Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21441, for John M Reed, Rhode Island

SERVICE
R.I.
Reed, John M.
NUMBER
S. 21441
CONTENTS

2531
New York
John M. Reed
of Hirkland in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Carr of the Regt. commanded by Col Crary in the Rhode Island line for 1 Year and 9 months ,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Novem- ber 1832 and sent to Archibald Col. Crary Clinton, N.Y.
From 14th of September, 1832 $105.00 Remizant. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 35.00 $140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk, k D Vol. 5 Page 132
Lts. Dyer Randal, Sep 14: '36 do — do — Nov 22: '36.
Tr. En — Jan 4: '37
Transf'd to Plate Island to Dist. No. 4 Mar 36 — Jan 17: 1837 —

8715

Declaration
By John Marcerine Reed (otherwise called John Marcerine) of the town of Whitland in the county of Oneida - in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
State of New York
Oneida County - ss: On the thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two - personally appeared in open court - before the Court of Chancery - of the State of New York (being a Court of Record) - at a court held before the Hon ble Nathan William Esquire - Vice Chancellor of the State of New York - now sitting at the City of Utica in the County aforesaid - John M c Reed - of Whitland - aforesaid - aged - twenty one years - also being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress - passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated -
That in the year seventeen hundred & twenty seven - this deponent enlisted at Preston in the county of New London & State of Connecticut Rhode Island - in a company of Infantry - commanded by Captain John Carr - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Archibald Gray - in the Brigade commanded by Brigadier Gen l  James  Cornell

Warren - of the Rhode Island Line. That said Regiment was enlisted for one year - : That when this deponent enlisted there had been about three months - of the term of service of said Regiment expired, That he enlisted for the period of nine months - in the fore part of May, of the year aforesaid, this deponent recollects - said time of enlisting - from this - That it was planting time - : That he was stationed at Howlands Ferry - in Tiverton - in the County of Bristol - & State of Rhode Island - till the last of December - of the year last aforesaid. That said Regiment was stationed on the Island of Rhode Island - from the forepart of May till the - month of September when it was driven off - That after the American Army was driven from Rhode Island - the said Regt was first stationed at Howlands Ferry - thence marched to Bristol - in the County of Bristol aforesaid - till the first of March when said Regt was discharged - & this deponent was honorably discharged - at the time & place herein last mentioned.
That the sixteenth day of March in the year eighteen  seventeen hundred & seventy eight at Bristol aforesaid - : This deponent enlisted - in Capt John Carrs company of Infantry in Colonel Stephen Grafton's Regt in Genl Warrens Brigade - of the Rhode Island Line - for the term of one year - as a private - : That said Regt was stationed - at Bristol and How-

- Land's Ferry - during the term for which this deponent enlisted - as aforesaid - That this deponent served the full term of nine months in said service, in said company: In the year seven hundred & seventy seven & the full term of one year in said last named company - That he was honourably discharged from said last mentioned company at Howlands Ferry aforesaid the fifteenth of March - nineteen hundred and seventy eight - That he was present when Bristol & Warren were burnt.
That he was born in South Kingston - in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island - in the year nineteen hundred & fifty one -
Has no record of his age.
That he lived in South Kingston when he entered said service -
That in 1800 - he came to his present place of residence.
That no written discharge was given from either of said Regts.
That this deponent knows of no evi- dence of said services except that herein exhibited -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity - except the present - and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any State - John M Reed Sworn & Subscribed This 15 th day of Augt 1832 C Williams Vice Chancellor.
State of New York Onondaga County - ss. We Asahel S Norton - a clergyman residing in the Town of Kirkland - County of Onondaga & State aforesaid - and Archibald G Gray residing in Kirkland aforesaid - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John M Reed - who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be about sixty one years of age: That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides - to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & Subscribed This 15 th day of Augt 1832 C Williams Vice Chan. Asahel S Norton. Archibald G Gray

And the Court doth hereby deliver its opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named application was a revolutionary soldier & served all the duties.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to the satisfaction of said Court that Abel Shorton who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in the Town of Herkland & County of Oneida - and that Archibald Gray who has signed the same is a resident in the Town of Herkland - and County aforesaid and is a credible person & that their testimony is entitled to credit.
N. Williams Vice Chan.
I, Watson Williams, Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York for the Fifth Circuit of the said State hereby certify that foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Probst for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office - this 31 st day of Aug t 1832.
Watson Williams: Clerk in Chancery F th Circuit N.Y.

5715
John M Reed
remitted
Arch C Crary Clinton
N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of
John M'Leod of  Kirkland  in the State of  New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy one years. 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1777 May — 9 — As a Gen. Washington Col. John Can. A. C. Crary.   1778 March 1 — —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Roxton, Coxsackie, South Kingston  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? A. C. Crary & A. C. Crary certify to traditional evidence.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. H. H. Examining Clerk.

Revolution
21441
INVALID.
File No. 21,441
John M. Bird
Pa. Ave. N.W.
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John C. Reed which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yy IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yy
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yy
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____
XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yy
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Jan 28 37
Mr. Burdine.
J. Edwards, Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Washington

Providence Dec 28 1836
Sir
I am requested to forward to you the enclosed request of John M Reed to have his pension payable in Providence since he has recently removed from the State of New York. Also the proof of his identity. He states he is one of the Nausaganset tribe of Indians & from his looks I have not the least doubt of the fact - Nor have I the least doubt of his identity; of being the same person to whom a pension was granted while resident the State of New York. He ap= pears perfectly simple & honest
I am respectfully your obed Servt Benja Lowell
J L Edwards Esq

Nov 22
W. Brundige
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Providence Oct 19 th 1836
Sir - Herewith is enclosed the application of Transfer of School No. Acad. a petitioner - in conformity to the directions contained in a letter from Gen. Mcbrump of Sept. 14 th 1836.
Yours &c -
Docter Peabody
J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington -

Sept 13
W. M. Davis
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Providence Sept 10 th 1836
Sir
At the request of Judge Lewis I forward the inclosed document to you. Yours respectfully
(Docter Randall)
J. L. Edwards Counsel of Petitioners

I George A Stanton of Charleston in the County of Washington being now Seventy Seven Years of age on oath do certify and say, that I am well acquainted with John A. Reed who has requested to have his pension removed from Albany to Providence He has recently removed from the State of New York to said Charleston and is the same person I have not the least doubt to whom a pension was grant- -ed while living in said State He is a man of good character, honest and upright and his statements are entitled to full faith and credit. He is a native of said Charleston and served in the Rhode- -Island Brigade during the Revolution- -ary war as I believe and have under- -stood and after the war removed to said State of New York and has recent- -ly returned to his native town
George A. Stanton
Resident in the City of Providence
Dec 17 1836
Sworn to & subscribed before me and I further certify said George A Stanton is a credible witness Benjamin Russell C. J. C. W. W.

State of Rhode Island &c Providence Jc I Dyer Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County. Being a Court of Record. do hereby certify that Benjamin Howell Esq. before him the within affidavit was sworn to before him of said Court: That by said he is duly author- ised and empowered to administer oaths and take Depositions; and that his signature within written, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Provi- dence this 27 th day of December - A D 1836 Dyer Randall. W.H.

John M. Read
Albany
to
R. Island
Jan to 4 March 1836. see evidence as a file with papers of Isaac Calkins 5792. transf d from Albany to New Albany Indiana, Jan 17: 1837 -

State of Rhode Island & County of Washington ss On this 11 th day of February in D r 1836 personally appeared before me the - Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in said County John M. Reed who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Gann in the regiment commanded by Col s Gray of the Rhode Island State Troops in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York payable at Albany from whence he has lately removed. That he now resides in Charlestown in the said County of Washington where he intends to remain and wishes his pension payable in Rhode Island. That all his pension is due him since the 4 th of March last past. The following are his reasons for removing from said State of New York viz That his wife and child - are had passed the debt of nature. That the greater portion of his friends had removed

removed to Green Bay, and that he had no property in said State of New York other than his pension to sup- port him in his decline of life, and especially that he was a native of said Charlestown and belonged to the Menominee Tribe of Indians inhabiting said Town
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Before Asa Church Justice Peace
Washington ss. Clerk's office of the court of Common Pleas for said County
I Elisha R Potter Clerk of said Court hereby certify that Asa Church Esq who has taken the above deposition is a justice of the Peace for the town of Charlestown in said County duly qualified to act in said capacity, and that the signature above written purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 17th day of November A 1836
E. R. Potter Clerk