Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15186, for Amos Ives, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

Ives, Amos

NUMBER
S.15186

Carded

CONTENTS
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New York 20.001
___
Amos Ives  20001
of Herkimer the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain ___ of the Regiment commanded
by Col. Ward in the Connecticut
line for 18 mos. & 15 days
___
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
___
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July
1833 and sent to H. Nolton, Fairfield
___
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $123.32
an allowance ending 4 Sep '33    $30.83
$154.15

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by G. C. Stel?e? , Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3, Page 22


Dec'd (deceased)
Paid at the Treasury under the
acts of April 6th 1838 and 
August 23rd 1842 from 4th September
1840 to the 14th March 1841
Agent notified November 25th 1842
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GIDEON. PRINTER
---
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 12th, 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 ," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension 
agents, The children of Amos Ives, dec'd,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York
Agency, at the rate of sixty one Dollars
and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1840, to the 14th March 1841. 

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commission of Pension, Present.
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In the matter of the
application of Amos
sue for a pension
under the act of
Congress passed
June 7
1833
_____

Declaration proof
& amendments

Adm'd
18 mo. 15 days pri
$61.66
Hiram Nolton
Herkimer Co.
N. Y.
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State of New York
County of Herkimer ss: 

On this Seventeenth day of
October in the Year one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty two personally appeared before me Sherman
Wooster one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of the County of Herkimer the same Court being a
Court of record having by Law a seal and Clerk.
Amos Ives a resident of the Town of Salisbury in the
said County of Herkimer in said State aged
Eighty three years and upwards 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 he Entered the service of the United States under
 the following named Officers and served as herein
stated &c. (etc.)

(Crossed out writing) [That he was born in Wallingford Connecticut on Eleven of August 1749. And] 

In the year 1776 he the said Amos Ives
resided at Wallingford in the County of New Haven, in the
State of Connecticut and about the first of January 1776 he
enlisted as a volunteer at Wallingford aforesaid into Capt.
Isaac Cook's Company in Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment in
the State service for two months and he was marched under the
command of Capt. Cook to New York and laid there a few
days and from thence he passed over to Brooklin (Brooklyn) on Long Island
and was stationed at Brooklin (Brooklyn) aforesaid and employed in
building a Fort nearly opposite Governor's Island and continued
to work at building said Fort under the command of Capt. Cook
until his term of two months had expired and that he served
as above stated under the command of Capt. Cook two months
and was then discharged about the first of March 1776 but took no
certificate of discharge in writing. The names of the Officers under
whom he served were Capt. Cook, Lieut. Berry:, Ensign James Peck,
Col. Andrew Ward -

In the forepart of May 1776 he the
said Amos Ives enlisted as a volunteer at Wallingford
aforesaid into Capt. Jehiel Meigs Company in
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Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment in the State service for
one Year and he was marched under the command
of Capt. Meigs to New York and staid there a short
time and from thence he passed up North River to Fort
Lee nearly opposite Fort Washington and was stationed
at the Ferry near Fort Lee under the command of Capt.
Meigs and employed with several hands in sinking
a Cheaux defrise ( chevaux de frise) in the North River and after
remaining some time at Fort Lee he was marched under the
command of Capt. Meigs to Kingsbridge and from
thence to Valentine's Hill near Fort Independence and
was stationed at Valentine's Hill a month or two and
frequently sent out in small scouting parties and from
thence he was marched by Land to White Plains and
continued there till in the fall and from thence he was
marched under the command of Capt. Meigs to
Tappan and there Capt. Meigs died and from thence he
was marched with his company through New Jersey and went to Solebury
on Delaware River opposite Trenton and from Solebury
he passed over the river to Trenton and was engaged in the
exploits under Gen. Washington of taking the Hessian Troops
amounting to 800 or 900 as was said as prisoners of war on
Christmas night and from thence he was marched with the Army day and
night until he reached Princeton and he was engaged in
the battle at Princeton and afterwards he was marched
to Morristown and from thence he was sent with Col.
Ward's Regiment to Sampton (Samptown) and stationed there to guard
the Lines through the winter and in the Spring he
was sent to Springfield and inoculated with the Small
Pox and continued at Springfield until his year for which
he had enlisted had expired and he served one year as above
stated and was discharged from the service in the forepart of
May 1777 but received no certificate of discharge in writing
From December 1776 he served as orderly Sergeant
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The officers under whom served were Capt.
Meigs until his death, Lieut. Samuel Baker & Lieut. James
Peck, Ensign Gaylord, Maj. Isaac Cook, Adjutant Williams,
Col. Andrew Ward - He saw Gen Washington, Gen.
Lee who was taken prisoner in the winter, Gen. Sullivan who
suc'dceed (succeeded) Lee in command; Gen. Stevens and other officers-
-
About the first of October 1777 he the
said Amos Ives was drafted at Wallingford aforesaid
into Capt. Blakes Company in Col. Thadeus Cook's
Regiment in the State service for two months and was
marched directly to Stillwater in the State of New York
and he was engaged in the battle at the Capture of
Gen. Burgoyne & his army and afterwards he was
employed in removing baggage to Albany and was
subsequently marched to Behmis (Bemis) Heights and stationed
there for a short time and then he was discharged about
the first of December 1777 after he had served two months
as above stated but he received no certificate of discharge
in writing. The officers under whom he served were
Capt. Blake, Lieut. Hart, Ensign Turrel; Major Gay,
Col. Thadeus Cook -

About the first of July 1781 he the
said Amos Ives was drafted at Wallingford aforesaid
into Capt. Amos Hotchkiss' Company in Col. Richards'
Regiment in the State services (for two months) and was
marched to New London & passed over to Groton and
stationed at Winthrop's Point and employed in building
Fort Griswold and from thence he was marched to
Packatunnick (aka Pattaconk) and engaged in cutting gabions & faschines and
from thence he was marched to Mohegan ----
and he served under the Command of Capt. Hotchkiss
as above stated two months and a half and was discharged
about the middle of September 1781 but took no certificate
of discharge in writing. The officers under whom he served
were Capt. Hotchkiss, Lieut. Hackley, Ensign Hopson, Col. Richards &
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He the said Amos Ives was born at Wallingford
in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut
on the 11th August 1749 and there is a record of his age in
said Town of Wallingford unless the same is lost or destroyed -

And he the said Amos Ives resided in Wallingford
aforesaid, before and during the war of the Revolution
and in a few years after the Revolutionary war he
removed over Town of Salisbury in the County
of Herkimer & State of New York and has resided
in said Town thirty Eight or thirty nine years now
last past. - He was living at Wallingford aforesaid when
he was called into the service in the war of the Revolution-

He the said Amos Ives further states that
Atwater Cook of Salisbury aforesaid whose affidavit is hereto annexed
recollects of seeing him in the service in New York 1776 but he
the said Amos Ives knows of no other person living whose testimony
he can procure to prove his Revolutionary services but he
believes that Atwater Cook & Moses Dewitt -
of the Town of Salisbury in the County of Herkimer aforesaid
his neighbors, will testify that he is reputed and
believed to be a revolutionary soldier and that he is a
person who sustains a fair character for truth and veracity -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or 
Annuity except the present and declares his name is not on
the pension roll of the Agency of any State.

