Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11,121, for Robert Reynolds, Rhode Island
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SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Reynolds, Robert
W. 11.121
Sarah
B.L.H. 28604-160-55
CONTENTS
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Dead. Let PA Nov 4 1843
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Aug 21, 1843 ac
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27 Ab4
Rhode Island

Robert Reynolds 
Washington Co. in the State of R. I.
who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by
Captain Webb the Regt [Regiment] commanded by
Col Spencer in the R.I. Line for
12 month a Sergeant
12 months a private

Included in the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 100 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Jany [January] 1834 and Sent to 
Wm. [William] P. Newell Kingston R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 $250
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 50
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$30
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by George Taylor Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 2, Page 127
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2740
Rhode Island
Sarah Reynolds
widow of
Robert Reynolds
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private & Sergt [Sergeant]
Rch [initials]

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
100 Dollars 00 
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the
1st day of November 1853
and sent to John T. Neely
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 1853, Page 54. Vol. A

(32)

[on the right side on edge]
Date of death not on AB
R?B [initials]
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[illegible]
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I Silas Moor of Richmond in the County of Washington & State of
Rhode Island aged seventy two years in Oath depose & Say, that at 
the time the British took possession of Rhode Island in Dec 1776 
Robert Reynolds, than I now [know] of Said Richmond, belonged to 
Capt Simeon Clarke's company of the militia in that town & was 
ordered down to Boston Neck in South Kingstown in the aforesaid 
County within a few miles of Newport to guard this part of the 
country against the enemy, when under his Said Captain, where he 
served till the next Spring 1777. when the aforesaid company was 
divided, so that one half thereof only served at the same time at 
intervals of fifteen days; in this manner and under this arrangement
the Said Robert Reynolds served against the enemy in guarding on
the Boston Neck Shore at different Stations, & [?] Tiverton In [?] 
R. Island a short part of the time, until
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some time after the enemy evacuated Rhode Island and 
this deponent says, that from his own knowledge of the
aforesaid arrangement of Said company & of the Said 
Reynolds serving under it in the company & the period 
of the Revolution of said arrangements, he thinks the 
said Reynolds must have served then over eighteen
months & he has also understood and believes tho' he 
does not know the fact of his own knowledge, that the
Said Reynolds performed other military services during 
the revolution --

This deponent further Says he belonged to the same 
company with the Said Reynolds during Said period.
[right] Silas Moor [signature]

Sworn to in Open Court
Sept 4. 1832
Wlm Sam? Hamilton [sp]

I John Vallet of Richmond in the County of Washington &
State of Rhode Island aged seventy Six years, on oath do
depose & say, that he has
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examined the preceding deposition of 
Silas Moor, that this deponent belonged
to Said company with the Said Reynolds 
& served therein at Boston Neck at the
same time & [?] considers the facts in 
Said Moor's deposition & touching the 
military services of the Said Reynolds
to be true
[right] John Vallet [signature]

Sworn to in open Court
Sept 4th 1832
Wlm Sam? Hilmiller Clk
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DECLARATION.
Return of Act of [handwritten]
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND, COUNTY OF Washington } ss

On this fourth day of September personally appeared in open Court, 
before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, 
Robert Reynolds a resident of Richmond in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode-Island, aged seventy three 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 that 
is to say; In the early part of Dec 1776, when the British army took 
possession of the Island of Rhode Island he the Said Reynolds was a
private Soldier in company of Militia in Said town of Richmond, 
Commanded by Capt Simeon Clarke, whose Lieut [Lieutenant] was then
Thomas James, when he was ordered & marched under the afore-
mentioned officers to Boston Neck in the town of South Kingstown, in
the Narragansett Bay about six miles form the town of Amherst on the
Island of Rhode Island & stationed near the South Ferry so called, to 
guard that part of the Country against the incursions of the enemy,
whereas, after remaining at this station a few days, our quarters were 
shifted to George Brown's farm a little further Southward in said Town 
of South Kingstown on the bay, where we were stationed & remained
in said service till some time in April 1777, having served at both of
these stations a period of four months; from the time last aforemen-
tioned Said company was separatedinto two divisions & the services 
of the company so distributed that each divisionof the company served
one half of the whole time alternately at intervals of fifteen days long 
period of time {illegible] years and a half during this whole time and 
of which three [?] and half years the Said
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Reynolds was a member of Said
company and of that time served
at intervals of fifteen days one years & eight months at different stations from
Boston Neck Point in Said South
Kingstown to the David Jensen [?] house in 
North Kingston in Said County,
a distance of about ten miles on
the West margin of Narragansett
Bay & within six or eight miles
of the town of Newport on Rhode
Island guarding the country against
the enemy, with the exception of one
period of thirty days, when he
was marched to Tiverton in Spencer's expedition, he thinks in Oct 1777,
and one other period of thirty
days when he was ordered in to the
Island of Rhode Island in August
of September 1778, in Sullivan's
expedition, and he says that during Said period of over three years & an half his father William Reynolds was a member of Said company &
that in addition to his own time of
service aforementioned, he served during
Said period of over three years & an half
[illegible]
for his father amounting in
the whole to at least three months
During a part of his aforesaid services
Richard Bailey & Joshua Webb were his
Captains & Col Charles Dyer & Col Thos
Potter in different periods had the command, & further the aforesaid periods of
service he drew rations & was paid in [illegible] currency - and this Said Robert Reynolds agrees that during the periods
aforesaid in he served his country in this revolution
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lution two years & three months by & faithfully performed
all his terms of services & he further declares that he was  
born in Exeter in the aforesaid county, on the 14 day of 
July 1759, that he removed to said Richmond when he was 
about two years old, where he has therein resided, that he 
has no record of his age, that he never received any written 
discharge from any of his services, but was discharged by 
his commanding officers; that he has no documentary 
evidence of any of said Services and that he is not acquainted 
with any Clergyman residing in his town or vicinity but refers 
to Matthew Potter & Benjamin Barber Esquires who are 
citizens of the town in which he resides & his neighbours, 
who testify to his character for certainty of their belief of his
services as a soldier of the revolution, as [illegible] as to the 
accompanying depositions

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
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[right] Robert Reynolds [signature]
Wilm [Sam lined thru] Helme Clk [signature and title]

We, Matthew Potter residing in Sd [Said] Richmond
and Benjamin Barber
residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted
with Robert Reynolds who has subscribed and sworn to thee above 
declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; 
that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he
resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we 
concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day aforesaid.
[right] Matthew Potter [signature]
[right] Benjamin Barbers [signature]
Wm. Sam? Helme Clk [signature and title]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the 
investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatries
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
who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a _________________
resident in the _______________ and that Matthew Potter &
Benjamin Barber, who have also signed the same are residents 
in the County of Richmond and are credible persons and that 
their statement is entitled to credit. And the Court also certify 
that from their examination & knowledge of Silas Moore and 
John Vallen the preceding Deponantsthe Court Considers their 
Testimony confirmed in their proceeding depositions submitted 
to Court.

I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Commons Pleas & [illegible]
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original 
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application
of Robert Reynolds for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of 
office, this fourteenth day of February 1833.
Sam Helme Clk [signature and title]

[illegible seal attached bottom left]
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My hand and affixed the Seal of Said
Court this the second day of August
AD 1853
E H Champhis Clerk [signature and title]
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State of Rhode Island County of Washington NC } ss [illegible] Hopkington
That on this tenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & fifty three 
formally appeared before the Court of Probate of the town of Washington 
County and State aforesaid the Sd [Said] Sarah Reynolds a Resident of the
 town of Hopkinton in the County and State aforesaid. Aged 54 years who 
being 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 3d Febuary 1853. That she is the widow of Robert 
Reynolds late of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut Deceased who was a 
Revolutionary Pensioner, and that he drew a Pension in his life time of the 
amount of one hundred dollars and that said Pension was paid at the 
agency in the City of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, and that said 
Robert Reynolds formerly was a resident of the Town of Richmond in the 
County of Washington State of Rhode Island She further declares that she 
was married to the said Robert Reynolds on the 30th day of March Eighteen
hundred and twenty Eight (1828) That her husband the aforesaid Robert Reynolds
died on the day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three (1843)
and that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further declares 
that the certificate hereunto annexed is the original certificate delivered to her 
at the time of their Marriage by Nathaniel Sheffield a minister of the Gospel, 
and said Certificate is in the original hand writing of said Nathaniel Sheffield.
She further swares swears that she was the widow at the passage of the act 
and is still a Widow & that she has not before made application for a Pension
Sarah Reynolds [X]

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year above written In 
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my 
office as clerk of said Court
[ritht] Attest Chris C. Lewis Probate Clk [signature and title]
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Sworn to before the Court of
Probate as within stated
Chris. A. Lewis P. Clerk [Christopher A. Lewis Probate Clerk]

[upside down]
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation Washington County } ss
G Richmond [signature]

[most writing obscured by piece of paper on top]
AD 1853
of August
E H Champhis Clerk [signature and title]
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Voluntown New London County [unsure of county]
Mr Robert Reynolds of Richmond town
and Mrs Sarah Terry of Dexter in the State
of Rhode Island were joined together
in Marriage by me
Nathaniel Sheffield Elder
Dated at Voluntown
March the 30 1828

