Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 88010-160-55, for Simeon Reed, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Reed, Simeon Elizabeth
B.L.W. 88010-160-55-
CONTENTS

226.816
Act March 3. Dec. 11. J.W.
Elizabeth Root, died. Jerican Root V. pri.
Capt. Daniel Drake.
Col. Daniel.
Mass.
Int. 23 Aug. 1781.
Rev. 1 Dec. "
Albany war.
at 16000, May 14/59 Blyth.
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Sam. Phillips. Rochester, Chic. N.Y.
Set. Phillips. Feb. 5 757 " " Aug. 19/ " "
July 7/57. Wash. returned as a dead letter remailed to Samuel Phillips Chili, N.Y. — 3 p.
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State of New York County of Monroe ss. Hannah Jamison of the town of Gats in the county and state aforesaid being duly sworn according to law deposes and and says that she is the daughter of Simon Reed jr named in the annexed Declaration by his first wife. That after the death of the mother of this deponent the said Simon Reed jr was married to Miss Elizabeth Pratt as this depo- nent was at the time informed by said Simon and others who were present at such marriage and all of whom are now deceased as this de- ponent is informed & believes to be true. And this deponent further says that the said Elizabeth after such united marriage came to the house of said Simon Reed jr and continued to live and cohabited with said Simon as his wife and that the said Simon & Elizabeth cohabited together as husband and wife until the death of the said Simon. said was always treated & received by their neighbours and relatives as husband and wife. And this deponent further saith that said Elizabeth who so lived and cohabited with said Simon as his wife is the same identified person named in the annexed Declaration as the widow of the said Simon Reed jr. Hannah Jamison Subscribed and sworn to this 8 th day of December 1835 before me.
Miss Mary Frost of the house

State of New York County of Monroe } ss. Eliza J. Phillips wife of Samuel Phillips of Chili in the county and State aforesaid being duly sworn says that she is the daughter of Simon Reed for demand named in the annexed declaration by his second wife Elizabeth named in the annexed declaration as the widow of the said Simon Reed for that she said Simon & Elizabeth cohabited together as husband and wife from the earliest recollection of this deponent until the time of the demand of said Simon and were always treated and received by their neighbors and relations as husband and wife - Subscribed and sworn to this 5 th day of December 1835 Eliza J. Phillips before me
Miss Missy J. D.

State 57 ... 1850 ... STATE OF NEW YORK, MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ROCHESTER,
I, W. Barron Williams , Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record having a common Seal, do certify that Moses Strong
Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, a
Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat to such affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Rochester, this 8th day of Decr
A. D. 1850
W. B. Williams Clerk.

Bounty Land Claim.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Claim of Elizabeth Reed
Widow of Simon Reed Jr.
Samuel Phillips atty. for applicant of Chili Monroe county N. Y.

Form of Declaration for Widow of a Deceased Officer or Soldier.
[Who has never before had a Land Warrant.]
State of New-York, )
County Ontario County, ) ss.
On this 4 th  December day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and 1875 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Reed aged Eighty five years, a resident of East Bloomfield Ontario County, in the State of New-York, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Simson Reed Jr deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Drake in the Regiment of commanded by Col. Drury in the war of the Revolution
that her said husband enlisted the service at Dighton Mass. on or about the 23 rd day of August A. D. 1781 for the term of unknown and continued in actual service in said war for the term of 3 months and was honorably discharged at Dighton on the first day of December A. D. 1781
She further states that she was married to the said Simson Reed in Dighton Mass on the day of Sept A. D. one thousand eight hundred and 1828 by one Rev. Mr Warren a that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Pratt that her said husband died at East Bloomfield Ontario Co. on the Third day of June A. D. 1828 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d, 1855." and she further states that she is informed and believes that her marriage with said Simson Reed Jr was recorded in the office of the clerk of the town of Dighton in said state of Massachusetts but that the same has been destroyed by fire with the other records of said town
Elizabeth Reed
We, Simson R. Wheeler and Benjamin Park residents of East Bloomfield in the State of New-York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Reed in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Simson R. Wheeler J. J. North Benjamin Park
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Simson R. Wheeler } Jus. c

