Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2688, for Amaziah Park, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. mass.
Park, Amaziah Sabra or Sabrey
N. 2688.
CONTENTS

Died Nov. 4-1838 (from a.B)
no. Pittsburgh.
Amaziah Park.
of Youngstown the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Dixon of the Regt commanded by Lt. Douglass the Comp. mustered here for 6 mos. 5 days.
20 56 20.56      ctf. no. 13052
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 20 Dollars 56 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of May 33 to Amaziah Park and sent to David Marshall Chardon G.C. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 41.12 Pensions allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 10.28
$51.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 8. Page 123.

13.052
Amaziah Peck Park. Ohio
Adn for 6 months 85 days from 1776
7826
Archie Metcalf Chazyon Geauga County Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Amaziah Park  60 of Geauga  in the State of  Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73.  4. State his 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. As a Gen.     1 st Life In 1776 3 knave Gen. Cap Dixon Col Douglass   1777 22 " " " "   1780 24 " Gen Thompson   Fall " Substitute 1 " Gen Ralston   1781 Substitute 1 " Gen Bennett  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of White Plains.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Holentown Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Dayton
Examining Clerk.

1826
Amaziah Park.
Pension Declaration

The State of Ohio } Guaya County } ss
On this twelfth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Guaya & State aforesaid Amariah Park age a Seventy- three years a resident in Perry in said County who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his said Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. to wit. -
He entered the service as a Volunteer about the first of September 1776 at Volentown in the State of Connecticut, in a Company commanded by Capt John Dixon, but under the immediate command of Lieutenant Robert Park of the same Company in the Regiment commanded by Col o Douglas of the Connecticut Militia. - Marched immediately to West Chester and remained there six weeks or two months, assisted in erecting a Fortification at that place on the hill towards Kingsbridge. - Capt. John Gordon of the same Regt. died there. he also saw there Capt. Backus of Plainfield & Capt. Cady of Killingley. - Marched from thence via Mile square to White Plains was there at the Battle in Oct r 1776. - saw there Capt. John McGregor of the Army & Col o Ward of Massachusetts Militia. - Went from there to North Castle where he remained untill dismissed in the latter part of November. having served three Months . That about the first of Feby 1777 he again joined the same Company under the same officers and Marched to Providence, was there stationed as a guard about three weeks when he was dismissed and returned home

In March 1750 he volunteered at Still Water into Capt. John Thompson Company, and marched to Fort Edward where he remained about two Weeks & was then dismissed.
In the fall of 1750 he again entered the service at Plainfield in the State of Connecticut in Capt. John Phillips Company Titus Baileys Company as a substitute for John Phillips. marched to Newtown in Rhode Island from thence to Town Hill where the Company was discharged after about One Month's service.
About the first of September 1781 he again entered the service at Coventry in Rhode Island as a substitute for a M c Brown in Capt. Bennetts Company and Col o . Baileys Regiment. marched to New Port where he was discharged after One Month's service. That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his service.
That he resided at Volentown in the State of Connecticut at the commencement of the Revolutionary War. in 1778 removed to West Stockbridge in the State of Massachusetts where he resided about 25 years. thence to Mendon in the State of New York & in July 1814 removed with his family to Perry in the County of Geauga & State of Ohio where he now resides.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State. -
Amariah Parks
Sworn to and subscribed the twelfth day of Sept. 1832 in Open court.
J. D. Aiken, Clerk

We Samuel Burriage and David Robbins, both of Perry in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amaziah Parks who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
David Robbins
Sworn & Subscribed to in Open Court. Sept. 12 th 1832.
Sam Burriage
J. D. Aiken, Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, & served as he states. - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Robbins and Samuel Burriage, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the township of Perry aforesaid, and are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio Geauga County ss
I, J. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains  the  original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Amaziah Parks, for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & seal of Office, this fifteenth day of September A.D. 1832.
J. D. Aiken, Clerk.

The State of Ohio Lake County ss
On this twenty first day of October A D 1844 personally appeared before me Lewis Miller a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Sabra Park aged Sixty seven years a resident of Lake County who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 17 th 1844 entitled "An act granting pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Amaziah Park who was a soldier in the Revolutionary army and draw a pension of $ a year I am unable to state the particulars of his service But I would refer you to the testimony on file in your Office on which he was pensioned
43 She further declares that she was married to the said Amaziah Park in Alford Berkshire Co Massachusetts by Esqr Bronson in the month of February 1798 and we had the following chil- dren to (wit) Esther Park born May 14 th 1798 Hannah Park born April 10 th 1800 Sabra Park born Nov 3 rd 1807 Benjamin Park born Dec 23 rd 1809 Mahitable Park born Sept 10 th 1814 Jerimiah C Park born Oct 16 th 1817 I have no family Record and I have forgotten the day of the month that we were married She further states that Amaziah Park died in Painesville Lake Co formerly Geauga Co State of Ohio the 4 th day of November 1838 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by the proof hereunto annexed
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Sworn and subscribed to this the 21 st day of October 1844. Sabra Park before me Lewis Miller Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the declarant Sabra Park and that by reason of old age and poor health she is unable to attend open court and that she is a creditable person and that her statements are entitled to full faith and credit
Before me Lewis Miller Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio, LAKE COUNTY, ss.
I, JOHN W. HOWDEN, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Lake, in the State of Ohio, do by these presents certify and make known, that Lewis Miller Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing Affidavit & Certificate now made and was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, sub- scribed his name, was at the time of taking & making  such the same and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Painesville, in said County, this 21 st day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four
John W. Howden Clerk. By C. A. Adams Deputy

No 1038
Sabra Park widow of Sarahiah
Oct 29 Feb 1848
Married 1798 Hus died 1838
Adm 6 mos per $20 per annum Comg 4 March 1848
Chester
H. Woodworth Painesville Ohio

State of Ohio Lake County
On this the 30th day of April A.D. 1851 personally appeared before me Sam H. H. a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lake Sabra Park aged 74 years last March who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 2nd day of Febry 1848 granting Pensions to certain Widows That she is the widow of Amaziah Park a Revolutionary Soldier who died Nov 4th 1838 and have remained his widow ever since his death and that we had the were married in Alford Berkshire County Massachusetts in the month of Feb 1798 by Ezer Brunson and that we had the following Children to (wit)
  Esther Park  born  May 14th  1798  — 1798    Hannah  "  April 10  1800  1798    Maryann  "  August 20  1805     Sabra  "  Nov 3 rd  1807     Benjamin B  "  Dec 23  1809     Mahitable  "  Sept 10  1814     Jemima Eliza  "  Oct 16  1817   
For proof of his services in the War I would Refer you to the proof in your Office I would also Refer you to the Declaration I made and
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Sent to your Office about the 5 th of Dec r 1844. Also the affidavit that was provided in Mass Respecting the Marriage and births of the Children together with the affidavit of Storm Rosa Our family Physician which proof was sent to
your Office at or about the 5 th of Dec r 1844 and Remains there on file
Sabra Park Sworn and subscribed to this the 30 th day of April and your above written before me
Isaac Spear } justice of the Peace
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Sabra Park the declarant and that by reason of Old age and poor health she is unable to attend open court and I further certify that her statements are entitled to full faith and credit
Isaac Spear } justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio, }
LAKE COUNTY, ss.
I, CHARLES D. ADAMS, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Lake, and State of Ohio, do by these presents certify and make known that Isaac
Spear Esquire, before whom the an-
nexed and foregoing Affidavit
of Dabira Park
was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was at the time of taking the same, and now
is an acting Justice of the Peace
within and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere. That his Commission runs date Oct 20-1849 & expires Oct 20-1852
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Painesville, in said County, this 2 nd day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
C. D. Adams Clerk.
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Esther Park Was Born May the 19 1798
Hannah Park Was Born April the 10 1801
An n Mary Park was Born August the 20 1803
Sabre Park Was Born November the 3 1804
Benjamin Park was Born December 23
1809 Mahiliba M. Park Was Born September the 10
THE OECOLOGY of HUMAN LIFE, COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS; TRANSLATED FROM AN INDIAN MANUSCRIPT, WRITTEN BY AN ANCIENT BRAMIN. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED
An Account of the Manner in which the said Manuscript was discovered; IN A LETTER FROM An English Gentleman residing in China, TO THE EARL OF *****
NEW HAVEN PRINTED By ABEL MORSE, M, DCC, XCIII.
Was Born Feb 15 1817
Was Born
Emma Abigail Park
September 14

Rev. and 1812 War Section. aw
July 25, 1928.
K. D. Park, D.D.S. St. Clair Bldg Painesville, Ohio.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2688, it appears that Amaziah Park, while residing at Voluntown, Connecticut, enlisted in September 1776 and served three months in Captain John Dixon's Company, Colonel Douglas' Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains; and enlisted in February 1777 and served three weeks under same officers.
In 1778 he moved to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and served in March 1780, two weeks in Captain John Thompson's Company; in the fall of 1780, one month in Captain Titus Bailey's Company; and enlisted at Coventry, Rhode Island in September 1781 and served one month in Captain Bennet's Company, Colonel Bailey's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, at which time he was living at Perry, Geauga County, Ohio, aged seventy-three years. He died

