Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,565, for Joseph Reeves, New Jersey
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SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey Reeves, Joseph S. 18, 565
Carded
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13,383
Ohio. Pittsburgh Let Hom E. [Illegible] Jan 8, 1851
Joseph Reeves
of Trumbull Co in the State of Ohio
who was a P[Illegible] Sergeant in the Co. commanded
by Captain Pearson of the Regt commanded
by Colo Holmes in the New Jersey
line for 2 Years
18. as Sergt $90.00
6. " Private $20.00
$110.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsbg.
at the rate of 110 Dollars 00. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the Sixth day of July,
1833 and Sent to R. P. Spalding.
Warren. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 220.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. 55.00
$275.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
corded by [Illegible] R. Palmer, Clerk,
ok E Vol. 8. Page 125.
[Written vertically]
169289
[illegible]289
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Joseph Reeves
Application for a Pension.
Filed August 28 1832
8227
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The State of Ohio} on this 24th day of August AD. 1832
Trumbull County} personally appeared in open Court before the Supreme Court of Said State of Ohio now Sitting in Warrin within and for the County of Trumbull Joseph Reeves a resident of Warren in said County of Trumbull & State of Ohio aged Seventy Seven years, who being 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 7th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and Served as herein stated
In the year 1776 I was drafted in Cumberland County New Jersey under command of Capton Asahel Pearson David Potter was my Colonel, we marched from there to Brunswick New Jersey, from thence to the old Blazing Star, this was at the time the British had possession of New York, this was a tour of two months.
In a few weeks after the expiration of my first tour I was drafted at the same place as before. this was a tour of tour or five months. I was at the Battle of Milstone. we took about One hundred waggons & two hungry cattle from the British. I was discharged from this tour of duty not far from Milstone by General Dickinson. Abijah Holmes was my Colonel this Tour.
In the [illegible] part of the year 1777 I was drafted again for one year under Command of Daniel Maskel - this tour on the 26th day of Sept. we were driven out of Philadelphia to Frankfort by the English, at this time Colonel potter was taken prisoner
In 1778 I think in the month of August I was Drafted for a year I think, under Command of Ma[illegible] or Capt.
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We marched to Billingsport was then engaged in Building a fort, the English [Illegible] came up the River to the Fort, we then Returned from the fort to a place Called Sand Town where we had an engagement, a number of our men was killed. I Served out this Tour of duty during the was of the Revolution - I Served for a period of more than three years but I cannot recollect the precise time I have Served
Interrogatories ordered by the Court
1 When & in what year were you born?
Ans - I was born in Cumberland County State of Jersey - on the 25th day of June 1755
2 - Have you a record of your age & if So where is it?
Ans  I have a record of my age at home in my Bible
3 Where were you living when called into the Service where have you lived Since the War & where do you now live?
Ans I lived in Hopewell Township, Cumberland Co. Jersey, I have lived at the same place about thirty years, I then moved to Waarren, Trumbull Co. Ohio where I now live
4. How were you called into the Service?
Ans I was drafted as a private Soldier
5th State the names of some of the regular officers 
And I was under Comman of Gen. Wayne in our engagement Colonel Ellis, Major Ellis &
6th Did you ever Receive a discharge, from the Service & if so from whom & what has become of it
Ans. I never Recd a discharge in writing
He hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Joseph Reeves
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforsd.
George Parsons Clark S.C.
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We George Mygatt David [Illegible] at residing in the County of Trumbull & State of Ohio hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Reeves, who has Subscribed & Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy-Seven years of age or thereabouts, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion & believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Sworn to & Subscribed this 25th George Mygatt
day of August A.D. 1832 David Tod
George Parsons Clerk S.C
I Oliver Brooks hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Joseph Reeves, who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration, in the War of the Revolution, and that he was a Soldier in the Revolution, [illegible] I believe the above statement by him made is true.
[Joseph Reeves is written in the lefthand margin and is crossed out.]
Sworn to & Subscribed this 25th Oliver Brooks
day of August A.D. 1832
George Parsons Clk S.C.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he states
I George Parsons Clerk of the [The words Court of Common & are crossed out.] Supreme Court of the State within and for the County of  Trumbull do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Reeves for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th 1832
George Parsons. Clerk
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8,227 13,383
Joseph Reeves
Trumbull Co
Ohio
Admitted 2 years. 1 year
& 6 Month thereof as
Sergeant.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
22 June 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Reeves. Trumbull Co. - O
Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Name and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
1776 2 [months] private Cap. Pearson 77. years
" 5 [months] " " " New Jersey
Col Holmes
Cumberland
Gen Dickenson County
1777 1 [year] 6 [months] Serg. Cap. Maskel
2 [months] priv Col Potter
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, musicians 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. Sate, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District 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) 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; 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 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. [Illegible] This form is to be varied to as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.}f 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. I 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. 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) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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. 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. I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify 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, this &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
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier}Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, an in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquire whether the belief [illegible] generaland whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirm may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whether any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, of by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
office will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a]The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]The declarant must make his declaration in the county wherehe resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c, A. B. who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year---months, and ---days, I served as a --- ---. For --- months and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely
days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting the service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of the term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrates who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[Illegible] The notes from [a] to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF:MLB
July 7, 1930
Mrs. Hulda Reeves Cochran
Lock Box 7
Edwardsport, Indiana
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary war pension claim,
S. 18565, it appears that Joseph Reeves was born June 25, 1755, in
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
While residing in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, he enlisted and served with the New Jersey troops, as follows:
In the summer of 1776, two months as a private in Captain Asahel Pearson's Company, Colonel David Potter's Regiment; from the fall of
1776, five months, as a private in Captain Asahel Pearson's Company, Colonel Abijah Holmes' Regiment; at Millstone Creek they attacked a foraging party, took some prisoners, wagons and horses; from September,
1777, two months, as a private and eighteen months as orderly sergeant, in Captain Daniel Maskell's Company, Colonels David Potter's and Ellis' Regiments, and was in an engagement at Haddonfield and skirmish at Sandtown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Warren Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
There are no data as to his family.
This bureau is unable to identify the record of Jacob and John Richardson in whom you may be interested, as the information furnished
is not sufficient.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Delivered [The words In the P. Office are crossed out.]
to Pensioner - now in Washington
2d Augt 1820
Transferred to the
Dist. of Columbia
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P 18565
1923-May 2- Hist to Mr. R. E. Lambert - Sec. to Hon J. L. Milligan 
for Mrs G. T. Mullinaux - [Illegible]
1930 July 7 - Hist to Mrs. Hulda
Reeves Cochran [illegible]
File No. 18,565
Joseph Reeves
Serg Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 327
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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AWF.
Rev. War Section.
May 1, 1923.
Mr. R. E. Lambert,
c/o Hon. J. L. Milligan,
House of Representatives,
Washington, B.C.
My dear Mr. Lambert;
I [The words have to are crossed out.] advise you [The words relative to are crossed out.]  in  the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1855, [The words from the papers in said claim are crossed out.] it appears that Joseph Reeves was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey, June 25, 1735, [The word and is crossed out.] [illegible] while residing in Hopewell Township, New Jersey he enlisted in the summer of 1778 and served tours as a private in Captain Asahel Pearson's Company Colonel David Potter's Regiment
of New Jersey troops. From the Fall of 1778 he served as a private five months in Captain Samuel Pearson's Company Colonel Abijah Holmes' Regiment, at Millstone Creek they
attacked a foraging party, took some prisoners, wagons and horses.  From September 1777 served 2 [illegible] as a Private and 18 month and Orderly Sergeant [The words twenty months are crossed out.] in Captain Daniel Maskell's Company Colonels
David Potter's [The words Regiment, later in are crossed out.] Colonel Ellis' Regiments
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He was in an engagement at Haddonfield and skirmish at Sandtown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24, 1832, while a resident of Warren Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
There are not data [The words on file are crossed out.] as to his family.
Sincerely,
Commissioner.
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Princeton Mo.
April 25th 1923,
Dept. Interior, Wash. D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me a statement of the military service rendered in the American Revolution by Joseph Reeves, who was pensioned for service and in 1840 resided in Trumbull CO. Ohio.
Kindly include all family data given in his application for pension as same is needed for completion of D.A.R. papers.
