Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40328, for Joseph Reed, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn
Reed, Joseph
NUMBER
S. 40328
CONTENTS

208931
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Agency
Joseph Beck
of Washington Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Marshall of the regiment commanded by Colonel Stewart in the Pennsylvania line, for the term of two years from March 1777 to March 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17th day of July 1829
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of July 1829 and sent to W. Baird, Esq. Washington, Pennsylvania
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1829 $12.63 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$12.63
Revolutionary Claim Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.
Recorded Book 6 Vol 2. page 76 H.B. - 3
Dec 1829 Feb 7 - 1832 AD.

A copy of the declar- -ation &c, of J. R. Reed a revolutionary soldier, with certificate.
MS

Original claims
Declaration, in order to be placed on the pension list, under the act of the 18th of March 1818.
Washington County ( Pennsylvania ss)
On this twentyfifth day of June 1829, personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record for said County) Joseph Reed, resident in said County, 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 provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th of March 1818, and the first of May 1820: That he the said Joseph Reed enlisted for the term of one year, some time in August he thinks, in the year 1775, at Little York, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the company commanded by Captain Doud, it being a rifle company, (but what regiment, if any, he was attached to he does not recollect,) on the continental establishment: That he marched in said company to Cambridge near Boston, and continued to serve in the same, till the expiration of his term of enlistment, when he was discharged at White Plains in the state of New York, it being about the last of July or first of August A. D. 1776, That in August 1776, he again enlisted himself in company commanded by Captain Laird in the regiment commanded by Colonel McCalister in the Pennsylvania Flying Camp, till the end of the year 1776 when he was again discharged, on the Delaware river opposite Trenton on the Pennsylvania side: On the first day of January 1777, he again entered into the service for twenty days for the purpose of keeping up the army till militia could be called out, as the Flying Camp was then disbanded; that during that period, on his march from Trenton to Princeton, he got his feet so severely frostbitten that he lay in Hospital at Philadelphia till the first of March following: That about the first of March 1777, he again enlisted for the term of two years, at Philadelphia, in the company commanded by Captain John Marshall, in the regiment commanded by Col. Stewart, being the 2nd Regiment, in the line of the State of Pennsylvania, on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until about the last

of September 1779, when he was discharged from the service in Baltimore in the state of Maryland: — That he was engaged in the battles of Kingston on Staten Island; Fort Washington; Trenton; Princeton, Brandywine; Germantown; Chesnut-hill skirmish; and Monmouth as well as several other skirmishes; That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension, except the present, that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension V iz , We could not procure the necessary proof of his services as an enlisted soldier, till he fortunately got intelligence of the evidence of two of his old friends and comrades, John Wilson and James Hun, one residing in Madison County, Ohio; and the other in Beaver County in this state.
And in pursuance of the act of the 18 th of May 1820. I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident 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 manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent there- by so 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 services of the United States in the revolutionary war; passed the 18 th 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 sched- ule hereto annexed and by me subscribed: That since the 18 th of March, 1818, the following changes have been made in my property V iz , I then owned two horses one of which is since dead; I then owned two cows both of which are dead: I have not sold or disposed of any property and it remains the same it then was with the exceptions of wear and tear and the necessary consumption of my family; My occupa- tion was that of a farmer but, I am now unable to pursue it; My family consists of three daughters V iz , Jane, aged about 34 years, very weakly; Esther, aged about 26 years, also weakly; and Margaret, and about 28 years, also weakly; and one son V iz , Joseph aged about 16 years, also weakly and very hard of hearing — My children have all inherited from their Mother consumptive complaints — I am healthy but disab- led by rheumatic pains, so that I do literally and truly stand in need of the assistance of my country for support.
Joseph Reed

