Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,680, for Joel Read, [Blank]

SERVICE
Continental
Read, Joel Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 5680
Penn Agency and residence
CONTENTS
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Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Read (widow of Peter Read) of Berks Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the Penna. Key Stone Battery commanded by Captain Thos. (Lent) of the 1st Penna. Light Artillery. She was in the Log House during the war from 1777 to 1781. Continental
Enscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Sept. 1831 and sent to Mrs. Elizabeth Read, Martha Lang, Reading
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1831 — $ 11.20 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 March 31 — 20. — $ 31.20 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk, Book Vol. 1 — Page 174

Very  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5680
Eliz a Read
Wid
Joel Read
Port Royal Mass
Act: July 2 nd 1876
Index:—Vol. 26 , Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Pennsylvania
Berks County
On this 27 th day of August A.D. One Thousand eight hundred and thirty before me Matthias V. Richards a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared Elizabeth Read widow of Joel Read a President of the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania aged Seventyseven Years (who being first duly sworn) according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the pension Made by the Act of Congress passed July 3 rd 1836. That she is the Widow of Joel Read who was formerly a Soldier a private in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution and duly Enlisted in to the Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Thomas Price and in Regiment which was then called the Congress Reg t commanded by General Moses Hazen and that her said Husband had stated to said Elizabeth Read his Wife that he was Enlisted for and during the war; and that her Maiden Name was Elizabeth Lewis and that her said Husband Joel Read did not return from his said service until the fall of the Year A.D. 1783 and that she was Married to said Joel Read at the time in which he was in actual service and that her said Husband Joel Read had on the Day on which she this Declarant was married stated to her the amount of time he had already served from the day of her Marriage which amount of time to the day of her being married she can not recollect owing to the lapse of time and that from the date of her Marriage with said Joel Read that her said Husband remained continued

his said Service a Soldier as aforesaid from the day of her Marriage for a term of more than Twelve Months she therefore humbly requests that the Revolutionary Records may be examined by the proper Officer of the War Department in order that the Department of War may find the amount of time which her said Husband Joel Read served and that she has in her power the testimony of Elizabeth Heaton widow of James Heaton who can satisfy the War Department that I was married to Joel Read at the time in which said Read was in actual service as a Soldier aforesaid. And she the Declarant further declares that she was married to the said Joel Read in Reading Penn by the then Pastor Lehman of the Lutheran Congregation and that she was married as aforesaid on the Tenth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two and that her Husband the aforesaid Joel Read died on the second day December seventeen hundred and eighty five and that she has remained a widow since that period ever since and that she is now his widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed and that she was Lawfully joined into the bonds of Marriage as will fully appear by the annexed Certificate copied from the Church book of said Lutheran Congregation at Reading Penn
Sworn to and subscribed on the 27 th day of August A D 1836 before me
Matthew L. Disbald a Judge of Berks County.
Elizabeth her Read mark

State of Pennsylvania to Berks County ss. On this 27 day of August A.D. 1836 before me Matthias V. Richards a Judge for the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks, in the State of Pennsylv- ania Personally appeared Elizabeth Heaton widow of James Heaton deceased who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath depose and say, that to her certain knowledge she knows that that Joel Read was Lawfully Married to the present applicant whose Maiden Name was then Elizabeth Levis and that the present applicant Elizabeth Read is the Identical Person that was Married to Joel Read during the time in which said Read was in actual service as a Soldier in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution and that said Joel Read was a Member in same Regiment in which her Husband James Heaton served and that Elizabeth Read is yet a widow  surviving widow sworn to and subscribed Elizabeth X Heaton widow The day and year aforesaid before me Matthias V. Richards
I the subscriber do hereby certify, that according to the Church Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at Reading Penn a Joel Read a soldier from Berks Co. Regiment, was Lawfully married to Elizabeth Levis by Order of P. Body, Chaplain on the tenth day of August A.D. 1782. Witness my hand and seal. Berks Penn a August the 27 th 1836. J. M. Miller L.D. Minister of the Gospel at the above named Congregation.

I Matthias V. Richards a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks do hereby certify that Elizabeth Read the widow of Joel Read being unable to attend a Court of Record on account of bodily infirmities I have therefore in pursuance of the act of Congress administered the foregoing oaths and I do further certify that Elizabeth Read who has sworn and subscribed her name to the foregoing Declaration and Elizabeth Heaton widow of James Heaton deposed that on their respective oaths & statements made in the foregoing that credit is due every of them and of right ought to them be given and In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & subscribed the same at Reading in the County of Berks Done On this 27 th day of August 1836
Matthias V. Richards a Judge of Berks County
State of Pennsylvania Berks County Is I M c K. M c Man Prothono- tary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for this County of Berks, in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Matthias V. Richards Esquire in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Read widow of Joel Read for a Pension and I also certify that he said Matthias V. Richards Esq r is a Judge as aforesaid and that the signatures purporting to be his are all true and of his genuine signatures In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name & quality at Reading Done August 27 th 1836 M c K. M c Man Prothonotary
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