Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20015, for Samuel Read, Rhode Island
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Read, Samuel 
"Reed
Anna
"Anne
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20539 Utica, New York
Samuel Read of Madison Co., in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Allen of the illegible commanded by Co. Gray in the R. Island line for 19 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep. 1833 and sent to J. Clarke Brookfield
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $158.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending illegible '34  31.66
$189.99
{Revolutionary Claim Act of June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book e, Vol. A, Page 5
Paid at the Treasury under the act of illegible April 1838 from 4 Feb 1839 to March 1839.
Agt. notified on 19 Dec. 1839
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Samuel Read
State of New York
County of Herkimer I Jeremiah Pearce of the Town of Fairfield within said County aged seventy two years and upwards being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Samual Read; that in the year 1777 he this deponent resided in the Town of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and this deponent further saith that he knows of the said Samuel Read serving in the War of the Revolution as follows as: In the month of June in the year 1777 he this deponent enlisted as a volunteer at Warren aforesaid in Capt Thomas Allens Company in Col Archibald Crary's Regiment for nine months in the State Troops and this deponent and that this deponent immediately entered the service with the Command of Capt Allen and this deponent recollects that the said Samuel Read was then in the service in said Capt Allens Company and this deponent understood that he then said Samuel Read had enlisted as a volunteer at Warren aforesaid in the Month of April 1777 into said Capt Thomas Allen's Company in Col. Archibald Crary's Reg in the State Troops and the said Samuel Read and this deponent were stationed at Bristol in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island under the Command of Capt. Thomas Allen in the State guards and during this time there were at Bristol Station aforesaid he the said Samuel Read and this deponent were marched with the Company under the Command of Capt. Allen to Tiverton & Little Compton in the State of Rhode island on the East side in order to join the forces under the Command of Brig. Genrl Spencer to go on an Expedition against the Brittish who were at that time in possession of Rhode Island but the Expedition being abandoned
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they returned to Bristol Station aforesaid and they both continued to serve in the State guards under the Command of Capt. Allen at said Station until they were discharged and this deponent knows that the said Samuel Read served in said State Troops of the State of Rhode Island as aforesaid for the term of nine months and that the names of the officers under whom he served are as follows (02 Capt. Thomas Allen Lieut. Sawlep & 2nd Lieut Humphrey Lieut Col Tophain Maj Williams & Col Archibald Crary and further saith not
Jeremiah Pearce
Subscribed & sworn 
to this 19th day of 
September 1832
before me Hiram Nolton Justice Peace
of Herkimer County - 
Herkimer County p: on this nineteenth day of September 1832 before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace a said County of Herkimer personally appeared Jeremiah Pearce to me known to be the same person described in and who sworn oath to the foregoing affidavits by him subscribed and he is also known to me to be a man of respectability truth and veracity and he sworn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit according to law
Hiram C. Nolton Justice 
Peace of Herkimer County

State of New York}
Herkimer County} ss
Clerk's Office}
I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the said County do certify that Hiram Nolton Esq.
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before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, on the day of its date one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and duly authorized by same to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said Affidavit is his own proper hand writing and signature - 
Witness my hand and seal of Office of Herkimer this twentieth day of Septempter 1833
Julius C. Nelson, Clerk
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[ name crossed out]
We William Clark a Clergyman residing in the town of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York & Patton Fitch of the same residence hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Capt Samuel Read who has made this declaration as above stated that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed in this neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and can concur in that opinion and furthermore certify that he is reputed in the neighborhood to be a man of truth and veracity
Sworn & subscribed to this 8th day of October 1832
William Clark 
Patton Fitch
A. S .Sloan Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations proscribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a war revolutionary soldier and served as he stated and the Court further certify that it appears to them that William Clarke is a Clergyman resident in the town of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York and that Patton Fitch who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and that their statements are entitled to credit. 

I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Read for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of September 1832 
A. S. Sloan Clk
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State of New York }
County of Madison} ss

On the ninth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas now sitting Capt Samuel Read a resident of the Town of Brookfield County of Madison & State of New York aged seventy four 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 his service of the United States under the following named officers, served as herein stated that he lived in the town of Warren County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island during the whole term of the revolutionary War that same time in the the month of April 1777 he enlisted as a volunteer at Warren aforesaid in Capt Thomas Allens company in Col Archibald Crary's Regiment for eleven months in the State Troops who was stationed in Bristol County of Briston and State of Rhode Island under the said Capt Thomas Allen in the State guards and during the time he was at Bristol Station aforesaid the company under the Command of Capt Allen marched to Tiverton and Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island on the east side in order to join the forces under command of Brig. Gen [illegible] to go on an Expedition against the Brittish to who were at that time in the possession of Rhode Island further Expeditions being abandoned the company returned to Bristol Station aforesaid and he continued to serve in the State guards under the Command of the said Capt Allen at said Station until he was discharged which was some time in the month of March 1778 making the term of service at that time seven months. That in the month of April 1775 he was drafted to serve in a Sergeants Guard put into a boat in the mouth of Warren River that leads from Rhode Island to Providence and did duty aboard said boat one month Then in the month of May 1778 he enlisted again under Capt Thomas Allen in the company & Regiment aforesaid and was
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stationed at Tiverton on the east side of Rhode Island and remained there until Winter then was marched to Little Compton for Winter quarters and remained there until the month of March 1779 at which time he was discharged the last term of service being ten months making in the whole there being of service the number of twenty five months. That he was born in the town of Swansea County of Bristol  State of Massachusetts June 20 1758 that he has married of his age that he lived in the town of Warren County of Bristol State of Rhode Island when called into the service of his country and through the revolutionary War and was after the war he removed to the town of Swansea County & State aforesaid and resided in that place until the year 1817 then moved his family into the town of Brookfield County of Madision & State of New York and has made that town his place of residence until the present date. That he enlisted every time excepting the one months service as above stated. * that he never received a written discharge from the service. That the Reverend William Clarke and Patton Fitch can certify as to his character for truth veracity an their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution that he has no documents as evidence and that that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services excepting Jeremiah Pearce whose affidavit is hereunto annoted he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
A. S. Sloan Clk
Samuel Read
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5634
Albany N York
Anna Reed
R. I . 
widow of Samuel Reed
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of June 1844 and sent to Joseph Clark
Brookfield, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 page 215
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State of New York}
Madison County}

On this first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscribed Judges of Madision County Court A being a court of person AnneRad a resident of Brookfield in the County of Madison and State of New York aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 1th 1838 and the 23 of August 1846 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Samuel Read who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and a pensioner under the law of Congress as well swore fully of her by the certificate hereunto annexed at the rate of sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum . She also declares she was married to the said Samuel Read on the twentieth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty two by the  Reverand [illegible] Mason in the town of Swansea State of Massachusetts that the record of her marriage hereunto on record was per family record made from a former record more than forty years past and has always remained in her family Bible since that her name before her marriage was Anne Mason that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Read died on the ninth day of June last that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above states that she has not since remarried but remains the widow of said Samuel Read. 
Sworn and subscribed on the day one year 
Anne X Read
      mark
above written before me Hiram H. Green Judge of Madison County Courts I further certify that the above named Anne Read sustains a good character for truth and veracity that form old age and infirmity is unable to attend Court and write her name
Hiram H.  Green Judge of Madison County Court
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State of New York
Madison County
Sally Read being duly sworn says she is fifty seven years of age that she is the daughter of Samuel and Anne Read that she has all ways resided with her father and mother from her infancy that she was born in Swansea State of Massachusetts and resided there until about twenty five years past she then moved with her father and mother into the town of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York where she now resides that her father the above named Samuel Read died on the ninth day of June last that her mother well serviced him and remains his widow that her father was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum under the act of Congress of 1832 she further allows that the annexed record was made from a former record by William Chase a school teacher in Swansea  in her person more than forty years past  and has all ways since until now remained in her fathers family Bible the above named William Chase who transcribed the records has been dead many years as she has been informed
Sally Read
Sworn and subscribed before me the first day of August 1893
Hiram H. Green Judge of Madison County Court 

I do hereby certify that Hiram H. Green Esq before whom the above and written affidavit purports to have been taken was on the day of this date of the same a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn that I am well acquainted with this hand writing and verily believe his signatures to the above and written testament are  genuine  Witness my hand and official Seal the 4 day of August 1843 
Lewis Fairchild Clerk
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Abigail Read was born in the year [illegible] and an old [illegible] and on October 19
Samuel Read
Born January 10 in the year [illegible]
Anne Mason was [illegible] January 20 day in the year 1755
and was married January 20 day in the year 1789.
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Samuel Reed and Anne Mason both of Swansea were married January the twentieth one thousand seven hundred and eighty two by Russel Mason Elder of a Baptist church in Swansea 
Town Clerks office town of Swansey in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts June 22, 1843. I John Mason Town Clerk of Swansey do hereby certify that the above month of the marriage of Samuel Reed and Anne Mason is a true copy of the Town of Swanseys book of record of marriages 
John Mason Town Clerk of Swansey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol Swansey June 23rd 1843 Then personally appeared before me the subscriber . The above named John Mason know to me as Town Clerk of the Town of Swansey and made oath that the above certificate by hi subscribed is correct.
George Austin Justice Peace
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19920
Saml Read N.Y.

1st term witness prove, 9 mo
2. no officers named disallowed.
3d Trady - 10
19 mo
1111_M_

admd
19 mo pri
$63.33

121.66
36.66
158.32
[illegible]
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office. 
May 20th 1833 
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of Samuel Read Madison Co NY
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period | Evidence by which the declaration is supported .

