Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,618, for Joseph Reed, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn
Reed, Joseph Margaret
NUMBER
W.9.618
CONTENTS

Aug 16. 478 From Kentucky to
Joseph Reed, Indiana,
of Jefferson Co. in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stewart of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of Six years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Hunting at the rate of 5 Dollars per month, to commence the 15 th of May 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Feb; 1895 and sent to Hon. R. C. Atkinson House of Reps.
   Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819. $ 29 " 44   Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820. 48 " 00   17/31 $ 77 " 44   3 mo.  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Definite certificate issued and sent to James H. Rogers Shepherdsville, Ky. 19 July 1821.
Sicletta 11 Sept. 1845 to W. H. English

Louisville Ky 6 Dec 1853 Hon.
Free
Richard C Anderson Jr
Washington City
50 3/4 450
On New Albany.
Dec 16 1853
Joseph A. Beck

State of Kentucky.
Robinson County.
Circuit Dist. 3.
On this nineteenth day of November 1818 before me Alfred McCall Circuit Judge in and for the 3 rd Judicial District of the State aforesaid and sole Judge of the Robinson Circuit Court in the said District personally appeared Joseph Reed, a resident of the County aforesaid who being by me first sworn according to law made on his oath the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the late 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." That the said Reed took the place of one David Elston in the 1 st Kentucky State Regiment under Capt. Mathew Scott that the said Reed was then very young and was placed with the Musick that he the said Reed was at the Battle of Monmouth - that in said Battle the said Regiment sustained such heavy loss in men that it was reduced down and incorporated with other Troops and called the Second Pennsylvania Regiment and was commanded by Col. Walter Stewart and belonged to the Continental Army - that the said Reed continued in the said Second Regiment until he was discharged at Princeton in the year 1780 or 1781 (which of said years he does not recollect) - that he was commanded in the said Second Regiment by Capt. Talbot and that he the said Reed was about six years altogether in the said Service - that said Reed enlisted his place in the Musick and was placed and bore arms in the said Third Kentucky Regiment until the battle of Monmouth - that the said Reed was regularly discharged and that his discharge has been lost by time and accident his House having been twice burnt and his papers and property entirely consumed by fire that he the said Reed is aged and infirm and in such reduced circumstances that he needs the assistance of his County for support - that he has never been allowed any pension under any law or act of law that he has no other assistance in his power at this

Yrs said Service -
Wordin Pope also appeared before me and declared on oath that he has been acquainted with the said Joseph Reed upwards of thirty years - that said Reed is aged and exceedingly poor - that said Pope believes that said Reed is not possessed of any property of any kind - and that he the said Reed needs the assistance of his country for support - Sworn to before me the date first written
Alfred Metcalf
I, Alfred Metcalf, Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Reed did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for more than nine months on the continental establishment for more than nine months in continued service, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and I know from all the proceedings and testimony, taken and laid before me, to this secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the aforementioned act of congress. Given under my hand this 19th day of November 1818
Alfred Metcalf, I Wordin Pope Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the state of Kentucky do certify that the above named Alfred Metcalf is Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court

count in the state of Kentucky, and that all debts are due to his official acts as such In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Circuit This 19 th day of November 1818 and in the 29 th year of the Commonwealth
Wendell P. Pope
Dear Sir
Lowsville Decr 5 th 1818
I beg the favor of you to give particular attention to the foregoing application. The applicant is without the means of support and is too old and helpless to procure it by labor. Should the application be successful, please advise me of it, and the old man will make another claim on your goodness fur- -ther to transact the business for him
Wendell P. Pope
Don't
RG Anderson Jr
This day personally appeared the applicant in the foregoing petition, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing petition, and acknowledged that to the best of his knowledge, he entered the service of the United States, in the first part of the year 1776 - the day & month, not recollected -
Given under my hand this 29 th day of July 1820 J. P. Alderman

