Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9737, Samuel Boyd, S.C.
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Service
S.C.

Boyd, Samuel 
Isabella

Number
W.9737
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let 23 Jan., 1840
76 J. Randen

13910
Indiana
Samuel Boyd
of Wayne Co. in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [Samuel Earle] Earl of the regiment commanded by Col [Joseph] Hayes in the _ [South Carolina] line for Two years private
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July 1833 and sent to Samuel
Hannah Centerville
Arrears to the 4th of March, 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
40.00 = $200.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 105
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Octr 31- 1852 ab
Reported
Aug 3/93 Mil History furnished C. Martindale Atty c.

1192 Madison 
Indiana
Isabella Boyd
widow of Samuel Boyd, South Carolina
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of August 1848 and sent to 
Honorary R.M. Johnson
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 323 Vol. 3
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State of Indiana Wayne County 

On this the 29th day of August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court. Before the judges of the Wayne Circuit Court, in the Sixth Judicial Circuit now sitting, Samuel Boyd, a resident of the county aforesaid, aged 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 Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
That in the spring of the year 1780. The British and Tories having taken possession of the State of South Carolina Where there I resided and from the abuse I and my family had received from them, I was resolved, never to submit to them and set off towards the borders of North Carolina and there met and joined Colonel Robuck [Benjamin Roebuck] Major [Col. Anthony Walton] White, Captain [Robert] Thomas and Captain [Samuel] Earle who commanded from one hundred to one hundred and fifty men. 
We made Several Expeditions towards the center of the state, had an engagement near the 
British Garrison at the town of [Battle of] Ninety Six (now Cambridge) in this way we continued to harass the Enemy, until General Green [Nathanael Greene] marched his army to the Relief of the Country.
Colonel Roebuck having died about that time, and General Greene calling on the militia to form his army. I attached myself to Col. [Joseph] Hayes scouting company and on Broad River we joined General Greene who employed us to reconnoiter the movement of the enemy.  
On the Second Expedition of this kind 
we fell in with a scouting party of the Enemy on Bush river where in the Engagement I had my left eye Entirely shot out.  I still continued in the Army under the command of Genl Greene
was with the army at the taking of the British Garrison at Augusta in Georgia and at the seige of
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Ninety six, and still continued in the army as a Militia Soldier untill Charlestown was vacated by the Enemy in December 1782. When I was discharged from the service after having served between Two and three years-- I have no Documentary Evidence, and know of no person whose Testimony I can procure, to testify to my service
I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State. But my name has been and is on the pension roll of wounded pensioners of the State of South Carolina, and
a law of South Carolina. But I have not drawn any money for the last eight years nor do I know but my name may be now struck off.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
s/ Samuel Boyd
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We John Beard a Clergyman residing in the County of Wayne and State of Indiana and Robert Leavel
Residing in the County aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Boyd
who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration, That we believe him to Sixty eight years of
age, that it is evident from the appearance of his wound, that he lost his eye by a ball 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 to and subscribed in open Court the 29th August 1832
s/ John Beard
Robert Leavell
Qust.1st Where, and in what year were you born. Ans. I was born
in the year 1764 in Bedford County Virginia Qust. 2nd Have you any
record of your age, Ans. I have no record of my age at present. I have seen and had it since I was a man, but it is now lost or worn out
Quest 3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have
lived since the revolutionary War, and where do you now live. Ans. In district South Carolina from there I removed to the State of Kentucky in the year 1787 I resided in Kentucky from that time until the year 1821
I then moved to this County of Wayne, Indiana, where I have resided
ever since and where I now live. Qust 4th How were you called into
service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute
Ans. I was a Volunteer. Qust 5th State the names of four of the
Regular Officers who were with the troops with whom you served
such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and 
the general Circumstances of your service. Ans. Col. [Benjamin] Roebuck, Major [Col Anthony W]
White, Capt. [Robert] Thomas of the militia. Gen. [Nathanael] Greene, Col. Lee, of the Regular army, I dont recollect the particular names, of the Continental or militia Regiment. My services were all performed in South Carolina except perhaps two months service taking the Fort of Augusta
Georgia, from the British. I served during the whole time of the
siege of the Fort of ninety Six. Quest 6th Did you ever receive discharge from the service; if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it. Ans. I received a discharge or rather a certificate of service from Col. {Joseph] Hayes near the close of the War, or about the time Charleston was evacuated by the British. But what has become of it I cannot tell. I lost it many years ago
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Quest. 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in
your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. Ans. Beale Butler and Asa M Sherman Esquires members of this Court, Samuel Taylor and Robert Leavel. I could name many more who are not now present in Court
And thereupon the Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the examination and investigation of the matter and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the
above named Samuel Boyd was a Revolutionary Soldier and
served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that John Beard who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Wayne and State of Indiana and that Robert Leavel who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County and State and is a credible
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit

State of Indiana  Wayne County
I Saml Hannah Clerk of the Wayne
Circuit Court in the County of Wayne and State of Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Boyd for a pension
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of our said Wayne Circuit Court at Centreville this 7th day of September A.D. 1832
Saml Hannah C. W. C. C.
8517
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Indiana Wayne County
On this eighth day of September Eighteen hundred and forty
personally appeared in open court before the Wayne County Commissioners Court, Isabella Boyd a resident of Wayne County State of Indiana aged Seventy Six years, who
being first duly sworn according to law: doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
July 7th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That that she is the widow of Samuel Boyd, who was a pensioner in the County of Wayne and
State of Indiana, and she refers to his papers on file for evidence of his services; she further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Boyd on the twelfth day of December Seventeen hundred and Eighty five
in Chester County State of South Carolina, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Boyd died on the twenty Seventh day of November Eighteen hundred and Thirty five: That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and thirty four, viz, at the time above stated she herewith presents her family record which is the only record she is able to
procure, and which is her true family record and has been kept in her own possession ever since the death
of her said husband, but she is unable to State who wrote it: which record states that Samuel & Isabel Boyd
Married twelfth day of December Seventeen hundred and Eighty five, and that James Boyd Born
December fifth Seventeen hundred and Eighty six. She was married to the said Samuel Boyd prior to the birth of the said James Boyd their eldest son
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FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES
Samuel & Isabel Boyd
married 12th day of 
December 1785
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and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Samuel Boyd which will
more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
s/ Isabel Boyd
Given from under my hand the day and the year last aforesaid
Sworn and subscribed in open Court 
September 8th 1840. John Finley Clerk W.C.C.
State of Indiana Wayne County 
On this eighth day of September Eighteen hundred and Forty
personally appeared in open Court before the Board of Commissioners of said County now in session at Centerville Isabella Boyd a resident of Wayne County State of Indiana
an aged Lady and is well known to the Court to be a lady of truth and piety, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, and the Court most fully concur in the belief of the truth of the Statements therein made, In testimony whereof I John Finley Clerk of said Court have
hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this
eighth day of September Eighteen
hundred and Forty
s/ John Finley C. W. C. C.
I James Boyd do certify that the above family record was taken from my Mothers Bible in my presence
and that it is her true family record, and I believe it contains my true age, I believe that my father the aforesaid Samuel Boyd and my mother the
above Isabella Boyd were married as early as stated by her in the foregoing declaration he was a pensioner in Wayne County State of Indiana and died at the time stated in the
forgoing declaration, and that the said Isabella
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Boyd has remained a widow ever since his death s/ James Boyd
given from under my hand this Eighth day of September Eighteen hundred and Forty Sworn and Subscribed
before me s/ John Betson JP

I Abner M. Bradberry do certify that the family record here attached is in my own hand writing, and to the best
of my recollection it was transcribed from an old Bible about sixteen years since, and from my personal
acquaintance with the aforesaid Samuel Boyd and Isabella Boyd and James Boyd their oldest son, I do most fully believe that it contains the true date of their marriage and the birth of the said James, I know the said Isabella and James Boyd to be persons of truth and veracity and I
do most fully concur in the belief of the truth of the statements by them severally made s/ AM Bradberry
given under my hand this ninth day of September Eighteen hundred and Forty Sworn and subscribed before me s/  John Betson JP

State of Indiana Wayne County
On this ninth day of September Eighteen hundred and forty personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace of said County James Boyd and Abner M. Bradberry, residents of said County Known to me to be persons of truth, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statements by them severally made
and I do most fully concur in the belief of the truth of the same. Given from under my hand the day and date last aforesaid s/ John Betson JP
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No 7350
Isabella Boyd
of Samuel
Indiana
marriage flaw

State of Indiana Wayne County
I John Finley Clerk of the Court of said County do certify that John Betson is Magistrate as above
and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my seal of
office and subscribed my name
this ninth day of September
Eighteen hundred and Forty
John Finley, Clerk W.C.C.
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8517
Samuel Boyd
Wayne Indiana
from 1780  private
2 years $80
return
[Captain Samuel] Earle
[Colonel Joseph] Hayes
4.5
E p.784
7 March 33
Saml Hannah
Centreville Indiana
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8.517 BRIEF in the case of Samuel Boyd of Wayne County in the State of Indiana (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 68 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. In 17_
Duration of Service. Served between
2 to 3 years
Rank. As a _
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Genl Green [Nathanael Greene]
Colo Robuck [Benjamin Roebuck]
Major White [Anthony W]
Capt Thomas [Robert]
Capt Earl [Samuel Earle]
Colo Hays [Joseph Hayes]
In what battles was he engaged? at the Siege of Ninety Six & in an
engagement on Bush River-
Where did he reside when he entered that serve
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining clerk
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April 25, 1938
Samuel Boyd
W. 9737
BA-J/AW O
Mrs. C. F. Eckelman
760 South Fifth Street
Salina, Kansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Boyd, born May 20, 1763, served from South Carolina, Married Isabelle Higgins, and died
November 27, 1835.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 9737, based on the military service of Samuel Boyd in
the War of the Revolution.
Samuel Boyd was born in the year 1764 in Bedford County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
Samuel Boyd, volunteered, while residing in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, in the spring of 1780, served as private in Captains [Robert] Thomas and [Samuel] Earle's Companies, Colonels [Benjamin] Roebuck's and Hays' [Joseph Hayes] South Carolina regiments, was out in many scouting parties, was in an engagement on [Battle of] Bush River, where his left eye was entirely shot out was at the capture of Augusta, Georgia, and the Siege of Ninety Six, continued in the service until the spring of 1782, and from then until sometime in December, 1782 served in Captain [Lewis] Duvall's company, Colonel [Andrew] Pickens' regiment.
He moved from Ninety-Six District in 1787 to
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the State of Kentucky, lived there until the year 1811, when he moved to Wayne County, Indiana
The soldier, Samuel Boyd, was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, at
which time he was living in Wayne County, Indiana.
He was pensioned, also, by the State of South Carolina, on account of wounds received while in
the service.
Samuel Boyd married December 12, 1785 in Chester County, South Carolina, Isabella; her maiden name was not stated, nor was it shown when and where she was born. The soldier died November 27, 1835. His
widow, Isabella Boyd, was allowed pension on her application executed September 8, 1840, then
seventy-six years of age, and a resident of Wayne County, Indiana. She died October 31, 1852.
Their son, James, was born December 5, 1786, and in 1840 was a resident of Wayne County, Indiana.
The papers on  file in this claim contain no further discernible data relative to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Samuel Boyd No. 8517
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State of Indiana Wayne County 
Be it remembered that on the 18th day of March AD 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Wayne and State of
Indiana Samuel Boyd who being by me duly sworn deposeth and
saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory
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 (To wit)
I entered the service of the United States in the Spring of the year 1780
in South Carolina under the command of Capt. [Robert] Thomas who was killed two or three months afterwards. I was then placed under the Command of Capt. [Samuel] Earle and attached to Col. [Benjamin] Roebuck's Regiment and placed near his person until his death he died in about one year after I entered the service with the Small pox, I served under his orders as a private volunteer soldier for one year. Col Hays [Joseph Hayes] then succeeded to the command of the same Regiment and I continued to serve under him as a private soldier until the Spring of the year 1782 when he Col Hayes was taken prisoner by
party of tories who were commanded by one Cunningham and being From that time until December 1782 I served under Capt [Lewis] Duvall and Col Andrew] Pickens (afterwards Gen Pickens) as a private soldier. I therefore state that I served without intermission from the Spring of the year 1780 until December 1782 under the officers above named as a private volunteer soldier for two years and
six months, and for such service I claim a pension. And further in a skirmish with a party of British tories I had my left eye shot out as is stated in my declaration to which this affidavit is affixed as an amendment, for which I also claim a pension
s/ Saml Boyd
Sworn to & subscribed before me the 
day and year first above written.
Given under my hand & seal
Daniel Strattan JP
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State of Indiana Wayne County I Saml Hannah Clerk of the Wayne
Circuit Court do hereby Certify that Daniel Strattan Esq
before whom the foregoing affidavit has been acknowledged
by Samuel Boyd and who has certified the same is an
dating Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Wayne
duly Commissioned and sworn, as the law directs and
further that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine

In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed
my name and affix the seal of our said
Court at Centreville this 18th day of March
A.D. 1833
s/ Saml Hannah C.W.C.C.
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Indianapolis Sept 15 1844
Hon J L Edwards
Sir enclosed are the papers of
Mrs Isabella Boyd
Yours Respectfully
Jas L Bradley


Indianapolis In 17th 1846
Dear Sir Mrs Isabella Boyd whose declaration was filed in 1840 and suspended for want of proof of the services of her husband who
was a pensioner in his lifetime, wishes her application received 
If there has been any modification
in the rules, and her case requires an amended Declaration or a Declaration under any subsequent law to meet it, will you be so kind as to inform me
Your Obt Servt H. Bradley
Hon JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Apr two
10469
Indiana
Isabella Boyd
Widow of Samuel Boyd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 27th Nov. 1835 of Wayne in the State of Indiana
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Earl [Samuel Earle] of the Regiment commanded by Col. Heays [Joseph Hayes] in
the Revolution for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Madison
at the rate of 80 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th
August 1848 and sent to Hon. RM Johnson Present
Total amount, $400.00
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by the Tho Lumpkin Clerk
Book D. Vol.1 Page 421
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia So Ca Sept 29th /45
Dr Sir
Your communication PM  26th, as to hand Captain [Robert] Thomas Received Four Hundred and Twenty three Pounds ten shillings and ten pence L23:10:10 Sterling for Four Hundred and Eighty one Days Militia Duty in 1778, 1779 & 1780 &c
Mr Boyd was received in 1822 as a State Pensioner at $60 per annum
In 1825 He drew $180 -
Very Respectfully
For Comptroller Genl
Laval
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia So Ca Augt 18 /45
Dr Sir
Yours of the 13" is to hand
The name of Saml Boyd is not of record in this office
Mr Boyd may not have demanded
his Indent at the close of his term of service, many had neglected to do so, and in all such cases, the records
will afford no evidence in support of the claim
Indents were issued alike to privates and to officers, both were entitled to pay for the service rendered: They were paid for their respective Tour
or terms of service, let the service have been for five or for fifteen months or more
Very Respectfully
For Comptroller Gen.
Laval
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Col J. L. Edwards
as the friend & agent of
Isabella Boyd of Indiana Widow of Samuel Boyd
I apply for a pension under the
Resolution of Congress passed this
Session giving Pensions to widows
without any proof of service where
the husband has recd a Pension &
oblige your Ob sert
RM Johnson
to Augt 1848
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Washington, Oct. 1845
Sir
Enclosed is evidence in the
case of Mrs Isabella Boyd shewing
that Captain [Robert] Thomas under whom her husband served, was paid for 481 days in 1778, 1779 & 1780, and also that her husband was a pensioner of South Carolina. The
husband was allowed a pension under act 7 June 1832, I hope under the circumstances that her claim may now be allowed
I am respy
Your Obt set
Wm S Allison

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commiss of Pensions
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Dear Sir
Long Lick Scott County Aug 27 1847
Dear sir
The enclosed Copy of your
letter was received by the last mail
from a friend of Mrs Boyd requesting
me to write to you in relation to her claim. My object in now writing to you 
is to know whether there is not a
late law of Congress which authorizes you to allow such claims and if there is to Request you to forward to me her Pension Certificate or such instruction as may be necessary to obtain her Pension
I have the honor to be with great respect your most Obedient Servant
Lewis C. Suggett

James L Edwards Esqr
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Centreville Ind 18th March 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the pension papers of
Samuel Boyd Samuel Walker and John Burk to each of whose declarations, affidavits
are prefixed as amendments which I hope may prove satisfactory to the Department. If however there should be objections not yet removed, will you have the goodness to return them
to me. Noting the objection by the proper No on the briefs sent and I can thereby by aid of the briefs which I have retained on file have
the proper corrections made
very Respectfully
Your most Obed
Saml Hannah

Hon J.L. Edwards
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No 7350
Isabella Boyd
Wid of Samuel
Ind
act 7 July 1838
accrue 2 years per $80.00 per an
from 4 March 1836
accrue acts 1843 44148
$80.00 per annum
from 4 March 1843
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Isabella Boyd
of Samuel
Indiana
Suspended
See let. 20th Oct. 41
J. L. Bradley
let. 22 June 1841 Hon D. Wallace
Let to W. S. Allison Sept 24.45
to same Oct 29.45
to H Bradley Apl 9.46
Let. to SC. Suggett Sept 13.47
Act 7 July 1838
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Reported
8394
Indiana Madison
Isabella Boyd
widow of Saml Boyd
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 27 Nov. 1835
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of August 48
and sent to Hon. R. M. Johnson
Present
Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 217
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Samuel Boyd Indiana act 7 June 1832 $80 pa
To what time was he last paid? ges
Pension Office August 10th 1848 Paid 27th Nov. 1835 paid to death abt
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August 1, 1934
Samuel Boyd -- W. 9737
BA-J/AWF
M. M. Lewis The American Historical Society, Inc.
80-90 Eighth Avenue
New York City
Dear Madam:
Carolina.
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Boyd
or Samuel Gibson Boyd, who served in North and South Carolina.
You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War
record of Samuel Boyd, who served in the South Carolina
troops; which is the record of the only Samuel Boyd, found on file in the Revolutionary War records
of this office, who served in either North or South Carolina troops.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 9737, based upon
the military service of Samuel Boyd, during the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Boyd was born in the year 1764 in Bedford County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given.
He volunteered, while residing in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, in the spring of 1780, served as
private in Captains [Robert] Thomas' and [Samuel] Earle's companies, Colonels [Benjamin] Roebuck's and Hays' [Joseph Hayes] regiments, was out in many scouting parties, was in an engagement on Bush River
where his left eye was entirely shot out was at the capture of Augusta, Georgia, and the Siege of Ninety-
Six, continued in the service until the spring of 1782, and that from spring until sometime in December, 1782, he served in Captain [Lewis] Duvall's company, Colonel [Andrew] Pickens' regiment. Samuel Boyd moved from
Ninety-Six District to Kentucky in 1787, where he lived until the year 1811,
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when he moved to Wayne County, Indiana.
The soldier, Samuel Boyd, was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while a
resident of Wayne County, Indiana. He was pensioned also by the State of South Carolina, on account
of wounds received while in the service.
Samuel Boyd married December 12, 1785 in Chester County, South Carolina, Isabella; her maiden name is
not stated, nor is it shown when and where she was born.
The soldier died November 27, 1835. His widow, Isabella Boyd, was allowed pension on her application
executed September 8, 1840, then seventy-six years of age and living in Wayne County, Indiana. She died
October 31, 1852.
Their son, James, was born December 5, 1786, and
in 1840 was a resident of Wayne County, Indiana. There
are no further data as to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Hist. to J.B. Martindale,
Four St. Chicago Ill.  meb
History to W.K. Bradbury.  mbh
1910 Dec. 2. History to Mrs. Martha E. Morton letter in W File 3565 Jos. Ladd  c
1912 June 12. to Mrs.D.M. Vesey  c
1912 Aug.1 To Dr M. Genl. U.S.A
For tombstone  fw
1916 Mch 10: History to Mrs. CH. Johnson.  mbh
1921 June 16. History to Mrs Horace Hurst  aw
1922 - Oct. 14. Hist to Mrs. John W. Beath  mmh
1928. May 23. Hist to Erle B. Allen aw
1934 - Aug 1 Hist  to American Hist
Society Inc.  awf

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9737
Isabella Boyd
Wid, of Samuel Boyd
Pri Rev War
Act: Feby, 2 /48
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug. 8/95
324 Dearb
1906 March 17
1958 Apr 25 - hist to Mrs C.F. Eckelman  awf
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
May 23, 1928
Erle B. Allen
Miama, Box 843, Fla.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 9737, it appears that Samuel Boyd
was born in 1784 in Bedford County, Virginia. While residing in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the South Carolina Troops, as follows
From in the spring of 1780, two years in Captains [Robert] Thomas' and [Samuel] Earle's Companies, Colonels [Benjamin] Roebuck's and [Joseph Hayes] Hays' Regiment, was in an engagement on Bush River,
where his left eye was entirely shot out was at the capture of Augusta, Georgia, and Siege of Ninety-Six;
and from in the spring of 1782 to December 1783 in Captain [Lewis]
Duvall's Company, Colonel [Andrew] Pickens' Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while a resident of Wayne County, Indiana. He died November 27, 1835. The soldier married December 12, 1785 in Chester
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County, South Carolina, Isabella, her maiden name is not stated.
Her pension was allowed on an application executed
September 8, 1840, at which time she was seventy- six years old.
Son, James, was born December 5, 1786. No further data as to children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Boyd W.file 9737 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Spr. 1780
Spring1782
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 yrs.
Dec 1782
RANK.
Pri.
Pri
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN. [Robert] Thomas
[Samuel] Earle
[Lewis] Duvall,
COLONEL. [Benjamin] Roebuck
[Joseph Hayes] Hays
[Andrew] Pickens
STATE.
S. C.

Battles engaged in, Engagement on Bush River in which he lost his left eye. Augusta Ga., Siege of Ninety-six
Residence of soldier at 
enlistment, Ninety-six Dist. SC
Date of application for pension, Aug. 29 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Wayne Co Ind
Age at date of application, born in Bedford Co Va. in 1764
Dec 12 1786
Remarks: He died Nov. 27, 1835. He married IsabellaDec. 12.1785 in Chester Co., S.C.
She was seventy-six years in 1840. applied Sept 8. 1840 Her claim was allowed. Son, James, b. Dec 5, 1786.
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NINTH DISTRICT
NEW MEXICO
Salina WICHTA KANSAS Apr. 7, 1938. Commissioner of Pensions,
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am seeking verification of the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Boyd b. May 20, 1763, d. 11-27-1835
married -- Isabella Higgins
He with his father, James Boyd and two brothers John and Abraham were born in Virginia but served with South Carolina troops in the war.
Any data furnished by the records of your office will be greatly appreciated,
Very Truly Yours,
Julia Boyd Eckelman

Mrs. C. F. Eckelman
760 So. 5th St.
Salina, Kansas.
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M. M. LEWIS 
RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
Genealogical Service
With Cited Authority

THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC. Publishers 80-90 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
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LEWHOSO -- NEW YORK ( 9-7753
July 17, 1934
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
We are most anxious to obtain the Pension record of one Samuel Boyd or Samuel Gibson Boyd who is said to
have served at King's Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Court House, etc. 
(in South and North Carolina ) during the Revolutionary War. We shall greatly appreciate any information
you may be able to give us.
Yours very truly,
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
s/  M. M. Lewis
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Publishers HISTORY
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VANDERPOOL&COMPANY
ESTABLISHED 1913
INCORPORATED
VANDERPOOL BUILDING
33.35 S. E. FIRST AVENUE
MIAMI, FLORIDA
P. O. Box 843,
May 6th, 1928.
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
The Adjutant General of the Army has suggested that I write you for information relative to certain ancestors who according to
family history were soldiers in the Revolutionary Army. If your records contain anything relevant I shall be much indebted to you if you will advise me fully.
John Gordon Halifax County North Carolina. This John Gordon was son of Joseph Gordon, and John, born 1745 on Albemarle sound, married Ann (Nancy) Haynes, a sister of Colonel Thomas Haynes. John Gordon according to our history was a member of the Committee of safety, also a soldier. It is possible that he
or his widow drew pension. If possible would like to know, rank
length and dates of service etc. Some years after the War John Gordon moved over into Trigg or Christian County Kentucky.
James Boyd, Abram Boyd -- Samuel Boyd. James Boyd was father of Abram and Samuel Boyd, and according to family history all
three were soldiers in the Revolution. James Boyd lived at first in Bedford County Virginia, and seems to have served a while from that county--he moved down into Lancaster County or some adjacent county in South Carolina, and while there he and
the two sons joined the army, it is said all entering the same
company. Their home was twice burned by the Tories, and Samuel
Boyd was badly wounded in some battle in North or South Carolina.
I am particularly interested in James Boyd, the father, and Abram
Boyd, who was born about 1765 and joined the army at age of 16.
If possible from your records please give rank, dates and length
of service, and campaigns engaged in. The wife of James Boyd was Martha Burns Boyd -- it is possible that pension was paid to her.
Adam Linn- Born in Ireland, lived in Bedford County Virginia
and probably moved into South Carolina with the Boyds, as Abram
Boyd married his daughter, after the War. Know nothing of his
service except that he was a soldier. His wife was Sydney Ann
Ewing, daughter of Robert Ewing, Bedford County Virginia. All of
the above, Boyds and Linn as well as Gordon, moved into Tennessee
and Kentucky from 1788 to 1800.
" IF IT'S INSURANCE ASK
VANDERPOOL"
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VANDERPOOL&COMPANY
ESTABLISHED 1913
INCORPORATED
VANDERPOOL BUILDING
33.35 S. E. FIRST AVENUE
MIAMI, FLORIDA

If it is customary to charge a fee for making searches of this
sort I shall of course gladly pay the fee on receipt of advice
-- If not customary, your assistance will be appreciated.
Thanking you in advance

Respectfully,
s/ Erle Boyd Allen.
Box 843,
Miami, Florida.
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VANDERPOOL&COMPANY
ESTABLISHED 1913
INCORPORATED
VANDERPOOL BUILDING
33.35 S. E. FIRST AVENUE
MIAMI, FLORIDA
P. O. Box 843
May 11th, 1928.The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Under date May 6th I addressed
a letter to you asking for
service records on Adam Linn, James Boyd and Abraham Boyd who
joined from South Carolina. Since that date some additional information has come to light which may serve to narrow down the necessary search of records in your office, and I am therefore taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of letter written to
the Secretary of South Carolina Historical Commission.
The Samuel Boyd who applied and received a pension in 1832, died
in Indiana. He seems to have served in two or more organizations
during the Revolution, and the roster of the company in which he
served last will probably contain the name of Abraham Boyd.
Your assistance in the matter will be appreciated.

Respectfully
s/ Erle Boyd Allen.
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P. O. Box 845.
May 11th, 1928.
Mr. A. S. Salley Jr., Secty.
Historical Commission,
Columbia, South Carolina.
Dear Sir:
I have your letter of the 8th in re James Boyd, for which
I thank you very much. Am enclosing money order in sum of $2.60,
and ask that you forward the certificates mentioned.
Since writing you last Sunday I wrote again on Wednesday the
9th, but addressed the letter to Secretary of the Historical
Society, so don't know whether it has yet reached you, and am
therefore repeating the contents of Wednesday letter, as follows:
I notice DAR lineage Books, Volume 69 page one, shows that
James Boyd enlisted in 1778, joining the 1st South Carolina Regiment
commanded by Colonel Charles Pinckney. Another volume records
the fact that he died in a Tory Prison Of Samuel Boyd, it is
recorded that he joined in 1780, serving a year under Captain [Robert] Thomas, Colonel [Benjamin] Roebuck's regiment. In 1781 he re-enlisted under Colonel [Joseph] Hayes. I believe that a search of company rosters will show that Adam Linn joined in 1775, at same time James Boyd did, and that Abraham Boyd joined same company with Samuel Boyd in 1781. Abraham Boyd was born in 1765 and according to our family records joined at age of 16, DAR lineage Books also
record the fact that in 1833 Samuel Boyd applied for a pension, which was granted.
If I may presume on your kindness a bit further, I would like to know where the various company rosters probably are, if you do not have them? Also, if a soldier joined the Continental Army.
rather than State Militia, would your office contain records, and if not where would they be? Do the various county records, as rule, contain lists of soldiers furnished various organizations from that county
Once more thanking you for your assistance,
Truly,
Erle Boyd Allen.
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Hartford City Ind 9/13/22
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear Sir
I'm wanting the volume and page and
record of Samuel Boyd
who fought in the Revolution
with a South Carolina troop. His father James Boyd and two brothers John and Abraham were in
same regiment
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Do not know name of regiment
but wild like to have same.
I do not know whether I am
writing to proper party but
have been so advised.
If they are any charges
send bill for same to me.
Thanking you in advance for
your for favor.
I am
Yours Resp
Mrs. John W. Beath
615 N. High St,
Hartford City, Ind
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9737 Revo
June 1 -1921
Pension Dept Washington DC
Gentlemen
Will you please send me a certificate
of the Military record of Samuel Boyd
who lost an eye and drew a pension
til his death and the pension paid to
his widow Isabel Higgins Boyd
til her death
Sincerely
Mrs Horace Hurst
79 the Ruik
Indianapolis Ind
[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
June 4 1921
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Per Sec
Sentinel Okla
Feb. 28 - 1916
Dear Sirs
is the name of Samuel
Boyd of Virginia who enlisted
from South Carolina on the
Revolutionary Pension Rolls
and if so please give me his
record
Respectfully
Mrs. C. H. Johnson
Sentinel
Okla
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Fort Wayne, Ind
June 4th 1912.
The Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs
I wish to apply for
membership to the Daughters of
Revolution and in order to do so
I wish you to verify the facts
which I am sending you of
Samuel Boyd W9737 SC
Samuel Boyd born in Virginia
May 20, 1763. He and his Father
and three brother enlisted in
the army of the Revolution in
South Carolina where they then
lived. The father was killed in
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battle and Samuel Boyd was shot
in the right eye and left for dead.
But was discovered by a near
woman and nursed back to life.
He is supposed to have served
under Green. [General Nathanael Greene]
Samuel Boyd Married in 1785
Isabella Higgins who was born
Feb. 13 - 1764 in South Carolina
Soon after their marriage they
moved to Tennessee then to Ky.
then to Jacksonburg, Ind. in 1814.
Samuel Boyd died Nov. 27, 1835
his wife Isabella H. Boyd died Oct. 31,
1852 near Jacksonburg. She drew a
pension as a widow of the Revolution
Please send me an endorsement
of these facts that I may prove my
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eligibility to become a DAR.
Please be as prompt as possible.
Yours obligingly
Mrs DM Vesey
Fort Wayne, Ind
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[printed letterhead]
WM. H. BRADBURY & SON
ROOMS I AND 3, WESTCOTT BLOCK
RICHMOND, INDIANA.
WM. H. BRADBURY, NOTARY PUBLIC
INSURANCE.
REAL ESTATE, LOANS.
COLLECTIONS
W. K.
March 12th, 1906
[stamp] OW&N DIV. FILES
MAR 15 1906

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
I am seeking to establish the eligibility of my daughter, Anna Bradbury, to membership in the Daughters of the American
Revolution, as a descendant of Samuel Boyd who served as a private in the Third North Carolina Regt.
According to family tradition, he lost his right eye while on picket duty, for which he drew a pension for some years prior to his death, which occurred about 1827. There is also a tradition in the family that his widow, Isabelle Boyd, applied for a pension after his death.
Any information you can give me concerning these matters will be duly appreciated.
Yours very truly,
W. K. Bradbury
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[printed letterhead]
J. B. Martindale, President.
B. W. S. Martindale, Vice Prest
M. C. Brady, Secretary
The Martindale Mercantile Agency
Established 1868.
General Offices 324 Dearborn St.
THE PRESIDENT OF THIS AGENCY IS THE PUBLISHER OF MARTINDALES LAW DIRECTORY.
Chicago July 29th, 1895

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
My Grandfather, Samuel Boyd, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and served in some South Carolina regiment. He was drawing a pension at the time of his death, 1835, and then resided in Wayne County, Indiana. For the record of his pension
we refer you to Volume IV. page 514 Revolutionary War Pension Roll.
Sub - page 76 Indiana Roll ) published in 1835, printed by Duff Green, Washington D. C. Would you kindly send me a copy of the record including his statement on which the pension was allowed.
This will greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
J. B. Martindale
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United States Pension Agency
Indianapolis, Ind.
June 12th, 1893.
Hon. Samuels Blackwell,
Third Auditor U.S. Treasury,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: --
Please furnish me the rank, Company and Regiment, or a copy of your records in case of one Samuel Boyd, a revolutionary soldier who made application for pension from Indiana and was paid through this Agency which the records do not show.
His widow Isabella Boyd was afterwards pensioned. I am unable to furnish any number or data that will assist in locating the case. Please return this letter with your reply.
Yours truly,
Nicholas Ensley
U.S. Pension Agent
O.P.E.
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Charles Martindale
Counsellor at Law Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Ind June, 9, 1893
War Department,
Record Division, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen; -
Please furnish me if possible the date of enlistment and date of discharge, company and regiment in the Revolution army of Samuel C. Boyd of Wayne County, Indiana. Probably enlisted as a part of the Virginia troops. He was a Revolutionary pensioner up to the time of his death which occurred about (fifteen) 1835 years ago. Any charges that are required will be remitted on notification.
Yours truly,
Charles Martindale
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Jun 12 1893
367488

Indianapolis, Ind
June 9 93
Saml C Boyd
Va (?) Vols Rev War
Chas Martindale Requests date of enlistment and discharge and
Co & Regt in which he served.

Record and Pension Office
War Department
Washington June 12, 1893
Respectfully returned to
Mr Charles Martindale,
Attorney, Indianapolis, Indiana,
With the information that the records of the Revolutionary war are filed in the Pension Office and in the Department of State.
Communications of this nature should, therefore, be addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions and to the Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.

[stamp] US Pension Office
June 17 1893
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Form No 157. B 
Indorsement
Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
June 17th, 1893
Respectfully referred to
Hon Commi of Pensions
for his consideration
Letter of Nicholas Ensley P.A. at Indianapolis  Ind. relative to one Samuel Boyd a 
revolutionary soldier

Samuel Blackwell
Auditor
cph
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A Copy 
from Isabel
in Mrs Boyd
& To W E
Comptroller
Columbia
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Pension Office October 20 1840
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs Issabella Boyd
widow of Samuel Boyd deceased have been examined and filed with suspended cases. Upon referring to her husbands papers under the act of June 7 1832, it is found that his claim was allowed without the exhibition of any positive proof of his services He alledged to have served in the South Carolina Militia as a volunteer
There is record proof of the services of the S.C. troops in the Office of W E Hayne Esq Comptroller General
of that State at Columbia SC. Application should be made to him for such proof of the service as the records in his office may afford
I am Respectfully
Your obedient Servant
J L Edwards