Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3643, George Ament, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Ament, George
Ester
NUMBER
W.3643
CONTENTS
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22.656.
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
George Ament.
of Greenburgh, in the State of Penna.
who was a Private in the Co. 
commanded by Captain Wit
of the Regt
commanded by Col. Swope in the Pennsylvania
line for ten months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Penna Pittsburgh
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of November 1833 and sent to Hon. Richard
Coulter Greensburgh, Penna.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833.
83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 -16.67
[total] $100.--
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer. Clerk, 
Book E Vol. five. Page 71: --

Order to pay 26 Sept 1837.
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Declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under
the act of 7th June 1832
Penna. [other text struck thru on this line]

On the 8th day of
July 1833. Personally
appeared in open Court George Ament of the Township of
Franklin in the County of Westmorland aged
seventy five years and made the following declaration. in the year 1776 I enlisted in the Company of 
Jacob Wit in what was called the flying
Camp
Col Swope was our Col & William Bayley our
major we entered the first of July as Militia, I believe but enlisted at Newark near New York we went
by the way of little York Lancaster Philadelphia New [illegible] 
Princeton Brunswick Amboy Elizabethtown
where we enlisted General Ewing commander our Bri [penciled above illegible text] Brigade 
in this route & until we took the Hessions from Newark we went to Bergen, from that to Fort Lee at which we
worked till Fort Washington was 
taken, when we relocated to Trenton but most
of our Brigade was taken prisoners at Fort Washington only 8 men of our Company left and we
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were attached to Captain Williams Company from Trenton we crossed the Delaware, & 
encamped in the Woods until [next text is smudged out] Commanded by Genl Washington when the Hessions
were taken, the troops under Genl Ewing could
not cross the river for the he but we had 
upon the bank and fired Cannon,  it was on Christmas night 1776 on the first of
January following
our Term was up and I went
home to York County having served for months
After
that I was drafted & served a tour of 6
months in
the Militia under Captain
Hermeyer,  Major Robert Oster & Col
Morrow, we started from
Northumberland, & marched to the American Camp on
the Swedes ford, 
the whole army crossed the Schukill 
and encamped near the Gulf Mills, we had a
small affair with the British, 
Genl Poller commanded us, 
we recrossed the Schuylkill & encamped
near
Plymouth meeting house and
our time expired
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about the first of January 1778, I served two
months.
I then served another Tower of duty in
the Militia commencing beginning of February
I think of that year, I was drafted in the
Company of Captain Smith & Marched to
Nepnose  Valley
on the West brach of Susquehanna
was
commanded there by Col Antis, the troops
were stationed about in small parties, for the
purpose of Scouting & watching the Indians the
service was extremely fatiguing, and I served out my
two months tour. I remained however
on that Frontier and was almost constantly in
some capacity under arms until the settlement
was driven in by the Indians at the beginning
of harvest in that year 1778. I returned to York
County I finally in the year 1782 settled in
Wesla. County when I have remained ever sense
declarant states that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State, and that he relen-
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quishes all rights to any pension except under the
law of 1832, that he is seventy five years of
age next December being born in 1758
Declarant claims a Pension for ten months.
to wit six months in the flying camp and two Tours
of Militia duty for two months each. He has no
written document or evidence of his service, and
that he knows of no person living who can prove
his service, except Frederick Ament who
knows that he
was in the Army of the revolution, but
dates or times cannot steerfr
[signature] George Ament
Sworn & subscribed the 8th
July 1833
attest
[signature] Randal McLaughlin, Prot. 
at the same
time personally appeared in open Court
Frederick Ament & Revd. Michael Steck who say that they are
well acquainted with George Ament the
above declarant that they believe him to be
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in the seventy fifth year of his age that it is
reported and believed in the neighborhood when he
lived, that he was a solder in the revolution and
that they concur in that opinion, and that Fred
Ament further says, that altho too young at that
time to recollect dates & time he knows that George Ament Served on the revolutionary
Army. 
[signature] Michael J. Steck
[signature] Friedrick Ament
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court
8th July 1833.
[signature] Randal McLaughlin Prot

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the
matter, and that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Revd Michael J Steck who has sworn
to and subscribed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the Borough of Greensburgh and that
Frederick Ament who has also signed the same is a resident of the Township of Franklin in said
County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I  Randal McLaughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
final proceedings in the matter of the application of George Ament for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the said
the same Court at my office in Greensburgh this Eighth day of
July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three. 
[signature] Randal McLaughlin, Prot.

[seal is affixed in lower left corner]
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[27766 is struck out]  22.656
George Ament
Penna

Adm 10. months $33.33
Hon Richard Coulter
Greensburg
Westmoreland Co
Pa
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
16 Novemr 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A statement, shewing the service of George Ament.
[column headings] Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
1. July. 1776 / 6 [months] / priv / Jacob Wit. Cap. /Col Swope / 75 years Pa - / Traditionary. /
2 [months] / Cap. Overmyer.  /
2 [months] / Cap. Smith. Col. Antis

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, 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.
State, 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 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 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.
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 
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 days 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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? 
{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 before
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 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:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and days
, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a - ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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.
[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 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.
[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, 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 [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If 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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53 [remainder illegible]
Pennsylvania
Ester Ament
widow of George Ament
who served in the Revolutionary
NJ
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
13th day of Mar '50
and sent to
Hon Job Mann
House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 202 Vol. 2
[initials] N H 
M C

[next page] Reported
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Westmoreland County of
State of Pennsylvania  Ss
on this 10th day of February
1850 personally appeared before me a Judge of the
Court of Common pleas in and for said County Ester Ament a Resident of the County
aforesaid aged Eighty four years who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on her
oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by
the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838
entitled an act granting half pay and pensions
to certain widows"" That she is the Widow of
George Ament who was a private in the Pennsylvania Malitia who was placed upon the Pension rolls of the United States in November 1833
and drew his pension from the 4th March 1831 and drew his pension up to the 4th September 1843
at the rate of thirty three dollars thirty three cents per annum and the Evidence of service is
in the possession of the goverment She further
declares that she was married to the said George
Ament on the 19th day of September 1786
Seventeen hundred and Eighty six that her husband the aforesaid George Ament died on
the Eleventh day of December 1843 that She
was not married to him prior to his leaving
the service but the Marriage took place previous
to the first of January Seventeen hundred
and Ninety four is at the time above stated
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year
above written before me and that she has not maried since
me
Ester Ament O her mark
[signature] James Bell
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Westmoreland County ss
I do hereby certify
that from old age and infirmity, thereof &
that she has not able to appear in
Court and I am satisfied by tradition that
She is the widow of the within named
George Ament a pensioner from Westmoreland
County they was Reputed as man and wife
[signature] James Bell

Westmoreland County ss
Penna
personally came before
me a Judge of the Court in and for said
County Phillip Ament a son of the said
George Easter Ament who being Sworn according 
to Law sayeth that at the time of the death
of his father he wrote the time of his
death set it down in his fathers bible
which was as appears by that date to be on
the Eleventh day of December 1843 and
that there is none of the ages of the Children
set down in said bible of his fathers but
that the German writings in the house as
always was respected as containing the day
of his parents Mariage is there stated to be
on the 19 September 1786 which I am Satisfied 
is Correct at least has always been so Reputed by his parents and family.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 10th day February 1850
[signature] James Bell
[signature] Philip Ament
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
George Amert W.F. 3643
[column headings] Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Length of Service. Rank. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICES WAS RENDERED. Captain. Colonel. State. 
July 1 1776 / 6 mos. / Jacob Wit/Williams / Swope / Penn. 
1777 / 2 mos. / Overmeyer / Morrow
Feb'y 1778 / 2 mos. / Smith / Antes

Battles engaged in, Sh Near Gulf Mills
Residence of soldier at enlistment, York Co. Penna
Date of application for pension, July 8, 1833 .His cl. al
Residence at date of application, Franklin Twp. Westmoreland Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, b. Dec. 1758; died Dec. 11. 1843.
Remarks: Soldier Married Sept. 19, 1786 Ester. She was allowed
pension an application executed Feby 13, 1850 while a
resident of Westmoreland Co. Penn. aged 84 years. A Son
Philip was living in 1850, no other family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
1565b3m10 - 08
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1912 Apr. 8 Hist. to
G. Ament Blose. V L.
1916 Dec 27 Hist to Mr. J.D.
Crossman.
1940 April 29 - hist to J.D. Ad [illegible] son

Revy WIDOW, &c
File No. 3643
Ester Ament
Widow
George Ament
Pvr. Rev : War
Act: Feby, 2, 1848
Indes: -- Vol. A, Page 12
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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8781
Pitts
Pennsylvania
Ester Ament
widow of George Ament
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 11th day of Decr, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued
the
13 day of Mar '50
and sent to
Hon Job Mann
House of Reps
{Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2
Page 103
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Feby 23/50
Application of
Ester Ament widow
of George Ament, who
was a Revolutionary Pensioner
as per certificate within
for a Pension
h.d.  11 Dec 1843
admitted by com on
Mr Manns, testifying to
to standing of Joseph Markle,
Esther Ament
$33.33
Com Jr M Dean 1843 to 4
March 8 48 from & March '48
for life. 

Act 3 March 1843 &c, 
Nov
J W Mann N. R.
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Payments to be made
at Pittsburgh
by Pt. US.  Br Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of
Pennsylvania
Recorded in the Pension Office
in Book E. Vol.  five
Page 71 by Wm R. Palmer
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832, George Ament,
of the State of Pennsylvania.
who was a Private in the Army
of the Revolution
is entitled to receive- Thirty Three dollars and
thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually
on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in
every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty Eighth day of
November, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty -three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War. 
Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
86 years, York County Pa.
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I do hereby certify that Phillip Ament the
within named witness is an Intelligent man
and has alwas been a good character for
truth and veracity who testimony is entitled
to full credit I would receive his
Evidence as truth although a Relative
I have seen the entries  writen in the bible
and other paper of which he speaks therefore
his evidence is intiitted to the fullest credit
[signature] James Bell

Westmorland County Ss
personally came before me a 
Judge of the Court in and for said County
personally came Simon Drum Coy who being first
Sworn according to Law sayeth that he was well
acquainted with George Ament a soldier of the
Revolution that he from the Pension for said Ament held his certificate of Pension which I this day handed
over for the purpose of his widow Easter Ament
and the date of Mariage and death of said
Ament as stated in the deposition of her Son
Phillip I am satisfied is the Cornet time
the lived together as man and wife and was reputed so to be sworn and subscribed.
before me the 14th Febuary 1850
[signature] James Bell
[other writing at bottom illegible] 
[signature] Simon Drum
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Westmoreland County Ss
personally came before me a Justice Judge of the Peace in and for said County 
General Joseph Markle who being
Sworn according to law sayeth that he is
well acquainted with George Ament and
Easter his wife they were marred in My
fathers house and I have this day examined
certain writings which shews the date of
their Mariage which is agreeable to the date
Stated in her declaration which is the 19th
September 1786 which from her age and
my own age and that of some of their
Children all goes to satisfy me of the
Correctness of that being the precise time of
their mariage the George Ament was a
pensioner from Westmoreland County and
Easter Ament of this County who is now
applying is the lawful widow of the aforesaid
George Ament and that he died about
the year 1843 thinks in the month of
December in that year Sworn to and
Subscribed before me this 12th day of February
1850
before me
[signature] William G. Newton J.P.
[signature] Joseph Markle

I hereby certify that the above witness is
a man Respectability whose Evidence is
entitled to fullest credit he is well known
to the department
[signature] Wm G. Newton

Mar. 9th 1850
The above named Witness, Joseph Markle, resides in Westmoreland
Co Penna in the 19th ling, District
and is the same man
that was a candidate for Governor in 1843. 
[signature] JW Mann
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Ss
J. A. Graham Prothonotary of the Court of 
Common Pleas of the County of
Westmoreland
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do
Certify that William G Newton Esquire before
whom the foregoing Deposition was made
and whose name in his own proper handwriting
is to the foregoing Certificate appended was
then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
County of Westmorland duly commissioned and qualified and to
all whose official acts, and Deeds full faith and credit are right due. And I do further certify that Honorable James
Bell before whom the foregoing Declaration was and the Depositions of Philip Ament & Simon Drum were made
was then and now is an acting Associate Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County and
to all whose official acts and Deeds full faith and
credit are of right due. And that his signature
to the foregoing certificates are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at Greensburgh the 14 day of February AD 1830
[signature] A. Graham Prot

[seal is affixed to upper left corner]
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Merchants & Manufacturers
Pittsburgh Sept 20th 1837

Sir
I have the honour to transmit for inspection Cleacher in the case of George Ament Pensioner under the Act of June 1832 at the Rate of 33 (Dolls and 33 cts per annum, who was last paid up to the 4th of March 1836. 
William Kingsburg an Invalid Pension increased of Pension from 6 to 8 Dollars per month since December 29th 1836. Not having received instructions from War Department for the increase of said Pensioner I delayed for the payment until properly authorized. Please let me have if convenient an early answer. 
I am very Respectfully
Your obt Svt
Fred K Kahl
for the Pension Agent

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commiss of Pensions
Washington
City
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Washington City
Feby 22. 1850
D. Sir
J. Stokely has this day recd. a statement of the Settlement
of your accounts, balance due you $35.75/100 
Balance due you per official Statements
Explained - 3. mo. Extra pay as Lieut
pay as A. A.C. Subsistence

Amt. Chd. per servant disallowed  15.29
v. for Laundress not authorized  2.00
Examing recruits d.  4.00
Excess on Stationary de 4.00
Overcharge for fuel in Ou. '49  3.08
difference between the original and the corrected services  1.42
29.79
difference  67.87
of this $32:72/100 transfered to credit on the books of Third Auditor, balance due you $35.74/100. Is this correct?  Mr. Stokely will remain a few days and will be glad to hear from you
Yours &c
[signature] J W Mann

L. J. Kenan
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I certify as to the standing of Joseph Markle and
Simon Drum, two of the witnesses to the within
application of Ester Ament for a Pension, that they are
Citizens of Westmorland County, Penna. of respectability and
every way worthy of credit-- Mr Markle was a
candidate for Governor in 1843, and Simon Drum was
many years Postmaster at Greensburg. 22d July 1850
[signature] J W Mann

To J.L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions }
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27.766
George Amment
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Hamilton, Pa., March 30, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
[handwritten in} W.3643
I am writing you for information in reference to my grandfather,
George Ament's record as a Revolutionary soldier. I have no claim of any
kind to prosecute against the government about it. I want the information
to complete our family record. Would you be kind enough to have some one
examine the records and give me the information as full as you
have it? I have been examining the Archives of Pennsylvania for four or
five years but found nothing very satisfactory until quite recently, when
I found in Vol. 23, 3d Series, pg. 332, Rangers on the frontiers, 1778-1783, Westmoreland Co., Thomas Fletcher's Company, in the list I found the name
George Amon. In the same book on page 543, in a Westmoreland Co., list of
Pennsylvania Pensioners as taken from Rolls in the Treasury office, residing
in the several counties of Pa., as required by Resolution of Senate
March 3, 1835, I found the name &c. Ament, George, pr. P.M., Nov. 28, 1833; 76.
I believe both these names to be my grandfather's, and have reason to believe he was in the service as early as latter part of 1776, and at Valley
Forge. Went out as a substitute for the man who raised him, so my mother,
who was his daughter, said. I examined the Pamphlet Law of Pennsylvania for year 1835, as above, and there is no such resolution in it; so it must
have been of the U. S. Senate. I had a cousin of mine, and grandson of
George Ament, examine the list of taxables in Westmoreland Co., for year
1833, and several years before and after, and there was no George Ament
in the county but him and members of his family. The name is spelled in a
variety of ways. I found the name George Amen in Pa. Arch., which may be
his. Also Almond, which I believe is the same family. My name is George
Ament Blose -- after my grandfather. I am very anxious to find the information. If it is not now found it will never likely be found. I know more
about it than any other member of the family, and I am 69, and the youngest
of the family. Thanking you now for any information that you may be able
to give me in the matter, I remain
Most respectfully yours,
[signature] G. Ament Blose
[illegible] Hamilton, Jefferson Co., Pa.
[other possible script below this is illegible]
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Rev sec 
NL1
W. A. CROASMUN.
DEALER IN
LUMBER, BOAT BOTTOMS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
REDCLYFFE, FOREST CO., PA.
[circular company logo/picture]
POST OFFICE AND EXPRESS ADDRESS.
MARIENVILLE, PA.
December 11th 1916
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly furnish me the
records as you have them of George Ament who
served in the Revolutionary War in 1776. 1777. & 1778. He is maternal grant grandfather.
Trusting will not be too much trouble and
thanking you in advance, I am
Respect-
J. D. Croasmun
Star Route
Red Cliffe,
Marienville, Pa.

[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
M
DEC 12 1916
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Roseville Ill, 4 -11 -40
Veterans Administration
Washington DC
Dear Sir: In regard to 
BA. J/AWF
Ellis Adkisson
S. 12904
[written above text below] only Adkisson at

Thank you very much for your
reply to my inquiry in regard to the
above named Ellis Adkisson from
Bedford Co Virginia. [written in - only] I have been told
that he had some brothers [arrow drawn from name Adkisson above to this word] who were also
Revolutionary soldiers. Their names
would be Lewis, Jeremiah, John, 
James, Byron and possibly Pleasant: [there are checkmarks, o's and mon written above the names written above]
By marriage between cousins I am a
descendant of three of the brothers.
Could you find whether any of the
above named brothers have war records?
In regard to the war record of George Amon of Pa, [written above this name - only yes under [illegible]] which I requested, all the
information I have is that he settled
in Middleton, now New Vernon, Mercer
County Pa. I do not know whether this
was before the war or after. It is
possible that he was born overseas
Maybe Switzerland. Would this give
you a clue to the particular Geo.
Amon who was my ancestor on my
mothers side,
Thanking you for any consideration
you may give my inquiry I am, J. D. Adkisson
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April 29, 1940
BA-J/AWF
George Ament
W. 3643
[initials] Our
Mr. J. D. Adkisson
Roseville
Illinois
Dear Sir:
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, W. 3643, based upon military service of George Ament in the War of
the Revolution. This is the record of the only
George Ament, under any spelling of that surname,
found on file in the Revolutionary War pension
records of this office.

George Ament was born in the month of December,
1758, place not stated, nor were the names of his
parents given.

While a resident of York County, Pennsylvania,
George Ament enlisted July 1, 1776, served as a
private in Captain Jacob Wit's company, Colonel
Swope's Pennsylvania regiment of the Flying Camp,
after Fort Washington was taken, he was attached to
Captain Williams' Company, length of service six
months. He served in the fall of 1777, two months
in Captain Overmeyer's company, Colonel Morrow's
Pennsylvania regiment, and was in a skirmish at Gulf Mills [Gulf Mills is struck thru and replaced with] Gulple Mill. He enlisted sometime in February, 1778,
served two months in Captain Smith's company, Colonel Antes' Pennsylvania regiment, "scouting and
watching" the Indians.

George Ament continued to live in York County,
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Pennsylvania, until sometime in the year 1782,
then moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

The soldier, George Ament, was allowed pension
on his application executed July 8, 1833, at
which time he was living in Franklin Township,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

He died December 11, 1843.

George Ament married September 19, 1786,
Ester. The date and place of her birth, and names
of her parents were not given.

The widow, Ester Ament, was allowed pension
on her application executed February 13, 1850, at
which time she was eighty-four years old, and a
resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Their son, Philip Ament, was living in 1850,
in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Reference
was made to other children, names not designated.

Frederick Ament in 1833, stated in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, that he was well acquainted with
the soldier, George Ament. "General" Joseph
Markle, a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
in 1850, stated that he was well acquainted with
both, George Ament, and his wife, Ester, that
they were married at his father's house. It is not
shown that these persons were related to the family.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.

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

Ester Ament, widow of George Ament
Certificate # 5381
Issued March 13, 1850
Rate $33.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of February 2, 1848
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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April 29, 1940
BA-J/AWF
George Ament
W. 3643

Mr. J. D. Adkisson
Roseville
Illinois
Dear Sir

Reference is made to your letter in which
you state that the George Amon in whom you are
interested lived in Pennsylvania, during the War
of the Revolution. You request, also, the Revolutionary
War records of Lewis, Jeremiah, John,
James, Byron, and Pleasant Adkisson.

The Revolutionary War records of this office
have been searched and no claim for pension found
based upon service of Lewis, Jeremiah, John, James,
Byron, or Pleasant Adkisson, Adkison, Atkisson, or Atkison, and no claim for pension on account of the
service of Lewis, Jeremiah, Byron, or Pleasant Adkisson or Atkinson.

In order to identify the Revolutionary War
records of either John or James Atkinson or Adkinson,
should it be on file, as much as possible of the
following data in regard to that soldier are essential:  approximate dates of birth and death and place
of residence at enlistment and after service.

The Revolutionary War record of George Ament is furnished [illegible].

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator