Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31446, Amos Upton, Mass.

SERVICE
Upton, Amos
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S 31446
CONTENTS

N o 18255 Maine
Amos Upton
Noway in the State of Maine he was a Sergeant in the company commanded Captain Pume of the Regt. commanded Col. Mansfield in the Mass. Troops for 6 months
Subscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 Dollars each per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of August 1833 and sent to J. Clark Paris M e
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 60.00 Rem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 15.00 $ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk.

Amos Upton.
9660
Copied from Prince (75) vol 16 p 4 - not on -
T. Clarke - agent.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 20th day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting, Amos Upham, a resident of Norway, in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 90 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. On the 19th day of April 1775, on
the alarm given of the enemy's being at Lexington, he marched from his then residence, in Reading in Massachusetts, as a volunteer with others, to Lexington, and soon after joined a company of Massachusetts Militia, commanded by Capt. Asa Prince, was appointed an orderly sergeant, and enlisted into the service of the U.S. in said company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Mansfield, for the term of eight months, with orders to enlist others - and he accordingly enlisted Stephen Curtis, late of said Norway, a pensioner, now deceased - & Job Bancraft likewise deceased - he marched to Cambridge near Boston, where he was stationed - he was at the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th day of June 1775, he well recollects among many other officers at Cambridge, Gen. Heath, Col. Ward & Gen. Putnam. He served till about the last of October following, at which time he was under the necessity of returning to Reading, and with the consent of his officer, he gave a young man, whose name he does not now recollect, his gun and equipments to take his place as a substitute, and was thereupon verbally discharged from the service - He has no documentary evidence to prove his service, & he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - He was born in the North parish in said Reading on the 30th day of October, in the year 1742, and has a record of his age in his family bible, made by his father. He resided at said Reading when he entered the service, and removed from thence to Norway aforesaid, his present residence forty one years ago - He is the oldest inhabitant of the town in which he resides, and is personally known by the principal inhabitants - and here names the Rev. Henry A. Merrill, and David Noyes, Esquire, likewise the selectmen of said town of Norway, all of whom can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Amos Upham
Before,
Stephen Emery, Judge

We, Henry A. Merrill, a clergyman, residing in Norway in the county of Oxford, and David Noyes, residing in the same Norway, are well acquainted with Amos Upton, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be ninety years of age the 30th day of October next; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhoods where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
H. A. Merrill
David Noyes
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
in open Court
Before,
Stephen Emery, Judge
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to there be that Henry A. Merrill, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Norway, and that David Noyes, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same Norway, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Gole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Upton for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of August A. D. 1832.
CLERK.
Joseph G. Gole Register

9550 - Amos Upton
April 12 th 1833
By 5
P. 332
Ms Surf! $30
✓ Thomas Clark Esq. Paris Maine E

BRIEF in the case of Amos Apton  of Newbury in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 90 years  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. As a Gen.     19/ April 1775 8 advt Genl Prince Col' M c Intosh  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Reading Massach ts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Butts  Examining Clerk.

Law Division.
CAM
11-1-07
November 6, 1907.
The Quartermaster General, U. S. A.
War Department.
Sir:-
Replying to your inquiry of the 31st ult., received the 1st instant, relative to the case of Amos Upton, late Sergeant, Revolutionary War, Nos. 18,255 and 31,446, you are advised as follows:
The soldier referred to alleged in his declaration of August 20, 1832, that on the 19th day of April, 1775, upon the alarm given that the enemy were at Lexington, he marched from his then residence in Reading, Massachusetts, as a volunteer with others to Lexington, and soon thereafter joined a company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Asa Prince; that he was appointed Orderly Sergeant and enlisted into the service of the United States in said company, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Mansfield, for the term of eight months, with orders to enlist others, and he accordingly enlisted Stephen Centis, late of Norway, a pensioner now deceased, and Job Bancroft, likewise deceased; that he marched to Cambridge, near Boston, where he was stationed; that he was at the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th day of June, 1775; he well recollects, among other officers at Cambridge, General Heath, Colonel

Ward and General Putnam; that he served until about the last of October following, at which time he was under the necessity of returning to Reading, and with the consent of his officers he gave a young man, whose name he does not now recollect, his gun and equipments, to take his place as a substitute, and was thereupon verbally discharged from the service. He further stated that he had no documentary evidence to prove his service, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service; that he was born in the North Parish in said Reading, on the 30th day of October, in the year 1742, and has a record of his age in his Family Bible, made by his father; that he resided at said Reading when he entered the service, and removed from thence to Norway aforesaid.
Said soldier was granted a pension at the rate of $30 per annum from the 4th day of March, 1831, under the Act of Congress approved June 7, 1832.
Application for headstone herewith returned.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

31446 Rev INVALID.
Nov. 6, 1907, Q.M. Genl. advised as per copy of letter enclosed. D.P.
File No. 31,446
Amos Winton Sergt Rev. Co.
Act: June 22 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 428
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W.H.
Thomas Clark Esq.
Paris,
Maine

Boston Sec. Office, April 24, 1833.
Thomas Clark Esq.
Sir —
I send you a Certificate of all that can be found respecting the Service of John Lombard . Amos Upton
I do not find at all. There is one Roll of Capt.
Asa Prince's company, but Upton's name is not on it.
Yours &c
Edward D. Bangs

We the Subscribers Selectmen of the town of Norway hereby certify that we have been well acquainted with Mr. Jonas Repton of said Norway for many years, & that he sustains the reputation of a man of truth & veracity
Norway Aug. 20th 1832
Daniel Voyes, Selectmen Sebald Bartlett } of the town Nathan Noble } of Norway

This may certify that I have been well acquainted with the within named Anson Nipton for many years past, & do cheerfully concur with the within recommendation.
Job Eastman Town Clerk

State of Maine. Oxford ss. May 1. 1833. Personally ap- peared, before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county of Oxford, Amos Upton, 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 period mentioned below, and in the following grade; viz. For six months, I served as a sergeant; and for such service I claim a pension. AMOS UPTON
Sworn to before me David Voyes Justice of Peace
State of Maine. Oxford County ss. I Thomas Clark a Notary Public in and for said county of Oxford, hereby certify, that David Voyes whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing affidavit of Amos Upton is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial seal, this third day of May A. D. 1833.
Thomas Clark, Notary Public in and for the County of Oxford -

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Upton, Cesar GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5195 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 9, 1794 to John Peck
*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.