Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1091, for William Reeder, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Reeder, William
NUMBER
S. 1091
carded

CONTENTS
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New Jersey. No 28388. William Reeder of Bethlehem in the State of New Jersey who was ? in the company commanded by Captain Tucker of the Righ (Prgt) commanded by Col Jean Fou in the New Jersey Line for 8 months 27 days Died 26th February 1833 Widow Priscilla special Inscribed of the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 29 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence of the 4th day of March 1834 Certificate of Pension issued the 21s day of May 1834 and Hon I Parker HR Arrears to the 26th of February 1833...58.44 Semi-ant? allowance ending =58.44 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 recorded by R Burdine Clerk Book E Vol 3 Page 128
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William Reeder 24489 Certificate to be sent to to C Bartles Hunington Husslerdon? of N.Jersey Adam Priscilla Reeder, widow of Wm Reeder, dec. private 8 months 27 days
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ? on this fifteenth day of August in this year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two before theJudges of this Superior Court of common pleas of the county of Hunterdon now setting at Flemington? William Reeder a resident of the township of Bethlehem in the county of Hunterdon aforesaid aged eighty two years on this twenty first of August ? who being duly sworn in according to law.  doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of forgrep? paper June 7th 1832.  he was born in Trenton in Hunterdon county on the twenty first day of August AD 1750 where he resides at the time of the revolutionary war. his age was records? in his fathers family bible. which was given to his eldest sister dont? know where it ?  They ? lives part of the time since the revolution in Juitorn? at Leitlerly? in the township of Bethlehem in Hunterdon County  He volunteered in the service as a ? man ? from Trenton he ? on the 5th day of June 1776 under Capt William Tucker- Lieutenant Peter Campbell.  ?  Davis Streernben? was Major Isaac Smith Colonel- Joab Houten Liet  Colonel Philomen Dickinson was ? general marches from Trenton to South Amboy ? there was a short time from ? to Elizabethtown. lain there two or three months.  then went over to Long Island laid there ? after the battle of that place.  therein retreats over to New York- from there we crossed over into Jersey marched to Bergen Point- laid in that neighborhood till the army of Washington crossed the
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North river after the battle of White Plains then retreating in November under General Sullivan head this command of ? While at Bergen they retreated to Elizabethtown at ? There’s to Brunswick through Princeton to Trenton and crossed the river into Pennsylvania.  They were persued by the British across New Jersey after crossing the Delaware ? To Newtown from there they came to the Delaware and crossed at Yardleys ferry above Trenton and down to Trenton by the Scotch road and attached the Hussions on the 26th of December 1776 and ? And took a large number of prisoners after the battle of Trenton they marched up the river with some prisoners to Harveys ferry crossed the Delaware there with the prisoners and marched them to Newtown. ? There til about the 25th of January 1777.  ?  ? We ? Back to Harveys ferry crossed the Delaware went toward Princeton met some British had a skirmish with them.  They then marched From there to ? Mountains and stayed there for some time. Then afterwards marched to Pourftorn Plains where I was discharged I think in the month of March 1777.  I continued in the service from the time I marched in June 116 til I was discharged at Powton? I afterwards entered ? Department and drove ? For about fours years. I recollect General Aleneer being killed at the battle of Princeton.  I think John Hart can testify as to some of my services as also to my character for truth and verify. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to ? Pension or annuity except the present
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and declare that my name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any State.
William Reeder 76
Sworn & subscribed in open}
court this 15th day of}
August AD 1832}
Jno. Thompson
Judge}

Hunterdon County Ss. John Hart being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that  that he is seventy nine years old was acquainted with William Reeder the above named applicant at the time of the revolution & ever since has heard the above declaration signed by him ready recollects seeing him at the following named places doing military duty as a soldier to wit at Amboy, Elizabethtown, at the Battle of Staten Island, at New Brunswick at Trenton, from what I knew personally of his services, and from what I heard of his services at the time & shortly after they were performed I verily believe the above declaration to be true. the said William Reeder is esteemed in his neighborhood as a man of truth & veracity
John Hart

Sworn & subscribed before}
in open court this 15th}
day of August 1832}
Jno. Thompson}
Judge}
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We, Richard Hunt & John Hart both freeholders & residents of the County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Reeder who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about Eighty two years old, that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion
Richard Hunt
John Hart
Sworn to & subscribed in}
open court this 15th day}
of October AD 1822.}
David Stout}
Judge}

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 certify Richard Hunt & John Hart who have signed the preceding certificate are freeholders & residents of the County of Hunterdon and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, and the said Court do further certify that the said William Reeder is personally known to some of the members of this court and that he is a creditable person & is esteemed as a man of truth & veracity, but in poor & indigent circumstances, and that they put confidence in his statements. The clergyman of his neighbourhood had gone away from where the court was sitting before his papers were prepared
Done in open court August
Term 1832.
Benjn. Egbert
Jno Thompson
John Barton
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County ⎬ Ss

I Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hunterdon Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said  Court in the matter of the application of William Reeder for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of said office
at Flemington this eighteenth day of
August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac G. Farlee Clk

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss: I John Barton one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common pleas of the said county do hereby that I am well acquainted with John Hart, a witness who has signed the preceding affidavit and that I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity and that his statement is entitled to full faith credit given under under my hand this 10th day of June 1833.
John Barton
State of New Jersey Hunterdon County Ss:  I Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the Inferior Court of common pleas of the County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that the signature of John Barton to the above certificate is his genuine signature and that the said John Barton now is & was at the time of making said certificate one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of the said County of Hunterdon In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 10th day of
June AD 1833
Isaac G. Farlee Clk
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County Ss:
personally appeared before me Samuel Evans
one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid Peter Forman Esq
who being duly sworn accordint to law on his oath saith that he was acquainted with William Reeder the above named applicant for a pension in his lifetime and also with the wife of the said William Reeder, deponent has been acquainted with said Reeder and Priscilla his wife for the term of thirty years & upwards. Deponent is well acquainted with Priscilla the wife of said William & knows that she is still living & now resides in the city of Trenton in this State.
P. Forman
Sworn & subscribed fefore me
this 7th day of September AD 1833.
Saml. Evans  J. P.

I Samuel Evans one of the Justices of the peace
in & for the said County of Hunterdon before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Forman who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit and that full faith & credit is to be given to his statement witness my hand this
7th day of September AD 1833
Sam Evans J.P.
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss:

Be it remembered that on this twenty first
day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three before me George Henry one  of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County of Hunterdon -
personally appeared Doctor John Blane who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he was the attending Physician of William Reeder late of the township of Bethlehem in the said County of Hunterdon (an applicant for a pension) during his last illness and that the said William Reeder
departed this life on the twenty sixth day of
February last past according to this deponents
best recollection and belief and further saith not
J. Blane
Sworn and subscribed before 
me this twenty first day of      ⎬
October AD. 1833
Geo. Henry
Justice of the peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with
Doctor John Blane the above named witness
and that full faith & credit is to be given to
his statements given under my hand this
21st day of October AD 1833
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County Ss: Priscilla Reeder being duly sworn according to law on her oath saith that she was seventy Eight years of age on the 21st day of January last, that she was married to William Reeder the above named applicant for a pension in his lifetime on the 29th day of June 1779, and that she now resides in the city of Trenton in this State, & has resided there ever since the death of her husband the said William Reeder. deponent knows that her husband William Reeder during the war of the Revolution served as a Militia under Captain William Tucker, part of the time. Deponent also knows that said William Reeder drove team in the commissary department in the war of the Revolution for the term of three years at least. that he carted from the commissary [store?] kept at Trenton by James Paxson commissary &c: knows that from what she heard at this time that he carted to Valley forge, Morristown, Pluckamin, Bound brook, Elizabethtown, & other places. deponent knows that her late husband was out carting as aforesaid almost all the time after their marriage until the close of the war_ deponent does not know of any person at present by whom she can prove the services of said Reeder in the team service. the certificate of their marriage is lost. & further saith _
her
Priscilla  X  Reeder
mark

Sworn & subscribed before me}
One of the Justices of the peace in}
& for the county of Hunterdon}
this 14th day of September 1833}
Geo. Henry}

I certify that I am well acquainted with Priscilla Reeder the above named witness and that full faith & credit is to be given to her statements - given under my hand this 14th day of September AD 1833
Geo Henry
Justice
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Hunterdon County ss: George Henry Esquire being duly Sworn according to law on his oath that he has been acquainted with William Reeder the above named applicant for a pension who is now deceased
and Priscilla his wife Deponent has known them both for the term of fifty years at least. Priscilla Reeder the wife of the said William Reeder deceased is now living resides in the City of Trenton in this State. I have always heard it said ever since that I knew said William Reeder that he served almost all the time during the war of the revolution either as a militia or as a teamster in the commissary Department, which I verily believe to be the case-- I was also acquainted will James Paxson
& also understood that he kept the commissary store at Trenton during the Revolution & further saith not.
Geo. Henry
Sworn & subscribed before}
me this 14th day of September}
1833 one of the Justices of the}
peace in & for the said}
County of Hunterdon-}
Samuel Hill

I certify that I am well acquainted with 
George Henry Esquire who has sworn to & 
subscribed the foregoing affidavit and
that full full faith & credit is to be given
to his statements given under my hand
14th of September AD 1833.
Samuel Hill Justice of
the peace

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County Ss: I Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the Inferior Court of common pleas of the said County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that Samuel Evans, George Henry, Samuel Hill Esquires before whom the four last preceeding affidavits were taken were severally at the time of taking the said affidavits Justices of the peace & in & for the said
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county fo Hunterdon. And that the signatures  "Samuel Evans" to the affidavit of Peter Forman,
"Geo Henry" to the affidavits of J. Blane & Priscilla Reeder- and "Samuel Hill" to the affidavit of George Henry, & the certificates of credibility are genuine. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty three
Isaac G. Farlee Clk
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Wm_ Reeder
N. J. 

