Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,215, Calvin Belnap, Vt.
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Vt.

Belnap, Calvin
or 
Belknap.
            Bathshua
           or Bathsheba
W.5215
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[verso]
13.437
Ohio. Pittsburgh
Calvin Belknap of Ashtabula in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Blake. of the Reg't commanded by Col'o Hutchins in the Vermont line for 9 months. 
$30.
______
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of $30. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
______
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July 
1833 and sent to J.R. Giddings Jefferson, Ohio.
______
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833. 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 15.00
$75.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 106.

[recto]
let to Benjn C. Gaylord Sept. 4, 1850
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5642
Ohio Pittsburgh 
Bathsheba Belknap
widow if Calvin Belknap
Vt
who served in the Revolutionary was, as a Private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per anum, to commence on the 17th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of April 1831
and sent to
B.B. Gaylord Jefferson
Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 4
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Calvin Belknap, Application for 10.007 Pention
Filed August 17th 1832 - 
Sam'l Hendry Clerk
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STATE OF OHIO,
Ashtabula COUNTY, } SS.
ON this Sixteenth day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Supreme ['the' crossed out] of the State of Ohio now sitting, Calvin Belknap a resident of Austinburg in the county of Ashtabula and state of Ohio, aged 66 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
That while he was a resident of the town of Dummerston in the County of Windham in the State of Vermont, he enlisted into the State troop of the state of Vermont at Dummerston aforesaid, for the term of nine months, in a Company commanded by Captain Blakesly, That the name of the first Lieutenant of said Company, to the best of his recollection was rice, and the second Lieutenant's name was Coughman That said Company belonged to the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Fletcher, That the Sergeant-Major's name was Heath. That he recollects the names of several other commanders of companies belonging to said Regiment to wit, Captain Fish, Captain Hutchins, And Captain Starks, That the names of the other filed Officers of said Regiment have escaped his recollection, That he enlisted as aforesaid, to the best of his recollection in the month of April A.D. 1781, but what particular ['day' crossed out] day of the month he is unable to state, That immediately after his enlistment as above stated he marched with said Company to Castleton in said State of Vermont, by the way of Brattleborough Wilmington Bennington and Manchester through all of which places said Company passed, and joined their Regiment at Castleton aforesaid where they quartered in an intrenchment which to the best of his 
recollection was called Fort Warren, That said troops repaired said fortification, and continued their quarters therein untill the period of his enlistment expired, when he with the next of said guard Company were discharged at the place last aforesaid, That to the best of his recollection this took place in November AD 1741, but he is unable to state the day of the month, That he has now no documentary evidence of or pertaining to his said service. That he cannot currently secure the Certificate of a Clergyman at the Court, as the resident minister of the church is now absent
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, [illegible phrase crossed out]
/s/Calvin Belknap
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
/s/Sam'l Hendry Clerk
WE, Joshua R Giddings ['a clergyman' crossed out] residing in the neighbourhood of the applicant and ['Lynde Jones' crossed out] B. F. Wade residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Calvin Belknapp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 66 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. 
/s/J R Giddings
/s/B. F. Wade
SWORN, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
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 Joshua R. Giddings who has signed the preceding certificate, ['a clergyman,' crossed out] resident in the County of Ashtabula and that Lynde Jones who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same neighbourhood that ['he is a' crossed out] they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, Sam'l Hendry of the State of Ohio within and for said County of Ashtabula clerk of the ['court of' crossed out] Supreme Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Calvin Belknap for a pension. 
IN TESTIMONY, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 18th day of August A. D. 1832
/s/Sam'l Hendry Clerk
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State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ⎬
On this [illegible] day of February 1851 personally appeared before the [illegible] President Judge of the 3d Judicial Circuit in the State aforesaid
Bathshua Belknap a resident of Austinburg in said County
aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Calvin Belknap who was a private in the Army of the revolution and for proof of where service reference is made to the record evidence upon which he received his pension, now on file in the War Department) That the said Calvin Belknap received an annual pension of $30. that she was married to the said Calvin Belknap on the 1st day of November 1787 that her said husband died on the 17th day of March 1848 and that she has remained a widow since that period
Benjn B. Gaylord
B. F. Wade ⎬
Witnesses to the signature of Bathshua Belknap
Bathshua [handwritten X] her mark  Belknap

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written Before me [signature illegible]

I certify that by reason of her great age and infirmities
Bathshua Belknap above named was entirely unable to appear
in court for the purpose of authenticating her papers
B. F. Wade July
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss. } I. A. Kellogg Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify, that a Special Term of said Court held in said County in the 26th day of Sept. A.D. 1850. Satisfactory proof was made to said Court, that Calvin Belknap was up to the time of his death a pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty dollars per annum that he Died in Austinburg in said County on the seventeenth day of March A.D. 1848. Leaving Bethsheba Belknap his widow, all which fully appears from the Records of said Court, 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7th day of Feb'y A.D. 1851
/s/A. Kellogg Clerk
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No 10.007
Calvin Belknap
Ashtabula Co Ohio
13.437. ['Return' crossed out]
Adm 9. Months. - 
J. R. Giddings
Jefferson
Ashtabula Co. Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
10 April 1833

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 shew what is necessary to be done. These 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, shewing the Service of Calvin Belknap Ashtabula County.
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered.|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and Rank of the Company 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 of the present period.|Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|]
enlisted 1781}|( - |9|[blank])|private|Captn Blakesley Lieut Rice|Col. Fletcher|[blank]|Castletown Vermont|66 years Town of Dummerston Co.|living witness for applicant whose name is Alvin Barly state's from Mr Rice 1781|
disch Nov 1781}|([blank]|[blank]|[blank])|[blank]|Capt'n Hutchins Capt'n Starks|[blank]|[blank]|Co of Windham Vermont|for 9 mo service & likewise traditional evidence|
[end of columns]
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
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 "volunteers," 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 et 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 [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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. ⇒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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 services of each person
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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 enquiry 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.

[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 most 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, 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 service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 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 place 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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 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.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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.
[margin note: [illegible] Certificate of the magistrate is herewith forwarded]
/s/John N Ashton
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Jas. E. Heath Esqr
Sir
Jefferson Ashtabula County Ohio
Feby 7. 1851
some time last summer I forwarded to
the Pension Office Bathshua Belknaps claim to a pension under the act of Congress of 2nd Feby 1848 & read in reply that the
papers were not sufficient [illegible] Since
that I saw she has sent to Windham County Vt. the place where she was manried for record proof of her marriage & has ascertained that no such record exists, neither is then any family record, but she has been enabled to prove by the affidavit of Same Larrabee of
Michigan (her younger brother) who was present at the marriage, the time of such marriage with [illegible] certaintys
I enclose to you her further application hoping that the evidence of her claim may be deemed satisfactory-
Respectfully Yours
Benj. B. Gaylord
Jas. E. Heath Washington
D.C
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O. W. & N. Div.
W. 5215.
L. W. B. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.

September 24th, 1896.

Sir:-

Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Calvin Belknap, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 16th, 1832, at which time he was 66 years of age and residing at Austinburg, Ohio, and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Vermont troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Blakesly and Col. Fletcher. He enlisted at Dummerston, Vermont. 

His widow, Bathsheba, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth. 

Very respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner.

Mr. R. S. Belknap,
Madison, Ohio.
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Sept 24 '96
said person
to R S Belknap
Madison
Ohio
S
1900 Mar. 22. Service to
Quartermaster General U.S. A.
for tombstone and
Reg WIDOW, &c.

File No. 5215

Bathsheba Belknap
Wid.
Calvin Belknap ┃
Pvt. Rev [illegible]
---
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: -- Vol. A,
Page 49 ┃
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Bathsheba Belknap

Act 2 Feb 1848
Send to
Benjn B. Gaylord

Sept 1850
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THE STATE OF OHIO,
ASHTABULA COUNTY, ss. }

I, ABNER KELLOGG, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Ashtabula, CERTIFY that Benjamin F. Wade Esquire, by whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit were taken, was at the date thereof, President George of the 3rd ----- Circuit in the State of Ohio, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And FURTHER, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of said Judge, and believe the signatures purporting to be his is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Jefferson, the 7th day of February A. D. 1851. 

A. Kellogg,
Clerk.
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[verso]
Calvin Belknap
Capt Blakesley's company of Col. Col. Fletchers Reg't 
8 years in Austinburg Sept 5. 1836.
moved from Onondaga Co. N.Y.

[recto]
Payments to be made at Pittsburgh. by 1st US. Br. Bank.
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency, Ohio Pittsburgh.

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 8. Page 106 by Wm. R. Palmer. Clerk.
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[form with handwritten items filled in]
WAR DEPARTMENT.
is entitled to receive
Revolutionary Claim.
I cerify that in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832, Calvin Belknap
of the State of Ohio
---
who was a Private in the Army
of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty dollars [crossed out] and cents [end cross out]
per annum, during his natural life, commencing on
the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and
4th of September, in every year
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this
24th day of
July one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three
Acting Secretary of War.
John Robb
Examined and Countersigned.} JL Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
March 4. 1831

Capt Blakeley's Company of infantry
in Col Hitcher's Regt.
resides in Auslinban for 6 yrs last [illegible]
formerly resided in Vermont and New York
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State of Michigan
Lenawee County }
I Samuel Larabee of
Home in said County and being of careful age being first duly sworn do depose and say that I was present and saw the marriage
of Calvin Belknap & Bathshua Larabee (now Bathshua Belknap)
solemnized in the Town of Dummerston, County of Windham, State of Vermont
Said marriage was solemnized
at her Fathers house in said Town, on or about the first day of November 1786 or 1787, deponent is not certain as to
the time is sure it was in the fore part of [illegible] and Soon after the revolutionary war
Sworn and subscribed this
Deponent further says
marriage ceremony was performed by the
the Rev. M Crosby a congregational Minister
of Dummerston aforesaid
Samual Larabee
Subscribed and sworn
to before me this 23d day
of December 1850
Richard H [illegible]
Justice of the peace in afor
said Windham County
I Richard H Whitney a justice 
of the peace in for said County do hereby
certify that I know the above named
Samuel Larrabee and
I believe his statements are entitled to full credit 
Richard H Whitney
Justice peace
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State of Michigan
Lenawee County ⎬ I Certify that Richard H
Whitney before whom the foregoing
affidavit purports to have been made was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace duly Elected qualified & sworn & that his signature thereto attached is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
County Court you said currently aforesaid (being a Court of Record at Adrian this twenty third
day of December A.D. 1850
L. G. Shole Clerk
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State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss } On this twenty first day of August 1852 personally appeared before ['me' crossed out] the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County Bathshua Belknap a resident of Austinburg in said County aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. 
That she is the widow of Calvin Belknap who was a private in the United States Army (and for proof of the Regiment in which he served reference is made to the papers in Calvin Belknap's application for a pension on file in the Pension Office) that he received a pension of $30. per annum,
She further declares that she is still a widow, and was married to the said Calvin Belknap previous to 1794 - 
/s/X her mark Bathshua Belknap - 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - 
/s/Sylvester Stanley Justice of the peace - 
/s/Sylvester Stanley}
/s/Worton Belknap} Witnesses to the signature of Bathshua Belknap
I certify that Bathshua Belknap the above declarant, is personally known to me to be the person she represents herself to be -
/s/Sylvester Stanley Justice of the peace -
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss } I Abner Kellogg Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio do certify that Sylvester Stanley before whom the within Declaration was made was at the date of his certificate within and Still is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such Justice of the Peace and that his signature to said certificates is genuine
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Jefferson this 26th day of August AD 1850
/s/Abner Kellogg Clerk
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Affidavit to accompany Belknapp, application for Pention
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss } Before me Alvin Bayley a Justice of the peace for said county personally came Claudius Stanard who being duly sworn according to Law on his said oath deposeth and saith That I was a soldier in the year 1781 in the State troops of Vermont in Colonel Fletchers Regiment and I think I recollect the name of Calvin Belnap in said Regiment and from circumstances I fully believe that the same man who was there in the Army - I am sure that he must have been in the Army at that time and place or he could not have related all the circumstances which he relates the term of the enlistment at that time was time months, And further this deponent saith not
/s/Claudius Stannard
Sworn to and subscribed at Jefferson in said County this 2nd day of August 1832 before me
/s/Alvin Bagley Justice of the peace.
The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss } I Sam'l Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that Alvin Bagley whose name appears subscribed above in his own proper hand writing is a Justice of the Peace of the township of Jefferson in said County of Ashtabula duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio -
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson the 2d day of August AD. 1832
/s/Sam'l Hencry Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss } I Sam'l Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that Alvin Bagley Esquire whose name appears subscribed in his own proper hand writing (which is to me well known) to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace of the township of Jefferson in said County duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio - And that he is the same Alvin Bagley Justice of the Peace who has above certified on the certificate to which this is attached
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson the 29th day of April Ad. 1833
/s/Sam'l Hendry Clerk P. Tem.
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss } This day that is to day on the 29th day of April A.D. 1833 personally came Calvin Belknap who made the above Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832, And being by me duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was born in the town of Brimfield since the town of Halford in the state of Massachusetts. That he was born in the year of Our Lord one thousand ['eight' crossed out] seven hundred & sixty six. 
/s/Calvin Belknap
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me
/s/Alvin Bayley
Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss } I Alvin Bagley a Justice of the peace do certify that one Claudius Stanard on the 2nd day of August 1832 appeared before me and took an oath as appears from his affidavit herewith affixed and that the said Claudius Stanard is a credible person and that full confidence should be placed in his word
/s/Alvin Bagley
Justice of the peace
April 29 1833

Affidavit to accompany Belknapp, application for Pention
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Bathshua Belknap widow of Calvin 
Ohio Pittsburgh
Act 2 Feb 1848
Married 1787 
Hus'd died 17 March 1848 
Adm'd 9 mos for $30 per annum cont'g
17 March 1848
#5642
Pitts
B. B. Gaylord
Jefferson Co.
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[handwritten letter]
U. S. Pension Agency
Pittsburgh May 12 1881

Sir, 
Your order of the 3rd Ult. directed me to place name of Bathsheba Belknap widow of Calvin Belknap on the Roll of pensioners, act Feby. 2 1848, at the rate of $96. per annum, commencing 17 March 1848. Payment has since then been demanded up to 4th March last, and only at the rate of $30. per ann. claimed.
Will you be pleased to inform me by which of these rates I shall be governed in making payment, and oblige
Very respectfully your obt. Servt.
/s/Wm J. Howard
Pen. Agt. 

Jas. E. Heath Esq
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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J.L. Edward Esq
D
Jefferson Ohio Aug. 28. 1830
I herewith send you Basheba
Belknap's declaration for a pension. If her papers are right please send her certificate to me for mail. If anything further is
necessary please inform.
I am Respectfully Yours
Ben B Gaylard
J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
U.S. Pension Agency
Pittsburgh May 26 1851

Sir, 
Agreeably to your request of the 17th inst. I herewith return your order of the 30th Ult. in relation to the pension of Mrs. Bathsheba Belknap.
Be pleased to return me so much of the enclosed order as relates to the increase of pension to Mr Wilkinson
very respectfully your obt Servt
/s/Wm. J. Howard
Pen. Agt.

Jas. E. Heath Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. F. SEP 14 1896]
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[letterhead start] 
L. H. KIMBALL,
PRESIDENT.
STRATTON.
CASHIER.
J. P. SMEAD,
VICE-PRESIDENT.
Exchange Bank of Madison [letterhead end]

Madison, Ohio, Sept. 12 " 1896
Hon. D. L. Murphy Washington DC.
Dear Sir
I would like
to know if there is anything
on record in your dept
regarding the service of
Calvin Belknap in the Rev. War.
He enlisted from Dummerston
Vt. and served in the
Campaign of 1781
If there is any record of any
other Belknaps who served from
Vt. I would like to know
their names and from what
place they served
Yours truly
R. S. Belknap