Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,270, for Isaac Reynolds, Vermont
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Vt Reynolds, Isaac S14270
Green Mountain Boys
carded
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31791
New-York
Paid at the Trade
Act of 6th Apl 1838 from March to 4th Sept 1846 [illegible] May 17th 184[illegible]

Isaac Reynolds
of Chenango Co. in the State of New-York 
who was a Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Hutchins of regiment commanded by Col Lee in Vermont time for 7 mos & 20 days.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of September 1850 and sent to T. R. Austen Oteyo, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1840 $242.63
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1841 $12.77
$255.40 [total ]
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm W Edwards Clerk, 
Book E2 Vol 4 Page 62
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State of New-York
Chenango County
Personally appeared before and now, the undersigned a Judge of Chenango County NY Pleas Isaac Reynolds who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but considering to the best of his memory he served not less than the period maintained below and in the following periods. For the period of eight months I served as a private for the period of Seven months I served as a Corporal; and for such service I claim a pension. I also further depose that there is no clergyman residing in my vicinity whose affidavit I could obtain in [illegible] of the regulations of the War Department in regard to pensions
Isaac Reynolds
Sworn & subscribed this 1st day of June 1833 
before me
Levi Bigelow
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State of New York}
Chenango County}
I Henry P. Mygall a Notary Public  in and for the County aforesaid hereby certify that Levi Bigalow for whom the above affidavit  was taken, was on the first day of June 1833 and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Chenango and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto by my hand and affixed my seal of Office this June the fifth one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Henry P Mygall
Notary Public,
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Pension Applicaton
Isaac Reynolds
Bainbridge
Chenango Co 
New York
15903
aaauft [illegible]
I C Clark

