Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.14,259, for Samuel Reed, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Reed, Samuel
NUMBER
S.14259
carded
Contents:
This Envelope Incudes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Dead
Reported to Agent

To Hon. James Dilbett
Aud. 17th Dec. 1844

Ledger P
Paid at the Treasury in the act [illegible] 1838
On 4 Sep. 1842 to 5 State  and agt Notified 25 Jany 1845

From  Hon. F. W. Barden, Dec. 1843 1848.

[illegible] to J. A. McCampbell, Feb 4th  13th 1849

Alabama
Samuel Reed of St. Clair Co. in the State of Alabama who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wardlow of the regt. commanded by _________ in the S.C. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mobile at the rate of 20 Dollars ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of April 1862 and sent to Hon. A. Chapman, House of Representatives.

230.00		Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1862. 			
10.00		Semi-anal allowance ending 4th March ’43	
$343.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
by D. Brown Clerk
Vol. 8 Page 106
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Georgia}
Gwinnett County} 
Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of  said County personally appeared Samuel  Reed who has made the annexed declaration & who resides in Said County And after being duly Sworn Saith that from his old age & the consequent decay of his Memory he cannot state positively as to the date he first entired [sic] the Service of the United  States in the revolution but is mighty Certain that it was before the declaration of independence & to the best of his recollection it was the latter part of the year 1775. he then resided in Abbeville District & State of South Carolina & entered the Service as a volunteer in Capt Hugh Wardlaws Company and under the Command & for the Service as stated in the Said declaration -- that he was not Commissioned but was by the Company elected Lieutenant and was recognized as such & Served in that capacity as Such after three months expired he was discharged by Capt Wardlaw by order of Genl Williamson -- the discharge was a verbal one after this in the Year 1776 he being Still a volunteer for defense of American liberty wherever his Services might be necessary was called again into Service in his capacity of Lieutenant in the Same Company & under the Same officers was engaged for sometime in building a fort in Abbeville District aforesaid & was then marched against the Cherokee Indians into Cherokee Nation which then was where river forms the upper parts of  South Carolina & Georgia  Sacked Several of their towns dispensed those who had collected into bodies then returned to the Abbeville fort which they had been building remained there Some time -- and was Continued in the Service till 1780 in the following order & under the following Service --in the year 1777 they marched against the bodies of Tories Indians & British
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in 1778 & 1779 & 1780 Similar Service was rendered it is impossible for him to recollect the date of the various skirmishes he was engaged in with those enemies but during these years he was always in Service except when he was authorized to return home & remain a Short time by his Superior officers & when his Services was not immediately required -- that he belonged to the Commands stated in his declaration Sept in 1778  Capt Wilson to [blurred] of Captain Wardlaw's Company as then stated --- And that the whole of his Services was rendered in South Carolina North Carolina & Georgia -- as well as he can now recollect -- after he returned from the Cherokee Service above mentioned he was Marched to Beech Island & was Stationed on the Georgia side of Savannah river to Guard the river below Augusta Georgia after remaining there Some time returned to Abbeville remained there till the news of the fall of Charleston was received after which Genl Williamson capitulated &  he was turned lose -- himself & many others plus those under Genl Pickens & Marched to North Carolina & Joined Genls Green & Morgan -- afterward, returned to South Carolina & thro that state & Crossed Savannah river at the Cherokee ford in pursuit of parties of Tories & was in that part of Georgia which now forms Elbert Franklin Madison & Oglethorpe Cos returned to South Carolina was in the Siege of Ninety Six -- that the Services one time as stated in his declaration and that his whole service leaving out the times that he was on home permission was Six Years -- that Since making his declaration he has ascertained that William Wardlaw Can prove a portion of his  Service. That he was born the 26 day of January 1749 in Lancaster County & state of Pennsylvania -- that he has a record of his age which is on a blank [blurred] his family Bible & now in his possession -- that he removed from Lancaster Pennsylvania to Rowan County N. Carolina from there to Abbeville  Dist S. Carolina at the age of thirteen -- was a resident there until the year 1800 then moved to Pendleton Dist SC from thence to Georgia & now still resides in Said State & County of Gwinnett -- that he never received a Commission altho he acted as lieutenant all the time mentioned the Commissioning officers was very irregular & his [blurred] this was the reason he never rec'd a written Commission. John L. Wilson A Clergyman & Thomas W. Alexander, John Mills Esq --- William Mathies Esq  -- Archel R. Smith Esqr & Many others of his neighborhood to whom he is well Known Can testify to his Character for Veracity & their belief of his Services as a Soldier of the revolution -- and for Such Service he Claims a pension.        /s/ Saml Reed Sworn to & Subscribed Before me this 27 May 1833  John Mills JP Georgia  Gwinnett County } } I do certify that Samuel Reed who has taken the  above affidavit is a Gentleman of the most unblemished moral and obliging reputation & is entitled to full credit on his oath & I believe he rendered the Services mentioned Given under my hand this 27 May 1833      John Mills
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Georgia}
Gwinnett County} 
I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court for Said County do hereby certify that John Mills whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit of Samuel Reed as a subscribing witness and also to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same as acting Justice of the Peace for said County & that full faith & credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such. Given under my hand & Seal of office this 19th day of August 1833.
Wm. Maltbie, C. H.
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Georgia}
Gwinnett County} 

We whose names are herewith subscribed do certify that we have been long acquainted with Samuel Reed of this  neighbourhood That he is an old gentleman of good unblemished Character and for truth & veracity has none been questioned – That he is very old & infirm. 
Given under our hands this 2nd March 1838.
Nathan L. Hutchins
atty.at.Law
John M. Thompson (CSC)
John Mills (JC)
Michael R. Dimick J.C. P.M.
B. H. Lamkin J.P.
Jesse Murphy J.P.
Wm. Gordan S.C.
Wm M. Roberts J.J.C.

