Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 742, for Joseph Reed, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
Service
New Jersey

Reed, Joseph

Number
S. 742

Carded

Contents
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New Jersey. 9739
Joseph Reed
of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Mott of the ---- commanded by ---- in the New Jersey line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension [illegible] the 12 day of June 1833 and sent to James Ewing, Trenton N Jersey






Date of death
not [illegible]

[illegible] to the 4th of Mar 1833 $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00
$75.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J W Clagett Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 128
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County [illegible]
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Declaration of Joseph Reed, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832.
State of New Jersey.
Hunterdon County to wit: On this tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before me Evan Evans one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, Joseph Reed, a resident of the City of Trenton in said County, aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath saith the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832, That he entered the service of the United States, in the New Jersey Militia as a private, and went with the Said Company, under the command of Captain John Mott, to what was then called Smith's farms beyond New Brunswick in New Jersey where the said Company remained on duty for the [span?] of one month - when he with the Company was relieved by another Company - that the time when he served this month was in the summer of the year 1776 _ after which this deponent went out twice in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain William Tucker and was out one month each time, and went with the Company to the Blazing Star opposite Staten Island - after which deponent went out as a private in another Company commanded by Captain John Mott above mentioned and was out one month when the company was again stationed opposite Staten Island - and deponent again during another month in the company of militia commanded by said Mott _ And after the battle of Princeton was fought, this deponent again enrolled himself in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Philip Phillips, and marched with said Company to the Raritan river near New Brunswick where this deponent remained on duty with his Company one month _ after which this deponent remained at home until about the time of the English Army leaving New Brunswick when he was again out in the Militia for two weeks _ and this deponent at the time of the battle of Monmouth was out as a Militia Man for one
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month, but was not actually engaged in that battle, having been detailed as part of the guard for the baggage wagons _ and this deponent also employed one Barney Johnson as a substitute in the Militia for one month at a time when he was prevented from going out _ and was also in service as a Militia Man for about two weeks in a Company Commanded by Capt Robert Quigley _ making the whole service of this deponent during the war as a Militia Man about nine _ months _ and this deponent was not engaged in any battle or engagement of any consequence _ and this deponent doth further say that at the time he entered the service he resided in the Township of Trenton in the County of Hunterdon aforesaid _ where he has resided during his whole life and where he now lives - and that he went out as a volunteer - and this deponent further states that his company was not with the Continental troops while he was out, except at the battle of Monmouth, when they were under General Dickinson - and this deponent further declares that he was born in the year aforesaid 1748 _ and that the record of his age is in the family bible _ and further that he has no documentary evidence in support of his claim _ and knowing of no person who can testify to his service except John Burroughs - and 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.

his
Joseph  X  Reed
mark

Sworn & Subscribed at Trenton}
this 10th day of December AD. 1832}
before me}
Evan Evans.

State of New Jersey, to wit: Isaac Smith being duly sworn doth declare that he is well acquainted with Joseph Reed above named and has known him more than sixty years, during which the said Reed has lived in the Township of Trenton as above stated, and this deponent, when he was a boy living with his father, during the war of the Revolution, well remembered that the said Joseph Reed went out with the father of this deponent, in a company of the New Jersey Militia against the British Army at several times
Sworn & subscribed this 12 December, 1832.

his
Isaac  X  Smith
mark

Evan Evans.
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County
Be it know that on the 12th day of December AD 1832 personally appeared John Burroughs of the said county, to me most known, when being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Joseph Reed of the township of Fenton in said county, that he was personally acquainted with him previous to the war of the revolutions, that he served one month in the same company commanded by Captain Mott with the said Joseph Reed, -that he and I were quartered together at the Blazing Star opposite Staten Island- as Joseph Reed has above stated. That he this deponent afterwards saw the said Joseph with the said company of Capt. Mott doing duty as a soldier at a place called Smith's Farm.  Whither this deponent had gone with a loade of flour for the army and farther this deponent saith not.
John Burroughs
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me on of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county. 
Evan Evans
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We William Boswell, a Clergyman, residing in the city of Trenton _ and Samuel Evans _ residing in the same place, Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Reed, who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty four 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 _
Wm. Boswell
Saml. Evans

Sworn & subscribed, at Trenton
this 10. December, AD. 1832.
Evan Evans.

I Evan Evans one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey, Do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that Joseph Reed the above named appelant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And I do further certify that William Boswell who has signed the preceding certificate is well known to me to be a Clergyman, resident in the city of Trenton in the State of New Jersey, and that Samuel Evans, John Burroughs and Isaac Smith who have signed the preceding affidavits, are all residents in the township of Trenton in the county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, and are all credible persons, whose statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, this twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Evan Evans.
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State of New Jersey
I James D Westcott Secretary of the State of New Jersey do certify that Evan Evans before whom the preceding affidavits were made and who hath attended the same was, at the time thereof, and now is, a Judge of the Inferior Court of common Pleas of the county of Hunterdon, in said state, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations _ and that the signatures to said attestations are in the proper handwriting of said Evan Evans.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said State this fourteenth day of December AD one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
James D. Westcott

Joseph Reed
20255

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County, Court
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No. 20255
Joseph Reed Hunterdon County
New Jersey

Adn for 9. Months

James Ewing Trenton N Jersey
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183

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 a 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 show what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more 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.
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A Statement, showing the Service of Joseph Reed Hunterdon County New Jersey
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Period when the service was rendered.|
June 1776|
Duration of the claimant's service
_____________________________________
Years|  Months|  Days|
                1
                2
                1
                1
                1
                2
                1
                           14
Rank of the claimant.| Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
_________________________________________________
private                         Cap Mott
private                         Cap Tucker
private                         Cap Mott
private                         Cap Mott
private                         Cap Phillips
private                           "       "
private                           "       "
private                         Cap Quigly

Names and Rank ┃
of the General   |
and Field officers. ┃
____________________________________________
[Blank]

Battles in which the applcant was engaged|
_____________________________________________
[Blank]

Country through|
which he marched.|
______________________________________________
Marched to Smiths farms|
beyond New Brunswick|
Went to the Blazing Star|
______________________________________________
Place of abode|
when he entered|
the service, and age|
at the present|
period.|
_______________________________________________
84 years|
Trenton New Jersey|
_______________________________________________
Evidence by|
which the declaration is|
supported.|
_______________________________________________
Testimony evidence|
Clergienant (?) certificate &c|
Witnesses certified credible|
having witness certified|
credible - papers|
Correct.|

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.
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)   , with and served in the
(e) regiment of the  line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he 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.
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 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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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, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a 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.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of 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 where he 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 persiods 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 than 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 state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their 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 each term of engagement; the particular place of placss 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 it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of [Illegible] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and time to which he belonged.  The  magistrate who may administer the oaths must  certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official characer and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
*The notes from [a] to [i] 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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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
August 4, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EHL
Joseph Reed-S. 742

Honorable John H. Overton
United States Senator
Alexandria, Louisiana

My dear Senator:

Reference is made to your letter of July 24, 1936, addressed to the Adjutant General, War Department, this city, which has been
referred to this office with letter enclosed from Mrs. MariaThompson Patterson, Airy View, 1339 Arabella Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, returned herewith, in which she requests the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Reed, who served as a private from Trenton, New Jersey; also, the records of Samuel and Peter Roberts (Robberts) for similar service.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of claims for pension or bounty land having
been made to the United States based upon the service in that war of a Samuel or Peter Roberts (or similar spelling), who served.with the New Jersey Troops. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.742, based upon the service of
Joseph Reed, the only soldier of that name who served with the New Jersey
Troops that is found on the record of this office.

Joseph Reed was born in 1748, in Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in said Trenton Township, Joseph Reed voluntered in the summer of 1776, and served at various times, on alarms,
on tours of from two weeks to one month each, eight months in all, as a private under Captains John Mott, William Tucker, Philip
Phillips and Robert Quigley in the New Jersey Troops. He stated that he was at the battle of Monmouth, but guarded baggage on that
day and was not engaged in the battle.

He was allowed pension on his application executed Decemer 10,
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1832, while residing in Trenton, New Jersey.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph Reed (S.742), your constituent should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, this city, and site the following data:

Joseph Reed. Certificate No. 9739, issued June 12, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

1 enclosure


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1910 Mch 22 Hist to 
Mrs. F. D. Haldeman V. L. M.
1913 Jany 20 Hist to 
Mrs. Wm Nichols, V. L. M.
1919 Mch 27 Hist to W. J. Conkling
1936 Aug 4; Hist. N Senator
J. H. Overton for Mrs M.
L. Patterson- of 

742.
Rev War
INVALID.

File No. 742
Joseph Reed,
Prv. N. J. Line

Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 310

[Arrangement of 1870]
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[Document torn; text partially missing]
...nation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Joseph Reed

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1776

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Guard at [Illegible}
9 mos.

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
John Mott
William Barker
Phillip Phillips
Robert Quigley

COLONEL.
[Blank}

STATE.
N.J.

Battles engaged in, [Blank}
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Twp of Trenton, Hunterdon Cty, N. J.
Date of application for pension, Dec 10, 1832
Residence at date of application, Trenton, N. J. 
Age at date of application, Born in 1748, Trenton N.J.
Remarks: It is not stated that he ever was [wounded?].
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United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
CARTER CLASS, VA., CHAIRMAN
KENNETH MC KELLAR, TENN.
ROYAL S. COPELAND, N.Y.
CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ.
ELMER THOMAS, OKLA.
JAMES F. BYRNES, S. C.
MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD.
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR., GA.
MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, MASS.
ALVA B. ADAMS, COLO.
PATRICK MC CARRAN, NEV.
JOHN H. OVERTON, LA.
JOHN H. BANKHEAD, ALA.
JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, WYO.
WILLIAM GIBBS MC ADOO, CALIF.
HARRY S. TRUMAN, MO.
FREDERICK HALE, MAINE
HENRY W. KEYES, N. H.
GERALD P. NYE, N. DAK.
FREDERICK STEIWER, OREG.
PETER NORBECK, S. DAK.
L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL.
ROBERT D. CAREY, WYO.
KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK
JOHN W.R. SMITH, ASST. CLERK

Alexandria, Louisiana.
July 24, 1936

The Adjutant General,
War Department,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

You will find enclosed a letter received by me from Mrs. Maria Thompson Patterson, whose address is Airy View,
1239 Arabella Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mrs. Patterson wishes to obtain some information from the Revolutionary Pension Rolls of the State of New Jersey relating to the American line of the Reed and Roberts families and I shall appreciate your giving such consideration to her requests as you are able.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Sincerely yours,
John H. OvertonJohn H. Overton

12 Received A. G. O.  JUL 27, 1936
1045
K
Encl.
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(COPY )
WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
WASHINGTON

A. C. 201
Reed, Joseph
(7-3a-36)  CRD
ETC
July 28, 1936.

Honorable John H. Overton,
United States Senate,
Alexandria, Louisiana.

My dear Senator Overton:

I have your letter of July 24, 1836, with which you inclosed a letter from Mrs. Maria Thompson Patterson, 1239 Arabella Street, Airy View, New Orleans, Louisiana, who requested information from the pension records, War of the Revolution, in the [names?] of Joseph Reed and Samuel or Peter Roberts.
As the pension records are on file in the Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C., I am forwarding your letter with the inclosure to that office from which you will doubtless receive a reply in due course.

Very respectfully,

E. T. CONLEY
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
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THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
CARL MONTAIGNE VAIL
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
REV. LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN, D.D.
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
HON. ADRIAN LYON
SECRETARY
SAMUEL ALBERT CLARK
TREASURER
EDWIN ALLEN SMITH
REGISTRAR
WILLIAM JOHNSON CONKLING
HISTORIAN
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Newark, N. J., March 17, 1919.
Hon. G.M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions, Department of Interior,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:-

Will you kindly furnish a certificate giving the military history of JOSEPH REED a private in the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War. His name appears under HUNTERDON COUNTY pension list.

He was placed on roll June 12, 1833; commencement of pension March
4, 1831. His age at date of application for pension is given as 86 years.

The information is desired to enable me to establish the eligibility
of an applicant to membership in this Society. We will greatly appreciate any data available relative the soldier's family.

Respectfully yours,
W. J. Conkling
Registrar.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE. K
MAR 19 1919
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State Center Iowa
Jan 13th 19/13
Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly give me the
Revolutionary War service and Pension
record of
Joseph Reed died at
Jan 7th 1843 at Bernardstown New Jersey
age 95 yrs &  was a Pensioner Born 1759
Mrs William Nichols
State Center
Iowa
Care of Lock Box 123
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F.D. Haldeman, M. D.
Ord. Nebraska.
March 1, 1910.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 
Will you kindly send me the War Record of Josiah Reed (or Joseph Reed, the same man, both names sometimes used) who served in the War of the Revolution. He was from New Jersey, and I believe was wounded and drew a pension. His great-grand-daughter, Mrs. Mary Gregory, has made application for membership to Coronado Chapter, D. A. R. of Ord, Nebr. and the Registrar General, N.S.D.A.R., has asked for a Certificate from the War Department to verify her papers. The Adjutant General can give us no further information than already appears on her papers, but has suggested the possibility of your being able to give us some additional information. Thanking you for any information you may be able to give us, I am
Very truly
(Mrs. F. D.) Olive A. Haldeman
Regent Coronado Chapter, D.A.R.
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TRENTON NJ
DEC 14

Free
Hon: Lewis Cass.
Secretary at War.
Washington

N. J. 
Dec. 17.
20255
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Sir.
Enclosed is the application of Joseph Reed for a pension as a private in the Militia, under the late Act of Congress
Respectfully &c
James Ewing

Hon Lewis Cass