Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,315, for Amos Kellogg, Vermont
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Continental 
Vt
Kellogg, Amos Lucretia NUMBER W. 20,315
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Amos
Potsfor July 4 1812
Amos Kellog
Book of Records
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I, Samuel H. Kellogg of Pittsford in the
County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 39 years,
do depose testify and say, that I am one of the sons
of Amos Kellogg, late of Pittsford aforesaid, deceased, and
of Lucretia Kellogg, now of the same Pittsford, who in
his lifetime was the reputed lawful wife of the said Amos
That I was duly appointed one of the Executors of my
said Father's last Will and Testament; and that upon
taking possession of his estate and effects, I found among
his papers, the paper writing hereunto annexed, entitled
"Amos Kellogg's Book of Records", purporting to be a
record of the dates of his own, and of his wife's birth, and
of their marriage; of the births of their children, and
of the death of such as died before my father's decease,
also, the death of his maternal Grandfather, of his brother,
Isaac Kellogg, and his maternal uncle Isaac Cushman; of his
wife's father, Rev. Eleazer Harwood (who died at said Pittsford)
and his lady, Mrs Elizabeth Harwood; and of Mrs Rhoda
Brown, who was reared in the family, from early infancy:
also, of some of the portions of his estate delivered to his
daughter, after their marriage, in part of the several portions
of his estate, subscribed by himself, and which has been con
firmed by the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in
the County of Rutland aforesaid, on the settlement of the
Executors Accounts also of a remarkable event in his own
life, which was the amputation of one of his lower
limbs. All these facts are recorded in the first seven
pages of the book, and are in the proper hand writing
of my said father. The death of my father,
recorded in the 8th page of the book; and, also, the
other entries, in the 9th and 11th pages of the same book
are, all of them, in my own proper hand writing.
And
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I, Samuel H. Kellogg of Pittsford in the
County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged
38 years, do depose, testify and say, that Mrs
Lucretia Kellogg now of Pittsford in the County of
Rutland and State of Vermont, is the widow of
Amos Kellogg, late of the same Pittsford, deceased,
who was a private, Sergeant, and Lieutenant in the
American Revolutionary war; that the said Amos was
my father, and the said Lucretia is my mother; that the
said Amos died on the sixth day of March in
the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty six;
and that the said Lucretia has remained a widow
ever since that period. And further this deponent
saith not.
Saml H Kellogg
State of Vermont,
Rutland County ss
Be it known, that on this first day
of October, 1836, personally appeared before me the subscriber,
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, the said
Samuel H. Kellogg who hath subscribed the preceeding
deposition in my presence, and made solemn oath
that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify,
that the said deponent is a credible witness
L. Daniels
Justice Peace
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I, Ithiel Barns, of Pittsford in the County of
Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 73 years, do depose,
testify and say, that soon after the remains of Col. Seth
Warner's Regiment were transfered to that of Col. Heman
Swift of the Connecticut Continental Line, in 1780, then
lying on the east side of the River, opposite of West Point,
I became acquainted with Amos Kellogg, late of
Pittsford aforesaid, deceased, who was a Sergeant during
his continuance in said Swifts Regiment. He had been
previously a Sergeant in Col. Warners Regiment. I was
myself, at the time a fifer in said Swifts Regiment.
said Kellogg remained as a Sergeant in Col. Swifts Regt
until he received a Lieutenant's Commission
in
the Vermont troops; but the date of his receiving
said Commission I cannot recollect. The Commission
however, was for a short term of service; and I remember,
that at the time, his fellow sergeants remarked to
him that when his term was out, he would be
obliged to return to our Regiment, and resumed his old post.
And further this deponent saith not.
Ithiel Barns
State of Vermont
Rutland County ⎬
Be it known, that on this 1st day of
October, 1836, before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the said
Ithiel Barnes who hath subscribed the preceeding deposition
in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same
contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. And I do hereby certify, that the said Ithiel Barns is a credible witness.
Saml H Kellogg
Justice Peace
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Atty Gen's office
6 Sept 1847
Respectfully referred
to the Commissioner of
Pensions
J V R

for Atty Gen'l
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Rose New York
4th August 1849.
Sir
In the claim of Lucretia
Kellogg who was pensioned from
Vermont under Section of act of 4th July
1836. and whose certificate has
been returned to your Office for
the purpose of obtaining an increase of
pension for the services of her husband
in the capacity of Lieutenant and
adjutant, which as appears from your
letter of the 16th ultimo, will not be
Admitted - it is requested that her
pension certificate be returned, that she
may obtain the stipend due the 4th
of Sept., after which she designs to have
the claim laid before the Sect’y of War
or Atty General, as the law reads
that the pension shall be “the amount of his
full pay in the said line, according to
his rank”, and she having always understood
from her husband, that he served in the
capacity of an Officer, whose pay was
the same as that of a captain. - it will
be insisted that, in justice, the full pension is
her due.
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that as no satisfactory proof can now be procured,
nothing, is claimed on that account; though the right
is reserved, of adducing further testimony to these services
should any, be hereafter discovered.
Please communicate your decision to me.
I am very respectfully
Your obt. srvnt.
Joseph Love

P. S.
The letter of 30 Oct last, from Ira H Allen Esqr
son of the former Secretary of the Board of War, is sent, went to shew, that no proof can be
obtained from that quarter.
J Love


Hon James L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
City of Washington
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Bennington, July 4, A.D. 1837
Dear Sir
Agreeable to your request made in your letter
dated 27th ult. I have caused the town records to
be examined - but find no record of the marriage of
Amos Kellogg & Lucretia Harwood - I herewith
send the testimony of William Haswell, Esq. Town
Clerk of this town in attestation of the fact. And
trust, duly authenticated. 
You request bill of
fees-- Mr Haswell fees would be 39 cents for his
deposition Gen. Robinson's 50 cents
Respectfully yours &c.
O. C. Merrill

P.S. I purposed when I wrote the above to enclose
the whole as a single letter. The seal of the Clerk is some
impediment and think it best to alter the arrangement
subjecting you of course to the payment of double postage.-
In haste
O. C Merrill

Joseph Love Esq.

Rutland
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I, Samuel Harwood Kellogg of Pittsford in
the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 38 years,
do depose testify and say that Amos Kellogg Esqr late of
Pittsford aforesaid, deceased, who was a Sergeant in the late Col
Seth Warner's Regiment in the revolutionary war, as appears from his
warrant dated Jany 1. 1780 and was, also, a Lieutenant in the same
was in the Vermont troops, acting under several commissions,
the first whereof was dated the 23 of June, 1781, was my
father; and that Mrs Lecretia Kellogg, now residing in
the same Pittsford aforesaid was the reputed lawful wife
of the said Amos deceased, and is his widow and my mother.
That I was the Executor of the last will & testament of my
said father, and that in that capacity there came into
my possession, among his papers, a small manuscript book
wholly in the handwriting of my said father, and is
entitled "Amos Kellogg's book of Records." In this
book of records there is recorded in his own hand, the
date of his own birth, that of his said wife, and those of
his several children, of which the following is a true
Copy
Amos Kellogg, born July 7th 1760, on monday-
Lucretia Kellogg, born March 9th 1764, on friday and
married, December 7th 1780.

(offspring)
Sarah Kellogg, born March 28th 1783, on friday;
Clara Kellogg, born May 2nd 1786, on tuesday;
Lucretia Kellogg, born January 19th 1792, on thursday;
Amos Montague was born Dec 20th 1795, on Sabbath day;
Samuel Harwood Kellogg was born on the 12th day of July, 1798,
on thursday;
Charles Harvey Kellogg was born 22 February, 1801, on
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on Sabbath day;
Amos Cushman Kellogg was born on Tuesday 22
Novr 1803.
Azuba Kellogg, born 23d August, 1806"
The above mentioned book of records has been
in my custody, ever since the decease of my said
father, which took place at Pittsford aforesaid
on the 6th day of March, 1826. And further
this deponent saith not.
Saml H Kellogg

State of Vermont
Rutland County
Be it known,
that on this sixth
day of May, 1837, before me the Subscriber, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared
the above named Samuel H. Kellogg, who hath subscribed
the preceeding affidavit in my presence, and made solemn
oath, that the same contains the truth, and nothing
but the truth.
And I do hereby certify, that the
said affiant is a credible witness
Artemas Carpenter Justice Peace