Schedule containing Inventory and appraisement of property belonging to Joseph Reed a revolutionary soldier residing in Washington county Pennsylvania
One horse $27.00 Farming Utensils 3.00 Household goods 4.00 Dolls. 34.00
Joseph Reed sworn to and declared on the 27 th day of June A.D. 1829, in open court. Coram W m Sample Esq.
Inventory and appraisement of property belonging to Joseph Reed a revolutionary soldier residing in Washington county Pennsylvania
One horse $27.00 Farming Utensils 3.00 Household goods 4.00 $ 34.00
Washington county ss.
Before me W m Rea. one of the justices of the peace in and for said county personally appeared William Beatty, and W m Rea Jun r and being sworn accor- -ding to law, saith, that the above inventory and appre- -isment is just and true, to the best of their knowledge & belief. Sworn and subscribed before me the 27 th day of June A.D. 1829. Will. Rea, W m Rea Jun. W m Beatty.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington County ss I William Sample Prothonotary of the court of com- pleas for said County, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Joseph Reed did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common ene- my, for the term of nine months, under an engagement, on the continen- tal establishment. I do also certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the papers filed in said court, in said case, and further that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value of the property exhibited on the aforesaid schedule is thirty four dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, at Washington, the 17th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
For W m Sample Proth y .
G. Reynolds
A Copy of the above is to be found in the Revolutionary War with Patriots.

April 19, 1939.
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BA-1/CC Joseph Reed S.40328
Mildred S. Ingram 123 Warwick Avenue, Douglaston, New York.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Reid of Washington County, Pennsylvania, who received a pension.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S. 40328, based upon service of Joseph Reed in the Revolutionary War.
Date and place of birth of Joseph Reed and names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, Joseph Reed enlisted sometime in August 1775, at "Little" York, Pennsylvania, served as private in Captain Doudel's Pennsylvania rifle company, length of this service one year; enlisted in August 1776, served as private in Captain John Laird's company, Colonel McAllister's Pennsylvania regiment of the Flying Camp until the end of 1776; enlisted January 1, 1777, served twenty days as private, officers not stated, and during this period of service on his march from Trenton to Princeton his feet were severely frosted and he was in a hospital in Philadelphia until the first of March 1777; enlisted March 1, 1777, served as private in Captain John Marshall's company, Colonel Stewart's Pennsylvania regiment. He was in the battles of Fort Washington, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Kingston, Whitemarsh, Chestnut Hill, and Monmouth and was discharged the last of September 1779.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed June 25, 1829, at which time he was aged seventy-four years and a resident of Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
He died February 7, 1832, place of death not shown.

The name of the soldier's wife and date and place of marriage are not shown. In 1829, the names and ages of his children were stated as follows: Jane aged thirty-four years; Esther aged about twenty-six years; Margaret aged about twenty-three years and Joseph aged about sixteen years.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and the name and address of person paid, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following data:
Joseph Reed Certificate #20893 Issued July 24, 1829 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced July 17, 1829 Acts of March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820 Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

40 328
Rey INVALID.
File No. 40 328
Joseph Reed Wm. Rev. Rev.
Act: 15 March 18
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 315
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1939-Apr 19 Hist to Mildred S Ingram cc

of Ninth Pennsylvania Reg. 1783. Any information you can give me will be greatly ap- preciated.
Sincerely yours, Mildred H. Ingram, Regent Major Thomas Wickes Chapter N. S. D. A. R.
123 Warwick Ave Wanglaxton N.Y. Feb. 9-1939.
A. W. Hiller, Executive Assistant, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Hiller:
Will you kindly give me every bit of information you have on the pension record of Joseph Reid of Washington County, Pennsylvania who served in the American Revolution.
I am unable to tell you what Company he served in or under whose com- mand, but I know he re- ceived a pension, as I have been advised of it by the Registrars Office, at the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, in Washington. There is also a record of this soldier in Pennsylvania Archives, which speaks of his death in Washington County, on Feb. 2 1832 Age 79. A Revolutionary soldier.

No 1383
Certificate for £59.1.7 3/4
We do certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Joseph Reed late private of the Second Pennsylvania Regiment in the sum of Fifty Nine pounds One shilling & seven pence 3/4, with lawful interest from the tenth day of April 1781, being the amount of the depreciation of his pay. Pursuant to two Acts of Assembly passed at Philadelphia, the 18th of December 1780 and the 10th of April 1781
J. M c Nicholson
Philad 6 May 1785
Audita General Office
February 21 st 1826
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original now on file in the Office
Without Myra's Seal of Office the day & year aforesaid
David M c Kim Auditor Genl

