Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,671, for Lovett Reed, North Carolina
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N.C		Reed, Lovett		W.5.691
		     Sibbey
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(left side of booklet)
	Dead
Paid at the Treasury
under the act of The 6
April 1839.  (illegible) 4 Sep 1834
to the 9. Nov. 1834  The day of
his death __ Age notified
12 Nove 1839
(right side of booklet)
		13576
East Tennessee
Lovett Reed
(illegible) in the State of East Tenn
who was a Privt in the Compy commanded
by Col Locke in the North Carol
(illegible) 11 months
Inscribed on the roll of # Tennessee
at the reate of 36 Dollars 66. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834(?)
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May
1833 and sent to Jas A
Whiteside Pikeville Tenne
Arrears to the 4th of march 1833 	$73.32
  Semiannual allowance ending 4 Sept	$18.33
						$91.63
					{Revolutionary Claim,}
					{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by M Clagett  Clerk
Book E  Vol.2  Page 59
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(left page of booklet)
		(illegible)
Paid at the Treasure under the
Act of the 6th April 1832 and
23(?) Aug (illegible( from 4th March to (illegible)
Sep 1841.  agt notified 23d Dec 1842.
(illegible to (illegible) Goodrich 3d Jun 1843.
Paid as above from 4th Sep
1841 to 4 March 1842.  Agt
notified 12 Dec 1844
(faded illegible line)
(right side of booklet)
		3534
TENNESSEE
Sibbey Reed
widow of Lovitt Reed decd
who died on the 9th December 1834,
a pensioner, Act of June(?) 1832,
who died on the 9th November 1834, 
of Bledsoe Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the compy commanded
by Col. Locke in the N. Carolina
line for 11 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Knoxville
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 9th day of Nov 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of March
1841, & sent to H. J. Dabney, Esq
Morgan C.H. Tennessee.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1841 $231.70
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept 41     18.33
						$250.03
					{Revolutionary Claim,}
					{Act July 4, 1836,
					{Section the 3d.}
Recorded by McCurdy, Clerk,
Book C. Vol 1. Page 198.
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     24415
Declaration
Lovett Reed 
   for a 
Pension
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State of Tennessee}
Bledsoe County}	On this 25th day of February 1833
personally appeared before me Andrew Lowe
an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of 
Bledsoe aforesaid & State of Tennessee and a justice
of the county court (which is a court of sessions) of
said county Lovett Reed a resident in said
county of Bledsoe and State of Tennessee aged
seventy eight years who being first duly sworn ac.
cording to law doth on his oath make the following 
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
	That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officer and 
served as he is stated.  He was drafted for five
months and entered(?) the service in the militia in Guil_
ford county in North Carolina in the company commanded
by Captain        Nelson  Lieutenant Charles Hughes.
and ensign….McBride (he thinks James).  He was
marched from Guilford county to Salisbury where he 
thinks he fell in with General Rutherford.  He at
all (?) was under the command of General
Rutherford during all this time of service. and 
was in the regiment commanded by Col Pacely(?)-
Col Locke was along but  declarant thinks he was
under Col. Pacely’s command – From Salisbury
he was marched to Camedn ^1.6^ & from there across Santee
river passing by a place called Bacons Bridge and
to the Savannah river, where the British had
(illegible) on the Gorgia side.  this was first above
a little town called Panansburg, and near a
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place called the Two Sisters.  General Ash  was along
this expedition_ He crossed the Savanah river with is
ford  and had a battle with the British at the
mouth of Brier creek on the Gorgia side of the
Savannah in which he was defeated.  Declarant 
served out his term  being sometime at (?) place
and sometimes at another along the river. which
was for five months and was discharged by Captain
Nelson at Camp Turkeyhill on the 16th of March.