Enlisted Apl ’77 State Troops | [blank] | 11 | . | pr. | Cap Allen | Col. Crary | [blank] | R.I. | 76 Bristol Co R.I. | Trady Witness who swears how long in the war 9 mo?
Drafted Apl ’78 | [blank] | 1 | . | “ | - | - | 
Listed May ’78 | [blank] | 10 | . | “ | Cap Allen | do |

 I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who was subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his Case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6.{ To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? {To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services [the rest of the line is illegible due to fold] the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will be low the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year --- months, and --- days, I served as a ---; For --- months and --- days, I served as a --- ; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, in the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about here or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h]The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
[this paragraph is bracketed]Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which in pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m]The answers in the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. } [illegible] all [illegible]
W. L. Williams Ex Clk
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7756
New York
Anne Reed widow of Samuel Reed who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 9th June, 1842 of Madison in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Allen of the Regt commanded by Col Crary, in the R Island line for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 63 Dollars & 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to Joseph Clark Brookfield N.Y.
Total amount, $316.63
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 104

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Rejd 7 Oct, 43
Let to Jos. Clark Oct 31. 1843
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20015
Anna Reed
Widow of
Samuel Reed
Priv. Rev. War

Act: Mar 3d 1843
Index:- Vol. M. Page 156

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office 
December 3d 1839. 
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,” Samuel Read, --- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany NY. Agency, at the rate of Sixty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1338, to the 4th March 1839 
Respectfully 
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Present.
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Brookfield NY
Aug 7 - 43

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Free

[center]
James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

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9410 Aug 11. 1843
Anne Reed
July 7, 1838 
N.y.

[vertical writing in center]
Samuel '32
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Brookfield N. York August 6th 1843 
Dear Sir
I inclose the proof of Anne Reed for a pension I believe it is complete under your rules & first made her papers with her family record of marriage & afterwards read the authenticated record & send both I reckon there is no impropriety of lying on this evidence to give her a certificate under the law of 3d of march if so I wish a certificate in both cases as it will be attached with considerable expense [illegible] to procure a Judge from considerable distance please send to Joseph Clark Brookfield Madison County N York 
James L Edwards Esq Respectfully Yours Joseph Clark
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Brookfield
Oct 25 NY free

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

[sideways writing on left side]
Oct 30 1843

Ann Reed
NY [illegible] '38
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Brookfield N York, October 25th 1843 
Dear Sir
I procured proof prepared [illegible] and forwarded them to you in August last for Ann Reed Widow of Samuel Reed who was a pensioner under the act of 1832 I sent with those papers the original certificate of Samuel Reed to Sustain her claim on the 1st of this month I made the necessary proof before a county court of this county agreeable to your instructions, certified & authenticated &c but on accounting for the wherein of the certificate by the widow that it was sent to the pension office at Washington to sustain her [crossed out: illegible] claim and the act of 1838 & before sending the papers to Albany for the little ballance of pension & recd her certificate dated the act inst for five years in commencing on the 4th March 1841 I sent all of all of the papers in both cases M Jenkins the agent in Albany he paid the 5 years pension at the rate of $63.33 per annum but returned the within with this objection – 3 Oct [underlined] It was distinctly unnecessary to send the pension certificate to the Commissioner of Pensions to sustain the claim of the widow under the act of 1838 The certificate must be attached from the Commissioner of Pensions: [/underlined]  or something else that I cannot understand his wanting to be confused in so small a place.
Will you have the goodness to forward that certificate to me as soon as convenient or send it to Mr Jenkins, the agent in Albany with a note for him to give me notice the ballance is less than 20 Dollars from the 4th of March 9th June 1843 3 months 1 Days but the extreme poverty of the old lady & her good character I prefer will give her his due with as little as per it possible
Respectfully yours Joseph Clark
J. L. Edwards Esq
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Anne Reed
N York
Act July 7th 38

Admd
19mo priv
$63.33 per an

Joseph Clark
Brooksfield
N York
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4012 Mary 27 44
NY Mar 3d 1843
Anna Reed
$64:33 Per an

Joseph Clark
Brookfield 
N. York –
[sideways writing]
free
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C
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Brookfield N York May 2d 1844
JL Edwards Esq 
Dear Sir
Inclosed is the affidafit of the Anna Reed to enable her to obtain a pension under the act 3d March 1843 I made her papers under the above law on Sept last the day on which I took her affidafit to draw the 5 years pay under the act of 1838. I sent them to your office but it appears by your note of a present date it never had been received & agreable to your instructions I send a new affidafit she is old aged and feeble old lady & is very impatient as you heard such persons are apt to be I therefore hope as this has been delayed so long that you will have the goodness to have her certificate sent as soon as possible
 Direct J Clark Brookfield NY
 Very respectfully your obt servt
Joseph Clark
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State of New York Madison County } ss. On this seventeenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the town of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York, Anna Read a resident of Brookfield in the County of Madison and State of New York aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Samuel Read who was a private in the Militia in the State of Massachusetts That she has received a pension under the act of Congress of July 7th 1838 at the rate of sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum for five years 
She further declares she is still a widow Anna Read her mark X
Sworn to and subscribed on the day year above written before me Wait Clarke Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I have been well aquainted with the above named Anna Read for many years that she sustains a good character for truth and verasity and that from old age and infirmity she cannot write her name. Dated at Brookfield Madison County N Y. May 17th 1844 Wait Clarke 
State of New York Madison County Clerks office} ss I Zadock T. Bentley Clerk of said County hereby certify that Wait Clarke Esq whose name is subscribed the foregoing affidavit & certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected and qualified and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such justice and verily believe his said signatures are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21 day of May 1844 Z. T. Bentley Clerk