Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,595, for Amasa Loomiss, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn)
Loonies, Amasa.
W. 24,595.
Loonis or
South.
CONTENTS

2136. Connecticut Ruth Loomis widow of Ariasa Loomis who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Military Store-keeper
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Sept. 1848 and sent to
Henry Fowler Hartford CT
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 2, 1848, Page 302 Vol. 1
Rept Duplicate issued 5 th September 1851 and addressed to M. Fowler Hartford Conn.

IX.
4276 Ruth Loomis widow of Amasa Mass. at 7. July 38 m 80. d 15.
Submuted to Gen. Amos allied by blood
Am W B Calhoun 1872

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Hampden County — } ff:
On this second day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine personally appeared before the Hon. Oliver B. Morris Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampden aforesaid, Ruth Soom is a resident of Wertspringfield in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows:"
That she is the widow of Amasa Soom late of Wertspringfield aforesaid deceased; that the said Amasa Soom entered the service of the United States as a Clerk, at Springfield in the Commonwealth aforesaid, under Col. Cheever, sometime in the spring of the year 1777 & served until the latter part of June in the year 1780 - that the said Col. Cheever had charge of Ordnance & some part of the public works established by the government at said Springfield & the said Amasa acted as his Clerk for the term of three years & three months; -
That she became acquainted with the said Amasa soon after he entered the United States service & that they were engaged to be married in the course of the same year & were married soon after he left the service of the United States; -

That she was well acquainted with Col. Cheever & his family & was often employed by him to spin cotton for the government which was used for making fuzes - and once I well remember Col. Cheever paid me a Fifty Dollar bill of the new emission money for my work -
That the said Amasa was employed most of his time - in Col. Cheever's office but was often sent abroad as conductor in forwarding Ordnance, Military Stores & supplies for the Army on Hudson River & at the North; - once I remember he went on this service to Danbury Ct. - and often heard him say that he acted as conductor as well as Clerk -
That she well remembers the wages of said Amasa Loomis while in the service of the United States as before mentioned, was Forty Dollars per month. That he was called a good accountant & excellent penman - and that Col. Cheever was unwilling he should leave the office & urged him to remain which he declined for this reason only, that the depreciation of money was so great at the time he left the office, his pay was inadequate for his support & was obliged to look after other business -
That she with her family & friends all lived in said Springfield during the war of the Revolution - and that she

saw the said Amasa while in the United States, serving almost every day after she became acquainted with him & well knows that he was Clerk & acted as such under the said Col. Cheever -
That she will remember the names of other Officers who were stationed at Springfield about the same time; viz: Col. Mason Maj. Ayres, Capt. Barton - Capt. Durb & others -; - Capt. Barton had something to do in the Smith business with the government works & the said Amasa used to assist him in making out his returns & accounts, as well before as after we were married
That she has no documentary evidence of the service of her said husband and begs leave to refer to affidavits & papers herewith annexed -
She further declares that she was married to the said Amasa Loonin, on the fifth of October A.D. 1780 by the Reverend Robert Breck, the ordained minister of the gospel in the First Parish in said Springfield; that her husband the aforesaid Amasa Loonin died at Wethersfield on the sixteenth day of November A.D. 1815 & she has ever since remained his widow; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place at said Springfield previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Ruth his Loonin widow

Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above mentioned before me - and I certify that the said Ruth Soom's being unable to write her name made her mark in my presence - and that by reason of bodily infirmary she is unable to attend the Court -
Oliver B. Morris Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampshire And I the said Judge after investigating the matter do declare my opinion, that the said Amasa Soom's served in the army of the Revolution - as stated in the foregoing Declaration - that on the fifth day of October 1780 he was married to the said Ruth - that he died on the 18 th day of November 1815 leaving the said Ruth his widow, and that she has not again been married -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & caused the Seal of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampshire to be affixed this second day of February A.D. 1839. Oliver B. Morris Judge of said Court
Sampson S. I. Austin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within & for said County do hereby certify that the Hon: Oliver B. Morris before whom the foregoing declaration of Ruth Soom's was made & sworn to is the Judge of Probate within & for said County and that his signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this second day of February A.D. 1839
Justin Willard Clerk

"This may certify that the following Couples were joined in marriage at the several times hereafter mentioned viz sixteen hundred & eighty, October fifth Amasa Loomis & Ruth Hancock - - - - - for me Robert Brock -
Rec d March fifth seventeen hundred & eighty four and registered from the original for Mr Pynchon Town Clerk
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the records of the Town of Springfield with the exception of the dates which are expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows: 1780 Oct r 5 th - March 5 th 1784 - Richard Bliss Town Clerk of Springfield -
I Richard Bliss above named depose & say: that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County of Hampden, Town of Springfield & State of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as Certified by me - Richard Bliss Town Clerk of Springfield - Hampden ss Nov 10 th 1838 -
Sworn to before me
Richard D. Morris Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampden do certify that Richard D. Morris Esq. whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within for said County duly Commissioned & Acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith & credit are & ought to be given to all his acts & Attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Richard D. Morris and know his signature to said certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth at Springfield on the tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
John Ingersoll Clerk

I Abner Lumbard of Springfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy three years depose & say that I was well acquainted with Amasa Soom, late husband of the widow Ruth Soom of West- Springfield - said Soom was some years older than myself - he came to this town from Connecticut in the year 1777 & was employed in the public works here as a Clerk; - Col. Cheever had charge of all duties & business relating to Ordnance service - & said Soom was his Clerk.
I saw Soom every few days in Col. Cheever's office, and I believe he acted as Clerk till about the time he was married - He married in the fall of the year 1780 Ruth Hancock; the said Ruth then made her home at my Mother's house where I now live.
Said Amasa Soom died in West Springfield about twenty three or twenty four years ago - I don't know precisely the year, but I well remember of hearing his death mentioned about the time it occurred.
I am well acquainted with Ruth Soom his widow who has not moved since his death.

Said Loonis while in the service of the United States was frequently sent to other posts & encampments with supplies & Ordnance for the Army.
After he left the service he kept a school in town one or two years; - I attended his school the whole time; this was in the year 1780 - 1781. He had the reputation of being the best pinion that had ever been in the place.
And further as per my affidavit,
Dear Friend
Respectfully - Jan'y 25 th 1839 Then - Abed Lumbard above named personally appeared & made as to to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him - subscribed - before me, And I certify that the said Abed Lumbard is a person of truth & veracity & all his statements are entitled to full credit -
James M. Cook Justice of the Peace

I Spencer Flower of West Springfield in the County of Hampden Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose & say that I was well acquainted with Amasa Loomis late of West Springfield deceased. - Said Loomis died in the Parish of Feeding hills in said town on the month of November A.D. 1895 about the middle of the month, as I believe.
My business was then that of a joiner & my impression is now that I made the coffin & assisted at the funeral of said Loomis - he was buried in the Church yard of said Feeding hills Parish.
I have often heard the old people say that said Loomis was in the Revolutionary War - and served at Springfield at Springfield several years as Clerk in Ordnance or Military Store -
I am also well acquainted with Ruth Loomis, widow of said Amasa Loomis - she is a person of truth & veracity & her statements are entitled to full credit - that she has not again married but still remains the widow of said Amasa Loomis. Spencer Flower

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County } ff:
On this first day of February A.D. 1839 personally appeared Spenser Flower who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit & made oath to the truth of the same in due form of law before me; and I certify that the said Spenser Flower is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hampden that he is a person of truth & veracity & that his statements are entitled to full credit.
James M. Cooks Justice of the Peace