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Allegheny County
On this Tenth day of December A.D. 1828. Personally appeared in open court being a court of record in and for said County John Wilson aged about Seventy Three years who first being duly sworn, according to law doth depose and say, that he the deponent first began acquainted with Joseph Reed some- time in the month of July or August one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy five at Little York in Pennsylvania for the said Joseph Reed about that time and place enlisted as a replen Dandler for the the term of one year (or the company) who marched to Cambridge as the deponent understood, the next time and place that the deponent saw the said Reed was at New-Lite in State of New-Jersey which was in the year 1876 - some time in August of that year, that the deponent saw his discharge for the term of his enlistment aforesaid. and the deponent further saith that the said Joseph Reed was enrolled in Capt. John Laird Company of which was

in Col. McCallister's Regiment Pennsylvania in Flying Camp as this defendant understood, was the name which was in the month of August 1776 - that the said Joseph Reed continued in the said service as an enlisted soldier until the end of the said year at which time this defendant saw the Record discharge of the said Reed. that the said Reed continued in the service as a soldier of the Revolutionary war until about the year  until 1779. that this defendant enlisted as a soldier in the month of March 1776 and in the company commanded by Captain Marshall of Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Line and was regularly discharged in December 1778 and during the said period of service this defendant was acquainted with the said Reed and with that the said Reed served as a regular enlisted soldier in the Revolution- ary war for the term of about four years and a half and that the said Reed was honorably discharged from the service. this defendant saw the discharge of the said Reed during his residence in York County Pennsylvania.

which was the place of residence of the said Reed that the said Reed now resides in Washington County Cross Creek Township in the State of Pennsylvania as this defendant has been informed, that the defendant further saith the said Reed was in several engagements or battles, to wit at the Battle of Brandywine with the defendant, at the Battle at Germantown, at the Battle of White Marsh, at the Battle of Monmouth, all of which Battles this defendant was engaged and knew that the said Reed was also present, at the said Battles as an enlisted soldier.
Given in open court and
subscribed the day and year above written.
his John + Wilson Marks
The above and foregoing made before signing.
Charles H. White
our 1 st Ind Def.

Pennsylvania } Allegheny County } Sc.
I William M Sandels Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Allegheny aforesaid Do by these presents Certify that the Honorable Charles Shaler
who has taken and signed the foregoing attestation and Certificate was then and still is President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly qualified to administer oaths Witness my hand and seal of said Court at the City of Pittsburgh this twenty seventh day of December Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight -
Wm M Sandels Prothon.

23 July 1841 Pension
Revolutionary claim
Free Pension
The Honble. John A. Eaton Esquire Secretary of War Washington City

Wash. Pion. July 20. 1829.
I enclose you the declaration of Joseph Rust, a soldier of the revolution, made in order to be placed on the Pension list, under the act of Congress of the 11th Feb. and 18th March 1818 and 1st of May 1820. Will you have the goodness to cause a ratification to be given me of the result of this application as early as possible? — Mr Rust is in a very distressed situation, as you will observe by the facts stated in his declaration, and looks forward to a pension as his only hope. —
Very respectfully
W. B. Russell
Rev. S. H. Eaton, Secretary of War.

Mr. Joseph Reed Beech Creek Township Washington County Pa

City of Pittsburgh Pa
Before me An Alderman in and for said City personally came James Steele of Beaver County a respectable old man aged about 74 years who being duly sworn according to Law are before and say that he was a private in the Army of the revolution - That previous to during the war he was acquainted with Joseph Reece who now resides in Cross creek Township Washington County Penn a during said war - That in the year 1775 he said said Reece enlisted in the first company which left Little York in Penn a under Capt. Gaudie & went to Boston - That in 1776 after the battle of Long Island the deponent saw said Reece at New Ark New Jersey, where he again enrolled himself under Capt Lord of W'aller's Regt o he served in that Regt o until the end of the year 1776 - and he then joined the 20 days Volunteers & was at the Trenton Battle - he got his feet frozen & was taken to the Hospital in Phil a where he remained till March 1777 - Said Reed then enrolled under Capt John Marshall in 2 d Regt o of Penn a Line and continued in the service until after the Battle of Monmouth in 1778 and about Sept r of 1778 he was removed to the 5 th Regt o Penn a Line & remained to the last of Dec r 1778 - at which time deponent quit the army & left said Reed in the service & farther he knows not Dec r 20-1828 W. B. Lowrie Ald m

Allegheny County Pa
I Matthew B Lawrence being also a Notary Public by authority of Pennsylvania may care- -fully and do certify under my Notarial Seal of Office that the foregoing affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this day Dec r 10- 1828
Matthew B Lawrence Not Public