Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23289, for Preserved Kellog, Vermont
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Service Vt.
Kellog, Preserved or Kellogg
Number S. 23289
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1058
Vermont
Preserved Kellog
of Castleton in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Wood of the Regt commanded
by Col. Robinson in the Vermont militia
[crossed out word] for 12 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 40 Dollars [illegible]
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of October
1832 and sent to Pensioner
Castleton [illegible]

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  60.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th [Mch] 1833
20.00
$80.00

Revolutionary Claim,
    Act June 7, 1832. ⎬

Recorded by [illegible...ffield] Clerk, 
Book D Vol. 4 Page 68
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No 1404
Preserved Kellog
Castleton, Rutland County
Vermont
admitted
Private. 12 months
$40:

to Pensioner at Castleton
Rutland Co
V.
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BRIEF in the case of Preserved Kellog
of Castleton, Rutland County in the State of Vermont
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In open Court (Probate Court)
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 92 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period - In 1777

Duration of Service - The Exact time not recollected. 
Supposed about a year

Rank. - As a Volunter

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Cap. Eben Wood Lt Cochran
Col Moses Robinson's Reg.
Cap. Saul Robinson

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Battle of Bennington and the surrender of Burgoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Bennington, Bennington County Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary evidence Clergyman
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Robert Fowler
Examining Clerk
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Preserved Kellog's Declaration
No. 1404
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STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY, SS.}
On this 30th day of July
A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate
Court of Fairhaven district
now sitting, Preserved Kellogg a resident of the County of Rutland and State of
Vermont, aged 92 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.
He enlisted as a volunteer in Bennington in the
County of Bennington and State of Vermont
aforesaid in the Company of Capt. Ebenezer
Woad, in the regiment commanded by Col
Moses Robinson.
in which company the Lieutenant was named Cochran.
 that he was one of the
militia of the said State, that the and
expedition in which he engaged, he marched
to Hubbardton in the County of Rutland aforesaid
at the time the British pursued the American
forces from Ticonderoga to that place. that the 
battle at Hubbardton had been fought before he
arrived at that place, that he returned to be
Bennington and remained there till the battle at
that place,
where he was under the command
Capt. Samuel Robinson, that on the morning
of the 16 August 1777 the day of the battle, he was
detailed from
his company to perform fatigue duty
at the slaughter house, where
he remained till the
prisoners taken in that battle were
marched from
Bennington. that he was in the service at the time
of the Capture of Burgoyne, and on that occasion
marched from Bennington to Stillwater but can
not recalled how long was out on this expedition.
that he was afterwards twice ordered to Castleton
aforesaid, and went to that place, as ordered.
That he never kept any minute of the time he was
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out in the several expeditions above mentioned, but has
no hesitation in saying that in the whole he was in the 
military service of the United States not less than one year.
that he was born in Lebanon in the County of Windham and
State of Connecticut, 25 October A.D. 1764. has no record of his
age. that he resided in Bennington aforesaid four or five
years after the war and has ever since resided in Castleton
aforesaid, that he has no documentary evidence and that
he knows of no person whose testimony
he can procure who can
certify to his service
He further declares that he was on one occasion during the
revolutionary war called out as a soldier and stationed
at Manchester for a length of time which he cannot now
remember.
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.
Preserved Kellogg his mark

We Joseph Stuls
a Clergyman residing in Castleton afs’d
and Jonathan Deming residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Preserved Kellog
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 92 years of age; that he is reputed and believed,
in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Steele
Jonathan Deming

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 Joseph Steele who has signed the preceding
certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Castleton and that Jonathan
Deming who has also signed the same, is a resident in Castleton aforesaid
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Selah H. Merrill Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Premard Kellogg
for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal office this 30th
day of July A. D. 1832
S.H. Merrill
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23289 [or 23284]

3 - 068.
Old No. 3-649.
6-20

Bureau of Pensions.
Preserved Kellog
July 30, 1832
Castleton, Rutland County Vt. [illegible]

[illegible] Castleton, Vt.
Capt. Ebeneezer Woad
Col. Moses Robinson
Pvt

Resident Lebanon, Vt.

[illegible]
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23289
Revolution
INVALID.

File No. 23, 289
Preserved Kellog
Pri Rev War

Act. June 7 '32
Index Vol. 2, Page 27

{ Arrangement of 1870.}
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Mch 3, 1903 Hist to
R. R. Bennett City [Washington D.C.]
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Washington D.C
Feb 16th 1903

Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me what information
you have concerning Preserved Kellogg,
a soldier of the Revolution and who was at
the battle of Bennington and performed other
service in Vermont. I am quite sure he was a 
pensioner.

Respectfully yours,
R. R. Bennett
222 Seaton St. N. E.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
US
FEB 17 1903
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Kellog, Solomon GRADE Private LINE Connecticutt

WARRANT NUMBER 6055 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 27, 1792
to ______ not shown _______

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Kellog, William GRADE Private LINE Connecticutt

WARRANT NUMBER 60605 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 27, 1792
to ______ not shown _______

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.