James Place
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
CHENANGO COUNTY ⎬
On this 4th day of Oct 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Isaac Reynolds a resident of in
the County of Chenango and State New
York, aged Seventy four years, who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath following declaration, in order Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1st on the first day of January 1776
I enlisted at Pownal County of
Bennington then State of New York
now in the State of Vermont in Captain Samuel
Wright's Company in Colonel
Seth Warner's Regiment of State
Troops, Thomas Ransom was
first Lieu. Cartright was second 
Lieu, I enlisted for the term
of three months, a short time
after enlisting I marched
with Sergeant Bennet from
Pownal to Bennington & from
thence to Montreal, Canada through
Shaftsbury Allenton, Manchester Dorset Ruport Granville Skenesboro [Skenesborough] (Now White Hall). From Skenesboro  [Skenesborough] I went on the ice on Lake Champlain to Ticonderoga, from thence
to Crown Point & to St Johns
in Canada. Thence to Laprarie to Montreal where we joined the rest of the company & marched down the St. Lawrence River to Three Rivers (half way from Montreal to Quebeck (Quebec) & from thence to Quebeck (Quebec)
where we joined our Regiment on Abraham's plains.
We arrived at this place the
latter part of February. General
Arnold commanded us. General
Thompson with his brigade came
on some time in the Spring. I
staid [stayed] here till about the 10th of 
March, when I was detached
as one of a sergeant's guard,
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Lampson was sergeant, to
the Island of Orleans, where I
remained untill [until] our army
retreated I came off the Island
the six day of May. The army
on its retreat was a head [ahead] of us
I & my comrads [comrades] overtook
the army at Beanport or Bopore
(a French name for the St
Lawrence, about forty five miles from
Quebec. We then went to
Montreal & from thence home to
Pownal. There were no discharges given. The word from our officers was for every man to take care of himself & make the best
of his way home. I arrived at home
the Twenty Seventh day of May
having been in the service five
months wanting a few days. 
In May (about the first) 1778 at
Pownal aforesaid I enlisted for
seven months in Capt William
Hutchisons Company in Colonel
Fletchers Regiment. He acted
as Colonel tho [though] I think he was only
Major Simeon Hathaway of Bennington was Lieut. Wm (William) Fairmon of
Shaftsbury was 2d Lieutenant
Stephen Jackson was orderly
Sergeant. I with about twenty
others of the company, marched
under the orderly sergeant from
Pownal to Bennington, Shaftsbury, Allenton, Manchester, Dorset Danbury Clarendon to Rutland, Here we joined the company, which with two or three
other companies under the
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command of Col Maj Fletcher
was employed in constructing
a small picket Fort, I staid
herein the service of the United States, untill the expiration of
my term of enlistment, & was
honorably discharged about the
first day of December 1778 No
written discharge was given
to my recollection. I was out
in the service in Four different
alarmes [alarms] about three months in
the whole. The first was in the
fall of 1776, in October I think, I
went with a part of my company
being Captain David Goffs company, from Pownal to Ticonderoga. I was absent from home about
three weeks the next time I was
out was in June & July 1777. I went
with a part of my company under
Ensign Welch from Pownal to
Ticonderoga, & was in the fort
when it was evacuated by General
St Clair. The fore part of July after
the evacuations I returned home,
having been absent in the service
about three weeks. The next alarm
I went from Pownal to Manchester, under Lieut Briggs & was absent
from home about three weeks, This
was in August 1777. The last alarm
was in October 1777, I went from
Pownal to Fort Miller for the
purpose of cutting off Burgoynes
retreat to Canada in case he
should retreat I was on the west
side of the river nearly opposite
Fort Miller, when Burgoyne
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surrendered. I went out under Ensign Welch. I was out in the service at the time about three weeks. 
I do not know of any person by
whom I can prove the above
services or any of them. I was
born in the town of Exeter County
of 
State of Rhode island
on the 16th day of July 1758. I have
no Record of my age. I had one
in my family Bible, but it is now
in the possession of some one of my
children, who have married & moved away, which of them took it
I do not now recollect. I continued to reside in Pownall aforesaid untill 1782. Thence I went
to Ira Vermont where I staid
2 years, from thence to Half
moon N York where I staid 3
years. From thence to Hampton where I staid 4 years. From
thence to Wilsboro NY where I
staid 2 years. From thence to
St Albans Vermont, where I staid
Eleven years. From thence back to
Wilsboro where I staid 3 years, from
thence to Essex NY where I staid 2
years from thence to Half Moon
NY where I staid one year from
thence to Maryland Otsego County NY where I staid Eleven years
from thence to Johnsburgh
NY where I staid 2 years, & from
thence to Bainbridge Chenango
Co NY where I have resided 9
years & where I now reside.
I have stated how enlisted & how discharged
I have no documentary Evidence of my services
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I am well acquainted with John C
Clark & Levi Bigelow Esquires both of
Bainbridge aforesaid, they know me well
and can testify as to my character and
as to their belief of my age and my service
and as to the general of my services as a
solder of the Revolution
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.
P.B. Prindle Dep Clerk
Isaac (illegible) Reynolds
We, John C Clark residing in Bainbridge (illegible) and Levi Bigelow residing in the same county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Reynolds who has subscribed and avowed to the above declaration; that we believe
him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he
resides, to have been soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. (Illegible)

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
P.B. (Illegible) Prindle Dep Clerk
John C Clark
Levi Bigelow

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 John C Clark
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Bainbridge aforesaid
and that Levi Bigelow who has also signed the same is a resident in the (illegible)
and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Jarvis K Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of Chenango County State of New York
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the
matter of the application of Isaac Reynolds for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office,
this 9th of October 1832
P.B. Prindle
Deputy Clerk
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15903
Isaac Reynolds
Chenango County
New York

Col Flecher
Capt Wm Hutchins } Vermont

aomd
Corporal mo 7 & 20 days
$25.24
Entered twice on 
5.12.16
May 11th 1833
N.Y. Indesc
P 391

T R Austin 
Otego NY
John C Clark
Bainbridge 
NY
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Brief in the case of Isaac Reynolds
of Chenango Co. in the State of New York
(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
(illegible)
[Column headings: Period. Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days.). Rank. (As a) Names of General and Field officers under whom he served.]

