Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23.123, Oliver Bell, Conn. Vt.
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SERVICE

Conn
VA.

Bell, Oliver

NUMBER
S.23.123
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Left Side of Paper

Albany 31,359
Oliver Bell

Franklin Co in the State of N. York he was a Private in the company commanded by Captain McNeil of the troops commanded by Major Rice in the Vermont mil. for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of March 1838 and sent to Hon. J. B. Spencer, H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March '38     140.00
Semi ano. allowance ending Sep.    10.00
                                                          ------
                                                       $150.00
                                               

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

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
Book E-2, Vol. 4 Page 6


RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE:


See letter Oct. 24, 1838 to the Pensioner.

Dead

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 14 March 1839 the day of his death.  Agt.  notified 19 Dec. 1839.
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Treasury Department, Second Comptroller's Office, Nov 18th, 1839
Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Oliver Bell, a Pensioner of the Roll of the Albany NY Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars and cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1838, to the 14th March 1839, the day of his death, Respectfully yours Albion K Parris Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present
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State of New York   }
Franklin County      }  
   
On the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven, Personally appeared before me, Sylvester Langdon, a Judge of Franklin County in the state aforesaid, Oliver Bell, a resident of Constable in the County and State aforesaid, aged eighty five years, who, being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress,  Paper June 7th 1832 (Par,)

That he was born in the town of Woodsbury in the County of Litchfield in the then Colony of Connecticut Aprl 1752; - does not know that there is any record of his age; - That he was living in Vermont in the County of Rutland in the State of Vermont at the time he was called into service, & that I continued to live there until AD 1803 when he moved to the town of Constable in the County of Franklin, where he has continued to reside until the present time.  That in the month of November AD 1775 he entered the service as a Private & Volunteer under Major Stephen Rice of the Vermont State Militia, and served under him at Salem in the State of New York, five days.

Also, in the month of October AD 1776 he served under Capt. John McNeil at Hubbardton in the State of Vermont, as a volunteer, four days; - Also - served under Major Stephen Rice of the Vermont State Militia, at the Fort in Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, & commenced the service on the 20th day of May AD 1777; that the Fort was commanded by Gen. Arthur St. Clair - that Cols. Seth Warner was also an officer a the Fort, & well remembers of marching in company with him from Hubbardton to Ticonderoga; - that Cols. Bellow & Col, Moses Robinson of the Vermont State Militia were also in service at the Fort at that time; - that while he was in service at the Fort the Burgoy
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 (a British ship) sailed up within about 80 rods of the Fork, & landed her men, that they pitched their tents, & continued then some days,  I guarded their horses while they fed on the common, day after day, & well remember taking two of their horses from them in the following manner.   On a day when the horses were feeding on the common, guarded as stated above, two fo them, while feeding ranged a little out of the common beat, which he discovered & took advantage of it, & undiscovered by the guard until he was out their reach, slipped in between them & the main body of troops, & drove them into the Fort;  That the Fort was evacuated to the British, on the 6th day of July & that he arrived home on the 10th day of the same month, having served one month and twenty days.

Also, during the latter part of the same month, (July 1777) he volunteered to reinforce a company of Rangers commanded by Capt. Amesburg, & met them in the Town of Paholes, on a retreat before a party of British & Indians, & returned served three days.

Also, on the first Sabbath in October AD 1777, he volunteered under Capt. Jonathan Herrin  in the Regiment commanded by Col.. Increase Mosely, & went to (illegible) on the Hudson, where he continued in service two months, and rembers [remembers] of seeing Gen. Putnam then, with life guard consisting of eight men. 

Also, in the month of May AD, 1779 he was drafted & claped with Joel Baldwin to work at building the Fort at (illegible) in Vermont that he served seven days by Joel Baldwin as a substitute. 

Also, in July AD 1779 he volunteered to help garrison at the Fort in Rutland, Vermont & believe the officer first in command at the fort was Sawyer, & the officer second in command was Blodget, but does not remember the offices the respectively held, that during that term of service, he went in
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command of a Corporal's guard to spy out the situation of the enemy's shipping & the indians on Lake Champlain, that Dr. Roeback was in company as a surgeon, & that in inspecting the scouting, he (illegible) through the towns of Castleton and Fair Haven and down the Lake, some of the way under cover of night in a boat & some of the way by land to a place on the East side of the Lake opposite North West Bay, at which place the enemy's shipping was enshored.  & returned home having served twenty days.

