Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37764, Ozias Bissell, Continental Conn.
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SERVICE
Continental
Conn.

Bissell Ozias

NUMBER
S 37.764

The above-named soldier's widow. Anner, was pensioned as the former widow of Jonathan Miller, Conn. W. 23605
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[Left side of form illegible]

8,240
Connecticut

Ozias Bissell  4
of Vernon in the state of Connt. who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntingdon of the Connecticut [blanked out] for the term of two years.

Subscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Mar 1819 and sent Walter E. Mitchell Esq. Hartford, Connect.

Arrears to 4th of March 1818              222.58
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819      120.00

11  4/31                                              $342.58

died Nov 10, 1822

{Revolutionary claim,  }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
[down left side] Notes sent to J. Gallent Esq. 12 Dec. 1820 Hebron Conn
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I Ozias Bissell of Vernon in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut being sworn depose & say on the Twelfth day of March A.D. One Thousand seven hundred & seventy eight I was appointed a Captain in the Connecticut Line in the first Battalion I have forgotten the name of the Colonel.  I accepted said appointment and served under & by virtue of said Commission for the term of nine months from the date of said Commission.  In the month of June A.D. Seventeen hundred seventy nine I was appointed a Captain of a Company in a Regiment of Infantry raised by said State of Connecticut & commanded by Col. Huntington & in the Connecticut Line & in the Revolutionary War of the United States against Great Britain & under that Commission I continued to serve until the month of [mark out] March A. D. Seventeen hundred & Eighty when & on the Twentieth day of said March I was appointed a Captain of a Company in a Regiment of Foot raised by said State in said Revolutionary War &  served under said Commission in said War until the month of June A.D. Seventeen hundred Eighty one
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said Regiment was commanded by Col. Levi Wells.  The Regiment was discharged on the first day of January preceding said month of June, but I had been taken prisoner by the British & was not released until the said month of June AD 1781.  And I do further depose & say that I now reside in said Town of Vernon & by reason of my circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from the United States for my support.  I do further depose that the three commissions referred to in this my deposition accompany the same.

[signature] Ozias Bissell

State of Connecticut Hartford County SS
On this first day of April A.D. One Thousand eight hundred & eighteen personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Ozias Bissell of Vernon in the County of Tolland in said State & having subscribed the Deposition on the first page written in my presence made Oath to the truth of the facts therein stated.  

Witness my hand and the seal of the Court
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court
for the County of Hartford in said State
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Ozias Bissell
No. 9

Connt

[illegible]
July 19, 1820
from the Clerk

Con

[illegible]
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Tolland ss. County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, June Term 1820

On this 27 day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ozias Bissell aged 88 years, resident in Vernon in the County of Tolland who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: to wit, during the whole term of the revolutionary war five years of which as Capt. in Col. Ebenezer Huntington, Regt. Con. line and was in several battles & skirmishes as stated in his original declaration dated 1 day of April 1818- has a pension certificated numbered 8240.


:And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."

Schedule
1 cow    16.00
1 horse    40.00
2 swine    4.50
1 horse waggon & old harness far do    30.00
1 Silver watch    5.00
1 note against Elisha & Salmon Millard} his pension money loaned    87.50
1 note against Joshua Pearl    5.00
1 note against George Bidwell    4.00
                   ----------------------------------
                             192.00

All the above property is the audits of his pension money except his horse.

Ozias Bissell
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The declarant is 88 years of age and is a farmer- has a wife 58 years of age- himself & wife both unable to labour by reason of age & infirmity and in need of assistance for support.

Sworn to and declared by said Ozias Bissell on the 27th day of June 1820 before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule if 192 dollars and        cents, and that his circumstances and those of his family are as herein stated.

I, Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tolland aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 27th day of June 1820.

[signature] E Stearns

Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tolland
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December 20, 1933
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BA-J/EEL
Ozias Bissell- S. 37764

Mrs. J. C. Graham
Lake View
Iowa

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Captain Ozias Bissell, who served in the Revolutionary War from Connecticut and who received a pension for his services.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 37764, based upon the military service of Ozias Bissell in that war.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Ozias Bissell are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

He was commissioned January 1, 1776, captain in Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment; length of service not shown; on March 12, 1778, he was commissioned captain of the First Connecticut Battalion, and served none months: in June, 1779, he was commissioned captain in Colonel Huntington's Connecticut Regiment, and served as such officer until March 20, 1780, on which date he was commissioned captain in Colonel Levi Wells Connecticut Regiment, was taken prisoner (place where he was captured not shown) and held until June, 1781. He stated that he was in several battles and skirmishes but did not give the names of these engagements. He also stated that he served under Colonel Ebenezer Huntington but gave no dates for this service.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he was aged eighty-seven years and resided in Vernon, Tolland County, Connecticut.

In 1820, the soldier stated that he had a wife, aged fifty-eight years but did not give her name or the date of their marriage and there is no reference to children.
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Ozias Bissell died November 16, 1822, place of death not shown. There are no further data as to soldier's family.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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37764
Revy INVALID

File No. 37764
Ozias Bissell
Capt Rev War

Act: 18 March 18

Index:- Vol. 2, Page 38

[Arrangement of 1870]




(unable to read what is written on left side of paper)


1893 June, H 
Henry K. Simons, Spring

June 11' 90
period to Mrs Fannie B Dubuque
LMB

Mch 20 1901
Mrs Sarah M Chaft
Bridgeport Conn

1916 Mch 23 Hist. to Roxand E. Van Syckle
1920 Nov 10 Hist to D. J. Peffers

1928 June 4 Photos to G McK Roberts
MCS

1931 Jan 16- Hist. to Hon. E. Hart Fenn for Miss Mary Francis
EEL

1933 Dec 20- Hist to Mrs J.C. Graham, [unk]
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old case
Feby 27, 1819


Hon'ble John C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
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Hartford 22d Febry 1819

Hon'ble John Calhoun Esq

Sir,

I enclose the papers of Capt. Ozias Bissell for a pension A Commission signed by Presdt of Congress, is herewith sent, which has been procured since my former communication to you on the subject. He is extremely poor & dependent for support on Genl Bissell of the US army-if he can obtain his certificate by March it will greatly relieve his necessities. 

I am very respectfully your obt servt

[signature] Walter Mitchell
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January 15, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
EEL

Honorable E. Hart Fenn
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Mr. Fenn:
Reference is made to your letter of December 14, 1931, with letter, herewith returned, from Miss Mary Francis,101 Elm Street, Hartford, Connecticut, in regard to Ozias Bissell, a soldier of the Revolution.

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 37764, that Ozias Bissell was commissioned January 1, 1776, Captain in Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment, length of service not shown.

He was commissioned March 12, 1778, Captain in the First Connecticut Battalion, and served nine months.

He was commissioned in June, 1779, Captain in Colonel Huntington's Connecticut Regiment, and served until Match 20, 1780, on which date he was commissioned Captain in Colonel Levi Wells' Connecticut Regiment, was taken prisoner and held until June, 1781. He stated that he was several battles and skirmishes but did not give the names of these engagements. He also stated that he served under Colonel Ebenezer Huntington but gave no dates for this service.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he was aged eighty-seven years and resided in Vernon, Tolland County, Connecticut. The date of his birth is not given.

In 1820, the soldier stated that he had a wife, fifty-eight years of age, but he did not giver her name, and there


Heitman says that he was taken prisoner Feb 26, 1779 but he also says that Col Levi Wells was taken pris Dec 9, 1780-There were the two battles at Horseneck & as sol. was in Col. Levi Wells' Regt- & stated that he was taken prisoner & not discharged with the regt in Jan. 1781 but held until June. I used his statement.
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is no reference to children.

He died November 16, 1822.

*******

It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23605, that Jonathan Miller, while residing in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, enlisted and served several tours in the early part of the war, no details of these services given.

He enlisted in January, 1778, and served nearly two years as a private in Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment.

He enlisted in January, 1780, and served one year as a private in Captain Samuel B. Webb's Regiment. The names of his captains are not shown.

He later enlisted and served as a teamster to the end of the war.

The soldier married, date not given, Priscilla Tupper. She died about the year 1787, and he married October 27, 1788, at Middletown, Connecticut, Anner Weston.

