Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44168, Tolcut Gold, Navy New York Residence And Agency
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14757

R

New York

Tolcut Gold
friendship in the state of N York who was a mariner in the Alliance Frigate, Capt Barry for the term of 11 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of June 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Sept 1819 and sent to Alvan Burr Angelica, NY

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1819: $114.93
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March '20   48.
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$162.93

11 m 11/30

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
 Continued
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Tolcut Gold

Allegany County, New York

Mariner onboard the ship Alliance

Capt. Barry, 10 1/2 months

24 June, 1818.

Further evidence of service and the time of entry and discharge wanting

3 May 1819

Philip Church, judge
Angelica, Allegany Co., New York
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Allegany County   }
State of New York}          On this twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me the subscriber first
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said county personally appears Tolcut
Gold aged sixty years resident in the town of Friendship in said
county who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made
by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" That he the said Tolbcut Gold enlisted into the naval service
of the United States on board of the ship Alliance of thirty six guns Com[m]and
ed by Captain John Barrey for twelve months in the year Seventeen hundred
and Eighty that he continued to serve on board of the said ship
about ten months and a half and was then taken sick & had permission to go home & did not return
again and while on board of said ship he went to Lorient in France to 
carry Col Laurence Genl Washington Ade e camp and on his return he
was in the battle off the Grand-banks fought between the said ship and
and two British sloops of war Viz Antelantic [sic: Atalanta] & Trepassa that he is in
reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country
for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of
his said service
                                                                              Tolcut Gold
Sworn to and declared before }
me the day & year aforesaid          }
                                Philip Church

I Philip Church first Judge of the court of common Pleas as aforesaid do
certify that it appears to my  satisfaction that the said Tolcut Gold did serve
in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the
common enemy also that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in
need need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of
the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
                                                                                                                       Philip Church
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Allegany County Ss.

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the handwri
ting of Philip Church Esquire first Judge of the Court of Court
of Common Pleas in the County of Allegany & State of New York
and know the preceeding signatures to be the true signa
tures of the said Philip Church Esquire and also that the said
Philip Church Esquire was at the time of taking the above proceeding & still is first
Judge of the court of Common Pleas in this Allegany County given made my hand
and the seal of the County of Allegany this 10th day of August D 1818
Amos Peabody Clk
Pleas send any communication on this subject to Alvan
Burr Angelica Allegany County State of NY
Hon. John C. Calhoun Sect }
of the Departn for war           }                                   Alvan Burr
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In the matter of Tolcut Gold
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State of New York
Allegany County

On this twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred twenty personally appears in open court being a court of records for the said county Talcum Gold age sixty two years resident in the town of Friendship in the county aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. In the Navy on board of the frigate Alliance commanded by Capt John Barry for 10 1/2 months in the year 1780 and 1781 according to the best of my recollection. That my original declaration was made on the twenty fourth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that my pension certificate is numbered 14757 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States and a citizen thereof on the 18th day of March 1818 the I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any port thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to _ 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 the 18th March 1818 and I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security article, contracts or debts due to me
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nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

Schedule of real and personal estate of Tolcut Gold

Real Estate
I have a deed of 20 acres of land lying in the town of Friendship in the county of Allegany on which there are 5 acres improved there are no buildings on it. In 1819 the land was assessed at $24. Valued by the court at $25.

Personal Estate as follows
1 small 4 year old mare $15 one colt $10 and 3 yews and 2 lambs $5 1 hog $1 1 ox $0.75 1 hoe 10 ct 1 harness 12 ct 1 iron wedge 12 its 1 fire pail kettle 50 1 is old has a hole in the bottom and cracked at the side 1 porridge pot 3 its 1 dish kettle 3 1/2 its spear 25 its 1 tea kettle $1 4 common chairs $1 1 table 50 cts 1 tea pot 12 ct 5 cups & saucers 12 ct 3 wooden pails 37 cts 3 knives & forks 5 ct 4 milk pans 50 cts 1 platter 12 cts 6 plates 37 cts 1 quart bason 12 cts 2 bowls 12 cts 1 pewter spoon 12 cts 1 flat iron 25 cts 1 bell 25 cts 1 rake 12 cts 1 pitcher 12 cts 1 churn 25 cts 1 _ cask 25 cts 1 flower barrel 6 cts small looking glass _ 50 cts 1 old saddle & bridle $1 Doctor Southworth owes me 11 dollars being part of my pension money drawn by him

I owe sixty one dollars & 25 cents

I have not more than the necessary beds, bedding & wearing apparel for my family and self
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My occupation is a farmer I have a wife aged 57 years she has been ailing for 17 years and is yet unwell not able to do much. I have but one child in my family Polly aged 18 years. She is also very unhealthy. I am afflicted with the Rheumatism which together with old age leaves me unable to labor. I am not able to support myself & family without aid.

/Tolcut Gold/

Sworn to and declared in opening court this 28th June 1820
/A_ Peabody/ Clerk of the court of common please

I Amos Peabody clerk of the county of Allegany do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixty six dollars and nineteen cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 29th day of June 1820

/Amos Peabody/ Clerk of the court of common pleas
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C. , [blank], 192
AWF
S.44168

In reply to your request of [blank] for the history of Tolcut Gold, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN COLONEL. STATE. 
Nov or Dec 1780. 11 mos. mid shipman. John Barry onboard Frigate "Alliance"

Battles engaged in, Grand Banks. 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated. 
Date of application for pension, June 24-1818. His claim allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Friendship  Allegany Co. N. Y. 
Age at date of application, 60 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier referred to his wife, aged 57 yrs. (name not stated) [and] one child Polly aged 18 yrs. At one time soldier resided in Fairfield, Conn.
No further family data on file. 

Respectfully, 
Commissioner 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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Record Division. 

September 14, 1908. 

Commander W. R. Shoemaker, 
Bureau of Navigation, 
Navy Department. 

Sir: 

In reply to your communication dated the 4th and received the 8th inst., requesting the Revolutionary War record of Tolcut Gold for Mr. William Powers, the Librarian of South Dakota State College, Brookings, S. D., you are advised that from the papers in pension claim Inv. File 44,168, it appears that Tolcut Gold enlisted in November or December, 1780 as a Midshipman and served ten and one-half months on board Capt. John Barry's ship "Alliance" in the U. S. Navy; conveyed Colonel John Laurens to L'Orient, France, and on the return was in en-gagement with the British vessels "Atalanta" and "Trepassy" off the Grand Banks. 

He was allowed pension for eleven months' service on an application executed June 24, 1818 at which time he was sixty years of age and a resident of Friendship, Allegany, Co., N. Y. In 1820 he mentioned his wife aged fifty-seven years (name not stated) and daughter Polly aged eighteen years. No further family data. 

The date of his death is not shown; for date of the last pay-ment of his pension and the name of the person to whom it was paid apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Tolcut Gold, certificate 14757, issued Sept. 23, 1819, under the. Act of
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Commander W. B. Shoemaker --2. 
March 18, 1818 at the New York Agency." 

There is no reference to military service . 

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner. 

2 enclosures. 

(Office note - See "States Hist of the Navy" and Lossing Vol. 2.)
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[round stamp] RECORD DIVISION SEP 8 1908
[round stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 8 1908
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Miss Chamberlain
Address reply to Commander Shoemaker USN
Navy Dept
 GCK
SUBJECT:
 Mr. William H. Powers, Librarian South Dakota State College, submits copy of pension certificate of one Tolcut Gold, Talcott Gould or Talent Gold, a mariner in the Revolution, and requests advice as to place and date of enlistment, age, character of service, date of discharge, and date of death.
 - - - -
 Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions.
1. Attention is invited to enclosure which it is stated is copy of pension certificate in this case.
2. If the records of the Pension Bureau afford any information bearing upon Mr. Powers' inquiry, please advise this Bureau, with return of papers.
 My direction of the Chief of Bureau:
 [signature] W R Shoemaker
  Commander, U.S.N.
)enclosure)
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No.

ENDORSEMENT EMR/McL/MK

Enclosures.
(Seal) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION

Sep. 4, 1908.
SUBJECT:
Mr. William H. Powers,
Librarian South Dakota State College, submits copy of pension certificate
of one Tolcut Gold, Talcott Gould or Talent Gold, a mariner in the Revolution, and
requests advice as to place and
date of enlistment, age, character
of service, date of discharge, and
date of death.
Respectfully referred to the
Commissioner of Pensions.
1. Attention is invited to enclosure
which it is stated is
copy of pension certificate in
this case.
2. If the records of the Pension
Bureau afford any information
bearing upon Mr. Powers' inquiry,
please advise this Bureau, with
return of papers.
By direction of the Chief of
Bureau:
M. Shoemaker
Commander, U. S. N.
(enclosure)
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1908 Sept 1st Hist to Commander W R. Shoemaker  Navy Dept. for Wm H. Powers, Librarian State College, Brookings, S.D.   [?]
1923 June 16 - Hist to Ruth A. rogers. See letter in Shubael Preston S. 14230

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INVALID
 Navy
File No. 44168
Tolcut Gold
Mariner
Frigate "Alliance"
Revolutionary
Act  March 18, 1818
Index: Vol. ___, Page ____
 [Arrangement of 1870]
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Thos Elwood
 Deposition
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The testimony of Thos. Elwood of Fairfield Connecticut is as follows Viz 
 The depo't saith he is well acquainted with Tolcut Gold now of the town of Friendship in the State of New York but formerly of Fairfield in sd state of Connecticut and that which the depo't served as a second lieutenant of Marines on board the continental ship Alliance sometime in the year of 80 he enlisted Gould to serve in the service of the United States as an acting Midshipman on board of said ship and that the sd Gould  did [enter?] on board said ship & served in that capacity about eleven months, but sd Gould enlisted for one year ^ and the ships made her [?] & returned into port before his enlistment was was out
  Thos Elwood

State of Connecticut Ss Fairfield August 13. 1819
Personally appeared thos Elwood and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and the sd Elwood is to me well known to be a person of credibility in the above [Tradecture?] by him testify'd [sic] to -
  Saml Rowland  Justice of the peace
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Abel Jurney
 deposition
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The testimony of Abel Turney of Farifield in the State of Connecticut is as follows
Vis
The depo't. (deponent) saith that he is well acquainted with Talcott Gould formerly of said Fairfield but now of Friendship in the State of New York and that in or about the month of November or December in the year 1780 the said Gould enlisted on board the Ship Alliance in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War commanded by Capt. John Barry - and the depo't. (deponent) saith that (said) Gould enlisted for the term of one year and he verily believes that Gould served out his time but as to this particular the depo't. (deponent) cannot positively say as he the depo't. was wounded in an engagement and left the ship sometime in August 1781 at which time he left (said) Gould on board - whatever the (said) Gould served as a mid shipman or not the depo't. saith he does not now recollect - Abel Tunney
State of Connecticut (County of) Fairfield July 24, 1819
Personally appeared Abel Tunney to me well known to be a person of reliability and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - Sam Rowland Justice of the Peace
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Angelica Aug 28th   Double   50
J C Calhoun Secretary of War
Washington City
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service  number
Navy   Gold, Tolcut  S44168
New York residence and agency
contents
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
Ss; I David Burr of Fairfield
in the County of Fairfield, Clerk
of the Count Court or Court of
Common Pleas within & for said 
County, Do certify & make known
to all whom it may concern,
that Samuel Rowland Esquire is a Justice of Peace
within and for the County of Fairfield, duly commissioned
with full power & authority, to administer oaths, take 
affidavits, and do all other matters & things appertaining
to the office of a Justice of Peace within & for said County:
and that full faith & credit, is given to his official
acts & proceedings - I testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my Hand, & the Seal of said Court in
said Fairfield this 13th day of August AD. 1819.
David Burr
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In the matter of Talcut Gold
Office of Lor Dana
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State of New York
Allegheny County
On this 25th day of October in the year 1830 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record Doctor Lorenzo Dana being a practicing physician of said county & being duly sworn according to law doth depose to say that he has been an attending physician of the family of Talcut Gold of the Town of Friendship in the County afore said, late a pensioner, that the said Talcut Gold is so much afflicted with Rheumatic Complaint as to be in a great measure unable to labor.  That in six months past he has been unable to chop or do any hard work, and that it is not probable from the present state of his delicate but advanced age that his health will be ever restored, that his wife is afflicted with with a chronic complaint from which there is no prospect  of her being restored. That his daughter Polly is afflicted with a chronic catorrh [cold], which may yield to the influence of medicine, that the situation of his family is such as to require the attendance of a Physician, & judging from the present state of their discord will probably continue through life. That this depaired [illegible] resides near to said Talcut Gold, & known him to be independent [illegible] able to maintain himself by labor. 
Lorenzo Dana Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court before me this 25 Day of October 1820 Amos Peabody, Clerk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAN-51 12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT CARD*
NAME Gold, William  GRADE Private  LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11263 ACREAGE 100 
ISSUED May 12, 1797 to James DeBaufre, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Offices records in the National Archives.