Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,274, George Boid, New York
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SERVICE
New
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Son
CONTENTS
Boid George
Boyd George
or
NUMBER
S. 12274
Carded
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20.487
New York
George Boyd
Otsego in the State of N. York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Bentley of the Regt commanded
by Col. Humphrey in the 
line for 20 mo. 12 ds
$135.98
$67.99 N.Y. Line
Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 68 Dollars  no Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Sep.
1833
and Smith G.A. Starkweather
Cooperstown
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $
170
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34
34
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$204
⎨ Revolutionary Claim, ┃
June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 48

Book C
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In the Matter of
George Boid
---
a Pensioner
Paper in 1829
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Otsego Com Pleas
of the Term of October in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty two
State of New York
Otsego County 


Be it Remembered that on the sixteenth
day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty two I personally appeared in open Court
being the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of
Otsego in the State of New York and a Court of Record
proceeding according to the principles of the Common
law with power of fine & imprisonment George
Boyd aged seventy two years in the month of
August last a resident of the Town of Middlefield
and County of Otsego who being first duly sworn
according to law doth depose & declare in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the act of
Congress approved June 7th 1832 entitled an
act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain
surviving officers and Soldiers of the Revolution"
That the said George Boyd in the year 1776 resided
in the Town of Shoteloke and on or about the first of
June in that year he the said George Boyden
listed as a private soldier in a company of Militia
commanded by Capt Caleb Bentley of the Town of
Horick in Col David Humphreys Regiment
for the Term of Five months service in the war
the Revolution and also that he the said George Boyd
marched with said Company as such soldier
as aforesaid in the month of June 1776 from
Lansingburg then Albany County to Fort Constitution

at which place he the said George Boyd
remained in the service in said Company as a [illegible] soldier untill on or about the first day of
December 1776 when he was dismissed by his officers
and returned home to the place of his
residence, and the said George Boyd further
declares that in the month of May 1777 he
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volunteered as a soldier in a company commanded
by Capt Christopher Tillman and
marchin
said month with said Company to the west part of
Albany County to quell [illegible] Tories and
continued in the service in said Company about
six weeks when he the said George Bassel again
returned to his residence. And the said George 
Boyd further declares in manner aforesaid
that afterwards according to his best recollection in
the latter part of the month of May 1778 he again
enlisted into the service of the Revolution for the
period of nine month's to join the Continental
Army at Valley Forge, that he
enlisted at Lansingburgh in the second Company
commanded by Lieut French and in the 2d
New York Regiment commanded by Philip Van Courtland, that immediately on his so enlisting as aforesaid for the Term
of nine months he was mustered at East Town
and march from East Town to Valley Forge &
joined the army at that place, then under Command of Genl Washington, and from thence
marched to White Plains under the command
of Col Philip Van Courtland, and from thence
to Peakskill, and from thence to [illegible]
in Ulster County at which place the
said George Boyd was discharge by said
Col Philip Von Courtland on or about the Tenth
day of February 1779 making nine month
and ten days service and the said George
Boyd further states that he was paid for the
last nine months and ten days service in
Continental money and that he gave all
of his said pay to purchase one pair of
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old shoes and stockings-- and the said George Boyd
further saith that he made proof of the nine
months service as aforesaid by one Jabez
Griswold and that the same was forwarded
to Washington in 1829. That said John
Griswold served in the same Company with
the said George and the said George is informed
that the name of the said Griswold is
upon the pension Roll. and the said
George Declares that he does not know
whether the said Griswold is now living
or not or if living where he now resides
and this deponent saith that he was born in
Hackensack State of New Jersey in 1760 but
this deponent has no record of his age
and resided in the Town of Schoticoke
when called into the service and continued
to reside there seven or eight years after
the close of the war and then moved to
Otsego in
the Town of Middlefield
where this deponent has continued to reside
ever since. This deponent always volunteered
This deponent recollects of seeing Gen Wash
ington, Col Van Courtland, Col. Wisenfelt
May Fish at Whiteplains - and this
deponent had a written discharge from
Captain Bentley in Colonel Humphrey's Regiment and also a written discharge from Van Courtland; but this
deponent is not able to produce either
of them
having
lost the same.
[Illegible] this deponent hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension or annuity
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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 afore
said
in open Court
George Boid
Horace Lathrop, Clerk,
---
We Doctor Sumner Ely
residing in the Town of
and Thomas Fuller a Practising Physician 
residing in Otsego County 
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
George Boid who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration that we believe him
to be seventy two years of age, that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a
Soldier of the Revolution and that we
concur in that opinion, and that 
he is a man of truth & veracity and
implicit confidence may be placed in
his statement, and I the said Thomas
Tuffer do further certify that I have
known the said Boid for about forty
years and I have had frequent 
conversations with him in relation to 
the Revolutionary war and in
relation to his services as a soldier and
he has always given me the
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particulars of his service and his statements
have always been correct and corresponded with the history of the times
---
Sworn & subscribed
in open Court before me
Thomas Fuller M.D. 
Summer Ely
this 16th day of October 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk
and the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the interrogatories 
subscribed by the war department that the
above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier and served as he
States, and the Court further certifies
that they are well acquainted with said
Thomas Fuller of Cooperstown Otsego
County and Summer Ely of
[illegible]
that they are persons of respectability and their statement is entitled to
Credit and that they are the same persons who signed the foregoing certificate
J. C. Man
E. Lotte
S. Pages
Judges
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I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County do hereby Certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of George Boid for pension
In Witness whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office this
19th
day of October 1832
Horace Lathrop
By T. Cary Deputy
I John Smith a Clergyman, residing in the Village
of Cooperstown, in the County of Otsego, hereby certify that
I have been well acquainted with George Baid, who
has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration for about
twenty years
that I believe him to be seventy two
years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of
the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion
and I further certify that he is a man of truth
and veracity and entitled to full credit and
belief
Sworn & Subscribed
before me this 28th day
of
May 1833
John Smith
State of New York Seth  Doubleday Jr.  Justice
Otsego County
I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of said County do certify
that Seth Doubleday Junior Esqr before whom the above
affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of
the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said
County of Otsego and that I am acquainted with his
hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the
said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature. Witness my
hand and seal of Office this 28th day of May 1833
Horace Lathrop Clerk
May 78 to 1779
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No 18314
George Boid Otsego Co
New York
on rolls-
9 to 12 due
Admitted
Private 20 months
& 12 days $67.99
126
  34
170
Geo A. Starkweather Coopers Town
Otsego County New York
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Sir
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Period when the
service was
rendered,
Enlisted June 1776
Vol. May 1777
Enlisted May 1778
Statement, showing the service of George Boyd Otsego County New York
Duration of the
claimant's service.
5 ┃
6
┃ 9 -
20
┃ 124
12 ┃
Rank of
the
claimant.
private
private
Names and Rank ┃
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
Cap Bently
┃ Cap Tillman
┃ French & ┃
persuate Col Van Courtland ┃
Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers. ┃
Col Humphrey
G Washington
Battles in which
the applicant was
engaged.
,
I am, respectfully,
Country through
which he marched.
Marched to
Fort Constitution ┃
┃ Marched to
┃ Albany -
┃ Valley Forge
to White plains
┃ Repshill
-
Your obedient servant,
Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age
at the present
72 years
┃ Schoticoke
┃ New Jersey
-
Evidence by
which the declaration
is supported
.
┃ traditionary witnesses
┃ certified credibleno
Clergiman & no reason
given, papers not property
attached
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
&
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claimin
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance
, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or
County of
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
( e ) regiment of the
and
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
heand

the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid A.
And then will follow the certificate of the Con-
.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
he
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
To one and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, at
tend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declaclarant
must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his 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. 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 aidavit 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."
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 that 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 shown 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 sum
thority; 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
In 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note il applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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20,921
In the matter of
George Boid
a pensioner
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Circuit Court and Court of Oyer & Termine
and Gaal delivery in and for the County of Otsego
-
State of New York
Otsego County
On this tenth day of March 1829 personally
appeared in open Court being a Court of record and proceeding according to
the principles of the Common Law, with power of fine and imprisonment,
George
Boid aged Sixty Six years doth on his oath declare that he served
in the Revolutionary war as follows,
He enlisted into the 2nd New York Regiment commanded by Col Van Courtland
in a company commanded by Lieut French, in the year 1778 and served
nine months in said Regiment, and was discharged on or about the 10th day
of February 1779
And I George Boid do solemnly swear that
I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March
one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen and that I have not serve that time
by gift, sale or in any manner whatever, 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 Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that
I have not nor has any person for me in trust any property or securities,
contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is
contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
Sworn and Subscribed this tenth day of March
1829. in open Court
before us
A. Cook
[illegible]
George Boid
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Schedule or Inventory of all the Estate and income
of George Boid of Middlefield Otsego County
except his necessary clothing and Bedding
A Farm of eighty four Acres valued at $450.00
1 span of horses  $25
1 Colt $25
4 Cows  $55
2 heifers $18
15 Sheep $20
3 calves $5
1 hog $6
1 fanning mill $8 1 sleigh $10     $18
1 wagon $6  1 set harness $5   $11
1 chain $1  1 axe $1 1 scythe $1    $3
2 [illegible] and 2 pitchforks $1.25     $1.25
1 Brass Kettle $10 - 1 Brass Kettle $3  $13
1 Iron Kettle $2.00 - 1 Brass kettle $1.00
   $3. 00
1 Iron Pot $1.00 - 1  tea Kettle $0.50, 1 Griddle $0.75  $2.25
1 Iron Kettle $1.00 pr flat Irons $1.00  $2.00
1 set Shovel and Tongs $1.50 - 1 pr fine dogs $0.25- $1.75
1 Looking Glass $2.00 - 6 chairs $2.25
   $4.25
1 Table $300- 1 Table $1.50 - 1 stand $0.25 - 4.75
1 Foot Wheel $2  2 Woollen Wheels $3   $5
1 Reel $0.25 - 1 Lot of Crockery $6.00-
6.25
1 Lot of Wooden ware $2.00 -- 2 Trunks $3.00. 5.00
2 Chests $0.75

$685.25
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Debts due from me
Doctor Ely      $20
James Parshall $25
Sarah Ingals $28
Joshua Penny $5
William Shipman $4
David Lent $5
John H Puntis $5
Henry Scott $4

$96

$589.2
George Boid
We the Judges of the Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Cumine
and gaol delivery in and for the County of Other have during the settling of
the Court this present March term, examined George Boid whose name
is subscribed to the oath and schedule hereunto
sworn in open Court as to the articles
annexed, who was first duly
and value of his property, and
have also examined his neighbour Doct Sumner Cty upon oath respecting
the property of the said George Bond and from the evidence we have received
it is ordered and adjudged
that the value of his property is Six hundred
and eighty five dollars and
March 10-1829
twenty five unto
S. Nelson Circuit Judge
6th Encut N.Y.
Abila Lot
J. A. Morse J Judges
Same
Ely
being duly sworn, says he is well acquainted with the above
named George Bond, that he assisted in taking an inventory of his property
that he is in his opinion an honest man and a man of truth, that he verity
believes her above statement respecting his proper of and the debts due from him
to be correct and true
Sworn in open Court this with day of March 1829. Sumner Ely
upon
A. Cooke Clk
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State of New York
Otsego Co.Clerk's Office 
I, Abner Cook Junior
Clerk of the circuit court
and court of Ayer and general jail delivery
in & for the County of Otsego State of New York
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and
Schedule hereunto 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 the property exhibited in the aforesaid
Schedule is Six hundred and Eighty five
dollars and twenty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal
of the Court of Common Pleas of the
said County of Otsego to be affixed
this tenth day of March AD 1829
A. Cooke   Junior Clerk
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12.274
INVALID.
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File No.
121274
George Boyd
Private  Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. A, Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]
NY
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State of New York
Otsego County Jabez Griswold aged sixty one This and
of the Court of Ballston in the County of Saratoga and
said State, being duly sworn saith that he, this
deponent, enlisted in Lansingburgh in the State of New York
for the term of Nine months in the company commanded
by Lieutenant French in the regiment commanded
by Colonel Van Cortland belonging to the New York line
that he continued to serve in said corps until about
the 16th day of February in the year 1779 when
he was
discharged from service in the County of Ulster
and State aforesaid and this deponent further saith that his acquaintance with George Boid
of the town of Middlefield,
County of Otsego and 
State aforesaid and that he 
knows that the said George Boid served at
the same time and in the same company with him
(this deponent) for the period of nine months as a private soldier and was honorably discharged by Col. Van Cortland aforesaid in the County of Ulster this deponent saith not-
Jabez Griswold
Sworn & Subscribed before
me this 26th day of October
1819.
John Russell
Judge of Otsego Common pleas
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Otsego County,
State of New-York,
the annexed
DO HEREBY
Abner Cook Junior Clerk of the
County of Otsego
CERTIFY, That John Russell Esquire
before whom the annexed affidavit was
at the time of taking the same, a
Judge of the court
in and for said county, dwelling in the said county, duly commissioned and
sworn as such. AND FURTHER, That I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge and verily believe the signature officially set to the annexed affidavit to be his proper hand writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the County
said, the 13th day of March 1829
A. Cook Junior Clerk
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State of New York
Saratoga County ss. Ebenezer Lord of the town of 
Ballston and County aforesaid being sworn saith
that he is well acquainted with Jabez Griswold
of the same town and he knows that the said
Jaber is a credible witness and further
this deponent saith not.
Sworn before me this
eleventh
Ebenezer Lord
day of March 1820
James Thompson
Judge of Saratoga County

Saratoga County ss. I certify that I am satisfied
that the said Jabez Griswold mentioned
in the foregoing affidavit
is a credible witness
Given under my hand this seventh day 
of March 1820
James Hanson
Judge of Saratoga County
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State of New York, Saratoga County Clerks Office
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of Saratoga County aforesaid Do Certify that James Thompon was at the time of taking the within affidavit and certificate first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County acting under the authority of this State and that the within is his signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County the eleventh day of March 1820
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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recd. June 3d. N.Y. [illegible]

War Department
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Cooperstown 28th May 1833
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir,
I return the papers in the case of George Boid a pensioner corrected according to the brief transmitted me and I believe there can now be no objectionn to the same.
Respectfully yours
Geo. A. Starkweather
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Hon. [illegible]
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Cooperstown N.Y. March 13 1829
To the Hon. Peter B. Porter
Secretary of War
Sir
I inclose you an application of George Boid for pension, also an application of Ensign Rexford, who was once on the pension list and now holds a certificate for pension. Consequently the evidence of his service is in the war office. I believe he never gave an inventory of his property to the Secretary of War, as he was informed at the time that he would not come within the act according to the construction then put on it. Should it be [illegible] pay to have his pension certificate sent to the war office, I will procure it and forward it.

Very Respectfully [illegible]
Henry Scott