Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.10954, for Amos King, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
King, Amos
S. 10954
CONTENTS
Carded

8231
New York
Amos King
of Columbia Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain King of the Regt commanded by Col Woodbridge in the Massachusetts Line for 23 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 76 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Mar 1833 and sent to Hon King New Lebanon Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 33 $153.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 38.33
$191.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 23

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BRIEF in the case of County of Columbia
Amos King in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes  3. How old is he? 75.  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.     Sub Enlisted Vol. do. In 1775. 20 June 1776 Feb. 1778. 20 April 1779 July A few days, more than 6 months A little more than 8 months 8 1 " " — — private " " " Gen. Capt. J. King, Col. Woodbridge Capt. Shepherd, Col. Porter Capt. Whipple, Cols. Putnam & Alden Capt. Lyman, Col. Porter  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Cherry Valley  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire City Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the Seal as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Wanger Examining Clerk.
Feb 21 1833.

Amesbury
April 1882
found on Rolls Alden's Regt 8 mo.
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23 mo pri
$76.66
J. H. Monnell
Col
Hon J. King
I hereby certify that the within papers are authentic
John King
copy of same pg 32

State of New York } Columbia County }
On this seventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Walter Patterson a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Columbia and State of New York Amos King a resident of the town of New Lebanon in the of Columbia County & State of New York aged seventy five 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 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz - On the twenty eighth day of June 1775 he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for James Cook in the company originally commanded by Captain Meacham who was killed at Bunker Hill - but which was then commanded by Captain John King - in the Regiment of troops raised by the State of Massachusetts & commanded by Colonel Woodbridge whose Lieutenant Colonel was Brown whose major's name was William Stacy - That the term of service for which the said Cook entered or engaged was eight months - and about or near two months of his time had expired when the

said Applicant became his substitute - That he the said Amos King remained with his company until late in December of the year aforesaid when his company was dismissed but he received no written discharge - When he intended the service he resided in New Salem in the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts from thence he proceeded on the 20 th of June aforesaid directly to Cambridge near Boston where he arrived after about three days travel and joined the army then stationed there and with whom he remained during the whole of his engagement which was a few days more than six months - That he knew Generals Washington - Lee - Sullivan - Put- man among the regular officers with the troops where he served - He recollects a Regiment commanded by Colonel Gloom - composed chiefly of Fishermen from Marblehead - a Regiment commanded by Colonel Boo- -till - Colonel Little's Regiment & he thinks there was a regiment at Cambridge com- manded by Colonel Timothy Pickering That he was in no battle except a skirmish with some of the enemy who endeavoured under cover of a Frigate to drive away some cattle on Litchmore Point -
That sometime in February 1776 - the day of his enlistment he does not recollect - he enlisted

for the term of one year - at New Salem aforesaid when he then resided - in a company com- manded by Captain Shepard whose Lieu- tenant was James Cook and in a Regiment of troops raised by the State of Massachusetts and commanded by Colonel Elisha Porter The company was soon after his enlistment mustered at Northampton - from whence they marched to Canada - through Williams- town - Bennington - Skeneborough (now Whitehall) where they took boats for St Johns and proceeded from thence down the rapid to Chambler - to the river Sorel where many of the soldiers were inocu- lated for the small pox - at Sorel they met a remnant of General Montgomery's army That he proceeded from Sorel to Montreal and lay there till about the first of June crossed to Laprairie - and from thence to St Johns - Crown Point - Ticonderoga and Mount Independence where on account of sickness he was discharged by General Gates about the last of October making a little more than eight months service from the time he entered the company - he remained with his company from the time of his enlistment until his discharge - His discharge is lost - That about the first of October his Lieutenant died -

He recruits into regular officers who were with the troops when he served - General Arnold & passed with the retreating enemy from Dubuque as he understood The campaign proved disastrous - nearly all of the men with him were sick and nearly a third died - His Regiment was in no engage- ment -
On the twentieth of April 1778 while he was in New Salem aforesaid an order was received requiring a certain num- ber of troops to be raised from that town - The men capable of bearing arms in the town were classed & that he on the day & year aforesaid volunteered for eight months as one of the number to be raised from a class in that town - was one of the troops called Washington Livies - was ordered to & did an assault at Fishkill - crossed from thence to West Point where he joined Captain White- plus company in Colonel Putnam's Regiment and worked upon the fortifications at that place - On the route from Salem to Fishkill he marched through Westfield - Southwick - Salis- bury & Sharon - the three last lying in connect- ion - & from Sharon directly to Fishkill That he remained at West Point about three or four weeks - he was then attached as one of a hospital guard stationed a little below West Point on the East side of the River where he remained a week or ten days - while he was there some men said to have been wounded at the

battle of Monmouth were brought into the Hospital - from thence he went to White Plains - from thence he went to Cherry Valley to help fill up a Regiment that had lost one whole company - He went to Cherry Valley under the command of Lieutenant Trowbridge - where he found Captain Coburn's company - the Lieutenants name was Carter & the Regiment was command- ed by Colonel Alden - he arrived at Cherry Valley in the month of July - while there he was often sent out on scouting parties and one went to Albany with some prisoners taken by his regiment from the enemy who were returning from German Flatts where they had been com- mitting ravages - He was in the battle at Cherry Valley on the eleventh of November 1778 when Colonel Alden was killed & scalped and Lieutenant Colonel Stacy was taken prisoner - The Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel were billeted at the house of the father of the late John Wells Esquire of New York - the family were all killed except one who was absent - There was a general and indiscriminate destruction of of all ages & conditions - The enemy composed of British & Indians were commanded by led on by Butts and Brandt - The attack was made in the night for the third morning after it the enemy left

Then a reinforcement arriving from New Albany about the same time to the aid of the Americans - On the twentieth of December in the year aforesaid he received from the Major Commandant whose name was White or Whiting a written discharge signed by him - which discharge he has since lost He arrived at home in New Salem aforesaid on the 28 th of December having served the full term of Eight months - The officers at Cherry Valley were all regular officers according to the best of his recollection & the troops were chiefly regular troops
That some time in the month of July 1779 while he resided at New Salem aforesaid he volunteered for one month to protect the inhabitants of New London - where he remain- ed during one month besides travelling to & from that place - he served under Captain Lyman - whose Lieutenant was Cook - The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Porter - The enemy had dis- peared by the time his regiment arrived at New London and at the expiration of the months service the soldiers were discharged but the discharge was not in writing - That he has no documenta- ry evidence and knows of no person whose

testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - he cannot
He further states that he was born in the town of New Salem aforesaid in the year 1750 - He has no record of his age - since the revolutionary war he lived in the said town of New Salem until about forty five years ago when he removed into the town of New Lebanon (formerly Canaan) where he has since resided - He is known to John King - Elam Tilden - Isaac Ernst - John Kirby - Larry Patrick & Elisha Gilbert who is live in his neighbourhood and who can testify to his character and the belief of his services as a soldier of the revolu- tion
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
Ann Hine
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me - W. Patterson

We Silas Churchill a clergyman residing in the town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia and State of New York and Elam Tilden & John King - residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos King who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be some ly five years of age, that he is reported & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion and that we concur in that opin- ion.
Silas Churchill
Given & subscribed this day of year aforesaid W Patterson
Elam Tilden John King
And the said Walter Patterson Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department - that the above named appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and since as he states and the said Judge do further certify that it appears to me that Silas Churchill who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia and State of New York - and that Elam Tilden who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town of New Lebanon & is a Postmaster therein

and is a credible person - and that John King who has also signed the same is also a resident of the same town of New Lebanon & is a credible person and is the member of Congress for the district in which he lives and that their statement is entitled credit - And I do further certify that the above named applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court - and also that the two persons whose certificate is required pursuant to the instructions from the War Department cannot be produced in court without too much incon- venience and expense to the said applicant
W Patterson one of the judges
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the City of Hudson in & for the County of Columbia - in the State of New York before the judges of the same Court of the term of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
The said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant Amos King was a revolutionary soldier & served as he stated - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Silas Churchill who has signed the preceding Certifi- cate is a Clergyman resident in the town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia & State of New York & that John King who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town of New Lebanon & is a credible person; and that Elam Gilden who has also signed the same is a resident of the said town of New Lebanon & is likewise a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit -
And the said Court do further certify that in their opinion the two persons whose certificate is required pursuant to the instructions from the war department cannot be produced in court without too much inconvenience & expense to the said applicant -
J. W. D. Moneill

Columbia County Pa. I Joseph D. Monell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said Coun- ty of Columbia do certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Amos King for a pen- sion. I further certify that Walter Patterson Esquire before whom the within affidavits and declaration purport to have been made and who has executed the within certificate was at the time a Judge of said Court, that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that his name subscri- bed to said affidavits & certificate is his pro- per hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 12 th day of October 1832.
Eme.
J. Monell

Rev. Mar
10954.
INVALID.
File No. 10,954
Amos King Pr. Rev. Mar.
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]