Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24749, for Solomon Reed, Vermont
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SERVICE
Vt.

Reed, Solomon
Rhoda

NUMBER
W. 24749

CONTENTS
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Cer to Pen Agt 20 Nov 1846
2 Certs

1838
1843 & 4 repo

Illinois from 4 March 1846
27. Nov. 1846. Notification
to W. B Plato, Aurora
Illinois
letter Wright & Abel Aug 8 /49
Illinois 6388
"Albany New York" crossed through]
Rhoda Reed
widow of Solomon Reed, Vt, who was a Private
in the Rev War
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
24 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Novem '44 and sent to
Hon Albert Smith
["Batavia NY' crossed through] Present

[Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A June 17, 1844
Vol. 2 Page 84
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act '43 No 6678
 " '44   " 250
Rhoda Reed
N.Y.
No 11479
act 1838
Act 7 July 38
M92. d15.
[illegible]
7 mo 80 pri
$20.22
Also alt 3  march 43 & 44
$24.22

Register under both acts
Hon Albert Smith
Batavia
NY
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State of New York
Allegany County
-
On this 29th day of October 1844 personally appeared before me Rhoda Reed a resident of Hume in said County aged seventy two - or thereabouts who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the act
of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 entitled an act
granting half pay & pensions to certain widows
That she is the widow of Solomon Reed
who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, & as she has often been informed
by her said husband-- while living, he entered
the army from Rupert Remington County
Vermont. That he was out at several different
times - the number she cannot state- neither the names of all the officers under whom he served, but she thinks she has heard her said husband tell of serving under one Captain Blakeslee, Colonel Allen & Colonel Fletcher, also under one Lieutenant Coffin, That she thinks the whole time her husband was in the service, to the beat of her recollection from hearing him relate the same was between one and two years. She thinks he was stationed a while at Caselton Fort Vermont don't recollect that he was in any battles, further she is unable to state from her present recollection
She further declares that she was married to
the said Solomon Reed on the 29th day of April 1792 at Rupert Bennington County Vermont by one Grove More or Moor a Justice of the peace at the house of one Enoch Eastman. That she has a family record of said marriage. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, viz at the time above.
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stated that her said husband died on the
20th day of March 1815 at Warsaw New York
Rhoda Reed
Sworn & subscribed to on the day and year above written before me

Jaizarice C Emerson, a Judge of Allegany County Courts
E. Goodrich Witness

Allegany County
Clerks Office ss
I William Windsor Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Jaizarice C Emerson before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Court and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed thereto is his genuine Signature Witness my hand & the seal of said County this 2nd day of Nov 1844
Wm Windsor Clerk
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State of New York
Allegheny County Ss. I Rhoda Reed of  [illegible] New York widow of Thomas Reed do certify that the annexed family record is  [illegible] that was made by Solomon Reed
and [illegible] in the month of June 1809 and all the births and deaths were afterwards recorded at about the time that they took place and that she [illegible] death of my family
Sworn and subscribed before me the 9th day of November1844
 Rhoda Reed
[Illegible]
Allegany County Court
I certify that [illegible] Rhoda Reed who made her declaration before me on the 29th day of October 1844 on account of old age and bodily infirmity the said City County is unable to appear in open court
Jeremiah Emerson Judge of County Court
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier October 9 1844
I certify that there is on file in thisoffice a paper purporting to be a Pay Roll of Capt Nathl Smith's Company of Militia in Col. Ira Allen's
Regiment for service done in the month of Oct. and Nov. 1780; on which Roll is the name of Solomon Read, with an allowance for eleven days service as a private.
Also, a List of the names and sums of Capt
James Blakeslee's Pay Roll for himself and Company in the service of the State of Vermont from the beginning of the campaign, 1781, to the 30th of June in said year
inclusive, taken from the original; on which list is the name of Solomon Reed, with an allowance of L 4. 17.11 as a private
Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt Blakeslee's Company in Col. Fletcher's Battalion and Gen. Cross,"
Brigade in the service of the State of Vermont,
on which Roll is the name of "Solomon Reed," with an allowance for 13 days service as a private, commencing July 1st and ending November 14th 1781.
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In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand
and affix the seal of this Office this 9th day
of October A.D. 1844

Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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I Enoch Eastman a Resident of the town of Rupert in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont aged sixty one years, do testify, depose & say that a number of years since & whilst I was quite young & as I should now estimate from my present recollection on or about fifty years since, but the precise time I am not now able to state, I was present & saw Solomon Reed married to Rhoda White, both of them then residing in said town of Rupert by Grove Moore Esq then a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bennington which ceremony took place at my father Enoch
Eastmans house, in said respect, where the said Rhoda  then lived - & further say that I knew the said Solomon Reed & Rhoda his wife for several years thereafter, whilst they resided
in said town, & they ever after lived together, & was reported as husband & wife
Enoch Eastman
State of Vermont October 23d 1844
Bennington County Then personally appeared the above named Each Eastman to me well known & made oath that the facts by him stated in the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed in my presence and according to his best knowledge & belief
And I do further certify that the said Affiant is a credible & respectable person Attest
Loring Dean Justice of the peace
State of Vermont
Bennington County I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of the County Court in & for the County  & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Loring Dean is a Justice of the peace in for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & that his commission bears date from the 1st day of Dec. 1843, will expire on the 30th day of
Novr 1844. that his signature above is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature the seal of said Court at Bennington this 24th day of Oct. A.D. 1844. of the independence of the U. States, the sixty ninth
Saml H Blackmer, Clerk
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I Henry Sheldon a resident of Rupert in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont aged 47 years, do testify depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk inf & for said town of Rupert, & have held the same for 20 years in succession that I have thoroughly examined the Town Records of said town in my possession & cannot find any Record of the marriage of Solomon Reed to Rhoda White or the births of any of there children. I further testify & say, that as ealy as the year 1792. & about that period, both before & after that time, very few marriages appear to have been recorded in said town & I further say that
altho Grove Moore Esqr held the office of Magistrate in said town for a great number of years, & during that time, as I understand, officiated in the marriage of a great many couples. I do not discover that in any instance, his marriages have been recorded, he having resided at some distance, & across a mountain which divide said town, from where the Town Clerks office has usually, if not [illegible]been holden
Henry Sheldon

State of Vermont
Bennington County ss Be it remembered that on this 17th day of October 1844, personally appeared before me Nathan Burton one of the Justice of the Peace in & for the County of aforesaid, the above named Henry Sheldon the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the facts set forth in affidavit were
true
Nathan Burton Justice of Peace

State of Vermont 
Bennington County 
 I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of the County Court in & for the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nathan Burton is a
Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned & qualified, that his Commission bears date from the first day of Oct 1843 & will expire on the 30th day of Nov. 1844 & that his signature above is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature & the seal of said
Court at Bennington this 24th day of Oct AD. 1844 & of the independence of the U. States the sixty ninth
Saml H Blackmer Clerk
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CHAP XV
34 So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
35 He hanged also Nicanor's head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.
36 And they ordained all with a common decree, in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mardocheus day.
37 Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that before time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power.  And here will I make an end.
38 And if I have done well, and as is fitting the
story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water
alone, and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste : even so, speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end.
The End of the APOCRYPHA.
Elizabeth Reed died [Illegible] 16 1815
Solomon Reed died [Illegible] 13 1855
[illegible 20 1815
[Illegible] March 27 1815
Betsy Reed died  11 1816
Susanah Lion died July 11th 1834
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Solomon Reed was maried april th29 AD1792
Elisabeth was born march the 2 - AD1743
Solomon was born february the 4 AD1795
[illegible] was Born october 4 AD1746
[illegible] was born july 23 AD1748
[illegible] was born September the 21.-AD 1801
Susannah was born on December the 26 AD 1803
Royal was born April 23 AD 1806
Noble L [illegible] ws born june the 4 AD 1808
[illegible] was born [illegible] 12-AD 1810
Betsy was born july The 26 AD 1814
Susannah was born December the 26 AD 1823
Susannah Reed
Solomon Reed book and [illegible] 
Solomon deid in the year 1814
Ahimerz(?) Rev'd B the yr 18094 Died
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Nov 19 '46 M Evans]
[postmark: SPRINGFIELD ILL [date illegible] 
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.
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State of Illinois
County of Kane}S.S. On this Tenth day of ['July' crossed out] *September 1846 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Kane, personally appeared Rhoda Reed who on her oath declares that She is the widow of Solomon Reed (who was a private and died on the 20th day of March 1815) and that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York where she has lately removed that she now resides in the County of Kane and State of Illinois where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future the following are the reasons for removing from New York to Illinois
that her daughter and son inlaw with whom she  has resided for the last sixteen years removed to Illinois and as she had no other place of residence she came with them
/s/Rhoda Reed
Sworn and subscribed before me this Tenth day of September 1846}
/s/Isaac Hatch Justice of the Peace [facsimile: Seal]
State of Illinois 
Kane county ss} I Eleazar H. Fuller do solemnly swear that Rhoda Reed the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in said affidavit
/s/Eleazar H. Fuller
Sworn & subscribed before me this Tenth day of September 1846}
/s/Isaac Hatch Justice of the Peace [facsimile: Seal]
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['I do hereby certify that' crossed out]
['Eleaz' erased] I Isaac Hatch said Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that Eleazar H. Fuller who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing affidavit of Identity is a person of veracity Given under my hand this Tenth day of September 1846
/s/Isaac Hatch Justice of the Peace [facsimile: Seal]
State of Illinois
Kane County ss} I Mark W.  Fletcher Clerk of the County Commissions Court of said County certify that Isaac Hatch before whom this affidavit was made was on the 10th day of September last and still is an acting Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned & sworn and that his signature to such affidavit is genuine
[court seal affixed] Witness my name and the seal of said Court at Geneva this 4 day of November AD 1846
/s/M. W. Fletcher Clerk
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Hon Comr of Pensions
I send the papers which I suppose to be necessary for the transfer of Mrs Reed's pension from N.Y. to  Illinois agency it has been with much trouble and difficulty that they have been so far obtained through the awkwardness of the Justice of the peace
Yours truly
/s/W. B. Plato
Aurora Kane Co Illinois
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8867
New York
Rhoda Reed widow of Solomon Reed who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank] and who died on the 20 March 1815 of Alleghany in the State of NY who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the NY [overwritten: Vt] line for 7 mo. 8 D'y
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 24 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Nov 44 and sent to Hon Albert Smith, Batavia, NY
Total amount, $121.10
[Act July 7, 838.]
Recorded by F. S. Swann Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 179
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 24749
Rhoda Reed Widow of Solomon Reed
Priv Rev War
Act: March 3rd 1843 June 17-1844
Index:-Vol. R, Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hon. A Smith
Batavia N. Y.
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Batavia N. Y. Nov. 13th 1844

Sir,
Herewith I enclose you the pension paper of Mrs. Rhoda Reed, which please examine at your earliest convenience, and let me know the result.

I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your obt sert
Albert Smith 

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: SPRINGFIELD ILL. [illegible date] FREE FREE FREE FREE 10
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Agent
Washington City D.C.
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Springfield Illinois 26th July 1849

Dear Sir
Will you have examination made & see if Lucretia Chapman was pensioned under Act 2d Feby/48 if so it must have been mis sent as we have never received them, the papers were sent to Washington in July 1848 - and we are daily importined why delays - 
Lucretia Chapman  not received 4286-43
Rhoda Reed July/48 not received  6388 - 43
Rebeca Reed sent July 1848 not received 4493 - 43
Elizabeth McClurkin sent July 1848 not received 2787

The others eleven in no we have received. 
These to if not missent please forwd soon

Wright & Abel 

J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: nov 27, '46 Mr Evans]
[postmark: SPRINGFIELD ILL [illegible date]]
James L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
War Dept.
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
Nov'r 23d 1844

JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions. 

Sir,
In reply to your letter of 20th inst I have to state, that Rhoda Reed a Pensioner under the Act of March 3d 1843 &c. at 34 22/100 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of March 1846. 
I am, Sir, Very Respectfully, Your ob't serv't,
/s/Thos. W. Olcott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT. per L. Jenkins