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
Washington Sc

Clerks Office Superior Court
South Kingstown August 2d 1853
I hereby Certify that Christopher C Lewis is Clerk of 
the Court of Probate for the Town of Hopkinton in the
County of Washington and was such at the time the
within declaration was made that his signature to the
within is genuine and that Said Court of Probate is, 
according to the laws of this State a Court of Record
and that the within Seal is the Seal of Said Court of 
Probate
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of Said Court this the second day of August
A D 1853
E H Cramphis Clerk [signature and title]

[illegible Probate Court Seal bottom left]
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the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
Washington Sc
Clerk office Supreme Court
South Kingstown August 2d AD 1853
I hereby certify that [?] knew Matthew C Card Esquire before 
whom the within affidavit was made, and who has thereunto 
Subscribed his names was at the time of so doing a Justice of
 the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commisioned
and Sworn and that Said signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
the Seal of Said Court this the second day of August AD 1853
E H Champhis Clerk [signature and title]

[two illegible words in upper right corner]

[illegible court seal attached lower left]
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In testimony whereof I have here
unto Set my hand and affixed
the Seal of Said Court this the second
day of August AD 1853
EH Champhis Clk [signature and title]
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation
Washington County } ss
At Richmond on the first day of August in the year of 
our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three Daniel 
Kenyon Esq personally appeared before me the under 
signed a Justice of the Peace within and for the County 
of Washington and made Oath according to law that 
Mrs Sarah Reynolds is the widow of Robert Reynolds
late of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut Deceased, 
and that the Said Robert was a Revolutionary Pensioner 
at the time of his death, and that the Said Robert formerly 
Resided in the town of Richmond RI. and further swares 
that the Said Sarah Reynolds described in the accompanying
Declaration is [illegible] well known to be the same individual
described theirin as Widow of Said Robert Reynolds and
that she is still a Widow
Daniel Kinyon [signature]

Subscribed & Sworn to before me the day and year first 
abovewritten and I do hereby Certifythat Daniel Kinyon Esq 
is a credible witness
[right] Matthew C. Card Justice Peace [signature and title]

[illegible seal attached lower right]
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
Washington Sc 
Clerks Office Supreme Court
South Kingstown August 2d 1853
I hereby certify that Mathew E Card Esq before whom the within affidavit was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have here
into set my hand and affixed
the Seal of Said Court this the
second day of August AD 1853
EH Champhis Clk [signature and title]

[illegible seal attached lower left]
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85.592 Act 3rd March/55
Aprl 19/55
Sarah Reynolds Widow
Robert Reynolds
Joseph D Prisler [sp]
R.I. a?? Conn.

Revolutionary War
R.J. Feby 53-2740
Ad:160 Ctly May 20/56
[illegible signature]
M [initial with underscore]

Cir J. T. Neely
Present
J.T. Neely Nov 14/58
Vol R. Page 37

No 28604 if May 3/?
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85592
Claim of Sarah Reynolds Wid
Washington Conn
Act of March 3d 1855
Draws Pension
Act 3d Feb 1853
2d Section,
---
State R Island
Revolutionary War
Mr. T. Neely 
atty
Washington DC
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State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
the 19th day of March AD
[illegible]
eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the
County of Washington. Mrs Sarah Reynolds of North [illegible]
[illegible] presently a resident in town of Richmond RI Aged 55
years who being duly sworn according to
Law declares that she is the widow of Robert Reynolds deceased
who was a private & Sergeant in the Revlutionary War. and
she refers to the declaration of her husband for evidence of his service.
---
She further states that she was married on the 30th day of March AD 1828 to said Robert Reynolds by Nathaniel Sheffield Elder
and that her name before her manage was Sarah Terry, that her said husband died on the
day of August AD 18 (year not recollected)
and that he is a widow
at the date of the Executing of this Declaration. And for
the Evidence of her marriage She refers to her Declaration
made to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by laws
the United States passed on the 3 of February 1853,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty
Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3 1855.
She also declares that she
has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under
this or any other act of Congress-
Attest Geo. H Olney
Halsey Clarke
her
Sarah Reynolds
niece
Sworn to and to and subscribed before me the day and year above
written, and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the
identical person she represents herself to be and that
I have no interest in said claim
Geo H. Olney Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
on this 19th day of March
[illegible] one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared
before me the [illegible] Justice 
of the peace witness and for the County aforesaid
Benjamin S. Reynolds and Healsey P Clarke
resident of the State of Rhode Island and County aforesaid
who being duly sworn according to Law declares that they are personally and well acquainted with
the Mrs Sarah Reynolds who made her mark to the foregoing declaration and that they know her to be the identical person therein represented and that she is
now a widow, and they swore they are disintersted witnesses
B. Reynolds
Healsey Clarke
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19th day of March AD 1855 And I certify that said
Benjamin S. Reynolds and Halsey P. Clarke
are credible and respectable citizens
Geo. H. Olney Justice of the Peace
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Known [illegible] by those friends that Sarah Reynolds [illegible] North [illegible] County of Richmond in the [illegible] R.I., widow of Robert Reynolds [illegible]
she is
the City in Washington City my true and usefull
attorney for me and in my name to prosecute and receive from
the United States the Bounty Land certificate or warrant in force 
by virtue of my deceased husbands service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. [illegible]
Law governing Bounty Lands for services
rendered in the United States in the different war and
generally to do all lawfull act 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 the premises,
In [illegible] whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this 19th day of March in the year
one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Attest Geo H. Olney
Halsey Clarke
her
Sarah Reynolds
niece
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
this 19th day of March AD 1855
Enterlining between the 2d & 3 Lines & 6&7th lines was done before signing and sealing
Geo. H. Olney Justice of the Peace
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85592
[illegible]
[illegible]
---
[illegible]
Act of March [illegible] 1855
Drawn Pensions
Act 5 Feb, 1853
2 Section
State R Island
Revolutionary War
---
Mr T Neely attorney
Washington DC

