Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,380, for James Raymond, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Raymond, James
$23,380
CONTENTS

New York - 30,710
James Raymond Westchester Co. State of NY who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Miles of the Reg t commanded by Col Holmes in the New York line for 33. M th + 15 days
Inserted on the Roll of New York at the rate of $5 Dollars 10 Cents per annum. to commence on the 16th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of June 1836 + forward Allowance for Arrears to 1 st of Feb y
Arrears to the 16th of Mar 36 - $ 225 50 Semestral allowance ending 4 th Sept - 22 55 $ 248 05
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk Book 62 - Vol. 4 - Page 61 -
Feb 6 1849 Wm. McLean Pension the Com y March 6.

16300
James Raymond West Chester City New York
March 18. 1849/50 in P.C. 2. p. 2. minutes _____ 0. 2. 9 Capt. Mu in 1779- of Miles in force - about _____ 0. 6. 16 16 days - 5000 _____ _____ 0. 6. 16 5 months in 1776 _____ _____ 1. 1. 16
Let to some Hon. Co Ward. 28 June
Gene Ward Fredrick L. Coffin Post Master Sommers West Chester City New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These 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.
A Statement, showing the Service of James Raymond West Chatterley N. York
   Period when the service was performed. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775- 6 Mr. capt. Mills- col. Holmes 77 Bedford Living Witness   June 1776 6 " capt. Hunsd. col. Thomas   Sept. 1778 3 Lieut capt. Wm Stead col. Lee N. York   1778 till end of war " capt. Morreman  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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, claiming 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.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[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 town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and 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. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ 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 _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, 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 _____
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 application 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

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.
The Court will propound the following (aa) 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? And if a substitute, for whom?  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.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } 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 the 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.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct 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 proper 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, attend 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.
[a] 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.
[b] The declarant 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.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] 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 affidavit 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 authority; 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal 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.
[j] In a 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 12 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Wm Neuman

State of New York Westchester County } ss
Town of Bedford } on this fourth day of September  October 1832. Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester
provis sitting, James Paymonds a resident of the Town of Bedford in the County of Westchester and State of New York aged Seventy Seven years who being 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 the 7 th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated.
In the year 1775. he enlisted in the company of Militia in the Town of Bedford under the command of Capt Daniel Mills for the period of six months and was attached to the Regiment under Col James Holmes and from Bedford was ordered and marched to Scoundrog and there served out his enlistment About the month of June 1776 he enlisted in the company under Capt Elijah Hunter in the Town of Bedford for the period of six months and in the Regiment under the command of Col. Thomas Thomas, and was ordered and marched to Kings bridge and served out said enlistment in Building Fort Independence and keeping guard at Morrisena point and Kings bridge, and was ordered & marched to Harris on purchase and there discharged.
In the year 1778. about the first of September he enlisted in the company under Capt Nathan Chrostead in the Town of Bedford and in Col. Thomas Thomas Regiment as Lieutenant in said company for the term of three months

and served out said time in Harrison Purchase and at the White Plains in guarding the lines in Westchester County, and discharged at the Purchases.
And from the year 1778, he was in Capt. MacMorrain's Company in the Town of Bedford was frequently called out in the service of guarding the lines in Westchester County from one to six weeks at a time and thus continuing as guard and patrolling till the end of the war.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, Sworn to & Subscribed James Raymond the day and year aforesaid
A. Bayles Clerk

State of New York } County of Westchester }
On this 27 th day of December 1848 before me Iabez Robertson a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Abial Raymond a resident of Bedford in said County Aged Sixty Seven Years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the increase of pension which he has been informed & believes was due his father James Raymond, deceased. That he is one of the children of James Raymond who was a pensioner of the United States, and resided during his life time, in the County of Westchester and State aforesaid; That his father the said James Raymond received a pension at the rate of forty five Dollars and eleven cents per Annum, and died on the ninth day of August in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty two; That at the time of his death left no widow, And the following are his only children that are now living viz Abial Raymond (this declarant) and Secretia Marshall; And each of them are over twenty one Years; Declarant further saith that a short time before the death of declarants father, arrangements were being made, preparatory to his application for an increase of his pension, he being of the opinion, & so expressed himself before his death, that he was entitled to much larger amount per annum than he received and also expressed a belief that it could be obtained, but he being suddenly & unexpectedly taken away by death, and the children supposing that nothing could be done after their fathers death, made no further efforts or enquiry until the present application.
Subscribed & sworn to before me } This 27 th day of December 1848 } Iabez Robertson Justice of the Peace.
Abial Raymond

