Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21939, for David Reynolds, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn
R.I.

Reynolds, David

NUMBER
S.21939

CONTENTS
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David Reynolds
No. 4
No 2.939

Return to be made to Wm Dyer Esq Moosop [Moosup] Post Office Plainfield Connecticut
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF WINDHAM, SS. Plainfield August 3rd 1832 
On this 3rd day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of the County of Windham aforesaid, now sitting, David Reynolds a resident of the town of Plainfield in the County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 74 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: 1st Term of Service, [illegible] he resided on the 1st day of July 1775 & had previously in the town of Killingly [illegible] the State of Connecticut & having previously enlisted under a Lieut who did not [illegible] the service & understanding that he was not to be called upon & being resolved enter the service of his Country, he proceeded to Coventry in the State of R Island where he enlisted, and immediately entered the service of the United States for the term of six months, Under Lieut Thomas Sweet of West Greenwich in R Island & Ensign Timothy Locke that he with a Company enlisted at the same time [illegible] to East Greenwich in R Island to draw equipage from which place he with [illegible] Company under said Sweet & Locke were sent to Block Island where they remained till November following when he with the said Company was ordered and removed to Boston and joined a regiment on Prospect hill having been met at Cambridge by the Colonel and other Officers the names of which he cannot recollect he being sick much of the short time, while at Boston and that he was verbally discharged on the last day of December of the year 1775 
Second term Service - That he resided in Killingly in said County in the month of May 1776 at which time he enlisted in a Company under the command of Capt John Dixon of Sterling in said County for the term of Seven months and immediately marched to Norwich in the State of Connecticut where he; being under the command of Lieut Abram Shepard of said Plainfield by whom he was enlisted, went on board a vessel for New York, at which place he joined a regiment under the command of Colonel Comfort Sage of Middletown Connecticut, Lieutenant Colonel Russel and Major Buel, after remaining at New York for some time he with the Brigade under the command of General Wadsworth was sent to Governours Island where he remained about nine days during which time he assisted to build a fort, after which he with the Regiment returned to New York, and after a short time retreated to White Plains, at the battle of which he was & heard General Washington give orders to General Wadsworth "to reserve his fire will every shot would tell, as one shot well placed was worth a thousand at random", and that he served till the 25th day of December 1776 and was verbally discharged- 
3- Third term of service, That he resided in Killingly aforesaid in the month of January 1777 at which time he enlisted for fifteen months into a Company under the command of Capt John Carr and Lieut James Potter in a regiment under the command of Colonel Crary during which time of service General Prescott was taken off R Island by a party under the command of Capt Barton; Lieutenant James Potter being one of the party, and that he went with Lieut Potter to the [illegible]
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fifteen months into a Company under the command of Capt John Carr and Lieut James Potter in a regiment under the command of Colonel Crary during which time of service General Prescott was taken off R Island by a party under the command of Capt Barton; Lieutenant James Potter being one of the party, and that he went with Lieut Potter to the Coast, being his waiter, when the party left the shore for Rhode Island. That he served fifteen months  was verbally discharged in April 1778- 
Fourth term of service 4- That in the early part of the summer of 1779 he resided in Killingly aforesaid at which time he entered the service in the militia as a substitute for Samuel Grosvener of said Killingly and and [sic] marched to New London where he served two months and was discharged- 
Fifth term of service 5th- That in the month of August 1779 he resided in said Killingly at which time he volunteered into a Company of Militia under the command of Capt David Cady of said Killingly and marched to the Island of Rhode Island at which time the British troops were at Newport, and that he served one month and was dismissed-
Sixth time of service- 6- That in the year 1781 he resided in Coventry in the State of Rhode Island where he was drafted and served in the militia in a
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Company under the command of Lieut Clark Parker, the Captain being sick, for one month at Newport and was dismissed. 
1st The first term of service for six months he can prove Daniel Rice of Coventry in Rhode Island and he knows of no other person by whom he can prove it- 
2nd The second term for seven months he can prove by Benjamin Williams of Sterling & Oliver Spaulding of Killingly in Connecticut and he knows of know [no] other person by whom he can prove it- 
3rd Third term of service for fifteen months, he cannot prove by any man living, but refers for proof to the depositions of Laban Bennet and Jenks Harrington taken by Obed Perkins in Coverty in the State of Rhode Island and which he supposes now remain on file in the war office as they were forwarded by Judge Bolles of Windham County, for him some years since he having and applied for a Pension but failed on account of his services being in the State troops- he can likewise prove by Daniel Fairman that he was in said fifteen months service but not the particulars 4th Fourth term of service for two months as a substitute for Samuel Grosvener he can prove by Daniel Fairman 
5th 6th The fifth and sixth terms of service he cannot prove by any man living as he knows of no man living that was with him or that knew of the service
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 
STATE OF CONNECTICUT 
COUNTY OF WINDHAM, SS. Plainfield August 3rd 1832 
On this 3rd day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of the County of Windham aforesaid, now sitting, David Reynolds a resident of the town of Plainfeild in the County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 74 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated 1st Term of Service, [illegible] he resided on the 1st day of 1st day of July 1775 & had previously in the town of Killingly [illegible] the State of Connecticut & having previously enlisted under a Lieut who did not [illegible] the service & understanding that he was not to be called upon & being resolved enter the service of his County, he proceeded to Coventry in the State of R Island 

