Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16789, Amos Whitmore, Continental (New York)

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental (New York) Whitmore, Amos Mary
N. 16789
CONTENTS

New York.
(2003)
Amos Whitmore, private, Lambs Artillery Reg t
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of July, 1818, and sent to Joseph Monnell Esqr Newburgh, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818,
Semi-annual drawing
4 mos 22/30. $ 37. 86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ 4 years & 4 months war
Commissary's Office 1 bond
Not for publication Dec. 13. 1820 to Hon. Mr. Baie N. Rep. M.P.

Amos Whitmore -
Col. Lambi N. York Regt. 1779 - War
2003
Sept. 1010
Walter Case

Orange County ss Personallly appeared before Nathan Westcott Esqr one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Orange Noah Townsend Elihu Hedges Stephen Crisey and Gilbert Webb and being duly Qualifyed according to Law Deposeth and Saith That they are well acquainted with Amos Whitmore and knows him to be an honest Industrious Man and a peaceable good Citizen - and by Reason of the advanced age of both himself and wife (which constitute his Family) and their Infir- State of health which We believe Renders him Incapable of Supporting his family by his Labour we Freely and Conscientiously Subscribed our Names
Qualifyed before me This 20 th day of Nov r 1820
Nathan Westcott Esqr
Noah Townsend
Elihu Hedges
Stephen Crisey
Gilbert Webb
Mr Amos Whitmore has no family but his wife she is about 64 years of age and is very weakly, they therefore have no children to add to their support -
The Honorable Walter Cane is acquainted with all those men above written and will give the requisite Information Joseph Morrell

the matter of James Whitmore - a petitioner - certif. etc.
must state his ability to labor, and that the family are needy
2003

DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, } ss. ORANGE COUNTY, }
Certificate numbered 2003
On this fifth ————— day of September 1820 personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas, it being a court of record for the said county of Orange, Amos Whitmore ————— aged Sixty four years, resident in the said county of Orange, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: — That he enlisted the 5th day of March 1779. in Capt. Thomas Matchins Company in Colonel Lamb's Regiment of Artillery for and during the war Revolutionary war. that he continued to serve untill the 9th day of June 1783. when he was discharged at West Point by Colonel Lamb. My Pension certificate is numbered 2003 —
affirm + declare
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 part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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 the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have
I any income other than what is contained in the following inventory, and by me subscribed, viz: 1 Mountain lot $10.00. 1 dwelling house lot $125.00 two cows $30.00. one Hog 4.00 1 Table $3.00 — one d o 50.00 — one lot old chains $2.00 — two old chests $1.00. one small stove & Sund s $15.50 Total $191.00 He is in debt as follows. David Cunklin $26.00 — Margaret Mills $44.00. Elizabeth Mills $10.50 — 54.50 6. S. Rose $2.63. ————— 2.83 Balance ————— 107.87
Amos Whitmore
affirmed  sworn to and subscribed on this fifth ————— day of September 1820 before me. in open court State of New York } ss. Orange county } ss.
Jas W. Clintock Dep. clk
J. James W. Clintock clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Orange, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath  affirmation and inventory, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one Hundred & Ninety one ————— dollars and ————— cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fifteenth day of September 1820
James W. Clintock Dep.
Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Orange.

I Amos Whitmore of the Town of Cornwall in the county State of New York do Solemnly and Sincerely Swear that I enlisted in the said Town of Cornwall, on the fifth day of March 1779 - under Captain Thomas Whitmore in his company, in Colonel John Lamb's Regiment, of Artillery on the Continental establish- ment, for service during the War with Great Britain, and that I served as Bombadier and Corporal in the same Company and Regiment, until the peace made with Great Britain in the year 1783, when I was honorably discharged, by Colonel John Lamb at West Point on the 9 th of June 1783 - the whole time that I served was about four years and four Months, and that I am a citizen of the United States - and am not alien - and from my reduced circumstances, I need the assis- tance of my country for support -
Given before me this 13 th day of April 1818
Amos Whitmore
Joseph Morris one of the Judges of the Court of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange State of New York

Joseph Morrill one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange aforesaid it being a Court of Record of the State of New York, do certify that the above named Amos Whitmore (to me well known) was duly qualified before me to the above Statement, and that I have satisfactory evidence all of the truth of the facts set forth in the above - from my own knowledge I know that he found as is set forth the above and that he is entitled to a pension - Given under my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange State of New York - 23 rd Sept. 1818 - Joseph Morrill
Orange County Ss/ on the 20 th day of June 1818 personally appeared before me Joseph Morrill Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange Jonathan White well known to me of the County of Orange in the said County of Orange, who being duly sworn according to law. Deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with the

above named Amos Whitmore in the War of the Revolution, and that he and Whitmore served together in the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Matchin in Colonel Lander Reg t of Artillery, and that he is knowing to his serving as Bombadier and Corporal in the Regiment longer than four years, from the year 1779 to the Close of War with Great Britain 1783, and that the said Amos Whitmore had an Honorable Discharge from the Army - and further this deponent saith not Jonathan Whit  I swear the above and year above written
Joseph Morrell
Or angle county ss Joseph Morrell of the County of Orange aforesaid Deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Amos Whitmore herein mentioned, and that he is knowing to his serving in the Company and Regiment as he has stated in the War of the Revolution, and further saith he not -
Joseph Morrell
Swoomblyore the 20 th July 1818
Isaac Bell Knapp one of the Judges of common pleas sit for the County of Orange

Ames Whitmore Enville
Submitted
no files
State of New York
Orange County § I David M. Westcott Clerk of the said County of Orange, do hereby certify that Isaac Belknap and Joseph Morell, were, at the respective dates of the two last within affidavits, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, and that their signatures set to the said affidavits are respectively the hands writing of the said Joseph Morell and Isaac Belknap - In witness whereof I have hereunto af- fixed the Seal of the said County the 22 d day of July 1815.
D. M. Westcott.

New York 1246 Mary Whitmore Widow of Amos Whitmore
who died on the 31. October 1823 of Orange Co, in the State of N. York who was a Corp't Artill in the company commanded by Captain Martin of the Reg't, commanded by Col. Lamb in the N. York line for 2. years, N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 108 Dollars Combs per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of July 1837 and settled to Walter D. Case, New Windsor, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 37 648.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4. Mar. " 54.00
$702.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by D Brown Book 1. Vol. 1
Clerk
Page 141

State of New York Orange County
ss on the day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven Personally appeared be- fore the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Mary Whitmore a resident in the Town of Cornwall in said County aged seventy five years who having been first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July fourth one thousand eight hundred and thirty six That she is the widow of Amos Whitmore who was a Corporal in the Company of Captain Machin the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colo- nel Linn of the New York Line of the Con- tinental Establishment as deponent has been informed and believes and that the said A- mos served in said Company and Regiment upwards of five years and until the termina- tion of the Revolutionary War and was honora- bly discharged at West Point in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three Deponent has been informed and believes that the said Amos was at the battles of Fort Montgom- ery, Forts Springs, and York Town. Deponent cannot state the time when the said Amos entered the service nor whether he served un- der more than one engagement but Depo- nent and the said Amos lived together at West Point in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three and Deponent said the said Company of Capt- ain Machin Paraded at that place sometime in said month of June, and the said Amos with the rest of the Company then and

there discharged, the war having terminated. The said Amos resided in said Town of Cornwall when he entered the service, and entered it as a volunteer. Deponent has no documentary evidence relative to the said service of the said Amos. He was entitled to a pension from the United States, under the Act of March 18 th 1818. and the declaration and proof of the said Amos is substantiated. His claim to a pension is on file at the War Office of the United States, at Washington, and is all the documentary evidence relative to the service of the said Amos within the knowledge of Deponent. Deponent also saith, that she was married to the said Amos, on the eleventh day of August, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, by the Reverend John Close now deceased, at that time the minister of the Gospel in the Parish of New Windsor in the County of Ulster, & that the groom's brother Charles Southworth, whose affidavit is annexed, was present at the marriage. The said Amos died on the last day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and deponent has not been married since his death, and now resides still receiving the pension of the said Amos.
Sworn to and subscribed to the 21 st day of March 1887 before me Mary Whitman
W. H. Clinton one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Orange

State of New York Orange County ss
Personally appeared before the subscribe Charles Southland of the town of Munroe County and State aforesaid a credible witness to me personally known to have been by me duly sworn according to law and depose and say that he is seventy three years of age and is the brother of Mary Witson an applicant for a pension whose affidavit is hereto annexed. Deponent also saith that the said Mary Witson was the wife and is now the widow of Amos Witson deceased who was until his death a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18 th 1818 as Deponent has been informed and believes to be true that the said Amos enlisted in the Company of Artillery Commanded by Capt John Machin of Colonel Lamb's Regiment as a private for and during the war and served therein three years and to the end of the war; the whole or a part of said term for which he enlisted as aforesaid he the said Amos served as a Captain according to deponent's recollection and belief the said Amos was Honorably discharged at West Point in the State aforesaid in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three The said Company to which the said Amos belonged was charged at the same time the said Amos and Mary his said wife lived at that time together as husband and wife at West Point and Deponent was present and saw the

said Amos and the company to which he belonged joined and then discharged and also saith that the said Amos intermarried with Deponents said sister some time in the year before the continental army was disbanded as aforesaid but in what month Deponent cannot now distinctly recollect but has been informed and believes that the said marriage took place some time in the month of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, Deponent believes was present at the wedding, and is cer- tain the said Amos and Mary were mar- ried the year before Peace, and lived to- gether at West Point as husband and wife some time before the said Amos was discharged as aforesaid. Deponent that the said Amos died on the last day of October (ac- cording to Deponents recollection) in the year one thousand eight hundred and two leaving the said Mary Witmore his widow, and that the said Mary has not been since that time married to any one —
Sworn to and Subscribed: Charles Southland This 4th day of March 1837 before me James A. Seaman Master of the Court

1 State of New York Orange County
vs. Personally appeared before the sub- scribed Marshall Esquire of the Village of New Windsor County and State aforesaid a credible person to me personally known, who having been sworn, deposes and says, that he is upwards of eighty years of age, and is a pensioner of the United States un- der the Act of March 18th 1818 for services ren- dered as a Swiss in the Company of Captain Fran- zel Smith of the Regiment commanded by Gen- eral Livingston in the Revolutionary War. That Deponent was well acquainted with Amos Whitmore  Whitmore now deceased, late of the Town of Cornwall County and State aforesaid, and was acquainted with the said Amos from the com- mencement of the Revolutionary War to the time of his death. That the said Amos at the time of his death, was a Pensioner of the United States under said Act of March 18th 1818. The said Amos enlisted in the Company of Captain Fran- zel Smith of Colonel Lamb's Regiment of Artillery as a private Soldier for the Revolutionary War, and served therein until the termination there- of, and was then honourably discharged. That Mary Whitmore whose affidavit is annexed is the Widow of the said Amos, and has not been married to any one since his death as de- ponent has been informed and believes. De- ponent also saith that the said Amos and Mary intermarried some time dur- ing the Revolutionary War according to de- his recollection ponent's belief, but at what particular time Deponent cannot now state with certainty — and that the said Amos died about ten years ago — and further depon-

Copy of Affidavit
ent with not
Note the name "Whitson" erased on the first page of this affidavit to which name written above it also the name "Whitson" in the 5 th line from the top of that page altered "Whitson"
Joseph - Notary
Sworn to & subscribed this 21 st day of March 1837 before me
Joseph Notary
W. H. MINTON one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Orange
W. H. MINTON 1837

Rev. James Sherwood N. W.

State of New York.
Ranger County
§
I James Sherwood a Clergyman residing in the Parish of New Windsor in the Valley of New Windsor County and State aforesaid, Certify that I am the officiating Clergyman in said Parish. That there is a Church Record kept in said Parish and has been ever since the fourteenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and sixty four as appears from said Record in a book entitled New Windsor Zion Book from which Record it appears, that Amos Whitmore and Mary Southerland intermarried on the eleventh day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty two. Deponent saith that the Reverend John Close was the officiating Clergyman in said Parish at the time of said Marriage, as he Deponent has been informed and believes.
Sworn to and Subscribed This 21 st day of March 1837 before me
James M. Sherwood
W. H. Clinton one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Orange

State of New York Orange County ss
I James S. Clinton one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Mary Whitmore is the second wife of Amos Whitmore late of the Town of Goshen who is now deceased - That she was married to the said Amos by the Reverend John Close deceased at that time the officiating Clergyman in the Parish of New Windsor on the tenth  thirteenth day of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two & that the said Amos died on the last day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty three  three leaving the said Mary Whitmore the plaintiff for a dower in certain lands in his widow, who has not since his death been married to any one and still remains his widow I further certify that the said Amos served as a corporal in the company of Captain Thomas Mackin of Colonel Schuyler's Regiment of Artillery, to the end of the war and was honorably discharged in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, as has been also satisfactorily proved to me I further certify that it has been satisfactorily proved before me that the said Mary is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity - I also certify that James Sherwood who signed the annexed Certificate is a Respectable Clergyman and is now the officiating Clergyman in the Parish of New Windsor, and that his certificate is entitled to full credit -
The word "thirteenth" erased and the word "tenth" written above it before signing the word "three" also erased and the word "three" written above it -
James S. Clinton one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Orange -

State of New York
Orange County ss.
I, Lebbay L. Fair Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do certify, That James G. Clinton before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County; And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge; and verily believe that the signature subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificate to be genuine. And I further certify, that James B. Adams before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County; And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signature subscribed to the said Affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County this twenty third day of March 1837.
Lebbay L. Fair Clerk
In the sixth line from the top the word "believe" interlined L. L. Fair Clerk
16553 J. G. Clinton
Admitted Corporal of Artillery 2 years
Walter Can Eng Mrs. Windom New York

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16789
Mary Whitmore
Wid of
James Whitmore
corp. Rev War
Act: July 11 th /86
Index:—Vol. M , Page 332
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1655
Mar 30
NY
21 July 36
3 rd Sec.-
Washington City D.C.
Commissioner
J. A. Edwards -
Rev. Wardner of 3 much respect from

March 24 th 87
For
J L Edward
Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Mary Whitmore for a pension under the Law of July 4 th 1856
I corresponded please to send me a copy of the amendment of that Law passed last Session. I have not seen it in print though I have several New papers -
I am very Respectfully
Yours Walter Case
Note I might have stated as a well known fact in the Neighbourhood that tomorrow the more pronounced the last offices for the unfortunate Major Andree, the particulars of which heartrending scene have been related which the tears trickled down his cheeks -

10 July 7
Rev. Mr. [unclear] July 14 33
Spec
He Bailey 1655 May Whitmore 30 Mar 33
J. Richards —
Comm. from the
Washington City D.C.

Wm Lloyd
New Windsor July 3 rd 1837
Sir
In answer to your favour of June 24 th ult - I hasten to reply that Judge Stowell has recently had a stroke of the Pa- -ser, & his recollection is so much impaired that I do not believe he will ever be able to estab- -lish the time of the service of Henry Bur- -ley, more satisfactorily than has been done. Permit me to observe that as yet I have not heard the result of the applica- -tion of Mary Whitmore
I am very respectfully
Yours
Walter Case

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Whitmore, Amos GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8865 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 11, 1789 to Matthias Tenman, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.