Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33106, for Amos Minard, Connecticut

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Minard, Amos
S 33106
CONTENTS
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13.927 Q
Massachusetts
Amos Minard
of Monson in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Parson of the Connecticut line, for the term of Eighteen Months
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of June 1819 and sent to John Hooker Esqr Springfield Mass ts
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819.  87.16    Semi-anl. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48.00    10 Mo. \frac{23}{30} \frac{4}{31}   $135.16  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Massachusetts State Library Boston 31st Dec 1820

13.927 Q
Massachusetts
Amos Minard
of Monson in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Parson of the Connecticut line, for the term of Eighteen Months
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of June 1819 and sent to John Hooker Esqr Springfield Mass ts
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819.  87 16    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48 00    10 Mo. \frac{23}{30} \frac{4}{31}   $135 16  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Massachusetts State July 31 st 1820 to John Small, Springfield, Mass. 116

Amos Minard — Parson's Private Connecticut Line
1775 - 19 months
The Magistrate is requested to certify to the credibility of the witness
Admitted

Amos Minard — Parson's Private Connecticut Line
1775 — 19 months
The Magistrate is requested to certify to the credibility of the witness
Admitted
Having been furnished with the annexed deposition of Samuel Minard, Ezekiel Minard & S. Stephen Chapman duly certified & authenticated I hereby return this application with the above additional evi- -dence, concluding that the same will be sufficient without that of S t Asaph — The Magistrate having more than 40 M s from the applicant before whom every deposition was taken. —
John Hooker
May 25. 1819 —

Hampden Co Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Be it remembered that on this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three before me John Hooker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the western Circuit of said Commonwealth the following was among others the County of Hampden
Personally appeared Amos Minard of Mansfield in the County of Hampden in the said Commonwealth and made solemn oath that he the said Amos served as a private in the army of the United States during the war of the rebellion that the month of April in the year nineteen hundred sixty three he the said Amos enlisted into the company of Capt Chapman of New London in the State of Connecticut & joined the Regiment at Roxbury commanded by Col Samuel Parsons of Lynn and continued in said United States service one year & seven months at the expiration of said term said Regiment was commanded by Col Sylvester and there received an honorable discharge - The said Amos Minard further testifies that his discharge is lost and that he does not know what has become thereof the said Amos says that he was discharged at Stamford in Connecticut being there with his wife & children in November in the year nineteen hundred sixty three. The said Amos testifies that he is reduced in his circumstances and of relief & assistance from his country being destitute of property except a small lot of Blacksmiths tools and is unable to gain his living by labour on account of a lameness in one of his shoulders & is sixty three years of age
April 8.
Amos Minard

1-1/2 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Before me Nathaniel Doherty on the day a year within written personally came
and made oath that he is well acquainted with the said Amos Merrill and that is acquainted with the the said Amos Merrill and that property of him the said Amos Merrill and that he does not know of any property he proposes to support himself with a very briefly believes that the said Amos Merrill is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of relief from his country - and that he has always understood the said Amos Merrill had been a soldier in the revolutionary war -
Commonwealth of Mass ts
Hampden Co. - Be it remembered that on the eighth day of April A.D. 1810. came before me the said Nathaniel Doherty the above named Amos Merrill and made oath to the truth of facts stated in his special application & afterwards produced to me the annexed affidavit of Genl. Avery - I do therefore declare that I am satisfied that the said Amos Merrill did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy for more than nine months in the continental establishment as set forth in his application - and I do also certify that he is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of assistance from his country for support - I do accordingly transmit the above to the Secretary of the Department of War - Witness my hand & the seal of the said Genl. hereby affixed this tenth day of Sept r A.D. 1810
John Doherty

