Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 12189, Amos Avery, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Avery, Amos
Betsy

NUMBER
R.12189

CONTENTS
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Declaration
Betsey Avery
Second Sec. Act Feby 3. 1856
Original
Special {illegible]
25 June 1860
Stephen Thomas
W. Fairlee
Vermont

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State of Vermont
Bradford District ss.
On this 12th
of June AD 1864
Personally appeared before Court
at a session thereof holden at County, within and for
said District
Betsey
Avery, a Resident of
Corinth, in the County of
Orange and State of
Vermont, aged 96 years.
who being duly sworn
according to law, doth upon her oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
of the 2d Section of the Act of Congress, passed
February 3d 1853-
That she is the widow of Amos
Avery who was Sergeant & Private in the Revolutionary War
that he enlisted in the Town of
Lyme in the State of Connecticut, for Three
and as she was informed by him, and verily
believes, and served for that length of time
That she was married to the said Amos Avery
at Topsham on the ____
day of June in the
year Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, that her Husband
the said Amos Avery died at said County on the
25th day of December in the year Eighteen Hundred and
Twenty five, and that she is now a widow, that her
name before her marriage was Tucker, & that her
Maiden name was Farnham

Betsey (her X mark) Avery
Sworn to and Subscribed by the above Declarant
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on the day and year first above mentioned
open Court
Before me
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto Subscribed my name and
affixed the Seal of Said Town
as
Corinth, in said District on
this 12th day of June AD 1860
Alvah Bean Judge
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I Clarisa Atkins of Corinth in the County
of Orange and State of Vermont aged 49 years
depose and say that I am a Daughter of Amos
Avery late of Corinth deceased who died in said
Corinth on the 25th day of December Eighteen
hundred & twenty five. I recollect that I was fourteen
years old & in my fifteenth year when he died & that
I had a cousin Nathaniel Avery Jr who died the 26th
day of December the year 1826 - That my mother Betsey
Avery is & has remained a widow ever since the
death of my said Father Amos Avery, and that she
now resides in Corinth aforesaid, that I was
present when my father died & attended his funeral
& as I have ever understood & believe, he would
have been seventy five years old in March after
his death - that I never had any knowledge of any
Record of the Marriage of my Father & mother or of his death
I have frequently before my Fathers death heard him
relate about his serving in the War of the Revolution
I heard him tell about standing guard when he
supposed they were going to be attacked by the Indians
that he suffered much with hunger, I heard him
say that he & some other soldiers Stole a Turkey & roasted
it by the side of a Stump & cut it with some day bread,
that he suffered much for clothing & for having what
he had washed. I heard my Uncle Nathaniel
Avery say that my Father was in the Army at the
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at the same time he was, but that they were not
together. I also heard my Father say the same. I
heard my father talk with men relative his service
in the Revolution & never had any doubt but
what he served for a long time, I have ever under
stood & believed that my Father when he came to live in
this State that he came from Lyme Connecticut & that
he was a widower when he married my mother & that
my mother was a widow. I heard my Father say
that the company that he was with could not get their
cloths washed that they became so dirty that they became
covered with lice. This last incident made a strong
impression on my mind
Clarissa Mains
Sworn to and subscribed the above affiant
on this 12th day of June 1860 before me I certify that
said Affiant is personally known to me & that she
is a person person of respectibility & a credible witness
A J George Justice of Peace
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I Andrew Avery of and in the County
of Orange and State of Vermont Aged 64 years
depose and say, that I was personally acquainted with
Amos Avery late of Corinth in said County
deceased, from my earliest recolection until the
the time of his deceased which event occured
(I think) some thirty five or forty years ago that
I was not present at his death or funeral, but
understood the time it occured. My Father who was a
brother of the said Honor visited with him severe
during his last sickness & but a short time 
for his death, that he married for his second
wife Mrs
Tucker whose maiden name was
Farnham that I knew her before the Marriage. I was
not present at the marriage but it was understood
in the neighborhood at the time. I did not live 
over a mill from him at the time. I saw them 
Soon after marriage & have know her ever
since that she now resides in said Corinth
and is a widow, that I was often at their
house & know they live together as man & wife
from the time of the reputed marriage until
the death of the said Amos & I never heard
it doubted that the marriage took place-
That the said Amos. my Father & their two
other Brothers resided as I ever understood from
all of them, during the Revolutionary war in
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Lyme in the State of Connecticut, and
that two of them to wit: Amos Avery & Nathanel
Avery Served in the Army of the Revolution
while they resided at said Lyme, that I now
have in my possession a Powder horn which
bears this inscription "Andrew Avery his horn
Lake George 1758" that said Amos told me hem used
that horn when he was in the Revolution, my
Grand Father Andrew Avery died before the Revo-
lution & gave this horn & a gun to my Father on
account of his name being Andrew, that when
said Amos as I was told by him & my Father carried
into the war of the Revolution
with him said Gun & horn & when he came from
the Army returned them to my Father & the G gun is
now in said Corinth & is one that I have used
many times, that it was a matter will understood
by the whole family of my Fathers & his brothers
that said Amos served in the Revolution &
that he was for a time stationed at New
London Ct. that said Amos was a man of  [illegible] truth & veracity & he told me at many times
the incidents of his service & I have no doubt but
what he served & that he used said Gun and
Powder horn, which was used by my Grand
Father in the French War, that said Amos told me
he shot a Porpoise with said Gun when in the Army
he also told me how much he suffered for the
want of clothing and for the want of
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Suitable provisions - the ward "Corinth"
ceased & "Topsham" interlined and the word "he "
the words "into the Any of the Revolution"" & the words
" Indian" interlined before signing -
Andrew Avery
Sworn to & subscribed by the above
affiant on the 9th day of June 1860 before
me and I certify that the affiant is
personally known to me & that
he is a credible witness-
Chas Collins
Notary Public
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I Josiah Avery of Topsham in the
County of Orange & State of Vermont aged
Sixty years depose & say that I am a son
of Amas Avery late of Corinth deceased
that my mother died when I was about
Four years old. that I then went to reside
with Daniel Rowland who was a brother
of my Mother & lived with him until I was
twenty one years of age, that my Father in some
four or five years after as I was informed
Married Mrs Betsey Tucker, that I visited them
after their marriage & visited them when
my Father was sick & a few days before
he died. I was not present at his death or
Funeral as I then lived some considerable
distance from him. I never saw him
much after & went to live with my [illegible]
& never heard him talk about his service
in the Revolution, but I have heard my
Uncle Rowland's & My Grand Father &
Grand Mother Rowland (who came from
the town of Lyme in the State of Connecticut
the same town where my Father lived
during the Revolution, say that he served in
in the Revolution & I have ever understood
he served three years. They told me he was
under Washington, my Grand Mother told
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me the she saw the smoke of the burning
of New London from where she lived in
said Lyme, & that my Father was then in the
Army, that it was the understanding among
those who were acquainted with my Father
that he served in the Revolution & I never
doubted doubted but what he did not heard it
doubted, I have seen a Powder [Illegible] & Gun
that I was informed & belive he had in the
Revolutionary service. That I think it is
Same Thirty five years since he died
that his widow the said Betsey, now lives
in Corinth & is now a widow - My Father
was the oldest child of my Grand Father Avery's
family as I have ever understood that there were
four sons, two of whom were in the Revolution
said Amos & Nathaniel, that it was said Nathaniel
was a Teamster & was sick while in the service
& went home in consequence of his sickness
that said Nathaniel Drew a Pension before
he died, that I do not now know of any
one living who know my Father in said
Lyme unless it may be Nathaniel Tillotson
of this town
Signature of Josiah Avery
Sworn to subscribed by the above
affiant on the 9th day of June 1860
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before me. I certify that the applicant is personally known to me & that he is a Credible witness. 
Signature of Chas Collins
Notary Public
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I Nathaniel Tillotson of Orange in the County
of Orange & State of Vermont aged 78 years
depose and say that I was born in the town of
Lyme in the State of Connecticut & resided there
until is was twenty two years old, that I
personally knew Amos Avery & his three
brothers in said Lyme, that all but one of them
removed into this County before I did & the
other one came here to reside after I did, that
I understood from the Avery's & from my Father
& Mother that Amos Avery served in the War of
the Revolution, my Mother said when he first
went into the Revolution he was on guard &
that a man came up to him & told him he had a
pretty Green & wanted take it & that he let him
take it, but he got it back from him, I enquired
of the said Amas if that was true & he said
it was, he told me. Very many incident about
the service at different times and I never had
any doubt but what he served, he was always
a man of the strictest integrity & whatever he
said was believed by all who knew him
I understood before I left Lyme that he served
he lived near me in Lyme & we lived nine
miles from New London, that he was always
reputed at Lyme & after he came to this County
to have served in the War of the Revolution
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and also that his Brother [illegible] Nathaniel Avery
served as a teamster, he was younger them
Amos. Amos was the oldest of the his Father
Children - I understood that Amos, served
longer than Nathaniel did but I cannot
say how long either of them Served, Neither
received a Pension before he died, that
Amos Avery married for his second
wife Mrs Betsey Tucker about Fifty years
ago with whom he lived as his wife until
the time of his death which occured some
Thirty five years ago. I saw him during his
last sickness but was not at his Marriage
nor funeral, that the said Betsey now resides
in Corinth & is now a widow, her maiden
name was Farnham her first husbands name
was Tucker. I think, David.
Signature of  Nathanel Willson
Sworn to & Subscribed by the above
affiant on the 9th day of June
1860 before me, and certify
that the affiant is personally
known to me that he is a
credible witness-
Chas Collins
Notary Public
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I Betsey Tillotson of Orange in the County
of Orange & State of Vermont aged 68 years
depose & say that I was born in the Town of
Lyme in the State of Connecticut, that I came
into this County to live when quite young. That
I knew Amos Avery, Nathaniel Avery, Andrew
Avery & Christopher Avery, that they were called the
Sons of Andrew Avery who died in said Lyme
that from coming from the same Town I
kept up an acquaintance with them until
the died. past I frequently heard Amos. say
that he served & I also heard & Nathaniel Avery
say that he served as a Teamster in said War
I understood that Amos served longer than
Nathaniel. I have heard the affidavit of
Nathaniel Tillotson hereto attached read & to which
I can & do fully subscribe especially to the incident
about his giving up this give, about which we
used to make some sport, I also fully agree in
said Nath Tillotson statement about the time of death
& Marriage of said Amos
Signature of Betsey Tillotson
Sworn to subscribed by the above
affiant on the 9th day of June 1860
before me and I certify that the words
In the Revolutionary war, were interlined before
signing & that said affiant is personally known
to me that he is a credible Witness -
Chas Collins - Notary Public
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State of Vermont
Orange County
I Lyman G Hinckley
of the County Court
within and for the
County of Orange hereby certify that on
Alvah Bean whose name is subscribed
to the declaration
hereto attached is
Judge of Probate for the District
of 
Bradford in Said County that Charles
Collins whose name is attached to an 
affidavit hereto annexed is a Notary
Public in and for said County and
that A of George
whose name is
attached to an affidavit annexed
is a Justice of the Peace within and for
said County that each of said officers
at the date of the respective papers
were duly qualified to [illegible] as such
and that their signatures
their own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I hereunto
Subscribe my name and
affix the Seal of Said Court
at Chelsen in Said County
this 14th day of June A D 1860
Lyman G. Hinckley Clerk

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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873:
Imprint of word REJECTED can be seen.
12189
Betsey Avery
Service: Vermont
Widow of Amos Avery
Enlisted: 
Discharged: Revy War
Died in a825

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No. 1518
Betsey Avery
widow of 
Amos Avery
Vermont
[illegible] Stephen Thomas
June 26/60

Act Feby 3, 1853
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford June 22 1858
I certify, that on application for evidence
of the service of Amos Avery in the war of the Revolu
tion, I have examined the documents remaining in this
office, and find the name of Amos Avery on a Pay
Roll under the following heading vis. (Settlement with
3 Companies in Col. Henry Sherburns Regiment,
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before January 1780, where the said Avery is credited
with service as a Sergeant from March 20th 1777 to Jany
1st 1779: 1 year mo. 11 days, and also as a private
from Jany 1st 1779 to Jany 1st 1780 - 1 year
In another settlement with the said 3 Companies
in Col. Sherburns Regt. for the year 1780, I
also find the name of Amos Avery where he
is credited with service as a private from Jany 1st 1780
to April 20th 1780 - 3 months 20 days
Wm. H. Buell Comptroller
by Geo. Robinson Clerk