Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4078, for James Reynolds, Pennsylvania
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Penn. Reynolds, James. S4078
Penn, Sea Service
Carded
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Letter to S. C. Ray 
May 15 49

Ohio 22478
---
James Reynolds.
(County of) Muskingum in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co commanded
by Captain Gibson of the ? commanded
by Com Dougherty in the Roebuck and Liverpool
ships of war
line for Penn
---
a Private Marines = $80.
Pa. & Pa. Sea Service
=
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio.
at the rate of 80. Dollars 00. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Pa line, Records. R. Margis
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Nov.
1833 and sent to Silli
man & Stetson, Zanesvillle Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833, 200-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34, 40-
$240
=
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by W? R. Palmer clerk,
Book ? Vol. 8 Page 22.
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Pension Deed
James Reynolds
20194
P? direct
to Silliman & Stetson
Atty for J. Reynolds
Zanesville Ohio
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The State of Ohio
Muskingum County on this 12th day of November ? 1832.
Just ?  appeared before The Judges of the Court of Common Pleas ? county of Mrs. L Ringman James Rey ? or resident of Rich Kill Township on said county aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law do the ? his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress (?) ? 7th June 1832.
That he enlisted as a private of the Marines (?) commanded by Lieutenant Francis Gilbert at Philadelphia at the time that the officers were recruiting for the expedition under General Montgomery, he does not recollect the time, but he thinks it was in the autumn of the year 1775. He was immediately put on board the Rogalley (?) Washington ? lead by Commodore Doherty. When stationed at ?? Fort, the first engagement ? the applicant was with the Roebuck and Liverpool ships.  He was also at the siege of ? Island Fort during said seige Commadore Doherty resigned and was succeeded by Captain McLactrege - who was taken sick and was succeeded by Captain Watkins.  Immediately after the capture of Mud Island by the enemy the said Galley (?) with the applicant on board, rafted up the river by Philadelphia to Brileve (?), then up to Trenton where he remained home ? and then they ? their Galleys - at the time of the seige Lieutenant Gilbert had been sent with a flag of truce to Philadelphia and did not return. Captain Montgomery afterwards commanded the said applicant be ? after ?
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the  Gallery L and before maintained(?) applicant moved back to Lancaster PA and remained stationed there as one of ? ?, three or four months that perhaps longer until the British had evacuated Philadelphia, then they marched to Philadelphia and remained from that time (August he believes) until the next spring as one of the guard of Mrs.(?) ? taken with General Burgoyne, about Christmas of the year he came to Philadelphia he was ?? in affiliating to recite on brig which had been over? and was by that rendered unable to perform duty, was sent to the hospital and in the spring following received a furlough until he ? recover He does not remember the date of his furlough which was in writing signed by Capt Montgomery about six or seven months after he received his furlough at aforesaid he returned to Philadelphia having regained his health, but found the corps of Marines entirely broken up and did ? and never received any further order.  The term of his enlistment is not known to the applicant, but the time he spent in the service ? to his furlough was between three and four years.  Applicant omitted to State that he was in the action at the commencement of the Siege of Red Bank Fort at which the ? General war killed and also in the action in which the British ships the Augusta and The Maryland were blown up.  He here by relinquished every claim to any annuity or pension except the pursuant and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of
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Agency of any State

Subscribed & Sworn to
the day & year aforesaid
Jno Willson Jr  Clerk}

[To the right of the above]
James his X mark Reynolds

And the Said Court do hereby acclaim their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the within named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he States
I John Willson Jr Clerk of the Court 
of Common Pleas for the county of
Muskingum aforesaid do 
hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings 
in the Matter of the application of
James Reynolds for a pension—

In testimony whereof I hereto
Set my hand & Seal of office
this 27th th[sic] day of November
1832

Jno Willson Jr CK.
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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.
State, Territory, or District of 
County of
On this  day of  personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District of  aged (c) 
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 provion 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 enered 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.
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.
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    and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
  , 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day 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.
1,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
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
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May 27, 1940

BA-J/AWF
James Reynolds
S. 4078

Mr. P. Homer Wilson
1212 Middle Avenue
Elyria, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of James
Reynolds who was born in Maryland, and in 1819,
moved to Perry County, Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, S. 4078, based
upon service of James Reynolds, in the War of the
Revolution.
The date and place of birth of James Reynolds,
and names of his parents were not given.
and names of his
James Reynolds enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the autumn of 1775, under Lieutenant
Francis Gilbert, served as private of marines on
board the Raw Galley "Washington", commanded by
Commodore Dougherty, was in an engagement with " Roebuck
and Liverpool Ships", was in the battle of Red Bank, and
during the siege of Mud Island Fort, Commodore Dougherty
resigned, and he served under Captains McFatrich, Watkins,
and Montgomery, was in the engagement when the British
ships Augusta and Maryland were blown up, was stationed
in Philadelphia to guard prisoners taken when Burgoyne
surrendered, where he was taken sick, was sent to hospital,
in the spring of 1778, he obtained a furlough, and was not
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again in the service.
The soldier, James Reynolds, was allowed pension
on his application executed November 12, 1832, at which
time he was eighty-two years of age, and living in
Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.
On January 6, 1849, James C. Reynolds a resident
of Carroll, Fairfield County, Ohio, referred to the
soldier, James Reynolds, as his grandfather and that
he had been dead many years, but did not give the date
of his death.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
this pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and
furnish the following data:
James Reynolds
Certificate # 22478
Issued November 9, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Illegible 29 Novr 1832

Sir


Herewith you will receive the
Pension Application of James
Reynolds & same depositions in support of
the same. In the
deposition of David Calhoun the
Magistrate written to certify the
credibility of the Witness & I have
endeavoured to remedy the defect
by the last clause of the Deposition
of L. Howell. If you think it
still insufficient I must endeavor
to get a new deposition-
Very Respectfully yours, 
Off I?e?t
Chas Stetson
Atty for J Reynolds
Hon. J. L. Edwards
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James C. Reynolds
May 15  49
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Pension Office
May 15 1849

Sir

In answer to your letter of the
6th January last I have to inform you that
it appears from the declaration of James
Reynolds late a pensioner under the act
of 7 June 1832 that he served in the war
of the Revolution as a marine under Lieutenant
Gilbert and Commander Dougherty in the
Boat Service on the Delaware, and that
at the time he entered the service from
Philadelphia in 1775
James C
Reynolds Esq
Columbus
O
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Rev'y Army

INVALID.
File No 4078 Navy
James Reynolds
Private Marines Rev. War
Pa. Troops
Pa sea service
Act: June 7, 1832
Index-Vol. 8- Page 22
[Arrangement of 1870]

Pa Line Records corrected Mar 7th
1940 May 27- wish to P. Homer Wilson
Wilson
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Elyria Ohio
May 14th 1940
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear Sir,
How should I go about it to find if a Revolutionary Pension was
ever granted to a certain Rev. soldier?
Does the Pension Office make such a search?
And what is the charge.
This soldier James Reynolds
was a native of Maryland
and no doubt served from
that Colony. Wife's name Ann ("Nancy") Harrison. 
They lived in Berkley  Co Va untill
1819 then removed to
Perry Co. Ohio. 
Do not Know date of death
Am very anxious to trace
this man was my G.G. Grand
father
Thanking you for a reply, 

Very Respectfully
P. Homer Wilson
1212 Middle Ave Elyria, Ohio
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Pennsylvania City of Pittsburgh Jst

Before me one of the Alderman in and for the City aforesaid came David Calhoon of Mifflin Township in the County of 
Allegheny and he being duly sworn according to law
Deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with
James Reynolds (now residing near Zanesville in the
State of Ohio) that he knew him to serve as a soldier
in the Revolutionary War, for several years, and he thinks
nearly the whole war, and that the said James Reynolds
had the reputation of a good and faithful soldier
Sworn & Subscribed
Before me the 18th day of
September A.D. 1833
L. Stewart
D Calhoun
-
---
Allegheny County State of Pennsylvania
I William McCanaless [illegible] of the
Court of Common Pleas in & for the County
aforesaid. I certify that L Stewart
Esquire before whom the foregoing
Affidavit was made was at the
time such affidavit was made & now
is an Alderman of the city of Pittsburgh
with the [illegible] of a Justice of the Peace
in aforesaid County duly commissioned
Sworn to all whose acts as such due faith & credit are of
right ought to be given throughout the United States and
elsewhere
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court at Pittsburgh in
the said County this 25 day of September AD 1833
Wm M Candless
Download
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The State of Ohio
Muskingum County ⎬ Before me Robert [illegible] a Justice of the
Peace in aforesaid County personally appeared Lewellen Howell who being by me
duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he has been intimately
acquainted with James Reynolds a resident of Muskingum County Ohio & an
applicant for a pension for about sixteen or Seventeen years, that he
has known the said Reynolds during the whole of that time to be a
man of strict & undoubted integrity, truth & veracity, that deponent has
had long, frequent & minute conversations with him in relation to the
events of the revolution in which the said Reynolds professed to be an
actor. That from his minute & accurate information, his consistency in
relating details, he has no doubt that the said Reynolds was a
soldier during the greater part of the Revolution, especially as the
said Reynolds is an illiterate man & unable to invent a story
which would be probable, and many of the conversations referred
to were before he had any expectation of a pension. The
said Reynolds is universally believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier during the greater
part of the Revolution
with David Calhoon whose deposition is herewith connected
that the said Calhoon is a man of high respectability
whose truth & veracity cannot be questioned
L. Howell
Subscribed & Sworn to before
me this 28th
day of October 1832
& I further certify from my own personal
knowledge that the above named deponent
is a man of good character for truth
& veracity. Given under my hand
& seal the day & year above written
at the same time & [ illegible ] person
James McVay &
John Huston
who are all to me well know as men of truth
& veracity & who reside in the neighbourhood
of James Reynolds above named, who being by
serially sworn according to law do personally
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depose & say that they are personally acquainted with
the facts in relation to the said Reynolds
set forth in the deposition of the said Lewellen Howell
& that they fully concur with him in his statement
James Heney
John Huston
Subscribed & Sworn to before me the
day & year above written -
Witness my hand & Seal
Robert [ ]
Seal
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Muskingum County I John Willson Jr Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas
of said County of Muskingum
before whom [lost in the fold of the letter] Robert Adkins
taken was at the time of taking the same
a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid
County of Muskingum duly commissioned &qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal
of the said Court of Common
Pleas Zanesville this 2d
day of November 1833
John. Willson Jr Clerk
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depose & say that they are personally acquainted with
the facts in relation to the said Reynolds
set forth in the deposition of the said Lewellen Howell
& that they fully concur with him in his statement.
James Henly
John Huston
Subscribed & Sworn to before me the
day & year above written -
Witness my hand & Seal
Robert
Seal
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Muskingum County I John Willson Jr Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County of Muskingum
hereby certify that the said Robert Aikins
before whom the foregoing depositions were
taken was at the time of taking the same
a Justice of the same in aforesaid
County of Muskingum duly commissioned
& qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
let my hand & affixed the seal
of the said Court of Common
Pleas at Zanesville this 2d
day of November 1833
John Willson Jr Clerk
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Reduced from $110
Certified
Rhode Island 4972
James Reynolds 2d
of Washington Co in the State of R. Island
who was a Pr. I Lieut. in the company comman
by Captain   of the Reg't command
by Col Potter
in the R. Island
line for 12 months P.-- 40.00
3 months Lieut
40 00
$80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of April
1837 and sent to E. R. Potter
Esq. Kingston R. I.
Arrears to the 4th of
Toman allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk.
Book E.
Vol. 2
Page 127
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Died Oct 17, 1854
302.
Rhode Island
Eunice Reynolds
[wi]dow of James Reynolds
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private & Lieut
R.I. Line
cribed on the Roll at the rate of
Eighty Dollars
ents per annum, to commence on
4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
21st
day of August
and sent to
Charles R. Potte
South K
R.I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, (crossed out) July 29th  1848, Page 115 Vol. I
Bank D
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82 Declaration of
James Reynolds
Clk & fees  paid by E.R.
Potter Jr
Sam Helme
10994
when returned please enclose to
T.S. Taylor Esq P.ell. Kington R.I.
was bishop
Mr Pearce
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Expedition, he was on this Expedition one month, an immediately on his return, from the Island, was Stationed on the  shores again; and continued to duty for himself, and others, in Robinson Company, and other companies until June 1779. In that summer he moved into South Kingston, and in 1780, he was chosen Lieut in the Company, of which David Gardiner was Captain, and had a Commission sent him which he accepted, but has lost the same. In the summer of 1780, the regiment to which the Company belonged, or part of the same; amongst which he was, under the order to the Island of Rhode Island, and was at the time on the Island and was continued there almost three months. Thomas Potter was Colonel of the Regiment then, whilst he resided in North Kingston, Charles Dyer was Colonel. He ?served more than two years through the war. He never ?essed under any Continental ?Officer except in Spencer and Sullivans Expedition. John Browning, David Greene, & Robert Bowman, are knowing to his being a soldier and will testify to his service, He [k]new Wm. Northrop & Elisha R Potter, will testify to the Goodness of his character and that it has always  been reputed that he was a Revolutionary soldier & he has work∂ in Charlesto[w]n for some years past—

[Printed]
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
[Written] 
Wm. Saml. Holmes Clk.       James Reynolds

[Following is in print except where {}]
{William Northrop, Clergyman} residing in the {Town of North Kingston} and {Elisha R Potter} residing in {South Kingston} hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with {James Reynolds} who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be {76} 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 that his character to  such is good}. Sworn to and subscribed the day aforesaid.
{Wm. Sam. Holme, Clk}  {William Nortrup} {Elisha R. Potter}

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 {William Northrop} who has signed the preceding certificate, is a {Clergyman} resident in the {Town of North Kingstown} and that {Elisha R Potter Esq} who has also signed the same is a resident in the {Town of South Kingstown} and {are} credible person{s}, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I {Samuel Holme} Clerk of the Court of {Common pleas & ?General justices of the Peace} do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of {James Reynolds} for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this {Eighth} day {of September AD 1832}
{Sam Holme Clk}

{I certify to above name to be the handwriting of Sam Holme & the seal that of his court}
{Dutee J. Pearce}
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95
Eunice Reynolds
widow of James
R. I.
Act 29 July 1848,
Admitted
Pr. $80 per an
con: 4 March 1848
Chr R. Potter Esq
South Kingston
R. I
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 29th AD 1848
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington}

On this fourteenth day of april AD 1849 personally appeared before the Court of Probate of the Town of South Kingstown in the State & County aforesaid Eunice Reynolds a widow of said town county & state aged eighty one years who being duly sworn according to law doth in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of an act of Congress passed July 29th AD 1848. That she is the widow of James Reynolds of Town Kingstown who was formerly a pensioner under the act of 1832 But for some cause or other to her unknown her husbands pension was for a while stopped but afterwards reinstated & he received the same up to the time of his decease. [A] d[ea]th certificate was surrendered when the arrears of pension were received. She further declares that she was married to the said James Reynolds at the house of Elder William Northrop (a minister of the Baptist Church in the town of North Kingstown in the County of Washington on the twenty ninth day of august in the year seventeen hundred & ninety six (AD 1796) that her said husband died in said South Kingston on the third day of December AD 1846 eighteen hundred & forty six- that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated. She further swears that she is a widow & that
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she has never before made any application for a pension excepting a declaration which she made before a Justice of the Peace & which was objected to by the Pension office as she understands for that reason. And she refers to the evidence accompanying her said declaration in support of this her present declaration. She further states that the pension her said husband received at the time of his decease was at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and was payable to the agency in the City of Providence
Eunice her + mark Reynolds

At a meeting of the Court of Probate of the Town of South Kingstown held this fourteenth day of the month of april AD 1849 Mrs Eunice Reynolds of this town widow of James Reynolds of this town dec∂ appeared before this court and subscribed & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration. And the Court do further certify that from the personal knowledge and acquaintances of the members of this Court they are satisfied that the said Eunice who makes this declaration is the identical Eunice Reynolds the widow of the said James Reynolds dec∂ who was formerly & at the time of his decease a pensioner of the United States & with whom they were well acquainted & that they are further satisfied that she still remains a widow.  Witness the hand of the President of this Court the day & year aforesaid
Stephen Browning
President
Court of Probate
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I Thomas R Wells Clerk of the Court of Probate of the town of
South Kingstown hereby certify that Stephen Browning Esq
is the President of the Court of Probate of this town, that his
signature on the preceding page is genuine and full faith
and credit should be given to it
In testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand & affixed the seal of said Court
this fourth day of June AD 1849
.Thd. N.  Wells Proclerk
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State of Rhode Island
Providence Plantations

Washington Ss
Town Clerks Office of the Town of North Kingston

I the Subscriber Town Clerk and Clerk of the Court of Probate of said Town hereby certify that Sylvester G Sherman, before whom the foregoing Certificate of James Greene was made and seen to is a Justice of the Peace for said Town duly elected, commissioned and sworn
And his signature attached to said Certificate is in his own handwriting known to me as such.
In Testimony of which I 
have hereunto set my hand 
and seal of Office, this 
First day of June in the 
year 1849
Samuel Pierce Town Clerk,
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Town Clerk’s Office

North Kingston[sic] April 6, 1849

I hereby certify that I have examined the Records of Marriages in this town, and cannot find the Marriage of James Reynolds to Eunice Austin—
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand, and official the seal of that office this 6 day of April A.D. 1849

Attest        Sam. Peirce[sic]      T. Clerk

Washington Ss
In North Kingston
April 6th 1849

Here personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace, for said North Kingston Samuel Peire[sic], the signer of the foregoing certificate and make solemn Oath to the same, and I hereby certify that the said Samuel Peire[sic] is also the same in my presen[c]e and is known to me as the Town Cle[r]k of said North Kingston
Sylvester G Sherman
Justice of the Peace
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Clerks office of the Supreme Court 
State of Rhode Island , County of Washington

I Powell Helme Clerk of said Court hereby certify that Thomas R Wells is Clerk of the Court of Probate of South Kingstown, Samuel Pearce Town Clerk of North Kingstown, Sylvester G Sherman a Justice of the Peace and that I believe their signatures to the papers hereto attached to be genuine.
The testimony whereof I have
hereto set my to set my hand & the seal of
said Court this fourth day
of June AD 1849
Powell Helme. Clerk.
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State of New York County of Chenango ⎬ ss. Be it known that before me Francis E. Dimmick a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County aforsaid [aforesaid] personally appeared Timothy P. Reynolds who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say. That he is now sixty five years old, having been born in 1783. that he now lives in the town of Smyrna county and State aforsaid [aforesaid] + [and] has lived there for the last thirty three years, that he was born in North Kingston County of Washington and State of Rhodisland [Rhode Island] and lived there with his father untill [until] he was twenty years of age, when he left and went away. That his Mother died in the spring of 1796, that his father ["James Reynolds" inserted with caret] in the fall of the same year 1796 was married to Eunice Austin by Elder William Northup a Baptist Minister at his house in North Kingston Washington County State of Rhodisland [Rhode Island], that he recolects [recollects] distinctly of being present and seeing his father James Reynolds and Eunice Austen married at the ministers house in North Kingston which was about a mile from his fathers house, that his brother Thomas Reynolds, the ministers wife and the hired girl were also present at the marriage. that he recolects [recollects] he was about twelve years old and that it was the same year his mother died which was in 1796, in the spring and his father married in the fall of the same year. That he visited his father the fall of 1835, in Rhodisland [Rhode Island] and while there made a copy of a record furnished him by his father of the time his father and mother were born, the time they were married and the time of his mothers death, which it appears
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was April 9th 1796. Also the time each of his children the born. that the time this deponant was born was Sept [September] 17th 1783. The time his father James Reynolds and Eunice Austin were married which the August 29th 1796 then follows the & time each of his children by the last marriage were born. That he made a copy from a record furnished him by his father at the time he was there in 1835, that he now has the same Copy in his possession and that the dates in it Corospond [correspond] with the above. what has become of the original from which he made the Copy he is unable to say never having been to said State of Rhodisland [Rhode Island] since the year 1835 further saith not. 
Timy. P. Reynolds 
sworn and subscribed before me the ["22" inserted with caret] day of January 1849 
H.E. Dimmick Justice of the Peace in and for said County. 

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Timothy J. Reynolds and that he is a respectible person that the name "James Reynolds" on the inside was interlined, and the word "born" erased. And the erasure + [and] interlineation in the date of the above was all done before signing Jan 22, 1849
F E Demmick 
Justice of the Peace
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Feby
16.994
James Reynolds
3 month Lieut
21 Do Private
26 W.C.E.
Adm
[illegible] & 16
Jay 21st 1833
$110
P. 209
Mr. Pearce
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
413 THIRD STREET
BROOKLYN, N.Y.
MRS. A. C. RIPPIER, SEC'Y AND TREAS.
June 13, 1933
The Veteran's Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,
The Adjutant,
Honorable Sir:-
May I again appeal to you for the following;
A JAMES REYNOLDS born South Kingstown, R.I., 1756 served
as Lieut, 2nd Co. South Kingstown, became a pensioner and died
there Dec. 3, 1846.
would appreciate having a copy of his pension record.
appreciate your great kindness in this matter also in those
of the past
I am
most sincerely
Anna C. Rippier
([illegible] A.C.)
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2001

Eunice Reynold
Widow

James Reynolds
[illegible] and Lt. Rev. War
Act July 29. 1848.
Index:-Vol.
M. Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1933 - June 23- Hist
to Mrs A Rippier E [illegible]
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Case
of James Reynolds
R. I.

Kingston R T Sept 24 1836

Sir
If I understand the letter from the department dated Sept
19, the officers of the department suppose that James
Reynolds is applying for an increase of pension. This is
entirely a mistake
about a year and a half ago I think, Mr Reynolds
on sending to Providence for his pension was informed
that it had been suspended.
On writing to the department
to ascertain what was to be done, he was informed that
he must make a new affidavit and must procure
a certificate of his appointment as Lieutenant [illegible]
all this he has done and the papers have been forward
to you.
It turns out there after all that the whole business
is a mistake, that his pension never was stopped. It
was thought unreasonable at the time as I believe
there is no doubt of his service. If the case is
as I suppose it can be easily rectified by an
order to the pension agent at Providence to pay the
arrears. He never has wanted any increase of it.
Of the determination of the department
he would thank you for seasonable notice
Yours very Respectfully
Elisha R. Potter
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James Reynolds.
South Kingstown, Rhode Island