Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1090-200, for Archibald Read, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Read, Archibald
B.L.Wt. 1090-200
CONTENTS

1090
The heirs of Lieutenant Archibald Read of the Pennsylvania line
Warrant issued
August 2 nd 1824

Power of Attorney Thos Price & Co
Is: Watson
Agent
See letter of the 20 th July 1824.

State of Pennsylvania } Personally appeared before Allegheny County ss. } me the Subscribed Justice City of Pittsburgh } and one of the Judges of the of the Peace in and for said County, Thomas Reed who being duly sworn saith that to the best of his knowledge and belief his father Nicholas Reed was a Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line an Continental establishment in the Army of the Revolution and that he served as such to the end of the war or until he was discharged and that he has never received the bounty said to which he was entitled from the United States or any other person for him or had he sold or disposed of it to any other person by his knowledge he says that his father having been dead for many years he knows not what has become of his Com- -mission or of any papers at this day by which he could establish the facts above stated and fur- -ther saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me this eleventh Day of January 1824, } Tho Reed (Signature: M. Smith)
I know all true by these Presents that I Thomas Reed of Pittsburgh do hereby constitute constitute and Henry Southwick of Zanesville my attorney for me and in my name to apply for and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States or of such other person as is duly authorized to issue and deliver the same a warrant for the quantity of land to which which my said father was entitled and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor and my said attorney

is hereby fully authorized and empowered to substitute an appointee or more attorneys, under him for the special purposes above expressed, and the same to revoke at will hereby ratifying and confirming all acts of my said attorney done in and about the premises as amply and as fully as if done and performed by myself were I personally present
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal at Pittsburgh this
Day of January 1824
Witness
Robert Christy
Thos Brad
State of Pennsylvania } Personally appeared before Allegheny County - } me the Subscribed a Justice City of Pittsburgh } of the Peace in and for said County, the above- of the Peace in and for said County, the above- named Thomas Brad who acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be his voluntary act and Seal for the purposes therein named. Signed Sealed and acknowledged before me this eleventh Day of January 1824
Robert Christy
State of Pennsylvania } I do hereby certify Allegheny County } that Robert Christy Esq. before whom the foregoing Deed and power of attorney appears to have been taken and acknowledged was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that to all of his official acts as such due faith and credit ought to be given

Also I do further certify that Thomas Reed Israel Reed, Maria Reed & Elizabeth Reed are the children and only legitimate heirs at Law of Charles Reed late of said County Deceased and an officer in the Army of the Revolution in the Pennsylvania Line as appears by affidavits on file on record in this office
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Pittsburgh this eleventh Day of January 1824
Wm McAdams Co. N.Y.

The heirs of Smith: Arch d Beard P. a line M. t jfd 1090 —

Given all mine by three Deeds that I Henry Northrup by virtue of the power of substitution vested in me by Thomas Reed of Pittsburg Do hereby substitute and appoint Col Joseph Watson of Washington City my substitute to apply for and obtain from the War Office a military land warrant for the said Thomas Reed as one of the heirs of Col Reed deceased and to locate the same Hereby ratifying & confirming all acts of my said Substitute done in & about the premises
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Louisville this twelfth of July 1824 Henry Northrup Seal
State of Kentucky } Jefferson County } For personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for said County the above named Henry Northrup known to me to be the person described in & who executed the above power of substitution and acknow- ledged the same to be his voluntary act & deed for the pur- poses therein named. Subscribed and acknowl- edged before me this twelfth of July 1824.
W. Tompkins J.P.
State of Kentucky } Jefferson County } For Warden Hope Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that William Tompkins Esq. before whom the foregoing power of sub- stitution appears to have been acknowl- edged was at the time of acknowledging the same one of the justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such and that to all of his official acts as such due faith & credit is to be given In testimony whereof I have hereunto set

Paris 25
Col Joseph Watson Washington City
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Annapolis this twelfth day of July 1824 M c Intire

State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County ss Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County John Crawford who being duly sworn, viti that he was Lieut and adjutant in the Eighth Penn- sylvania Regiment an "Independent" establishment during the Revolutionary war and says that Nicholas Wood then deceased late of Pittsburgh was a Subaltern and Paymas- ter in said Regiment and died as sick to the close of the war - and further saith not Sworn & Subscribed before me This 12th of February 1824 Morris B. Belknap J. CRAWFORD
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, } ss. State of Pennsylvania, }
I, William McCandless Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvan- do by these presents certify, that Morris B. Belknap Esquire, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of ta- king such Deposition , then an- now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this Thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four - and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the Forty Eighth... Attest,
Wm McCandless Pro.

State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County ss  Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County John Crawford who being duly sworn Vats that he was Lieut and Adjutant in the Eighth Penn- sylvania Regiment an "Continental establishment" during the Revolutionary war and says that Nicholas Lord the Second late of Hethborough was a Subaltern and Paymaster in said Regiment and served as such to the close of the war - and further saith not.  Sworn & Subscribed before me This 12th of February 1824  Morris B. Belknap  J. B. ...
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, } ss. State of Pennsylvania, }
I, William McCanless Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that Morris B. Belknap Esquire, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, and who has thereto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such Deposition , and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this Thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four - and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the Forty Eighth.  Attest,
Wm McCanless Pro.

Allegheny county } Set. City of Pittsburgh }
Personally appeared before me one of the Aldermen in and for said city Thomas Reid who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is the eldest legitimate child of Archibald Reid late an officer in the 8 th Pennsylvania Regiment in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war and that he claims the warrant for Military Bounty land in right of his deceased father Archibald Reid and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed this 10 th day of May 1824 }
W. B. Lawrence
Allegheny county } Set City of Pittsburgh }
Personally appeared before me one of the Aldermen in and for said city Samuel Duncan and John Findlay who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that they were  they were well acquainted with Archibald Reid late an officer in the 8 th Pennsylvania Regiment and that they are also well acquainted with the above named

applicant Thomas Reid and that the said Thomas Reid is the eldest legitimate child and heir at Law of the Wm and Archibald Reid to the best of their knowledge and belief. and further they saith not.
Sworn and subscribed this 10 th day of May 1824
Sam d Duncan J. Finley
before me one of the Aldermen in and for said county of Allegheny do hereby certify that I am acquainted personally with both the witnesses who have signed the above deposition and they are both respectable and credible men and John Brantley one of the deponents for this saith that he was a captain in said Regiment at some time in War of 1812 whereof I have herunto subscribed my name and annexed my seal the day & year above written
Matthew B. Lewis Ald.
Allegheny County } ss State of Pennsylvania
I William McConnel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do by these presents certify that Matthew B. Lewis Esquire before whom the foregoing Depositions were
taken, and who has thereunto in his own proper hands writing, subscribed his name, was at the time of taking such deposition, and now is an Alderman of the City of Pittsburgh and an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said County this Fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty four and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America the Forty Eighth.
Wm McConnel Pro