Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12834, Amos Dwinell, Continental. Mass. N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental
Mass.
N.H.

Dwinell, Amos
or
Dwinel

NUMBER
S. 12834

Carded

CONTENTS
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[left side of page]  Letter to Agent [illegible] 1836 order to pay at Burlington.  See letters to Agt. & J. L. Buck 14
April 1837

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18,740
Vermont

Amos Dwinel [star]
of Orange Co. in the state of Vermont who was a private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col Shepard in the Mass. line, for 2 years

[star] Amos Dwinel or Dwinell
Mass Continental and N.H.
Records completed Jany 11 [96?]

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept 1833 and sent to Danl. Cobb Strafford

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 -  $200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34   - 40.00
  [total] $240.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book G [E?] Vol. 3.  Page 10
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State of Vermont
Washington County ss.
I Archelaus Dwinell of Marshfield in Washington County & State of Vermont of the age of Seventy nine years depose & say, that I am personally acquainted with Amos Dwinell of Tunbridge in the County of Orange & State of Vermont an applicant for a pension under the law of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  The said Amos is my brother he enlisted for the term of Eight months into the Company commanded by Capt John Baker Col. Littles Regiment, he entered the service at Topsfield Mass to the best of my recollection in the latter part of the spring of 1775 & served the full term of his said enlistment .
In the month of Jany 1776 soon after the term of his first enlistment expired he again enlisted for one year at Roxbury Mass. into Capt Bowlstens company Cols Lenard & Shepards Regiment & served the full term of his enlistment, one year[.]
I frequently saw my brother in the army during the above mentioned twenty months service my said Brother, Amos & I did not serve in the same Regiment but often saw each other when he the said Amos was in the Continental army as above stated[.]
In the fall of the year (as this deponent believes) the said Amos Dwinell again entered the service for the term of six months at Topsfield Mass.
I saw the said Amos & other soldiers on their march & was then informed by him & others that they had volunteered for six months.   if I heard I have now forgotten under what officers he the said Amos enlisted.  the said Amos & others as this deponent was afterwards informed & verily believes were stationed at [unknown] Mass on fatigue duty. In the summer of 1778 I saw the said Amos soon after his said  term of service of six months expired. I then conversed with him about his service & this deponent then had no doubt & never since has had any doubt but what the said Amos enlisted & served in the army under this enlistment the full term of six months
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In he summer of 1780 he again enlisted in the American Army for the term of three months in Croydon N.H. where my brother the said Amos & I then lived we both belonged to the same company of Militia[.] The town of Croydon hired him he went to West Point, was absent about two months & returned about the time the treason of Arnold was made known.
I have understood and verily believed for more than fifty years past, that the said Amos Dwinell did faithfully serve as a private in the army of the Revolution two years & about four months.  In his fourth enlistment he served in Capt Stewards Company as I thinks but am not certain, the names of the other officers I have forgotten
[signed] Archelaus Dwinel

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 13th day of July 1833
[signed] Justin Pearce

I hereby certify that the above named Archelaus Dwinell is a credible person & to me well known
Certified by [signed] Justin Pearce
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier. July 13th. 1833

I hereby certify that Shurbael Walker Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Washington, in said state, duly constituted and commissioned and that to his acts and attestations as such full faith and credit ought to be given, and that the within is his signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office this thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
[signed] Timothy Merrill
Secretary of State
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Vermont
County of Orange
On this 22 day of August 1832 personally appeared in the Court before Hon Titus Hutchinson David Cobb & Thomas Jones Judges of the Court of Orange County now sitting Amos Dwinell resident of Tunbridge in  the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated
He enlisted at Topsfield Mass in the month of May 1775 for the term of eight months into Capt John Bakers company Col. Littles Regt Gen Glovers Brigade from there he marched to Cambridge Mass while there was ordered out to reinforce the American army on Bunker Hill arrived at [there?] & met the American forces retreating  was ordered to Prospect Hill & commenced building a fort there, here he remained with others at work on the fort & on guard till the term of his enlistment expired   about the time of the expiration of his enlistment he again enlisted in Jan 7 1776 for one year into Capt Boulstens Company Col. Learned first had the command  Col. Shepards Reg for this enlistment he received a pension Certificate No 12,500 under the act of Congress passed March 10th 1818 which certificate he now has in his possession --he did not apply for a continuance of his pension under the act of 1820

late in the fall of 1777 or forepart of the winter 1778, he entered the service again for six or seven months  he does not recollect which, under the following circumstances -- the town of Topsfield Masss. where he then lived were called upon to furnish a certain number of men   he does not remember how many to assist in guarding Burgoynes army & erecting Barracks for them, the militia Capt called the soldiers in Town together & made known on account of his property  the [end of page]
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the orders the Town of Topsfield had received & called for volunteers - Perkins - Wood one or two men by the name of Butch - [Comings?] - a Sergeant of the company by the name of Gould & himself with others whose names he does not recollect volunteered  we marched to Mystic where we were joined by other soldiers on the same service where we received orders to go to  Ruttland Mass   where he & others arrived & were employed in cutting down & getting out timber, in a swamp for barracks & [unknown] for some of Burgoynes soldiers 
his term of service expired June or July 1778 when he was dismissed &  received his pay in Continental money from a Paymaster in Salem Mass.

In the month of June or July 1780 he again enlisted in Croydon N.H. where he then lived for the term of three months in Capt Stevens company-- Kimball Mass: the Town of Croydon hired him & promised him [twenty?] bushels of rye which he afterwards received.  
he went to Springfield Mass . [ordered?] his rations & was ordered to West Point where he arrived he thinks about the middle of July -- Arnold commander of the fort was stationed on a plane [plain] called Robinson's [illegible] was employed in getting out timber for a cider mill. smokehouse,  cookhouse & guarding the orchard he [illegible] some service every thing appeared careless & neglected about the fort, not much appearance of military order, rations small & poor  three fourths of a pound of beef & bone with bread per day for each soldier on fatigue & [illegible] for Arnold's private benefit as he & others there thought, the soldiers with him felt ill natured   Arnold one day came to us & said we were a pack of lazy fellows, we replied we have not strength to work our provisions are scanty & poor - Arnold replied I will take your head off you damned rascal" & drew his sword he took up his broad ax, Arnold droped [dropped] his sword & went away - understanding he should be dealt with for his conduct to Arnold he "cleared out" that night & Arnold deserted to the British the next day, as he was afterwards informed by the soldiers, he served out his enlistment wanting one month to the best of his recollection
He was born in Topsfield Mass. on the 25th day of March 1756 he has a record of the age in a bible which was his fathers, was living in Topsfield when he entered the service except the let the time he enlisted in Croydon N.H. he vol [end of page]
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volunteered to serve as before stated - since the Revolutionary war has lived in Croyden NH  & Tunbridge Vt  where he now resides, he has stated the names of the officers & the general circumstance of his service so far as he recollects, he never received a written discharge, he is known to Elder Nath King, John C Hall, Nath Kingsbury, Samuel Austin  Esq, Eli Austin Esq,  Elder George Hackett & others in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution, he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services, except to the last enlistment

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State to his knowledge
[signed] Amos Dwinell

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] H.E.G. McLaughlen  Clerk

We George Hackett a clergyman residing in the  Town of Tunbridge, Orange County & State of Vermont & James Hutchinson residing in Tunbridge aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Dwinell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
[signed] George Hackett  James Hutchinson

Affirmed & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] H.E.G. McLaughlen  Clerk

[the remainder of the page, except for the last 4 lines, is too faint to read]

for a pension.  In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of office  this 24th day of August AD 1832
[signed]  H. E. G. McLaughlen  Clerk
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12834

Rev War

INVALID.

File No. 12,834

Amos Dwinel [star]

Pri. [private] Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index:--Vol. [blank], Page [blank]

[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870

[star]  Amos Dwinel or Dwinell
Records completed Jany 11 1868
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12,508
Vermont

Amos Dwinell
of [blank] in the state of [blank] who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Larned of the Mass. line, for the term of 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of July 1819,
and sent to Josiah Dana Chelsea Vermont

Arrears to the 4th of March 1819 -  85"83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 19   - 48.--
10  18/30  4/31  [total] $133.83

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Amos Dwinel [star] Dwinell
Mass. Continental and N.H.
Records completed Jany 11, [86?]
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Amos Dwinell - Vermont roll - Act 7 June 1832 - at $8 per annum.  Be pleased to say in what County he resided when he was last paid - and also to what time he was paid
Pension Office
Nov. [?] 1836
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7645
Amos Dwinnell
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18 June 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 show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins 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 

[the table is blank]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

It cannot readily be admitted that the above services are insusceptible of proof, and the regulations require the production of the evidence that can be had be produced
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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 per sons 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 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 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_P____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 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 [end of page]
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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 clergymen, 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 Clergymen, 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 inquiry 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 the 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 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 authorized 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 [in italics:] about three or four months, [end italics] 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. [double brackets] 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 [?] 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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Amos Dwinnell
Tunbridge
April 13th
1818


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Amos Dwinnell,,
private,
Orange County, Vt.

Col. Larned's regt.
Massachusetts Line,
one year.

13 April, 1818.

Josiah Dana, judge,
Chelsea,
Vermont.
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Amos Dwinell
Tunbridge
Vermont


[along the side]
Amos Dwinnell at Tunbridge in the County
[illegible]
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I Amos Dwinell of Tunbridge in the County of Orange and State of Vermont testify and say that in the Month of December AD 1775, I enlisted into the Army of the United States in Captain Isaac Bolsten's Company in Colonel Larned's Regiment in the Massachusetts line for the term of one year which time I served and at the expiration of said time I received an honorable discharge verbally by Colonel Shepherd at Trenton [Clinton stricken out] in the State of New Jersey, I further testify that by reason of reduced circumstances I stand in need of Assistance from my Country for support and need to be put on to the pension list according to a late Act of Congress
Chelsea  April 13th 1818, [signed] Amos Dwinell

State of Vermont  Orange County ss.}  
Chelsea, April 13th 1818
personally appeared Amos Dwinnell and made Oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true
Before Me [signed] Josiah Dana  Chief Judge of Orange County Courts
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I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Amos Dwinell did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy.  And I also certify that it appears to my satisfaction that he is poor and needs the Assistance of his Country for support and I now transmit the proceeding taken and had before to the Sec'y for the War department pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress
Chelsea  February 16, 1810
Josiah Dana   Chief Justice of Orange County Court

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]

State of Vermont
Orange County Clerk's Office   Feby 16 AD 1810---

I HEG McLaughlin Clerk of Orange County Court hereby Certify that Josiah Dana Esqr of Chelsea in the County of Orange is Chief Judge of Orange County Court acting under the authority of the State and that his name Subscribed to the foregoing Certificate & the foregoing Declaration was taken before him & is in his own hand writing--
Attest  HEG McLaughlin   Clerk0
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Northfield  Oct. 18, 1836
Hon. J. L. Edwards

Dear Sir  There is a class of pensioners in this State who have not yet and cannot attain their pensions due 4th Sept 1836.  They are such as lived in Windhaven, Windsor, Orange, Caledonia and Essex counties on the 4th of March A.D. 1834 and have since moved to other counties.  I have sent a power of attorney to Burlington to procure the pension of Mr. Amos Dwinel and was informed it would be paid at Windsor.  I sent there and was informed it could not be paid there.  Please give directions where it shall be paid and certify me of the place.
Respectfully, Your obd Svt, [signed] John L. Buck
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Oct 26

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
Dist. Columbia
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Northfield Vt March 13, 1937
Hon. J. L. Edwards

Dr Sir  I have presented at the pension office Burlington a power of atty of Amos Dwinel to obtain the account of his pension from 4th March 1836 to 4th March 1837, together with a certificate of magistrate of his identity as required by former instructions from war department.

I am informed that the certificate of identity must be forwarded to you and your order must be had at the pension office Burlington before payment can be made

I enclose a certificate of Identity, and request you to forward an order as soon as may be --
I am, Sir, Respectfully
Yr obd Sevt
[signed]  John L. Buck
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Northfield Vt
March 14

[along the side]  Mar 20
Amos Dwinel [illegible]

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
Dist. Columbia
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War Department.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Amos Dwinell late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 13th day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United Sttes, this 22nd day of July one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen

J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Amos Dwinnell

Payable semi-annually.  The first
payment on this Certificate will
be made on the 4th of September
next, in Burlington, by
Heman Allen Esqr.
Agent &c

Recorded
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State of Vermont
Washington ss.  
I Archelaus Dwinel of Northfield in the County of Washington & State of Vermont being duly sworn depose & say, that about the last of December 1775 I was a private in Capt Isaac Bolston's Company of Col Lurned's Regt of the Massachusetts Line & [unknown] in his & Col. Wm Stephen's Regt for the full term of one year - Amos Dwinel who has applied for a pension & for whose benefit this affidavit is taken was a private in the same Company & Regiment & served the full term of one year as aforesaid & was then dismissed having served the full term faithfully as aforesaid
[signed] Archelaus Dwinel

State of Vermont
Washington ss. }  On this seventh day of June A.D. 1819 Personally appeared Archelaus Dwinel to me personally known as a credible witness, & after being duly sworn made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth.
Witness my hand & official seal the day & year aforesaid
[signed]  Geo. Rich, Not. Public & Jus. of Peace
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss.}  Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange & State of Vermont Amos Dwinell who made the [unknown] for a pension, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & 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 period mentioned below & in the following pieces.
For eight months in Capt John Bakers company Col Littles Regt as a private
One year in Capt Boulstons Company Col Leonards & afterwards Col Stephens Regiment as a private  For six months did fatigue duty as mentioned in my Declaration as a private soldier [unknown] all the time drew my rations, names of the officers forgotten
For two months in Capt. [illegible] Company Maj Trumbulls Regiment as a private - amounting in the whole to two years & four months service as a private in the army of the Revolution - and for such service I claim a pension  
July 15th 1838  [signed] Amos Dwinel

Subscribed & sworn to this 15th day of July AD 1833 before
[signed] Daniel Cobb Judge of Orange County Court &  Jus.  [illegible] [officer?]

I certify that the above named Amos Dwinel is a credible person & to me well known
Certified by [signed] Daniel Cobb Judge of Orange County Court & Jus. Peace [officer?]
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss. }  I Harry Hale Clerk of the County Court in Orange County do hereby certify that Daniel Cobb who has affixed his name to the within is a magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Chelsea this seventeenth day of July 1833.
[signed] Harry Hale, Clerk