He cannot remember the  year in which he perform
ed this time of service but upon to Ashs defeat
at Brier creek to fin the date as his defeat thus
happened during this term of delcarants service_
    Declarant was a sergeant in Captain Nelsons
company for part of the term during the foregoing
tour but cannot remember how long – he  claims
nothing additional on account of it_
     Not long after the aforesaid tour he again
entered the service (this time in Caswell county
North Carolina when he had moved from Guilford cty)
in the militia (illegible) hence in the company com-
manded by Captain Reynolds_ liutenant Sanders
and this declarant (illegible).  He this  time served(?) as
a substitute for a certain John Jones.  This tour
declarant was (illegible) employed against the
tories down on Ricky river.  (illegible) and  Cape Fear
in which section of country he served out his time
which was for three months and was discharde
on the bank of Cape Fear river.  Major McClary
(or McCleary) was the commander this tour_
Col Fannon commanded the tories.___
    Very shortly after the last mentioned tour de-
clarant again entered the service in Caswell
County in the militia light horse in Captain
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Harrells company who was under the command
of Maj Mcelany,- as  a substitute for a certain
Henry Hays. – about the time he entered this dervice
this last time, General Green (illegible) on through
Caswell county with whom declarant fell in
with hime he marched to Camden, which the British
had just evacuated from there to the high hills of
Santee. from there up the river about 20 miles and 
(?) & down again in the junction(?) of the Eutaw Springs
when Genreal Green had the battle with the British
but shortly before Green arrived the declarant
was taken with the small (?) a left behind. when
Maj McClary gave him his discharge and also dis-
charged a  certain Barry Hutson^or Hutson Barry^ to take care
of declarant,_  He states that his last term was
for three months. and that during this and 
the preceding tour of three months he acted as
a coronet in the light horse_.   Declarant is unable 
to state the dates of his service._   He has (no?) docu-
mentary evidence  of his service, nor does he know
of any person whose testimony he can procure who
can testify to it, except his Aunt Nancy Hays who
is now present and who was the wife of Henry Hays
for whom declarant substituted the last tour, who 
is dead, and with whom declarant lived during
the whole of the revolutionary war. except when in
the service_ He will now procure his testimony and 
has it appended hereto._
    He was born in North Carolina, and does not  know
what county, in the year 1754 on the 16th day of Octo-
ber accouding to the register bible(?) by his father_
He now has no record of his age_ when  called
first into the service he lived in Guilford county
North Carolina. during the war he moved into 
Caswell County N. Carolina where he lived during
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the war and for some time thereafter.  he has since 
 lived in many places.  primarally in Sullivan (illegible) 
and Bledsoe counties in the State of Tennassee.  He lived in
Barton County N.C. 15 or 16 years _ He has lived in 
this Bledsoe county about 15 years where he 
still resides.  He was drafted his first term
the second a substitute for John Jones, and the
third a substitute for Henry hays  _ He has
stated the names of his officers and the general
circumstances of his service as well as he can
  He received written discharges for all three
of his terms but does not know what has
become of them_  He received no commission
except the appointment of his superior officers.
     He is known in his present neighborhood
to William Nail a clergyman James Ormes 
and Col Samuel C. Lewis who certify as to 
his character for veracity and their belief of his
services as a soldier of the revolution.
   He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and de-
clares that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any state.       Lovett Reed
   Sworn to & subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
     We William Nail a clergyman residing in
the county of Bledsoe and state of Tennessee and
Samuel C. Lowe and  James Ormes(?) residing
in the same hereby certify that we are well
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acquainted with Lovett Reed who has sub_
scribed and sworn to the above declaration that
we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, 
that he is reputed and believed in the neigh_
borhood where he resides to have been a sol_
dier of the revolution, and that we concur
in that opinion_		William Nail
Sworn to and subscribed	Saml C Lowe
the day & year aforesaid	James Orme
     And the said Andrew Lowe a justice 
of the peace as aforesaid does hereby declare in
opinion after the of this matter and
after (illegible) the interrogatories prescribed by the
war department, that the above named appli
cant was a revolutionary soldier and served
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as he states.  And he does further certify that the 
said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity
attend court to make his declaration_ He
further certifies that it appears to him that
William Nail who has signed the preceding 
certificate is a clergyman resident in Bledsoe
county Tennessee and that Samuel C. Lowe 
and James Orme who has also signed the
same are residents in the same, and are (illegible)
person and that their statements is intitled
to credit.		Andrew Lowe
			Justice of Peace for
			Bledsoe County
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State of Tennessee
		I Scott Terry clerk of the county
court of Bledsoe County do certify that Andrew
Lowe whose signature appears to the foregon
declaration and certificate is now and was
at the time of signing the (illegible) acting
justice of the peace in and for the county of
Bledsoe aforesaid, and a justice of the 
county court, which is a court of record for
said county that the same is his genuine
signature that he is duly commissioned
and qualified as a justice of the peace for
said county and is a justice of the county
court thereof and that all his official
acts are entitled to full faith & credit
	In testimony whereof I have
	(illegible) to set my hand, and I
	affixed my private seal (not
	having an official seal) this 25
	day of February 1833
		Scott Terry clk
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I am acquainted with the said Nancy Hays
that she appears very old and must I think
be over eighty years of age and that she is a 
credible person and her statement entitled to
credit_ and I do hereby declare my opinion
of the truth of what she states _
     Given under my hand this date above
			Andrew Lowe
			Justice of the Peace
			for Bledsoe County
State of Tennessee
		I Scott Terry clerk of the county
court of Bledsoe county do certify that Andrew
Lowe whose signature appears to the foregoing 
declaration and certificates is now, and was at
the time of signing the same an acting justice
of the peace  in and for the county of Bledsoe
aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified
that the same is his genuine signature,
that all his official acts are entitled to due
faith and credit.
