Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,675, for Samuel Reader, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Reader Samuel Reed, Sarah
R. 8,675
Former Widow
CONTENTS

N o 930
Sarah Reed
formerly widow of Sam l Reader
Ohio
Act of 29 July 1848
Letter to J. C. Taylor 3 rd June

No. 936.
Sarah Reed, formerly wife of Sam l Reader Ohio
Letter to
J. C. Taylor 3 June 1851
8675
Act 29 July 1848

Act July 11, 1892, 27 Stat. 313. Act March 3, 1873.
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Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
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No. 930 March 7 th 1857
Pension claim of Sarah Reed formerly Widow of Samuel Reader a Revolutionary soldier
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Lot 29 July 1848
Presented by.
Onch 1851
J. C. Taylor agent Wooster Ohio

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29th July 1848
The State of Ohio } County of Franklin } ss
On this 23 d day of January A. D. 1851. Personally appeared before me Edward Avery a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio Sarah Reed a resident of the city of Columbus in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio aged or will be on the 26th day of age next eighty one years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848. That she is the widow of Samuel Reader of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he served as he in his lifetime always informed her for a long period of time in said war That her husband Samuel Reader deceased served as he always informed her the said Sarah Reed (formerly Sarah Reader) in the vicinity of the city of Philadelphia during the Revolutionary war for upwards of three years but as to the particular years that he entered the service or years that he served she is unable to state or the officers names but he was of the troops that were raised in Philadelphia She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Reader On the 23 d day of April in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine One circumstance she would state which she well recollects namely that she was a married woman and living with her husband when the news came that General George Washington was dead, she well recollects the deep sensation of sorrow that seemed to take hold on the people throughout the country That she was married to the said Samuel Reader at the time above named by one James Davis a Baptist minister of the gospel of the old school of said church who resided in Huntingdon Co Pa

passed July 29 th 1848. That she is the widow of Samuel Reader of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he served as he in his lifetime always informed her for a long period of time in said war. That her husband Samuel Reader deceased served as he always informed her the said Sarah Reed (formerly Sarah Reader) in the vicinity of the city of Philadelphia during the Revolutionary war for upwards of three years but as to the particular year that he entered the service or years that he served she is unable to state or the Officers names, but he was of the troops that were raised in Philadelphia. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Reader on the 23 rd day of April in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine. One circumstance she would state which she well recollects namely that she was a married woman and living with her husband when the news came that General George Washington was dead, she well recollects the deep sensation of sorrow that seemed to take hold on the people throughout the country. That she was married to the said Samuel Reader at the time above named by one James Davis a Baptist minister of the gospel of the old school of said church who resided in Huntingdon Pa. That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Reader died on the 19 th day of February A. D. 1805. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred. Viz at the time above stated. She further states that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension. She further states that she was again married to one Richard Reed a resident of Perry County Pennsylvania on the 24 th day of October A. D. 1816 in the vicinity of the town of Mifflin by one John Hutchison a Presbyterian Minister of the gospel with whom she lived in lawful wedlock for nearly twenty years. That he

lived on the 17th day of August A D 1836. in the vicinity of Hershberg a village of Perry county in the State of Pennsylvania. And that since which time she has remained a widow and is now a widow. She makes the foregoing declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the various acts of Congress passed for the benefit of the widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary war as set forth in the various acts made and provided in such cases. and she again states that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Witness my present hand & G. Broadbent
Sarah Red
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I also hereby certify that I believe that the said Sarah Red who has subscribed her name to the foregoing declaration is the identical person that she represents herself to be. and that she is of the age above stated
Edward Avery Judge of Court.

Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents That I Sarah Reed of the city of Columbus county of Franklin and State of Ohio have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint J. C. Taylor of the town of Wooster Wayne county Ohio my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States all such sum or sums of money due me on account of any arrear of pay, Bounty land certificate or pension certificate, extra pay, or any money or moneys, which may be due me by the United States, on any account War pension and to which I may be entitled as the widow of Samuel Reader (deceased) as set forth in the foregoing declaration, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an Attorney or Attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of January A. D. 1851.
Sarah Reed
Witnesses present A. C. D. ...
Acknowledged and subscribed before me Edward Avery a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio this twenty third day of January A D 1851
Edward Avery Judge of the Supreme Court

to which I may be entitled as the widow of Samuel Reader (deceased) as set forth in the foregoing declaration, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an Attorney or Attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever any said Attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of January A. D. 1851.
Witnesses present A. C. Reader
Acknowledged and subscribed before me Edward Avery a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio this twenty third day of January A. D. 1851
Edward Avery Judge of the Supreme Court
In the State of Ohio, Franklin County, ss. Lewis H. Hays, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, within and for said County, certify that the Honorable Edward Avery, before at and after the date of the foregoing affidavit & certificate thereto, was & still is an acting Judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified. That his foregoing signatures are genuine & that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such Judge. Witness my hand & official seal this 24 th day of January A. D. 1851.
Lewis Hays, Clerk