Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22223, Amos Dunbar, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                  
New York     

Dunbar, Amos    

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 31433-160-55

CONTENTS
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Due to pay.  See letter to P Agt. LJ Alexander, 5 August 1837.  Or to [illegible] Age 29 Sept 1837 Letter to A Gilmoor 29 Sept 37 To Pittsbur [illegible] from 1st Sept 1836 8 Nov 1837 - Notification
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197.329 Act Mar 3/55 Aug 2 55 Amos Dunbar Amos Dunbar Priv Capt A [illegible] Ent 20 Apr 1781 Dis 20 Dec 1781 Rev War Ad 160 [illegible] 7/56 BO Yulth

McKee v Scitt, Butler, Butler Co, PA   Vol. D. 158.

Oct 28/56 Letter to John Proviance - Butler, PA 
Warrant shows [illegible] he returned for cancellation. [illegible] RDC
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13.994 Amos Dunbar McKean County Pennsylvania Adm 2 years $80 Richard Chadwick Prothnotary, Smithport, Pennsylvania
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 

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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin 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, shewing the service of 

[BEGIN TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered  |  Duration of the service Years. Months. Days.  |   Rank of the claimant.  |  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  |  Rank of the General and Field officers.  |  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  |  Country through which he marched.  |  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  |  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  |
Volunteer 1779  |  3 Months.  |  private  |  Capt Tuttle  Capt Marvin |  Col. Graham  |    |  Fishkill  |  68 Orange Co. New York  |  tradition  |
Volunteer 1780  |  3 Months.  |  Capt McKinster  |  Col McIntosh  |    |    |    |    |    |
Enlisted  |  1 Month. 12 Days.  |    |  Lieut Onderdonk  |  Col. Dubois  |  Clarkstown  |    |    |    |
a 1781  |  9 Months.  |    |  Capt. Westfall  |  Col Wysenfelt  |    |  Minisink  |    |    |
1782  |  9 Months.  |    |  same  |  same  |    |  Shandaken  |    |    |

[END TABLE

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


The witnesses Ozman and Miller are not certified to be credible, when the is done the claim will be admitted
See Note J.
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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, musicians 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 } 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 ___  ages (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 provion 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which marched. [ ]This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons 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 day 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 applicacation of ___ 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 evidence 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 propoand 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 Solder. { 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 he 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 clergyman, 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 Clergyman, 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 enquiry 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 take the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a 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 the Court or [illegible] 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 authenticated 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 prevested 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 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 [illegible], 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, to 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 "about three or four months," is too undefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 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 Courts 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 officers 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.
The notes form [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule [illegible] [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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[State of] Pennsylvania
[McKean] County } Ss.
[On] this third day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of McKean County now in Session Amos Dunbar aged sixty eight years resident in Keating township County of Mckean who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - towit 
In the year 1777 about the middle of September I volunteered or enlisted into the troops then called the New York Levies under Capt Tuttle of Oxford Orange Co. N.Y. and lay at Fishkill on the East side of the Hudson three months the time I enlisted for - Capt. Marvin took command of the company in Capt. Tuttle’s stead after about one half of the time had expired - We kept guard – At the end of three months I went home being discharged - this was about the middle of December - There was a considerable body of troops encamped at the same place during this time - the officers names I do not recollect - In the next year I think in August I volunteered again under Capt Thomas McKinster and marched to West point where I joined my regiment which I think was commanded by Col. Malcomb – I know belonged to the Flying Camp and were all the time upon the march - we had a skirmish or [illegible]contre with a British Schooner at Dobb's Ferry below Haverstraw - we cut her to pieces so they had to tow her off - During
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this three months we marched up the river to Albany, Schenectady, & to the German Flats being constantly in motion - At the end of the three months, the relief not coming on at the day - I continued three or four days longer in which time we followed the Indians west into the woods - three days we subsisted on one lb. of bread to six men - I was again discharged and returned home - I enlisted within a few days again in the six weeks service captains name not recollected – Lieut. Onderdonk - lay at Clarkstown and in the neighborhood - served the six weeks and went home - In 1781 I enlisted for nine months under Capt. Westfall Col. Wysenfelt I think, we were stationed at Minisink in Orange Co. N.Y. to guard against the Indians - we remained here the whole nine months except short intervals of a week or so at the two or three times we were off on scouting parties - this 9 months tour expired the 1st of January 1782 - In the spring following I again enlisted for nine months under the same Capt & Col. as I believe and remained at the same place & performed the same duty except one month of the time we went to guard a place called Shandaken in Ulster County N.Y. – We were dismissed again the 1st of January 1783 - which completed my terms of service - making all together two years one and a half months - In the second term of three months Graham’s & Col. Dubois’ Regiments were with ours for a considerable part of the time  In the two 9 months tours we were guarding the frontiers against the Indians and there were no other regiments lay near us - I have the depositions of Abraham Ozmore and Amos Miller both of the town of Lansing Tomkins
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County N. York which prove my services for the greater part of the time - there are other person living in the same state who can prove the same hist whose testimony was judged unnecessary, in as much as two witnesses have testified to the facts.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State –
[crossed out: Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid]

Questions by the Court 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
A. I was born in Cornwall, Orange Co. N.Y. in the year 1764. 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?  A. I have none 
3. Where were you living when called into the service - where have you lived since &c.  A. I lived in Cornwall the same place in which I was born, when I entered the service - I removed from there to Wallkiln [Wallkill] Ulster now Orange Co. where I lived six or seven years - thence I removed to Chenango, Tioga, now Broom [Broome] County - where I remained about a year and a half - thence I removed to Ulysses Cayuga Co. here I lived about 12 years and in the year 1812 I removed to Head Seneca Lake, town of Hector - in 1821 or 2 I removed from there to this place Keating township McKean Co. Pa I where have lived since & now reside – 
5 State the names of officers &c 
A. I cannot state any thing further than
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is already set forth in the body of my declaration- 
4. How were you called into the service &c- 
A. I volunteered or enlisted - was not a substitute 
6.  Did you ever receive a discharge &c 
A. I never received a written discharge 
7  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity &c. &c.
A.  Hiram Mason, Clergyman, Nathaniel White & Derrick Voorhes 
[signed] Amos Dunbar
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
[signed] Rich. Chadwick, Prothy
 
We Hiram Mason a Clergyman residing in Keating McKean County and Nathaniel White and Derick Voorhes of the same township hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Amos Dunbar who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
[signed] Hiram Mason  Nathl White  Derick Voorhes
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
[signed] R. Chadwick Prothy
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DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY AN OFFICER OR SOLDIER CLAIMING BOUNTY LAND. 
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 
BUTLER COUNTY, } SS. 
On this twentieth day of July 1855 before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Amos Dunbar aged 91 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Amos Dunbar who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Abraham Westfall – in the not recollected Regiment of New York Militia commanded by Col. [blank] in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the [crossed out: 18th day of June 1812 that he] volunteered into the [illegible] in Orange County State of New York 30th day of April A.D. 1781 for the term of Nine months and continued in actual service in said War for the term of Nine Months and was honorably discharged at [illegible] Orange County State New York on or about the 20th day of December 1781 
He further states that he has received for said service no Bounty Landof by reason of said service
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he is entitled under the Act of March 3d, 1855, never having received Bounty Land
You will please examine the claim at your earliest convenience and send the Warrant to M'KEE & SCOTT, Butler, Butler county, Pennsylvania. 
[signed] Amos Dunbar
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledge before me the day and year first above written, and on the same day personally came before me William Campbell and John Williams residents of Butler county, to me known as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally acquainted with Amos Dunbar who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, that they were present and saw him subscribe his name to said declaration, and that from their personal acquaintance with him they believe that he is the identical person who performed the military services therein named, and who has received no Warrant therefor, and they further swear that they are disinterested in his claim. 
[signed] William Campbell
John Williams 
Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I believe that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim, 
[signed] John Murriss [or Murrin?]
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State of Pennsylvania
Butler Country
}SS.
I, Mathew F. White, Prothonotary of the County Court in and for the County and State above named, do hereby certify that John Munin [or Murriss?] Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State above named, duty commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 30th day of July 1853
[signed] M White  Proth

197.329
Bounty Land Claim
Act of March 3, 1855
M'kee & Scott
Butter, Penn'a.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

February 23, 1928

Grace Yard
Raymilton
Pa.

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 22223, it appears the Amos Dunbar was born in 1764 at Cornwall, Orange County, New York.

While residing at said Cornwall, he enlisted and served as a private with the New York Troops, as follows - 

From September 1779, three months in Captains Tuttla's and Marvin's Company; from in August 1780, three months and a few days in Captains Thomas Kins-try's and Amos Miller's Companies, Colonel Malcolm's Regiment, and was in an engagement at Dobb's Ferry; a few days later, six weeks under Lieutenant Onder-donk; from April 20, 1781, nine months in Captain Abraham Westfall's Company, Colonel Weissenfels' Regiment; and from the spring of 1782, nine months in the same company and regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted October 3, 1832, while a resident of Keating Township, 
McKean County, Pennsylvania.
About 1837 he moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania,
and early in 1855, he was still living there. He died August 4, 1855, leaving a son Jonathan.
There are no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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22223 
INVALID. 
File No. 22.223 
Amos Dunbar 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32”
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 115 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

1927 May 16 Hist to Hon Chas E. Winter   MMMF
1928 Feb 23. Hist to Grace Yard     awy.
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31.422

No [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Butler SS
On this Twenty fifth day of October 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Butler State aforesaid personally appeared Amos Dunbar who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Westfall in the Regiment commanded by Col _________ in the Service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania but he performed his service in the State of New York where her enlisted and formerly resided. That he formerly lived in McKean County Penn from whence he has removed to Butler County being where intends to remain and wishes his pension to be made payable in the City of Pittsburgh for the future. The following are his reasons for removing his pension from Philadelphia to the City of Pittsburgh is that he now resides in Butler County Penn which is about thirty miles North of Pittsburgh and that Philadelphia is situated about three hundred miles from his present residence, which makes it not only inconvenient but expensive to procure his pension, and causes considerable delay
[Signed] Amos Dunbar
Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
interlineation before signing
[Signed] Robt Carnahan JP
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Butler County
State of Pennsylvania
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared James Frazier who being duly qualified according to Law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Amos Dunbar the within applicant for a Transfer of his pension from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, that he knows that the said Amos Dunbar is that person described in the above affidavit, and that he so knows him to be a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and Deponent further saith not.
[signed] James Frazier
Sworn and subscribed this 25 day of Oct AD 1837 before me 
[signed] Robt Carnahan


I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Frazier the above Deponent and he is a man of respectability truth & veracity  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this day and year last above mentioned
[signed] Robt Carnahan
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Butler County
State of Pennsylvania
I John Sullivan Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Butler in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania do by this certify that Robert Carnahan Esq before whom the foregoing depositions were taken and who has hereunto in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was at the time, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the same court at Butler this first day of November AD 1837
[signed] John Sullivan
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Nov 7
Mr Evans

J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Butler Nov 1st 1837 
Dr Sir
I enclose you the application of Amos Dunbar for a Transfer of his pension from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. The old mans memory has failed him and he could not recolect the name of the Colonel - in the respects the applicant is correct. Please forward the Transfer immediately, as the old man is waiting to draw his last half year in Pittsburgh 
Yours Respectfully 
[signed] Alfred Gilmore 

Hon. J L  Edwards
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State of New York 
Tompkins County } SS. 
On this 20th day of September A.D. 1832, before me Cyrus Powers, one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the said County, appeared Amos Miller, aged eighty years, and resident in the town of Lansing in the said County, who being by me duly sworn according to law, doth on his solemn oath depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Amos Dunbar, now residing in the town of Keating, County of McKean in the State of Pennsylvania. that he the said Amos Miller commanded a company of Militia in the Revolutionary War, in the year 1780; that he knows that the said Amos Dunbar served in the army as a Militia soldier, at Fishkill in the State of New York, for the term of three months, in the year 1779 - and again in the year 1780, the said Amos Dunbar served a term of three months, chiefly on the Mohawk River, in the army, under him the said Amos Miller, in Col. Malcolm’s Regiment; and further the said Amos Miller knows that the said Amos Dunbar served as a Militia soldier in the army, in Capt. Abraham's Westfall’s company, on the Delaware River, for the time of nine months, in the year 1782 – 
[signed] Amos Miller
Sworn before me the year and day aforesaid 
[signed] Cyrus Powers Judge of Tompkins County Courts 

N.B. in Capt McKinstry [illegible] Amos Millers commander.
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State of New York 
Tompkins County - Clerk's office ss  I do hereby certify that Cyrus Powers Esquire before the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, which is a Court of record, in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and official seal this 21. Day of  September A.D. 1832
[signed] Geo. G Freer Deputy Clerk


Miller & Ozman’s affidavits for A. Dunbar’s Pension
Act passed the 3d Oct. 1832
[signed] R. Chadwick Prothy


State of New York 
Tompkins County } ss.  I, Cyrus Powers, one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the said County, and before whom the within deposition of Amos Miller was taken, subscribed and sworn to, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the said within named Amos Miller, and that he is of good moral character and well entitled to credit – Dated at Lansing, in the said County, the 8th January, 1834
[signed] Cyrus Powers
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State of New York 
Tompkins County } ss.
On the 20th day of September, the year 1832, before me, Cyrus Powers one of the Judges of the County Court in and for the said County, appeared Abraham Ozmun, of the town of Lansing in the said County, aged sixty-eight years, who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath depose and say, that he was himself a soldier in the Revolutionary War; that he is well acquainted with Amos Dunbar, of the town of Keating, County of McKean, in the State of Pennsylvania; that he knows that the said Amos Dunbar served as a Militia soldier, in the year 1781, for the term of nine months, and also a further term of nine months in the year 1782, both of which tours of service were in and about the Delaware River in the State of New York 
[signed] Abm. Ozmun  X his mark
Sworn before me, the year and day aforesaid 
[signed] Cyrus Powers Judge of Tompkins County Courts 

State of New York 
Tompkins County } ss.  I, Cyrus Powers, one of the Judges of the County Courts, in and for the said County and before whom the above deposition of Abraham Ozmun was taken, sworn to, and subscribed do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the said Abraham Ozmun, of Lansing as aforesaid; and that he is of good moral character, and his testimony entitled to credit 
[signed] Cyrus Powers Judge of Town County Courts
Dated at Lansing, in said County, January 8th 1834
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State of New York 
Tompkins County - Clerk's office ss  I do hereby certify that Cyrus Powers Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, which is a Court of Record, in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and official seal this 21 day of September 1832 
[signed] Geo. Freer  Deputy Clerk
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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 Hiram Mason who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the township of Keating in the County of McKean and that Nathaniel White & Derrick Voorhes who have also signed the same are also residents of the same township and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I Richard Chadwick Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of McKean do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Dunbar for a pension –
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Smethport this third day of October AD 1832
[signed] Richard Chadwick Prothy.
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Stamp:

Office of
The Commissioner

[illegible] 13 1927
C
U.S. Bureau Of Pensions
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CHARLES E. WINTER 
WYOMING 
COMMITTEES: 
PUBLIC LANDS 
IRRIGRATION AND RECLAMATION 
MINES AND MINING 
WAR CLAIMS 
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES 
SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON LAND GRANTS
Congress of the United States 
House of Representatives 
Washington, D.C. 
May 12, 1827 
Honorable Winfield Scott,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.
My Dear Commissioner:
Herewith, I am enclosing a list of names of persons who served in the Revolutionary War. 
I would greatly appreciate it if I may be advised as to the war records of the various persons.
Thanking you for your attention to this request, I am
Very truly yours,
[signed] Charles E. Winter 
Per S.M.
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Did the following apply for pensions for Revolutionary service.
Sally Pugh or
David Pugh from Virginia? His wife was Sally. He died after 1800 possibly in Grayson Co. Virginia. His service was in Virginia.
David Crews, who died in Madison County, Ky, 182-1. He left a widow Mildred who may have applied.
David Haga who served in Virginia, and who lived in Grayson County, his 2nd wife Sally Nonham applied.
Benjamin Phipps, for Virginia or North Carolina Service. He died Grayson County Virginia, 1838 leaving widow Jane. W5539 furnished May 5 1927
Rev. Henry Chamberlin of Vermont, who died 1828. He served in New Hampshire, and his widow Addie died 1845, Shoreham. S38601 send
Amos Dunbar, who served in Ulster County, New York Militia and who lived in Ulster County until after 1800 and possibly later. S22223 send
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Raymilton, Penna.
Oct. 24, 1927

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I have been instructed by Mrs. Alfred Beach, Genealogist, of Casper, Wyo. to write to the Pension Board for the records contained in the application of Amos Dunbar of Butler County, Pennsylvania, for service in the State of New York. Will you please send these to met at once?

Thanking you very much
I am Gracy Yard
Raymilton, Penna.
R.D. #1
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Raymilton Pa.
July 14, 1927

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the records contained in the application of Amos Dunbar of Butler Co. Pa, for service in the State of New York during the Revolutionary War?

Yours respectfully
Grace Yard
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May 16, 1927

Honorable Charles E. Winter
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Winter:
In response to your letter of the 12th instant, I have the honor to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to David Pugh or his wife Sally, David Crews or his wife Mildred, and Dad Haga or his wife Sally as described by you. All spellings of those names have been searched.
You were furnished on May 5, 1927 the history of the Revolutionary War pensioner Benjamin Phipps and his widow Jean, W. 5539.
You are herewith furnished with the histories of Henry Chamberlin and Amos Dunbar.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 222223 it appears that Amos Dunbar was born in 1764 in Cornwall, Grange County, New York.
While a resident of Cornwall, New York he enlisted in September 1779 and served three months as a private in Captains Tuttle and Marvin's New York Company.
He enlisted in August 1780 served three months and
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Rev.& (2)

three or four days as a private in Captains Thomas Kinatry's and Amos Miller's Companies, Colonel Malcom's New York Regiment and was in engagement at Dobb's Ferry. He then enlisted in a few days, and served six weeks as a private under Lieutenant Onderdonk in the New York Troops.
He enlisted April 20, 1871 and served nine months as a private in Captain Abraham Westfall's Company, Colonel Weissenfels' New York Regiment.
He enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served nine months as private in Captain Abraham Westfall's Company, Colonel Weissenfels' New York Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his applicated executed October 3, 1832 while a resident of Keating Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania. About 1837 he moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania, early in 1855 was living there and died August 4, 1855. His son Jonathan was living in 1855.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 38601 it appears that Henry Chamberlin, or Chamberlain, while a resident of Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, enlisted in May 1775 and served eight months as a private in Captain Jacob Hinds' Company, Colonel Red's New Hampshire Regiment.
He enlisted in January 1776, served as a private in
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Captain Daniel Carlisle's Company, Colonel Timothy Sedel's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged about November 20, 1776.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818 while a resident of Panton, Addison County, Vermont aged about seventy-one years. In 1820 he stated that he had no family depending upon him, that he had fourteen children, eight of whom were then living, but did not give their names or the name of his wife.
In 1822 his son Lyman was living in Panton, Vermont, and about the same time another son was living in Canada, and a daughter is also referred to. The names of no other children are given.
Subsequent to solder's statement as to his family in 1820, he married a Mrs. Smith, a widow. In 1825 he was living in [illegible], Addison County, Vermont. He died October 13, 1828. He was a Baptist minister.

Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comissioner of Pensions 
Washington City  D.C.


Feb 20

[postmark] PHIL [adelphia] Feb 13
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Philada [Philadelphia] Feby 17 1837 
J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Sir 
I have this day presented the Inclosed papers to the Pension Clerk at the Gerrard BK [Bank] your City, & as the term of 90 days has expire since the date of the Power of Attorney, he has informed me that he could not pay it without your special order, after stating to him the reason of it not being sooner presented he assured me that it would be no difficulty when I inform you of the cause of Delay Viz that I have been absent from the City & State having left Philada which is my place of residence on the 1st day of Novr last & returned home 10 days or two weeks ago, I have no interest whatever in said pension it is sent to me to draw the money & appropriate it according to instructions. If it is proper & rite that it should [illegible, pass?] will please inclose to me the proper authority by the presentation of which to the Pension Clerk I will be paid.
Yr Obt Servt 
[signed] John Alexander 209 Mkt St
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Hon. J. Minot 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City D.C.

Amos Dunbar
31.433  [illegible]

[postmark mostly illegible except for Oct 8]
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Butler 
7. Oct. 1856 
Hon. J. Minot 
Comm of Pensions 
Sir 
I respectfully ask information from you in regard to Bounty land Warrant No. 31,433. 160 Acres issued to Amos Dunbar. The Warrant is dated the 9 July 1856 
Mr Dunbar died on the 4, August 1855. 
On the 25, day of July 1855, he made a written assignment of the Warrant, (not then issued) to his son Jonathan Dunbar - This assignment is witnessed by one Witness Henry Kingsley on the 4. Oct. 1856. Said Henry Kingsley makes Oath before a Justice of the peace that "he saw him sign his name” One Joseph Cummings also proved on Oath that he is well acquainted with the hand writing of Amos Dunbar and believe the signature to be his true signature. 
Now if this Warrant No. 31.433 is returned would another in its place be issued to Jonathan Dunbar the assignee. Please inform what is necessary to be done in the matter so that the assignee may be enabled to use the Warrant as his own.
Respectfully yours 
[signature illegible]
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Aug 4

[postmark] PHILADELPHIA AUG 3

J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Comissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC
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Pha Augt 1 1837
JL Edwards Esqr

Sir
Some months ago I presented to the Pension Clerk in the Girard Bank a Comission to draw a Pention. (I think the name of the pentioner was Amos Dunbar.) He declined paying it as the comission was over three months old, this delay was caused by my absence from the City.
The said Clerk however wrote a few bills on the Comission & desired me to send it to you & desire you to instruct him to pay it. This I have done according to his instructions several months ago, but I have not yet heard from you or the comission. I have again called on the Pension Clerk in G. Bank, & he informs me that he has not heard from my comission since I forwarded it to you & he again directs me to write you and desire you to forward it to me with instruction to him to pay the said pension.
Will you do me the favor to attend to it immediately. Please advise.

Yr Obt Servt
John Alexander
209 Mkt St
Philadelphia
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Butler Pa Sept 23

J L Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City

Sept 28
Mr Evans
Mr [illegible, Edwards?]
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Butler Sept 22d 1837 
J L Edwards 
Dr Sir
I am desirous of changing the place where I draw my pention being at present in the City of Philadelphia and living in Butler County State of Pennsylvania makes it quite inconvenient. I wish to have it drawn in the City of Pittsburgh 
Will you have the kindness to forward a form for accomplishing this change to Alfred Gilmore Esqr at Butler Penna 
Yours very Respectfully 
[signed] Amos Dunbar
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J L Edwards Esq 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington

Mr Evans  Oct 4

[postmark] PHILADELPHIA OCT 3
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Girard Bank 
Phila Oct 2d 1837 
Sir
Your letter to Mr Shott of the 29 Ult. is recd Amos Dunbar a pensioner under act of 7 June 1832 at 80 dols per Annum was last paid to 4 Sep 1836.- 
No further payments will be made him at this Agency & his name has been noted on the Roll as transferred to the Pittsburg Agency from & after that time 
I am very Respectfully 
Y Obt Servant 
[signed] H Orne
Pension Clerk 

J L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington
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War Department 
Pension Office 
April 22d 1833.- 
Sir.
The papers in the case of Amos Dunbar have been examined, and are herewith enclosed. 
They are not properly attached, They should be connected together by a piece of tape, or narrow ribbon, the end which should pass under the seal of the officer certifying their authenticity. He should also send to this office, the depositions refered to in his declaration.
I am respectfully 
Your Obt Sert 
[signed] J.L. Edwards 

Richard Chadwick Esqr
Smithport [Smethport] Pa