Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,545, for Elihu Reed, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Reed, Elihu
NUMBER
S. 33.545
CONTENTS

Discharge copied & sent to Supt. Richardson, Tyngsborough, Mass. Dec. 20. 1834, let to same
Apr. 18. 1837
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of April 6 th 1833 from 4 th March to 29 th Aug st 1840 Agent notified Sept 1 st 1842
Massachusetts Rolls.
(1,605)
Elihu Reed, Capt Beman Private, 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818 , and sent to the Hon. Sam l Dana, Boston, Mass. D
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 .
4 months 28/30 $ 39.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
File Sept. 18

Eliza Reed
Correct

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BE it remembered, that on this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me, SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid) comes Elihu Reed of Tyngsborough in said county of Middlesex and on oath declares, that he served in the war of the revolution against the common enemy for the space of two years and four months having enlisted in the early part of the year 1781 for three years, served as a private in Capt Stones, and Capt Bensons company in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment untill the tenth day of June AD 1783 on which day he was discharged having engaged a man to serve for the residue of the term for which he enlisted; that he has a discharge signed by Gen Washington - that he is destitute of property and by reason is fifty five years old and
by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support.
Thus, made, subscribed, and sworn to, at
Chelsea
Elihu Reed in said county of Middlesex
Sam d Dana

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen . Personally appeared Silas Reed and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed. and at the same time he exhibited to me the discharge therein mentioned.
from which it appears to me, that the said Silas Reed did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, inwards of nine months. before the continental establishment-
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration & the discharge aforesaid to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen .
Samuel Dana

27. Elisha Reed —
1605

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice , and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Chitwood Reed resident in
Syracuse -
in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1605 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Chitwood Reed  late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  1 Pig 2 50   Looking glass 4 00   Desk 5 00   6 chairs 3 00   Crockery ware 2 00   Glass ware 2 00   Lin ware 1 00   6 plates 1 00   3 old chairs 1 00   Put tea kettle & skillet 1 50   Flat irons 1 00   Blanket & things 0 75   8 dung hills fowls 1 60   About 20 lbs salted Pork 2 00   1 bushel of meal 0 75   Old casks & pails 1 00   And carried over $ 29 00 

  Unpaid brot over 79 10   4 milk pan 0 50   4 large Pots 0 50   Noe age & scythe 1 50   Table 0 75   Brown earthen ware bottles 1 00   Knives forks & spoons 50   $ 33 35 
Elizer Read
He said Read further on oath declares that he is fifty four years old that his occupation is that of a common day labourer and that his business does not afford him a comfortable maintenance for himself and family which consist of himself a wife aged forty eight years Abigail Read his daughter aged eleven years and George W Read aged nine years neither of whom are able to support themselves, that he served in the Revolutionary war as set forth in his original declaration now on file in the Secretary of War's office to wit he entered the service in the year 1781 for three years served in Capt Pearson company fifth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Rufus Putnam served his whole term out and received a discharge signed by Gen Washington which discharge was sent with his original declaration to the Secretary of War's office  Elizer Read
The above named Elizer Read made oath that that the above statement by him subscribed is true before me  Stephen Minot Judge

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Eliza Read do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Eliza Read
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Eliza Read took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
Thirty three dollars and fifty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820
Attr. Abraham Biglow

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
August 28 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
The children of Stites Reed , deceased, late a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and 18 Cents per annum  month , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 29 th Aug. 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

33 545 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 545
Eliza Reed Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Febry - 2 - 1900 Mrs M c Mann Falls River, Mass.
Jan'y - 2 - 1901 Chas H. Reed - Chelsea, Mass.

333 45 Chelsea, Mass. Dec. 24-1800
City Hall.
Pension Dept.
Washington, D. C.
Genl. Tennes: -Will you kindly send me at once the record of Elisha Reed who was a soldier in the Rev- olution from Mass.
The records of the State House say he was a private in Capt. Nath Zablin's Co (probably of Percival) Col John Jacobs Light Infantry Regt. Time of enlistment Sept 16-1779 Discharge of Nov. 16 th or 15 th 1779. I need it for a book that is now in the hands of the printer Respectfully, Charles Reed

33 545
Elizer Reed
Apr. 7-1878 -  55
Dynesborough Mass.
1758
to
Capt Benson Mass. June 10 1883 Col Rufus Putnam
No. Bat
Wife aged 48 yrs Daughter Abigail 11 Son Geo. W. 9
At 1605 - Mch. 13 1878 D. June 30. 1878. Mass. Age 44

Yale Univ. Jan 2. 1900
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir.
I wrote to Secretary Allen of Boston for Certificate of the Revolutionary War record of Ebenezer Dyer . He advises me to address you asking you to furnish me with a copy of his record of services as filed with the original applica- tion for Pension.
Yours Respectfully C. F. R. Mason

According to the History of the Reed family he drew a pension.
I would like to know what it was and everything there is to know in relation. —

address
Mrs. William Mason.
157 Pine Street.
Fall River
Mass.

O. W. & N. DIVISION JAN 6 1900 RECEIVED.

Dec. 19. 30 Jun 1818 Plymouth, Ms Dec 15
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 30 Jun 1818
Eliza Reed 30 Jun 1818 Ms

Tyngsborough Dec 13 1834
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sirs
By a resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts any soldier of the Revolution who enlisted for and served a term of not less than three years at any one time, &c shall be entitled to receive two hundred acres of land, &c. Eliza Reed now a pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 18. March 1818. clearly comes within the resolve and the evidence thereof is a discharge which I suppose remains with the other papers filed in her application for said pension. Her Certificate is numbered 1.605. - The object of this letter is to obtain his discharge - or if it should not be proper for the department to part with that - a certified copy of it. Will you have the goodness to send me one or the other and thus aid an old and distressed soldier of the Revolution
Very Respectfully
your Ob Servant
Daniel Richardson

The Bearer hereof Eliza Reed of the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment being enlisted for three years & having engaged John Sittinggo, who was enlisted for the war, to take his place & to serve during the war, in case he was engaged, the said Eliza Reed is hereby discharged from the American Army
Given at Head Quarters this 10 th day of June 1783
By his Excellency's command
D. Babb L t Col t Comd. 2 d B e Group
E. Hapgood
Registered in the Books of the Regiment
Henry M c Lean Q m 1 st

Syracuse NY April 13
Free
APC
Elizabeth Edwards H. H. H. 30 Pine St
Edwards Esq Com t of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Symsgborough Ms. 12 Apr 1837
J. L. Edwards Com r of Pensions
Dr Sirs,
On the 19 th of January last I forwarded
1093 24 Feb
The application of Hannah Roby for a Pension - and having heard nothing of it since am fearful it was not received at the Department Will you favour me with information with regard to it.
I have been requested to ask for information with regard to obtaining the Pension of Elihu Reed now on the Roll - who obstinately refuses to take the necessary oath to enable his pension to be obtained - although unquestionable intitled to receive it. He is insane and very poor and his friends want to know if a guardian could obtain it under such circumstances if one should be appointed - or if there be any course to be pursued for that purpose.
Your obedt servant
Daniel Richardson -