Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30520, for Ezra Kellogg, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nov. 18.
Kellogg Ezra
S. 30520
CONTENTS

10.559 Massachusetts
Anna Kellogg
of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts who was a Widow in the Company commanded by Captain Erdrick of the Regt commanded by Col Braver in the Mass line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 6 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of April 1839 and sent to Mrs. Anna Kellogg
Arrears to the 24th of March 1833 $133.34 Semi-annual allowance ending 1836
33.33
$166.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book
Vol.
Page
Clerk,

No 2392.
Ezra Kellogg of Great Barrington Ms.
Parish 20 Months
Papers not properly authenticated The credibility of the witnesses not established
Nov 7 1832
H. M. Bishop Lenox Barrington Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Ezra Kellogg of the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Cont  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 Apr. — 8 — As a mi- nute man Gen. Col. In o Fellows, Capt. Wm King   1776 Apr. — 2 15 Private Same Col. Capt. In o Speer   1776 June — 7 — do Col. Beman, Capt. Hickok   1777 July 5 th to about the middle of Aug. I was mounted on my Horse Saddle & Bridle worth in those times $8.00 which was taken by the enemy — — — Private Col. John Ashley and Capt. Silas Goodrich   1777 Aug. — — 15 Private Capt. Goodrich   1777 Dec. — 1 — Guard of Prisoners   1781 Mar 1 st Served as Asst t Quarter Master to the end of the war in 1783  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Great Barrington  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions of living witnesses to the whole statement - does not recollect ever having a written discharge  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Regular
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

Eva Mellogg Application for pension Great Barrington Ms Aug 15 1832
(2392)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, Ezra Kellogg, Esquire , a resident of the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the month of April 1773 I enlisted in a Company of Minute Men in said town of Great Barrington commanded by Capt. William King of said Great Barrington, and immediately after the news of the battle of Lexington was received in said town, by express, I marched with said Company under the command of said Capt. William King near Boston - my enlistment was for the term of eight months - the said Company was put into a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. John Fellows, and I did duty in said Company at Roxbury, Dorchester, & the vicinity of Boston for the term of my enlistment, at the close of which term I returned home to Great Barrington. At the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill, my Company was stationed on Dorchester heights & I was there doing duty with the Company at that time. In the month of April 1776, I again enlisted a volunteer in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. John Slocum of Sheffield in this county and marched with said Company to Saratoga in the State of New York - my Company belonged to a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. John Fellows - I was stationed with said Company as a guard against Tories & Indians, & continued there as a guard for two months and a half, as near as I can now ascertain the time, when I again returned to said Great Barrington.
In the month of June 1776, in the latter part of the month I again enlisted in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Ezra Siskind of said Sheffield for the term of five months, I marched under his command to Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in the State of New York - my Company was put into a Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Bremer and I did duty in said Company during said five months - at the end of said five months I was discharged & returned home to said Great Barrington - I cannot say whether I then received any written discharge or not, but I believe I never received a formal written discharge - But if I ever recd. any written discharge I have lost them. - I consider that I was constantly in the Militia doing duty in the service of my Country from April 1776 to January 1777 when I returned home to Great Barrington making a total service during the year 1776, of eight months at least.

In the fore part of the summer of the 1777 Genl Schuyler who commanded the northern part of the American Army called on the Militia of New England & the State of New York - In the fore part of July of that year I engaged again in the Militia in a Company commanded by Capt Silas Goadrick, & in a Regiment commanded by Col. John W. D. - our company immediately marched to Fort Edward & Kingsbury in the State of New York, & joined the Army there, and I continued with the Army on duty till about the middle of August, & assisted in the retreat of the Army to Stillwater. When I went up on this campaign, the call being urgent, I, (and many others of the Militia) went on Horseback - I mounted my own Horse with Saddle & Bridle, within those times as worth as eighty Dollars - I rode my Horse almost to Fort Edward where I left my Horse at Ostana - during our retreat I was in the rear guard of the American Army - we were so hard pressed on our retreat to Stillwater that we frequently exchanged shots with the British, & I was so unfortunate as to have my Horse, Saddle & Bridle fell into the hands of the Enemy, which I have never regained, a piece received very sorely. - About the middle of August I returned home to said Great Barrington and was immediately ordered to march to Bennington in the State of Vermont - I marched, with others, under the command of Capt Silas Goadrick of Great Barrington, & arrived at Bennington in the evening of the 16th of August 1777, the day of Bennington Battle. - I assisted that night in guarding prisoners, & the next day in burying the dead. The time spent in this expedition was about two weeks. In all the foregoing campaigns William Whiting then of said Great Barrington, now of the town of Berkshires in the county of Tioga State of New York, Esquire, served in the same Company with me, & he did service during the same period, except that in the Campaign at Bennington he remained in service two months & a half longer than I did.
In the month of Decr 1777, I was placed as a guard by Capt Silas Goadrick over one Gideon Smith, who had been adjudged by the Committee of Safety, (with others) to be a tory & an Enemy to his Country, & I guarded him constantly day & night for one month, when, in January 1778, he with one Silas Martin - Dale, & divers others, by order of a Court by order of a Court convened for that purpose, were ordered to be banished from this country to the British dominions - & for that purpose they were all sent to Boston in Decr 1778.
On the 1st day of March 1781, I was appointed an assistant in the Quarters Master Department of the American Army at the post of Great Barrington as above said, by Capt Walter Brinsmade of that town - he was Assistant Deputy Quarters Master there - I was generally called "Wagon Master" I had the management of the Waggons & teams at that post, which were numerous; But I also superintended the cutting, weighing, packing, & repacking, vast quantities of Beef which was furnished at that post for the Army - I continued constantly in that service from March 1. 1781 till the close of the war in 1783. - during all that time I could attend to no other business, & was confined to be in the service of the United States & received rations & pay accordingly during all that period.
I testify that I have always been informed & truly believe, that I was born

at Colchester in the county of New London of state of Connecticut on the 5 th day of September 1754. I testify that I resided in said Colchester & Lebanon in said state of Connecticut until August 1771, when I removed to said Great Barrington, where I have continued to reside ever since.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. I have no documentary evidence, but refer to the census & descriptions for the proof of my Service. Ezra Kellogg
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William P. Walker Judge of Probate
We Sylvester Burt — a Clergyman, residing in the town of Great Barrington aforesaid and John Whiting a Magistrate, — residing in the same town — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ezra Kellogg, Esq. — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy  seventy seven years of age; that he is repu- ted and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sylvester Burt John Whiting
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
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 Sylvester Burt who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, res- ident in the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire — and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that John Whiting who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire — and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the Coun- ty of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the ap- plication of Ezra Kellogg for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate.

I, William Whiting formerly of Great Barrington in the county of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts but now of the town of Berkshire in the county of Tioga & state of New-York, do testify & say that, I have been acquainted with Ezra Kellogg of Great Barrington aforesaid ever since the year 1772 - I know that he did service in the Militia in the war of the Revolution, I was in the service with him; he & I belonged to a company of minute men in said town of Great Barrington, first commanded by Col. Mark Hopkins, afterwards by Capt. William King - the said Kellogg enlisted in said company under Capt. King & I know that he marched for Roxbury near Boston in said company with myself & others who belonged to the same company in April 1775 immediately after the battle of Lexington - I know that the said Kellogg did service there in the American army for the term of eight months our company was annexed to the regiment commanded by Col. John Fellows - I know that the said Kellogg was discharged in or about the first of January 1776 & returned home - I engaged for a further term & staid longer in the service - I know that in April 1776 the said Ezra Kellogg again enlisted or volunteered in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. John Spoor of Sheffield, the company belonged to a regiment commanded by Col. John Fellows; I was a soldier in the same company - we marched to Saratoga on the North river in the state of New-York - we were on duty in that campaign about two months & a half as near as I can ascertain -
In the month of June 1776, the latter part of the month, I know the said Ezra Kellogg again enlisted in a company of Militia for the term of five months - I enlisted in the same company - we marched under the command of Capt. Ezra Hickok, the captain thereof, to Ticonderoga on lake Champlain in the state of New-York - our company was put into a regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Brewer - I know that said Kellogg did duty there during said five months, when he was discharged & returned home -

I also testify that in the fore part of the summer 1777, say June, Genl. Schuyler called on the New England Militia to join the northern army under his command the fore part of July that year I know the said Ezra Kellogg & myself engaged in a Militia company commanded by capt. Silas Goodrich of said Great Barrington & immediately marched to Fort Edward & Pinesbury in the state of New York & joined the army there - we were with our army when it retreated to Stillwater; & in that retreat I know the said Kellogg lost his horse, saddle & bridle which fell into the hands of the enemy - I know the said Kellogg returned home in the middle of August of that year -
I also testify that soon after our return home in August 1777 the said Ezra Kellogg & myself were ordered to march to Bennington in the state of Vermont under the command of capt. Silas Goodrich I know that the said Ezra Kellogg myself & others arrived at Bennington the sixteenth of August 1777 just at evening the day of the battle there, we assisted that night in guarding prisoners, & the next day in burying the dead &c - the time spent in this expedition was about two weeks -
I also testify that in the month of December 1777 the said Ezra Kellogg was placed as a guard over one Gideon Smith, who was a tory & had been advised an enemy to his country - I know that said Kellogg guarded him for one month till January 1778 when he, with others, was sent to Boston to be banished from the United States - I also know that said Ezra Kellogg on or about the first of March 1781 was appointed by capt. Walter Pynchon late of said Great Barrington, deceased, as an assistant in the quarter masters department of the American army at the post in that town.
I know the said Kellogg had the management of the waggons & teams at that post, which were numerous, he also superintended the cutting & weighing, packing & repacking large quantities of beef which was furnished for the army from that post, the said Kellogg remained in this service till the close of the war 1783. I resided in Great Barrington during the period that the said Kellogg did duty

in the Quatermasters department, & I know that the said Quatermas- ters office was kept by said Capt. Walter Pynchon at the said Kellogg's house & that the said Kellogg was constantly engaged in that business.
And further the deponent saith not.
William Whiting
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss. At a Court of Probate held at Great Barrington in & for said County on the fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832.
Personally appeared in open Court the above named William Whiting a person to said Court well known & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
William P. Walker J. Probate
And I further certify, that the said William Whiting is well known to me, and that he is a credible person -
W. P. Walker J. Probate

I John Kellogg of Great Barrington in the county of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I became acquainted with Ezra Kellogg of said Great Barrington in the year seventeen hundred & seventy two since that period we have both lived in said Great Barrington & ever since have been well acquainted with each other. I know that the said Ezra Kellogg served in a company of Militia or Minute men commanded by Capt. William King of said Great Barrington, for the term of eight months, commencing in April 1775 - his company was stationed in Roxbury Dorchester near Boston during that campaign I frequently saw him there & know that he did duty there during that campaign.
I also testify that the said Ezra Kellogg was in the northern campaign in the summer of 1777 & was at the retreat of the American army to Stillwater - he belonged to the company of Capt. Silas Goodrich of said Great Barrington & in a regiment commanded by Col. John Ashley. I remember that it was generally reported & has been believed ever since in this neighborhood that the said Ezra Kellogg in the above retreat lost his horse, saddle & bridle by having the same fall into the hands of the enemy.
During all my acquaintance with the said Ezra Kellogg he has borne a character unexceptionably good. For many years past he has been an acting justice of the peace in the said county of Berkshire & still holds the same office. Although we both bear the same name, we are not related to each other to my knowledge. And further the Deponent saith not.
John Kellogg
I Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss At a Court of Probate held at Great Barrington in & for said county on the fifteenth day of August A D. 1832
Personally appeared in open Court the above

named John Kellogg a person to said least well known. I made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
W. P. Walker S. Probate
and I further certify the said John Kellogg is well known to me, and that he is a credible person.
W. P. Walker S. Probate

I, Moses Hopkins of Great Barrington in the county of Berkshire of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify & say that I have been well acquainted with Ezra Kellogg of said Great Barrington ever since the year 1772 — we both have resided in said Great Barrington ever since that period — I well remember that the said Ezra Kellogg, marched with a company of minute men commanded by Capt. William King of said Great Barrington in April 1775 for Boston immediately after the battle of Lexington, I have no doubt & verily believe, that the said Kellogg served the whole of that campaign for eight months, that was the general reputation among his acquaintance at that time & I know he was absent from Great Barrington during that period. In the year 1776 & 1777 it was generally reputed & believed in Great Barrington that the said Ezra Kellogg served in different campaigns in the northern armies at Ticonderoga in the state of New York, at Fort Edward & Kingsbury in the same state & at Bennington in the state of Vermont, & I have no doubt of the fact although I was not personally present —
I also testify that I know that he was in the quartermaster department at the post in said Great Barrington under Capt. Walter Pynchon, who was the assistant deputy quartermaster there — the said Kellogg was generally called waggon conductor & had the management of waggons & teams; but as I supposed attended, attended , under the orders of said Pynchon, to any other necessary business of the department — I know that the said Pynchon kept the Quartermaster's office at said Kellogg's dwelling-house & I have no doubt & verily believe, that the said Kellogg did the business in said department from about March first 1781 till the close of the war in 1783.
And further the Deponent saith not. Moses Hopkins.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire At a Court of Probate held at Great Barrington in & for said county on the fifteenth day of August A D 1832.
Personally appeared in open court the aforesaid Moses Hopkins a person to said court well known & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
W. P. Walker J. Probate
And I for the court, that the said Moses Hopkins Esq is a credible person.
W. P. Walker J. Probate

30 520 Rev INVALID.
File No 30, 520
Ozra Kellogg Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]

25 92
Ezra Kellogg
H. M. Bishop Esq. Seneca Washington M.P.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Enza Belllogg which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no depositions were sworn to in open Court. XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? So appears by the Certificate of the Court.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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, deposeth 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 ——— year ——— months, and ——— days, I served as a ———. For ——— months and ——— days, I served as a ———; 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.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
† QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.