I Jonathan Avery of Sheldahl in the county of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; being duly sworn depose and say that in the month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I enlisted as a Serjeant in Capt. Christopher Darrow's company in the Regiment at that time commanded by Col. Samuel H. Parsons. but afterwards by Col. John Tyler in the Connecticut Line and that I did duty as orderly Serjeant for one year in said company I also testify, that Amos Hinard who now resides in Monson in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth aforesaid enlisted as a Private Soldier in the same company at the same time with me and continued faithfully to serve against the Enemy during the year for which he enlisted & that he was discharged from said Regiment about the first of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven. at Brandyfield near Peekskill in the State of New York. June 4. 1818
Jonathan Avery
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Franklin ss. June 4. A. D. 1818.
Personally appeared Jonathan Avery who being duly sworn saith that the above certificate by him signed is true.
Before me Sylvester Maxwell Justice of the Peace
I John Hooker of said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Maxwell & know that he is a Justice of the Peace for said county of Franklin & that the above is his signature
John Hooker
John Hooker

4 I Lemuel Mirand of Montville of Lawford age testify and say that same time in the year AD 1796 I was in the United States Service at New York and was there knowing to Amos Mirands being there as a privet soldier in in Capt n Christopher Garrows Company and Colonel Tylers Regiment I was also knowing to his serving his time out for which he was enlisted which was for the term of one year
Lemuel Mirand
New London County ss Montville
February 2 d AD 1819 personally appeared Lemuel Mirand signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the same before me Oliver Raymond Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that Lemuel Mirand the signer signer of the above deposition is a man of as much credibility as any man of my acquaintance
Oliver Raymond Justice of Peace

5 I Zebediah Mirand of Montville of Law- ful age testify and say that some time in the year 1775 I was at Boston in the service of the United States and was there knowing to Amos Mirand being there as a private soldier in Capt. Darras Company and Colonel Tylers Regiment some time in April 1776 we left Boston and went to New York there continued till discharged which was one year from the time he first enlisted Zebediah Mirand
New London County ss Montville February 2 d 1819 personally appeared Zebediah Mirand signer of the above deposition and made sol- lemn oath to the same before me
Oliver Raymond Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that Zebediah Mirand the signer of the above deposition is a man of credibility Oliver Raymond Justice of Peace

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The deposition of Alpheus Chapman of Montville of Lawful age testifieth that some time in the year 1798 I was at New York in the service of the United States as a Lieutenant. I was there knowing to Amos Mirand's being there as a Private soldier in Capt Christopher Davranes company and remained there as near as I can recollect about ten months
Alpheus Chapman
Montville ss New London County February 2 d 1819 personally appeared Alpheus Chapman and made solemn oath to the foregoing depo- sition before me
Oliver Raymond Justice of the Peace
New London County ss
I do hereby certify that Oliver Raymond above named, of Montville in New London County ss. is a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly qualified, and acting under the authority of the State of Connecticut and that the signatures annexed to the preceding attestations of the affidavits of Lemuel Mirand Debediah Mirand & Alpheus Chap- man are his signatures & in his hand- writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County Court of said New London County at New London this second day of Feb y A.D. 1819 Charles Lathrop Clerk

M. Mackintosh
Hampden Co. Commonwealth of Massachusetts John Ingersoll Clerk of said Court in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the foregoing and that the above is his signature and that the seal annexed is the seal of said Court -
Attest John Ingersoll Clerk

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Amos Minard
Minard, Amos Conn 533106
Minard, Amos

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of _____
ss.
ON this _____ day of _____ 182_____, personally appeared, in open court, before _____ Court the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at _____ within and for said county of _____
_____ aged _____ years, resident in _____ who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
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And I do solemnly swear 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, been the owner of any part of the property described in the schedule hereto annexed, with intent thereby so to diminish or increase the amount of my property within the provisions of 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, at which time 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.
Sworn to and declared on the
day of
before
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath 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 Dollars and Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this
seventeenth John H. Bissell
day of 1820 { Clerk of the Courts for the County of

33 106 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,106
Amos Minard
Dis Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1816 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]