Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,903, for Amos Mead, Vermont
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Green Mt. Boys
Vt.

Mead, Amos
NUMBER
S. 13,903

carded
CONTENTS
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20877
New York
Amos Mead
of Tioga Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Hinman of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Warner in the New Hamp.
line for 9 months & 6 days

Green Mt. Boys
Vt. 
Aud, Record Correctd Sept 29/06 JS

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 30 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Oct.
1833-
and sent to C. Dana
Owego, Tioga Co.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '35 $76.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 15.33
$91.99 [total]

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by [Golesteh] Clerk
Book E Vol 4, Page 69 


Date of death not on
A. B.
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Amos Meads
Application for Pension
23204
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State of New York
Tioga County. On this 2nd day of January AD 1833
personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court
Of Common Pleas of the County of Tioga and State of New York
now sitting Amos Mead a resident of Owego in said County and
State aged Seventy Six 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 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States
in the year 1776. about the middle of January with
Captain Reuben Hinman Lieutenant Low, Ensign Gideon
Smith and served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Seth Warner, & Major Safford -  Ebenezer Walbridge was
the adjutant of the Regiment. General Worcester Commanded
until we arrived before Quebec where Genl Arnold took
the general command. We marched from Stamford through
Bennington, Shaftsbury, Allenton, Manchester, Dorset.
Report Paulett Granville Whitehall & to Ticonderoga
in the State of New York - and thence to St. John & Montreal
from whence of the 28th day of February, the troop reached Quebec.
 He remained before Quebec until the 6th day of May when
they left that place, and on the 26th of May left the service,
being discharged at Ticonderoga, after four months and at
least Eight days service. He resided at Stamford in Bennington
County State of Vermont. That Genl Montgomery was killed
before he (Mr. Mead) reached Quebec. There was in the army a
Battalion commanded by Col Maxwell, raised in Pennsylvania A 
Battalion commanded by Col Porter raised in Massachusetts.
A Brigadier General Named Thomas from Massachusetts was also present
Colonel Clinton commanded a Battalion raised in New York.
He received no discharge in writing, either on this or any subsequent
occasion.
Subsequently he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and Service as herein stated.
in the year 1777 about the first of July he volunteered with
Lieutenant Lamb & Ensign John Ripley and went to 
Ticonderoga for the protection of that fort. When there he joined
a company commanded by Capt Samuel Robinson &
Lieutenant Gideon Spencer of which John Ripley was made
Ensign - the company was attached to a Regiment of Militia
commanded by Colonel Moses Robinson, the fort was taken
the 6th of July and he returned home being out twelve days.
Brigadier Genl John Patterson a Regular officer from Berkshire
County Massachusetts was present, Col Seth Warner also on
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an officer of the Regular army was then General St. Clair
was chief in command at the Fort.
In the latter part of the same month he volunteered with
Lieutenant Lamb and marched to Manchester to relieve
the guard at that place. Colonel Williams had the chief
Command - Colonel Robinson was present. Colonel Warner’s
Regiment (Continental), was stationed there. General
Stark from New Hampshire came to Manchester soon after
him and the volunteers were dismissed - He was out on
this occasion Ten days.
In August (1777) he again volunteered with Lieutenant [Roger]
Lamb and Ensign John Ripley and marched to [Loonsick, probably s/b Hoosick, NY] in
the State of New York but near Bennington in Vermont.
On the 16th of August was fought the battle, usually called
the battle of Bennington & Colonel Robinson was chief in
command, who sent him with his party on a scout on that day
so that he was not in the main battle, Colonel Warner of
the Regular army was there with about 150 men of his
Regiment - He was out six days on this occasion.
About the 23rd day of June 1779 he volunteered under
Captain Thomas Sawyer & Lieutenant Olds, for two months
service in the guard at Rutland. He marched from Stamford
through Bennington to Rutland. The company was not attached
to any regiment. He served in the Company two months &
then returned home.
In 1781. on the 12th September he was drafted for two months &
entered the company of Captain Hutchins which was attached
to Colonel Fletcher’s Battalion under Brig. Genl Enos. He marched 
from Stamford thro' Bennington to Castleton where was a
Picket Fort. These troops served as a garrison to the fort. He
served there two months & was then discharged.
He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person
now living who can testify to his actual service. Israel Mead
knows of his enlistment in the army which marched to Quebec.
That he was born on the 10th day of June 1756 at the
‘Great Nine Partners’ in Dutchess County in the State of
New York. that his age is recorded in the family Bible of
his father which he now has in his possession. that during the
War & for some time after, he resided at Stamford in
Bennington County, Vermont, where also he resided to him
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he entered service as above stated, that from Stamford
he removed to Owego in the County of Tioga & State of New York
where he now resides.
He is known to Richard [aka Reuben] Wheeler & Levi Catlin
in his present neighbourhood who can attest & certify as to
his character for truth & veracity and their belief of his
Services as a Soldier of the revolution.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declare that his name is
not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Amos Mead
Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
Green M Tuthill Clk

We,  [blank] residing in the Town of Owego hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Amos Mead who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
Seventy Six years of age; that he is reputed & believed in
the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier 
of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.

Reuben Wheeler
James Archibald

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Green M Tuthill Clk

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 [blank]
who signed the preceding certificate reside in the Town of Owego
 and are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Tioga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
The original proceedings of said court in the matter of Amos
Mead’s application for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
and seal of office this 2d day of January 1833.
Green M Tuthill
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State of New York & Tioga County ss
July 4th 1833 personally appeared before me, Israel Mead
Who being duly sworn says that he knows Amos Mead to have
Been a soldier of the Revolution: saw him enlist & receive
His bounty which was on or about the 15th January 1776.
Col. Seth Warner's Regt, Capt Reuben Hinman, Lieut. Low,
Ensign Gideon Smith. after the expiration of four
months, went about sixty miles, met him, & brought him
Home.  - knows of his volunteering about the first of July
1777 & was in service twelve days went to Ticonderoga
& was attached to Capt. Robinsons Company. In the latter
Part of the same month volunteered & went to Manchester
under Lieut. Lamb & was gone ten days. On or about
12th August 77 volunteered & went to Loomscock
& was with him on a scout the day of the battle of
Bennington, was in service six days this time.
On the 23rd June 1779 volunteered under Capt. Thomas
Sawyer, Lieut. Olds, & was in service two months,
On the 12th September 1781 was drafted, & served two months
under Capt Hutchins, Col. Fletcher - said Amos Mead
& myself were inhabitants during the Revolutionary
war of the County of Bennington, State of Vermont,
Israel Mead
Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
before me
A. W. McKey Com. &c.
for Tioga Co

State of New York, Tioga County ss
July 4th 1833 personally appeared before me Elizabeth
Mead, who being duly sworn says that she is the wife of
Israel Mead, lived with him during the Revolutionary war
& corroborates the affidavit of said Israel Mead, remembers
 the general transactions testified to above, but can
not charge her memory with some of the particulars
such as the length of time in service, Officers names &c
Elizabeth Mead
Sworn & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
before me

A. W. McKey Com. &c.
for Tioga Co

And I, the said Commissioner, before whom the above affidavits
were taken subscribed & sworn Do certify that I am well acquainted
 with the said Israel Mead & Elizabeth Mead, whose names
are subscribed to their affidavits aforesaid, & know them to be
credible witnesses, entitled to full credit & belief
A. W. McKey Com. &c.
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State of New York, County of Tioga 
I Green M Tuthill
Clerk of said County do certify that Alexander W.
McKey Esq before whom the within affidavit purports
to have been sworn & by whom the certificate of Identity
is subscribed, was at the date of the same a
commissioner 
of deeds in & for said County duly authorized to administer Oaths &c. and that I am acquainted with his
hand writing, and hereby believe his name subscribed
to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature

Witness my hand and seal
of Office this 9th day of July 1833
Green M Tuthill Clk


Amos Mead's Application
[Room 7b De Grand]
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23209
Amos Mead.
Tioga Co
N. York

Admitted
Private 9 mo & 6 days

61.33
15.77
76.10 [total]

Can a living Wit be found?

Cyrus Dana Esq
Owego
Owego, Tioga Co
N York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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. Those 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, shewing the service of Amos Mead, Tioga Co, N. York

Period when the service was received | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of
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

Jan 1776 | 0 Years  4 Months  8 Days | Pri.  | Cap R. Hinman, Lt. Low | Gen Wooster, Col. Warner, Maj. Stafford | None  | New York & Canady | 76 years, Bennington C., Vt. | Traditionary 

1777 | 0 Years  0 Months  12 Days |   “  | Cap Jas Robinson, Lt. Lamb | Gen St. Clair, Col. Robinson|  “  |  N. Y.  

Ditto| 0 Years  0 Months  10 Days |   “  | Lt. Lamb | Col. Williams |  “  |  “ |

Aug 1777 | 0 Years  0 Months  6 Days |   “  | Lt. Lamb | Col. Robinson |  Bennington  | Ver’t

Ju 1779 | 0 Years  2 Months  0 Days |   “  | Col Sawyer, Lt. Olds | None | None  | N. Y.|

Sep 1781 | 0 Years  2 Months  0 Days |   “  | Capt Hutchins  | Col Fletcher, Genl Enos 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant

J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Two Witness are now found - & their affidavits are herewith
 Enclosed attached to the Original application. C Dana
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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, claimin
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State Territory of
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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
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.
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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.
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
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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.
To a Soldier.{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
6. ┃
en and what has become of it?
Town Offcer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 he 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 traditionary 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 be
fore 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.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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
despite 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
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he can
&c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of his service; but, according to the best of his
the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, anddays
, I served as a
For months and - days, I served as aand
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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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.
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 credit
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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteer and State Troops. The proof required by rule is
note applies to continental troop
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen Exck
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May 23, 1940.
BA-J/ILL
Amos Mead
S. 13903

Mr. Robert Clauson
3537 - 61st Street
Huntington Park, California.
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Amos Mead, who was born about
1756 in Amenia, New York, and died in November 1846 near Owego,
Tioga County, New York.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on
file in pension claim, S. 13903, based upon service of Amos
Mead in the Revolutionary War. His record is that of the only
soldier with that name found on the Revolutionary War records of
this office.

Amos Mead was born June 10, 1756 in Great Nine Partners,
Dutchess County, New York; the names of his parents were not
given. At the time of the Revolutionary War, he resided in Stamford,
Bennington County, Vermont.

Amos Mead enlisted and served as a private on different
tours in the Vermont troops, given as follows from about the middle
of January 1775, four months, eight days in Captain Reuben Hinman's
company, Colonel Seth Warner's regiment, during which he
was on an expedition to Montreal and Quebec; from July 1, 1777,
twelve days in Captain Samuel Robinson's company, Colonel Moses
Robinson's regiment, and later that same month, ten days under
Lieutenant Lamb; in August 1777, six days under Lieutenant George
Lamb and Colonel Robinson; from June 23, 1779, two months in Captain
Thomas Sawyer's company; and from September 12, 1781, two months
in Captain Hutchins' company, Colonel Fletcher's regiment.
This soldier continued to reside in Stamford, Vermont, for
some time after the Revolutionary War, then moved to Owego, Tioga
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County, New York.

Amos Mead was allowed pension on account of his service
in the Revolutionary War on his application executed January 2,
1833, at which time he resided in Owego, Tioga County, New York.
He made no reference to wife or children.

In July 1833, Israel Mead and his wife, Elizabeth Mead,
were residents of Tioga County, New York. He stated that he
resided in Stamford, Vermont, when Amos Mead entered service in
the Revolutionary War, and that after the expiration of his
service under Captain Reuben Hinman, he (Israel) went about sixty
miles and brought him home; he did not state any relationship
between them. Elizabeth Mead stated that she was the wife of
Israel Mead and lived with him during the Revolutionary War, but
did not state the date of their marriage nor her maiden name.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this
pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

Amos Mead
Certificate #20877
Commenced March 4, 1831
Issued October 10, 1833
Rate $30.66 per annum
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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1922 Aug. 16 Hist. to Ella F.
Cafferty EW

1940. May 22. Hist. to Robert Clauson JLL
 
13903
Rev War
INVALID.
---
File No. 13,903
Amos Mead
Pri Rev. War

Act: June 9th1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 24
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Let stamp enclosed. EW
Stamp rec'd. EW
[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE USA
JUN 27 1922 

511 So. Figuerosa St.
Los Angeles Calif.
June 21/22

511 So. Figuerosa St.
Los Angeles Calif.
June 27/22

Pension Dept
Washington, D.C.

Sir. Can you give
me any information
about Amos Mead who
served in the Revolutionary War.
He lived in Bennington
Co. Vt. at that time. I
am trying to find out the
time places he served
also his wifes name-
If you can help me out
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I will appreciate it very
much-
Thanking you for your trouble
and if there is any charge
will be glad to pay for same
Respt. Yours-
Ella Fairbank Cafferty

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PENSION OFFICE
USA
JUN 22 1922
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3537 61st St., Huntington Park, California
April 7th, 1940

The Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
I have the honor to request, if possible, a copy
of your records of the Revolutionary War service of Amos Mead.
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He was born in Amenia, Westchester County, New York, about 1756,
and died near Owego, Tioga County, New York, in November, 1846.

He is definitely not the Amos Mead who served as a private in Capt. James Talmadge's company, Col. Roswell Hopkin's regiment, 
 Dutchess County, New York, as the later family record of this Amos are not those of the one above.

It is possible that he served in Vermont, as follows:
Capt. John Warner's Company, July 21 to Dec. 3, ( 1777 ); 136 days;
this was in Lt. Col. Herrick's Regiment of Rangers);
Capt. Thomas Sawyer's Co., June 20 to Aug. 20, 1779; 2 mos, 2 das:
Capt. Wm. Hutchin's Co., Sept. 12 to Nov. 12, 1781, 60 das.

Recent information is to the effect that he was granted a pension, and if that is true, service could probably be verified.

His wife was probably Lydia Bates, of Rhode Island.

In 1791, he was living near Hiawatha, Owego, Tioga Co., New York.

Very respectfully,
Robert Clauson
Robert Clauson

P/K/.

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RECEIVED 
APR 12 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV
ORDER NO.
VETS ADM
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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., 8 - 16, 1922

In reply to your request of ....,  received ....
for a statement of the military history of Amos Mead
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 13903
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN.  | COLONEL.  | STATE.
Jan. 1776 | Pvt | 4 mos. 8 d  | Reuben Hinman | Seth Warner | Vt.
July 1777 | 12 days | Saml. Robinson | Moses Robinson
July 1777 | 10 days | Lieut Lamb | Williams
Aug 1777 | 6 days | Lieut Lamb | Robinson
June 23, 1779 | 2 Mos. | Thos. Sawyer |  [check mark]
Sept 12, 1781 | 2 Mos. | Hutchins | Fletcher

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stamford, Bennington Co, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Jan 2, 1833 - al.
Residence at date of application, Owego, Tioga Co., NY.
Age at date of application, b. June 10, 1756 at "Great Nine Partners” Dutchess Co. N.Y.
Remarks: It is not stated whether he was married.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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