I John Munn of Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years before & say - that I was well acquainted with Amasa Loomis who was in the service of the United States in Revolutionary War - he came from Connecticut to this town about the year 1777 & was a Clerk in the public stores here belonging to the government, under Col. Cheever who I think had charge of the Military stores & other public property -
Said Loomis was his Clerk for about three years & I often saw him in his business, & understood that he belonged to the regular service. After said Loomis left the service he was married to Neth Hancock & kept a school in town one or two years.
I believe Col. Cheever did not have command of a Regiment while here but was on Ordnance service.
I was born in this town & have always lived here -
And further deponeth not John Munn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Hampden County } ss:
On this twenty third day of Jan'y. 1839 Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace for said County, John Munn well known to me as a person of truth & veracity & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
— James M. Cook Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Young of Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy seven years depose & say - that I was well acquainted with Amasa Doolittle who was in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution & served in this town as Clerk under Col. Cheever, who I believe had charge of a branch of the public Stores & Ordnance. I do not remember whether Col. Cheever had command of a Regiment or not, at that time - but I will remember that said Doolittle was in the regular service as a Clerk for about three years, and was constantly employed in that business. When his time of service expired he engaged in a school for a year or two & was called a pick note penman. He taught school here in the years 1780 - and '81.
I frequently saw the said Doolittle doing the business of Clerk in the public Stores & other branches of the government works. Some men were employed in making & repairing carriages & munitions of War. The government had arsenals or depots, as they were then called, in this town - and sometimes several companies of men were here at a time on guard duty & other service -
I was born in this town & have always lived here except about two years when I lived in Connecticut -

Said Loomis, married Ruth Hancock, with whom I was also acquainted. They lived some years in this town & afterwards lived in West Springfield where said Loomis died some twenty five years ago -
And further deponent saith not Joseph Ferris
Hampden ss. Jan'y. 26 th 1839 Then Joseph Ferris personally appeared before me & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit by him submitted - And I hereby certify that the said Joseph Ferris is a person of truth & veracity & his statements are entitled to full credit -
James M. Cooks Justice of the Peace

I Naomi Liker of Springfield in the County of Hampden Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years depose & say - that I was well acquainted with Amasa Soonis from the time he first came to this town in the year 1797 till his death about twenty five years ago. Said Soonis was Clerk in the Office of Col. Cheever for about three years and I well remember of hearing him say that he enlisted for three years. I often saw him during that time & afterwards. Soon after his term of service was out he married a cousin of mine, Ruth Hancock. Said Soonis came to this town from Ellington or Somers, Ct. as I understood when he first went into the public service.
He kept a school in the District where he married one or two years after he left his Clerkship.
I believe Col. Cheever was not at that time in command of a Regiment but had charge of some part of the works established & carried on by the United States here.
And further deponeth not.
Signed by the said Naomi Liker in our presence as witnesses Anna M. Brooks Emmaline Spencer
her Naomi X Liker mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County — 3 ff.
On this twenty fourth day of Jan y . 1839 Personally appeared Naomi Tike, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed, before me; and I certify that the aforesaid affiant is a credible person & her statements are entitled to full credit —
Alma M c Cook, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss. 2 I, Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within & for said County of Hampden do hereby certify that James W. Brooks Esq. before whom the foregoing Depositions of Abel Lombard — Simon Flower — John Munn — Joseph Terry — & Naomi Tike in part to have been verified is a justice of the Peace within & for said County and has to my knowledge the qualifications of such a justice of the peace and that I am acquainted with his handwriting & believe the signature subscribed to the certificate of said verification respectively, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this second day of February A.D. 1839
Justin Willard

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No 4276
Ruck Sorry's Mow of Amasa Map a et 7 July 1838
1838 July 7

April 24 th 1759 Ruth Hancock, Daughter of Nathan Hancock & Susannah Hancock of Springfield was born April twenty fourth, Anno Domini seventeen hundred fifty nine
August 26 th 1780 The intentions of Marriage between Anna Loomis late from Bolton and Ruth Hancock of Springfield are here entered August twenty sixth seventeen hundred eighty notification posted the same day
October 5 th 1780 This may certify that the following were joined in Marriage October fifth, seventeen hundred eighty By me Robert Breck
I Joseph Ingraham, Town Clerk of the Town of Springfield, certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception of the dates, which is expressed on the records in said legible figures as above - and I further certify that the above named Robert Breck was at the time of the solemnization of the above Marriage, and for many years preceding and subsequent thereto a settled or- dained Minister of the Gospel over the first parish of said Springfield all which appears by the records of said town in my office, as also from the testimony of many living witnesses Joseph Ingraham

I Joseph Ingraham before named depose and say that I hold the office that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County of Hampden Town of Springfield and State of Massachusetts and that the foregoing is a true extract from the record of said Springfield with the exception named in the foregoing certificate by me
Joseph Ingraham Town Clerk of the Town of Springfield
Hampden ss. March 18 th 1845 Sworn to by the above named Joseph Ingraham on this day before me
James W. Brooks Justice of the Peace
State of Massachusetts } ss. I. Justin Willard Clerk County of Hampden } of the Probate Court within & for said County do hereby certify that James W. Brooks above named is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County and that his signature subscribed to the above certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & sealed the seal of said Court at Springfield this eighteenth day of March A.D. 1845 J. Willard Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that James W. Crooks Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper thereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said James W. Crooks and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five
Rich d Bliss Clerk.

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 Amasa Loomis 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. W.F. 24595.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch 26 1777 June 28 1780 Clerk Shepherd in the Continental Army   Quartermaster of Ordnance   + Military Stores        
Battles engaged in, None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bolton Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 29, 1836. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, West Springfield, Hampden Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born Apr 24, 1759.
Remarks: Soldier married at Springfield, Mass., Oct 5, 1780 Bath dau. of Jotham + Susannah Hancock, and he died Nov. 16, 1815 at West Springfield Mass and was buried in Feeding Hills Parish Grave Yard, in said Town. Children referred to in 1848, names not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Re
WIDOW, &c.
1914. Jan 30. Hist. to A.H. Goomis. M.B.H.
File No. 24,695
Ruth Goomis
Wid of
Amasa Goomis
Military Store keeper Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1828
Index: Vol. A , Page 446
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampshire } ss
On this seventeenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & forty five personally appeared before the Honorable Oliver B. Morris Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Hampshire — Ruth Loomis a resident of West Springfield in said County aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following declaration the same being her second declaration on her renewed application in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Amasa Loomis who was a Conductor or Assistant Conductor of Military Stores in the War of the Revolution. That she makes this her second declaration & renews her claim for a pension on account of the services of her said husband for the United States in the Revolutionary War & that she makes this renewal of her application by reason of new

discovered evidence & many important facts in relation to the services of her said husband - That in her first declaration according to her present recollection she stated that her said husband was a Clerk in the service of the United States although she was then well aware that he performed other important services - That her said first declaration for a pension was duly executed & transmitted to the Com- missioner of Pensions at Washington in the year 1839 or 1840, but she is unable to state the precise time having preserved no copies of papers in her first application and she most respectfully begs leave to refer to her said first declaration now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions as she firmly believes; That her late husband the said Amos Loomis was in the service of the United States three years & three months in the War of the Revolution & she believes he first entered the service by enlistment; That he did the writing & business of Clerk in the Ordnance Office or Office of

Military Store Keeper more or less during the whole term of his service; that he was very often gone from Springfield on the public business & although she does not know his rank she will remember that he went as Conductor of Military Stores & was through his life afterwards called the Conductor and Conductor Fournier We became early acquainted after he came to Springfield, but were not married till after he left the Army; he went several times to Danbury & Great Danington - Danington & the North River with public stores when he was sent, as I understand by Col. Cheever, who I suppose was in command of the post here.
I remember Col. Cheever & Col. Mason very well; I think the former was first in command here. I remember Capt. Durt who was Capt. of the Guard stationed here to protect the public property - Mr. Fournier when here was in Col. Cheever's office. He was a good writer.

and when in my first declaration of interest I stated that my husband was Clerk to Col. Cheever I was well aware that he did business abroad for the government in conducting & directing teams & loads of clothing ammunition & all kinds of military stores. I think his pay was forty dollars a month & two rations a day & may have been more - but I am sure that it was at least that amount.
This declaration further states that she will remember Col. Smith who was a Commissary. He died in Springfield where he had always lived, about the time herself & husband returned from Dolton in Connecticut, where we had lived several years. Col. or Maj. Hovey who came from Granville, was Quartermaster & had a great deal to do in the transporting business.
As to Mr. King, and if she remembers right his name was Oliver was in the same business of her husband, the said Oliver. He was called conductor & was very often in Springfield but she does not remember that he had anything to do with office business there.

She also remembers Mr Abel King & Joseph King - they both come from Milbraham, as she believes, and so both had some charge or business in procuring forage for the Army - My recollection is quite clear of the men here mentioned & has been much refreshed by conversations with the old people in Springfield & in West Springfield which was then a Parish of the old town - and although she is quite infirm & not able to get about much, she has since her first application obtained as the believes satisfactory evidence that her husband did act as a Conductor or assistant Conductor of Military Stores, as well as Clerk, for more than three years, in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War and for such evidence she begs leave to refer to the papers herunto annexed -
This declaration cannot state precisely when the said Isaac first entered the service of the United States, but the place was Springfield & his first service was in or about the Ordnance Office or that of Military Stores & the Laboratory but was soon sent off from time to time with stores

and supplies for the army at the different ports & stations about the country - and she is confident & so states that he first entered the service by enlistment in the latter part of the year 1777 or sometime in that year. She was married in 1780 to the said Amasa Foornis by the Rev. Mr. Beck of Springfield & for the evidence thereof would respectfully refer to her said first declaration on file, as she believes in the Office of the Commissioners of Pensions. -
In the year 1781 we removed to Dolton in Connecticut - and when we left Springfield my husband had a large amount due him from the government but could get no pay - she thinks the amount due was over four hundred dollars. While we lived in Dolton my husband used to go every year to Hartford for the interest on his claim against the government. The claim had been adjusted in some way, and Notes or certificates given. The business was done at Hartford, I think by Gen. or Col. Wadsworth, who used to pay the interest to my husband. -

The amount of interest paid on these Notes - Loan Notes - or Certificates , for all these names were sometimes given to the soldier's claims, as I will remember, was a little less than one hundred dollars; - my belief is that it was at last eighty or ninety dollars. I do not remember that we began to receive the interest the first year after we went to Connecticut & think we did not; - but after they began to pay interest I believe we received it regularly. Whether this interest was paid by an agent or officer of the government I cannot say, but always supposed government pro- vided the means.
My husband always said the reason he left the service was, that he could not sustain himself without pay - he was honorably discharged by a writing I believe from Col. Cheever, or a certificate of some sort which I have often seen - but that with all other effects of ours are lost as I believe I have before stated, by fire. I cannot state positively when he entered the service first by enlistment or appointment to official duty - and he may have acted under some other officer a part of the time.

She further declares that she was married to the said Amasa Soomies on the fifth day of October in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty; — that her husband the aforesaid Amasa Soomies died on or about the sixteenth day of November A.D. 1875 —
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four; viz. at the time above stated; and she would again most respectfully ask leave to refer to the proofs & testimonies hereto annexed as also to her first & only other Declaration for a pension & the evidence transmitted to the Department therewith, about five years ago —
Mary Soomies,
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written before me, & I do certify that the said Ruth Soomies by reason of age & infirmity is unable to attend the Court —
Oliver B. Wilson } Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov 15 1811.
I Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Amasa Loomis is borne upon the Continental Army books as a Conductor under Col. Chauncy, but the date of enlistment, or discharge are not found, neither is any account of services set against his name.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts, County of Hampshire and Town of West Springfield -
The history of the Commonwealth of Mass s is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of my late husband Amasa Doolittle in the War of the Revolution -
He enlisted in the year 1776 or 1777 from the town of Springfield and served under Col. Chester at Springfield as Clerk to the Colonel & also as Assistant Conductor of Military Stores. He was a celebrated punner in those days & for a long time before & after his term of service, kept the principal school in town. He was often sent on expeditions as Conductor & that was his title & the name by which he was often called, being assistant to Col. Chester, who was in command at Springfield where the Congress had established an Ordnance Depot & Loberotony, as it was called. Col. Chester I think was Conductor of Military Stores & Mr Doolittle was assistant & Clerk under him -

He served three years & three months. We were married in Springfield by the Rev. Mr. Breck in the year 1780.
Mr. Loornis enlisted several times for different periods, before we were married - and soon after we were married he left the service - & engaged in other business - & we were married soon after he left the service.
I always understood that the reason why he acted as Clerk & did all or most of the writing was that he was so good a writer - but he was in fact assistant Conductor of Milton Stons. for the whole term of his service. He often had work in & about the Laboratory when not away in the public service -
I am now eighty five years old & my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required - Witness my hand this twelfth day of March A.D. 1844 -
Reuben Loornis

Plaintiff. The foregoing statement was made & signed by the said Ruth Loonis in my presence.
Anna W. Cook, Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Lombard of Springfield in the County of Hampshire of lawful age do hereby testify & say, that I was born in this town on the fourth day of February in the year seventeen hundred & sixty four and am now about eighty one years of age; and have had been my residence & place of business during my whole life part -
When a boy I was familiar with the scenes & events of the Revolution and have now a perfect recollection of many Revolutionary scenes & occurrences in this town & neighborhood. Here the Congress had its blisken shops & employed many in the manufacture & repair of arms & munitions of war. Here was an important branch of ordnance & depot of military stores - The names of Col. Mason, Col. Cheever hint. for Capt. Dike & others - Col. Cheever I think was principal officer of ordnance -

Our town was thronged with troops of officers & men & Military Stores & all the munitions of War & a guard was always stationed here for the defense & protection of the Government property. And I believe this was the case for most of the time from about 1777 or '78 to the close of the War. I served myself three months as a private in the Guard.
Col. Cheever I remember very well & some of his under officers & those who did business in the Ordnance Office. Amasa Loonis was one of his assistants or under officers & I knew him very well. He was called & was in fact a first rate writer or penman & did much of the writing in the Office. According to my best recollection Loonis was in the service two or three years & perhaps longer during the Revolutionary War. He was often gone on public business having care of Ordnance or Military Stores; and was called conductor according to my best remembrance & belief.

The building where the Ordnance Store was kept was for a long time at the corner of Moine & State Streets & nearly opposite where the U. S. Hotel stands. Here was Col. Cheever's office & here Mr. Loomis staid when in town. I know Loomis had some charge or conduct of Ordnance & Military Stores, & this was his business, but I cannot state his rank or that of very many other officers of Ordnance Military Store Keepers & their Assistants whose heads & quarters were here in the War of the Revolution -
And further I say that it is my belief that said Loomis acted either as Conductor or Keeper of Military Stores & Ordnance or as an Assistant but my impression is that he was called Conductor , and acted as such.
Further Deponent saith not
Daniel Lombard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Hampden } ff.
On this twenty first day of February A.D. 1845 personally appeared the above named Daniel Lombard & subscribed & made oath to the foregoing deposition, before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace issued for said County - And I the said Justice do further certify that the above affiant is to me well known & is a person of the first respectability - that he is a person of truth & integrity & his statements entitled to full credit
James H. Cook Justice of the Peace

I Nathan Bliss of Springfield in the County of Hampden Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do hereby testify & say, that I was born in said Springfield on the 19 th of March 1765 and now about Eighty years of age - enjoy good health, take care of a small farm & do my own chores without any hired help, I have always lived in said Springfield I had a competence of this world's goods -
I well remember of hearing the great events of the Revolution talked about as they occurred & know a great many of the officers & other persons who were in various ways engaged in the service of the United States during the whole or a considerable part of the War - There was a Military post here & ordnance stores & munitions of War kept here to a large amount - It was also a post for making & repairing ordnance & a great many men were employed by the government about this business - Though a boy, I know many of them very well and have to this day the a distinct recollection of them -

Col. Cheever was an officer here for a considerable time but how long I cannot state with much certainty. There was also a Col. Mason here & I believe he had charge of the guard or a body of troops placed over the stores. I think both these officers had their headquarters here. I believe Col. Cheever had more to do with the transportation service than Col. Mason.
Amasa Sohier, then a young man, was here for a long time in the public service. I often saw him at Col. Cheever's quarters and he was often sent off in charge of ordnance & military stores. He was one of the best penmen I ever saw & recollect very well that he did a great deal of writing in the office. Mr. Sohier was well known here by old & young & much esteemed. He was often & perhaps generally called Conductor Sohier and I well remember that he very often went to various places when the army was quartered in charge of Ordnance & Stores and often heard him talk about his travels & journeys on the public service.
Col. Cheever had a sign over his office door - Ordnance Office - and I

suppose he was chief or head for this post in those days. Col. Cheever's office was but a few rods from where the United States Hotel now stands in Main Street - according to my best recollection Col. Cheever remained in the office & Mr. Loonis when required was sent off to conduct the Military Stores &c. to the Army & to other posts.
I should think Mr. Loonis was in the service three or four years, before the close of the War. When not away on public business he was at the office where I have often seen him -
Mr. Loonis kept a school here for some time - after he left the service and further I say not -
Nathan Bliss
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Hampden County - }
On this tenth day of February A.D. 1845 personally appeared the above named Nathan Bliss I subscribed & made oath to the foregoing deposition before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for said County - and I the said Justice do further certify -

That the above named Nathan Dip is personally known to me; - that he is one of our oldest & most respectable inhabitants, a person of truth & the strictest integrity & that his statements are entitled to full credit.
Alma M. Brooks Justice of Peace

I Spence Flower of West Springfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do hereby testify that I have been for a great many years acquainted with Mrs. Ruth Forster, widow of Amos Forster deceased - That the said Ruth is a person of truth & veracity & is so esteemed & considered by all her neighbors & acquaintances. The said Ruth has lived in my family several years -
I was also well acquainted with her late husband Amos Forster deceased - He died about the year 1874 - or 1875 in this town & was a near neighbor of mine - He was always reputed to have been in the war of the Revolution & to have served as a Conductor of Military Stores & also to have been much employed in Springfield in Ordnance Service & that he did much of the writing & clerical business in the offices there connected with the Military service & operations of the Country - The old people of this time knew him, those who knew him at all, as Conductor  Forster's & that was a standing title as long as he lived -

I know nothing personally of his service in the Revolution - but have always heard of his service as well from himself as others, and that he served as Conductor of Military Stores & also did the business of Clerk in the Ordnance Office or that of Storekeeper in Springfield three or four years - and I have often heard from him accounts of his travels in charge of Stores to various parts of the country, to the Army & military posts - He frequently related anecdotes of his tours to Danbury, Dorington & the Hudson River & Brookfield, and many other places which I don't now remember -
Mr. Loomis was always considered a man of truth & integrity.
Mrs. Loomis has once before this applied for a pension on account of her husband's service in the Revolution - The first application was about five or six years ago. I remember the circumstances but not the precise time -
Spencer Flower

State of Massachusetts } County of Hampden } ff.
On this seventeenth day of March 1845 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, Spenser Flower Esquire the above named affiant & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition — And I do hereby certify that the said Spenser Flower is a person of truth & veracity and that he is a Justice of the Peace for said County in Commission
J Amos Woolley Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss.
I, Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within & for said County do hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver D. Morris before whom the foregoing annexed declaration of Ruth Loomis was verified is the seal of said Court & that his signature & subscription to the foregoing certificate of verification is genuine. I also certify that James W. Crooks Esq. before whom the foregoing annexed deposition of Daniel Loonbard - Nathan O'Keefe & Spencer Flower, were severally verified is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County & that his signatures subscribed to the foregoing several certificates of verification is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1845
Justin Willard Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County
We it known that on this first day of July A. D. 1846. Ruth Loomis of West Springfield in said county and Commonwealth, aged 87 years, Widow, personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Hampden duly qualified to administer Oaths, affirmations &c. who being first duly sworn according to law, to testify the whole truth, doth on her oath make the following statement in addition and supplementary to the Declarations she has heretofore made in order that she might obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows."
That she is the widow of Amasa Loomis late of said West Springfield, deceased, who served in the War of the Revolution three years and three months; that all the proof of his service she has heretofore been able to obtain she has stated & transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington, except the Depositions of Nathan Bliss & Daniel Lombard which are herunto annexed; that her first Declaration was forwarded to the said Commissioner of Pensions sometime in the Winter or Spring of the year 1839. and her second Decla-

ration as amendatory to the first aforesaid was forwarded as aforesaid, sometime in the month of February or March 1845. & that answers from the Department acknowledging the receiving & filing of both Declarations were sent to her or her Attorney but they have been lost or mislaid and cannot now be found; - That in her said first & second Declarations she stated all the facts and proofs in relation to her marriage with the said Amasa as also the time of his death and her continued widowhood, with all such documentary evidence annexed to said Declarations, as was in her power to obtain and transmit, as well in relation to such marriage as to the service of her late husband, in the Revolutionary War.
She further states that her age & infirmities have prevented her making any amendments or additional statements until this time, and now only offers the supplementary to Daniel Lombard deposition of the said Nathan Bliss, & which she prays may be taken & received as satisfactory evidence of such service;
That she now recollects distinctly that she stated repeatedly when her first Declaration was drafted or drawn up, that her said husband was called Conductor, although he was much of the time in the office of Military Stores at Springfield & when there did the clerical business and had charge of the books, and that he was a considerable part

of the time during his service absent from Springfield conducting Military Stores to different parts of the country, although she now believes that his service as Conductor was stated, & that her claim was for his service as clerk of Ordnance & that this was her principal statement & that her only documentary and record evidence of such service as conductor of Military Stores is found in the certificate of the Secretary of State of this Commonwealth annexed to her second Declaration — And that she begs leave to refer to both of her said Declarations & accompanying papers and documents together with this statement and Deposition annexed for the proofs, evidence, & testimonials which she verily believes entitle her to a pension by virtue of the services aforesaid by her said husband performed for the United States, which service may have been stated three years, but should have been three years & three months.
Your petitioner would further state that her late husband, the said Amasa Loomis was regularly enlisted into the service of the United States, in the first instance, as she believes, as a private, but is unable to state the Company or Regiment, or any officers under whom he served in any capacity, except as stated in her said Declaration; and that very soon after such enlistment he was assigned or detailed to a clerical service in the office of Ordnance Stores; — And that in a very short time, and she believes in the first year of his service

he was appointed Conductor or Assistant Conductor of Military Stores & actually performed that service for more than two years for the United States, wherefore she verily believes that she is entitled to a Pension.
The papers & documents of her late husband were all destroyed by fire many years ago as she believes she stated in her former declarations; Wherefore she is unable to procure any documentary evidence other than was annexed to said declarations; but she well remembers the nature of such service & the duration thereof as before stated; and his frequent conversations during his whole subsequent life are fully impressed upon her mind - to wit; that he served in the whole three years & three months; that after he had been one year in the service under Col. Cheever in the ordnance for which term his pay was forty Dollars per month, he was appointed Conductor or Assistant Conductor & that his pay was then raised to sixty or sixty five Dollars per month & afterwards to seventy five Dollars per month, and that this last named sum was his monthly pay when he left the service.
There can be no mistake about his wages, for I have heard him talk about it all his life time;
But I have not before stated what his wages was & did not know it was necessary till I saw it in Mrs. Edwards letter to my agent & attorney Mr. Brooks, last Spring or Summer.

I have heretofore stated as nearly as I could remember how much there was due to my late husband when he left the service and beg leave now again to refer to all my statements contained in my first and second declarations and the testimonials & documentary evidence thereunto annexed; Although I have no copies of those papers and must depend principally upon memory.
In my first Declaration, drawn up by Mr. Brooks I believe there was no service stated except that of Clerk to Col. Cheever - But I stated to Mr. Brooks at the time, to Mr. Brooks & Spencer Flower Esq. who was with me at the time & at whose house I then lived, remember that I stated other services. I mentioned that he was Conductor a long time & I also stated that he acted sometimes as assistant Commissary, under Col. Smith, who was Commissary General or Deputy as he was called. Mr. Flower & Mr. Brooks will both testify to my so stating about the time when my first Declaration was made, that I said the term of service was three years, or three years & three months.
When he left the service he had a Certificate of discharge from Col. Cheever or Col. Smith and I can't remember which, but I remember it stated that he was Conductor or Assistant, and I am quite sure it also was stated that he had been sometimes assistant to the Commissary.

I dont think it vanity in me to say that my husband was a smart man for business & was so considered. His discharge or certificate was burnt up with our house a great many years ago with pretty much all we had.
I well remember hearing Col. Cheever & Col. Smith speak of the good character & qualification of Mr Loomis; and after he quit the service he was urged to return by Col. Cheever. The Col. said, "Loomis you are honorably discharged but we want you and if you will come back you shall remain all the time in the office".
She further deposeth that she has never married since the decease of the said Amasa Loomis but remains his widow.
Ruth Loomis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me, by the said Ruth Loomis — And I certify that the said Ruth Loomis is a person of truth and veracity, and that she is the widow of said Amasa Loomis deceased.
James M. Crosby J H Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Lombard of Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged nearly Eighty three years depose and say that I knew Amasa Loomis late of West Springfield deceased while he was in the Military Service of the United States in the time of the Revolutionary war. According to my best recollection he was in the service three or four years and was in some way connected with the Ordnance or Quartermaster's business in this town and was a subordinate Officer or Assistant under Col. Cheever. Loomis I believe was most of the time on the Ordnance service under Col. Cheever, but I am sure he also assisted Col. Smith, who was one of the principal Officers here in the Quartermaster's business.
Colonel Smith always resided here after the war and died here about thirty or thirty five years ago. Loomis served a considerable part of the war under one or both of these Officers, and most of the time was travelling abroad in charge of Military Stores, Provisions and Supplies for the Army, but when here his business was at the Ordnance or Office of Military Stores, where I often saw him.

The said Loomis left town before the close of the war and went to Connecticut where it was understood he came from when he entered the service. He was in the Ordnance or commissary service as much as two or three years and I believe but cannot state particularly longer. I knew him as well as I knew any of the Officers and well as boys know men generally.
I performed military duty three months was one of the guard to the Stores, provisions etc. and often saw Loomis, during this period, though I remember he went away two or three times while I was guard; once it was said he went to the North River and I believe also he was off to Rhode Island or that quarter once or twice. He was frequently away on business of Military Stores or provisions. I remember very well he was called Conductor, my belief is that he was assistant to Colonel Cheever, most of his term of service and am confident from recollection that for a while he was assistant to Col. Smith of the commissary whose head quarters were also in this town.
I used to hear remarks about the pay and rations of the Officers and men. I heard more said about pay and rations probably when I belonged to the guard than at any other time. Loomis once said his

pay had been forty Dollars a month but for some time before his discharge it was more - He said his pay was about as much as any of the Officers here. but it was hard to get it.
My attention not having been called to this matter for many years, I cannot relate all the circumstances I might by occasional conversations with men of Revolutionary times. Men who were boys with me, but a few only are remaining among us. I had not for many years thought of Amasa Loomis previous to giving my deposition about a year or more since, on this same subject; but local facts and circumstances are remembered by reference to other facts and individuals and if this statement will avail old Mrs. Loomis it will afford me much satisfaction.
Further Deponent saith not.
Daniel Lombarde
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ff. Hampden County - }
On this 15 th day of October A.D. 1836. Personally appeared the above named Daniel Lombarde, to me well known as a person of truth & integrity

and subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Hampden.
Amos W. Cooks Jus. Pac. P H P

I Nathan Bliss of Springfield in the County of Hampden aged Eighty One years, depose & say, that I was acquainted with Amasa Loomis, now deceased, and for many of the last years of his life a resident of West Springfield in this County.
He was in the service of the United States three or four years during the War of the Revolution & part of the time had his quarters in this town; and when here he was in the office of Ordnance or Store Keeper under Col. Cheever who had charge of Military Stores & Munitions of War.
I knew Loomis very well. I think he joined the service about the time or soon after the Congress established an Ordnance Depot here & the manufacture & repair of clothing, accoutrements &c. Equipment for horsemen & Artillery were made here, harnesses &c.
This was about the year 1777. I often saw Loomis in the Laboratory & Col. Cheever's Office.
I lived but a few rods from the Ordnance Office; was born in this town & have always lived here.
I think I was as well acquainted with the said Loomis as with any other person in town & was more intimate with him than any other Officer connected with the Army. He was Conductor of Military Stores or assistant Conductor a great part of the time he belonged to the Army; and when here did the writing in Col. Cheever's Office.

But was gone most of the time after the first year.
I very well remember hearing him speak of his trips about the country as conductor. And remember too that for most of the time he was about here they called him conductor Loomis.
Sometimes before he left the army I heard him say several times he must quit the service, for he could not get his pay & the Government owed him a great deal of money. I remember once hearing him say, he must quit or resign for he was losing the best of his days. I know he was in the service till about the year 1780, when he married Ruth Hancock; and in the course of about a year after they were married they removed to Connecticut.
I believe and give it as my opinion that the said Loomis served as conductor between two & three years and am satisfied that I can not be mistaken. His pay, he several times told me was at first forty dollars a month, & afterwards more.
He was familiar with me & a few other young men about my age, and often talked about his pay, travels & adventures abroad conducting the stores for the Army.
It is not possible now, nor do I attempt to relate his conversations as to the places he went to in various parts of the country, in charge of Military Stores. But remember some places, viz., Fishkill Landing - Danbury - Litchfield - Kinderhook - Albany - Bennington - Rhode Island.

Wittland - Watertown - Boston - Claremont - Hart- ford - West Point & many other places; and I remember perfectly that after he began to do the bus- iness of Conductor he was gone most of the time.
One circumstance it may be well enough to state and which I well remember; My Father during the whole war did a great deal of teaming for the government, about the Country & I often went with the teamsters or hired men, though quite a boy.
This enables me to remember more about the business & station of Amasa Loomis than I otherwise probably should. I remember the names & faces of a great many of the Revolutionary officers, soldiers & men who were here during the war, as distinctly as I do most of my own friends & their families, though a great many im- portant events have escaped my recollection.
I knew Col. Mason, Col. Cheever, Capt. Burt, Capt. Barton, Maj. Ayers & other grades of Officers very well & saw them almost every day about their duties.
I have heretofore made a statement and affidavit in relation to this matter which I un- derstood was to be sent to Washington in order that the widow of said Loomis might get a pension.
It is quite probably that I have now stated some facts which were omitted in my former affidavit for then I had but little time & opportunity to

refresh my recollection of the very early events & observations of my life. and I think now on further reflection I shall recollect many more circumstances connected with the service of the said Loomis in the Revolutionary war. My first depa- sition was given about a year ago. Nothing was then said & no inquiries made about the pay or wages of said Loomis in the Army, but I distinctly remember hearing him say frequently his pay was forty dollars per month; and the latter part of his service according to the best of my recollections, or at least for a part of his service he said his pay was sixty or over sixty dollars per month. I often heard Loomis & other officers & men employed or in government service talk about rations & of drawing their rations, but don't remember what amount. From my own personal knowl- edge & recollection I do not hesitate to say that he served as Conductor over two years.
Nathan Bliss
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Hampden County }
On this fifth day of Nov. A.D. 1846. Nathan Bliss above named personally appeared before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County & subscribed & made oath to the foregoing affidavit -
And I certify that the said Nathan Bliss is a person of truth & veracity & that his statements are entitled to full credit.
Amos Brooks Just Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that James M Brooks Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Brooks and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth,
this Nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six
Richd Bliss Clerk.

DL aa 8344 Place A Roll
admitted

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 d February 1848 entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss Granby
On this 11 th day of August 1848 before me a magistrate in the County aforesaid personally appeared Ruth Soomins a resident of Granby in the County of Hartford. State of Connecticut lately a resident of West Springfield in the State of Massachusetts. Aged (89) Eighty nine Years; who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Amasa Soomins. who was a Military Store Keeper in the Army of the Revolution.
That she received a pension under the Act of June 17 1844 at the rate of Four hundred and eighty dollars per annum, and was formerly a resident of West Springfield in the County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts, and placed upon the roll of the Massachusetts Agency, in the City of Boston. She further declares that she is still a Widow - and now wishes to be placed upon the roll of the Connecticut Agency. Ruth her Soomins mark.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and
Year above written Before me
Charles T. Hillyer Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
Hartford County } ss Granby August 11. 1848
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Ruth Scornis the above Declarant, and know she is the same individual who drew a petition as stated in the foregoing declaration
Charles T. Hilliard Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern: That Charles S. Hillyer is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned,===having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Charles S. Hillyer to be genuine!
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 21 st day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
John B. Robertson Secretary of State.

8344
Massachusetts
Ruth Loring widow of Amasa Loring who was a Military Store Keeper in the Revolution
Deceased 16 Nov. 1815
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of April, 1848 and sent to
Wm. John Freecol, Nesbitt's
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W Vol. 2 Page 33 .

Reported
10425
Massachusetts
Ruth Loring
Widow of Amasa Loring who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 16th November, 1815, of Hampden in the State of Mass who was a Military Store Keeper Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Cheever in the Revolution for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 480 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of April, 1848, and sent to her.
John Freedley Reg of Reps Total amount, $24.00 .00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th Rumphlin Clerk, Book Q Vol. 1. Page 63.

Ruth Loomis Con. J m
M. Cole July 12 th 1857.
Et by Mr. Peugh July 16-1857

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I,
Ruth Loomis
hereby constitute and appoint
S. V. Pugh of Washington City D.C. my self
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to
Myself
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, revoking all other names
Witness my hand and Seal this 7 day July
A. D., 1851.
Ruth Loomis
Signed and Sealed in the presence of C. T. Hillery Austin Gillet
STATE OF Connecticut } COUNTY OF Hartford } ss:
On this 7th day of July A. D. 1851 before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Ruth Loomis and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
Charles T. Hillery
J. Peace.

Claim of Ruth Loomis Act of February 2 d 1848. & previous Acts
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. COUNTY Hartford }
Be it known, That on this 7 th day of July — A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Ruth Loomis a resident of Granby in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of Amasa Loomis
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner  Officer . That she is a Revolutionary pensioner, at the rate of Four hundred & eighty — Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. Charles T. Hillyer J. Peace.
Ruth Loomis mark
I, Charles T. Hillyer Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Ruth Loomis who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
State of Connecticut } ss. Charles T. Hillyer — J. Peace. County of Hartford }
I, Wm Eaton Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Charles T. Hillyer before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this ninth day of July A. D. 1851.
Wm Eaton Clerk.

STATE OF COUNTY OF
} ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that States at the rate of $
day of
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United per annum and that died on the eighteen hundred and
leaving surviving
and that
the only surviving child
of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this day of one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

The Petition of Mrs. H. Loomis the Widow of Amasa Loomis a Revolutionary Soldier asking for Relief.
Com te on Revolutionary Pensions (December 30, 1827) Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
March 14, 1828 - N. 1380
Geo: Ashmun

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
Humbly Sheweth,
Ruth Loomis of West Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the eighty eighth year of her age, that she is the widow of Amasa Loomis, who died at said West Springfield in the month of November A. D. 1815-- and that she has never since intermarried--:
That her late husband was in the service of the United States in the War of the Rev- olution, three years and three months, from and after the year 1777. -- and that this service was performed under Col. Cheever of the Ordnance, stationed in Springfield, and she believes partly under Col. Smith of the Commissary Department, and that while in Springfield his business was in the Ordnance Office, but was absent a great part of the time as Conductor of Military Stores--;
That soon after the Law of July 4, 1836 was passed, granting Pensions to widows &c. She made application to the Commissioner for a pension, but the facts set forth and stated in her Declaration were not in the opinion of the Commissioner satisfactory and she was required to furnish further evidence--.

That for reasons altogether beyond her control several years elapsed before she renewed her application, but her friends were not unmindful of her and spent much time and incurred much expense in examinations of the public records in various parts of the country in order to substantiate her claims and that subsequently, and she believes within the last two or three years she has made two additional or amended declarations which have been duly filed in the Pension Department at Washington, but she is grieved to learn that this evidence is still considered insufficient to establish her claim to a pension —
And here your petitioner begs leave most respectfully to refer to her said declarations on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, inasmuch as she has not in her possession full copies of such declarations and the documents accompanying the same — And requests that all the original papers may be laid before you and examined.
Your petitioner verily believes that she is entitled to a pension according to the true intent and meaning of the pension laws; and that such pension should be

According to the rank her late husband held and the service he performed in the Revolutionary War; wherefore she makes application to your Honorable bodies for relief, and humbly prays that her several declarations aforesaid may be duly and favorably considered, and as in duty bound will ever pray—
TRUTH LOVING
December 9. 1847.
Signed in our
presence J AMES W. GROVE
Clark Pennoyer

WestSpringfield august 29. th 1836 I here by certify that Ruth Loomin character is good for Truth and Veracity - Spencer Flower Justice of Peace
V165-3 Ruth Loomin widow of Amasa

I Ruth Loomie of Westspringfield County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Testify that Amasa Loomie was in the service of the Revolutionary war for the term of three years & three months and that I was married to him in the year 1780. and my husband died November 16 th 1815. and I have not been married again. therefore I remain the Widow Ruth Loomie. Col. Oliver commanding Officer and I here by Empower Nathaniel Williston to act as my agent to assist me in getting my Pension
attest Spencer Flower Ruth her X Loomie Nathaniel Williston mark
Westspringfield August 29 th 1836 then the above named Ruth Loomie personally appeared and made oath to the above before me
Spencer Flower Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record within the said County of Hampden do hereby certify that Spencer Flower before whom the above affidavit was verified is a Justice of the Peace within the said County and that full faith & credit are and ought to be given to all acts done by him in said capacity and that his name thereto subscribed is his true proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1836
John Ingersoll Clerk

WestSpringfield August 29. th 1836 I here by certify that Ruth Loomie character is good for Truth and Veracity -
Spencer Flower Justice of Peace
165-3 Ruth Loomie widow of Amasa
Commonwealth of Mass.
Hamden ss. I Nathaniel Williston Testify that I have not any interest Directly nor indirectly in Ruth Loomies geting pension nither doo I know of anyone that has . . . . .
Nathaniel Williston
WestSpringfield Sept. 12 th 1836 Then the above named Nathaniel Williston Personally appeared and made oath to the above before me Spencer Flower Justice of Peace

Feb 17 1836
Chap
not paid 1836 B.R.
Hon J. L. Edwards War Department Comm ee of Pensions

29 th 1836
West Springfield Standing heel, (Mass.) August I enclose to your (Hon) Sir & c. the affidavit of Widow Ruth Loonis Wife to Amasa Loonis who was in the revolutionary War three Years, and three Months, but died in 1815. On the 10 th day of November, she is in the poor house here and has lost the use of her feet by scalding, her feet she appears to be a Wo- man of good understanding, she has not any person a living that can testify for her here or any place that she knows of in the United States, and I fully believe that she is entitled to a Pension
I am Yours, With Great Respect and Esteem
Nathaniel Williston
(Hon) J. L. Edwards, War Department Comm r of Pensions
Washington City

Bro. forward Dollars. 1564 -
Dollars 1564 -
By Balance due Amasa Loomis. 905 70
Comptroller's Office March 30 th 1794
G.P. (Signed) C. Jarvis
W.P.
Treasury Department
Register's Office 18 th March 1848
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the statement of the account on file in this office
Daniel Brennan
Register

Mr. Amasa Gannett late conductor of Military
To the following Sums, with which I am of Opinion he ought to be debited on the presumption of his having received the whole of his nominal Pay & Subsist: &c.
1777 March 26 His pay from this date to 31 st August following (there being no depreciation) is 5 Mo 6 days at 40 Dollars per Mo. . . . . $208 u
His pay and Subsistence for the undermentioned periods reduced agreeably to the Connecticut Scale of depreciation . . . viz t
System: Stollery - 40 . . . . . at 104 ft. 2 Rolls: 38.41
October " 40. " " 115 " 34. 70
December " 400.-" " 139 28. 69
1778 January " 50.30 " 152 32. 80
February " 49.30 - - - 167 29. 30
March " 50.30 " 186 26. 79
May " 50.30 . . . " 245 " 20.36.
June " 51m " 285 17. 48
August " 50.30 " 370 13.46
October " 50.30 " 464 10.69
Novem 50. " 545 9. 15
December " 50.30 , 634 7.79
February 49.30 932 5.23
March 50.30 1048 4.68
April 50~ 1156. 4.29
May 50.30 - 1272 3.83
June " 50 " 1404 3.50
Carried forward. Dollars 379.89 1/2

y Stores, In account with United States
C o
By his pay from 26 th March 1777 to the 28 th of June 1780 is 39 months and 3 days at 40 Dollars p month. . . . Dollars
1564
Carried forward Dollars.
1564

  Brt forward 208   1779   July Dollars 240 at 1548 p ct 15.45   Augt " 240 " 1709 " 14.03   Sept r " 240 " 1908 " 12.52   October " 240 " 2151 " 11.14   December To Ezekiel (heavers depy. forny.   Mult. Stores for this sum advanced   him by said (heavers, and for which   he acknowledges himself accountable   Dollars 465 at 2740 p ct 16.87 1 / 90 450 20/90   Dollars 658 20/90   To Balance 905 70/90   Dollars 1564 - 
Auditor's office ) March 19 th 1792 ) States V o Ex o . (Signed) G. Nipon

House of Representatives Washington April 10. 1848
C. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions }
Sir
In the matter of the application to Congress, by Ruth Loomis widow of Amasa Loomis, to have a pension paid her under the act of Congress of 7 th July 1838, the application was referred to the Com ee on Rev. Pensions, by whom name I called on you for the papers in support of her claim. They were furnished and placed in my hands for report. After an examination of the papers submitted, the Committee instructed me to make an adverse report, which I did, as there was not sufficient evidence in support of the claim - neither as to his appointment - service, or monthly wages.
Since the report, I have received a letter from James W. Brooks Esq. of Springfield, (Mass.) covering an original paper & a certified copy from the Treasury department, which two papers in my opinion makes the evidence in her case complete, and makes it a proper case for the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions; and therefore at the request of Mr. Brooks refer it again to you, with a request that you will without delay obtain from the files of the House the papers sent to the Committee, and that you will give the case your early attention. I herewith send you the letter of Mr. Brooks to me, as also the original paper, and the certified copy above stated.
I have the Hon or to be with Great Respect Your Ob dt . St.
John Freeland

Hon. Rep.
Washington Jan. 24/48
Hon. J. S. Edwards, Com te of Pensions
Sir
The Petition of Ruth
Loomis the widow of Amasa Loomis a Revolutionary soldier, asking for relief, has been referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, and that Com te has handed to me that petition for examination - As the petition refers to papers on file in the pension office as substantiating her claim to relief - Have the goodness to furnish me, or Com te with those papers, or with copies, in order that I may examine the case. I should also be pleased to know the reason, why the claim was not passed and a pension allowed.
I am Resp t . Yours
John Freeland

Lot 43 9946
No 4276 Rich Loonis No of Amasa Map a + 7 July 1838
Adm d 2 years Conductor of S Military Street $480 00 per Ann pm 4 March 1836
Adm d act 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $480 00 per Ann pm 4 March 1843
Hon John C. Freeling House of Reps

House of Reps.
Washington Sept. 11. 1848
To Commissioner of Pension
Sir
I herewith enclose you the papers and declaration in the case of Ruth Loomis claiming a pension. The other evidence in support of her claim I handed you this morning, and respectfully ask your immediate attention to the matter.
I have the Honor to be Your Obt. St.
John W. Foster

Amasa Loomis
Conductor of Ordnance
I do acknowledge the United States of America to be free, independent and sovereign States, and declare that the People thereof owe no Allegiance to George the Third, King of Great-Britain; and I renounce, refuse and abjure any Allegiance or Obedience to him; and I do swear, that I will, to the Utmost of my Power, support, maintain and defend the said United States, against the said King George the Third, his Heirs and Successors, and his and their Abettors, Assistants and Adherents, and will serve the said United States in the Office of Conductor of Ordnance which I now hold, with Fidelity, according to the best of my Power and Ability so help me God!
Oct 18 th
Springfield Sept 18 th 1778
PERSONALLY appeared Amasa Loomis Conductor of Ordnance
and took the above Oath by him subscribed before me,
Wm Pynchon Junr Just Peace

Amasa Loomis
I Jonathan Loomis do swear that I will faithfully, truly and impartially execute the office of Conductor of Ordnance to which I am appointed, and render a true account, when thereunto required, of all public Monies by me received or expended, and of all Stores or other Effects to me entrusted, which belong to the United States, and will, in all respects, discharge the trust reposed in me with justice and integrity, to the best of my skill and understanding. So help me God
Amasa Loomis
60

West Springfield Sept 12 th 1830 Mrs Ruth Loomis is a cripple and has bin about four years she is very respectable and so poor that she is in the poor house here now she prays your (Hon) to Grant her a pension if can be consistent with your (Hon) to Grant the same her husband was Clark and his wages was 40 Dollars per month Nathaniel Williston

West Springfield Sept 12 th 1836
I certify that Widow Shepard is a pious Lady here. Her husband was an an Elder of a Baptist in West Springfield. Her children are She is very respectable and Esteem - - - - -
Nathaniel Williston

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Press Washington D.C.

Springfield Mr. March 22. 1845
Sir -
I enclose to you a new declaration in the case of Mrs. Ruth Loonis, - the suit was commenced to your Department some five or six years ago & action on it unfavorable -
M r Loonis was called a Clerk only in the first declaration & I supposed that would have entitled her to a pension. It is true that Mrs. Loonis in all the conversations I had with her before the suit was made, always said that her husband Amos Loonis did the business of Clerk in the office & also was very often sent off in conduct of stores for the army, but I did not think it necessary to state it, for I supposed his name would be found on the Rolls of the Department & full credit would be given - She always said he was called Conductor in the service & even afterwards Frankly that name and to several others have of others old inhabitants, besides those respectable individuals whose affidavits are herewith enclosed. All who are now living & who know

Loomis at Springfield in the time of the War, say he was Conductor or did the business of Conductor of Military Stores - And our search at Boston among the Rolls & Records in the State Department have not been fruitless, but at the same time we are not able hitherto to ascertain the length of service -
As to the marriage I presume the evidence in the first Declaration was satisfactory; but the town Clerk Mr Ingraham was perfectly willing to make another & I believe a more full Certificate -
I obtained the Certificate of the County Clerk after I had learned that the Clerk of Probate was not sufficient -
I beg leave to ask the most favorable consideration of this case. Mrs. Loomis is a very worthy old lady - is very poor & infirm & has not been able to labor for a long time. Her relations are not able to assist her, but her many friends do not allow her to suffer -

I would most respectfully ask further for such information as may be proper for you to give in relation to the further prosecution of this claim, if the case is not satisfactorily made out, or to length of service or amount of pay - and I shall be particularly thankful for any help to the Rolls and Records of your Department or elsewhere, should final action on this application be unfavorable.
I am Sir Very respectfully Your Ob't Servant Alma W. Brooks H
J. L. Edwards Esq.- Commissioner of Pensions Washington

State of Connecticut East Granby May 27. 1848
Sir
Will you have the goodness to inform me whether Widow Ruth Loomis of West Springfield M c has recently been granted a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary War by her husband Amasa Loomis deceased -
The Grandchildren of Mrs Loomis are anxious to learn whether she has been placed on the pension list, if so, the amount she is to receive. Also the amount of back pay, if any, she is entitled to receive, or has received -
I am M c Respectfully Yours &c
Charles T. Hillyer
To Hon d Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Haver.
Apr. 24. 1840.
Sir,
Accompanying is a communication I have recd. from one of my neighbors, relating to a matter, which has heretofore been under examination at the Customs Office. I transmit for your notice
Yours Respectfully Yours &c. &c.
H. Edwards Esq.
W. B. Albon.

Pension Office, February 3 rd , 1848.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith the papers in the case of Ruth Loomis, widow of Amasa Loomis, numbered from One to five, inclusive, and have to request that you will acknowledge the receipt of the same.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your O bedient Serv ant , M urphy
Wm. John Freedley, House of Representatives.

Massachusetts
See let Oct 7 1836 to Nathl. Williston

N 4276 Ruth Loomis
Map How James Buchanan 16 May 1845 to J. W. Cook. May 23 - 45 abt Wm C. Hudson, Aug 13. 1846. Set to J. W. Cooks June 13 '47 ditto Wm. John Freedley Feb. 5:48 act 7 July 1838

✓ Rejected 4276
Let. to Hon. W. B. Calhoun,
February 18, 1839.
do. Ap. 27. 1840
7 July '38

Department of State Washington May 19 th 1845.
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 16 th inst t , asking information relative to the services of Amasa Loomis, as Conductor under Colo. Cheever, in the Continental army, I have to reply, that upon an examination of the Washington Papers, there does not appear any evidence of the service of said Loomis in that capacity.
Very Respectfully,
I am Sir &c
James Buchanan
James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm ee of Pensions. Pension Office Washington.

Hon. Mr. Greeley M.P. Washington D.C.

Sir.
Springfield Mr. March 26. 1848
I notice by the late proceedings of Congress that you made an unfavorable report in the matter of the application of Mrs. Ruth Loomis for a Pension. Since your report in her case additional evidence has been discovered among some old papers, showing his appointment, & a certificate from Washington & showing conclusively that Amasa Loomis her late husband, deceased, as Conductor of Military Stores was paid $40. a month, all of which is herewith enclosed to you, and which I do with great pleasure. And as I am induced to believe that this newly discovered evidence, will in your opinion be sufficient to establish her claim to a Pension under the act of July 7. 1838, I will thank you to refer back all the papers in her case to the Commissioners of Pensions.
I see no ground myself why the claim should not be forthwith allowed by the Commissioners, as this is the very evidence he has all along required; and although perpetual search has been made &

the continual claim kept up, the evidence has but just been discovered & is now most cheerfully submitted.
It is now properly a case for the Commissioners of Pensions & not for Congress; and I would in behalf of the widow who is now living & in reduced circumstances and who has today received her proxy that I would further prosecute her claim, beg you to present this case to the Commissioners as soon as your commission will allow, inasmuch as the old lady can now safely sing out, Long Ho!.
I have been acquainted with Mrs. Loomis for many years - and as you notice all along in her Declarations & Petition now in the hands of your Committee that I have been her agent from the beginning in prosecuting this claim.
I am Sir, with great respect your most Obt. Servt.
James M. Cook
Hon. Mr. Freeland House of Representatives Washington.

No 4276 Ruth Loomis widow of Amasa Mass act 7 July 1838 m 80 w. 15-

Springfield Mass. Dec. 17. 1846
Dear Sir.
I must again ask your favorable notice in the case of Mrs. Loomis. It has long been before you and deferred - for good reasons. I believe - but I now think we shall establish her claim to a pension on the liberal principal of interpretation and construction that runs through all the laws, orders & regulations upon this subject.
I have delayed sending the application of Mrs. Loomis under the expectation of receiving further evidence as to his term of service as Conductor, but have concluded to forward the papers in their present shape - which we hope will give the good old woman a full Pension by virtue of her husband's services in the War of the Revolution
I also enclose herewith the request of Mrs. Loomis, in relation to her application and the agency she has always desired I should

take in the matter; my name appearing on the papers from the beginning.
I hope you will, after due deliberation & after looking over the old papers in her case, & reconciling all her declarations which I believe to be perfectly honest, even if apparently wanting in preciseness & accuracy as to all the circumstances which she endeavours to narrate for nearly three quarters of a century. come to the conclusion that Mrs. Loomis is entitled to the Pension which her husband should receive if living, of Conductor of Military Stones.
I am very Respectfully Your Bbt. Servt.
Ann M. Brooks
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

House of Representatives Aug 4, 1845
Sir I desire to know the names of the persons or persons, who made application for a pension or in- crease of pension of Geo. Taylor & Mitchell as Deputy D. M. Q. under Mary May; also the name of the application of Maria Loonis as Con-Military Stores. The applica- tions were made in 1844 or 45
Yours Respectfully C. Hudson
George Taylor Mitchell Dep. D. M. Q.
J. L. Edwards Comm. of Revenues

18 Princeton Place Upper Montclair New Jersey
January 23, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;-
Will you be good enough to advise me if, among the claim papers of the 70,000 pensioners of the Revolution, on file in your department, there appear claims filed by
Amasa Loomis (Conn.)
Daniel Hayden (Conn.)
o Archibald Greenfield (Conn., R.I., or Mass.)
o Tunis (Teunis or Theunis) Ryer (Ryerse or Reyer) (N.Y.)
and if so, will you kindly furnish me with abstracts of service.
Yours very truly,
AH Loomis