Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22788, George Gelat, R.I.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE
R.I.

Gelat, George

NUMBER
S 22788

CONTENTS

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18.298               Pennsylvania        
George Gelat      
of Susquehanna in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain-- of the -- commanded by--- in the R. I.  line for 21 mos     
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 70 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.       
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of August 1833 and sent to Asa Dimock Montrose     
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $140.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 35.00      
$175.00       
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}       
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk,    
 Book E Vol. 5 Page 21   
Let [letter]  Geo. Sampson April 21. 1846

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Sep - 26
George Gelat
Pension application
16641

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Susquehanna County

State of Pennsylvania on this tenth day of September in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of Susquehanna County now sitting George Gelatt a resident of Gibson Township 
in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years last October who being first duly sworn according to Law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832
 
that he entered the service of the United States a Vollunteer for two months in the year of our Lord 1775 in Captain Christopher Manchester Company and served my time out I then enlisted under the same for twelve months more and served my time out and
was discharged I then enlisted in the fall of Seventy Six under Captain Daniel Davol of Tiverton in the State of Rhoad Iland [Rhode Island] for three months and served my time out. I then was draughted and Served three months more under Captain Haskins I afterwards and In 1777 vollunteered under Captain James Morgan in the brig of war experiment for about five months and served my time out and  afterwards I vollunteered  under Captain Stone in the sloop of war called the Sallie for one month and had a fight with the British ship of war called the Ranger we also had Several other skirmishes while in the Sea Service and further states that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service other than the person whose affidavit is to this application attached he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pention [pension] or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not
on the pention [pension] Roll of the agency of any State to his knowledge  George Gelat
subscribed and sworn in open
Court, Sept 10th 1832,
Asa Dimock Prot [Prothonotary]

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We George W Leonard a Clergyman resident in the County of Susquehanna and Joseph Washburn Residing in the same Certify that we are well acquainted with George Gelat who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Seventy four years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion        George W. Leonard     
Joseph Washburn
Sworn and subscribed in open Court, September 10th 1832, Asa Dimock Prot [Prothonotary]      
and that said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogations prescribed by the war department that the above and foregoing named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that George W Leonard    who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County and that Joseph Washburn Esqr who has also signed the same is a resident in the County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit By the Court        Asa Dimock Prot [Prothonotary]     
State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss}   I Asa Dimock Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Colus, in the matter of the application of George Gelat for a pension,              
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Montrose, the tenth day of September AD 1832, Asa Dimock Prot [Prothonotary]

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State of Pennsylvania}
Susquehanna County Ss } 
Personally appeared before Davis Dimock one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas of said county George Gelat of Gibson Township in said County, aged 75 years and an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of the Seventh day of June 1832 and being duly sworn according to Law, in answer to the interrogations prescribed in the regulations of the War department under said Act - doth on his Oath depose and say -

1st. That he was born in Rehoboth, County of Bristol State of Massachusetts on the 14th of October 1757 as he has been informed by his parents

2nd. That he has no record of his age, but that he has seen his age recorded in his fathers family record.

3rd. When first called into the Service of His Country, he was living at Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island which remained his place of residence until after his services in the Revolutionary War - He then went to reside at Freetown in the State of Massachusetts, from thence he removed to Schenectady in the State of New York, then to Cheshire in the State of Massachusetts - thence to Savoy in the same state and from thence to the County of Susquehanna where he has resided for twenty three years last past.-

4th. That in the year 1775 in the month of September or October, he entered the Service of the United States (or Colonies) at Tiverton as a Volunteer, under Capt. Christopher Manchester in a Regiment Commanded by Col Richmond of Rhode Island State troops and was stationed on Rhode Island - and served for two months - was then dismissed. - That in the month of November or December 1775 he enlisted in the said Rhode Island state troops under the aforesaid Capt.  Manchester for one year was again attached to Col. Richmond's Regiment and remained stationed on Rhode Island until some time in the Spring of the year 1776- Was then removed to Connanicut Islands - from thence Manchester marched to New London, under Col Richmond - then to New Haven from thence in an expedition to Long Island under Major Barton who then belonged to col Richmonds Regiment - and then returned again to Rhode Island some time late in the fall of the year, where he remained until the term of his enlistment had expired and was dismissed by Capt. Manchester - That soon after he was dismissed by Capt. Manchester, and in the latter part of the year 1776 or beginning of 1777 he again enlisted at Tiverton aforesaid

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under Capt. Daniel Deval of the Rhode Island state troops for three months.  Was again attached to Col. Richmond's Regiment and was stationed at Howlands ferry during the whole time of his enlistment.  Was dismissed by Capt. Deval and returned to Tiverton where he remained for about one week and was then drafted into the Rhode Island state troops for three months and attached to a company commanded by Capt. Hoskins, of Col. Richmond's Regiment and was again stationed at Howlands ferry and served there until the term of his draft was expired and was dismissed by Capt. Hoskins.
That the latter part of the year 1777 or beginning of the year 1778 he left Tiverton aforesaid and went in a merchant vessel to Charleston in the State of South Carolina where he volunteered in a private armed vessel belonging to Charleston, under Capt. Frances Morgan.  The name of the vessel was the "Experiment" of twelve carriage guns and served about five months.  That during the cruise Capt. Morgan, together with his brother Capt. Charles Morgan of the Brig "Fair American" of sixteen guns engaged and captured a small fort on the east end of the island of Bermudas and captured at the same place a large vessel belonging to the British.  That he returned to Charleston with Capt. Morgan after his cruise of five months and again volunteered on board a sloop of war called the "Sally" of twelve guns under command of Capt. Stone, which sloop belonged to Charleston and he supposed was a private armed vessel and was out on a cruise of one month.  That during the cruise they had an engagement with a British man of war or transport ship off Georgia and out of his crew of sixty men fifteen were killed or wounded which obliged us to abandon the fight and returned again to Charleston.  That he then returned to Boston and from thence to Freetown Bristol County Massachusetts where his father resided.
That when the British came up "Fall River" and thrice burned the mills belonging to Richard Burden, this deponant was called out in the militia under Capt. Job Cook of Dartmouth, and was quartered at Fall River and served one month, to the best of his knowledge.  He has no recollection of any Regular officers, who were with the troops where he served.  That Col. Richmond had the entire command of the troops during his enlistment.  That Major Barton belonged to the same Regiment who was afterwards Colonel and the same that captured Gen. Prescott on Rhode Island.  That the general circumstances of his services are detailed in the foregoing.

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6th That he never received a written discharge from the service.
7th That Eld. George W. Leonard and Joseph Washburn Esq who reside in his present neighborhood and to whom he is well known have testified to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
And the said George Gelat on his oath further saith that while in the service of his country, he was either in the fields or in garrison, and that for the time during which his services were performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit and for such services he claims a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed, by the said George Gelat (who I certify to be a man of strict veracity) the eighth day of July AD 1833
Davis Dimock Asst Judge}
George Gelat
State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County}
[seal]
I Asa Dimock a prothonotary of the court of common pleas of said county, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Davis Dimock, whose signature in his own proper hand writing subscribed, appears to the attestation of the foregoing affidavit of amendment of declaration of George Gelat, is an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Montrose the eighth day of July AD 1833
Asa Dimock Prot

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16641
George Gelat
Susquehanna County
Pensylvania

21 months
$70. -

Asa Dimock
Montrose
Susquehanna Cty
Pennsylvania 

[illegible] From the executive of Whatover state the vessel mentioned in his declaration belonged to that she was a public annexed vessel

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office 183       
Sir:       
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:  }  ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.           

A Statement, showing the Service of George Gelot Susquehanna County Penn. 

[multi-column table] 
Period when the service was rendered.    Volr. 1775     Duration of claimant’s service. 1 Year 2 months    Rank of the claimant.  Priv.     Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served    None given     Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.   Age 74      Proof by which the declaration is supported.    Traditionary  

Period when the service was rendered.   Do.  Fall 1776   Duration of claimant’s service.   6 months   Rank of the claimant.   Priv.    Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served    

Period when the service was rendered.    Do 1777     Duration of claimant’s service.  [6 months crossed out]  Rank of the claimant.  Seaman    Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served    

Period when the service was rendered.    1779     Duration of claimant’s service.  1 month    Rank of the claimant.  Seaman    Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served    
[end table] 

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.   
    
He must produce proof from the executive of whatever state the vessel mentioned in his declaration belonged to, that she was a public— armed vessel—

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line." "State troops," "militia," and 'volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832,
State, Territory, or District of
County of }ss.
On this _ day of _ personally appeared (a) before _ A. B. a resident (b) _ in the county of _ and State, Territory or District of _ aged (c) _ 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 in the Army of the Unted States in the year (d) _, with _ and served in the _ (e) regiment of the _ line, under the following named officers: _
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service, (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers,) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _ A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
_ of the Court of _ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _ day of _ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (J) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, vis:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
(and then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _ Clerk of the Court of _ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal _ of office, this _ day of _ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his  alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. [large brace symbol creating two rows] [Row 1] To a Soldier. [brace symbol] Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
[Row 2] To an Officer. [brace symbol] Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth in the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—whon of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[Separator]
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. [Faded writing in margin.] Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, desposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For [line] year [line] months, and [line] days, I served as a [line]. For [line] months and [line] days, I served as a [line]; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their services. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; [faded writing in margin] the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription which which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
[header] Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. [faint writing in right margin]
[header] Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[symbol of a hand pointing to the right] The notes from [a] to [unreadable] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia [illegible], Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] the answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. [faint writing in right margin]

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I John Gelat of Fair Haven formerly Dartmouth & County of Bristol & state of Massachusetts age seventy years last November & a native of Freetown in said county, testify & say on oath, that I was in a military company in the fall of 1776 commanded by Daniel Daval then of Tiverton, State of R. Island, enlisted for three months according to my recollection & served in State of R. Island, at & near Howland's Ferry so called, the British being then on R. Island; that there was a company of artillery stationed at same place, commanded by Capt. Vaughan of the State of R. Island but did not go on to the Island & that George Gelat, my brother, about five years older than myself, was a private in said Daval's company at & for the time aforesaid, of three months, & at

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near Howlands Ferry aforesaid-
I further testify that in may or
June 1778, before Genl Sullivan's
expedition on R. Island [Rhode Island], the British
came up Taunton River on east
side of R. Island as far as Freetown
& went some miles on & the
militia were called out when
I & my
brother George above named
served in the said militia
for one month, near said river
at a place called Fall River- I further
testify, that, before the above
time & service, & I think in 1775, or
beginning of 1776, my said brother
George Gelatt was in the service
on R. Island ^or Conanicut^, which was before the British had come
to that place, as I went
there at that time to visit him
& staid several days- & my recollection
is that he enlisted & served a year & I
understood in the State service - this service
being just before the time I was in the

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Service with him first mentioned.
John Gelatt 

State of Mass Bristol August 8th 1832
Personally appeared John Gelatt & subscribed under oath to the truth of the statement above before me
Alden Bradford
Just. Peace
Bristol Ss. Augt. 8th 1832
I the subscriber certify that Alden Bradford whose name is above written is a Justice of the Peace for the county & state aforesaid -
Richard Williams P. Masters
New Bedford MA

Bristol SS. June 20th 1833
I also certify that the above named John Gelat is well known to me, & is a credible witness in all respects
Alden Bradford
Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol SS. 
I, James Sproat, Clerk, of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Alden Bradford Esq. whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate; is a Justice of the peace, in and for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer the oath

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this Twenty fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred thirty three
Jas Sproat

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O. W. and N. Division - 3-525.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,

File 22788
Rev. War.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of George Gelat, 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.

Date of enlistment of appointment: Sept. or Dec. 75
Length of service: 2 mos
Rank: Pvt.
Officers under whom services was rendered: Captain: Christopher Manchester
Colonel: Richmond
State: R. I.

Date of enlistment of appointment: Nov. or Dec. 75
Length of service: 1 yr
Rank: Pvt
Officers under whom services was rendered: Captain: Christopher Manchester
Colonel: Richmond
State: R. I.

Date of enlistment of appointment: Last 76
Length of service: 3 mos
Rank: (-)
Officers under whom services was rendered: Captain: Daniel Deval (or Pavol)
Colonel: Richmond
State: R. I.

Date of enlistment of appointment: (-)
Length of service: 3 mos
Rank: (-)
Officers under whom services was rendered: Captain: Haskins
Colonel: (-)
State: (-)

Date of enlistment of appointment: 77 or 78, Charleston S. C.
Length of service: 5 mos
Rank: (-)
Officers under whom services was rendered: Captain: Frances Morgan
Colonel: Brig "Experiment"
State: (-)

Date of enlistment of appointment: (-), Charleston S. C.
Length of service: 1 mo
Rank: (-)
Officers under whom services was rendered: Captain: Stone
Colonel: Sloop "Sally"
State: (-)

Date of enlistment of appointment: Fall 78
Length of service: 1 mo
Rank: (-)
Officers under whom services was rendered: Captain: Job Cook
Colonel: 
State: Mar.

Battles engaged in: engagement with British man of war (Nonsuch?)

Residence of soldier at enlistment: Tivarton, R. I. (Tiverton)

Date of application for pension: Sept. 10, 1832

Residence at date of application: Gibson township, Susquehanna Co., PA

Born Oct 14, 1759, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass.

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{on right]
1906 Nov 21
History to Ms. Eva Grazier [illegible]

[on left]
Revolution
22788
INVALID.

File No. 22788

George Gelatt
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7 22
Index: Vol. 2 Page 151

([Arrangement of 1872])

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Jan 28, 1846
[illegible]

Letter of Geo. Sampson
asking increase of Geo. 
Gellatt's pension.

P29. Rec Jany 22/46
Pension Office

Mariner
Jan 7th


Free
His Excellency the President of U.S.
Citty of Washington
District of Columbia

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His Excelency President of the United States

Sir I understand by the by that Congress past an Act in the year Eighteen Hundred Thirty one for the further relief of Revolutionary Soldiers and we in this part of the country have been ignorant of it until with in a year or two past. There is a gang of speculators running through the Country here pretending to be friends to them but they have the audacity to ask one half of the back money to put them in a way to get it a certain prof that they are more desireous of living thus own pockets than befriending the revolutioners. They also tell us that Act was past for the relief of Colonel Baldwin Ridgement only. There is one poor old soldier who has past Eighty Seven Winters and his Wife Eighty Six now living in the Township of Tompson, all most helpless and all they have to subsist on is a Pension of seventy Dollars per year he served in the Rhodeisland forces Colonel Bartons Ridgement his name is George Gellatt if that Law was past for the benefit of the whole or only a part I wish you to inform me on the subject if the old gentleman can be favorized by that Law and you will take the trouble to examin the Law and write me instruction that will enable me to direct the old gentleman how to get an addition to his Pension with the back money you will not only sooth the last moments of an old soldier but you will do that which will yield me a great consolation and if you have any regard for suffering Humanity and are the man I feel disposed to think you are you will be prompted by these lines to give the necessary information

George Sampson

January 2nd, 1846
James K. Bolk

Direct your Letter to Starruck Post Office,
Wayne County

P.A. I desire a spedy answer

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O.W.& N. DIV. FILES
NOV 
10 
1906

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East Hamilton, N.Y.
Nov. 5, 1906.

Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs: Please send me "Proof of Service" of Collins Gelatt and Geo. Gelatt who fought in the Revolution under LaFayette. They were from from Conn. I think. Geo. Gelatt (father of Collins Gelatt) came over from France shortly before the Revolution.

Yours respectfully,
(Mrs.) Eva Crosier Fitch