Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43907, for John Reed, New Hampshire

SERVICE
A.H.
Reed, John
NUMBER
S 43907
CONTENTS

43 907
Rey INVALID.
File No. 43,907
John Reed Pr. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 15
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12.044 R New-York
John Reese
of Pittsfield in the state of N. York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gilley of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 4 yrs. 2 mos. 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of June 1819 and sent to John Russell, Esq. Cooperstown, N. Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 9 15 / 31 75:87 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819. - 40.00
8:113:87
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Otsego County -
with pension sent by Gambel Col. War to John Russell, Cooperstown, New York
Aug 6 1823

John Reed
Col. Gilroys
N. Hampshire Regt.
1777- 4 yrs - 7 mos: Disch.
21 st May 1810 -
Admitted -

State of New York Otsego County 3 rd . I certify that I am satisfied that John Reed — by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Given under my hand this 18 th Day of May 1819 John Russell Judge of Common Pleas
State of New York Otsego County Clerk's Office 3 rd . I certify that John Russell whose signature appears to the foregoing papers of John Reed — is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego duly qualified as such at the date of each signature and that the signatures are genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County this 22 nd Day of May 1819 J. M. Morell Clerk

John Reed Pittsfield No 12044 x
17 June 1819
Sep. 1819

District of New-York, } ss. Otsego County, }
ON this 21 day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the county aforesaid, John Reed aged 77 years, resident in Millsfield in the county of Otsego in said District, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, in Captain Fairwells company, Colonel Gilleys regiment, belonging to the New Hampshire line : And the date of his original declaration was on the twenty first day of May 1818 on which he has received a pension certificate, No. 12.044 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift or sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby 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 service of the United States, in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed.
ARTICLES OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.
I have an agreement for 122 acres of land on which I have paid $50 out of my pension money and am to have a Deed when I pay one hundred more on one Cow & 1 Hog - all my household furniture is not worth $5 I am fearfully blind in both eyes and have been so several years & unable to do any thing - I have a wife & five children - one son John 16 years old - one aged 13 years - Maria 9 years old - Leonard aged 6 years Betty 2 years old - Allan healthy I depend on my pension for support Sworn to & declared on John his mark Reed This 21 st June 1820 Before the Court
M c Guire Clerk

STATE OF NEW-YORK. OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is
one hundred & fifty five dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 24 day of June 1820.
G. Morell Clerk

State of New-York, OTSEGO COUNTY
} ss.
John Reed aged 79 years - being duly sworn, saith, that he is a resident of the town of Pittsfield in the County aforesaid, and has served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, for the term of Nine Months and longer, at a certain period of the war herein after mentioned, on the Continental Establishment, and is yet a resident citizen of the United States; and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. And this deponent further saith, that he never has received any pension from the U- nited States, and doth hereby relinquish his claim to every pension that may have been heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States, excepting and reserving to himself the right of claiming, and he doth hereby claim a pension under an act entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed 18th March, 1818. And this deponent doth further declare under oath, that the time he entered the army of the United States in the war of the revolution aforesaid, on the Continental Establishment, the officers under whom he served, and the line to which he belonged, together with the time and manner of leaving the service, are all correctly set forth, according to the best of his knowledge and recollection, in the following manner; that is to say, he the said
John Reed did at Winchester in the State of New Hampshire in the Spring of the year 1777 enlist under one Cap- tain Ebenezer Dyer in Colonel Joseph Chillings Regiment Genl. Powells Brigade belonging to the New Hampshire line which enlistment was for during the war. He this Deponent served during the revolutionary war in said regiment, which at the conclusion of the war was com- manded by Col. Reed, and was honorably discharged, with badges of merit at Newburgh by General Wash- ington, which discharge the Deponent delivered to Isaac Rank to whom he this deponent sold his bounty lands - And this deponent further saith that he has it not in his power to offer other than evidence of his services -
Sworn before me
this 21 st day of May 1818.
John
his X Reed mark -
John Rufus
Judge of Court of Sessions.

100 600
State of New-York, } ss. 1 OTSEGO COUNTY, }
John Rufus one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County aforesaid, do certify that I am satisfied the said
John Reed served in the revolutionary war as aforesaid, against the common
enemy, for a longer term than nine months, as stated in the affidavit of the said
John ————— hereunto annexed—And I do further certify
that full credit is due to the deposition of the above named John
and also that the evidence on which I have founded my
judgment is contained in the affidavit of the said John Reed
Given under my hand at Cooperstown this 20th day of August 1818.
John Rufus

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Reed, John GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8689 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 20, 1790 TO Joseph Lyon, Sent., assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.