Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,406, for Richard Platt, New York
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New York
Platt, Richard
G 46,406
B. L. Wt. 348-400
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[3-230.] Cert 
No. 52 
Reissues Revy.
46.406

Name: Richard Platt 
Rank: Major   Compy: 
Reg't:   N.Y. Line 
He died Mar. 4, 1830 
See N.Y. Agency Book  Agency. 

RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT. 
1st Issue. Comm’g
2d Issue. Comm’g
3d Issue. Comm'g

DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue.  Sent to
2d Issue.  Sent to
3d Issue.  Sent to 

[crossed out, Act 14th July, 1882. ] Bk. G. Vol. , Page
Registering Clerk: 
Disability.

Allowed
Act 1828.
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No. 348
Richard Platt
-Major-
Francis Ingraham assizes in trust.

[illegible] issued 15. May 1807 & Deliv'd to Col. Van Ness 

Attd

The power of Attorney from [crossed out, Elijah Miller &] Francis Ingraham to Elijah Miller was taken off the files for the purpose of conveying the property of the State of New York.
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Elijah Miller
to
John P. Van Ness
Letter of Atty
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Know all men by these presents that I Elijah Miller of the Village of Cayuga in the County of Cayuga & State of Newyork, as Attorney to Francis Ingraham of Philadelphia, for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving, have made acclaimed constituted & appointed and by these presents do make acclaim constitute & appoint John P. Van Ness of the City of Washington Esquire, my true & lawful attorney for me & in my name as attorney to Francis Ingraham as aforesaid, or for & in the name of the said Francis Ingham, to as he demand I receive from the office of the Secretary of War of the United States , a Warrant or Warrants for the Lands or right of lands which Richard Platt merited for his services as a Major in the Army of the United States in the troops of the line of the State of Newyork in the late war between great Britain & America and on receipt thereof to go the necessary receipt and discharge for the same. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of April one thousand Eight hundred & seven 
[signed] Elijah Miller
Sealed & delivered In presence of
[signed] E, Burnham

Be it remembered that on the 25th day of April 1807 before me Seth Phelps first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga & State of Newyorke, Personally came & appeared Elijah Miller the constituent named & described in the above Letter of Attorney, & acknowledged that he wanted the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned 
[signed] Seth Phelps
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Know all men by these presents that I Elijah Miller of the Village of Cayuga in the County of Cayuga & State of Newyork, as Attorney to Francis Ingraham of Philadelphia, for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving, have made acclaimed constituted & appointed and by these presents do make acclaim constitute & appoint John P. Van Ness of the City of Washington Esquire, my true & lawful attorney for me & in my name as attorney to Francis Ingraham as aforesaid, or for & in the name of the said Francis Ingham, to as he demand I receive from the office of the Secretary of War of the United States , a Warrant or Warrants for the Lands or right of lands which Richard Platt merited for his services as a Major in the Army of the United States in the troops of the line of the State of Newyork in the late war between great Britain & America and on receipt thereof to go the necessary receipt and discharge for the same. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of April one thousand Eight hundred & seven 
[signed] Elijah Miller
Sealed & delivered In presence of
[signed] E, Burnham

Be it remembered that on the 25th day of April 1807 before me Seth Phelps first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga & State of Newyorke, Personally came & appeared Elijah Miller the constituent named & described in the above Letter of Attorney, & acknowledged that he wanted the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned 
[signed] Seth Phelps
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Clayton & Van Norden, Printers, 64 Pine-street. 
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an Act, entitled, "AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN SURVIVING OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION,” approved on the 15th day of May, 1828, I Richard Platt of the City and in the - County of New York in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the War which period I was a Major in the New York Line and a Lieutenant Colonel by Brevet – 
And I also declare, that I afterwards received Certificates (commonally called Commutation Certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780. 
Witness my hand this Seventh day of June 1828 
[signed] Richd Platt. 
Before me 
[signed] R R Ward 
Commissioner &c 
BEFORE ME, Richard R Ward a commissioner duly authorized to administer oaths &c in the City & County of New York in the State of New York personally appeared, this day John R. B. Rogers and Thomas C. Kirk of the said County, who did, severally, make oath, that Richard Platt by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this Seventh day of June in the year 1828 
[signed] R R Ward Commissioner &c

John R. B. Rodgers,
[signature] Tho. C. Kirk
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State of New-York, 
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK } ss.  I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, Do Hereby Certify, THAT Richard R Ward Esqr before whom the annexed depositions were made was on the day when the same were so made a Commissioner duly appointed and sworn and by law Authorized to administer Oaths and take affidavits to be read in all courts of Record within the State of New York 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this 7 day of June 1828 
[signed] N. Dean
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awd 
#46.406
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Commission in favor of Richard Platt as Major to rank from 31 May 1777 and dated 1 May 1780 - 
Brevet Lt. Col: per Act 13 September, 1783
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New York May 30th 1828 
The Honble Secretary of Treasury 
(Addressed to Colonel Ogden, at the City of Washington) 
Sir, 
I have the honor to enclose to you, my Two Commissions, vizt One, as a Major, in the Army of the United States, from the 31st of October 1777 to the entring of 25th of November 1783, into this City, after more than 7 years exiled from it; when Genl. Washington entered it, with Troops, & Governor Clinton with the Citizens. This was the last day of my of Military Services; & from the 28th of June 1775 to the 25th November 1783, 
I am with great Esteem &c 
Your most Obednt Servant. 
[signed] Richd Platt
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New York June 10th 1828. 
Honble Richard Rush 
Secretary of the Threasury. 
Sir 
I have received your Circular, dated the 4th Instant, and I send you the Documents conformably to its request: And, I ask the favor of you to cause the Amount of Captin's Pay due for two years, to be placed in the Branch Bank of United States to my account, in this City; as I am in great want of it, at this time.
I am very respectfully 
your Obedt Servant 
[signed] Richd Platt.
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Richard Platt
to 
Francis Ingraham
Examp. of Commission & Power
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State of New York 
Cayuga County ss. } The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God free and Independent & To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Know Ye that we having inspected the Records & files remaining in the Clerks Office of the County of Cayuga do find there Recorded in Book B of Cayuga Deeds Pages 311. 12 & 13, a certain Deed or Conveyance from Richard Platt to Francis Ingraham in the words and figures following to wit. – 
This Indenture made the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine Between Richard Platt of the City and County of New York in the State of New York of the first part, Francis Ingraham of the State of Pennsylvania of the second part and Edward Hepburn Henry Hepburn James Hepburn Eliza Hepburn and Francis Hepburn of the said State of Pennsylvania of the third Part, Whereas the said party of the first part by Deed bearing Date the first Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five did for the Consideration of twenty eight pounds and sixteen shillings New York Currency to him in hand paid by Stacy Hepburn of Philadelphia Merchant [illegible, sell remise release quit claim transfer and assign to the said Stacy Hepburn and to his heirs and assigns forever, all the Right Title Interest claim and demand which he the said party of the first part then had & all the right Title Interest claim & demand his heirs Executors or administrators at any time thereafter might have to all the land which he the said party of the first part was then entitled to and to all the Lands which he the said party of the first part or his heirs Executors Administrators might at any time thereafter be entitled to from the said State of New York for his Services in the Army of the United States of America as a Major during the war with Great Britain and also to all the land which he the said party of the first part was entitled to from the Congress of the United States of America for his Services as a Major in the Army of the said United States during the said war with Great Britain and to every part and parcel thereof as by the said deed duly executed by the said party of the first part and which is
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hereunto annexed relation being thereunto had will more fully appear. And Whereas the said Stacy Hepburn died intestate without obtaining any Patent or Grant for the said Lands or any part thereof either from the said State of New York or from the said United States and the same lands now remaining unpatented and ungranted. And whereas it has been ascertained that Lot Lot number eighty three in Romulus number forty nine in Scipio and number sixty five in Scipio in the County of Cayuga in the said State of New York and Lot number seventy in Tully in the County of Onondaga in the said State of New York have been drawn for and allotted to the said Richard Platt as Lands he is entitled to from the said State of New York for his services above mentioned, and whereas the said parties of the third part are the Children and Heirs at Law of the said Stacy Hepburn, Now therefore this Indenture Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar of lawful Money of the said State of New York to him in hand well and truly paid by the said parties of the second and third parts at or immediately before the ensealing and delivery hereof the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and also for divers other good causes and considerations him the said party of the first part thereunto moving hath granted bargained sold remised released quit claimed transferred and assigned and by this Indenture doth grant bargain sell remise release quit claim transfer and assign unto the said party of the second part and his assigns the Right Title Interest Estate Claim and demand which the said party of the first part heretofore hath had or now hath of in to or out of the several lots of land so as aforesaid drawn for and allotted to him the said party of the first part and of into or out of all and every part of the Lands and Tenements which the said party of the first Part on the day of the Date of the Deed aforesaid was entitled to have receive claim challenge or demand either from the said State of New York or from the United States of America for the Service of him the said party of the first part as a Major of in the Army of the said United States during the late war with Great Britain To have and to hold the same unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever in trust for the proper use and benefit of the said parties of the third part & their heirs and assigns forever as Tenants in Common and the said party of the first part doth hereby appoint the said party of the second part, the true and lawful attorney irrevocable of him the said party of the first part but in trust nevertheless as herein above particularly mentioned to ask demand Sollicit obtain and receive in the name of the said
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party of the first part or otherwise from the said State of New York and also from the said United States of America a grantor grants Patentor Patents for the several Lots so as aforesaid drawn for and allotted to the said party of the first part, and also for the Lands and Tenements aforesaid hereby ratifying and confirm all and whatsoever the said Attorney of the said party of the first part shall lawfully do or cause to be done respecting the Premises. In Testimony whereof the said party of the first part hath to this Indenture set his hand and affixed his seal on the day and in the year first above written [signed] Richd Platt 
Sealed and delivered in presence of The word “to” between the twelfth and thirteenth Line of the first Sheet having been first interlined and the word “nine” on the first line & the words "the said” on the twelfth line of same Sheet and the word first on the twelfth line of the second Sheet having also been first written on erasures. The word Part in the last page first interlined. Rob. Troup John T Kelly - State of New York ss. I Thomas Cooper Master in Chancery for said State do certify that on the eighteenth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred came before me Richard Platt known to me to be the same person described in & who has executed the within Deed who did acknowledge that he had executed the same there being therein none material saving noted alterations I allow it to be recorded 
[signed] Thomas Cooper.
Recorded in the Secretaries Office of the State of New York in Lib Deeds endorsed MRI. Page 431, &c. the 23d day of July 1800. 
[signed] Jasper Hopper D Secrety
All which we have exemplified by these Presents. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of our said County of Cayuga to be hereunto affixed. Witness Seth Phelps Esquire first Judge of the same Court at Aurora this seventeenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and Seven 
[signed] Peter Hughes Clk

[note in left margin]
Recorded January 24th 1801 at 8 O clk am.
[signed] Christr Norgreen D [illegible]
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State of New York
Cayuga County ss. I Seth Phelps Esquire first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga aforesaid Do hereby certify that the within and preceeding Record Exemplification of a Record is attested in due form and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to the same Witness my hand at Scipio in said County of Cayuga this twenty fifth day of April Eighteen hundred and Seven 
[signed] Seth Phelps

Richard Platt to Francis Ingraham [illegible, Excess?] of [illegible] & Power