Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,862, for Amon Marshall, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Marshall, Amon
813,862
carded
CONTENTS

New York.
Amos N. Mansfield
of Westchester in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Platt of the 8 Regt. commanded by Col. Holmes in the New York line for 2 Years — " — "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars  per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of February 1833 — and and in witness whereof the said H. D. R. has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1852 $ 120 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mar. '53 40 $ 160
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book 1 , Vol. 5 , Page 175

Simon Marshall
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July 24 '33
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Mr Ward My

BRIEF in the case of  Amon Marshall  of Westchester County in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  How old is he? seventy seven years  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.     enlisted In 1775 ap d 9 As a Gen. Capt Jon s Platt, Col d Holmes   thence in 1777 or 1778 9 Capt Dechevan   year thereat Danbury was burnt. 3 Capt Farnham   for 3 or 4 mo s Capt Benton   3 Capt M c Benton   not recalled Capt Lewis   (always a Volunteer) (stated his whole service was for the most part of the revolutionary war)  
 In what battles was he engaged? Kingsfield.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Poundridge, NYork  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? two persons certify to traditional evidence John Farnham privy 18 mo s service, having served with him Nathan Lockwood privy same  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. R. Rugh Examining Clerk.

State of New York } Westchester County } On this Sixty Day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two personally appeared before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Arson Marshall of the town of Poundridge County & State aforesaid aged Seventy Seven 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 9 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That is to say on or about the first of April one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five he this Declar- ant enlisted at Poundridge in the said County of Westchester as a private for the term of nine months in a company commanded by Captain Jonathan Platt in Colonel James Holmes Regiment and from the said town of Poundridge this Declarant went with his said company and Regiment to Picoenderoga in the said state of New York where they joined Schuyler's Brigade as this Declarant vividly believes as he well recollects Schuy- ler was there and this Declarant continued in the actual service in the American Army til the taking of St Johns in Canada this Declarant was continued and a Garrison on was kept at Picoenderoga where this Declarant was stationed and continued til the Prisoners were brought there which were taken at St Johns aforesaid The prisoners

were kept some days at Friendwoga and were from that place sent to some place in Pennsylvania by a guard of the American troops. This Belarent remained in actual service at Friendwoga and in that part of the country til the term of his enlistment expired that after the prisoners were sent off from Friendwoga this Belarent was attached to another company. The Captain's name he does not now recollect but one of the Lieutenants name was as he thinks Bull and was still under Colonel Garnes Holmes til his time was out & then was Honorably Discharged by the said Colonel but no written discharge was given that during all the time of his enlistment from April 1775 til the expiration of nine months he was in actual service under arms and this Belarent further saith that he enlisted in a company as a private commanded by Captain Samuel Sebevan for nine months the company was called Hangers and served his time out faithfully & was honorably Dis- charged at White Plains in said County. This Belarent enlisted at Poundridge in said County. This Belarent cannot say certain what year but thinks it must be 1777 or 1778 and in the spring of the year that while this Belarent was under the command of his said Captain was lying at Stephen Ward House in the town of Eastchester in the said County of Westchester and in the night season in the month of November the House was attacked by a party of the British Soldiers under the command of one Major Lambbell and after keeping possession of the House and befriending it for some length of time the British Troops found an entrance into the said House some of our soldiers were killed and a number taken prisoners. This

Detachment with a part of said Company formed their way through the enemy and reached their camp but all this conflict occurred in the night that this Detachment was another time in an engagement or a near being given so called and was marched to Puckasick as it was said the British were a landing at Verplank's Point near said Puckasick in said County and was marched on time in the Town of Westport in said County and was in actual service under arms until the said term of three months expired and was then Honorably Discharged in said County by his said Captain Samuel Drown and During the last period of three Months this Detachment was ordered to march up and down the lines in said County and During the most of the time was very much exposed to the fire of the enemy in different skirmishes with the enemy This Detachment enlisted for Three Months under Captain William Gannett but cannot say what year but it was at the time the British burnt Danbury and was in the engagement at Ridgefield in Connecticut that General Arnold was there and this Detachment with said Captain & Company pursued them to Lumber so called in Fairfield County Connecticut where they had an engagement with the British forces and this Detachment well recollects that General Arnold was at Lumber this Detachment saw Arnold ride back and forth giving orders to the American troops This Detachment served out his time of Three Months and was Honorably Discharged by his Captain & that During his said term of three Months he

was under arms and in actual service This Declarant enlisted during the Revolutionary War under Captain Daniel Benton for the term of Three or Four Months - cannot now say with certainty which nor can this Declarant say what year but well recollects it was in the winter that he marched to the place then called Nonesuch in said County of Northampton That this Declarant while in the last enlist- ment was some time kept on guard for three nights in succession without any great heat or blanket and when off guard he suffered and sometimes seemed as though he must freeze to Death and there was but few days but what they had some skirmishes with the enemy and when this Declarant had served out his time faithfully he was Honorably Discharged This Declarant enlisted under Captain Noah Benton of Poundridge for the term of Three Months and Marched to a place called Fetter- Ho on the North River West of the White Pines in said County of Northampton but cannot tell what year this Declarant was well recollects that there was also a company there command- ed by Captain Hanson that while lying there it was said that they was to be attacked by a company of British Horse and was drawn up for battle but finally the attack was not made that this Declarant marched to different Parts of said County under the command of his said Captain until the expira- tion of his said enlistment had expired and was then Honorably Discharged This Declarant enlisted under Captain Samuel Lewis but cannot say for what period of time that under said Captain Lewis he marched to New Rochelle and different Parts of the County principally for the

Gardening against the British & Tories below the line that used to be to annoy us by small parties in stealing our cattle and watching the movements of our men in different parts of the country and this DeLamont cannot undertake to say what year nor how long this last enlistment was for and this DeLamont further saith that he was in the actual service for the most part of the Revolutionary war and that he always remained a true friend to the cause of Independence that this DeLamont was born in the year one thousand seven hundred & fifty five on the Twenty Third day of February in the town of Pownbridge as appears by the record in his family Bible where he now resides and always has both before & since the revolutionary war that this DeLamont always resided in said town of Pownbridge when he was called into the service aforesaid but never was drafted that he always volunteered or enlisted as aforesaid and served for himself but never was a substitute that this DeLamont recollects the following regular officers he well knew General Washing- ton General Scott Colonel Philip van Cortlandt General Schuyler Colonel Arnyment & Sheldon Arnyment that this DeLamont never received no written discharge from service that this DeLa- mont cannot recollect the precise name of the aforesaid companies which he belonged but believes they were State troops belonging to the state of New York or volunteer companies from the militia of said state that this DeLamont understood at the time that his aforesaid Capt. Jonathan Platt was appointed and acted under the orders of Congress that this DeLamont is now in his present neighborhood to Albert Lockwood and William Lockwood both residing in the town of

Poundridge in the said County of Westchester who can testify to this Bulwants good Character for veracity this belief of his age and this belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and believes that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid before me
Ezra Lockwood Clerk of the Judges of the Court of Ass. Pleas in & for said County.
his Simon J. Marshall mark

State of New York, Washington County ss We Albert Lockwood & William Lockwood both residing in the town of Pownbridge in the said County of Washington hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Marshall of Pownbridge in the said County aforesaid who has subscribed and sworn to the pre- ceding declaration That we believe him to be Seventy Seven years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion And we do further certify that we have known & lived near neighbors to the said Amos Marshall for the last Twenty years and known him to be a man of good character and consider his preceding entitled declaration to full credit
Sworn to and subscribed the sixth day of December 1832 before me Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for said County.
Albert Lockwood William Lockwood
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogato- ries prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And I do further certify, that it appears to me that Albert Lockwood and William Lockwood who have signed the pre- ceding certificate are residents of the said town of Pownbridge and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do also further certify that the above named applicant is from bodily infirmity, cannot attend the Court, or, a Court of Record of said county to make his aforesaid declaration.
Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges of The Court of Com Pleas in Spoff. County

State of New York Westchester County /s On this twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two perso- nally appeared before me John Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester John Lockwood a resident of the town of Poundridge in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath before me say that he is now twenty four years of age that on or about the first of April 1845 he saw Aaron Marshall enlist in the army of the United States in a company commanded by Captain Jonathan Platt in Colonel James Holmes Regiment that he then be fore enlisted also at the same time in the town of Poundridge and that they marched together to Piquenoyga in the same company and there joined General Schuyler's Brigade that the said Aaron Marshall remained in the garrison at that place til after the surrender of St Johns in Canada as this deponent saw the said Marshall on his return of said Prisoners at that place which was taken at St Johns aforesaid and verily believes the said Marshall served out the term of his enlistment which was nine months and knows him to be a good and faithful Soldier this deponent also knows that the said Aaron Marshall enlisted again under Captain Samuel Belknap at Poundridge aforesaid for the term of nine months and was in the battle service as a private in said company that they were in company at Ward's Farm in Eastchester when attacked by a British force and continued in the

Served under arms until they had faithful- ly served out the term of nine months and was then honorably discharged by the said Captain at White Plains in said County That the said Aaron Marshall was a good soldier and a true friend to the Independence and verily believes the said Aaron Marshall served at various other times as this deponent always understood that to be the law and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed the
20th day of December 1832
John Fletcher
Before me Ephraim Wood One of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in & for said County.

of his enlistment as this Deformit Union and understood & this Deformit further viti that the said Amos Marshall was a good & faithful Soldier and a true friend to the Andover
Sworn and Subscribed the 24 th day of December 1832
Nathan Lockwood
Before me Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in for said County.
I hereby certify that Ezra Lockwood is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & that his signature on the within papers are in his hand writing - I also certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the declaration which assures me that the papers are genuine - I am acquainted with the witnesses Messrs Lancher & Lockwood & certify that they are credible Febry 25. 1833
A. Ward. M c L.
Daniel Hemen Amos Marshall
Amos 2 years pre
80 3/4
Witness my

Rev. 1870
INVALID. 13 862
File No. 13 862
Simon Marshall Rev. Beer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Darius Stevens A man of Markdale
I can certify to them

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edison Marshall which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes, the Judge IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? no X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? so Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? so XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? so XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades : For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.