Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8688, for George Reid, Pennsylvania
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Penn. Reid, George R. 8688 AM
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11744 Ann Reid Deed 
George
S.C.
Oct of July 38
m 89. and 36
11744
February 22, q1845
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I hereby certify that I knew Major George Reid shortly after the war of revolution that he came to South Carolina in capacity of Pennsylvania too to settle with the office the compromise solid commutation which he did to the satisfaction of all parties. I further certify that George Reid was considered and reported to have served as major in the Pennsylvania Line and as such was admitted a member of The State Society of Cincinnati, it being admitted that he served in that tour from 1777 to the end. I further certify that Major Reid lived with Wm. Reid is a reputable wife in the city of Charleston ever after. James (unreadable)
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11744
Ann Reid dec.
S.C.  George
Act 7 July 38
m89.361

11744
On February 22, 1846
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George Reid son of William and Isabella Reid of Banff in Scotland, Married on June the Eleventh day of October 1789 at Newton on Long Island State  of New York by the Reverend Wm Blorma of the American Episcople Church to Ann Hardy daughter of William Hardy then of  New York Issue
Joseph Hardy  Reid, born in Charleston So. Carolina at half past Eleven o'clock in the morning of Saturday the Twenty month day of October 1791 Christened same day November the 27th by the Rev. Doctor Henry Purcell of St Michael's Church Departed this life on Friday the 21st September 1792 at half past 1 of clock in the morning aged 10 months 23 days  George deBart Reid- born in Charleston So. Carolina on Sunday August 4th 1793 at 9 oclock in the morning Christened on Tuesday the 1st day of December  1795 by the Rev. Doctor Purcell of St Michaels Church. Isabella Reid, born in Charleston at half after 8 oclock on the morning of Friday the 5th day of June 1795, Christened the same day with George DeBert- William Moultried Reid, born in Charleston on Sunday February 25th 1798 at 1/4 past 12 oclock in the morning, christaned by the Rev. Doctor Purcell Elizabeth Hardy Reid born in Charleston on Tuesday February 18th 1800 at 8 oclock in the evening, baptized by the Rev W. Bowen of St. Michaels Church, on Wednesday the 4th April 1804 and Departed this life the next day at 35 minutes past 1 oclock in the afternoon aged four years one minute and fourteen days.
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The United States of America District of South Carolina
On this twenty second day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally came and appeared before me Thomas W Bacon Esquire Assistant Post Master at Charleston in the District aforesaid who being first duly sworn deposeth oath that he is acquainted with the hand writing of the late George Reid of the aforesaid City of Charleston now deceased and that the within writing is a copy of entries in the family bible of the said George Reid made in the handwriting of the said George Reid 
Sworn to and subscribed before me at the City of Charleston in the District aforesaid on the day and year aforesaid on the day and year aforesaid John certify the crediting of the affiant. R B Gilchrist Judge of the United States for the District of South Caroline JM Baiot
 The United States of America district of South Caroling
I hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing and within writing with certain entire in Bible represented to me be one of the heirs of George Reid and that the said writing is a correct copy of the said (unreadable) Given under my hand at the City of Charleston in the District aforesaid this twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four RH Gilbert Judge of the United States for the city of South Carolina
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Corps nor or late at the Navy Yard Washington City Deponent says his mother was not married said George Reid prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place as aforesaid, to with, previous the first January Seventeen Hundred and ninety four, Deponent saith his said Mother Ann Reid died on the 2nd day of October Eighteen Hundred and Ninty six, leaving only the children viz George B. Reid, William M. Reid and Ann Powell Reid said Ann remaining unmarried after the deceased of said George up to the time of her death. Deponent says, that his father having so served the Deponent never received  a Warrant for the bounty land promised to said Lieutenants George Reid decd on the part of the United States nor does Deponent believes that said George Received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever therefore Deponent claims the same, Deponent says he does not know that his mother said Ann Reid Knows that she was entitled to any thing from the United States and it was only recently he was informed of the law in relation to it himself Deponent says he cannot find his father Commission and Sworn and Subscribed before me the City of Charleston in the District of South Carolina on the day and year above written. I also certify the credibility of the affiant 
RM Gilchrist
Judge of the United States for the District of South Carolina  Geo B Reid
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The State of South Carolina District of Charleston Ordinary's office Charleston
I Thomas Lehre Esquire ordinary for the District of Charleston South Caroline, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence, has been adduced to me to prove that Mrs Ann Reid late of Charleston deceased, was the widow of George Reid formerly of Charleston, deceased, who was a live tenant in the Pennsylvania line, during the war of the Revolution and served from the year 1777 to the end of same war, That said George Reid became a member of the Cincinnati Society in 1787 and continued so until the time of his death which took place in 1810 That such membership proves a service as an Officer in the Continental army for at least three years and that by virtue of same his George Son to wit George B Reid was with the year 1814 (being then of age) elected a member of said Society of Cincinnati and is now the Insurer thereof That said Ann Was married to said George in New York in the year A.D. 1789, and that the said Ann died in the City of Charleston on the second day of October Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Six leaving only three children to with. George B. Reid William Moultrie Reid and Ann Powel Reid In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office in the City of Charleston So Ca this Tenth day of January A.D. 1845, Eighteen hundred and forty five  Thomas Lebre Ordinary
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The United States of America State of South Carolina District of Charleston Daniel Holbeck Esquire Clerk of the Court of General (unreadable) and Common Pleas for said District Do hereby certify that Thomas W Burt Esqr shoes signature is appended to the annexed affidavit is a magistrate duly authorized to administer oaths further certify that the Honorable Doctor Wm Kind is esteemed and respected, and that the Honorable Robert B. Gillist is a Judge of the United States for the District of South Carolina   In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office at Charleston South Carolina this eighteenth day of February A.D. 1845
Dan Horlbeck
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
March 19, 1924
Mrs W.A. Reaves
406 East Waldburg St
Savannah, Ga
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 8788 it appears that George Reid was a Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania Line and served from 1777 to the close of the Revolution, during which period he was in the battle of Germantown, and in the battle of Monmouth where he was severly wounded in the leg by a Musket ball; he was captured and carried to England; on his return he was appointed Paymaster, and after Peace in 1783 he went to Charleston, South Carolina to settle the accounts of the Southern Army. He was the son of William and Isabella Reid of Banff, Scotland, his age is not stated. He married at Newton, Long Island, New York, October 11, 1789, Ann Hardy, the daughter of William Hardy of New York. Soldier died in 1810, and his widow Ann died
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Windsor, Mo
Nov 11-1918
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
     Will you please give me the military history of George Reed of South Carolina and Stephen Flemming of New Jersey both soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Any information you may be able to give me will be greatly appreciated. 
Very truly yours, 
Mrs. C.H. Burgess, 
Windsor, Mo. 
[receipt confirmation stamp]
US Pension Office Nov 14 1918
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8688
No.
Ann Reid
Service: wid. of George Reid
Enlisted: [blank line] 18
Discharged: [blank line] 18
Application filed: [blank line] 18
List of suspended claims printed in 1852 shows cause of suspension as follows: "Died before the passage of the Act"

Attorney: [blank line]
P.O [blank line]
[blank line] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank} Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank] 18 

[handwritten vertically] Mrs Nov: 21, Hist to Mrs C.H. Burgess F 
1924 Mld A Hist to H. A Reemes [illegible]
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11744
Ann Reid deceased
S C George
 Act 7th July 1838
Sent to P. Canterell, April 22nd
May 12, 49 Lt P. Cantucer 1845
8688
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November 21, 1918

Mrs. C.H. Burgeas, 
Windsor,
Missouri.
Madam:  
     In response to your letter dated the eleventh instant, you are advised that in the papers in the claim R. File No. 8688 Rev. War, it is stated that George Reid was a Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania Line and served from 1777 to the end of the war, during which period he was in the battle of Germantown, and in the battle of Monmouth where he was severely wounded in the leg by a musket ball; that he was captured and carried to England; on his return he was appointed a Paymaster, and after Peace in 1783, he went to Charleston, South Carolina to settle the accounts of the Southern Army.
     He was the son of William and Isabella Reid of Banff, Scotland, his age is not stated. He married at Newton, Long Island, New York, October 11, 1789, Ann Hardy daughter of William Hardy of New York. 
    Soldier died in 1810, and his widow Ann died October 2, 1836 at Charleston, South Carolina, leaving only three children to wit; George B. Reid, William Moultrie Reid, and Ann Powell Reid , widow, date of birth not stated. 
CHILDREN
Joseph Hardy Reid born October 09, 1791, died September 21, 1792
George LeBert Reid born August 4, 1783
Isabella Reid born June 5, 1795
William Moultrie Reid born February 25, 1798.
Elizabeth Hardy Reid born February 18, 1800, died April 5, 1804.

   George Reid was elected a member of the Cincinnati Society in Charleston in 1787, and his son George B. Reid was elected to membership in 1814.

On Dec 20, 1844, the son George B Reid applied for the pension which might have been due his mother on account of the services of her husband, but the same was not allowed on the ground that the children had no title to such pension. 
Very respectfully, 
[illegible signature]
Commissioner.
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[letterhead below is centered]
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, PRESIDENT
SAVANNAH BRANCH OFFICE
31-36 BULL ST., SAVANNAH, GA. 
J.M. THOMSON. AGENCY DIRECTOR
G. RAY STUART, Cashier  When Replying Please 
                                          give Policy Number
Savannah, Ga., February 15, 1924.
Department of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: 
     Will you kindly give me information regarding one, George Reid, a Scotchman, who landed in Virginia, joined Greene's Army (Revolutionary War) afterwards want to South Carolina, married a sister of Lieut. William Hardy, U.S.N. and lived in Charleston, S.C., and was said to have been one of the founders of the Cincinnati Society. This information is wanted in connection with membership in Daughters American Revolution in case this ancestor would make me eligible.
     Thanking you for an early reply, I am, 
Yours very truly,
Mrs W.A. Reaves

Address
Mrs. W.A. Reaves
405 E Waldburg St. 
Savannah, Ga
[receipt stamp]
U.S. Pension Office
Nov 18, 1924
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James S Edwards. Esquire
Commissioner of pensions
Washington City
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Charleston So Ca
19 February 1845
Sir,
I respectfully submit, the annexed proof in support of the claim of the children of Mrs Ann Reid decd to the B. Land promised her husband, and the pension money due her from the 4th March to the 2nd Oct 1836-as the widow of George Reid and decd formerly a Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line It is submitted that the rule book of the State Society of Cincinnati (Seep Page 9.47) duly attested prove that he served three years as an officer in the American Army sustained as it is by the corroborative Testimony of Doctor Read a Revolutionary officer, and the President of the Society the certificates of the ordinary and of her family by record from the bible are intended to prove her marriage in 1789, her death, and the identity of the children.  I Remain Sir with great report your obt Servant
P. Cantwell 
To James S Edward Esquire 
Commissioner of Pension 
Washington City
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James L Ewdward Esq
Commissioner of pensions
Washington D.C.
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Charleston 
19 April 1845
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions 
War Office
Washington City

I very respectfully beg to call your attention to the case of the heirs of Geo Reid formerly an officer in the Line during the war of the Revolution, for the pension money due their mother Ann Reid the proof in this case was transmitted to the Department in February.
I remain very respectfully your obt Servent 
Plantwell
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P. Cantrell, April 22
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Pen Off
Apr. 25th 45
Sir
The claim of Ann Reid decd has be examined and disallowed As her marriage took place after the expiration of her husbands service. She is not entitled to the provision of the act of 4 July 36  and having died before the passage of the  act 
of 7 July 38 can have no claim to its provisions. 
J Contrelle Esq
Charleston S.C.
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P Cantwell Esqr
May 12, 1849
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Pension Office 
May 12, 1849
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 20th September last, in the case of Ann Reid, decd widow of George Reid I have to State that the children are not provided for by the act of 2d February 1848, All that the children could claim in any case where mother was the widow of a Revolutionary soldier, would be what may have been due the mother at the time of her death. Mr. Reid had no claim at the time of her death for the reasons stated in my letter to you of the 22nd April 1845, and consequently her children have no claim. 
P Cantwell Esq
Charleston
S.C.
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Charleston So Ca
20 September 1848
Sir,
The heirs of Mrs Ann Reid, the decd who was the widow of George Reid who was a Lieuin the Revolut ion in the Pennsylvania Line who died in 1810 and to whom she was married in 1789 applied filed their proof I the Pension office 1845 on the 22 April 1845. In relation to this case the Commissioner wrote. " The claim of Ann Reid deceased has been examined and disallowed. As the marriage took place after the expiration of her husbands service, she is not entitled to the provision of the act of 4 July 1836 , and having died before the passage of the act of 7 July 1838 and has no claim to its provisions"
I am now directed to respectfully request you will be pleased to say if she not be entitled under the act of 2nd February 1848 to the pay that accrues besides viz. from the 4 March 1836, to the 2nd October 1836. the day of  her death..
I Remain very respectfully your obt Sert
P. Cantwell
To James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D.C.