Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1130, Selah Belding, Continental. Mass.
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Continental Mass.   Belding, Selah   W 1130
Lydia
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8734
New York
Selah Belding
of Ontario Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Oliver in the Regt commanded
by Col Woodbridge in the Mass [illegible] line for 21[?] mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars   00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Apl 1833 and sent to R M Bayly  Geneva
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  40.00   $200.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W L Williams  Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 4   Page 43
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954
New York - A
Lydia Belding
widow of Selah Belding
who served in the Revolutionary 
war as a Mass private.
Inscribed on the roll at the rate 
of 80 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on the 3 February 1833.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July 1813
and sent to J H Wethey
Sacke, NY

Recorded on roll of Pensioners under act 3 February 1833  Page 69, Vol A

Widow died Feb 14, 1855 (AB)
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6867

Selah Belding

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Admitted
24 mo. private

14.16

5 Sep 1832
20 Nov 1832

R M Bayly
Geneva, N. York
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6867
BRIEF in the case of Selah Belding, Seneca Co of Ontario in the state of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a court or a judge? - COURT
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? NA
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his Service as directed in the form annexed.

Period - 
1. April in 1775
2. Jany 1776 - same enlistment
3. July 1777

In addition to the above at diff times in short tours

Duration of Service -
1. 9 months
2. 1 year and about 1 month
3. 4 months

Rank - Private all times

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - 
1. Capt. R Oliver, Col Doolittle, Gen Sullivan
2. Lt I Davis, Capt. J Wilkinson, Col Reed, Gen Sullivan & Arnold
3. Capt. A Densmore, Col Woodbridge

5. In what battles was he engaged - TRENTON, SARATOGA, and KINGSBRIDGE

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  - CONWAY, MASS.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? - LIVING WITNESSES & TRADITIONARY EVIDENCE

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? - BLANK

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

W. Fawcett - Examining Clerk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of 2nd Section of Act of 3rd Feb 1853
State of New York
County of Ontario

On this 16th day of April AD 1853 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of Court of Sessions within and for the county and state aforesaid, Lydia Belding aged eighty-six years a resident of the town of Seneca in the county of Ontario and state of New York who being 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 approved the 3rd day of February, 1853"

Who says that she is the widow of Selah Belding deceased who was a private in the war of the revolution and was pensioned under the act of 7th of June 1832 at the rate of $80 per annum and was paid at the New York agency. She further declares that she was married to the said Selah Belding on the 15th day of February 1820 in the town of Philips in the county of Ontario in the state of New York by the Rev. Mr. Messenger a Baptist clergyman.

That she has no public or private record of her said marriage.

She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Selah Belding died in the town of Seneca in the county of Ontario and state of New York on the 3d day of July AD 1838. That she was not married to him prior to the 2d of January AD 1800 but at the time above stated.

She further declares that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension. That proof of her widowhood and of the death of her husband was filed in the Pension Office at the time she drew his last pay up to his death.

Lydia Belding

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me

Lindley W Smith - A justice of the court of Sessions & Oyer & Terminer in and for said county.

I hereby certify that the above-named deponent is unable to attend the sitting of the court in consequence of the infirmities of old age; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of this case and am not concerned in its prosecution.

Lindley W Smith - A Justice of the Court of Sessions & Oyer & Terminer in and for said county.
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6867
In the matter of
the application of
Selah Belding
for a pension

Militia & Continental
R M Bayly

admitted 
24 mo. private

side note:  Charles Crane
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State of New York ⎬
Ontario County ss
On this Twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Selah Belding a resident of the Town of Seneca in said County and State, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: viz, In the month of April in he year 1775 at Conway in Massachusetts, where he then resided, he volunteered or enlisted in Captain Robert Olivers Company in Colonel Doolittles Regiment in Genl Sullivans Brigade for nine months, and joined the said Regiment at Cambridge, that during the Battle of Bunker Hill he was on guard at Leechmores (Lechmere's)  Point, and continued on duty during the nine months at Cambridge, Winterhill and neighborhood,  until he was dismissed in January following at Winterhill - returned home and in the same month of January 1776 at said Town of Conway he enlisted with Lieutenant James Davis for Twelve months, was ordered to New York and then placed under command of Captain James Wilkinson in Col Reeds Regiment, in the Continental line, left New York in April for the Northward under the command of Genl. Sullivan, went to Montreal in Canada, thence up the River St Lawrence to the Cedars
under command of Genl. Arnold, returned to Con-
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deroga, remained then untill about November, then Marched to New Jersey and was in the Battle of Trenton at the capture of the Hessians by Genl. Washington, that his said enlistment for twelve months expired when he agreed at the request of General Washington to remain in
service one month longer but was dismissed at New Town in New Jersey previous to the expiration of the month. he received no written discharge - That in the year 1777 in the month of July at said Town of Conway he was drafted in Captain Abel Dinsmores Company, in Col.
Woodbridges Regiment for four months, went to Benington and thence to Skeenesboro, was in Genl [illegible] Brigade at the Battle of Saratoga when Burgoine surrendered, was then ordered to White Plains and joined Gen. Putnam and was in the engagement with the British at Kingsbridge, and was dismissed at White Plains at the Expiration of the four months, and that in addition to the above he was at different
times on short tours of duty but cannot say for
how long a time, and that he has no documentary evidence of his said services 
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 the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open court
Selah Belding
We William Otley and Horace Peck residing in the
Town of Phelps in the County of Ontario
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Selah Belding who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is
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reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that Opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court.
W. Ottley
Horace Peck
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 William Ottley who has signed the preceding Certificate resides in the Town of Phelps in said County and that Horace Peck
- who has also signed the same is a resident
in the said town of Phelps and are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
---
I Charles Crane - Clerk of the Court of Common pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Selah Belding for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office, this twenty-eighth
day of August A D. 1832
Charles Crane
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State of New York
Ontario County SS.
Isaac Amsden of the town of Seneca in said County, being duly sworn doth on his Oath depose and say, that during the Revolutionary War he resided in the Town of Conway in the State of Massachusetts and was well acquainted with Selah Belding of said Town - That in April 1775 immediately after the Battle of Lexington, deponent and said Belding joined or enlisted at Conway in Captain Robert Olivers Company
in Colonel Doolittles Regiment for nine months,
joined the Regiment at Cambridge, and served
out said term of nine months at Cambridge, Winter Hill and in the neighbourhood of Boston and that they were both dismissed at Winter Hill in January following; that in said month of January in 1776 said Belding enlisted with Lieutenant James Davis at Conway and marched from said town with said Davis, that in the summer and fall following he saw said Belding in the United States service, in Col Reeds Regiment at Ticonderoga - saw him repeatedly untill said Belding was ordered with his Regiment to the Southard - that in 1777 said Belding was again in the service and was at Burgoines Surrender, does not know how long he remained in service, but that he did not return home untill some time in the winter
Isaac Amsden
Sworn to and subscribed this
30th day of July 1832 before the
subscriber a Notary Public in
said County - Witness my hand
and seal of Office
A M Bayly
M. Public
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I Richard M Bayly the Notary Public before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn to, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Amsden who has subscribed and sworn to the same and know him to be a credible Witness
RMBayly N.P.

State of New York,
Ontario County S.S. 
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County, do hereby
certify that Richard M. Bayly whose name is subscribed to the preceding certificates, was at the dates thereof a Notary Public in and for said County; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twelfth day of January A.D. 1833
Charles Crane
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Original Claim
State of New York
Ontario County 
On this 17th day of May 1831 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid Selah Belding resident in said County aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he the said Selah Belding enlisted for the term of one year in the month of January 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt James Wilkinson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Reed in the line of the State of New Hampshire
on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until February 1777 when he was discharged from the service in Newtown in the State of New Jersey, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name
is not on the pension roll of any state and that he
applied for a pension about two years ago and
was rejected on account of property he was
supposed to be possessed of and in pursuance
of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner 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 18th day of March 1818 and that
I have not nor has any person in trust for me any
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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 to wit one cow and four Sheep; that he is a farmer by occupation which he is unable to pursue by reason of old age and infirmity, that he has a wife named Lydia aged sixty five years unable to contribute to their support. That since the 18th of March 1818 the following changes have been made in
my property viz in February or March 1828 I conveyed by deed to my son Selah Belding Junr fifty acres of land and intended to retain a life lease of the same a copy of which is now on file in the War department at Washington that said lease or instrument proves to be of no value the said Selah Belding June having sold the same without making any provision for me whatever nor have any claim on him
Selah Belding
Sworn and declared on the 17th day of May 1831 in open Court
Ralph Lester Clerk

State of New York
Ontario County ss
I Ralph Lester clerk of the court of common pleas of said county do certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of said court and I further certify that is the opinion of the said court that the said Selah Belding did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing affidavit at least nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment  and that the said affidavit is in all respects true, and the said court have directed me to certify the same in due form In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 18th day of May 1831
Ralph Lester Clerk
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December 25, 1935

Mrs. Wesley J. Miller
561 Harrison Street
Corvallis, Oregon

Selah Belding 
W. 1130
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Silas Belding, Junior, who enlisted from Dutchess County, New York and Selah Belding who served in the Massachusetts militia. 
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of a Silas Belding, under any spelling of the name.  Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.  The record of only one Selah Belding has been found and it is given herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1130,  based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Conway, Massachusetts, Selah Belding volunteered in April, 1775, immediately after the battle of Lexington, served as private in Captain Robert Oliver's company, Colonel Doolittle's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in January, 1776.  He enlisted in January 1776, serve as a private in Captain James Wilkinson's company, Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire regiment, stationed at Ticonderoga and Montreal, Canada, remained in the north until November, following, then marched to New Jersey, was in the battle of Trenton at the capture of the Hessians, also in the battle of King's Bridge and was discharged in February, 1777.  He enlisted in July, 1777, served as private in Captain Abel Dinsmore's company, Colonel Woodbridge's Massachusetts regiment, was present at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga and was discharged after having served four months.  In addition to the above-described tours, he was out at different times on short tours of duty, no details of which were given.
Selah Belding applied for pension November 17, 1829, at which time he was aged seventy two years and residing in Ontario County,
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New York.  His claim was allowed.  In 1832 he was residing in Seneca, Ontario County, New York, where he died July 3,1838.
Selah Belding married February 1, 1820 in Phelps, Ontario County, New York, Lydia Peck; at the time  of their marriage they were both residents of Ontario County, New York.  The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given.  No reference was made to any other marriage of the soldier, or of his wife.
Soldier's widow, Lydia Belding, was allowed pension on her application executed April 16, 1853, at which time she was aged eighty six years and a resident of Seneca, New York.  She died February 14, 1855.
In 1828, the soldier, Selah Belding, specified that his son, Selah Belding, Junior, then of Seneca, New York, should furnish out of soldier's estate gravestones for him (the soldier), his wife, Lydia and the following, all deceased, whose relationship was not shown:  Noah, Rebecca, Ester and Julina Belding.  In the same year, reference was made to one Clarra Belding, of Seneca, New York, her relationship to soldier's family not stated.
In 1832, Horace Peck and William Ottley, both of Phelps, Ontario County, New York, made affidavit jointly in behalf of the soldier, Selah Belding, no relationship shown to him or to his wife, Lydia.
In 1853, Ira Peck, aged fifty one years, and Polly Peck, aged forty five years, residents of Seneca, Ontario County ,New York, made joint affidavit in behalf of soldier's widow, Lydia, but did not state their relationship to her or to each other.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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WIDOW, &c.
Revy
File No. 1130
Lydia Belding
Widow
Selah Belding
Priv. Rev.  War
Act Feb 3, 1853
Index: Vol A, Page 48

1935 Dec 23 - Hist to Mts. Wesley J Miller    mlb
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Pension Office
July 8, 1853

Sir, 
Please certify the time to which Selah Belding, the within named Revolutionary pensioner was last paid, or (if you have the information) the exact date of his death.
If his widow received arrears of pension, please also state her Christian name.
Very respectfully,
Your obt servt
L P Waldo
Commissioner


Francis Burt, Esq., Third Auditor
Died 3rd July 1838, paid to his death. $26.44/100 arrears of pension paid to Lydia Belding, the widow.
F. Burt, Auditor
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21039
Selah Belding
N. York Revo.

Rejected.  See letter to R. M. Bayly, Dec . 8, 1829 do to same July 14, 1831.

Selah Belding
Revy
New York
[illegible] side [illegible] 16 July 1830 to RM Bayly, Esq.
715
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No. 1409
Appl. of Lydia Belding, widow of Selah
Ontario Co., New York 32
8734
Act 3d Feby 1853

Rev:
[illegible] $80 per annum commencing 3d Feby 1853
J H Wethey
Seneca, N Y

Written on letterhead:
Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Official Business
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Ex'r.    INVALID
No. 715
Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873.
Stamped: Rejected

Selah Belding 

(balance of form blank)
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Soeke, Cayuga County,  May 3, 1853
Sir,
Herewith enclosed find application of Lydia Belding for Pension under 2d Section of Act of Feb 3d, 1853.  And when acted upon you will please forward the same to me.
Respectfully,
Your obt. servt
J H Wethey
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Brief  in the case of Lydia Belding, widow of Selah Belding, Ontario County and State of New York
Act 3d February 1853
Claim, origional
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832.
Marriage proved by [illlegible] testimony, witnesses certified to be credible.
(If for increase,)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  if so, what?

Name and residence of Agent:
J H Wethey, Soches, N Y
Examining Clerk:
A Goddes
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State of New York
Ontario County
On this 16th day of April A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the under signed a Justice of the Court of Sessions [illegible] in and for the County and State aforesaid Ira Peck aged Fifty one years and Polly Peck aged forty five years residents of the town of Senica in the
County of Ontario and State of New York who
being duly sworn according to law doth depose
and say that they were well acquainted with
Selah Belding and Lydia Peck of Ontario
County of the State of New York ever since the year A.D. 1816 That the said Selah Belding and
Lydia Peck was married in the town of Phelps
in the County of Ontario and State of New York
On the 15th day of February A.D. 1820 & that they were present at their wedding. That the said Selah Belding and Lydia Belding lived and cohabited together as Husband and wife from the time of their marriage as aforesaid up to the time of the death of the said Selah Belding who died in the town of Senica in the County of Ontario and State of New York on the 3rd day of July A D 1838 and that they attended the funeral
of the said Selah Buning, That at his death as
aforesaid he left the said Lydia Belding his
Widow him surviving who still remains his
Widow and resides in Senica Ontario County
State of New York, and has not intermarried since
the death of the said Selah Belding, That the said Selah Belding was a Revolutionary Pensioner of
the United States
Ira Peck
Polly Peck
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Sworn and Subscribed
the day and year
aforesaid before me. Lindley W. Smith a Justice
of the Court of Sessions and Oyer & Terminer in and for said County
I certify that the aforesaid deponents are reputable Witnesses, and I further Certify that, I have no interest in the result of the Case where this is to be used and am no concerned in its prosecution
Lindley W Smith a Justice of the Court of Sessions, & Oyer & Terminer in & for said Co

State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office & I hereby certify
that Lindley W. Smith Esq. whose name is Subscribed to the foregoing affidavits Certificates was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Court of Sessions & Oyer & Terminer in & for said County and that he was one of the members of said Court duly qualified and authorized to act as such and that said Court are each Courts of record of said County and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said act of said Justice and that the
signatures to said affidavits & Certificate are
genuine
Witness my hand and the Seal of said
County and of the Courts of record
thereof this 24 day of April 1853
John J. Lyon
Clerk of Ontario County
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This agreement made the twentyeth (twentieth) day of Febuary (February) in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Eight hundred twenty Eight Between Selah Belding of the Town of Seneca and County of Ontario and State of New York of the first part & Selah Belding Junior of the same place of the second part. Witnesseth that the said Selah Belding for and in consideration of the Covenants herein after mentioned & reserved on the part & behalf of the said Selah Belding to be paid kept and performed hath set and, let his right and to farm let unto Selah Belding Junr all that certain Messuage or Tenement Tract
piece or parcel of land situate in Township number Ten in first range of Townships and being in the Town of Seneca County of Ontario and State of New York and bounded on the South by Lands owned by Cap Joel Whitney, on the West by lands of Nathan Whitney, on the North by lands of Clarra Belding & Joshua Porter and on the East by land of the heirs of Jacob Ringer Containing Fifty one acres and eight rods of Land with all & singular the improvements and other the premises  hereby demised with the appurtenances, with the exception of a part of
the Buildings reserved to the said Selah Belding. To have & to hold the above described premises unto the said Selah Belding Jun & his heirs from the late first above written for & during the term or natural life of the said Selah Belding on condition that the said Selah Belding Jun shall do and will maintain provide for the said Selah Belding and Lydia his wife in a good and sufficient  manner for & during the said term of the natural life of the said Selah Belding, and further the said Selah Belding Jun shall furnish for and by the order of the said Selah Belding Six Sets of grave stones that is to say one set for Noah Belding deceased Rebecca Belding deceased Ester Belding deceased Julina Belding deceased and one set for myself and one set for my Wife Lydia at our decease -- To pay all my debts and funeral expenses which may reasonable happen or accur (occur). In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their hands & Seals the day & year first above written
Sealed & delivered in presence of
Selah Belding Jun
Joshua Porter
Joshua Porter Junior
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Selah Belding
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State of New York
Ontario County 
Be it known that before me, Richard M. Bayly, a public notary in the county aforesaid, personally appeared William G J Mercer and made oath in due form of law, that the copy of the [illegible] hereunto annexed was made by him and is a true copy of the original.
Wm G J Mercer
Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of February 1829.
R M Bayly
Notary Public
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[illegible]
Selah Belding
Application for 
a pension
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Original Claim
State of New York
Ontario County

On this seventeenth day of November 1829 personally appeared in  open court, being a court of record for the county aforesaid, Selah Belding, resident in said county aged seventy two years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first of May 1820 that the  said Selah Belding enlisted for the term of twelve months in the month of January or February in the year 1776 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain James Wilkinson in Col. Reeds Regiment in the line of the state of New Hampshire in the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until the end of thirteen months when he was discharged from the service in the state of New Jersey, that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the pension roll of any state and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, viz. that he was apprehensive he would not get it and could not afford the expense.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have  not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent the so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to  provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
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United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor had 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.
That since the 18th of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property viz. a lease of a lot to Selah Belding Jun. bearing date the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred hand twenty eight a copy of which is hereunto annexed.
Schedule of property belonging to Selah Belding:  
Fifty one acres of land lying in the town of Seneca in the county of Ontario mentioned and described in the lease, a copy of which is hereto annexed of the value of fifteen dollars per acre in the whole given the value of $765.
One cow worth $10
Five sheep worth, say $5
Total $780
And I have no other property of any kind or nature whatever, Nov. 17, 1829
Selah Belding
Sworn to and declared on the 17th day of November 1829 before Chester Loomis, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Ontario County.
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I, Ralph Lester, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ontario County do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the  Court that the said Selah Belding did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records 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 seven hundred and eighty dollars.
In testimony whereof I  have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, this twenty fifth day of  November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Ralph Lester, Clerk
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State of New York
Ontario County
Be it known that before me Richard M. Bayly, a public notary in the county aforesaid, personally appeared Isaac Amsden and Ebenezer Crittenden and made oath that they are well acquainted with Selah Belden, that said Belden enlisted in Captain Robert Oliver's company in Col. Doolittle's Regiment in the Massachusetts line, in the year 1775 at the Town of Conroy for the term of nine months and served to the end of that time, that these deponents were in  said company and regiment and served together.  And the said [illegible] further saith that in the year following in January or February  he and said Belden enlisted in the company commanded by Captain James Wilkinson in Col. Reed's regiment in the New Hampshire line for the term of twelve months, that they were in Canada, and that said Belden served to the end of his enlistment, that they were neighbors and lived in intimacy.
Isaac Amsden
Ebenezer Crittenden
Sworn and subscribed this 18th day of October 1898 before med
R M Bayly
Public Notary
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I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Amsden and Ebenezer Crittenden the subscribers to the foregoing affidavit and that they are entitled to full credit.
R M Bayly
Notary Public
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State of New York
Ontario County
Be it known that before Mr. Richard M. Bayly a Public Notary, in the County afoursaid personally appeared, Selah Belding and made oath in due form of law that he the said Selah Belding was _____ in fee simple of fifty one acres of land as described in the lease hereunto annexed, which he did on the 20th day of February 1828 or a day or two previous, deed to Lelah Belding ___ for the consideration expressed in the said lease hereunto annexed and that no other changes have taken place in this property since the 18th day of March 1818.
Salah Belding
Sworn and ___this 21st day of February 1829 - R M Bayly Notary Public
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561 Harrison St, Corvallis, Oregon, Dec. 8, 1935
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, I am writing to find out if the following men received pensions for military service in the revolution and if so will you give me all the information you have about them?
Silas Belding, Jr. Enlisted in Duchess Co, N.Y.
Selah Belding, Private and Corporal, Mass. Militia.
Thank you very much, Very sincerely,
Bessie Tompkins Miller
(Mrs. Wesley J. Miller.)