State of New York County of West Chester } ss.
Edward Raymond a resident of the town of Bedford in said county being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that James Raymond a pensioner of the United States died in the county and State aforesaid on the ninth day of August in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty two, That at the time of his death, left no Widow, And the following are his only Children That are now living viz. Abial Raymond and Lucretia Marshall, And each of them are over twenty one years of age.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 27 th day of December 1842
Jabez Robertson Justice of the Peace
Edward Raymond
State of New York } ss. County of West Chester
John Clark a resident of the town of Bedford in said county being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that James Raymond a pensioner of the United States died in the county and State aforesaid on the ninth day of August in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty two, That at the time of his death, left no Widow, And the following are his only Children that are now living viz. Abial Raymond and Lucretia Marshall, And each are over twenty one years of age
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 27 th day of December 1842
Jabez Robertson Justice of the Peace
John Clark

State of New York } West Chester County } ss. I the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of West Chester do hereby certify, that I am personally ac- -quainted with Edward Raymond and John Clark the within named deponents and that they are persons of good moral character and standing and that their statements as within set forth are entitled to entire confidence. In testimony whereof I have sub- scribed my name this 27. day of December 1848.
Jabez Robertson Justice of the Peace.
State of New York,
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss.
I, MUNSON L. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts, in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Jabez Robertson — Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jabez Robertson — and verify believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the tenth day of January 1849
Munson L. Lockwood Clerk.

State of New York County of Westchester Surrogates Court
Ys
On this 10 th day of January 1849 it was proved by the annexed proof which is satisfactory to said Court That James Raymond a citizen of the United States died in said County on the ninth day of August in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty two. That at the time of his death left no widow, And the following are his only children that are now living viz Abiel Raymond and Sueretia Marshall, And each of them are over twenty one Years of age. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said court the day and Year first above written.
Levi Platt Surrogate

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
  1780 July 28 James Raymond private No. of Cert'e issued, 0-26 c 5 06 08   " Feb y 10 James Raymond " " " " 11 612 8 00 00   1780 June 11 James Raymond " " " " 3-642 5 06 08   1781 Nov r 15 James Raymond " " " " 38.690 28 03 11   1780 Dec r 15 James Raymond private " " " 17984 14 13 04   £ 61 1 00 3/4 
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, January 19 th 1849.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2, 8. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
  First — under Capt. Marcus Freeman in Col. Geo. P. Smith Regiment.   Second (Lieut) Silas Miller " " " " "   Third " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Fourth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Fifth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Sixth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Seventh " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Eighth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Ninth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Tenth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Eleventh " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Twelfth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Thirteenth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Fourteenth " (Lieut) Do " " " " "   Fifteenth " (Lieut) Do " " " " " 
I have examined the rolls for the above, and find £61.10.07 to be correct.
A. H. Plancock Examining Clerk.
William Stillman Comptroller.

Jas Raymond Papers for Pension. 1832.
10300.
adm d by consent 13. 16 days pri e     3 33    40  3    3 99  3 99    1 77     51 76   
Hon. S. Ward

