Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24744, for John Reed, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Noass.
Reed, John Rachel
W 24744
CONTENTS

15.639 Massachusetts John Reed of Worcester in the State of Massa who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Infant of the Reg t commanded by Col. Loring in the Massa line for 15 Mo s & 22 days
Dead. see letter to Eliza Reed Oct 9. 1838.
Inserted on the Roll of Massa at the rate of 22 Dollars 45 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of July 1833 and sent to Theodore Wheeler Worcester Mass. Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $104.90 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 211.23 $316.13
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Clark Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 72

Please to direct to Sam Dana Esq Grafton Ms
Declaration of John Reed—

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester
ss.
On this fourteenth day of August , Providence A.D. 1832 Worcester personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at within and for the County of Worcester , in the Commonwealth aforesaid Bolton in said County John Head of aged seventy seven years Who being 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, and served as herin stated. That is to say
1 That he was a minute man in the Train of Weymouth in the year 1775 And on the 19 th April A.D. 1775 - he repaired to the American Camp and was stationed on Miller's Hill where he served 8 weeks in Capt. Jacob Gould's Company Col. Benj. Lincoln's Regt. when he was dismissed 2. He enlisted for 8 months in the Company of Capt. Joseph Tufts out which was not attached to any Regiment but was organized with the 8 months men and performed duty at the lower part of Weymouth guarding the shore, until they were ordered to Nantasket when he believes the Company was attached to Col. Cushing's Regiment, where he completed his term of eight months and was dismissed 3 In A.D. 1775 there was an Alarm, and the Company of Militia belonging to Weymouth and commanded by Capt. Tufts  Traft were ordered out and marched to Dorchester Heights where they were encamped and did duty for six days when the Alarm having subsided they were discharged. - 4 In the year 1776 he enlisted in Capt. Tufts's Company and Col. Wash- burn's Regt. and did duty at in the vicinity of Boston, when for two months when he was again dismissed. But immediately engaged again under the same Officers and did duty four months and then engaged for one month longer under the same Officers when he was discharged and returned to his home. -

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Reed
Commonwealth of Massachusetts We Asa Packard a Clergyman residing in the town of Lancaster in the county of Worcester and William Hawes of the same Lancaster hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Reed who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Before me Sam d Dana Jus Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth. —
Asa Packard William Hawes
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as has states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Asa Packard who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Lancaster and that William Hawes is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nath l D. Dine Clerk of the Court of Probate of Middlesex in the county of Worcester
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
Worcester ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Reed for a Pension. That then Sam d Dana above named is I believe a Justice of the Peace through the Commonwealth. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the said Court of Probate for the said County of Worcester this fifth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty three.
Theophilus Wheeler Register of said Court
I further certify that the said Samuel Dana signed the above certificate which purports to be his signature as I fully believe, Theophilus Wheeler of said Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss, to wit,
At the Court of Probate --- begun and holden at Worcester --- within and for the County of Worcester on the fourteenth day of August A. D. 188 2 On the application of John Reed claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Weymouth Ms on the 13th day of Feby AD 1755.
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a family record of my age
3. Did you ever receive any written discharge from service? Answer I never recd any such discharge
4 Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I lived in Weymouth when called into service and lived there until 1798 when I removed to Bolton in Worcester County where I now reside
5 How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer, All my services were voluntary and of my own accord
6 State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I remember Adjutant Clancey of Cambridge & McClelland of Hingham and I was well acquainted with Genl Lincoln
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, The Rev. Mr Chickering, Genl Gardner, the Hon. Dea. Holman Reed Mr Allen, and Capt. Jonas Welch all of Bolton
John Reed

Massachusetts 3398
Rachel Reed
widow of John Reed
who was a Private
in the Massachusetts line
for 15 mo 17 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Fifty one — Dollars Eighty Eight Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Seventh day of December 1843 and sent to
Thomas Palfinch Boston Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
, Page 52

3286 Racket Reels.
at 7. July 38.
h 19 a 35
Vol. 12. 98. pri — 80 25. 50 " 8mo — " 55. — " 1 — " 61. — " 4 — " 63 — " 2. 9 15 17
Adm 15mo. 170s pri
$57.88
No deduction
E.H. Reed Boston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Priest, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Nathl Branton is the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signatures to the papers hereto annexed are true and genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, this fifth day of November, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. G. Priest, Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampshire.
On this fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally ap- peared Mr. Nathaniel Jewe of the Court of State for said County of Hampshire, Rachel Jewe a resident of Bolton in said County of Hampshire upon seeing eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision rendered by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of John Jewe late of Bolton in said County of Hampshire who was a soldier in the Army of the Re- volution and a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1832, and served as set forth in the declaration of her service

husband to think of her - must be true as it is impossible for her, as of her own knowledge to make oath to the same.
But this she knows that her service since same was a revolutionary service, that she went into the service from the town of Weymouth in the Army of Massachusetts  Norfolk and that she at the same time belonged to the adjoining town of Braintree. She has no documentary evidence of her service.
She further declares that her married name was Rachel Clarke; that she was married to the service John Read at service Braintree by the Rev. Mr. Wells, on the fifth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and sixty seven. That her husband the aforesaid John Read died at service Hoken on the ninth day of February in the year eighteen hundred & thirty five. and that she has never been married since his death. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January

in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four, left at the house above status.
Given to your sollicitors Rachel Reed the day and year first above written 1794
Abraham (Judge) of the Court of Probate for and County of Somerset

I Eliza Reed of Boston in the County of Suffolk do desire and say that I am the daughter of John Reed and Sarah Reed his wife. My said father died on the ninth day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five and my said Mother has since a true marriage since and now lives in the County of Bristol in the town of Boston.
Eliza Reed
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Bristol ss. Dec. 5. 1838. I am to be said defendant who is a true copy of truth
Wife of
Matthew Jones of Bristol for said County

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 2 nd 1838.
I hereby Certify, That Jonathan Wild Sun is a _____ Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk _____ in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk and Town of Braintree ss Married by the Rev Ezra Weld John Reed of Weymouth & Rachel Black of this Town January fifth Nineteen hundred and seventy nine
The above is a true copy from the records of Marriages in the Town of Braintree with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in full legible figures as follows (January 5th 1779)
Attest Judson Stoddard (Town Clerk of Braintree)
I Judson Stoddard above named do hereby affirm and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Braintree aforesaid in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Braintree with the exception above named as certified by me.
Judson Stoddard (Town Clerk)
Norfolk ss Sept 5th 1838
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Judson Stoddard.
Before me
Justus Wilder } Just. Peace.

23685 John Reed Glass
Private 15 Mrs 423 day
Thos Wheeler Gloucester Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of John Reed Worcester Co Mass
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Ent 1775 X 08 Privt Capt Gould Col Lincoln Winter Hill 77 years Account   Enl 1776 ✓ 8 Infant Cushing Hill any   6 Infant Whitney Weymouth Weymouth Evidence   4 1776 ✓ 2 9 Infant Same Dorchester Mass   ✓ 5 Same Same   15 23   X 12.98 8 days   225-50 800   — 55 1 79   4- 61 4   69 2 74   15 17  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Letter to E. Reed Martha at Boston June 25. 1837. in receipt of July 2 39 sent to Eliza Reed Boston
Massachusetts - 2803
Rachel Reed
widow of John Reed
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 32 and who died on the 9 th Feb y 1835 of Worcester in the State of Mass ts who was a P vt in the Company commanded by Captain Lunt of the Reg t commanded by Colonel of the in the Mass ts line for 15 Nov r 17 39
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 51 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of May '39, and paid to C. H. Reed, Boston, Mass ts
Arrears to the 14 th of March - $155.64 Semi-annual allowance ending 25.94 $181.58
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book Vol. 1 - Page 129

May 19 First to L Reed Balt. Md. H.
Ray
WIDOW, &c.
1892 John
File No. 24744
Rachel Reed Wid of John Reed Phila Pa. Mar.
Act: March 3rd 1/48
Index:—Vol. 12 , Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 19 Hist to L Reed Balt Md. H.
Roy
WIDOW, &c.
1892 John
File No. 24744
Rachel Reed Wid of John Reed Priv Rev war
Act: March 3 rd  1/43
Index:—Vol. R , Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]

  The Hon. Secretary of the Treasury
Washington D.C.
30 17 1/2 34 3 4 3/4 11-5 1.88
Army. Dept. Oct 8. 1838 Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War
15639 No Recd W. Map etc
Delivered Office
Office - Oct 9. 1838
R 114 Oct 8 War Dept

Boston Oct 3 d 1838 The Hon. Secretary in the Treasury
Sir
I wish to obtain a copy of the Pension certificate for John Reed who died in Boston Mass. Feby 9 th 1835 - or such document as may be necessary to enable his widow, Mrs Rachel Reed to obtain the Pension that will accrue to her by the late law. The same may be directed to me at Boston, Worcester County Massachusetts.
I am resp s &c Yr. Ob d S r
Ebenezer Reed (E R)

June 25
to
Rachel Reed St. Louis Mo.
Dear Madam
[Large decorative initial letter D]
Edwards Esq
Inspector of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Washington D.C. Boston June 20 th 1839 J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I forwarded in December last the papers for a pension for Mrs Rachel Reed widow of John Reed of Bolton in the State. As I have had no return for the same, I have to request your attention thereto.
Respy &c
Elizur Reed
re E. H. Weld
(S)

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189__
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Reed , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. 24744
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 8 da Pri Lovee Lincoln Mass.   May 1775 8 mo " Trufant _____ "   1776 4 da " Wash Lovell "   1776 2 " " Wash " "   May 1776 2 mo 9 da " Trufant Whitney "   Aug 1776 4 mo " " " "   Dec 1776 1 " " Trufant _____ "  
Battles engaged in,
None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Weymouth Mass
Date of application for pension,
Aug 14 1832
Residence at date of application,
Bolton Mass
Age at date of application,
77 yrs
Remarks:
Both hands Rachan
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Reed, Stickney & Co. Scotch & American Pig Iron, and Cumberland Coal.
Office No. 11 South Gay St.
Baltimore, Mar 25 th 1892.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Since I wrote you on the 18 th inst I have learned that my Grandfather John Reed Private of Weymouth Mass first enlisted in the Minute Company of Capt Jacob Gould in Col Benj Ginecolus Regt Assembled Apr 19. 1775 Service 8 days
Next in Capt Joseph Infant Independent Company, enlisted May 9. 1775 served 8 months.
Next in Capt Thomas Nash of Weymouth in Col Solomon Forbes Regiment who marched with his Company on the 4 th of March 1776 and took possession of the Heights of Dorchester re travelled 34 Miles served 4 days also in same company and same month served 2 days.
Enlisted May 22. 1776 in Capt Joseph Infants Company of Col Josiah Whitney's Command served 2 months & 9 days.
And in same from August to Dec served 4 months
And service 1 month same command to March 1. 1777 When he is recorded John Reed Sergt. age 22 Weymouth
Will not this enable you to trace out his record? I trust you may be able to furnish me the record of John G. Reed - 1115 Gay St Baltimore Md

Reed, Stickney & Co. Scotch & American Pig Iron, and Cumberland Coal.
Office No. 11 South Gay St.
Baltimore, Mar 18 th 1892.
Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I am told that my grand father John Reed who was born at Weymouth Massachusetts Feb'y 13. 1755 and died at Bolton Mass Feb'y 9. 1835 served as a Minute man in the war of the Revolution and was engaged at Dorchester Heights in the attack on the British - and was awarded a Pension by the Government a few years before he died - His name may have been spelled 'Read' and he likely hailed from Weymouth Massachusetts Can you inform me if he was on the records and if so what office or position he held. And in whose company or command?
Yours Truly, John G Reed

Certificate in the case of John Reed

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb'y. 16 th , 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that John Reed's name is found in the Minute Company, on Capt. Jacob Goodold's roll, in Col. Benjamin Lincoln's Reg't. assembled April 19, 1775, where he is allowed eight days' service. — m. d. 0 8 John Reed's name is found also on Capt. Thomas Nash's roll, in Col. Solomon Lowell's Reg't. marked to take possession of the Heights of Dorchester, March 4, 1776, where he is allowed four days' service. — 0 4 John Reed's name is found also on the roll of Capt. Thomas Nash, Col. Lowell's Reg't. on service from March 10, 1776, where he is allowed two days' service. — John Reed's 0 2 name is found also on Capt. Joseph Trufant's roll, May 9, 1775, where he is allowed eight months' service. — John Reed's name is found 8 0 also on Capt. Joseph Trufant's roll, in Col. Josiah Whitney's Reg't. from May to August, 1776, where he is allowed two months and nine days. — John Reed's name is found also 2 9 10 23

    m. d.      on Capt. Joseph Trufant's roll in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. - on service from August to December, 1876, - where he is allowed four months' service. — John Reed's name is found  10 23    also on Capt. Joseph Trufant's roll, raised for the defence of the Sea Coast, from Dec. 1, 1876, to Jan. 1, 1877, - where he is allowed one  4 0    months' service.  1 0     15 23   
Edward H. Bangs

3286 Nov 23 7 July 1838. Maf.
Ans J. Reed
L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

To J. E. Edwards Esq. Boston Nov. 19 th 1838 Commission of Pensions
Sir:
I forward enclosed the documents for a pension for Mrs. Rachel Reed, widow of the late Mr. John Reed of Bolton. Mass.
The certificate may be enclosed to me at Boston, as it will be obtained by her sooner than if directed to Bolton.
Respectfully Ebenezer Dyer for E. H. Dyer

3820
Rachel Reed $51:88 per am
3398
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Thos Bulfinch Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Worcester County }
Be it known that on this Fifth day of August 1842 personally appeared before me the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, Mrs. Rachel Reed a resident of Bolton in the County of Worcester aged Eighty Three 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d day of March 1836 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of John Reed who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the Act of the 7 th July 1838, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular Statement of his services for the proof of her marriage identity and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Fifty One 87 / 100 per month per annum which account she received from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th March 1841 at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said John Reed deceased as will more fully appear by the proof herunto annexed.
And further she saith not
Rachel Reed

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me
Joseph Sawyer Justice of the Peace
I Elisha Reed of Bolton in the County of Worcester of lawful age on oath testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Rachel Reed the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife and is now the widow of John Reed deceased who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that she was a pensioner under the law of 7 th July 1838 as stated by her.
Elisha Reed
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County } Supt 5, 1843.
Then came Elisha Reed who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true.
Before me
Joseph Sawyer Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 26. 1843.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Joseph Sawyer was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm A. Pills
Secretary of the Commonwealth.