Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,055, for Benjamin Read, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Read, Benjamin or Reed
S 4055
CONTENTS
Carded.

19.898 Ohio Pittsburgh Benjamin Reed
of the out 6 th in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Reed of the Reg t commanded by Col t Reed in the War line for Twenty 7 1/2
Benjamin Reed, Pension etc. Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per Annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sept r 1837 and sent to B Harris, 101 Walnut St. Philadelphia
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r 33 2 00 Pens n ant. allowance ending April 3 rd 40 $ 2 40
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim } Act June 7, 1832 } M c H. Palmer Clerk Book 6 Vol. 8. Page 125

State of Ohio | County of Sci
On this sixth day of October A.D. 1822 Eight hundred and thirty three persons appeared in Open Court before the President Judge and the Vice Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. For said County proceedings in which is said County - Benjamin Wood a Resident of Bridgewater in said County - aged Twenty Seven years old - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth here on the oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed Feb. 22nd 1819. That he entered service between in the Revolutionary War, of the Continentals under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That being according to Hillsbury in the State of Massachusetts the day previous to the Lexington Battle in the year A.D. 1775. on the alarm being spread went into service that he continued in service for one month. That he then afterwards enlisted for eight months in said Hillsbury into the Continental Army & served at New Bedford Boston for said term. under the Captain - in which service he does not recollect owing to
the failure of his memory, he served out his time which expired on or about the 1 st of January A D 1776. He then afterwards enlisted for one year - then in said 1776 - in a company commanded by a Captain Potts in Colonel Sheldahl's Regiment - then in Christiana's
he does not recollect. He served out the year in the Continental Army. He first served at Brandywine from thence he traveled as far as Philadelphia connected from thence went by boat to New York where he was captured after about the surrender of the army. They were prisoners by the British until about Christmas when he was engaged in two battles with the British in New York from thence he went to the White Plains where was another battle after which he retreated and returned under the same Officers for another
longer in the Massachusetts line called the "Bay State". Captain Wallbridge & Colonel Stephen were present at the Battle in East Chatham & D. said Col. Wallbridge was in command of a Company engaged in that Battle. He was wounded in the Sep. and was sent through both his flanks. He was shot from his horse on the ground. After which he occasionally served on a horse for several periods of time. In the whole more than two months near Sabattis & in the Milikah in a Company commanded by a Capt. Wilkins the other officers he don't recollect. He believes he served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary in the whole full two years. He don't know of any person now living who can testify respecting his Revolutionary services. He has no documentary evidence.

This said Service. and has no record of his age who knows. The Declarant was born in Attlebury in the State of Massachusetts where he lived when he was called & enlisted into Service that after he left the Service he lived in said Attlebury some time. He moved from thence to Lyndebury in said Massachusetts from thence he moved to the town of Charlotte in Chittenden County State of Vermont where he lived for a considerable time from thence he moved to said Bridgewater where he has lived for fourteen years to present. He received two discharges from the Service which were burnt in his house in said town of Charlotte. The Rev. Simon M. Johnson of Lyndebury and Dea. Luther Hubbard of Bridgewater in said county of Franklin can testify respecting his character for truth, veracity and his reputation of having been a Revolutionary soldier.
This Declarant also says that he went into the hands of the Honorable Jonathan Cook the present of Congress from this District at the time he went to the last Session several documents in favor of the Declarants present claim which he laid before the Union Committee who reported a Bill in his favor to the House of Representatives placing the Declarant on the Pension List of the United States which was not finally acted upon that Mr. Cook has influenced him that he believes said documents are now in the possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives after he had been at White Plains he passed the North river & passed on to Trenton passed the Delaware and was one of those who received the Delaware & Pennsylvania Key Stone Battery when they captured about one thousand officers General Washington & Generals Sullivan & Howe in which Brigade the Declarant was then he went with the Army to Princeton where there was a Battle that he was not engaged in at this time as far as about this time when he engaged & received another wound which then returned to his home.
Benjamin Read
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension List of the Agency of any State. Benjamin Read Sworn to in Open Court this 12 th day of October 1832 G. M. D. Clerk in Mr. Read's absence

We Asahel Morse ... a Clergyman residing in the town of Norwalk, and Deodatus Finkelhall residing in Ridgely Island County of Union. Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Read who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about seventy five years old that he was educated and believes in the Christian faith where he understands he has been a Soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion and we further say that we consider him a man of truth and veracity In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Asahel Morse
By M c William Deputy Deodatus Finkelhall
And the said Court do hereby declare it as their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after hearing the testimony presented by the War Department that the above named Asahel Morse a Revolutionary Soldier and deponent in the above entitled matter is the person therein described as Rev d . Asahel Morse who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit as a Clergyman residing in the town of Norwalk and said Deodatus Finkelhall who has signed the same is a resident in the town of Ridgely Island in said Union County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
B. Huggins presd t Judge
Timothy Baker } Associate Gurick & Klawer } Judges

I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Huron in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the within and foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Reed for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this _____ day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
D. Gibbs Clerk S.C.O.
Benjamin Reed
11/23

Mr. Benjamin Read Widgefield four Corners Huron County State of Ohio

Whereas Thomas of the Township of ... in the County of ... and State of ... do hereby certify and affirm that I was acquainted with one Benjamin Read formerly of ... in the County of Bristol and State of ... said to be now living in the State of Ohio that he the said Benjamin Read joined the Company commanded by Capt Oliver Doud on the first day of January AD 1776 that he belonged to and was in Col Joseph Reed's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, and that he the said Benjamin Read served as a private soldier in the Continental army through the present war 1776 - and further say not
Attest and sub - Signed on the 23 rd day of September AD 1829 Yrs affec Daffey Doud Before me Joel Tylers Justice of the Peace
Thomas Daffey of the Township of ... in the County of ... and State of ... do hereby certify that I was acquainted with one Benjamin Read formerly of ... in the County of Bristol and State of ... said to be now living in the State of Ohio that he the said Benjamin Read joined the Company commanded by Capt Oliver Doud on the first day of January AD 1776 that he belonged to and was in Col Joseph Reed's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, and that he the said Benjamin Read served as a private soldier in the Continental army through the present war 1776 - further say not
Given and sealed Signed on the 23 rd day of September AD 1829 Thomas Daffey Before me Joel Tylers Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County p. 3
Asa Dimock h. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Joab Tyler Esquire, before whom the within depositions appear to have been taken, was on the 28 th day of September A.D. 1829, and now is, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn as appears of record; and as such was duly authorized by Law to administer and affirm oaths Oaths, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Joab Tyler Esquire and verily believe the within depositions, with the signature "Joab Tyler" to the at- testations thereof subscribed, to be in his own proper hands writing. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and seal the Seat of said County at Montrose the second day of November A.D. 1829.
Asa Dimock h. Proth

Whereas Benjamin Read of Ridgefield in the County of Harrison and State of Ohio has applied for a pension under the Act of Congress made for that purpose, and whereas some few years ago the Affidavits of Hester Tiffany and Thomas Tiffany of Hershel Township in the County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania were taken in his favor &c and whereas it was not definitely stated there in the Affidavits affirmed that Benjamin Read, supposed to be now living in the State of Ohio, did serve &c. For the said Benjamin Read not being present at the time the Affidavits were taken, Now therefore I Abiel Read of Hershel affirmed do depose and say that the said Benjamin Read of Ridgefield affirmed, is the same identical Benjamin Read to which the Affidavits afore referred and to the said Abiel Read do further depose and say that I was person- ally knowing to the said Benjamin Read now of Ridgefield affirmed then of Attleboro Massachusetts serving and living in the New Jersey War - further say not -
Sworn and subscribed Abiel Read Hershel affirmed the 3rd day of August AD 1833
Before me Jacob Tyler Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss Asa D Mock h, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify - That Joab Tyler Osburne, whose signature, in his own proper hand writing, appears subscribed to the attestation of the within affidavit is, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Susquehanna aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, or sworn as appears of record - I do further certify - That I am personally acquainted with Abel Read of Harford Township in said County - and who I verily believe to be the within deponent, from my knowledge of his hand writing - subscribed to said affidavit - and that the said Abel Read is a man of Credibility - and that his testimony is entitled to Credit - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, at Montrose, the third day of August AD 1833.
Asa D Mock h Pro
I do further certify, That I was personally acquainted with Hosea Tiffany Esq. late of Harford Township, aforesaid in his life time who died (as I think) some time in April last - and with Thomas Tiffany at present residing in said Township and a Revolutionary Pensioner, and whose affidavits are referred to within - and that the said Hosea Tiffany Esq. was, and the said Thomas Tiffany is a Credible person, and that their testimony is entitled to Credit -
Witness of aforesaid, the day and year aforesaid.
Asa D Mock h Pro

1888 19. 898
Benf Reed Aaron Co Ohio
Return for Adm 20 years pooriv $80.
L B Sturges Esq Norwalk Aaron Co Ohio - 1888

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
20 th June ~ 1833
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 Benjamin Reeg. Huron Co. Ohio.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 1. pm 75 years Living Witnesses & Wadsworth   8. pm Littlebury   1. pm Capt. Paul Col Reeg Massachusetts   He believes he served full 2 years.  
I am, respectfully;
Your obedient servant,

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 days 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.

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File No. 4055
* Benjamin Reed First Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 311
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* Benjamin Reed. Records corrected Apr. 2, 1902 R.

War Department
Pension Office
March 30 1830
Sir
The papers presented by you at this Office, in the case of Benjamin Reed, who applies for a pension on account of Revolutionary services have been examined and are herewith returned. Before a decision can be had, the claimant must make an affidavit and state the reasons why his claim has not been sent on to this Department since the 15 th May 1823, the date of his last application: and as the witnesses offered to prove his service reside in Pennsylvania and do not state positively that the claimant, who is a resident of the state of Ohio, is the same person they knew in the Continental Army, it is proper that some testimony should be offered to identify him: as for instance, that he is the same person who formerly resided in the Township of Harlow, Susquehanna County, Penn a , with such other facts as may put the question beyond a doubt. The witnesses should describe his person according to the best of their recollection, and some respectable person, who has a personal knowledge of the claimant should make a statement showing that the description agrees with the man. The

Claimant should also state under oath what changes have taken place in his property since the 18 th of March 1818. The witnesses who have been offered to establish his revolutionary services must be certified to be credible and disinterested, by the Magistrate who has taken their depositions, before their statements can be received as evidence.
The present circumstances of the applicant should also be stated by him, under oath. his amount of property: the number and names of his family, and their ability to contribute to his support. Mr Williams' letter to you is herewith returned.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servt J. L. Edwards
Hon Mordecai Bartley House of Representatives

Benjamin Reed.
Rev J. Penson

22 d Congress 1 st Session
Congress of the United States In the House of Representatives
December 28. 1831
On motion of Mr. E. Cooke
Resolved (That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing the name of Benjamin Reed, a soldier of the revolution, of the County of Huron, and State of Ohio upon the Pension list, and that sundry documents, her- ewith presented, touching his Revolutionary services, be referred to said Committee.
Attest. M. S. Clarke Clerk

J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington

Norwalk H. C. Ohio 15. Aug t 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. if you see fit
I return to you Benj. Reads pension papers. He has I hope satisfactory removed your objections - which he has done in consequence of $50 dollars incurred in a journey of more than 500 miles to Saguenawah C. O. a. Since I last wrote to you I have rec d the following certificates, allowing pensions vis: Conrad Nople Joseph Hanson Jonas Boonis Shincho. Smarts & Nowell Furman
I am yours respectfully Lewis B. Haines
accompanying. These first papers sent to you by me, and those which you sent to me.

State of Ohio. Huron County. ss.
On the sixteenth day of August A D 1832. personally appeared before me Timothy Baker one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Benjamin Read a President of Hildesfield in said County who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make this his following Supplemental declaration in addition to his former declaration made before the Court of Common Pleas of their Session in Norwalk said County of Huron on the eighth day of October A D 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Corp of passed 7 th June 1832
That when he served for said eight months in the Continental Army which time expired on or about the 15 th of January 1776 - he served in a Company commanded as he now recollects, by a Captain Perry - His name he could not remember when he made his former declaration, he cannot now recollect the Colonel of the Regiment. He now annexes the Depositions of Hosea Tiffaney & Thomas Tiffaney & also Abel Reads deposition respecting his said service of one year as mentioned in his former declaration and also testimony respecting the identity of the Declarant & the credibility of the Deponents who have sworn in his favor.
That he served in the Revolutionary War at the time of Lexington Battle one month. That he afterwards served for Eight months - then he served for one year after said year expired he served under the same Officers one month - That after the aforesaid term he served near Danville Rhode Island more than two months - all making over two years in the whole as will appear from his said former declaration.
It appears from an Application the Declarant made to the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Huron on the 1 st of March 1828 the proceedings before said Court accompanying his present papers. He there stated, he had served in the Revolutionary War one year above
time & six weeks at an other. His reason for not being more particular & precise at that time was; that the Declarant then understood under the Law of the 18 th of March 1818 by virtue of which he then applied for a pension were sufficient to entitle to a Pension which accounts for the apparent discrepancy as to his periods of service now & then.
The Declarant says that altho' at the time of making his former declaration he did not know of any persons then living who could testify to his said services yet having recently made a Journey into Pennsylvania State a distance of upwards

Proposed 7 th June 1832
That when he served for said eight months in the Continental Army which terminated on or about the 15 th of January 1776 - he served in a Company commanded as he now recollects, by Captain Perry - His name he could not remember when he made his former declaration, he can now recollect the Colonel of the Regiment. He now annexes the Depositions of Hosea Tiffaney & Thomas Tiffaney & also Abel Keale's deposition respecting his said service of one year, as mentioned in his former declaration - and also testimony respecting the identity of the Declarant & the credibility of the Deponents who have sworn in his favor.
That he served in the Revolutionary War at the time of Lexington Battle, also that he afterwards served for Eight months - then he served for one year after said year expired he served under the same Officers one month - that after the aforesaid term he served near Salem & Rhode Island more than two months - also making over two years in the whole - as set forth from his said former declaration.
It appears from an application the Declarant made to the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Ulster on the 18 th of March 1828 the proceedings before said Court accompanying his present
papers - he there stated, he had served in the Revolutionary War one year at one time & six weeks at another - His reason for not being more particular & precise at that time was; that the Declarant then understood under the Law of the 18 th of March 1818 by virtue of which he then applied for a pension the service were sufficient to entitle to a Pension which accounts for the apparent discrepancy as to his periods of service now & then.
The Declarant says that altho' at the time of making his former declaration he did not know of any persons then living who could testify to his said services yet having recently made a Journey into Pennsylvania State a distance of upwards

of Five hundred miles, he has procured the deposition of Abel Read now annexed. The Declarant says the reason why he did not apply for a Pension until the year 1830 was that having some property he was doubtful whether that would not prevent his obtaining a Pension under the then Law & there might have been some other reasons which he cannot now specify.
Benjamin Read
Sworn & Subscribed before me at Norwalk this 16 th day of August 1833
Timothy Baker Judge of Common Pleas
State of Ohio } Franklin County } I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do certify that Timothy Baker is an associate Judge of said Court in said County as above & that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Norwalk this 16 th day of August A.D. 1833.
D. Gibbs Clerk N.O.P.

181786
Benjamin Reed Union Co. Ohio.
David Gibbons Newark, Ohio.
Recd. 14 April 1823
The Secretary of State of the United States Washington D.C.
Benjamin Reed
The applicant must state the christian name of his son, a likeness of his captain, the ship, etc. etc. must all be stated according to
A blank form of declaration is herewith sent. It is requisite that the same should be strictly observed. Proof of service, is also required. 15 May 1823

State of Ohio Harrison County
In the Common Pleas of said County being a Court of Record by the laws of the State of Ohio, and known by the name of the Common Pleas on the 7th day of March - of A.D. 1828 Comes Ben-jamin Reed aged 66 years a resident of said County and doth on his oath declare that he enlisted in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the year 1776 under the command of Captain Joseph Pond in Colonel Reed's Regiment (the number forgotten and served one year therein without interruption, - At the expiration of the year enlisted again for six weeks weeks under the same Commanders at the expiration of which time he received a regular discharge -
That about the year 1791 his House in Chittenden County in Vermont was destroyed by fire in which his discharge was burned up - He was in the battle at East-Chester, White Plains, Trenton He was with those who retreated from New York. He served at divers times in all about one year and eleven months. He received no wounds - does not recollect the line
This Affiant avers that he has never received a Pension from the United States - that he was a resident Citizen of the State of Vermont on the 18th day of March 1818 and removed into the State of Ohio the August following and has ever since been and now is a resident Citizen of the State of Ohio. And that he has not since the said 18th of March A.D. 1818 by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land or Naval Service of the United

United States in the Revolutionary War passed March the 18 th 1818 that he hath not now nor hath any one in trust for me any property, debt or sureties due to me nor any income what- ever other than what is contained in the following schedule.
  1 Bed & Bedding  $15.    1 Cow & Calf  12.    1 Steer  6.    2 Chairs  -,50    1 Tea Kettle  1.    1 Tea Pot  ,50    1 Table  ,50     $35 00  
Wearing Apparel & other small articles, necessary for keeping house not exceeding in amount $15.00 add - 35 50 Also $50. 50
That he has no trade or profession but is by occupation a Farmer or laborer but that he is a cripple and infirm and unable to perform any kind of labor efficiently, He has made no prior application for a pension that his family consists of a wife who is also aged and infirm and dependent upon him for support - He can af- -ford her no other support than that he ex- -pects to derive from the liberality of his country
(Signed) Benjamin Reed
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court in Norwalk in the County aforesaid on the day and year aforesaid.
Attest D. Gibbs Clerk

The State of Ohio Huron County ss
Clerk's Office
Wadsworth March 7 th 1823.
I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huron aforesaid do Cer- tify that the foregoing Declaration is a true Copy of the Original now on file in my Office.
Given under my hand & Official Seal at Wadsworth this 17 th day of March Aforesaid
David Gibbs Clerk