Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 42898, for Timothy Lord, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.
N.Y.

Lord, Timothy

NUMBER
S 42898

CONTENTS
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12,344
New-york
Timothy Lord
of Middleburgh in the state of New york
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elmore of the Connecticut line for the term of One year 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New-york at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of July 1819 and sent to Hermanus Bouck Schoharie C.H. New-york
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 9 8/31 74.00
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.
$122:06
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818
Continued
[illegible]

Notification sent to Joseph B. Moore, Esq. 2 Octr. 1820.
Renselaerville [Rensselaerville], N.Y. 
Death not on A.B
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xd 
Timothy Lord
12344
18 July 1819
Sep 1819
Con(?)
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State of New York
Albany County ss
On this 13th day of June 1820, personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said county to wit, the Court of Common Pleas held at the city of Albany, in & for the County of Albany, proceeding according to the common law & unlimited(?) in amount of Jurisdiction Timothy Lord, aged Sixty four years, resident in Rensselaerville, in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare; that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in Captain Allens Company, Colonel Elmores Regiment, & Massachusetts line. that he is now on the Pension list roll of the New York Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month, that his original declaration is dated the twenty eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that the number of his Pension Certificate is 12.344- and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,"  passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not; nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That my family consist (besides myself) of Anna Lord, my wife, aged sixty two years, who is unable to labour- Polly Lord, aged twenty four years- Lucy Lord, aged seventeen years, who support themselves by labour- John Lord, my son, aged fifteen years, and two grand children, one named Enos, aged five years the other David, aged three years. that I am by occupation a carpenter; but am unable to support myself and family by labour, in consequence of age and debility; & that I am in debt to the amount of one hundred dollars for
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debts contracted previous to being placed on the Pension list- and that I have no income whatever except my Pension.
Timothy Lord
Sworn to in open Court
Henry A. Williams 
Depy Clk

Schedule
Real Estate none neither House or Lands-
Personal Estate
One Horse value $30.00
1 Cow 15.00
1 Swine with 6 pigs 4.00
1 Saddle 2.00
1 Bridle 0.50
2 old chissels [chisels] 0.25
1 auger  0.25
1 adze 0.50
1 Broad axe 0.50
1 narrow axe 0.50
1 Hoe 0.25
1 Ox chain 0.50
1 pair of Tongs 0.37½
1 Table 0.50
1 pair and irons [andirons] 1.00
amt. carried up $56.12½

amt. brought up $56.12½
1 Trammel 0.50
2 pails 0.25
3 Tubs 0.75
1 Basket 0.12½
1 Churn 0.25
2 Chests 0.50
6 Chairs (old) 0.75
2 earthen pots 0.37½
1 frying pan 0.37½
1 Tea Kettle 0.50
1 Spider 0.50
2 Iron Kettles 1.50
1 Iron Pot 1.00
1 do Bake Kettle 0.50
4 Tin pans 0.50
2 Earthen do 0.12½
amt carried up $64.37½

amt brought up $64.37½
6 Cups & Saucers 0.75
6 Knives & forks 0.37½
6 Iron Spoons 0.25
6 plates 0.25
2 Bowls 0.12½
1 Earthen Tea pot 0.12½
1 milk Cup 0.8
1 Sugar Bowl 0.8
2 Barrels 1.00
1 Old do 0.12½
Half Hogshead 0.12½
1 Large Wheel 0.50
1 Small do 2.00
$70.16
Timothy Lord

City & County of Albany
State of New York ss.
I Henry Truax, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City and County of Albany, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is worth Seventy dollars and sixteen cents-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 15th day of June, 1820-
Henry Truax Clerk
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State of New York 
Schoharie County ss:
On this twenty eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Schoharie personally appears Timothy Lord aged sixty years resident in the town Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval  service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" That the said Timothy Lord in the month of May in the year 1775 volunteered his services as a private soldier for the period of nine months into the American service in the war against Great Brittain [Britain] commonly called the Revolutionary war- That he volunteered as aforesaid at New Concord- in the State of New York and joined the Company commanded by Captain Hezekiah Baldwin who was attached to the New York line- That this deponent after his volunteering as aforesaid and as soon as could be done conveniently went to & was mustered at Greenbush near Albany and from there was marched with the american Troops to Fort George where he was stationed for about seven months- That afterwards the Corps to which he belonged was ordered to Ticonderoga and from then to Crown Point and from Crown Point to St. Johns- That he together with said Corps arrived
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at St Johns the day before its capitu ation [capitulation] to the American forces- That he continued to do duty and to serve in said Corps until the period of his Enlistment was nearly completed when he by the consent of his commanding officers again Enlisted as a private soldier into the American service and into a Company commanded by one Roswell Beebe in Colonel Elmores Regiment but whose christian name this deponent cannot set forth with certainty- That he the said Lord continued to serve in said Corps last mentioned for the period of nearly four months the period of his Enlistment at Montreal when he again by the consent of his commanding officers enlisted into the American service into a Company commanded by Captain Lothrop [Lathrop] Allen in said Colonel Elmores Regiment - That he continued to serve in said Corps last mentioned for the period of one year the period for which he enlisted when he was discharged from said Service ("at the(?) Garrison(?) [illegible] on the Mohawk River in the State of New York" crossed out]) at Albany That he cannot remember whether his discharge from said service was made out in writing or given by parol but is certain that if it was given in writing it has since been destroyed or lost by time or accident- That he was not engaged in any battles during the service above stated- That afterwards he was drafted for three months as a militia soldier and during that time was employed in the taking of Burgoyne near Stillwater and engaged in the several battles which preceded his surrender at that place- That he hath not received any pension
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place- That he hath not received any pension from the United States to his knowledge- That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that, he has no other evidence now in his power of said services 
Timothy Lord
Sworn before me 
Herms. Bouck 
the Day & year aforesaid- 
I Hermanus Bouck- one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Schoharie do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Timothy Lord did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress 
Dated may 28th 1818 
Herms. Bouck  
I the the [sic] undersigned being clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Schoharie aforesaid do certify that the above named Hermanus Buck now and hath been for more than one Year last past one of the Judges of said Court of Common Pleas aforesaid and that his name to the certificate above subscribed is his genuine handwriting and signature- In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name this 28th day of May 1818- 
W. W. Enders
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Timothy Lord
a soldier in the
Revolutionary war
appl(?) &c(?)