St. John's Church County of West Chester
I James Raymond the Declarant in the annexed Declaration named being duly sworn doth depose and say and he now saith to be the following statement by way of amendment to his original Declaration that is to say that in the year 1777 the Declarant resided in the Town of Bedford in the County of West Chester aforesaid and was called upon and attached to the Commissary Department a Hospital department of the Army in the County of West Chester, that he served under the orders of the department in the Town of Penna Ridge in the County aforesaid for the period of three months that during all this time he was constantly engaged in attendance upon the Sick and wounded Officers and privates of the Army. And this Declarant further saith that from the 1 st day of April 1777 until the 1 st day of July in the same year he was attached to the Company of Militia under the Command of Capt. Nathan Voluntd in the Regiment of Colonel Thomas Knowlton that he served in said Company and Regiment as an Ensign from the 1 st day of April to the 1 st day of July in the year aforesaid that he served under a Commission as Ensign which Commission is lost that the headquarters of the Regiment was during the above time at Wright's Mills so called in the Town of North Castle in the said County that the Company to which he was attached as aforesaid was most of the time above stated together with a part of the Regiment encamped in field under the proper Officers at Wright's Mills aforesaid that he was on several occasions during the above period sent off with detachments under the command of a Captain to several parts of the County below North Castle visit to Mamaroneck to East and West Chester and on one occasion to Rye in this mission where he saw marched down to Rye the Enemy had made their appearance

at or in the neighbourhood of Rye had committed some depredations upon the property of the Inhabitants, the Colonel being apprised thereof ordered out a detachment of which took command and marched down to Rye. The Detachment was with the said Detachment
And this Detachment further states that in the year 1779 he volunteered as a private in the Company of Capt. Marcus Mosman of the Militia in the Regiment of Colonel Thomas Thomas in the County of West Chester aforesaid that he was called out in said Company and served and performed duty for four months within the said County with an embodied Corps called into service by competent authority and in the field, that the said Corps to which he was attached and in which he served as a private in the year 1779 was commanded agreeably to the Law Martial
And this Detachment further states that in the year 1780 he still continued attached by enlistment or volunteering as a private in the said Company of Capt. Marcus Mosman in Col. Thomas Regiment that he was called out in said Company and performed duty for six months that he was with said Company at a place called in said County there an engagement took place there with the Refugees Horse & Infantry that five of the Company of Capt. Mosman were taken prisoners that this Detachment together with the rest of the Company escaped that the said Company was also called into various parts of the County, during this year twice into North Castle, White Plains, East Chester West Chester that he has made an estimate of the actual service performed during this year and that it amounts to six months actual service that he was a private during this time that each tour of duty was performed in the Company to which he was attached which belonged to a Corps duly embodied and commanded agreeably to the Law Martial

This Declaration further states that in the years 1781 & 1782 he still remained attached as a forward to the Company of Capt. Mosman in the Regiment of Colonel Thomas as a private therein that he was frequently called upon and performed duty as a Guard and a Patrol but not in the field
And this declaration further states that the term of service performed by him in the year 1777 was performed in the Camps to which he belonged duly embodied in field and commanded agreeably to the Laws Martial and that for the time during which all the service of this Declaration as detailed in his original Declaration as set forth in this Affidavit was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit
Sworn & subscribed this 19 th day of September 1833 before me
James Raymond
Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of West Chester
I Nathaniel Bayle, Clerk of the Court of Common
Plas of the County of West Chester do hereby certify that Charles Yoe before shown the above Affidavit of James Raymond was sworn to & subscribed as at the time the said Affidavit was so
sworn to as aforesaid a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of West Chester that he was duly commissioned and authorized to take Affidavits; that the signature of the said Charles Yoe to the said Affidavit subscribed is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office This 20 th day of September 1833. N. Bayle Clerk

The following Interrogatories were propounded by the said Court to the said James Raymond to wit
1 st Where and in what year was you born? I was born in Bradford the 5 th day of May 1755 County of Westchester. 2 nd Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it? I have a Record of my age at my House in Bradford on my Family Bible. 3 rd When were you living when called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? I was living at Bradford when I was called into Service and I have lived in Bradford since the War. 4 th How were you called into Service, was you drafted Did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom? I always volunteered in all the Military Service I have performed. 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served, such Continua- tion Officers and Militia Regiments as you can recall and the general circumstances of your Service. I served under General Schuyler. I also served under General Clinton. He was with us, Colonel Thomas and Lieutenant Colonel Hamman of the Militia Service. I was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the British and on one occasion I was taken prisoner in the Town of Bradford.

