Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,269, for Leonard Reed, New York
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
N.H.
New York.
CONTENTS
Reed, Leonard
NUMBER
S. 14,269
.
carded
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said at the Treasury under the
act of the 6 April 1838
from the 14 Sept 1834 to
5 Nov 1834 the day of said
Pensioners death. Apt Notified
21. June 1838.

14725
New York
Leonard Reed
Genesee in the State of N York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wood of the Reg
command by Col Malcomb
in the N York Militia [crossed out-line for]
2 years
N.H and N.Y. 
Nov. 5/6.
Records corrected
inscribed on the Roll of N. York
rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7
day of June 1833
and H.W. Soper
Batavia NY
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $160:00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 40.00
$200.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo B. Whiting Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 74
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Leonard Reed's
Declaration
18351
Please make returns to
Horace M. Soper
Bataria
Genesee Co. N.Y.
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Declaration of Leonard Reed, in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7, 1832-
{State of New York
Genesee County SS}
On this sixteenth day of 
[crossed out-September] October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally
appeared in open court before [inserted-Judges]  the Court of [ three crossed out words] Common Pleas
in Bataria and for said [illegible] now sitting being a court  of Record, Leonard Reed, a resident of the 
County of Genesee and State of New York, aged Seventy
years on the 22d January 1832, who being first duly
sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
the act of Congress, passed June 7 1832. That he
entered the service of the United States under the
following named officer, and served as herein stated
That he went out as a volunteer under Captain Joseph
Wood that the Major under whom he served
was Major Satterly, whose christian name  he can
not recollect, that he resided at the time of going 
out a volunteer, in the town of Rockingham in
what was then called the State of New York and
is now called the State of Vermont, that he was at
the taking of Burgoyne at went out about six weeks
previous to the taking of Burgoyne which was in Oct
1777 that he enlisted and served as a volunteer for
three months at this time, that after the surrender of
Burgoyne  he went down the River about eight or nine
miles and then crossed over to the opposite side of the river and that [crossed out-they] he stayed at the station on this
side of the river three or four weeks and now then [moved or marched]
to Bennington to which place he went and was there
dismissed after having served three months for which
he enlisted. That in the year [crossed out] 1780 in July in the or he thinks he went as a  volunteer 
at the call of Governor Clinton of the State of New York who
had called for one hundred volunteers as he thinks and that
about eighty went out, but at this time he resided in Rockingham
aforesaid that the company was commanded by
Capt Blakslee whose Christian name  he cannot recollect 
that he with the other volunteers joined Col. [illegible]
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Regiment that Bonscenter [unsure] was Major of the Regiment
whose christian name he cannot recollect. that he
surrendered directly to West Point and remained there but a
few days  and then went to Haverstraw Landing
and remained there two or three weeks that at this time
he was ordered back to West Point, thence to
Albany and were then ordered to Fort Herkimer
and that at the time the [Indians-possibly]  came to
Cherry Valley he was placed then as one of the
guard,  that after he was relieved as guard at Cherry
Valley he was ordered back to his Regiment at Fort
Herkimer and remained there until a few days
before his time expired for which he volunteer
which was the months and that he was then
ordered to Fort [illegible] and remained there one or two weeks and that the captain then marched his
company in a body to Bennington where he was dismissed 
after having served three months and about three weeks ~
That [many words crossed out] in the year 1779 and previous to the last service, and at the time 
That the next ask that the
time Col. Hazen's Regiment, called at that time " Congress Regiment", went to cut a Road from [illegible]
 to Lake Memphramagog, he enlisted
in Major Benjamin Whitcombs Regiment or [Department] of
Rangers who were sent as scouts to protect the
regiment of Col. Hazen while cutting the Road afterword that he enilsted for one year that George Aldrich
the capture of the company in which he enlisted,
the Lieutenants name was Darnfeld [unsure]  whose Christian name he cannot recollect and that Lieutenant
Lyford was Lieutenant during a part of the war
that he joined the company at the town of Haverhill 
 in New Hampshire, that the company then  marched  to Peacham in the State of Vermont and that
they were stationed at Peacham and were engaged
in the scouting parties and protecting Col Hazens Regiment
they advanced in cutting the Road that while he was 
with the company and during the latter part of
for which he enlisted he was taken sick
and remained in private quarters until after the time
for which he had enlisted had expired and
he did not join  the company again after he was 
taken sick; that he cannot tell how long it was