Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,601, for Samuel Reed, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York 
Reed, Samuel 
Lucy 

NUMBER 
W. 3.601 
B.L. Wt. 43.512-160-55- 

CONTENTS
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Date of death not on AB

No. 1256 
New York Canandaigua
Lucy Reed widow of Samuel Reed who served in the Revolutionary war, NY as a Private & Corporal 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 March 1848, ending Septr 29th 1863 
Commencing Sept 30th 1865 at $180.00 per annum
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of April 1869 and sent to W. E. Trask 
Examiner 
Present 

[illegible] under joint Re. Feby 18/64
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 7 Vol. H. M. S
[signed] J. N. Smith
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State of New York 
Ontario County SS.  On this 29th day of January 1850 personally appeared before the County Court of the said County of Ontario (said Court being a Court of Record & now in session at Canandaigua in said County) Lucy Reed a resident of the town of Gorham in said County of Ontario, aged Seventy two years in May next - who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed 29th July 1848, that she is the widow of Samuel Reed deceased who was a Soldier Private and Corporal in the Revolutionary war. that her said late Husband, in the line of the Revolution lived in the County of Dutchess State of New York. that she has been informed and believes that her said Husband did service a long time in the Revolution but the precise length of time & under what particular Officers she is not precisely able to state but Relies mainly in the proofs annexed & which she may be able to obtain & attach to this her declaration. 
She further declares that she was Married to her said husband on the 2d day of November in the year 1797. in the town of Coxakie [Coxsackie] in the County of Greene State of New York by a Justice of the peace who was then an old man & who she has not heard from for upwards of fifty years - that declarant is the 2d wife of her said Husband - That she & her husband did not keep a family record & that there is not to her knowledge, information & belief in Existence any Record of the Marriage of her & her said husband in the Public or private - That one Fanny Cook a daughter of her said Husband by his first wife was
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present at the Marriage of her & her said late husband & whose statement thereto will accompany this her declaration - She further declares that her said husband the Samuel Reed died at the town of Gorham in said County of Ontario on the 20th day of February in the year 1813, & that she is now his widow & has remained his widow ever since that time - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that she was married to her said Husband previous to the Second day of January Eighteen Hundred. Viz at the time above Stated - and that she has never before made any application for a pension, and she hereby Relinquishes Every claim to a pension except the present –
[signed] Lucy Reed
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court on the day and year first above written 
& the figures " 2d” & "1797” & the word “November” & “Second”, was written over erasures before Execution – 
[signed] Reuben Murray Jr Clerk of Ontario County 

State of New York
Ontario County ss } I Reuben Murray Jr Clerk of the said County and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mrs Lucy Reed for a Pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County at Canandaigua this 13th day of Sept 1850 
[signed] Reuben Murray Jr Clerk
By John J. Lyon Dep Clerk
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State of New York 
Dutchess County ss.  Ezra Reed a resident of the town of Amenia in said county aged eighty four years, who being first sworn according to law, deposeth and says, that he is a brother of Samuel Reed late of the town of Gorham County of Ontario in said state and late husband of the widow Lucy Reed of said town of Gorham County of Ontario and State of New York, who is now making an application for a pension on account of the revolutionary services of her late husband the said Samuel Reed. And this deponent further says that he well recollects that his said brother Samuel Reed was in the service of the United States as a private soldier in the war of the revolution. Deponent thinks the said Samuel Reed was in the service two or three different times, in the course of two or three different years but deponent cannot remember what length of time he was in said service in said different times. Thinks he was stationed at Fishkill. or was there with other soldiers and officers part of one term. Deponent had another brother Silas Reed, who was also in the service and at this time it is difficult for him to tell when where and how long each served or what different officers they served under, as the services of the two brothers are somewhat blended together in my mind at the present. I being young at the time of their said services. Deponent says that his said brother Samuel Reed removed from this part of the country over forty years ago. and he understood that he died in the town of Gorham County of Ontario in this
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state in the year 1813, and left a widow the said Lucy Reed 
[signed] Ezra Reed
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of March AD 1850 

Columbus Reed Justice of the Peace in and for said County 
In presence of Newton Reed Witness 

County of Duchess ss. I Columbus Reed a Justice of the Peace of the said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ezra Reed who took and subscribed the foregoing affidavit. that he is a man of good moral character, and his statements are entitled to full credit 
[signed] Columbus Reed Justice of the Peace in and for said County
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State of New York, County of Dutchess, ss. 
I, Joseph T. Adriance, Clerk of the County of Dutchess, and of the Courts of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Columbus Reed whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit is a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, duly Elected & Sworn AND FURTHER, That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County and Courts 9th day of April, A.D. 1850 
[signed] Jos. T. Adriance Clerk.
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State of New York 
County of Niagara SS.  Fanny Cook a resident of the town of Hartland in said County aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that she is well acquainted with Lucy Reed of the town of Gorham County of Ontario and State of New York widow of Samuel Reed late of said town that the said Lucy Reed is a step mother of this deponent She being a daughter of Samuel Reed late husband of the said Lucy Reed by a former wife the mother of this deponent having died when deponent was a child her father the said Samuel Reed afterwards married Lucy Towner the present widow of the said Samuel Reed that said marriage took place at the town of Coxsakie [Coxsackie] in the County of Greene State of New York on the 2" day of November 1797. they were married by a Justice of the peace who was then an old man and whose name deponent does not now recollect deponent was present and saw them married and well remembers the event. deponent further says that a few years after the said Marriage of her father the said Samuel Reed to the said Lucy Towner the family her said father and step mother moved into the town of Gorham County of Ontario and State of New York and this deponent went with them and that her father and step mother lived together as man and wife in the said town of Gorham and raised a family of children untill the death of her father the said Samuel Reed late husband of the said Lucy Reed. the said Samuel Reed died at the town of Gorham aforesaid on the 20 day of February 1813 and that the said Lucy Reed has ever since remained his widow and further this deponent says that from her first recollection during the life time of her father the said Samuel
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Reed She has frequently heard him speak of being in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution of being a private soldier and a corporal and of being in the said Service several different terms and different years. 
[signed] Fanny Cook
Subscribed and sworn before me this 30th day of April 1850.
[signed] Wm Wheeler Jr Justice of the Peace of said County – 

Niagara County SS  I William Wheeler a Justice of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Fanny Cook who took and subscribed her name to the foregoing affidavit that she is of good moral character - and her statements on entitled to credit Dated at Hartland April 30th 1850. 
[signed] Wm Wheeler Jr Justice of the peace

State of New York 
Niagara County I Jass McGay Clerk of the County of Niagara and also Clerk of the Courts thereof do hereby certify that William Wheeler Jr above named is subscribed to the above affidavit and certificate was on the 30 day of April 1850 a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized as such and that I believe that his signature so affixed, is his genuine signature being well acquainted with his hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court & County this 7 day of May 1851
[signed] Jass McGay Clerk
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211.616  Act March 3.  Sep. 14. 
Lucy Reed, wid. 
Samuel Reed, Pri. 

Private
N.Y. Mila [Militia]

Revy. War 
Appn. on file for Pension. 

NY Sus
Ad. 160 ac. [illegible]

George C. Ames 
Present

Vol R-41
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DECLARATION FOR WIDOW 
Who has never received Bounty Land. 
State of New York 
County of Cayuga } ss.
On this 18th day of August 1855 personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Lucy Reed aged 77 years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Samuel Reed who served in the Company's commanded by Captain's Westfall in the regiment of New York Militia commanded by Colonel's Wessenfelts and also served under Col Pawlings in 1780 in the war with Great Britain Known as the Revolutionary war and continued in actual service in said war for at least 14 days, and was honorably discharged at --- on the --- day of --- That she has a record & of her said Husbands death a copy of which is filed with her application for a Pension  She further states that she was married the Samuel Reed in Coxsackie N. Y. on or about the 2d day of November A.D. 1797 and that her name before her said marriage Lucy Towner that her said husband died at Goram Ontario Co N.Y. on the 20th day of February A.D. 1813 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act passed the 3d day of March, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for bounty land, under this or any other act of Congress. 
George C. Ames of Washington D.C. is duly authorized to prosecute the claim, and to receive any warrant which may be issued hereon, that for proof of her said marriage & of her said Husbands death reference may be had to the Evidence now of file in the pension office with her application for a Pension 
[signed] Lucy Reed [SEAL] 

AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES 
Personally came Lucy A. Gates and Porter Wethey residents of the County of Ontario & Cayuga in the State aforesaid, who upon oath declare, that they are personally well acquainted with Mrs. Lucy Reed and saw her sign (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow, and that we have no interest in this claim 
[signed] Lucy A Gates [SEAL]
[signed] Porter Wethey  [SEAL]
MAGISTRATES CERTIFICATE 
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, this tenth day of August 1855; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, that I know the witnesses are credible persons, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
[signed] Aaron Murphey J. P. 

STATE OF 
COUNTY OF } ss.  I hereby certify that --- Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this --- day of --- 18
Clerk.
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July 3, 1931 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
EEL 
Mrs. Estella Reed Nobles 
1128 Lathrop Avenue 
Racine, Wisconsin 
Dear Madam: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.3601, that Samuel Reed, while residing in Dutchess County, New York, enlisted and served as a private and corporal in Captain A. Westfall's Company, Colonel Weisenfels' and Pawling's New York Regiment, length of service not stated. 
In 1820, he was living in Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, and in 1803, moved to Ontario County, New York. 
He died February 20, 1813, in Gorham, Ontario County, New York. 
The soldier married November 2, 1797, in Coxsackie, New York, Lucy Towner, who was born in May, 1778. She was his second wife. There are no particulars in regard to his first wife. 
His widow, Lucy, was allowed pension on her application executed January 29, 1850, while residing in Gorham, New York. She was still living in 1869, in Ontario County, New York. 
Fanny Cook, a daughter of the soldier by his first wife, was aged sixty-four years in 1850, and resided in Hartland, Niagara County. New York. Another daughter of the soldier, Polly Clark, made affidavit in support of the claim of Lucy Reed in Ontario County, New York. in 1869. It is not shown whether she was a daughter of the first or second wife. It was stated that the soldier and his second wife, Lucy, raised a family of children, no names are given as of that marriage. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator

[there is a very light handwritten note in the margin]
I used the cert. which the widow gave in the claim for b. l. [bounty land] as it was not pos. to determine from the state record whether that Samuel Reed was the husband of Lucy Reed [illegible]
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. 
3601
[stamped] REJECTED
8666 
P. O.  J 48 NY
Lucy Reed 
Service: widow of Samuel 
Widow Admitted 3.601 
Enlisted: 18 
Discharged: 18 
Application filed: 18
AB [illegible] Oct 3 1852
G [illegible] April 23 1852
Alleges: J Y Bryant Dec 8 & 20 1858
Re-enlisted: 
Attorney: 
P. O.   
Recognized.   Contract.
Cert. of Dis.   Searched for --- 18
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Lucy Reed 
Saml 
Payments to be made semi-annually, to March 4 and Sept. 4, at --- by NY Esq. Pension Agent 
8666 
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book --- Vol. --- Page ---
CLERK.
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[top of form cut off]
month, to commence on the --- day of --- 186 and to continue during life, unless she shall again marry, in which case the pension to her and for the within named children is not payable after the date of such marriage.
Also, there shall be paid to the widow on account of the following named children, to commence July 25, 1866 – 
who will be sixteen years of age 
who will be sixteen years of age 
who will be sixteen years of age 
who will be sixteen years of age
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No. 789 
Lucy Reed widow of Samuel N. Y. 
Let to A.B. Coffin Oct. 3 
G.C. Ames April 23/52
John Y Bryant Dec 8/58 
Same Decr 29/58 

Act 29 July 1848.

43.512-160
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[left side]
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 3601 
Lucy Reed 
Widow 
Samuel Reed 
Pri. & Cor. Rev. War 

Act: July 29, 1848
Index: - Vol. M, Page 153. 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

[right side]
1931. July 3. Hist. to Miss Estella Reed Nobles - EEL
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No. 211616 
ACT OF Mar 3, 1855
Received Sept 14, 1855
Samuel Reed 
Widow Lucy Reed 
Pri. - NY Mil 
War 1812 

Warrant No. 43512 For 160 acres. 

Geo C. Ames 

Present
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State of New York, 
Secretary Office } I hereby certify that it appears from the Military Register of the soldiers belonging to Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, that Samuel Reed was a private in Capt. Van Benschoten’s Company in the Third Regiment; that he enlisted 2d April 1777. Deserted 15 February 1778, joined April 1778, and was discharged 2d April 1780. Dated at Albany Aug. 27, 1850. 
[signed] A. G. Johnson, 
Dep Sec of State,

fees $0.25 paid
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Samuel Reed
Certificate of Service
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[Persons making application at the Comptroller’s or Secretary of State’s Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U.S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and rank held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavelry, or Artillery. &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1781, entitled “An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
1777 October  |  21  |  Samuel Reed private  |  No. of Cert’c issued,  44.958  |  £03 | 03 | 10
1779 November  |  22  |  Samuel Reed private  |  No. of Cert’c issued,  13.442  |  £03 | 06 | 08
1780 November  |  30  |  Samuel Reed Corporal  |  No. of Cert’c issued,  5.701  |  £20 | 06 | 08
1782 Dec  |  26  |  Samuel Reed private  |  No. of Cert’c issued,  4.227  |  £20 | 19 | 06
£ 47|16 |06
State of New-York
Comptroller’s Office, Albany November 22d 1849.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1.2.3.9 now remaining in his office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz: 
1st under Capt. David Stowell in Col. Wm Williams Regiment 
2nd Noah Wheeler Roswell Hopkins 
3d Abm Westfall  Albert Pawling 
4th Abm Westfall  F. Wessenfels

I have examined the records for the service of Samuel Reed and find four entries, as above, amounting to £47.16.06
[signed] John Hancock Examining Clerk.   [signed] Philip Phelps Dep Comptroller.
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Increase
Brief in the Case of Lucy Reed Widow Samuel Reed Private and Corporal Rev War  Gorham Ontario County and State of New York 
Act July 29. 1845 
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE Mr. [illegible] Rec Feb 18 1867 
PROOF EXHIBITED, 
Pension allowed under act July 29 1848 at $80 per Ann 
Claim increase be provided in first Resolution of Feb 18. 1867, 
Admitted to [illegible] April 12,1864 at $1800 per annum to commence Sep 30, 1865.
[signed] W E Trask  Examining Cler .

Name and residence of Agent. 
Wm. Helmick 
Present
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Wash D.C. 
April 6. 1869.
Sir
In the matter of the claim of Lucy Reed, widow of Samuel Reed, who was a soldier in the war of the revolution I desire to state, at the request of friends and relatives of the claimant that I have frequently conversed with the parties and heard the whole history of the family and am fully convinced that the claim is just and should be allowed. The family were all in the war of the revolution and deserve in my estimation great consideration. 
Very respectfully 
[signed] John M. Malony 

Hon C C Cox 
Commr. of Pensions
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Revolutionary Widow Lucy Reed wid Samuel Reed 
Power of Atty 

Wm Helmick 
Atty
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Department of the Interior.
Pension Office.
Washington D.C. March 25 1869 
Hon C. C. Cox 
Com of Pension 
Sir
I herewith hand you a power of Atty from Lucy Reed wid of Samuel, who is the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier and is now 91 years of age She Case in a plain one. She having been married Bounty Land for the services of her husband As she is aged, please give it immediate action 
Respectfully &c
[signed] Wm Helmick Atty
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[only visible mark on page is a stamp, only legible part of date is] Jun
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June 21st 1868 
Stanley Corners Ontario Co NY 
Sir
I beg leave to call your attention to the claim for Pension of Lucy Reed Widow of Samuel Reed a Soldier of the war of the revolution NY troops many years ago a claim was made for pension and bounty land but the old lady has never received either though a Land warrant was issued to her I learn no 43572, but was fraudulently assigned and has been Located and patented per report of the Land office - the old Lady & is I believe justly entitled to a pension for the services of her husband but she does not know how to proceed to prove her claim and the claim having been neglected so many years she does not know its present condition Mrs Reed very old and will not live many
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years and if a pension is to be granted it should be done now. She has been cheated out of the Land now the Dept has recognized his services as a Soldier in giving her land and why can not a pension be granted on the same evidence if it is possible to grant the pension. you would confer a benefit on the old Lady. she is now old and growing childish She remembers very clearly and correctly the events of her early life when this country was a wilderness She has resided here all her life. She is a relative of mine and has often desired me to write in her behalf it would be useless for me to appeal to the many considerations that should induce the office to settle her claim at an early date please address me at this
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office and inform me why the claim was not allowed, or address Mrs Reed under cover to me 
being respecfully, 
[signed] W H Huson
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington 
D.C.
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Gorham Sept 17, 1850 
J L Edwards Esq 
Dear Sir I herewith send you the application and papers of the widow Lucy Reed of this town you will please examine them and advise me on the subject the earliest opportunity 
Respectfully yours
[signed] A B Coffeen 
Gorham 
Ontario County 
New York 

Hon J L Edwards 
Washington 
D.C.
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Washington January 17. 1832 
James E Heath Esq 
Sir 
Enclosed you will find Power of attorney and some additional evidence in the case of Lucy Reed, widow of Samuel Reed, an applicant for the benefit of the act of 2d February 1848, from New York,
 Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Sent 
[signed] Geo. C. Ames
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Washington City 
Decr. 2nd 1858
Sir 
I enclose to you herewith further testimony, in support of the Revolutionary pension claim of Mrs. Lucy Reed, widow of Samuel Reed, Private, Capt. Van Bunscholin’s Co. 3d Regt. N. York.
If the enclosures are sufficient, please issue & enclose to me the Certificate of Pension; if not, advise as to what further testimony is requisite 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obedt Servt
[signed] John Y. Bryant 

Hon: Geo: C. Whiting 
Commr. of Pensions.
P.S.  Mrs. Reed as above recd a Bounty land Warrant, on or about February 1857. 
J.Y.B.
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State of New York 
County of Cayuga } ss.
On this 10th day of August A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid Harvey H Stone resident of Goram in the county of Ontario and State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say 
That he was well acquainted with Samuel Reed and Lucy Reed his wife of Ontario County N.Y. That said Samuel Reed came from Coxsackie Green County N. Y. to Ontario County N.Y. that this deponent became acquainted with said Samuel Reed on or about the year A.D. 1800. That said Samuel Reed for the reputation of having been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War 
That on or about the year A.D. 1806 said Samuel Reed removed from Coxsackie aforesaid to Ontario County N.Y. and that this deponent removed from the same place to Ontario County in the year A.D. 1809 That when he arrived at Ontario County Said Samuel Reed was living in the town of Goram in said Ontario County and living and cohabiting together with said Lucy Reed as husband & wife and that they bore the reputation of Husband and wife. And when this deponent arrived at Ontario County as aforesaid Said Samuel & Lucy Reed had three or four Children and afterwards had more children, and that they continued living and cohabiting together as Husband and wife until the time of the death of said Samuel Reed who died in Goram aforesaid on or about the
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State of New York 
County of Cayuga } ss.
On this 10th day of August A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid Harvey H Stone resident of Goram in the county of Ontario and State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say 
That he was well acquainted with Samuel Reed and Lucy Reed his wife of Ontario County N.Y. That said Samuel Reed came from Coxsackie Green County N. Y. to Ontario County N.Y. that this deponent became acquainted with said Samuel Reed on or about the year A.D. 1800. That said Samuel Reed for the reputation of having been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War 
That on or about the year A.D. 1806 said Samuel Reed removed from Coxsackie aforesaid to Ontario County N.Y. and that this deponent removed from the same place to Ontario County in the year A.D. 1809 That when he arrived at Ontario County Said Samuel Reed was living in the town of Goram in said Ontario County and living and cohabiting together with said Lucy Reed as husband & wife and that they bore the reputation of Husband and wife. And when this deponent arrived at Ontario County as aforesaid Said Samuel & Lucy Reed had three or four Children and afterwards had more children, and that they continued living and cohabiting together as Husband and wife until the time of the death of said Samuel Reed who died in Goram aforesaid on or about the
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State of New York 
County of Cayuga } ss.
On this 10th day of August A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid Harvey H Stone resident of Goram in the county of Ontario and State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say 
That he was well acquainted with Samuel Reed and Lucy Reed his wife of Ontario County N.Y. That said Samuel Reed came from Coxsackie Green County N. Y. to Ontario County N.Y. that this deponent became acquainted with said Samuel Reed on or about the year A.D. 1800. That said Samuel Reed for the reputation of having been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War 
That on or about the year A.D. 1806 said Samuel Reed removed from Coxsackie aforesaid to Ontario County N.Y. and that this deponent removed from the same place to Ontario County in the year A.D. 1809 That when he arrived at Ontario County Said Samuel Reed was living in the town of Goram in said Ontario County and living and cohabiting together with said Lucy Reed as husband & wife and that they bore the reputation of Husband and wife. And when this deponent arrived at Ontario County as aforesaid Said Samuel & Lucy Reed had three or four Children and afterwards had more children, and that they continued living and cohabiting together as Husband and wife until the time of the death of said Samuel Reed who died in Goram aforesaid on or about the
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month of February A.D. 1813 and left the said Lucy Reed his widow him surviving who still remains his widow and resides in Goram aforesaid 
That this deponent was an administrator upon the Estate of said Samuel Reed 
[signed] Harvey H. Stone 

Sworn & Subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid before me & I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable person & that I have no interest in the result of this case & am not concerned in its prosecution 
[signed] Aaron Murphey 
Notary Public
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State of New-York, 
Cayuga County Clerk's Office, } SS. I, EDWIN B. MARVIN, Clerk of the County of Cayuga and of the Courts of Record thereof do hereby certify, that Aaron Murphey Esq., was at the time of taking the annexed affidavit, a Notary Public in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the foregoing Jurat is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of said county, this 8 day of September 1855 
[signed] E.B. Marvin Clerk
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1128 Lathrop Ave 
Racine, Wis.
May 18, 1931. 
[stamped US Pension Office MAY 20 1931]
Pension Bureau 
Dept D A R 
Washington DC 
Gentlemen:
I am very much interested in learning whether my ancestors were any of them in the War of the Revolution, and will appreciate if you can give me any information 
Eliakim Reed was born September 18, 1725 at Norwalk Conn and died October 28, 1810 at Amenia New York. He was married on June 16, 1748 to one Sarah Richards 
They had several children, one of whom, Samuel, was born February 20. 1760 in Norwalk Conn.
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2. 
and was married to one Mary Fairchilds on March 17, 1785, and after her death to Lucy Towner, on November 2, 1797. 
Samuel died Nov. 20. 1813 at Reed’s Corners New York.
If you can give me any information in regard in these Two men, as to whether they were in the Revolutionary War or not I will be very grateful.
I am enclosing a stamped addressed envelope, for your reply 
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Estella Reed Nobles

[stamped US pension Office May 20 1931]
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Power of Attorney. 
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Lucy Reed of the county of Ontario and State of New York have constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint [?] Y. Bryant Esq. my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name to receive from the United States, the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, or Pension Certificate, and all such sum or sums of money due me on account of arrears of pay, three months extra pay, forage, mileage, for horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service, expenses incurred, or money expended for organizing volunteer companies before being mustered into the service of the United States, or any money or moneys which may be due me by the United States on any account whatsoever, make examinations, take charge of my claim on the suspended files, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purpose aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done, in and about the premises; and I hereby revoke and make null and void all and singular, any and all powers of attorney heretofore made and executed by me, for any of the purposes aforesaid. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and seal, this Sixteenth day of November 1858
[signed] Lucy Reed
Novr 16 1858
ACKNOWLEDGED and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Ontario and State of New York A. D. 1858
[signed] J G Hollowell Justice of the peace in & for said Co of Ontario

State of New York
County of Ontario } to wit:
I hereby certify that J G Hollowell Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and power of attorney were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature hereto is genuine. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of the County Court for the County aforesaid, this Seventh day of November 1858 
[signed] Fred A Lyon Dep Clk Ont Co
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[stamped]
Department of the Interior Pension Office Mar [date unclear] 1869
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County of Ontario
State of N York 
Know all men by these presents that I Lucy Reed widow of Saml Reed, who is an applicant for a Revolution Pension, for the service of her said husband, do hereby constitute & appoint J A Linch of the City of Washington DC [illegible] & lawyer attorney in my name to prosecute my claim to pension as aforesaid with power of substitution & I hereby ratify & confirm all the lawfull [illegible] of my said attorney a substitute 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23d day March 1869, 
[signed] Lucy Reed X her mark  [illegible]
S McPherson 
Mason H Reed Witness present 

On this 23d day of March 1869 before me the [illegible]
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A Justice of the Peace in and of the County of Ontario & State of New York personally appeared Mrs. Lucy Reed a person who acknowledge in the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act & deed.
In witness whereof he hereunto set my hand seal the day & year [illegible] written and I have no interest in same Clare to Pension after I have explained the [illegible] to her
[signed] S McPherson Justice of the peace [illegible]

State of New York, 
ONTARIO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
CANANDAIGUA. } I,  FREDERICK W. PRINCE, Clerk of the County of Ontario, of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Court of Record, having a common seal, do certify, that S. McPherson Esq., was at the date of the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe that the signature to said Jurat is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and of said Courts, this 23d day of March A.D. 1869
[signed] Fredk W. Prince  Clerk.
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Know all men by these present that I, S. A. Pough, (named in the Power of Atty hereunto annexed) do hereby constitute and appoint [illegible] Holmick of the City of Washington, my attorney in the within case as substitute & I do hereby notify & empower all his lawfull acts in the premises, 
In testimony &c here hereunto set my hand & seal this 24 day March 1869 
City & County of Washington, District of Columbia [signed] S. A.  Pough {seal}
Personally appeared before me John F.Calland a Notary Public in & for the County aforesaid Saml A Pugh the person who signed the above power Atty. & acknowledged the same to be his act & deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 24 day March 1869.
[signed] John F Calland
Notary Public
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Brief in the case of Lucy Reed Widow of Samuel Reed Private and Corporal in the Revolutionary War 
Gorham Ontario County and State of New York 
Act. July 29th 1818
Claim for Pension 
Claimant allege that her husband Samuel Reed was a soldier in the war of the revolution and died Feb 20 1813. that she was married to him Nov 2, 1797 and has remained a widow since 
Ezra Reed brother of the soldier testifies to the service of his brother and he left a widow, Lucy Reed the claimant.
Fanny Cook a daughter of the soldier by a former wife certifies to being present at the marriage of her father with the claimant - that they lived together as man and wife until his death Feb 20 1813. 
Henry Cook testified to the claimant being the widow of the soldier Samuel Reed.
Dep Sec State of New York certifies that it appears from the Military Register of the soldier belonging to the continental Line of the Army of the Revolution that Samuel Reed was a private in Capt Van [illegible, Rancholis?] Co & Regt Enlisted Ap 2. 1777 deserted Feb 18 1778. Joined April 1778 and discharged 2d Apr 1780.
The Comptroller of the State of New York, reports the pay to Samuel Reed at different times of 47£ 16.6
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Claimant was allowed a land warrant for 160 Acres Sep 11. 1856 – 43.512 
Claimant is now 92 years of age 
Abigail Goodwin also testifies 
Admitted April 6. 1869 to a pension at $80.00 pr annum to commence March 4, 1848, Ending Sep 29. 1865.  [illegible initials]
[signed] Wm Helmick 
Attorney 
Present
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[Persons making application at the Comptroller’s or Secretary of State’s Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U.S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and rank held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavelry, or Artillery. &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1781, entitled “An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
82 December | 26 | Samuel Reed private | No. of Cert’c issued, 4027 | £20 | 19 | 6
80 November | 30 | Samuel Reed Corporal | No. of Cert’c issued, 5701 | £20 | 6 | 8
79 November | 22 | Samuel Reed private | No. of Cert’c issued, 13442 | £3 | 6 | 8
77 October | 21 | Samuel Reed private | No. of Cert’c issued, 44958 | £3 | 3 | 10

State of New-York
Comptroller’s Office, Albany Augt 26 1850
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. --- now remaining in his office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
1st under Capt. Abm Westfall in Col. F. Wessenfels Regiment
2nd Abm Westfall   Albert Pawlings
3d Noah Wheeler   Roswell Hopkins’
4th David Stowell    Wm Williams

I have examined the records for the service of Samuel Reed and find four entries, as above, amounting to £47.16.8
[signed] A W See Examining Clerk. [signed] Philip Phelps Dep Comptroller.
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State of New York 
County of Cayuga } ss.  Lucy Reed of the County of Ontario being duly sworn says that she made application for a pension under the act of February 2d 1848 as the widow of Samuel Reed & that her claim has not been allowed 
[signed] Lucy Reed
Subscribed & sworn to the 27th day of October 1851 before me 
[signed] Harvey Heath Justice Peace 
Know all men by these presents that I Lucy Reed of Ontario County N.Y. do hereby constitute & appoint George C. Ames Esqr my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name to ask for a reexamination of the papers filed in support of my claim to a pensions & to establish my claim to said Pension 
Witness my hand & seal the 27th day of October 1851 
[signed] Lucy Reed
In presence of [signed] H. Heath 

State of New York 
County of Cayuga } On this 27th day of October 1851 before me came Lucy Reed above named & acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act & deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned 
[signed] Harvey Heath Justice Peace 
State of New York 
County of Cayuga } ss.  Abigail Goodwin of the County of Ontario aged Seventy Eight years being duly sworn says that she became acquainted with Samuel Reed & his wife Lucy Forty nine years ago that the said Samuel Reed had the reputation of having been a soldier in the war of the Revolution & that as she has understood the said Lucy Reed has made application for a pension as the widow of the said Samuel Reed 
[signed] Abigail Goodwin
Subscribed & sworn to this 27th day of October 1851 before me & I certify that the above named Abigail Goodwin is a credible person 
[signed] Harvey Heath Justice Peace
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State of New York 
County of Cayuga } ss.  I certify that Harvey Heath before whom the within affidavits & acknowledgement were taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Cayuga & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal at Auburn this 13th day of January 1852 
[signed] E B Cobb  Clerk

Lucy Reed Case
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Special
AW
A C E

Lucy Reed widow of Samuel Revolutionary War

[stamped Department of the Interior Pension Office Apr 12 1869]
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State of New York
Ontario County 
On this ninth day of April AD 1864 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths, Lucy Reed of the town of Gorham in said County and State above written who being duly sworn according to law [illegible, deposeth and says?] that she is the widow of Samuel Reed a soldier of the Army of the revolution and that she is still the widow and that she is not remarried  She makes this declaration to revise the claim and to [illegible, obtain?] the benefit of the Joint [illegible] of Congress approved February 18, 1864 as she was married to her husband prior to the year 1800  She also declares she has always been loyal to the government
[signed] Lucy Reed X her mark
W H Huson
Musen {?} [illegible]

Sworn and subscribed before me this ninth day of April AD 1864 and I certify that the affiant is the person she represents herself to be
[signed] S McPherson Justice of the peace in said County of Ontario
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Also appeared before me at the same time some Marinus Reed and William H Huson who being duly sworn declared each for himself that they know Lucy Reed and have known her for more than 20 years and know the history of the family and have every reason to believe from what have repeatedly heard that she that she is the widow of Samuel Reed who was a Revolutionary soldier, and further they believe that Samuel Reed was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and have been repeatedly told so by the family and have never heard it questioned
[signed] Muson H Reed   W H Huson

Also at the same time personally appeared Polly Clark who being duly sworn says that she is the daughter of Samuel Reed who was a soldier of the Revolution, and has frequently heard her father speak of his service in the revolutionary war where she was a child of his sleeping on the ground exposed to the weather and having[?] the impression he served until the close of the war.
[signed] Polly Clark
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 7th day of June A.D. 1869
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And I certify that the witnesses are respectable and entitled to credit
[signed] S McPherson Justice of the peace in said County of Ontario

Know by all men by these present that I Lucy Reed of Gorham in the county of Ontario state of New York do hereby constitute and appoint ----- my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for pension hereby empowering him to do all lawful acts necessary to effect the object of this appointment
[signed] Lucy Reed X her mark
[signed] Wm H Huson  John M [illegible, Malay?]
Subscribed and sworn  [illegible] by said Lucy Reed before me this 7th day of June 1869 and in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
[signed] S McPherson Justice of the peace in said County of Ontario