Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4718, Amos Ward, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE    New Jersey.
Ward, Amos
NUMBER    S. 4718
carded.

CONTENTS
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Ohio.  . 7.916. 
Amos Ward 
of Hamilton Co. in the State of Ohio 
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ward of the Regt commanded 
by --- in the New Jersey line for Eight months from 1776. 
26.66/100 

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. 
at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of April 1833 and sent to Wm H. Moore Esq. Madisonville Hamilton Co. Ohio 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.         53.32 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33. 13.33  $66.65 

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Wm R. Palmer. Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 8.  Page 28.

Dup Cert issd.

Dup. Cert. issd. Sept. 19. 1835 and sent to Pens. care of A. H. Pierson, Cincinnati O. 
1888 July 19 - S.F Cary history Prior
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7. 916.
Amos Ward
Ohio.

Admitted for 8 months
from 1775


7326

Wm H Moore Esq
Madisonville
Hamilton Co
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Amos Ward of Hamilton in the State of Ohio. 
(Act 7th June, 1832. 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the Court 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity 

3. How old is he?  71

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[Revolutionary War service presented in tabular form with the column headings, as follows:] 
Period. 
Duration of Service.
Rank.
Namers of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Period.  date he does not recollect   Substitute.
Duration of Service.   2 Months
Rank.  Private
Namers of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  does not recollect officers

Period.   2d tour
Duration of Service.    1 Month
Rank.    Private
Namers of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Cap Kitchell

Period.   3d tour
Duration of Service.    1 Month
Rank.    Private
Namers of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Cap Ward

Period.   4 tour
Duration of Service.    1 Month
Rank.    Private
Namers of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Cap Brown

Period.   5 tour
Duration of Service.    1 Month
Rank.    Private
Namers of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Cap Ward

Period.   6 tour
Duration of Service.    1 Month
Rank.    Private
Namers of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Cap name not recollected

Period.   7 tour
Duration of Service.    1 Month
Rank.    Private
Namers of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Sergeant. Carter


5.  In what battles was he engaged? volunteer at the Battle of Springfield N. J. 

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris Co. N. Jersey 

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary and two Living Witnesses 

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned 
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
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The State of Ohio Hamilton County } SS 
Court of Common Pleas August Term 1832 

On the 18th day of August 1832. personally appeared before the Judges of the said Court now Sitting. Amos Ward a resident of Columbia township in the County of Hamilton & State of Ohio, aged 71 years who being first 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 entered the Militia Service as a substitute for Foster Horten and served in an Expedition two months on the Delaware river against the Indians. the name of the officer under whom he served and the year he dose not recollect -- 
Second he served one Month at Elizabeth Town New Jersey under Capt Kitchell. 
thirdly he served one Month under Capt Israel Ward at Elizabeth Town New Jersey 
fourthly he served one Month under Capt Brown at Mount Holly New Jersey 
Fifthly he served one Month under Capt Israel Ward . at Hackensack 
Sixthly one Month at New Ark Capt name not recollected and one month at Morristown New Jersey under Sergeant Carter to guard Tory prisioners and that he Served as a Volenteer at the Battle of Springfield New Jersey under Capt Wm Day __
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Sixthly one Month at New Ark Capt name not recollected and one month at Morristown New Jersey under Serjeant Carter to guard Tory prisioners .and that he served as a Volenteer at the Battle of Springfield New Jersey under Capt Wm Day- 
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. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Amos Ward
Sworn to and Subscribed before me in open Court Aug 18th 1832. 
Danl,, Gano Cmn Pl 

State of Ohio 
Hamilton County } ss
Amos Ward being sworn. saith that he was born at Chatham in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey. on the 8th day of February in the year 1761 - That he has a record of his age in his Fathers family. Bible which is in the possession of his sister Mrs Perry in Cambell., Co State of Kentucky & That he lived in Morris Co. New Jersey .when called into service. and that he resided in Morris Co. New Jersey. Since the Revolutionary war untill the year 1814. when he removed to Columbia township in the Co. of Hamilton in the State of Ohio. where he now lives - That he entered the service as a substitute for Foster Horten __ and. that he was Drafted, and also served as a volunteer. He names, Col. Ceiley and Gen Winds and Col. Hathaway as regular officers. the generals
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Circumstances of his services are named within He dose not recollect that he ever got a discharge - He names Israel Ward and Jedediah Sturgis as persons residing in his Neighbourhood who. can testify as to his character for Veracity and their belief .as to the truth of what he has Sworn to above and within 
Amos Ward
before me in open Court Augt 18th 1832 
Dan Gano CMn Pl 

State of Ohio 
Hamilton County } SS 
Israel Ward and Jedidiah Sturges being. Sworn.  say they reside in the Neighbourhood of Amos Ward the above named applicant. that they are well acquainted with said Amos Ward _ and have Known him for more than Fifty years. that one of them viz Jedidiah Sturges saith that he served with the said Amos Ward in the Delaware Expedition against the Indians. That he dose Sustain and has ever since they have Known him Sustained an irreproachable character as a man of Veracity and a good Citizen . that they beleive his representations as to age. That they do know that he served as a Soldier in the revolutionary war That it has been reported in the Neighbourhood and beleived so far as they Know. that he has been a revolutionary soldier and that .they concur in That opinion
Jedediah Sturgis 
Sworn to and subscribed
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and believed so far as they Know. that he has been a revolutionary. soldier and that. they concur in That opinion 
Jedediah Sturgis
Israel Ward
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open Court Augt 28th 1832, 
Danl Gano Clk PL

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 Jedediah Sturges and Israel Ward who signed the same are residents of the County of Hamilton and are credible persons and that their Statement are entitled to credit. 
I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Hamilton do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Ward for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of our Court of Common pleas at Cincinnati this 17th of Sept 1832. -- 
Danl Gano Clk PL


[writing oriented vertically in left margin of page going from bottom to top of page, as follows:]  Amos Wards Declaration under act of Congress of June 7th 1832.  7326.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.   3--525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C. 19 
L.F. 4.718
In reply to your request of received for a statement of the military history of Amos Ward a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[Services rendered are presented in tabular form with the table column headings as follows:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
STATE.

LENGTH OF SERVICE.  served at various times 8 months
RANK.   Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Kitchell  Captain Israel Ward   Captain Brown   Captain William Day   Sergeant Carter    
Colonel Sylvanus Seelary    Colonel Hathaway
STATE.   N.J.

Battles engaged in, Springfield  N.J.  was in Expedition on Delaware River against Indians

Residence of soldier at enlistment,    Morris County, N.J. 

Date of application for pension, Aug. 18, 1832  His cl was al

Residence at date of application,   Columbia Twp. Hamilton Co: Ohio

Age at date of application, born Feby 8. 1761 at Chatham, Morris Co. N.J.

Remarks :  It is not stated whether he had a wife or children 

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Sister Mrs. Perry of Campbell Co. Ky had family bible. 
6 -- 2856
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Rev MH
Commissioner of Pensions.
 Dear Sir: 
kindly give me the pension record of Amos Ward, Hamilton Co. Ohio.  Pensioner of the Revolution.  Placed on roll Apr. 18. 1833, Pension began Mar 4. 1831. Belonged to New Jersey Militia 
Yours truly 
Mrs F. B. Henricks 
1726 Juneway Terr 
Chicago. Ill.


[rouns stamp located in lower left of page with following printing inside it:] U.S. PENSION OFFICE    SEP 19 1921
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Amos Ward which require further proof or explanation.  

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes 

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes 

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?   yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?   yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?   yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?   yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?   yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?   yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?    yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?     yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?     yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?    yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?    yes

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?    no

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?   yes 

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

*QUERE V. 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.
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Application for a new Certificate.
State of Ohio. City of Cincinnati, Hamilton Coty, sct 
On this seventh day of September A.D. 1835, before me, the Subscriber Mayor of the City aforesaid, personally appeared Amos Ward who. on his oath, declares that he is the Same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt ___ Bates and the company commanded by Capt Jonas Ward in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Sylvanus Seeley in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Ohio: that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate on or about the eighth day of March. A.D. 1835. at or near the suburbs of Cincinnati in Fulton Township, he lost by its being stolen from him in the night at the house where he lodged, along with about four dollars 50/100 in money, pocket book, & hand handkerchief enveloping the whole, by some person or persons to him unknown; that since that event he has never either seen or heard of the certificate or other articles above mentioned, stolen from him. 
Amos Ward 
Sworn and subscribed to before me at Cincinnati the day & year aforesaid, with the seal of said City affixed 
Saml W Davies Mayor

State of Ohio, City of Cincinnati sct 
Before me, Saml W. Davies Mayor of the City aforesaid, personally came Aaron H. Pierson who being sworn according to law to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth depored & says that he is well acquainted with the above named Amos Ward and knows him to be the identical
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Amos Ward described in the above affidavit which he has sworn to and subscribed before me the 7th Sept 1835. and further deponent saith not. 
A. H. Pierson 
Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and year first above written. 
Saml W. Davies Mayor 

State of Ohio. City of Cincinnati sct
I. Saml W DavieS, Mayor of the City aforesaid, am personally acquainted with above named deponent A H Pierson, and hereby certify that he is a person of undoubted veracity 
Given under my hand and corporate seal of said City this seventh day of September 1835. 
Saml W Davies Mayor
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for Dup. Cert.  Sept 14
Amos Ward
O.
7916

[round stamp located in upper center of page with printing inside it as follows:] CINCINNATI.  O.  SEP 8

[writing oriented vertically going from top to bottom of page, as follows:] 
Free
J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia
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Cin. September 7, 1835.
 J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Sir. 
The enclosed [crossed out 'are'] is the application of Amos Ward for a new Certificate he having unfortunately lost the old one in his possesSion last March. 
If the application proves satisfactory address Amos Ward care of A. H. Pierson, CinCinnati if you please. 
Yours Respectfully 
A. H. Pierson 

g  S. A certificate of the Commission and uineness of the signature of Samuel W. Davi Mayor, before whom the several affidavits were made, was transmitted to your office accompanying an application for a transfer for a Pensioner named Wm Patterson last spring, which I presume is on file there and will supercede the necessity of another similar certificate to accompany the enclosed.
 A. H. Pierson
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Amos Ward in Augt. 1832 of Columbia, Hamilton Co. Ohio born in Chatham, Morris Co  NJ Feby. 1761 & in 1814 removed from Morris Co NJ to Columbia Ohio
He served 7 tours of duty among which was an expedition against the Indians on the Delaware river near the enemies lines to protect the inhabitants from plundering by the Tories & British, guarding prisoners. I was in the fight when Springfield was burnt (June 23. 1780) Generally under Command of Colonel Seely.  Stationed at Elizabethtown. Mt Holly  Hackensack  Newark & volunteer
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4718.
Rev War
INVALID.

File No.  4718
Amos Ward
Pri.  N.J. Line

Act :  June 7, 1832

Index : -- Vol.  A, Page  391

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1921 Oct. 8 Hist. to Mrs. F.B. Hinricks