November 4, 1838 at Painesville, Ohio.
The soldier married in February 1798 at Alford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Sabra or Sabrey Barret.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 31, 1844, at which time she was living in Lake County, Ohio, aged sixty-seven years.
Their children-
Esther born 1798. Hannah " April 10, 1800 or 1801. Mary Ann " August 20, 1805. Sabra " November 3, 1807. Benjamin B. " December 23, 1809. Mahitable M. " September 10, 1814. Jemima Eliza " October 16, 1817.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Nov. 21. 1920 -
Hattie R. George Painesville Ohio
1928 July 25 - Hist. to J. W. Park curf.
1938 - Oct 27 - list to Mrs. Hattie M. Robinson
Mrs.
Ready  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2688
Sabra Park
Widow
Amaziah Park
Br. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol. M. , Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jacket. Sabra Park.

89 Miss Cleveland Sabra Park widow of Amariah Park Conn served in the Revolution
was a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued 32 nd day of Jan'y and sent to
A. Woodworth Painesville Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners un July 29, 1848, Page 167 Vol. 6

43 - No 43
Ohio
H. Ward worth
July 29. 1851.
at same Nov. 11/51
June 1844

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Amaziah Park which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Certificate by two Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes et 1-2
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and 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, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Alford Berkshire County Massachusetts Roswell Pickett Justice Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth do certify that Roswell Pickett Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within said County that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine that his commission bears date Feb y 12. 1844 that it will expire Feb y 12. 1851.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 30 th day of August 1844 Charles Sedgwick Clerk

Mark R. Van Deusen of Alford in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, makes oath and saith, That there is no record of marriage between Mr. Amaziah Park and Miss, Sabra Barrett on the books, of record belonging to the town of Alford aforesaid, and there is no church record to be found. Mark R. Van Deusen, Town Clerk of Alford Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire County ss. Alford 31 st August 1844. Personally appeared the above named Mark R. Van Deusen, and made solemn oath, that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Roswell Pickett, Justice of the Peace for said County.

Alford, N.Y. 30 Sept. 1844
Rec
M. R. L. L. S. S. S. S. S.
Mrs Harriet Woodworth Painesville Lake Co. Ohio

P.O. Alford, Berkshire Co. Mass. 32 Sept. 1844
Mr Haring Woodworth, Sir.
I have examined the Records of this town and find that the Marriage of Sabra Barret to Amaziah Park is not recorded therein. I have also made enquiry for the Old Church Records, but can get no trace of it. My affidavit to this effect, is enclosed. — There are persons living in this town, that were acquainted with Mrs & Mrs Park when they lived here, that know they liked together as man & wife and had children, and their affidavits to this effect, can be had, if you wish. I cannot learn that there is any one in this vicinity, who attended their wedding. — There is no record of Births, to Mr & Mrs Park, in the Town Book of this town.
Respectfully Yours,
Mark R. Ware Post Master

Pension Office, March 6. 1845.
Sir,
It appears from the declaration of Sabra Park, widow of Amaziah Park, that she was married as late as the year 1798.
The acts of Congress of July 7. 1838, March 3 d 1843, and June 17. 1844, do not authorize a pension to be granted to any widow who was married after the 1 st of January 1794. She has no claim whatever to a pension, under any existing law.
Respectfully,
Your obt. servant.
J. L. Edwards
Find this that you can Refer to your Books Harry Woodworth
Harry Woodworth Esq. Painesville, Ohio.

Oct 28th 1851
Painesville Lake Co. Ohio
Mr. J. L. Edwards Sir
about Dec 5th 1844 I sent you a declaration of Mrs. Sabra Park the widow of Mr. Amaziah Park a Revolutionary Pensioner. She was married about 1798. You stated in your answer of March 6th 1845 that she was not entitled to a Pension under any Existing Law. It appears by later acts that she is intitled to one.
If it is necessary for her to amend her Declaration to obtain it you will please forward it to me or point out what is to be done to secure it for her.
Yours Respectfully
Harvey Woodworth
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions

Libra Park

Brief in the case of Sabra Park, widow of Amariah. Lake County and State of Ohio act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a farmer — Record proof of births of children
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
H. Woodworth Painesville Ohio
J. Call Examining Clerk.

Washington City July 8. 1857
Sir Enclosed I transmit the letter of Mr Woodworth inquiring as to the pension of Mrs Park. Can you inform me of the state of the application
Respectfully
J. M. Ewing
Com te of Pensions

Painesville Ohio June 31 st 1851
Mr Giddings
Sir
A few years since Mrs Sabra Park a widow of Mr Amaziah Park a Revolutionary Pensioner. Made application for a Pension. The Declaration was entered on file. But the Pension was not allowed for the reason that she was married since the year 1794 she was married previous to 1800 as will appear by her declaration and other papers in the Pension Office.
Some two months since I wrote to the Pension Office concerning it but have not received an answer. I wished to be informed by them I wished to be whether it was necessary to make a new declaration or if the one on file could not be amended. Or as I think if they examine the papers they will allow it without subjecting her to any more delay or trouble. The Pension claimed is but small and is just.
Sir I wish you would call the Mr Edwards attention to it. The claimant is Old, infirm and Poor and needs it.
Yours Respectfully
Harvey Woodworth.
Hon J R Giddings House of Representatives

Painesville Lake Co Ohio August 14 A 1851 Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir
I Recd yours dated July 29 th in which you say the proof is not sufficient of the Marriage of Mrs Sabra Partee to Entitle her to a Pension I think I forward to your Office an affidavit from Olford Berkshire Co. Mass in which is stated that there was no Record Kept at that time of Marriages in that place and that they did not know of any person living there that was present at the Marriage I think it will be all most impos- sible to find any one living that can testify to these Marriage Notwithstanding that the fact is that she was married when she Claims to have Ben there can be no possible doubt
I have Known the family over 30 years and do know that some of the oldest of the Children were born as soon as 1800 or before - I was born the year 1804 and some of the Children are I should think as much as Six years older than myself there Never was a more just Claim presented than hers
Please Examin her papers all over I sent the first of them to your Office about 1844 or 1845 and much Oblige the old Lady as I have no interest whatever in the matter I charge her nothing for my trouble she is Poor & Needy Yours Respectfully
Harvey Woodworth
Hon J. E. Heath

Painesville Lake Co Ohio
May 2 d 1851
Com r of Pensions
Sir
Mrs Parks Declaration
I forward you
you will find in your Office, an other declaration together with the necessary proof of her marriage
We trust you will be satisfied with the proof as it will be attended with a good deal of trouble to send to Mass again for the same that you have in your office
The declaration is feeble and not worth One Dollar in property in the world and she is justly entitled to a small Pension
and I trust your Hon r will forward a certifi- cate without delay and very much oblige her
Harvey Woodworth Hon r Com r of Pensions

Painesville June 6 th 1852 Hon Comr of Pension Sir
in yours of Nov 11 th 1851 you say that you have Reexamined the papers in the case of Sabra Park widow of Amariah Park and that the objections to Granting her a pension under the Act of June 17 1844 are not wholly Removed
But that if I would send the Original Record of the Births of the Children you would Probably Grant her a Pension under the act of July 1848
Sir
M rs Park did not Receive a Pension for near all the Service that he Rendered not being able to make the proof
Consequently her Pension must be Small and it does appear to me that in Justice she ought to draw under the act of June 1844 which you no doubt will feel willing to grant if it is consistent with the Rules of your Office
I herewith send you the most ancient Record that M rs Parkes has of the births of her Children you will see that the Book belonged to the ancestors and was and was given her before she married while her name was Barrett
as this case has been so long pending I trust you will be able to attend to it without delay and much Relieve the Old
Lady yours Respectfully Harvey Woodworth

The State of Ohio } Be it known that before me Lewis Miller Lake County } for a justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Storm Rosa of lawful age and made solemn oath in due form of law. That he became acquainted with Amariah Park in the year A.D. 1816 or -17 in the township of Perry. Then in Geauga County but by reason of a division of said Geauga County now in the County of Lake - And that the said Amariah Park was the reputed husband of Sobah Park with whom she lived and was the mother of a numerous family of children. And further the said Storm Rosa deposes and saith that he has been the family Physician in the said family of Amariah Park nearly all the time since his acquaintance with them, and further that the said Amariah Park drew a pension from the Government but to what amount the deponent is uninformed. And further that the said Amariah Park died in Painesville in said Lake county in November A.D. 1838 as deponent was informed and verily believes
Storm Rosa
Sworn to & subscribed this 3 rd day of December A.D. 1844 before me Lewis Miller Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Storm Rosa the deponent and that he is entitled to full faith and credit Lewis Miller Justice of the Peace

Painesville Dec 5th 1844
Dr Sir
I forward you Mrs Sabra Parks application for a Pension Mr. Amaziah Park her husband lived and died a neighbour to me and he drew a small Pension as I know
Yours Respectfully Harvey Woodworth
Hon J L Edwards Esq
Sir I sent you about the 15th of Nov last further widow of Henry Smith proof in the case of Mrs Elizabeth Smith which case I would I most Respectfully solicit
Your immediate attention
Harvey Woodworth

Will you kindly tell me if the name of Sabrina Park widow of Amaziah Park. is on the pension roll as a revolutionary pensioner. she died over forty years ago. and oblige.
Hettie B. George. Painesville. Lake Co. Ohio.

Howagiac, Michigan, September, 16, 1938.
Service Department, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am about to join the Daughters of the American - Revolution, as my great great grandfather was a captain in that army, therefore "would like to get a little information from you, the relative's Sir name was Park , but "am not sure just what his given name was as some of my ancestors think it was Amzia others think it was Amzire , kindly let me know.

Also "would like very much to know what regiment he served in.
I would be pleased to hear from you at your earliest convenience.
Many thanks. Sincerely.
Mrs. Nellie M. Robinson, 301 Second Avenue.

October 27, 1938
BA-J/AWF Amaziah Park W. 2688
Mrs. Nellie M. Robinson 301 Second Avenue Dowagiac, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Amaziah Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Amaziah or Amzire" Park.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W.2688, based on the military service of Amaziah Park in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Amaziah Park found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The name was searched under similar spellings.
The date and place of birth of Amaziah Park were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
early in September While residing in Voluntown, Connecticut, Amaziah Park enlisted early in September 1778, served three months as private in Captain John Dixon's company, Colonel Douglass' Connecticut regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains; one Lieutenant Robert Park was in this company at same time. Amaziah Park enlisted early in February, 1777, served three weeks, under same officers. He moved in 1778, to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and served in March, 1780, two weeks in Captain John Thompson's company. He served in the fall of 1780, one month in Captain Titus Bailey's company. He served in the

fall of 1781, one month in Captain Bennet's company, Colonel Bailey's regiment.
Amaziah Park continued to live in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, about twenty-five years, then moved to Mendon, New York, and sometime in July, 1814, moved to Perry, Geauga County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, at which time he was living in Perry, Ohio, aged seventy-three years.
He died November 4, 1838 at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.
Amaziah Park married in Alford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in the month of February, 1798, Sabra or Sabrey Barret.
The widow, Sabra Park, was allowed pension on her application executed April 30, 1851, at which time she stated that she was seventy-four years old last March; she was then residing in Lake County, Ohio.
The following data in regard to the children of Amaziah Park, and wife, Sabra, are shown in the claim-
   Esther  born  May  14, 1798     Hannah  "  April  10, 1800  or 1801    Mary Ann  "  August  20, 1805     Sabra  "  November  3, 1807     Benjamin B.  "  December  23, 1809     Mahitable M.  "  September  10, 1814     Jemima Eliza  "  October  16, 1817.    
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family, in was not
stated that the L. R. Park referred to above was a relative. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and

possibly the date of death of the widow, Sabra Park, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data-
Sabra Park, widow of Amaziah Park Certificate #892 Issued January 22, 1852 Rate $20.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act of July 29, 1848 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

K. D. PARK, D. D. S. ST. CLAIR BUILDING PAINESVILLE, OHIO
Painesville Ohio Sept. 6. 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions Interior Dept. Washington D.C.
Dear sir: My Great Grandfather was Amaziah Park . (The name may have been written Parker .) He was born in Sterling Windham Co. Conn., in 1758. He served 5 enlist- ments in Revolutionary War. His war. record as I have it is as follows. although I am not sure that it is correct-

He enlisted Sept 1 - 1776. (3 rd ) under Capt. Jonathan Dixon and Col. Douglass. Again in 1777 under same officers. In March 1780 (4 th doo) with Capt Jonathan Thompson. In fall of 1780. under under Capt Titus Bailey In 1781 with Captain Bennett & Col. Bailey He was in the battle of White Plains. In 1798 he married Sabra Barrett at Alford Mass and moved to.

ST. CLAIR BUILDING PAINESVILLE, OHIO
Mendon Monroe Co. N.Y. where he resided until 1818. When he moved to Trumbull Co. Ohio.
He died Nov. 4. 1838. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery near Painesville. Lake Co. Ohio. He received a pension.
I think the application made Sept 12. 1832. He lived in Trumbull Ohio when application was made.

PAINESVILLE, OHIO
Sabra Baret Park (his widow)
also named a pension.
Will you kindly send me his Correc. War. record to gether with his and Sabras. pension record.
I would like to know. his fathers Name and Mothers maiden name if it appears on the records.
Yours highly R. Park.