Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,679, for Henry Read, Virginia

SERVICE
Continental (Pa.)
Read, Henry Betsey
NUMBER
W.5.679 B.L. Vt. 169-100
CONTENTS

Friend to the House of Assembly W. Wedderburn
I do hereby acknowledge and confess that the Honble Francis Walter Garthorne Knt. to little and against the best interests of the colony in the name of a Attorney for me Letter
John. Higginbotham
W. Wedderburn
Letter of Attorney from Henry Parkes Esq. to W. Wedderburn Esq.

I Henry Read — of the County of Amherst and State of Virginia late a Soldier — in Col. Henry Lee's Legion in the Service of the United States do make constitute and appoint William Cabell of the County of Amherst and State of Virginia my true and lawfull Attorney for me and in my name to ask demand and receive for me and in my name the Proportion of land due me for my Services aforesaid and do request that a Warrant may be issued to him or ord- er which shall be binding on me given under my hand this Sixteenth day of July Anno Dom one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Two.
Teste
Will: Cabell
+ Henry Read
On the sixteenth day of July anno Dom one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Two the above signed Henry Read came before me and acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be his act and did given under my hand the day and year above written
Will: Cabell

2691.
Virginia  Sub. a
Betty Head widow of Henry Head who was a Pri of War in the 10 th line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to R. H. Gray Winchburg Va.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 152

State of Virginia
Amherst county to wit:
On this 20 th day of March 1839 personally appeared before me J. D. Davis a Justice of the peace in and for said county. Mrs. Betsy Reade aged 75 years a respectable resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows. That she is the widow of Henry Reade deceased of this county, now deceased State of Virginia who was a private in the Revolutionary War - in the Virginia Continental line - as will appear by the certificate of balance of pay due him up to the first of January 182 - he being the only person on the register of that name. That her husband Henry Reade entered in the service of his country as a regular soldier at the age of 16 - and thinks he first enlisted in Philadelphia for the may be mistaken. That his Captain was named Rodolph - that he was at the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, Germantown etc. to the North - which she thinks was in the early part of the War - that he was taken prisoner, she believes at Germantown - and remained a prisoner 8 or 9 months - that he escaped from the British, she thinks at Amboy, and joined the Regiment again - that while in the Northern service she thinks he was under the command of Genl. Washington - That her husband afterwards joined the Southern service - part of which service was in Lee's Battery - that Clement Barrington and George Barrington she has heard her husband speak of as being officers in the same service that he was - believes one was Genl. and the other a Col. or Captain - that her husband assisted in conveying Clement Barrington off the field of battle - he being so badly wounded he could not walk - that her husband was at the battle of Eutaw

strings and a place called 96 - and that at the close of the War, her husband was in the Georgia Service - since that about thirty years ago he received his land warrant for his Revolutionary services -
And she the said Betsey Read, further declares that she was married to the aforesaid Henry Read on the 9th day of January 1784, from the best calculations she can make - she having left no family register of her marriage or births of her children - that her oldest daughter (Mrs. Mitchell) that is living and which was her second child, is 53 years old in June next - That her husband the aforesaid Henry Read, died on the 2nd day of March 1814 - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but, that her marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 - as will more fully appear by the proof annexed - that she was married to the said Henry Read, in said county of Amherst, now Nelson county Virginia - by the Rev. Martin Dawson - and that she has remained the widow of said Henry Read - ever since his death as aforesaid to the present time -
Betsy Read mark
Witness as to Mr. Read's mark Fanny Mitchell
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written John D. Davis J. P.
State of Virginia
Amherst county to wit,
I Mr. D. Davis a Justice of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify, that Mrs. Betsey Read, the widow of Henry Read decd. of formerly said county, now Nelson county - who has this day sworn to, and subscribed by her mark before me, the foregoing declaration - is too old and infirm to attend court (16 miles) without great danger both to life and limb - Given under my hand this 21st day of March 1839
John D. Davis J. P.

State of Virginia
Nelson County to wit:
On this 11 th day of June 1839, personally appeared before me Leaton H. Loring, a justice of the peace in and for said County. Mrs. Mary Davis, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath say - That she is 71 years old - That at the age of 15 or 16 she was present at the marriage of Henry Read a Revolutionary soldier, to Miss Betsy Gregory, now Betsy Read the widow of said Henry Read - That she perfectly recollects the time they were married - That it was in the month of Jan y of 1780 it being an exceedingly cold winter - that they were married in said County, then Amherst County - (the County being since divided) by the Rev d Martin Lawson - That said Henry Read and his present widow Betsy Read, whose maiden name was Gregory, continued to live together as man and wife, since their marriage as aforesaid, to the time of said Read's death, which she believes was on or about the 2 nd day of March 1814 - That the said Betsy Read has remained a widow, ever since the death of her husband as aforesaid to the present time - and that she is the identical person who is now claiming a pension, at the hands of the Genl. Government as the widow of said Henry Read deceased.
That she the deponent, has often heard said Read speak of his services in the Revolutionary war; that he told her he was at the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, 80 to the north, and at the Battles of Red Bank, Red Bank, and other battles to the south - that he spoke of several other Battles that she cannot recollect, which he was in, and a great many circumstances that occurred during during his service, which she understood him to say, was of seven years duration - for she understood he was a Regular soldier, and that he used his land for said services - That said Henry Read of whose services she has been speaking, is the same person, who after he had come out of the service, (at the close of the Revolutionary War) was married to Miss Betsy Read aforesaid - his

present widow; whose maiden name was Betsy Gregory - aforementioned - that said Read and wife lived in said county until his death as aforesaid - and that or three years after said Read's death - M rs Betsy Read his present widow, removed to the county of Am- hurst (16 miles from the court house) where she has re- -mained the widow of said Read ever since - Lest - Mary C. Purvis Mary her Purvis mark
the words "since her" interlined before signed Sworn to, and subscribed before me, by her mark, the day, and year above written - In the presence of - Mary C. Purvis. J. M. Loring J. P.
State of Virginia Nelson County to wit, On this 11 th day of April 1839, personally ap- -peared before me John H. Loring a justice of the peace, in and for said county, M c William Far- -vis, a respectable resident of said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath say - That, he is 72 years old - that he re- -calls distinctly the time when Henry Read, a Revolutionary soldier, was married to Betsy Gregory, now Betsy Read the widow of Henry Read aforesaid - that his, deponent's father, and M rs Gregory, the father of said Betsy Gregory, lived close neighbors at the time that said Henry Read, and Betsy Gregory was married, which he believes was in Jan y 1784 - for it was an exceedingly cold winter - that they were married in said county, (then Amhurst county, the county being since divided) at the time aforesaid by the Rev d Mathew Dewees - That said Read and his present widow, Betsy Read, whose ma- -iden name was Gregory, continued to live together in said county as man and wife, until said Read's death, which he believes was on or about the 2 nd day of March 1814 - That the aforesaid Betsy Read, has remained a

widow ever since the death of her husband as aforesaid to the present time - and that she is the identical per- -son who is now claiming a pension, as the widow of said Henry Read dec d ?
And further that he the deponent, has frequently heard said Read speak of services in the Revolutionary war that he heard Read say that he enlisted as a Regular soldier, when he was but a youth, at the north - that he was at the Battles of Princeton, Brandy wine, Germantown, Monmouth &c. to the north - that he belonged to the Virginia continental line that he passed through Virginia, on to the south, where all the latter part of his services was performed - that he was at the battle of Custer Springs, Campden, Guilford &c. to the south that said Read told deponent that he entered the service in the early part of the Revolutionary war - and continued in it until its close - for which services he rec d his land - That said Read of whose services he the deponent has been speaking, is the same person who after he had come out of said service in the Revolutionary war - was married to Miss Betsy Gregory, now Betsy Read, his present widow - That said Read and wife lived in said county, from the time of their marriage as aforesaid, to the time of said Read's death as aforesaid - and that two or three years after the death of said Read - M rs Betsy Read his present widow removed to the county of Amherst 16 miles from the court house, where she has remained the widow of said Read ever since said removal, and death of said husband, Henry Read dec d ?
Test Mary. C. Purvis.
William his Purvis mark
Sworn to, and subscribed before me by his mark, the day and year above written - in the presence of Mary. C. Purvis.
J. W. Loring J. P.

State of Virginia
Nelson county to wit,
I Leaton H. Loring a Justice of the peace in and for said County, do hereby certify that Mr. William Davis, and Mr. Mary Davis, who hereto before, sworn to, and subscribed the foregoing affidavits, purporting to be theirs by their marks, are respectable citizens, and Residents of said County, for a great many years and that their debts are entitled to credit - Given under my hand this 11 th day April 1839
L. H. Loring J.P.
State of Virginia, Nelson County, } to wit.
I Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the County Court, of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Leaton H. Loring, who hereto signed his name to the foregoing certificates, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to his said Office, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my Office this 11 th day of April 1839.
Sp. Garland, Clerk.

State of Virginia
Amherst county to wit,
On this 21 st day of March 1839 personally appeared before me John D. Davis a Justice of the Peace in and for said county M c Farly Mitchell a respectable resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, oaths, on his oath, say - That he became acquainted with M c Henry Read of then Amherst county, now Nelson county Virginia - and his present widow Betsy Read, thirty or thirty one years ago that he married said Read's eldest daughter Polly that is living - she being their second child - That he has been married to his present wife (who was Polly Read the daughter of said Henry and Betsy Read) about thirty one years - That on the Family Register his wife is recorded as having been born the day June 1786 - which he is inclined to think is correct for she was over 20 years when married - and that they the said M c Farly Mitchell and wife has children over 30 years old - That Henry Read and his present widow Betsy Read lived together as man and wife until his Read's death, which was on the 2 nd day of March 1814 - That Betsy Read has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband as aforesaid to the present time - and that she is the identical person who is now claiming a pension as the widow of said Henry Read dec d who was by occupation a soldier in the regular service in the Revolutionary war. That said Read in his life time, has frequently talked to him about his Revolutionary services - that he understood from to say that he had served some years as a regular in the Revolutionary war -
Farly Mitchell
sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written
John D. Davis J.P.

5210
Catsy Reads
Declaration
Wid of Henry
Ad July 7 1838
Maria 1784 died 1814
2 d for her salary $100 per ann on order See S up era Sept 1779
R H Gray Dorchester
The evidence in this case is conclusive to entitle Mrs Read to $180 per m. from the 4 th mo. 1836 to 4 th 1839 first drawn
Direct the certificates to me in English
R. H. Gray

State of Virginia
At a Court of Monthly Sessions held for the County of Amherst on Mon- day the 15 th day of April 1839
The foregoing declaration of Betsy Read for a pension together with the affidavits of Sarah Mitch- ell, Mary Purvis, William Purvis the Certificate of John B. Davis, Newton H. Loving, Spotswood Gar- land, James E. Heath Auditor, 111. Sam d M c Garland Clerk were this day produced in open Court: and all of said papers having been fully examined the Court doth order it to be certified to the War Office of the United States that the said John Davis is a Justice of the Peace for this County - that Peter H. Loving is a Justice of the Peace in the adjoin- ing County of Nelson - Spotswood Garland Clerk of the Court of that County - Sam d M c Garland Clerk of this Court, James E. Heath Auditor in the State and W. Alden late Register of the Land Office and that the whole of the papers aforesaid are genuine having been executed by the respective persons whose names is attached to each - and the proceedings aforesaid had in the Country before the said John B. Davis are hereby approved, ratified and confirmed.
And the Court doth further certify that it appears to their satisfaction that Betsy Read Elizabeth Read (whose maiden name was Elizabeth Gregory) is the widow of Henry Read deceased who in his life time was a soldier in the Revolutionary War - that they were lawfully married on the 9 th day of January 1784 by the Rev. Martin Denson then a Min- ister of the Gospel in this section of Country not now dead - and that he the said Henry Read departed this life in the adjoining County of Nelson (formerly a part of this County) on the 2 nd day of March 1814 and she the said Betsy Read has ever since remained his widow.
And the Court doth further certify that from the papers aforesaid as well as from general re- -memorance in this section of Country it appears to their satisfaction that the said Henry Read in his life time was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and performed the services as set forth in said decla- -ration and even more than is there stated - having during that period been a prisoner of War for eight or nine months.

And the Court doth further certify that the said Betsy Head is a Lady of good standing and respectability and her oath entitled to full faith and credit - and that from bodily infirmity she cannot attend this court in proper person. The witnesses Tarsely Mitchell, Mary Purvis and W m Purvis are highly respectable persons and the oaths of each of them entitled to full faith and credit. The copy of the marriage bond above is a correct transcript from the original on file in the office of this Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of said Court this 15 th day of April 1839 in the 63 rd year of the Com onwealth
Sam M Gail and Clerk

I have transmitted a good many pension claims for the benefit of widows to your office - some which have been there several months - and the most of which whom are widows of pensioners - and I am at a loss to conjecture the cause of such great in sending out these certificates. It is indeed the accumulation of business is so great as to cause such great delay in reporting claims - in my humble opinion there should be more force employed. Do please give us some information as to the true cause of this great delay - whether it be on account of the low ebb of the finances or the great accumulation of business - and that the blame may be not improperly charged to the agent. Yours &c -
Thos. H. Gray
5310 Berkley Reads Relaxation Wid of Henry Ad July 7 1838 Mars 1784 died 1834 27 th per Cavalry $100 per ann or wid Secy Legat Sept 1779
Thos H Gray Washington
The evidence in this case is conclusive to entitle Mr. Read to $80. per An. from the 27 th Mar. 1836 to 27 th 1839. first draw
Direct the certificate to me in Lynch?
Thos H Gray

Know all men by these presents that we Henry Reid of John Gregory of Amherst County are held and firmly bound unto the commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds to which payment well and truly to be made to the said commonwealth we bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our heirs executors & administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals & dated this 21 st day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty four
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound Henry Reid Esq. Bachelor and Elizabeth Gregory Spinster of if there be no lawful cause to the contrary the said Marriage then the above obligation to be void and of no effect.
Sealed & delivered in presence of to. Salafina June
Henry Reid (seal) John Gregory (seal)
Amherst County Court Clerks Office Apr 12. 1839
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a Marriage Bond of Henry Reid dated the 21 st day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty four - as now on file in my office - and that it appears that no return of the aforesaid marriage has been made
Teste - Sam. M. Garland Sec.
This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 31 st day of July 1782 , in the name of Henry Reid as a Soldier of Infantry for £ 37. 12. 0 , which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself and was given for services prior to the 1 st January, 1782.
No. 252. { No Seal of Office }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 27 th day of February 1839 .
J. H. Heath AUDITOR.

Know all men by these presents that we Henry Reid of Ober Gregory of Amherst County are held and firmly bound unto the Com- monwealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds to which payment well and truly to be made to the said commonwealth we bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our heirs, executors & administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals & dated this third day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty four.
The bond of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the above Henry Reid Bachelor and Elizabeth Gregory Spinster, if there be any lawfull cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void and of no effect.
signed sealed & delivered
In presence of
to Taliaferro Jur.
Henry Reid Seal
Elizabeth Gregory Seal
Amherst County Court Clerks Office Apr 12. 1839
I claim to be the Clerk of the Court above and hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a marriage bond of Henry Reid dated the third day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty four - as now on file in my office - and that it appears that no return of the above marriage has been made
Teste - Saml. M. Garland Clerk.
This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 31st day of July 1783 , in the name of Henry Reid as a Soldier of Infantry for £ 37. 17. 0, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.
p. 252. { No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
27th day of February 1839.
J. H. Heath AUDITOR.

Henry Near is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a private of the continental line for the war
Council Chambers
Samuel Coleman
Mar 5 1807
W H Cabell
Warrant No 5329 for 200 acres of land issued to James Taylor after, & was delivered to said Taylor the 19 Sep. 1807
A copy from the records of the land office J Virginia
Filed
Wills & Co Mar 26 1839

October 22, 1935
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BA-J/EL Henry Read-W.5679
Mrs. Charles V. Bray West Point Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of a soldier with surname Reed or Read whose widow, Betsy Read or Reed resided in Montgomery County, her maiden name Altizer.
The record has been found of one Henry Read whose widow, Betsy or Elizabeth applied for pension. Her maiden name was not Altizer, however, but this record may aid you in your research. No satisfactory search of the records can be made without the full name of the soldier.
Henry Read W.5679
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.5679, based upon the military service in that war of Henry Read.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Henry Read are not shown.
Henry Read enlisted early in the Revolutionary War, possibly at Philadelphia, and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, where he was captured and held as a prisoner for eight or nine months when he made his escape and rejoined his regiment, and Monmouth: marched to the south, served in Captain Michael Rudolph's Company, Colonel Henry Lee's Legion, was in the battles of Camden, Guilford, Ninty Six and Eutaw Springs; later was in service in Georgia and served until the end of the war. No dates are given for any of his service.
The soldier died March 2, 1814, at his home in Nelson County, Virginia.
This was probably Wayne's Ga Campaign
Michael Rudolph was not in serv. until 1778. He was in Lee's Legion. Third soldier may have served in Lee's Ga Aragoons in 1776, but as he joined Lee's Legion after capt. Lee to seek her

Henry Read married January 9, 1784, in Amherst County, Virginia, Elizabeth or Betsy, daughter of John Gregory. On a copy of the marriage bond, dated January 3, 1784, at Amherst County, Virginia, his name is given as Henry Reid, and he is referred to as bachelor and she as spinster. The name of her mother is not shown, nor is the date of Betsy's birth given.
Soldier's widow, Betsy, was allowed pension on her application executed March 31, 1839, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Amherst County, Virginia.
The only name of a child that is given is daughter Polly, born in June, 1786, married about 1808, Tarply Mitchell, and with her husband living in Amherst County, Virginia, in 1839. Polly and Tarply had grown children at that time; their names are not stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Betsy Read, widow of Henry Read(W.5679), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Betsy Read, Certificate No. 2691, issued November 10, 1843, rate $100 per annum, commenced March 3, 1843, Act of March 3, 1843, Virginia(Richmond) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Virginia 3624
Mary Wood widow of Henry Wood who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1814 of Henrico Co in the State of Virginia who was a priv t in the comm d by Captain of the Legion commanded by Col Lee in the Virg line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Widowhood at the rate of 100 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1839 to Mary Wood and her heirs
Arrears to the 24th of March 1839 $300.00 Semi-annual allowances ending 4 Sep 39 50.00
$350.00 Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by J. M. Gentry , Clerk. Book 1 , Vol. 2 Page 182

1935- Oct 22. list to Mrs. Chas. V. Pray. Eh ✓
Ray WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5679
8 May Road
Mid.
Waverly Road
Pittsburgh Line
Act: March 24/1913
Index:—Vol. 86 Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

West Point, Virginia October 17, 1935
Veterans' Administration Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Would you please tell me if a pension was paid to Betty Reed or Read, widow of a soldier of the Revolutionary War? She lived in Montgomery County, Va.
If so, would you be kind enough to give me (1) the given name of her husband, (2) the date and place of his birth, and the names of his parents, (3) when he enlisted and where he served, how long he served, (4) the date of his death, (5) when and where they were married, (6) her parents' names, (7) the place of her birth, and her residence when married, (8) the amount of pension she received, (9) whether she had children, and any other information available. Also, if possible, the date of her death.
I am particularly anxious to know the maiden name of her mother, or at least the given name of her mother.
If you can give me any or all of this information, I shall thank you very, very much. I do hope you can and will.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Charles V. Bray Mrs. Charles V. Bray, West Point, Va.
P.S. Betty Reed's maiden name was Altizer.

General Fairburn
King George County Virginia 9 December 1802
Sir
I have here enclosed you the power of attorney of Henry Read late a soldier in the in his Legion in the service of the United States authorizing me to draw for him and in his name the por- tion of land due him for his services; also his power of attorney for pay and his affidavit of service. Also Alexander Scott's power of attorney to me for him and pay due him his oath, and a memorandum showing certificate of his services. I also enclose the letter to me infor- -ming me that Read and Scott were intitled to land from the United States, enclosed you have Alexander Hamilton's letter to me dated the 29 Day of November 1792 acknowledging the Recd of John M'Gowan and Philip Schuyler's power of attorney to me for land informing me he had laid their claims in at the War Office, their papers are before me, you will be so good as to enter their names on the list, Also Henry Read and Alexander Scott, I will be very much obliged to you to get one of the young gentlemen in your office to attend to this business for me and inform me when the warrants will be issued and will forward him a power of attorney to draw the warrants for me, for which I will make a generous compensation you will be so obliging as to write to me acknowledging the receipt of the above claims, direct your letter to be lodged at Frederickburg office I am Sir yours most Respectfully
W. Fairburn
P.S.
You will observe Mr. Poorville's memorandum on Read's powers and Oath of Service the powers were made before William Cabell jun r when a buyslander was wrote his name at his request and when he made oath to his service before W m Cabell there was no no one present and Col d Cabell desired him to make his mark, the handwriting of both can be proven to your satisfaction by the Hon ble Samuel J. Cabell W.W.

3224
July 31/43.
Betty Read
March 5/43.
Re 1 $100 per and
of Eunice Esq
R. H. Gray Lynchburg Va
hensons
Washington
Col.
1770
declarations of Mr. Betsy Read.

3224
July 31/43.
Betsy Read March 2/43.
Re 1 $100 per and
Anna Lee
R. H. Gray Lynchburg Va.
Commissary
Washington D.C.
1770
declaration of Mr. Betsy Read.

Synod July 22. 1843
Sir,
Enclosed is the declaration of Mr. Betsy Read of Humboldt Co. Va. claiming a pension under the Act of March 3 1843. Ro. U. Gray - Agent.

3224

State of Virginia
Amherst County S.S.
On this 24 day of June 1843, before me Joseph R. Carter a Justice of the peace, in and for said County - personally appears M rs Betsey Read a resident of said County - Aged 79 years - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d of March 1843; granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Henry Read dec d of said County - who was a private of Cavalry in Lee's Legion under Capt d Michael Rudolph: and that the Annual amount of pension which she rec d from the Gen l Gov t under the Act of July 7, 1838 - was $100. per An m . from the 4 th day of March 1836, to the 4 th day of March 1841. She further declares, that she is still a widow.
Betsey her Read mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written.
Before me -
Joseph R. Carter J.P.
In presence of -
John W. Scott Samuel Davis
State of Virginia Amherst County S.S.
I Joseph R. Carter a Justice of the peace, in and for said County - do hereby certify, that M rs Betsey Read, who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me, is the widow of Henry Read dec d of said County - who died some 28 years ago, or more - leaving his present widow Betsey Read above named - and who is personally known to me as the identical person, who rec d a pension from the Gen l Gov t as the widow of the aforesaid Henry Read dec d under the Act of July 7, 1838, at the rate of $100. per An m . from the 4 th day of March 1836, to the

4th day of March 1841. And further, that she is still a live and a widow - and that she is too infirm to attend court.
Given under my hand this 24 day of June 1843.
Joseph R. Carter J.P.
At a regular court, continued by adjournment & held for the County of Amherst at the Court House on Tuesday the 18th day of July 1843
The Declaration of Mrs Betsy Read was read in court claiming a pension under the act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 together with the certificate of Joseph R. Carter, and the Court being satisfied that the same is genuine, do order it to be certified to the War Department; That Mrs Betsy Read named in the foregoing declaration is the widow of Henry Read decd. of said Co. who was a private of Cavalry in said Legion, and who died some 28 or 30 years ago leaving his present widow the aforesaid Betsy Read who is the identical person that received a pension from the general government under the act of July 7 th 1838 at $100 per annum from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th day of March 1841 & that she is still a live and a widow - That Joseph R. Carter is an acting justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned qualified & c and that the signature purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 18th day of July 1843
Samuel M c Farland Clerk of Amherst County Court