Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18591, Isaac Bellows, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.
Bellow, Isaac
Mary

NUMBER
W. 18591
aud
R.739
B. L. Wt. 2354-160-55
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New York 24.668
Isaac Bellows
of Cortland in the State of New York who was a pri. in the comp. commanded by Captain Robinson of the Regt commanded by Col. Eno in the Connt Mil. for 2 years.  $80.00

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July 1834 and sent to L. B. Camfield Homer New York

Arrears to the 4th of March '34 - $240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4 34  $40.00
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$280.00

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 109
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231
New York Albany
Mary Bellows
widow of Isaac Bellows Cont.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 1848 and sent to Hon. H. S. Conger H of R

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9 Vol. 4

Reported
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Mary Bellows wid of
Isaac Bellows pr
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Capt Elijah Robinson
Col Roger Eno
Set Ct. State troops
Dis
Revolutionary War

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Husband & wife both pensioned
Admit 160 Acres July 13th 1855
Boynton
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Boynton




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2354 iss July 13/555
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Chester Babcock
McGrawville 
N.Y.

opposing page

NY
helg 48 - no 231



Vol B1 - 82.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the 3d section of the act of 4th July 1836, and of the 1st Section of the act of 3d March 1837.

State of New York
Cortland County} Ss. On this sixth day of January 1846 - personally appeared before me Chauncey Keep one of the Judges of the Common Pleas, in and for the said county, Mary Bellows, a resident of Solon, in the county of Cortland and state of New York, aged seventy five years who being first 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, passed July 4th 1836, and the act explanatory of said act, passed March 3d 1837 that she was married to Isaac Bellows, who was a private, and drew a Pension of eighty dollars per annum for service rendered in the Army of the Revolution. She further declares, that she was married to the said Isaac Bellows on the twenty second day of December Seventeen hundred and ninety, in East Hartford, County of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, by Esquire Ashbel Pitkin. That her husband the aforesaid Isaac Bellows died, in said Solon on the 27th day of December 1845 and that, her name was Mary Bidwell before she was married, as aforesaid, and that she still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed.
Mary Bellows

Sworn and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written.
Chauncey Keep, Judge of Cortland County Courts
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State of New York
Cortland County}Ss. Zebulon B. Bellows and Abigail Bellows both of lawful age being duly sworn according to law doth on their oath say, that Mary Bellows, is the widow of Isaac Bellows deceased, and that she has, to our personal knowledge, remained a widow ever since the decease of her said husband, Isaac Bellows, who died at our house in the Town of Solon, in said County and State on the 27th day of December 1845, and that said Isaac Bellows drew a Pension of eighty dollars per annum for services rendered in the Revolutionary War.
Zebulon B. Bellows
Abigail Bellows
Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of January 1846. Chauncey Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts

I certify that Zebulon B. Bellows and Abigail Bellows are both persons of Truth and veracity and respectable in their neighborhood.
Chauncey Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts

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I certify that Mary Bellows is a person of truth and veracity and reputable in her neighborhood.
Chauncey Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts
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Torrington November the 5 1801
Isaac Bellows was born in the year AD 1763 on August 22
Mary Bellows was born in the year 1769 on June 25
Polly Bellows was born in the year 1791 on December the 10 day
Sally Bellows was born in February 11th 1794
Zebulon Bidwell Bellows born in May 20 1796
Anna Bellows born in September 16 1798
Hannah Bellows born in December 26, 1800
Isaac Bellows born in May 29th 1803
Polly Bellows died in July 18th 1804
Elias Bellows born the December 12 1808
Elias Bellows died March 27, 1811
Beulah Bellows was born, February 3, 1812
Hannah Bellows died May 22, 1814
Isaac Bellows Jr. died July 10th 1831 of Consumption

[illegible] is [illegible] stomach [illegible] as [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] years half in name of Champain put is into one pint of French Brandy [illegible] and of stronger put up into a pint with [illegible] of it in the [illegible] [illegible]
In the [illegible] take a little [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] them [illegible] for it 2 [illegible] mix lime first in one [illegible] let [illegible] shock and throw it the trunk
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Account of Brick had of Ebenezer Orfoot
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Abigail Warner was born April 17, 1796
William O Merriam was born October 20th 1813
Susannah Merriam was born March 31, 1816

Had of A. H. Warner
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500

Mary Abigail Bellows was born May 8th 1824
Lucretia Bidwell Bellows was born February 23, 1827
Alonzo Bellows was born October 29th 1829
Hannah Bellows was born June 3d 1832

Receit for curing Hams
To 4 gallons of water add 6lb salt 1/4 sale peter 1 qt of mollasses

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No 21357




Chester Babcock
Agent
McGrawville
Cortland Co
N Y.
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State of New York}
County of Cortland} ss
On this 21 day of March A.D., 1855, personally appeared before me David W Greenman a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Bellows aged 85 years, a Resident of Solon in the County of Cortland and State of New York Who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Isaac Bellows deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and was Pensioned under the act 7th June 1832 at the rate of $90 per annum, and that she has been Pensioned under the act of Feb 2nd 1848 at the rate of $80 per annum, as the widow of the said Isaac Bellows deceased.


She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Bellows in East Hartford in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 22 day of December 179. She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Bellows died in Solon in the County of Cortland and State of New York on the 27 day of December 1845 and that she is still a widow.


she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 1855.
Sworn to and subscriber the day and year above written before me.
David W Greeman Justice of the Peace

Mary (her X mark) Bellows

We Z R Bellows and L B Bellows, residents of Solon in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Bellows, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Z. B. Bellows
L. B. Bellows

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were worn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written ; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
David W. Greenman
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
CORTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE}ss. 
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, Do Certify, That David W. Greenman Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said JUSTICE, and verily believe the signature to the Jurat thereof, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 23d day of March 1855.
Rufus A. Reed CLERK

Number 21357
Chester Babcock
Agent
Mc Granville
Cortland County New York
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No 16434
Isaac Bellows
Cortland Co N. York

papers are not authenticated
witness not certified - credible
aomd
24 mo


Hon J . G. Hathaway
S. B. Canfield Agt
Homen N. Josh
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Bellows Cortland Co N. York
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Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported. |
Enlisted 1777 | 6 months | Private | Cap Burt | Col. Roger Eno | ~~ | Springfield | 70 Town of Enfield Hartford Con. | traditionary. Allen Webster for 9 months

Enlisted 1778 | 1 year | ~~ | Capt. Elijah Robinson | ~~ | ~~ | Nt. Point Fishkill Hospital, Peekskill | ~~ | ~~ |

Enlisted 1780 | 6 months | ~~ | Cap. Chapman | Col Meyts Regt | ~~ | Topham Highlands | ~~ | ~~ |

Drafted 1781 | 3 months | ~~ | Cap Roberts | Gen Huntington | ~~ | New London. Trumbull | ~~ | ~~ | 

I am, respectfully,
your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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Regulations under the act of June 7, 1882.

The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteer," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops-in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of
County of } ss.

On this          day of            personally appeared (a) before          A. B. a resident (b) of  
             in the county of and State, Territory or District of           aged (c)           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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)         , with         and served in the         (e) regiment of the         line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [hand pointing to the right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I              of the Court of                         do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application      
              of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this       day of 
           &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in           the and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with          , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                             and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                           Clerk of the Court of                                do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                               for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this        day of  
        &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the service of each person
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
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 [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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, &c. 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 recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For year months days, I served as a . For months and days, and I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, 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. is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j]In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.[This section has a ) at the end with a handwritten note Witness not certified as credible]
[image of hand with index finger pointing right] The notes for [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia Men, Volunteers and State Troops The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l]If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New York
Cortland County Ss} On this 2d day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting in and for the county of Cortland
Isaac Bellows a resident of the Town of Preble in the county of Cortland and state of New York, aged seventy years, on the twenty second day of August eighteen hundred and thirty two, 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution, under the following named officers and served as herein stated - that on or before the fifteenth day of May seventeen hundred and seventy seven, he enlisted for the term of six months, in the town of Enfield, Hartford County and State of Connecticut, to go to Springfield, to guard the Continental stores, under Captain Burt of Long Meadow, and he went from Enfield aforesaid to Springfield where he was stationed til the fifteenth day of November after, when he was honorably discharged by Captain Burt aforesaid, as he now believes, having served honestly and faithfully the full term of six months. 
That in the month of May seventeen hundred and seventy eight, he enlisted for the term of one year, in the town of Somers, in Hartford County & State of Connecticut of the militia of said state, under Ensign Stephen Jones, of said Somers and the company was commanded by Captain Elijah Robison and the Regiment was commanded by Colonel Roger Eno, David Pean belonged to the same company, from Somers
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he went to West Point in the state of New York, where he was taken with the yellow fever, he was carried to the Fishkill Hospital - from there, he was brought home sick, and remained sick til a long time after his year for which he enlisted was expired. That he enlisted in Captain Chipmans company & Colonel Hoyts Regiment of Connecticut Troops of Militia, for the term of six months, on the first day of June or the first day of July seventeen hundred and eighty, in the town of East Hartford, state of Connecticut. He knew Captain Hinkley, Ensign Dimick, Captain Parsons, Major Walbridge, Ezra Rollin, Allen Webster, all belonged to the same Regiment, General Huntington commanded the Brigade. From East Hartford he went to Peekskill on the North River, from there to Tappan, where he saw Major Andre hung. From there he went to the Highlands, and remained til he was honorably discharged on the first day of January seventeen hundred and eighty one, having served honestly and faithfully six months. And that on the first day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, at East Hartford aforesaid, he was drafted for the term of three months under Captain Stephen Robers, of the Connecticut Militia. He went from East Hartford, to New London in said state, and was stationed at Fort Trumbull & Fort Griswold and near there, the whole time. He was discharged on the first day of December seventeen hundred and eighty one by Captain Roberts aforesaid there, having served the full term of three months for which he was drafted, honestly and faithfully. James Bellows, my Brother was a Sergeant and belonged to the same company. Samuel Dallowby & Samuel Drury did also. He says, he is not certain, but he served nine months under Captain Chipman, instead of six months, but is positive that he served at least six months under him. He was born in seventeen hundred and sixty two. He has a record of his age at his house in Preble, where he resides. He lived in Enfield State of Connect-
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-icut when first called into the service, from there he went to Somers, in state of Connecticut, from there to East Hartford, in said state, from there to Winchester in said state, from there to Torrington in said state, from there to Windham in the state of New York, from there to Preble in said state where he now resides. Elder Alfred Bennett and Thomas Howard, of Cortland County can testify to my character for truth and veracity, and their believe of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. 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.
Isaac Bellows
Subscribed and sworn this 2nd day of October 1832 in open Court before me
Samuel Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk

We Elder Alfred Bennett a Clergyman residing in the town of Homer and Jabez B. Phelps residing in the town of Preble and both in the county of Cortland and state of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Bellows who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and date aforesaid. Alfred Bennett, Paster of the Baptist Church in Homer Village
Jabez B. Phelps
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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 Elder Alfred Bennett who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Homer and that Jabez B. Phelps who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Preble, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William Mallery
Andrew Dickson
Aaron Brown
Oliver Kingman} Judges of Cortland Common Pleas

I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Cortland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Bellows for a Pension. And that [illegible] Canfield Esquire before whom the foregoing certificate of Elder Alfred Bennett & Jabez B. Phelps is sworn, and before whom the affadavit of Allen Webster hereto annexed is sworn, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace of the town of Homer & the county of Cortland, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and know that his signature to the said certificate & affadavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 2d day of October 1832.
Samuel Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 18591
Mary Bellows
widow of Isaac Bellows
Pri. Rev. War

Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: - Vol. A Page 53
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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No. 21357
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received March 29, 1855
Mary Bellows wid of Isaac Bellows 
Capt. Elijah Robinson
Col. Roger Eno
Conn. State. Troops
Revolutionary War

Warrant No 2354 - 160-55

Chester Babcock
McGrawsville N.Y.
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Ex'r.  INVALID
REJECTED

No. 734

Isaac Bellows
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235
New York
Mary Bellows
widow of Isaac Bellows
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars ----
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 27th Dec 1845, when husband died.

Certificate of Pension issued the
3rd day of August 1846
and sent to L. B. Canfield, Esq.

[Act of JUNE 17, 1844]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2  Page 72
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Note 16424
24668
New York
Isaac Bellows
of Cortland Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Robinson of the regt commanded
by Col Enos in the Ct. ma:
line for 9 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Feby
1834 and sent to
HS G Hathaway H Reps

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833    $75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34 15.00
                                                 ----------------
                                                       $90.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 109


Let to Hon S G Hathaway
11 June 1834
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J L Edwards
Esq
Sept 11th 1833
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Horner Sept 16th 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed are the papers relative to Isaac Bellows claim for services in the Revolutionary War in 77, 78, if they are sufficient to add to his 9 month service, which you acknowledged to be proved, please grant his certificate accordingly, if you have already forwarded his certificate for 9 months as has been required please to grant the addition, if admissible, please, direct my papers as those under my care to me, I have Rev Matthew Harrissons a month & a half nearly, after dated, through S. Hotchkiss our County Clk, he being absent, yours respectfully
L B Canfield
Honl J L Edwards
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State of New York
Cortland County Clerks Office}
I Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Channey Reed Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been taken was on the day of the dates of the jurat, thereof a Judge of the County Courts in & for said County, duly commissioned & sworn, his acts therefore in that capacity are to be regarded as such. I also certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge & verily believe his signatures subscribed to the Jurats & certificates hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County & subscribed my name at Cortland Ville this 21st day of May AD 1846.
Saml Hotchkiss Clerk
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21034
Isaac Bellows
Revo. N. York
Rejected. See letter to
L. B. Canfield, Nov.
26, 1829 see letter to O.
Chapin (2d) Feb. 21, 1832
734
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2354



Rev army
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New York
Revo:
Isaac Bellows
suspended
let to L. B. Canfield
5 Augt. '33


act 7 June '32
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[unk] 2 Feb. '48  Albany
Boynton
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State of New York
Cortland County ss.} I Allen Webster of the Town of Truxton, in the aforesaid County and State, do testify and declare, that I am sixty seven years of age next December, that I am well acquainted with Isaac Bellows of the Town of Preble in the said County & State & have been from a boy, and know that he is the identical person, that he represents himself to be. I know that said Elder Isaac Bellows enlisted in Captain Chipmans company, Colonel Hoyts Regiment & General Huntington's Brigade of the Militia of the State of Connecticut in the army of the Revolution for the term of six months, on the first of June or the first of July seventeen hundred and eighty. I belonged to the same Brigade, Regiment, & in Captain Hinkleys company, we both enlisted & went from the Town of East Hartford in said State to Peckskill in the State of New York, from there to Topan, from there to the Highlands where we were both honorably discharged on the first day of January and [unk] after we had a written discharge from Colonel Hoyt aforesaid. I know that said Isaac Bellows served six months as he has stated in his Declaration, that on the first day of September seventeen hundred and eighty one, he together with the aforesaid Isaac Bellows was draughted at East Hartford aforesaid, for the term of three months under Captain Stephen Roberts, of the Connecticut Militia of the army of the Revolution from East Hartford we both marched with the company to New London and we were stationed at Fort Trumbull & Fort Griswold the whole time, we were both discharged verabally by Captain Roberts aforesaid at Fort Trumbull, on the first day of December after and I know that the said Isaac Bellows served honestly and faithfully the full term of three months for which he draughted
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there was not a Regiment stationed at that place at the time.
Allen Webster
Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of September 1832.
Lezar B Canfield Justice Peace
I certify that Allen Webster who subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me, is a person of truth & veracity and respectable in his neighborhood.
Lezar] May 22d 1833
[unk[ B Canfield Justice Peace
Cortland County Clerks Office ss. I Samuel Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk of said County do certify that Lezar B Canfield Esq by whom the above certificate purports to have been made was on the 22d day of May inst. a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly commissioned and sworn and that I am acquainted with his handwriting & only believe his name thereto subscribed to be his own proper handwriting & signature.
Witness my hand & seal of Office May 23d 1833
Saml Hotchkiss Jr. Clk


Isaac Bellows
3/
16424

allgd service under 16
not proved & disallowed

admd
9 mo pri
30$
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Homer August 23d 1833
Honl Sir- in answer to your Letter of the 5th Inst. in regard to Elder Isaac Bellows claim for a pension, I have to say, that he has this day called on me, and requested me to write you- that he recd a Letter from Oliver Chapin of the Town of Somers, Tolland County & State of Connecticut, stating, he, Chapin had forwarded to the War Department, and affidavit proving one years service in the year 78 & 79, under Captain Robinson, & Colonel Roger Enos' Regt, Connecticut Troops. Chapin served in the same company with him/Bellows.-and I think of one David Pease, proving the same fact- you wrote me a Letter it was recd and on file, he, Pease served in the same company, think, two affidavits of Allen Webster & Samuel Webster were forwarded proving three months service in the  year 1781- which makes 1 year & three months service in 1777, for which a muster Roll from Connecticut, has been forwarded, is over and above two years- yet, he says, if the affidavits are lost, or mislaid or cannot be found- he will endeavour to make the necessary proof once again- in the mean time, he has instructed me, to request you, to forward his certificate for 9 months which you admit proved & he will obtain Proof, to be increased, provided you cannot find it there- yours with sentiment of respect
L. B. Canfield
J. L. Edwards Esq.
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Revolutionary Pension Claim

Honl J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District Columbia


P. S. please forward the certificate to me
LBC
JLE Esq
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June 25th
Isaac Bellows
certif. ret.
appl. for an increase
New York


Revolutionary Pension Claim
free
Honl. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
District Columbia
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Hamen Cortland County N. York
Honl Sir - having recd a Letter from you
Through Genl S. G. Hathway, F. relative to
a claim for an increase to the pension of
Isaac Bellows -/to wit/ War department
Pension Office June 11th 1834--Sir- I have
the honor to inform you, that the application
of Isaac Bellows for an increase of his
present pension has been examined
and favourably decided-it will be 
necessary to return the Certificate before another is
issued- I have the honor to be very
respectfully yr Obt Servt
J. L. Edwards
[illegible] S.G. Hathway
House Representatives [illegible]
please inform me relative to the Claim
of Alexander Thompson-
I herewith enclose Isaac Bellows
Certificate agreeable to your request-
Honl J. L. Edwards   L. B. Canfield
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Matthew Harrison
Isaac Bellows
FREE
Genl Samuel G. Hathway, Member Congress
Washington City
District Columbia

Please to send this letter and our answers to the contents as soon as convenient and oblige your obt servt.
S. G. Hatheway
Esq Edwards
[unk] 22d 1833
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Hamen January 14th 1834
Dear General
probably, I shall plague you with
communications, in regard to business, More than any
one of your Constituents-but it is, for those who fought
and Bled, for rights and privileges which we now enjoy- and let me also [illegible] and
was mostly on My part gratis.
I send you the Rev Mathew Harrison's papers
of probate, which, probably you know- the Person
who Made an Affidavit for him, is Jarius Williams
of Tulley, he, Williams served in the same Companies
and Regiment and has obtained a full pension, served no more
then Mr Harrison- please, deliver the papers to Mr Edwards
and do what you can for him-
in the Case of Isaac Bellows, enclosed I send you
Mr Edwards Letter Received August 5th 1833, which, admits the
proof to be sufficient for 9 months - please have a 
Certificate issued and sent to me for tha. if no more can be
allowed. I sent to Mr Edwards- I think in September last,
an affidavit prooving [proving] his service in [17]77 and [17]78 given by a
Mr David Peas, of the Town of Phelps, Ontario County - also Mr
Edwards Letter dated February 21st 1832 acknowledging that
he had received the Affidavit of Oliver Chapin, Tolland County
State of Connecticut, and that it was placed on file-it was
once sent and rejected in 1829, because Enos Regiment in which
he served, was not attached to the Continental line - those
two Affidavits both proove [prove] his service for [17]77 and  [17]78-please
see, whether they are there, and attached to his Declaration
taken before our County Court, a long time ago- if they find
Pease's and Chapins Affidavits, they Make sufficient proof for
a full Pension, I believe-
Certificate signed in Trowbridge Massachusetts
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I wrote you, that I had sent for Judge Conklin Minutes taken on his Trial - I will send you my & Col Brown affidavits, relation to the amount of Costs, that we know of in the Suit when I get Judge Canklin's return, if the Committee should conclude to report against Col Brown - please not  [five words illegible because of fold in the paper]
and withdraw the papers at any rate keep the
Committee from a report til you hear from me
again
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734
J. L. Edwards Esq
Letter to L. B. Canfield
[unk] 1829
Isaac Bellows
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War Department
Pension Office
November 26, 1829
Sir,
The documents sent by you to this Department in support of the claim of Isaac Bellows, have been examined and placed on our files. The regiment commanded by Colonel Hoyt, in which he alleges he served, was not on the continental establishment, and as the revolutionary pension laws extend to none who did not belong to said establishment, a pension cannot be granted.
I am respectfully your obet. servt.
James L. Edwards


L. B. Canfield Esq
Homer,
New York
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Reference to Isaac
Bellows application
for a pension
1832

additional
document
Isaac Bellows
N. Y.


Mr
Isaac Bellows of Tully
County of Onondago NY
to be left in post office in Tully Flats
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Mr Bellows I received your letter with much pleasure baring date July 10 1832 and have complyed with your request in part have been to Longmeadow and Springfield and have made such and I find your Capts name was Gideon Burt and I find one Mr Crandall and John Ashley which say they both ware in that Company at Springfield but do not remember your name but I find Capt Burts pay notes and in them I find your name Isaac Bellows those papers were found with his son William Executer of his will  said papers are in the hands of George Colton Esq of Springfield who is appointed to receive all  testimony respecting Pensions in that County
these pay rolls are the best witness that I can get for you and Esq Colton is to send these old pay roles on to the war Department by the first of September next for your proof and others-
---
in both of these pay roles we find your
pay was for five months and 13 days - I do not know that I can do any thing more for you-- so I must conclude wishin you health and all the blessings of this Life and that which is to come
to Isaac Bellows
I Subscribe yours friend
Oliver Chapin
Somers August 17 1832
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6752
Mary Bellows
N. Y.
Act 4 July '36
do. 235 Presented 314
Rejected
Act 17 June 1844 
admd
2 years private
$80 per ann.
from 27 Dec. 1845, when
husband died
Register under act 44

L. B. Canfield Esq.
Homer,
Cortland Co.
N. Y.
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Pension Office
26th Nov. 1829


Free     } War Department
              Pension Claim
Honl J. H. Eaton, Secy of War
Washington City
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Homer November 19th 1829
Sir, enclosed is the Declaration Affadavits &c relative to the claim of Isaac Bellows for a pension- you will please examine the same and if they are sufficient, please, direct information to Townsend Ross Esq Homer, Cortland County, N. York- yours with sentiment of respect
L. B. Canfield
Honl. J. H. Eaton
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J. L. Edwards
Letter-acknowle
dging Oliver Chapins
affadavit
Feby 21st 1832
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War Department
Pension Office
February 21, 1832
Sir,
The affidavit of Oliver Chapin in the case of Isaac Bellows has been received and placed on our files. The claim of Bellows was rejected in 1829. Eno's regiment in which he served was not attached to the continental army. As the revolutionary pension laws do not provide for any who did not belong to the continental establishment a pension cannot be granted by this Department. As I do not know the present residence of Bellows this letter is addressed to you, presuming you know where he lives.
I am, respectfully your obt. servt.
J. L. Edwards


Oliver Chapin 2d Esq
Tolland
Connecticut
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J L Edwards
Comissr of Pensions

L. B. Canfield Esq
Homer
N. Y.
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Revolutionary Pension Claim
Isaac Bellows
Honl. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City- District Columbia


addl. proof
Isaac Bellows
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Payments to made
at New York
by [unk] Mechanic's Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners 
in the Agency of New York


Recorded in the Pension Office
in Book E  Vol. 4
Page 109 by W. L. Williams
Clerk
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[Note: The entire page appears to have been crossed out, or deleted.]
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J. L. Edwards
Letter August 5th
1833
Case of Isaac Bellows
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War Department
Pension Office
Augt. 5, 1833

Sir,
The claim of Isaac Bellows has been examined and suspended for further evidence. His alleged service in '77 and '78 was rendered in his 14 and 15th years. This cannot be admitted without proof. The after service of 9 months, and for which there is proof, is admitted. His papers are placed on file.
I am respectfully yr. obt. servt.
J L Edwards


L. B. Canfield
Homer 
N. Y.
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State of New York
Ontario County ss; David Pease of Phelps in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is acquainted with Isaac Bellows of Peeble in the County of Cortland in said State & knows that he the said Isaac was in the continental service in the Revolutionary war in the United States of America for at best nine months in the Connecticut line in General Huntingtons Brigade & Colonel Hoyts Regiment.
David Pease
Sworn & subscribed this 24 day of Sept 1829 before me
Thomas Smith a Justice of the Peace in & for said County

State of New York
Ontario County ss; Jerusha Pease of Phelps in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that she is acquainted with Isaac Bellows of Peeble in the County of Cortland in said State & was acquainted with him in the year 1780 & understood from him at that time & also from his neighbors & connexions that he the said Isaac was in the continental service of the Revolutionary war that year for at best nine months in the Connecticut line.
Jerusha Pease her mark X
Sworn & subscribed this 24 day of Sept. 1829 before me
Thomas Smith a Justice of the Peace in & for said County
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State of New York
Ontario County ss. I certify that Thomas Smith before whom the within affidavits were taken and whose signature appears to the Jurat thereof, was at that time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 10th day of October 1829.
Ralph Lester Clerk
The expense is six shillings
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Tolland Ct.
Feby 17
Free

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

Pension Office

Isaac Bellows
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Tolland County Ct. Clerks Office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do certify that Oliver Chapin 2nd Esquire before whom the accompanying deposition of Oliver Chapin of Somers in Tolland County was sworn was at that time and for several years before and now is a Justice of Peace within & for said County of Tolland, duly appointed & sworn and authorized to administer oaths and that the signature purporting to be his is in his own proper hand writing with which I am acquainted.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of sd Court at Tolland this 14th day of February AD 1832.
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
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State of New York
Cortland County ss. Libeus Andrews of Homer, in said County, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Isaac Bellows of Preble in said County, and has been, for fifty eight years, said Andrews deposeth and saith that he lived in East Hartford, Hartford County, and State of Connecticut, in April 1780 and knew of Isaac Bellows aforesaid serving as a soldier in Col Hoyts Regiment, in the Continental service in the Revolutionary War in the United States of America, for at least nine months, or upwards- said Bellows went into the said service in April 1780 from East Hartford aforesaid.
Lebius
Sworn and subscribed before me this 23d day of October 1829
L. B. Canfield Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cortland

State of New York
Cortland County Clerks Office } ss.
I hereby certify that Lizur B Canfield whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit was on the days of the date the same purports to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized and empowered to administer oaths &c.
Witness my hand and the seal of the said County hereto affixed this 10th day of November 1829.
Saml Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk
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To the Honl Secretary of War of the United States or whom it may concern
The deposition of Oliver Chapin of Somers in Tolland County and State of Connecticut, to be used in an application to the United States government for a pension by Isaac Bellows of Preble, County of Courtland and State of New York, taken and sealed up by me Oliver Chapin 2d Justice of the Peace for said Tolland County
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I Oliver Chapin of Somers in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, of lawful age, testify and say, that Isaac Bellows, now of Preble in Courtland County & State of New York, resided in said Somers during the Revolutionary War, or till near the close of it, and I was well acquainted with him during that time; that the said Bellows enlisted into the Connecticut State troops, in the company of Capt. Elijah Robinson for the term of one year, & I also enlisted at the same time into the same company for the same length of time, and we both served in said company at White Plains, Westpoint, and other places, through the year, except a short absence with due permission, said enlistment, according to my recollection, was in the year 1778, said company belonged to Col. Roger Eno's Regiment, and further the deponent saith not.
Somers Sept 27th 1831
Oliver Chapin

State of Connecticut, Tolland County ss.
Somers Sept 27th 1831
Personally appeared Oliver Chapin, subscriber to the foregoing deposition, and being duly cautioned to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, made solemn oath to the truth of the same. The above deposition was taken at the request of Isaac Bellows, named therein, and to be used by him in an application for a pension for services rendered by him during the Revolutionary war. The reason of taking said deposition is that the deponent was more than twenty miles from the place where said application is to be made. No proper officer of the United States government being known to reside within twenty miles of the place of caption, none was notified or present at the taking of this deposition.
Attest Oliver Chapin 2nd
Justice of the Peace for said Tolland County
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Came before me at  CCP Ontario Count State of New York on the 9 day of September 1831 David Pease who being duly Sworn Deposeth and says that he knows Isaac Bellows and the said Isaac Bellows served in the Revolution War under Collonel Roger Eno and Captain Elijah Robison in the Connecticut Local Troops the term of one year in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and seventy nine
David Pease
Sworn and Subscribed before me at the CCP this Ninth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty one 
David Conger Justice of the Peace

State on New York
Ontario County SS
I certify that David Conger before whom the above affidavit was taken and whose signature appear to the Jurat  of the same, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this 10th day of September 1831
Ralph Lester Clerk
of Ontario County
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David Pease
oath

I certify that David Pease is a man of truth and veracity and reputated in his neighborhood.
Phelps September 12 1833
David Conger Late Justice Peace
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I Oliver Chapin of Somers in Tolland County, Connecticut aged seventy five years on oath depose & say that in May 1778, at said Lamerz, the deponent & Isaac Bellows then of said Somers, now resident in Tully, Onandago County, New York, enlisted under Ensign Stephen Jones, then of said Somers now deceased, into the Connecticut State service for the Term of one year, that they were placed in a company under the command of Capt Elijah Robinson of Tolland, Ct, the Lieutenant nor recollected, & Ensign Stephen Jones, the company was annexed to a Regiment commanded by Colo Enos of Windsor, Ct, that the company marched through the Towns of New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk to White Plains, in the State of New York. The Regiment was stationed at White Plains for a short term, & then marched to West Point, the Regiment was annexed to the Brigade commanded by Colo commandent Malcolm. The Regiment then moved from Westpoint through the Town of Reye to Horseneck & was discharged at Horseneck, at the expiration of the year, the precise time not recollected- the said Bellows & the Deponent enlisted at the same time, performed duty in the same company & Regiment, during said campaign, & were discharged at the same time & place, at the expiration of said enlistment, the Deponent & the said Bellows performed actual service in said Regiment during the campaign of 1778, as aforesaid and & untill discharged, & further saith not.
Oliver Chapin
Sworn & subscribed this 11th day of March AD 1834 before me
Walter R Kibbe Just. of Peace for Tolland County, Connecticut
Page 66

State of Connecticut
County of Tolland} ss. Somers March 11th AD 1834
I hereby certify that Oliver Chapin, the aforesaid Deponent, is an inhabitant of Somers, & personally known to the subscriber, & sustains a good moral character & that his testimony is entitled to full credit by Court or Jury.
attest Walter R Kibbe Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
Tolland County} ss. Tolland
I Novatus Chapman Clerk of the County Court within and for said Tolland County do certify that Walter R. Kibbe Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken and whose certificate is annexed thereto was on the 11th day of March 1834 Justice of Peace within and for said County of Tolland duly qualified and legally authorized to administer oaths, and take depositions and that the signature to said certificate purporting to be his is genuine and I believe the same to be his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office at Tolland the 11th day of March AD 1834.
Novatus Chapman Clerk

expense $1.00
Page 67

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. Allen Webster of Truseton in the County of Cortland being duly sworn before Samuel S. Stockham a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Onondaga, deposeth and saith that he is sixty seven years of age, that he served in the Militia of the State of Connecticut, in the Revolutionary War, for the term of three months in the fall of the year of one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, under Captain Stephen Roberts and was stationed at New London in said State of Connecticut, that he does not recollect the name of the Colonel who commanded the Regiment at that time, and that he is acquainted with Isaac Bellows who lately resided in Preble in said County of Cortland, but now resides in Tully in said County of Onondaga, and that said Isaac Bellows served in the same company and for the same length of time, and under the same officers in the Revolutionary war in the Militia of the State of Connecticut as above mentioned, in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty one and that I was then & there personally acquainted with him, and that the said Capt. Stephen Roberts resided at East Hartford in said State of Connecticut at the time when this deponent & the said Bellows performed the service in the Revolutionary war as aforesaid.
Allen Webster
Subscribed & sworn before me
Saml S. Stockham J. P. 
I certify that Allen Webster who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit is a man of truth & veracity & reputable in his neighborhood.
Saml S. Stockham Justice Peace
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State of New York
Onendaga County SS:
Samuel Webster of [illegible] in said County
being duly sworn before Saul C Stockham a Justice of the Peace in and for said County deponent says that he is seventy nine years of age and that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War that he was acquainted with Isaac Bellows during the War and is now acquainted with said Bellows who lately resided in the town of Preble in the in the County of Cortland and now resides in the Town of Tully in the said County of Onendaga who is the same Isaac Bellows that served in the Militia of the State of Connecticut for the term of three months during the Revolutionary War at New London in said state of Connecticut but he does not recollect the year in which said Bellows served or the Officer which he served under, except Captain [illegible] who the said Bellows, served under.
Samuel Webster
{Subscribed and sworn}
{April 17th 1834 before me}
Samuel S Stockham} 
I certify that Samuel Webster who subscribed and swore to the above affidavit before me is a man of trust and veracity 
and reputable in his neighborhood  
Samuel S Stockham Justice Peace

Bellows Affidavit
Page 69

State of New York
County of Onondaga} ss.
I Alanson Edwards Junior Deputy Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Samuel S. Stockham before whom the within affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurats of the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and genuine signatures. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 22d day of April 1834
A. Edwards Jr Dep Clk


Isaac Bellows
Papers to increase
his pension


the add. evidence proves
12 mo only but Chapins
letter shows that his
name is in the pay roll
the preceding year for
5 mo. 13 ds
admd
24 mo pri
80
and deduct what has
been recd
Hon. S. G. Hathaway HR



Allen Webster's
affidavit
Page 70

admitted

Hon. H. S. Conger
H of R
Page 71

State of New York
Cortland County} ss.
On this 6th day of May 1848 personally appeared before Eleazor W Edgcomb a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Cortland Mary Bellows resident of the town of Solon County of Cortland aged seventy seven years 28th day of last June, 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 passed 2d February 1848- granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Isaac Bellows who was a private in the War of the Revolution and belonged to the Connecticut Millitia and was pensioned under act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of $80 per annum and that she drew a pension of $80 per annum under act of 17th June 1844.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Bellows
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before
E W Edgcomb
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Eleazer W. Edgcomb, the person before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been made, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Cortland in the State of New York & was such Justice at the time the same purports to have been made: that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Edgcomb & that I know his signature to the foregoing to be genuine. Dated May 18, 1848
H S Conger
House of Reps
Page 72

Z. B. Bellows
Solom


March 2
L. B. Canfield Esq
Homer
Cortland County N. York
Page 73

Town Clerks Office East Hartford Conn. February 28th 1846
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 3d Inst was received on the 23d wishing me to examine the Records of this Town to ascertain whether the marriage of Isaac Bellows and Mary Bidwell was recorded, and if so to certify to the fact. I have carefully examined the Records of this Town and find that there is no such marriage on record: from the small number of marriages on record of the date of 1790, and about that time I should think that but little attention was paid to the law which required them to be recorded.
I have furthermore taken considerable pains and made enquiry of some of our oldest people to know if there is any one here living who saw them married and could certify to the fact, there is many who recollect Mr Bellows and his wife, but I have not found any one who saw them married. I shall make further enquiry and if I can find any evidence that will be of service to you I will early notify you of the fact any service I can render you shall be promptly rendered.
Respectfully yours &c.
E. S. Goodwin Town Clerk
L. B. Canfield Esq
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Homer Cortland County N. York May 26th 1846
Dear Sir, please examine these papers and if correct send me a pension certificate for her and oblige your obdt sert
L B Canfield
Honl J. L. Edwards Esq
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Homer March 7th 1846
Sir - please fetch up this Letter of your Father's Record as soon as convenient. yours L Z Canfield
Z. B. Bellows
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State of New York
Cortland County ss} Zebulon B. Bellows and Abijah Bellows of lawful age, of the Town of Saxon, in said County and State, being duly sworn, depose and say that the Family Record herewith attached, is the Family Record of Isaac Bellows, deceased, who was a Revolutionary solider and that the same is said Isaac Bellows own handwriting, except the last line, which stated the death of Isaac Bellows Jr. who died July 10th 1831 of Consumption, which is the hand writing of said Zebulon B. Bellows, also we were present when Lizur B. Canfield of Homer in said County, cut the same out of said Isaac Bellows document Book.
Zebulon B. Bellows
Abigail Bellows
Sworn and subscribed before me this sixth day of January AD 1846.
Chauncey Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts

I Chauncey Keep the Judge within named and before whom the declaration of Mary Bellows the applicant for a pension within named was made, and before whom the proceedings were held, are satisfied that she is the widow of Isaac Bellows who was  revolutionary pensioner, also I certify that in my opinion the said Mary Bellows is entirely unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court, for the purpose of making her declaration to obtain a pension.
Chauncey Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts


I certify that I have been acquainted with Susanna Andrews for thirty years or more & I know her to be a person of truth and veracity & respectable in her neighborhood. 
Chauncey Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts
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Cortland County
State of New York} ss. Know all men by these present that I Mary Bellows of the Town of Solon in the County of Cortland and State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Lazur B Canfield of Homer in said County and State, my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to ask for and receive a pension from the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States of America, and I acknowledge the foregoing Power of Attorney to be my act and deed, in testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand and seal this 6th day of January AD 1846, sealed and delivered in pursuance of
Chauncey Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts
Mary Bellows

State of New York
Cortland County} ss. Susanna Andress of the Town of Homer in said County & State being duly sworn according to law, says she is seventy two years old, that she is distantly connected to Mary Bellows, the applicant for a pension, and was present when said Mary was married to Isaac Bellows in the year seventeen hundred and ninety by Esquire Ashbel Pitkin in East Hartford, State of Connecticut. I lived a near neighbor to said Isaac Bellows & Mary Bellows his wife till I was twenty three years old, Polly Bellows, Sally & Zebulon B. Bellows, their children were born, while I lived near them in said East Hartford.
Susanna Andress
Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of May 1846.
Chauncey Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts
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State of New York
Cortland County ss. On the eighth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty nine personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record by the Laws of said State for said County of Cortland, Isaac Bellows resident in Pubb in said County, aged sixty six 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 & the first of May 1820- that he the said Isaac Bellows enlisted for the term of nine months on the first of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty in the town of East Hartford in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut on the company commanded by Captain Chipman in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hoyt in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until the first of January seventeen hundred & eighty one when he was discharged from the service of Westchester County in the State of New York. That he hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension except the present. That his name is not on the roll of any other State except that of Connecticut & that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension viz. about ten years ago he under took to get a pension on account of a years service in the militia on which application he failed & was uninformed as to his rights in consequence of his services in the continental establishment until within a few months past.
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 eighteenth day of March 1818
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and that I have not since that time by gist, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being 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 for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income whatever to support myself. I have no real estate, nor have I had since the 18th March 1818 & for sometime previous thereto. I have no stock or cattle of any description nor any kind of personal property except necessary wearing apparel & bedding. That I am be profession a farmer but in consequence of ill health have been unable to attend to any kind of business for about ten or eleven years. I live with & are supported by my son Isaac Bellows Junior, have a wife named Mary, aged sixty years & in a very feeble state of health she has been confined to her bed for more than a year past with a nervous complaint & is still bed ridden & unable to do anything. The remainder of my family is two daughters, one Polly Bellows aged twenty three years who is rather feeble but assists some in taking care of her mother, and Bulah Bellows seventeen years of age who also assists in taking care of her mother besides supporting herself & that there have been no changes made in my property since the 18th of March 1818.
Isaac Bellows
Sworn to & declared the 8th day of September 1829 before me
William Mullery First Judge of Cortland County
It appears to us the above affidavit of said Isaac Bellows that he has no property excepting necessary wearing apparel and bedding.
William Mallery
Andrew Dickson
Aaron Brown} Judges of Cortland County 
Dated Sept 8th 1829
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State of New York
Cortland County ss. I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of Cortland Common Pleas do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Isaac Bellows 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 is truly copied from the records of the said Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said Isaac Bellows has no property whatever except necessary clothing & bedding.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court on this 23d day of October AD 1829.
Samuel S. Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk 
by Daniel R. Wheeler Deputy