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto
	set my hand and affixed my private
	seal no have a seal of office
	this 25h day of February 1833.
			Scott Terry Clk
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State of Tennessee
	I James Standifer member
of Congress from the third congressional
district in the State of Tennessee, certify that
Scott Terry Esquire, whose signature appears
to the two preceding certificates is now &
was at the time of making the same clerk
of the county court of Bledsoe court
was at the time of making the same clerk
of the county court of Bledsoe county that
due faith and credit are and ought to 
be given his official acts as such that
the same are his genuine signatures, and
that his said certificates are in due form
of law. – and that there is no seal of office for said court
		Given under my hand this 16th day
		of March 1833      James Standifer
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State of Tennessee
		I James Standifer member
of Congress from the third congressional
district in the State of Tennessee, certify that
Scott Terry Esquire whose signature appears 
to the two preceding certificates is now &
was at the time of making the same clerk
of the county court of Bledsoe county_that
due faith and credit are and ought to 
be given his official acts as such _ that
the same are his genuine signatures, and 
that his said certificates are in due form
of laws _ and that there is no seal affixed for said court
	Given under my hand this 16th day
	of March 1833.      James Standifer
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State of Tennessee}
Bledsoe County}  SS.
	On this the 31st day of March
1840 personally appeared before me
James Orme _ a Justice of the peace
in and for said County     Libby Reed, and
after being duly sworn for that purpose on 
her oath makes the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benifit of the act of 
Congress passed July the 4th  1836;  She
states that she is aged seventy six years of
age from undoubted calculation having no re
cord of her age.  She states that she was raised
in Guilford County North Carolina near 
the edge of Caswell County.  She states she
was married to Lovett Reed,  Just at the edge
of Caswell County.  She states she
was married to Lovett Reed, just at the edge
of Guilford County and Caswell county
in North Carolina, she not positive in which
county of the two she was married at the House
of a certain Henry Hays.  She was married the
June of Seventeen hundred and (seventy?) nine the pre
cise day of the month not recollected, and she has
no record of her age but knows that the June
one year after and the March then next after
was the noted Battle at Guilford,   this she
distinctly recollects from calculation and 
fact that her husband came home a few
days before said Battle on furlough, and
her eldest son George Reed, being born on the 
next day after said Battle   She declarant 
was in hearing of the Cannon at the time 
of the Battle on County line Creek where
she was married and lived   She states that
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State of Tennessee
Bledsoe County

On this 31st day of March 1840 personally appeared before me James Orme- a Justice of the peace in and for the said county Sibby Reed, and after being duly sworn for that purpose on her oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July the 4th 1836.  She states that she is aged seventy six years of age from undoubted calculation having no record of her age.  She states that she was married in Guilford County North Carolina near the edge of Caswell County.  She states she was married to Lovett Reed, just at the edge of Guilford County and Caswell County in North Carolina.  She not positive in which county of the two she was married at the house of a certain Henry Hays.  She was married [illegible] June of seventeen hundred and seventy nine.  The precise day of the month not recollected, and she has no record of her age but knows that the June one year after, and the March then next  after was the noted battle at Guilford, this she distinctly recollects from calculation and fact that her husband came home a few days before said Battle on furlough, and her eldest son George Reed, being born on the next day after said battle,  The declarant was in hearing of the cannon at the time of the Battle on County line creek where she was married and lived.  She states that
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She states that her said husband was drafted
shortly after they were married   She thinks that 
he had sone no service against the British when
they were married, had served a little against
the Indians, that to her best recollection and 
belief he served under an officer named
Locke, Gill.  & McLeary, and was at Savan
nah Sand hills and after Forning(?)  Declarant
has no record of her marriage, nor the ages 
of her children   other than from testimony of 
persons, and a chain of circumstances.  She
states that their oldest child George Reed
decd; was born the 16th day of March
1781, the second Nancy, was born June 13th,
1784, the third James Reed born October 5th
1787, the fourth Peggy born July 5th
1789, the fifth child born Sept 5th
1792  Polly the sixth child born June 2nd_
1795,  Sibby the seventh child born July 4th
1797.     She states that he fifth child Henry
Reed, has been married upward of 25 years past
and has two sons to wit David Reed and
Wiliam reed that are married  David Reed
the oldest of said Henry Reeds children has
been married about three years and has
two children, and William the second
son of Henry Reed has been married more
than one year past and has one child
she positively swears, that he husband performd
considerable service in the Revolutionary war
after they were married, that he died in
Bledsoe County State of Tennessee on the
	day of November 1834  he died of
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of the dropsy.  She states that she has remained
the widow of the said Lovett Reed even since
his death  that she now resides in Bledsoe
County state of Tennessee where her said
Husband dies
sworn and subscribed}	his
this 31st day of }	      Sibby X Reed
March 1840 before}		mark
me James Orme Justice of Peace
Declarant states that she is the widow of the
identical Lovett Reed who was a Revolutionary
Pensioner at the rate of thirty six dollars and
sixty six (?) cents and was enrolled for pay
ment at Knoxville state of Tennessee
sworn and subscribed		       his
this       day of March		Sibby x Reed
1840				       mark
James Orne Justice of Pease
State of Tennessee}
Bledsoe County}   SS.
