Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2555, Loyd Ford, Md.
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3-1776
SERVICE                   NUMBER
Md.      Ford, Loyd    S.2555
carded

CONTENTS
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2555
INVALID.
File No. 2555.
Sargeant Ford
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Arrangement of 1870.
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James L Edwards Engr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
D.C.
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Jonesborough Tenn.
April 19th 1833.

Dr Sir
Enclosed I send you the Pension claim of John Douglass Loyd Ford and Amon Hake for Pension, respectfully yours
James L. Edwards, Engr.  J.W. Blair
Commissioner of Pensions
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Tennessee 7040
7641 or 7 or 9.
Jonesborough Agency
Loyd Ford
of Washington Co. in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Cokeys of the regt commanded
by _____ on the Maryland []
line for 15 months from 1776
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State of Tennessee      Declaration of
Washington County     Loyd Ford

On this seventeenth day of April 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas a question now setting Loyd Ford a resident citizen of this County of Washington State of Tennessee aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration on order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers served as herein stated that at the time being a resident citizen of Baltimore County Maryland born and raised there and in the spring of the year of 1777, thinks April he [] and was drafted to perform a tour of duty as a militia man and was enrolled in Capn John Cokeys company of Maryland militia and under him was marched to the head of Elk [] there transferred to Capn Murry company thinks the militia was commanded by [] Smith, but his age and consequent infirmity of body has impaired his recollection so that he is not altogether certain as to the commander that he served out his three months tour that being the term of time for which he was drafted and was discharged by his captain lastly named (Murry) but has lost his discharge.  That immediately on his return have the British fleet was in
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the Bay [] were entertained of the [] magazine in Pattersons (which was well supplied with ammunition) falling into the enemies hands, & by order of the commanding officer, the same was removed on the Lancaster road & deterent volunteers under Capn Joshua Stephenson to go into service as  [] of the guard to keep & defend said quantity of ammunition thus remained, & in August, he thinks, he was enrolled under Capn Stephenson to perform the said tour & was there stationed from August 1777 to the same time in the year 1778 & guarded said magazine until all apprehensions of the British attacking Both, man had subsided when the same were removed back & deterent discharge he thinks verbally by Capn Stephenson & paid by him in continental money for the term of service being as twelve months.  That he served in the two hereinabove stated fifteen months as a private in the militia after which he claims a pension.  That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person by whom he can establish the fact of his having served otherwise than from representation (save that he was born in Baltimore County Maryland in 1748 as informed by his parents that he has no record evidence of age.  He states that Amen Hale & John Kennedy are [] who are acquainted with him & can testify
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from reputation, as also Amen Hale in the posative.  He hereby relinqueshes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed
in open Court this date
first written.

Loyd x Ford his mark

We Amen Hale & John Kennedy, residing in the County of Washington State of Tennessee do certify that we are well acquainted with Loyd Ford who has made & subscribed the foregoing declaration that he resides in our vicinity & we believe him to be Eighty two years of age & that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary soldier & that we concur in that opinion.  Amen Hale also states that he served under Capn Stephenson as a militia man, having entered as a volunteer to guard the magazine removed for safety from Baltimore has read the statement set forth by Loyd Ford in the foregoing declaration & that the same is correct as stated by him.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 18th April 1833.
Amen Hale
John Kennedy
[]
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the
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above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he has stated & the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Amen Hale & John Kennedy are citizens of the County of Washington & reputable persons, and their statement entered to [].
Given under our hands & seals this the 19th April 1833.
Daniel Barkly seal
Larch Hantseth Justice seal
Hay Boylus seal
Presiding Justices
I James Sevier Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter [] for said County of Washington do certify that the foregoing contains the [] proceedings in the matter of the application of Loyd Ford for a Pension.
Given under my hand & seal
of Office this 17th April 1833
James Servier Clerk
By Saml Greerr DC
The above is the proper 
signature of Saml Greer
[illegible]
for James Sevier Clk
Jno Blair

Loyd Ford
Pension Declaration