Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,109, William Boyte, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Boyte, William
P. 1,109
CONTENTS

William Boyte Tennessee
Rejected the letter 29 Nov '32 to Rev. H. G. Grundy Present.
1109
Act 7 June 1832

Ex'r.
INVALID.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1109 our
P. O. William Doyle
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

35.170
William Boyle
Pension claim
Tennessee
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

On this 30 th day of October 1882, personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter sessions, now sitting for the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee William Boyte, 722 yrs of age 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 27 th 1883.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated - he volunteered in the service of the United States in December 1879, in a company commanded by Captain William Akin, in the a brigade commanded by Colonel John Shepherd in Nash County North Carolina - From Nash County he marched to Tarborough in Edgecombe County under those officers - From thence to Kingston on Nuse river from thence to Wilmington, same State from thence under the same officers, to Georgetown South Carolina, from thence he marched to Moncks corner, from thence to Lodge, same State, from thence to Charleston, where he arrived a few days before the siege, where his company joined the troops under the command of General Lincoln, there he remained in service during the siege of that place until he was discharged on the 8 th day of April 1880 - having been in service about 4 months and 8 days - he further states he has no documentary evidence - and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, to test

by to his services -
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever 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 -
Sworn to and subscribed in open court
William his A Boyle mark
October 30 th 1832 Test Henry Ewing Clerk of Davidson County Court
We citizens residing in the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee, Certify, that we have known William Boyle Sen r for several years and we believe him to be 72 years of age and a man of truth, sobriety, and integrity, and 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
Jonas Shivers
October 30 th 1832 Test Henry Ewing Clerk of
Robert Heaton
State of Tennessee } ss.
Davidson County Court
Davidson County } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County October Term A. D. 1832
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 before named applicant was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army and served as he states. And the said court do further certify that Jonas Shivers and Robert Heaton who have signed the foregoing certificate in open court are both respectable clergymen residing in said county and State and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Signed in open court October 30 th 1832
Will m Williams
J. Wharton Ex h Council

State of Tennessee } Davidson County } ss.
I Henry Ewing clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county do hereby certify to whom it may concern that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of William Boyle for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said court to be also affixed at office in Nashville on this thirteenth day of October A. D. 1832 Henry Ewing