Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 8657, for Amos Reed, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
Service
New Jersey
Reed, Amon
Gemima
Number R. 8657

Contents
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12-330
Ohio
R
Pittsburg

Amos Reed of Perry County in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shreve of the New Jersey line for the term of six years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month to commence on the 25th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued 25th June 1819 and sent to Roswell Mills Somerset
Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1819.  10 mo 6/30 & 4/31  82.00
Semi-anl. All'ce ending Sept 1819  48.00
$130.63
10 mo 6/30 4/31
{Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818}

Let 31 January 1838
H. J. Alexander
Letter H.C. Spaulding 24 Sept 1849
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Amos Reed being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served as a private in the Revolutionary war under Capt. Thomas Yard of the second regiment New Jersey line, Colonels Shreve & Ray, that he enlisted at Trenton in the winter of 1776 and 1777 for during the war and was discharged at Easton Penna. after the close of the war; that his discharge was nearly worn out by carrying it in his pocket and that supposing it to be of no further use he has suffered it to be destroyed.

This deponent further saith that he now relinquishes all pension heretofore allowed him and that being in the reduced circumstance and far advanced in years he needs the assistance of his country for his support.  
X his mark
Amos Reed

John Kennard Senior, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with the above named Amos Reed while in the aforesaid regiment, this deponent belonging to Capt. Stouts company of the same regiment and this deponent further saith that he therefore knows that the said Amos Reed served several years in the revolutionary war of the United States against the common enemy.
John Kannard
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State of Ohio, Perry County ss.

Before me Charles C. Hood one of the associate Judges of said county this 25th day of April 1818 personally came the within named Amos Reed and the within named John Kennard Senior and made oath to and subscribed the within declaration and affidavit be me and it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Amos Reed did serve for a larger period than nine months in the revolutionary war on continental establishment against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case to the Secretary at War and set my hand and seal of said county this 25th day of April 1818.
Charles C. Hood

I, Charles C. Hood one of the associate Judges of Perry County, Ohio do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within names Amos Reed for several years past and that I know him to be in very indigent circumstances and in need of his country's assistance for his support.
July 25, 1818
Charles C. Hood

Amos Reed Private
2nd New Jersey Regiment
1777 -   years

The company & residence must be stated.
Adm'd

State of Ohio
Perry County
Before me, one of the associate judges of said county personally came this day the within named Amos Reed and made oath that he served in Capt. Yards company and after his resignation in Capt. Jonathan Phillips company and that he doth now reside in Fairfield County Ohio. 
May 22, 1819
X his mark
Amos Reed

[illegible] Charles C. Hood
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I, Charles C. Hood one of the associate Judges of Perry County, Ohio do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within names Amos Reed for several years past and that I know him to be in very indigent circumstances and in need of his country's assistance for his support.
July 25, 1818
Charles C. Hood

Amos Reed Private
2nd New Jersey Regiment
1777 -   years

The company & residence must be stated.
Adm'd

State of Ohio
Perry County
Before me, one of the associate judges of said county personally came this day the within named Amos Reed and made oath that he served in Capt. Yards company and after his resignation in Capt. Jonathan Phillips company and that he doth now reside in Fairfield County Ohio. 
May 22, 1819
X his mark
Amos Reed

[illegible] Charles C. Hood
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Amos Reed
12,330
25 June 1819

