Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21442, for Samuel Reynolds, Rhode Island
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SERVICE
R.I.
CONTENTS
Reynolds, Samuel
NUMBER
21442
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I Jonathan Reynolds of [ ] in the County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, aged sixty nine years and upward [ ] 
That I have ever been acquainted with Samuel Reynolds ( my Brother ) who is now an applicant for a pension under the late act of Contress.

Said Samuel Reynolds was enrolled in the company of Militia in said Bristol in the early part of the War of the Revolution, then under the Command of Capt. William Throop. my late Brother Joseph Reynolds was a Lieutenant and Jonathan Diman was Ensign, all well known to me, but they have long been dead. Said Samuel was from home much of his time, and as I believe in watching and guarding the adjoining shores, with the others of said Company.
the points guarded were Mount Hope shore, and at Little's Narrows, on the East side of said Bristol, and also on the shores on the west side of Bristol, and have no doubt but that he did as much duty as the other members of said Company. 
Said Samuel Reynolds, left home, I think in March 1781 to go on to Rhode Island as a Soldier for a Month's service, when one half of  his time had expired, I went to take his place, as a substitute for him, when I found him on duty, but he declined my services and I returned home, after lodging one night with him at his quarters. I recollect seeing my Brother Joseph there who was Lieutenant in the company in which my Brother Samuel served. 
Jonathan Reynolds

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O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Department of the Interior,
Searched by F.F.N
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Samuel Reynolds
Service
Rev War
Additional service
Remarks No Rev Invor
Wed Admt or
Ket, claim other
the
an Inv. Fill
21,442.
June 20, 1905
60911011 - 02
Chief of Division.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line." "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Serity of
County of
On this
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
of
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
contains the original pro-
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
for a pension.
the said Court, in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
and State, Territory or District