6th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the Service Answer I never did receive a written discharge but was always discharged by parol
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 Answer I name Jonathan M Hall & Nathan Clark both
of the Town of Bedford in West Chester County State of New York who are well acquainted with me and have been for twenty years past.
We Jonathan M Hall and Nathan Clark both of the Town of Bedford in the County of West Chester Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Raymond who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jonathan Clark J. M. Hall
W. Taylor Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that 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 Jonathan M Hall & Nathan Clark who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of the Town of Bedford in the County of West Chester & credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Rayer and for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of October 1832 -
N. Bayles Clerk of said Court

West-Chester County ss.
Town of Bedford
I, Abijah Harris a resident of the Town of Bedford in the County of West-Chester aged Seventy seven years being duly Sworn, and on his oath says that he was well acquainted with James Raymond now a resident of the Town of Bedford West-Chester County — during the Revolutionary War. That he entered in the service of the United States in the year 1775 and Enlisted in the Company under the command of Capt Daniel Mills in the Town of Bedford for the period of Six months and was in the Regiment under the command of Col. James Holmes and from Bedford marched to P'keepsie and then the said Raymond served out his Enlistment. And about the first of July 1776. he enlisted in the Company under the command of Capt Elijah Hunter in the Town of Bedford for the period of Six months and was in the Regiment under the command of Col. Thomas Thomas and was ordered and marched to Kings bridge and served out said Enlistment in Building Fort Independence and keeping guard at Morrisana point and Kings bridge. In the year 1778 about the first of September, he Enlisted as Lieutenant in the Company under Capt Nathan Branstao in the Town of Bedford and in Col. Thomas Thomas Regiment, for the period of three months and served said time of Enlistment in Harrisons Purchase and in White Plains.
And further this deponent says that he saw him the said Raymond in the Militia during service at different times during the war.
Abijah Harris
Subscribed & Sworn this 25 th Sept. 1832.
before me.
Jahier Robertson Justice of the peace

Westchester County } fs. Town of Bedford
Moses Higgins a resident of the Town of Bedford in the County of Westchester aged eighty six years being duly sworn doth on his oath say that he was well acquainted with James Raymond now a resident of the Town of Bedford in Westchester County during the Revolutionary war. He entered the service of the United States in the year 1775 and enlisted in the Company of Captain Daniel Mills in the Town of Bedford for the period of six months and was attached to the Regiment under the command of Col. James Holmes and from Bedford Marched to Ticonderoga and there the said Raymond served out his period of enlistment and further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this 24. day of September 1832. before me.
Isaac Robertson.
Justice of the peace.
his Moses X Higgins mark

I Iabez Robertson one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of West Chester do hereby certify that Moses Higgins, Abiah Harris & Nathan Gasky and each of them who have been sworn to and subscribed their names to the annexed Affidavits are each of them residents of the Town of Bradford in the said County of West Chester and are each of them credible persons and that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
Witness my hand this 4 th day of October 1832.
Iabez Robertson
West Chester County S. Nathaniel Banks Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester State of New York do hereby certify that Iabez Robertson who has subscribed the above certificate and affidavit is a Justice of the peace in & for the County of West Chester and that his signature to the same certificate annexed is his genuine signature. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this fourth day of October 1832.
N. Banks

October 3, 1928.
Mrs. Henry Edgar Bean, 1065 Queen Ann Place, Los Angeles, California.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23380, it appears that James Raymond was born May 5, 1755 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of said Bedford he enlisted in 1775 and served six months as private in Captain Daniel Mills' Company, Colonel James Holmes' New York Regiment.
He enlisted in June or July 1776 and served six months as private in Captain Elijah Hunter's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment and on April 1, 1777 was commissioned ensign and served until July 1, 1777 in Captain Nathan Olmstead's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment, and also served three months during that year in the hospital department in Westchester County, New York. In 1778 he served three months as Second Lieutenant in Captain Nathan Olmstead's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' Regiment.