Enlisted In 1776  5 (illegible) and a few days 
As a Private Capt. Wright, Col. Warner
Capt Hutchinson, Col. Fletcher

Alarm parties Oct. 1776  7 (months) about 21 (days) 

June and July 1777  21 (days) Ensign Welsh
August (1777) 21 (days) Lieut Briggs
October (1777) 21 (days) Ensign Welsh

5. In what battles was he engaged? Siege of Quebec

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bennington, Vermont

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?
Not corrected as required

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
T. G. Bradford
Examining Clerk.
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November 7, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MOS
Isaac Reynolds, S. 14270
Mrs. A. C. Rippier
413 Third Street
Brooklyn
New York 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Isaac and Ishmael Reynolds, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 14270, based upon the military service of Isaac
Reynolds, the only soldier of that name who served with Vermont troops that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Isaac Reynolds was born July 16, 1758, in Exeter, Rhode Island.

He moved with his parents (their name not given) from Rhode Island to Vermont and while living at Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont, he enlisted and served as follows: from about the first of January, 1776, served about five months as private in Captain Samuel Wright's company in Colonel Seth Warner's Vermont (handwritten: a "Green Mt. Boys" does not appear in case I did not use it) regiment and went on an expedition
to Canada; from late in October, 1776, served about three weeks as private in Captain Sealy's Vermont company; in June or July, 1777, served two or three weeks as private with Vermont troops under Lieutenant Benjamin
Wright and was present when Fort Ticonderoga was captured by the
British; in July or August, 1777, served two or three weeks as private
under Lieutenant Briggs in Colonel Samuel Robinson's Vermont regiment;
in October, 1777, he served two or three weeks as private under Lieutenant
Jacob wright in Colonel Samuel Robinson's Vermont regiment and was at the
surrender of Burgoyne; from April or May, 1778, served seven months as
corporal in Captain William Hutchins' company in a Vermont regiment
commanded by Major Benjamin Fletcher.
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He lived in Pownal, Vermont, until 1782 when he moved to Ira, Vermont. Two years later he moved to Half Moon, New York, three years
later he moved to Hampton, New York, four years later to Willsboro,
New York, two years later to St. Albans, Vermont, eleven years later
moved back to Hillsboro, three years later moved to Essex, New York,
two years later to Half Moon, New York, one year later to Maryland,
Otsego County, New York, eleven years later to Johnsburgh, New York,
and two years later to Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9,1832, at which time he was living in Bainbridge, New York. 

In 1832 he stated that his children, names not given, had married and moved away. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to Ishmael Reynolds, searched under all
spellings of the name.

Date death not in Agency book.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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15903
New York
Revol.
Isaac Reynolds
Suspended
See letter to
I. C. Clark
20 Sept. 1833
Act 7. June 1832.
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[typewritten letter]

THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
413 THIRD STREET
BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
MRS. A. C. RIPPIER, SEC'Y AND TREAS.

Oct. 30, 1934
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED NOV 1 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM. READER 23]

The Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., 
The Commissioner, 

Honorable Sir:-
Will you please let me know if there is an
Isaac Reynolds,  [margin note: only Vt] Runnells, Reynols, the various ways of spelling the name, a pensioner, he was of Vermont.
There was an Isaac Reynolds, Private, (Vt.) Capt. Nathan Smith,
service, April 23, May 4, 1778 assisting Capt. Ebenezer Allen. Isaac Reynolds, St. Corporal, Capt. William Hutchins Co., Provincial troops, May 1, to Nov. 30, 1778
Isaac Reynolds, Vt. Corporal, Capt. Lemuel Robert's Co., of Militia in Col. Thos. Lee's Regt. Oct. 21 to 23, 1781 probably these two services refer to the one Isaac.
Isaac Reynolds, Vt. Private, Capt. John Gray's Co., Col. Ira
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Allen's regt. of Militia service done on defense of frontier of Vt., Oct. 18, to Nov. 8, 1781. 30 miles travel.
Isaac Runnels, Vt. Private, Capt. Lemuel Robert's Co., 
Col. Ebenezer Allen's regt. of Militia, from June 10-11 1781 Ishmael Runnels, Vt., Private Capt. Lemuel Cary's Co., Col. John Abbot's regt. of foot.
Isaac had a brother Ishmael.
There was also an Isaac Raynols, Mass. Private, Capt. Henry Pierce's Co., Col. Ebenezer White's regt. also seems as the
frontier duty. 9 days service.
Ishmael Reynolds, Mass. Lanesborough, Private, Capt. Asa Barns's Co., Col. Benj. Ruggles Woodbridge's regt.
This may be the same two men.
If either or both appears pensioners, may I have a Copy?
with appreciation for any courtesy extended
I am
Most Sincerely
/s/Mrs. A.C. Rippier
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[receipt stamp: RECORD DIVISION MAY 28 1921]
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[handwritten letter]

[margin note: Rev MH]
Bainbridge, May 24th, 1921,

Dear Sirs
Has your office any record as a pensioner of the Revolution, by name, Isaac Reynolds? He is buried at East Afton, It is thought by his gr-granddaughter that he came from Vermont or Conn., during or after the war closed. The information is desired to enable her to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution."
Respectfully
/s/Mrs. W. H. Cartledge 
Bainbridge N. Y.
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. D MAY 27 1921]
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[verso]
1921 June 8. Hist. to Mrs W. H. Cartledge
1934 Nov. 7. hist. to Mrs. A. C. Rippier. M.C.S.

[recto]
14.270
Rev War ✓INVALID.
File No. 14,270
Isaac Reynolds
Corp. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 312
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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3-525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 14.270
Washington, D. C. , [blank], 19[blank]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Isaac Reynolds a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Jany 1, 1776|5 mos.|Pvt|(Samuel Wright|Seth Warner)|Green Mtn. Boys|
October 1776|3 weeks|[blank]|({David Goff [blank] Sealy| ✓ )|Vt.|
June or July 1777|{2 or 3 weeks|unkn|(Lt. Benj. Wright| ✓ )| " |
July or Aug. 1777}|2 or 3 weeks|unkn|(Lieut. Briggs|in Samuel Robinson)| " |
*Oct. 1777|{2 or 3 3 weeks|unkn|(Lt. Jacob Wright|Samuel Robinson)| " |
Apr or May 1778|7 mos.|Corpl|(William Hutchens|Maj. Benj. Fletcher)| " |
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, was in Canadian Expedition
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pownal Bennington co. Vt.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 9 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Bainbridge Chenango Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born July 16 1758 in Exeter R. I. 
Remarks: Children are referred to but no names are stated and there is not other family data on file
Place of burial is not stated.
Respectfully, 
[blank] Commissioner. 
6-2836
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 13th, 1842.

Sir:
Under the ['date' crossed out] 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," Isaac Reynolds, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars 54 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1841
Respectfully yours,
/s/Albion K. Parris COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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[addressed envelope]
Free
[postmark: MONTPELIER VT. JAN 21]
T. R. Austin Esq
Otego 
Otsego County New York
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[handwritten letter]

Montpelier Jany 20. 1840

Secretary of State's Office Vermont

Sir, 
Enclosed I forward you a certificate of all the service of Isaac Reynolds which is to be found in this office. 
The charge is $3 - which you may forward directly by mail.
The Pay Rolls in this office, perhaps I should add, are imperfect - a fact well known at the Pension Office.
Respectfully Sir, yours
/s/F. F. Merrill 
Dep'y Sec'y State

T. R. Austin Esq.
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State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier Jan'y 20. 1840.

I hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt Wm. Hutchins Company of Provincial Troops in the service of the United States of America commencing May 1st and ending November 39th 1778"; on which roll is the name of "Isaac Reynolds Corpl," with an allowance for seven [margin note: 7- ] months service.
Also a paper purporting to be "An account of a Detachment under the command of Capt. Nathan Smith finding themselves provision when called to assist Capt Ebenezer Allen in month of April 1778 thirty six men finding themselves five days nineteen men finding themselves three days their names viz.' - on which paper is the name of [margin note: -5] "Isaac Reynolds," with an allowance for five days service.
Also, a paper purporting to be "A Pay Roll of a Detachment under the command of Capt Nathan Smith for service done to assist Capt. ebenezer Allen April 1778 made up at £2-10-0 pr man pr month" on which Roll is the name of "Isaac Reynolds", with an allowance [margin note: -12] for 12 days service, commencing April 23 and ending May 4.
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Also, a paper purporting to be "A Pay Roll [margin note: 7] of Capt Samuel Roberts Company of Militia in Col. Thomas See's Regiment in the service of this State commencing the 21st of October and ending as ['stated' crossed out] entered in column third"; on which Roll is the name of "Corp. Isaac Reynolds", with [margin note: 3] an allowance for three days service. Said Pay Roll was proved in 1781.
I further certify that the said Pay Rolls and account appear to have been duly examined and [margin note: /7.20] allowed by the proper officers of government.
Given under my hand and the seal of this office this 20th day of January A.D. 1840.
/s/Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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[addressed envelope]
Mar 15. 1840
N.Y. Add'l proof Isaac Reynolds

Otego, NY
June 11
Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r Pensions
Washington D. C.
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[handwritten letter]

Otego Otsego Co. June 11th 1840

Hon J. L. Edwards.

Sir
I herewith transmit the certificate of Isaac Reynolds agreeable to the requirement of your Communication of 4th Ult'o. 
I am Sir respectfully Your Obt Ser't
/s/TR. Austin
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[addressed envelope]

[margin note: Feb. 6. 1840]
Otego NY
Jany 29
Free
Hon: J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r Pensions
Washington
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[handwritten letter]

Otego Otsego Jan'y 29 1840

Hon. J L Edwards
Commiss'r Pensions

Dr Sir,
Enclosed is the certified Copy of the Records, from the Office of the Sec'y of State Vermont. in relation to the Service of Isaac Reynolds N.Y. Rev soldier - 
Respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/TR Austin
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[addressed envelope]
July 22d N.Y. Isaac Reynolds Act 1832
Otego NY
July 17
Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]

