Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,716, for James Reynolds, New York
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE 
New York 
Reynolds, James 
Phebe
NUMBER 
R. 8.716 
CONTENTS
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19.583
New York
James Reynolds
of Essex County in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Graham of the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cortland in the New York
line, for the term of one year from 1778 to 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th day of January 1896
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of March 1896
and sent to the Hon. H. H. Ross House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of March 1826 $12.90
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1826 48- 
$60-90 
{Revolutionary claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.}
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United States 
State New York 
Essex County } To wit: 
James Reynolds being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War & by reasons of his reduced curcumstances [circumstances] in life status in need of assistance from his country for support & this deponent further says that according to the best of his knowledge & belief he is seventy one years old & upwards and was born at HorseNeck in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut - That he is now a resident of the town of Willsborough [Willsboro] County of Essex & State of New York - that in May Seventeen hundred & seventy eight at Rhinebeck in the County of Duchess & State of New York he Enlisted in Captain Graham's Company Col Cortland's Reg't & General Poor's Brigade of the New York line for the period of one year And this deponent further says that he was present & acting at the battle of Monmouth in June seventeen hundred & seventy eight when he received from the enemy a wound in the left leg and a severe wound from bayonet in his breast. And this deponent further says that he did duty as a soldier under the said enlistment for ten months when this deponent lived a substitute, who was received in his stead & this deponent received an honourable discharge from the public service at Mombochus on the Hudson
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River in January Seventeen hundred and seventy nine; but the said discharge is now lost or mislaid. And further this deponent saith not 
[signed] James Reynolds
Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of April 1818 before me 
[signed] D. Edson [illegible] the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Essex County in the State of Newyork

State New York 
Essex County ss: } Be it Remembered that on the sixth day of April 1818 personally appeared before me the above named James [Reynolds] to me will known & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed & that I am satisfied that the deponent rendered the service in the Revolutionary war as by him stated.
[signed] D Edson

State of New York 
Essex County ss. } Clerks office I here by certify that by Letters patent remaining in my office under the great Seal of the State of New York and on Examining the rolls it appears that Dean Edson was on the sixth day of April 1818 – a Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Essex and duly authorized to administer oaths and further that the signature of D Edson above is the proper hand writing of the said Dean Edson in Testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the County of Essex to be hereunto affixed this Second day of October 1818 
[signed] Thos. Stoner Clerk
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State of New York
Essex County: Jared Reynolds son of James Reynolds of the age of fifty five years of the town of Essex in said county being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he this deponent resided in Dutchess County in the year 1778 & knew that his father enlisted into the service of the United States under Capt Graham of Col. Cortlandt’s Regiment in Dutchess county in the winter or spring of the said year 1778 & that his said father entered the service under said enlistment & returned home again to Dutchess county from service in the winter of the year 1779 & further this deponent saith not. [signed] Jared Reynolds
Sworn & subscribed the 23rd day of December 1819 before me H. A. Hawley Just. of Peace & Commr. &c

State of New York
Essex County: David Reynolds son of James Reynolds of the age of fifty years (saving about one month) of the town of Essex & county of Essex & state aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth & saith that his father James Reynolds was in the service of the United States in the year 1777 for about nine months & in the fall of that year removed to Dutchess county & that this deponent distinctly recollects that his father went into service the year following & understood he was ordered into Pennsylvania with the army & that he did not return until a great length of time apparently to this deponent & that this deponent has read the af[f]idavit of his father on the subject hereto annexed & believed it to be true & correct & further saith not. [signed] David Reynolds
Sworn & subscribed this 23rd day of December 1819 before me H. A. Hawley Justice of the Peace & Commr. &c
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State of New York
Essex County ss.
I certify that James Reynolds whose affidavit is heretofore annexed is a man in [illegible] circumstances & that he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. December 28th 1819
D. B. McNeil Judge of the Court of Com[mon] Pleas of Essex County State of New York