	I James orme a Justice of the 
peace in and for said county certify that I have
been acquainted with the reed family
for fifteen years last past that I am well
acquainted with the said Pensioner Lovett Reed
and his old widow and with their said son
Henry Reed and with his two sons that are
married some some years  and from inform
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ation believe that their were children still
older than said Henry and I was acquainted
with three of them to wit  James Peggy 
and Nancy,  I further certify that from 
my acquaintance and from investiga
tion of the matter I believe her Declara
tion is true		James Orme  Justice of Peace
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State of Tennessee}
Bledsoe County}  SS.
	On this the 31st day of March 1840
personally appeared before me   James
Orme _ a Justice of the peace in and for
said County Henry Reed son of Lovett 
Reed, a deceased Revolutionary Pensioner
He being entitled to credit, and on his oath
states that he is the fifth child born of the
bodies of Lovett Reed and Sibby Reed, agree
able to undoubted account, that to his undoubt
belief and calculation and from surround
ing circumstances, that he is upward of
forty seven years of age.  he states that he has
two sons married.  that have family,s that
he always understood from his parents and
from all corroborating circumstances that they
were married and living together in the
time of the Revolutionary war, that he is as
well convinced of the fact as he is of any 
other face of Report and corroborating cir
circumstances   he states that his mother has
remained a widow ever since the death of
her said husband affiants father
sworn and subscribed}		his
this 31st day of}		      Henry x Reed
March 1840  before}			mark
me	James Orme
		Justice of Pease
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State of Tennessee}
Bledsoe County}  SS
	I James. A. Tulloss_  Clerk of
the County court, of Bledsoe County State
of Tennessee certify that Hames Orme
	is a Justice of the peace as above
and that the foregoing signatures purporting
to be his are Genuine.
	In testimony whereof I have
	hereunto affixed my seal of
	office and subscribed my
	name this first_ day of April
AD 1840		James. A. Tulloss Clk
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David Brown born 15 Sept
1800*
Polly his wife  June	1795
(illegible) Jackson  10	1819
G (illegible)		1822
M (illegible)		1825
Peggy (illegible)  25	1828
Lucy  (illegible)	1830
Thomas  15		1832
(line illegible)
Stephen Sept 10	1835
(illegible)		1837
Betsy Oct 24		1839
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The BOOK of

COMMON PRAYER,
And AN
SACRAMENTS,
And other
RITES and REMONIES of the
CHURCH,
According to the Use of the
CHURCH OF ENGLAND;
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Pointed as they are to be fung of faid in CHURCHES.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by ALExANDER KING
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State of Tenessee}
Morgan County}  SS,
	On this the         day of Jan
ury AD 1841, personally appeared before
me Edmund G Kington Deputy clerk
of the county court of Morgan aforesaid
David, Brown and his Wife Polly Brown
formerly Polly, Geed, she being the sixth
child of Lovett, Reed decd and his
widow    Libby reed of Bledsoe County
Tennessee, said David Brown and 
his wife (?) statements being Entitled
to full credit, and on their oaths
state that they have Eleven children
children born of the Body of said Polly, 
the daughter of said Sibbey and 
Lovett, that ten of them are now living
that the annexed Record is correct
as taken down from another Record
wrote by Peter D Wilcox,  so far as five
or six of their children, that the 
afficants both positively state that
they know from many corroborating
circumstance and facts connected,
that the said Sibby Reed and Lovett
were husband and wife Precious to 
the End of the Revolutionary war
and they said affiants both assert that
their (?) a statement and underst
anding that the oldest child of said
Lovett & Sibbey was born the day after
the Battle at Guilford which affiants
has no doubt of the fact it being con
firmed by family assertion and by 
tradition for many years	his
sworn and subscribed}     David x Brown
the date above Before me}   mark
Edmund G Kington D.C           her
			Polly x Brown
				mark
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State of Tennessee}
Morgan County}  SS.
	I Edmund G Kington Depu
ty clerk of the County court of Morgan
aforesaid certify that the foregoing is
the afficant of the (illegible) therein
named sworn to and subscribed
as therein set forth
	In  testimony wherein
	I have hereunto affixed
	my seal of office and
	subscribed my name
	this 24th day of January
	AD 1841	Edmund G. Kington
			      D Clerk
State of Tennassee}
Morgan County}  SS
	I John M Davis (illegible) of
	the County court of the Morgan afore
said certify that Edmund G Kington
is the deputy clerk to Samuel (illegible)
clerk of this county court and that full
faith is due his official acts as such
	given under my hand
	this 29th day of
	January AD 1841
		J A Davis clk
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(too faded)	24.415
		Lovett Reed
		      Bledsoe Co
		       Tennessee
		from – private
		11 months
		       $36  66/100
		Jas. A. Whiteside
		Pikesvill
			Bledsoe Co
			Tennessee
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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.  These 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.
