Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43909, for John Reins, New York

SERVICE
Reins, John
NUMBER
S. 43909
CONTENTS

New York Roll
957
John Reins Capt Beallman Sergeant New York line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of June 1818. and sent to the Hon. R. Riker New York.
Arrears to 4th of September 1818.
5 months 4/30 $ 41.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Samb
.80 Wm
Three years
General V. ...

John Reins
Soldier
Correct JN

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of April 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

State of New-York, ss.
To the Hon. Richard Pitkin
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of John Reins formerly a Sergeant — engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth, THAT the said John Reins enlisted — sometime in the month of August 1780 in 2 d Regt. New York artillery under the command of Col. John Lamb Deponent also saith that he was at the Battles of Brandy wine and Germantown and was taken Prisoner at the Battle of Germantown and sent to Philadelphia where he remained nine months, when he was transported to New York, when he was exchanged at Elizabeth town, after Deponent's exchange he joined the Regt. again Deponent proceeded to West Point where Deponent received an honorable Discharge from under the hands of Genl. Washington in the year 1783. Deponent also saith that he lost his discharge some years since
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said John Reins is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Therefore the said John Reins conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said John Reins refers to
The affidavit of Charles Van Dyke herein to annexed  John Reins
City and County of New-York, ss.
John Reins
of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this first day of April 1818,
P. Pike
John Reins
Recorded of the City of New York
City and County of New-York, ss.
David Johnson
Charles Van Dyke
of the City of New York being sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with
John Reins the above petitioner & knows the facts stated by him to be true they have lived with him
Sworn before me this first day of April 1818,
P. Pike
David Johnson
Charles Van Dyke + mark

City and State of New-York, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid John Reine
who being by me duly Sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and
the oaths of David Johnson Charles Van Dyke & the said John Reine being well known to me
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said John Reine did serve in the army of the United States as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War:
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New-York, this first day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
R Riker

In the matter of John Reins a pensioner
1914 Sept 1880
[Faint, illegible cursive signature or mark]

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
In the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of June term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter Augustus Jay Esquire Recorder of the City of New York City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered , That on the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, John Reins aged Sixty eight years, resident in the city of New York, in the State of New York in the United States of America who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that is to say, he enlisted in June 1775 (the day he does not now recollect) as a private in the first battalion of the first New York Regiment under the command of Colonel John Lash in the company commanded by Captain William Boforth , his enlistment was for and until the first of January following his enlistment - in the above mentioned regiment he marched to St. Johns in Canada & was at the taking of St. Johns when the regiment afterwards went to Montreal which was evacuated by the British, from Montreal proceeded the three rivers when his time being out he was permitted to come home to New York where he enlisted for and during the war in a company commanded by Sebastian Beaumans in Colonel Samuel regiment of Artillery from this time he continued with the Regiment until the end of the war he was at the battle of Trundgaine and fought in that battle, where he lost his hearing, in a great measure was also at the battle of Germanstown on the 4 th of October 1777 where his heel was torn to pieces by a tree as one of the horses attached to the piece here he was taken prisoner by the British and carried to Philadelphia where he lay in Jail a prisoner until June following when defendant was put on parole he thinks the St. Johns Indian and carried round to New York, they heard that in the month of the discharge of Cannon and over the Musketry off the Jersey Shore - in New York he was confined in the North Dutch Church - he afterwards he thinks in September was exchanged at Elizabeth town point in New Jersey from thence they went to Wick point - stayed there some time and after some time went on the Southern expedition against Cornwallis was in the siege of York Town and capture of Lord Cornwallis - at this time he was a Sergeant in Captain Fleming's company, Captain Beaumans having been promoted to a majority at the time he obtained his pension he gave his Sergeant's warrant to the late Recorder to be sent to Washington he received his honorable discharge at West Point and that his original declaration is dated the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 917 -
John Reins

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, 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:
Real Estate _____ None —
Personal Estate _____ None —
The declarant has no trade, no occupation, he was brought up to the farming business - and if he had a trade or occupation such are his infirmities - that he would be unable to pursue it - he can do no work - he has no family - his wife has been dead twelve years - he does not keep house - the declarant is very deaf and afflicted with the Rheumatism & Gravel and is unable to do any work - he has been for a long time supported by Charity - he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country, that is to say he is incapable of supporting himself without the aid of the general Government except by private or public charity —
Sworn in open court. This 27th June 1820.
John Reins
Benj a Ferris Clerk —

I, Benjamin Ferris Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition 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 nothing
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Thirtieth day of August 1820
Benj. Ferris 6CK

43 909 Rey  INVALID.
File No. 43 909
John Reine Seiz Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]

JOHN LAMB, ESQUIRE, COLONEL of the Second or New-York Regiment of Artillery,
To Mr. John Reins
GREETING.
BY VIRTUE of POWERS vested in Me by the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America; I hereby CONSTITUTE and APPOINT You to be a Sergeant in the 6 th Company — in — said Regiment of Artillery: You are carefully and diligently to perform all and singular the Duties to the said Office belonging, for which this shall be Your sufficient Warrant.
GIVEN under My Hand, at the H d Quarters of said Regiment, in the State of New-York, the Eleven Day of August — in the Fifth — Year of Our Independence, and in the Year of Our LORD, One Thousand, Seven Hundred, and Eighty —
John Lamb Col 2 d Bn New York Regt Art
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
James M c Intosh
Adjutant
Reins, John NY 543909