Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22114., Charles Bellows, Continental Mass.
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3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Massachusetts
CONTENTS
Bellows, Charles.
NUMBER
S22114.
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[Left side:]
Date of death not on AB
[Right side:]
Vermont 9565
Charles Bellows of
Windham in the State of Vermont 
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Fay of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Ward in the Massachusetts
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars ___Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May ‘3 [1831]
and sent James Elliot
Fayetteville Vermont
Arrears to the 4th of March [18]33 - 160
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September
40
$200
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk
Book E Volume 3 Page 52
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11.676
Brief in the case of Charles Bellows
of Marlboro in the State of Vermont
(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? 78 years -
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Table of four columns, headed:]
Period. || Duration of Service. || Rank. || Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Spring In 1775 until the last of December || 3 months || Private || Captain Josiah Fay’s Company, Colonel ward’s regiment, enlisted || Massachusetts.
1st January 1776 || 1 years || ditto [private] || Captain Moses Solis company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb’s regiment || ditto [enlisted Massachusetts.
May 15 1777 1-10 January 1778 || 8 months, 25 days || ditto [private] || Captain A Haynes company, Colonel Wigglesworth’s regiment, General Schuyler-|| ditto [enlisted Massachusetts.
5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Southbridge Massachusetts-
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? part of his service by witnesses-- some of them certified to be credible-- and the traditionary evidence of other Certified to the Court to be credible persons-
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
E. Stephen
Examining Clerk.
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State of Vermont
District of Marlborough
on this fifth day of September 1832
personally appeared in open court being
the Court of Probate within and for the district of
Marlboro in the County of Windham and State of
Vermont now sitting Charles Bellows resident of
Marlboro in the County of Windham aged Seventy eight years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth
his oath make the following declaration to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated
(viz) In the spring of 1775 he resided in Southbridge
County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and distant about twelve miles from
Concord and the day of Concord battle the company
Militia to which he belonged turned out and was
marched down to Cambridge when he arrived the day for
lowing a short time after he enlisted in Captain Josiah
Fays Company in Colonel Words regiment and those who
did not enlist were dismissed and returned home, and that the
said Charles Bellows continued to serve till the last 
day of December then next in said Regiment and Company
The fore part of the time he was stationed at Cambridge
and the latter part of it at Dorchester He further says that
some few days before the expiration of his said term of her
he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Mary
Sole in Colonel Asa Whitcombs Regiment of the Manchester
Troops, for our year to commence on the first day of
January 1776 that at that time he went into the company
of the said Captain Sole and continued to serve in the same
one year and was discharged, the 22nd of March Whitcomb’s regiment marched into Boston and then remained till August following when
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he says they were marched to Ticonderoga they were marched
up through Newhampshire to Number4 now Charleston then crossed Connecticut river and over the mountain to Rutland then to Skenesboro, (now White Hall) then took Batteaus and went
down to Tyconderaga where he remained till discharged the
last of December does not recollect whether he had a written
discharge but thinks he had, and if so it is lost. He further
declares, that in the month of May 1777 he still resided at said
southboro and that he then and then again enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Aaron Haynes
in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth for eight months the party he marched with which was in June went by way of Springfield in Massachusetts to Hudson River and went up in in a sloop to Albany
where he joined his regiment and then was marched to Saratoga
and then for General Schuylers Army the my soon retreated to Still Water and then to Half Moon point and then
for a time was stationed on an Island in the sprouts of
Mohawk River where they remained till General Gates ordered
then back to Still Water when they remained a few days
then to Bemis heights and soon after General Burgoins [sic] 
army retreated to Saratoga he and the regiment he belonged
to were ordered to follow then where he remained till the my
Capitulated afterwards he was marched back to Albany and down
the river to New jersey and through New Jersey and into
Pennsylvania and was discharged at Valley Forge on
or about the 10 of January 1778 having served in the said
Regiment and Company last mentioned Eight months had a
written discharge which is lost
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and declares that his
Name is not on the agency of any State,
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Questions by the Court
1st-in South by Massachusetts in 1754
2-none
3- at said Southbury in Marlboro Vermont where I now reside
4-voluntaryly [sic] enlisted
5-they are embodied in my declaration
6-I do not certainly recollect I believe I had one and
it is lost.
7-See the Manchester [illegible] at Needham Ira declaration
Charles Bellows
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate or
Benjamin Metcalf and William
Gipson duly certify that we are well acquainted
Charles Bellows who has subscribed the forgoing
Declaration and that we believe him to be seventy eight
years old and that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a revolutionary solder
and that we concur in that opinion
Benjamin Metcalf
William Gipson
Sworn and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
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, and
served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that
it appears to them, that Benjamin Metcalf and William
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Tipson, who have signed the preceding certificate are citizens of said County of Windham, and are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to credit-
I, James Elliot, Register of the Probate
Court, within and for the District of Marlborough afore
said, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contain the
original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of Charles Bellows for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this sixth
day of September A.D. 1832
James Elliot,
Probate Register

Number 95 Windham County Vermont
Charles Bellows
Declaration for pension
11676
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January 20, 1936
Mrs. James B. Butter
51 East 7" Street
York, Nebraska
BA-J/EEL
Charles Bellows-S.22114\ 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War service of Charles Bellows, of Southboro, Massachusetts, who later resided in Marlboro, Vermont,
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22114, based upon the military service in that war of Charles Bellows.
Charles Bellows was born in 1754, in Southborough, Worcester
County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Southborough, at the beginning of the
Revolutionary War. Charles Bellows belonged to a company of militia of that town, and on the day of the battle of Concord, his company turned out and marched to Cambridge; soon after his arrival there he enlisted in Captain Josiah Fay's Company, Colonel Jonathan Ward’s Massachusetts Regiment and served until the last day of December
following: he immediately reenlisted, and served one year in Captain Moses Soule's Company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment: he enlisted in May, 1777, served in Captain Aaron Haynes Company, Colonel Wigglesworth's 13th Massachusetts Regiment, he was
in the campaign against Burgoyne and was present at the surrender of that officer and his army, after which he marched to Pennsylvania and was discharged at Valley Forge, January 10, 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
5, 1832, while residing in Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of

[Handwritten note on right margin:] Found soldier I Massachusetts under these officers.
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the Revolutionary War pensioner, Charles Bellows (S.22114), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Charles Bellows Certificate Number 9565 Issued May 28, 1833 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832 Vermont Agency. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[Left side:]
1910 June 25. History to Honorable F. M. Crosby - 
1936 January 20 History to Mrs J.B. Butter-ES
[Right side:]
Revolution
22114 
NVALID. - 
File Number 22,114 
Charles Bellows 
Private Revolutionary 
Act: June 7th [18]32
Index: --Volume 2, Page 30 (Arrangement of 1870.]
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C.9565 [18]32
Old War and navy File 22114
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3 - 871.
RECORD DIVISION. 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by AOT... June 20, 1910 
Claim N
Certificate No. 
Claimant 
Soldier Charles Bellows 
Service Pensioner act [18]32 
Residence Vermont
Revolution
 No. claim, State records. No claim, combination records
REMARKS: Old War Division F 22114 
Chief Division
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Admit as a private for 1 year $80
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11.676
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those further proof or explanation. answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Bellows which require further proof or explanation.-- 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
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? 
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 amout of pension he is entitled?  No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
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? no device or seal attached to declaration.
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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? No Clergyman, but others.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain ing it? none
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? 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? not all of 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? Not all 
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? 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 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, etc. 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 recolelection 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 I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served. and the particular rank he held 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, etc. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. 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.....
QUERE XVI.Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance .....
In every case where the clerk.....
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Leverett. October 13-- 1839- - I William Winchester of Leverett in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I am acquainted with Charles Bellows formerly of Southborough in said State. and that sometime in the month of January - 1776. the said Bellows with myself enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain Moses Sole in Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Regiment in the Revolutionary war, and I know that said Bellows served in said war more than eleven months at one time in said war, having served with myself him in the same company the whole term of time, 
William Winchester 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin Ss. Leverett October 18, 1819 
Personally appeared William Winchester and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affadavit Before me Roswell Field Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that I am acquainted with William Winchester, and believe him to be a man strict truth and veracity. Roswell Field Justice of the Peace
Leverett October 13, 1819
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Franklin County 
I, Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Judicial Courts holder within and for the County of Franklin aforesaid certify that Roswell Field Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was made, and who has certified the caption thereof, is a Justice of the Peace, for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified under the authority of this Commonwealth; that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts as such; and that the within certificate is subscribed in his proper hand In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen Elijah Alvord
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[Left:]
William Winchester Deposition 

[Right:]
William Winchester 
1st 8 months
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Deposition of William Winchester given August 28th 1832
I testify that Charles Bellows of Marlborough
in the County of Windham and State of Vermont
was with me in the service of the United States
in the regiment belonging to the Massachusetts
line commanded by Colonel Jonathan Ward, in
Captain Josiah Pheys Company and then residents
of the town of Southborough in the State of Massachusetts being in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and seventy five and 
the first eight months of the service aforesaid
William Winchester
SS,
On the 28th of August in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and this to the
aforesaid deponent and and cautioned
and sworn agreeable to law to the deposition
aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the re
quest of Charles Bellows aforesaid and to be
used to prove before the Court of Probate holder
at Wilmington on the 5th of Sept next in and
for the County of Windham and State of Vermont
that the said Charles is entitled to a pension
according to a late act of Congress
Isaac Woodbury Justice [of the] Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin SS. I, Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of
Franklin do certify that I am Woodbury Esquire before whom the
foregoing deposition was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the
said County and as such legally qualified to administer oaths and
take depositions. And his name subscribed to the above certificate of caption is believed by me to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the twenty
ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord, Clerk
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Francis Phelps
8 months
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I Francis Phelps of Halifax County of
Windham State of Vermont of Lawful age
do testify and say that I was in the Servis [sic]
of the United States with Charles Bellows
in the year one Thousand Seven hundred
and Seventy seven Eight months that
I was in the same company with Charles
Bellows in the Company under Captain
Aaron Haynes in the thirteenth regiment
Massachusetts Commanded by Colonel
Wigglesworth and further the deponent saith
Francis Phelps
State of Vermont
Windham County ss 
Marlboro August 21st 1832
Then Francis Phelps
Personally appearing and after being
carefully Examined and duly cautioned made
sole doth that the foregoing deposition
by him made and subscribed contains the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
Jesse Cone Justice of the Peace
Before me
State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New Fane August 25, 1832
I certify that Jesse Cone, Esquire, is a
Justice of the Peace for the County of
Windham aforesaid, and that the above
is his signature
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the said County Court, on the day and
year above written
James Elliot, Clerk
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Joseph Gipson
years
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Joseph Tipson of Goshen in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts being of lawfull age do testify and
say that I was enlisted soldier in the revolution
war and joined the company commanded by Captain Moses
Sole some time in the month of January 1776 which company belonged to the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Asa Whitcomb in the Massachusetts
troops and in the month of January 1776 I became
acquainted with the Charles Bellows who then
was a listed soldier in the regular line on the
Continental establishment in the revolution war and
I further state that I now [know] that said Bellows served
in said Company with me more than Eleven months
at one time and further sayeth not
Joseph Gipson
Marlboro September 22, 1819

State of Vermont
Windham County
Then personally appeared Joseph Tipson
signer of the above Deposition and
made solemn oath that the above
contains the truth and nothing but the truth
before me
Marlboro September 22, 1819
Luther Very Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerks Office, Brattleborough November 25th 1819
I certify that Luther Very, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, duly commissioned as such under the authority of this State, and that I believe the signature of the annexed certificate to be the hand writing of said Justice In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court James Elliot, Clerk
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MRS. JAMES B. BUTTER
651 EAST SEVENTH STREET
YORK, NEBRASKA
January 6, 1936
Veterans Administration
Washington
Gentlemen
Will you kindly give me the
War service of Charles Bellows of 
Southboro Massachusetts
The history of Marlboro, Vermont
says that he moved to Marlboro in 
1780, and that he was a soldier in the War of the Revolution
Thank you-
Anna R. Butter
address as above
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[stamp}
US Pension Office
E
June 16, 1910
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OFFICE OF
CLERK OF COURT.
DAKOTA COUNTY,
MINNESOTA.
JOHN RAETZ, CLERK.

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DAKOTA COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
JUDGES,
HON. F. M. CROSEY, HASTINGS.
HON. W. C. WILLISTON, RED WING.
GENERAL TERMS.
FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY.
FIRST WEDNESDAY AFTER FIRST
MONDAY IN NOVEMBER.
Hastings Minnesota June 13th 1910
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
May 25th 1833, Charles
Bellows was pensioned under the Act of June
7th 1832
for services in the Massachusetts Continental
Line. He then resided in Windham County Vermont.
Will you give me a statement of what
the records of your office show with reference to
his service and where he lived while drawing 
a pension and when and where he died.
I wish to obtain as full information
as I can about him.
Yours truly
J. M. Crosby
June 18
 1910
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In reply to your request of___received ___
for a statement of the military history of Charles Bellows
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S. File 22,114
[Table of five columns, headed:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. || LENGTH OF SERVICE. || RANK. || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. || STATE.
CAPTAIN.
April 9. 1775 || [check] || [check] || ___ || ___.
[illegible] || December 31, 175 || ___ || Captain Josiah Fay || Colonel Jonathan Ward || Massachusetts.
January 1 [17]76 || 6 months 1776 || ___ || Captain Moses Soule, Colonel Asa Whitcomb || ___.
May [17]77 || January 10, [17]78 || __ || Captain Aaron Hayes, Colonel wiggles worth || 13th
Battles engaged in, surrender of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Southboro
Date of application for pension, September 5, 1832. Allowed
Residence at date of application, Marlboro Windham Vermont
Age at date of application, born 1754 Southboro Massachusetts
Remarks: