Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8661, for John Reed, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Beed, John
B. 8661
CONTENTS

Ex parte John Read a re- volutionary Prisoner Original Claim

Ontario Comr. Pleas.
Of the term of August in the year eighteen hundred
Ontario Co. J. S.
and twenty seven
On this twenty first day of August in the year eighteen hundred & twenty seven personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the county of Ontario aforesaid proceeding according to the forms of the common law professing a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and also the power of fine and imprisonment John Reed resident in the said county aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law both on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820 that he the said John Reed enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred & twenty eight in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Nathan Smith in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Jacobs in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Massachusetts continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine when he was discharged from the said service in Linton in the state of Rhode Island near Howard's ferry (so called) that he was in one engagement fought between General Sullivan and the British troops some time in the month of August in the year of his service between Burt's Hill & Quaker Hill on Rhode Island; that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the declaration which he now makes under oath, as he had lost his sergeant's warrant which he bore while connected as above mentioned with Colonel Jacobs'

regiment
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent 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 & naval service of the United States during the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March in the year 1818 and that I have not now had 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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed!
Real estate none either in my own right or right of my wife. Personal estate none except household apparel &c not required to be inventoried. My occupation is that of a Shoemaker but for ten years I have been unable to pursue it; that I am not a house-holder but live in the family of one of my children of whom I have nine viz. Kincaid Sylvanus, Theophilus, James, John Joshua, Freeman Abigail & Sally but all in indigent circumstances and not really able to contribute to my support so that I am in truth unable to support myself without the aid of government except as I rely on private or public charity
John Reed
Sworn in open court this 21 st day of August 1827 A. Sester Deputy Clerk

State of New York
Ontario County ss
I Ralph Lester Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of the said Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 9 th day of November 1827
Ralph Lester Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 8661
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1 1778 Jan 1779 Lt. Nathan Kneel John Jacob N.H.          
Battles engaged in, on Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug 21 1827
Residence at date of application, Ontario Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, sixty-eight years, slaveholder not stated
Remarks: in 1827 pension refused to her wife name not stated, and to the following children: Miriam, Sylvanus, Theophilus, James, John, John, Fulman, Abigail and Sally. There is no further family data on file.
The claim was rejected on the ground that the alleged service was not on the Continental Establishment as required by the Act of Mar 18 1818.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

20.440
John Reed
Claim Rejected
see letter 17 Nov 1837
to Thos H. Johns.
Canandaigua
New York
letter 12 Jan 1838 to P. R. Mance

1915. Mch 10: History to Mrs. J. R. Mears. 80.13 H
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
REJECTED
80.13 H
P. O. _____
John Reed  NY Service: Major Capt Smith & Col Jacobs in R.I.
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
October 22, 1913.
Mrs. T. R. Mears, Fulton, Michigan.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 16" and received the 20" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been filed on account of his services, and in order to identify such a claim, if filed for John Reed, in addition to his full name, some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, name and residence of his widow.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Am unable to say whether John Reed ever applied for pension. However the name of his wife and children are below:
Nabby Chamberline Reed (wife) died Oct. 13, 1824. Canandaigua N. Y.
Children of John & Nabby Reed.
  John Reed Jr.  Truman Reed    James "  Nabby "    Joshua "  Sally "  
Sylvanus Reed Born Dec 28-1784 - Died 1872

WASHINGTON MAR 8 1915 PENSION OFFICE
WASHINGTON OCT 20 1913 U. S. PENSION OFFICE

Fulton Mich.,
Oct. 16, 1913
Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly give me the military record of one John Reed , who served in the Revolutionary war - Born in Vermont 1759, and died near Canandaigue, N. Y. Feb. 3, 1828.
Am asking this in the interest of the D. A. R.
Thanking you in advance,
Respt.
Mrs. J. R. Mears,
Fulton,
Mich.

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June Cfr. act 1818 Ontario Co John Reed NY
Ontario County New York
On year Entered Jan 1. 1778 in Mass under Capt Nathan Smith 73d John Jacob dying in Tiverton R.I. - on battle at Bull Hill, R.I. near Shoemaker
The Hon. Secretary of War
Washington
Rejected see letter 6
Mrs H. Johns Canandaigua New York
8661

Cambridge Nov 9 . 1827
The enclosed letter has long on my table for want owing to my illness. Now request the attention of the War- Department to the claim of Mr. Reed at as early a day as possible
Respectfully
Thomas K. Johnson.