Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,671, for Josiah Reed, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Reed, Josiah

NUMBER
S. 30,672

CONTENTS
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374
Massachusetts
Josiah Reed
of Middlesex Co in the State of Massts who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Newall of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Knox in the Mass line, for the term of two years from 1776 to 1778

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4 day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of August 1832 and sent to Hon E Everett Charleston, Mass

Arrears to 4th of March 1832  $80. -
Semi=anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 40. -
120 -

Revolutionary Claim, Act 7 June 1832

Rec: Book D.
Vol: 2. fol: 79

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Elijah Clark April 26/51
Let same July 19/51
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Josiah Reed
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
On this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundre and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Lexington in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, A.D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:

That I enlisted into the Army of the United States on the first day of January A.D. 1776 in a company commanded by Eliphalet Newall in Col. Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery and served during the whole of that year. In the year 1777 I served six months in the service of Mass. under Capt. Abijah Brown in Col. Robertson's Regiment in the state of Rhode Island. I also served under Capt. David Goodwin Capt. Francis Brown and lastly under Capt. Hovey a period of eight months, in all I served as above stated two years and two months. That I have heretofore applied for a pension, under the acts of Congress passed before June 7th AD. 1832, and was reported an account of my property, as will appear by annexed application and files of the war department. That when I made application as by the annexed paper I resided in Bedford in said County a town adjoining to Lexington where I now live
Josiah Reed