A Statement, showing the Service of Lovett Reed of Bledsoe Co
							Tennessee
5 mos		Priv	Gen Rutherford	78 years	Witness
			Col Paceley		Guilford
			   “   Locke		 C?
			Cap Nelson		N. Car
3 mos		Coronet     Maj McCleary
			     Cap Reynolds
3 mos			Maj McCleary
			Cap Harrell
			I am, respectfully,
			   Your obedient servant,
			        J. L. EDWARDS,
				Commissioner of Pensions
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2 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: The Regular Troops. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 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, mucicians 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 County of On this day of A. personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District 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 (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 entered 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. 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C.D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has 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 days 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. Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify 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, 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 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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3 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 exexpected . 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. receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv- 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 the 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. 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. 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. 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. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served 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, it cannot swear penitely as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the persons mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as 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 grate of the pensioner and the regin 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 others the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place or places 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 The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished for any other seal, or if he has no pubthe seal of office, the 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 paper 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. 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 witnessed 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 line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. note applies to continental troops only This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the delusion
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(Hand-written form, faded – barely readable)
	Rev  WIDOW, &c
File No.  (2?)671
Libbey Reed
   Wife of 
Lovett Reed
Pvt N. C. line
Act:  (illegible)
Index:  -  Vol.  M,  Page 153
[Arrangement  of 1870.]
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(hand-written note)
   5058
Sibby Reed
   of Lovett
Tennessee
   admitted
Private  11 mo:  $36.66
Cap:  Nelson  Col Locke
N.C.
died 9th Nov 1834
Act 4th July 1836
R.A. Dabney
Morgan Co Ten
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	5058
Sibbey Reed
wid; of Lovett
See let to R. A. Dabney
	July 30, 1840
Act 4 July 1836
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(hand-written note)
41   3   4
34.11.9
6. 3. 35
220
   9.16
   1.52	
   1.02
231.70
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Lovett Reed d. Nov 9 1834 S.
Sibby	m.1779
	Pen. act June 7  (32)?
proof of mar. nat sat.
sufficient evidence
of Lovett Reed having a 
wife during this service
contained in the affida
vit of Mr. Nan? Hays
under act of 7 June 1832
see papers under act 7 June 1832
	March 17. 1841
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
		SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE
		    June 28th, 1843
Sir:
	Under the act of 6th of April, 1838, entitled: An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United
States,” and the 3d section of the Act of august 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pernsioners may receive their pensions from the pen
sion agents, Sibby Reed
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Ten
Agency, at the rate of thirty six – Dollars
and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July
1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 
4th of Sept. 1841, to the 4th March 1842.
		Respectfully yours,
		Albion K Parris
			Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
Page 36

State of Tennessee  Bledsoe County Oct 12 – 1859
Dear Sir  Jonathon Crawford was a private in Capt Richard
ly Waterhouse(?) Company in the florada(?) (illegible) return
home sick with a disease contracted in the Service
of the United States  and dide in (illegible)two or three
years I suppose his widowis intitle to a pension
I have to request you to send me a blank
to fill out to obtain her certificate as she is
a blind pore ignorant woman  attend to this as 
soon as practible		your o bedient
				Servant
				W. Brown
I sent a declaration for Bevrlery Thurman widow
of Charles Thurman a Revolutioner pention at the
rate of seventy Dollars pr annum  it was defective
for which certificate never issued the old lady is 
ded  if she was (illegible) got what government is due
them after the death of there father  Send me a 
Blank and if they can comply with the law
in making out the decleration they ought to 
have what is due them       WB
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I rote you sum  time since in relation 
to Sibby Reed widow of Lovitt Reed who
were a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of $73.32
per annum and dide the 9 Nov 1834 certificate
(illegible) to Sibby Reed on the 17 March 1841 for
thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum
if she is intitle to any more send me a Blank
also Justise says all such persons should have
all that goverment provides for them and no 
more
	this man pope I rote about filch
some kind of a (illegible) to have been pension
(illegible) the old lady in her condition knows nothing
and would (illegible) to what ever he would rate(?)
and from his (illegible) money is his object
and rote you if my name is to the certificate
as chairman(?) of the County Court of Bledsoe
County it was forge and if so I would like 
to see him braught to Justice   I hate to troble 
you but must				W.B
J P Heuth(?)
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	Knoxville May 23 1843
Sir	I herewith (illegible) the pension paper of Sibby
(illegible) making application for her pay from (illegible) to Sept 1841
to March 43
	Her original certificate is (illegible)
the offer of the Pension Agent at this place
		I am very respectfully
		     Yr obt ser..
			Wm Goodrich
J L Edwards Esq
     Commissioner of Pensions
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		Morgan Courthouse
		Ten  May 7th 1840
Sir   I enclose the Declaration of Mrs
Sibby Reed, widow of Lovett Reed
a deceased Pensioner   She claims the 
Benefit of act of July 4th 1836
plese Examine the same and
communicate the result to me
at this place
	your humble servant
	   Robert A Dabney
J L Edwards Esq
Washington City DC
War Department
     Pension office
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     Sept 20  -  1850
State of Tennessee   Bledso County
     James E Heath Esq
	Dear sir   I understand Thomas Pope
of (illegible) White County (illegible) a decleration
for Sibby Reed of Bledsoe County to get her
pension  Enlarged and I  also understand that my
certificate was to it as Chairman of the county
court of Bledsoe County if so it is forged
I am the Chairman of the court but never
(illegible) no such declaration in my life I do
not know anything about Mr Pope wheather
or not he would forg an officer of the
government certificate and signature to papers
or not if so and it (illegible)contrary to the Rules
of deportment and you will send me
the declaration I will prosecute him on 
inform the attorney general of the state so he
will not practice anymore fraud
			Respectfully
			William Brown
If there should be any more papers in the 
same condition with my name it is a
forgery
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	TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
		Second Comptroller’s Office,
		October 29th, 1839.
Sir,     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,” the widow of Lovett Reed,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville, Tn: Agency, at
the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and Sixty six Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1834,
to the 9th November 1834, the day of his death
			Respectfully, yours, 
			Albion K. Parris
			Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
			Present.
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		TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
			SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE
				Dec. 10th  1842
Sir:     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United
States,” and the 3d section of the Act of august 23, 1842, extending 
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen-
sion agents, Sibbey Reed.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville Ten:
Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six --- Dollars
and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July
1836.  has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March.  to the 4th Sept 184(?)
		Respectfully, yours, 
			Albion K Parris
			     Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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(envelope)
Feb 8 1841
(illegible)
Sibby Reed
free
James L Edwards Esq
Washington City DC
War Dept 
Pension office
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		Morgan Court Ten
		January the 12th
     184(?)
Sir     Enclosed is the affidavit
of Washack (illegible) of this
county.  Relating to the claim 
of (illegible) Sibby Reed of Bledsoe
County Tenessee who has
applied for a pension un
der the act of 4th of July
1836.  She being the widow 
of Lovett Reed deceased
Pensioner     you will please
file the enclosed affidavit
with her other papers I
design seeing some of the 
children of (illegible) Reed that
are older than Henry Re
=ed perhaps they may hav
some family Reed(?) that
may have some direct or
collateral features tend
ing to prove the marriage
of their parents
		Your humble
		servant
		R A Dabney
JL Edwards
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Daniel S Lavender J.P
Page 46

Samuel Haward was born July 15th 1789
Martha Lewis was born March 17   1787
Polly Haward was born July 25   1808
Hannah Haward was born October 9   1810
Lewis Haward was born September 9   1813
Elisabeth Haward was born March 2   1817
Nathen Haward was born February 8(?)   1822
(illegible) Haward was born April 10   1825
Jackson Haward was born May 2   (illegible)
William Haward was born May 8   1831
(Samuel Howards Record
   in James A Galahers hand
   writing.)
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(hand-written letter with bleed-through from the back of page)
State of Tennessee}
(illegible) County} SS
	on this the 12th
day of January 1841 personally
appeared before me Thomas S Lea
a Justice of the peace in and for
said County, Mashack Green
whose statements are entitled to
full credit and on his oath state
that he became acquainted with
Lovett Reed and his wife Sibby
Reed upwards of twenty years
past that they were then living
togather and was respected (?) as hus
band and wife that the same 
never was doubted to afficants knowl
edge.  afficant states that they then 
many children that was
grown and several married at
the time the affiant became acqu
ainted with them         his
		Mashack X Green
Sworn to and sub}         mark
scribed the date}
above before me}
Thomas S Lea}
Justice of the peace}
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State of Tennessee}
Morgan County} SS.
	I Samuel P Vaughn
Clerk of the County Court
of Morgan County afores
aid certify that Thomas
S Lea Esqr whose signature
appears to the foregoing is a
Justice of the peace for said
County and that the forego
ing signature purporting to
be his is Genuine
	In testimony whereof I have
	hereunto affixed my seal
	of office and subscribed
	my name this 12th day
of January A D 1841.
		Samuel P. Vaughn Clerk
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(hand-written letter with bleed-through from the back of page)
State of Tennessee}
(illegible) County} SS
	on this the 12th
day of January 1841 personally
appeared before me Thomas S Lea
a Justice of the peace in and for
said County, Mashack Green
whose statements are entitled to
full credit and on his oath state
that he became acquainted with
Lovett Reed and his wife Sibby
Reed upwards of twenty years
past that they were then living
togather and was respected (?) as hus
band and wife that the same 
never was doubted to afficants knowl
edge.  afficant states that they then 
many children that was
grown and several married at
the time the affiant became acqu
ainted with them         his
		Mashack X Green
Sworn to and sub}         mark
scribed the date}
above before me}
Thomas S Lea}
Justice of the peace}
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	Morgan Courthouse Ten
	January 30.  1841
Sir,	Enclosed is the affidavet of Mrs
Polly Brown and her husband
David Brown, of  (illegible)
County Tennessee in  support 
of the claim of Mrs Sibby Reed
of Bledsoe County Tennessee
she being the widow of Lovett
Reed deceased   you are requested
to file the Enclosed affidavit
and the annexed Record with
her other papers.  I will state
that I have a knowledge that 
Mrs Polly Brown is the 6th
child of Sibby and Lovett
and that she has ten childre
=n living  I have been acquainted 
with the said Brown upward
of sixteen years but knew not
untel lately that she Polly
Brown was the daughter of 
said Sibby and Lovett I kn
ow that said  Polly Brown
is understood and reported
to be older than her husband
the said David Brown
	I mention these things
to put the case as clearly before
you as I can,   I am unadvised 
of any other testimony in her
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case further than that there is a
traditionary account in the 
neighborhood of the Reeds that
their oldest child was born the
day after the Guilford Battle
I am  confident that the family
of Henry Reed and Polly Br
own as being said to be the 5th 
and 6th child of Lovett and
Sibby is convincing to me of the con
sistency of their Statements
	With due Respect
	I have the honor to
	be your humble
	servt
		R A Dabney
J L Edwards Esqr
     Washington City DC
     Pension office
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	Morgan C H Ten
	January 8th 1840
Sir,  Enclosed is the affidavit of
Samuel Howard of this 
County  in support of the 
Claim of Mrs Sibby Reed
to a Pension under the Law
of Congress passed 4 July 1836
The Family record of the witness
is annexed showing the witness
to have been Born in 1780 and 
giving a detail of his acquaint
ance, with the applicant and 
her children.  I will suggest that
I know of several, persons that
have been acquainted with the 
said deceased Pensioner and 
his widow and children every since
1817 that will Depose substantially
would depose to the facts as stated
by Howard the Witness there is 
an understanding (illegible)
as I believe, with all the intimate
family acquaintance that the
oldest child of said Sibby & Lovett
that their oldes child was born
the day after the noted Guilford
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Battle   I know myself that Henry
Reed. (whom I understand from
undoubted sources to be the 5th
child of said Sibby) has children
that have Family   I have to request
that you will examine the case
and report to me
		Your humble servt
		Robert A Dabney
J L Edwards
   Washington City DC}
   War Dept}
   Pension office}
Page 54

(envelope)
Morgan C H Tn
Jan 11 1841
Ten (illegible)
Sibby Reed
James L Edwards Esq
Washington City DC
} War Dept
} Pension office
Page 55

	Morgan courthouse
	Tennessee
	Januray 30th 1841
Sir, Enclosed is the affidavit
of Edmund G Kington
Relative to the claim of
Mrs Sibby Reed of Bledsoe
County Tennessee.  she 
being the widow of Lovett
Reed deceased Pensioner
I have frowarded to your
her Declaration under
the act of July 4, 1836
and other papers &c Rel
ative to her claim
	In her behalf I
	have the honor to
	b your most obt
	   servt &c
	R A Dabney
JL Edwards
   Pension office
   Washington city DC
Page 56

State of Tennessee}
Bledsoe County} SS
	On this the sixteenth day of April 
A.D. one thousand eithg hundred and fifty one, before me
personally appeared Sibby   Reed and made on their 
due form of said that she is the widow of Lovett Reed
who was a revolutionary Pensioner, at the rate of 
seventy three Dollars and thirty three and one third cents
per Annum   that she has drawn a Pension since his 
death at the rate of Thirty six Dollars and Sixty
Six and two third cents per annum and is said a
Pensioner under the Act of                        that she
now asks for all (illegible) increase of Pension to which
She may be found entitled to under any of the acts
and (illegible) of Congress  applicable to her case.  Viz
7th July 1838.  3rd March 1843   17th June 18(?) Joint
Resolution of 23rd of January 1845 and 1st of July 1848
and all other subsequent Acts and Resolutions
that she now resides in said County and State
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of
April  A.D. 1837	(illegible)
James Walker     Walter S (illegible)  }      her
Justice of the peace    John Jourgie  Sibby x Reed
                                                                        mark
State of Tennessee}
Bledsoe County}     On this the 16th day of April
A.D. 1851  Personally appeared before me the undersigned
an Acting Justice of the peace for the county and state
aforesaid.  Samuel Brown and William Soden who
are credible and distinguished(?) witnesses   State on their oath
that from their personal acquaintance with Sibby Reed and Lovett
Reed that she is the person she presents to be wife to a person of
respectability under whose statements full (illegible) may be placed
James Walker}  test		Samule Brown (his mark)
Justice of the peace}   Clk (illegible)		William (illegible)
Page 57

Know all men by these presents that I 
Sibby Reed of the County of Bledsoe and State of
Tennessee have this day appointed
                       of                       my tru and
lawfull attorney for me and in my name to prosecute
my claim for  any amount that may be found
due me from the government of the United
States as the widow of Lovett Reed herby satifying 
(illegible) my said attorney may lawfully do about
the matter and as full and ample a manner
as I could do were I present and doing and 
acting for myself   Given under my hand and
seal this 16th day of April A D 1831             her
Test					Sibby Reed
John Hargel				       mark
Walter S Rhea
Page 58

State of Tennessee}
Bledsoe County}	I James S Pankey clerk of
the county court in and for the county & state
above mentioned do hereby certy that James
Walker whose genuine signature appears
to the foregoing declaration affadavit & power
of attorney is and was at the time of signing
the same in acting Justice of the Peace in and for the
county & state duly commissioned and sworn
on the 16th day of March 1848, which commission
continues until 16th day of March 1854, and
that all his official acts as such are entitled to
full faith and credit and that the aforesaid
county court is a court of record.
			Given under my hand and
			seal of office at Pikeville
			this 23 the day of April 1851.
			   James S Panky clerk of
			   Bledsoe County court
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State of Tennessee}
(illegible) County} SS.
	on this the 29th day of January
1841.  Personally appeared before me
Thomas S Lea Justice of the peace
in and for said County, Edmund
G Kington. whose statements are
Entitled to full credit, and on his
oath states that he has a kn
owledge that Polly Brown wife
of David Brown of Fentress(?)
County Tennessee is the sixth
child of Sibby reed of Bledsoe
County Tennessee this affiant
knows from family acquaint
ance and traditionary accou
nt of the family of the Reeds
and Browns, affiant also 
states that he has seen eight
of the children of said Polly
Brown. and has convincing 
evidence that she has two more
making ten living and he has
Every reason to believe that report and
(illegible) could afford that
she has had eleven children
born of her body   affiant posi
tively States that from the 
appearance of said Mrs
Polly Brown that he really
would believe that she was
forty five years of age
sworn to before me}
the date above}       Edmund. G. Kington
Thomas S. Lea}
Justice of the peace}
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State of Tennessee}
Morgan County} SS,
	I Samuel P Vaughn clerk
of the county Clerk of the County
court of Morgan aforesaid certify
that Thomas S Lea Esqr whose
signature appears to the foregoing
affidavit is a Justice of the Peace
for said County as therein set forth
and that said signature is his
genuine signature
		In testimony where of
		I have hereunto affixed
		my Seal of office and
		said subscribed my
		name this 29th day
		of January 1841
			Samuel P. Vaughn clerk
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State of Tennessee}
Morgan County}  SS
	on this 29th day of December
1840    personally appeared before me Damul S.
Lavender a gustice of the peace in and for
Morgan aforesaid   Samuel Howard a man of
good charactor after being duly sworn on his
oath makes the following affidavid witness
state that he be came acquanted with
Lovitt Reed and his wife Sibby Reed in the
year of 1817   knows that they was then
living to gether as husband and wife and were
herewith (illegible) witness states Nancy Reed
was sum 2 or 3 years younger than himself
and Henry Reed was then a man off a family
Polly Reed then Polly Brown had several
children not recollected Sibby Reed was
the youngest child of Lovitt Reed and 
his wife Sibby then was about seventy
years old (illegible) hearing said gurl speak
of her older Brother being born in time
the Battle of Gilford said gurl lived
with affiant sum time the (illegible) record
of defeant was writin by James S. Golahor
Sworn to and subscribed}               his
before me on the day and}  Samuel X Howard
year above writin}                           mark
David S Lavender Justice
of the peace for Morgan County
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State of Tennessee}
Morgan County}   SS
	I Samuel P Vaughn
Clerk of the County court of 
Morgan aforesaid certify that
Daniel S Lavander Esqr whose sig
nature appears to the foregoing is
a Justice of the peace as therein set 
forth and that the foregoing sign
atures purporting to be his are genine
	In testimony whereof I have
	hereunto affixed my seal
	of office and subscribed
	my name this 8th day of January AD 1841
		Samule P Vaughn Clerk