Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,406, for Isaac Reed, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Reed, Isaac
S. 29406
CONTENTS

15898 Massachusetts
Isaac Root
resided in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lord of the Regt commanded by Col. Butts in the Mass. line for 8 months & 2 days
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838 - Age not specified June 1839.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 - Dollars 56 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Aug 1833 and sent to Wymans Richardson Wymans
Arrears to the 1st of March 1833 $41.12 Sem-ant. allowance ending Feb 1st 1833 10.25 $51.37
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by N. C. Atkinson Clerk Book E Vol. 2a Page 42
78 Medley

N o 6606.
from [?]

...decided in opinion, that after investigation... ...by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier... ...I remain as he states.
And the undersigned further certifies, that it appears to them that Johnathan... who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in... person, & that Wymen... who has also signed the same, is a resident in Wolcott, & is a military pensioner; & that their statement is entitled to credit.
J.P. Day Clerk
I, Isaac... the undersigned... do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac... for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at... the day & year first above mentioned.
Isaac... (signature)
I also certify that Wymen... whom... proper signature is set to the certificate on the deposition of Ebenezer... is a justice of the peace within said County of Middlesex.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at... this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832. Isaac... (signature)

General McClellan
of Massachusetts.
88.
On this twenty-second day of August A.D. 1932 Charles Warren personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Judge G. Babel now sitting at Chattanooga within and for the Eastern aforesaid
Frances Thack aged seventy six years
Who being 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, 1882. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say

There being no Clergyman, I hereby certify that the Court, which is sitting at the house of Francis ... was in session at ... with my ...
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Reed
We John Mulliken your Honor - said County of ... a Clergyman residing in the town of ... in the County of Middlesex hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Reed who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Mulliken William ...
And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath, as follows:
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer, in Watertown - County of Middlesex - Sept 10 1756 - August 9th
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have - in town records of Watertown
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I have always lived in said Watertown, till about two years since I moved into Lexington on which I now live
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I was drafted the first term
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, Col. Clap - ... Lt. Col. ...
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, ... Isaac Reed

Court
No. 10
The said Court  is of the opinion, that after investigation, the matter of putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier in the service as he states.
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Muliken a resident in Lexington who has signed the preceding certificate, is a credible person, & that Wymon Richardson, who has also signed the same, is a resident in Wolson, & is a credible person; & that their statement in entitled to credit.
J. P. [Signature] Clerk
I Joan Fisher, the  of the  clerk of the Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Need for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Office in the City of Leesburg, Virginia.
Isaac Need
I also certify that Wymon Richardson whose proper signature is set to the certificate on the deposition of George Lawrence is a justice of the peace within said County of Middlesex.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Office this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832.
Isaac Need

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. May 4 th A.D. 1833.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for said County of Middlesex - Isaac Reed, who is the same person, named in the within application for a pension, being due sworn, deposes & saith, that by reason of old age, & the consequent loss of memory, her exensa from the long passage of time, he cannot positively 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, & in the following grade. For fifteen days, commencing on the nineteenth of April, A.D. 1775. & for twenty days commencing on the eighteenth of June, A.D. 1775. and for five months, commencing the last of October A.D. 1777. I believe; during the whole of the three terms I served as a private, & for such service I claim a pension.
This is offered as an amendment to my origi- nal declaration annexed.
Isaac Reed
Sworn to the day above named.
Before Me. William Richardson
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Horace Fisher Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex being a Court of record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Frances Niles for an administration
I also certify that William Richardson Esq whose name subscribed signature is set to the foregoing book annexed is a justice of the Peace in the said County In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this ninth day of May A.D. 1893. Horace Fisher Reg
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Albert L. Looman
for future need
5 March 1897

Ebenezer Lawrence of Malden in the County of Middlesex - Massachusetts - Commonwealth - ss. That I have seen an inventory of the estate of the late Ebenezer Lawrence deceased - with the inventory thereof now in Lexington - Commonwealth of Massachusetts - do hereby certify that the said inventory is a true and correct copy of the original thereof now on file in the Probate Court at Cambridge - since made in the year 1777, seventeen hundred & seventy seven.
About the last of October or first of November - I volunteered to go to Cambridge to guard prisoners & the stores for five months & entered on that duty there, finally & was in left column of the column, Capt. Walker, a part of the time our Officer being absent - charged Col. Abner Brooks, a Colonel commanded our Regiment - Said Col. was in the same Company with me & remained there & was dismissed with the rest of the Cambridge, the same time in April 1778 as near as I can remember.
Ebenezer Lawrence
Malden July August 13 th 1842. Then the above named Ebenezer Lawrence, who in a credible witness & entitled to Credibility, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed. Ebenezer Lawrence His mark

6606 Isaac Reed
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Apr 29 1837
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William Richardson Hoburn Mass

6606  BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Reed  Middlebury Col Reg't  in the State of  Mass (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     19 Apr In 1775 to about about 15 private Gen. Cap. Belnap   the 5- of May same   on 18 June 75- between about 20 " Cap. Ford } Col Brooks   Last Oct: 77 to 1 Apr 78 5 " Cap. Allen }  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Lexington & Concord
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Upton
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? One living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Deposition not properly authenticated I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. C. Easton Examining Clerk. 24 Jan 39
* dont mention the number of days * - says about 3 weeks -

29406 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,406
Issac Reed
Rev Mr
Act: June 1 st 1894
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 387
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6606
Isaac Reed
Wyman Richardson
Woburn Mass

D.B. The Clerk's seal is affixed to the declaration in No. 328 II - presumed to be intended for the claim of Mr. Isaac Reed
 BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  Isaac Reed  which require further proof or explanation. 
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy  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? yy  IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy  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? yy  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy  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? yy 

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?  Yes
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? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  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?  No
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."

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.
†QUERE 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.
†QUERE 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 14 th , 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," Isaac Reed, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and fifty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
J. Leaver acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.