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In 1779 he volunteered and served as a private for four months in Captain Marcus Moseman's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment, to which company and regiment he belonged to the close of the war and served at various times on short tours, something over six months, all in Westchester County.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832 while a resident of Bedford, Westchester County, New York. He died August 9, 1842. He left no widow (wife's name not given), and in 1848 two children only, were living: Abial Raymond aged sixty-seven years and then of said Bedford, and Lucretia Marshall.
The above history is that of the only soldier named James Raymond of New York found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Said records fail to afford any information in regard to Josiah Mills as described by you.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Resolutions
23380 INVALID.
File No. 23380
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Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 12
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927 Feb. 4 Hist. to John B. Bockrick - MMSTF 1928 Oct. 3 Hist. to Mrs. Mary Edgar Bean. A. N.Y. 1933 Sept. 26 - Hist. to Mr. Arthur C. Serow. See letter in case James Pude 1918 MMSTF/ul 1933 Nov. 22. Mr. A.C. Serow rel. to decision's etc. Letter reply in James Pude 1918 MMSTF

New York
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Sustained
James Raymond
In Lit to Hon. A. Ward
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June 18. Immediate attention
Hon. S. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Mr. Allcard JFK

No. 5 of R June 18. 36
Dear Sir
I herewith send you a Release signed by Mr. Raymond at the bottom of your letter for any claim he may have on the Govt for a Pension excepting for 15 Mo. & 16 days Do me the favour to forward the certificate to me as soon as convenient & oblige your friend
Yours truly
A. Wara

Original
'75. Capt. Mills. enlisted for 6 mo. Col. Holmes, Metetia June 76 " Hunter " " 6 " Thomas " Sept. 78 " Olmsted " " 3. " " " enlist. as Lieut. from 78 was in Morsemans Co. & frequently called out guard ing & patrolling to the end of the war -
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year 77 served 3 mo. in the Quarters or Hospital Dept. waiting upon the wounded & sick 1 ap. 77 to 1 July 77 was attached to Morsemans compy and served as an Ensign . year 79 volunteered in Morsemans Comp'y & performed duty in the field 3 mo. year 80. performed duty in same compy. 6 mo In '81 '82 was frequently called upon & served as guard & patrol but not in the field.
Witness Harris says claim t  enlisted as Lieut. in Morsemans Comp'y. for 3 mo. in '78 Witness Lounsbury says claim t was Ensign in '76 in Hunters Comp'y. 3 mo. & is silent as to the grade of L t .

War Department, Pension Office.
May 31. 1834.
Sir: The papers of James Raymond an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 whose claim is referred to in the letter of A. G. Coffin Esq., have again been examined. — Mr. Raymond states in his declaration that he served six months as a private in Capt. Miles company in 1775 & six months in Capt. Hunter's company in 1776, three months as an Ensign in Capt. Olstedt's company in 1778 and from that time until the close of the war — in Captain Marmion's company. — Since the previous examination of this case without pay rolls or other documentary evidence of all the companies, Capt. Olstedt's (excepted) mentioned have been obtained from the Archives of the State of New York. — The applicant appears to have served six months and sixteen days in Capt. Miles company and two months only in Capt. Marmion's company only. The time in Capt. Hunter's company was five

months only - All the claimant can be allowed upon the proof now before the Department, is thirteen months and fifteen days as a juvenile - The tour as an Ensign in Capt Olmstead's company requires to be supported by further proof - If the claimant was duly commissioned, proof of it may be sent by de- position to the Secretary of the State of New York
Since the former to be
Respectfully
Your obed servt
J. L. Edwards
I James Raymond do hereby release and quit claim to the Government of the United States all my right title and claim to a pension except such as I may be entitled to for my services as a Private in the War of 1812. Dated 13 th June 1856
Filed & I left in
James Raymond
for claim War
Home Rep.
N.Y.

