Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10944, for Daniel Kellogg, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Kellogg, Daniel
S 10944
Carded
CONTENTS

1890 Oct 31 J K Wheeler history Prior
Letter to T. Pease, Mar. 18, 1837.
Vide March 28/37
68 Connecticut
Daniel Kellogg
Died Dec 25 1835
in the State of Connecticut, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bulkley — of the Regt commanded by in the Conn. for 9 mos Private — $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut, at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb. 1832 and sent to H. D. Dyer Esq., J. Pease, Receiver.
Arrears to 4th of Feb. 1832 — $45.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 — 15.00
$60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Virial Luce Clerk, Book D Vol. 3 Page 57

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Connecticut County of Hartford Probate District of Enfield
On this 16 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before William Denison Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Enfield now sitting Daniel Kellogg a Resident of Enfield in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut aged Eighty five 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 th 1832 That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Servants as herein stated. In the year 1770 - sometime in the Autumn of that year as he believes, he Enlisted for the term of three months under Capt. Bulkley of Colchester. Lieut. Eliph Chamberlain of the same place that he soon after marched to the the Neighborhood of Boston. That he was first stationed in Roxbury and was afterwards Engaged in fortifying Dorchester heights

Continued in the Service at Dorchester untill after the Enemy left Boston, when he was discharged & came home. He believes he served three months on this tour, that he does not recollect the name of his Col o or Major. Remembers seeing Generals Washington & Putnam. Saw General Washington Examining Dorchester Heights before the fortifications were begun performed afterwards three Tours of Service of two months Each according to the best of his recollection. He cannot fix the year in which either of them were performed at two of them of these Tours he was drafted from a Company of Militia in Hebron where he then resided & at the other he went as a Substitute for his Father who also resided in Hebron when name was Daniel Kellogg that his first tour was at New London he was stationed in the Town & quartered in the Court House that his Captain this tour was Samuel Gilbert of Hebron & his Col o Lord Davis of Hebron, that both the other Tours were performed at Proton that the Officers were none of them from the Town in which he resided & he cannot recollect the name of any one of them. That he thinks that it was his last tour at Proton that he acted as a Substitute for his Father, that he has a perfect and distinct recollection of performing the three Tours of Service as he has stated and he is confident that he did not serve less than

two months at East Loun. That he now recollects that his Captain & Lieut at an Loun were both by the name of Palmer but he does not know where they resided. That he now remembers according to his best recollection a written discharge from the Service. That he knows of no person living who served with him at either Loun of Service. That he was born in Hebron in that part of Hebron which is now called Marbleboro in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut that he resided at Hebron untill after he was fifty years of age that he then removed to Loshen in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts that he resided at Loshen about fifteen years then removed to Hadley in the State & resided there untill about six years since when he came to live with a son in Loun at Enfield Connecticut where he still lives. He is a stranger to most of the inhabitants in the Town of Enfield having been for the most part confined to the House in which he lives in an insulated part of the Town since he came there. That James Deacon Southworth Deacon Parsons living in the same neighborhood. Knows him before he came to Enfield to reside & have been well acquainted with him since and can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his Service as a Soldier of the Revolution. 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
Daniel Kellogg
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore W m Dixon Judge
We Jonathan Pease & Elisha Parsons residing in the Town of Enfield in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Kellogg who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we him to be eighty five years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Jonathan Pease
Elisha Parsons
Sworn & subscribed the day & year afore
W m Dixon Judge
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the Court further certifies that Jonathan Pease & Elisha Parsons who have signed the preceding certificate are both Residents of the Town & neighbors of the applicant & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. & that the applicant has not been long a resident in the Town & is mostly confined to his house by the infirmities of old age & that the Rev Francis L Robbins the only clergyman in the Town was not acquainted with him
W m Dixon, Judge
I Alonzo Booth Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Enfield in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Kellogg for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & of affix this 6 th day of Aug 1832
Alonzo Booth Clerk

State of Connecticut Hartford County Probate District of Enfield 3/
On this 29 th day of January 1833 Personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Enfield Daniel Kellogg who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & 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 period mentioned below in the following grade. For nine months I served as private for such service I claim a pension. I further depose & say that the clergymen who were residing in the several towns where I resided before I came to reside in Enfield, are dead that I was well acquainted with Jonathan Pease & Elisha Parsons who have testified to my character many years before I came to reside in Enfield & that I know of no persons living who have better means of knowing my character than I Pease & Parsons
Daniel Kellogg
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid W m D. Dixon, Judge
I certify that Alonzo Booth who has signed the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Enfield duly appointed & sworn according to law W m D. Dixon, Judge

of Thomas Day, Governor of the State of Connecticut, and the seal thereof, as hereby attested and made known to all whom it shall or may concern.
That William D. H. S. ... whose name is subscribed in his own hand, writing to the following certificate is, and for more than six months has been, the duly qualified Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the State District of England in said State duly appointed, commissioned and qualified; that said Court is a Court of record and established; that said Judge alone, having a proper seal belonging thereto, with power to administer oaths to witnesses touching all matters cognizable in said Court, with power also to appoint and swear a Clerk; and that full faith and credit shall and may be given to the official acts and attestation of the said Judge in said Court and Country.
In Witness whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said State at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 13th day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Thomas Day

Reckon
10.944 INVALID.
File No. 10.944
Daniel Kellogg Brit. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1893 - May 18.
Visit to Mrs. E. F. Church - South Orange, N.J.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 28, 1853.
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;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
Dennis Parsons one of the 5 children of Daniel Kellogg, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut
Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars
and Cents per annum, under the law of the
7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, 15 of annuity due him from the
11 th of Sept. 1835 to the 25 th Dec. 1835.
Respectfully, yours,
M. Brohead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Jos R Wheeler Per Sept 11 1890 Daniels Kellogg Mof
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NOV 1890 06 01 PM '90 P.M. CO
U.S. POST OFFICE SEP 15 1890

Hartford, Conn., Sept 11 1890
Commissioner U.S. Pension Office
Dear Sir. My Great Grandfather on my mother's side was a revolutionary soldier, and pensioner. While living with my grandfather Josiah Parsons in Enfield, Conn. He was a native of Northampton Mass. His name, Daniel Kellogg , and I think enlisted in a Mass Reg. serving through the war. Will you kindly furnish me the information. officially. that he was a U.S. Pensioner. the Reg't to which he belonged. and Rank if any. and very much oblige
Yours Respectfully J. K. Wheeler

He afterwards performed 3 tours of service of 2 months each but could not receive dates of discharge the names of the officers or the name of officer except Capt John Samuel Gilbert & Col J. L. Jones

Canby, South Oregon April 27 th 1893 To the U.S. Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
I am referred to records at this office - for information concerning one - Daniel Kellogg who served in the state of Conn. as private in Capt. Ledgewick Co. 1776 - and whose name appears on U.S. pension roll 1833. I want to

know when, and where he was born - name of his parents - & if married - & any other information contained in his application papers that may lead to establishing his identity. Will you please communicate with me upon the subject and oblige Yours truly - Belle Kellogg Church Address -
Mrs. E. F. Church - Box 52 South Orange - N. J.

J. M. G.
O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. May , 189 3 .
Madam
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Daniel Kellogg , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     fall 1775 3 mos Pr Bulkley Putnam Conn   2 " " Joel Gilbert Putnam do   2 tours each 2 " " no date or names stated do    One of the 3 tours was for his father, Daniel Kellogg of Hebron - The 2 nd tour to New London & the 3 rd to Groton Conn
Battles engaged in, not stated but was at Siege of Boston
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hebron Conn
Date of application for pension, August 1832
Residence at date of application, Enfield Conn
Age at date of application, 85 years & died Dec 25 1835
Remarks: Moved from Hebron in 1783 to Goshen Mass, then in 1798 to Hadley Mass & 1826 to Enfield - part of Hebron where he was born set off for Marlboro'
Very respectfully,
Alm E. F. Church Box 52 South Orange N. J.
Commissioner.