Ex by Wm. L. Allison
July
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all men by these Presents, That I, Ann Reeder of Trenton N. Jersey
hereby constitute and appoint William S. Allison my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of William Reeder
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself and Elizabeth Dennis --
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney
and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 15th day July
A. D., 1851.
her
Ann   X  Reeder
Mark

Signed and Sealed in the presence of ⎬
Edward J. Smith 
Chas. Buroughs

STATE of New Jersey
COUNTY of Mercer   ⎬

On this fifteenth day of July  A. D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Judge of the [Pleas?] in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Ann Reeder --
and acknowledged the foregoing Power,
of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set ⎬
my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
Chas. Burroughs Judge
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Claim of William Reeder
Act of 7 June 1832
STATE of New Jersey
COUNTY Mercer          ⎬ ss.

Be it known, That on this fifteenth day of July
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one
before the undersigned, a Judge of the pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Ann Reeder a resident of Trenton, in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the child of William Reeder__ who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the New Jersey agency
the rate of twenty nine 66/100--- Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in
said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
her
Ann  X Reeder
Mark

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and ⎬
year aforesaid, before me.
Chas. Burroughs
Judge.

I, Chas. Burroughs Judge of the pleas, in and for said County do hereby certify that 
Ann Reeder who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Chas. Burroughs
Judge

I, ________ Clerk of the _______ Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that _______ before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is ___ signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official Seal, this ____ day of  _______A. D. 185_.
Clerk.
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STATE of New Jersey
COUNTY of Mercer  ⎬ss:

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me ___ that _____ was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United
States at the rate of $ _______ per annum and that _______ died on the ______ day of ______ eighteen hundred and ______
leaving surviving________
and that ______
the only surviving_________ of the aforesaid.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this _____
day of______ one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

August 31, 1929

Mr. Warren D. Perry
3 Maiden Lane
New York, New York

Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1091, it appears that William Reeder was born August 21, 1750, at Trenton, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey.

While a resident of Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, he enlisted in June, 1776, and served until March, 1777, as a private in Captain William Tucker's
Company, Colonel Isaac Smith's New Jersey Regiment. He was in the battle of Trenton.
He also served from sometime in 1779 until the close of the war as a teamster hauling supplies.

He applied for pension August 15, 1832, while residing in Bethlehem Township, New Jersey. His claim was allowed. He died February 26, 1833.

The soldier married June 29, 1779, Priscilla, her
maiden name not given, who was born January 21, 1755.
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In 1851, a daughter, Ann Reeder, was a resident of Trenton, New Jersey. There is no further reference to children.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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124
N. J.

Let. to J. H. Hamilton 28 July 37.
"                       "         11 Aug. --    
"      "  Hon. W. W. Halstead Sepr. 1. 37
"      "  S. R. Hamilton     24 Mar. 1840 
"      "   S. R. Hamilton    28 Apl '43.
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INVALID.

File No. 1091
William Reeder,
Priv. N.J. Line
Act:  June 7, 1832.

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]


1929 - Aug 31. Hist. to
Warren D. Perry
Erl
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PHELPS AND PERRY, INC. 
JEWELERS
 
TELEPHONE
CORTLANDT 4302

3 MAIDEN LANE
NEW YORK

June 6, 1929.

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, 
D. C.  

Dear Sir:

To complete my record in the Sons of the Revolution, I wish the date and place of birth of William Reeder, Private in the Revolutionary Army, from Hunterdon County, N. J.

If your records give any information concerning his widow or decendants, such as the name or address where pensions were sent, and likewise any information about his ancestors, I would greatly appreciate receiving it.

Very truly yours,
Warren Perry

WDP: HG

[Official Stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE JUN 17 1929]
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PHELPS AND PERRY, INC.
JEWELERS

TELEPHONE
CORTLANDT 4302

3 MAIDEN LANE
NEW YORK

June 6, 1929.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington,
D. C.

Dear Sir:

To complete my record in the Sons of the Revolution, I wish the date and place of birth of William Reader, Private in the Revolutionary Army, from Hunterdon County, N. J.

If your records give any information concerning his widow or decendants, such as the name or address where pensions were sent, and likewise any information about his ancestors, I would greatly appreciate receiving it.

Very truly yours,
Warren Perry

WDP: HG

[Official Stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE JUN 7 1929]