State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
I Powell Helme Clerk of the Supreme Court of the County and the aforesaid do hereby
Certify that George H Olney Esq whos genuine signature appears
to the within Declaration Affidavit and Power of Attorney is and
was at the time being the same a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn
that all his official act as such in entitled to full
faith and credit. And that the aforesaid Court is a Court
of Record having general jurisdiction. 
From under my hand and
seal of office at South Kingstown
this seventh day of April AD 1855
Powell Helme Clerk
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22786
Robert Reynolds
R Island
12 Mo Sergt 160
12 Mo Private 110
24
[illegible]
Wm P Newell
Kingston RI
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office.
83
Sir, The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is
necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the service of Robert Reynolds Washington Co. RI
Period when the service was rendered
Vol 
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years
Months
Days
Rank of the claimant
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers
Battles in which the applicant was engaged
Country through which he marched
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
Evidence by which the declaration is supported
1776
1777
4
priv
[illegible] Clarke

None
None
Boston Neck
[illegible]
this term [illegible] not distinctly stated
Same
Baily Webb
Genl Spencer
Col Dyer 
Col Potter
R Island
Boston Neck
Newport
R Island
Tiverton
Richmond
R Island
Traditionary
2 Witnesses
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) 
in the county of
and State, Territory or District of aged (c)
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: 
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of 
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal [illegible]
corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear the same Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will [illegible] the following interrogatories to all applicants by a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration
in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not confirming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, 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 ; and for such service I claim a pension.
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the 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 that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must be his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in [j]
applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Mrs. L. Russell Park
826 Taylor Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania
April 9, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX
Robert Reynolds-W.11121
BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Robert Reynolds
of Exeter, Rhode Island.
The Revolutionary War record of Robert Reynolds
which follows was obtained from the papers on file in
pension claim, W. 11121, based upon his service in
that war.
Robert Reynolds was born February 14, 1759 in
Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island. He was the
son of William Reynolds, the names of his mother is
not given. Robert Reynolds moved when about two years
of age from Exeter to Richmond, Washington County,
Rhode Island.
While residing in Richmond, Rhode Island, Robert
Reynolds enlisted and served with the Rhode Island troops
as follows:
From in December, 1776, four months as private in
Captain Simeon Clarke's company, Colonel Robert Brown's
regiment; from in April, 1777, eight months as private
and orderly sergeant in Captain Richard Bailey's company,
Colonel Charles Dyer's regiment, and was in Spencer's
expedition; from in April, 1778, nine months as orderly
sergeant in Captain Richard Bailey's company, Colonel
Charles Dyer's regiment, and was in Sullivan's expedition
; from in April, 1779, four months as orderly sergeant
in Captain Richard Bailey's company under Colonels
Dyer and Potter or Porter; in the summer of 1780, one
month as orderly sergeant in Captain Joshua Webb's company
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company, Colonel Dyer's regiment. Part of his service was
as substitute for his father, as his father belonged
to the same company as he did, during the Revolution.
The soldier, Robert Reynolds, was allowed pension on his application executed, September 4, 1832,
then a resident of Richmond, Rhode Island. He died
August 21 or 31, 1843 in Plainfield, Connecticut.
Robert Reynolds married March 30, 1828 in Voluntown, Windham County, state not named, Sarah Terry,
the daughter of Seth Terry of Exeter, Rhode Island.
She was allowed pension on her application executed
March 10, 1853, at which time she was aged fifty-four years and living in Westerly, Washington County,
Rhode Island. She was living in 1855 in North Stonington, Connecticut.
It is not stated that they had children.
Samuel Reynolds in 1833 was Justice of the Peace
in Washington County, Rhode Island, and in 1855 Benjamin
I. Reynolds was residing in Washington County,
Rhode Island. It is not stated that they were related
to each other or were related to the family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Sarah Reynolds
[illegilble]
Geddes 1853
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
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[illegible]
Aug 13
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28604
[illegible]
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Aug 15 1853
Appl of Sarah Reynolds
widow of
Robert
Washington Co.
R I.
P. $100
27064
Act 3d Feb. 1853.
$100-[illegible]
Corn Feb. 37853
RW
John T Neely
Present
Pension Office, Official Business
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR.
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 2933
Sarah Reynolds Wid of
Robt
Set. Pro. T Neely [illegible]/53
Act. 3d Feb. 1853
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[illegible]
21 Oct 1853my
[illegible]
Very Respectfully,
[illegible]
[illegible]
Robert Reynolds Act 1832
$100.00 p.an. Died 31st
1843, paid to his death
F. Burt
Auditor
Frances Burt Esq
[illegible] Auditor hearing
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R. Reynolds
R. I
[illegible]
11. 121
OK
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Mrs L. RUSSELL PANK
626 TAYLOR AVENUE
SCRANTON PENN
March 23, 1935
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
would appreciate any
information that you have
concerning Robert Reynolds of Exeter
Rhode Island, who served in the
Revolutionary War. Did he have a pension
Yours truly
Mrs. L. Russell Park
RECEIVED
March 25 1935
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
MRS. A.C. RIPPIER, SEC'Y AND TREAS
[illegible] THIRD STREET
BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Dec. 14, 1928
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Honorable Sir:
Robert Reynolds, born Exeter, R.I Feb. 14, 1759,
served as Private and Sergeant, Capt. Simeon Clarke's Co.
and Capt. Richard Bailey's Co., became a pensioner and died
in August, 1843
May I a copy of his service and record pertaining to
himself or family that may appear in same?
Thanking you for this courtesy
I am
most Sincerely
Anna C. Rippier
Mrs,
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
Dec 15 1928
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PHONE 3337
F. G. REYNOLDS
Drapery and Shade Shop
FOR MANY YEARS WITH LORING & HOWARD
WE SPECIALIZE IN
Drapery and Curtain Materials, Curtains of all Kinds. Couch Covers.
Table Runners, Pillows, Cretonnes, Curtain Rods and Window Shades
172 MAIN STREET
BROCKTON, MASS.
Pension Dept
Feb. 6, 1931
Washington D. C
Gentlemen:
I want to find out the names of ancestors of
Serg.
Robert Reynolds of
Washington County, Rhode Island
placed on pension roll Jan 8 1834
also his date of birth etc.
Kindly let me know
if I may get this
information from your files
yours truly
[illegible]. Reynolds
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB 7 1931
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MAR 2 1904
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Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you please give me
the record of Robert Reynolds
who was born in Richmond
Rhode Island 1760 and died 1844
and oblige
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB 29 1904
Mrs. Frederick Cook
38 Adelphi Ave.
February twenty seventh
Nineteen hundred and four 
Providence R.I.
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3 871
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
● ● ●
Briefed by A. [illegible] 15/9/10
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier
Robert Reynolds
Conn
Rev
Service
Additional Service
No claim, State records 191-
No claim, combination records 191-
REMARKS:
No [illegible]
Wid. F. 11, 121 (R.I.)
no other wid
no Rej
Chief Division
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History
Cook
R.I
[illegible]
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11121
Sarah Reynolds
Widow
Robert Reynolds
[illegible]
Act: Feb [illegible]
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870]
Aug. 31. 1877
to Mrs. Frederick
Providence-
[illegible]
1910 Sep 2[illegible]
Mr. [illegible] Smith
1929 May 24 [illegible]
Mrs. AC Rippier Casey
1931 March 2 Hist