Ezer Ellis Clk,
S Clairsville, Ohio


,
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State of Ohio Belmont County ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas begun and held at St Clairsville in and for said County of Belmont on the twenty fourth day of July AD 1820 before the Honourable Benjamin Tappan Esquire President of the fifth circuit of the Courts of Common Pleas and Joseph Anderson, John Wiley and Edward Bryson Esquires associate judges of the said Court.
On the twenty eighth day of July AD 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for said County in the said Circuit Amos Reed aged eighty three years resident in the County of Belmont in the said circuit and being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows.  That he the said Amos Reed enlisted sometime in the winter of the year 1776 for and during the war in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Philips in the Regiment of Colonel Shreeves at Trenton in the State of New Jersey in the line of New Jersey.  That he continued to serve in the said corps until the close of the war when he was discharged from the said service in Eastown State of New Jersey.  That he was in the battle of Long Island, the battle of the White Plains, the battle of Short Hill, the battle of Brandywine and the battle of Germantown.  That he hath now, no other evidence of his said service in his power.  That his declaration at the War department bears date the 25th of April 1818 upon which a certificate issued numbered 12330.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Parcel service of the United States in the
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Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
No real Property.
One Mare 30
One Cow & Calf 12
One saddle, bridle 10
One axe  1.25
Three Hoes  1.50
One pair of horse geers  1.50
One Adze  .75
One Cutting knife  1.00
Three old drawing knives  1.25
One saw  1.25
Three Augers  .75
One Hammer  .37
61.62
Amount brought up  61.62
One Bell  .40
Sundry articles  1.00
One log chain  2.50
One Hatchet  .50
Pot Mettle  2.75
Three Buckets  .62
Dresser & Contents  4.00
One Looking Glass  .50
One Smoothing Iron  .25
One Table  .25
Two old Barrels  .50
$74.89
That his family consists of himself and his wife aged seventy four years infirm and unable to work.  That his occupation is that of a shoemaker but by reason of age and dimness of eyesight he is unable to follow his trade.
Amos Reed

Sworn to and declared on the Twenty eighth day of July 1820 before the Court of Common Pleas of Belmont County, State of Ohio
Attest
Ezer Ellis Clk

I Ezer Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Belmont do hereby certify that the foregoing
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certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seventy four Dollars and Eighty nine cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at St. Clairsville the first day of Augusts Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty.  
Ezer Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Belmont County, Ohio
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Declaration of John Reed son of Amos Reed and Gemima Reed in order to obtain the benefit of the 3rd Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.
State of Ohio
Belmont County }ss.
On this 2nd day of December 1844 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable the Commissioners for the said County of Belmont and State of Ohio now in session John Reed a resident of the said county aged 63 years the 25th day of September last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.  That he is the natural son of the said Amos C Reed who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eight dollars per month (for the particulars of the said service of the said Amos C. Reed this applicant must refer the Commissioner of Pensions to the papers on file in his said office on which a pension was granted.)  This applicant further states that his mother Gemima Reed was married to the said Amos C. Reed some time in the month of July or August seventeen hundred and eighty in Bucks County Pennsylvania.  That his mothers name before her marriage with his father aforesaid was Gemima Kennard.  This applicant further states that his said father died the 7th day of January 1834 in the County of Belmont and State of Ohio;  And that his said mother the said Gemima Reed also died in the said County of Belmont on the 12th day of February 1840.  That she always remained a widow from the death of his said father Amos C. Reed until the time of her death aforesaid; and that she left at her death four children all of whom were her own natural children born in  [illegible] between the said Gemima and Amos C. Reed and that they are still living. viz. John Reed (this applicant) born on the 25th day of September Seventeen hundred
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and eighty one (1781), Jane Wilkinson formerly Jane Reed, Gemima Pryor, formerly Gemima Reed, Rachel Vance, formerly Rachel Reed, and that the foregoing are all of the children of the said Amos C. Reed and Gemima his wife who are now living and that there are none other of the same degree of relationship but those above named.  That he this applicant makes this declaration for the purpose of drawing from the United States on his own behalf and on behalf of the other surviving children the pension which was due his said mother Gemima Reed at the time of her death under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836 and this applicant offers the papers herewith sent marked       for the purpose of establishing the marriage of the said Amos Reed and Gemima Reed and also of the heirship of him, this applicant and the said Jane Wilkinson, Gemima Pryor and Rachel Vance.  
John Reed

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written in open court before us
Robert B. Green
John Lyle
David Harris
Commissioners of Belmont County State of Ohio

State of Ohio
Belmont County }ss
Personally appeared in open court before the above, the Commissioners of Belmont County Benjamin Ring of lawful age who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that for many years he was acquainted with Amos C. Reed and his wife Gemima Reed. That the said Amos C. Reed died on the 7th day of January 1834 and the said Gemima Reed on the
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12th day of February 1840 and that from the death of the said Amos C. Reed until the death of the said Gemima Reed his wife she remained a widow.
And further the said deponent saith that he is personally acquainted with John Reed the above named applicant for a pension, Jane Wilkinson and Gemima Pryor and that they were always reputed and believed, and still are so reputed and believed to be the children of the said Amos C. Reed and Gemima Reed.
Benjamin Ring
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 2nd day of December 1844 before us

Robert B. Green
John Lyle
David Harris
Commissioners of Belmont County, Ohio

And the said Commissioners do hereby certify that Benjamin Ring above named is well known to them, that he is a person of truth and veracity and as such is entitled to full credit. 
Robert B. Green
John Lyle
David Harris
Commissioners of Belmont County, Ohio

State of Ohio
Belmont County }ss.
I William Dunn, Auditor of the said County of Belmont and ex officio clerk of the Court of Commissioners in and for the same do hereby certify that Robert B. Green, John Lyle and David Harris Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, are at the time of having the same and now are Commissioners of the said County hereby stated and are qualified that full faith is due and should be given to all of their official acts and furthermore that the said proceedings were had in open court and
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that their court is a court of record.  
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal officially at St. Clairsville the 2nd day of December 1844.  William Dunn
Aud.  B.C.

State of Ohio
Belmont County }ss.
I, John C. Tallman, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Belmont and State of Ohio do hereby certify that William Dunn above name is Auditor of the said County of Belmont and ex officio Clerk of the Board of Commissioners in and for said County duly elected and qualified, that full faith is due and credit should be given to all of his official acts and that the above signatures purporting to be his is genuine and the said seal his official seal.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at St. Clairsville the 2nd day of December 1844.
John C. Tallman Clerk
By Wm Wilkins Dep Clk.

No 7923
Gemima Reed
widow of 
Amos C. Reed dec.
pensioner under act 1818
Claim under Act 4 July 1836
F. A. Dickins Atty
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No 7923
Gemima Reed dec
Widow of Amos  Ohio
F.A. Dickens May 24 /

8657
Act July 4 1836
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8657
REJECTED
P.O.
Gemima Reed
Service:
Enlisted: _________,18  .
Discharged: _________,18  .
Application Filed: _________,18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for  _________,18  .
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Papers of Amos Reed, Act of 1818
Ohio Roll
March 27, 1857
H.C. Spaulding
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Somerset, Ohio May 22nd 1819
Dear Sir
I again return the claim of Amos Reed with the additional statement requested by your department.
The result of this and all other claims forwarded from this place are here then executed by Judge Hood or Trout.  You will please to communicate to me as claimant agent.  
Yours with the greatest respect,
Roswell Mills

Hon. J. C. Calhoun Esq.
War Department
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Washington Sept 18th  1849
To
Honorable Jas. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
The representative of Amos Reed, a revolutionary soldier, who served during the war, who was wounded and who drew a pension as an invalid, and who died January 1833 aged about 94 years leaving a widow, Gemima Reed, who died February 1839, request me to obtain for John Reed, son and sole heir, of Amos Reed and Gemima Reed whatever may be due to said John Reed as the son and sole heir as above stated; but  more especially is claimed, the annuity or pension to which Gemima Reed was entitled from the death of her husband Amos Reed who was an invalid pensioner as above stated to the time of her decease in 1839.
This is all the information I have on the subject, my correspondent writes from Belmont County, Ohio.

With great respect
Your obt servt
H. C. Spaulding
Agent
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Jan 6, 1853
Appl of "Gemima" Reed decd widow of Amos C.
Ohio
Act 4th July 1836

F.A. Dickins
Present
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Washington 5 Jany 1853
Sir
Enclosed I present to you the application of John Reed for the pension due to his mother Gemima Reed decd. under the act of Congress 4 July 1836 widow of Amos C. Reed decd. of Belmont County Ohio and a pensioner under the act of 1818.
Respectfully
Francis A. Dickins


To the Commissioner of Pensions
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all the within cases Ex by
F. A. Dickins
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Gemima Reed of this act 4 July 1836 widow of Amos C. Reed decd. a pensioner under act
$8. per mo Ohio agency who died 7 Jany 1834

Elizabeth Burchfield (widow of Robert a pensioner under act 7 June 1832 Indiana)
Claim under Act 1838

Tabitha Hughes  Va Act 7 July 1838
Suspended

Rachel Conway widow of John Conway a pensioner under Act 7 June 1832 Va

For Francis A. Dickins