Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10458, for Amos Terrill, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Terrill, Amos Pirrell,
R. 10458
CONTENTS
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State of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss
On this twentieth day of October 1826 personally ap- peared in open court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Chesterfield in said County Amos Terrill of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts age eighty three years the fourteenth day of April last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and March 2 1833
That he enlisted some time in March (and he thinks before the middle) 1783 for the term of three years as a private to serve on Castle William as it was then called and at that time under the command of Col. Burbeck that he served in said fort two years and about seven months and then asked for his discharge and was told by the commanding Officer that he could not give it but would give him a furlough to see his friend in the town of Housatonic where he resided and if he could find some able bodied man that would take his place he need not return that he hired a man by the name of Ford and did not return that he continued to reside in Housatonic in the County of Plymouth and State aforesaid until the Spring of 1787 or 1788 when he removed to the town of Plainfield where he has since resided He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Amos Terrill
Attestan Courtesy Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
I Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Terrill for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twentieth day of October 1826
Sam F. Lyman Regt Probate

State of Massachusetts (ss Hampshire County (
On this Sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate of said County now sitting Amos Turrell a resident of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he enlisted into the service of the United States in the month of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty one to serve on what was then called Castle William now fort Independence in Boston harbor for the term of three years that he remained on said island under the command of Col. Burbank until the month of November or December one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when I hired a substitute and returned to Abington in the County of Plymouth about twenty miles south of Boston where my father's family resided. I was born in the town of Braintree in the County of Norfolk and State aforesaid on the fourteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and sixty one and lived in my father's family in the towns of Braintree Weymouth and Abington aforesaid where my father resided when I entered the service I have no record of my age about the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five I removed from Abington to the town of Plainfield aforesaid where I have since resided Having from the length of time age and severe bodily infirmity for several years past misapprehended the time I enlisted into the service is the cause of my not applying for a pension at an earlier period.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension of the agency of any State (or if) any only on that of the agency of the state of Massachusetts
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before Nathan Conkey Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interroga- tories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
Jonathan Cook by Judge of Probate
I Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- -ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Terrill for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Sam. F. Lyman Reg. of Probate

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10458
P. O. Amos Tirrell
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

34757 Amos Tenny Map
Seth Elphalet Packard June 12 1832 Set to Wm J. Rockwell Sept 30 '46 Set to Wm August 2. 49
act 7 June 1832

Rejected Set Elizabeth Perkins, Jan 12 '29.
act 7. June 32

House of Representatives Dec r 23. 1846.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
I ask leave to enclose some papers relative to the application of the widow of Patrick Bryant. It is supposed that Also, some papers relative to the application of Amos Terrill for a pension.
For more full explanation of these papers, I beg leave to refer you to the accompanying letter of Eliphalet Parker Esq, whose statements may be fully relied on. I hope Terrill's case will be successful; but the deficiency your department will judge very respectfully
Your obedient servant Julius Rockwell.

House of Representatives July 31. 1848 J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I beg leave to call the attention of Amos the Pension Department to the case of Amos Terrill; of Massachusetts, an old man 84 years of age, and illly able to employ agents. His papers are on file in the office and you have decided against his application, a decision which I respectfully request may be reviewed. He says he enlisted for three years in March 1783 and served two and a half years of it and then hired a substitute and gave him all his back pay & considerable besides, to take his place for the rest of the term; that he performed the duties of two soldiers the greater part of the time. He thinks he is entitled to a pension under the law of March 2. 1833, which I beg a little attention to this case
Very respectfully your obedient servant Julius Rodwell

Duplicate Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
December 15 1816.
I hereby 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 Jonas Furrell is borne upon the Pay Rolls of Capt Thomas Cushing , Capt Lieutenant William Burbeck at Castle Island, as a private from March 24 1783 to October 25 1785. inclusive. 2 years and 7 Months

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. Packer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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State of Massachusetts
County of Hampshire
Town of Cummington
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of Amos Tarrill in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted and entered the service in the month of March 1783 for the term of three years. He was stationed on Little William or Fort Independence under Col. Burbank until near the close of the term of service when he obtained a furlough with the privilege of not returning if he would hire a substitute. He hired one Ford and did not return.
I am now eighty three years of age. I resided in Abington in the County of Plymouth Mass before and after my service until about the year 1787 or 1788 when I removed to the town of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire Mass where I have since resided and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required.
Witness my hand this tenth day of November 1846
Amos Tarrill by his
Attorney Elisha L. Packard Justice of the Peace
Cummington Nov 12 1846
The enclosed will be good enough to furnish the certificate of service and forward same with any expenses that may be incurred which will be submitted.
Elisha L. Packard Justice of the Peace

Caleb Chard 24 March 83
I Caleb Chard of the Town of Abington in the County of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, being seventy four years of Age, do testify that I first and now am acquainted and well know Amos Turrell of Plainfield in the County of Plymouth and State of said, said Amos Turrell served with me in the war of the Revolution on Castle Island (called Castle William) near the shores of Boston from March 1781. to November or December 1783. under the Command of Col. Berkley, and that John Hancock had the Command of the Island, said Amos Turrell resided at Abington when he enlisted and went on to the Island, and served as a private the whole period of time that I did, excepting about three or four days; I enlisted first and said Amos Turrell three or four days after in the same month & year. I am a Pensioner of the United States in consequence of my service. said Turrell removed from Abington to the Town of Plainfield in the County and State of said soon after the close of the Revolutionary war
his Caleb  Chard Mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss, September 1. 1838
Then the above named Caleb Chard who is a credible witness, personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before Me.  Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secy's Office. Sept. 1. 1838.
I hereby certify that the Benjamin Richards is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk . With the Seal of the Court John P. Bigelow Secy of the Court

24 March 83- do Turrell - do
I Asa Shaw of Abington in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts being seventy three years of Age, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Amos Turrell now of the Town of Plainfield, in the county of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts, that he was a Soldier, in the War of the Revolution and served with me, On Castle William near Boston almost three years, I enlisted according to the best of my memory in March 1781 and served till some time in December 1783. and the said Amos Turrell enlisted at the same time I did, and served the whole period of time that I did under the command of Col. Berbeck I do think that John Hancock commanded the Island, and Berbeck had the command of the Colonies on the Island, that said Amos Turrell resided at Abington in the county of Plymouth, when he enlisted, and served on the Castle as a private the term of service I further testify and say that the said Amos Turrell removed from Abington to the Town of Plainfield in the county of Hampshire, a short time after the close of the revolutionary war, when he now resides as I understand - Asa Shaw
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss. September 1. 1838
Then the above named Asa Shaw, who is a person reputed to be of truth and veracity personally appeared and made Oath to the Truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed
Before Me Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace