Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4068, Amos Glover, Del.
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(8-1776)
Service Number

Del. 
Glover, Amos.
R. 4068

Contents
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Territory of Iowa        }
Van Buren County     } ss

On the twelfth day of April A.D. 1840 personally
appeared in open court before the District Court now sitting Amos Glover a resident of the town of Farmington in the county of Van Buren and Territory of Iowa aged eighty-one years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make his following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7 A.D. 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served 
as he in stated to wit, Henry Neal of Lewiston in the county of Sussex and State of Delaware was colonel of the regiment to which I belonged
longer.  Willam Maire of Beach Creek of said Sussex County in the State of Delaware was captain of the company to which I belonged 
and Jacob Lewis of said Beach Creek was lieutenant of the said company.  I enlisted the service on the first day of May A.D. 1781 and left said service on or about the first day of September A.D. 1781.  At this time I served just six months from the said first day of May.  When I entered said service I lived about ten miles 
from the town of Lewiston in said county of Sussex.  I started[?] my draft but was not chosen.  One of the soldiers drafted whose
name I do not recollect not being able to go I took his place but without his procurement[?] We enlisted on the said first day of May from our [illegible] about ten[?]  miles from said Lewiston went first to [illegible] in the state of Delaware
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Revolutionary Soldier and to Silas Height. Samuel  C. Reed & James F. [illegible] of said Farmington on the same point--Previous to this service I served three years last-previous thereto our campaigns were mostly against the tories who were supplying the enemy with provisions.  William Conner was captain of our Company.  The company consisted of thirty five men.  In the said three years service I was in three battles in said Sussex County.--One of them was on Musmillen in said County.  there was about thirty five of us on a side.  The enemy wounded five of us one of which died.  The other battles were at places in said County having no name by which I can designate them I do not recollect that I was attached to any regiment during the said three years service and do not know whether said Company was authorised by Law or not--I know of there being no record of my age and have no written evidence of my discharge.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state or Territory
Amos Glover
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The written Declaration Sworn to and Subscribed
in open Court this 12th day of April of 
April AD 1834

[signatures]
Elisha Cutler Jr Clerk of Said Court
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Acts of of July 14, 1882 and March 3, 1873 {crossed out}

{illegible signature across top of page, starts with letter A}

4068.

P. O. 
Amos Glover

Service:________

Rejected {stamped across page}

{rest of page left blank}

Enlisted:__________, 18

Discharged:__________, 18

Application filed:__________, 18

Alleges: ___________

Re-enlisted: ____________

Attorney:______________

P. O.___________
 
_________Recognized. 
_________Contract.

_________Cert. of Dis. 
Searched for ___________, 18
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House Representatives

January 26th 1844

Dear Sir,
 I have the honor to lay
before you a letter from Richard Humphrey Esq.
covering the pension papers of Amos Glover, to which
I respectfully take leave to call your early attention,
and to be informed of your action thereon.
Very
Respectfully
Yours
A. C. Dodge

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com Pensions
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he further states that he is satisfied (scratched out word) from the knowledge he has of the said Glover that he the said Glover could not
have answered to the questions propounded
to him before the Hon  Charles Mason in the following manner to wit that he served less then Six months in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War or that the men who captured Major Andre belonged to his company or from the State of Delaware but  believes that J.B. Paine (the person who wrote the answers) made a mistake in writing them

Amos Lucas

Sworn and subscribed before me
in open Court this 5th day
of October AD 1843
Charles Mason
Judge
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The Amas [illegible] and John W. [illegible] hath of [illegiblle]
County Iowa Territory and [illegible] of [illegible]. Coun
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upon that point under the laws of this territory refused to hear the same.
April 12, 1843


Charles Mason
 
Chief Justice &
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We John W. Starr a clergyman residing in the County of Van Buren Iowa Territory and Penal Beal, Amos Lucas of said Van Buren County, and are residents of said Van Buren County hereby certify that we are well acquainted  with Amos Glover who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we know him here in said Van Buren and know him in the County of Belmont and State of Ohio that we believe him to be eighty one years of age that he is reputed and lived in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in said opinion. That we know him for a long period of time in the County of Belmont and State of Ohio that he was generally(inserted ?)  reputed there as a revolutionary soldier and now heard it disputed there and here by some person

Amos Lucas (signed)
Franklin Nagle (signed)
John W. Starr (signed)

Subscribed and Sworn to
the day and year aforesaid
Elisha Cutler the Clerk
District Court Van Buren Co. S.S. ⎬
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation above of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 him that John W. Starr who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident of the 
County of Van Buren in Iowa Territory and that Penal Beal and Amos Lucas and that who here also signed the preceding certificate are residents of said Van Buren county and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Elisha Cutler Clerk of the District Court
of the County of Van Buren do hereby certify that the foregoing contains  the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Amos Glover for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 12th day of April A.D. 1843
Elisha Cutler the Clerk
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35.52h

Amos Glover

Iowa Territory

Oct 7 June 32

4068
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in
Territory Of Iowa
Van Buren County

 I Elisha Cutler the Clerk of the District Court for
the County  aforesaid Do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application of 
Amos Glover for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office
this thelvth (sic twelfth) day of April AD 1843
Done in Open Court
Elisha Cutler the Clerk
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Van Buren I T
April 23

(three letters scratched out)
May 15 1843

Iowa Ter
Amos Glover,
Oct 1832

Pension Office
Washington City
D.C. (olumbia scratched out)
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Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.
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Keosauqua Van Buren County S.S.
April 20, 1843

Sir

Herewith transmit you the evidence in
the case of Amos Glover a petitioner for a pension
In coming to this county all of his money amounting to about $400, was stolen
at Keokuk I.T.   A Revolutionary soldier with a large share of the decrepitude attendant upon the advanced age of Eighty one years penniless in a new county and among new people.  He calls loudly and for pity and attention. May I not hope that his case will receive your earliest attention,

 Mo Respectfully
Thos B Paine
Counsellor at Law

N.B. Please direct your answer to
T.B. Paine
Keosauqua
Van Buren Co.
I.T
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In the Matter of the application of Amos
Glover for a Pension from Government

Amendment to his former answers

Interrogatory 1st   What was your answer to the
Question as to the length of time you
served in the United States Army when
put to you before the Hon Charles Mason

Answer (underlined) 
I stated that I entered the army in April and was discharged on about the first of November following I am sure that I was more than
six months in the army at that time

Interrogatory 2  What year did you serve in

Answer
I stated 1781 but I only give it from memory I have no papers that will fix the time, but it was the same year Major Andre was hung - I was in the army at that time and saw him hung 

Interrogatory 3. Did you state before that the
men who captured Major Andre belonged to your company and where from the State of Delaware

Answer
No. I said they were in our encampment with us
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Interrogatory 4th  Have you ever made application for a pension before this time

Answer
No. I always had enough to support me before this time but now I am not able to support myself
Amos Glover (signed)

Territory of Iowa
County of Lee

I Charles Mason Chief Justice Of the Territory of Iowa, and Presiding Judge for the said County of Lee  do hereby certify that on this day personally appeared in open court for the said County of Lee which said court is the District Court the above named Amos Glover and made the foregoing answers to the interrogatories  propounded to him by me and made oath in due form of Law that the said answers were correct

In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of said Court to be
affixed this Fifth day of
October in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and forty three
Charles Mason