James Raymond Pension applica- tion Agf. 0-0-
July 1834
add. wi-
no word

War Department Pension Office November 23 d 1833
Sir,
The papers of James Raymond have again been examined.
By applying to the Secretary of the State of New York, evidence (which is required in this case) that the applicant was duly commissioned a Lieutenant as alleged in his declaration may be obtained.
The case is suspended and the papers placed on file.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient Servant J. L. Edward Comm r of Pensions
Fredrick J. Coffin Esq Pomers N. Y.

J. Edward Commr. of Pensions,
Frederick J. Coffin Esq Somers N.Y.

Secretary's Office
Albany June 20. 1833.
Sir,
Your letter to the Secretary dated the 13. inst. was rec d yesterday. In that it is stated that James Raymond was in 1776 appointed an Ensign in Capt. Hunters Company Col. Thomas Thomas's Regt. and you request that a Copy of his Commission be sent to you -
In answer I have to state that I have Examined the Records in this office but I have not been able to find any appointments in that Regt. prior to the year 1778 - In that year The Gov. Council of appointment appointed "Thomas Thomas Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in Westchester County, of which he was heretofore Colonel" - and also other officers. It does not appear that Raymond was reappointed at this time if he was in the Reg t before - Previous to the adoption of the Constitution in 1777 the Militia officers were appointed by the provincial Congress - The Minutes of that body are in this office but I do not find that the appointment of Militia officers are regularly Entered upon them - Indeed there are very few names found - It is probable they appointed a committee to attend to that branch of business - but whether they kept Minutes or not I am not able to say -
Yours respectfully A. Campbell Dept ee

Dr Frederick J. Coffin Esq Somers N. Y.

State of New York
County of West Chester
By Stephen Lounsbury of the Town of Bedford in the County of West Chester aforesaid being duly sworn deponent and saith that he is seventy six years of age that he was born in the Town of Bedford aforesaid and has always from the time of his birth to this day resided in the said Town of Bedford, that he is well acquainted with James Raymond of Bedford aforesaid that he was acquainted with the said James Raymond when he was a child and has always lived a near neighbor to him that he now resides within a half mile of his House; that in the year 1776 the said James Raymond was in the Militia Service in the Company of Capt. Hunter in the Regiment of Col. Thomas Irons, that the said James Raymond was an Ensign in the said Company but for however a period he acted in that capacity he is not able to state but he has a distinct recollection that he acted in the Office of Ensign in said Company for a considerable length of time
Sworn to this & the day of February 1834 before me.
Stephen Lounsbury
Jabez Robertson Justice.
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen Lounsbury who hath known to me subscribed the above Affidavit that he is a man of respectable character and that his statement is entitled to full credit
Jabez Robertson Justice

State of New York } of James Raymond of Bedford West Chester County } in the County aforesaid being duly sworn depose and saith that he is the identical James Raymond mentioned in the annexed letter addressed to Frederick J. Coffin Esq. by J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions bearing date November 23 rd 1833. That this deponent was appointed by Colonel Thomas Thomas a 2 nd Lieutenant in the Company of Militia attached to his Regiment commanded by Capt. Nathan Olmsted some time in the early part of the year 1778 that he performed duty as such 2 nd Lieut. in said Company for the term of three months during this time that at the time he was then as above stated appointed by Colonel Thomas a 2 nd Lieutenant as aforesaid and performed duty as such Officer in the Company of Capt. Olmsted as above stated and after that in the Company of Captain Marcus Massmore for that he never did receive a commission as 2 nd Lieutenant in the said Regiment
Sworn to this 4 th Feb y 1834 before me
James Raymond
Abner Robertson
Justice of the peace
West Chester County
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and County Court of the County of West Chester do hereby certify that Abner Robertson whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit of James Raymond and the annexed Affidavit of Stephen Gurnsbury was at the time the same was sworn to a Justice of the Peace of the said County that I am acquainted with his

hand writing as that I believe the signature 'Izzy Robertson' to the above Affidavits. But Andrew is the proper hand writing of him the said Izzy Robertson. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of Office this 10 th day of February 1834