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Elizabeth Read of Bloemfield County of Ontario do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint Samuel Phillips my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant to which I am entitled for my husband's Military Services, as mentioned in the foregoing declaration: and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney, or other authority, that may have been given by me for any such purposes, and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said Attorney, said
Attest, J. North Benjamin Park
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Elisabeth Read
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Ontario and State of New-York, this fourth day of December 185 5 .
Simon B. Wheeler
Bounty Land Claim.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Claim of Elizabeth Read
Widow of Simon Read for
Samuel Phillips atty. for applicant 7 Childs Mounion County N.Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COUNTY OF ONTARIO,
{ ss.
I, JOHN J. LYON, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Simeon N. Wheeler whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid county court is a court of record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Canandaigua, this 4 day of Decr 185 5 . John J. Lyon Clerk
Bounty and Claim.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Claim of Elizabeth Read
Widow of Simeon Read for
Samuel Phillips atty. for applicant Chichester county N.Y.

In The matter of The application of Elizabeth Reed. for Bounty Land Additional Proofs

State of New York County of Ontario ss.
On this first day of July - 1857. personally appeared before me a person of the place within and for the county and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, according to law further declares, that she is the widow of Simon Reed for many years and has heretofore made her declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act, approved March 3 1833. That she knows said Simon Reed her late husband to be a resident of the town of Brighton previous to her marriage to him, and that he had the reputation among his neigh- bours in said town of having been in the service as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. That she has heard him talk about his services as such soldier - and that from what she has heard him and other aged persons in his neighbourhood say about his services in the Revolutionary war, she readily believes her late husband to be the identical Simon Reed whose services are described in the certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts heretofore forwarded with her said declaration heretofore made for the purpose aforesaid.
Elisabeth Reed
The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify I know the claimant to be the person she represents herself to be & that she is still a widow.
Henry Gassett Justice of Peace

1. ... No. 1 State of New York. } ss. County of Ontario. }
I, JOHN J. LYON, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Henry S. ... whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Canandaigua, this First day of July 185 7
185 7
John J. Lyon

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.
L. W. B. B. L. 88010-160-55.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 24th, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication, referred to this Bureau by Hon. Webster Davis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, I have the honor to advise you that Elizabeth, widow of Simeon Reed, made an application for bounty land on December 4th, 1855, at which time she was 85 years of age and residing at East Bloomfield, N. Y., and her claim was allowed for the service of her husband as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted August 23rd, 1781, at Dighton, Mass., and served in the company commanded by Capt. Drake, Col. Drury's Regiment, and was discharged December 1st, 1781.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
Mrs. Cora P. Remington,
Rochester, New York.

Elizabeth Reed
Wm Simson
FREE
Boynton
Miss
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Elizabeth Reed Mrs Simson
G.C. Boynton
Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

1842
226.816
Wm. J. March
Commission Merchants
Washington
D.C.
(Official)

88 010 - 100
Simon Reed
See
7/2
P.P.R.
Geo. C. Whiting Esq Pension Office Washington DC

Pension Office,
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Geo. Rootbush
Samuel Phillips, Esq. Rochester. N.Y.

