Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4176, Amos Day, New Jersey
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New Jersey.   W.4176
B.L. Wt. 8237_100
B.L. wt. 256_60_55
Issued June 11, 1789
No Papers

Day, Amos 
Day, Martha
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195.842. Act 3 Mar. July 27, [illegible]
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Martha Day. Widow of Amos Day, Private
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Capt.------
General Holmes or Humes
New Jersey Militia
Revolutionary War
[written diagonally across page]
No. 2 50 yrs - July 7/56
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[illegible]
Revo: Pensioner - $80 per annum
date. 3 Feb. 1853 

hely 33-3672
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No. 60 U.S.   July 7, 1856
[signed] B.O. Upton 
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[signed] M. Reynolds
Newark, N. Jersey
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[Signed] M. Thompson
Apr. 2, 1857

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3672
New Jersey
Martha Day, widow of Amos Day who served in the Revolutionary War as a private, Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued  14 day of February 1854 and sent to 
John J Plume, Newark N.Y.
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Recorded on roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853  Page 91. Vol. A
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[number vertically along border] 195842


[number at bottom] 1828
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
1 Dec. 1828

Amos Day of Union in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in Captain Holmes - Company, in the second regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received, as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By Order of the Secretary
 [signed]. F.A. Dickins
Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
4th December 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Amos Day in the New Jersey Line.
It further appears that Amos Day is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3rd March 1826.
[signed] Peter Hagner, Auditor
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex

On this twenty fourth day of July A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me at Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Martha Day aged Seventy two years and resident of Union, Essex County in the State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of Amos Day deceased who was a private in the company commanded by Captain---, in the Regiment of New Jersey troops in the Revolutionary War, said Amos Day name is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Eighty dollars for annum commencing on the 5 day of February 1853.  The Captains name and Colonel's names are forgotten but that he served three years under General Holmes or Humes. And that she referred to the said Company's Muster Roll for said service. She further stated that she was married to the said Amos Day in Union, Essex County, New Jersey on the 27th day of May 1821. By one Rev. Stephen Thompson a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Martha Denman [Genman], that her said husband died at Union on the 17th day of March A.D. 1830. Said marriage evidence established when [Pinsier] was procured. And that she is now a widow, she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.
[signed] Martha Day
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We James C. Baker and Charly B. Thurston, residents of Essex County in the state of New Jersey upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha Day, in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. [signed] James C. Baker and Charly B. Thurston

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and years above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. [signed] Chas Merchant, Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
County of Essex

I, James J. Terhune, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County to hereby certify that Charles Merchant whose genuine signature appears above it and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duty commissioned and sworn that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of  Record having general jurisdiction. I also certify that I have no interest in the results of the case and am not concerned in its prosecution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Twentyfifth day of July A.D. 1835
[signed] J.J. Terhune, Clerk
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Act 1828
Settled at Treasury 
Cons D with Ad on [illegible]
File #4176
[stamped] Newark, New Jersey Nov. 29
[stamped] FREE

Revolutionary Claim
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
District of Columbia
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1286
REVOLUNTIONARY CLAIMS
---------- [B.]
Form of a Declaration be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians and Privates.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers ad Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution", approved on the 13th of May, 1828, I, Amos Day of Union in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a Private in Captain Holmes Company, in the Second Regiment, of the New Jersey Line. And, I also declare that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828 on the Pension List of the United States. [signed] Amos Day
Witness my hand, this 29th day of November, in the year 1828. Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-eight.
Before me, Smith Burnet, Justice of the Peace in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey personally appeared, this day James Lenning and Z. Lyon of the said county, who did severally make oath that Amos Day by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 29th day of November in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight. [signed] Smith Burnet, Justice of the Peace
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I, Asa Whitehead, clerk of the court of the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify, that Smith Burnet before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time, a Justice of Peace for said county and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, this 29th day of November, A.D. 1828
[signed] Asa Whitehead
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Newark, November 29, 1828
Richard Rush, Esq.
Sir:  Enclosed are papers substantiating the claim of Amos Day, a soldier of the Revolution, for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of said Revolution.
If the papers are profusely executed, as I believe they are, you will please remit the amount due him on said claim, in a draft on the U.S. Branch Bank, New York, addressed to him at Newark, N.J.
The papers necessary for the second payment or desired amount(half pay)on said claim, be pleased to transmit at the same time or soon thereafter as may be convenient.
Very Respectfully your obedient Servant
Wm. W Day for Amos Day
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State of New Jersey
Essex County fc

On this twenty-fourth day of May 1853 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Country of Essex and the State of New Jersey, Martha Day a resident of the township of Union in the County of Essex and the State of New Jersey, aged Seventy one years who first being duly sworn according to the Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Amos Day who was a private in the Army of the War of the Revolution and for which said service the said Amos Day received a pension of Eighty dollars a year from the United States up to the time of his death, and she buys leave to refer to the evidence filed in the Garrison Office of the United States in his application for more certainty as to his services.
She further declares that she was married to the said Amos Day on the TwentySeventh day of May, 1821 by the Rev. Stephen Thompson, a minister of the Gospel at Connecticut Farms in the County of Essex aforesaid, that her said husband died on the Seventeenth day of March, 1830  and that she was not married to him prior to the Second day of January 1800, but to the time above stated.  She further declares that she is now a widow.
[signed] Martha Day

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year find above written. 
[Signed] Stephen R. Haines, Judge Essex Co. Court of Common Pleas.
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State of New Jersey
Essex County fc

On this Twenty-seventh day of May 1853 before me, Stephen R. Haines, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in work for the said County of Essex personally appeared William Day and Amos Day, residents of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law declare that Martha Day is the widow of Amos Day, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United  States and the same person who drew a Pension of Eighty dollars a year up to the time of his death. That the said Martha Day was married to the said Amos Day, deceased, at Connecticut Farms in the County of Essex aforesaid on the Twenty-seventh day of May 1821 by the Rev. Stephen Thompson a minister of the gospel. That her husband, the said Amos Day, died at Union in the County of Essex aforesaid on the Seventeenth day of March 1830 and that she is still a widow. That our knowledge of the above facts are from a personal and intimate acquaintance with both parties for many years before their marriage and being present and saw them married, knowing them live together from that time to the day of his death and attending his funeral and that they are disinterested witnesses.
[signed] William Day & Amos Day

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that William Day and Amos Day are reliable witnesses.[signed[ Stephen R. Haines, Judge Essex Co. Court of Common Pleas
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex fs
I, John R. Weeks, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Essex aforesaid (the same being a Court of Receiver with Common Law Jurisdiction) do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true statement of the proceedings had in said Court, with all things touching the same, in the matter of Martha Day, the widow to Amos Day, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner; that Stephen R. Haines Esq. before whom such proceedings were had, at the duly commissioned  and sworn that the signatures affixed to the [illegible] of the [illegible] affidavits and certificate, are respectively in the proper handwriting of said Judge, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Newark the Twenty-seventh day of May A.D 1853.
[signed] J. R. Weeks, Clerk
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The National Archives form VAM-51 12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name:  Amos Day. 
Grade:  Private
Line:  New Jersey

Warrant Number:  8237
Acreage: 100 
Issued:  June 11, 1789
To: Not Shown 

Also, B.L.H.I  250-60-55
* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.
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March 19, 1940.
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/0C
Amos Day aw
N. 4176
Mrs. Thomas Houghton
217 North Grinnell Street,
Jackson, Michigan.

Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers found in
pension and bounty land claims on file under W.4176, based upon
service of Amos Day in the Revolutionary War.
Date and place of birth of Amos Day and names of his parents
are not shown.
Amos Day enlisted, date not shown, served as private in
Captain Holmes' company, 2" New Jersey Regiment, and was discharged
at the close of the war, having served at least three years.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
December 1, 1828, at which time he was residing in Union, Essex
County, New Jersey. His age is not shown.
He died March 17, 1830, at Union, New Jersey,
Amos Day married May 27, 1821, at Connecticut Farms, Essex
County, New Jersey, Martha Denman. The date and place of her birth
and names of her parents are not shown. No reference was made to
a former marriage.
The soldier's widow, Martha Day, was allowed pension on her
application executed May 24, 1853, at which time she was aged
seventy-one years and a resident of Union Township, New Jersey.
July 24, 1855, still a resident of Union Township, New Jersey, 
July 24, 1855, still a resident of Union, New Jersey, Martha
Day applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the
services of her husband, Amos Day, in the Revolutionary War. On
this application she was granted bounty land warrant No. 250, for
sixty acres under the Act of March 3, 1855.

next time give the 100 acres. Wt
8237 - issued June 11, 1789
This was added after letter
was written [illegible]
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No reference was made to children.
In 1828, the soldiers application for pension was forwarded
from Newark, New Jersey by one William W. Day, in 1853, one William
Day and one Amos Day, were residing in Essex County, New Jersey
and stated they witnessed the marriage of the soldier, Amos Day,
and Martha Denman, their relationship to the soldier not stated.
No further family data are shown.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of
the land cited above, you should apply to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, this city, and cite the number of the warrant,
the acreage and the act under which the warrant was issued.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
of Martha Day, you should address the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following
data:
Martha Day, widow of Amos Day
Certificate #3672
Issued February 14, 1854
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Day
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Brief in the case of Martha Day widow of Amos-
Essex County and State of New Jersey
act of February 3/1853

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1828 at $80 per annum and paid to his death March 17, 1830

Allowed $80 per annum to Com. Feb.3-1853
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? if so, what?
Marriage proved by credible witnesses
Death of pensioner proved by auditor report
Identity and widowhood proved by credible witnesses

Name and residence of Agent
John J. Plume
Newark, N. Jersey

Examining Clerk:
J.L. Gray
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Newark. July 24/55

Sir
I send to you the Application of Mrs. Martha Day. the widow of a Revolutionary Pensioner. And I Most Respectfully ask that her claim may be attended to immediately as she is a very old lady and wants this for her support. And I have been informed. Sir that Revolutionary Claims are attended to first and if so, please write me, as it will be satisfactory to the claimant to hear direct from the Pension Office
Yours Most Respectfully
(signatures)
A M Reynolds
Newark, N. J.
L.P. Waldo, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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250
(illegible)
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Pension office
February 6/54
17 Mar 30

Sir.
Please report the time of the death of written name of pensioners, if practicable. 

Yours Sc SC

J. Cole
(illegible)

F H Burt Esq
(illegible)
present

Amos Day, Oct 1828, $80 per annum, Died 17 March 1830. Paid.
F. Bush
Auditor
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Official

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

(there is a stamp on tip that says Newark, July 26)
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May 31. 1853

Appl. of Martha Day widow of Amos.

N. Jersey P.$ 80
Act-28
180799
Act 3rd Feby: 1853

Rev:
allowed $80 per annum to Com. Feb 3-1853

John J. Plume
Newark
N. Jersey

Department of the Interior
Pension Office, Official (cut off)
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March 19, 1940.
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Mrs. Thomas Houghton,
217 North Grinnell Street,
Jackson, Michigan.

BA-J/CC
James Higgins
W.270

Amos Day
W.4176


Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Amos Day, Junior, pension number 4176, and that of James Higgins pension number 270, both of New Jersey.

The pension records of James Higgins and Amos day are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1940-Mar 19-I sent to Mrs. Thomas Houghton-letter in fate W. 270
James Higgins cc

Widow, &c.
File No. 4176
Martha Day
Wid.
Amos Day
Pvr. Rev: War

Act: Feby. 3/53
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