Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41720, for Daniel Keyes, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Keyes, Daniel
S. 41720
CONTENTS

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41720 Rey INVALID.
File No. 41720 Daniel Reyes Serg. 1st Inf.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10.970 R Ohio
Daniel Hayes of Medina  Richfield County in the state of Ohio who was a Serjeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheppard of the Massachu- setts line, for the term of Six Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of May 1819 and sent to Isaac Wetton Esq r  Medina Courthouse Ohio
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819.  69. 03    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep. 1819.  48. 00    8 Mo. \frac{15}{50} \frac{4}{3}   $117. 03  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
cont.
Note sent Apr. 19 th 1821, to John Green Esq r . 3 Farnsworth, Ohio.

Daniel Bayes Medina Co. Ohio 10.970 Sept 1819
The Hon. Secretary of War City of Washington
John Brown Esq. Broomfield City
Daniel Bayes
10.970

State of Ohio, ss Court of Common Pleas of the Y (v) Medina County ss of October A. D. 1820. Personally ap- on this 24 th day of October A. D. 1820, in Open Court, being a Court of Record, in the said State and Coventry Daniel G. Frey aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. - that he enlisted about the 25 th of April in the year of our Lord 1775 in the Company commanded by Peter Herods in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Sarrad of the Massachusetts line for the term of Eight months at the expiration of which time he enlisted again into the same Company then commanded by Capt. Dean Forth, and in the same Regiment for the term of One year, at the expiration of which time he enlisted again in the same Company and Regiment then commanded by Col o William Shepard du- ring the War, that he served the whole of the said several periods and was honorably discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York on the 13 th June 1783, that the date of his Original Declaration is the Sixteenth day of June A. D. 1818 and that the number of his Pension Certificate is 10970. And I do solemnly swear that I was a Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by Gift, Sale, or in any other manner disposed of my Property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the Provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed On the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has any Person in trust for me any property, or Securities, Contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Schedule
of All property owned by me, necessary bedding and Clothing except 30 bushels of wheat One Stew kettle 25 hundred of hay One Griddle One Cow One broken Spider One hog One p o of Sops One Iron Pot One Iron Goose One Tea kettle One Tin Pail Two earthen Pans One Stone Pot

One tea pot Four tea cups & Saucers Two pewter tea spoons Seven knives & forks Two pint bowls One pie plate One milk cup One decanter Two tumblers tin One tea Cannister. One old Quart Cup One Quart brook One Gage bottle One Vinegar jug One Salt box One Wash tub One Square table Two Coon brooms One hatchet One old bible Christian Discipline One broken hoe One book of Sermons
One Chopping knife One Quart Jug One Iron Candlestick One pair of Snuffers One pair of Shears One Salt mortar One old looking Glass One wire Glass Four small vials One Skimmer Two old tin basins One pair knitting needles One broken pair of Cards One old great wheel Two flour barrels Two old Chests One Sugar box One bread tray Four Chairs One Clothes Basket One broken Axe Christian Pattern Several Pamphlets
I further State that I am indebted in the Summs following to wit to Jared Bourn $ 22.50
John Clark 4.25 N. Brockway 5.50 Earl Morton 2.00 John Barnham 1.50 David & Sarah Walden 1.50 Amzi Miner 0.62 1/2
I am indebted to Doctor Woods and Doctor Hudson for attend On me and my wife in sickness, but cannot State exactly how much, about Dol. 20.00 I also owe tvelve Bushels of wheat
The following Debts are due to me from John and Alva & Richard Sweet $ 10.20 Asa H. Burroughs 9.10

I am by profession a farmer, but am unable to pursue at my said profession by reason of my lameness, being obliged to go with Quitchies in consequence of my having been afflicted with the nervous palsy, since the 2 d day of Feby. 1818, since which time, I have been wholly unable to labor, that I have no family but my wife who is fifty seven years old, who has been very feeble for two years past and neither of us able to support ourselves, Signed Daniel Keyes Sworn in open Court before me
John Freese Clerk.
The State of Ohio ) ss. I John Freese Clerk of the Court of Medina County ) Common Pleas for Medina County do hereby certify that the foregoing Gath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court and I do further certify that is the Opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the val- ue of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Sixty Dollars and Seventeen cents In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court this 2 d Day of November A.D. 1820.
John Freese Clerk

Medina County, Ohio. Daniel Reyes
Sergeant & Col: Sheppard's reg. 4 th Massachusetts Regiment 1777-6 years
16 th June, 1818.
found in the rolls.
Rec. d.
The Hon ble the Secretary for the department of War Rec d June 9. 1819. Washington City Messrs. [unclear] Judge Isaac Walton
Isaac Walton, judge Medina Co. house, Ohio.
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State of Ohio ss } On this 16 th day of June A D 1818 Medina County } Before me the subscriber one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid Personly appears Daniel Reyes A E sixty four years resident in the Township of Richfield County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. That the S d Daniel Reyes enlisted in the Town of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts on or about the 20 th day April in the year 1775 in the Company commanded by Capt Peter Herod for the term of eight month and before the expiration of that time he Enlisted in the company commanded by Capt Asa Danforth for one year at the expiration of which the S d Daniel Reyes Enlisted as a Sergeant in the fifth Company fourth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Capt Thomas Fitch during the war and continued to serve in the S d corps until the thirteenth day of June in the year 1783 when he was discharged from Service in the Town of New Windsor in the State of New York with the Honorary Bages of a faithfull Soldier. And further States that he was in the battles of Long Island, Froggs Point, & taking of Burgoyne, Monmouth Battle, and at Rhode Island. And that he is in reduced circumstances by reason of a shock of the Apoplexy stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his S d Service sworn to & declared before me the day and date aforesaid. S d Isaac Wetton Associate judge
Do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the S d Daniel Reyes did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war

Pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress In testimony whereof I have set my name and caused the seal of the County to be affixed at Medina this 20 th day Oct. 1818 Isaac Wilton Associate Judge
I hereby Certify that the above named Isaac Wilton is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Medina, and that I saw the said Isaac Wilton subscribe his name to the above Deposition.
John Green Clerk P.S.
Medina County Oct. 20. 1818