Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.12146, Samuel Bell, Green Mt Boys. N.H. Vt.
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SERVICE                   NUMBER
Green Mt Boys    Bell   Samuel   S12146
NH
VT         Carded
CONTENTS
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The Ltr to Pensioner
"       "       Pension agent
"       "  to  New York Feb 13, 1837 processing copy of deceased Aug. 20, 56 
The Ltr to New York  April 26, 1837.

1868
New York
===================================Samuel Bell
of Greene in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Seely of the Regt. commander by Col Warner in the N.H. time for 9 Mos. Green Mt Boys & VT.
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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.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April
1833 and sent to Mr. F. Whittlesey
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.       $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept-   $15.00
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                                                                $75.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book  E Vol. 4 Page 43

Green Mountain Boys and VT.
Ab/Aug 11, 1905
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18. 180 N.H.
Samuel Bell
no rolls- of Warner Regt
admitted 9 mos.  Private

5. 16 G-2/6

B 62263



W. F. Whittlesey
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Bell of Green in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 74 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period|            Duration of Service|            Rank|
                        Years, Months, Days           As a
Jan. In 1776.   about 5...................          Private
Aug.  " 1776               3..................                "
             1777    about 1..................                "

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Seth Warner ⎬New Hampshire
Capt Saml Atkinson                      do
Capt Timothy Brush

5. In what battles was he engaged? now named
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lyme Grafton County N. Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence alone
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached according to the Regulations

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

Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.
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Monroe (illegible)
In the matter of
The application
of                                       (illegible)
Samuel Bell 
for a pension

18180

admitted.
9 mo. Private.
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State of New York
Monroe County ⎬ss

On this fourth day of October
Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before James Smith Joseph Sibley Samuel Castle Esquires Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the said county of Monroe and State of New York a Court having a Seal and Clerk Samuel Bell of the Town of Greece in the said County aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of congress passed June 7
1832- That he entered the service of the
United States at the respective times and under the circumstances following. That in the
month of January in the year 1776 at the
time of this applicants first enlistment as after
mentioned he resided in the town of Lime
County of Grafton & Province of New Hampshire.
That in the latter part of said month of
January the applicant at said town of Lime enlisted in what was called Captain Seely company in a regiment commanded by Colonel Seth Warner - That whether said regiment was raised by order of the province of New Hampshire or by order  of congress the applicant is uncertain, but thinks that it must have been by order of congress-- The following were the officers in the company in which this applicant enlisted to the best of his recollection viz Captain Abner Seely - Ephraim Seely first Lieutenant. Oliver Willard Second Lieutenant. John Payne orderly Sergeant - The applicant does not recollect
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the names of the field officers further then Colonel Seth Warner & Major Safford - That some of said company were raised in said province of New Hampshire & some in what is now called the State of Vermont as this applicant be here the town where he enlisted being on the line  between New Hampshire & Vermont then part of New York- That after he enlisted the Company did not remain over ten days in Line, but set out on their march for Canada they marched through the north part of New York State to Lake Champlain. The regiment did not march together but each company went off as soon as collected. They followed the lake to St Johns & thence to Montreal. they staid in Montreal about five days at the and by which time the regiment got all collected
  The whole regiment was then marched
to Quebec - We took some days before they
arrived them & when they arrived at Quebec
they were stationed on the plains of Abraham
the main army being there when they arrived
the remained there till the 6th May 1776
when the army retreated back into what
was called the three river where they
made a stand & which place is halfway
between Montreal & Quebec. They were
closely pursued by the British commanded
by Burgoyne & the rear guards on the way ┃
were engage in occasional Skirmishes -
From the three rivers they again retreated
to Loville where they met with General
Sullivan with recruits & there again they
made a stand - till finding that they were
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so closely pursued General Sullivan ordered
the army to retreat. They retreated back to
St. Johns by the same out the advanced
on their retreated they tore up & broke down
the bridges & to prevent the advance of the
enemy . They remained sometime in St Johns
where the whole troops were assembled
from St John they went across the Lake
to Ticonderoga, where they remained some
days, about a fortnight. This was in the
month of June. The regiment to which
the applicant belonged was then discharged
by their Colonel Seth Warner - no written dis
charge was given to any of the men that
applicant knew of but the regiment was
called out & then verbally discharged by
the Colonel, saying that he thanked them
for the services & that he might all go home
applicant went home to line & stayed
there till the month of August 1776 when
he enlisted at Lime again in a company
raised by the State of New Hampshire in
which he enlisted for the period of three
months - The company was raised for the
purpose of building forts on the Connecticut
nes & watching the frontiers. The names
of the officers as far as the applicant recollects
were Captain Samuel Atkinson - Lieutenant,
Garish-Ensign Dustin- They were chiefly
employed in building forts on the Connectient river & in scouting on the frontiers.

The Company built three forts one in
Permanent & two in Haventh - The applicant
continued in the service the three months
which expired sometime in November or
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December & which time expired when they
were in Staverille- They got no written
discharge but were verbally dismissed
when their time expired by the Captain-
The applicant then returned home to Lime
     The next service of applicant was in
the last of February or March the next
year 1777. A company of Militia was drafted
in New York immediately over the line in the
neighbourhood of Lyme aforesaid & applicant
being fond of the service agreed to serve
as a substitute for another man. The service
was only for the period of one month-
The officers of the company whose names
the applicant recollects were Captain Timothy
Bush & Lieutenant Hosford - don't recollect the
names of the others-- Immediately after the
applicant joined the Company they marched
to Ticonderoga. Soon after they arrived
there (which was about a week after they commenced their march, they found the
we had got to think that the enemy could
not cross the Lake, and the Company after
being about one month in service by the
General commanding. either General Ware
of General St Clair but does not recollect
which of them. They had no written discharge here either but were discharged verbally as before. That this completed all the applicant service.
That he has no documentary evidence of his said services, nor does he know of any person alive whose testimony could be
procured to the same
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She 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 and the said Court hereupon propound & put to said applicant the respective interrogatories prescribed by the war department under the
act of the 7th June 1832 who upon his oath aforesaid doth make answer thereunto as
follows viz
To the first Interrogatory
           She says that he was born in the
Town of Palmer, County of Worcester in the
State of Massachusetts, on the first day of
January 1758
To the second Interrogatory
         She says that he has no record or
certificate of his age in his possession, but
that he has been informed & believes, that
there is a record kept by the Town Clerk
in said town of Palmer
To the third interrogatory
            She says that he lived in the town of
Lyme County of Grafton & province of
New Hampshire when called into said service
as is stated in the above declaration, after
his last discharge as aforesaid and the
● he lived several years in the & said town of Lyme- moved thence to Chittenden County Vermont where he remained about four years-- moved thence into St. Armond in the province of Lower Canada where he remained about fifteen years afterwards he removed into the town of
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Avon in Genesee County-New York where he remained about three years. & then moved into Henrietta in Monroe County in said State of New York where she remained three or four years - moved again into Genesee County where he remained about four years & then moved back again into the County of Monroe where he has remained ever since to
 the fourth interrogatory.
         He says that he entered the service
as follows- that he first enlisted as a volunteer for the period of three months. He next enlisted for the period of three months and lastly served as a substitute for the period of one month, and that the name of the person for whom he served as a substitute was
William Cushman
To the fifth Interrogatory.
She  says that the names of the Colonel
& Major of the regiment in which he first
enlisted were Colonel Seth Warner & Major
Safford. Does not recollect the Lieutenant
Colonels name. The names of the officer in
his company were Captain Abner Seely, Ephraim Seely first Lieutenant, Oliver Willard second Lieutenant. John Payne orderly sergeant -
In the company raised by the State of
New Hampshire as set forth in the foregoing
declaration & in which the applicant enlisted
the names of the officers as far as he can
recollect were Captain Samuel Atkinson Lieutenant Garish & Ensign Dustin - and in
the Company in which he served as a substitute
the only officers whose names the applicant
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recollects were Captain Timothy Bush &
Lieutenant Harford - His services are
particularly set forth in the foregoing declaration
To the sixth interrogatory
He says that he never received a
written discharged.
To the seventh interrogatory
He says that he is known to the following
persons viz Jared Higbee, James McKenny-
Stephen Bucklin who can testify as to the applicant, character for veracity and their belief as to the services of the applicant as a soldier of the revolution

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. Cutter Dep. Clerk
                                                         S. Bell

Mr. Jared Higbee & James McKenny
hereby certify that we are well acquainted
with Samuel Bell who has subscribed
sworn to the above declaration and me
believe him to be seventy four years of
age- that he is reputed & believed in
the neighbourhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution & 
we concur in that opinion

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. Cutler Dep. Clerk

Jared Higbee
James McKenny
-
James W Kennes
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter; and after putting the interrogatory
prescribed by the war department that the
above named applicant was revolutionary soldier and served as he states- and the Court further certify that Jared Higbee and James McKenny who have signed the preceding certificate are resident in the town of Greece in said County of Monroe and are credible persons to credit and it also appears that there is no Clergyman in the neighbourhood of the said applicant, with whom he is acquainted & who
could certify as to his belief of the age of said applicant & the reputation in his neighbourhood of said applicant having been a Revolutionary soldier.                                          James  Smith 
                                                      Joseph Sibley
                                                      Samuel Castle
       Judges of honoree County Common Pleas

I Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common
pleas in & for the County of Monroe & State of
New York do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
Samuel Bell for a pension
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said County of Monroe this fourth day of October one thousand Eight
hundred & thirty two-             L. Adams Clerk
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Monroe County ⎬ ss, on this twenty seventh day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before Samuel S Selden Joseph Sibley & Peter Price Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Monroe aforesaid, Samuel Bell the applicant in the preceding declaration who being again duly sworn deposeth & saith in addition to & in corrobora
tion of what is contained in the preceding declaration 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 & in the following grades-Viz. First - for at least not less than five months, as a private -- Second. For not less than three months as a private.-Third for not less than one month as a substitute making in all nine months service, & for which said applicant claims a pension-
                                         Samuel Bell

Sworn & subscribed}
the day & year above mentioned-
J. Cutler Dep. Clerk

State of New York}
Monroe County ss}
 I Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Comm on Pleas of the said County of Monroe Dort that the foregoing amendment of Samuel Bell to his
original proceedings hereto annexed for a pension was sworn to in open Court the day & year & before the Judges of said County therein named, and that the said Judges respectively were at the said time act.  Duly qualified to discharge the duties of their said office In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed the seal of my said Office this 9th day of April 1833-
Leonard Adams Clerk

[one appucan; was this recollect]
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Rev War
12146
INVALID.
File No. 12,146
Samuel Bell
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. a, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hon. James S Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
War Office
D of C
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Sir
Batavia, Genesee Co. N.Y. Apl 12, 1837
Yours of the 13th March 1837 enclosing a letter from the Department to Mr. Samuel Bill, Greece, N.Y. of the 20, August 1836, is received. M. Bell never received your letter as he had mind from seal to this County at the time it was written, which is the reason that he has not given the same an earlier attention. I have had a conversation with the and I have no doubt that his statements in relation to his
services are true By yours of the 20 August, it appears that Seth Hamer was appointed a Col. on the 5th July 1776 and Abner Seely was appointed Captain. By referring to his statement you will perceive that the service of Mr. Bell was the said months previous to July and in a campaign in Canada
He states that he was called out in June 1776 that Col. Warner ruined a regiment suddenly on an emergency and marched into Canada of this regiment and of the fact of C. Warner being a Col and Seely a Captain at this time you have no rolls. The rolls which you have are of the Regiment after it has become regularly incorporated into the Continental Army. You will receive that the statement of Mr Bell is comforted by the fact of there being six
months from the commencement of his service until the Rolls commence, which at the accounts for the first of his name not being found upon the rolls. In this circumstance
I should place great reliance for the South of his statement, as it was made without the knowledge of the distance of my will
Will you cause another careful examination of
his claim to be made and if possible and right have him instated upon the rolls. You must be aware that it is
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very of improbable and if not impossible that he can prove Proof of his service by living witnesses.- His statement may be true and great injustice might be done him by rejecting his claim-I am well acquainted with him and some of his children and their character stands high,-
I am with much respect Yours faithfully
Horace W. Soper
Hon.

James L. Edward
Court of Pensions-
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Hon. James L Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington 
D of C

(upside down)
Act (illegible) Mar. 13,1837
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                                        Batasia N.Y. Jan. 6. 1837
Hon. James L. Edwards

Dear Sir,
          Mr Samuel Bell, now resident of Batavia
N. Y. and formerly of Greece, Monroe Co. N.Y. late a pensioner under Pension Act of 1832, informs me, that his pension was not paid at the Agency Office on the last pension payment day, and wishes me to make the necessary inquiries at the Pension Office of his pension has been stopped by the Department, will you inform what are the reasons for stopping payment on the same and how he may obviate any objections there may be to his continuing in the receipt of his pension,-
He is eminently deserving of the little pittance, given him by government, and it seems hand, to acting with hopes excited by the liberality of our rulers.-
Please direct your communication to me and an
early answer will much oblige me.-

Your Obedient Servant-
H.U. Soper