Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,275, for Ebenezer Reed, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
Reed Ebenezer
NUMBER
S.14275
carded.
CONTENTS

Dec. 5. 1833 - transp to Buffalo from H - Sept. 1833 - & certif sent to M c B. Rochester N.Y. Buffalo N.Y. a day
Buffalo — 14.724 New York for  Elmer Reece
Catarangus in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bell of the Regt by Col. Lyttleton in the Com. Militia for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Decr 1833 and sent to claimant  Frank Catarangus
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $ 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 33 40.00 $ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. S. Whiting Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 74

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss On this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Darius Allen Israel Day and Andrew Mead Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Ebenezer Need a resident of the town of Elma in the said County of Cattaraugus age, twenty two 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 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated — That in the Month of February or March in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six he volunteered as a soldier in Stamford, State of Connecticut under Capt. Dill. Captain, for two Months. Samuel Hoyt Lieutenant, the Ensigns name he does not recollect, Samuel Pountain was a sergeant in the company, and Charles Austin Steward, that he went to New York with the company and from thence to Governor's Island, that he served out the time. That afterwards in the Month of May or June in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy six he enlisted in the said town of Stamford under Sylvanus Brown Captain as a soldier for six Months. Israel Wood was Lieutenant. Ensigns name he does not remember, the company into which he enlisted belonged to Col. Silliman's Regiment and General Sullivan's Brigade, the Regiment Col. name was Chandler. That he marched to New York shortly after he enlisted, that he was in the battle on Long Island near Flatbush in the Month of August seventeen hundred and seventy six, that he returned to the City of New York after the battle, That the regiment to which he belonged staid in the City of New York a short time and thereabouts to Harlem, that he remained at Harlem with the Army, and was in a skirmish that took place on the Army's leaving the City for — in Harlem That he went to White Plains with the regiment to which he belonged. That he was in a battle which took place there shortly after the Army arrived at that place.

place was discharged at his term of service for said months had expired. And that he immediately returned home to Stamford in the state of Connecticut That between the time of his discharge at Pictskill and the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight he was called out several times in the militia to assist in opposing the enemy in their frequent dep- redations, but did not serve more than eight or ten days at a time. That in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight the company of militia to which he belonged in the town of Stamford, state of Connecticut, was ordered out or into the service for One month, under Captain Jesse Bell of Stamford and Samuel Hoyt Lieutenant, the other officers names of the company he does not recollect, And that in compliance with said order he went and served one month as a soldier, The company to which he belonged was kept during the month in the town of Stamford, That in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight he was draughted as a militia man in a place then called Norrenuck to which he had removed, for three months, that he served for the said three months under Jonathan Warren Captain, the Lieutenant's name was Ayers. - Hawley was Major of the regiment to which he belonged - That in the month of March seventeen hundred and eighty one he enlisted in Norwalk in the state of Connecticut for one year under Captain Stockart the Lieutenant's name was Smith - in Major Chipman's Battalion and General Waterbury's Brigade, and that he served his time out. And that during said time he assisted where the brigade made their winter quarters in building fort Waterbury in Stamford Connecticut, that he was in the battle of Bridge which took place in February seventeen hundred and eighty two - at the That at the expiration of the year for which he had enlisted and served he was discharged in the aforesaid town of Stamford by General Waterbury by word of mouth, That he never had a written discharge but had from his officers a recommendation of his faithful service and honorable discharge - which paper is lost. And that he has not any documentary

evidence of his services, and that he does not know of any person whose testimony he can procure, who can prove that he has not been a person with whom he served fifty years testify to his services. That he was born as he has been informed by his parents in Norwalk County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut On the second day of October in the year seven hundred and sixty - he has no record of his age - That he was living when he first went into the service of his country in Stamford Fairfield County State of Connecticut, and that when he entered the service the last time he resided in Norwalk Fairfield County State of Connecticut. Soon after his term of service expired in the army he removed to Upper Salem in the County of Westchester State of New York where he resided about six months, he then removed to Kent in the County of Dutchess and State of Connecticut where he resided something more than one year - he then removed to Johnstown in the County of Montgomery and State of New York where he resided about seven years, he then removed to the town of Clinton in the County of Dutchess State of New York and resided there about three years, he then removed to Newrink (Then) in the County of Ulster State of New York, resided there thirteen years, he then removed to Spence (now Farmersville) County of Catskills State of New York where he resided almost five years, he then removed to Claver in said County of Catskills where he has resided over twenty one years and where he now resides And that he is known to David Becker and Henry J. Lupton who reside in the town of Claver And that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension in annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any State Given under my hand and seal this day and year as above - Great Falls a Pidge
Ebenezer Reed

We David Bockes residing in the town of Olam County of Columbia and State of New York and Henry J. Leighton of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elmerus Root who has subscribed and sworn to the above as within declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - In witness whereof the day and year aforesaid - David Bockes Brad Day a Judge H. J. Leighton
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories presented by the war department that the aforesaid applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served the States, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Bockes and Henry J. Leighton who have signed the the preceding certificate are residents in the aforesaid town of Olam and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Don Allen Brad Day Andrew Mead Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.
State of New York Columbia County I John W. Stanton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elmerus Root for a pension for services when I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - John W. Stanton Clerk

Rev. and 1813 Wars Section.
June 3, 1927
Mrs. E. Delatour 434 1/2 N. Norton Ave Los Angeles, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 14275, it appears that Ebebezer Reed was born October 2, 1760 at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While residing at Stamford, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private in the Connecticut Troops, as follows-
From February or March 1776, two months in Captain Jesse Bell's Company; from May or June 1776, six months in Captain Sylvanus Brown's Company, Colonel Silliman's Regiment, and was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains; in the spring of 1778, one month in Captain Jesse Bell's Company; in the fall of 1778, three months in Captain Jonathan Warren's Company, under Major Hawley.
While residing at Norwalk, Connecticut, he enlisted in March 1781 and served one year as a

private in Captain Stoddard's Company under Major Shipman, and was in the battle of Byrums Bridge.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1838, while a resident of Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York.
The names of soldier's parents are not stated, and there is no data on file as to family.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Mrs W B Reed Olean, N.Y.
Aug. 10, 1911.
The Quarter master Genl. U.S.A. For Tombstone. F.M.
1914. Apr 9: Birt to Mr James R. Wadsworth. M.B.H.
1927-June 3. Birt to Mrs E. DeLa- tour awd
Rev War
14275 INVALID.
File No. 14275
Elizabeth Reed Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 363
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oak Leather Harness & Carriage Co.,
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF FINE HARNESS AND CARRIAGES, AND JOBBERS OF Saddlery Hardware.
DEALERS IN CARRIAGES, HARNESS, AND ALL GOODS FOR HORSE, CARRIAGE and STABLE.
W. B. REED, PRES'T. G. S. MARTIN, V. PRES'T. L. BOWER, TREAS. G. E. RAMSEY, SEC'Y.
JUN 11 1898
Union Street.
Olean, N. Y., June 7
1898
To the Pension Dept.
Will you be so kind as to forward the record of Ebenezer Reed if you have it-?
He was a Revolutionary pensioner until about 1846 when he died in this city.
It has been several months since I wrote and have received no answer as yet.
Yours truly Bertha W. Reed.
Mrs. W. B. Reed 305 N. Barry St. Olean N. Y.

434½ N. Norton Ave. Los Angeles Calif.
March 16" 27.
Revolutionary War Service Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
My ancestor Ebeneger Reed (1760-1845) was born in Conn - died at Olean N. Y. served two years in Conn. Militia -
I am very anxious to know his father's & mother's name & where he enlisted. I will be very grateful for any information you can send me from his Pension Record -
He is on the pension roll of Cattaraugus Co. N. Y. -
Respectfully yours, Carroll Reed Deaton

125 N. Court St. Rockford Ill March 31st 1914
Bureau of Pensions
Dept. of Interior
Kindly furnish a copy of the application of EBENEZER Read who resided in Olean N. Y. about 1833 and was a Revolutionary soldier from Mass. or Conn.
Yours truly
JAMES R. Wadsworth

Transfer Concise free J. S. Edwards Esq. Commission of Tensins Washington City

fin J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Tensions Washington City

Buffalo N.Y.
1. Nov: 1833
To J. L. Edwards Esq Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
14724 1833-11-13
Ebenezer Reed, of the State of New York - private, army of the Revolution - pension under the law of 7 th June 1832 at $80. p. ann: commencing 4 th March 1831 - as per his certificate dated 11 th June 1833 - is desirous of being transferred for payments at hereafter at the agency in this place - at his request I take occasion to communicate to you this his wish & am Respectfully
W. H. Lennart M. B. Rochester

c 10/14/785 Ebenezer Reed
Hon. B. H. Wheeler

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Read 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?
yes.
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 amount of pension he is entitled?
no.
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.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Read 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?
yes
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 amount of pension he is entitled?
yes
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

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?
Witnesses, but no clergyman - Not certified to be credible
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? So
yes -
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
REQUIRE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
REQUIRE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Beard , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S.F. 14.275.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. or Mch. 1776 2 mos. Pvt. James Bell Conn   May or June 1776 6 mos. Pvt. Sylvanus Brown Lilliman "   Up to Spring 1777 served in the militia several times of 8 or 10 days each   Spring 1778 1 mo. Pvt. James Bell "   Fall, 1778 3 mos. Jonathan Warren Major Hawley "   + V Mch 1781. 1 year Stoddard Major Shipman "  
Battles engaged in, † Long Island ‡ White Plains § Burrows Bridge
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stamford, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Osceola, Cattaraugus Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Oct. 2 1760 m Norwalk, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Remarks: There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

L. b I. 14.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
June 22nd, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Ebenezer Reed made an application for pension on October 3rd, 1832, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Olean, New York, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Bell and Col. Silliman. He enlisted at Stamford, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. W. B. Reed,
305 N. Barry Street,
Olean, N. Y.

Clear NY March 19/13
Free
Hon. Secretary of War -
Washington City
D. L. —

Hean March 18 th 1833
In return are the papers which I have heretofore presented to the war department for a pension, with such additional information and certificates as I suppose, will meet the requirements of the department. In the objections made by the department it is observed, witnesses but no clergymen - not certified to be credible. This I apprehend will be found to be a mistake, when the certificates of the Court is examined - I have however pronounced the certificates of seven other residents inhabitants of this place to obviate the objection - The Certificate of Samuel Dorrance and Frederick J. Marten was attached without their making oaths to it, because the Certificate of Mr. Dorrance and Lighton was supposed to be all that would be required according to the regulations of the department to be under oaths - Of the papers now enclosed are not satisfactory to the department, I hope to be informed of it, and will then endeav- our to give further information if in any manner - Yours Obediently Ebenezer Dyer Yours & C. S. Dyer of war

This may certify that I have been acquainted with Mr Ebenezer Reed for several years and from my first acquaintance till now I have always understood by him that he was a Revolutionary Soldier for some two or three years and have often heard him tell over his struggles and trials incident to a soldier's life, as I have for ten or twelve years felt an interest in the Mil- itary welfare and for the good Soldier and for the last six years have had the command of the two hundred and twenty Regiment and for the last two years have had the command of the 54 th Brigade and on our training and General Review days we have always greeted Mr Reed as one of our Revolutionary fathers and have always found on such occasions the spirit of Seventy Six still reigning in his Breast and from the long acquaintance I have had with him I believe him to be a man of truth and have no reason to dispute the validity of his Affidavit dated at Ellington the 3 rd of October
1882.
Samuel Burrows Sharp
of Southbury Connecticut
This may certify that I have been acquainted with, and lived in the same village with Ebenezer Reed for the last fourteen years, and have always understood by him that he had been a Revolutionary Soldier for two or three years and for the last few years I have held a Commission as a Field Officer in the 226 Regt N.Y. State Infantry and in number do Mr Reed has always been treated as a Revolutionary Soldier with from my acquaintance

14/9/55 Ebenezer Reed
with him I am satisfied as to the truth of his affidavit
Thos. J. Newton
Richard Eben N. G.
Cattaraugus County ss. Personally appeared before me Israel Day a judge of the court of common Pleas in and for the aforesaid county. - Ebenezer Reed who being duly sworn testified and said that after the court had made their certificate and the clerk, his, that he Samuel Barrow, Sheriff, and Fred S. Martin who signed the within two last certificates did it at his special request. Sworn and subscribed before me this 10th day March 1833 Israel Day a judge.
Ebenezer Reed
Cattaraugus County ss. The undersigned do certify that Samuel Barrow and Fred S. Martin who have signed the two last within certificates are residents of the county of Cattaraugus and are credible witnesses and that their statements are entitled to credit. Elmira March 10th 1833 Israel Day a judge of Cattaraugus County Common Pleas court

We Ebenezer Lockwood, Samuel M. Russell & Nicholas Van Winkle, Jonathan Moore, Timothy H. Porter,
David D. Day and Horatio L. O'Brien all of the Town of Olean in the County of Cattaraugus and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Reed who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be twenty two years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and we further certify that on the third day of October last past, being the time we understand the said Ebenezer Reed made his declaration before the court of Common Pleas of this County in order to obtain a pension, that there was not any resident clergymen in the town of Olean -
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14 th day of March A.D. 1833 -
Ebenezer Lockwood Samuel M. Russell Nicholas Van Winkle Jonathan Moore
Andrew Mead, judge of Calcerangus common Pleas also a justice of the Peace
Timothy H. Porter David D. Day Horatio L. O'Brien

State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cattaraugus and a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Ebenezer Need of the town of Olean in said County, 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 services, but according to the best of his re- collection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For two years and one month he served as a soldier in the revolutionary war and for such service I claim a pension
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14 th day of March 1833
Andrew Read
Andrew Read
Ebenezer Need
Judge of Cattaraugus Common Pleas & also a Justice of the Peace.

A I the undersigned Judge and Justice of the peace for Cattaraugus County, State of New York do hereby certify that Ebenezer Lockwood, Samuel M. Russell Nicholas Van Winkle, Jonathan Moore Timothy H. Porter, David Day and Horatio L. Aspinwall who have signed the foregoing Certificate are residents of the town of Elma Cattaraugus County, and are credible witnesses and that their statement is entitled to credit given under my hand at the residence of Elma on this 14 th day of March AD 1833
Andrew Mead, Judge of the Common Pleas and also Justice of the Peace

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss
I John M. Staunton clerk of the said county do certify that Andrew Elliott Esq. before whom the within affidavit purport to have been sworn was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the court of Common Pleas for said county and a Justice of the Peace and also that Israel Day Esq. before whom the within affidavit purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Andrew Elliott and Israel Day and only believe their names subscribed to the said affidavit to be their proper hand writing and signatures. Witness my hand and Seal of office this 16th day of March A.D. 1833.
John M. Staunton, clerk