Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2034, Mordecai Amos, Md.
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SERVICE
Md

Amos, Mordecai

NUMBER                                     
S 2034  
                                                                                            carded
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See cir. Tra    Oct 14th - '35
To O. Pittsburgh from 4th
Sept. 1835 - Oct. 15 1835 
[crossed out - let 23rd Feb 1837
Hon. D. Kilgore]
Order to pay 4 April 1838
[crossed out - let 27 Oct 38 to pension
let. 20 Aug '42 Hon. J. Hastings]
Date of [illegible] not on A.B.
O Pittsbg 3389
[crossed out - Maryland]
Mordecai Amos
of Harford in the State of Md.
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Amos of the Regt commanded
by Col: Comas in the Maryland
line for 2 years from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Decr 32 and sent to M[illegible] 32
Gott, Subs Office

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                     120
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33       40
                                                               $160
                                         {Revolutionary Claim,
                                          Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D   Vol. 7    Page 26
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Application of
Mordecai Amos
for a Pension
under the Act of 1832
of Harford County
Maryland
Adm
$80 per an

M Gott
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Declaration of Mordecai Amos of Harford
County in the State of Maryland, a Revolutionary
Officer to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832
State of Maryland
Harford County [illegible]
In the Orphans Court of Harford County
On this 25th day of September 1832 appears before the Judges of the Orphans Court of Harford County in Open Court now sitting.  Mordecai Amos a resident of Harford County in the State of Maryland aged seventy nine years who being duly sworn according to law does 
on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832
That in the month of September or October
1777 he entered the company of Captain
Thomas Hutchins as Second Lieutenant in said
Company attached to the 8th Battalion of Maryland Militia and that he volunteered
with the said company as one of its officers their services to the United States, and were accepted by the United States and ordered to march to the
shores of the Chesapeake Bay, where the enemy then was, to guard and defend the same, and did so march and serve as ordered and was employed in the same for the space of three months and upwards until the enemy had changed his position and that in the spring of 1778 he served another three months with some
drafted militia commanded by Captain Benjamin
Amos of whose Company he was the Second
Lieutenant by draft, attached to the Regiment of
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of Maryland Militia Commanded by Colonel James
Comas which he thinks was called the 40th Regiment but of this he is not certain, which Regiment or Detachment after the draft and after they had been marched to the Head of Elk River in Cecil County Maryland was commanded by Colonel Hollingsworth also of the Maryland Militia.
That he was stationed some time at Elkton and afterwards marched to Amboy and other places, and was at times very near the enemy but that he never was in any actual engagement, tho [though]
he suffered much from the various fatigues and privation to which himself and Company were subjected.  He knew personally the officers before named and also Rumsey and Colonel Cowan.
That the part of a printed commission which he now shews [shows], (attached to this his application) is the remaining fragment of the Commission under which he acted as Second Lieutenant as aforesaid, and that he has no other 
other documentary evidence of his services whatever.
He states that he never did receive any written discharge, but that he served the full terms for which he engaged which together amounts to upwards of six months and was honourably tho' [though] verbally discharged. He knows of no person but John Heape who is now living that can testify to his services.
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 and subscribed the day and 
year aforesaid before us
Thomas A Hays
Saml Bradford 
And now at the same time appears John Heape
Mordecai Amos
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in open Court as aforesaid and being duly sworn
on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God Deposeth and saith that he served in the Companies of Captain Thomas Hutchins and Captain Benjamin Amos of the Maryland Militia for the space of Six Months and upwards in the fall of 1777 and the spring of 1778 in the service of the United States
and that Mordecai Amos who has subscribed and sworn to the above and aforegoing
declaration was the second Lieutenant in
both of the said companies and served fully six months, and that all the facts stated in the Oath and declaration of the said Mordecai Amos relating to his service during the above
period, in the Revolutionary War are true as in the said declaration upon oath stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid
Thomas A. Hays
Saml [Samuel] Bradford
John Heape
Interrogatories propounded by the Court to
Mordecai Amos a Revolutionary
Officer and him on oath answered.
1st Interrogatory   Where and in what year were you born?
Answer   In Harford County then called Baltimore County in the year 1753.
2nd   Have you any record of your age, and if so
where is it?
Answer   I have none.
3rd   Where were you living when called into service  
Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
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4th Interrogatory   How were you called into service
Were you drafted. Did you volunteer; or were
you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer   For the first term of service, I volunteered with the rest of the officers and soldiers of Captain Hutchins Company, and for the second term of service I was drafted, as all the officers of the regiment was not necessary, we had to draw who show [shall] go and who remain at home and I was drafted
5th Interrogatory   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 service
Answer.   My memory has much failed as to the names of officers and particularly of the regular army.  I belonged to the Militia and did not associate much with them.
I remember General Smallwood, and also
Major Rogers. I knew Colonel Hollingsworth
who commanded us in Elkton, also Colonel James McComas who commanded us in Hanford and marched us to Cecil.  I think I also knew a Colonel Richardson, but of this I am not certain. I think ours was the 40th Regiment, our service consisted in watching the enemy and preventing their incursions in the Country, and were marched to [Perth?] Amboy and various other
points, and were sometimes very near the enemy.
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[crossed out - illegible Baltimore County]
Answer   In Harford County state of Maryland, where I have resided ever since, and still reside.
6th   Did you ever receive a commission and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it.
Answer   I did receive a commission from the Governor State of Maryland as second Lieutenant in a Company of Militia in Harford County commanded by Captain Thomas Hutchins.  I received the commission in 1777 and supposed it was signed by the Governor. The remains of that Commission is now attached to this my application for a pension the [crossed out - remaining] other part of the Commission is
lost.
7th   State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your service as an officer of the Revolution.
Answer   I could name many respectable persons in my neighbourhood to whom I am known and who would I believe afford the testimony inquired of in the above interrogatory, But I name the Reverend James Sewell who is the officiating minister of the religious meeting
which I attend, and Colonel Israel D. Maulsby who now commands the 40th Regiment of MM [Maryland?] in whose Regimental District I live, and who is now the Commanding Officer of the Regiment to which my Company formerly belonged as gentlemen who can and will give the necessary evidence as to my veracity and reputed revolutionary services.
Mordecai Amos
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
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above named applicant was a revolutionary Officer and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Reverend James Sewell who has signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate is a Clergyman residing in Harford County, and that Colonel Israel D Maulsby who has also signed the same
is also a resident of Harford County, and that
John Heape who bears testimony to the services of the said Mordecai Amos in the Revolutionary War and whose affidavit is among the proceedings is also a resident of Harford County and that they are all credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thomas A Hays
Saml Bradford
I Thomas L Bond Register of Wills for Harford County and Ex Officio Clerk to the Orphans
Court of Harford County Do hereby certify That the Honorable Thomas A Hays & Samuel Bradford who have signed the above and aforegoing proceedings are two of the Justices of the Orphans Court of Harford County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mordicai Amos for a pension
In Testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 25th day of September 1832
Thos L Bond R W [Register of Wills]
H Cy [Harford Co.]
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I Certify that I am well acquainted with
Thomas A Hays and Samuel Bradford
that they are judges of this Orphans Court of
Harford County of high respectability, and statements entitled to full credit
John Robb
Dec. 20, 1832
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County to wit
On this Tenth day of October 1835 before me the
Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County
residing in the City personally appeared Mordecai Amos who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Amos in the Regiment commanded by Colonel McComas, in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Maryland from whence he intends to remove, that he intends to reside in Harrison County
State of Ohio, where he intends to remain and wishing his Pension to be there payable in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Ohio are that some of his children reside there and that he will be able to live more comfortably there.
Sworn and subscribed to, before
me the day and year aforesaid
Ch A Williamson  J. P.
Baltimore County, to wit
On this Tenth day of October 1835 before me the
Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for Baltimore County residing in this City personally appeared John Creagh who makes oath that he is acquainted with Mordecai
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Amos and that he knows him to be no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted and that he well knows the said Mordecai Amos who has taken the within oath
Sworn and subscribed
before me the day and year aforesaid
John Creagh
Ch A Williamson J. P.
I certify that John Creagh who has taken the above Oath is a person in whom the most implicit confidence may be placed and that full faith is to be given to his oath
Ch A Williamson JP.
State of Maryland Baltimore County to wit:
I, Thomas Kell, Clerk of the County Court of
Baltimore County, Certify that Charles A Williamson is one of the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in and for Baltimore County residing in the City, duly commissioned and sworn; and that the aforegoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have here unto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and thirty five
Thos Kell Clerk
Balto Co [tytest?]
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State of Maryland
County of Harford S.S.
Know all men by these presents, that I William
Amos the only son of Mordecai Amos who was a
revolutionary pensioner do hereby constitute, name and appoint H. C. Spalding, my true sole and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to
prosecute my claim for a revolutionary pension or for arrears of Pension, or for increase of pension, and to examine all papers on file at the Pension office or else where in reference thereto, to file additional evidence and arguments, and to do any and all other things necessary to be done for the purpose of establishing the same, and to receive the certificate when offered for me, and I hereby delegate to my said attorney as full and ample powers in the premises as I myself could
exercise, were I personally present. And further
I hereby formally cancel, annul & revoke any and
all powers by me given heretofore to any and all
persons whomsoever, and I hereby declare and intend that this power shall be irrevocable.
Witness my hand and seal, this twenty second
day of Feby 1853-
Wm Amos (seal)
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State of Maryland County of Harford
on this 22d day of February 1853 personally appeared before me William Amos to me well known, & acknowledged by the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed and I certify, that the said William Amos is the Identical person who has executed the same
Wm. Jordan J.P.
STATE OF MARYLAND, SS.
I, A. LINGAN JARRETT, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County, the same being a Court of law and record, hereby certify that William Jordan
Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing acknowledgment was made and who have certified the taking of the same, were, at the time of so doing, Justices of the Peace of the said State in and for Harford County, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court, at Bel Air, this 22nd day of February A. D. 1853.
A.L. Jarrett [illegible]
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October 16, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. William Clay Endicott
300 South Elmarch Avenue
Cynthiana, Kentucky
MORDICAI AMOS
S. 2034
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Mordecai Amos, 2nd Lieutenant, from
Baltimore County (Harford County), Maryland, who had brothers- Ensign Nicholas, Captain Benjamin and 1"" Lieutenant Joshua Amos,
sons of William Amos, Jr., who served in the Colonial Wars of 1737 and as a member of the Committee of Observation in the Revolution and was an Episcopal clergyman, also of Thomas
Endicott and Thomas Current, or any other soldier with surname Current who served in the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Endicott or Thomas Current, under any spellings of the names.
In order to identify the record of any other soldier with surname Current in whom you are interested, should it be on file, his full name and as much as possible of the following data in
regard to him should be given: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
The record of only one Mordecai Amos was found and it is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2034, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Mordecai Amos was born in 1753, in that part of Baltimore County which was later Harford County, Maryland; the names of his parents are not given.
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While residing in said Harford County, Maryland, he entered the service in September or October, 1777, and served three months as 2nd lieutenant in Captain Thomas Hutchins' Company, 8th Battalion Maryland [crossed out - militia]  [added - "troops" next line], and was engaged in guarding the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. He also served three months in the spring of 1778
as 2nd lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Amos' company (relationship to soldier not shown), in Colonels James McComas' and Hollingsworth's
Maryland regiment.
Mordecai Amos was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Harford County, Maryland.
In 1836, the soldier moved from Harford County, Maryland, to Harrison County, Ohio, in order to be with some of his children who were living there, names of children not stated. In 1838, he
gave as his place of residence Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio.
Mordecai Amos died prior to August 18, 1842, and was survived by a widow, name not given, and one son, William Amos, who in 1853 made affidavit in Harford County, Maryland; it is not stated whether or not he resided there, nor whether he was survived by any daughters.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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1920. Feb. 11. Heistory to
Mrs. Vera Penn 
1922 Dec. 29. Heist. to Mrs. W. A.
Layton  AW
1923. Aug 8. Heist to Mrs.
Verner Roberts, Monticello
Ga. (see her letter in
Alexander Smith S16530
1934 Oct 16- Hist to Mrs. Wm
Clay Endicott - MLB.
1934 Nov. 27-- Ms. Wm Clay Endicott
advise no claim made by a widow of 
sol., also, how to obtain date of last payment
Rev War      2034.
INVALID.
File No. 2034
Mordecai Amos
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7.  1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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THE STATE
To Mordicai Amos of James [illegible] 
Be it known, that reposing especial trus [right side of page cut off]
conduct, and attachment to the liber
these present constituted and appointed Sec
Company in the Eighth Battation
You are therefore carefully and diligently to
all officers and soldiers under your command
quired to obey you as their Second Lie
And you are to observe and follow all such or
receive, according to the laws and constitut
which, under the authority thereof, are or
force until lawfully revoked.
GIVEN at ANNAPOLIS this Ninth
[stamped - THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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Mordecai Amos
Maryland
to
O Petersburg
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[illegible]
James Sewell a Clergyman residing in Harford County and Israel D Maulsby Colonel of the 4th
Regiment of M M hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mordicai Amos who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that Opinion
Harford County
25th Sept 1832
James Sewell
I D Maulsby
●
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[text is crossed out]
of the Orphans Court of the said Court
I hereby certify that the aforegoing contains 
the original proceedings of the said Court 
in the matter of the application of Mordicai
Amos for a pension
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in at Oct 14
J W Burdine
[stamped - BALTIMORE   OCT 13  MD

Mordecai Amos.  Wheeling - formerly Ohio
Pittsburgh - 7 June 1832 $80
To what time last paid
Pension Office
4 April 1838
[illegible] to the 4 Sep 1836
J H
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H. W. Evans
Oct. 15  '35
Mordecai Amos
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Union Bank of Maryland
Baltimore 15 Octr 1835
Sir
In answer to your letter of 14th inst asking information as to what time Mordecai Amos a private during the Revolutionary War, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum was last paid, I have to state that he has been paid up to the
4 September 1835 -
I am very respectfully
your obd [obedient] sert [servant]
Hon Hugh W Evans
Present Pension Agent
Ch A Williamson
To
J. L. . Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Hon D Kilgore
23 Feby  1837
G C
Indexed
Record  Vol 4 [illegible]  P 320
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War Dept. Pen Office
Feb 23d 1837
Sir
I herewith return the letters of P. G. Mcguire [and - crossed out] respecting the pension of Mordecai Amos, and have to state that he now receives $80 per annum the full amount to which he is entitled for his alleged services.
He alleges to have served two tours of three months each as a Lieutenant and has exhibited his Commission.
The rate of pension to which a Lieutenant is entitled for six months services is $80 per annum,
and $80 per annum is the rate of pension allowed as private for two years services.
In issuing Mr. Amos's certificate the word "private" was [inserted - crossed out] written
instead of "Lieutenant."  If he will return the [commission - crossed out] certificate to this office
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the proper connection will be made
Hon D Kilgore
23  Feby 1837
Indexed
Record Vol 4 [illegible]  P 320
Hon Daniel Kilgore
N. R
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Mr. Mordecai Amos
Octo 27, 1838
G. C.
Record 7  47  page 353
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War Dept.   Pen Office
Oct 27, 1838
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 17th inst respecting the amount of pension received by you, I have
to inform you that you now receive all that you
are entitled to for the service alleged in your
declaration which is six months as a Lieutenant.  In issuing your certificate you were designated therein by a mistake of the clerk who issued the certificate as a private instead of as a Lieutenant. You can have a new certificate issued if you wish it showing your rank as a Lieutenant upon transmitting the original certificate to this office.
Mr. Mordecai Amos
[illegible]
Harrison Co.
Ohio
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Union Bank of Maryland
Balt. [Baltimore]  1 October 1835
Sir.
I enclose the application of Mordecai Amos a Revolutionary Pensioner for the transfer of his pension to Harrison County Ohio.
Your early attention 
will oblige
Sir
Very respectfully
Yo Obs Sert [Your Obedient Servant]
Ch A Williamson
To.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Washington 28th Feby [February] 1853.
Honorable Jos E. Heath
Court of Pensions
Sir
I have the honor to be sent the accompanying power of attorney from William Amos, the only surviving son & the legal heir of Mordecai Amos, who was a Revolutionary officer or Soldier and drew pension. He resided in Harford County, in the State of Maryland. You will please allow me to examine the papers on file in his case.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. [obedient] Servt. [servant]
H. C. Spalding
Atty
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Hon. J. Hastings
20 Aug 1842
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Pen Office     319
Aug. 20. 1842
Sir
In reply to the enquiry [inquiry] in the case of this widow of Mordecai Amos decd [deceased], I have to inform you that I am unable to say whether she is entitled to a pension or not. It should be stated at what time she was married, before I can give the information desired. The letter of Mr Gordon to Mr Amos of the 25th July
1838 is herewith returned
Hon. John Hastings
H. R.
gc
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Aug 19, 1842
Ohio
Amos [illegible]arnon
Col. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Hon. Jn [John] Hastings
[illegible]
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H. A. R. Aug. 18 1842
Col. Edwards Sir
I will thank you for the information in the abstract of a letter below - from Mr. Harrison of Carroll Co. Ohio.  You will please to return me the enclosed from Mr. Gordon as referred to.
Very respectfully your obt [obedient] ser [servant]
JohnHastings

"You have a letter written by Mr Gordon of the
War Dept. to Mr. Amos, late of Harrison Co. Ohio, now deceased.
The widow Amos is poor, and wishes to know if she is entitled to a pension.  You will observe by the letter of Mr Gordon that Mordecai Amos, husband of the window, was an officer in the
Maryland State Troops and drew a pension during life. Is she not entitled to a pension as the widow of an officer in the state troop line?"
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A. 831
26 Oct 1838
Pension Office
JM at
JW Allison
Hon. J K Paulding
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.
[illegible] H. Roth 1838
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Harrison County Ohio
Rumley, Oct. 17, 1838
Dear Sir
 It is an admitted fact that when men arrive
at an advanced age, their different faculties fail them, which render them unfit for business, or incapable of taking care of themselves. Having reached 85 years, I think I may be numbered among this class of persons. The fact is, sir, among those who are at this time, receiving pensions from Government for services done during the Revolutionary struggle, and having been commissioned as first lieutenant, of course should be entitled to the amount set apart for officers of this grade. In conversation with a gentlemen the other day, he expressed great surprise when I told him I was receiving $80 per
annum, and informed me I had been wronged, or some misunderstanding existed, as I was entitled to much more by the act of Congress of 1818. Whether he is correct or not I cannot say; and deeming you the proper person to apply for information and justice [submit - crossed out] 
take this method of so doing. I have been receiving a pension since the year 1831, and as it is all the income I have, I find it inadequate to maintain myself and family in any kind of comfort whatever; and should I be entitled to
more, it may be the means of rendering one family at least comfortable and happy. By referring [at- crossed out] to the Pension office
you will find my commission, and by attending to this request, you will oblige 
Your obedient servant
Mordecai Amos
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Pension Agency
NORTH WESTERN BANK OF VIRGINIA
Wheeling, March 20 1838
Dear Sir
I enclose herewith for inspection vouchers of Jn [John] Lewis, an Invalid Pensioner, claiming from 4 March 1837 - those of Mordicai Amos pensioner Act June 32 claiming from 4 September 18[illegible]  and also those of Joseph
Sapp decd [deceased] claiming for six month & eleven days
and am
Yours very respectfully
A Woods
Pension agt
[illegible] J Stern Browne
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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THE MONTICELLO NEWS
Established 1881
Published Every Friday Morning
Penn Brothers, Editors
MONTICELLO, GEORGIA
[Note - Rev Sec  1 ed]
JANUARY 29, 1920.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
[Date Stamped - U S PENSION OFFICE
JAN 31 1920]
SIR:
WILL YOU ADVISE ME WHAT YOUR RECORDS SHOW REGARDING THE REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE OF MORDECAI AMOS, OF MARYLAND, AND CHARLES HARDMAN, [Note - none at all]
OF VIRGINIA
RESPECTFULLY,
Mrs. Vera Penn
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L. T. CAMPBELL COMMISSIONER
J. S. HARGETT COMMISSIONER
F. S. DYAR MAYOR
W. A. LAYTON, CITY MANAGER
CHAS. E. BANKER, CITY CLERK
The City of Salina
MEMBER OF KANSAS LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES
SALINA, KANSAS
December 1, 1922.
Commission of Pensions,
Department Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: -
Please send me a statement of the military history and all family data given in the pension applications of Mordecai Amos of Carroll County, Ohio and Mordecai Amos of Harrison County Ohio.
My grandfather, Lewis Amos was a son of Mordecai Amos and I wish to find data from these reports to identify my Rev. Ancestor.
[Note - 18210 Carroll]
Yours very truly,
Mrs. W.A. (Helen Amos) Layton
414 West Walnut
Salina
Kans
414 West Walnut,
Salina, Kansas
[Date Stamped - U S PENSION OFFICE 
DEC 4 1922]
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[Date Stamped - RECEIVED  Sep 29 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM. 
READER # 9]
Cynthiana, Ky.
300 So. Elmarch Ave.
Sept. 26, 1934.
Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D.C.
I am trying to locate the Rev. War record of Mordicai Amos, 2nd Lieut. appointed Nov. 1778. He was from Baltimore Co. (Hartford Co.) Maryland.
His brothers were Ensign Nicholas, Capt. Benjamin and Joshua, a 1st Lieut., sons of William Amos Jr., who served as Lieut., during Colonial Wars of 1737; member of Committee of
Observation, Rev. War and an Episcopal Clergyman.
Have you in your files a military record of Thomas Current, born about 1760 and came to Kentucky from the West shore of Maryland about 1794 or the records of any other Currents that served in the Revolution.
I am also seeking the record of Thomas Endicott born 1737, Burlington Co. N.J.  Son Moses [not requested] served with North Carolina troops and came to Kentucky 1786 from Surry County, N. C.
Thanking you for any information you may furnish. I am
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Wm Clay Endicott
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pens
Widow
Cynthiana, Kentucky.
300 S. Elmarch Ave.
Nov. 5th. 1934,
Veterans Administration.
Washington, D. C.
A. D. Hiller.
[Date Stamped - RECEIVED
NOV 8 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM. 
READER #9]
old war
Dear Sir:
Many thanks for the war record of Mordeci [Mordecai] Amos 2n lieutenant (found in pension claim S. 2034 - File #2034)
I would like to get his widow's pension claim; she was Katherine D. born 1754, died 1853. From Harford Co. Maryland. 11-9  Bm
Thanking you,
Very truly yours
Pattye C. Endicott
Mrs. William Clay Endicott.
[Date Stamped - RECEIVED NOV 10 1934
C SUBSECTION 6]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
S2034
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,                    19__
In reply to your request of _________________,
received ________________
for a statement of the military history of Mordecai Amos
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's [crossed out]) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Sept. or Oct. 1777
Spring 1778
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3 mos.
3  "
RANK.
2n Lieut
2n Lieut

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thos. Hutchins
Benj Amos
COLONEL.
S. Battle Shechta
James McCowas
Hollingsworth
STATE.
Mar
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Harford Co, Md.
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Date of application for pension, Sept. 20 1832. His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Harford Coned
Age at date of application, Born 1753 in Harford Co then called Balto Co, Md
Remarks: In 1833 he moved to Harrison Co. O. where some
of his children lived. names not stated, (Hers residence in 1848 is not
Sol. left a widow her name & date of his death are not on
Record
a son William res in Harford Co. Main 83
The above noted is the only ela-
Respectfully,
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Commissioner.
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November 27, 1934
Mrs. William Clay Endicott
300 South Elmarch Avenue
Cynthiana, Kentucky
MORDECAI AMOS
S. 2034  [our]
BA-J/MMRF:MLB
Dear Madam
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you received the record of Mordecai Ames (S. 2034), and that you now desire information from the claim for pension of his widow, Katherine.
There is no claim for pension on file by any one as the widow of the above - named Mordecai Amos.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of the soldier's death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Mordecai Ames, Certificate 3389, issued December 20, 1832,
rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Maryland Agency (transferred to Pittsburgh, Ohio Agency).
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator