Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33142, for Amos Munroe, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Munroe, Amos or Monroe
S 33142
CONTENTS
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1962
Massachusetts.
Amos Munroe, private, Massachusetts line / 1777. 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of July, 1818. and sent to the care of Edward Bangs, Esq; Westminster, Mts.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1818. $: 35.73.
Sent and alloted ending
4 months, \frac{14}{30} - $: 35.73.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Spencer, Worcester Co Not entitled
notification sent October 14 1820 to Edward Bangs, Esq; Westminster, Mass.

Edward Bangs, Esq.; Judge, Westminster, Worcester County, Massach'tts.
Amos Munroe, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary claim,
found on the rolls.
Correct.

Amos Munroe Late Soldier in Capt Shays Company 5 th Massachusetts Regiment have ing Served in said Regiment faithfully The Term Term for which he was enlisted to three years is here by Discharged from any further Service in said Regiment Marchy 29 th 1780
R Putnam Col 5 th MB

State of Massachusetts
Amos Munroe
a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the twenty ninth of March A. D. 1777
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the twenty ninth of March A. D. 1780
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence; that I belonged to the company of Capt. Shays of the fifth Regiment Commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam in the Massachusetts line
and that I left the service on said 29 th of March & was regularly discharged and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of Seventy years.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Col. Edward Bangs acting President
Amos X Munroe Mark
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law 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," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Ebenezer Bangs Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit within & for the Counties of Worcester, Hampshire, Franklin, Franklin & Berkshire, within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
the abovenamed Amos Munroe and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
even under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Ebenezer Bangs

Amos Munroe
1962
July 1818
not entitled

Schedule of the Estate of Amos Munroe of Spencer in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
  The right in equity of redeeming about 50 acres of land with an old house and barn thereon  $500.00    1 bow  20.00    1 bow  15.00    1 Yearling Heifer  8.00    1 calf  3.00    2 Sheep & 4 Lambs  6.00    3 Swine  16.00    1 Plough  3.00    1 chain  1.25    1 Trap kettle  4.00    Sundry articles of Iron Ware  1.50    Cheese press  1.50    Old case of drawers,  .50    Sundry small articles of furniture not particularly enumerated  2.00     $581.75  
Debts owed by said Munroe, and to be deducted therefrom    viz to Walton Livermore Esq  120.18    to Charles Dennis  36.00    to James Draper, Jr  8.00     164.18     $417.57    (should be $417.57)
The said Amos Munroe further declares that his occupation is that of a Husbandman, but that he is now, and has been for several years, entirely unable to labour being deprived of the use of both legs, and otherwise very infirm of body; that his family consists of himself and an aged wife who, also is able to work but a very little; that he has two sons one aged 40 and the other 45 years both living with him, - both of them very poor and utterly unable to afford him any assistance.
Witness S. Strong.
Amos Munroe mark
Edward W. Howell Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty sixth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court  Solomon Strong a Judge of the before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Amos Munroe aged seventy three years, resident in Spencer in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: from sometime in the year 1776 or 1777 to sometime in the year 1779 or 1780, being 3 years according to the best of my recollection, in the company commanded by Capt. Shay, in the Reg t commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam in Gen l Nixon's Brigade. My original declaration is dated April 21. 1813. in which declaration is my original discharge signed by Col. Putnam, reference being had to said discharge for a more particular account of my enlistment. My certificate is No. 1,962;
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, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th 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.
Witness, S. Strong.
his Amos Munroe.
Sworn to and declared, on the said twenty sixth day of June, 1820. before the said Court . Sol o Strong, Judge as aforesaid.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that on this 10 th day of July 1820, the declaration of which the above is a true copy, together with the schedule of which the annexed is a true copy, were produced in open Court, before the Court aforesaid by the Hon. Solomon Strong above named, with his certificate of the back of the said Amos Munroe, and also his certificate of the cause why said oath was not administered in open Court; that the certificate and signatures of the said Solomon Strong of which the foregoing and annexed are true copies, are in his proper hand writing; of that the said Solomon Strong is one of the Judges of the Court aforesaid; and that,
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, 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 five hundred eighty one dollars and seventy five cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of July 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

I certify that Amos Munroe, within named is aged, infirm, sick and unable to travel to Worcester, the only place within the County of Worcester, where a Court of Record sits. —
Sol o Strong, Judge as aforesaid. —

June 3, 1931
Mr. E. F. Myers Broken Bow Nebraska
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 33142, that Amos Munroe or Monroe enlisted March 29, 1777, and served as private in Captain Shay's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's 5 th Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged March 29, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1818, at which time he was living in Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and was aged seventy years.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, name and age not given, and to two sons, aged forty-six and forty years, but did not give their names.
The above noted Amos Monroe (all spellings of the surname searched) is the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

COPY OF LETTER SENT YOU MAY 12, 1931.
PLEASE REPLY
EDWIN F. MYERS ATTORNEY AND INVESTMENT COUNSELOR BROKEN BOW, NEBR.
(May 27, 1931.)
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please advise if you have a record of a Revolutionary soldier named only Amos Monroe or Amos L. Monroe from South Draper, Mass.
What would the cost be of a copy of his service record?
Yours very truly,
E. F. MYERS.
EFM:KM

EDWIN F. MYERS ATTORNEY AND INVESTMENT COUNSELOR BROKEN BOW, NEBR.
May 12, 1931.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please advise if there was a revolutionary soldier named Amos Monroe or Amos L. Monroe from South Draper Mass. What would the cost be of a copy of his service record.
If not here to all
Yours truly,
E. F. Myers.

33 142 Aug INVALID.
File No. 33 142
Amos Monroe
Rev Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 290
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931-June 3- Hist. to Mr. E. J. Myers and J.