Otego, Otsego, Co, N.Y. July 15 1839

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r of Pensions
Washington 

Dear Sir.
Enclosed is an application of Isaac Reynolds of Bainbridge, for a pension, under the Act 7th June 1832 
When passed upon, please advise me
Very Respectfully Your Ob. Ser't
/s/T. R. Austin
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State of New York 
Chenango County } ss.
Isaac Reynolds being duly sworn according to Law, testifies and says that he has lately applied for a pension, by making a declaration and affidavit, also by procuring a certificate of the Secretary of the State of Vermont and by a letter received from J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions dated May 6th 1840. I am stated as having said in my affidavit, "The reason for "no having applied before for a Pension, that my" "circumstances did not require the aid of a Pension"
If I so stated in my affidavit, It was owing to a misapprehension of the language of the Affidavit when read to me, Occasioned I presume by my being very deaf, - I intended to state, which is the fact, that soon after the passage of the Law of 1832. I did apply for a Pension by making a deduction and & Affidavit which I presume is now on file in the Pension office the reason why I did not obtain a Pension. I am not now able to state, was informed by my agent that It was owing to some informality in my papers, - 
In my late Affidavit, I intended to state, that after my failure to obtain a Pension under my first application, and the difficulty attending it, I made up my mind that I could live without the aid of a Pension, and would not pursue the application any of either, but as I grew old and dependant I concluded to make another application - 
/s/lsaac Reynolds
Sworn & Subscribed the 1st day of June 1840. Before me And I certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Reynolds the person who subscribed this affidavit - And that he is a man of truth & veracity, and entitled to credit,
/s/Levi Bigelow first Judge of Chenango County -
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Chenango Co. Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, ALFRED PURDY, Clerk of said county, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that Levi Bigelow Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the subscribed Instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking of such proof or acknowledgement the first Judge in and for said county, duly authorised to taken the same, and that I was well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement to be genuine. 
[county seal affixed] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county this 5th day of June A. D. 1840. 
/s/A Purdy CLERK.
[illegible signature] Depy Clerk
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34,925
Isaac Reynolds.
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of New York
Chenango County } ss. 
On this 14th day of June A. D. 1839 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Chenango now sitting, Isaac Reynolds, a resident of Bainbridge in the County of Chenango and State of New York, aged 80 years who being first duly sworn, doth on her 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 under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in the month of January 1776. and about the first of the month, while living at Pownal in the County of Bennington and state of Vermont he entered into a company of State Troops under Captain Samuel Wright & Lieut Thomas Ransom in Colo. Seth Warners Regiment, for the period of three months, as a private. Mustered immediately and was marched
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to Montreal & from there to Quebec, where Gen Arnold first had the command of the American forces, and afterward Gen Thomas - that while there, he with about 12 others, under charge of Sergeant William Sampson, were stationed on the Island of Orleans below Quebec, to guard the American Shipping, lying in the St. Lawrence, and that on the 6th of May he, with the American forces left Quebec and arrived at his home on the 24th day of May 1776. having been on duty five months lacking 2. or 2. days.
That in the latter part of October 1776 he volunteered into a company of Militia under the command of Capt Sealy, mustered immediately & was marched to Ticonderoga - remained within service three weeks, was then discharged, returned to his home - 
That in the month of June 1777. he volunteered into a company of Militia under Lieut. Benjamin Wright, and was marched immediately to Ticonderoga, & was on duty when Ticonderoga was taken from the Americans by the British under Burgoyne July 6. 1777. - The American forces were commanded by Gen. St. Clair - after
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the fall of Ticonderoga, he was again discharged and returned to his home - having served two weeks.
That a few days later his return from Ticonderoga in the month of July 1777. he again volunteered into a Company of Militia under Lieut. Briggs in Col. Samuel Robinsons Regiment and was marched immediately to Manchester where he remained on duty about two weeks - was again discharged & returned to his home.
That in the month of October 1777. he again volunteered into a company of Militia under Lieut Jacob Wright in Col. Samuel Robinson's Regiment - ['was' crossed out] mustered immediately & was marched to Saratoga, arrived at Saratoga on Friday the day of the battle, but no in season to take part in the actions, and remained on duty until Burgoyne Surrendered. Gen Gates commanded the American forces at Saratoga; After the surrender of Burgoyne he was again discharged & returned to his home, having been in service about two weeks - 
That in the fore part of the month of April or May 1778. still residing at Pownal aforesaid he enlisted into a company of State Troops under
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Capt William Hutchins & Lieut Simon Hathaway in a Regiment commanded by Major Benjamin Fletcher, for a period of seven months, as a private - mustered immediately - was elected first a second corporal & which  he cannot recollect & was marched to Rutland, when he, and the company to which he belonged and the Regiment under the command of Major Fletcher were stationed & where they remained until the period of seven months, for which he ['had' crossed out] enlisted, had expired when he was discharged & returned to his home - While at Rutland he was out with several scouting parties but was not engaged in any action. That the Regiment of Maj Fletcher was the only force stationed at Rutland & he cannot recollect what regular officer commanded in that section - 
He was born in the Town of Exeter in the state of Rhode Island on the 16th day of July 1758 but has no record of his age - Removed from Rhode Island to Vermont with his parents - from thence to Albany County in the state of New York soon after the close of the Revolution - from thence to Half Moon in the County of ['Columbia' crossed out] Washington New York
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from thence to St. Albans, Vermont, from thence to Essex County in the state of New York, from thence to Half Moon in Washington County New York, from thence to Maryland in the County of Otsego New York, & from thence to Bainbridge in the County of Chenango where he now resides  - 
The whole term of his service was fourteen months and a few days over. - He has no documentary evidence he can procure the testimony of John Potter to prove his first term of five months in the Canada Expedition, but knows of no person whose testimony he can now procure to prove the remainder of his said service - He further says that there is a Clergyman residing in his vicinity, but that it would subject him to great trouble, and to more expense than he is able to bear to procure the attendance at Court the distance being about 29 miles from the residence of the said Clergyman to the place where the Courts are held - He further says that the reason why he has not before applied for a pension, are, that he has been blessed with good health, & has heretofore been able to procure a comfortable subsistence for himself
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and family and did not wish to call upon his country for aid so long as he could supply the necessities of life with the labour of his hands, but that now old age is upon him, and he needs the assistance which the laws of his country offer to Soldiers of the Revolution - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state - He further states that he cannot remember whether he took a written discharge at either of the times he left the service, and that if he did take a discharge at either or all of the times he left the service as aforesaid he does not known who gave them or where they now are - He further states the names of the following persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood & who can testify as to his Character for veracity and their belief in his services as a Soldier of the Revolution - Josiah Phineas Bennett Abel Bennett Samuel Y. Scofield James Humphrey, William Calvin, David Van Horn Jonathan B Gilbert Levi Bigelow - 
Subscribed & Sworn the day & year aforesaid
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The answers of Isaac Reynolds to the following interrogatories, propounded by the court of Common Pleas of the County of Chenango. June 14th 1839
First Interrogatory - Where and in what year were you born.
Answer - I was born at Exeter in the State of Rhode Island on the 16th day of July 1758.
Second Interrogatory - Have you any record of your age and if so where is it - 
Answer - I have no record whatever of my age
Third Interrogatory - Where were you living when called into service; ['were you drafted; did you volunteer' crossed out] Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live - 
Answer. - I was living when called into service at Pownal in the state of Vermont - Since the Revolutionary war I have lived at Half Moon in the County of Washington New York - at St Albans in the State of Vermont. in Essex County New York - at Half Moon again - at Maryland in the County of Otsego, N.Y. ad I now live at Bainbridge in the County of Chenango N.Y.
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Fourth Inter. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute - and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - I volunteered at every time I entered the service.
Fifth Inter. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service - 
Answer - Gen Benedict Arnold & Gen Thomas Commanded at Quebec, during my first service - Gen St. Clair commanded at Ticonderoga the second term I was marched there, when it was taken by Burgoyne. and Gen Gates commanded at Saratoga at the Surrender of Burgoyne & his Army. - I cannot remember who the Regular commanding officer was at the time I was on duty at Rutland, nor who commanded Ticonderoga the first time that I was marched to that post -
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I  enlisted into a company of State Troops under Capt Samuel Wright & Lieut Thomas Ransom in Col Seth Warners Regiment for the period of three months. Mustered immediately, was marched to Montreal - from thence to Quebec. - that while there he with about 12 others under Charge of Sergeant William Sampson was stationed on the Island of Orleans below Quebec to guard the American Shipping lying in the St Lawrence. on the sixth of May 1776. I left Quebec with the American forces and around at my home - on the 29th day of May 1776. having been in the service five months lacking 2 or 3 days - I extended the first of January 1776 - in October 1776 I volunteered into a company of Militia under the Command of Capt Sealy & was marched to Ticonderoga & remained in the service three weeks - was then discharged & returned home - In the month of June 1777. I again volunteered into a company of Militia under Lieut Benjamin Wright & was again marched to Ticonderoga and was on duty when that Post was taken by Burgoyne
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I was then again discharged & returned to my home having been in the service two weeks

I again volunteered into a company of Militia soon after my return from Ticonderoga in the month of July 1777 under Lieut Briggs in Col Samuel Robinsons Regiment & was marched immediately to Manchester where I remained on duty two weeks. was again discharged & returned to my home. 

I again volunteered into a company of Militia under Lieut Jacob Might in Col Samuel Robinsons Regiment & was marched to Saratoga. Arrived at Saratoga on Tuesday the day of the battle but not in season to take part in the action & remained in the service until Burgoyne surrendered. After the surrender of Burgoyne I was again discharged & returned to my home.  having served two weeks. This was in the month of October 1777.

In the fore part of the month of April or May
1778 I again enlisted into a company of
State Troops under Capt William Hutchins &
Lieut Simeon Hathaway in a Regiment
commanded by Maj Benjamin Fletcher for
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the period of seven months as a private Mustered immediately Elected First or Second Corporal & was marched to Rutland, where I remained in the service seven months. Maj Fletchers Regiment was the only force stationed at that place. During the time I was at Rutland
I was out with several scouting parties but
was engaged in no action. After the term
for which I enlisted had expired I was again
discharged & returned to my home.

6th Inter For Soldier.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it.

Answer - I do not remember that I ever received  a written discharge from the service and if I ever
did I do not know when it now is.

7.  Interrogatory  State the names of the 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 service as a soldier
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of the revolution
Answer to the 7th Interrogatory -
I State the name of the following persons
to whom I am known in my present neigh
bourhood and who can testify as to my
Character for veracity, and their belief to my
Service as a solder of the Revolution - to wit
Phineas Bennett, Abl Bennett, Samuel Y
Scofield, James Humphrey, William
Calvin David Van Horn, Jonathan B.
Gilbert, Levi Bigelow and George Birdsall
Subscribed & Sworn the
14th day & year aforesaid
[signed] Isaac Reynolds
In Open Court Cyrus Wheeler
Clk of Chenango Co
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We Levi Bigelow & George Birdsall
residing in the town of Bainbridge in the County
of Chenango hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Isaac Reynolds who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be Eighty years of age
that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood when he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion & that we have no interest whatever in this application
Sworn & subscribed this
Levi Bigelow
14 day & year aforesaid
In open Court, Cyrus Wheeler Clk
George Birdsall
And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Levi Bigelow and George Birdsall of the town of Bainbridge who have signed the preceding certificate are resident in the town of Bainbridge
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in the County of Chenango, and are credible
persons, and the statement is entitled to credit
I Cyrus Wheeler, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Chenango, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Reynolds for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal
of Office this 14th day of June
A.D. 1837.
In open Court
Cyrus Wheeler Clerk of Chenango
County Courts
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Otsego County SS
Personally appeared before me the undersigned
one of the Justices of the peace of said
County John Potter and being duly
Sworn Deposeth and Saith that he knows
and is well acquainted with Isaac Reynolds
knew him in the year Seventeen hundred
and Seventy Six at which time they both
Enlisted into a company of State troops
of Vermont State County of Bennington and
town of Pownal in said State under Capt
Samuel Wright Lieut Thomas Ransom in
Col. Seth Warners Regiment and that the
said Isaac Served five months as a soldier
to the best of said deponents recollection
Subscribed and Sworn
before me this 8th day of July 1839
John Potter 
his X mark
Harvey Butts, Justice

State of New York
County of Otsego SS 
I Jesse Rose Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Harvey Butts Esquire before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected
and qualified and further that I am well
acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice
and believe his name subscribed to the above
affidavit and to be his genuine Handwriting and
Signature
Witness my hand and seal of office
this 12th day of July AD 1839
Jesse Rose Clk