Hon. T. Glascock H.R.
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Georgia}
Gwinnett County}   Inferior Court

Nathaniel Bailey being duly sworn saith that Samuel Reed who has sworn to and subscribed the above Declaration was a soldier of the revolution & served as Lieutenant in the Company to which Samu belonged and that I was under his Command. 
Nathaniel Bailey
Sworn to in open Court this 25 September 1832
Attest Wm. Maltbie C. J. C.
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Georgia}
Gwinnett County}   

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County. Joseph Gouge Serv, and Ezekiel Thacker who being duly sworn said that thay [sic] & each of them have been acquainted for many years with Nathaniel Bailey late of Hall County dec’d. and that said Bailey was a man of good moral character and entitled to full credibility on his oath 
Sworn to before me this 20th day of Dec 1833
John F. Martin, J.P.
Joseph Gouge, Serv. his X mark
Ezekiel Thacker

Georgia}
Gwinnett County}

I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County hereby certify that John F. Martin whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit as a subscribing witness is and was at the time of Subscribing the same
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an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given for his attestation as such and that the same is in due form and I do further certify that I am acquainted with Joseph Gouge, Serv. and believe him to be a man of good moral character & truth & veracity, Given under my hand & Seal of office this 3rd day of February 1834.
Wm. Maltbie, Clerk
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Georgia}
Gwinnett County}

Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of Said County _ personally appeared William Wardlaw a resident of Said County & being duly sworn saith that in 1775 he was acquainted with Samuel Reed who now applies for a pension _ he then resided in Abbeville District & state of South Carolina where deponent there resided and that to the best of his recollection Said Reed entered the Services of the United States in that year as a volunteer in defence [sic] of the United States in Captain Hugh Wardlaws Company & was by that company elected Lieutenant  & served in that capacity _ as was understood by me at that time I was not there in the in the Services _ that the deponent is a son of Hugh Wardlaw who then commanded the company & was a neighbour of Said Reed and had his grinding done at the mill of Said Reeds father whose named George Reed _ that from the year 1775 up to & including this year 1780, Samuel Reed was in the army & acted as Lieutenant was sometimes at home on permission _ that when he deponent entered the army in 1780 Said Samuel Reed was there in that army in South Carolina and acting as Lieutenant and was always respected & esteemed as a good brave soldier & officer & now has born that reputation _ That this
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deponent has known said Samuel Reed since his earliest recollection and from his then situation & from his long acquaintance with him can state that no man stands more diservidly [sic] high in this estimation his acquaintance for truth honesty & integrity and that he believes in the truth of all the facts stated in the said declaration.
Wm. Wardlaw
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 7th June 1833
John Mills, J.P.

Georgia}
Gwinnett County}
I John Mills a Justice of the peace of said County & before whom the above affidavit was sworn to do certify that William Wardlaw who has sworn & subscribed the same is a gentleman whose character stands high for truth & veracity & is entitled to full credit an his oath. 
Given under my hand this 7 June 1833
John Mills, J. P. 

Georgia}
Gwinnett County}
I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court for said County hereby certify that John Mills whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit of William Wardlaw as a subscribing witness & also to the foregoing Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County & was at the time of subscribing the same and that full faith & credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such. Given under my hand & Seal of office this 19th day of August 1833
Wm. Maltbie,  C. H.
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Georgia}
Gwinnett County}

Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County personally appeared Nathan L. Hutchins of said County & being duly sworn deposeth & saith that [illegible] in the [illegible] of the present year Nathaniel Bailey late of the county of Hall, in said state had a conversation with deponent on the subject of his claim for revolutionary services and that he stated to deponent that Samuel Reed now of Gwinnett County was a lieutenant in the revolutionary war that he belonged to the Company Commanded first by Capt. Hugh Wardlaw afterward by Captain Wilson and that said Reed resided in Abbeville South Carolina when he entered the Service that to the best of his Baileys recollection said Reed entered the Services about the year 1775 and continued in the Service with little exceptions till the close of the War that during all this time he was acting as lieutenant & was reputed an excellent officer & soldier _ the above is in substance what said Bailey state, to deponent, deponent further saith that he has known Samuel Reed the applicant about ten years that said Reed stands high for veracity that he considers him intitled to full credit on  his oath or statement and that he believes said Reed served as he states
Sworn to before me this 17 August 1833} 
Nathan L. Hutchins
Jonn Mills J. P.
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Georgia}
Gwinnett County}
I John Mills a Justice of the peace of said County & before whom the foregoing affidavit was made do certify that I have for seven years been acquainted with the deponent Nathan L. Hutchins and That he is a reputable citizen of said County and is entitled to full Credit on his oath Sworn under my hand & Seal this 17 August 1833 ~
John Mills J. P. {{Seal}} 

Georgia}
Gwinnett County}
J. William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court for said County hereby certify that John Mills whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit of Nathan L. Hutchins is a subscribing witness and also to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County & Seal full faith and credit ought to be had & given to his attestation as such. Given under my hand & Seal of office this 19th day August 1833
Wm. Maltbie C. J. C.

(written on the left margin: N. L. Hutchins apt
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The State of Alabama}
St. Clair County}	Orphans Court, Regular Term 

Began and held in the Town of Ashville on the first Monday in March it being the fourth day of the month
Be it known that before me James Rogan a Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Chennault and made oath in due form of law that he is the Administrator of the Estate of Samuel Reed a Revolutionary Pensioner Who departed this life on the fifth day of  February 1843 and who is identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whoever a certificate of Pension was issued of which the following is a true copy

War Department: Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Samuel Reed of the State of Alabama who was a private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Dollars per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable Semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War office of the united States tis twenty Seventh day of Aril one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
 {{Seal}}	John C. Spencer
		Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions 1944 Payment to be made at Mobile by Samuel Parrine Esq agent for paying pensioners in the agency of Mobile Recorded in Pension office in Book 2 Vol. 8 Page 106 by D. Brown Clerk that the Deceased pensioner resided in St. Clair County in the State of Alabaman for the space of twenty  years before his death.
John Chennault
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 4th day of March 1844. P. Rowan J.P.
James Rogan Judge of CC
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Know all men by those presents that I John Chennault administrator of the Estate of Samuel Reed a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby Constitute and appoint James Crawford my true and lawfull [sic] attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent for paying pension in Mobile State of Alabama The balance of Said Pension from the 4th day of September 1842 to the fifth day of February 1843 being the day of his death
Witness my hand and Seal this 4th day of March 1844
John Chennault {{Seal}}
Sealed and delivered in presence of 
James Rogan Judge of C.C. 
Peyton Rowan J.P

The State of Alabama}
St. Clair County}
Be it known that on the 4th day of March 1844 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared the above named John Chennault and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Peyton Rowan 
J. Peace

The State of Alabama}
St. Clair County}
Be it Known that on this 4th day of March 1844 before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared James Crawford the attorney named in the foregoing  power of attorney made oath that the same and given him by Reason of any Sale, transfer a Mortgage of the pension or owner of the pension therein certifying to be a pension.
Subscribed to open Court C. J. C. 
26 March 1844
Geo Crawford
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The State of Alabama}
St. Clair County}
I Ross Philips Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid at an Orphans Court held at Ashville in and for St. Clair County, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to Said Court that Samuel Reed was a pensioner of the United States at the rates of Twenty Dollars per annum, Was a resident of the County of St. Clair in the State aforesaid, and died in the same in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three on the fifth day of February that he left one Daughter living whose named is Margaret that the balance of pension is for the use and benefit of Said Child, the estate not in debt.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal of Office at Asheville this 4th day of March in the year of Our Lord A.D. 1844
Ross Philips
Clerk of the County Court

I do hereby further certify that John Chennault has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of Samuel Reed, Dec’d. who was a Revolutionary Pensioner this day and date as above
Ross Philips
Clerk of the County Court

Stamped: Voucher Received Hom GAO
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Reed Decd.
Pension Claim

Evidince [sic]of no widow

The State of Alabama}
St Clair County}
Be it Known that on the 17th day of July 1844 before this Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County personally appeared James Rogan who being duly Sworn doth in his oath say that he was personally acquainted with Samuel Reed the Revolutionary Pensioner within named, and that he died without leaving any widow.
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned.
Daniel E. McCurry
Justice of the Peace

I Ross Philips Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify, that Daniel E. McCurry is a magistrate as above and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office having been therefore affixed at Ashville this 174th day of July 1844.
Ross Philips
Clerk of the County Court
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March 1, 1938

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BA-J/EEL
Samuel Reed-S.14259

Mrs. Pearl H. Sparks
1226 Pawnee Street
Leavenworth, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Armstead Brisendine (Brisondine, Brizendine) who enlisted in Virginia, and lived in Essex County, that state, in 1783; and of Samuel Reed, who served from South Carolina and later lived in Kentucky.

There is no claim for pension of bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of an Armstead Brisendine or similar spelling.  Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.

It is suggest that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of that soldier, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.

You are furnished herein the record of Samuel Reed, the only soldier of that name of similar spelling, who served in the South Carolina troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, the data for which were obtained from the papers filed in his claim for pension, S.14259.

Samuel Reed, the son of George, was born January 26, 1749, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and at the age of thirteen, moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, then to Abbeville District, South Carolina. The name of his mother is not shown.