to F. G Reynolds [illegible]
1935 Apr 9 [illegible] to Mrs. L Russell Park
[illegible]
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State of Rhode Island [illegible]
Washington County RI
on this 19th day of October in
the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred fifty three personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for [illegible] County
Daniel Kenyon Esq. of Richmond and made oath according to Law that Mrs. Sarah Reynold now Residing
in the County aforesaid
in Westerly in the widow of Mr Robert Reynolds late of 
Plainfield in the State of Ct.
and that same
Robert Reynolds was a Revolutionary pension
at the time of his death
and that said Sarah Reynolds where
[illegible] and before her intermarriage with the said Robert
Reynolds was Sarah Terry the daughter of Seth Terry
of Exeter in said County of Washington in the state of R.I.
and that the same Sarah is to me
well known to be the same and identical person
that was the wife of said Robert Reynolds and
that she is now a widow
Daniel Kinyon
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year above written
And I do hereby certify that
Daniel Kenyon Esq is a credible
Witness
N.B. the words "said
County" & "in the county aforesaid"
was interlined before signing
Matthew C Card
Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island Providence Plantation
Washington County
on the 19th day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand Eight hundred & fifty three personally
appeared before me a Justice of the peace for said County
Reverend Clarke of Richmond and made solemn oath
according to law that Sarah Reynolds is the widow of
Robert Reynolds late of Plainfield in the State of Ct
and same Robert was a Revolutionary pensioner at 
the time of his death and that said Sarah where [illegible] and 
before her intermarriage with same Robert Reynolds
was Sarah Terry and the daughter of Seth Terry
of Exeter in the County aforesaid
and that same Sarah is to me well known to
be the same and identical person that was the
wife of said Robert Reynolds and she now
widow
Matthew Clark
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day and year above and first written
And I do hereby certify that Reverend
Clark is a credible Witness
"The words on the right hand sign of this page & on the bottom line was erased before signing "
Matthew C. Card Justice of the peace
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State of Rhode Island of Providence Plantation
Washington County [illegible]
Clerks Office Supreme Court
Washington County
I hereby certify that Matthew C Card Esqr before
whom the foregoing affidavits 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
afforesaid duly commissioned & sworn
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of my
office as clerk of the Supreme Court of
said County this 20th day of October AD 1853
EH Champhis Clerk
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Washington DC
Oct 18,1853
Sir,
Enclosed you will find additional
evidence in the case of Mrs Sarah Reynolds
widow of Robt Reynolds of Rhode Island
(as requested in your letter 6th inst) for a Pension
under the Second Section Act 3d Feb. 1853
Yours
Very Respectfully
Mr. T. Neely
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[illegible] Bank
Providence Nov 3, 1843
The enclosed pension certificate of
Robert Reynolds, decd a pensioner in the roll of this agency, together with proof of time and place of his death in, have been presented for payment by Sarah Reynolds his widow. He having resided for the last eighteen months previous to his death, in a neighboring State, I did not feel authorized
make the payment without submitting the
case for your decision.
He was last paid
at this Agency to the 4th March 1842
I am very respectfully
you [illegible] Svt
F Greene
for Paris Hill Prist
I. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Washington DC
August 8th 1853
Sir
Enclosed please find the
Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Reynolds Widow
of Robt Reynolds a Revol. Soldier and a
Pensioner from the State of Rhode Island for
a Pension under the Second section of the
act of 3d February 1853
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Yours
Very Respectfully
Mr. T. Neely
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Brief in the case of Sarah Reynolds wife of Robert Washington County and State of R.I.
3rd Feby. 1853
Claim ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is t documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under the 
Act of 7 June,1832
Marriage proven by original
marriage certificate & parole proof.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 

Mr. T. Neely, Esq.
Present
Name and residence of Agent

J.C. Boynton,
Examining Clerk
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11. 727
Old War
2740
Sarah Reynolds
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Providence
3-465
Pension Dropped
U.S. Pension Agency
Boston Mass
Dec 31,1880
Hon J.A. Bentley
Commissioner of Pensions
I hereby upon [illegible] the name of Sarah
Reynolds (Act 3 Feb 1853) who was a pensioner on the rolls of this Agency under Certificate No. 2740 and who was
first paid [illegible] 100 = per annum
4 Sept 1777 has
been dropped because of the failure to claim her pension
for 3 yrs after the same became due
Very respectfully
D.W. Goode
Pension Agent
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Providence
3-465
Pension Dropped
Boston Mass
Dec 31,1880
Hon J.A. Bentley
Commissioner of Pensions
I hereby upon [illegible] the name of Sarah
Reynolds (Act 3 Feb 1853) he was a pensioner in the rolls of this Agency under Certificate No. 2740 and who was
[illegible] paid [illegible]
100 = per annum
4 Sept 1777 has
been dropped because of the failure to claim her pension
for3 yrs after the same became due
Very respectfully
D.W. Goode
Pension Agent
Every name dropped to be thus reported at once
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March 2, 1931
Mr. F. G. Reynolds
172 Main Street
Brockton, Massachusetts
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11121, that Robert Reynolds (son of William Reynolds) was born February 14, 1759, in Exeter,
Washington County, Rhode Island.
While residing in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island,
he enlisted and served with the Rhode Island troops, as follows:
From in December, 1776, four months as a private in Captain
Simeon Clarke's company, Colonel Robert Brown's regiment; from
in April, 1777, eight months as a private and orderly sergeant
in Captain Richard Bailey's company, Colonel Charles Dyer's regiment,
and was in Spencer's expedition; from in April, 1778, nine months
as orderly sergeant in same company and regiment, and was in
Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island; from in April, 1779, four
months as orderly sergeant in Captain Richard Bailey's company
under Colonels Dyer and Porter; in the summer of 1780, one month
as orderly sergeant in Captain Joshua Webb's company, Colonel Dyer's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he was living in Richmond, Rhode Island.
He died August 31, 1843, in Plainfield, Connecticut.
The soldier married March 30, 1828, in Voluntown, Connecticut.
Sarah, daughter of Seth Terry, of Exeter, Rhode Island.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 10, 1853, at which time she was living in Westerly, Rhode Island,
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aged fifty-four years.
There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
-2-
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Rev. and [illegible]
Wars Section
AWF/cel
May 24, 1929
Mrs. A. C. Rippier
413 Third Street
Brooklyn, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.11121, it appears that Robert Reynolds
(son of William Reynolds was born February 14, 1759, in Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island.
While residing in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island, he enlisted and served with the Rhode Island Troops, as follows:
From in December, 1776, four months as a private in
Captain Simeon Clarke's Company, Colonel Robert Brown's Regiment; from in April, 1777, eight months as a private
and orderly sergeant in Captain Richard Bailey's Company,
Colonel Charles Dyer's Regiment and was in Spencer's expedition
; from in April, 1778, nine months as orderly
sergeant in same company and regiment and was in Sullivan's
expedition to Rhode Island; from in April, 1779, four
months as orderly sergeant in Captain Richard Bailey's
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Company under Colonel Dyer and Porter; in the summer of
1780, one month as orderly sergeant in Captain Joshua
Webb's Company, Colonel Dyer's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 4, 1832, at which time he was living in Richmond, Rhode Island.
He died August 31, 1843, in Plainfield, Connecticut.
The soldier married March 30, 1828, in Voluntown, Connecticut, Sarah, daughter of Seth Terry, of Exeter, Rhode Island.
She was allowed pension on her application executed
March 10, 1853, at which time she was living in Westerly, Rhode Island, aged fifty-four years.
There are no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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son of [illegible]
Bureau
ENLIS APPOINTMENT
LENGTH OF SERVICE
RANK
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM HE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
COLONEL
STATE
[illegible]
Battles engaged in, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Richmond Rhode Island
Date of application for pension, [illegible] 1832 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, [illegible]
Age at date of application, [illegible]
Remarks: [illegible]
31793b5mle-97
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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ISC
Wid. File No. 11,121,
Revolutionary War.
March 21, 1904.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of February 27, 1904, concerning the
record of Robert Reynolds, I have to inform you that this bureau is not in possession of any information in addition to that furnished
you August 31, 1897.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs. Frederick Cook,
38 Adelphi Avenue,
Providence, R. I.
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L.W.B.
W. 11121.
his research the
as head of the
the services
of the late master at
---
This Bureau can [illegible] received of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or [illegible] were pensioned for their services. 
Such of the original [illegible] pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pensions Office, War Department.
Original rolls and other records 
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original states.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
August 31st, 1897.
Madam:- 
Replying to your request for information concerning Robert Reynolds, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he
made an application for pension on September 4th, 1832, at which time
he was 73 years of age and residing at Richmond, R. I., and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private and sergeant in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the
time he served under Capt. Webb and Co 1. Spencer. He enlisted at Richmond, R. I.
His widow, Sarah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Comissioner.
Mrs. Frederick Cook,
Providence, R. I.
38 Adelphia St.
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
SEP 13 1910
RECORD DIVISION
SEP 14 1910
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Lewisburg, Pa. Sept. 9. 1910.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Gentlemen:-
Were any of the following pensioners of the
Revolution or have they a record on file in your office?
Elisha Wightman of R.I.?
Philip Knight "" [of R.I.?]
Robert Reynolds  '' [of R.I.] or Conn.
Josiah Davis unknown state
Thank you for the information concerning
Nathan Potter and Abel Gardner
Very truly yours,
Bromley Smith
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[illegible]
11
FILES
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
AUG 9 1897
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R
Providence R. I. August 5, 1897
38 Adelphi Ave.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
Will you kindly tell me if
Robert Reynolds served in the war of
the Revolution. My information is he
did so serve from R. I. and drew a
pension. He was born in the Town of
Richmond R.I. Died in Plainfield
Conn. about 1840 in the 84th year of
his age. I want this information in
form to enable me to show that I
am eligible for election as a member of
the Society of the 'Daughters of the
American Revolution"
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. Frederick Cook
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Robert Reynolds of Richmond in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island as explanatory and suppletory of his declaration   in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832, by him made this fourth day of
September 1832. By the Commissioner of Pensions since returned him for amendment, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath further declare, that in the early part of Dec 1776 when he the said Reynolds belonged to the first company of militia in said Richmond then commanded by Capt Simeon Clark, whose Lieut was Thomas James and Ensign Smiting Potter, he in Col. Robert Brown's Regt and in said company was ordered to Boston Neck in said County, when in said company & Regt between that time & the tenth of Oct 1777, as a private he performed against the enemy the
four months military service, as set forth in his
primary declaration, to which this is suppletory, being the first item of his service
therein specified.
Immediately after the expiration
of the aforementioned four months time of service in office 1777, said first company of militia was separated into two divisions and the services of the company so distributed, that each division was subject to & performed in rotation one half of the whole service of the company at intervals, for turns of fifteen days each, from the fifteenth of April 1777, till the fall of A.D. 1780.
During the whole time between those two latter periods for the said Reynolds belonged to said Richmond & was a member
of the aforementioned company, was subject 
to & performed during the whole of that time his military duties therein, according to the aforementioned
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division & distribution of division of this company and although by reason of this
meets so [illegible],
[illegible] & [illegible] of this [illegible] of his forms of service & the great length of time that has lapsed since 
those services were performed he cannot distinctly remember so that he can state with certainty the particular dates of all his various
[illegible] of service; [illegible] yet he served in said first company as a private, guarding against the enemy from Boston Neck Point in South Kingstown to the David
Green House in North Kingstown in the aforesaid County a distance of ten miles or more on the Narragansett shore, between the fifteenth of April 1777, and the first of April 1778, under the aforementioned division & distribution of the services of the company, at [illegible] & that turns of fifteen days each, guarding against the enemy, as his own proper public military services, not less in the aggregate than five months, and as a substitute for his
father William Reynolds, who was then member & private of & subject to military duty in said company. he served between
the aforementioned periods also not less than
two months on the aforesaid station, in Col
Charles Dyer's Regt [Regiment], during the whole of these services Richard Bailey was captain, 
John Woodmansie Lieut & Joshua Will
Ensign between the first of April 1778
and the first of April 1779 he served
in the grade of orderly Sergeant in said company as discussed with short periods & guarding
against the enemy between said Boston Neck
Point & the David Green House as before
stated not less than six months, as his own
proper public military service & 
as a substitute for his said father on the
same station not less than two months more,
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in Col Dyer's Regt [Regiment] under the same officers aforementioned of said company
believed the first of April 1779 & the first of
April 1780, he served in said company in the
grade of orderly sergeant at periods of
fifteen days each as before stated guarding
against the enemy from Boston Neck Point to the David Green House not less than
four months, during which service Bailey was capt [captain] Woodman was Lieut & Webb Ensign of said company, and
a part of the time the col [colonel] of this Regt [regiment] was Dyer & a part of the time Potter was Col. [colonel]
In addition to the aforementioned services in the month Sept or Oct 1777
he was detached from said company & marched
to Trenton in the State of R. Island under Capt
Bailey,
when he served thirty days in the
grade of orderly srgt, at Spencer's Expedition under Genl Spencer - and in further addition
he was in the month of August or
Sept 1778, detached from said company & under the said Capt Bailey marched on to the island of of N. Island where he served at Sullivan's expedition thirty days, as orderly Sergeant in Col Dyer's Regt.
After the enemy evacuated Rhode Island, he thinks
in the summer of 1780, he was ordered &
marched to Newport on R. Island where he in the grade of orderly sergeant served thirty days more in said company,
then commanded by Capt Joshua Webb.
whose lieut [lieutenant] was then Woodman and Ensign Enos in at Col Dyers Regt.
The different places, that he now recollects
that he & the rest of the company quartered
at during his services in Narragansett
aforementioned, and the George Brown House Godfrey Hazard House & the David
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State of Rhode Island
Washington County
Town of Easton Nov. 4th 1833.
Person atty appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, Robert Reynolds, who being
by me duly sworn according to law, under solemn oath gave & subscribed the preceding
declaration on this sheet of paper -
I also certify that the said Robert Reynolds
is well known to me that he is a
person of veracity & stated this said declaration is entitled to credit.
Samuel Reynolds Justice of Peace
Sate of Rhode Island &
Washington County
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the
County & State Aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Reynolds
Esq was on the fourth day of November AD. 1833 and now is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly
Commissioned & qualified & that the signature annexed to
the preceding certificate regarding Robert Reynolds. I believe to be his own proper hand writing.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this Twenty fifth day of November in the year 1833
Sam. Helme Clk