his services being in the State troops- he can likewise prove by Daniel Fairman that he was in said fifteen months service but not the particulars 
4th Fourth term of service for two months as a substitute for Samuel Grosvener he can prove by Daniel Fairman 
5th 6th The fifth and sixth terms of service he cannot prove by any man living as he knows of no man living that was with him or that knew of the service

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
The following interrogatories were by said Court propounded to said applicant, viz:- 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
I was born in Coventry in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1758- 
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? 
I have no record of my age 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
I was living in Killingly in said Windham County when called into service [illegible] have lived in said Killingly and said Coventry till the last four years I have lived in said Plainfield 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
I enlisted three times, first for six months, second for seven, third for fifteenth months, and was a substitute for two months, a volunteer one month drafted for one month 
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 service. Generals Washington, Putnam, Spencer, Sullivan, Wadsworth & General Green; Colonels, Green Crary & Tyler - was in Colonel Sage's Regiment & Crary's Regiment- 
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
I never received a written discharge 
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 in your services as a soldier of the revolution. 
Elder Nathaniel Cole and Pierce Parkhurst- 
David Reynolds
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Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut. 
We Nathaniel Cole a clergyman, residing in the town of Plainfield in said Windham County, and Pierce Parkhurst residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Reynolds who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 74 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.
Nathaniel Cole
Pierce Parkhurst
Sworn, and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut 
Attest Armin Bolles Clerk 
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 Nathaniel Cole who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Plainfield and that Pierce Parkhurst who signed the same is a resident in the said town of Plainfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Attest Armin Bolles Clerk 
I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Reynolds for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 3rd day of August A.D. 1832 
Armin Bolles Clerk 

David Reynolds 
No. 4
No 2.939

Return to be made to Wm Dyer Esq Moosop [Moosup] Post Office Plainfield Connecticut
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David Reynolds

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I was acquainted with him for as long time as twenty years before he went to Connecticut 
Obed Perkins

