Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30823, Philip Ament, Continental. Penn.
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3-1775

Service
Continental, Penn.

Ament, Philip

Number
S. 30,823
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20'912
Philip Ament
of Bourbon Co in the State of Ky
who was a Pri in the Company commanded
by Captain Kelly of the regt Rifle commanded
by Captain Hiller in the Pennsylania
line for Militia
[illegible] for $53.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Ky
at the rate of 53 Dollars 32 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of July
and paid to
R Serogin, Paris, Ky
Arrears to the 4th of Mc. 3 166,00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Ap 2. 20.00
180.66
Revolutionary Claim,
Recorded by J.T. Sprague Clerk
Act June 7, 1832.
Book 62 Vol. 4 Page 1

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3d Auditor Feb 5/55
G J.M. The
Feb 5/55
Calla, Fil 957
death not on Agency Book
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State of Kentucky
Bourbon County

On this day being the 2nd day of June 1834 personally appeared before the county of Bourbon and state aforesaid Philip Ament, aged seventy nine years on the first day of last January, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832 that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the month of June 1775 at Yorktown and York County and State of Pennsylvania under Mihael Toutal and marched from Yorktown under Captain Toutal and Lieutenants Henry Miller and John Matson who was then designated 2nd Lieutenant and proceeded to under the command of Toutal, as captain, Henry Miller and John Matson as 1st and 2nd Lieutenants to Boston in the state of Massachusetts and arrived at the Headquarters of General Washington at Prospect Hill near Boston about the middle of July 1775 where this afficiant first saw General Washington at headquarters detached with others amounting to 500 men to surprise in the night the Piquet guard of the Brittish between Plowed Hill and [illegible] Hill, and in the attacks on the Brittish Piquet the Captain promoted to the command of the afficiants company, this afficiant was then incorporated with the first Rifle Redgiment composed of ten companies raised in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, as this afficiant was informed. This afficiant also recollects the names of Captain Smith, Captain Morgan, Captain London, and his own Captain Henry Miller the names of the field offices (Except) Colonel Hand this
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affiant does not now the recollect & the given name of
Col. Commanded the 1st Rifle Regiment
to which this affiant was attached and Henry Miller
as his Captain. this affiant took the second day tour of
duty in erecting the fort on plowed Hill near Bunker
Hill which was in possession of the Brittish, and
kept up a hot five, on the American detachment
while at work on placed. Hill. This name was
given to the Hill and fort in consequence of the Cannon
shot from the Brittish fort on Bunker Hill Plowing
up the ground in long and deep furrows while the
works were erecting
this cannonade lasted eight days
and was hot work, tho not very fatal and upon the
compleating the fort on plowed Hill, and the erection
of the works on Dorchester Heights. Compelled the
army to evacuate Boston.
this affiant states that
Shortly after his arival there Companies were detached
to go to Quebec Morgan & Smith were two of the Captains
and the other affiant does not recollect, and Genl Richard
Montgomery, who fell in the attack on Dube
commanded the detachment. this affiant was then marched
back to Long Island and there remained during the term
for which he had enlisted as a volunteer which was
for Twelve months, as a private Soldier and received
his discharge from his Captain Henry Miller for said
Twelve months service but he has lost it in the year
1777 this affiant in the spring early of that year went to the
Station of Genl Potter at the Head of Pennsylvania and
entered the service in the Militia of Pennsylvania
and served at Potters station a tour of two months
the Captains name affiant cannot recollect that in the
summer of the same year 1777 this affiant entered the service
in the Militia under Henry Aundes as Colonel, and marched
to the big Island on the west branch of the Susquhanna
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at the mouth of Baldeagle creek, and on this tour this
affiant served two months, in both these tours this
affiant was drafted as a private soldier and served
out the full time of two months each tour that
he returned to York in Pennsylvania and lived there
Eleven years and then removed to Albemarle County &
State of Virginia and from thence in the year 1800
this affiant removed from Virginia to Bourbon County
where he has resided for 3 years. He has no documentary
evidence and that he knows of no person by whom he can
prove his services but Anthony Ament, whose deposition
is herewith forwarded which proves his service for 12
Months only, as to the four months he served in the-
Militia of Pennsyvania on the Susquehannah he has no
proof but his own declaration on oath. He hereby relinq
ishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name is not
pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
his X mark
Philip Ament
year aforesaid
. Citizens
We Robert Matson Hubble Foster & Henry
Bridget
Residing in the County of Bourbon hereby certify that we have
been well acquainted with Philip Ament who has in
our presents signed subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be Seventy nine years
of age as he states that he is reputed and believed in
the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of
the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
and that no Clergyman
Resides in his immediate neighbour
hood who has been
long acquainted with said Philip Ament
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Rob Matson
Hubbell, Foster
Henry Bridges
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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories
prescribed by the war department that the above applicant
-
Philip Ament was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as
he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to
the Robert Matron Hubbell Foster & Henry Bridges Esq
who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents of
Bourbon County and that they are all creditable persons
and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Foster Collins
Thomas P. Smith Clerk of the County Court of Bourbon do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the Court in the matter of the application of Philip Ament
for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this second day of June 1834
Tho. C. Smith
Bourbon County Court
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June 4, 1935
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BA-J/McS
Philip Ament, S. 30823

Mr. Donald Gran
741 E. Philadelphia Street
York, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard
to Philip Ament who served in the Revolutionary War and was pensioned
from Bourbon County, Kentucky,
Ament.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S.30823, based upon the military service of Philip
He was born January 1, 1755. The place of his birth and the
names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of York, York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted
and served as private with the Pennsylvania troops as follows:
from June, 1775, twelve months under Captains Michael Dondel and Henry
Miller in Colonel Hand's Rifle Regiment; in the spring of 1777 he
served two months at Potter's Station at the head of Penn's Valley,
officers not given; in the summer of 1777 he served two months under
Colonel Henry Dundes.
For eleven years after his service he lived in York County,
Pennsylvania, he then moved to Albemarle County, Virginia, and in
1800 he moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky,
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 2,
1834, at which time he was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1832 one Anthony Ament, aged seventy-five years, stated that
he personally knew that Philip Ament enlisted in 1775 and served a
year, relationship not given. The papers in this claim contain no
further data relative to the family of Philip Ament.
Very truly yours
Soldiers death not
on C 13.
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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30823
Revy INVALID.
File No. 30,823
Philip Ament
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 8
Arrangement of 1870.]

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1927. Aug. 5 hist to
Mrs. Fred, S. Russell
Mas

1935 June 4 hist to
Mr Donald Gnau
NiCS

1939. Dec 6. hist to Mr
Frank C. Cross MCS
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31.348
Philip Ament
Kentucky

for 1775 Pension
16 months
$53.30.
Address to Robert Scrogin
Paris Kentucky
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the Deposition of Anthony Ament taken at
the Clerks of Office in Elizabeth Town in Hardin
County and State of Kentucky on the 19
Day of November 1832, to be read as evidence
to prove the Services of Philip Ament in the
Revolutionary war this deponent being seventy
five years of age this Day
Deposeth and saith as follows
this Deponant says that in the year 1775
Philip Ament volunteered and joined him
self to a company of Valentears raised in
the town of Little York in the State of
Pennsylvania and this Deponent knows of his
own knowledge that the said Philip Ament
Did march off in said Company of Volunteers
Commanded by Capt Miller who marched
to Boston - said Philip Ament Vallenteared
for one year and this Deponant states that the
said Philip Stayed his full time out
and further this Deponant saith not
Anthoney Ament

the Court of Kentucky Hardin County to wit
the above and foregoing Deposition
of Anthony Ament was taken subscribed
and sworn to before me a Justice of
the peace in and for Hardin
County as stated in the Capsion
on the 19th Day of November 1832
given under my hand and I do
also certify that said Anthony Ament
is a creditable man and intitled to Court
where on oath
John Morris J.P.H.C
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State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct

I, Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the County
Court in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify
that John Morris whose name appears
signed to the foregoing certificate was at the
time of signing the same and now is an
acting Justice of the peace in & for said
County duly commissioned and sworn an that
full faith and credit is and ought to be
given to all his official acts as such, and
that his said signature is Genuine
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my said
Office at Elizabeth Town
19th day of November
1832
Sam Haycraft Clk
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Philip Ament paid to 4 Sept 1833
Rob J Morrison
Auditor
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Pension Office,
February 5 1855
Sir:
I herewith submit the papers on which
Philip Arment was inscribed on the Kentucky
Roll, under the Act of June 7th 1832, at the rate of $53.33 per annum, and will be obliged
if you will state to what time his pension has
been paid.
I am, respectfully
Your Obt Svt
J P Maluo
Commissioner

R.J. Atkinson Esqr.
Third Auditor
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[front side of envelope, stamp shows York Pa May 24 6PM 1935]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Veteran Administration
Washington, D.C.

25

[STAMP shows RECEIVED MAY 25 1935 MAIL SUB-DIV]
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May 24 1935.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me any pension records that you may have of Philip Ament, 
of Bourbon co., Ky., who was pensioned 
in 1834. He was a pensioner of the revolution.
Thank you in advance.
Donald Gnau
741 E. Phila. St.
York, Penna.
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Kirksville, Mo.
Apr. 10, 1927.

U.S. Pension Dept
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen,
Have you the name
Philip Ament of the Revolution
in your records? I am trying
to find his war record for
the D.A.R. He was from Va.
Very truly yours
Mrs. Fred S. Russell
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PETER H. HOLME, Pres.
Denver, Colorado
T. A. DINES, Treasurer
Denver, Colorado

CHARLES E. COLLINS, 1st Vice Pres.
Kit Carson, Colorado
HENRY A. KUGELER, Asst. Treasurer
Denver, Colorado

O. L. DAVIS, 2nd Vice Pres.
Denver, Colorado
WINONA F. ENGLUND, Asst. Secy.
Denver, Colorado

CLEM W. COLLINS, Secy.
Denver, Colorado

THE COLORADO GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
"Knowledge of Facts is the basis of all good Government"
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535 Cooper Bldg.

Denver, Colorado
Nov. 13, 1939

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Robert S. Gast, Chairman, Pueblo
Alonzo Petteys, Brush
Alfred Cowles, 3rd, Colo. Springs
William I. Howbert, Colo. Springs
A. H. Biggs, Canon City
John F. White, Cowdrey
Rex C. Eaton, Eaton
George C. Twombly, F. Morgan
W. G. McDonald, Glenwood Spgs.
W. C. Kurtz, Grand Junction
Charles E. Collins, Kit Carson
John R. Decker, La Junto
John Harvey Leadville
Grey Secor, Longmont
R. C. Benson, Loveland
F. B. Goudy, Monte Vista
Dan H. Hughes, Montrose
William H. Hutchinson, Pueblo
Whitney Newton, Pueblo
H. B. Mendenhall, Rocky Ford
Arthur A. Smith, Sterling
F. S. Graham, Trinidad
Fred L. Harris, Two Buttes
Ralph L. Snodgrass, Walsonburg
Clarence Adams, Denver
O. L. Davis, Denver
T. A. Dines, Denver
Tyson Dines, Denver
L. C. Fullenwider, Denver
Peter H. Holme, Denver
C. A. Shinn, Denver
H. C. Van Schaack, Denver

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U.S. Veterans Administration
Revollutionary Pensions Section
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me a digest of the pension
application of PHILIP AMENT, who served in the Pennsylvania
militia and applied for his pension while living in Bourbon
Co., Kentucky
Your kindness will be much appreciated.
sincerely yours
Frank J
Ross
Frank C. Cross
535 Cooper Building
Denver, Colorado
P.S. The name may possibly be spelled, ARMENT or with
other variation.
on some

PAY AS YOU GO So much contreversy has been made as to who should pay the taxes, how and by whom collected, that we have forgotten the
need of more economy in expenditures. The principle laid down by a father to his son, "Pay as you go," and the sow's argument, "What if I can't?" and the father reply "Then don't go," needs to be given more attention in public affairs. -J.A. Beak, , Master Pennsylvania State Grange.
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December 6, 1939

BA-J/MCS Our
Philip Ament, S. 30823

Mr. Frank C. Cross
535 Cooper Building
Denver, Colorado

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for a digest of the pension
application of Philip Ament, a Revolutionary War soldier who applied
for pension while living in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 30823, based on the military service of Philip Ament.
Philip Ament was born January 1, 1755. The place of his birth and
the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of York, York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted
and served as private with the Pennsylvania troops as follows: from June,
1775, twelve months under Captain Michael Dondel and Henry Miller in
Colonel Hand's Rifle Regiment; in the spring of 1777 he served two months
at Potter's Station at the head of Penn's Valley, officers not given; in
the summer of 1777 he served two months under Colonel Henry Dundes,
For eleven years after his service Philip Ament lived in York
County, Pennsylvania, he then moved to Albemarle County, Virginia, and in
1800 he moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 2, 1834, at
which time he was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1832, one Anthony Ament, aged seventy-five years, stated that he
personally know that Philip Ament enlisted in 1775 and served a year
relationship not given. The papers in this claim contain no further data
relative to the family of Philip Ament.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Philip
Ament, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and
possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you
address the Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting
Office, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
Philip Ament, Certificate 26912, issued July 10, 1834, rate $53. 33
per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
M.C.A.

August 5, 1927

Mrs. Fred S. Russell
College Farm
Kirksville, Mo.
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Rev
olutionary War pension claim, S. 30823, that PHILIP AMENT was born Jan-
uary 1, 1755, place not stated.
While a resident of York, York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted
and served as a private with the Pennsylvania troops as follows:
From June, 1775, served one year under Captain Michael Dondel and
Henry Miller in Colonel Hand's Rifle Regiment.
In the spring of 1777 he served two months at Potter's Station at
the head of Penn's Valley, officers not given.
In the summer of 1777 he served two months under Colonel Henry
Dundes.
For eleven years after his service he lived in York County, Pennsylvania
, he then moved to Albemarle County, Virginia, and in 1800 he
moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 2, 1834,
at which time he was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
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There are no data on file relative to his wife and children.
This is the only soldier by the name of Philip Ament that is found
on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner