Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10684, Amos Travis, New York
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New York.

Travis, Amos

NUMBER
R. 10684


CONTENTS
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State of New York 
City and County of New York  ss

On the Seventeenth day of May 1834 Personally
in open Court before the Judges of the Court of
Sessions of the Peace in and for the City County
and State of New York.  Amos Travis of the
City and State of New York, aforesaid aged Eighty
seven years or there abouts. who first being duly
sworn according to Law, doth depose and say
and on his oath makes the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress Pased(passed) June the 7th 1832
That he entered in to the service of the
United States in the Revolutionary war
in the fore Part of the Summer of (1775) as a
Private in a Place called Cornwell in the
County of Orang in the State of New York
in a Company of Troops Called minute
men under the command of Capt
Seth Marvin for four months he was
in the Regt commanded by Col Scott
during the four months that during his
time of service he was to geather(together) with his
Regt, stationed in the Town of Cornwell
and New Windsor in the State of New York when
his Term of service expired he inlisted(enlisted) again
under the same Captain in the same
Company and same Regt. for the Term
of six months (as a Minute man) at 
Cornwell, (County of Orange) State of New York
during his Term of service he and his
Regt was ordered to New York and according
by im barked and shortly after his arrival
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at New York aforesaid, and shortly after his
arrival he with his Regt was ordered to Flatbush
on Long Island where he remained Two
months or there abouts diging(digging) diches(ditches) intrenchments
an trieng(trying) to fortify them selves against the
British, they had to work at night as the
British fire upon them by day they then
retreated to New York and being Persued by
the British, retreated to Kings Bridge crosed
Kings Bridge to Vallintines(Valentine) Hill this was
in the latter part of summer or the beginning
of Fall as near as the deponent can recollect
he was in the Battle at the White plains
under Gen Washington in Westchester
County after the Battle they were order to
retreat he accompanied his regt to Peehskill
mountain on the North River. Shortly after
they were orderd to cross the North River at
Kings ferry to Harvestraw and remained
there untill his Term of service expired. he
then in listed under the command of
Capt Samuel Raymond in the same
Regt for the Term of six months during
this inlistment he was station and marched
as follows shortly after his enlistment
They were ordered down the North River on
the Jersey shore to Harvirstraw from thence
oposite to Fort Washington they then crosed
the north River were then ordered up the
North River to Nicholds Point to work
upon the (Chevauxdifrise)[chevaux-de-frise] he then at
the expiration of his Term of service [illegible] under the same Capt for five months
and worked at the Chevauxdiefreise[chevaux-de-frise] aforesaid
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as an (artefiser) untill his last term of
service expired Nicholds Point is on the
North River between Cornwall and Nuo(New)
Windsor
or near (Polepas Island) he then after his
time of inlistment(enlistment) expired he inlisted(enlisted) as
Vollenteer(volunteer) under the same Capt Raymond
for two or three short perods(periods) his business and
service was in the last short inlistments(enlistments)
to bring Provisions forage to the
American army up and down the North
river and the deponent further swairs(swears)
that his Term of services in the Revolutionary war
all his time of inlistments was a
littl(little) over Two years. his infirm state of
Body old age and loss of memory prevents
him from seting(setting) fourth dates more Particurlr(particular).
as to the Intoragations(interrogations) directed by
the war department to applicants for
Pensions he says first that he was born at
the White Plains Westchester County on the
16th day of May (1746) seccond(second) his age
was registered in a family Bible which
is lost or mislaid after his wife died
Third lived at Cornwell when called in
to service and lived there until about
18 months ago, when he remove to Nuo(New)
York and now lives with his son in the
fourth[fifth crossed out] Vollenteerd(volunteered) fifth was acquainted with
Col Scoll, Gen Washington Gov George Clinton
Gen James Clinton Gen. Putnam Col Nicholas
Fish Ensign Morrell Lieut
Reynolds Liut Langdon, and many others
Seventh.
Persons that know him and
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will testify as to his verry good character
as to truth and Verasity(veracity) and honesty and
of these belief of his services as he 
states as a
soldier of the Revolution are Thomas Milly
Stephen Shelton Counsellor at Law William
A Clark and Judge Morrel
He hereby relinquishes every claim
what ever to any Pension or annuity
except the Present and he declairs(declares) that his
name is not enroled(enrolled) on any Pension
Roll of the agency of any State in the
Union Deponent further says that
during the Term of his services he was
not ingaged(engaged) in any Civil Persuit he can recollect whethe he was in the Continental regular army
or in [rest of sentence illegible]
Sworn and Subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
in open Court
Henry Meigs Clerk
         His
Amos  x Travis
         mark

We Stephen Shelton Counsellor at Law residing in the City of New York and William
Travis of the City of New York aforesaid Ship
Joener, do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Amos Travis who has
Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we belive(believe) him to be Eighty seven
years old That he is respectable and believed
in the Neighborhood where he resides and
always has Supported a good Character
and it is Generly believed that he served as a
solder(soldier) in the Revolution and that we
concur in the opinion Stephen Shelton
and William Travis [illegible] sworn in open court
this 17th May-1834
Henry Meigs Clerk

Stephen Shelton
Wm Travis
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City and County of New York  ss:   Thomas Willis a Revolutionary
Pensioner being duly sworn doth depose and say
that he lived in the same neighbourhood and minity
with Amos Travis the above applicant during the Revolution
That it was always understood and believed in the
neighbourhood of Cornwall where he resided that he did
serve as he has stated in his declaration which has been
carefully read over to Deponent- That he knows he did
serve as he therein states from the fact of his (crossed out- serving as aforesaid)
conversing with him at that very period
in relation to his services and general Report. That
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Amos Travis is a person of unexceptionable integrity
and is entitled to full credit
Thoms Wills

Sworn to and Subscribed}
in open Court this 5th day}
Of September 1833
H. Meigs  Clerk.
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and the Court do hereby declair(declare), That it is
there(their) opinion after an investigation of the
matter, and after puting(putting) the Intaragations(interrogations)
prescribed by the war department that the
above applicant (Amos Travis) was a 
Revolutionary soldier and served as he
states
and the Court do further certify that it
appears to them that Stephen Shelton,esq and
William Travis, who have signed the above
Certificate are residents in the City of
New York and are Creditable Persons and
there(their) Statement is intitled(entitled) to Credit,
and Thomas Wills, who has sworn and
Subscribed to the Subsequent affidavit
is a Person of Standing and fully intituled
to [illegible] it
Dated May 17th 1834

R Riker
Recorder of the City of NYork
Joseph Tucker Alde ward to [illegible]
John Bolton [illegible]
9th ward

I Henry Meggs Clerk of the Court of
the General Sessions of the Peace in and
for the City County and State of New York
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the Original Proceedings of the
said Court in the Matter of the application
of Amos Travis for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seale(seal) of the said Court this 17th 
day of May 1834

Henry Meigs Clerk
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I, Henry Meggs Clerk of the General
Sessions of the Peace in and for the City
and County of New York (said Court is a
Court of Record) do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the Original
Proceedings of said Court in the matter
of Amos Travis the applicant for a Pension

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court
this 17th day of May 1834

Henry Meigs  Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
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 Amos Travis
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. R.10684
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Summer 1775
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
served a various times during Rev.
RANK.
Minuteman
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
{Seth Marvin
{Samuel Raymond.
COLONEL.
Scott.
STATE.
NY.

Battles engaged in, White Plains.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cornwall, Orange Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, May 17, 1834.
Residence at date of application, New York, N. Y.
Age at date of application, b. White Plains, Westchester Co N.Y. May 16, 1746
Remarks: in 1834 soldier refers to his wife who was dead and to a son
with whom he lived in New York City, No Names stated.
The claim was rejected for lack of proof of 6 mos service as required
by the Act June 7, 1832 under which he applied.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6--2856
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Finance Division.
March 25, 1916
Chief of Law Division
Sir:
I have this day received from
*Mrs. Belle K. Scott   M.O.
No. 251,213 for $85/100,
requesting certified copy
as per letter herewith.
10(cents) J.R. Stamp herewith
*address 11 The Court,
Rochelle Park, New Rochelle N.Y.

Rev. War pensioner Amos Travis
Very respectfully, R. 10684
N. Y.
Troops

W.N. Campbell
J.J.C.
Chief of Division.
March 30, 1916 Finance Div 
as disposition of MO
RWB Law
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11 The Court.
Rochelle Park
New Rochelle
N.Y.
March 2
Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber
Department of the [illegible](Interior)
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Please find [illegible](enclosed)
money order for eighty-five cents 
and a ten cent documenting
internal Revenue stamps to pay
for certified copy of the application
of Amos Travis for a


(written on upper left side--.85 ct  M.O. & 10(ct symbol) D-stamp   ab
ox
RWS  

TAR
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pension. Please send it as
soon as possible and oblige
Your sincerely
(Mrs.) Bell K. Scott.

(Amos Travis of New York)
(R. fill 10684)

(stamped-
Finance Division
MAR 25 1916
BUREAU OF PENSIONS)
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Date Mar. 29 1916
Name  Amos Travis
No.  R. 10684
N.Y. Troops, War Rev.
Photographic copies wanted of  2
pieces, consisting of  4   pages 
Remarks  Specicel(Special?)
    Over
Exr. W E Wilson Chief Rev. War Section
APPROVED
   ___________
Chief, Law Division.
Serial
No. 1460

(Stamped---
LAW DIVISION
MAR 27 1916
RECEIVED)
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New York
Revolutionary
Amos Travis
Suspended
Let. to Stephen Shelton
May 29, 1834 ┃
10684
Act 7 June 32
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10,684
P.O. Amos Travis
Service:____
(stamped) REJECTED

Enlisted:____, 18
Discharged:____,18
Application filed:____,18
Alleges:____
Re-enlisted:____
Attorney:____
P. O.____
_____Recognized.____Contra

___Cert. of Dis.   Searched for____,18

(written sideways in left margin-
1916 Jan 25: history to Mrs Bell K Scott. M.B.H
1916 Mar 16. Mrs B. K. Scott advised sl. & no of res. not stated & as to cost of copy of declarations    aw
1916 Mar 30 copies mailed Mrs B.K Scott
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Rev Sec c
11 The Court. 
Rochelle Park
New Rochelle
N.Y.
March 11th 1916
Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner of Revolutionary
War Records. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
A short time ago I
wrote you, asking you for information
about Amos Travis and I
found he applied for a pension
in 1834. Can you send me the
street and number of street in
New York City, where he lived
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when he applied for a pension?
Is there any way I could get a
full copy of his deposition? Any
information you can send me will be
a great help to me.

Sincerely [illegible & torn off](Yours)
(Mrs.)  Bell K Sc[torn off](Scott)
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11 The Court - Rochelle Park.
New Rochelle. New York.       G
January 18th 1916.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Can you tell me,
whether or not, any pension was
ever paid to Amos Travis who
fought in the Revolution from
August 15th 1778 to Nov. 20th
1781? I am trying to find some
record that would give the date
of his birth, death or marriage.
He was my great-grandfather
and I want to get all the information
about him, possible, to enable

(written sideways on right side margin--

2 cent stamp inclosed(enclosed) w.a.y
Stamped. end, retd OK R.W.S.
                           u)
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(written on left side of page)
Amos Travis-Married Zeporah Turner.
children - Woolsey, John, Cornelius,
William, Penelope.

William Travis married Barbara Yeckly
July 11th 1816.
Children - Jane, Zeporah, Cornelius
Elizabeth Phoebe, Charles, William

Phoebe Travis married Everett H. Kimbark M. D.
Aug. 4th 1847. N. Y. City.
Children - Charles, Daniel, Bell.

(stamped--PENSION A
U.  JAN 20 1916   S.
OFFICE)

(written on right side of page)
me to join the Daughters of The American Revolution.
I enclose all that I have found so far.

Sincerely Yours
(Mrs)   Bell K. Scott.

(stamped--PENSION A
U.  JAN 20 1916  S.
OFFICE)
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Amos Travis - Private in Capt. Seth Marvin's Company, Col. Samuel Drake Regt. consisting of 56 men
Nov. 6th 1776 
N.Y. State Archives 1(roman numeral) page 293.
He was also a signer of The Associations- Calendar of Historical manuscripts in Albany 
Revolutionary Papers - Vol. 1 p. 17.
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May 29, 1834
Stephen [illegible](Shelton)
GC[?]
Red. Vol. 30 pa 482.

Stephen Shelton Esqr
New York
N.Y.
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War Department
Pension Office
May 1834
Sir
The papers relating to the claim of Amos Travis have been examined- The claimant should in order to a Satisfactory examination give the names of his officers, particularly that of the Col. of the regiment. The witness should also state in detail all he may know of the applicants services. If the records of the State of New York furnish no evidence that the officers specified in the declaration were duely(duly) commissioned it would  prove to discredit the statement altogether.
The case is suspended for further proof; the papers are placed on file
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aw
REV. WAR SECTION.
Mar. 30, 1916.
Mrs. B. K. Scott,
11 The Court, Rochelle Park,
New Rochelle, N.Y.
Madam:
Herewith is enclosed a copy of the pension declaration of Amos Travis of N.Y. Rejected File No. 10,684, furnished you, under the provisions of the Act of Aug. 24, 1912.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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aw
Rev. War Section
Mar. 16, 1916.
Mrs. Bell K. Scott,
11, the Court, Rochelle Park,
New Rochelle, N.Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 11" instant, you are advised
that in the rejected Revolutionary War pension claim of
Amos Travis of New York, R. file 10684, the street and number
of his residence in New York City in 1834 is not stated.
A photographic copy of his application consisting of four
pages, will cost, under the provisions of the Act of August
24, 1912, at fifteen cents per sheet, sixty cents uncertified, 
or eighty-five cents certified.  If a certified copy is ordered,
it will be necessary for the Bureau to attach a ten
cent documentary internal revenue stamp to the certificate and
the stamp itself must be forwarded and not included in the
remittance for the copy which should be sent by money order drawn
to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Amos Travis
31.131
Stephen Shelton Esq
New York
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New York May 21st 1834
Some time in September last I sent
you an application of Amos Travis, an old
Revolutionary Soldier for a Pension under the
act of Congress passed 7th of June &
the papers wer(were) sent, back for some informality 
and the Hon Secretary wrote me that
he the said Amos Traves was so long in
the Revolutionary War that it was
probable some Surviving officer or Soldier
that would be able to Testify as to
his Terms of Service or that there would be
some record in the Archives of New York
whereby, he or his officers might be known
But the Confused situation of the Contry
was such at that time and the length
of time since the war that we have not been
able to procure any more evidence on the 
subject of his services and terms of service
then what I have sent to you (there is
some difference in the papers that I now
send you from the former
papers as to the term of service. the Old Genttleman
(Gentleman) was then in a verry(very) weak
state and his helth(health) verry Poor and there was
not so much pains taken in the former
papers as taken at his last examination
he cannot remember whether his officers
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were commissioned by the Continental
Congress, or whether they were commissioned
by the Gov of the State of New York
he remembers that he was the greater
part of his time of service under the
Immortal (Washington)
Thomas Willis Who was a fellow Soldier
and is now a Pensioner of the United
States we did not reexamin(reexamine) for it 
was not in our Power as he has moved into
the Western Country, and the Court
thought it was not necessary as we
were in Possession of his former affidant
(so we have likewise sent that to you.
that well(will) accoun(account) for the difference 
in thi(this?) date of the papers and the affidavit
of Thomas Willis aforesaid

Yours Respectfully
Stephen Shelton
No 5 lhatham(Chatham?) Street
N. Y.