In 1775, while residing in said Abbeville District, Samuel Reed was elected lieutenant of a company of militia, served as such officer in Captain Hugh Wardlaw’s Company, Colonel George Reed’s (soldier’s father) South Carolina Regiment, and was at the siege of Ninety Six,
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length of service, three months; in 1776, Samuel Reed again entered the service and from that year until the close of the war, served on various tours, his entire service amounting to over six years, as lieutenant in Captains Hugh Wardlaw’s and Wilson’s Companies, Colonel Geroge Reed’s South Carolina Regiment, was in the battles at Cars Fort, Kettle Creek, at the second siege of Ninety Six in many skirmishes with the Tories and Indians.

After the Revolution, he continued to reside in South Carolina, until 1800 or 1806, when he moved to the state of Georgia. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while residing in Gwinnett County, Georgia.  It is not stated that he ever lived in Kentucky.

Samuel Reed stated that he “lost his companion”, in 1840, after which he moved to Saint Clair County, Alabama, to reside with his children, names of wife and children are not given.

He died February 5, 1843, place not stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Reed (S. 14259), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Samuel Reed
Certificate No.31944
Issued April 27, 1842
Rate, $20.00 per month
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator. 

-2-
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Leavenworth, Kans
Feb. 9,  1938

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you please send me what record you have of Armstead Brisendine (also spelled Brisondune) & Brizendine) Birth, death, parents, & war Record. He enlisted in Va. – served in the Revolutionary War & was living in Essex Co. Va in 1783.
Also can you furnish me further information on Samuel Reed – who served under Washington throughout
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the Revolutionary War from south Carolina – Later he lived in Kentucky  - his wife was a sister to Col. Harriston Any thing you can send me concerning him when & where he was born – war Records. Or his  children will be appreciated.
Thanking you in advance – 

Yours very truly,
Mrs. Pearl H. Sparks
1226 Pawnee St.
Leavenworth
Kans.

P.S. This above information is wanted for Genealogical purposes only.
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(Letterhead) includes an image of the entrance to a stone structure)
Rockhill Manor
43rd and Locust Streets
Kansas City, Mo.

January 12th, 1937.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
I am trying to get the records of my family and I would appreciate any and all information you can give me: dates, events, names of others in the families of the following:. This same book says, “His wife was a Miss Hampton, sister of the father of General Wade Hampton, who served with such distinction in the Confederate army, and afterwards in the Senate of the United States. He was from South Carolina.

Captain Joseph Reed, son of the former.  “In the war of 1812 between the United States and England, he served with distinction as Captain of a company of Kentucky volunteers”. He had moved from South Carolina to Clark County, Kentucky, near the beginning of the 19th century, Kentucky, near the beginning of the 19th century.  He married Miss Catherine F. Grigsby of Clark County in 1810. He moved from  Kentucky to Clay County Missouri about 1834 and died there in 1844. 
Both might have spelled their names either Reid, Read, Reade, Reede, or Rede.

Will there be any charge for this service?
Thanking you, and requesting and early reply.

I am,  yours truly,
Kathryn Reed Goodwin.
(Mrs. K.R.)
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Image of a Stamp marked RECEIVED ---14, 1837 at 12
most of the imprint is blurred out
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Windsor, Mo
Nov. 1, 1918.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir –
I am seeking authentic information of the Revolutionary War Record of one of my ancestors, namely Samuel Reed of South Carolina. Any information you may be able to give me will be gratefully received.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. C.H. Burgess.

Stamp circular marked PENSION U.S. OFFICE  0 NOV 5 1918
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Windsor, Mo
Nov. 1, 1918.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir –
I am seeking authentic information of the Revolutionary War Record of one of my ancestors, namely Samuel Reed of South Carolina. Any information you may be able to give me will be gratefully received.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. C.H. Burgess.

Stamp circular marked PENSION U.S. OFFICE  0 NOV 5 1918
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14259
Rev War
INVALID.

File No. 14259
Samuel Reed
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index: - Vol. 1, Page 313

[Arrangement of 1870]

1918 Nov. 7 Hist. to Mrs. C.H. Burgess.
1932 Agu 14 Hist. to Senator
E.D. Smith Letter in case of William Read, Sd. 4766 EEL

1937 – Jan 29 / Hist to Mrs. K. R. Goodwin EL

1938 – Mch 1 – Hist to Mrs Pearl H. Sparks - EL
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Saml. Reed
Gw
Bus let Hon Who?
Hascock  Maul 
15th 1838 – Jo. Tattor.
J.C. Calhoun, Feb. 20.
1840. Hon. Mark A. Cooper 4 Feby 1841

REED, Samuel 19,447
Dec 44

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
AGENCY OF PAYMENT	Mobile, Alabama
DATE OF ACT		June 7, 1832
DATE OF PAYMENT	Under the Act of April 6, 1838
DATE OF DEATH	February 5, 1843

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE
65a _ WASH DC 4 - 4891
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No. 19447
Reed, Samuel
Adm. of
Dec. 26 - 1844
Ac X 6 April 1838
Mobile, Ala.
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Saml. Reed
Gw
Bus let Hch Ths?
Hascock  Maul 
15th 1838 – Jo. Tattor.
J.C. Calhoun, Feb. 20.
1840. Hon. Mark A. Cooper 4 Feby 1841

REED, Samuel 19,447
Dec 44

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
AGENCY OF PAYMENT	Mobile, Alabama
DATE OF ACT		June 7, 1832
DATE OF PAYMENT	Under the Act of April 6, 1838
DATE OF DEATH	February 5, 1843

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE
65a _ WASH DC 4 - 4891
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Feb. 13. 1849.
J. A. McCampbell
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Pension Office
February. 13th 1849.

Sir.
In answer to your letter of the 22nd Sept, in the case of Samuel Reed, dec’d., late a pensioner under the Act of June 7th 1832, I have to inform you that he has been paid at the Treasury Department under the Act of 6th April 1838, from  4th Sep 1842 to the 5th Feby 1843 the day of his. The voucher upon which the payment was made and deposited in the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, from whare you can learn to whom the payment was made.

J.A. McCampbell
Jacksonville
Ala.
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House of Rep.
Washington City
April 22nd 1842

Sir;
According to your suggestion in  your letter of 23rd Feby last answered I have procured from the office of the Comptroller Genl of South Carlina the evidence you required, showing the service of Samuel Reed joining the Revolutionary War, which you will find enclosed.
I hope therefore that Mr. Reed’s certificate will be issued.

With great respect
Your Ob. Srv.
R. Chapman

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comms of Pensions}
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Pension Office
Feby 23, 1843

Sir

The papers in the case of Samuel Reed have been examined and filed. The alleged service in the South Carolina militia. W. C. Hayne Esq. Comptroller General of South Carolina at Columbia, has received evidence in his Office of the service of S. Ca. troops to whom application should be for any records of this service of the applicant.  His declaration made in Georgia is on file.
Mr. Rogan’s letter is herewith returned.

I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully 
Yr. Obed: Ser.
J. L. Edwards

Hon. R Chapman 
House of Representatives
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Ala. apl 26 '42
Hon. R. Chapman, HR.

E. L. Edwards Esq.
Court of Pensions
Washington city
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House of Rep.
April 26th 1842

Sir;

In reply to yours of 23rd [word is smudged] relation to the application of Samuel Read of St. Clair Co. Ala. for a pension, I will state, that in as much as he can make further and [illegible] specific proof [illegible] often as as to the time of his service, and get an issuance of his pension from the day on which issue begin, I will take the certificate at present for the amt. you suggest payable at the Huntsville agency.

With great respect
Your Ob. St.
R. Chapman

E. L. Edwards Esq.}
Court of Pensions}
Washington City}
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Washington City
Nov 29 1868

Sir: -

Examine the enclosed letter & return it to me with answer to the questions put at  your earliest convenience _ say this week _ as I wish to go to Ala. on Monday night-

1.	Inform me whether Samuel Reede [sic] has been allowed a pension on application of James Rogan or any one else _ He lives, I believe in St. Clair County Ala.
2.	If the pension was allowed who has received it?
3.	The old  man being dead – how will his heirs proceed to obtain their rights – Send the forms & intentions
4.	Have the papers that were filed in Said cou being withdrawn. If so, by whom & when?

Yours ~~
J. W. Bowdon

Col. J. L. Edward}
Comm. Pensions}
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14, 205

Samuel Reed
Alabama
Mobile agency
Admitted

Private 6 mos $20. -
Capt: Wardlaw Col. S. C.

Act 7 June 1832

What agency?
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Dec. 4th 1848.
Hon F. W. Bowden
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Pension Office
December 4th 1848.

Sir,

I am reply to your letter of the 1st ins’t I have the honor to inform you that Samuel Reed, of St. Clair County Ala was placed on the pension roll under the Act of June 7th 1832, at $20. per annum, on the 27 April 1842, and the certificate of pension was sent to the  Hon R Chapman, House of Representatives.  The letter of Mr. McCampbell is herewith returned.

Hon. Franklin Welsh Bowdon
House of Representatives
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Undecipherable

J. G. Berret Comsn of
Pensions,
Pension Office
Washington City
D. C. 

Mr. Evans (left margin notation)
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Jacksonville Febry 2d 1849.

Sir

I recvd/ yours of 4th Dec 1848 through the Honb. F. W. Bowdon giving me the information that a certificate of pension was issued to Samuel Reed April 27th 1842 and I must beg your indulgence to know if the money or any part of the same has ever been received or drawn on the certificate by any person.  The old man is very poor he never has received one dollar of the amt alowed [sic] him yet; if the money has not been drawn and the certificate has been missent or Lost by mail or otherwise as it has never came to Samuel Reed; you will do me the favor to send me instructions or Blanks that I may be able to procure the amount for the old man; and much oblige.  
State what amount there is yet due the old man.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
J A. McCampbelll

J. G. Berret
fas Comms. of Pensions
Washington City, D. C,
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House of Reps. 14th March 1838

Sir

I send send [sic] you the enclosed papers of Samuel Reed, and request some action on them as soon as possible.

Yours with great respect
Thos Glascow

J. L. Edwards, Esquire

Comm of Pensions
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January 29, 1937

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL
Samuel Reed-S.14259

Mrs. K. R. Goodwin
Rockhill Manor
43rd and Locust Streets
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Reed, of South Carolina, and the War of 1812 records of Joseph Reed (son of Samuel), who served as a captain in the Kentucky Volunteers, married in 1810, Miss Catherine R. Grigsby, of Clark County, moved to Clay County, Missouri, where he died in 1844.

The War of 1812 records have been search and no record found of a claim for pension having been made to the United States or that a warrant for bounty land was issued based upon the military service in that war of Joseph Reed of similar spelling, as described by you.  Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.

You are furnished herein the history of Samuel Reed, the only soldier of that  name or similar spelling, who served in the South Carolina troops that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data are obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.14259, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Reed, the son of George, was born January 26, 1749, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and at the age of thirteen, moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, then to Abbeville District, South Carolina. The name of his mother is not shown.

In 1775, while residing in said Abbeville District, Samuel Reed was elected lieutenant of a company of militia served as such officer in Captain Hugh Wardlaw’s Company, Colonel George Reed’s (soldier’s father) South Carolina Regiment, and was in the siege of Ninety Six, length of service, three months: in 1776, he again entered the service and from that year until the close
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of the war in 1783, he served on various tours his entire service amounting to over six years, as lieutenant in Captain Hugh Wardlaw’s and Wilson’s Companies, Colonel George Reed’s South Carolina Regiment, was in the battles at Cars Fort, Kettle Creek, at the second siege of Ninety Six and in many skirmishes with the Tories and Indians. 

After the Revolution, Samuel Reed continued to reside in South Carolina, until 1800 or 1806, when he moved to the state of Georgia.

He was allowed pension on his application execute September 25, 1832, while residing in Gwinnett County, Georgia

He stated that he “lost his companion” in 1840, after which he moved to Saint Clair County, Alabama, to reside with his children. The names of wife and children are not given.

He died February 5, 1843, place not shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Reed (S.14259), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Samuel Reed
Certificate No.31944
Issued April 27, 1842
Rate $20 per month
Commenced March 4,1831,
Act of June 7th, 1832
Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Samuel Reed
S.14259

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.14259, based upon the military service of Samuel Reed in that war.

Samuel Reed, the son of George, was born January 26, 1749, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and removed to Rowan County, North Carolina, and then to Abbeville District, South Carolina, “at the age of thirteen”.

In 1775, while residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina, Samuel Reed was elected lieutenant of a company of militia, served as such in Captain Hugh Wardlaw’s Company, Colonel George Reed’s (soldier’s father) South Carolina Regiment, and was in the siege of Ninety Six, length of service three months; in 1776 he again entered the service and from that year until the close of the war in 1785, he served on various tours, his entire service amounting to over six years in all, as lieutenant in Captains Hugh Wardlaw’s and Wilson’s Companies, Colonel George Reed’s South Carolina Regiment, and was in the battles at Cars Fort, Kettle Creek, and at the second siege of Ninety Six, and in many skirmishes with the Indians and Tories.

After the war, he continued to reside in South Carolina, until 1800 or 1806, when he moved to the state of Georgia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while residing in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

He stated that in 1840, he “lost his companion”, after which he removed to Saint Clair County, Alabama, to reside with his children. The names of his wife and children are not given.

He died February 5, 1843.

Very truly yours
A.D.HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 8-326

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., _____ , 19 ___

S.#14259

In reply to your request of ________ , received ________ , for a statement of the military history of Samuel Reed a solider of the REVOLUTIOARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Date of Enlistment or Appointment: 1746
Length of Service: 1783
OFFICER UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
Captain Hugh Wardlaw & Wilson
Colonel George Reed

Battles engaged in, Ninety Six, Cars Fork, Kettle Creek
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abbeville District South Carolina
Date of application for pension, Sept. (text is too faint to decipher)
Residence at date of application, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Age at date of application, born Jany 26, 1749 in Lancaster Co. Pa.
Remarks: died Feby 5, 1823
In 1842 soldier was living in St. Clair Co. Ala. with his children their names are not stated, and there is no other data on file as to his family.
The above named is the only Soldier of that name S. Carolina, etc

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

Form 285C
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Reed of the State of Alabama who was a Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and ____cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
John C. Spencer
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned}
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

Stamped:
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Saml. Reed
Pension Certificate

Payment to be made
At Mobile
By James Perrine, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Mobile

Recorded in the Pension  Office, in Book E. 2. Vol. 8. Page 106 by D. Brown, Clerk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE,

Sept. 23rd, 1844.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may received their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm’or. Of Samuel Reed, dec’d. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, Al. Agency , at the rate of Twenty Dollars and ___ cents (strikethrough) per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department , from the 4th of Sept. 1842, to the 5th Feby 1843.

Respectfully, yours, 

Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, 
Present.
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feb 22, 1842
Alabama

J. L. Edwards, Comm'sh. of Pensions
Washington City.

Hon. R. Chapman H. R.
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House of Rep
Feby 22nd 1842.

Sir;

I beg [illegible…to…] you with this letter of Judge Rogan of St. Clair Co. Ala. the Declaration and proofs on the application of Samuel Reed for a pension.
I am acquainted with some of the witnesses who have testified in behalf of Mr. Reeds and believe them entitled to full credit particularly, James Listen.
I submit Mr. Reeds application for your examination.

With great respect
Your ob. Svrt.
R. Chapman,

J.C. Edwards, Esq}
Court of Pensions}
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Indent Book} 
U No. 337}	Issued the 2nd July 1785 to Samuel Reed for three pounds, Eleven shillings and five pence Sterling, for Militia duty per account audit.  L.B. 11.5
No. 1

The State of South Carolina
To Samuel Reed	Dr.
Duty for Col. Anderson return currency $25.00
No. 2

Comptroller General Office
Columbia N.C. 18 April 1842

I do hereby certify that the above mentioned item marked No. 1 in red ink, is a true copy _ Taken from the margin of Indent Book U. No.3 deposited in this office. And that the above account marked No. 2 in red ink is a true copy of the account for which the Said Indent was issued.

William Laval
Comp. General

PB Harth -
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No. 14
Sml. Reed Lieutant [sic]
Revolutionary Soldier
(copy blotted out)
Wm. Maltbie, C. H.
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State of Georgia} Inferior Court September Term 1832
Gwinnett County} on this 25th day of September 1832
Personly [sic] appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record, now Sitting Samuel Reed a resident of the Said County of Gwinnett & State of Georgia aged Eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States  under the following named officers served as herein Stated: That he entered the service in the County or District of Abbeville & State of South Carolina wherein he then resided he thinks in the year 1775 as Lieutenant in the Militia Service under Captain Hugh Wardlaw attached to Colonel George Reed’s Regiment and belonged to General Williamson’s Brigade some time he thinks in October & marched against the Tories at Ninety Six in said state of So. Carolina & then gave them the Tories battle this Tour was for three months; afterwards in 1776 was calld [sic] in to service again & was engaged in Building a fort in Abbeville District So. Ca. for some time. & then marched against the Cherokee Indians as Lieutenant under the said before mentioned officers during all of this year some times as a Guard at the fort and at others times on the fronteers [sic] and Continued in Service against the Indians. Tories & British [sic] & was in a great many scremmishes [sic] with those Enemies that he was in the Battle at Kettle Creek in Georgia and also in a battle at Carrs Fort & Continued in the Service of the United States until 1780 & at which time he was again Called on & was Stationed at _ Beech Island & was at that Station when the British took Charleston he was then about that time relieved and returned to Abbeville Dist So. Ca
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And Still being under the Command of the said General Williamson, there & by him the said Genl. Took reffuge [sic] under the British; but in a very short time found that would not do. a few Companies of us collected in the Indian Country & marched Under the Command of General Pickens & Joined the main Army under Genrl’s Green & Morgan near Salesbury in North Carolina. from their he marched under Genl. Pickens to the South against the Tories & Killed them Indiscriminately giving quarters to none through South Carolina & Georgia & when Genl Green Came on to besiege NinetySix. The Command to which he belonged Joined. The said Genl Green and that after that Siege we ware sent in Scouting parties against the Tories Constantly untill [sic] a general peace was obtained. That all those services he was a Lieutenant & was in the service of his Country from the time he first entered it in 1775 until the war ended.\ with the exception of a few weeks from & after the time that Genl Williamson Surrendered us to the enemy or otherwise took reffuge [sic] under them, when ever Called on which was much moore [sic] that half of said time. That he was regularly discharged by his officers. but has lost said Discharges. That the above servises [sic] was under by him in North Carolina. South Carolina & Georgia and under the before mentioned officers: That since the Revolutionary War he has resided first in South Carolina & from there he came to Georgia & is at this time residing in said State & County of Gwinnett and that he  has no documentary evidence whereby he can proove [sic] his services & that he knows of no person now living
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Whose testamony [sic] he can procure that will Establish the Same. Excepting the testamony [sic] of Nathaniel Bailey Which is herewith Submited [sic]: he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever toa pension or annuity except the present. And declairs [sic] that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sam’l. Reed

Sworn to & Subscribed this day & year aforesaid in open Court
(Attest) W. Maltbie C. J. C.

Georgia}
Gwinnett County}  We John S. Wilson a Clergyman residing in the Said County of Gwinnett and State aforesaid and (the name George M Goshen is x’ed out) Thos. W. Alexander residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Reed who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be Eighty three years of age  That he is reputed and believe in the Neighbourhood [sic] where he resides to have been a soldier o the revolution & that we Concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year afforesaid [sic] in open Court.
(Attest) W. Maltbie C. J. C.

Georgia}
Gwinnett County}  And the said Court do hereby declair [sic] 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
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it appears to the Court that John S. Wilson who has signed the presiding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Gwinnett and state of Georgia and that Thomas W. Alexander who has also signed the same is a resident in the State & County aforesaid and is a Credible person and that their statements is entitled to Credit 
J. R. Smith J.J. C.
Wardlaw, J.C. C.
John Brewster, J.J. C.

Georgia, Gwinnett County.
I William Maltbie Clerk of the Inferior Court for the County of Gwinnett and State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Reed for a pension.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and Seal of office this 225th day of September 1832
Wm. Maltbie. C. J. C.

No. 14
Sml. Reed Lieutenant
Revolutionary Solider

Saml Reed 14205.
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Declaration of Samuel Reed

The State of Alabama}
St Clair County}

On this Twenty Sixth day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty Two, Personally appeared in Open Court, before the Court of Orphans, Special Term now Sitting Samuel Reed, a resident of St. Clair County and State of Alabama aged Ninety 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 7th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States, under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated to wit:
In the Year 1776 shortly after hostilities in South Carolina, being then Twenty Seven Years of age, entered the army as a volunteer in the army under the Command of General Pickens…Captains Wardlaw commanding the Company, in which he Served and acted under him in Said Company as first Lieutenant, was not in any general engagement with the British, but was in several with the Tories to wit. One at 96 (now Called Cambridge) in South Carolina. one at Kettle Creek in Georgia. Together with several others. After the Capture of Charlestown by the British active with the balance of the army to which he belonged, as a Refugee during which this got in Company with General Green and his Army, was at the Siege of 96.
He farther [sic] declares that his father George Reed was a Colonel of the Malitia [sic] in the Same Army in which he Served, that during the time he was in Service, was in North Carolina as well as Georgia and South Carolina Soldiering the Tories wherever they could be found. Did not leave the army until after the defeat
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of Genl. Cornwallace at the close of the Year 1782 as the beginning of ’83. having then being the most or whole of his time in the Service of his Country, The space of more than Six Years. Same applicant further declares that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Services; he further declares that he made an effort once before to obtain a pension and owning to some informality in the papers did not Succeed and has not until now made the Second effort, having been able heretofore to Support himself, that he humbly relinquished every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except to the present and declares his name is not on the Pensions Roll of the agency of any State
Said Claimant declares that he was born in the State of Pensylvania Lancaster County on the 26th day of January 1749. that he entered the Service of the United States while living in Abbeville District South Carolina. that he has a Record of his age Recorded in a family Bible formerly belonging to his father, now in his possession. that he lived in South Carolina until the Year 1806, after that period in the State of Georgia until 1840: during the last Year mentioned lost his Companion after which he removed to St. Clair County and State of Alabama, That he might spend the [illegible] of his days with his children who reside there and by whoom he is now attended to in his old, infirm, and declining days.

he farther declares that notwithstanding his advanced age he still retains a good and purfect memory of all matter and things that transpired during his Services in the Army, except dates, though he does not think he is mistaken in the Years as Set forth and specified in the foregoing declaration
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Said applicant farther declares that during the period mentioned in the foregoing declaration, that he was not employed in any Civil pursuit, that for his Services, he was paid in what was then called Indents
Saml. Reed

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and Year aforesaid before
James Rogan}
Judge of the County & Orphans Court}

The State of Alabama}
St. Clair County}		

We Bennett Oldham, a Clergyman residing in the County and State aforesaid and Col. James Lester of the Same County & State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Reed who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Ninety three Years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighberhood [sic] where he resides, as well as the neighberhood [sic] where he formerly lived, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in this opinion.
Bennett Oldham
James Lester

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 25th day of January A.D.1822}
James Rogan}
Judge of the County and Orphans Court}

and the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, having examined the above applicant minutely, and after putting the interrogatores [sic] prescribed by the war department, and from a farther examination
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of Col James Lester, who was formerly a Resident of South Carolina, who states that he has been well accquainted [sic] with said applicant for Forty – Years, and that he _ during that period (and _ So far as he knows) allways [sic]has been a man of unblemished, moral reputation.
That the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States, and the Court farther [sic] Certifies that it is known to them that Bennet Oldham who has signed the proceeding Certificate is a Clergyman in the County of St. Clair and State of Alabama and that Col. James Lester is a credible person of unblemished moral reputation, and that their Statement is entitled to Credit.
Given from under my hand and Seal the 26th day of January 1842
James Rogan {{Seal}} 
Judge of the County Court and Orphans

The State of Alabama}
St. Clair County}

I Joshua W. Hooper Clerk of the County and Orphans Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the Application of Samuel Reed for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office this 26th day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand and Eight hundred forty two.
Joshua W. Hooper
Clerk of the County and Orphans Court

Image of a seal and pointed border, circular
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14, 205
Samuel Reed
Alabama
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Stamped on left side and right side: FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER  
Received from GAO

No. 19,447.
AP
Samuel Reed
(adm of)
Pen. on Mobile Role
Act 7th June 1832 & 849

Dec. 20, 1844
~ 23 ~

Rec No. 5979 dated 4 Dec 1844
Sent to Treasury 26 Dec. 1844
Act 6 April 1838
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The United States Trs.
To the Administrators of
Samuel Reed
Pensioner on Mobile Ala. roll
Act 7th June 1832

For his pension from 4th September 1842, to the 2th, February 1843, the day of his death, being 155 days as the rate of Twenty dollars per annum as per voucher filed herewith $8,,49~

Treasury Department
Third Auditors office
Dec 21 1844

Stated by 
A. B. Thurston

2d. Comptrollers office
December 23, 1844
Ex. By J. Lefford

Stamp in right lower corner
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO