Lieutenant Mordecai Amos

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MARYLAND with the rank of LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor # A002280

Mordecai Amos Archives of Maryland 1778-1779 Volume 21 Journal and Correspondence of the Council 1778-1779 See Index Page 569 22 - By the House of Delegates April 9th 1778. Resolved That the Governor and the Council be empowered and requested during this Session of Assembly to appoint and Commission Militia Officers for Cecil, Harford, and Caroline Counties or any other County where it may be Judged necessary By order G Duvall Cl H. D. Thos endorsed, By the Senate April 9th 1778 Read and Assented to By order R Ridgely Cl Sen…….Commissions issued to…..Mordecai Amos of James second Lieut

1840 US Census (Federal), Ohio, Carroll County, Perry Township, Page 279 Henry Amos, 2 males 5 under 10, 1 male 10 under 15, 1 male 60-70, 1 male 90-100, 1 female 10 under 15, 1 female 15 under 20, 1 female 50-60, Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Service in the Foregoing - Mordecai Amos 94

DAR Application 770429 - Mordecai Amos enlisted in Sept or Oct 1777 and served three months as 2nd Lt. under Capt. Thomas Hutchins in the 8th Battalion of Militia. In the spring of 1778, he again served three months in the same capacity under Capt. Benjamin Amos, Cols. James McComas and Hollingsworth. He was pensioned for service.

His death occurred between 1840 and 1842.

He is buried in Row 18, Grave 7, Conotton Cemetery, Conotton, Harrison County, Ohio.

North American, Philadelphia, Sat. Dec. 12, 1840, Page 2

"ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT GONE - In Perry Township, Carroll county, Ohio, on the 18th ult., MORDECAI AMOS, in his 94th year. Thus are the few remaining sages and heroes of the Revolution, one by one, dropping into the grave. The whole number remaining here below, will soon have passed to their eternal rest - 'that house not made with hands.'"

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