Amos Ives

Sworn to and subscribed
this Seventeenth day of
October 1832
before me
Sherman Wooster
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Mr. Atwater Cook - residing in the town of Salisbury
in the County of Herkimer in the State of New York and
Moses Dewitt - residing in the same place do
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos
Ives who has subscribed and sworn to the above annexed
declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty three
years of age; that he is reputed and likened in the neighborhood 
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion-

Moses De Witt
Atwater Cook

Sworn to and subscribed
this 17 day of October
1832 before me

Sherman Wooster

State of New York
County of Herkimer: On this 17 day of October
in the year 1832 personally appeared before me Sherman
Wooster a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said
County of Herkimer, Amos Ives of the Town of Salisbury in
said County of Herkimer and made oath to and subscribed
the foregoing declaration for a pension under the Act of Congress
passed June 7, 1832 and I do hereby declare my 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 I do further certify that the
said applicant is unable to attend Court by reason of
bodily infirmity - And I do further certify that I am
acquainted with Atwater Cook a resident of the
Town of Salisbury in said County of Herkimer who
has signed the preceding certificate and also with Moses
Dewitt - who (is a resident of the same place) has
signed the same & is a resident of the said Town of Salisbury
in said County of Herkimer and that they are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to full credit and
belief-

Sherman Wooster
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Clerks office
County of Herkimer ss:,  I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Herkimer
do hereby certify that the Hon. Sherman Wooster
before whom the foregoing proceedings in the
matter of the application of Amos Ives or a
pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7
1832 purport to have been had was at the date thereof
a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas of said
County of Herkimer duly commissioned and
qualified according to Law and that I am acquainted
 with his hand writing and that his signature of
"Sherman Wooster" to said proceedings is his proper
hand writing and signature - In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and
Seal of said office of Clerk this 20th
day of October in the year 1832
Julius C Nelson Clerk


In the matter after
application of Amos
Ives for a pension with 
the Act of Congress
passed June 7, 1832

Declaration 
Proofs
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Mr. Atwater Cook - residing in the town of Salisbury
in the County of Herkimer in the State of New York and
Moses Dewitt - residing in the same place do
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos
Ives who has subscribed and sworn to the above annexed
declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty three
years of age; that he is reputed and likened in the neighborhood 
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion-

Moses De Witt
Atwater Cook

Sworn to and subscribed
this 17 day of October
1832 before me

Sherman Wooster

State of New York
County of Herkimer: On this 17 day of October
in the year 1832 personally appeared before me Sherman
Wooster a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said
County of Herkimer, Amos Ives of the Town of Salisbury in
said County of Herkimer and made oath to and subscribed
the foregoing declaration for a pension under the Act of Congress
passed June 7, 1832 and I do hereby declare my 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 I do further certify that the
said applicant is unable to attend Court by reason of
bodily infirmity. And I do further certify that I am
acquainted with Atwater Cook a resident of the
Town of Salisbury in said County of Herkimer who
has signed the preceding certificate and also with Moses
Dewitt - who (is a resident of the same place) has
signed the same is a resident of the said Town of Salisbury
in said County of Herkimer and that they are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to full credit and
belief-

Sherman Wooster
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He the said Amos Ives was born at Wallingford
in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut
on the 11th August 1749 and there is a record of his age in
said Town of Wallingford unless the same is lost or destroyed
And he the said Amos Ives resided in Wallingford
aforesaid, before and during the war of the Revolution
and in a few years after the Revolutionary war he
removed & to Town of Salisbury in the County
of Herkimer & State of New York and has resided
in said Town thirty Eight or thirty nine years now
last past. - He was living at Wallingford aforesaid when
he was called into the service in the war of the Revolution-

He the said Amos Ives further states that
Atwater Cook of Salisbury aforesaid whose affidavit is hereto annexed
recollects of seeing him in the service in New York 1776 but he
the said Amos Ives knows of no other person living whose testimony
he can procure to prove his Revolutionary services but he
believes that Aerate Cook & Moses Dewit
of the Town of Salisbury in the County of Herkimer aforesaid
his neighbors, will testify that he is reputed and
believed to be a revolutionary soldier and that he is a
person who sustains a fair character for truth and veracity.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or 
Annuity except the present and declares his name is not on
the pension roll of the Agency of any State.

Amos Ives

Sworn to and subscribed
this Seventeenth day of
October 1832
before me
Sherman Wooster
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The officers under whom served were Capt.
Meigs until his death, Lieut. Samuel Baker & Lieut. James
Peck, Ensign Gaylord, Maj. Isaac Cook, Adjutant Williams,
Col. Andrew Ward - He saw Gen Washington, Gen.
Lee who was taken prisoner in the winter, Gen. Sullivan who
succeed Lee in command; Gen. Stevens and other officers-
-
About the first of October 1777 he the
said Amos Ives was drafted at Wallingford aforesaid
into Capt. Blakes Company in Col. Thadeus Cook's
Regiment in the State service for two months and was
marched directly to Stillwater in the State of New York
and he was engaged in the battle at the Capture of
Gen. Burgoyne & his army and afterwards he was
employed in removing baggage to Albany and was
subsequently marched to Behmis (Bemis) Heights and stationed
there for a short time and then he was discharged about
the first of December 1777 after he had served two months
as above stated but he received no certificate of discharge
in writing. The officers under whom he served were
Capt. Blake, Lieut. Hart, Ensign Turrel; Major Gay,
Col. Thadeus Cook -

About the first of July 1781 he the
said Amos Ives was drafted at Wallingford aforesaid
into Capt. Amos Hotchkiss' Company in Col. Richards'
Regiment in the State service (for two months) and was
marched to New London & passed over to Groton and
stationed at Winthrop's Point and employed in building
Fort Griswold and from thence he was marched to
Packatunnick (aka Pattaconk) and engaged in cutting gabions & faschines and
from thence he was marched to Mohegan ----
and he served under the Command of Capt. Hotchkiss
as above stated two months and a half and was discharged
about the middle of September 1781 but took no certificate
of discharge in writing. The officers under whom he served
were Capt. Hotchkiss, Lieut. Hackley, Ensign Hopson, Col. Richards &
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Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment in the State service for
one Year and he was marched under the command
of Capt. Meigs to New York and staid there a short
time and from thence he passed up North River to Fort
Lee nearly opposite Fort Washington and was stationed
at the Ferry near Fort Lee under the command of Capt.
Meigs and employed with several hands in sinking
a Cheaux defrise in the North River and after
remaining some time at Fort Lee he was marched under the
command of Capt. Meigs to Kingsbridge and from
thence to Valentine's Hill near Fort Independence and
was stationed at Valentine's Hill a month or two and
frequently sent out in small scouting parties and from
thence he was marched by Land to White Plains and
continued there till in the fall and from thence he was
marched under the command of Capt. Meigs to
Tappan and there Capt. Meigs died and from thence he
was marched with his company through New Jersey and went to Salisbury
on Delaware River opposite Trenton and from Salisbury
he passed over the river to Trenton and was engaged in the
exploits under Gen. Washington of taking the Hessian Troops
amounting to 800 or 900 as was said as prisoners of war on
Christmas night and from thence he was marched with the Army day and
night until he reached Princeton and he was engaged in
the battle at Princeton and afterwards he was marched
to Morristown and from thence he was sent with Col.
Ward's Regiment to Sampton and stationed there to guard
the Lines through the winter and in the Spring he
was sent to Springfield and inoculated with the Small
Pox and continued at Springfield until his year for which
he had enlisted had expired and he served one year as above
stated and was discharged from the service in the forepart of
May 1777 but received no certificate of discharge in writing
From December 1776 he served as orderly Sergeant
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Herkimer County ss, 

Atwater Cook of Salisbury in said
County being duly sworn doth
depose and say that he is well
acquainted with Amos Ives of
the said town of Salisbury who has
Signed and sworn to the annexed
declaration and has been acquainted
with him for Sixty years, and says he
saw the said Amos Ives in the service
of the United States in the month of January 1776 in Capt. Isaac Cooks Company
in the two months service in the
Connecticut troops stationed at New York
a part of the time and then marched to 
and was stationed Brookline. 

Atwater Cook

Sworn and subscribed
before me a Judge of Herkimer
County Court - 
Sherman Wooster
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In the matter of the
application of Amos
Ives for a pension under
 the Act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832

Declaration
proofs
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State of New York
County of Herkimer ss:

Atwater Cook of the
Town of Salisbury in said County being
duly sworn according to law doth depose
and say that he this deponent is aged Seventy
four years and upwards and this deponent
further saith that he was a soldier of the
Revolution and this deponent further saith
that he is well acquainted with Amos Ives
of the said Town of Salisbury in said County
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration hereunto annexed and this deponent
has been acquainted with the said Amos
Ives for sixty years now last past and this deponent
saith that he saw the said Amos Ives in
the service of the United States in the war of the
Revolution in the month of January 1776 in
Capt. Isaac Cooks Company in the two
months service mentioned by the said Amos
Ives in his said declaration the same being read to
me and in the Connecticut troops stationed
at New York a part of the time and then marched
to & was stationed at Brooklin-- Col. Ward
commanded the Regiment to which Capt.
Cook's company was attached &
further saith not-- 
Atwater Cook

Subscribed & sworn to
this 6th day of June
1833 before me

Hiram Nolton Justice of the
Peace of Herkimer County

State of New York
County of Herkimer ss:  I Hiram Nolton a Justice
of the Peace in for the County aforesaid do
hereby certify that Atwater Cook above named subscribed
and made oath to the foregoing affidavit according
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& Saw before me the said Justice the 6th day
of June 1833 & I do further certify that I am
well acquainted with the said Atwater Cook
and that he sustains a high character for truth
and veracity and that his statement is entitled
to full credit and belief - In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of
June 1833-
Hiram Norton Justice Peace
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State of New York
Clerks office

County of Herkimer ss:   I Julius C. Nelson Clerk
of the County of Herkimer aforesaid & of the Court
of Common Pleas in Herkimer County do hereby
certify that the Hon. Sherman Wooster before whom
the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the
application of Amos Ives for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 purport
to have been had was at the date thereof a Judge
of the said Court of Common Pleas of said County
of Herkimer duly commissioned & qualified
according to Law & that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and that his name-
"Sherman Wooster" subscribed to said proceedings
is his proper hand writing & signature and
do further certify that Hiram Nolton before
whom the affidavit of Atwater Cook hereunto
annexed purports to have been sworn was at
the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in for
said County of Herkimer duly qualified
according to Law and that I am well
acquainted with the handwriting of the said
Hiram Nolton and do believe that his
name " Hiram Nolton subscribed to the
said affidavit of Atwater Cook is his proper
handwriting & signature - In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand &
Seal of said office of Clerk this
Seventh day of June 1833
Julius C Nelson, Clerk
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In the matter of the
application of Amos
Ives for a pension
under the act of
Congress passed June 7
1833 -
____
Declaration proofs
& amendments
____
Adm'd
18 mos. 15 days pre
____
$61.66
____

Hiram Nolton
Fairfield
Herkimer Co.
N.Y.
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16176
Amos Ives
N. Y.
Herkimer Co. N.Y
Roma
Adm'd
Amendments

Hiram Nolton
Fairfield, Herk. Co
N. York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 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 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, showing the service of 
Amos Ives County of Herkimer of N. York

Period when the service was rendered:
Jan 7 1776
enlisted
Duration of the claimant's service:
2 months
Rank of the claimant:
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:
Capt. Cook
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers:
Col. Ward
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Country through which he marched:
New York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:
Wallingford, County of New Haven, Connecticut
Evidence by which the declaration is supported:
Questioning & living witnesses
___
Period when the service was rendered:
May 1776
enlisted
Duration of the claimant's service:
1 month
Rank of the claimant:
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:
Meigs & Lt. Blake
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers:
Col. Ward
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Princeton
Country through which he marched:
Long Island, Ft. Lee, N. Jersey
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:
Wallingford, County of New Haven, Connecticut
Evidence by which the declaration is supported:
Questioning & living witnesses
___

Period when the service was rendered:
Oct. 1777
enlisted
Duration of the claimant's service:
2 months
Rank of the claimant:
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:
Blake
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers:
Cook
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Trenton in taking the Hessians
Country through which he marched:
Stillwater
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:
Wallingford, County of New Haven, Connecticut
Evidence by which the declaration is supported:
Questioning & living witnesses
___

Period when the service was rendered:
July 1781
enlisted
Duration of the claimant's service:
2 months, 15 days
Rank of the claimant:
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:
Hotchkiss
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers:
Richards
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Stillwater
Country through which he marched:
New London
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:
Wallingford, County of New Haven, Connecticut
Evidence by which the declaration is supported:
Questioning & Living witnesses
___

Aged 83 years

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servants
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, claiming
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.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territory, or District of}
County of                            } ss. 

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 provion (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
anthem 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 enered (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. (etc.)]

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.
     [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 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.

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
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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.
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?
6. {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 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.

(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 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:
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 grade: 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, 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; all term of engagement; 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 in 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 have 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 either 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, aswe3lius the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths much 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 notice from [a] to [c] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof require by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k[ This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] Of a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Copy of history
by J. P.

January 17, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF:MLB 

Mr. Charles S. Ives               
Hannibal, New York

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1586, that Amos Ives was born
August 11, 1749 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

While a resident of Wallingford, Connecticut, he enlisted
January 1, 1776 and served two months as private in Captain Isaac
Cook's company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut regiment, then
enlisted in May, 1776, served one year as private and orderly
sergeant in Captain Jehiel Meigs' company, Colonel Andrew Ward's
Connecticut regiment and was in the battles of Trenton and
Princeton. He enlisted October 1, 1777, served two months as
private in Captain Blake's company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's
Connecticut regiment and was in the battle at the capture of Burgoyne.
He enlisted July 1, 1781 and served two and one-half months in
Captain Amos Hotchkiss' company, Colonel Richards' Connecticut
regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 17,
1832, while a resident of Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York.

He died March 14, 1841, leaving children, their names and the
name of his wife not stated.

In order to obtain the names of persons to whom the last payment
of pension was made and possibly the names of the children of this
soldier, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General,
Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C.,
citing the following data: Amos Ives, Certificate No. 20001,
issued July 27, 1833, rate $61.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831,
Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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193 Dakota Ave.
Columbus, Ohio.

Jan. 11, 1927.

Dear Sir:  -
The Norway Tiding of
 Norway, N. Y. in a historical
 sketch of the Ives family gives 
the name of Amos Ives,
of Salisbury or Norway, N.Y. -
& after the Revolution an
 immigrator from Wallingford, 
Conn - as a Revolutionary
 Soldier & Pensioner. 

Will you kindly affirm or
 deny this, if you can do
 so from your records. 
Amos Ives was born at
 Wallingford, Conn - May 1, 1750
& died at Salisbury, N. Y., in 1841. 
Thanking you, I am, 
Yours truly, 
(Rev) Francis Ives Woolett
N.Y. in 1841
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section

March 2, 1927

Rev. Francis I. Woollett
193 Dakota Ave.
Columbus, Ohio

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim S. 15186 it appears that Amos
Ives was born August 11, 1749 in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Connecticut.

While a resident of Wallingford, Connecticut he enlisted
January 1, 1776 and served two months as private in 
Captain Isaac Cook's Company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut
Regiment, then enlisted in May 1776, served one year as private
and Orderly Sergeant in Captain Jehiel Meigs' Company,
Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut Regiment and was in the
battles of Trenton and Princeton.

He enlisted October 1, 1777, served two months as private
in Captain Blake's Company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's Connecticut
Regiment and was in the battle at the capture of Burgoyne.
.
He enlisted July 1, 1781 and served two and one half
months in Captain Amos Hotchkiss' Company, Colonel Richards'
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Connecticut Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 17, 1833 while a resident of Salisbury, Herkimer
County, New York. He died March 14, 1841 leaving children,
their names and the name of his wife not stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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'---Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.

Amos Ives, L. F. 15186

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Jan'y 1, 1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 mos. 
RANK,
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Isaac Cook
COLONEL.
Andrew Ward
STATE.
Conn.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
May 1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
1 year
RANK,
Pvt. & Orderly Sgt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Jehiel Meigs
COLONEL.
Andrew Ward
STATE.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Oct. 1, 1777

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 mos. 

RANK,

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Blake

COLONEL.
Thaddeus Cook

STATE.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
July 1, 1781

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
 2 1/2 mos. 

RANK,

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Amos Hotchkiss
COLONEL.

STATE.

Battles engaged in, Trenton, Princeton, and the battle at capture of Burgoyne.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wallingford,  New Haven Co., Conn.

Date of application for pension, Oct. 17, 1832 His Claim allowed. 

Residence at date of application, Salisbury, Herkimer Co., N.Y. 

Age at date of application, born at Wallingford Conn, Aug. 11, 1749
NAME

Remarks: Children were living in 1841 but no names are Stated nor is there further data as to family - He died March 14, 1841 {leaving.}

Very respectfully,

Commissioner,

Form#'793b5in10-07
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CHARLES S. IVES
PHARMACIST
HANNIBAL, N. Y.

12/26/30
Messrs.
Interior Dept.
The Revolutinary & 1812
War Section - 

I would like to join
the S.A.R. & would like the proof (official).
I was born Oct. 14 -1869 - Norway, NY - My  father Amos Ives was born Salisbury, N.Y. March 9, 1812. My grand father's name was Simeon Ives from Wallingford, CT & great grand fathers name was Amos Ives, born in Wallingford, CT born Aug. 11, 1749. I do not have at present the date of birth of my grand father Simeon Ives.  My great grandfather served in the Revolution - as I understand it.
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CHARLES S. IVES
PHARMACIST
HANNIBAL, N. Y.

all I have to prove in that Simeon
Is a son of a pensioner - I enclose stamp
for a reply - of any further expense
kindly inform me. 

Yours truly
CHARLES S. IVES
PHARMACIST
HANNIBAL, N. Y.
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Buffalo, N.Y.
June 2, 1911

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir.

Will you please send to the following address
a statement of the military service of Amos
Ives, who was a pensioner of Herkimer
Co. N.Y. residing in Salisbury in 1840. His service
was with the Connecticut forces in the Revolution
A son Anson was a pensioner of 1812. He
died about 1841 - 12- Amos.  Would like
whatever family data appears upon his
application. A daughter Ruthen married my
grandfather Stebbins, but we have not his
wifes' name

(Miss) H. Ruth Stebbins
38 School St.
Buffalo
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C. H. Willcox
A J. Ives
W. P. Willcox
Willcox, Ives & Co.
COTTON FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS
No. 128 Bay Street, East.
Savannah, Ga.  Jan 24, 1903
Morning News Litho, Savannah, GA  

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear sir:

I wish to ascertain from your Department the record of Amos
Ives, who was a private in the Connecticut Continentals, and who was
placed on the Pension Roll, July 27th, 1833,
I would be glad for you to give me all the information possible with
reference to this party. He was my great grand-father,
Your attention will be appreciated.
Yours truly
A.J. Ives

Stamps:
U.S.P.B.
Office of the Navy
Jan. 31 1903
Files

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
D. 
JAN, 26, 1903
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Feby 2. -1903
A.J. Ives, Savannah Ga
---
1911 June 9 Hist. to Miss H.
Ruth Stebbins S.L.M.
1927 March - Hist to Rev.
Francis J. Woollett [illegible]
---
1931, Jan. 17 Hist to Mr.
Chas S. Ives.  M.C.S.

15186
INVALID
___

File No.
15.186
INVALID.
25.186
Amos Ives
Priv. Rev. war
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]