Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2068, Jesse Belnap, Continental (Conn.)
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SERVICE   NUMBER
Continental (Conn.)  Belnap, Jesse   S. 2068
Carded

CONTENTS

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Oct 10 - 1854 AB

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4860
Pennsylvania Pittsburg
Jesse Belnap
of [blank] in the State of Pennsylvania
who was an Artisicn in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Tegt commanded
by Col Baldwin in the Conneticut
line for 2 years Continental
Increased from $144 per an-

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh
at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 183[page torn here]

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of
Sept 1857 and sent to
T Lumpkin {resemt

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi=anl. allowance ending [blank]

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by A Van Wyck Clerk
Book y2 Vol. 5 Page 117
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Erie } ss
On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the County Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of ^County aforesaid Jesse Belnap a resident of the Township of North East in the County of Erie and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy one 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 as an artificer in the Army of the United States in the month of August in the year 1777 ^at Hebron Connect. with ^Capt Darius Wilcox and served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Connecticut line under the following officers: Col. Baldwin, Major Painter Major Brewer, Captain Darius Wilcox, who was succeeded by Captain Stephen Osborn; that he served as an artificer at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, in the said corps for the term of three years, and was discharged by Major Brewer at Peekskill in the State of New York in
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the month of August in the year 1780; that he entered the service in the Town of Nelson in the State of Connecticut; that in the winter of 1777 & 78 he was at Danbury in Connecticut, working at the blacksmith business for the army and in the Spring or Summer of the year 1778 he was employed at New Windsor on the Hudson ^river in making a chair to place across said river and in other work for the use of the Army: that afterwards he was employed at Morristown in New Jersey and at Breakness, and from the latter place he went to Peekskill where he was discharged as stated: that he was in no battles of any consequence; He hereby relinquishes every Claim 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.
Jesse Belnap
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Edwin J Kelso Pro }
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[illegible]7062
Pennsylvania

Hon J. Banks
(on rolls)
Artificer
3 yr
$144.~
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BRIEF in the case of Jesse Belnap of North East
County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he? 71.

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

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in 1777 | 3 | Aritficer | Capt Wilcox. Capt Osborn Col Baldwin |

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hebron, Conneticut

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Sworn affidavit with one to certify to his veracity

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned. 
J Wilcox Examining Clerk.
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November 24, 1936

Jesse Belnap
S. 2068
BA-J/AWF

Mr. J. E. Dean
8309 Thirty-fifth Avenue
Jackson Heights
New York, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you 
request information in regard to Jesse Belnap, served
in the Revolutionary War from Hebron, Connecticut,
and later lived in Northeast, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
You also wish to know if the grants of land
in the "so-called" Western Reserve were made to Revolutionary
soldiers by the Bureau of Pensions.

For information in regard to Land patents in
the Western Reserve, it is suggested that you 
address The Commissioner of the General Land Office,
this city.

The data relative to Jesse Belnap furnished
herein were obtained from pension claim, S. 2068,
based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of this soldier
are not given, nor are the names of his parents
stated.

Jesse Belnap enlisted in Hebron, Connecticut,
sometime in August, 1777 and served three years as
an artificer in Captain Wilcox's company, Colonel
Baldwin's Regiment of Artillery Artificers; during
this service he worked as blacksmith at Danbury,
Conneticut, was stationed at New Windsor to assist
in making the chain to place across the Hudson River,
also stationed at Morristown and Breakness.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted August 8, 1832, at which time he was seventy-one
years of age and living in the Township of North East,
Erie County, Pennsylvania, having lived there about
seventeen years.

The soldier, Jesse Belnap, continued to live
in the Township of North East, in 1851. He died
October 10, 1854.

The papers in this claim contain no reference
to family.

In order to obtain the name and address of the
person paid the last payment of this pension you
should address The Comptroller General,, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, E.D.,
and give the following data:

Jesse Belnap
Certificate # 4860
Issued September 18, 1851
Rate $240.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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2068
INVALID.
File No. 2068
Jesse Belnap
Artificer Rev War

Act: June 7, 1832
Index:- Vol. A., Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Mch. 30-1903- His
Hyrum Belknap, Ogde
1907 Jany. 21. History to
E.B. Belknap, M.D. c
1909 June 19. Hist. to Mrs Robt.
C. Reinertsen. c.
1912 Feb. 5. To Henry W. Belknap c
1914 Jan. 30. To Hon. Jeremiah
Donovan. c
1915 Jan. 16. James A. Kibbe fur. hist. c
1921, Aug. 9. hist. to L.B. Hitchcock 
who asked for Jesse Benlap
1923 Feb. 12 - Hist to Mrs.
Benjamin A. ONeil aus
1936 Nov. 24 hist to JE. Dean auy
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4860
Pennsylvania

Jesse Belnap
of [lbank] in the State of Penna.
who was an artificer in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Reg commanded
by Col Baldwin in the Continental
line for 2 years artificer - $144.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 144 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of June.
1833 and sent to Hon. J. Banks
House Reps

Arrears to 4th Sept 1832 - $216.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 72.00
$288.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 6 Page 48

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Let to T Lualekin March 12/57
"  " [illegible] 12 May 57
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3-871.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by L.D.L.

Claim No.

Certificate No.

Claimant

Soldier Jesse Belnap

Service Conn.

Additional Service Rev. War

No [blank] claim, State records [blank], 190
No claim combination records [blank], 190

REMARKS:
No claim except
J.#2068

0-8 Chief Division*
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Miss Wilson:
Please furnish to Hon. Jeremiah Donovan, M. C., such information as the
records afford concerning Jesse Ballnap or Belnap, a private in Captain Stephen
Osborn's Co., Jeduthan ^Baldwin's^ Regiment, Continental Troops, State of Connecticut.
Soldier is said to have enlisted August 2, 1777, and to have been discharged
August 4, 1780. MrDonovan has requested this information by phone.

E.C. Tieman
Deputy Commissioner.

January 29, 1914.
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Know all men by these presents that I Jesse Belnap of the Township of North East in the County of Erie, and State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Lumpkin of Washington City my true and lawfull atty for me and in my name to demand and receive from the United States government or the legally constituted authorities and agents thereof any additional pension to which I may be entitled for services rendered in the Revolutionary War, and for good and sufficient reasons do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney or other authority that may have been given by me for any such purpose and vest the same in my said attorney Thomas Lumpkins,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 18th day of July AD 1851 
Jesse Belnap [his handwritten] seal

The presence of Benjn Histed William Alexander }
State of Pennsylvania 
Erie County }ss
On this 18th day of July 1851 personally appeared before me Wm Griffith a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Erie, duly authorized by law to take acknowledgements in and for the County aforesaid , Jesse Belnap [Bellnap] the Subscriber to the foregoing power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed for the purposes therein described, Witness my hand seal the day and year above written 
Wm Griffith [his handwritten] seal
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State of Pennsylvania,}
Erie County, ss.}
I James S Kinner Prothonotary,
of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for
the County of Erie aforesaid, do certify that
Wm Griffeth Esquire before
whom the annexed acknowledgment
was taken, is now, and was at the time of taking
the same a Justice of the peace
in an for said County,
duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose acts as such, full faith and credit are due,
and that the same is duly executed agreeably to the Laws of Pennsylvania. And
further that the signature of the said Wm Griffeth to the said
acknowledgment is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Erie, the 21st day of
July A.D. 1851
James S Kinner Prothonotary.
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7062
Jesse Belnap
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Erie County ss.
Jacob Alexander of Northeast township Erie County Pennsa being sworn saith that he was acquainted with Jesse Belknapp the applicant for more than twenty years past part of the time on the Cayuga Lake in New York & the last seventeen years in this County of Erie that during that whole time he has had the reputation of having been in the United States Service during the war of the Revolution.& that he is a man of good character for truth & veracity & this deponent believes the foregoing statement & his Services to be true.
Jacob Alexander 
Sworn & Subscribed 
in Open Court 8 
August 1832 
Edwin J. Kelso Pro }

Erie County ss 
State of Pennas}
I Edwin J. Kelso Clerk of the A Court of Common Pleas in and State of Penn for the County of Erie do herebycertify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the of Application of Jesse Betop for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office this 8th day of August 1832 Edwin J. Kelso Clerk
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Washington DC 
July 30th 1837
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith a Power of Attorney to me from Jesse Belnap of Penn, together with his pension certificate under Act of 7th June, 1832 at $144 per Ann. This has been done anticipating a favorable action in his application made by me some time since asking of your department an increase of his allowance to $240 per Ann.
I am for [illegible]
Th Lumpkin

Hon. J.E. Heath,
Commr of Pensions
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2 yrs Artillery Artificer
Jucd to $240 per annum
deducting former payts
at $144 per annum
coum'g 4 March 1831

Pittsburgh Roll

T. Lumpkin
Present
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Washington D.C.
Nov 26th ‘50 
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith a letter from Jesse Belnap a pensioner on the Pa roll Act 7th June 1832. Mr Belnap served in Baldwins Regiment of Artificers and [crossed out drew] ^was paid at the rate of $17 per month. His pension has been computed at the rate of $12 per month $144 per annum. I understand $20 per month is the rightful sum he should be pensioned at say $240 per ann. I now ask that [crossed out at] this last named sum may be awarded him accordingly.
I am Sir, 
Very respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
Th. Lumpkin 
Col. J. L. Edwards 
Commr of Pensions
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North East Ap 16th 1851

Mr George M. Phillips
Washington City D C⎬ 
Dear Sir,
Mr N G Smith has placed in my hands your communication of the 10th of March 1851, together with the declaration herein returned. Mr Bellnap received your letter of August 24th 1850 (with ½ [illegible] &) since which time he has not herd from you as he informs me, after receiving your said letter he received several others of a like character from other persons. I have made Mr Bellnap’s ^pension papers for some years and he requested me to look into this matter, by his request I have made such investigation as enables me to hope to obtain an increased allowance, since however you first wrote Mr Bellnap on this subject I have concluded to send back the said Declaration and to say to you that if you will attend promptly to this matter you shall be entitled to 1/4 the amount obtained. Thus several competent persons have offered to prosecute his said claim for ½ th (Th Lumpkins of Washington City & James Thompson of [illegible] County member of last Congress out of which you can if you please pay me a small sum for my trouble, If you
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conclude to go with the claim please inform me on receipt of this, and if not you will please return the Declaration to me by due course of [illegible]
Respectfully 
Wm Griffith 
Atty for Jesse Bellnap


George M. Phillips 
Washington City
DC
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Declaration for Increase of Pension 
State of Pennsylvania 
County of Erie }ss
Be it known, That on the first day of April 1851, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Jesse Belnap, a resident of the township of North East in the County of Erie State aforesaid, aged 91 years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth declare and say that he was an Artificer in the war of the Revolution and served in the Company commanded by Capt. Stephen Osborn, in the Regiment under the command of Col. Baldwin, and is now in receipt of a pension from the United States at the rate of One Hundred and forty-four Dollars per Annum He makes this Declaration for the purpose of being allowed such increase of Pension as his services in said war and the Laws of the United States may entitle him to.
Jesse Belnap
In presence of Peter B. Alexander 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written William Griffith a Justice of the Peace duly authorised to administer Oaths, & take Depositions
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I certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above named declarant and that he is the
person represented in said affidavit
Wm Griffeth
Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania,
Erie County, ss.

I James S Kinner Prothonotary,
of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for
the County of Erie aforesaid, do certify that
Wm Griffeth Esquire before whom the
annexed Declaration & affidavit
was taken is now, and was at the time of taking
the same an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for said County
duly commissioned and sworn and to all whose acts as such, full faith and credit are
due, and that the same is duly executed agreeably to the Laws of Pennsylvania,
And further that the signature of the said Wm Griffeth to the said
Declaration & affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Erie the 17th day of April
A.D. 1821
James S Kinner Prothonotary.
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Brief in the case of Jesse Belnap
Erie County and State of Pennsylvania
act 7 June 1832.

Claim, ([crossed out: "original,"] or "for increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

allowed as an artillery artificer at $240
per annum, deducting former payts at
$144 per annum.

Name and residence of Agent.
T. Lumpkin
Present

S. Cole.
Examning Clerk
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Payments to be made
at Philadelphia Penna.
by the Prst Bank WS.
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of 
Pennsylvania

Recorded by Vinal Luce
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 6
page 4
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United
States, of the 7th June, 1832, Jesse Belnap
of the State of Pennsylvania
who was an artificer in the army of the
Revolution
is entitled to recieve One hundred & forty tour dollars
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 Sates, [States]
this 28th day of January
one thousand eight hundred and thirty three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and}
Countersigned.} 
J. L. Edwards
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OFFICE OF
HURUM BELNAP,
DEALER IN
Lumber, Sash and Doors.
235 TWENTY-FOURTH STREET.

[rectangle black stamp with the following written inside:
OLD WAR & NAVY
MAR 22 1903
[illegible]]

Ogden Utah, March 20 1903

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC.

Gentlemen:

We are very desirous to learn the names
of Jesse Belnaps Parents he served in the
Revolutionary War. believe in 1775 and 1781
He was born in Hebron Connecticut and
Died in North East Erie Pa. Oct 14/1854
He drew a pension while here at Erie.
We have writon [written]the chief of Records & Pensions office.
They do not seem to have the Parrents [Parents]names.
We thought that his enlistment papers of
Pension Record may show in some way his
Fathers name. The records were lost to us by
a fire. We are willing to Pay for this Labor
If some good heart will find this information
for us,
Yours Very Truly
Hyrum Belnap

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D
U. S. 
MAR
24
1903]
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Caft 4860.
Pittsburgh Jesse
Artificer
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31 Warren Street, Salem, Mass.
January 24th. 1912.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington , D. C.,

Dear Sir: 

Can you add anything further to the records within
enclosed? Jesse Belknap d. N.E. Penn. Oct. 14, 1854? Ent Hebron Conn Aug 1777
& Colonial records?
If so you will greatly oblige: 

Yours truly,
Henry W Belknap

[round black stamp inscribed as follows: PENSION F U. S. JAN 25 1912]

[diagonally written in left margin: Mr Belknap's letter
to AG this rept
returned.]
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[round black stamp inscribed as follows: 
PENSION OFFICE
U. S.
A
JAN 
11
1907]
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D 329
WYOMING, N.Y
JAN - 9 1907

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen: 
Please tell me
all you can especialy [especially]age
and parantage [parentage]of
Jesse Belknap.
Revolutionary war
artificer Col Baldwins
Artillery
& where he inlisted [enlisted]for
dates &c.
EB Belknap M.D.
Wyoming N.Y.
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[round black stamp inscribed as follows:
PENSION OFFICE
U. S.
JUNE
11
1909]
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[diagonally written top left: E.M.A.R.]

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir.
I desire proof
that my great-grandfather
Jesse Belnap received
a pension (or back pay)
after serving for three
years in the Revolutionary
War. I am informed
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2.
that said Jesse Belnap
served in a Connecticut
regiment. but went to
Pittsburg Pa. to receive his
pension.
Any proof as to this
matter which you can
furnish me will be most
appreciated -
Very Truly
Emma M.A. Reinertsen
(Mrs Robert C.)
Milwaukee, Wisc. June 9"1909.
182-13th ct.
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Nov 10 - 1936

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

My ancestor, Jesse Belnap
(also spelled Belknap or Bellnap)
enlisted in Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's
Conn. Regiment of Antificers, Capt
Parker's (or Horton's) Company on
Aug 6 - 1777 from Hebron, Conn
for 3 years.
I believe he applied for a
pension about 1840 or 1850 from
Northeast, Erie County, Penn.
Could I have a copy of his 
pension application which I
believe would show such
valuable family data as
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his place of birth, parentage,
date and place of discharge
together with his service record
Were grants of land in the
so called Western Reserve
made to Revolutionary soldiers
by the Bureau of Pensions?
If not, what department should
I address for such information?
Very truly yours,
J.E. Dean,
83-09 35th Ave
Jackson Heights,
New York, N.Y.

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NOV 13 1936
MAIL SUB.DIV
VETS. ADM
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U. S. 
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JAN
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Warehouse Point [illegible] Janry 12, 1915.

Department of Interior.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Sirs,
Will you give me the facts stated in the
Pension papers of Jesse Belnap, Revolutionary Soldier (Artificer)
in Capt. Hortons company, was said to be of Hebron, recorded in the
printed records of Massachusetts and Connecticut
Yours truly
James Allen Kibbe
Warehouse Point Conn.
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JULY 27 1928]
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Fostoria, Ohio,
July 23, 1921.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, E.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you, please send me certified copy of the war record
of one Samuel Orton who enlisted at Litchfield Conn., about
1777 served under captain Amos Barnes also served in 1778
under Captain Joel Gillett indefence of the Hudson Valley.
I need these records to show the eligibility of one of his
ancestors who wishes to become one of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.

Also please give me the war record of one Jesse Benlap
who enlisted at Hebron Conn., August 6, 1777, discharged
some time in August 1780. I need these records for the same
purpose as in the above paragraph. I was directed to your
office by The Adjutant General saying that your records of your
pension office were more complete than in the office of the
Adjutant General.

Thanking you in advance, I remain

Very truly yours,

L.B. Hitchcock
354 W Fremont St.

P. S. Would like the book number and page of the book of
this record.
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1717 Dupont Av. S.
Minneapolis, Minn.
January 17, 1923.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-

Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary record
of my ancestor, Jesse Belknap of Hebron, Conn.?

He was born Aug. 31. 1760, and married at Redding Conn.,
Apr. 28, 1779, Eunice Hall. In 1812, he removed to North East,
Erie Co. Pa, where he died October 10, 1854.

I am very anxious to find his parentage, and hope there 
is something in his record, which will aid in doing so.

He was an Artificer in the army. He was so designated
in his marriage record at Redding.

Thanking you in advance for this courtesy
Very truly yours
Marie Alexander O'Neill
(Mrs Benjamin A.)
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January 30, 1914.

Hon. Jeremiah Donovan.
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Donovan:-

In reply to your request o the twenty-ninth
instant, I have the honor to advise you that Jesse Belnap sur. File
2,068 Rev. War. was allowed pension on his application executed
August 8. 1832. at which time he was seventy-one years of age. and
a resident of North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Be stated that he enlisted at Hebron, Connecticut, in August
1777, and served as a Artificer in Captains Darius Wilcox's and
Stephen Osborn's companies of Colonel Baldwin's Continental Artillery;
in the winter of 1777 and 1778 he worked as a blacksmith at
Danbury, Connecticut; in the spring and summer of 1778 he was at
New Windsor engaged in making the chain to place across the Hudson
river: was afterwards stationed at Morristown and Breakness, and
discharged in August 1780, at Peekskill, New York.

There is no family data given in the claim. Soldier died October
10, 1854. For the name of the person to whom the arrears of
his pension were paid application should be made to the Auditor
for the Interior Department. Treasury Department, giving him all
of the following data: "Jesse Belnap. certificate #4,860. issued 
September 19, 1851. for $240.00 per annum form March 4, 1831,
under the Act of June 7, 1832. at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Agency."

Very respectfully,

E.C. Tieman
Deputy Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank
for a statement of the military history of Jesse Belnap,
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.   S.2068

[column headers as follows: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | [sub-header: CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |] STATE. |]

Aug. 1777 | 3 yrs. | Artificer | Jarvis Wilcox Stephen Osborn | Baldwins Continental [illegible] of Artificers |
winter 1777-8 work as a blacksmith at danbury Conn.
Spring & Summer 1778 stationed at New Windsor making the chain
to place across the Hudson river; afterwards stationed at
Morristown & Breakness; discharged Aug 1780 at Peekskill, NY.

Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Enl. at Hebron, Conn.
Date of application for pension, August 8, 1832
Residence at date of application, North East Township, Erie Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, seventy-one years
Remarks: His claim was allowed. He died Oct. 10, 1854.
No fam data Eu. Aug 9, 1921

Respectfully,
sent in reply to request for Jesse Benlap
as [illegible] Eu- Commissioner.
Aug 9, 1921

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