• July 8, 1811, he gave Capt. Phillip Gray power of attorney to act for him in Groton. March 31, 1817, he, then of Portage County, Ohio, sold a debt of thirty dollars to Thomas Bellows. During the year 1810 he made a trip on horseback to Ohio and bought land on the Western Reserve in Portage County, now Summit County. He returned home, and in 1811, in company with his cousin, Miner Spicer, and others traveled west with his family in ox carts. In the War of 1812 he was appointed captain in Major Miner Spicer’s regiment, and was in the engagement on Lake Erie at the time of Perry’s victory. He probably returned to Connecticut after his mother’s death, as we find him there in 1817 selling land. The census of 1790 makes him head of a family of four females.93, p 101

• In 1811, Amos(5) himself sold all the property and his inherited rights and moved to Ohio.2211, p 207

• 1816 Tax List, Portage County, Ohio.1422, p 65

• 1816 -- Amos Spicer moves to Portage Township to join his cousin, Miner. His home, near what in now the corner of Spicer and Carroll streets, will give rise to the village known as Spicertown.2658, p 2

• The census of 1790 makes him head of a family of four females.93, p 101
• 1820 Census: Portage, Portage County, Ohio. 5 in household. 000010/3001.112, p 555,1572

• 10 children.93, p 101