Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21436, for Naphtali Raymond, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Raymond Naphtali
NUMBER 
S. 21436
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

State of South Carolina
City of Charleston -SS
On the Twenty second day of September- 1833. before me, the subscriber. a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Charlotte and State personally appeared Naphtale Raymond - who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Seymour in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen St. John - in the service of the United States; that his name was placed in the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he removed: that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory) of South Carolina - where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to the City of Charleston and State of South Carolina to wit, from infirmity and the want of a more congenial climate, and to be with his children etcetera.
  [Signed] Naptali Raymond [sic]
Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and years aforesaid}
      Philip Patrick
         Not. Pub.

The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates [sic], whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer,   Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.   The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He  must swear that the person who has take the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also..be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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James Stillman, being sworn deposeth and saith that he full well knows Captain Naptali Raymond, the within named person, and that he is the Identical person who has sworn and subscribed to "Application of Transfer"  
[Signed]  James Stillman

Sworn to before me
this 22nd Sept. 1838}  
    [Signed]  Philip Patrick
                   Not. Pub.

State of South Carolina
District of Charleston-
  I Do hereby Certify the Deponent James Stillman is a resident of the City of Charleston and by birth a American that the utmost confidence s to be placed in his Oath

Philip Patrick
Notary Public
   - 22 Septr. 1838
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The State of South Carolina
      Office of Common Pleas
        ----Charleston District.

I Charles C Strohecker, Esq.. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the District aforesaid, do hereby certify that Philip Patrick Esqr, who hath subscribed the foregoing certificate is a Notary Public, under the commission and seal of the State, that all due faith and credit are, and ought to be given to his attestations as such, and that the foregoing attestation  is in due form of law, that the signature attached thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine -----

   Given under my hand and seal of the Court of Common Pleas for Charlotte District, at Charleston this 22 September 1838.

                  [Signed]  Charles C. Strohecker
                           [Illegible initials]        
[Seal affixed,
lower left]
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BRIEF in the case of Naphtely Raymond
of King's Co.in the State of N York
              (Act 7th June 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge}     Open Court
2 If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  [blank]
3. How old is he?   68 yrs-
4 State his service as directed in the form annexed.  [A chart follows with four headings:  PERIOD
DURATION OF SERVICE
RANK
NAMES OF GENERAL AND FIELD OFFICERS 
          UNDER WHOM HE SERVED

April 1st 177...  to May 1 following to ... in company of  6 months 15 days  artillery
 Private  Capt. Raymond      Lt Seymour

Pensd  & duration services  not allowed Sailor  Capt Hayden   Ship Fortane
 [Other notes illegible]
5. In what battles was he engaged?  None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Norwalk, Cont.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, or by the rolls?  By living witnesses.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?   
      Papers not attached as  [illegible]
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned,

                                 [Signed] Richard  Cutt
                                        Examining Clerk
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                 12.98
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Elnathan Raymond of the Village of Brooklyn county of King and State of New York being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that Naphtali Raymond the applicant for a Pension in the annexed declaration is his Uncle that he has always understood that the applicant was engaged in the Militia service in guarding and protecting the sea coast. That he was engaged in said service until the close of the war. that he bears a good character in the neighborhood where he resided and now resides and is entitled to full credit and belief that deponent is a clergyman attached to the Methodist Episcopal Church and that the statements annexed made by the applicant are in his opinion entitled to full credit and belief.
Elnathan Raymond
September 14 1832
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State of New York
Kings County SS
On this Thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Municipal Court in the Village of Brooklyn County of Kings and State of New York
(said Court, having common law Jurisdiction and
being a Court of record) Naphtaly Raymond
a resident of Brooklyn aforesaid aged by Sixty-eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he was born at Norwalk in the State of Connecticut on the twenty seventh day of March One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty four- that the family record containing his birth is at Norwalk in the possession of the family that at the time of his entering the service he resided at Norwalk aforesaid that he has followed the sea upwards of thirty years and has resided during that time principally in Charleston in South Carolina and New York City and now resides in the Village of Brooklyn aforesaid that he was enrolled in the Militia Service in the month of April 1786 under the command of Captain Uriah Raymond and continued in said Company until about the first day lakes following wartime and protecting the sea
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and protecting the sea coast until about the first day of November next following that he never received a discharge from the service. that he was engaged in several skirmishes with the enemy that after leaving the Artillery Service and he served a board the ship Fortune of twenty four guns commanded by Captain Wm Hayden and remained on board said Vessel until the close of the war
He the said Naphtahi Raymond hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present and that his name
is not on a pension roll of any agency in any
State
Sworn and subscribed to this fourteenth
day of September AD 1832
Napli Raymond
And of said Court I hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant Naphtahli Raymond was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states said Court being fully convinced that the above Statements made under oath by the said Naphtahli Raymond are entitled to full credit and belief 

I Sidney Herbert Clerk of the [illegible] Court in the Village of Brooklyn County of Kings and State of New York do Certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings had in said Court in the matter of the application of Naphtahli Raymond for a Pension 
Witness by my hand and the seal of said Court this
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Revolution 
21436
INVALID.
File No. 21431
Naphtali Raymond
Pri Rev War

Act June 7 32
Index: - Vol 2, Page 382
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Naphtali Raymond, S.C. roll, act June 7 1832

Be pleased to say to what he was last paid.

Pension Office
Sept 4 1840

ss to 4 Sep 1839
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See letter of 26 Augt - 1834 to N Raymond Brooklyn
Let. to L. G. Herbert 27 Oct 1834
[illegible] 12 Sept 1838
To Charleston S. C. from 4 Sept 1837 10 Oct 1838 - Notification sent to [illegible] Charleston S. Carolina
Pvt. Cantwell 14 Feby '40

14020
South Carolina [New York crossed out]
Naphtali Raymond
of Kingston in the State of New York who was a 
Matross in the company commanded by Captain Raymond of the ................... commanded by
................................ in the Ct line for 6 ½ mo
12 mo pr
18 Increase
to $67.08 per ann.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 27 Dollars 8 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of May 1833 and sent to applicant Brooklyn
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $54.16
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept $13.54 
$67.70
P. Cantwell Esq
Charleston S. C.
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 73
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Payments to be made at New York by Presd. U. S.  Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New York.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 73 by W. L. Williams
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Naphtali Raymond of the State of New York who was a Matross in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive twenty seven dollars and eight cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 6 day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

John Robb
Acting Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned,}

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Naphtali Raymond
admd
ansd

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner Pensioners
Washington

N. Y. Aug 23

Stamped:  BROOKLYN AUG 21
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Brooklyn August 20th 1834
JL Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
you'll please pardon me If I intrude on your special capacity in addressing you on the subject of my Revolutionary Claim.
I have notified by your circular in may 6 1833 that twenty seven dollars 80 cents per year was awarded me for [malitia] services. Nothing said respecting my malitia guard services for twelve months prior to that making in all eighteen months of what my decla ration calls for be opened quite misterious but concluded I thought to have something further suposieng [sic] an oversight in my papers, or some cause that would be explained hearafter but as I have heard nothing since my companions all of them that are living & entered the same service & in the same company took their regular towers of duty with me have rec'd there pentions some months and in proportion to the time of services of the act of the U.S. of
1832 provides, I presume your Honor will
will perceive that $27.80 which I have been receiving is not in conformity with the Law of the U.S. of 1832 & what I am justly entitled to under these grievances I am compelled to appeal to your goodness for Justice &
Information you'd pleas overtook [illegible] & Infirmities
with respect
your [illegible] Servant
Napheta Raymond
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FREE

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.

Mr Evans
Aug 30

STAMPED:
CHARLESTON S. C.
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Charleston, S Car
22 July 1840

Sir
I have the honor to enclose to you the original certificate of Mr. Naphtali Raymond for a pension. With a view of obtaining a new one for such additional amount as upon an examination of the proof in his case he may be entitled to.
I remain sir,
very respectfully
your obedient & humble servant
P. Cantwell

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner Pensions
Washington D. C.
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State of South Carolina
District of Charleston} on the 7 day of December 1839
Personally appeared before the undersigned Mr. Naphtali Raymond aged 76 years a resident of Charleston S/C and formerly of Brooklyn N. York and Norwalk Connecticut. Who, being duly sworn according to Law, deposeth that he served under arms during the War of the Revolution two years, in the following manner, to wit,
In the month of July 1779, he joined Lieut Nathaniel Raymond corps of Connecticut Militia called in said town Norwalk and served in same 6 months. Deponent in the month of April 1780, joined and was regularly enrolled in Captain Uriah Raymonds corps of infantry, Col. Stephen St. Johns Regt Connecticut State Troops, and served therein until the ~~ May of the following year, 1781. That is to say for 12 months and more. Deponent saith that, in that said month of May 1781, he joined a corps of Matrosses, commanded by Lieut. William Seymour, and served therein six months, and was then regularly discharged. Deponent saith, that, he in this way served 6 months under arms as a volunteer or before he was regularly enrolled, and 18 months after being so regularly enrolled and under arms, Deponent saith that, in the year 1833, he applied to the Department for a pension under the act of 1832 (7 of June), and by certificate issued by the War Department S209023 signed by John Ross acting Secty of War, and by J. L. Edwards, Commision of Pension. He was a judged the sum of $27.8 per annum instead of the sum due him for 18 months service as aforesaid. Deponent saith that upon examination it appears that his declaration contained an obscurity or error, which led to a mistake very furious to him, to wit, the said declaration of his read when speaking of his service in Uriah Raymonds company "from the month of April 1780 to the following May." Whereas it should have been, from the month of April 1780, to the month of May 1781.
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May 1781 - now sworn to by Deponent, and intended so to have been sworn to then, by Deponent in like manner. Deponent saith, shortly after the reception of the first installment of his pension as above, he applied to Judge Isaac formerly Judge of the court of Probate Fairfield dist. Con; who prepared his original declaration, and who of course made the error, to have same corrected, and the said Isaac amused your Deponent for three years with promises to do so, but neglected so to do. Deponent also applied to the head of the Pension Department in relation to the same error, and states these particulars in order to exhibit his conviction of the practice of this claims Dept. Now therefore humbly hopes. But as the mistake is one, so palpable, so clearly to be seen from the statement of his case, that, the Department will do him that Justice which his claim is entitled to and Deponent in support of the same referred to the proof which are on file in the Department, and which accompanied his original claim for a pension.
Nap. Raymond

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written. I also certify the credibility of the applicant related "of his claim" 12 [illegible] first muster.
P. Cantwell
[illegible] Prob & 26 for Charleston
Dist So Ca
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield}Ss. Probate Court District of Norwalk County aforesaid Sept 7 1832 personally appeared before said Court Everet Quintard of said Norwalk aged seventy and being duly sworn in open court according to Law depose and say that he is well acquainted with Naphtaly Raymond formerly of said Norwalk now of Brooklyn County of King, State of New York and knows that in the spring of the year 1780 said Raymond entered the service in said Norwalk under Capt. Uriah Raymond and served in guarding and protecting the sea coast until on or about the first of May next following and the said Raymond inlisted into the Artillery Company in said Norwalk under the command of Lieut Com. William Seymour and served in said company in guarding and protecting the sea coast until on or about first of November next following.
Everet Quintard
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and that said Everet Quintard is a credible person.
Bejnj. Isaacs Judge

At the same Court personally appeared Seth Seymour of said Norwalk aged sixty eight and being duly sworn in open court according to Law depose and say that he is well acquainted with Naphtaly Raymond formerly of said Norwalk now of Brooklyn, County of Kings, State of New York and knows that in the spring of the year 1780 said Raymond entered the service in said Norwalk into a company commanded by Capt. Uriah Raymond and served in said company in guarding and protecting the sea coast until about thefirst of May next following. Said deponent belonged to the same company and served the same time. And at that time said Naphtaly Raymond inlisted
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[stamped]
FREE

[stamped]
CHARLESTON DEC

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington D. C.

SC add proof 
Nathaniel Raymond
S. C. June '32
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Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr:
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Pension Office
Washington, D. C.

W. Evans Oct 1

Mail
[stamped]
CHARLESTON 
SC
24
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions

Charleston So Car
22 Sept 1838

Sir,
I herewith enclose, my "application for a transfer" of Pension from New York to South Carolina, agreeable to the regulation of your office.
Very respectfully
your obdt servt
Naphtali Raymond
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(copy)
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Naphtali Raymond a resident of South Carolina who was a private and matross in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive sixty seven dollars and eight cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4 of September in every year, in lieu of one for $27.08.
Given at the War office of the United States this twenty fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty.
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
{Seal}

Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

No 14020
Recorded book E Vol 6, page 79
by D. McCurdy
Clerk
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James L Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington    DC