Also, that in the month of June AD 1780 he volunteer under the command of Cols. Warren Point, & that two other Regiments met them at Ticonderoga and marched in company to Crown Point.  one of the Regiments was commanded by Col, Williams and the other by Cols,  VanRaunfallon, returned home after having served five days

Also in the month of October AD 1780 he volunteered under the command of Lieut. Samuel Allen & went on an alarm to Castleton Fort, & returned home having been in service four days.

Also, in September AD 1781 he volunteered under the command of Lieut. Samuel Allen & went to the Fort in Castleton on an alarm, & returned home having been in service three days.

Also, on the 10th day of September AD 1782 he volunteered under the command of Cols Ebenizer Allin & served under him at Pittsford Fort, until the first of December next following, when he returned home, having served two months & twenty days & believes there was not any officers at the Fort at the time except for militia. 

And this deponent further saith, that at the time Miles Lee deposed before Harry Horton Esq. (reference being have to his affidavit hereunto annexed) to the fact of this deponent having served at Pittsford Fort under Col. Allin, this deponent was surfeit, & it was then believed & agreed by this deponent  & the said Miles
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Leet, (and as the said Miles Leet did at that time  depose) that the service was performed in the year 1780.  that was after deposing as above stated he said Miles Leet return'd home to (illegible) & died, but this deponent has since learned, from writings in his possession (a Deed of Land) & other corrobative testimony, that the service was performed in the year 1782 & that the said Miles Leet & himself were mistaken, at the time the said Miles Leet depos'd [deposed], so far as it suspects the year the service was performed.  Also, that the said Oliver Bell hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present , & declares that his name on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.  

Oliver Bell

Sworn to & Subscrib'd   }
the day &year aforesaid }
Selvester Langdon Judge of Franklin Common Pleas

We, Aaron Foster, a Clergyman residing in the Town of Constable, in the County of Franklin & State of New York, and Geo. W. Darling residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Oliver Bell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn & Subscribed this }     Aaron Foster
day & year aforesaid       }     Geo. W. Darling
  

Selvester Langdon Judge of Franklin}
                                 Common Pleas }
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Supplement to the foregoing annexed Declaration, made by Oliver Bell, before me, the undersign'd [undersigned] Judge of Franklin County on the ninth da of Nov. AD 1837.  

That the ongoing the said application has been so long delayed, on the following,  - 

That soon after the paper of the Act of June 7th 1832 he applied to Asa Haseall Esq. an Attorney at Law resident of this County, to assist him in making out his claims for a pension under the said Act, & was inform'd [informed] by him that unless he could show that he had served at least six month at one time, it would be in vain to submit any claim.  Knowing that he had not served, at any one time, six months, he for a while abandoned the idea of obtaining a pension under said act.  - But having learn'd [learned] that a construction, had been given by the Secretary of War, with aspect to the amount of service perform'd [performed] at any one time, to entitle the applicant to a pension, different from the one given by Mr. Haseall to who he applied for (illegible), he was encouraged to take measures to ascertain the facts in the case.; and that it was not until last October that he was inform'd [informed] satisfactorily that service of six months in all, if duly authenticated, was all that was necessary to entitle the applicant to a pension; and knowing that he had perform'd [performed] such service he accordingly, although at a late day, made application.

With aspect to this information on the subject, which probably may be obtained from the Treasury of Vermont, He has written to Allen Wardner Esq. on the subject, but has yet received no returns.

Subscrib'd [Subscribed] & Sworn this 6th day }
January AD 1838 before me                             }                 Oliver Bell
 
Selvester Langdon Judge of Franklin County
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I, Selvester Langdon, a Judge of Franklin County, do hereby Certify, that the within named Oliver Bell, by reason of bodily infirmity, was not at the time application was made, within is now, able to attend the (illegible) of a Court for the purpose of examination of his claims for a pension under the Act of Congress, pap'd [papered] June 7th 1832, and I hereby further Certify that the reason this fact was not embraced in my former Certificate, was, that I neglected to insert it through mistake, occasioned by my not being sufficiently careful in the examination of the Law on the subject. 

Selvester Landon Judge of Franklin this Court.
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BA-J/AWP
Oliver Bell
S.23132

Mrs. C. P. Hazen
10 Reed Street
Springfield, Vermont

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 records of Oliver Bill, Bills or Bell of Tinmouth, Vermont.

The data which follow were obtained from claim for pension, S. 23123, based upon service of Oliver Bell, in the Revolutionary War.  This is the record of the only Oliver Bell, Bill or Bills found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.   It is not shown that he served in the War of 1812.

Oliver Bell ( as he signed) was born in the year 1752 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.  The names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vermont, Oliver Bell served as a private from sometime in November, 1775, at variors times with the Vermont troops, under Lieutenant Stephen Allen, Captains John McNiel, Amesbury, Major Stephen Rice, and Colonels Warner and Ebenezer Allen, during the service he was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga, and assisted in building Fort Castleton, length of his service about six months.  He served, also, in the summer of 1776 or in the fall of 1777, two or three months a private in
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Captain Jonathan Farrand's company, Colonel Increase Moseley's Connecticut regiment.

The soldier, Oliver Bell continued to live in Tinmouth, Vermont, until 1803, when he moved to Constable, Franklin County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 9, 1837, then living in Constable, New York.

He died March 14, 1839, leaving children.  Names of children were not stated, nor are there any data in regard to his wife shown in the claim.

In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Oliver Bell
Certificate # 31359
Issued March 6, 1838
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced  March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Albany, New York Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Written vertically on the left edge:

1926 Dec 21 Hist. to Marth S. Channell 
1940 - June 10 Hist to Mrs. C. P. Hazen

Main body:

23123
Revolution  
INVALID>

File No,  23123
Oliver Bell
Pri  Rev War

Act:  June 7th 32

Index: - Vol, 2, Page 31

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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New York

Oliver Bell

(the following text is crossed out)
Letter to Hon, J. B. Spencer 30 Jan. '38.
" to same  28 Feb. "
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I have been unfortinet [unfortunate] as to giving Judge Spencer information before he first went to Congress and have had but a few minutes with him since his return.  And I am so declined I fear I shall have no more before he goes the next term.

With Due Respect

Oliver Bell


Geo. Wm. Crump
J. L. Edwards

Of the War Department
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Hand cancellation in upper right section of envelope

Oliver Bell Esq.
A Revolutionary Soldier
Constable
Franklin County
State of N. Y.
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State of Vermont, Treasurer's Office, Window
January 15, 1838

I Allen Warner, Treasure of said State do hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper purporting, to be a "Pay Roll of Cap. John Spafford's Company in Col. Ebenezer Allen's Regm't [Regiment] of Militia in the Service of this State, commencing the 31st day of May 1780 and ending the 6th day of June 1780 inclusive, the money being due from the State of Vermont.

I further certify that the name of Oliver Bell appears on said Roll with an allowance for seven days service annexed.  That siad Roll appears to have been sworn to on the 5 June 1781 before  Wm Chittendon Gov.  that on the same 5th of June a certificate of approval & an order for the Treasurer to pay said Roll appears to have been entered thereon over the signature of Hos {Honors} Chittenden & John Fasset Committee and that 
it also appears that the Treasurer did pay said Roll on the said 5 June Lieut. Samuel Allen whose name appears at the head of said Pay Roll - that there is another paper on file in this office purporting to be a "Pay Roll of Capt. Samuel Allen's Company of Volunteers, raised by order of Brig. Gen. Allen, commencing the 13 Oct. 1780 and ending the 4 day of Nov. 1780 inclusive, the money being due from the State of Vermont.  I further certify that the name of Oliver Bell appears on said Roll with an allowance of twenty three days service annexed - that said Roll appears to have been sworn to by said Capt. Samuel Allen on the 5 June 1781 before John Harper (illegible) and that on the 7th of said June it appears that a certificate of approval & an order for the Treasurer to pay said Roll to Tho. Tulman P. He was entered thereon over the signatures of Tho. Chittenden & Tim Brownson Committee - I further
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certify that on the 20th March 1782 it appears that said Talmon as per master received the contents of said Pay - Roll in full - I further certify that there is another aper on file in this office purporting to be " A Pay-Roll of Capt. Orange Train Company in Col. Lee's Regt [Regiment] of Militia commencing the 20th day of Oct. and ending the [blank] day of Nov 1781 inclusive, the money being due from the State of Vermont".   I further certify that the nae of Oliver  Bell appears on said Roll with an allowance for four days service annexed - that said Roll appears to have been sworn to by said Capt. Orange Train on the 22nd March 1782 before Thomas Rowlee Justin (illegible) - and that on the 23rd of said March it appears that said Roll was examined, approved & ordered to be paid by Timo {Timothy] Brownson & Nath. Brush, Committee - and  further certify that on the 30th of said March it appears that the Treasurer paid the contents of said Roll to John Corden who received the same for & in behalf of said Orange Train.

