Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R, 1,085, David Boyd, S.C. Va.
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Va. Boyd, David NUMBER R. 1085
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No. David Boyd Georgia June 7, 1832  He died 33 years ago ( written twice ) 1085 Mr. Adez Boyd Troupsville Geo.
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[ State of Georgia Tattnall County ] Before me  Council Anderson a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally  came  Dyer C. Sikes who being duly sworn , deposeth and saith that he was intimately acquainted with  David Boyd and Sarah Boyd his wife formally  Sarah Cauthorn for thirty years that they was esteemed and taken as man and wife by all the  good citizens  around them  the loyalty of which  the deponent never heard questioned that he knew  Adin Boyd  & Blanchy Boyd now Blanchy Jones the lawful children of David Boyd  and only surviving  heirs for eighteen or twenty years ( 18 or 20 )  or about that time and who made the within declaration  and who are the identical persons they represent themselves to be . Deponent further states that the said David Boyd & Sarah Boyd his wife died within a few weeks of each other in Tattnall County  about thirty two or three ( 32 or 33 ) years ago , that he has no interest in the prosecution or result of this claim. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17th May 1856. Dyer C Sikes ( his mark ) Council Anderson ( signed ) JP I hereby certify that the said Dyer C Sikes is well known to me as a credible and reliable person . Council Anderson ( signed ) JP
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[ State of Georgia Tattnall County ] I, Josiah P B Sikes clerk of the Superior Court of said County do certify that Council Anderson was an acting Justice of the peace at the time of assigning this affidavit and his signature is genuine and  due credit is given to all his official acts. Given under my hand and official signature this 19th  May 1856. Josiah P B Sikes ( signed ) clk
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{ Georgia Lowndes County ] On this  4th day of February  one thousand eighteen hundred and fifty six personally appeared  Adin Boyd  the & Blancet Jones, son & daughter of David Boyd the first aged 52 , the latter  68 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on their oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the several acts of Congress  allowing  Pensions to  Revolutionary  widows children etc. That the above David Boyd Father of the deponents entered the Revolutionary service in Culpepper County Virginia under Capt. Ladsden marched to Charleston South Carolina was after that deponents  think transferred to Capt. Clarke's company  & marched to Augusta Georgia. At Charleston S.C. he was under the command of Genl. or Col. Pinckney  cannot remember  the name of the Superior officers at Augusta , nor the dates of either service. That their Father David Boyd & Sarah Dabney   were married on  ___ day of ___. And  the said David Boyd died in Tattnall County Georgia 32 or 33 years ago & the said Sarah Boyd died near the same time  & in the same place. They believe the said David Boyd served during the Revolutionary  War  or about that time, And they  the said Adin Boyd & Blancett Jones , son & daughter of the said David Boyd  relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & they declare that their names are not on the pension rolls of any agency of any State.
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Sworn & subscribed to before me  this 4th day of February 1856. Adin Boyd ( his mark X ) ( seal ) Blancett Jones ( her mark X ) ( seal ) Moses Smith ( signed ) J.I.C. John Carter ( signed ) J.I.C. William D Griffer ( signed ) J.I.C.  And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion   that the said David Boyd  father of Adin Boyd &  Blancett Jones  was a Revolutionary soldier  & served as he states. We Moses Smith , William D Griffer & John Carter  Justices of the peace of the Inferior Court for the County of Lowndes & State of Georgia  which is a Court of Record do hereby certify that  the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of  Adin Boyd & Blancett Jones for a pension on account of their father's revolutionary services as before stated. Moses Smith ( signed ) J.I.C. , William D Griffer ( signed ) J.I.C. , John Carter ( signed ) J.I.C.
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[ Georgia Lowndes County ] Before me William Smith  one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for  said County personally came Artaxerxes B Norman  who being duly sworn according to law declares that he was intimately acquainted for a number of years with David Boyd  & his wife Sarah Boyd formerly Sarah Dabney  having lived a near neighbor to them , that the said  David Boyd & Sarah his wife were  esteemed by all the good citizens as man & wife , the loyalty  of which never was questioned to this deponent's knowledge & that  Adin Boyd  & Blancett Jones, the makers of this declaration  are  the only surviving children of said David Boyd & Sarah Boyd have known said surviving children for a great many years. The said David Boyd  & Sarah Boyd died in Tattnall County Georgia within about a month of each other as much he thinks as 32 or 33 years ago. I have no interest in  the  case. Artaxerxes B Norman ( signed ) William Smith ( signed ) J.P.  I certify that the above named Artaxerxes B. Norman  has been well known to me for some fifteen years or more & that he is a credible person. Given under my hand this 4th  April  1856. The above affidavit Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year above written. William Smith ( signed ) J.P.
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[ Georgia Lowndes County ] I James Newton Clerk of the Super Court for said County  do certify that William G. Smith  presented the within  affidavit of Dyer Sikes of Tattnall County  , which appears to have been received by mail for the purpose of attaching the same to the annexed original declaration  of Adin Boyd a & Blanchey Boyd formerly  now Blanchy or Blancett Jones. Given under my hand & seal of office this 29th day  May 1836. James Newton C.S.C. ( sealed ) By D P McDonald D. Clk S.C.
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V.L.M.
Rev. War Section.
May 13, 1916.

Mrs. John W. Boyd,
Windsor, Missouri.

Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the eighth instant you are advised that it is alleged in the papers in the claim of David Boyd, R. F. No. 1,085 Revolutionary War, that he entered the service in Culpeper County Virginia, under Captain Ladsden and marched to Charleston, South Carolina, where he was under Colonel Pinckney, and after that was transferred to Captain Clarke's Company and went to Augusta, Georgia, no dates of service are given.
He married Sarah Dabney, also referred to as Sarah Cauthorn, date not stated, and both of them died in 1823 or 1824 in Tattnall County, Georgia. On February 4, 1856, their only surviving children Adin Boyd (a son) fifty-two years old, and Blancett or Blanche Jones sixty-eight years old, residing in Lowndes County Georgia, applied for pension on account of their father's services. Their claim was rejected on the ground that there was no provision of law that gave them title.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Troupsville Ga
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Pension Office
June 18, 1856

Sir:
I have examined and filed the June application of yourself and sister for a pension, a arrears of pension, for the services of your father, David Boyd, in the War of the Revolution, and you are informed that there is nothing due for the reason that, at the time of his death and the death of your mother, thirty-two or three years ago, there was no laws in existence then granted pensions to Revolutionary soldiers, or their widows, & the arrears of which can be paid to their children who have no claim to pensions in their own right. The claim has, therefore, been filed and filed under the Act of June 7, 1832.

ch Adin Boyd Troupsville Lowndes Co. Geo.
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Rev. & 1812 War Section

December 7, 1927
David Boyd
R. 1085

Honorable William J. Harris
United States Senate

My dear Senator:


In response to your letter of December the second, I have the
honor to advise you as follows:

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5845,

it appears that WILLIAM BOYD was born in Ireland in 1766. His father

(his name not given) came to Charleston, South Carolina, from Ireland

in 1771 or 1772 and settled in Craven County, which was later Chester

District, South Carolina.

While a resident of Craven County, South Carolina, William Boyd

enlisted in November or December, 1781, as a substitute for his father

and served four months as a private with the South Carolina troops under

Lieutenant William Brockett. He enlisted in June, 1782, and served three

months as a private under Lieutenant Archibald Gill. During said service

he was under Colonels Lacy, Thomas Taylor and Bratton of the South 

Carolina troops.

He married in Chester District, South Carolina, in January, 1794,

Keziah Porter.
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he was allowed pension on his application executed October
24, 1832, at which time he was living in Chester District, South Carolina
.
He died January 18, 1838, in Chester District, South Carolina.

His widow, Kesiah, was allowed pension on her application executed
December 23, 1852, at which time she was eighty years of age
and was living in Dekalb County, Georgia

William and Keziah Boyd had the following children: Nancy who
was born March 5, 1796, and who married William Wylie April 18, 1816,
and had children, their names not stated; and Hugh M. who was born
June 9, 1802.
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In the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 1085
It is alleged that DAVID BOYD enlisted in Culpeper County, Virginia,
under Captain Ladsden and marched to Charleston, South Carolina,
where he was under Colonel Pinckney, and after that was transferred
to Captain Clarke's Company and went to Augusta, Georgia, no dates
of service are given.

He married Sarah Dabney, also referred to as Sarah Cauthorn,
date not stated, and both of them died in 1823 or 1824 in Tattnall
County, Georgia.

On February 4, 1856, their only surviving children, Adin Boyd
(a son) aged fifty-two years, and Blancett or Blanchy Jones aged
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sixty-eight years, both residents of Lowndes County, Georgia, applied
for pension on account of their father's service. Their claim was not
allowed as there was no provision of law whereby children of a soldier
of the Revolution were entitled to pension.

Very truly yours,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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( left page ) 1916 May 13 Hist. to Mrs. John H. Boyd ( Annie Allen )  1927 Dec 7, hist to  Hon. Wm. H. Harris for  Willis W. Boyd W.C.S. ( right page ) 1085 David Boyd
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United States Senate,
Washington, Dec. 5, 1927, 19

Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

I have the honor to
submit the following communication
for your consideration
, and to ask that the
request made therein be complied
with if possible.

When the matter is disposed
of, will you kindly
have the letter returned to
my office, and oblige,

Yours truly,
Wm J. Harris

U. S. S.
(see other side)

[part of an illegible stamp]

o9-579
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Willis W. Boyd Adairsville, Ga. wrote  Hon . Wm. J. Harris for  histories of Wm. Boyd  W. 5845 & David Boyd R 1085 W.C.S.
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J.N.M.1 Revo. Windsor , Mo. May 8 ,1916 Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir, I wish the war record of ( David Boyd ) ( underscored )  who served in the Revolutionary War as a private in the 1st South Carolina Regiment  commanded by Col. Pinckney . He enlisted Nov. 4, 1775  & was discharged Aug. 11, 1778. Very respectfully  Annie Allen Boyd ( Mrs. John W. )( signed )  Windsor Mo.
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No. de David Boyd Rejected June 7, 1832
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Sarah or David Boyd  Ga - Original ( vertical on page )  Fayetteville So. Ca. 30 May / 56  FREE Commissioner of Pensions  Washington City