Joseph Ladd Sept 20,
No. 478
Can

At a County Court held for Pulaski County in the State of Kentucky. On Monday the 6 th day of November 1870. The following Order was made. To Wit:
"State of Kentucky. Joseph Reed an applicant for a pension came personally into Court being a Court of Record, and State, on Oaths, according to law. That he possesses no property. Whereupon it is ordered that the said Oaths be Received; Certified To Wit on the 6 th day of November 1870. personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the County of Pulaski by the Common Law, and Statute Law of this State. Joseph Reed aged upwards of sixty years residing in said County. Who being first sworn according to law. doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows That he was enlisted by Capt Scott in the year 1776, and was sent in the Company commanded by Capt Tabbert in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col Walter Sturk of which was Major Murray on Continental establish- ment and he served six years - He was in the Battle of Monmouth, Brandywine & Germantown and a number of others and was discharged at Princeton in the Jersey, at the close of the war he obtained a discharge but has lost all his papers by fire -
And I do hereby swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1878 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 being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States passed on the 18 th day of March 1878" and that I have not, nor has any one in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any property therein.
The declarant was wounded in the Battle of Monocattus by a flesh wound in the groin, of no serious injury - He is by occupation a Farmer - He has been considerably failing in strength for some years past - He has seven children but they do not live with him nor does he receive any support from them or either of them.
Joseph his Read mark
I James Halbert Clerk of Pulaski County Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oaths and declarations, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court.
In Testimony Whereof I have here- unto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 13 th day of November 1870. and
James Halbert Clerk of the Court for the County of Pulaski

4597 4597 Indiana. Madison Margaret Reed widow of Joseph Reed Pvt who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Annuity $80 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
1 st of July Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of March 1851 and sent to
Joseph Evans Vernon Jennings Co. Indiana
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 333, Vol. 3,

July 5, 1896 12/22 12/22 Declaration of Margaret Reed Widow of Joseph Reed act 7 July 1838 To procure pension
Declaration
Rev: J. J. Henley

Declaration of Margaret Reed
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Indiana } Jackson County } 88
On this the 5 th day of December A.D. 1875 personally appeared before me Samuel H. Turner the undersigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana Margaret Reed a resident of said County of Jackson and State of Indiana aged eighty eight 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 provisions of an act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That she is the widow of Joseph Reed who was a private in the War of the Revolution first in the 13 th Pennsylvania State Regiment and under the command of Captain Matthew Scott Afterwards in the 2 nd Pennsylvania Regiment under Col. Walter Stewart and under the immediate command of Capt. Salbut that he continued in the service about six years and was discharged in 1780 or 1781 and which discharge was lost by fire That in 1819 the said Joseph Reed made his declaration

For the purpose of procuring a pension from the Government which said declaration (in part) embraced the foregoing facts as to his service &c, and was duly presented to the Hon. the Commissioner of Pensions and admitted and a pension allowed that the said Joseph Reed contin- ued in the receipt of said pension up to the time of his death which took place on the 26 th day of August in the year 1825 or 1826 She further declares that she was not married to the said Joseph Reed prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January last past - in her twenty- fourth year. That she was married to the said Joseph Reed in the State of Pennsylvania and has not been married since the death of the said Joseph Reed but still remains unmarried and his widow Margaret Reed X Reed marks
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written December the 5 th 1845 Samuel M. Tamm Probate Judge
I Samuel M. Tamm Probate Judge in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana do hereby certify that the above applicant Margaret Reed is unable to attend in Court from bodily infirmity. I do further believe from present appearances that she will not be able to attend the court of which I am judge at its next session from bodily infirmity occasioned by old age, and from the removal of her residence from the place where the court is held - it being more than 12 miles Given under my hand at the county of Jackson this 18 th day of December 1845 Samuel M. Tamm Probate Judge

State of Indiana ss Jackson County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, Samuel H. Tanner Probate Judge in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana John Reed who being first duly sworn according to law, doth upon his oath say that he is the oldest son of Joseph Reed and Margaret Reed mentioned in the foregoing declaration. That he is now more than fifty five years old and that he knew them to live together in the relation of husband and wife from his earliest recollection until the death of his father, which took place about the year 1826. John Reed
Subscribed and sworn to before me the undersigned This 6 th day of December 1845
Samuel H. Tanner
State of Indiana Jackson County ss
Probate Judge
Personally appeared before me Samuel H. Tanner Probate Judge in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana Robert Reed who being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath say that he is the son of Joseph Reed and Margaret Reed mentioned in the foregoing declaration. That he is now more than fifty years old and that they lived together in the relation of husband and wife from his earliest recollection till his father's death which took place on the twenty first day of August in the year eighteen hundred and twenty six. Robert his Reed mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the undersigned this 6 th day of December 1845
Samuel H. Tanner Probate Judge

Washington City January 5th 1846.
The Mendenhall is well acquainted with the above named Margaret Price and from several conversations he has had with her has no doubt that the statements in the foregoing declaration are true, and that the marriage must have taken place, as stated by her from 1794.
He is also acquainted with the witnesses, and knows them to be men whose character for truth and veracity has never been doubted. Stephen Sparks is one of the oldest men in his acquaintance, and has always been an unblemished reputation.
Thos. H. Shirley

State of Indiana ss) Be it remembered that Jackson County foregoing on the 10 th day of December 1845 personally appeared before me the undersigned Samuel W. Turner Probate judge in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana Stephen Sparks who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath says that he was acquainted with Margaret Reed and Joseph Reed mentioned in the foregoing declaration from about the year 1884 to 1888 and during that period of time they lived together in the relation of husband and wife and by their friends and relations, were recognized as such and have heard the said Joseph Reed speak of the said Margaret Reed as his wife Subscribed and sworn to before me me this 16 th day of December 1845 Samuel W. Turner Probate Judge Stephen Sparks mark
I Samuel W. Turner Probate Judge in and for the County of Jackson and state of Indiana do hereby certify that John Reed Robert Reed and Stephen Sparks whose names appear to the foregoing depositions are respectable and credible persons and whose testimony should receive full credit. I do further certify that the erasures and interlineations made in the foregoing depositions of John Reed and Stephen Sparks were made previously to their being signed and sworn to given under my hand this 18 th day December 1845 at the County aforesaid
Samuel W. Turner Probate Judge
State of Indiana, Jackson County ss
I John Hamilton clerk of the circuit court of the county of Jackson and state of Indiana do hereby certify that Samuel W. Turner is Judge of the probate court (it being a court of record) of said county, and I do further certify that the signature annexed to the foregoing declaration of Margaret Reed and the depositions of John Reed, Robert Reed, and Stephen Sparks, and also to the foregoing cert- -ificate is the hand writing of and the genu- -signature of the said Samuel W. Turner.
In testimony whereof I John Hamilton have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court hereto at Brownstown in said county this 18 th day of December in the year 1845
John Hamilton clerk "

Kentucky
Joseph Reed
of Jefferson Co in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stuart of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 of Nov r 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of June 1820 and sent James J Dozier agent Shepherdsville, Kentucky
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 18 15 mo 31. 124.38 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sep r 1820 — 48 —
$ 172.35
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

10.188.
Indiana.
Rep o
Margaret Reed Widow of Joseph Reed who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 26. Aug. 1826 of Jackson in the State of Indiana who was a Pri. in the Co. commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg. commanded by Lt. Stearns in the Penna. line for 2 years,
Inscribed on the Roll of Madison at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of Jan'y. 1837 and sent to Hon. J. J. Spauld, M. of Rep.
Total amount, $100. 00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. H. Wood , Clerk. Book D. Vol. 1. Page 429.

Indiana. 8082.
Margaret Reed widow of Joseph Reed, who was a Private in the Pa. Line
Husband died 26 Aug. 1826.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of Jan'y. 1847. and sent to
Hon. J. G. Herlin W. of Rep.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1 Vol. 2 Page 220.
2 Compt. 1832, 184320 Ref.

480 7 0 11 Mariana Madison Margaret Reed widow of Joseph who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of March 1849 and sent to
Mrs. C. Lea Madison Ind da
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 3

V Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 22 Margaret Read.
Ind
Let. to Hon. J. S. Henry
Jan'y 8. 46
Hon. T. J. Henry Jan. 4. 46
same Dec 8. 1846.
do to Hon R. Bridhead Dec 17.
1846. Hon. T. J. Henry Jan. 6. 47.
same Jan. 20, 1847.
24 Jan'y - 46 papers copied & sent to Hon. T. J. Henry -
act 7 July 1838

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9618
Margaret Reed Wid. of Joseph Reed Pvt Rev War
Act: Feby. 27/48
Index: — Vol. 66 , Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Reed must make an affidavit especially to the within form, and then submit it to the War Dept. so that before a new certificate can be issued.
Pension Office
May 31 st 1871.

State of Kentucky — APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Graves ss. 3
On this third day of June 1821; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Graves personally appeared Joseph Reed who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain ... .. in the regiment commanded by Colonel William Stewart in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Kentucky and that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the day of  1821 , at or near
he Joseph Reed Mark
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Alexander P. McLean
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

State of Kentucky, I George F. Pope clerk of the County Court of Pulaski County in said state do hereby Certify that James Alexander Esquire before elected the within Declaration was made and whose Certificate appears within was at the time thereof and still is an acting Justice of the peace of said County and that true faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 3 d day of July 1821 and in the 30 th year of the Commonwealth.
Geo. F. Pope
State of Kentucky
I James Alexander presiding Justice of the County Court of Pulaski County do hereby Certify that George F. Pope is Clerk of said Court and that his Certificate is in due form of law.
Witness my hand Seal this 3 d day of July 1821
J. Alexander

Due to p 96 d 89 p 80 per Amun, Cong 1 July 1848.
Joseph Ewart Vernon Kingsport Indiana

Sir
Understanding that Margaret Reed of Jennings County Indiana is entitled to an additional Pension - and being requested to forward for your decision her Certificate of Pensions with her affidavit etc - inclosed you will find said Certificate etc
Very Respectfully Yours Hon James D Heath Joseph Dean Commissioner of Pensions
March 10 th 1851
please direct to Margaret Reed Vernon Jennings County Va to the care of Joseph Dean

Payment to be made at Madison
by
J. H. D. Lavin
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Indiana
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 3
Geo. H. King Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Margaret Reed widow of Joseph Reed who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 28th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine .
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

12.422
9189.
1343.
Margaret Reed Mrs.
act 7. July 38
adm 2 yrs for
$80
also acts 43. 044
$80
d. 26 Aug. '36.
Rev. T. J. Henley H.R.
Dec 8 '06
Margt Reed sup. a
Rev. Thos Henley Mrs. Edwards born of Pennion Washington City

Washington City Dec. 7. 46
J. L. Edmuns Esq
Sir please to send me copies of the papers in the case of Margaret Price of Louisiana, application for a pension
Yours &c. Thos. H. [unclear]

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by Cashier U.S. Pr. Bank in Lexington
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
"Payable to 4 March 1829, but thereafter no pay can be made before exhibiting a Schedule of Property"
Registered, by Clerk, in book B, volume page
✓

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Joseph Reed late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the nineteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and sixteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this sixth — day of June — one thousand eight hundred and twenty
J C Calhoun Secretary of War.

Madison Indiana Mar. 20/49
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Enclosed I forward declaration of Margaret Reed, in order to obtain a Pension under act 2 February 1848. and am
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Isaac C. Lea

Joseph Reed. Pa line. Stewart's regt. 5 yrs
Admitted: 7

State of Kentucky Simpson County and Circuit Court
On the 15 th day of May 1819 before me John P Oldham Circuit Judge in and for the Simpson Circuit which is in the Fifth Judicial District for the state aforesaid and sole Judge of the said Simpson Circuit hearing the said District personally appeared Joseph Reed a resident of the County aforesaid who being first me sworn according to Law made on oaths the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the late 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 that on the 30 th day of August 1776 the said Reed entered the service and took the place of one David Elder in the thirteenth Pennsylvania State Regiment under Capt. Mathew Scott that he said Reed was then very young and was placed with the minute - that he said Reed was at the Battle of Monmouth - that in said Battle the said Regiment sustained severe heavy loss in Men that it was reduced down and incorporated with other troops and then called the second Pennsylvanian Regiment, and was commanded by Colo Waller Stewart and belonged to the Continental Army that the said Reed continued in the said second Regiment until he was discharged at Princeton in the year 1780 or 1781. Which of years he does not now recollect - that he was commanded in the said second Regiment by Capt. Talbot and that he the said Reed was about six years altogether in the said service - that he said Reed disliked his place in the minute and was placed and bore arms in the

said Thirteenth Regiment until the Battle of Monmouth - That the said Reed was honorably and regularly discharged and that his discharge has been lost by time and accident his house having been twice burnt and his papers and property entirely consumed by fire. That he the said Reed is aged and infirm and in such reduced circumstances that he needs the assistance of his Country for support. That he has never been allowed any pension under any law whatever And that he has no other income in his power of his said service.
Worden Pope also appeared before me and declared on oath that he has been acquainted with the said Joseph Reed for upwards of Twenty years - That said Reed is aged and needi- -ngly poor. That said Pope believes that said Reed is not possessed of any property of any kind and that the said Reed needs the assistance of his Country for support known to before me the date before mentioned —
John P. Oldham
I John P. Oldham judge as aforesaid do hereby hereby certify that it does appear to my satis- -faction that the said Joseph Reed did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing & preceding Declaration against the Common enemy for more than nine months in the Conti- nental establishment in Continental service and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands

the need of the assistance of his Country for Support And I now transmit the proceedings And testimony had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War Pursuant to the aforesaid Act of Congress - Given under my hand this 15 th Day of May 1819 -
John P Oldham
I Morden Phipps clerk of the Superior Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky do certify that John P Oldham esquire is and was on the fifteenth day of May 1819 sole Judge of the Superior Circuit Court in the State aforesaid, which is in the fifth Judicial District of the said State, duly Commissioned and sworn that to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in as out of Court - In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this fifteenth day of January 1819 and in the 28 th year of the Commonwealth.
Morden Phipps Clerk

Declaration of Margaret Reed
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled, an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Indiana Jackson County
On this the 16 th day of December A.D. 1846 personally appeared before me William Williams the undersigned Probate Judge in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana Margaret Reed a resident of said County of Jackson and State of Indiana aged eighty nine 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 provisions of an act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That she is the widow of Joseph Reed, who was a private in the War of the Revolution first in the 13 th Pennsylvania State Regiment and under the command of Captain Matthew Scott

Attendants in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment under the command of Col. Hallam Stuart And under the immediate command of Captain Salton. That he continued in the Service about six years and was discharged in the year 1780 or 1781 and which dis- charge was lost by fire. That in 1819 the said Joseph Reed made his decla- -ration for the purpose of procuring a pension from the Government. Which said declaration (in part) embraced the foregoing facts as to his services And was duly presented to the Hon. the Commissioners of pensions and admitted and a pension allowed. That the said Joseph Reed continued in the receipt of his said pension up to the time of his death which took place on the 26 day of August in the year 1825 1826. She further declares that she was not married to the said Joseph Reed prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 that the precise time of her marriage she can not now tell but believes it took place about sixty four years ago judging from the age of her children and more of her oldest child John Reed. She also believes that to be the time of her marriage from the time her husband left the service and her own age at the time of her marriage being within or a few days over twenty five years old at the time of her marriage strengthens her belief that

It was about sixty four years ago judging from her present age. There with a few other circumstances all of the all of trifling importance are all of the facts by which she has any means of knowing the time of her marriage as she knows of no record in existence by which the information can be had. She is informed and believes that no record of her marriage exists at this time. And if any record ever was made she knows nothing of it. And believes that none ever was made of her marriage with the said Joseph Reed. That she was married to the said Joseph Reed in the State of Pennsylvania. But it has been so long since and her memory being much impaired by age that she can not tell what part of the state she was married in. She lived in said State of Pennsylvania but few months after her marriage until she removed with her husband Joseph Reed to the state of Kentucky. And afterwards to this State where she has resided ever since. That she has not been married since the death of the said Joseph Reed her husband which took place at the time above in this declaration mentioned but still remains unmarried and his widow. That she has no means left her by her said husband for her support and is entirely helpless and incapable of making a support for herself. But lives entirely at the expense of her children.

10 And the Charity of Mangers and has continued to live in this manner ever since the death of her said husband That she has no recollection of any of her acquaintances who are  at this time living who witnessed the marriage. She further states that she had ten children by her marriage with the said Joseph Reed viz John Reed about fifty  sixty years old Robert Reed Joseph Reed James Reed Mary Jane formerly Nancy Reed Betty Charles formerly Betty Reed Rebecca Roberts formerly Rebecca Reed and Polly Reed and Eliza Reed, one not named the youngest being now dead Margaret L Reed mark
Sworn to and subscribed by authorizing her name and making her mark in my presence and before me at said county this 16 th day of December 1846 William Williams
Probate Judge

10 And the Charity of Hanzers and has continued to live in this manner ever since the death of her said husband That she has no recollection of any of her acquaintances who are  at this time living who witnessed the marriage. She further states that she had ten children by her marriage with the said Joseph Reed viz John Reed about fifty  sixty years old Robert Reed Joseph Reed James Reed Nancy Reed formerly Nancy Reed Betsy Charles formerly Betsy Reed Rebecca Roberts formerly Rebecca Reed and Polly Reed and Eliza Reed, one not named the named the last being now dead Margaret L Reed mark
Sworn to and subscribed by authorizing her name and making her mark in my presence and before me at said county this 16 th day of December 1846 William Williams
Probate Judge

State of Indiana Jackson County SS
I William Williams Probate Judge in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana do hereby certify that Margaret Reid the above applicant whose name appears to the foregoing declaration is unable in my opinion to attend said court of which I am judge from bodily infirmary And I do further certify that she will not be able to attend said court if she be living at its next session from bodily infir- -ity and from the remoteness of her residence from the county seat where the court is held it being about twelve miles distant and from a personal interview with the Relator I believe the statements contained in said declaration are true Given under my hand at the county aforesaid this 15 th day of December AD 1846
William Williams
Probate Judge

State of Indiana Jackson County SS
Appraised before me William Williams Probate Judge in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana John Reed who being by me duly sworn according to law upon his oath says that he is the oldest son of the said Joseph Reed and Margaret Reed mentioned in the foregoing declaration that he is more than fifty six years old and is informed and believes that he is about sixty one years old but it is not certain as to his age in consequence of no record being made of his age that he from his earliest recollection knew his Father Joseph Reed and Margaret Reed mentioned in the foregoing declaration to be together in the relation of husband and wife that they were united by their friends and relations and always acted as husband and wife from my earliest recollection until my father's death which took place about the time mentioned in the foregoing declaration I have often heard my father speak of his marriage with my mother Margaret Reed whose name appears to the foregoing declaration and to the best of my recollection I never

I heard any person doubt their marriage or the legitimacy of their children who were all always called and treated by my father as his lawful children — I have often heard him speak of every unimportant event in his life. His strain his marriage his removal to Kentucky and from Kentucky to Indiana his service in the Revolution his drawing of his pension which things were often talked of among our relations by my father Joseph Reed of whom Margaret Reed whose name appears to the foregoing Declaration is the Widow of him the said Joseph Reed who received a pension for the services mentioned in the foregoing Declaration — and from having seen her sign said Declaration do hereby recognize her to be the Widow of the said Joseph Reed as mentioned in said Declaration. John Reed
Subscribed and sworn to before me in Said County this 16 th day of December A.D. 1846 William Williams
Probate Judge

State of Indiana Jackson County
I William Williams Probate Judge in and for said County do hereby Certify that John Reed whose name appears to the forgoing deposition is esteemed in his Neighborhood and whose he is acquainted as a worthy citizen a man of truth and veracity and a credible person and in my opinion from a long acquaintance his testimony should receive full credit I do further Certify that the erasures and interlineations made in by the said John Reeds deposition were made previously to its being subscribed or sworn to
Given under My hand at said County this 16 th day of December AD 1846
William Williams Probate Judge

State of Indiana Sullivan County
Be it remembered that on this 23 rd day of December 1846 personally appeared before me the undersigned Samuel W. Smith a justice of the peace in and for the County of Sullivan in the State of Indiana of said Stephen Sparks who being one duly sworn according to law upon his oath says that he was well acquainted with Margaret Reed and Joseph Reed mentioned in the foregoing declaration from about the year 1784 to 1788 and during all of that period of time I was well acquainted them. That in the year 1784 I lived with my family in Little Fort then in the county of Jefferson in the State of Kentucky, and in that year the said Margaret Reed and Joseph Reed came to the Fort, and resided in the Fort with us a for length of time, and awhile a short time, a short distance from the Fort. During the time that the said Margaret Reed and Joseph Reed resided in the Fort with us we frequently went out in small scouting parties, scouting the Indians. That portion  part of the country where the Fort was situated some time afterwards struck off and became a portion of Bullet County Kentucky. The said Margaret Reed and Joseph Reed resided in and about the two years, in the Fort and about one year afterwards they resided but a short distance from the Fort. That I was well acquainted with James Duvall who resided in Bullet County Kentucky not far from Shepherdville. That James Duvall was the father of Margaret Reed, and during our residence in the Fort the said James Duvall frequently visited the said Margaret Reed, and Joseph Reed in the Fort at the house of their children, and that the said James Duvall recognized the said Margaret Reed as his daughter and the said Joseph Reed as his son-in-law and frequently heard him speak

of the said Margaret Reed as his daughter and the said Joseph Reed as his son-in-law, and that during during the time all resided in the Fort Joseph Reed and Margaret Reed would frequently visit the said James Quick in the County of Butler, as children do their parents - and would  they became sometimes three or four days - During the time the said Margaret Reed and Joseph Reed resided in the Fort, they  when they married the said had a son born, which the said Joseph Reed called and recognised as his own, and that during the time of the residence of the said Joseph Reed and Margaret Reed in and near the Fort he frequently heard the said Joseph Reed call the said Margaret Reed his wife, and that he treated her as such and that they were recognised as husband and wife by all their acquaintance and that he never heard it called in question - and have no doubt from affectionate manner in which they lived together and the computations I have had with them and the recognition of Mr James Quick as the father of the said Margaret Reed and as the father-in- law of the said Joseph Reed, and his as being his his son-in-law and husband of the said Margaret Reed that they were lawfully married as the said Margaret Reed has stated in her declaration. After the said Margaret Reed and Joseph Reed left their residence near the Fort they moved near the residence of Mr James Quick in Butler County Kentucky, and lived with her father and his father- in-law where I knew the said Margaret and Joseph Reed for some length of time. I will be twenty three years of age on the 25 th of June in the year 1847
Subscribed and sworn to before me Stephen his Sparks
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This affidavit this 23 rd day of December 1846 Sworn to the truth Master of the peace

State of Indiana Jackson County ss
I, Samuel Whitcomb, a justice of the peace in and for the County of Jackson and State of Indiana do hereby certify that Stephen Sparks whose name appears to the foregoing deposition is a respectable and creditable person and whose testimony should receive full credit. I do further certify that the said Stephen Sparks subscribed the same by making his mark in consequence of the burning of his hand which prevented him from making his name with his own proper hand, and that the oaths and interrogations made in the foregoing deposition of Stephen Sparks were made previously to its being signed or known to him.
Given under my hand and seal this 23 rd day of December A.D. 1846 at the County aforesaid Samuel Whitcomb Justice of the peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Margaret Reed who made the above declaration, and have good reason to believe and as believe that she is the person mentioned in the deposition of Stephen Sparks as the wife of Joseph Reed. I have known Stephen Sparks for twenty years, he has always borne an unblemished reputation for truth and veracity.
Iowa, 21 st Dec 47. - Thos H. Burley.
To my knowledge Sparks the witness lives in the same neighborhood with Margaret Reed, and knows her personally. Thos H. Burley.

State of Indiana } Set Jackson County } I William H Ewing Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, and by virtue of my office Clerk of the Probate Court of said County, do hereby Certify, that William Williams is Judge of the Probate court (it being a Court of Record of said County) and I do further Certify that the signature annexed to the foregoing declaration of Margaret Reed, and to his certificate of her inability to attend court, and to the deposition of John Reed and to his certificate of the credibility of John Reed is the hand writing and genuine signature of the said William Williams and I do further Certify that Samuel W. Smith is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that the Signature, annexed to the deposition of Stephen Sparks, and to the Certificate, certifying the Character of the said Sparks is the writing of and the genuine signature of the said Samuel W. Smith
In testimony whereof I William H Ewing have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court. Here at Brownstown in said County this, twenty fifth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty five
William H. Ewing Clerk

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Application for a Transfer
State of Indiana Harrison County } ss
On this eleventh day of March 1826 Before Me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Harrison personally ap- peared Joseph Reed who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Walbot, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Walter Stewart in the service of the United States - That his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Kentucky from which he has Removed, That he now resides in the State of Indiana where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future, That he at present receives eight Dollars per month Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Reed his Mark
Gillis McBean J.P.

State of Indiana Harrison County, ss
I Henry Welch clerk of the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that William McNaughton Esq. is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly qualifi- ed and Commissioner and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed My name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Corydon this 11 th day of March 1826
H. W. Welch clerk

W. Isaac C. Lea Madison Indiana

State of Indiana, Jennings County ss. Be it known that on this 12 th day of March 1849 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Margaret Reed, a resident of Spencer Township, in the County of Jennings in the State of Indiana, aged 85 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February, 1848, granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Joseph Reed, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and that he served in the Pennsylvania Line as I do not Recollect the Company or Regiment he served in or the Service he performed
That she received an annual Pension of Eighty Dollars under the act of 17 June 1844, and that she has not intermarried but continues the Widow of Joseph Reed, above named.
Witness I swear to and subscribed
David Mearns this day and year Margaret his Reed Joseph Ewan above Walter mark
Before me Joseph Ewan J.P.
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a Pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Joseph Ewan J.P.

State of Indiana } Jennings County } ss. I, William P. Shields Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Ewan is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his Commission was dated on the 22 nd day of August 1848, and will expire on the 22 nd day of August 1853, and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 17 th day of March 1849.
Wm P Shields Clerk By W. M. Bell Dep.

State of Indiana Jennings County ss. Be it known that on the Eighth day of March 1857 before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Margaret Reed, and made oath in due form of Law that she is the Widow of Joseph Reed, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, That she is now a pensioner on the roll of the Madison Indiana Agency at the rate of $80 per Annum, That she believes herself entitled to an increase of pension, and asks for whatever may be found due her under any of the acts or Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case - Sworn to and subscribed before me this Eighth day of March 1857 Margaret Reed mark Joseph Owen - J. Peace
State of Indiana Jennings County ss - I William P. Shultz Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph Owen is a Just of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and Qualified, and that his Commission was dated on the 22 nd day of August 1843, and will expire on the 22 nd day of August 1853, and that his signature above written is Genuine - Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 10 th day of March 1857 - Wm P. Shultz Clerk, By James H. Hill, Deputy Clerk