Allen Warden Treasurer of the State of Vermont
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(illegible) (illegible)  Jany [January] 15, 1838

Dear Sir

I have examined all the Rolls in the office, about 230 in number, being obliged to take this course in order to be certain of the parts in your case.  It is not be any means certain, or even probable that evidence of all the service performed by the Vermont Militia exit upon the rolls - I give you certificate of all I can find of your own service  The state allows me no pay for service of this kind & it would be right that I should be reasonable paid for the labor which I'm obliged to bestow on each case.  If persons applying for evidence of services could give the names of their officers correctly, it would lessen the amount of labor on my part very materially.  If you are successful in obtaining a pension & the paper which I forward you is useful I must request you to send me three dollars - but if you are not benefitted by my service & are not above board in your money matters, I shall not expect, nor do I wish, you to make me any confirmation.

Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Sevt    [Your Obedient Servant]

Allen Warden

Oliver Bell Esq.
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Hon. J B. Spencer

28 Feb 1838

O. C.
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War Department
Pension Office
February 28, 1838

Sir

The certificate of the Treasurer of the  State of Vermont in relation to evidence of the revolutionary pension of Oliver Bell has been examined.  The claimant is to be allowed a pension for six months of service if it be decided to accept a pension for that term a pension Certificate will be paid accordingly.

(illegible) Behr letter is herewith enclosed


Hon, J. B. Spencer
House Rep
U S
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Hon. J. B. Spencer
30 Jan. 1838

OC
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War Department
Pension Office
June 30, 1838

Sir

The pension of Oliver Bell record in your letter of the 18th will not have again been examined - The claimant was in my letter of the 21st with several to the Treasurer of the State of Vermont for further evidence.  Such evidence has not been produced.  The papers are placed on file waiting further proof.


Hon James B Spencer
House Reps
U. S.
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Hon J L Edwards
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Washington City
January 18th 1838

Hon J. L. Edwards
Pension Office

Sir

In you (illegible) (illegible) the enclosed papers were examined by Mr. Crump, and returned to me.  I forwarded them to Mr. Bell, they are now returned with such additional formality, and evidence as as the case seemed to require, allow me sir to call your special attention to the case, and at your earliest convenience report to me your decision.

I have the honor to subscribe  myself your obedient servant


James B Spencer
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(8-1776)
Service                               Number
Conn.        Bell, Oliver       S.23.123
Vt.
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Washington City
March 1st, 1838

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday offering to place Oliver Bell upon the Pension Roll under the Act of 1832 at six months.  I accept the offer with pleasure, presuming that this act of mine will not operate against a future increase of his pension provided he shall make such testimony as to entitle him to do so by the rules of your office. 

I am sir with great respect your obedient servant

James B Spencer



Col J L Edwards     }
Court of Pensions  }
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[illegible]        Mar 5.
Oliver Bell's
[illegible]
Brown  [illegible]
Washington City
[illegible] Oliver
Betty Pafey
[illegible] Edwards
Hn. J. B. Spencer
HR
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House of Representatives
March 5gh 1838

Hon J L. Edwards                }
Commissioner on Pensions}

Sir

Allow me to draw your attention to the certificate for a pension to Oliver Bell under the Act of 1832.  I presume it has escaped you, that no certificate has been issued.

I am Sir respectfully
your obedient servant

James B Spencer
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Constable Franklin County State New York October 13, 1838

AS the People of the United States Are in duty Bound To contribute to Each Other Useful Knowledge I now Call on you with Ties of Freindship [Friendship] To give me further Information as it Respects my pension I Ask your pations [patience] in Reading so lengthy.   It hurts my feeling when I observe how little my Oath appears to be valued.  I do not now write under oath but according to the best of my knowledge and beleafe [belief] and so I did when my Claim for a pension was made but it could not be expected that no man 60 years after could call to mind exactly the month and day of the month without some writings.  I beleave [beieve] I was correct as to the year and the season of the year Summer or Winter Seed time or harvest.  It was some time after the Militia and Volunteer Act were past [passed} before I had proper knoledge [knowledge] of what was nesesary [necessary] for to meet my sittuation [situation] as I had resided in two states in the time of that war and movd [moved] to this before the last war.  I wrote something like (illegible) (illegible) of paper sending letters to thise of my knowledge to help me to evidence but some were dead other were movd [moved] to parts unknown others wer [were] so advanced in years thear [their] memory was so poor they could not rember [remember] their own term of service.  I had (illegible) a little evidence I cald[called] on one attorney to come to my house and make a claim.  he says he was full of business and it would not be any use as I was not able to attend court to be interrogated and was week [weak] for evidence and had no Enlistment .  I askt [asked] him if he thought I would tell a lye [lie] for money he says no but you must be on a listed soldier or prove six months at one time
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I cald [called] on another attorney he promist [promised] to come to my house the next week and as I was not able to attend court I might call on Judge Langdon as he was acquainted with me to Entarregat [interrogate] but he did not come, perhaps he did not know when he promisd [promised] to come that I was a Van buran [VanBuren] man.  I wrote for the Regulations.  I then cald [called] on Judge Langdon to come to my house and he came and made out my claim.  I cald [called] on Dexter Darling to certify that I was not able to attend court and Rev. (blank) Foster.  As a clergeman [clergyman] they both attended the claim was sent.  As you  receivd [received[ it you sent it back  I expected when judge Spencer handed the Claim to the war department he would then attend particular to the buisness [business]their [there] was no occation [occasion] to send  the claim back as I thought I had done every thing that the law required.  For my sittuation [situation] Judge Langdon appeard [appeared] to beleave [believe] that it depended greatly on the attention of Judge Spencer as he had been personaly [personally] acquainted with me for more than 30 years.  and living in the same county and officiating as a judge and surrogate and a Capt. in the last war and I was particular known with a number of members of Congress ever sence [since] their [there] was a Congress.  I expect I have stated the reasons why the application was not made before for a pension.  As to my bodyly [bodily] health I am at this time as comfortable as most men of my age but I have wanted for 3 years  2 men to help me in a waggon [wagon] and 2: but I have not been into my own sellar [cellar] for 2 years or on a hors [horse] that time
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Oct 24
Geo:     M[illegible] Crump   frr

Oliver Bell
L Edwards
of the Wardepartment
pension office
at the City of Washington
E Constable  Oct 16th
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As to the value of my claim it is not what was expected.  It has been on old maxim that half a loaf is better than no bread but a quarter of a loaf appears too small for eight.  Months I have reason to be thankful that my memory and eyesight is remarkably good for me.  I value my health and a good carracter [character] more than money but I consider a pension a debt just due and I am confident I never receivd [received] from no officers for all my terms of service in Vermont which was 13! Not value sufficient to pay for my house keeping when I was oblidg [obliged] to ride to farms .  All I had from any officer in Vermont was one 3 dollar bill in the year 1781 I expect one year after the service and no officer in Vermont ever l cald [called] on me to sign a pay roll or ever informed me that they had made a settlement with Governer [Governor] Chittenden and other officers or mentiond [mentioned] to me that they had drawn any money nor my neibours [neighbors] those in the service with me ever mentioned that they had wages from Capt Samuelson  Some time he was cald [called] Lieut. Allen and I never had any knowledge of any returns from any officer as vollenteers [volunteers]. Untill [until] I (illegible) that from the Treausurer [treasurer] Allen Warner of Vermont las [last] winter as to Capt Orrange Train.  I do not remember I ever see hi in the war except when I was on the retreat from Ticonderoga I found him in Rutland but he was only a sergent [sergeant] at that time.  I am fully of the opinion on the way some of my officers made out their pay rolls they put their name at the top and as many soldiers in numbers as they dare and drawd [drawed] the money and did what they see fit.  I have wrote this to explain the proceeding
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34.320

Oliver Bell

N.Y.


Admitted 
Private 6 months



Hon J. B. Spencer
H.R.
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And I Silvester Langdon, a Judge of Franklin County, do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter,& after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was Revolutionary Soldier, & served as he states;  And I further certify that Aaron Foster who has signed the proceeding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Constable, in the County of Franklin & State of New York; and that George W. Darling, who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same town of Constable, & is a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit.

Silvester Langdon Judge of}
Franklin Com. Pleas            }


State of New York }
Franklin County     } 

I, Uriah D. Meeker, Clerk of Franklin County, do hereby certify that Silvester Landon is a Judge of Franklin County Courts, and that the signature of the declaration, Certificates and affidavits are his genuine signatures.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this fourteenth day of November AD one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven

M D. Meeker, Clerk
of Franklin County
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34.320

Oliver Bell

N.Y.


Admitted
Private 6 months


Hon. J. B. Spencer
HR
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State of New York }
Franklin County    }

I, Uriah D. Meeker, Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that Harry Norton, Esquire was on the day of the state of the within Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly (illegible) and sworn, that I am (illegilble) (illegible) with the hand writing of said Justice and that I verity believe the signature to the within (illegible) is his genuine handwriting  Given under my hand and the seal of Law's County this 15th day of November 1837.
U. D. Meeker  Clk
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Washington Ct.
Oct 4 1835

12.L


Mr. Oliver Bell
Constable
Franklin County
New York
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I Philo Hodge of Roxbury in the County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut aged 80 years do depose and say that in the summer of the year AD 1776 I belonged to a company of men in the continental army commanded by Capt. Peter Pamite in Col. Webbs regiment and during the summer was stationed & did duty in the city of New York and its vicinity and that during the summer I became acquainted with one Oliver Bell who was then a private in the company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Farrand of the Connecticut Militia & knew him while he was on duty in said company.  Said company having been raised in the neighborhood where I belonged previous to my enlisting into the regular army.  I know more of the officers and soldiers & am confident that the company in which said Bell was a private was out on a tour of duty of three months perhaps not but two as I can not recollect with entire accuracy.  I know that he served his time out in said company, what belonged to a regiment of men commanded by Col Increase Mosely and have no reasonable doubt of the source and further say so.

Philo Hodge
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State of Connecticut

Sept 30, 1836

At a probate court holden at Washington within and for the district of Washington on the day & year last aforesaid personally appeared Philo Hodge known to the court as a credible witness and being duly cautioned and sworn made wherein oath to the truth of the facts stated in the within deposition by him subscribed before me.

Fred J Jenn, Judge 
of Probate
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Andirondack Chapter
Malone, New York
October 21, 1926

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir,

Will you kindly advise me if Oliver Bell, Revolutionary soldier (shown on Vermont Rev Rolls) buried in Constable, Franklin County, New York State, died March 14, 1837 aged 87 years, is on your pension rolls.  If so will you send me a copy of data pertaining thereto.


Sincerely yours, 
(Miss) Martha L. Channell
Repnt
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Springfield, Vermont, April 30, 1940

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sirs,

Please give us the personal data and the war records in the pension papers, widow's pension, or bounty land papers, on the s services of Oliver Bill in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

We hope these papers may name his parents, or wife, or any items to help make out his history.

Oliver Bill lived in Tynmouth, Rutland Col, Vermont, from about 1779 until abut 180-.  He was born about 1755.

In the"Vermont Revolutionary Rolls", for 1780 or 1781 he is printed as Oliver Bell.  The name also appears as Bills.  These refer to our Oliver Bill, enlisted from Tinmouth.

We do not know where he enlisted prior to 1780, but he had once lived in Connecticut.

Enlistment in the 1812 War was probably after he had moved "West".  Some of his children lived in New York State.

Any record found of a Bill from Tinmouth, Vt., would belong to some member of the Oliver Bill Family.

Very truly yours,

C. P. Hazen
Mrs. C. P. Hazen
10 Reed St., Springfield, Vermonth

Stamped Received May 1, 1940
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Rev. and 1912 Wars Section. 

December 21, 1926



Miss Martha L. Channell
Malone
N. Y.

Madam:  

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 23123, it appears that Oliver Bell was born in 1752 at Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

While residing at Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vermont, he served from November 1775 at various times as a private in the Vermont Troops, under Captains John McNiel, Amesbury, Lieutenant Stephen Allen, Major Stephen Rice, Colonels Warner, and Ebenezer Allen and served until December 1783, in all about eight months.

He also served in the summer of 1775 or in the fall of 1777, two or three months as a private in Captain Jonathan Farrend's Company, Colonel Increase Mosely's Connecticut Regiment.  

He was allowed pension on his application
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executed November 9, 1837, while a resident of Constable, Franklin County, New York.

He died March 14, 1839, leaving children, their names are not stated, nor is the name of his wife on record 

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.