Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,283, Amos Davis, Mass.

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Davis, Amos
S 34,283
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7558 Massachusetts.
Amos Davis of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Six Years War
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of March 1819 and sent to Mr. Melmore Esq. Salon Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 88.44 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48.
$136.48
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notation: Col. Jackson, Mass. U.S. 1818

✓ Amos Davis,
Col. M. Jackson, Asst. Master. Lin
1777 - 6 years
admitted.

State of Massachusetts
I Amos Davis — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex — in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & sixty seven.
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 close of the war of the Revolution, in the Massachusetts line of the army
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain John Brinkham in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson
and that I left the service on the close of the war being then honorably 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. My discharge, thro' lapse of time, is now lost & I have not any other evidence in my power to offer than what is herewith exhibited.
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.
Amos Davis
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third 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 the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice the abovenamed Amos Davis 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 duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. the day & year aforesaid
Wm Wetmore

I the Subscriber take a Sub Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in the State of Massachusetts & a Lieutenant in the Regiments of Colonels Hutchinson & Rufus Putnam in the Companies of Captains Putnam Whipple & Gates during the Revolutionary war, now residing at Gloucester in the State aforesaid. Do testify that the within named Dechant served on the Conti- nental establishment in Dura & as I virily believe for the term of time stated by him, that he is in reduced circum- stances in life being poor & indigent & needy, as a stay for his native country for support ————— Joseph Tucker
Sworn to before me
W m Wetmore the Judge within named

7558.
Amos Davis — 10 March
1819.
CM

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said 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 Davis
resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7558 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 Davis 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 third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
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,
The Declarant saith that he has no real or personal estate; that he was a soldier in the army of the Revolution; that he enlisted A.D. 1776, was a soldier in Capt. John Burnham's company in the eighth Regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Col. Michael Jackson; that he served as aforesaid from 1776 to the close of the war - The Declarant saith that he is seventy two years of age Amos Davis
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge above & within named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Amos Davis 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 Davis
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Amos Davis took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore 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
dollars  nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker

34 283 Pey INVALID.
File No. 34 283
18 Miss Davis
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]