Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4718, Amos Ward, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey.
Ward, Amos
S. 4718
carded.
CONTENTS

Dup. Cert. if? Sept. 19. 1835 And sent to Rev. care of A. H. Pierson, Cincinnati, O. 1888 July 19 - S. F. Cary - history - Prior
Ohio. 7.916.
Amos Ward.
of Hamilton Co. in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ward of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the New Jersey line for Eight months from 1776.
26.100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of April 1833 and sent to Wm. H. Moore Esq. Madisonville Hamilton Co. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep r 33. 13.33
66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. H. Moore Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 8. Page 28.
Dup Cert. if?

7.916. Amos Ward Ohio.
Admitted for 8 Months From 1775
7326
Wm A Moore Esq Madisonville Hamilton Co Ohio

C.
BRIEF in the case of  Amos Ward  of Hamilton in the State of Ohio.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the County  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     date he does not recollect In 17 substitute 2 Private does not recollect officers   1 st tour 1 " Capt. Kitchell   2 nd tour 1 " Capt. Ward   3 rd tour 1 " Capt. Brown   4 th " 1 " Capt. Ward   5 th " 1 " Capt. Ward   6 th " 1 " Capt. Ward not recollected   7 th " 1 " Sergeant. Carter  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? volunteer at the Battle of Springfield N.J.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris Co N. Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

The State of Ohio Hamilton County } B Court of common Pleas August term 1832.
On this 18 th day of August 1832. personally appeared before the judges of the said Court now sitting. Amos Ward a resident of Columbia township in the County of Hamilton & State of Ohio. aged 71 years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the Militia service as a substitute for Foster Horton and served in an Expedition two Months on the Delaware river against the Indians, the name of the officer under whom he served and the year he does not recollect -
Second he served one Month at Elizabeth Town New Jersey under Capt. Mitchell.
Thirdly he served one Month under Capt. Israel Ward at Elizabeth Town New Jersey
Fourthly he served one Month under Capt. Brown at Mount Holly New Jersey
Fifthly he served one Month under Capt. Israel Ward at Hackinack
Sixthly one Month at New Ark Capt. name not recollect and one Month at Morristown New Jersey under Sergeant Carter to guard Tory prisoners.
and that he served as a Volunteer at the Battle of Springfield New Jersey under Capt. Wm Day -

Sixty one Month at New Ark capt. name not recd lected and one Month at Morristown New Jersey under serjeant Carter to guard Tory prisoners. and that he served as a Volunteer at the Battle of Springfield New Jersey. under Capt W m Day -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and decl- ares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court
Aug t 18 th 1832.
State of Ohio Hamilton County S/S
Simos Ward being sworn, saith that he was born at Chatham in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey, on the 8 th day of Febru- ary in the year 1769. That he has a record of his age in his Father's family Bible which is in the possession of his Sister Mrs Perry in Campbell Co. State of Kentucky. That he lived in Morris Co. New Jersey, when called into service, and that he resided in Morris Co. New Jersey, since the revol- utionary war until the year 1814, when he removed to Columbia township, in the Co. of Hamilton in the State of Ohio, where he now lives. That he entered the service as a substitute for Foster Hor- ten - and that he was drafted, and also served as a Volunteer. He names Col. (Seely) and Gen. Winds and Col. Hathaway as regular officers. He general-

Circumstances of his services are named within. He does not recollect that he ever got a discharge - He names Israel Ward and Jedidiah Sturgis as persons residing in his neighbourhood who can testify as to his character for Veracity and their belief as to the truth of what he has sworn to above and within before me in open court Aug. 18 th 1832
Amos Ward
San Francisco
Calif.
State of Ohio } ss Hamilton County } ss
Israel Ward and Jedidiah Sturgis being sworn say they reside in the neighbourhood of Amos Ward the above named applicant that they are well acquainted with said Amos Ward and have known him for more than fifty years. That one of them viz Jedidiah Sturgis saith that he served with the said Amos Ward in the Delaware Expedition against the Indians. That he does sustain and has ever since they have known him sustained an irreproachable character as a man of Veracity and a good citizen, that they believe his representations as to age. That they do know that he served as a soldier in the revolutionary war. That it has been reported in the neighbourhood and believed so far as they know that he has been a revolutionary soldier and that they concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed Jedidiah Sturgis

and believed so far as they know. that he has been a revolutionary soldier and that they concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed Jedediah Sturgis before me in open court Israel Ward Aug t 28 th 1832,
Daniel Gano Atty for Pl
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 Jedediah Sturgis and Israel Ward who signed the same are residents of the County of Hamilton and are credible persons and that their statement are entitled to credit.
I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Hamilton do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Amos Ward for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of our court of Common Pleas at Cincinnati this 17 th of Sept r 1832.
Daniel Gano Atty for Pl
Amos Ward Declaration under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 #3261

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Amos Ward a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ enred at various times & mos Pvt. Kitchell Israel Ward Brown William Day Sergant Carter Sylvanus Beekley Hathaway N.J.  
Battles engaged in, Spotsylvania N.J. was in expedition on Delaware  River against Indians Residence of soldier at enlistment, Monroe County, N.J. Date of application for pension, Aug. 18, 1832 His d. was al. Residence at date of application, Columbia Twp. Hamilton Co. Ohio Age at date of application, born Feb. 2, 1761 at Chatham, Morris Co. N.J.
Remarks:
It is not stated whether he had a wife or children
Respectfully,
Sister Mrs. Perry of Campbell Co. Ky. had family of children.
Commissioner.

Rev. att Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly give me the pension record of Amos Ward, Hamilton Co. Ohio. Pensioner of the Revolution. Placed on roll Apr. 18. 1833. Pension began Mar 4. 1831. Belonged to New Jersey Militia.
Yours truly
Mrs F. B. Hinrichs 1726 Juneway Terr. Chicago Ill.

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of JAMES HARRI which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 undersigned, 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."

Application for a new Certificate. State of Ohio, City of Cincinnati, Hamilton City, set.
On this seventh day of September A. D. 1835. before me, the Subscriber, Mayor of the City aforesaid, personally appeared Amos Ward who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Balgs and the Company commanded by Capt. Balgs in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sylvanus Peeley in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Ohio; that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate on or about the eighth day of March A. D. 1835. at or near the suburbs of Cincinnati in Fulton Township, he lost, by its being stolen from him in the night at the house where he lodged, along with about four dollars 50 / 100 in money, pocket book & handkerchief enveloping the whole, by some person or persons to him unknown: that since that event he has never either seen or heard of the certificate or other articles above mentioned, stolen from him.
Amos Ward
Sworn and subscribed to before me at Cincinnati the day & year aforesaid, with the seal of said City offered
James M. [unclear]
State of Ohio, City of Cincinnati set.
Before me, Danl. W. Davis, Mayor of the City aforesaid, personally came Aaron K. Pierson who being sworn according to law to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth deposes & says that he is well acquainted with the above named Amos Ward and knows him to be the identical

Amos Ward described in the above affidavit which he has sworn to and subscribed before me the 7 th Sep r 1835. and further deponent saith not.
A. H. Pierson
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written.
Frank H. Davis Mayor
State of Ohio, City of Cincinnati. ss.
I, Paul W. Davies, Mayor of the City aforesaid, am personally acquainted with the above named deponent, A. H. Pierson, and hereby certify that he is a person of undoubted veracity.
Given under my hand and cor- porate seal of said City this seventh day of September 1835.
Frank H. Davis Mayor

for Dup. at Sctt 14 Amor Ward C.
7916
the
J. G. Edwards Esq. Hon. midwifery of Portland. Washington District of Columbia.

Cin. September 7. 1835. J. E. Edwards Esq. Sir.
The enclosed are is the application of Anas Ward for a new Certificate, he having unfortunately lost the old one in his possession last March.
If the application proves satisfactory address Anas Ward, Care of A. H. Pierson, Cin. Cincinnati if you please.
Yours Respectfully
A. H. Pierson
P.S. A certificate of the Commission and genuineness of the signature of Samuel W. Davis Mayor, before whom the several affidavits were made, was transmitted to your office accompanying an application for a transfer for a Pensioner named Mr. Patterson, last spring, which I presume is on file there and will supersede the necessity of another similar certificate to accompany the enclosed.
A. H. Pierson.

Amos Ward in Aug t 1832 of Columbia, Hamilton Co Ohio born in Chatham, Morris Co N.J. Feb y 8. 1761 in 1814 removed from Morris Co N.J. to Columbia Ohio
He served 7 tours of duty among which was an expedition against the Indians on the Delaware river, (Stationed) near the enemies lines to protect the inhabitants from plunder- ing by the Indians & British, guarding prisoners & was in the fight when Shunfield was burnt (June 23. 1780) Generally under Command of Col. Gaily. At Elizabeth town N.J. Holly Haskomack Newark & Volunteer

Rev May
4718. INVALID.
1921 Oct. 8 Hist. to Mrs. F. B. H. in 1921
File No. 4718
Amos Ward
Pr. R. G. Line
Act: June 4, 1932
Index:—Vol. A , Page 391
[Arrangement of 1870.]