Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4390, William Gouyd, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
CONTENTS
Gouyd, William
or
Gauyd-
NUMBER
R. 4390
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9122
William Gouyd's Declaration
7 June 1832
H H Sylvester
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DECLARATION.
Revolutionary claim, under an Act of Congress, Passed June 7th, A.D. 1832.

State of Vermont, District of Georgia, ss. Franklin County Probate Court, August 17th A.D. 1832.

Personally appeared in open Court, being the Probate Court for the County of Franklin, and a Court of Record for said County and State of Vermont, as will appear by the first section of a Statute Law of said State, entitled "An act constituting Probate Courts Courts of Record," passed November 15th, A.D. 1821, [see 1st. section of said act,].

William Gouyd, aged 69 years, resident in [Illegible] in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.

That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1781 under Capt Hale and served in the Regt of commanded by Col Debois in the york line that he joined his company at Schenectady in the state of n york on the 14th day of February in the year 1781 in company with his comrads and officers, Capt Hale, Lieut Van Ingen, privates, David Van Desides, Alaxander Shanklin, Joseph Kessler & Abraham Grant, was stationed at the middle Fort in old Schoharie, and continued to serve in said corps, in the service of the United States, until November, following, when he was discharged.

Gouyd further states to so court, not an
application has heretofore been made to the
war department under the act of 1818 to
place him the so Gouyd on the pension roll,
that the evidence of his service he thinks was
acknowledged, but not continental, he concludes that the evidence of his service (he thinks) was acknowledged, but not continental, he concludes that the evidence of his nine months service is in the war office and that a statement of his service under oath will be sufficient.

He has no documentary evidence whatever.
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[illegible], when he was discharged
T Gouyd further states to the Court that an application has heretofore been made to the war Department under the act of 1818 to place him the T Gouyd on the pension roll. That the evidence of his service (he thinks) was acknowledged, but not continental. He can [illegible] that the evidence of his nine months service is in the war office and that a statement of his service under oath will be sufficient
[preprinted] He has no documentary  evidence whatever.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, [handwritten] he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Day and year aforesaid [his mark x ] William Gouyd Wm Bridges Judge
[preprinted] I, John Gates, jr. Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [handwritten] Wm Gouyd for a pension.
in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 28th day of August A.D. 1832.
[signature] John Gates  judge
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March
3, 1873.
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Service:
REJECTED
4390
P.O.
William Gouyd
Service:
Enlisted:                , 18  :
:
Discharged:         , 18
Application filed:       , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
       Recognized.          Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for       , 18
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9122 [9/22]
William Gouyd
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at
Letter to H.H. Sylvester 23 Aug. 1844
J. Gouyd14 May 1855
Act 1832
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9122 (Underlined)

William Gouyd

Stamped:
Department of the Interior
(Not all of the wording is legible)
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 
William Gouyd which require further proof or explanation. (All in BOLD type)

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the periods of the war when he served? Yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of this service and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension other than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  No the court has refused to give an opinion

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? He says the evidence
of his 9 months service is in the war Department on an application
for a pension under the law of 1818.
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No, they are not attached as required by the regulations and the Court has declined [illegible] pension
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For-------year---------months, and ---------days,  I served as a --------------
For ---------- months and ---------days. I served as a -----------; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by
the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
No papers on file - returned May 10, 1819 to
Seth Witmore, St. Albans, Vt. proof of service must be furnished or the regulations in other
respects complied with.
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[Stamp at top of document]
Department of the Interior 
Apr 24 [illegible]
[illegible] Office

To the Comr of Pensions

Mr. Gouyd is a soldier in the 50th Regt N.Y. Vols and leaves in the morning before the opening of the Pension office. He wishes these papers to be filed now and hopes here after to call in person to call attention to the case-In the mean time he desires that no action be taken on them.

[illegible first name] Kelly
April 23/62
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State of New York
Broome County
this is to certify that we the
undersigned are personally acquainted with
William Gouyd of Union of said County
and believe him to be a man of truth and
industrious habits and that he is in poor
circumstances and that one of his sisters
is now in the the Broome County poor
house
Dated Union April 9th 1862
John R Boswell Justice &
Ezra Lawyer M. C.
Wm Straton
Solomon Lashier
[illegible]
O. L. Andrews
Silas Bradley
E J Bradley
D. Bostwick
L. H. Ketcham
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Wm Gouyd
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress past June 7th AD 1832.
State of Vermont ⎬ On this 25th day of
Georgia District
⎬
July AD 1834 Personally
appeared before the Court
of Probate in and for said district now sitting
William Gouyd, a resident of Enosburgh in the
County of Franklin and State aforesaid aged
Seventy one years, who being duly sworn according
to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision of the act of
Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he
entered the service of the United States and
served as herein after stated-
On the 14th day
of February 1781, at Schenectady in the State of
N. York, he enlisted for nine months under
(he believes) Capt Hale, and marched from
Schenectady to the middle Fort in old Schoharie
under the command of Lieut or Ensign
Van Ingen or Van Ingun. That according to
the best of his recollection he left Schenectady
about the first of May in company with several
persons named in his former declaration, with
which
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he was acquainted, and some others whose
names he does not now recollect, in the
whole to the number of fifteen or twenty.
That while he remained at the Fort as he
was under the command of [ ] Van Ingan.
It is his impression that he was told at the
time he enlisted that Col Dubois commanded
the troops at that station, but has no recollection of seeing him during the campaign. No Col resided at or near the fort at Schoharie, (believes) they recd orders from Col Courtland, or Col Willet who had the command of the Levies on the Mohawk.
The applicant states that he was stationed at
Schoharie doing garison duty the whole time
during the campaign, except two tours of duty.
Soon after he arrived at Schoharie, there was an alarm, and a part of the troops stationed at the fort and a company of Militia marched to a place called Coreytown, [Currytown] where the Tories & Indians had plundered the inhabitants and set fire to some of the buildings, But the troops arrived in time to save them.
The enemy was attacked by the troops from Fort Rensselaer and those from Schoharie and defeated & many of them killed in the engagement.
That after the engagement at Coreytown he
returned back to Schoharie where he remained
doing garrison duty in said fort untill
some time in October, when there was an other
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alarm. The Militia and troops at Schoharie
was called for, and marched with all possable
despatch to Fort Hunter where they joined
the main Army under the command of Col
Willet; crossed the Mohawk at Fort Hunter
and proceeded to Johnstown, where they meet
a large body of British, Tories & Indians, and
attacked them, and they continued the action until night. A considerable number of the enemy were killed and taken prisoners and the rest fled to the woods in a day or two
following they marched from Johnstown to a place called the German flatts where (he believes) they stayed one or two days when most of the troops marched on a scout in pursuit of the enemy. But the applicant remained at German Flatts a few days, and marched from thence to Fort Plain, where he remained three or four days, and from thence to Schoharie where he remained doing duty as a private in the garrison untill last of November and was then discharged after having served nine months 
He has no documentary evidence whatever and knows of no person by whom he can prove his service except by the enclosed afft-- He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to & subscribed
the day and year aforesaid

[signed] Wm Gouyd
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State of Vermont
Georgia District
Luther Brigham Clerk of
the Court of Probate in and
for the District of Grange
in the State of Vermont do
hereby certify that Seth
Wetmore Esquire before
whom the annexed Declaration of William
Gouyd was made, was at the
date thereof Judge of Probate
in and for said District of Georgia and State of Vermont and duly qualified for that
purpose, acting under the authority of this State, and his name
thereto subscribed is his own proper signature
also the Court over which he presides is a
Court of Record. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court of
Probate this 26th day of August A.D. 1818-
Luther Bingham Clerk
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Wm Gouyd, private
Colonel Dubois's Regt New York
line 1781 for 9 months

August 5th 1818
Rejected
Not on the continental
Establishment.
10 May 1819
Guoyd
4390
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I Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate for the District of
Georgia in the State of Vermont, do certify that
it appears to my satisfaction that the said Willm Guoyd did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding declaration
against the Common enemy in the Continental establishment for the full period of nine months or more at one period of
service that  
I am personally acquainted with
the said Will Guoyd. that he is in reduced &
Indigent circumstances and stands in
need of the assistance of his Country for support 
The Court over which I preside is the Court of Record. And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of
War pursuant to the direction of the
afore mentioned Act of Congress - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26 day of August AD 1818

[signed] Seth Wetmore Judge
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William Guoyd
declaration
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State of Vermont
Georgia District

On this third day of August 1818 before
me the Subscriber Judge of Probate
in & for the District of Georgia & State of Vermont personally appear William Guoyd aged fifty five years and resident in Enosburgh in said [illegible] who being by me first sworn as the Law directs doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress
entitled, "An act provide for certain persons engaged in the the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War"

that he the said Willim Guoyd that he on the 14 day of Feb 17 1781 at Schenectady in the State of New York enlisted in a Company
commanded by Capt Hale in Col. Dubois Regiment in the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said Company & in the service of the United States untill the 14 day of Nov 1781 when he was discharged at the Middle Fort in old Schoharie in the State of New York he was in the battles of which took place in about about 18 miles from the upper fort of Schoharie -

that he is in reduced circumstances
& [illegible]  in need of the assistance
of his County for support that he has no other
evidence now in his possession of his said service.

[Signed] Wm Gouyd

declared & sworn to before me the day & year above said.
[Signed] Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate

August 3, 1818
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J. E. Heath Esq
Buffalo Feb. 1. 1857
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.  My Father William
Gouyd was a Revolutionary Soldier
as I was informed by him, and made
application soon after the passage of
the pension act of 1818 which claim
was suspended for want of proof. I do not
know that any efforts were made
after the extension of the pension Laws
by the act of 1832. My Father resided
in Franklin County Vermont when he
made application for his pension that
he died there in the year 1846-
Will you have the goodness to
inform me, if the application of my
Father is on file, and if so, the date
and period of service claimed to have been performed and names of
his officers & what proof has been
produced if any and what will be
necessary for his children to obtain
the amount due him at the time of
his death - I am one of three children
now living.  Please direct answers  to
Samuel Lake
Respectfully Yours
James Gouyd
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We Chillis Safford & Charles Rozier
residing in Enosburgh hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Gouyd who
has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing
declaration; that we believe him to be
seventy one years of age; that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion

Enosburgh Oct. 20th 1834
Sworn and subscribed 
the day and year afsd  ⎬

[Signed] Challis Safford
Charles Rozer

State of Vermont
Franklin County    ⎬
 Enosburgh October 20th 1834
 
Personally appeared the above
named Chillis Safford and Charles Rozier
and made solemn oath that the
above certificate by them subscribed contains the truth according to the best knowledge information and belief

Before me William Barber
Justice Peace
I further certify that the above named are credible witnesses
[Signed] William Barber
Justice Peace
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State of New York
Secretary's office

I certify that on the 27th day of April 1781 James Cannon [underlined] was appoint first Lieutenant and Peter Loep Jun. [underlined] Second Lieutenant in the Regiment of Levies ordered to be raised in this State for the immediate defence of the State whereof Marinus Willett was Lieut. Colonel Commandant, as appears by the minutes of the council of appointment.

Also that Joseph Van Ingen [underlined] was on the 28th day of April 1781 appointed an Ensign in the Regiment of Levies to be raised for the defence of the State on Bounties of Unappropriated lands whereof Marinus Willett was Lieutenant Colonel Commandant.

It also appears by the said Minutes that [tilde] Andrew Finck [underlined] did actually do duty as major in the Regiment of Levies for the defence of the frontiers whereof [tilde] Marinus Willett was Lieut. Colonel from the first day of May to the last day of December 1782 by order of the Governor of this State.

Given under my hand and the seal of this office at the City of Albany the Eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.

[Signed} Arch. Campbell
Dep Secretary