Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,222, Peter Betts, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
CONTENTS
Betts, Peter
Bathsheba
NUMBER
W. 25.222
B.L.Wt. 26569-160-55.
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24275
New York
Peter Betts
Rensellear in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Jackson of the Regt. commanded
Col. " [Jackson" in the New York
line for 10 months--
 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Nov
1833-
and sent to Claimant
Greenbush
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33
$83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34
16.66
===
$99.99
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Go C Stiles
Clerk,
Book E Vol 4 Page 90
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State of New York
County of Rensselaer. On this Ninth day of October 1833
personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas now sitting Peter Betts a resident of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer and State of
York aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officer, and served as herein stated
that he was born in the town of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut and resided there until after the close of the Revolutionary War. that from the commencement of the War
he was frequently called out in the Militia to guard the stores
and the lines at the place where he resided that he was very
frequently called upon in alarms and always held himself
ready and willing to go when called upon and did go when
called upon that on the 27th day of March 1781 he enlisted
in a matross company comanded by Captain Daniel Jackson in Norwalk aforesaid and continued under the command of Captain Jackson until the close of the War that
they were stationed at Norwalk in the State of Connecticut aforesaid during the whole of his service.
1.That he was born in Norwalk in the State of Connecticut
2. That he does not know of any Record of his age.
3. That he lived in Norwalk aforesaid when called into service
and since the Revolutionary War he resided a number of years
in Norwalk aforesaid, and has resided in a number of towns
in the State of New York for the last 30 years, and that he
now lives in Greenbush Rensselaer County,
5. That he cannot recollect any regular officers he believes
John Rich was Lieutenant in their Company
6.That he never received any discharge from service except
a dismissal when the war closed.
,7.that he is acquainted with Benjamin Gilbert of Troy
Archibald Bull of Troy, John Thomas Esq of Troy and a
at number of persons in Tray and Greenbush who can
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testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief
of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. that he has no
documentary evidence of his service and knows no other
person now except Capt. Jackson that he can prove his service by. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
H R Bristol Clerk
Peter Betts

We Benjamin Gilbert and Archibald Bull residing in
the City of Troy hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Peter Betts who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four
years of age that he is reputed and believed to have been
a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that
opinion
Benjn Gilbert
Archibald Bull
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
H R Bristol Clerk

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 Benjamin Gilbert and
Archibald Bull are residents of the City of Troy and are
credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
and that they know them to be the same individuals that
have subscribed and sworn to the preceding certificate
I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Peter Betts for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal office this 9th day of October 1833
Henry R Bristol Clerk
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9650
Application for a pension
Bathsheba Betts Widow
of Peter Brats
N York
the
Act July 7  38
m 86. Nov. 41
Archibald Bull
Agent
Troy NY
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ⎬ Ss. On this fourteenth day of September 1843
personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of
Rensselaer County Courts in the State aforesaid Bathsheba
Betts a resident of the Town of Greenbush in the County and
State aforesaid, aged Eighty years, who being first duly from
according to Law, doth on her oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions
made by the acts of Congress of July 1838. 23 August 1842
and 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the revolutionary War- That she is the
widow of Peter Betts who was a private in the army of
the Revolution and served as is setforth in his original
declaration on file in the office of the Commissioner of
Pensions in the City of Washington. She also declares that
she was married to the said Peter Potts on the fifteenth
day of October in the year One thousand Seven hundred
and Eighty six, at Fairfield in the State of Connecticut by
the Rev. Mr Ripley a Presbyterian Clergyman. that she
has no documentary evidence nor does she know of any, shewing the
time of the said Marriage nor is there any person now
living who was present at the time of said marriage, that she
was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the
Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four Towit, at the time above
stated. She further declares that the said Peter Betts died
on the second day of November One thousand Eight
hundred & forty one and that she is still a widow
Bathsheba Betts
Subscribed from the day &
year aforesaid
 
Archibald Bull Judge
Rensselaer County Courts
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Rensselaer for Thomas Betts of the Town of Brunswick in said County, being
duly affirmed saith that he is now Sixty seven years of age that
he is the nephew of the within named Peter Betts, and Bathsheba
his wife, has been well acquainted with the said Peter Betts
wife for more than fifty five years last past, that they have
lived together as husband & wife from witnesses first recollection until the day of his death. And that at the time of the
receiving the balance of the pension due to the said Peter Betts
was proved before the Court of the County of Rensselaer
that the said Bathsheba was the widow of the said Peter Betts - And further says not

Thomas Bett
Sworn to this September, 1845
before me
Archibald Bull Judge
Buss. Co. Bent &
certify that I am intimately & well acquainted with
the above named Thomas Beer and that he is a man of
& veracity September 1, 1843. Archibald Bull
George
State of New of
Rensselaer County ss Charles Hooper Clerk of
Clerks Office
said County do hereby certify
that Archibald Bull on whom the foregoing
deposition of Thomas Betts purports to have been
taken was at the time of taking the same a Judge
of the Rensselaer County Courts, spina
County duly commissioner and sum. That
I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of the said Judge & verily believe a Signature
Subscribed to the above set of proof of
in Deposition & to the above certificate, is the
proper handwriting of the said Judge
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed my office seal
this 14th day of September 1843
Charles Hooper Clerk
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Greens Farms CT.
May 31st 1845
This certifies that Peter Bets and
Bathsheba Wright were married in this
Parish, Oct. 15th 1788, as appears on the
church record
Giles M. Porter, Pastor of
Church in Greens Farms

I hereby certify that the Rev Giles
M. Porter made oath to the above
as a true and correct copy of the
original record.-- before me
Eben Beers Jus of the Peace
Greens Farms of May 31st 1845

State of Connecticut
Town Clerk's Office at
Westport August 29th 1845
I hereby certify that the
above named Ebenezer Beers was a Justice of the Peace
for Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut at the
date of the above affidavit (viz) May 31st 1845
Attest John W. Taylor
Town Clerk
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5.841
New York Albany
Bathsheba Betts
widow of Peter Pitts

who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a private
 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
33
Dollars 33 Cents
per annum, to commence
he 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued
17 day of Jany 185[illegible]
J. C. Ames
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under get
February 2, 1848, Page 16, Vol. 4
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36565
March 3/53
Apl 3/55
Bethesda Betts Wd of
Peter Betts decd Privt

Rev War
Pensioner act 1848

N.Y. Feby 48 - 5841
3
W:160 Acs May 16/56
Boynton
Wm Valentine
Albany
in
Wm Valentine Aug 22/55
th
Feby 1841
Vol. 3-92.
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Bathsheba Betts for
.
Land
-
36.565
Forwarded by
Wm Valentine of
Albany
NY
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DECLARATION
REVOLUTIONARY WIDOW FOR BOUNTY LAND.
STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Renssalear
SS.
On this 20th day  of March 1855 before me Wm Witbeck a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, personally appeared
Bathsheba Betts aged 91 last July years, 
 a resident of Greenbush
in said county, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the Bounty Land to
which she is entitled under the act of Congress, passed March 3d, 1855, that she is the widow of Peter Betts
who was private
in the Revolutionary War, and for the service of her husband
aforesaid she now receives a pension at the rate of thirty three Dollars & thirty three cents per annum under the act
of Congress, passed Feby 2 1848 For evidence of the services of her husband aforesaid, this declarant
refers the Department to the evidence on file in the Pension Office at Washington, and request the Land Warrant
forwarded to her Agent, Wm Valentine
of Albany N.Y.
She further declares that she is now a widow; and that she has not received or made application for bounty land
under this or any other act of Congress.
Bathsheba  her x mark Betts

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th
 day of March 1855
Wm Witbeck 
Justice of the Peace
I certify that Bathsheba Betts
is the identical person above named and described. And I further
certify that I have no interest whatever in the result of the matter above referred to.
The reason of said
Bathsheba not writing her name is on account of the age trembling have
Wm Witbeck Justice of the Peace

STATE OF New York
County of Renssalaer
George F Manville of
and John A Manville of Greenbush
in said county, who are credible and competent witnesses, being duly
sworn, deposeth that Bathsheba Betts is the identical person above named and described.
George H Manville
John A Manville
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
day of March 1833
Wm Witbeck Justice of the Peace

State of New York
COUNTY OF Renssalaer
I Ambrose Sheldon Clerk of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William Witbeck is
and was at the within date, a
Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified and authorized by
Law to a minister oaths for general purposes, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said William Witbeck
and verily believe his signature within written is genuine.
In Testimony here, have hereunto subscribed name and for the official Seal of said County, this
thirtieth day of March 1855
A H Shelton
CLERK
Forwarded by Wm Valentine of Albany NY
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WIDOW, &c.
File No.
25222
Bathsheba Betts
Wid of
Peter Betts
Pri Rev War
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Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 55
Arrangement of 1870.]

26569

V
9650
Bathsheba Betts
N. Y.
Suspended
Set to A Bull N. 22. 1843
the Jay 21, 1846
to same Sept 9:46
same Sept 24, 461
the
Act July 7 38
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Bathsheba Betts wid of Peter for land 
Act March 3 1855

[stamp]  ALBANY MAR 31 NY

L P Waldo Esqr
Commr of Pensions

36,360
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9.142
New York, Albany
Bathsheba Betts
widow of
Peter
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 33 Dollars 33 cents
 per annum, to commence on
4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
17" day of May 1852 and
to
Geo C. Ames Esq
Present
{Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.}
Recorded in Book A Vol 2
Page 261
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28. 135
Peter Betts
Declaration for a
Pension
Admitted
Private of Artillery
2 years
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
Probate Court District of Norwalk
 Sept 10 - 1833 Personally appeared before said
Court Daniel Jackson of Wilton in said District aged
87 years and being duly sworn in open Court
according to Law depose and says that he is well
acquainted with Peter Betts formaly of said Norwalk
now of Greenbush County of Rensselear State of New York
That on the 27 day of March 1781 I enlisted said
Peter Bett in the Matross company in said Norwalk as
a private soldier under my command and said
Betts continued a faithful Soldier under me on
guard of said Norwalk and on the lines from the
town of his enlistment until Piece or close of
the Revolution War



Sworn and Subscribed
in open Court the
day and year aforesaid
and that said Daniel
Jackson is a credible person
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and witness in testimony whereof
I hereunto set my hand and
Seal of said Court
Benj Isaacs Judge
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Mrs Betts
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Sally Hubble
Boarding House
51 4th St
Troy NY
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State of New York
County of Renssalaer
On this Sixteenth day of June
1851 before the Subscriber a Justice of the
of the Peace in and
for said County personally appeared Bathsheba
Betts a resident of Greenbush in said County 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 Acts of Congress passed March 3d 1843. June 17th
1844 and February 2, 1848, in connection with the
Joint Resolution of Congress passed
That she is the widow of Peter Betts deceased late
a resident of Rensselear County aforesaid and a pensions
of the United States at the rate of thirty three Dollars
and thirty three cents per annum. That her husband
aforesaid died, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and forty one, as will appear on reference
to the evidence filed in her former application for
Pension, that he
seen that her claim was reported about 1846
to A Bull Esq of Troy, he having been her agent at that time  For further evidence in support of her claim in connection with that of her marriage she refers the pension department to the evidence on file in that office & hereby constitutes and appoints Wm Valentine of Albany NY or his substitute at Washington city,  the agent in the further prosecution of said claim and hereby revoking all former agency in the matter.  She further declares that she is now a widow.

Bathsheba her x mark Betts

Subscribed & sworn to before me this ninteenth day of June 1851 the words "That & her" interlined before executing
John S Van Alen Justice of the Peace 

I certify that Bathsheba Betts is personally known to me and that she is the identical person named & described.
John E Van Alen Justice of the Peace
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Bathsheba Betts acknowledged before
me that she cannot write her name
on account of Infirmity, all interlineations
made before Execution
John E Van Allen Justice of the Peace
I certify that from infirmity & old age Bathsheba Betts
is unable to write her name,

The words "all interlinations
above mentioned refers only to the two words which
are named & duly noted at the bottom of the within
Declaration - The word "Witness "and & the words "Justice
of the Peace" added by me, the former having been
eroneously placed there by me to the Jurat of the
within Declaration
John E Van Allen Justice of the Peace
genuine.
this
SN.
day of
STATE OF NEW YORK,
RENSELAR COUNTY CLERK'S OFF.)
certify that John Van Alen., Clerk of said County, do hereby
before whom the annexed
affidavit was made, and whose names thereto subscribed, was, at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of
the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County,
24
June
A. D. 1851
H W Crump Clerk
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State of New York
County of Renssalaer
---
---
On this 19th
day of December
1851 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County personally appeared Bathsheba Betts a resident of
Greenbush in said county, 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 Acts
of Congress passed March 3, 1843. June 17th 1844 and February
1848 in connection with the joint Resolution of Congress passed
July 1st 1848. That she is the widow
of Peter Betts deceased
late a resident of Renssalaer County aforesaid and a pensioner of
the United States at the rate of thirty three Dollars and thirty
three cents per annum. That her husband aforesaid died in the
year one thousand eight hundred and forty as will appear on
reference to the evidence filed in her former application for a
pension. That her claim was last reported in the year 1846
to A. Bull Esq of Troy N.Y. he having been her agent at
that time. For further evidence in support of her claim in
connection with that of her marriage the refers the Pension Department to the evidence on file in that office & the hereby constitutes & appoints Wm Valentine of Albany N.Y. her Agent
the further prosecution of said claim, And hereby revoking all
former Agency in the matter

Bathsheba her x mark Betts

subscribed & Sworn to before me this
19th
day of December 1851
 John E Van Alen Justice of the Peace
 
I certify that Bathsheba Betts is the identical person above
named & described, & from infirmity and old age she is unable to
write her name John E. Van Alen Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, HENRY A CLUM Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that
John E Van Alen before
whom the annexed
affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was, at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of
the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed in
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County,
26th
day of December
A. D. 1851 Henry A Clum Clerk
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STATE OF NEW YORK.)
RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.

I, HENRY A. CLUM, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John E Van Allen Esq
before whom the annexed
affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was, at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of
the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County,
26th
day of December A. D. 1851
Henry A Clum
Clerk
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Archibald Bull
Agent 
Troy NY.
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. Thomas Betts of the Town of Brunswick in the
County & State aforesaid, being duly affirmed says, that he was intimately & well acquainted with Peter Betts Co of the Town of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer now deceased and this deponent says that he this deponent is now about Seventy years of age; and
his acquainted with the said Peter Bells is as old as deponents recollection
in and that he became acquainted with Bathsheba now the
widow of the said Peter Betts short after their marriage, which has continued up to this day and that the said Peter was, as to and
the time of his death a Revolutionary pensioner; and this deponent
says that the said Bathsheba Betts is the widow of the said Peter
was such pensioner, and has hereof nor application for a pension as
widow, through Archibald Bell Esquire of the City of Troy as her agent
and further says not

Thomas Betts

Affirmed to this 12th day of
August 1846 before me
Archibald Bull 
I certify that Thomas Bell the affirmant above named is a
man of strict truth & veracity
Archibald Bull
Judge
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
SS.
Clerk.
1 AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, do hereby
Certify, That Archibald Bull
whose name is
subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was,
at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Judges of
County Courts
of the County of Rensselaer, dwelling in said
County, duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well
acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Judge
and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is
genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and allied the Seal of said County, this twelfth day
of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six
A H Sheldon Clerk
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Sept 14 1846

Adaity case
Bethsheba Betts

J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Troy NY September 9, 1846.

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Sir

In your letter of the 21. July 1846 you inform me as follows towit.
"In the case of Bethsheba Betts, the proof of the date of the marriage is satisfactory; but some evidence
should be adduced that she is the widow of that Peter Bells who was
lately a pensioner."
In answer to this part of yours, I transmitted
to your Department the affidavit of Thomas Betts shewing that she
is the widows of that Peter Betts who was lately a pensioner, and that
he had been acquainted with them for the time of their marriage.

on the receipt of the last mentioned affidavit at your department & under date of the 7th Instant, I have received a letter from
G. W. Crump Esq. who says. "The duplicate Statement of Thomas Betts
" affords no additional evidence in the case of Bathsheba Betts widow
of Peter Betts
As this evidence is the usual evidence transmitted to

the Department shewing the identity of the applicant, I am at a loss
what course to take further to shew what more is required to satisfy you
who Bethsheba Betts is, unless the proof now before you shall be deemed
sufficient, That she is the widow of the very Peter Betts who was in a
matross Company under Captain Daniel Jackson at Norwalk in Connecticut & for which he drew a pension, it is supposed is established In
your letter of the 21. July 1846. you have also stated as
follows: "Upon a review of his papers with the better information
of the service than was possessed in 1833 by the examining Clerk, it does
not appear that he should have been allowed for more than 10 months
service under Captain Daniel Jackson, at Norwalk, in a matross
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"Company subsequently to 1780, without some evidence from the Comproller
Book  to confirm it." Believing that the Department would from the
foregoing communication grant a pension for the 10 months services
of which evidence appears to exist in the Department in the absence of the
proof required from the Comptrollers Books. I did not communicate
the fact that I had been able to obtain any further information from the
Comptrollers fire in relation to the Sevice of Peter Betts
Again in the letter of G. W. Crump under date of 7. Instant he is pleased
to pay the requisitions contained in my letter to you of the 21st July
last must be complied with before any satisfactory adjustment of this
claim can be made.
---
I am apprehensive that I misunderstand
the Department-- Do I, or not. The Department says, only 10 months was
should have been allowed, unless the Comptrollers Books confirm the
what claim, not the 10 months, for that is established; what then
the claim or which Peter Bells was allowed his pension; that I suppose
what is referred to in the letter of the 7th Instant -- I cannot suppose that
Mrs Betts claim for a pension is to be defeated because she fails to
then the greater service than the 10 months which the Com of Pension, says
shown by the Department. This being the case, he will has not only
shown herself to be the widow of Peter Betts a pensioner, but that she is at
events entitled to a pension for 10 months Servis by him
Please inform me, if I am an error in this case
Respectfully yours &c
Archibald Bull
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Bathsheba Betts
Wid of Peter
N.Y.

Acts 3 March '43 & 6&
Joint Res 1 July 1848

#33.33 per an


G C Ames
Present,
Page 32

May 21 1846
on NY Roll
Adar te'
Bathsheba Betts

James L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC
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Troy N.Y. May 18. 1846.

Hon J.L. Edwards
Sir

Enclosed is the proof, of the marriage of Peter
Betts to Bathsheba Wright, now his widow. This proof I presume will received as complying with the regulations of the department
In relation to the proof to be obtained from
the Comptroller of Connecticut - no such rolls have been found
as mentioned
I am informed that when Peter Betts was
placed on the pension Roll he had the proof of Lieut or Captain
Daniel Jackson who commanded a company of Artillery in Norwalk
have attained that Jackson is dead and we have been unable
to find any other living witness of his services. If the proof of Jackson is on file in your department I hope it may be deemed
sufficient
Respectfully Yours
Archibald Bull
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Washington July 3d 1851
James E Heath Esq

Enclosed you will please
find [illegible] in the case of
Bathsheba Betts widow of Peter Bells
an applicant for a pension under the
act 7 July 1838 from the State of New York

Mrs Betts husband has been
Allowed a pension under the act of
4 Mar 1832 at $33.33 per Ann their marriage before 1794 has been [illegible]
that she is now living she is entitled
to the benefits of the jurat resolutions
of July 1843 and Bank, there on
therefore, be in for the objection to the
admission of her claim and I hope [illegible]
peace may issue at an early
Very Respectfully
your Obt Svt
Geo Ames
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Brief in the case of Bathsheba Betts, wid of Peter
County and State of N. York
act 3 Mch 43 &C. & Joint Resolution 1 July 48
Claim, (original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under Act of 32 at
$33.33 per an & died in 1841
Evidence of Marriage Record
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Geo C. Ames
Present
Kirby
Examining Clerk.