell County aged about ninety three years a respectable and credible witness who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath certify and declare, that in the year 1780 he was acquainted with John Boyd then a resident of Rowan County of which Iredell County was a part until the year 1788. That he was also acquainted with the wife of the said John Boyd named Ann who was the daughter of James Bone of said county. That according to the best of his recollection, he was first acquainted with them as husband and wife in the year 1780 as above stated, at which period he the said Hugh Andrews removed into the neighborhood of the said John Boyd and wife. That he found them then living together as husband and wife, in which relation they lived as his neighbors till they removed from the state. That he resided in one and a half miles of them at that time, and afterwards until they removed from the state. That he [illegible] and conversed with them frequently  that they were married a short time previous to his removing into their neighborhood, That they were respectable persons, that the believed them to be and they were reputed to be persons of undoubted veracity. That they had no
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children born while they lived as his neighbors and he does not know that they ever had any children. That from extreme old age and loss of memory he cannot recollect at what time they left the state. neither can he recollect anything about the military services of John Boyd, but he has no doubt but that he did serve as stated in the declaration of Ann Boyd his said widow. That from great bodily infirmity deponent cannot appear in open court to make this affidavit . further he sayeth not.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me W. F. Cowan JP                 Hugh Andrews

I do hereby certify that Hugh Andrews who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a highly respectable and credible witness   W. F. Cowan JP

State of North Carolina
Iredell County }  I J. F. Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County oof Iredell do hereby certify that William F. Cowan whose name appears to the above affidavit and certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified according to law and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at office in Statesville this 22 December. 1844  J.F. Alexander Clerk of the county court
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FAMILY RECORD

Marriages

John and Ann Boyd
Married November 
16th 1779

Theron E and Alpha
Bolch married May
the 28 1811

Alexander and Maria
Julia Barnett was
marred July the 31st 1828
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FAMILY RECORD

Births.

John Boyd was born August the 3th 1758
Ann Boyd wife to John Boyd, Born April the 28 1762

Alpha Boyd daughter of John and Ann Boyd was born September the 29 1795

Theron E Balch was born the 12 day of Decr 1787.

Maria Julia Balch was born February the 27 day 1812 Thursday 

William Boyd Balch was born September the [illegible] day Wednesday [illegible]

John Morehead Balch was born February the 3rd May Saturday [illegible]

Emily Clarissa Balch Born May the 31st day Sunday 1818

Elizabeth Anne, daughter of Theron E and Alpha Balch, was born in Lawrence County Alabama on the 4th day of May 1820- Thursday

Martha Jane Kincaid Balch was born on the 8th day of August 1822, in Laurence County, State of Alabama Thursday
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FAMILY RECORD

BIRTHS
Theron Eusebius Balch
Junior, was born, on the 12th
day of February 1825. Saturday

Alpha Caroline Balch, was
born on Tuesday the 17th day 
of July 1827

Cornelia Tustan Balch was 
born Thursday the 24th of 
December 1829 = Thursday 

George Beall Balch
was born on the 15th
of March Thursday 1832

Alpha Carolina
Balch born the 7th
of February- Saturday
1835.

Hezekial Theron E Balch
was born Sunday, the 7th of
October, 1838.


Deaths.
Robert Boyd
Died the 8th of Sept 1793 aged 63 years

Anney Boyd died the 19th of May 1804 aged 72 years

John Boyd
Roberts Boyd Died
December the 2 day 
18111?   Friday
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FAMILY RECORD
DEATHS

Alpha Caroline Balch daughter of Theron E And Alpa Balch died the 31st of July Thursday 1834. Aged 7 years and 14 days

Theron E Balch Jun departed this life the 29th of August Saturday  40 after 3 oclock aged 10 years and 6 months and 17days 1835

Theron E Balch Senr departed this this life on Thursday the 1st of November 1838 aged 50 years, 10 months and 19 days

Elizabeth A Balch, died Sunday 21st of March 1841. Aged 21 years and 10 months
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Mrs. Ross G. Moore
Broken Bow
Nebraska

BA-J/EEL
John Boyd- W.24708

Dear Madam:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.24708, based upon the military service in that war of John Boyd.

John Boyd, the son of Robert, was born August 3, 1758, place not shown. Before the Revolutionary War, his father lived in Rowan County, North Carolina.

John Boyd married November 16, 1779, in Rowan County, North Carolina., Ann the daughter of James Bone, of said Rowan County. Ann was born April 28, 1762.

John Boyd died December 2, 1814, place not shown.

[in the margin to the right of the following paragraph] Mrs Finch said arrange service this way as pen. was evidently granted on state report, no on widows statement.

On May 16, 1843, at which time she was a resident of Coles County, Illinois, Ann Boyd applied for pension on account of the services of her husband, John Boyd, in the Revolutionary War and stated he enlisted in the State of North Carolina, served as orderly sergeant under General Rutherford in the North Carolina Troops and was in the battle at the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin River; it was stated, also that he was in the battle of the Cowpens. An official report from the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina which was submitted in support of her claim for pension shows that John Boyd enlisted in 1776 and served as private and sergeant in Captain McRee's Company, 6th North Carolina Regiment and that a warrant for 475 acres of land was issued November 11, 1784, by the State of North Carolina on account of that service in the Revolutionary War. The claim for pension was allowed.

Ann Boyd died March 19, 1844, place not shown.

John and Ann Boyd had one child, Alpha Boyd, born September 29, 1795. Alpha married May 28, 1811, Theron E. Bolch, who was born December 12 1787, and died November 1, 1838. The dates
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and places of birth and death and the names of the parents of Theron E. Balch are not shown. In 1845, Alpha Balch was a resident of Coles County, Illinois.

The following family data are shown:

Robert Byod..........................died September 8, 1793, aged 63 years.
Anney Boyd...........................died May 19, 1804, aged 72 years
Maria Julia Balch...................born February 27, 1812, married July 31, 1828, Alexander Barnett
William Boyd Balch................  "     September 1, 1813, one William B. Balch witnessed the signature of Ann Boyd in Giles County, Illinois, in 1843.
John Morehead Balch............born February 3, 1816
Emily Clarissa Balch...............Born May 31, 1818
Elizabeth Ann Balch................born May 4, 1820, in Lawrence County, Alabama, died March 21, 1841.
Mary Jane Kincaid Balch.........born August 8, 1822, in Lawrence County, Alabama
Theron Eusebius BalchJunior.......born February 12, 1825, died August 29, 1835
Alpha Caroline Balch...............born July 17, 1827, died July 31, 1834
Cornelia Tustan Balch..............born December 24, 1829, one Cornelia T Balch witnessed the signature of Ann Boyd in Coles County, Illinois, n 1843
George Beall Balch..................born March 15, 1832
Alpha Caroline Balch................born February 7, 1835
Hezekiah Theron E Balch..........born October 7, 1838

Very truly yours
A.D. HIller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[stamped] US Apr 25 1905 [illegible] Navy Files

Bureau of Pensions
Wash D.C.

Kindly write me the record of John Boyd who served in the North Carolina troops. Revolutionary War. I wish particularly to know his age, time of death, place of enlistment. In fact a complete copy of the record and oblige
Mrs T.D. Byers
527 S 4th St
Terre Haute
Ind.

4-21-1905
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Mr Thomas C. Moore
Marshall
Illinois
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Marshall Ill 28th June 1843
Sir Enclosed I have the honor to send the deposition of T. C. Moore Esq together with the original Declaration of Mrs Ann Boyd of Coles County Illinois.
Very Resp
Uri Manly

J. L. Edwards Esq