He died in November, 1811, and his widow married about 1818, Ebenezer Bivins. Ebenezer Bivins died in March or April, 1820, and in the following October, his widow, Anner, married Captain Ozias Bissell, who died November 16, 1822.

Anner Bissell was allowed pension on account of the services of her husband, Jonathan Miller, on her application executed August 22, 1845, at which time she was aged eighty-four years and resided in Orange County, Vermont.

Sarah Clark, the daughter of Jonathan Miller by his wife, Priscilla Tupper, was born August 22, 1774, and in 1845, was residing in Middletown, Connecticut. Son Jonathan Miller was born in May, 1775, in Middletown,

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Connecticut, and in 1845 was a resident of Plainfield, New Hampshire.

George Miller, son of Jonathan Miller and Anner Weston Miller, was born August 3, 1789, and in 1845, was a resident of Braintree, Orange County, Vermont. Mary Bryant, daughter of Jonathan and Anner Weston Miller, was aged fifty-three years in 1845, and resided in Braintree, Vermont.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. & 1812 War Section

June 14, 1928

George McK. Roberts
Room 2419
120 Broadway, N.Y. City

Sir:

I advise you that in the papers of the pension claim, W. 23605, of Anner Bissell, former widow of Jonathan Miller, is found a copy of an affidavit made by Mary Bryant (daughter of Jonathan Miller and Anner Bissell) dated September 4, 1845, at Braintree, Orange County, Vermont.

The original of this affidavit is found in the pension claim, W. 17533, of Susannah Richardson, widow of Samuel Richardson.

A careful survey of the papers in the pension claim, W. 17533, of Susannah, widow of Samuel Richardson, has been made and there appears to be no connection whatever between this claim and that of Anner Bissell, widow of Jonathan Miller.

The testimony in both of these claims was given in the same court and on the same day and it appears that the clerk of the court inadvertently attached the original affidavit of Mary Bryant to the claim of Susannah Richardson instead of Anner Bissell.
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A careful survey of the papers in the claim, W. 23605, of Anner Bissell, widow of Jonathan Miller, fails to show an affidavit made by a Sarah Bryant as stated in your letter of June 12, 1928.

Respectfully

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE
1-681
PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 23833
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostate, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publication,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.
May 23, 1928

Bureau ordering Pensions  Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job photostatic copies of 11 pages from Rev. War pension claim, S. 37764, Ozias Bissell.

No. of copies 1 of each page Shell form be kept standing? .................... days

No further information see M. M. H. Finch         
Room No. 5033    Phone no. 541

Approved:
[unreadable signature]
Chief Clerk of Bureau

[signature] Margaret M H Finch
Chief of Branch or Division

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3-2233

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

May 23, 1928
Chief Rev and 1812 War Section

I have this day received from George McK Roberts cash in the amount of $31.95, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.


June 4, 1928
Photos availed & Finance Div
notified
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May 21, 1928

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Please send me uncertified photostatic copies of 213 pages from the following pension claims:

                    Revolutionary War              pages
S. 37764              Ozias Bissell                  11
S. 27671        Benjamin Denslow              13
W. 25528    Eli Denslow, widow, Polly       26
S. 15087          Elijah Denslow                   12
W. 6593         Martin Denslow,                  22
former widow, Roxavene Wright
W. 23605            Jonathan Miller,             8
former widow, Anner Bissell
S. 36240           Daniel Porter                   9
W. 24955        Remembrance Sheldon,  31
widow, Phoebe
W. 18424         Calvin Wilson,                  1
widow, Submit

                      War of 1812
Wid. Ctf. 6101   Artemas B. Johnson      20
Rejected 15912  Benjamin Loomis         10
Inv. File 25433   Ephraim Shaler              25
Wid. Ctf. 17598   Russel Stone                 25
Total at 15 cents per page                     213


Received payment
$31.95
May 21, 1928
[signature] M.C. Stokes

Rev. & 1812 War Section  George Mck Roberts
Room  2419  120 Broadway
New York City
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Lake View Iowa
Dec 5, 1933

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sirs

Would like to obtain through the department some data relating to Captain Ozias Bissell who served in the Revolutionary war from East Hartford Ct.

Connecticut records states he obtained a pension in 1818.

I have his war record; but what I want is the data that might be found in his pension claim record. Especially as to when he married his first wife Mabel Roberts, and where he resided at the time of his death, also any other data mentioned along that line.

Hope you can furnish the data asked for and attend to this at your earliest convenience.

I will appreciate you kindness very much & sincerely thank you
[signature]
Mrs. J C Graham

Mrs J C Graham
Lake View Iowa
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Seventy-First Congress
E. Hart Fenn, Conn., Chairman
Clarence J. Mc Leod, Mich.
John E. Rankin, Miss.
Lloyd Thurston, Iowa
Arthur H. Greenwood, Ind.
Frederick W. Magrady, Pa.
Ralph F. Lozier, Mo.
Albert Johnson, Wash.
Samuel Rutherford, Ga.
Hubert H. Peavey, Wis.
James M. Fitzpatrick, N.Y.
Robert H. Clancy, Mich.
Rene L. Derouen, La.
J. Howard Swick, Pa.
Oliver H. Cross, Tex.
C. G. Selvig, Minn.
Harry L. Englebright, Calif.
W. P. Lambertson, Kans.
J. Lincoln Newhall, Ky.
Grant E. Mouser, Jr. , Ohio
J. Robert Conroy, Clerk

HOUSE OF REPRESTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON THE CENSUS
WASHINGTON, D. C.

Dec. 14, 1931

Hon. E. W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Morgan:

I enclose herewith letter from Miss Mary Francis of Hartford, Connecticut, requesting the pension record of one Ozias Bissell, S. 37764. At your convenience will appreciate it if you will send me this record so that I may transmit it to Miss Francis.

Sincerely yours,
[signature}
E Hart Fenn

EHF/G.
Enc. 1.
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Miss Mary Francis
Registrar Ruth Wyllys Chapter
101 Elm Street
Hartford, Connecticut

January 12, 1931

Hon. E. Hart Fenn,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Fenn:

I am writing to ask if you can get me a copy of the pension record of,-
Ozias Bissell, Cont. & Conn.       S. 37764
(Conn. Men, 1818)

I would like to have his service record and any details about his family that are available.

Thanking you in advance for your trouble and with best wishes,

Sincerely yours,
[signature]
Mary Francis

Registrar Ruth Wyllys Chapter
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PEFFERS & WING

Hon. Gaylord M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:-

Upon receipt of this please send me a statement of the revolutionary pension record of Jonathan Marsh Bissell who died at Stratton Vt. in 1850, and also that of Ozias Bissell who died in 1822.

Very truly yours
[signature]
D. J. Peffers.

D.J. Peffers,
Meredith Bld.,
Aurora, Illinois,
Oct. 4, 1920.
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Raymond E. Van Syckle
Attorney and Counselor at Law
1729 Ford Building
Detroit, Michigan

March 9, 1916

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Statement is respectfully requested of Revolutionary War service of
Ozias Bissell, bn 1729, Bolton, Conn; died 1822 aged 93, pensioned 1818.
1775 Capt. 1776-1777 1779, Conn. Vol. 1780 taken prisoner.
Father of:-
Major Russell Bissell, Commandant at Bellefountain, USA. Brig. Gen. Daniel Bissell, U.S.A.

Yours truly,
[signature]
Raymond E. Van Syckle
Secretary Mich Socy SAR
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295 Seventeenth Street

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,

Can you give me any record of War or Colonial service of Ozias Bissell who was born in Bolton, Connecticut in 1729 or of his father's record who also lived in Bolton. Any information will be thankfully received by Mrs. Fannie Bissell Tredway. Dubuque, Iowa
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THE EQUITABLE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
No. 120 Boradway, New York

Henry K. Simons
Manager,
5 Cents Saving Bank Block,
No 425 Main Street,
Springfield, Mass.
Telephone 206-2

Springfield, May 18, 1893

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Will you kindly inform me relative to Capt. Ozias Bissell, until his death a Revolutionary pensioner.

I would like to know the time he entered the army, in what capacities he served and the length of time. Also for how long a time he drew his pension, and the date of his death, with place of burial, if these facts are on file at your office.

Very truly yours,

[signature] Henry K Simons
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THE
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Western Department
Incorporated 1810 Charter Perpetual
G. F. BISSELL. General Agent.
P. P. HEYWOOD Asst General Agent
Dictated letter
Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 24, 1891.
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear sir: --
The valued favor of acting Commissioner Lincoln under date of 21st enclosing the Commission of Captain Ozias Bissell, a Captain of the Revolutionary War is received, And I have the honor to transmit herewith the acknowledgement prepared for my signature,
and beg to express my obligation to the department for kindly considering my request of the 14th inst. In the mean time allow me to remain, dear sir, Yours very truly,
[signature] Geo. H. Bissell
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Chicago Ills
August 24 1891
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the Commission of Ozias Bissell as Captain in the 17th Conn regiment of oot commanded by Col Jedediah Huntington, dated January 1. 1776 and signed by John Hancock, President of Congress, being so far as I know and believe, his nearest
of kin now living, but should another descendant appear as claimant for said Commission, I promise to surrender the same to the Pension Bureau, in order to determine the the rightful party to it -
[signature] Geo. H. Bissell
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THE
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Western Department
Incorporated 1810 Charter PerpetualORDERED AND
G. F. BISSELL. General Agent.
P. P. HEYWOOD Asst General Agent
DICTATED LETTER.

Chicago, Aug. 14, 1891.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:--
From memoranda in my possession relating to my
ancestors, I am led to infer that the original commission of the late Captial Ozias Bissell, a Revolutionary pensioner, was filed with the
application for pension, made about the year 1818; the said Captain Ozias Bissell died four years later.
I am led to suppose that the filing of this commission was not a necessary part of his application to secure a pension. The commission
if I mistake not, was issued to him as Captain in the War of the Revolution, about the year 1778.
Assuming that I am correct in the matter, and being, so far as I know and believe, his nearest of kin now living, I beg to respectfully make application for the surrender of this commission, if it be compatible with the rules of your Department, esteeming it a relic of value to the descendants of Captain Bissell, of whom I am one.
I should be willing to file with the Department any sort of paper or agreement required, agreeing to surrender the paper referred to to
any -- one showing any better claim to it than the subscriber. May I ask the favor that an examination be made of the pension papers of this deceased claimant, and if my supposition be correct in regard to the commission being on file, may I respectfully ask your decision upon the
application herein made?
In the meantime, I have the honor to remain, Yours, very truly [signature] Geo. H. Bissell
PS Capt Bissell was a resident of Tolland Co. Connecticut.
a resident Holland Co
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Hebron Conn. Oct. 2nd 1820
Sir, This is to certify that Captain Ozias
Bissell of Ellington, County of Tolland Connec. is an old revolutionary Officer and now very much
Superannuated, that he was without any neighbour who precisely knew his circumstances at the time he made his application to the Court and exhibited his Schedule of property. Upon examination he stated that he had a promisory note of one hundred dollars on one of his neighbors & that there was a small indorsment on it, but dont recollect the
exact sum - Also that he owned a cow &c
Upon a further inquiry since, into the facts, I find
that when he drew his pension money last, he
delivered One hundred dollars into the hands of his friend with whom he then lived & now lives, and took his note and that sd cow was in part payment of sd note and that at the time his Schedule was made our sd note was wholly absorbed & paid by supplies before that time furnished him & his wife, and that the old gentleman was then and is now indebted to the promissor, and the accounts being settled sd note has been given up that the transaction was without fraud & bona fide, and the applicant is absolutely in need of assistance for
Support - Certified by [signature] 
Sylvester Gilbert Chief Judge of sd County Ct
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Hebron Conn. Novr 23rd 1820
Sir, Capt Ozias Bissell of Vernon Connect. late Pensioner has been notified that his case was suspended for the present. I addressed a certificate to the Department
of War in his case last Sept, but have received no
reply. At his request I renew my certificate
expecting the first was missent.
In his schedule presented to the Court in which I 
preside, he enterd a promisory note as due to him of one hundred dollars with about 16 dolls indorsed also a Cow &c. I beg leave to observe & to certify the Department, that this old officer came up to the Court alone without any neighbour or assistant - being personally
known to the Court, and was examined on oath and his Schedule was made out according to his account, but it was manifestly erronious-- there was not, at that time one cent due him on his sd note he had been supplied with provisions & necessaries by the promissor to the whole amount-- The note was pension money which had been deposited in the hands of the promissor for that purpose-- his cow was a part of his pension money. He is superannuanted, infirm, & in perishing need of assistance for support. These facts have been clearly ascertained since the Court, by your
Humble Servant
[signature] Sylvester Gilbert
P.S. I have intimations of a fraud on the Government in one case of Pension in this County, of which I shall notify the Departmentwhen the fact shall be fully ascertained.
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Capt. Ozias Bissells
Papers-
Col. Huntington's Rgt
Connecticut Line
[illegible faint]
Ozias Bissell
Capt
1779 to 1781
Huntington's
Connect, Regt
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I Samuel King of Vernon in the County of Tolland & State of  being sworn do sepose & say that I am well acquainted with Ozias Bissel of Vernon in sd County of Tolland the person who hath subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Deposition
& I served as a Private under sd Bissell's command for nine months in the year one thousand seven hundred & Eighty & was knowing the said Bissells being honourably discharged from the service aforesaid [illegible] said Regiment being discharged on the first day of January AD 1783. & sd Bissell returned from his imprisonment with the British in the month of June following.
[signature] Samuel King
on this first day of April AD 1818 personally appeared before me the subscribing authority - Samuel King the person who hath subscribed his name to the preceding Deposition & made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated -
[signature] Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford in said State
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office April 1, 1818
It appears by the Books of this Office, That Capt
Ozias Bissell, exhibited an account which was
setled in the Pay table office in this State on the
Second day of April 1782, amounting to Nineteen hundred ninety five pounds five shillings & eleven pence and also on the Ninth day of November 1784 an Amount of Three hundred sixty eight pounds eight shillings & nine pence half penny- which were charged to the United States the first sum under the head of Expense of Post at Greenwich in Fairfield County
as Coast Guards; during the Revolutionary War
And that on the twenty fourth day of February
1788 the acct and vouchers were delivered to E 
Harkell Esq. a Commissioner appointed by the
United States, to receive the claims of this State
and for which he gave his Receipt, to be forward
to the Honble Board of War, pursuant to an Act
of Congress of May 1787.
Certified by [signature] Elisha Colt Comptr
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In Congress
The Delegates of the United Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex in
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina & South Carolina, to Ozias Bissell Esq.
We resposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, Valour, Conduct and fidelity,
Do, by these present constitute and appoint you to be captain in the seventeenth regiment
of foot Commanded by Col. Jedediah Huntington in the army of the United Colonies raised for
the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Captain by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging -
And we do strictly charge and require all officers
and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Captain - And
you are to observe and follow such orders and direction from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committe of Congress
for that purpose appointed, or commander in chief for the time being of the army
of the United Colonies, or any order your superior officer, according to the rules and
discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you  - This Commission to
continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress
By order of Congress
John Hancock - President
Attest
Charles Thompson-- Secy
January the 1st 1776-
Pension Bureau
August 21, 1891
I certify that the foregoing is a copy of the original commission as Captain
issued to Ozias Bissell, this day forwarded to George F Bissell at Chicago Ills
with a draft of a receipt for the same to be signed and returned-
[signature] C. W.[illegible]
Chief of Old War & Navy Division
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Admitted
[possible faint text below illegible]
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District of Connecticut, ss. Hartford
On this First day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Hartford for the said district, personally appeared Ozias Bissell aged about Eighty Seven years, resident of Vernon in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, in his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Bissell with a Captain's Commission [crossed out the words enlisted in] Vernon in the state of Connecticut, in a Regiment of the Infantry commanded by Col. Huntington in the Connecticut line in 1779 & was a Captain in 3d  Regiment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of June AD 1783, when he was discharged from service in state of Connecticut, that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services,
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
[signature] Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court of the County aforesaid
I, Jonathan Brace Judge, &c, as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ozias Bissell did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
April 1st AD 1818. [seal] seal of the court
Jonathan Brace Judge aforesaid April 1st 1818 sealed with the seal of aforesaid Court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court [signature]
Thomas Chester Clerk
[text handwritten down left side of page] I am  satisfied that Ozias Bissell within named served nine months in one period in the continental establishment & that he is in indigent circumstances. [signature] Jonathan Brace Judge of the county court for the county of Hartford aforesaid.