Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23609, Amasa Edson, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
Edson Amasa
NUMBER S 23609

CONTENTS
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Vermont 1059
Amasa Edson
of Brookfield in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Bailey of the Regt commanded
by Col Bedlam in the Massachusetts
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 20 Dollars per anum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of October 1832 and sent to J.K. Parish Randolph Vt

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 30.00
Semi=ant. allowance ending 4th March 1833 10.00
40.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by [illegible] [illegible] Clerk,
Book D Vol. A Page 55

[illegible] [illegible] A.C. Smith, Apl 28 1837
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State of Vermont,
District of Randolph in ORANGE COUNTY, SS.
At Brookfield in said County on this 31st day of July A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. the Probate Court. Present the Hon F Griswold Esqr Judge in and for said District in the said Orange County, now setting, being a Court of Record Amasa Edson a resident of Brookfield in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, aged 68 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, 
That in the year 1780 he resided in Whately Mass. that he enlisted into the service in
the Massachusetts line for six months in the month of June and mustered in Springfield in July and marched to West Point N.Y. under Capt. Dix and was then put under Capt. Bailey, Lt. Ames and Ens. [Hardin?] in Col. Bedlam Regt and served for the said term of six months and at his discharge in January 1781 at West Point he performed a part of his service in the State of New Jersey in the army commanded immediately by Genl Washington - 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Amasa Edson
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate

We Soloman Smith residing in Brookfield in said County of Orange and Luther Wheatley residing in the said Brookfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amasa Edson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 68 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.
Solomon Smith
Luther Wheatley
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate

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 certify that it appears to them that Solomon Smith who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Brookfield in said County, and that Luther Wheatley Esqr who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I J.K. Parish Clerk or Reg of the Court of Probate within & for the District aforesaid, do hereby certify that foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amasa Edson for a pension. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 31st day of July A. D. 1832.
J.K. Parish
CLERK. in Reg
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(1402)
Amasa Edson
Brookfield, Orange Co
Vermont

admitted
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Private. 6 months.
$ 20:

Send to J.K. Parish
Randolph
Vt.
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BRIEF in the case of Amasa Edson
of Brookfield, Orange County in the State of Vermont
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In open court (Probate Court)
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
68 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
[June?] In 1780
Duration of Service.
Years, -
Months, 6
Days. -
Rank.
As a
Private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Bailey, Lt. Ames
in Col. Bedlams Regt
under Genl Washington [illegible] [illegible]
Massachusetts line
5. In what battles was he engaged:
None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service:
Whately, Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They are not

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
Robt Fowler
Examining Clerk.s
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23609
INVALID
Revolution
File No. 23609
Amasa Edson
Pri Rev Mass

Act: June 7 1832

Index:--Vol. 2, Page 190

Arrangement of 1870.
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I Timothy Carson of Brookfield in Orange County
and State of Vermont of the age of 66 years
do testify and say that I was knowing to Amasa
Edson's serving in the war of the American
Revolution the sum of six months and that
he returned from service some time in the month
of January in the year 1781 - and further the
deponent saith not
Timothy Edson

July 31st [1833?]
State of Vermont
District of Randolph ss
A Brookfield in said district personally
appeared Timothy Edson the signer of the
foregoing affidavit in open Court the day and year above written and made solemn oath that it contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Before Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate

I Eliab Edson of Randolph in Orange County & State Vermont of the age of 72 years do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Amasa Edson
formerly of Whately in the State of Massachusetts now of Brookfield in the State of Vermont and was knowing to his being out in the War of the American Revolution in the year 1780 and frequently saw him while in service and believe him to be out in what was called the six months service in a Line of Troops from the state of Massachusetts and further the deponent saith not -
Eliab Edson

July 31st 1832
State of Vermont
District of Randolph ss
At Brookfield in said district personally
appeared Eliab Edson the Signer of the
foregoing Affidavit and in open Court the day and year above written and made solemn oath that it contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate
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Amasa Edson, Vermont roll, act
7 June 1832.
Be pleased to say to what time
he was last paid.
Pension Office
Apl. 28. 1837
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[written sideways:] the 28
Amasa Edson
Vt Roll perhaps
1059
[written horizontally:]
Comr. of Pensions
Pension Department
Washington
D.C.
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Hon. Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Will you be so good
as to inform me whether you have on the
Pension Roll the name of Amasa Edson
purporting to be a Revolutionary
Soldier, now
residing in Brookfield Orange County Vermt
and if so how much he drawing annually & from
from what time he has drawn?
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt Serv.
A. C. Smith
Treasy Dept
Washington D.C.
April 7th 1831