Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,615, for Zachariah Reed, Georgia
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Service
Ga. 

Reed, Zachariah

Number 
S. 35,615
B. L. Wt 182-100
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17,430
Kentucky R

Zachariah Reed
of Boone Co in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Seriven of the Georgia
line, for the term of 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 1 of February 1819

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of June 1820
and sent to John Trimble Esq. Judge
& Cinthiana Kentucky.

Arrears to 4th of March 1820. 13 mo 4/31 105.3
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1820 - 48 -
$153.3

$52.51 -

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Amount Reconciling
Pension - $153.03
[] - 32.82
$120.21

Date of 
death not
[]
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Line must be stated on proving the service claimed for or 9 mos on continental establishments by 2 witnesses {certified by the Judge to be credible) and forwarding the original certificate under which applicant became an Invalid Pensioner... a certificate will be granted. If the Court were satisfied of the truth of the facts set forth in the declaration it should have been so stated. Or if it appears to the satisfaction of a Judge that the applicant did serve & is in reduced circumstance as set forth.  a certificate to that effect should be furnished and (illegible)under seal of Court. 

Burlington, KY                                     FREE
15th July 1815

Secretary War
City Washington D. C.
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State of Kentucky
Boone County Court Feby 1819

This day personally appeared in open Court the subscriber  Zachariah Reed and made the following Statement.  That he is aged fifty seven years.  now a resident of this county.  That in the month of March in the year 1777 he enlisted as a private soldier to serve during the war then existing between the Americans & British.  That the Company in which he enlisted was Commanded by Capt Joseph Leine in the regiment commanded by Col James Scriven which regiment was Stationed & acted and belonged to the Georgia line in the state of Georgia on the Continental Establishment.  That he continued in the Service until the year 1779 and Then in consequence of a wound which he received from the bursting of a musket he was honorably discharged from the service.  That while he was in the service he fought in the battle at Midway meeting house in St. Johns Parish—also at the Battle of Sunbury and taken a prisoner.——That from his reduced circumstances of his life he stands in need of assistance from his country for Support.  That in 1808 he was allowed a pension of thirty Dollars per year in consequence of his wounds as an invalid which he has regularly drawn.  And that he does not a(t) present nor has he at any time received any other pension from this or any other
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Government  -  That the foregoing Statement is made in order to obtain the provisions made by act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval Service of the United States (illegible) the revolutionary war.

Given under my hand this 1st day of Feby 1819.
Zachariah Reed
his mark

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Boone County Court Feby Term 1819

This is to Certify that the above named Zachariah Reed this day appeared personally in open Court and made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing statement are true and subscribed his mark to the same.

Which is ordered to be Certified to the War Office accordingly.  
In Testimony whereof I, Willis Graves, Clerk of said Court do hereunto set my name & affix the seal of my said Office this 1st day of Feby 1819.

Willis Graves   Clk
BCC
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Case of Zachariah Reed

Colonel Scriven's Regt. 1777 

Willis Graves, 
Clk. Boone Co. County
Kentucky

Recd. March 6, 1819
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[Typed Letter]

June 28, 1934

XXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EEL
Zachariah Reed - S. 35615

Mr. Benjamin D. Hitz
28 South Delaware Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dear Sirs:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Zachariah Reed, a pensioner of Kentucky. 

A very careful examination has been made of papers on file under Claim No. S. 35615 based upon service of Zachariah Reed in the Revolutionary War and the following data found. 

The data and place of birth and the names of the parents of Zachariah Reed are not shown in the papers in the pension claim. 

Zachariah Reed enlisted in the state of Virginia, in March, 1777, served as a private in Captains Joseph Lane's and Rains Cook's Companies. Colonel James Screven's and John Stirk's 3rd Georgia Regiment; was in the battles of Medway Meeting House and Sunbury, in which latter engagement he was wounded in the left instep by the bursting of a musket, and taken prisoner; length of time held in captivity not known; he was discharged about the last of the year 1779 or beginning of 1780, at Charlestown, South Carolina, on account of disability resulting from the above noted wound. 

[note with above paragraph, handwritten: Identified all of these officers, also the battles]

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 1, 1819, at which times he was aged fifty-seven years and resided in Boone County, Kentucky. He had previously been allowed pension from January 1, 1803, on account of the disability resulting from his wound, and at the time was a resident of Madison County, Kentucky. 

In 1804, it was stated that soldier had a wife and seven children: no names were given and there are no further family data. 

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, Zachariah Reed (s. 35615), you should address 
[letter ends]

Handwritten in margin: Could not find sol. on (illegible) list of Ky.
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[Typed Letter]

The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and site the following data. 

Zachariah Reed, Certificate No. 17430, issued June 8, 1820, rate $8 per month, commenced February 1, 1819, Act of March 18, 1818, Kentucky Agency. 

Very truly yours

A. D. Miller
Assistant to Administrator
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1934 - June 28 - Hist to 
Benj. D. Hitz - E Ef

[Right page mixture of typed and handwriting]

35615

Invalid. 
[handwritten: Revy]

File No. 35615

Zachariah Reed
Priv. Rev. War

Act: 18 March 18

Index: - Vol. 2, Page 474

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[Typed Letter]

BENJAMIN D. HITZ
28 SOUTH DELAWARE STREET
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

April 26, 1934

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Internal Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir, 

The records of the Kentucky State Historical Society show that among the depositions made by applicants for pension for services in the Revolutionary War, one Zacharia Reed (or Ried) in 1819 stated that he was 57 years old, a native of Virginia, but had enlisted in 1777 in the 3rd Regiment of the Georgia Line and served until 1779. An accompany statement of ten pages was filed with this application for pension. 

In connection with some genealogical research, I am very anxious to secure a copy of this application and of the statement accompanying it. I will gladly pay any expense in connection with this, in advance, if required. 

I am enclosing a stamped envelope for reply. 

Very truly yours, 

[Signature of Benjamin Hitz]

[Handwritten: it was ret. by C. C.'s office]

BDH:A
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[Handwritten]

I do hereby Certify that Zachariah Reed was I(E)nlisted in Captain Joseph Lanes Company for the 3d Georgia Continental Regiment for the ware (war) and before the Close of the war was transfer(r)ed into Captain Raines Cook Company in which he was wounded, and from disability from that wound was discharged, about the year 1779   he is therefore entitled to all the emoluments arising to a Soldier enlisted and Serving  for during the War    given Under my hand in Lexington, Kentucky, this 30th day of Oct. 1806

J. P. Wagnon then Lt. 3d
Georgia Regimi(e)nt
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I do Certify (the crossed out) from the discorn(?) and the Knowledge that I have of Zachariah Reed the within Certificate is Correct.  given under my hand this ninth day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred & Seven

John Me??ly

then Lt q3 gC Rt

Fifty dollars granted by the Legislature at November session 1807 as part Compensation for Mr. Reeds service
Will Robertson Secy to Senate
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[Handwritten]

This may certify whom it may concern that Zachariah Reed of the State of Kentucky, has the day been placed on the pension list of the United States, as a military Invalid at the rate of two Dollars and fifty cents per month, to be paid to him semi(-)annually from the 1st day of January last, during his disability. 

War Office

3rd day of Oct 1803

Hez Rogers
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No 78.  No 182.

Lieut J. P. Wagnon's Certificate & Letter of Attorney Reed to The Hon(ora)ble T. Sandford


(Illegible) to the Hon. Mr. Sanford.
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Handwritten letter

I do hereby Certify that Zacariah Reed was i(e)nlisted a soldier in Captain Joseph Lane's Company of the third Georgia Continental Regiment for the term of the War, in which Regiment he faithfully served untill(sp) he was taken a prisoner in the Town of Lunsbury where he received wound in his left instep that rendered him incapable of Service, and was discharged in Charleston So. Carolina on the last of 1779 or the begin(n)ing 1780.  he now lives in the State of Kentucky Madison County, with a wife and seven Children which he, from old age and inability to work, can bearly(barely) Support.  Giv(e)n under my hand in Lexington Kentucky this 9th day of October 1804

J P Wagnon former Lieut. in the 3d Georgia Continental Regt
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Handwritten document

Know all men by these presents that I Zachariah Reed of the County of Madison & State of Kentucky do by these presents Constitute and appoint The Hon(ora)ble Thomas Sandford member of Congress from the State aforesaid to be my true and Lawful Attorney for the purpose of asking & receiving from The Hon(ora)ble Henry Dearborn esquire, Secretary of War for the time being this (illegible) a warrant for one hundred acres of land due me as a Soldier in the 3d Georgia Continental Regiment in the Army of the United States to the end of the late War with Great Britain under the command of Colo. John Stark *(until I was wounded & discharged).   agreeable to Act of Congress and on receipt of such warrant to give the proper acquitances for the same.   Hereby notifying and informing what was my said attorney shall or may do in the pre(illegible).

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 16th day of October 1804

Signed & acknowledged in presence of} Zachariah Reed  his mark

*In the 13th line the words "Until I was wounded & discharged" was interlined before signed—

Test
Nathaniel Tankersley
Robt. Clement.
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Handwritten document

State of Kentucky to wit

I James Taylor Notary Public of the County of Campbell & State aforesaid do Certify that Zachariah Reed whose signature is affixed to the within Power of attorney Personally appeared before me and acknowledged the within Power of attorney to be his act & deed for ths uses and purposes therein mentioned.

And I do more()over Certify that formal Voucher produced to me & which accompanies this power I have no doubt but that the sd.(said) Zachariah is the person he represents himself to be.  He follows the occupation of a farmer

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial seal this 16th day of October 1804 in the 13th year of the Commonwealth

James Taylor
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Handwritten document

16,818

Old case,
Zachariah Reed
Boone Co. Kty.

John Trimble,
Jud.
Cinthiana, Kty.

recd. 15 - April 1620.

*Equation shown in margin
13
 8
______
104
1.3
______
105.3  

Admitted

 *Note:  appears to be envelope

The Hon(ora)ble The Secretary of War
Washington City

Mail

*Note:  several mostly illegible round stamps
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Handwritten document

State of Kentucky Sct.

I John Trimble Judge of the Harrison Circuit Court in the State aforesaid do certify that George Thomas came personally before me this day & made oath that he was well acquainted with the foregoing applicant Zachariah Reed during the time he served as a soldier in the revolutionary war and actually  served in the same regiment with Z. Reed from the time of his enlistment until he was taken prisoner.  That Z. Reed enlisted in the state of Virginia but served in the 3rd Georgia Regiment which belonged to the Georgia line on the Continental establishment & he knows that Z. Reed was in actual service for about two years before he was taken prisoner as afores(ai)d.  I do further certify that I am well acquainted with s(ai)d Thomas & am satisfied that he is a man of credibility & I am also satisfied that Z. Reed did serve as a private soldier in the army of the revolution on the Continental establishment as stated in the s(ai)d declaration made originally by him & that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.

In Testimony where
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Handwritten document

whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of the Harrison Circuit Court to hereunto affixed this 13th day of September 1819.

John Trimble


 State of Kentucky Set(?)

I Andrew Moore Clerk of the Harrison Circuit Court do certify that John Trimble whose name is affixed to the above Certificate is judge of the Second Judicial District Duely (Duly) commissioned & Qualified and to all his Official acts as such full faith and credit is due & Ought to be given.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand this 18th day of March  1820 & in the 28th year of the Co(mmon)wealth.

A Moore