Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 8667, for John Reed, Maryland
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Md    Reed, John     R8667
                 Mariam   BL. Wt. 44842.160-55
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Ohio --7845
John Reed of Dark Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Shaw of the Regt. commanded by Col Ridgly in the Maryland line for eight months.

Inserted on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 26 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831 per annum.

Certificate of Pension affixed the 11th day of April 1833 and sent to N. Bell, Greenville, Dark Co--Ohio___

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833= 53.32
Semi. -anl allowance ending 2 Sept=13.33
                                                          $66.65
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk,
Book 6   Vol 8   Page twenty

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt notified 6th March 1841

Letter to Hon J. B. Weller & 3 Auds 27 Dec 1841.
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1840 to 4 March 1841. Agt notified 23 Feb 1843.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832 

State of Ohio
Darke County    SS


On this sixth day of November AD 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county and State now sitting John Reed resident of German
township in said county and state aforesaid aged seventy-four years the first day of May last who being first duly sworn 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 name offices and served as herein stated AD 1777=sometime about the first of May in said year he was drafted in the Maryland Militia and marched to Baltimore in the Company of Captain Daniel Shaw in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Ridgeley and which was in the Briggade of General Thomas Coekey Dye. They were stationed at Baltimore four or five weeks to watch the motion of the British and expecting daily an attack by them But seeing that the British had moved their forces to near the Battleground of Brandywine the applicant marched with the 
American which were stationed at Baltimore in the company aforesaid only he wants to state that at the time he was stationed at Baltimore their Captain Daniel Shaw was taken sick and of which sickness he never recovered as he was afterward informed and the Company which he was attached to was afterward, commanded by Captain William Hrvey who marched with
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said company to Battleground of the Brandywine where they had and within about one day's march of the said Battleground news arrived that the Battle was over and he the applicant with the rest of his company were discharged and that he has a written discharge but lost the same many years ago not supposing that it would ever be of any use to him. He would further state that the precise time he was stationed at Baltimore he does not precisely recollect for he might have been there longer than he before stated as it was sometime before they were ready to march after they were drafted and as they had a great distance to march but he thinks from the time he was drafted and ready to march until he reached home after the discharge which he had as soon as he could it was at least the space of five months.
Said applicant states that after his return as aforesaid he resided at his former place of Residence which was at a place called My Ladies Manor in Baltimore in the State of Maryland until the next year after which was 1778 in the month of June about the first as near as he can recollect he volunteered my service under the command of Captain John Sharp who commanded our company which was then made up at said place and we were attached to the Regiment commanded by the former Colonel Charles Ridgely and the same General as stated in his first Laws--they marched to the Federal City where they were stationed until the reparation of the time of service for which they volunteered which was three months and there he was discharged-said applicant further
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saith that at the time of his discharge he received the same in meeting but lost it many years ago. He believes the two periods of time which he's tying and ? was employed in said war to be at least eight months.
Said applicant further saith that he had no documentary evidence now of such his services as aforestated nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure to prove the same ly for he would state that he had not only been cripple a long time but he has been and is now very poor & being removed a great distance from his place  of nativity and where he lived at the time he entered into the service as aforestated he is unable to procure the testimonies of any person who is acquainted with him and knowing to his service if any there is who is knowing to it living -and the said 
John Reed the above applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present on declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any state    John Reed

Sworn to & Subscribed in open court this day & year aforesaid 
     John Been Clerk   Ne Benjamim Eakin and Samuel Ponnig
both residing in the neighborhood of said John Reed hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said John Reed who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be aged seventy four years the first day of May last and that he is reputed and believes in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion     Benjamin Eakins
                 Samuel Ponnig
Sworn to & subscribed in open court on the day of November 1832 
              John Been Clerk
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribe by the na depo statement that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appeared to them that Benjamin Eakins and Samuel Poving who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents in the neighbourhood of said applicant, and that they are creditable persons and that their statements are suitable to credit and further that there is no clergyman residing in the immediate vicinity of said applicant when appearance in court he could well obtain -----

attend
John Been clerk

The State of Ohio
Darke County   ss  I John Been clerk of the Court of Common Plea of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Reed for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of office this sixth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
                       John Been clerk
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The State of Indiana
County of Howard

Be it known that on this the 2nd day of October AD 1855 before me Earl S. Stone Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county and state aforesaid personally appeared Mariam Reed a resident of Howard County State of Indiana and having given oath according to law that she is the widow of John Reed who was a soldier with the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the residence state at the time of his death at the rate of twenty six dollars, 66 cents per annum. That she was married to the said John Reed on the 30th day of November 1833 in the south of Germand County and ---by our Benjamin Eaker a Justice of the Peace. That her said husband used on the ninth day of September 1845. That she makes this declaration for the benefit of obtaining such a rate of pension as may be due her under any of the -----Regulations and decision that ------be ----- and that the state continues the widow of said John Reed. The said -----for the state that she states----constitutes-----. ____of Darke County Ohio her home ____ lawful attorney & agent to prosecute said claims with  -----substitutions to do all things---- and lawful in the -----.
          her
Marian   X Reid
           mark
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State of Indiana
Howard County

I Earl S. Stone sole of any of the Court of Common Pleas within aforesaid county do hereby certify that the above named Mariann Reed is still resident of the county ____ in the same persons-that hereof to be as I believe in the foregoing declaration she has this day appeared before me and at the foregoing Power of Attorney to be _________________ and if others certify that owing to certain old age _________________she is unwell to appear in the court to the said declaration and further that I have  no interest in the aforesaid claim subscribed.

Earl S Stone
Judge &
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State of Indiana
Howard County
          I Franklin S. Price Clerk of the Court of Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Earl S. Stone, before whom the foregoing proceedings now held was at the term of the execution of the same Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
    In testimony thereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my hand this second day of October A.D. 1855
   
Franklin S. Price
Clerk
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State of Ohio Darke County p
I ,  A.R. Calderwood Probate Judge within and for the county aforesaid hereby certify that the marriage of Mariah Ashley with John Reed is recorded in Book B. No 1 of the marriage records of said county & in the hands and figures following to say " Mr. John Reed and Miss Mariah Ashley were married by me on the 30th day of Nov. AD 1833.
        .           Benjamin Eakins J.P.
Witness my hand and seal of said court done at Greenville the 6th day of Oct, AD 1853.
                  A.R. Calderwood
                  Probate Judge
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217854
Act 3 March 
Octo 13/55

Marian Reed
Widow of 
John Reed 
RW

Private
W44847 ifro Oct 24/56

MD Troops
Revolutionary War
Sus
Ohio Inner- 78450I.D 169 acs Oct 24/56

Dodge
Knox & Lyman 
Greenville, Dark Co Ohio
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State of Indiana
Howard County

On this second day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of said county and State aforesaid Marian Reed aged eighty years and resident of said county of Howard and State of Indiana. Who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Reed, deceased, who was a Private in the Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War That her said husband had actual service in said War for  more than fourteen days. That she is unable to state the names of officers of the regiment or length of service_ or time of enlistment of her said husband but she states that her said husband drew a pension under the Act of the 7th of June1832 until the time of his death. That his name was inscribed in the Pension Roll abt, 11th 1833 as a Revolutionary Pension from Darke County State of Ohio. She further states that she was married to said John Reed in Darke County Ohio on the 30th day of November A.D. 1833 by one Benjamin Eakin a Justice of the Peace. That her name before said marriage was Marian Ashley. That her said husband died at Dark County Ohio in the month of September A.D. 1845 and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the possibility of obtaining the Bounty unto which she may be entitled under the Act  Aprvd March 3, 1855.

Attest
ESStone                                 her
                                   Marian X Reed
                                             mark
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State of Indiana
Howard County 

On this second day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and State aforesaid Marian Reed aged eighty years a resident of said County of Howard and State of Indiana Who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Reed deceased who was a Private in the Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War. That her said husband had active service in said War for more than fourteen days That she is unable to state the officers of the Regiment or length of service or time of enlistment of her said husband but she states that her said husband drew a pension under the Act of the 7th of June 1832 up to the time of his death, That his name was inscribed in the Pension Roll abt 11th 1833 as a Revolutionary Pensioner from Darke County State of Ohio, She further states that she was married to said John Reed in Dark County Ohio on the 30th day of November A.D. 1833 by one Benjamin Eakin a Justice of the Peace. That her name before said marriage was Marian Ashley, That her said husband died at Dark County Ohio in the month of September A.D.1845 and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Account which she may be entitled under the Act offered March 3rd, 1855.
 
                                        her
                               Marian X Reed
                                        mark
Attest
ESStone
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We David Hatfield and Isaac Jesiop Residents of the County of Howard and State of Indiana who on oaths declare that the foregoing declarant has signed and acknowledged by Marian Reed in our presence and that in belief for the officiant and State of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
                David Hatfield
                        his
                 Isaac X Jesiop
                        mark


The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the applicants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have_______________________________ in this claim. 

                                Levi Mills (Seal)
                              Justice of the Peace
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State of Indiana
Howard County

I Franklin Price clerk of the said County of Howard in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that Levi Mills esq. before  whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made is now & was at the time of taking the same an acting justice of the peace within and for said County, duly elected and commissioned and qualified that his official acts are critical to full faith & credit & that his nature above is  given.
                     In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal at Kokomo in said County this 2nd day of October A. D. 1855

            Franklin S. Price Clerk


I hereby authorize Hei___Bell of Greenville Darke County Ohio to _________________ said case this 2nd day of October 1855

Attest                                     her
Earl S. Stone               Marian X Reed
David Hatfield                     mark

 _______________ on this 2nd day of October 1855
                      Levi Mills  (seal)
                  Justice of the Peace
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7845
No 18612

John Reed

Darke County Ohio
Adm/ for 8 Mo. from 1777
-----$26.66



Hiram Bell
Greenville Darke 
County Ohio
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Brief in the case of John Reed
County of Darke in the State of Ohio 
Act 7th June 1832


1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?    Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 74 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: Drafted in 1777
Duration of Service: abt 5 months
Rank: Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: General Cockerdye, Capt. Shaw, Col. Ridgely

Period: Vol. 1778
Duration of Service: 3 months
Rank: Private
Names of General and Field Officers Under whom her served: Capt. Sharp, Col .Ridgely

5. In what battles was he engaged: None

6. Where did her reside when he entered the service?  Baltimore City, Maryland

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary

8 Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correct

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.


M Clark  Examining Clerk
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BA-J/AKF
John Reed
R. 8667

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:


     Reference is made to your request for information in regard to John Reed who was born in 1758, in Maryland, served in the Revolutionary War, and died August 27, 1844, in Darke County, Ohio.

     The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 8667, based upon service of John Reed in the War of the Revolution.

      John Reed was born May 1, 1758, place not stated, nor were the names of his parents given. 

      While a resident of "My ladies manor", in Baltimore County, Maryland, John Reed enlisted sometime in May, 1777, served five months as private in Captain Daniel Shaw's and Captain William Harvey's company, Colonel Charles Ridgely's Maryland regiment. He enlisted sometime in June, 1778, served three months in Captain John Sharp's company, Colonel Charles Ridgely's regiment.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed November 6, 1832, at which time he was a resident of German Township, Darke County, Ohio. He died in Darke.
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County, Ohio, August 27, 1844, or September 9, 1845, both dates are shown in the claim.

      The application for headstone for John Reed is returned herewith, as is, also, a slip of paper on which is typed a description of John Reed.

                                  Very truly yours,

                                   A. D. Hiller
                                 Executive Assistant
                                  to the Administrator
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John Reed Decd
Ohio 1835

No 25783

Commissioner of Pensions
Dep Int
Washington City
D. C.
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8667-Reg
3-068
Bureau of Pensions
John Reed
Nov. 6, 1832-74
Darke Co. Ohio

May 1777 Baltimore Co. Md
Captain Daniel Shaw
Col Chas. Ridgley
Pvt-5 m

m. Mariam Ashley 
Nov. 30, 1833 Darke Co. Ohio
D. Sept 9 1845

3d Audition gives data of his death Aug. 27, 1844

No Bob
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Mrs. R.T. Anderson
223 Westbridge Drive
Berea, Ohio

A. D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:
        In reply to your letter of Aug. 1, asking for more data in order secure information concerning John Reed, Rev. soldier.
         He was born I think Apr. 30, 1738, and died August27, 1844 near Hollandsburg, Ohio. I do not know where he was born, but think he enlisted in Maryland. He lived in Westmorland Co., Penn. previous to moving to Ohio. His first wife was Martha Roland and he later married Marian Ashley.

