Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1874-400, for James R Reed, [Blank]
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  Gen. Moses Hazen's Regiment

Reed, James R.

NUMBER B.L.Wt. 1874-400-Major
Issued July 3, 1789
No papers

CONTENTS
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Xenia, Ohio.
Oct. 10, 1938.

Pension Commissioner
Veerans' Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I am trying to get all information possible on Colonel James Reid who was a resident of the Middle Ward, Philadelphia 1780.
James Reid is said to have been a major in 1777 and to have died in 1822.
Miss Jessica C. Ferguson, Genealogist State Library, Harrisburg, Pa., told me to write to you , said if Colonel James Reid was ever an applicant for a pension I would find a more complete record in your office
I will appreciate any information you may find.  Thanking you

Respectfully
Mrs. J. A. Finney
660 S. Detroit St.
Xenia, Ohio

[stamped] RECEIVED OCT 13 1938 MAIL SUB-[illegible] VETS [illegible words [/stamped]
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Gen. Moses Hazen's Regiment

Reed, James R.

B.L.Wt. 1874-400-Major
Issued July 3, 1789
No papers
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December 9, 1938

BA-J/MCS
James R. Reed
B.L.Wt. 1874-400

Mrs. J. A. Finney
660 S. Detroit Street
Xenia, Ohio

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to James Reid who was a  resident of Middle Ward, Philadelphia, in 1780; was a major in 1777, was also referred to as colonel and died in 1822.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant 1874 for four hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 3, 1789, on account of the service of James R. Reed as major in General Moses Hazen's regiment in the Revolutionary War.
There are no further data on file relative to Major James R. Reed and none in regard to his family, because of the destruction of papers in bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
In order to obtain information relative to the location of said land, it is suggested that you address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, giving the warrant number, the acreage and the date the warrant was issued.
As possible means of securing further information relative to this James R. Reed, it is suggested that you address The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41  

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*  

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives  

NAME  Reed, Jesse
GRADE Private 
LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4954
ACREAGE 100 
ISSUED Dec. 23, 1791 to --not shown--  

*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 relate 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 Office records in The National Archives.