Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,298, Richard Boyd, New York

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New York    Boyd, Richard     S. 45,298

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Notification sent to Mr. Meyers & Co. New York 21 Sep 1820

15.878
New-York R

Richard Boyd,

of the city of N.Y. in the state of New-York who was a fifer in the regiment commanded by Colonel H. B. Livingston, of the New-York [illegible], for the term of two years.

subscribed on the roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence on the 15 of October, 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Nov.r 1819 and sent to Peter Augustus Jay, judge City of New-York.

Arrears to 4th of March, 1820. $37.42
4 mo.s 21/31} $37.42

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

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Richard Boyd
Fifer

New York Line
4th Col. H.B. Livingston
1777-1779 2 Years

Services provided by his Col. H.B. Livingston

15th Oct.r 1819

[Faded Writing] Admitted

"Peter Augustus Jay, Esq.r 

New York."

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To the Honorable Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the Mayors court of the said city which is a Court of Record of the State of New York.

The Declaration under oath of Richard Boyd formerly a Musician employed in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War and now a citizen of the United States residing in the City of New York.
Sheweth
That about the Year 1777 he inlisted as a Fifer in Captain Walkers company in the fourth New York Regiment on the Continental Establishment commanded by Colonel Henry B Livingston and that he served in the said Regiment more than two years when he was discharged, that he was at the Capture of General Burgoyne  & at the Battle of Monmouth.
That the said Richard Boyd is in reduced circumstances in life & needs the assistance of his Country for support.
He therefore conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the act entitled an

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act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war approved the 18 March 1818 and requests that your Honor will examine into the truth of the Matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the Testimony in this Case + the proceedings had thereon to the honorable the Secretary of the Depart-ment of War, to the wit that such relief may be had in the Premises as is by Law provided

Dated 15 October 1819-   

[signed with an X]
his X mark
Richard Boyd

City of New York ss: Richard Boyd above named being duly sworn saith that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration are in all aspects just and true - 

[signed with an X]
his X mark
Richard Boyd

Sworn the 15 Oct 1819
Before me -
P. A. Jay

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Ulster County ss: Henry B Livingstone Esquire of the town of Rhinebeck in the County of Dutchess being duly sworn doth depose and say that Richard Boyd in the foregoing application named enlisted as a Fifer in the Fourth New York Regiment on the Continental establishment about 1777 and that to his knowledge the said Boyd server in the said Regiment more than nine months under the said enlistment and that he left the service by his the said Henry's permission and direction. And further that the said Richard is now in indigent circumstances in life & needs the assistance of his Country for support. And this Deponent further saith that he commanded the said Regiment at the time the said Richard Boyd served therein as aforesaid. This deponent further saith that said Boyd went to Canada with Genl [General] Montgomery in the year 1775 was in service part of that year as a musician and continued in the same within years 1775. 1776. 1777. 1778. & 1779 until the 9th day of January. And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn the fourth day of October
1819 before me Henry B Livingston

Jacob Trumpbour Jr one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Ulster County

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Ulster County ss: I Christopher Tappen Jr clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the County of Ulster hereby certify that Jacob Trumpbour Jr, Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was on the day when the said affidavit was made one of the Judges of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn and that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New York and that the signature sub-scribed to the Jurat of the said affidavit is the signature of the said Judge.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the 11th day of October in the year 1819 - Ch. Tappen Jr, Clerk

City and County of New York ss: Be it remembered that on the fifteenth Day of October last before me Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York which is a Court of Record of the State of New York personally appeared the above named Richard Boyd who being by me duly sworn did depose to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing Declaration and I being satisfied that the said Richard Boyd did serve in the army of the United States on the continental establishment

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in the revolutionary War against the common enemy for more than nine months and that he is fairly entitled to the benefit of the act mentioned in the said application.  Therefore I do hereby certify and transmit the testimony in the Case and the proceedings had thereon as before it forth to the honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.  

Given under my hand this eighth day of November 1819 - P.A. Jay - 

I do further certify that it satisfactorily appeared to me that the above named Richard Boyd is in reduced incumbrances in life, and by reason thereof is in need of the assistance of his Country for support.  And I further certify that Henry B. Livingston, Esquire the Deponent above-named is a Person of great Respectability to whose testimony full faith ought to be given - Dated 8th Nov. 1819

P.A. Jay -

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State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss. I, Benjamin Ferris, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, That PETER AUGUSTUS JAY, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate, also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavit was made, and the said Certificate, signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn.  And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay, and verily believe that the signature of PA Jay - subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay.  

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Eighth day of November 1819

Benjamin Ferris, Clk

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Richard Boyd
City New York
Livingston's ...
15878
25 November
CM

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Sold by J. B. Jansen. - 

New-York Mayor's Court.  

In the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of July term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty

Present the Honorable Peter A. Jay. 

City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Richard Boyd aged Sixty One years, resident in the City of New York who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: 

That he enlisted at Fishkill in the State of New York in the year 1776 as a fifer in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry B. Livingston in Captain Walkers Company in the New York Line on the Continental Establishment for three years and served faithfully his full term of enlistment and was Honorably Discharged at Peekskill in the State of New York, he was in several engagements as stated in his Original Application, he has no wife living he has two children under his Control viz. Rachel aged 18 years and Matilda aged 15 years he is by occupation a Barber but from age and other infirmities, he is unable to obtain a livelihood, he is in Indigent Circumstances and requires the aid of his Country or Private Charity -

and that his original declaration is dated the Fifteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen and that his pension certificate is No. 15878

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And I do solemnly [ ] that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit: 

Real Estate he has none of any description
Fixed Income " " " " " "
Personal Estate viz.
Bed + Beddings - $4-
S chain 9/ Looking Glass b/ - 1.88
Tubs pail pots kettles pan 2-
Earthenware, knives forks + 4 Baron [?] - 2.50
3 Trunks 12/ 1 chart 8/ - 2.50
Shovel Tongs + Smoothing Irons - 1.50
2 Coats 24/ 3 pr Pantaloons 16/ 5 []erts 16/ - 7-
2 Shirts 12/ 2 pr shoes 8/ 2 [] 4/ - 3-
2 Hats 20/ 2 pr stockings 6/ 3.25
Children Clothes 10

$37.63

X his mark Richard Boyd

Sworn in open Court this 20th July 1820
Benjn. Ferris Clk

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I, Benjamin Ferris - Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing deposition and the schedule thereto 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 note exceeding fifty dollars - 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty first day of July - 1820

Benjn. Ferris, Clk.

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Revy
45298
INVALID.
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File No. 45298
Richard Boyd
Fifer Rev War
greatest
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: -- Vol. 3 , Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]