              Very truly yours,
                Ruth M. Anderson (Mrs. R. T.)
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                                     Bloomington , Ind.
                                     May 2, 1905

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

     Will you kindly send me the pension record of John Reid, a Revolutionary War soldier. He was born in 1748. Probably enlisted from Maryland. After living in Maryland, he moved to Pennsylvania, and later to Ohio. He married Martha Roland. Died at Hollandsburg, Ohio in 1844 or thereabouts.
     He was known to be a pensioner for some years
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prior to his death.
     This record is desired to enable Miss Maud Miller, the great great granddaughter of said John Reid, to become a D. A. R. Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give, I am             
                               Respectfully
                           Mrs. Otto Rott Regent
                           Bloomington Chapter DAR

611 N. College Ave.
Bloomington, Ind.
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1.11, 1905 Hist to
Otto Roll
Bloomington Ind
_________________________
1933 Sep 26 hist to
Mrs. R. J. Anderson aws
1938- Mdi hist to Mrs. J.S. Nixon aws
1940 Mdi 30 Tombstone data 
to Memo Ba amy

8667
Marian Reed
Service: John

Enlisted: ____________________,18
Discharged: _________________, 18
Application filed: ____________, 18
Alleges: _________________________ 
Re-enlisted: ___________________
Attorney: ___________________________
P.O.: ____________________________________
_____Recognized. _____Contract
____Cert. of Dis.   Searched for _________, 18
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Official Free

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Greenville O
OCT 01

44842

Ho And
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No. 6460
Marian Reed, widow of
John----Indiana
For Hiram Bess Oct 25/55
Same Oct 25/56


8667
Act Febry 3, 1853
217854
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                                Pension Office, Sep 22, 1856
The Third auditor will please certify the date to which within named pensioner was paid, and date of death, and widow's name if she married, arrears.
                        Very respy,
                           B Hood

                             For Commissioners
R, Gilddes
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                                3rd Auditor's Office
                                 Sept. 24, 1836

Sir, 

John Reed, Ohio, Act 1832, at $26.66 per annum, died 27 August 1844, & his pension has been paid in full to that date to his widow Mariam Reed.

J. Minot Esq.                  Very respy,
Comm. of Pensions            Mr. S. Taylor
                                           asst
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State of Ohio Darke County p

I, A.R. Calderwood Probate Judge within and for the County aforesaid hereby certify that the marriage of Mariam Ashley with John Reed is Recorded in Book B No 1 of the marriage Records of said County in the words and figures following to viz.

"Mr John Reed and Miss Mariah Ashley were married by me on the 30th day of Nov. A.D. 1833.
                      Benjamin Eakins J.P."

Witness my hand and Seal of said Court, at Greenville October the 6th A.D. 1833.
                    A.R. Calderwood
                      Probate Judge
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BRIEF objection to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Reed which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes

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?  Yes

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 amount of pension he is entitled? No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?    Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?    Yes

VIII. Has the court given their opinion?   Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?    Yes

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?   Yes
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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?    2 Citizens

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?    No. I

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?   Yes

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
     If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
     Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  The Court has.

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?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   Yes


XVII. Are the seven interrogatives prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?     1 2, 6 7

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 serves 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 officers 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 pursuit.
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 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
      In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 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.
     In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
Dec. 28th, 1841

Sir:

     Under the date of the 5th 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," John Reed a pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of twenty six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840 to the 4th March 1841.                         
                                 Respectfully yours,
                              Albion K. Parris
                                     Comptroller      
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Present.
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 12th, 1841,

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, " John Reed, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of twenty six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1830, to the 4th March 1840.

         Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Hiram Bell
Vol. 2
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Pension Office
October 2, 1836

Sir,
    The exact date of the death of John Reed, in virtue of whose serving in the Revolutionary War, Mariam Reed, his alleged widow, is claiming pension under Act of February 3, 1833 must be proven before her claim can be allowed. The pension of her husband's name did not die at the time stated in her Declaration.

                                           Very respy,
                                            VC   

Hiram Bell Esqr
Greenville,
Darke Co
Ohio
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Mariam Reed -widow of John Reed-
Howard County Indiana

Husb pen $26.66 for 8 mos service private-
and died (Sept 1845)
Marriage proved by Pub C, record, (trans)
30 N0v 1833

Grent death of hus proved by Benjamin Eakins and Isaac Jeisop-present widowhood--______
Bounty land papers
(also for change of agents)
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Hiram Bell
Oct 13 '35

1853
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 Pension Office,
October 15, 1855

OHIO

Sir, 
     I have received the papers transmitted by you in support of a claim for pension of Mariam Reed, under act of Feby 3, 1853, as the widow of John Reed, a Revolutionary pensioner.
    Credible testimony of two witnesses proving that the claimant is the widow of the identical pensioner in whose right she claims must be adduced before the claim can be allowed.

                                I am,
                                     JC

Hiram Bell Esqr
Greenville,
Ohio
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Greenville, October 9 1833

Sir

Enclosed I send you the application of Mariam Reed widow of John Reed a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of Congress 1832 for a Pension on account of her husband's services you will find the name of late Reed inscribed on the Pension Rolls as a Pensioner from Darke County Ohio in 1833.
Please advise of the ___ and as I view as granted send certificate___________ I send certifct if __________.
.
         Respectfully,
           Hiram Bell
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Greenville Darke Co.
Oct 9th 1833

Sir

   Allowed I said the application of Mariam Reed widow of John Reed Revolutionary Pension for ______ land under the Act of 1833.
     Please send certificate to me only her direction. The reason of her sending to me to ___________was because I first procured her husband's Pension in 1833.
            Respectfully
Commissioner of Pensions  H. Bell
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Grenville  O  Feb 22 1856

Com Pensions
Washington City
Enclosed find additional
testimony in the matter of the claim of
Marian Reed for Bounty Land
No 217.854
Gen Bell who had charge of the claim
is deceased [illegible] have placed
the bus. in our hands
Truly Knox & Lyman
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Reference is made to your letter in which you
request to know cost of photostatic copies of papers on file in the claim for pension of John Reed who
served from Maryland, and received his pension in
1832 while residing in Darke County, Ohio.
The papers in the Revolutionary War claims
on file under R. 8667, based upon service of John Reed cited above, are so old and frail that the
process of making photostatic copies would
necessarily be injurious to them. Every precaution
is taken at all times for the preservation of these
valuable old documents.
Official reports from this office in regard to
Revolutionary War soldiers, have been accepted as
authentic by various historical, patriotic and
genealogical societies. In anticipation that such
an official report might prove to be just what you
need in your research, a very careful examination
has been made of all papers in the claims made by
this soldier and his widow (R.8667) and the data found
therein incorporated in a report herewith. Should this not prove satisfactory, the matter will be given
further consideration.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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March 1, 1938
John Reed
R. 8667
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. J. T. Nixon
315 W. High Street
Portland, Indiana
Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein were obtained
from papers on file in claims for pension and
bounty land, under R. 8667, based upon the
military service of John Reed in the War of the
Revolution.
John Reed was born May 1, 1758, place not
given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
While a resident of "My ladies manor", in
Baltimore County, Maryland, John Reed enlisted
sometime in May, 1777, served five months as a
private in Captains Daniel Shaw's and William
Harvey's company, Colonel Charles Ridgely's Mary
land regiment. He enlisted sometime in June, 1778, served three months in Captain John Sharp's company, Colonel Charles Ridgely's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 6, 1832, at which time he was a
resident of German Township, Darke County, Ohio.
The soldier, John Reed, married November 30,
1833 in German Township, Darke County, Ohio, Marian Ashley. He died in Darke County, Ohio, August 27, 1844, or September 9, 1845, as stated by the widow.
The widow, Mariam Reed, was allowed bounty
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land on her application executed October 2, 1855,
at which time she was eighty years of age, and a
resident of Howard County, Indiana. The date and
place of birth of the widow, Marian Reed, were not
shown, nor were the names of her parents given, nor
date of death.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further reference to family.
If you desire information in regard to the
location of land referred to above, you should apply
to the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Warrant 44842 - 160 acres- Act of 1855.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 26, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Reed- R.8667
BA-J/A F
Mrs. R. T. Anderson
223 Westbridge Drive
Beren, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of John Reed of Maryland and Ohio.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, R.8667, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of John Reed.
He was born, May 1, 1758, place not shown,
nor are the names of his parents stated.
While a resident of "My ladies manor, Baltimore
County, Maryland, John Reed enlisted sometime
in May, 1777 and served five months as a private
in Captains Daniel Shaw's and William Harvey's company
in Colonel Charles Ridgely's Maryland regiment.
He enlisted sometime in June, 1778 and served three
month in Captain John Sharp's company in Colonel
Charles Ridgely's regiment.
The soldier, John Reed, was allowed pension
on his application executed, November 6, 1832, then
a resident of German Township, Darke County, Ohio.
John Reed married November 30, 1833 in the Town
ship of German, Darke County, Ohio, Marian Ashley. He
died August 27, 1844, or as the widow stated September
9, 1845. He died in Darke County, Ohio.
The widow, Marian Reed, was allowed bounty land
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on her application executed, October 2, 1855, then aged eighty years and living in Howard County, Indiana. There is no mention of any other wife
and no reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Portland, Ind. 
Feb. 3, 1938

