Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 41414, John Amos, N.C.

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
(3-1776)
SERVICE					NUMBER
N.C.		Amos, John			S 41414
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CONTENTS
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9,062
North Carolina
John Amos 		4
of Wake County in the state of North Carolina 
who was a private  in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Sheppard of the North Carolina 
line, for the term of one year 

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence 
the 5 of September 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of April 1819
 and sent to Henry Potter Esquire 
Raleigh North Carolina

Arrears to 4th of March 1819
Semi-anl, all’ce ending 4 July 1819 
$47.11 
$48
$95.11
Continued
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Notif: sent to Hon J.S. Smith
HR Decr 28th 1820

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Dead 
Duplicate issd 30. May 1833 
& sent to Richard Smith 
Raleigh NoCa
P. Agent May 10, 1837

Died July 7, 1835.

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District of North Carolina Ss.
On this 8th day of September 1818, before me the subscriber,
one of the Judges of the United States for the said district, 
personally appeared John Amos, aged seventy seven years,
risident in Wake County in the said district, who being
by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his 
oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled
An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land & naval service of the United States in the 
revolutionary war". That he the said John Amos,
 being in the militia service in the battle of Guilford 
during the revolutionary war, & the militia being on 
day & occasion dispersed & scattered abroad in every 
direction, went home & there remained some days
& until he heard that ["the area" crossed out] Genl. Green [Greene] with 
his forces was at Ransay's Mill, where the said 
dispersed militia were collecting – that he there joined 
the american army again & was therefrom returned
as a regular soldier for twelve months, for being having gone
home; as were all others as he [illegible] understood, for the same 
cause so returned; that be then, in or about the
month ^ of April returned the said service, at said Mill, in the  
State of North Carolina, in the company commanded 
by captn Rhodes, of the second Regiment, in the North 
Carolina line on the Continental establishment; that 
 he continued to serve in the said corps ["& in Capt Good" crossed out] 
["man company" crossed out] (except for a short space of time when 
he was detached under a Captain of So. Carolina, he 
thinks Capt Goodman, to attack Indian Mount & 
Thompsons Fort) until the end of the said twelve 
months, which was a continued service for that time 
in the said army against the common enemy; that 
he was then, or on about the 12th of April, discharged from 
service at Bacon’s bridge on Ashly [Ashley] River in South Caro=
lina [Carolina]; that he was in no battles, except in taking the

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two small forts aforesd., & a small engagement in 
marching from the Congaree to Augusta, & in taking 
two forts in Augusta; and that he is in reduced circumstances 
& stands in need of the assistance of his county for [sup=
port [support]; and that he sold his discharge & does not know where it is.
Sworn to & declared before me, the day & year aforesaid.
	[signature] H. Potter DJUSNC

	I Henry Potter– District ^ Judge [illegible], as aforesaid, do certify that it 
appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Amos did serve in 
the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against
 the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental 
establishment; and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need 
of the assistance of his country for support; and I now transmit 
the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary 
for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Raleigh 16th September 1818
	[signature] H. Potter DJUSNC

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State of North Carolina } Superior Court
Wake County } Autumn Term 1820
	On the 4th day of October 1820 
Personally appeared in Open Court, it being a 
Court of Record John Amos aged 79 years who being 
first duly sworn according to Law, doth on 
his oath make the following declaration in 
order to obtain the provision made by the acts 
of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st 
May 1820. that he the said John Amos enlisted 
for the term of 12 months on the 12th day of 
April in the year 1781. in the County of 
Chatham in the State of North Carolina in the 
Company commanded by Joshua Rhodes in the Regiment 
commanded by Cole Abram Shepard being the 10th 
Regiment in the line of the state of North Carolina 
on the Continental establishment that he continued to 
serve in the said corps, under the 12th of April following 
1782. when he was honorably discharged from the 
said service in the state of South Carolina on 
the 12th day of April 1782 at Batons Bridge upon 
Ashley River in the state aforesaid. 
	And pursuance [sic] of the act of the 1st May 1820. 
	I do solemnly swear that I was a resident 
Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of 
March 1818 and that I have not since that time 
by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my proper
-ty [property] or any part thereof with intent thereby so to 
diminish it as to bring myself within the provi
-sions [provisions] of an act of Congress "entitled an act 
to provide for certain persons engaged in the land 
and naval service of the United States in the 
Revolutionary War. passed on the 18th March 
1818 and that I have not nor has any

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person in trust for me any property or securities 
contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income 
nor means of support, except what is allowed me 
as a pension under the act of Congress of the 18th 
March 1818 which I have received from the Bank 
of the Unites States at Fayetteville by virtue of 
my pension Certificate being No. 9062 and that he 
has received two payments thereon the 1st due on the 
4th Septr. 1819 & the second due on the 4th March last 
and what little property he has in the following 
Schedule to wit

Schedule
State of North Carolina }
Wake County }
	On this 4th day of October 1820 
personally appeared in open 
Court, being a Court of Record John Amos of said 
County aged 79 years who being first duly sworn 
according to Law. doth on his oath declare that 
he served in the Revolutionary war in the 10th Regiment 
in the Company commanded by Capt Joshua Rhodes 
of the North Carolina line, and that his original 
declaration was made before Judge Potter on 
the 8th day of September 1818 and has received 
two payments as before stated by virtue of the 
said Certificate No. 9062. And I do solemnly 
swear that I was a resident Citizen of the 
United States on the 18th day of March 1818 
and that I have not since that time by gift 
sale or in any manner disposed of my property 
or any party thereof with intent thereby so to dimin
-ish [diminish] it as to bring myself within the provisions of 
an act of Congress, entitled an act to provide 
for certain persons engaged in the land & naval 
service of the United States in the Revolutionary War 
passed on the 18th March 1818 and that I

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Have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or [illegible] or contract or duty due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the [illegible] here to command and by me [illegible] no land, nor [illegible], shall [illegible] more worth above $30.00 ½ dozen [illegible] 1.30  3 House [illegible] 1.302 [illegible] 2 [illegible] 1, 201 of 1 [illegible] 2.30 $33.30
That he is himself aged 79 years and his wife Elizabeth aged 68 years, that they are all the family and his employment in returning a more in part and being very old of [illegible] he is in able to [illegible] it and [illegible] move where the charity of his neighbors than by his labor nor has he any person to [illegible] him or [illegible] to his assistance sworn to [illegible] had the date above
[Illegible] Court Autumn
1820 sworn to [illegible] in [illegible] court 
John X Amos March

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State of North Carolina
Wake County
L. Parsom Henitor clerk of the [illegible] Court of Law for the county of Wake do hereby certify that the forgoing oath of the scheduele thereto announced, are truly [illegible] from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the [illegible] of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property [illegible] in the [illegible] [illegible] in thirty five dollars and fifty cents. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand affirmed the seal of the said Court this 4th day of October 1820 
P Hentor Clc  
John Amos
9002
Com 
Sept

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May 11, 1932

John Amos – s. 41414
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Charles J. Blakes
115 Jefferson Standard Building
Greensboro, North Carolina

Dear Madame, 

Reference is made to your letter in regard to John Amis, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war. 
A careul search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of any soldier with surname Amis or Amiss. 
The records show that one John Amos served in the North Carolina Troops and was pensioned while a resident of that state. His record follows
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.41414, based upon the military service of John Amos in that war. 
John Amos was at the battle of Guilford Court House as a soldier in the militia, date of enlistment and officers’ names not given. He enlisted in Chatham County, North Carolina, April 12, 1781, served as a private in Captain Rhodes’ company, Colonel Abraham Shepard’s Tenth North Carolina Regiment and was discharged April 12, 1782. During this service he was detached and served a short time under Captain Goodman in the South Carolina Troops in an attack on “Indian Mount and Thompson’s Fort” He was also in a small engagement “on the march from the Congaree to Augusta and in taking two forts in Augusta” 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 8.

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1818, at which time he was aged seventy-seven years and resided in Wake County, North Carolina. 

He died July 7, 1835

Soldier’s wife, Elisabeth, was aged sixty-eight years in 1820. There are no further particulars in regard to her and no data as to children. 

	Very truly yours, 
	A.D. Hiller
	Assistant to Administrator.

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1932 May 11 – Hist
to Mrs. L. J. Blake
[initialed] EER	

41414
Revy Invalid.
No. 41414
John Amos
Priv Rev War

Act: 18 March 18 
Index:-Vol. 5, Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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John Amos
Cert.

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Name + Rank, Companies, dates of [illegible] and Enlistment, [Illegible] of service
10th Regiment Abraham Shepard Colonel
John Amos pt Rhodes 1787 12 months Time out 12th April 82. 
The above is a true abstract from the war [illegible] of the North Carolina Continental [illegible] in the Revolutionary War.
Give a [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] the 8th Sept. 1818 War bill [illegible] of the state

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John Amos

Admitted

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Sertificate [sic] for
the benefit of
John Amoss [sic] sr
[flourish]

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[Illegible] of N. Carolina
Wake County
This day [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Appeard before me [illegible] [illegible] one of the [illegible] of the peace for saed county and maketh oath that John Amos of County did [illegible] on twelve months [illegible] in the second decision in the Southern States in the Revolutionary war in the Continental Establishment and further odds that being personally acquainted with him for many years that [illegible] to a [illegible] age and reduced [illegible] [illegible] he [illegible] in need of the assistance of his [illegible] for [illegible] his sworn to and [illegible] before on this 5 day of Sept as 1818 [illegible] 
Ell [illegible] J.d. 

State of North Carolina 
Wake County 
For the [illegible] [illegible] to hereby certificate that it allow [illegible] [illegible] so have name [illegible] signed above was [illegible] [illegible] of the peace in for the county of wake [illegible] are at the home of his [illegible] the same and [illegible] [illegible] and [illegible] in and ought to be gorwn to his official acts as [illegible] I have hereby left my [illegible] seal of affair at Raleigh this 8th September 1828 
19 L. Kecy 66

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Raleigh 5th Ward 1838
The Secretary of War
Will [illegible] enclose the new certificate if allowed as soon [illegible] to W Richard Smith for me as I am in much need of the pay being [illegible] old & [illegible] & oblige you [illegible]
John Hozea
Eli Yates
John his X Amos mark

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State of N. Carolina APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE

County of Wake, 

	On this fifth day of March 1833, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Wake personally appeared John Amos who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Joseph T. Rhodes in the regiment commanded by Colonel Abraham  Shepherd 10. Regiment, in the service of the United States; this his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 26th & 27th day of September 1832 at or near say in the city of Raleigh County Wake State of North Carolina was accidentally [illegible] & totally cont where he had left his aid Certificate for [illegible] to heir in having his pension drawn by him from attorney made to Beverly [illegible] of Fayetteville by which [illegible] he had usually drawn the same. 
Sworn and subscribed to, before me,
the day and year aforesaid. 
His John Amos marks

Notes – The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate. 
	The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be pro-perly authenticated. 
	If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, “but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one”
	The pensioner’s oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be. 
	When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that per-son is also required, which must be authenticated as above. 
	In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying office, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers. 
	Modes of authenticating papers – In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who au-thenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authentica-ted, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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. 
	No attention will be given to applications from person who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouced for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

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State of N. Caroline Wake County
	Eli Yates Personally appeared before us the [illegible] one of the [illegible] interior of the Peace of War [illegible] afar & made oath in due form of law that has in well against with that within award John Amos, & well knowneth heir to be the same identical [illegible] named in the within officiat and the same John Amos, who be also well knoweth from a pensioner, then drawn his pension for several years past, from Fayettivelle N.C. sworn to & [illegible] before me this 5th day of March 1833 Eli Yats Darrell Rogers  
I certify that that Eli Yates who hath [illegible] before made to the above officiat in a person of [illegible].

Darrell Rogers Lb

State of N. Carolina, 
Wake County 3 the afficiat of Richard Smith made before me on oath states that, the statement [illegible], [illegible] of the [illegible] of the a? John Amo’s original certificate, as states above by him, is correct, & that the same was [illegible] in his same [illegible], together with his [illegible], a number of other persons home [illegible] at the same time, in the City of Raleigh on the evening & morning of 26-27 Sept. 1832
Sworn to [illegible] this 5th day of Sept 1832. 
Richard Smith
Darell Rogers
I certify that Richard Smith who hath [illegible] to that alone afficiat in a person of voracity.
Darrel Rogers Lp

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Dudson Insurance Company New York
“Insurance with Assurance”

Charles J. Blakes, Agent
116 Jefferson Standard Bldg. 
Greensboro, N.C.

April 26. 1932

Director of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: ATT: Mr. A.D. Hiller

Please refer to my request of March 15th and your acknowledgment of the 18th. in reference to the Revolutionary services of a soldier by the name of Amis from Virginia. 
I have always heard his name was John and that he was wounded in the Battle of Yorktown. 
Thanking you for your prompt attention to this matter, I beg to remain, 
	Yours very truly, 
L. h. Blake
Mrs. Chas. J. Blake,