I Henry A. Hawley a Justice of the Peace of Essex County State of New York hereby certify that Jared Reynolds & David Reynolds whose affidavits were verifyed [sic, verified] before me on the foregoing page are men of credibility & probity. Given under my hand the 28th day of December in the year 1819. 
H. A. Hawley  Just.[ice] of Peace
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James Reynolds application to his country as a Revolutionary Soldier
Proof of the positive [underlined] time that the applicant served in the regiment set forth in his Declaration, by the Deposition of 2 witnesses certified to be credible & disinterested [underlined] is required. The judge will certify as well to the service [underlined] of the applicant as to his circumstances & the Official character of the Judge or Magistrate who administers the oath to the witnesses so to be authenticated in due form.
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State of New York 
Essex County ss  Clerks office  I Certify that by Letters patent under the great seal of the State of New York and on Examining the rolls [partially scratched out: it doth] remaining in my office it doth appear that David B. McNeil is a judge of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Essex and duly authorized to administer only - and that the signature of D. B. McNeil to the preceding certificate is the proper hand writing of him the said David B. McNeil and further that by a commission of the peace Remaining in my open and on examining the Rolls it doth appear that Henry A. Hawley is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Essex and duly authorized to administer oaths and that the signature of H. A. Hawley to foregoin[g] affidavit and certificate is the proper hand writing of him the said Henry A. Hawley In Testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the County of Essex to be hereunto affixed this 29th day of December 1819
[signed] Thos. Stoner Clerk
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State of New York
Duchess County ss } Cesaer Pain of the Town of Amenia in the county and state aforesaid well known to be a man that maintains a good character as to truth and veracity being duly sworn deposeth and saith that James Reynolds enlisted in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution on or about the fifth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight for the term of nine months in the Company commanded by Captain Charles Graham in colonel Cortlands regiment in the newyork Line and that he served until about the first day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine making his [illegible] almost 

[remaining part of page is largely illegible other than a word here or there]
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State of New York
Dutchess County ss. Cesar Paine of the town of Amenia in the County and State aforesaid to me known to be a man that sustains a good Character as to truth and veracity being duly sworn doth depose and say that James Reynolds enlisted in the army of the United States in the War of the Revolution and served in the same Company with this deponent for the full term of nine months that he was well acquainted with the said James Reynolds before his enlistment and during the service and after his discharge, that deponent being of very advanced age is unable to state from his recollection the date of the Enlistment or the names of the Officers, but the deponent well remembers that he the deponent enlisted & served for nine months and that the said James Reynolds served in the Same Company during the whole of the said term.
Cesar Paine
His X Mark
Sworn & subscribed this 
Second day of April
1825 before me
Abm. [Abraham] Bockee one of the
Judges of the Dutchess County Courts

State of New York
Dutchess County ss. I Jacob Van Ness Clerk of the County of Dutchess and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Abraham Bockee Esq. before whom the above affidavit was sworn and subscribed was on the day when the said affidavit was made one of the Judges of the Dutchess County Courts duly commissioned and sworn, and as such Judged duly authorized by the Laws of said state to take the proof & acknowledgements of Deeds and other instruments in writing, and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe the signature “Abm Bockee” subscribed to the above certificate to be the proper hand writing of the said Abraham Bockee. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this Seventeenth day of August One thousand Eight hundred and twenty five. [signed] Jacob Van Ness
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State of New York
Saratoga County ss } Nathaniel Foster of the Town of Edinburgh in the county [of Saratoga] and state aforesaid to me not well known but certified to me by respectable persons with whom I am acquainted & believe, to be a man that sustains a great character as to truth and veracity hereby duly sworn deposeth and saith that James Reynolds enlisted in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution on or about the fifth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight for the term of nine months in the company commanded by Captain Charles Graham in Colonel Cortland’s Regiment in the newyork line and that he served until about the first of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine making in his whole almost ten months service - that this deponent was in the service at the same time and generally [illegible] with the said Reynolds - that he lived a neighbor to the said Reynolds in the nine partners in the County of Duchess both before and after the said term of service and further saith not
[signed] Nathaniel Foster + his mark
Sworn and subscribed before me
the 26th day of April 1825. after being altered and interlined as appears above between the 4th & 5th line 
[signed] James Thompson first Judge of Saratoga County
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Saratoga County 
Clerks Office ss } I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the County of Saratoga and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the same do hereby certify that James Thompson whose name is subscribed to the above Jurat of affidavit was on the day the above affidavit was taken first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga duly commissioned and sworn and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature of James Thompson subscribed to the Jurat of the above affidavit to be the hand writing of the said Judge 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of April 1825 
[signed] Thomas Palmer Clerk
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James Reynolds a Revolutionary Soldier –
Papers & proof for the allowance of a pension
NY Roll 2d Regt Capt Graham 
[claims?] 12 mo 1778 [illegible] 
9 mo - satisfactory
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State of New York
Essex County ss: } I do certify that James Reynolds named in the papers hereto annexed is now living in the Town of Willsborough in said County & to me well known, that he is a very aged & infirm man & is in indigence & poverty, and does not appear capable of supporting himself without the assistance of his Country or aid from some other source.
Dated at the Town of Essex in said County this 23d day of August 1825.
D. Edson First Judge of Essex County, N.York

State of New York
Essex County ss. I Ashley Pond [Powel?] Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Dean Edson Esquire whose name is subscribed to the above certifi[cate] was on the day, of the date of said certificate first Judge of the County Courts in aforesaid county duly appointed & sworn
And further that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his name so subscribed as aforesaid is his own proper signature In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name & affix the seal of Said County & Courts this 25 day of August 1825. Ashley Pond
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Register page 153
James Reynolds
Essex County NY

Hon: H. H. Ross
H Reps

Hon. H. H. Ross, H. R.
Recd. 4 March 1826
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State of New York 
Essex County ss }  James Reynolds of Wellsborough in said County on this 4th day of January 1826 personally appeared in open court being a court of record to wit a Court of Oyer & terminer for the County of Essex in the State of New York resident in said county aged eighty years being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 That he the said James Reynolds enlisted or the Term of nine months in the month of April or May in the year 1776 in the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Curtis in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Courtland in the line of the State of New York on the continual establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps untill he was discharged from the service in the said State of New York That he the said James Reynolds again enlisted for the term of about one year in the spring of the year 1778 in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Charles Graham in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Courtland in the line of the State of New York on the continental establishment that he continued to serve
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in said corps for and during nine or ten months when he was discharged from the service by hiring a man in his stead to serve the residue of the term  that he was in the Battle of Monmouth and was in the service for several other short periods that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any state except as above and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension viz that in the spring of the year 1818 he did make his application for a pension and was informed the proof of service was insufficient that for several years thereafter he sought for the proof required and caused the same to be sent to the pension office in the year 1825 and was again informed that he must make a new declaration in a form and manner prescribed in open court which is the reason for makeing the present application and in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my myself within the provisions of any act of
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congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contents or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed that since the 18th day of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property (vis) I sold a horse to John Gould in part payment for building a house on a lot of land the title to which land I have since lost in a [sut in vestment?]  I have killed for beef our cow have sold another cow to Kenyon Adsit for money to buy grain & provisions 
[signed] James Reynolds
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 6th day of January 1826 
[signed] Ashley Pond Clerk
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A Schedule of property owned by James Reynolds (necessary Bedding and clothing excepted) viz I have no real or personal estate and have no debts due which are collectable  I have the use of one hired cow I have no income except what arises by my labor and what is given me by my children & others  I am a farmer by occupation  I have three with my self in my family (viz) my aged sixty seven and quite infirm and a girl named Luvinia Adsit aged about eighteen years which we hire a part of the time Dated January 6th 1825 
[signed] James Reynolds 
A Schedule of property owned by me James Reynolds on the 18th of March 1818 and since disposed of 
(viz)
[BEGIN TABLE]
Description of property  |  names of persons whom dispersed of  |  Time of sale  |  Amount of Money or description of property received in return
our horse  |  John Gould  |  fall of 1820  |  sixty Dollars including a house [or horse?]
our cow killed for Beef  |  Kenyon Adsit  |  in the year 1821  |  fifteen Dollars in grain and provisions & some money 
[END TABLE]
[signed] James Reynolds
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State of New York 
Essex County ss } David Reynolds of Essex in said county aged fifty five being duly sworn saith that he is a son of James Reynolds whose declaration for a pension is hereto annexed that he recollects some thing of the Revolution that he remembers his Father went off during the war of the revolution and it was said that he had gone into the army that he remembers when the said James Reynolds returned he had on Military Clothing and his arms and accoutrements and then related that he had been in the Army and it was so generally understood and further this deponant saith not 
Sworn to and declared on this 6th day of January 1826 before me
[signed] Ashley Pond Clerk

State of New York 
Essex County ss.  I Ashley Pond Clerk of the County of Essex and of the Court of Oyer & Terminer held in & for said County Do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court that the said James Reynolds did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding Declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment I also certify
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that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the total amount amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 17 day of January 1826
[signed] Ashley Pond 

Register page 153
James Reynolds
Essex County NY

Hon: H. H. Ross
H Reps

Hon. H. H. Ross, H. R.
Recd. 4 March 1826
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State of New York 
County of Essex ss }  On this twenty first day of January AD 1845 Personaly appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Phebe Reynolds a resident of the town of Wilsborough in the County of Essex & State of New York aged Eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the fourth A.D. 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March the third 1837 and the subsequent acts in relation thereto that she was married to James Reynolds who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution the names of his officers vs the Ridgement in which he served are to the deponant unknown but for a perticular description and proof of his service reference may be had to the proof made by him in order to obtain a United States Pension under the act of 18th of March 1818 now on file in the war department  She further declares that she was married to the said James Reynolds in the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and ninty two at Willsborough in the County of Essex and State aforesaid by the Reverand George Parker a minister of the Baptist Church - that her husband the aforesaid James Reynolds died at Willsborough aforesaid on the ninth day of October 1834 that she has not since intermarried but still remains the widow of the said James Reynolds as will more fully appear by the proof hereunto anexed that she was a widow in the fourth day of July 1836 that she has no documentary evidence in her possession of the
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Declaration of Mrs Phebe Reynolds widow of James Reynolds deceased

[remainder of page transcribed on following page]
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Service of her said Husband and dose not know of any person living by whom he can prove the same that her said Husband James Reynolds was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that she surrendered his pension certificate to the war department on drawing the arrears of his pension after his disease [decease] she believes in January 1835 that she has no certificate of her marriage to the said James Reynolds nor has she been able to find any record thereof in the said town of Willsborough that the said Reverand George Parker by whom she was married is dead as she is informed and verily believes true that she never has been placed on the Pension list or made any former application for a pension 
[signed] Phebe Reynolds X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written 
[signed] Alanson Denton justice of the peace

Samuel Adsit witness to her mark 

I certify that the above declarent Phebe Reynolds could not write her name by consequence of old age and infirmity that I wrote it for her at her request and she made her mark there to in my presence Dated the 21st day of January 1845
[signed] Alanson Denton Justice of the peace

Declaration of Mrs Phebe Reynolds widow of James Reynolds deceased
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Hon Joseph Russel.
Ho Reps US.
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Plattsburg N.Y. March 4, 1846 
Dear Sir 
Mr Samuel Adsit called upon me today and made the following statement that James Reynolds late of the County of Essex deceased was a private in the New York line, and served about three years as he was informed, was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818 at $96. per annum, and died at Willsboro in said County on the 9th day of October 1834, leaving a widow whose name was Phebe Reynolds & five children which he had by a former wife. That previous to her marriage with Mr Reynolds she was the widow of Samuel Adsit deceased and had by him six children of which my Client is one. That the marriage of James Reynolds & Phebe Adsit was solemnized at Willsboro NY. on the 9th of Novr 1792, and she applied for a pension in January 1845 as will appear from her declaration enclosed. Mr Adsit says that his affidavit in regard to his mothers marriage with Mr Reynolds, was filed in the pension office at the time of her application, and that this declaration was returned to Mr Cuyler of Essex Co. (who acted as attorney for the widow) in order that a more formal one might be made before the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County, or one of the Judges thereof. That before any fresh declaration was made by her, viz, on the 16th day of August 1845, she died at Willsboro aforesaid, leaving the aforesaid children by her first marriage. He further states that previous to the death of James Reynolds, he conveyed his estate by will to his said wife Phebe, and she conveyed her property by will to my client Mr Samuel Adsit. On his behalf, & per those interested, I wish you would ascertain from Col Edwards Comr of Pensions whether the children of James Reynolds, or those of Mrs
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Reynolds by her first Husband, are entitled to the amount of pension due to her at her decease, & if so, from what time will the pension commence, and can the amount be drawn by an administrator of Mrs Reynolds?
please to file this letter in the office of Col Edwards and obtain his answer thereto, and also procure forms and instructions as to the mode of proceeding, & request him to state whether a Surrogates Certificate proving the death of Mrs Reynolds will be deemed sufficient, & whether the grand children of Mrs [or Mr] Reynolds are entitled to a share 
Very Respectfully 
[signed] J. D. Woodward Atty for Mr Adsit

Hon Joseph Russel 
Ho Reps US.
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State of New York 
County of Essex ss } I John Richardson being duly sworn do depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Hillsborough County of Essex and State of Newyork that I have this day made diligent search in the records of said office for a Registry of the Marriage of James Reynolds late of said town deceased to Phebe Reynolds the widow of the said James Reynolds and that upon such search I can find no record of the said Marriage in my said office Given under my hand at Willsborough aforesaid this 22 day of January 1845 
[signed] John Richardson Town Clerk

Subscribed and sworn before me this 22 day of January 1845 
[signed] Alanson Denton Justice of the peace
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No 119.46
Phebe Reynolds
NY
Let to E. S. Cuyler June 2d ‘45
Let. to Hon Joseph Russell March 23 1846.

Act 7 July 1838
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11.946
Phebe Reynolds
NY
James N.Y.
E. S. Cuyler June 2 1845
Hon Jos. Russell Mch 23 ‘46
Geo A Simmons Apl 30 ‘55

8714

7 July 1838
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[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]

8716
P.O.
Phebe Reynolds
Service: James
[stamp] REJECTED
Enlisted:  , 18  .
Discharged:  , 18  .
Application filed:  , 18  .
Alleges: 
Re-enlisted: 
Attorney: 
P. O. 
Recognized.   Contract.
Cert. of Dis.   Searched for  , 18  .
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Keeseville April 21/55 
Hon. L P Waldo 
Commr. Pensions, 
Sir, 
Some time last year, the papers of a Mrs Rhoda P. Howard administratrix of Phebe Reynolds widow of James Reynolds a Revolutionary Pensioner deceased were placed in the proper office at Washington & I suppose in yours in order to obtain the arrearages of the Pension subsequently to the old mans decease. Will you be kind enough to inform me what was done with the case? 
Yours &c 
[signed] Geo. A. Simmons 

N.B.  If the papers were rejected please enclose them to me as they were left there by me for the owner.   GAS-
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Sir, At the request of Mr. Reynolds named in the enclosed papers I take the liberty of enclosing his application & proof annexed thereto for a pension, some of these papers have been in your office & sent back for more proof. The declaration was made on the 6th of April 1818 & if a pension is allowed presume it will commence on that day. I flatter myself that the proof now forwarded will be deemed sufficient as to the rendition of the service & indeed from my knowledge of several of the men whose affidavits are annexed I have no doubt of the fact but that the service was rendered. I am not fully apprised of all the rules regulating a decision in these cases but presume satisfactory proof only is required & if this aged old man who is now in penury & want could have a little relief it would really be an act of charity from his Country. Mr. Reynolds requests that his certificate may be forwarded to me, if granted & with as little delay as circumstances will present. 
I am Sir Respectfully
Your Most Obdt. [Obedient]
Dean Edson
Essex County of Essex
N. York August 27th 1825

Hon. Secretary of War
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on Register Page 153
old case
James Reynolds of Essex County New York
Act 18 March 1818
D Edson Esq.
Agent.
Essex, New York

Recd 6 Feb 1825
Mr Edwards

Free
Hon. The Secretary at War
Washington City
Pension Office
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6450
March 29/45
Phebe Reynolds
July 4, 1836.

[postmark]
ELIZABETHTOWN N.Y. MAR 25

Comr of Pensions
Free

Col. James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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E Town [Elizabethtown] Essex Co NY 
March 24. 1845 
Dr Sir 
Enclosed I send the Declaration of Phebe Reynolds for a Pension Should the proof be sufficient you will please forward her certificate to me Directed to this place 
Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt 
[signed] Edwd S Cuyler 

Col. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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11945
Phebe Reynolds
Rd. March 29, 1845.
widow of James
NY
act 7 July 1838
[crossed out: Rejected]
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State of New York 
County of Essex ss } On this 22nd day of January AD 1845 Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the said County Samuel Adsit a resident of the town of Willsborough in the county and state aforesaid and being by me duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith that he was well aquainted with James Reynolds late of Willsborough aforesaid deceased that the said James Reynolds was a United State pensioner that the deponent is also acquainted with Phebe Reynolds the widow of the said James Reynolds deceased that he deponant was present at the Marriage of the said James Reynolds and Phebe Reynolds which marriage took place at the said town of Willsborough in said County and State aforesaid in the month of November Seventeen Hundred and ninty two   that the said Phebe Reynolds is the widow of the said James Reynolds deceased and has not intermarried since his death the said James Reynolds died at Willsborough in said County on the ninth day of October 1834 the deponant well recollects that the said Marriage was Solemnized between said James and Phebe by the Reverand George Parker then Minister of the Baptist Church who is now dead as the deponant is informed and verily believes true 
[signed] Samuel Adsit
Subscribed and Sworn to before me the day and year above writen 
[signed] Alanson Denton Justice of the peace 

State of Newyork
Essex County ss } I Alanson Denton a a justice of the peace in & for said County the justice before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am acquainted
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with the above affiant Samuel Adsit that he is a person of reputable caracter and that his statements are entitled to credit  Given under my hand the 22nd day of January 1845
[signed] Alanson Denton justice of the peace
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State of New York
County of Essex }  I Edmund F Williams Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that John Richardson Esquire who made and subscribed the annexed deposition was on the day of the date of the same the Clerk of the Town of Willsborough in the said County and State duly elected and qualified residing within the said Town County and State and fully authorised to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Town Clerk and verily believe the official signature of the said town Clerk to be genuine
And I further Certify that Alanson Denton Esquire before whom the annexed and forgoing affidavit was made and taken and who made the annexed and foregoing certificates was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified residing within the said County and fully authorised to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the official signatures therein subscribed to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of Office at Elizabethtown this 24th day of March A D. 1845
[signed] E F Williams Clerk