May 1818-
Admitted
25 June 1819
The Line in which Col: Elmore served is not set forth in the declaration, nor is the period of time entering, for the year, in that Dept. mentioned-

Further proof of services is required- 
Also, the certificate of the Judge as to reduced circumstances of the applicant is wanting-

Pension Office
11th March 19
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State of New York
Schoharie County ss:
John Waterman of the Town of Westford County of Otsego and State of New York aged about seventy years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Timothy Lord of the Town of Middleburgh County of Schoharie and state aforesaid and was so acquainted with him during the american war with Great Brittain [Britain] commonly called the Revolutionary war- that this deponent and said Timothy Lord both resided in the town of New Canaan formerly called New Concord at the commenciment [commencement] of said war and both enlisted into the american service about the same time That this deponent well knows that the said Timothy Lord acted and did duty as a regular Soldier in a Company of soldiers Commanded by Captain Lathrop Allen in (which company this deponent was ensign) from the fifteenth of April one thousand seven Hundred and Seventy six until the fifteenth of April in the year following during all which time he the said Timothy Lord was an active and faithful soldier in the american service and deserved the esteem of his commanding officers- that said company to which he & this deponent belonged as aforesaid belonged to the Regiment commanded by one Samuel Elmore as Colonel of the Connecticut line & ninth department and further this deponent saith not- John Waterman Ensign
Sworn before me the 4 Novr 1818.- 
Herms. Bouck
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State of New York 
Schoharie County ss. 
Timothy Lord Supplementary to the oath and declaration heretofore made by him and hereto annexed, further doth depose and say, that the company in which he enlisted under the command of Captain Allen belonged to Col. Samuel Elmores Regiment of the Connecticut line. That the he enlisted into Capt. Allens Company on the fifteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, as this Deponent verily believes from the information of his Lieut. whose affidavit is hereto annexed- that he served in said company for one year and was honorably discharged-
Timothy Lord
Sworn and Subscribed this 30th day of April 1819. 
before me Herms. Bouck 
Judge of the Schoharie Common Pleas

I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Timothy Lord the soldier in the preceeding [preceding] papers named is a man in indigent circumstances- Schoharie 30 April 1819. 
Herms. Bouck Judge of the Schoharie Common Pleas.
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M.C.S.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

April 7, 1926

Mrs. A. E. Hart
2403 Vineyard Ave.
Los Angeles, Calif.

Madam;
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42898, it appears that TIMOTHY LORD, while a resident of New Concord (later called New Canaan) Connecticut, enlisted in May, 1775, served as private in Captain Hezekiah Baldwin's New York Company; was transferred to Captain Roswell Beebee's [Beebe's] Company, Colonel Elmore's Connecticut Regiment; on April 15, 1776, he was transferred to Captain Lathrop Allen's Company, Colonel Elmore's Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged April 15, 1777. He enlisted in 1777 and served three months with the Connecticut Troops, officers
not stated, and was in both battles of Stillwater and at the surrender
of Burgoyne.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York, and then stated that he was sixty years of age.
In 1820 he was a resident of Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York, and he then stated that he was sixty-four years of age and referred to his wife, Anna, aged sixty-two years, his children, Polly aged twenty-four, Lucy aged seventeen, and John aged fifteen, and
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his grandchildren, Enos, aged 5, and David, aged three years.
This is the only soldier by the name of Timothy Lord found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Free
J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City

Rensville
August 1st

N. Yk. 102

Recd 5 Aug: 1820

notif sent to 
JB Moore
Rensselaerville
NYork
2 Oct 1820

mark and make out notification
Sep 19
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Rensselaerville 31. July 1820 
Dear Sir
Enclosed are the papers of Timothy Lord a Revolutionary Pensioner, made in pursuance of the Law of the 1st May 1820 Although the amount of his Property is $70. yet I can [illegible]re you, he is very Poor as most of the Property mentioned in the Inventory has been purchased with the Pension heretofore received, and in the event of the Pension being taken from him, he will be Extremely Destitute- 
You will have the Goodness to direct your Communication [paper folded over] me at Rensselaerville, Albany Co. New York and much oblige 
Your Very Humble 
Servant 
Joseph B. Moore 

Hon. J.C. Calhoun [written over "Timothy Lord"]
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42898
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 42,898
Timothy Lord
Pri Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 298

(Arrangement of 1870.)

Feby. 14, 1900 Frank E Best Chicago Ill
1926 Apl 7 hist. to Mrs. A.E. Hart MCS
1937 Oct 26 hist. to Mr. Ralph M. Lord see letter in Rev. clm Asa Lord, S.29298. MCS
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FRANK E. BEST.
Genealogist,
ANCESTRY TRACED.
FAMILY HISTORY COMPILED.
BOX 271.

COMPILER OF KEEP FAMILY AND AMIDON FAMILY.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Feb. 3 1900 ["1899." crossed out]

Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Timothy Lord a Revolutionary soldier of Albany Co., New York was placed on pension roll July 18, 1819.
Can you inform me when his pension ceased and where he resided?
Respectfully
Frank E Best.
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Feb 17, 1826

Gentlemen:
Can you give me any information about Timothy Lord, Revolutionary soldier from Connecticut. The 1790 New York state census records him as living in Canajohorie [Canajoharie] Township, Montgomery County, his family consisting of six sons.
Under the pension act of 1818 he was granted a pension. He was then living in New York State, but his service was from Connecticut. I particularly desire the names of his sons, but any information will be welcome.
Thanking you for the great courtesy, I remain
Mrs. A. E. Hart
2403 Vineyard ave
Los Angeles, Calif

PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
S
FEB 23 1926
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October 26, 1937 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
Ans(?)
Asa Lord, S. 29298 
Timothy Lord, S. 42898 
BA-J/MCS 

Mr. Ralph M. Lord 
Tannersville 
New York 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Asa and Timothy Lord. 
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 29298, based upon the military service of Asa Lord. 
Asa Lord was born June 29, 1760, at Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given. 
While a resident of Saybrook, he enlisted and served as private with the Connecticut troops as follows: from June, 1776, two years and nine months as private in Captain John Shipman's company; from April, 1779, served nine months in Captain Smith's company in Colonel Mead's regiment; he enlisted January 17, 1780, in Captain Samuel Lockwood's company, the next day during an attack on the British Guard at Morrisania he was taken prisoner and confined in the "Old Sugar House" in New York for ten months and three days and was exchanged late in November, 1780, from the last of January or the first of February, 1781, he served until late in 1781 as shore guard in Captain John Shipman's company and aided in capturing the refugee, Colonel Fanning. 
After the Revolution he lived in Saybrook, Connecticut, New Durham , New York, Norway, Herkimer County, New York, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, then back to Saybrook, from there to Nelson, Madison County, New York, and from there to Cazenovia, New York. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, while living in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York.
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In 1837 Asa Lord was living in Wayne County, Michigan, and he stated that he had moved there to live with his children but did not give their names.
Asa Lord applied for bounty land on May 2, 1855, while living in Bethany, Genesee County, New York, and Warrant #26412 for 160 acres was issued May 26, 1856, under the Act of March 3, 1855. For information relative to the location of this land, it is suggested that you address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, giving the warrant number, the acreage and the act under which the land was granted.
In 1858 Laura M. Lord of Essex (state not given) stated that her father, Asa Lord, died while living with her in Genesee County, New York, but she did not give the date of his death. 
One Erastus Lord was living in 1837, relationship to soldier not shown and there are no further data relative to family. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Asa Lord, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data: Asa Lord, Certificate 24209, issued November 8, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Michigan Agency transferred from New York Agency. 
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.42898, based upon the military service of Timothy Lord. 
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given. 
While a resident of New Concord (later called New Canaan) Connecticut, he enlisted in May, 1775, served as private in Captain Hezekiah Baldwin's New York company until he was transferred to Captain Roswell
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Beebee's [Beebe’s] company in Colonel Elmore's Connecticut regiment; on April 15, 1776, he was transferred to Captain Lathrop Allen's company in Colonel Elmore's Connecticut regiment and was discharged April 15, 1777. He enlisted in 1777 and served three months with the Connecticut troops, officers not stated, and was in both battles of Stillwater and at the surrender of Burgoyne.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York, and he then stated that he was sixty years of age. 
In 1820 he was living in Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York, and he then stated that he was sixty-four years of age and that his wife, Anna, was sixty-two years of age and that his children, Polly, Lucy and John, were aged twenty-four, seventeen and fifteen years respectively, and that his grandchildren, Enos and David, aged five and three years respectively. There are no further data relative to soldier's family. 
In order to obtain information relative to the date of last payment of pension of Timothy Lord, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data: Timothy Lord, Certificate 12344, issued July 18, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced May 28, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator