Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37562, Amos Williams, N H

SERVICE
NUMBER
NH
Williams, Amos
S. 37562
CONTENTS

Maine. 17,634.
Amos Williams (R)
of York County, in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Long of the N. Hampsh. line, for the term of One year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine, — at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. of July, 1820, and sent to Benjamin Greene Judge South - Berwick, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1820. $ 185.03. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept r 48 " 23 mo. 4 } 1820. $ 233.03. 31. }
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application sent November 18, 1820 to B. Greene, South Berwick, Maine

37 562 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 562
Mrs Williams
Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 258
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5565.
Amos Williams
York County, Maine, 1st April, 1818.
Col. Pierce Song's regiment. N. H. line one year, 1776.
See endorsement in the case of Edmund Hut- chings, accompanying this declaration.
Service proved by two credible witnesses.
Admitted.
Benjamin Greene, judge, South-Berwick, Maine, recd. 5. Jany, 1820.
United States in the Revolutionary War. of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons who have been in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, and who are now residing in the United States, to be entitled to a pension for their services during the said war." law, do hereby certify that the following Declaration in order to be proved and allowed by the said Congress, was made by the said Amos Williams, in the County of York, who being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the person who served in the said Continental Army, personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Notary Public of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the said County, and acknowledged that he made the foregoing Declaration for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.

I William Mitchell of Kittery in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Sixty six years, testify and declare that, I am well acquainted with Amos Williams of Kittery in the County of York aforesaid, and I do well remember that he served three months in the Spring and summer of the year 1776 in Capt Eliphalet Daniels company, and as a serjeant, and he was then removed to Capt Titus Salters company in Col Pierre dongs Regiment New hampshire line and served as a serjeant in said company and Regt untill the summer of the year 1777, I further testify that I served in said companies with the said Amos Williams the whole of the time as above stated, when we were both discharged from the service —
W m Mitchell
County of York ss. Nov. 19. 1819
Then personally appeared William Mitchell (a credible and disinterested witness) and made solemn solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed
Before me Caleb Emery Justice of the Peace

I Edward Staple of Eliot in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts age Sixty One years, testify and say that in the summer of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt. Eliphalet Daniels Company in Col. Pierce Long's Regt New Hampshire line and served in said Company and Regiment One year, and I well remember Amos Williams of Putney in the County of York aforesaid who served a part of the time as a serjeant in the same company that I was in, but was removed as soon as I can recollect in the month of Augt same year to Fort Washington in and served in Capt. Titus Salters Company Col. Long's Regt. as a serjeant untill the last of the summer or first of the fall in the year 1777— when he was discharged from the service —
Edward Staple
County of York ss. November 16. th 1819 Then personally appeared Edward Staple (a disinterested and credible witness) and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me
Caleb Emery Justice Peace

Samuel Remick of Eliot in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Sixty three years, testify and say that in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and Seventy six I enlisted in Capt Eliphalet Daniels Company in Col Pierce Song's Reg't New Hampshire line, and served in said company and Reg't one year, and I well remember Amos Williams of Hitting in the County of York aforesaid, who served in the same Regiment that I did, (but not in the same company) for the term of twelve months at the time that I served in said Reg't. Samuel Remick
County of York ss. November 16 th 1819 Then personally appeared Samuel Remick Esq. (a credible and disinterested witness) and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me Caleb Emery Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts York ss. 20 th December A. D. 1819 I Benj. Greene Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit Commonwealth do hereby certify that the above named Caleb Emery is a justice of the peace for the County of York duly authorized and empowered to take and administer Oaths -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day & year above said - Benj. Greene

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this first day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Amos Williams aged sixty years resident in Britton in said county of York, 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War :"—That he the said Amos Williams in the Spring of the year 1776 enlisted as a sergeant into the army of the United States under Capt. Steph Daniels of Col. Pierce Ponds Regt of the New Hampshire Troops for the term of twelve Months in said Company about three months, when he was transferred to Capt. Peter Lathers company in the same Regt and continued to do his duty as sergeant in said company until the expiration of the twelve months, the term for which he had enlisted had expired when he was discharged.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj. Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Amos Williams did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 20 th day of December Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj. Greene

Amos Williams
Schedule V
17034
Kittery Co.
July 20 1890

STATE OF MAINE.
ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Alfred within and for the County of York on the second Monday being the eleventh day of September , and by adjournment from day to day, on the fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene & Judah Dana - Judges of said Court.
ON this fifteenth day of September in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Amos Williams aged Sixtyfour , years, resident in Hitter in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private & Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Salter in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Long in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration made on the first day of April - A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 17,634 - was granted. 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 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 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 schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Amos Williams
Sworn to and declared, on the 15 th day of September A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj a Greene
{ One of the Judges of the said Court
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
One acre and one hundred & forty six rods of poor rocky land - one old house, eighteen by twenty eight - one small Barn, one barn - shot - two old pine Tables five old chairs - a very few articles of iron & hollow ware

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Amos Williams who, by occupation am a day laborer which I am unable to pursue by reason of an inguinal hernia, a lame shoulder and general debility
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Hannah Williams 65 - unable to work by reason of old age & a consumptive habit   My Grandchild Asa Mitchell 23 months old  
Amos Williams
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, 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 sixty two dollars and twenty five cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fifth day of September . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Jere. Bradbury
Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York