Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33134, for Amos Morse, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Morse, Amos
S. 33134
CONTENTS
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See letter to Pinnion May 1. 1830.
Duplicate certificate issued 26 Jan'y 1831 and sent to Hon. John Varnum. H. Reps. See letter 28 Feb. 1831 to Hon. J. Varnum A.R. do. to G. Greene, Pen. Agt. & Hon. J. Var- num, 31 March 1831
Notification sent May 24. 1828 to
4,382
Massachusetts Roll
Amos Morse Capt Wade
Private Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of Novr. 1818- and sent to Stephen Minot Esq. Haverhill Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. Am t  \frac{24}{30} — 38:40 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: —
$ 86:40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 Years
Continued
Nethuen. Essex Co

Amos Morse April 11. 1818
83
Carre St. B. Clarendon
Admitted.
= 3 for Stephen Minot, Esq. Haverhill, Mass =

I, Amos Morse aged 55 years declare and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I now reside in & belong to the Town of Methuen in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; I further say that the 9 th February 1781 I enlisted as a private soldier for the term of three years into the Army of the Revolutionary war, & entered the service accordingly on the 23 rd of April 1781 in the Company under Capt. Wade, in the 8 th Massachusetts Regiment, under Col. Michael Jackson, & served therein, till about June 1783, when the during-war men were discharged, & then by some different arrangement of the troops I was put into Capt. Woodbridge's company, in the 3 rd Massachusetts Reg t under Col. Michael Jackson, & I served therein until Dec r 17. 1783 when I was honorably discharged at West Point by Col. Jackson, B. Gen l he then having been promoted, & so I left the service. I also declare that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support; & that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
AMOS MORSE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. April 11. 1818 Then the above named Amos Morse made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me,
Stephen Minot. { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, W m Clough, depose and say that I know the above named Amos Morse; I knew him in 1781 & then knew that he did then enlist to serve in the Army & was gone, & I expect three years, & went into the service, accordingly. William Clough
Essex ss. April 11. 1818 Then the above named W m Clough made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas ss.
I, W m Clough, depose & say I am a neighbor to the said Amos Morse, & know him to be in indigent & needy circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support.
W m Clough
Essex ss. October. 24. 1818 Then the above named Clough made solemn oath that the said declaration by him last signed is true - before me
Stephen Minot, Judge as aforesaid

The said Amos Morse produces the said Discharge, whereupon, it appear- ing to my satisfaction that the said Amos Morse did serve in the Revolu- tionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case & the proceedings thereon Further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Morse had to the secretary of the Department of war, is in indigent & needy circumstances. & in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Stephen Minot
{ Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

Amos Morse
The full value of the life estate to be mentioned and annual amounts
Full amount of life estate in the land $175.
S. Strong
Salem Mass
Salem Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex of the Middle Circuit , begun and holden at Inverness  Salem , within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A.D. 1820 December A.D. 1821
Before the Hon. Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Ld. Strong, Esquire Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Justices of said Court, Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Commonwealth  Circuit , proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Amos Morse resident in Methuen - - - - in said County  Circuit , who is named in Pension Certificate No. 4382 - - - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Amos Morse - - - late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of April - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 13th day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. L. S. J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War.
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Person estate. One cow $12.00. 1 sheep 2.00 - - - $14.00. A few old articles of household furniture not worth over 1.50. one old iron bar - - - - - " .75. 2 old tables 2 old wheels, 2 old chests, one old stove & 1 anger - $ 16.25. The income or life estate during his own life of 40 acres of poor stoney land in the back part of Methuen & Deacutt, with an old one story hut on it, all worth $25. per year - - - - - $ 17.25
The said Morse further says that he is 59 years old, has passed his labor, & has a wife 62 years old, who has long been feeble & out of health, & has no prospects of her ever being well again, and further that he served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war from the 23rd of April 1781. to the seventeenth Decr 1783. in Capt. Wales company in the 8th Massachusetts Regt under Col

Col. Michael Jackson; & in Capt. Woodbridge's Co. in the 3 d Mass: Reg t . Col. Michael Jackson; and was then honorably discharged
Amos Morse
Sworn to before me,
Andr

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Solomon Strong a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, _____ do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Amos Morse
Essex, ss. Dec. E. C. C. P. June , Term, A. D. 1821.
Then the abovenamed Amos Morse — took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me and was also sworn to the truth of the statement subscribed above — Solo. Strong — Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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 value of the personal estate  seventeen — — — dollars twenty five cents — value per year of the income of the real estate during life $25.00  full amount of life estate in the land one hundred & seventy five dollars , In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem  Salem , in said County of Essex, on this seventeenth day of December A. D. 1821 —
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Declaration
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of first March 1823
County of Essex ss.
On this sixteenth day of March 1830 personally ap- peared in open court, being a court of record for county of Essex, Amos Morse the second, resident in said county, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st of May 1820: that he the said Amos Morse the second, enlisted for the term of three years on the ninth day of February in the year A.D. 1781 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Abner Wade in the regiment com- manded by colonel Michael Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment: that he continued to serve in said corps until Dec. 17 th 1783 when he was discharged from the service in West Point in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the Pension list.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 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 any property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby 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 land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since then 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 and by me subscribed.
Amos Morse

I mean to, & declared on the sixteenth day of March J. John Prince Esq. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex, do hereby certify that it appears to satisfaction of the Court, that the said Amos Morse did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under an engagement on the continental estab- lishment. I do also certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 $45. 37  twenty one dollars  forty five dollars and thirty one cents, with a yearly income of twenty four dollars from real estate. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixteenth day of March 1830
John Prince Esq. Clerk

An Inventory of the property of Amos Morse 2 of Methuen in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts & appraised by us the subscribers as follows:
To the yearly income of about twenty five acres of land lying chiefly in the town of Dracutt in the County of Middlesex including about half an acre of land in said Methuen with a small unfinished house thereon, (being a life estate only) which we have appraised at twenty four dollars per year. —
To an old Bed. Bedstead & covering 5.00 — $ 5.00
Table 33. old chest with drawers 75. 3 earthen plates 5 — 1.14
2 tin Dishes 10. loose earthen 15. tin Milkpans 25 — .46
Sugar box .06. Pail .10 Shovel & tongs 25. Andirons 25 — .56
4 chairs .50. Small Kettle 25 Skillet 10 Tea Kettle 70 — 1.55
Small Pot .50 one box 12.00 — 12.50
$ 21.31
And the said Amos Morse 2 hereby informs the Department that he is by occupation a laborer that he is able to do about half the labor of a common able bodied man, that his family residing with him consists of a wife aged seventy five, who is infirm & unable to do any work.
March 16 th 1830
Amos Morse 2
And the said Morse doth further state to the Department that he made application to be placed on the pension list in the year 1821 but that the papers were lost before reaching the department.
Amos Morse 2

Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Pension Office }
Washington,
Recd. Feb 22 1844
151

The Court have adjudged the full amount of the life estate of said Amos Morse in the land is one hundred seventy five dollars - which has been added to the return here inclosed
Att. J. Tucker, Clerk

33 134 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88,184
Simon Moore
Dr Rev Mo
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ames Off- Jany. 24. 1831
Issue a cert: in lieu of old cert:
Sec. 1 of Act
The Rev. J. H. Foster
Warren's letter & representation

H. H. Jan y 23 d 1831
The Hon ble J. H. Eaton, Secretary of War. Sir, I have the honor to present to you the request of Isaac Morse Esq. for a pension certificate, which has been lost. I am personally acquainted with Mr. Morse & know him to be a man of strict integrity, & entitled to full credit. I also know, that he has never had a pension certificate, or a pension, for he is extremely poor, & suffers for the necessaries of life, has made repeated appli- cation to me to aid him in obtaining his pension, but I would not ascertain the true state of the case till this time. I am confident that the certificate was lost. I am also acquainted with Benj t D. Dill d & know, that he is an acting Magistrate of respectabili- ty. Stephen Minot, who has certified the accompanying paper, is a gentleman of high respectability, & for many years was a Judge of the Court in my County; and at that time Richard Tucker was Clerk there- in a gentleman of high respectability. John Prindle

is the present Clerk of the Court, and is highly respect- able. I am confident, that Mr. Morse is entitled to his certificate & emacges from the top of the origin- al certificate. With respect &c
I have the honor to be
Yours afft. Servt.
John Warner
I am willing to be personally responsible for all damages, if any shall be sustained by the Government
John Warner

Methuen Mass Dec 18 free
Hon John Varnum M. C. Washington D. C.
John Varnum letter, station, the president's office
under

Northern Dec. 18. 1830
Dear Sir,
You will recollect that I spoke with you when last at Haverhill relative to the claims of Amos Morse of this town for a Pension. Morse made application in the usual form in 1820 or 21, his papers were sent to the department & returned on account of some informality, were amended & forwarded again, & were not heard from until last winter, when Mr How, I believe wrote you, & you wrote Morse that he must make a second application, which he did in March last, he then rec d a letter from the Department, stating that his name was placed on the Pension list soon after his first application, in 1823 or 24 & that a certificate was forwarded to J. Tucker Clerk of Court, who says that he never rec d it. In this state of affairs I took the affidavit of Morse that he had never rec d either certificate or Pension, & carried it to Court at June Term, & the Clerk certified that there was no such certificate in the office.

which papers were immediately forwarded to the Department, with an application for another certificate, we have never heard from it since.
Will you have the goodness to call at the Department & inquire into the matter, as soon as convenient, & let me know what cause prevents the issue in order to obtain the pension.
Respectfully Yours,
John Tenney

To the Secretary of the Department of War, Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my Pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot, Esq. of Haverhill Ms. who will forward it to me
Hitham April 11-1818
Amos Morse

This may certify, that I am well acquainted with James Morse of Methuen in Massachusetts, and know that he is the same person for whose benefit a pension certificate was issued in January 1831 in lieu of a former certificate which was never paid by him, & which was supposed to be lost. That I have for several years past acted as the Agent of Morse in procuring his certificate; and have no doubt of the truth of his declaration sworn before Prof d Osgood Esquire on the 26 th of March 1831. I am also well acquainted with Prof d Osgood, & John Tenney, & know they are Magistrates, duly authorized to administer Oaths in the County of Essex.
Washington March 30 th 1831
John Cummings

Amos Maye soldier in the third Massachusetts Regiment being enlisted for three years is hereby Honorably Discharged the Service of the United States
M c LAUGHLIN B. Genl
Given at West point this 17 day of Dec r 1863
Registered in the books of the Regiment
John B. Stafford Adj t

Application for a new Certificate
County of Essex ss. January 3 d 1831
On this third day of January A. D. 1831 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Essex, personally appeared Amos Morse 2 d , who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Woodbridge in the regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts, that he never received a certificate or pension & now wishes to obtain one; that soon after his name was placed on the pension roll in 1822, 1823 or 1824, a certificate for him was sent from the War Department to directed to J. Tucker, clerk of courts for said county of Essex; that said certificate was lost before it reached said Tucker or was lost by said Tucker or by Stephen Minot, the applicant Morse's attorney.
Sworn & subscribed to, before me.
the day & year aforesaid
Benja a Osgood Justice of the Peace
I, John Tenney, of lawful age declare & say, that I well know Amos Morse 2 d , who subscribed the above affidavit in my presence, to be the same person described in the above affidavit. John Tenney Essex ss. January 3 d 1831 Then personally appeared the above-named John Tenney & made oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me Benja a Osgood Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that John Tenney, the Deponent within named is a person of veracity Northam Jan'y 3 d 1831 Benj a Gogood Justice of the Peace
I, Stephen Minot of Haverhill in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, Depose & say, that I was Attorney for Amos Morse 2 d within named, in 1821 for obtaining a Pension for him. I caused the application to be made at the C.C. Pleas in said County Dec r . Term 1821; & that the court adjudicated on the application, & I directed the Clerk to send on the papers; which I supposed he did ; & at June T. 1822 the papers were returned for amendment; & I supposed sent back by the Clerk; but I frequently called on the clerk after that time & never could learn any thing further about it; he always said he had not received a certificate & I say that I never received any Certificate on said application, from the Clerk or any other source.
Stephen Minot.
I was & subscribed to the fourth day of January A. D. 1831 Before me that day. D. G. Gogood
John Tenney Jus. Peace

I Ichabod Tucker of Salem depose & say; that I was Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Essex at the time mentioned in Hon: Stephen Minot's deposition. I have no particular recollection of the several applications for pensions; but it was my custom upon receiving a pension certificate, or a certificate of any kind relating to a pension to turn to the papers filed in my office, and ascertain who was the Attorney or Agent of the applicant, & forward the certificate to such Attorney or Agent; generally making a memorandum on the original papers of the name of the person sent to: but I do not find any such memorandum on said Morris original papers, and there conclude I never received a certificate of pension for him.
Ichabod Tucker,
Essex ss: January 12 th 1831
Subscribed & Sworn to
Before me John Prince Judicis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss: Jan y 12: 1831.
I John Prince Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Essex do hereby certify that Benj t Osgood Esq r and John Tenney Esq r & John Prince Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, were severally at the time justices of the Peace for said County and duly authorized to administer oaths, and that their respective signatures are genuine. c
And I further certify that I have very carefully examined the papers in my office relating

to applications for Pensions & cannot find any Pension certificate for Amos Morse 2 d ; nor any memorandum of any such having ever been received by Mr. Tucker who was clerk at the time of said Morse's application.
In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Salem this twelfth day of January A.D. 1831.
John Prince, Clerk.
Application of Amos Morse 2 d for a which the original being lost.

J. Amos Morse of Bethlem being the same person named in the pension certificate dated Jan'y 26 th 1831 testify & say that in the year 1821 I applied at the War Department for a pension & forwarded a schedule of my property & other necessary papers, which were returned for amendment, and some time after in 1822 or 1823 the same were returned to the War Department, to which no reply has ever been received by me or my agent. From that circumstance, I presumed that my claim was rejected, & consequently I took no further measures relative to my application. In 1830 I was induced to make a second application at the War Department for a pension & forwarded a schedule of my property & other necessary papers, I was then for the first time informed that soon after the receipt of my papers, in 1822 or 1823, that a certificate had been inclosed to J. Tucker Esq. Clerk of Courts in the County of Essex for my use & benefit. That said Tucker has testified that no such certificate was received by him, & the present Clerk of the same Courts has testified that no such letter is on file in the Clerk's Office. My agent Stephen Minot Esq. has also testified that he never received any such certificate, & I have no doubt but that that it was lost, & will never be found. These are the reasons that have deprived me of my pension to the present time. Amos Morse
Essex ss March 26 th 1831 I sworn & subscribed this twenty sixth day of March Anno Domini 1831 Before me. Benj a G. Good Justice Peace