Kent Sc at Coventry this 28th of April AD 1837 Sworn to and Subscribed before me and I further Certify that I am acquainted With the said Obed Perkins and that he is a Credible Witness 
George Vaughn Justice Peace 
State of Rhode Island &c- 
Kent Sc- Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas- 
I Certify that George Vaughn Esqr is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Coventry in said County of Kent, that the annexed is his proper signature in his own hand writing, and that full faith & credence is and ought to be given to all his official acts- 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at East Greenwich this twenty third day of May in the year AD 1837 
Jerh. S Slocum Clk
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I David Reynolds Now residing in Coventry in the County of Kent & State of RhodeIsland [Rhode Island] on oath declare that for Seven years Previous to March 1836 I Lived and resided in the Town of Plainfield in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut and while residing in sd. Plainfield I made Application for a Pension as being a Revolutionary Soldier in the Company comanded [commanded] by Capt John Carr in Col Crarys Regiment And Obtained a Certificate empowering me to draw Eighty dollars per year Semi Annually at Hartford by the Agent for paying Pensions in the State of Connecticut and I have drawn at said office since 1831 up to September AD 1836 And the Reason why I have not drawn on the Last March Term in the said State of Connecticut I Chose to live in the Town of Coventry in the County of Kent & State of Rhodisld [Rhode Island] among my friends & acquaintances that being My Native Place I now therefore Request that the drawing of my Said Pension may be Transfered [transferred] from the Agency of the State of Connecticut to that of the agency of the State of Rhodeisland [Rhode Island] as it will be for Greatly to my conveaniance [convenience] in old age I am now seventy seven years of age 
Coventry April 28th AD 1837 
David his X mark Reymonds
attest Obed Perkins 

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 
County of Kent Sc at Coventry on this 28th day of April AD 1837 Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in said Town of Coventry in sd County Personally Appeared David Reynolds who on his Oath Declares that he is the same
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Person Who formerly Belonged to Captain John Carrs Company in the Regiment Commanded by Col Crary in the Service of the United States that his name was Placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Connecticut from Whence he has lately removed ["to" crossed out] that he Now Resides in Coventry in said County of Kent Where he intends to remain and Wishes his Pension Payable in RhodeIsland [Rhode Island] in future. The following are the reasons why he Removed from Connecticut to Rhode Island. The Latter State is his Native State and he preferred to live in his Native Town before any other in his old age 
David his X mark Reynolds 

Kent Sc At Coventry aforesaid this 28th day of April AD 1837 Subscribed & Sworn to By the Aforesaid David Reynolds Before me 
George Vaughn Justice Peace 

I Obed Parkins of Coventry in the County of Kent and State of Rhodeisland [Rhode Island] being now fifty two years of Age on oath do Certify and Say that I am well acquainted with David Reynolds who(?) has signed the preceeding [preceding] application, he is the same person Who had a Pension Granted to him While Living in the State of Connecticut And he has recently Removed from said State into Coventry his Native Town And Lives within half of a Mile from where I Live
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I was acquainted with him for as long time as twenty years before he went to Connecticut 
Obed Perkins 

Kent Sc at Coventry this 28th of April AD 1837 Sworn to and Subscribed before me and I further Certify that I am acquainted With the said Obed Perkins and that he is a Credible Witness 
George Vaughn Justice Peace 

State of Rhode Island &c- 
Kent Sc- Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas- I Certify that George Vaughn Esqr is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Coventry in said County of Kent, that the annexed is his proper signature in his own hand writing, and that full faith & credence is and ought to be given to all his official acts- 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at East Greenwich this twenty third day of May in the year AD 1837 Jerh. S Slocum Clk
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August 11, 1930

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
EEL. [illegible]

Mrs. A. C. Reppier [Rippier]
413 Third Street 
Brooklyn, New York 

Dear Madam:  
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.21939, that David Reynolds was born in 1758, in Coventry, Rhode Island. 
In 1775, while residing in Killingly, Connecticut, he went to Coventry, Rhode Island, and enlisted there July 1, 1775, served as a private under Lieutenant Sweet in the Rhode Island Troops and was discharged December 1, 1775. 
He enlisted in May, 1776, served as a private in Captain John Dixon's Company, Colonel Comfort Sage's Connecticut Regiment, was at the battle of White Plains and was discharged December 25, 1776. 
He enlisted in January, 1777, served as a private in Captain John Carr's Company, Colonel Crary's Rhode Island Regiment, a part of the time as waiter to Lieutenant James Potter, was in General Spencer's Rhode Island expedition and was discharged in April, 1778. 
Early in the summer of 1779, exact date not stated, he enlisted and served two months at New London, in Captain Raynsford Company, Colonel Cady's Connecticut Regiment, and in August, 1779, again enlisted and served one month in Captain David Cady's Connecticut Company. Could not verify(?) Col. Cady.
In 1781, while residing in Coventry, Rhode Island, he enlisted, exact date not stated, and served one month at Newport under Lieutenant Clark Parker in the Rhode Island Troops.
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After the Revolution, he lived in Killingly, Connecticut, and in Coventry, Rhode Island, then moved to Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 3, 1832, aged seventy-four years. In 1837, he was again residing in Coventry, Rhode Island. 
There are no data as to his family. 
Very truly yours 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.

Date of death not on AB(?)
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 
MRS. A. C. RIPPIER, SECY AND TREAS. 
413 THIRD STREET 
BROOKLYN. N.Y. June 20, 1930 

The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., 
Honorable Sir:- 
There was a David Reynolds, who was a pensioner of Windham Co., M Conn., whose record is file No. S. 21939 May I have a copy of his record. 
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Then there was a Jacob Reynolds of Conn. who was a Private in Capt. Elliott's 8th Co., Col. Putnam's 3rd Reg. 1775. He was probably from Killingly? Was he a pensioner? Thanking you for this courtesy 
Most Sincerely 
Mrs. A. C. Rippier

PENSION OFFICE
US
JUN
23
1930
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U.S.P.B.
[illegible] WAR & NAVY FILES.
FEB 11 1903

PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
D
FEB 9 1903
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C.R.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C 

Could you tell me whether James Armour Sr. of Union Conn. ever recd a pension for Rev. Services or whether David Reynolds did. I am trying to trace out ancestors to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. 
or Jedediah Andrus (or Andrews) (spelled both ways in the old(?) bible) or David Tolles 
Yours Sincerely 
Neva N. Reynolds
Oneida 
N.Y.
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Revolution
21939
INVALID.

File No. 21,939
David Reynolds
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 335
(Arrangement of 1870.)

Mch. 4. 1903
Hist to Neva N. Reynolds
Oneida NY

1930- Aug 11- Hist to Mrs AC Reppier [Rippier] EEL
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Providence May 29 1837 
Sir 
I have with enclose the application of David Reynolds for a removal of his pension from Connecticut to R Island 
I am respectfully 
Agent(?) 
Benjn Cowell 

JL Edwards Esq
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David Reynolds

admit
2 years private
$80

Wm Dyer Esq
Moosop [Moosup] PO
Plainfield
Ct

Page 85.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Reynolds which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Not satisfactorily 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? It does not appear that the [illegible] evidence has been produced 
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 
NO
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Not fully 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ----- year ---------- months and ------ days, I served as a ------ For ------- months and ------ days, I served as a --------; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. 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 witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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The Deposition of Benjamin Williams
for David Reynolds

Proving the service of Seven months in 1776-

2nd Term of Service
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I Benjamin Williams of Sterling in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged 73 years do depose & Say that I was well acquainted with David Reynolds & that he served with me as a Soldier in Captain John Dixons Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Comfort Sage & said Reynold[s] served as a Soldier with me in good company the term of seven months being the term of our enlistment in the year 1776. 
Benjamin Williams 

Windham county ss Plainfield August 1- AD(?)- 1832 
Personally appeared Benjamin Williams Signer to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same 
Before me John Dunlap Justice of the Peace 
I hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Williams is a respectable & creditable Witness 
John Dunlap Justice of the Peace
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The Deposition of Benjamin Williams for David Reynolds 

Proving the service of Seven months in 1776- 

2nd Term of Service

I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby Certify that John Dunlap Esq before whom the within affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within signature of his name is in his hand writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 8th day of August A.D. 1832
Armin Bolles Clerk
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June 8

HARTFORD
JUN 5
C[illegible]

Mr Evans

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Pension Agency 
Hartford 5 June 1837 
Farmers & Mech Bank 
Sir
In answer to your enquiry as to what time David Reynolds a private under the act of 7 June 1832 on the roll of this Agency at $80 per annum was last paid 
I have to inform you that he has been paid to the 4th of September 1836 
I am Very Respectfully 
Your obedient Servant 
In the absence of the Agent 
H Fowler Clk

J.L Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington
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Providence July 1. 1837 
Sir
In answer to your letter of 2 ult respecting the application of David Reynolds for the removal of his pension from Connecticut to R Island & requesting to know the reason why he did not write his name as was his usual practice- I herewith enclose his explanation which I presume will be satisfactory- 
I am respectfully 
your obt sert 
Benjn Cowell 

J L Edwards Esq
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Oliver Spaldings [Spaulding's] Deposition

Proving the Service of David Reynolds for seven months in 1776

2nd Term of Service
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I Oliver Spaulding of Killingly in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut aged 81 years do depose and say that I was well acquainted with David Reynolds from childhood till may May [sic] 1776 when I entered the service the United States in a Company Commanded by Captain Crosby and served seven months from said May till the 25th day of December 1776 and that said David Reynolds entered the service of the United States in a Company commanded by Capt John Dixon in said month of May and served in said Dixon's Company for the term of seven months. during said seven months I knew that he was on duty and served the whole time, from the circumstance that the third Company to which said David Reynolds belonged was posted next to the fifth Company to which I belonged, and seeing him frequently during said term of seven months- and further the deponent saith not- Dated at Plainfield the 26th day of December 1832-
Oliver Spaulding
Windham County in the State of Connecticut ss Plainfield December 26th 1832 
Personally appeared Oliver Spalding [Spaulding] subscriber to the above and foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me- I certify that said Oliver Spalding [Spaulding] who signed the above deposition in my presence and made oath as aforesaid, is a respectable and credible witness and entitled to full credit 
Daniel Wheeler Justice of the Peace
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Oliver Spaldings [Spaulding's] Deposition 
Proving the Service of David Reynolds for seven months in 1776 
2nd Term of Service

I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut to hereby certify that Daniel Wheeler Esq before whom the within affidavit was made is duly enrolled as Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within signature of his name is in his hand writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in sd County this 28th day of December A.D. 1832 
Armin Bolles Clerk
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Daniel Fairman's Deposition-
Proving the service of David Reynolds for 15 months and for two months- 1777-8 & 9

3rd Term of Service &
4th Term of Service

in all 17 months
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I Daniel Fairman of Killingly in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut aged 73 years do testify and say that in the year 1777 I met David Reynolds, with whom I had been well acquainted from childhood, on or near the great bridge in the town of Providence in the State of Rhode Island as I was returning from a tour of military duty at Bristol in said State of R Island and said David Reynolds then told me that he had enlisted for the term of fifteen months in the State troops and was then on his way to Tiverton in said Rhode Island to join said troops- I heard nothing further from said Reynold untill [until] I heard he had the small pox at Swansey [Swansea] in Massachusetts while in the service- I further say that I saw the said Reynolds, a number of times during his said term of fifteen months service, while on duty with said troops and verily believe that he served the whole of said term- 
I further depose & say that I served in a Company commanded by Capt Raynsford, Lieut Ensworth, and Ensign Wheeler in Colonel Cadys Regiment, for the term of two months in the year 1779 at New London in the State of Connecticut and during said term of two months said David Reynolds served in said Company & during said time, and I well recollect that he served in said Company during the whole of said time of two months further the deponent saith not- Dated at Plainfield the 26th day of December 1832- Daniel Fairman 
Windham County in the
State of Connecticut ss Plainfield December 26th 1832
Personally appeared Daniel Fairman signer to the above and foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me- I certify that the said Daniel Fairman who signed the above deposition in my presence and made oath as aforesaid is a respectable and credible witness and entitled to full credit- 
Daniel Wheeler Justice of the Peace
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Daniel Fairman's Deposition- 
Proving the service of David Reynolds for 15 months and for two months- 1777-8 & 9 
3rd Term of Service & 4th Term of Service 
in all 17 months

I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut to hereby certify, that Daniel Wheeler Esq before whom the within affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County that the within signature of his name is in his hand writing, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such- 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in sd County this 28th day of December A.D. 1832 
Armin Bolles Clerk
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Certificate of Obed Perkins

Certificate of Obed Perkins proving the service of David Reynolds for 15 months in 1777 & 8-

3rd Term of Service
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Daniel Rice of Coventry in the County of Kent and State of Rhodeisland [Rhode Island] and Providence Plantation Being 77 years of age do depose and say that I was on the 1st day of July 1775 well acquainted with David Reynolds and at that time he entered the Service of the United States with me in a Company under the Command of Lieutenant Thomas Sweet and went with said David Reynolds to Block Island where he Served with me till some time in November following and from Block Island we marched to Boston Still Continuing in the Company with me where he served till the Last Day of December of the same year and was Discharged with me having Served Six months 
Daniel Rice 

Kent Sc Coventry December 11th AD 1832 Personally appeared Daniel Rice Signer to the foregoing deposition and made Solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me and I hereby Certify that the said Daniel Rice is a Respectable and Credible witness with whom I am well acquainted 
Ebenezer Johnson Jr Just Peace
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 
Secretarys Office Decemr 31. 1832.
I Certify that at the session of the General assembly of said State holden on the first Monday of August last Obed Perkins was elected one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Kent for and until the first Wednesday of May next. 
I further Certify that it said session Ebenezer Johnson Jr was elected a Justice of the Peace for the town of Coventry in said County during the term aforesaid- and that they have been severally commissioned accordingly, as appears of record in this office. 
I also certify that the signature of the said Obed Perkins to the annexed certificate ["deposition" crossed out] and of the said Johnson to the annexed deposition ["certificate" crossed out] are genuine.
Witness Henry Bowen Secry
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY, 
Lemuel H. Arnold 
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. 
BE IT KNOWN, that the name "HENRY BOWEN" to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Providence, this thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two and of Independence the fifty-Seventh. 
Lemuel H. Arnold 

BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND. 
Henry Bowen Secry.
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Deposition of Daniel Rice
Proving the service of David Reynolds for Six months in 1775

1st Term of service
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I hereby Certify that on the 5th day of October AD 1819 I took the depositions of Laban Bennet and Jenks Herington And according to my best recollection they deposed under Solemn oath that David Reynolds served in a Regiments with them under the Command of Col Crary for the time of Fifteen Months Commencing in January 1777 And was discharged 1778 - And that Said Bennet and Herington Are now both Dead- at the time I took the aforesaid depositions I was then a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Coventry in the County of Kent & State of Rhodeisland [Rhode Island] the Reason of my being able to assertain [ascertain] the day I have the Bill for My services unpaid as the Men were poor I never Received any thing during their Lives they were Men that bore a Fair Character as to truth and veracity
Coventry December 12th AD 1832 
Witness Obed Perkins Just C.C. Pleas
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Coventry June 26" 1837 
To J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Having seen a letter from you to Benjamin Cowell dated 2d instant requesting to know the reason why I did not write my name to my application for the removal of my pension from Connecticut to Rhode Island I have in answer to state, that the reason why I did not was that my hand shook so I could not without much trouble, Sometimes I can write my name better that at others, and when I can I usually do it, and when I cannot I make my mark as was the case on my application for the removal of my pension
David Reynolds 
Kent Sc. In Coventry June 26th 1837- 
Personally came before me, the above named David Reynolds and signed the above affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I further certify that his statement is entitled to full credit 
Samuel Arnold Justice of the Peace

Kent Sc. Clerks Office Court of Common pleas 
I certify that Samuel Arnold Esqr is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Coventry in said County of Kent, that the annexed is his proper signature in his own hand writing & that full faith & credence is & ought to be given to all his official acts- 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at East Greenwich this 30th day of June in the Year AD 1837- 
Jer. S. Slocum Clk
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Hon Lewis Cass
Pension Office
Secretary of War
Washington
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Plainfield Jan 1st 1832 
Hon Lewis Cass
Sir 
Herewith I transmit the Declaration of David Reynolds for a Pension - He has obtained proof which I think must be satisfactory at least I now believe it to be all the Proof that he can obtain- 
Enclosed is Proof of Thirty months services of the other three months service he has no proof- respecting the 15 months service one objection was that it did not appear that the best evidence had been obtained- there must be conclusive evidence now remaining on file in the War Office unless it has been lost, as the depositions of Laban Bennet & Jenks Harrington were transmitted, as appears by Judge Perking certificate, some years since in order that said Reynolds might obtain a Pension under a former act- I think the Proof accompanying must be conclusive as to two years services of said Reynolds 
Yours truly Wm Dyer
P.S. I have  been to Providence R Island in search of Documentary evidence respecting the services for 15 months but can find none, being informed the the [sic] records were long since transferred to Washington and probably burned with the Capitol
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David Reynolds
Supplementary 
Declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Pension

No 205
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Supplementary Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pased June 7th 1832- 
State of Connecticut 
County of Windham ss Brooklyn 
On this 19th day of December 1832 Personally appeared in Open Court before the County Court of the County of Windham aforesaid now sitting David Reynolds a resident of the town of Plainfield in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following, further declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832- (A brief having been with returned with the original declaration with objections- 
That according to his best recollection and belief the following named persons were officers at the several times and places when & where he served- 
1st Term of service - The same as in the declaration, Lieut Thomas Sweet, Ensign Timothy Locke had command of the Company while on Block Island after he left Block Island and went to Boston he never was on duty but once being sick and recollects none of the Regimental Officers, but recollects that General Washington and Genl Putnam were there- he can prove the aforesaid term of service by Daniel Rice of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island and and by no other person living within his knowledge 
2nd Term of Service for Seven months he was in the Company ["of" crossed out] under Capt John Dixon & Lieut Abram Shepard in a Regiment commanded by Col Comfort Sage ["and" crossed out] Lieutenant Col Russell (and he thinks Major Buel but is not certain) which term of service he can prove by Benjamin Williams and Oliver Spalding [Spaulding] and by no other person to his knowledge- 
3rd Term of service, he was in a Company commanded by Capt John Carr Lieut James Potter in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Crary under Genl Spencer, which term of service being fifteen months he knows of no other proof whatever than that to be obtained from the Certificate of Judge Perkins that he sd Perkins took the depositions of
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Laban Bennett and Jenks Harrington proving the said service which depositions are supposed now to be in the War Office and likewise by Daniel Fairman- 
4th Term of service for two months In Capt Raynsford's Company in a Regiment commanded by Col Cady which he can prove by Daniel Fairman and by no other person to his knowledge 
5th Term of service was in a Company commanded by Capt David Cady in General Sullivans Division he knows not that he can prove it by any man living said term being one month 
6th Term of service he was in a Company commanded by Clark Parker he does not recollect another officer of any grade and can prove the service by no man living to his knowledge, said last term of service being one month 
making in all two years and nine months 
David Reynolds 

I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceeding in the matter of application of David Reynolds for a Pension and that the same was sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before the County Court for the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 19th day of December A.D. 1832 
Armin Bolles Clerk