Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,224, for Amos Lunt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Lunk, Anne
31, 224
CONTENTS

N o 18249 Maine
Amos Lunt of Cumberland Co. in the State of Maine who was a S er g t & Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Barrow of the Regt. commanded by Col. Alden in the Mass. Troops time for 18 Months S er g t . — 90.00 6 .. Ensign — 60.00 150.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 150 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of Aug t . 1833 and sent to E. Everett Brunswick Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 300.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 6 S p . 1833 75.00 $375.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book E Vol. 1
Clerk,
Page 31

10.299 Amos Lunt
Maine
Old papers under act of 1818 wanted. date of certificate
7 May 77
Ap. 29. 1833
Obj. 5-16.
Admitted
6 mos Ensign 100.- 18 " Lieut. 90.- $150.-
E. Everett
Brunswick
Maine

10.299
BRIEF in the case of Amos Lunt County of Cumberland in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Justice  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 79. 
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.     In 17 — 1781.9 July. not stated. Sergeant, Ensign. Gen. Capt. Wm. H. Barrow Col. S. Alden Capt. S. Read, Col. W. Cobb, in the state troops of Mass.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Falmouth, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? A credible Witness & Documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
Note. — He says, He has been previously on the Pension Roll and has been struck from the same.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk.
March 11, 1833.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty ninth day of August A.D. 1832, before me John Ruggles, a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said State, being a court of Record, affirmed Amos Leavitt of Brunswick in said County, aged seventy nine 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. 1832.
That he has been previously on the pension Roll, and has been struck from the same; that he was a sergeant in Wm. Hudson Barrows Company, in Col. Ephraim Hildes Regiment
That he is now resident in Brunswick aforesaid where he resided when his first application was made, and that his Pension Certificate is attached to this declaration.
The said declarant further saith that he received a Commission of Ensign in the State Troops of Massachusetts July 9. 1781 which is herunto annexed - that he served in that capacity and did the duty of Ensign sometime before he received a Commission and was in actual service from the time of his appointment to the first of December the same year, in said Capacity, in the Company commanded by Capt John Read, attached to Col. M'Gotts Regiment - that he was stationed with said Company at Falmouth now Portland for the defence of the Coast, frequently employed on board of guard boats - That he was born in said Falmouth where he resided when he entered the service, and has since lived for the most part in said Brunswick. That he knows not of there being any record of his age that he was born Oct 1. 1753.
That he is known to John McDaniel who belong to his company and to Joseph McLean P. Master and to most other respectable men of Brunswick aforesaid.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that he is not

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any State.
Amos Lunt
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid
John Ruggles Pres. C.C.P.
And I the said Justice do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was an Ensign and served in said capacity from the date of his Commission till the first day of December following. And I further certify that said Applicant, from bodily infirmity is unable to attend court in said county.
John Ruggles Pres. C.C.P. Pleas.
I John M c Daniel of Brumley aged about 68 years on oath declare that I was a private soldier in the aforesaid Company commanded by Capt John Read, and that the said Amos Lunt was the ensign of said Company, and that he served as ensign of that company during the whole term of my enlistment, which expired on the first of December 1781, for the term of six months or upwards, and that I served under him in said Company during the said term.
John M c Daniel
Cumberland Co.
Brumley August 30. 1832. Then personally appeared John M c Daniel above named and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed, and which I believe to be entitled to full credit before
Ebenezer D. D. Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine. Cumberland County ss.
I William S. Vaughan, Clerk of the Court of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Lunt for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of September A. D. 1832.
Wm S Vaughan
State of Maine. Cumberland County ss.
I William S. Vaughan, Clerk of the Court of Cumberland County, do certify that John Ruggles is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, having jurisdiction throughout the State, being a Court of Record; that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are his genuine signatures, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Lunt for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this third day of September A. D. 1832.
Wm S Vaughan

State of Maine. Cumberland County ss.
I William S. Vaughan Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County do certify that Ebenezer Everett is a magistrate as within, and that the foregoing Signature pur- porting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of September, A. D. 1832.
William S. Vaughan

Appellation of Amos Lunt.
10. 299 3

Amos Lunt
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland, at the Cumberland Bank,
Maine
Record

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Amos Lunt late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Dist. of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN HANCOCK, Esq;
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.
To Amos Smith Gentleman. . . . Greeting.
THOU being appointed an Ensign of a company raised for the defence of the Eastern Parts of this Commonwealth to serve until the first day of December next unless sooner discharged agreeable to a resolve of the General Court passed the 23 d of April last
By Virtue of the Power vested in me, I do by these Presents, (reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct) Commission you accordingly.---You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a ensign in leading, ordering and exercising said company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their ensign and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me or your Superior Officers.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Commonwealth, the Ninth Day of July in the Year of our LORD, 1781 and in the 6th Sixth Year of the Independence of the United States of AMERICA.
John Hancock
By His Excellency's Command,
John Avery Secy

State of Maine. Cumberland Co. Brunswick May 6. 1833.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Cumberland, Amos Lunt of said Brunswick, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he served in the army of the United States in the revolutionary War as a Sergeant in Mr. H. Barrows Company in Col. Ichabod Alden's Regiment for the term of three years, for which service he was formerly on the pension Roll, the certificate whereof is annexed to his application; he further deposes 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, as Ensign under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Captain John Read's company, but according to the best of his recollection, he served as Ensign as aforesaid from the first day of June A.D. 1781 until the first day of December then next following, amounting as he believes to Six Months, including about six weeks before the date of his annexed application application for the foregoing services I claim a pension.
Amos Lunt
(Over)

Sworn to on the said seventh  sixth day of May 1833 before Eben Everett Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Cumberland County, ss.
I N P M T Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County, certify that Eben Everett is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signa- ture purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County this seventh day of May in the year 1833.
N P M T Vaughan

Amos Lunt. Sergeant Col Brooks Reg. Mass Line 1777-3 year due 25 th Ap l 1818 Roll
Admitted
Ap. 25.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. }
To the Hon. Isaac Robbins one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the Second eastern circuit ) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.
The Declaration under Oath of Amos Lunt formerly a Sergeant engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Brunswick County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Amos Lunt enlisted in the best William H Ballard company in the 7th Regiment Mass Line, commanded by Col J. Brooks for three years on the first day of January 1777 and continued to serve in the same company and kept until June 1 1780 at which time he was honorably discharged at West Point in the State of New York which discharge is herewith attached with the Sergeant's Warrant
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Amos Lunt is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Brunswick county of Cumberland — and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
That he is sixty five years of age, and was at the surrender of Genl Burgoyne army and with Genl Sullivan in the Clinchfield County, at his Battle with the Indians
Therefore the said Amos Lunt conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit
Nathl. Coffin

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
Amos Lunt
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Personally appeared Amos Lunt Lincoln COUNTY, ss. } of the town of Brunswick county of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this } Josiah Stebbins, 25 th day of April 1818, } a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d C.C.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. } Personally appeared and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that he is personally acquainted with Amos Lunt late a Sergeant in Capt. Mr H Wallens Company in the 7 th Mass. Regt Commanded by Col. Brooks and well know that he served in the New Brunswick Army agreeable to the aforesaid declaration and attached discharge, having served in the same company with him
Sworn and subscribed before me this } 25 th day of April 1818, }
Jedidiah Adams
Josiah Stebbins. a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d C.C.

I do hereby certify that Amos Lunt, Sergeant in Capt W. H. Ballard's Company in the 7 th Mass s Regiment, has served three years in said Regiment and the time of his enlistment has expired this day —
A. Lunt Lt.
West Point Jan y 1 st 1860
In consequence of the abovementioned Sergeant Lunt's time of enlistment being expired, he is discharged from the Regiment and has Liberty to pass from this Post
W. Brooks Lt. Col. Comd. 7 th Mass. Regt.
West Point Jan y 1 st - 1860

By Ichabod Alden Esqr. Colonel and Commander of a Regiment of Foot In the service of the UNITED STATES of America.
TO WHOM SOEVER
Reposing Especial Trust and Confidence in Your Patriotism Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, Do constitute and Appoint you to be Third Sergeant In Capt. Will m Hudson Ballards Company In the above Named Regiment, raised for the defence of Ameri- can Liberty, and repelling every Hostile Invasion thereof You are Carefully & Diligently to observe the Duty of Sergeant, in the said Regiment and Company, by doing and performing all manner of Things therein unto belonging, & all Soldiers under your Command, are hereby required to be obedient to your orders, as Sergeant in said Compa- ny and you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from your Commanding officer or officers According to the Rules and Discipline of War, In Witness whereof the same Reposed in you, for which this shall be Your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my hand at Albany this first day of January Annoque Domini 1777
Ichabod Alden Col o

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBERED , That on this twenty fifth day of April , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid
Amos Leavitt
who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having duly subscribed the same  has before me testified and declared as therein expressed, and on examination and inquiry it appears to me that by reason of his advanced circumstances in life he is induced to depart from his country for support.
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Amos Leavitt did serve in the Infantry of the United States as a sergeant in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, at  Wiscasset this twenty fifth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins; a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d C.C.
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the foregoing are severally his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court this 25 th day of April 1818.

May
Memoranda Recd.
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington District of Columbia -
My Dear

My Dear
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington District of Columbia -
May
Memoranda Note

Brunswick, Maine, May 17, 1833.
J. L. O'Keefe Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, I return the application of Amos Lunt of Brunswick (No. 10,299) for a pension amended in the particulars pointed out in the brief forwarded from your office.
If now found correct, will you have the goodness to forward the Pension certificate, addressed to me at Brunswick? Respectfully
Your obed t Servant Eben r Everett

Surp. April 27. 1833 Maj- 16
10.452 R
Maine
Amos Lunt
of Brunswick in the dist. state of Maine who was a Serjeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brooks of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of May 1819 and sent to Amos Lunt, Esq. Alma, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 6 2/3 30. 02. 63 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. - 48. 00
$ 130.63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Cumberland Co.

31224 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,224
Amos Lunt
Ensign Rev War
Act. June 7 th 1861
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]