Your Respt.
Mrs Clara W. Mullinax
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PENSION
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OFFICE
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J. L. MILLIGAN
30 DIST. MISSOURI
Rev Ser/2
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washigton, D.C.
April 28, 1923.
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing herewith a letter addressed to you by Mrs. Geo. T. Mullinax, Princeton, Missouri in which you will note she desires to have you give a complete history as showed in the Departmental Records of Joseph Reeves.
I will thank you to give this lady all information you can and forward same to me at your early convenience.
Yours truly,
RE Lambert
Secretary to,
J. L. Milligan.
REL/L
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OFFICE
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Edwardsport Ind
June 27th 1930
To the Bureau of Pensions Department
Washington D.C.
In reply to your letter of June 3rd 1930 I cannot give all information you ask - but I was told by a regent of Vincennes D.A.R. to write to the Bureau of Pensions and I would get all the Information necessary by just giving the name of soldier - however Joseph Reeves Private and Sargent of New Jersey Militia, he received a pension from record of Supreme Court records age 247 - Book 6 - Historical Library, Cleveland Ohio - He is buried in Trumbull Co, Warren Ohio - to the history of the Richardson's I am not able to answer your questions
PENSION 
JUN
U 30 S
1930
OFFICE
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COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE
STD. FORM 114-1
SUBJECT LOCATION
ATTENTION OF DATE
2.
As I should like but Jacob Richardson She wants John
had Eight children the oldest was born on April 3rd 1780 In a small note book of my father's I found this information - My father, a civil war veteran, always spoke of some of his ancestors as Revolutionary soldiers
This is all I know of these people.
Thanking you for what information you will be able to give me I am -
Mrs Hulda Reeves Cochran
Edwardsport
Ind.
Lock Box 7
JUN
30
1930
OFFICE
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IN REPLY REFER TO 3-2562
Rev. and 1812 UNITED STATES
Wars Section. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
EEL/ILL BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
June 3, 1930.
Mr. Hulda Reeves Cochran
Lock Box. 7.
Edwardsport, Indiana.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow Martha Richardson,
Full name of soldier Joseph Reeves Joseph Reeves
Residence of soldier at enlistment [The words New Jersey Militia are crossed out.]
Residence of soldier after service In Philidelphia
Name of state from which he enlisted New Jersey
Approximate date of birth
Approximate date of death
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
7. After term of service
he went to Philedelphia got his family together and went to the state of Ohio after his death his family came to Indiana to live
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IN REPLY REFER TO 3-2562
Rev. and 1812 UNITED STATES
Wars Section. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
EEL/ILL BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
June 3, 1930.
Mr. Hulda (Reeves) Cochran
Lock Box. 7,
Edwardsport, Indiana.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow 
Full name of soldier John Richardson
Residence of soldier at enlistment 
Residence of soldier after service 
Name of state from which he enlisted 
Approximate date of birth
Approximate date of death
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
This John Richardson was supposed to be a brother to Jacob Richardson
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IN REPLY REFER TO 3-2562
Rev. and 1812 UNITED STATES
Wars Section. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
EEL/ILL BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
June 3, 1930.
Mr. Hulda (Reeves) Cochran
Lock Box #7 (Knox County)
Edwardsport, Indiana.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow I think it was Martha or Mary.
Full name of soldier Jacob Richardson
Residence of soldier at enlistment 
Residence of soldier after service 
Name of state from which he enlisted 
Approximate date of birth Was near the year 1760
Approximate date of death
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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[Illegible] MAY 28
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Dist of Columbia.
[Written vertically]
Ohio 
retd
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Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio
May 27, 1833.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir.
I enclose for your examination a 2nd Declaration in the matter of the Application of Joseph Reeves for a Pension together with two Depositions properly authenticated 
Respectfully Yours
R. P. Spalding
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Deposition of Oliver
Brooks as to the Rev-
olutionary Services of
Joseph Reeves
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I Oliver Brooks of Warren, in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio being duly Sworn on my Said oath depose and Say that I was acquainted personally with Joseph Reeves of Said Warren before the Commencement of the Revolutionary War - We were near neighbors to each other in the State of New Jersey - I frequently during the Continuance of Said War Served in the Same Regiment with Said reeves in the War in the New Jersey Militia - I can Confidently Swear that during the War of the Revolution Said Joseph Reeves Served in the New Jersey Militia, at different terms, a period of more than two years - He was a faithful Soldier and Rendered his Country Substantial Services during the war - And further this Deponent Saith not.
Oliver Brooks
The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County SS} Warren June 14th 1832
Be it remembered that this day personally came the above named Oliver Brooks, to me well known as a man of truth & veracity, and made oath that the above deposition by him Subscribed is true according to the best of his knowledge and belief Before me Alexander McConnell
Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County SS} I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County of Trumbull do hereby certify that Alexander McConnell whose Signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the above certificate is and was at the time of Subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Pease for Said County duly commissioned and Sworn agreeable to Laws of Said State of Ohio, and that his official acts are entitled to full credence
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my name and affixed the Seal of Said County this 18th day of May 1833
George Parsons Clerk
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Deposition of Isaac
Fithian as to the
Revolutionary Services
of Joseph Reeves
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I Isaac Fithian of Warren in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio being duly sworn on my Said oath depose and say that I was acquainted personally with Joseph Reeves of Said Warren before the Commencement of the Revolutionary war We were near neighbours to each other in the State of New Jersey; I frequently during the continuance of said war Served in the Same Regement with Said Reeves in the New Jersey Militia - I can confidently Swear that during the war of the Revolution said Joseph Reeves Served in the New Jersey Militia at different times, a period of more than two years - He was a faithful Soldier and rendered his Country Substantial Services during the war - and further this deponent Saith not
Isaaac Fithian
The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County Ss} Warren June 14th A.D. 1832
Personally appeared Isaac Fithian to me well known as a man of truth & veracity, and made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him Subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth according to the best of his knowledge and belief - Before Me -
Alexander McConnell
Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County Ss} I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Trumbull do hereby certify that Alexander McConell whose signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the above certificate is and was at the time of Subscribing the same an acting Justice of the peace for Said County duly Commissioned and Sworn agreeably to the Laws of said State of Ohio and that his official acts are entitled to full credence In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court his 18th day of May A.D. 1833
George Parsons Clerk
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The State of Ohio} On this 20th day of May A.D. 1833
Trumbull County Ss} personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Warren within and for Said County of Trumbull, Joseph Reeves a Resident of Warren Township in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio, aged Seventy Seven years and Eleve Months 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, 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein Stated:
I was born in Cumberland County in the State of New Jersey on the 25th day of June in the year 1755 - as appears from Record of my birth Contained in a family Bible now in My possession. I was living in Hopewell Township in the Same County of Cumberland & State of New Jersey when I was first Called into the Service - Early in the Summer of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six I was drafted for Two Months and marched as a private to a place on the Jersey Shore opposite Staten Island, called the "Blazing Star" in Company of New Jersey Militia under the Command of Captain Asahel Pearson - I performed Garrison duty at this place, as a private in Said Company for Two Months and until the period of which I was drafted expired when I was discharged at the Same place, and Returned home: In the fall of the Same year (1776) I was drafter, at the Same place for Five Months and joined a Company of New Jersey Militia under the Command of the Same Captain Asahel Pearson - Our Regiment was Commanded by Lieut. Colonel Abijah Holmes - We joined General Washingtons Army and retreated with him through N. Jersey - I was attached to the Rear Guard of the Army - During the Battles of Trenton & Princeton I was within hearing of the Guns but was not engaged in Battle - When the main Army went into Winter Quarters at Morristown - My Regiment Continued in active Service - We were under the Command of General Dickenson and in January or February
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attacked a foraging party of the Enemy near Millstone Creek and Captured some prisoners, about a hundred horses & waggons besides cattle & hays and provisions of various kinds - Many of the wagons were loaded with flour - Forty of these wagons belonged to the British the rest they had taken from our Countrymen in the neighborhood - I took one of these wagons without any assistance and accomplished it by leaping on to one of the horses and spurring the team on with my Bayonet until I had them in a place of Security - I Served until my Five months had expired when those of us belonging to Col. Holmes Regiment were discharged in a body by General Dickenson at his quarters at Raritan Bridge near Millstone River - 
In September of the year 1777 and about the time of the Battle of Brandywine I joined, as a volunteer, a Company of New Jersey troops under Captain Daniel Maskel in a Regiment commanded by Colonel David Potter - We were marched immediately to Philadelphia from whence we withdrew on the entrance of the British army - About four Miles from the City Colonel Potter left the Troops and rode a short distance for the purpose of gaining Some information, when he was taken prisoner by a party of the enemy - We then crossed the Delaware and made our head quarters at Hattonfield opposite Philadelphia and about five miles from that City - We were now Commanded by Colonel Ellis - While at this place the British crossed the River and drove us from our encampment: We retreated to Mount Holly - In a few days  General Wayne attended by the Court Pulaski with a Company of Light Horse Came to Mount Holly and led us back to our old encampment where we attacked the enemy and fought with them the most of a day - The Succeeding Night the British recrossed the River and left us in possession of the Ground - After Some time we were moved down the River to a place called Billingsport where there was a Fortification which we had previously assisted in erecting - while at this Station we were commanded by General Newcomb - We left this place on the approach of a force Sent down from Philadelphia to attack us and had a Skirmish with the enemy at Sand Town - Captn Hogg with his
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noted Company of Artillery was then with us - The enemy took possession of the Fort and their Ships moved up the River - When the British evacuated Philadelphia we pursued on after them and were in pursuit when the Battle of Monmouth took place - The weather was then So warm that when Marching in the middle of the day I could with difficulty [illegible] my hand on my Musket barrell - After the Battle we returned to Philadelphia - I continued in active Service, with the exception of an occasional visit of two or three days to my friends by permission of My Officers, Some times in New Jersey and at others in Pennsylvania until the enemy had disappeared from the Section of Country - From the time I volunteered in September of '77 I Served a period of Twenty Months before I was discharged. For Eighteen Months I Served as the orderly Sergeant of my Company and drew all the rations and divided them among the Men - I Sometimes Called the Roll on parade and drilled the Men - Altogether I Served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades:
For Eighteen Months I served as an Orderly Sergeant.
For Nine months I served as a Private - 
I never received a Written discharge but was always honourably discharged - After the affair at Millstone we conducted our prisoners and their plunder to the Camp at Morristown where we received the thanks of General Washington on parade - I have no documentary evidence of my Services, but Isaac Fithian and Oliver Brooks, now living in Warren were my neighbors and were Sometimes in the Service with me - I have their Depositions stating generally their knowledge that I was in the Service and their belief as to its duration. Elisha Whittlesey Esquire our Representative in Congress and [Illegible] Fitch Esq Cashier of the Western Reserve Bank are both acquainted with my character and with the belief in my neighborhood respecting my Revolutionary Services - The Revd W. Wooding our Clergyman, of whose Church I have for a long time been a member, is now absent from Warren on a Journey Otherwise I could have his Certificate - Since the Revolutionary War I have lived for thirty years in Cumberland County, New Jersey where I was born and where I loved when I entered the Service,
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the residue of the time I have lived in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio where I now reside - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State:
Sworn to and Subscribed the day} Joseph Reeves
and year aforesaid}
George Parsons Clerk
We Zalmon Fitch residing in the Township of Warren Trumbull County & State of Ohio and Elisha Whittlesey residing in the Same County hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Reeves who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Seven 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.
Zalmon Fitch
Sworn and Subscribed the day and} Elisha Whittlesey
year aforesaid - George Parsons} Clk
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 Serves as he States. And the Court furthers Certifies that it appears to them that Zalmon Fitch who has Signed the preceding Certificate is a resident of Warren, Trumbull Cty, Ohio that Elisha Whittlesey who has also signed the same is a resident in the Same County and are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to Credit.
I George Parsons, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Trumbull in the State of Ohio do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the Original proceedings of the Said Court in the Matter of the Application of Joseph Reeves for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office at Warren, this Twentieth day of May A.D. 1833
George Parsons Clerk
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Joseph Reeves
2nd Declaration for
a Pension
Enterd on journal