Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,541, for David Reeves, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Reeves, David
S. 33,541
CONTENTS

Dead, — a letter to H. Colfax & Pen. Ayt. July 28. 1832
14. 240 Wm. S. 111111
David Reeves
of Caldwell in the state of New Jersey who was a private in the regiment commanded by Col t Howell of the New Jersey line, for the term of 1 year  1776
inscribed on the roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to S d Benedict, Esqr.
Morristown New Jersey
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819 $ 134.40
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar ch 1820  48"
16 mo. 76 / 30 $ 152.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
B

State of New Jersey, ss. Robert McMurtrie Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county do hereby certify that Lewis G. G. G. Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were this afternoon heard and annexed are made and was at the time thereof one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Morris and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal I have hereunto this morning day of July A.D. 1868
Robert H. M. Clarke
David Reavis
Declaration
1 st June 1871
Prof. J. M. [unclear]
to be sent to L. Conduit Morristown, N. J.

District of New Jersey ss:
On this eleventh day of April 1818, before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the said District, personally appeared David Reaves aged sixty eight years resident in the Township of East Brim in the County of Essex in the said District, who being lay me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain 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 he the said David Reaves enlisted in December (he thinks somewhere in the beginning of the month) 1775 at Morris Town in the State of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Capt James Arny in the first Army Regiment in the on the Continental establishment army line. That he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States until the fifteenth of December  December 1776. when the time of his enlistment expiring he was discharged from service at Trenton. That he has lost his discharge. That he was in no battles, and that he is in absent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his possession of his said services. David Reaves sworn to and declared before me this day by me aforesaid
William Pennycuick
Circuit Judge

I. William I. Pennington Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey do certify That it appears to my satisfaction, that the said David Reuel did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
Newark April 11 th 1818.
William Pennington District Judge.
I. William Pennington Clerk of the District of New Jersey do certify that the signature to this ins- trument, on the proper hand writing of William I. Pen- nington Esq re Judge of the United States District Court for the New Jersey District.—
In witness my hand and the Seal of the said District Court at New Ark this eleventh day of April A. D: 1818.—
Wm Pennington

State of New Jersey Morris County
Before the subscribin, a judge of the Inferior Court of common pleas in said County, personally came Abner Conditt of said County, who being by me first duly sworn, on his oath saith; that he was a soldier in the U.S. service in the Army of the Revolution that he enlisted in Capt. Silas Howells company, 1 st Jersey Regiment under Col. Stirling, afterward commanded by Col. Com. Wind; - that he perfectly remembers David Reeves, as a private in the same company & Regt. - that this depon t joined Capt. Howells company & Regt. on the 4 th or 5 th day of Decr. in the year 1775, - that said Reeves was then a member of said company & did duly therein. - that this Depon t & the said David Reeves, continued in the said Company, doing duty, until about the 1 st of November 1776, when this depon t being sick was discharged at Ticonderoga, leaving said Reeves still a member of said company, who was always esteemed a good soldier & a good man. That the time which this depon t knew said Reeves as a soldier in the service of the United States, was about eleven months, & that they were engaged on the Northern expedition under General Horatio Gates.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 16 th day of May, Domini 1819 Lewis Conditt
Abner Conditt
I certify, that Abner Conditt the above depon t , has been personally known to me, for more than thirty years, & is universally esteemed among his neighbours & acquaintances, as a man of strict veracity, & fully worthy of belief. I have also known David Reeves the foregoing applicant for a pension from the United States, for twenty five years & upwards, & am fully satisfied that he is a poor man, in circumstances of want, & requires the assistance of his County for support. I am also convinced, that he served on the continental establishment in the U.S. Army for the period of eleven months, at one enlistment, as stated in the preceding deposition.
Lewis Conditt
Morris Twn N. Jersey May 20 th . 1819

New Jersey Morris County
Before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally came Thomas Mitchell of Morris Town New Jersey, who being duly sworn deponeth & saith, that he enlisted in the Army of the Revolutionary war, as a private on the 1 st day of November 1775 in Capt. Joseph Morris company of the 1 st Jersey Regiment, commanded by William Wind. That he has a perfect remembrance of David Reeve, a private in Capt. Silas Knowles company, of the same battalion & Regiment with this deponent; - that they both enlisted in the same place, & served together on the northern expedition against Canada, under General Horatio Gates in the year 1776, that he perfectly recollects said Reeve at Ticonderoga in November of the same year viz: 1776, & firmly believes that said Reeve served one full year, & that he was always esteemed a faithful soldier & worthy of confidence.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 8 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1818 Lewis Condict.
Thomas Mitchell
I certify, that Thomas Mitchell, the above deponent, is personally known to me as a man of truth & uprightness, & fully entitled to belief.
Morris Town, N. Jersey May 14 th 1819. Lewis Condict

State of New Jersey ss I Robert McWhorter Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in County of Morris ss and for the said county do hereby certify that Lewis Condict Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits and the affidavits thereto annexed are made is and was at the time of signing the same one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Morris and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this ninth day of July A.D. eighteen hundred and nineteen
Robert McWhorter
David Davis
Declaration
1st Jersey City
Prof. M. C. [unclear]
to be sent to A. Condict Morris County, N.J.

copy of David Braves affidavit
[Faint, illegible handwriting, possibly a signature or initials]
Mar. 20

District of New Jersey
Superior Court, R.
on this fifth day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and twenty, in the Term of May. Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey. The said Court being a Court of record in said County constituted and established by the Laws of the State of New Jersey a Court of record having a Seal with power to fine and imprison and an unlimited jurisdiction in point of amount in civil causes and whose judgments are reversible by writ of Error only at Common Law and now sitting at Newton in said County. —
David Reves of the age of seventy years resided in the Township of Hardyston  Hardyston in the said County of Sussex and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. He enlisted and served as a private soldier under Captain Silas Howell in the month of December in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five for the Term of one year and was attached to the first Regiment in the New Jersey line under the command of Col. William Wines and served the Term of one year in an Expedition to Canada and this deponent doth further say that he has received from the war department of the United States under the hand of J. C. Calhoun Secretary thereof, and the Seal of the said department A Certificate of his being placed on the pension

role numbered 14.446 the eleventh day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen being the date of the original application for said pension, on which he has received one hundred and eighty dollars and ten cents And I, the said D. Rues as Solemnly. I swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen 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 to 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 eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and Eighteen. And that I have not nor has any person in Trust for me any property, or Securities Contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto an- =exed and by me subscribed — And This - deponent doth further say that he was Seventy years old, the twenty ninth day of December last past. That he is by occupation a Common Laborer and by reason of age and infirmity unable to procure a support. That his family residing with him consists of himself and his wife Martha. That the deponent said wife is sixty years old and by reason of infirmity

is unable to provide for the support of the family or even herself in any considerable degree and this deponent further says he remains himself in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country or by public or private charity Sworn to and declared in Open Court the 5 th day of June A.D. 1820 -
David Reeves
John Ogden -
John Johnson
Schedule of the deponent's property necessary clothing and bedding excepted - Real Estate none
Personal estate one cow 2 old low chests 1 old Table 6 old chairs 1 old pot 1 Tea kettle 1 Griddle lot of old broom and Pails 2 old Spinning wheels 1 churn 1 hog 1 cowbell 1 old axe 1 pork barrel remaining on hand of previous owners fifty four dollars. Debt I owe say ten dollars, Debt due eight dollars
Sworn to and declared in Open Court on the 5 th June A.D. 1820.
David Reeves
John Ogden
It is the opinion of the board that the property in the above schedule is of the value of one hundred and twenty two dollars -
John Ogden

Ephraim Green Jr. clerk of the before mentioned Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Syracuse do hereby certify that the foregoing oath 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 one hundred and twenty two dollars - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Twenty Second day of July 1820
E. Green Jr. clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid
Copy of Oath Ephraim Green Jr. Clerk

m, 20

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 8, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the Adm rs of David Reeve, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and month Cents per annum , under the law of the 18 March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1831 to the 24 Decr. 1831.
Respectfully, yours,
Wm. P. Arrahad Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
File 235-41
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Francis Reeder 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1775 Dec. 1775 Pvt. Silas Howell William Mendenhall N.H.                              
Battles engaged in, None listed Residence of soldier at enlistment, Concord, N.H. Date of application for pension, Dec. 11, 1881 Residence at date of application, Concord, N.H. Age at date of application, Dec. 29, 1749 - Dec. 11, 1881 Remarks: There is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

David Reeves 8 Mo.
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Trenton, New Jersey by the president of the Trenton Banking Comp y Agent for paying U.S. Rev d .
David Reeves Warrant.
Rev d David

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Daniel Reeves . . . . . late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the, New Jersey Agency, at the rate of eight — dollars per month, to com- mence on the eleventh day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth — day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. b. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

June 9. 1831 paid to Sept 4. 1831
  May 6. 1820  Paid to  Mar 4. 1820    Mar 30. 1821  Paid to  Mar 4. 1821    Apr 29. 1822  Paid to  Mar 4. 1822    Sept 16. 1822  Paid to  Sept 4. 1822    Mar 4. 1823  Paid to  Mar 4. 1823    Sept 19. 1823  Paid to  Sept 4. 1823    Apr 5. 1824  Paid to  Mar 4. 1824    Nov 13. 1824  Paid to  Sept 4. 1824    Mar 31. 1825  Paid to  Mar 4. 1825    Sept 16. 1825  Paid to  Sept 4. 1825    Mar 21. 1826  Paid to  Mar 4. 1826    Sept 26. 1826  Paid to  Sept 4. 1826    May 26. 1827  Paid to  Mar 4. 1827    Oct 30. 1827  Paid to  Sept 4. 1827  
  Mar 25. 1828  Paid to  Mar 4. 1828    Sept 4. 1828  Paid to  Sept 4. 1828    Mar 16. 1829  Paid to  Mar 4. 1829    Sept 17. 1829  Paid to  Sept 4. 1829    Mar 11. 1830  Paid to  Mar 4. 1830    Sept 11. 1830  Paid to  Sept 4. 1830    Nov 12. 1831  Paid to  Mar 4. 1831  

1921 Feb 2nd Hct. to N. J. Cookling
33 541
Rev INVALID.
File No. — 33, 541
David Rues
Bi Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2, Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. S. J. G.
THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OFFICERS
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December 30, 1920.
Hon. F. D. Byington, Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish certificate of military history of DAVID REEVES, private in the New Jersey line during the REVOLUTIONARY WAR. His name appears under SUSSEX COUNTY, N. J., list of pensioners as having been placed on roll September 6, 1819. Any family data contained in his application for pension will be greatly appreciated. The information is desired to establish the eligibility of an applicant for membership in this Society.
Your courtesy in this matter will be a valuable assistance.
Very truly yours,
W. Conkling Registrar N. J. S. A. R.