Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41767, for Amos Lewis, North Carolina

SERVICE
Lewis, Amos
NUMBER
S. 41767
CONTENTS

Order to pay 4 Nov 1837.
Sent the 21 st Dec r 1837 to Hon. J. S. Smith 89 Rep t N.C. Information that June 10 1837 to Michael Scan, Tarboro N.C. Duplicate Certificate upon 11 Oct 1837 and sent to J. S. Hoppig Tarboro N.C.
Due 4 Nov 1837 (6367) North Carolina.
Amos Lewis
of Edgecomb Co. in the state of N. Carolina who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Buncumb of the N. Carolina line, for the term of 2 yrs 6 mo! -
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolinians at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of May 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Feb y 1819 and sent to the Hon. Mr. H. Blair House of Rep s N.C. States.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1812 - 3 \frac{5}{30} 26.35 Semi-ann l all s ending 4 th March 1819. 40.00
$74.35
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1812. } Amt due 4 th Sept r 1818. 26.35 Amt Paid upon Special Pension from 27 th May to 4 th Sept r 1818. 3813.18 Balance due between Rec d & Inv d pen s 13.17
Edgecomb County.

Order to pay 4 Nov 1837.
Sent the 1 st Jan'y 10 21, to Hon. J. S. Smith Rep. N. C.
Notification sent Jan'y 10. 1821. to Michael Bearn, Tarboro! N. C.
Duplicate Certificate issued 11 Oct 1821 and sent to J. B. Lloyd Esq. Tarboro! N. C.
136 4 (6361) 136 4 North Carolina.
James Lewis of Edgecombe Co. in the state of N. Carolina who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Buncumb of the N. Carolina line, for the term of 2 yrs 6 mos! -
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of May 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Feb'y 10 21. and sent to the Hon. Thos. H. Hall House of Reps. N. C. States.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1810 - $3 5 / 30 26.35 Semi-ann. all ending 4 th March 1819. 40.00
$74.35
Revolutionary claim, } Act 18th March, 1818. } $26.35 due from the State of North Carolina 13/3/18 13/3/17
Expedited Courtesy -

Amos Lewis
December 18
18
1820
1820

SCHEDULE.
District of North Carolina. } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Pascagoula County } of the County of Pascagoula November Term
On this 27 th day of November 1820, personally appeared, in open court, (a) being a court of record (b) for the said district, [county, or] having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount with power to fine and imprison and keep a record of its proceedings, and was sworn. [aged sixty one years, resident in said district, [county, or] county, or] who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that
he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: (c) He enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Reading Blount and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Buncomb, He enlisted for two years and a half and served during the whole time; He was in the Battle at Germantown and was wounded in said Battle; His original Declaration bears date at May Term of Pascagoula County Court 1818. He has lost his Pension certificate and
And I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. (d)
Schedule of Property & States, case of knives and forks, Piece of Plate. 1 weeding hoe, 1 axe
Sworn to, and declared, on the 27 th day of November 1820. before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Pascagoula County state aforesaid -
I, Michael Hearn clerk of the County of Pascagoula do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is five dollars and cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 27 th day of November 1820.
M. Hearn Clerk of the Court for the County of Pascagoula
$5.00

(a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress,
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings.
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—[ Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. ]
(c) Here set forth the regiment, company, and line, or ship, corps, or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and, if he has received a pension, the number of the pension certificate should be inserted.
(d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

N. Carolina 27 th May 1810
Amos Lewis Edgcomb (4)
Private
Enlisted 14 th May 1776
Disch d 4 th Nov 1778
Capt. Blount's Co 5 N. Car a Reg t Col. Bencomb
1776. 2 yr 6 mo.
Admitted -
12/24/1810

Amos Lewis, an inhabitant of the county state of North Carolina maketh oath, that he enlisted as a private soldier on the 14 th day of Febry in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six under Thomas Blount Ensign of the company commanded by Redding Blount Capt & Benjamin Collesman, 1 st Lieut. belonging & being attached to the 5 th Regiment commanded by Col. Buncum & Lt. Col. Irwin — From Tarborough he marched to Wilmington (N.C.), & from Wilmington he marched to Charleston & was stationed at Batterell's Point for two or three months — from Charleston he marched under the same officers to the North & spent the first winter in Philadelphia He further maketh oath that he was at the Battle of Germanton & fought under the same officers of the fifth Regiment, he saw Genl. Ash when he received his mortal wounds & was so unfortu- nate himself as to receive a wound in his right thigh, in consequence of which he has been on the Pension list for many years — He does not recollect the precise time at which the Battle was fought & therefore will not make

oath as to any time — He was carried from Germanton to Redding town, where he remained about six months; thence he went to Col. Clark stationed on the Schuylkill & received a furlough from him & came home & there he remained till he was restored to health — After recovering from his wound he returned to the North under Genl. Hogan with his nine months men, & after the expiration of his time of service, which was two years & a half, he received his discharge from Genl. Hogan at West Point, but  has unfortunately He received one hundred & twenty eight lost it acres as bounty since & sold it — to John Bonner — He has been on the Pension list ever since 1811 — He has been on the Pension list ever since 1811 — as will appear by the Pen- sion list at Raleigh (N.C.). Agreeably to the late act of Congress he hereby relinquishes all claim to the same & throws himself entirely on the Gene- rosity of his country for further assistance — He further maketh oath that he is fifty eight years old & entirely unable to support himself by his manual labour & has not enough property united with his labor to keep him from suffering — He has heretofore lived mostly on his former pension James Jones
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

State of North Carolina } County Court of Pender Pender County } & District of Columbia
May Term 1818 -
I Edward Hall Clerk of the aforesaid County Court do hereby certify that James Lewis, who made the foregoing Affidavit, appeared in then Court & made oath to the same
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Tarborough the 27 th day of May
1818
E Hall Clk
I James Lewis Chairman of the County Court of Pender do hereby certify that Edward Hall is Clerk of the County Court of Pender & that the seal hereunto annexed is the seal of the S d County Given under my hand the May 27 th 1818
J. Lewis Chairman
Raleigh N. Carolina June 10 th 1818 - At the request of Mr Lewis I certify that he stands on the list of Invalids of the United States for North Carolina at the rate of four dollars per month J. H. Agnew Gate

State of North Carolina of County Court of Deas Dade County I Quarters, Wilson
August Term 1878 J. Edwards Hale Clerk of the County Court - aforesaid do certify that Francis Wood appeared in open court, made oath that Amos Lewis is a poor man & needs assistance from his country
E. Hall Clk
J. Brown Lewis Chairman of the County Court - aforesaid do certify that it appeared to the satisfaction of the Court from the circumstance of Mr Lewis' being formerly & yet on the pension list of wounded soldiers & likewise from the testimony of Francis Wood that the said Amos Lewis needs assistance from his country for support -
J. Brown Lewis Chairman
N. Carolina 24 th May 1878
Amos Lewis Respondent (4)
Private
Indicted 14 th May 1878
Indict. G. Nov 1878
Capt. Abner's Co 5 th N. Car. Regt. Col. Buncombe
1776. 2 yrs 6 Mo.
Dismissed

State of North Carolina
Secretary's Office 10 th June 1818
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that it appears from the Musterroll in this Office that Amos Lewis was a private Soldier in the 5 th Regiment of the North Carolina line in the revolutionary war, for two and a half years, and was regularly discharged.
Given under my hand at office in Raleigh the date above W. Hill

   Names & Rank  Companies  dates of Commission and Enlistment  Proof Service   
5 th Regiment Edward Bancroft Colonel.
Amos Lewis pt. Blounts 16 th May 76 2 1/2 yrs. Disch'd 4 th Novem r 78.
The above is a true abstract from the musterroll of the North Carolina Continental line in the revolutionary war
Given under my hand this 16 th July 1818.
W m Hill Secretary of State

Thomas Lewis North Carolina 18 March 1818
So What was last paid
Pension Office 4 th Nov 1837
page 1. the 1 st March 1829 JH
2 nd Feb 1824 paid to that period JH

41767
INVALID.
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File No.
41767 Alma Lewis P. O. Box 123
Act:
18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Barboro SC 27 Sept.
Hene
Hon. New Century Rec'd 5 Oct. 1881
The Honorable
J. b. Calhoun Esq.
Secretary of War Washington City
Mr Edward
Mail

To The Honorable P. b. Calhoun Esqr Secretary of War for the United States of America -
The Petition of Amos Lewis humbly sheweth unto your Honor, that he has accidentally lost his first or original Pension certificate. He therefore prays your Honor that you will cause to be forward- ed to him a certified copy of the said original Pension certificate without which he is advised he cannot draw the money due him from the Pension Office
Amos Lewis
Be it known that Amos Lewis a Pensioner of the United States and an inhabitant of Pigeoncreek North Carolina this day personally appeared before me Richard Harrison - a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Pigeoncreek and made oath that on or about the 27 th February 1821 he accident- ly lost his Pocket Book containing his original Pension certificate and that he has never been able to find either Pocket Book or Pension certificate although he made every exertion so to do, - Sworn to before me this 28 th day of September 1821
Amos Lewis
R. Harrison J.P. (Seal) 3
I Michael Hearn Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quorum for Pigeoncreek County State of North Carolina do certify

that Richard Harrison whose signature is hereto annexed is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the County of Poygan and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his acts and deeds as such - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 26 th September 1823
M. Hearn C.L.S.
3

J. L. Calhoun Esq.
Sir
Without any guide as to the manner of sup- plying the deficiency of Mr Lewis' Certificate, I have sketch- ed out in substance , what I am induced to believe will answer the purpose - It is important to Mr L., that he should procure a copy as soon as possible, as the Pres- ident of the Bank at Fayetteville refuses to pay him 'till he obtains it - If this Application is informal, I must request that it be returned to me as soon - as convenient and its informality pointed out.
Yours Respectfully
J. H. Lloyd
Tarboro. Sept.
1821