Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31925, for Nathan Reed, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

Service     NC       

Reed, Nathan            

Number    S.31925

Born in N. C.
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Left to Pen Agent, March 25, 1837
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April, 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 Sept 1838 Agt notified 9 Oct 1839.
Letter to H. C. Lea of 3rd Audition 1st Oct 1841
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept - 1840 Agt notified 12 oct 1840
Letter to H.C. Lea of 3rd Adut 28 Jan 1842
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1840 to 4 March 1841 Agt notified 28 Feb 1842.
Letter to H.C. Lea of 3 Audi 10 April 1844
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept 1844
Agt notifed 4 June 1844

Alabama 19812
Nathan Reed
of Perry county in the state of Alabama who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Ballard of the rep commanded by Col Levier in the NC militia line for 9 months. 

Inscribed on the roll of Alabama at the rate of 30 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834. Certificate of pension issued the 17 day of Sept 1833 and (?) H.C. Lea Marion
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $70
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 mar 36 $13.00
$90
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
recorded by P. C Stiles Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 50
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The State of Alabama Perry County County Court July Term 1833.
On this fifth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before Franklin Sullivan Judge of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid now citing Nathan Reed a resident of Perry County and state aforesaid aged seventy 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 affixed and served as herein stated {Vez} About the first day of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine I was  living in Jones County North Carolina now a part of East Tennessee & at the age of sixteen. I volunteered my services to the United States and joined a militia company as a private. The company was commanded by Captain Joseph Ballard. I can not distinctly remember that there is any other offers as my role their names have totally escaped my memory. It was under the command of Col. John Levier & he designated it as a company of rangers the time requiring a part & action movements - We were marching "down" through James City to a place known as Carter's Station on Sick Creek less than five days marched (cannot read) at this place six months. Making it a center point we were ordered on frequent excursions through different parts of the county near (?) mons for the purpose of guarding the frontiers & flying instantly to a place that might benefited. But the country specifically laid out for our company lay between Bays Mountain &  Nolichucky River. All that one period to be able to accomplish against the enemy while confined here was that an probably prevented their invasions at this time. 
I think I can venture to say that it was
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November or first of December after my return in the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine I became a substitute for one Joseph Box. I was now as a private soldier under command of Captain AmosBird the subordinates I will not attempt to name for I can not distinctly recollect - I do remember that John Sevier was our Colonel each time I was in the service. (He has since been Governor of Tennessess & a senator in Congress I believe).  we were marched to a place of rendezvous on French Bread River.  When the army was assembled at Rendezvous I will mention as superior officers my distinct recollection of Major Tipton and Colonel Robinson. from this place we were marched as a body to Bulles Town on Chickamauga Creek.  We destroyed large quantities of corn in our progress to hasten the conquest while the Indians had rested.  after this march of a distrance of perhaps one hundred & fifty miles through the nation being unable to get engaged with so large an army we were thrown into smaller divisions for the purpose of scouring the face of the Country.  we consumed by fire from six to ten of the Indian Towns, were
in some small engagements & took a great many prisoners. This was a cunning as most were savage nation.  the only means we had to contain them was to watch closely for their small parties in ambush you like the wind at a single fire.  

It was not my lot therefore to be engaged in any important battle but in many smaller contests & a great deal of laborious service & if I can be honest and honorable means I shall feel grateful to my country for being placed on her pension roll. I will state here that I never received a written
discharge on the close of either expedition that I remember. the length of my last tour was three
months to the best of my knowledge. There were no regular troops in the quarter of the country where I served.  I have no documentary evidence of my services.  I can therefore not recall names of the officers and I will state that there is only one living witness to any part
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 24th 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," Nathan Reed,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, Ala. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837. to the 4th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 5th 1841.
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," Nathan Reed a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuskaloosa, Ala Agency, at the rate of Thirty
Dollars and cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March,
to the 4th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathan Reed which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? but one [illegible]
V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? No last term
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No - [Illegible]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For --- year ---months, and --- days, I served as a --- for --- months and --- days. I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in
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GIDEON, PRINTER.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 12th, 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 receive their pensions from the pension agents, Nathan Reed a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuscaloosa, Al. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and __ Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th ofSept. 1842.

Respectfully, yours.
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.