Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43916, for Stephan Reed, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Reed, Stephen or Stephen
S 43916
CONTENTS

Sublette to Rev. J. Marshall 25 Fulton St. do. to J. Rolanfer Dec. 9. 1831
23 July 1832 New Certificate of pension issued & sent to James Robinson Esq. Albany New York
25 July 1832 to Simon 15 June 1832 notification sent to the Hon. H. H. Benton H. H.
16813  New York
Stephen Reed
of Tioga in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sherman of the Connecticut line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 th of July 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Sept 1819 and sent to Joshua Harris Esq. Spencer New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 $ 12.41 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar: 1820 48.
1000 13/31/30 $ 60.41
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court house in the Village of Elmira in and for the County of Tioga on the first Tuesday in January 1832
Present Grant B. Baldwin Esq. First Judge John R. Deane } Esquire Judges Darius Bentley }
On this 5 th day of January 1832 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the County of Tioga & pursuant created such by the Laws of the State of New York, proceeding according to the course of the common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a Record of its proceedings and has the power of fine and imprisonment, Stephen Reed Resident in said County aged 73 years who being first duly known according to Law doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820; that the said Stephen Reed enlisted for the term of three years on the first of May in the year 1778 (as nigh as he can remember as to the time) in the State of Connecticut in the Company Commanded by Captain Rice in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Isaac Sherman in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Connecticut Continental

establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the first of May 1781 when he was discharged from the Service at West Point in the State of New York - That he received a written discharge at the time but it has long since been lost or destroyed; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; that his name has been placed on the pension list but has lost his pension certificate and is therefore unable to state the number of it; and that he never before exhibited a Schedule of his property because his Counsel who was Joshua Ferris Esquire of Spencerville in this County did not inform him that it was necessary so to do in order to be continued on the pension list; Nor did he know that it was necessary to exhibit a Schedule of his property until since the receipt of a letter from the Hon. S. L. Edwards bearing date the 9th of last month and another reason why he was not more diligent in obtaining information is, he was able till within a year past to obtain his subsistence by labor but has now become almost blind. -
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 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 18 th day of March 1818; 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; that since the 18 th of March 1818 the only change that has taken place in his property is, that he then had a cow which he lost by her getting in the mire; that all the property he now possesses is 73 acres of rough wild land on the side hill about 4 miles from the main road - between one and two acres partly improved on which he resides in a small old log house but is not certain that he has a good title for the same.
That his occupation is that of a farmer but for nearly a year past he has been unable to labor by reason of the loss of his eye sight having wholly lost the sight of one eye and can see but very little with the other and never expects that his eye sight will be restored otherwise his health is tolerably good for one of his age

that his family who resides with him are his wife Mary about fifty years of age rather weakly - his daughter Almira about 14 years of age and his son Stephen about 11 years of age both rugged hearty children - Sworn and declared - on the 5 th day of Jan y - 1832 in open Court - before the Judges aforesaid.
Stephen Reed
Green M. Luthill Clerk of said Court
I Green M. Luthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tioga in the State of New York do hereby Certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Stephen Reed did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Com- mon Enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental Establishment - I also certify that the foregoing Bath 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 Seventy Three Dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 7 th day of January 1832
Green M. Luthill Clerk

43916 INVALID.
Apr 6-1949 Mrs. Rufus Mettrick Meriden Conn
File No. 43.916
Stephen Reed
His Rev. Son
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 416
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New Bedford M. C.
rec: to com Jan. 15. 1832
J. L. Edwards Esquire Pension Office Washington
Long

Washington Jan. 14. 1832
Mr. J. L. Edwards, Revenue Office.
Sir,
Stephen Reed whose affidavit I enclose I understand was placed on the Pension roll by virtue of the act of 1818, and was afterwards struck off under the act of 1820. —
The military papers to make out his claim I suppose are now in your office under the caption of the affidavit herewith enclosed. —
Please to inform me whether the papers are now sufficient to entitle him to be placed on the Pension Roll. —
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt
J. H. Barstow

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43.916
Elmira NY July 27
FREE
Hon. Asbury Dickins Acting Secretary of the Treasury City of Washington D.C.

Re 21 Aug 1831
3988. Elmira, Tioga County N.Y. July 27 1831
To the Hon. Ashbury Dickins Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Sir, I am requested by a Revolutionary Soldier to ask you to examine his case with reference to his being placed on the pension list under the Act of the 15 th May 1828. The facts as he states them are briefly as follows - Stephen Read of Barton in this County about 73 years of age enlisted for during the war in the company of Capt. Rice in the 5 th Regiment Commanded by Col Isaac Sherman of the Connecticut line at the Town of Mansfield County of Windham and State of said towards the last of the year 79 or the beginning of the next - that he served faithfully to the end of the war and received an honorable discharge which he has lost. That sometime previous to his discharge his company was attached to the command of Col. Huntington of the same line.
I am satisfied that his services were Continental and will appear of record, but whether on account of the derangement of his Regiment (which took place with many others towards the close of the Revolution) they can be wholly traced down to the end of it is the reason of his wishing an examination previous to his making the necessary declaration under the said Act, as his declaration must be taken in connection with the records of his service in determining his claim.

I have never before had any acquaintance with the old Goldin, but understand from Mr Maxwell our late Member of Congress who introduced him to me a day or two since that he is a worthy old man though poor being worth probably about two hundred dollars and nearly blind and that he has not been in any better circumstances since the passage of the act of March 18, 1818.
I hope, Sir, you will do him the favor to direct an examination of his case and if sufficient evidence appear to entitle him to pay under the before mentioned Law of May 15th 1828 he will forward the necessary papers under the same act - Please have the goodness to communicate me the result -
I have the honor to be Sir, very Respectfully your Obedt Servt -
James Robinson

FREE
Revolutionary Claims.
Hon. Asbury Dickins Acting Secretary of the Treasury City of Washington
Sept 12
acknowledged and refused to be received on that day

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act for the Relief of Certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I Stephen Read of Barton in the County of Tioga and State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental of army of the Revolution for and during the War and Continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in Captain Rice Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Sherman of the Connecticut line; And I also declare that I afterwards received a Certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolution of Congress passed 15 th of May 1778. - And I further declare that I was not on the 15 th of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States, and that my discharge and Certificate have long since been worn out & destroyed.
STEPHEN READ
Before me William Maxwell a justice of the peace in and for the County of Tioga in the State of New York personally appeared John Hyatt & Thomas Maxwell of the said County who did severally make oath that Stephen Read by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a private in the army of the Revolution as therein stated.
Witness my hand this 20 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty One.
W. Maxwell Justice of the peace for Tioga County N.Y.

State of New York Tioga County ss.
I Samuel H Maxwell Deputy clerk of the Court of the County of Tioga in the State of New York do certify that William Macwell before whom the foregoing Affidavit were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer Oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court the 5 th day of September 1831.
Samuel H Maxwell

1974
Revolutionary Claims.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept 28 th 1831.
Stephen Reed of Barton in the county of Tioga in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Rice 's company, in Col. Sherman's regiment of the Conn't line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, does not state —
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
H. Stuart.
Jan 13. 916 TR
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
29. October 1831
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Stephen Reed in the not
It further appears that Stephen Reed is now on the pension list of the  any agency, and has been so since the 3. March 1826 at the rate of  8 dollars per month.
The name of Stephen Reed cannot be found among those of the Connecticut line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued —
John Hagner And
[Signature]
Not allowed
Act 1828

War Dept. Bounty Land Office
The name of Stephen Reed is not returned on the records of the Connecticut line as entitled to bounty land from the U. States - nor has a Land Warrant ever issued in his name
Wm Gordon
War Dept. Pension Office
The name of Stephen Reed appears on the Rolls of service of Col Sherman's Regt as having enlisted 1 Jany 1780. The period for which he enlisted or when discharged does not appear -
Sam L Brall D. Clk

Sept 4097 Etna, Fife county, N.Y. September 7, 1831
Sir, in obedience to your note of the 4th Ult. informing me "that it is contrary to the Rules of the Department to examine any claim until it is regularly made and presented" (of which I was not before apprized) I now enclose the declaration of Stephen Reed.
Be pleased, Sir, to advise me of the decision when made and it is his wish that any paper destined for him on the subject might be directed to him at this place as the most convenient Post office -
I have the honor to be Sir, very respectfully Your Obedient Servant
James Robinson
Hon. Ashbury Dickins Acting Secretary of the Treasury

4460 v Recd of Stephen line  line  line Joshua Henshaw Spencer, N.Y. Recd July 29. 1819.
Spencer NY 19 May.
FREE
J. Calhoun
Secretary of War Washington City

State of New York
Sioga County ss On this 19 th day of July 1819 before me the Subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Sioga and State of New York personally appeared Stephen Reed aged fifty seven years Resident in the Town of Sioga in the County of Sioga and State aforesaid who being by me first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provi- -sion made by the late of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in revolutionary war, That the said Stephen Reed, enlisted in a place called Mansfield in the State of Connecticut in a company commanded by Capt. Rice in Col. Isaac Shearmans Regiment some time in the month of March 1781 (as he thinks) for the term of three years in the Connecticut line, that he entered into the service soon after his enlistment and continued to serve in said Company about one year that he served the remainder of the term he enlisted in in the Company by Capt. Robinson in Col. Huntingtons Regiment in the Connecticut line that he continued to serve in the Army of the United States the full term of his enlistment and was discharged in the year 1783 at or near a place called West Point in the State of New York, and that he

And that he is reduced Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support — that the preceding is all the evidence he has in his power
RE JAMES REED
Sworn to Subscribed and declared before me this 19 th day of July 1819 Joshua Ferris Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Tioga
Tioga County ss. I Joshua Ferris Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Stephen Reed 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 by you to the Secretary of the Department of War
Pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress —
Spencer July 19 th 1819 Joshua Ferris
I Joshua Ferris do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Stephen Reed, and believe him to be in such indigent & reduced circumstances as to stand in need of the assistance of his country for support
Joshua Ferris

State of New York Niagara County ss
I do hereby certify that Joshua Ferris Esquire was on the day of the date of the foregoing Certificate one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Niagara County commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit ought to be given to his official acts as such. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said judge truly believe that the signature of "Joshua Ferris" subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is the proper handwriting of the said judge
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal, this 19 th day of May 1819
Thos. Macaull Niag. Co.