Mass 24 '99
Mrs Cora P Remington Rochester
my
22b, 813 Act Mar 13/55
Dec 11/55
Elizabeth Reed widow of Simon Reed and Rev.
88,010 Dept May 17/55
Capt Daniel Drake
Mass 1781
Rev's War
Orig brief with
} 1800-1850
Saml Phillips Rochester N.Y.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. October 16 th 1852.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Simeon Reed Jr. is borne on pay roll of Lieut. Col. Abiel Whitmarsh's Comp. Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt. from July 29 to 31. 1780. 3 days and 36 miles, as private from Bristol County. Also on pay roll of Capt. Elijah Walker's Comp. Col. Piper's Regt. Bristol County, on alarm at N. Island (Dec. 8. 1776. 10 days), as private from Dighton. Also on pay roll of Capt. James Briggs's Comp. Col. Newman's Regt. on secret expedition to N. Island from Oct. 2. 1777 29 days as private from Dighton. Also on pay roll of Capt. Elijah Walker's Comp. Col. John Hathaway's Regt. who marched to Dighton on alarm of Aug 2. 1780. 7 days as private, from Bristol Co. Also on pay roll of Capt. Daniel (Dake) (Dake) Comp. Col. (Dake) Regt. from May 23. To (Dec. 1. 1781) 3 mos. 19 days, as private, from Dighton.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. P.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
Made by the Widow
of the party who rendered the service.
County of Ontario State of New York Town of East Bloomfield
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Simeon Reed, or Simeon Reed Jr. , in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Dighton in the County of Bristol — and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Dighton in the County of Bristol — and State of Massachusetts in the year 17 — as a private soldier — in the Company commanded by Captain — in — Regiment and he served as follows,* viz:—
He served as a private at West Point and other places at different periods of the Revolutionary War
* Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

I am now Eightyfive years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand, this fifth day of October A. D. 18 55
Elisabeth Reed
Signed by me, Elisabeth Reed in my presence,
Arunah Jones , JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

State of New York County of Ontario ss of Bloomfield in said David Reed of the town of Bloomfield Canandaigua in said County being duly sworn saith upon his oath that he is sixty nine years old and that he was born and brought up in the Town of Dighton County of Bristol and State of Mass and that he resided there until he was thirty years old and upwards and that he was personally acquainted with Simeon Reed junior late of the town of Dighton aforesaid and that he never heard or knew of any other Simeon Reed junior either in the town of Dig- hton or in any other place, as the town of Dighton is a very small town, if there had been any man of that name that he should have been likely to have known it and that he has known doubt but the Simeon Reed junior now of Elizabeth Reed above described is the identical Simeon Reed junior whose service is described and certified by the Secretary of State of Mass David Reed Subscribed and sworn Before me this 14 th day of Sept 1858 Henry James Justice Peace

I Certify that I am personally acquainted with David Read the with-named and Believe him to Be a person of truth and veracity -
H. Gains F.R.S.

State of New York County of Ontario ss
Bloomfield John Pool of the town of Bloomfield in said County being duly sworn vath upon his oath that that he is sixty eight years old and that he was born and brought up in the town & Dighton County of Bristol and State of Mass and that he was personally acquainted with Simon Reed junior and has frequently heard him speak of having served as soldier in the revolutionary war at different times and different places and that he never knew any other Simon Reed junior nor never heard of any other man by that name that ever resided in the aforesaid town of Dighton and that he verily believes that Simon Reed of the town of Dighton aforesaid is the identical man whose service is certified by the Secretary of State of Mass John Pool
Signed and Subscribed Before me this 21 st day of
Sept 1857 Henry Ganes Justice

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with this deponent and believe him to be a person of the the end veracity
H. G. G. D.

State of New York County of Ontario ss
Elizabeth Reed -
of the town of Bloomfield in said county being duly sworn saith upon her oaths that she is eighty eight years old and that she was born and brought up in the town of Saunton the town adjoining the town of Dighton County of Bristol and State of Mass and that she is the Widow of Simeon Reed junior formerly of the town of Dighton County of Bristol and State of Mass and that she resided for a great many years in the town of Dighton a fore said and that she never new knew any other Simeon Reed junior excepting Simeon Reed junior her late husband and that she never heard of any other one of that name and that she has not any doubt but that the a fore said Simeon Reed junior is the identical man whose whose service is Certified by the secre- tary of State of Mass and therefore prays that bounty land may be granted her - Subscribed this 4 th day of September 1858 Elizabeth Reed before me - Henry Gann Justice Peace

Application of Elizabeth Reed for bounty land
additional proof
Samuel Phillips Agent
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the documents and am satisfied that they are true copies of the originals. Henry Jennings

State of New York County of Ontario ss
Lyman Blake of the town of Bristol in said county and - Ephraim Gooding of the town of Bristol in said county being severally duly sworn say upon their oath and each for himself saith that he was formerly a resident of the town of Dighton in the county of Bristol in the State of Massa- chusetts, and that he was well ac- quainted with Simon Reed junior a resident of said town of Dighton for many years before his death and at the time of his death said that Elizabeth Reed of Bloomfield in said county of Ontario is the widow of said Simon Reed junior and that deponents severally each for himself further saith that he never knew any other man in said town of Dighton by the name of Simon Reed junior except the said Simon Reed junior who was the husband of said Elizabeth Reed at the time of his decease - And they further severally say each for himself that the said Simon Reed junior of said town of Dighton, was generally repre- sented in said town of Dighton to have a soldier in the revolutionary war. Sworn this _____ day of September 1838 } before me
Lyman Blake Ephraim Gooding
Subscribed and sworn to
Before me this 4 th day of Sept 1838 Henry Gannett Justice P.

I Certify that I am personally acquainted with the claimants and am satisfied that they are men of truth and veracity Henry James J.P.
Application of Elizabeth Hunt for Army Rank
Admiral Wood
Daniel B. Phillips Agent

State of New-York, } ss. COUNTY OF ONTARIO, }
I, JOHN J. LYON, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County, and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Verny Gann whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Canandaigua, this 4 th day of Sept 185 8 .
John J. Lyon Clerk

State of New York County of Monroe, p
Hannah Simerson of the Town of Gates in said County being Truly Sworn saith upon her oath that she is seventyone years old and that she was born and brought up in the Town of Tighton County of Bristol and State of Mass and that she is the Daughter of Simon Reed Jr and that she has freque- ntly heard him speak of having served as a soldier in the revolutionary war at different times and different places and that she never knew any other Simon Reed junior nor never heard of any other Man by that name that ever resided in the aforesaid Town of Tighton and she verily believes that Simon Reed Jr of the Town of Tighton aforesaid is the identical Man whose Service is certified by the Secretary of the State of Mass
Sworn and subscribed before Hannah Simerson Before me this 25 th day of April 1859
Samuel Phillips, Jr.

The State of Mass ss
STATE OF NEW YORK, MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ROCHESTER.
D. D. S. Brown
I, W. Barron Williams , Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record having a common Seal, do certify that Samuel Phillips Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the peace
in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat to such affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Rochester, this 26 th day of April . A. D. 185 7 .
D. D. S. Brown Clerk.

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• The Acres

In the matter of the application
of Elizabeth Reed for Bounty Land
Additional Proofs

State of New York County of Nassau ss
Hannah Jamison of the town of Grafton in the county and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is the daughter of Simon Root Jr deceased named in the annexed affidavit of Elizabeth Root That this deponent is of the age of sixty eight years, that she has known the said Simon Root Jr to have been a resident of the town of Dighton at her earliest recollections. That she has seen him and others in his neighborhood in said town with about his having been a soldier in the Revolutionary war. That he was generally well in his neighborhood been in said town as he has been in the service as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. And this this deponent newly believes from information derived from him and other aged persons his neighbors now deceased, that the said Simon Root Jr, mentioned in this and the annexed affidavits is the identical Simon Root Jr who gave the deponent christened in the certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, as set forth in the annexed affidavit of Elizabeth Root. Sworn to and subscribed before me the 31 st day of July 1857. and I certify that I know the same to be a true and correct copy
Hannah Jamison
Samuel Phillips J. P.

STATE OF NEW YORK, MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ROCHESTER.
William K Sage I, W. Barron Williams, Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record, having a common Seal, do certify that Samuel Phillips Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the peace
in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat to such affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Rochester, this 13 day of August
A. D. 185 7
William K Sage Clerk.