Revolutionary Dept.
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
      How much will it cost me for a photostatic copy of John Reed's application for a pension. 
     He applied for a pension in 1832 from Darke Co. Ohio. Served from Baltimore, Maryland.
       Claim allowed Nov. 30, 1833.
                        Yours!
                        Mrs. J.E. Nixon
                         315 W. High St.
                         Portland,
                                Indiana
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Hon. Lo. Cap Secretary at War
of NCG Washington City D.C.

Red. Nov 23rd
18612
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Greenville, Darke County, Ohio
November 11th 1832

Dear Sir
     Include is the Proceedings of the application
of John Reed who applied for a pension under the late act of Congress-- you will perceive the disadvantage the applicant labours under when you consider the circumstances as stated the applicant is very poor and a cripple.  I hope the department will not neglect his application and that all the advantages contemplated by the late Congress may be allowed him.  If the department are not satisfied with this or require further obedience it is wished that they would so state and direct their instructions to the undersigned at this place who will attend to the affair for said applicant- I forwarded applications about two months to the war department for Wm. Walker and David Douglass who applied for a Pension under the Late act of Congress. The applicants are very anxious to learn the result of their applications and if any further evidence is wanting before they can be allowed a pension under the late Law of Congress it is requested that the Department will give instruction. S to the undersigned at Greenville Darke Co_Ohio.
                           Yours most respectfully,
                           Hiram Bell

L. Cap Secretary at War of United States

P.S. Lettr Instructions which are directed to Greenville are Missent to Granvillle in this State Plead insist the county and there will be no difficulty as we have not heard from the _____ one forward the proceedings above stated we did not know but the ______________________   HB
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Knox & Lyman
Granville
Ohio
Marian Reed
wid of
John Reed
217834
Rifed
Boynton
Apr 1786
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The State of Ohio
Darke County
On this tenth day of February
A.D. 1856 before me John Morris, a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County of Darke and
State of Ohio, personally appeared Benjamin
Eakins, and Isaac Jeisop.
who being duly sworn according to law depose
and say that they in personally acquainted
for many years with John Reed and Marian
Reed his wife while they liven in said County of
Darke Ohio and knew that said John Reed
received a pension from the United States as a
soldier of the Revolutionary War. That they lived
together as husband and wife for many years;
and that Marian Reed who now resides in
Howard County, State of Indiana is the identified
person whom we knew as the wife and widow of
said John Reed Revolutionary in Pensioner, in
Darke County Ohio.
 Benjamin Eakins
Isaac Jeisop
②
Sworn to & subscribed before me the fifteenth day of
February
A D 1856 and I further certify
that said Benjamin Eakins, & Isaac Jeisop
are personally known to me to be
credible and disinterested witnesses
John Morris  JP
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THE STATE OF OHIO, DARKE COUNTY, SS.
I, S. H. ROBISON Clrk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Darke, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that John Morris.
Esq.
Before whom the above affidavit
appears to have been made was
at the time of making the same,
a legal acting Justice of the
peace.
within and for said county of Darke, was duly elected, commissioned and sworn into office, and that the Signs
sure purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed
my Name and affixed the Seal of the said court of Common Pleas, at my office in Greenville, in said county of Darke this 18th
day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred
Six S. H. Robison Clerk
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