Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44254, for Amos Porter, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Porter, Amos
S. 44254
CONTENTS

Let to Tim Henry Dodge 16th Feb. 1844
Let No Sec. W Jones, Feb. 10/52 Same. May 17. 52.
Connecticut Roll.
to New York.
(1,337)
Amos Porter,
Con r
Private
Col. S.P. Mott's reg t 1 st Conn t Inf try
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to Asher Miller, Esq. Saybrook, Conn t .
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
Residual Allowance
4 months 31/30.
$ 40.26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
June 1822
Blase Fiddler
Notification sent to him by the Com tee on Pensions, dated 18 th Feb y 1818, to him by the Com tee on Pensions, dated 18 th Feb y 1818.

Webb's Conf. R. 6
Correct A1

Amos Porter of Haddam in Middlesex County State of Connecticut deposes & says that some time in the year 1777 he en- listed into the army of the United States on the continental establishment for the term of three years & served as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Thomas Wooster in the Regiment under the command of Col Samuel B Webb untill sometime in the year 1780 when he was honorably discharged by writing from under the hand of Col Webb which discharge has by time & accident been lost that during said service he was in a battle between the British & Americans in Rhode- Island & was wounded by a cannon ball from the British - That before his said term of service he was in the Amer- ican army as a private soldier seven months at Roxbury & in the battle of Bunker Hill - that he was also in the service seven months more at New York making in the whole four years & two months
And the Deponent further says that he is in reduced & indigent circumstances has a family to support & stands in need of assistance from his country for support for which he hereby exhibits his claim dated at Haddam April 4 th 1818
Amos Porter
State of Connecticut ss. Middlesex County

Be it remembered that on this 4 th day of April 1818 personally appeared before me Asher Miller Esq r Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Amos Porter Haddam in said County a resident & citizen of said State, and being duly cautioned and carefully examined made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
A
A. Miller Chief Justice
And I farther certify that it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the said Amos Porter did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the resolutions of the Act of Congress in such case made and provided.
B
A. Miller C. J. as aforesaid
State of Connecticut: I John Trull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Middlesex do certify that the Hon. Asher Miller Esq r of Middletown in said State is Chief Judge of said Court & that his name subscribed to the preceding & annexed Certificate marked A. B. C. is his proper hand Writing & signature In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 1 st day of May A.D. 1818. J. Trull Clerk

Elizer Spencer of Haddam in Middlesex County of lawful age deposes & says that he is well acquainted with Amos Porter - that he has a family to support that he has no real estate & has very little property of any kind whatever that he is in indigent & reduced cir- cumstances & in the opinion of the deponent stands in need of the assi- stance of his country for support
Dated at Haddam April 6 th 1818
Elizer Spencer
State of Connecticut ss. Middlesex County. Be it remembered that on this 6 th day of April 1818 personally appeared before me Asher Miller Esq; Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Elizer Spencer of Haddam in s d County and being duly cautioned and carefully examined made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
C.
A. Miller C. Justice as aforesaid

State of New York } Herkimer County }
On the 31 st day of December, 1822 personally appeared in open court, to wit the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, (said court being a court of Record, thus constituted by the laws of the State of New York) Amos Potter, aged sixty nine years, resident in the town of Winfield in the county aforesaid and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare That he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:— That he enlisted in the year of 1777, for three years, at Whethersfield, Connecticut in the company of grenadiers commanded by capt Thomas Wooster, in Col. Samuel B Webb's regiment in the Connecticut line, on the continental establishment, and served in said company & regiment for said three years, and was honorably discharged at Morristown, N. Jersey — That he the said Amos did on the 4 th day of April 1818, make a declaration of his said services in Connecticut, and received a Pension Certificate dated 30 th June 1818 and numbered 1,337. placing him on the roll of the Connecticut agency.

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 so to do, until it as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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 18 th 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.
Schedule
   One Cow, worth 12.00   Two Sheep " " " " " 2.00   One pig " " " " " 0.50   One sythe & stacking 12/ one axe 3/ one hoe 2/ 2.12 1/2   One chest 8/ eight old chairs 12/ one table 8/ looking glass 8/ 4.50   Three iron kettles $4.00 one do pot 6/2 two basins 3/ 5.12 1/2   Shovel & tongs 12/ a wash tub & two barrels 16/ wooden bowls 12/ 5.00   stone & crockery & tin ware 16/ 1 pair of sad irons 4/ two wheels 16/ 4.50   spectacles & razor 2/ - two bibles prayer book & pamphlets 20/ 2.75   and ordinary wearing apparel & bedding $38.50  

That the said Amos is by occupation a farmer but from his age, attacks of Rheumatism, and a wound, retained during his service in the Revolutionary war, he is unable to support himself by labor — That he has no other family excepting his wife, named Canace aged 50 years, of a feeble constitution, and also unable to support herself by labor.
Sworn to & declared on the 31 st day of December, 1822 before David Holt First Judge Herk. County.
Amos Porter
The court is of opinion that the value of the property in the above schedule excepting bedding & wearing apparel is Thirty Eight Dollars & Fifty Cents.
David Holt Almond Luce Rufus Cram } Judges
I, Saba Fox clerk of the county of Herkshire 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 $38.50 dollars and 50 cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed

The seal of this said court, on this first day of January 1823
Levi Fox

Conus Portus application for a transfer
Transfer Com. for Hon. T. H. Hubbard, H. R.

Application for a Transfer
State of New York } Herkimer County } On this 31st day of Decem- ber, 1822, before me David Holt, First Judge of said County, personally appeared Amos Porter , who, on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Thomas Wooster, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Connecticut, from whence he has removed; that he now resides in the State of New York, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
Amos Porter
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid,
David Holt, First Judge of Herkimer County, N. York.
I certify that David Holt was, on the 31st day last, first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Herkimer Co. N. York and that David Porter is his signature
J. H. Hubbard

January 30, 1852.
Hon. Jas E. Heath, Commrs 2 of Pensions
Sir,
You will oblige me much by informing me if Amos Porter , who died at Winfield, Herkimer county, N.Y. was on the list of revolutionary pensioners; and if so at what time his pension ceased. Also, whether any application has been made for a pension for his widow, and if so, what were the objections. Please inform me, also, if you know of a single precedent of the widow of a revolutionary soldier, who married since the 1800, obtaining a pension.
very respectfully Your obed t Servt.
G. B. W. Jones, S.W.S.

September 28, 1927
Madorāh E. Smith Territorial Normal & Training School Honolulu, Hawaii.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 44254, it appears that Amos Porter served seven month and was at the battle of Bunker Hill, no officers stated nor dates of service given; also served seven months at New York, no officers stated nor dates of service given; he enlisted at Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1777 and served three years as a private in Captain Thomas Wooster's Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut Regiment, and was wounded, by a cannon ball, at the battle of Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1818, while a resident of Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
In 1822, he was aged sixty-nine years and

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
was a resident of Winfield, Herkimer County, New York, at which time he referred to his wife, Candace, as aged fifty years. Names of children not mentioned.
The above noted Amos Porter is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Territorial Normal and Training School,
Honolulu, Hawaii. Sept. 14, 1927
E.W.Morgan, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of August 15th in reply to my request for information re Amos Porter was forwarded here. Since writing, I have secured further information concerning him. He was married in 1752 at Lebanon; Conn. was born in 1730, had four children Amos born 1753, Samuel 1755, Rachel born in 1761 at Lenox, Mass., and Mary 1763. He was residing at Lenox at time of enlistment. His wife was Joanna Allen. If with this additional information you can find any record of the man I should be glad. In one genealogy he is said to have been an officer, in another a captain during the Revolution.
Very truly yours,
Madorah E. Smith
Madorah E. Smith

1927-Sept. 28 - Hair to Madalene G Smith Gray
44 254
INVALID.
Ray
File No. 44 254
Alma Mater
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Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 399
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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case of Amos Porter. Pension Office.
Mr Woodward can examine the books for Senator Dodge.
J.E.H.
Inverness

W. S. Sanato
1 st Ap r 1852
Hon. V. E. Keatts
Chair m of Pensions
Sir A friend of mine desires an examination (for the benefit of his mother) of the papers on file in your office upon which Amos Porter of Connecticut Continental Line was placed upon the pension list under the act of 15 May 1818, in order to meet his wishes. I desire that you will forward J. D. Woodruff Esq r - to examine such papers, and thereby afford him every needful facility to obtain the desired information.
I am Sir very respectfully Yours (H. S.) Henry Dodge

Huskins County
Elisha Gates being duly sworn
Says he is well acquainted with Amos Porter of Winfield who is a Pensioner and the said Gates says that his (said Porter) Real Estate Property is not worth to exceed Thirty Dollars and that said Porter has not much or any Personal Property is much embarrassed has to labor by day's work for the support of his family and that said Porter is old and not able to support himself sworn before me this 11 th day of July 1821
Elisha Gates
Almond Luce Judge of Huskins Com: Pleas

Application for a Transfer. " " "
State of New York § Herkimer County § ss.
On this 17 th day of April 1821. before me, Almon Luce one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally appeared Amos Porter, who, low his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Webster in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Connecticut from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New York and Town of Winfield where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future. That he at present receives eight dollars per month.
Amos Porter
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid
Almon Luce Judge of First Com. Pleas

Clerks Office Herkim d County State of New York
I John Mahon, Clerk of the County aforesaid, do certify that Almond Luce is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, acting under the authority of this State, and that the within is his own proper hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto the seal of said County and subscribed my name hereto this twentyfirst day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twentyone.
John Mahon, Clerk
Application for transfer.

Amos. Porter 19
Sec Recd 24 July 1821
Secretary of War
Schedule returned to Hon. T. H. Hubbard, Dec. 10. 1822 - Opinion of the Court requested.
Originals of this copy 19th Dec 1822
6.6

Sir It will be recollected that Mr. Amos Porter made application for the continuation of his Pension under the late law, his affidavit for the transfer of his Pension from the Connecticut Agency to that of New York was deemed insufficient the business was put into Mr. H. H. Haskins hands then a member of Congress I corrected the Papers and returned them to the office of Secretary of War and often rec d an answer that Mr. Porters Schedule was wanted that it was handed to Mr. Haskins and not returned. Mr. Haskins being absent this part of the Country could not obtain wrote many times but did not obtain it. Mr. Haskins thinks that it is lost Mr. Porter can forward to our last count of common Pleas and made a new application explanatory of the former one. The truth of the case is that Mr. Porter is a poor ignorant Man is very poor and indigent and the truth is that his place which he lives on is not worth thirty dollars, and that he is liable to be turned off any moment. he is not able to labour and will be obliged to obtain assistance from some quarter I hope Sir that as the case is as I do see that you will take it into considera- tion immediately. and if there should be any defec- t it shall be attended to on his being notified of the same - You have the writing accompanying this as also

Officer of a respectable neighborhood of old Porto he can get twenty similar if requested I am hi yours &c
Almon Luce —
Winfield July 16. 1821

To the Comm ee of Pensions

February 5, 1852.
Hon. Jas E. Heath,
Comms r of Pensions.
Sir,
Any information which it is in your power to give, relative to the subject of the enclosed petition of Candace Porter, will be acceptable to the com. on pensions.
very respectfully,
Your obed t serv t
Geo. W. Jones S.W.
Ch n Compt