Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 22320-160-50, for Henry Reid, [Blank]
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Not Rev. War
Wayne's the
CONTENTS
Reid, Henry
NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 22320-160-50
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Was U4636
Mar [underlined  27 [/underlined] 51
Henry Reid his
Capt Jonas Houche 
Col [illegible] Milton
Geo vol
[illegible]
93 or 4 dis
Ck Indian [illegible]
[underlined] Wayne's War [/underlined]
[illegible] Auditor's office
Feb 26/32.
No Rolls of Capt Fouches
Company for the year 1794.
are found.
They are presumed
to have been destroyed in
the burning of the Public
Buildings
B. F. Gallager 
For 3 [illegible]
W. W. & H. F. Merrill
Lt sgt 
March 10/32
Carrollton
(Act:) CB
Warrant 22.32 Geo;
Jas & Sons Decr 31/52
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Vol  32 p123
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[handwritten]
State of Georgia
County of Carroll ⎬ SS
on this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, personally
appeared before me a Justice of the peace within
and for [crossed out] County and State aforesaid Henry Reid
aged Seventy eight years a resident of Carroll County in
the State of Georgia who being duly sworn according 
to law declares that he is the Identical Henry
Reed who was a private in the company commanded 
by Captain Jonas Fouche of Militia
Dragoon, in the Georgia Regiment of Militia
Command, according to the best of his rememberance 
by Lieut Col William Milton,
in the War between the United States and the
Creek Indians in the years AD 1793, 1794, 1795 and
1796, that he volunteered on the
day of
Apl. 1793 or 1794, for the term of
during said War and continued in actual
service in said war for the time of two years
or thereabouts and was honorably discharged
at Greensborough in Green County Georgia on
or about the [blank]
day of [blank]
AD 179 [blank],
and that he does not recollect of ever having
received a written Certificate of Discharge but
received certificates for a month at a time same
of which were delivered up upon being paid off, the
balance are lost or mislaid which fact, of said Company will appear on the rolls
He makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining 
the Bounty land to which he may be entitled
under the act granting Bounty Land to certain officers
and soldiers who have been engaged in the service of
the United States, passed 27th September 1850
Henry Reid - [underlined] Senr [/underlined] his mark X
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written
And I hereby certify that I believe the said Henry Reid to be
the identical man who performed the military service aforesaid
and to be of the age above stated
Matthew Reid, J.P.
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[handwritten]
State of Georgia
Carroll County SS
I hereby certify that Mathew Reid whose
name appears to the foregoing Declaration
was at the time the same purports to have been
made a Justice of the peace in
aforesaid County
duly commissioned and qualified and that the
signature to the foregoing purporting to be his
is his genuine signature
In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand with the
Seal of my office anexed [annexed] as Clerk
of the Inferior Court of said
County at Office 18th day of
March 1851
A Boggs Clk
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[handwritten]
Address W. W. & H. F. Merrell
Carrollton
Georgia
[illegible] 63 [illegible]
Mar 27
51
Henry Reid
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[handwritten]
Carrollton Ga
20th March 1857
free
of
To the
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Henry Reid
Georgia
FREE
J. E. Heath Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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[handwritten]
Carrolton Geo
Dec 3rd 1832
J.E. Heath Esq
In relation to Henry
Reeds claim for Bounty Land we
have no more testimony to offer
you informed us twice before that
No Roll of that Co could be found
But that his claim should be
allowed if he would produce the
testimony of some 2 or 3 witnesses
Stateing [stating] that he is a man of truth
& veracity, those requisitions we thought
we had fully complied with, but if
you require more of the same and
we can produce the Affidavit
100 Respectable citizens who have
know him for 20 years who will
corroberate [corroborate] the statements set forth
in the Affidavits we sent you
but he can find no person who
served with him as he knows of
he is old & infirm & in very needy
circumstances. Yours respectfully
W W X  H F Merrell
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[handwritten]
State of Georgia
County of Carroll SS
Be it known
that on this first day of October AD
1852 Personally appeared before me
a Justice of the Inferior Court within
and for the County and State
aforesaid John Long & John W Wood
who are persons entitled
to Credit and worthy of Belief
who being duly sworn according to
Law declare that they are well
acquainted with Henry Ried
Senior of said State and County
who has lately applied for
Bounty Land under the act
of 28th September A D 1851 that
they have known him personally
for a number of years and that they
know him to be a man of truth
and Veracity & that they
fully
believe that he served as he has
declared in his Declaration for
which he is claiming Bounty
Land
John Long
John W. Wood
Sworn to and subscribed before
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[handwritten]
me the day and year above
Written and I hereby certify
that the Witnesses who have made
the above statements are entitled
to credit & worthy of Belief & I further
Certify that I have known the
said Henry Ried for many years
& know him to be a man of
truth & veracity
A. J. Boggess J.I.C
State of Georgia  
County of Carroll⎬ I John Long Clerk
of the Inferior Court
of County & State aforesaid do hereby Certify
that A J Bogges Esq whose genuine
Signature appears to the foregoing affidavit
is & was at the time the same purports
to have been made a Justice of the
Inferior Court for said County
duly commissioned & Sworn and that
all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit & that the afore
said court is a Court of Record
Given under my hand & seal of office
at Carrollton this October 1st 1852
John Long Clk
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Please receive the Testimony you
required in the Henry Reid Case
Respectfully yours &c.
W. W & H. F. Merrell
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[handwritten]
Carrollton Geo August 4th 1852
To J E Heath Comr &c
Washington DC
Sir
I received yours of the
March in relation to the claim of Henry Reid
for Bounty land for his service in Capt Jonas Fouchs
Co of Geo Volts [volunteers] in 1793 & 94, you informed me
that it was supposed that the rolls of said Company
had been burned and that he must make further
proof of his service it was impossible at this
late day to make proof by persons who served
with him, I therefore in accordance with
you instruction procured an affidavit of
same five or six of the most respectable citizens
of our County who testified that they had been
long acquanted with the applicant
and that his character for truth and veracity
was beyond question good and that they
would be bound to belive [believe] him &c This I
forwarded to you about the first of April
last and have had no intelligence from
the case, you will please inform
us of the disposal of the same and
point out the defect if any exist[s]
Respectfully
W. W. & H. F. Merrell