Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34644, John Sprigg Belt, Md.
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Service
Md.

Belt, John Sprigg

Number 
S34644
{B.L. Wt. 232.300.Capt
{Issued May 13, 1795
{No Papers
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[Bifold]
[Left side]

354. [encircled]
Maryland Roll

John Sprigg Belt
4th Regt  Captain
Maryland line Six yrs.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 19th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of May 1818 and sent to Richard Ridgely, Esq.
Annapolis Maryland

Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1818
4 months 17/31                   $ 90.95

{Revolutionary claims,}
{Act 18th March 1818}

[Right side]
Let to Hon. B.C. Howard,
Oct 6. 1837
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John Sprigg Belt
Captain
19th Apl. 1818
Judge Ridgely,
Annapolis, Md.
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State of Maryland
Anne Arundel County April 19th 1818

John Sprigg Belt of this County and State aforesaid, appeared before the subscriber Associate Judge of the third Judicial District of Maryland and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God deposes, said and declaired [declared] that he was appointed and Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the fourth Maryland Redgiment [Regiment] on the Tenth day of December 1776 and was appointed Captain in the said Redgiment [Regiment] on the Fifteenth day of December 1777, and served in the War of the Revolution against the Common Enemy from the time first mentioned 'til the conclusion of the War, the said John Sprigg Belt further deposes, said, and declaired [declared] as aforesaid that from his reduced circumstances he need the assistance of his country for support

The above Deposition sworn to before me the Day and Year aforesaid

Richd. Ridgely
[flourish]
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Maryland Arundel County to wit-
I Richard Ridgely Associate Judge of the third Judicial District of the Sate [State] of Maryland Do hereby certify that it appears fully to my satisfaction from the Deposition aforesaid and from other Testimony Laid before me, that John Sprigg Bell the person named in the aforegoing Affidavit served in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the said Affidavit against the Common Enemy-- In Testimony whereof I have herewith transmitted the said Testimony to the Honble [Honorable] the Secretary of the Department of War and have hereto set my Hand this nineteenth Day of April in the Year Eighteen hundred and Eighteen
Richd. Ridgely

Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit
I hereby certify that the honourable Richard Ridgely Esquire who appears to have taken and signed the aforegoing affidavits was at the time of taking and signing,
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signing thereof one of the associate judges of the third Judicial district of Maryland comprehending the Counties of Calvert Anne Arundel and Montgomery, duly commissioned and qualified; and to all his acts as such full faith and credit [illegible] and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout

In Testimony whereof I hereto set my name and affix the seal of Anne Arundel County Court this twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

Wm. S. Green [illegible][illegible][illegible][illegible]
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[AW? handwritten]
Rev. War Section.

June 17, 1919

Hon. Sam. R. Sells 
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Sells:

In reply to your letter of the fourteenth instant and the enclosed letter of the Hon. W. H. Piper, of Greeneville, Tenn., I have the honor to advise you that a care-ful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that claims for pension or bounty land were filed on account of the Revolutionary War services of William Piper, First Virginia Regiment and Captain John Sprig Bell [underlined] of Maryland.

The warrant No.2332, for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 13, 1795, on account of the services of Captain John Sprigg Belt [underlined], Maryland Line, War of the Revolution.  For the location of said warrant, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office.

For information in regard to land that may have been granted by the State of Virginia, on account of the Revolutionary War services of William Piper, you should consult the State Librarian at Richmond, Virginia,

Very truly yours,
E.  C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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[Left side top written crosswise, illegible]

In reply to your request of Feb 19. 1909, received Feb 24 for a statement of the military history of John Sprigg [underlined] Belt. S. F. 34,644. [underlined] a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's [struck through]) application on file in this Bureau. 

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
Dec 10 1776
Dec 15 1777

Length of Service
---
Nov 15 1783

Rank
Lieut
Capt.

Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain
[blank]
blank
Colonel
4th regt
  "      "
State
Md
 "

Battles Engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, April 19, 1818, his claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Anne Arundel Co. , Md.
Age at date of application, not stated.

Remarks: [Entire statement struck through twice, first word illegible] was alive in 1820 [rest of the line too faded to be legible]
(The Rev War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Osborn Belt, Joseph Belt, Archibald Edmonston, Robert Orme, John Orme, or Basil Brashear or Brashley as described by you and included in letter of [illegible] 8, 1917)
The above ^noted is the only claim for any [claim for any struck out then annotated to "leave in"] soldier named Belt found in the Rev. War records of this Bureau

Very respectfully,
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[Bifold Left Side]

34644
Revy INVALID
File No. 34644
John Sprigg Belt
Capt Rev War

Act: 18th March 18th
Indes:--Vol. 2, Page 34

[Arrangement of 1870]

[Bifold Right Side]
1909. Mch 24: Hist to Mrs. M. L Stalnaker M.B.H.
1917, Mch 8. History to Miss Emma Dicken. F.W.
1919 June 17, County land data given Hon. Sam R. Sells. AW
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John Sprigg Belt, Maryland roll - act
of March 18. 1818.

Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid.

Pension office
Oct 5, 1837

Paid to the 4th March 1820
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I certify that it appears by the
Musters of Maryland Troops that
John Sprigg Belt entered the service
as a Lieutenant on 10th Dec. 1776 &
was appointed Captain on the 15th
Dec 1777. And by the Pay Roll
it appears that Captain John
Sprigg Belt received Arrears of
Pay from the 11 Augt 1780 to the
15th Novr. 1783.
R. Lookerman And Lew
Auditors Office Annapolis 22 April 1818.
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Oct 4
Belt
[illegible] 1818

Hon B.C. Howard
HR
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House of Representatives
Oct 3. 1837

Sir

Please state whether
the pension alluded to in
the enclosed,
was granted
and stopped
and
---
why
stopped
Respectfully
Yours
Benj. C. Howard
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
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[Two circular stamps]
[Left stamp too faded to read]

[Right stamp]
PENSION
U. FEB 24 1909 S.
OFFICE
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#412 Jefferson St.
Fairmont, W. Va
Feb. 19th, 1909,

Dear Sir:-
Will you please give me
the Military service of the following
persons said to have been soldiers in the Revolutionary Army, viz:- Osborne Belt 
age of ___________________ Joseph Belt
Prince Geo Co., Md,
or Anne Arundel Co., Md.

Upper Marlborough
Prince G. Co., Md    Archibald Edmondson

         Robert Orme, near Bladensburg
Md.  John Orme
         Basil Brashear or Brashey
Very Respectfully,
(Mrs.) M.L. Stalnaker
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[Circular Stamp Center Right]

PENSION
U. FEB 26 1917 S.
OFFICE
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Meridian Miss.
2 - 22 -17
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

I find mention of
Lieut John Belt
of 4th Maryland Regiment in
Continental Service 29th
March 1774.

Also 2nd Lieutenant
John Belt in Capt.
Edward Tillard's Company
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in Anne Arundel County, Md.
29 June 1776

Will you kindly inform me further as to his
Revolutionary War service and any personal data of record.

The name may be
on record as D. John Belt
Will greatly appreciate
the favor if you can
give me the desired
information
Sincerely,
(Miss) Emma Dicken
Meridian, Miss

d Gen - Leed
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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
SAM R. SELLS, TENN., CHAIRMAN.
EDGAR R. KIESS, PA.
HAROLD KNUTSON, MINN.
ANDERSON H. WALTERS, PA.
WALLACE H. WHITE, JR., ME.
JOHN M. ROBSION, KY.
R. CLINT COLE, OHIO.
JOHN C. KLECZKA, WIS.
JAMES V. MCCLINTIC, OKLA.
JAMES M. MEAD, N.Y.
CORNELIUS J. MCGLENNON, N.J.
JOHN H. WILSON, PA.
JOHN H. SMITHWICK, FLA.
WM. D. UPSHAW, GA.
W. L. CARSS, WINN.
GRANT JARVIS, CLERK.
WAYNE CORDELL, EXAMINER

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C.

June 14, 1919.

Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Saltzgaber:
I enclose herewith two letters from Hon. W. J. Piper. Will you kindly forward me the information desired and oblige 
Yours very truly,