JOHN BEVERLEY BOSTWICK AMSTERDAM, N. Y.
12/11/1926.
Bureau of Pensions, Rev.& 1812 War Section, Washington, D.C. Gentlemen:-
Kindly inform me if the records show any information in re the military history of these two ancestors of mine;-viz.,-
James Raymond, 2 nd Regt. Westchester CO(NY) Militia James Raymond Jr same regt.
Thanking you for any information you may see fit to send, I am,
Respectfully yours,
John Beverley Bostwick

Los Angeles, California, Dec. 12, 1927.
Federal Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs; I desire a copy of the pension application of my ancestors in the Revolutionary War, Josiah Mills of Bedford, N.Y. (or his widow Rachel Miller Mills) and Capt. James Raymond of Bedford, N.Y. (or his widow Abigail (Kent) Boteford Raymond). Both served from Westchester Co., N.Y.
If a charge is made for this information, please advise me of the amount before the search is made.
Thanking you for your consideration, I am
Yours truly,
Blanche Marton Bean
Mrs. Henry Edgar Bean, 1085 Queen Ann Place, Los Angeles, California.

February 14, 1937
John B. Rootwick Amsterdam, N. Y.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 23380 it appears that James Raymond was born May 5, 1755 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of said Bedford he enlisted in 1775 and served six months as private in Captain Daniel Mills' Company, Colonel James Holmes' New York Regiment.
He enlisted in June or July 1776 and served six months as private in Captain Elijah Hunter's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment and on April 1, 1777 was commissioned Ensign and served until July 1, 1777 in Captain Nathan Olmstead's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment, and also served three months during that year in the hospital department in Westchester County, New York. In 1778 he served three months as Second Lieutenant in Captain Nathan Olmstead's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' Regiment.
In 1779 he volunteered and served as a private for four

months in Captain Marcus Mosman's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment, to which company and regiment he belonged to the close of the war and served at various times on short tours, something over six months, all in Westchester County.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832 while a resident of Bedford, Westchester County, New York. He died August 9, 1842. He left no widow (wife's name not given), and in 1848 two children only, were living: Abial Raymond aged sixty-seven years and then of said Bedford, and Lucretia Marshall.
The above history is that of the only soldier named James Raymond of New York found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

C O P I E D from MMHF by EEL
James Raymond S. 23380
Sept. 26, 1933
James Raymond was born May 5, 1755, in Bedford, Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of said Bedford, he enlisted in 1775 and served six months as private in Captain Daniel Mills' Company, Colonel James Holmes' New York Regiment: he enlisted in June or July, 1776, and served six months as private in Captain Elijah Hunter's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment, and on April 1, 1777, was commissioned ensign and served until July 1, 1777, in Captain Nathan Olmstead's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment, and also served three months during that year in the hospital department in Westchester County, New York. In 1778, he served three months as second lieutenant in Captain Nathan Olmstead's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' Regiment: in 1779, he volunteered and served as a private for four months in Captain Marcus Hoseman's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' New York Regiment, to which company and regiment he belonged to the close of the war, and served at various times on short tours, something over six months, all in Westchester County.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832, while a resident of Bedford, Westchester County, New York.
He died August 9, 1843. He left no widow surviving.
In 1848, two children were living: Abial Raymond, then aged sixty-seven years and a resident of Bedford, New York, and Lucretia Marshall. The name of their mother is not shown and no other names of children are given.
In 1848, one Edward Raymond resided in Bedford, New York: no relationship to the family was shown.
There are no further family data.
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September 26, 1933
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Mr. Arthur C. Gerow 490 Lincoln Road Grosse Point, Michigan
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request Revolutionary War records of Daniel, Benjamin, John, William and Oliver Gerow, all of New York, also, James Pardee, widow Elizabeth, and James Raymond, of Westchester County, New York.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made for you. The record of James Pardee has been found. The record has been found of one James Raymond of Westchester County, New York. No record has been found of any soldier with surname Gerow; the only similar name found is Baptiste Jero or Jean Baptiste Giroux. These three records are furnished you herewith on separate pages as found in the respective claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.