Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13597, for Nathaniel Kellogg, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental
Kellogg Nathaniel
S. 13597
Mass.
New York
carded
CONTENTS

1115 New York
Nathaniel Kellogg
of Greene in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Wilcox — of the Reg t commanded by Col. Follows in the Massachusetts line for 2 Years & 4 weeks —
Mass. Continental ★ N.Y.
Records completed May 2/1868
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars per Annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Octbr 1832 — and sent to W. Moysat
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $120 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 33 40
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D
Vol. 5
Page 105
Geo. C. Sibley
Clerk,

State of New York } County of Chenango } ss.
On this 30 th day of July 1852. personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Robert Monell, Vice Chancellor of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, at a Court of Chancery held at the residence of the Vice Chancellor, in the town of Greene, in the County of Chenango, and State of New York, now sitting, Nathaniel Kellogg, a resident of Greene, in the County of Chenango, and State of New York, aged Seventy four 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. That he, (living in the town Alford, in the County of Berkshire, and State of Massachusetts, in the Spring of 1775,) went, from the said town of Alford, as a minute man, (thinks it was in April,) in the year 1775, in Captain John Hollister's Company, to Roxbury, in the aforesaid State of Massachusetts, and whilst he was at the town of Roxbury, he enlisted, (from the thinks the month of April,) 1775 until the first day of January 1776, in Captain (thinks John) Bacon's Company, and Colonel (thinks John) Fellows, regiment of Massachusetts Militia. he does not recollect the names of any other of the officers, who were with the troops during the aforesaid service except one Major (christen name not recollect) Tupper, that he remained with the troops at Roxbury until, (this deponent thinks,) in September 1775, when he marched with the troops into the edge of the town of Dorchester, in the State of Massachusetts, and he there remained with the troops until the termination of his enlistment, which terminated on the first of January 1776, and that this service was called a nine months service; at the expiration of the aforesaid service, that he again enlisted, in the town, and state last mentioned, to wit: on the first of January 1776, for the term of one year, in Captain Samuel Bartlett's, Lieutenants (christen names not recollect) Allen and Noble's, and Ensign (christen name not recollect) Johnson's Company, and Colonel Ward's  (thinks John) Fellows regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, that he remained with the troops at Dorchester, until (thinks April) when the British army evacuated the City of Boston, when he marched with the troops from Dorchester, by land, to New London in the State of Connecticut, and there with the troops, went into a sloop and sailed up Long Island Sound to the City of New York, in the State of New York, landed in New York (thinks in April) and remained in the City about one month, and then marched with the troops to what was then called the East Hill, a short distance from the City of New York, and there encamped with the whole brigade, under (thinks John) Genl. Fellows, (the said General Fellows was on the previous year Colonel & had been promoted to the office of General,) (thinks the Colonel was one Ward christen name not recollect) and the other field officers not recollect, - remained with the troops on East Hill, until August when the troops were ordered to Long Island - he crossed with the troops at Brooklyn, and marched to a place South East, 4 or 5 miles to a place a little West of an extensive plain (name not recollect) where the British army were encamped, remained at the place west of the plain where the British army were encamped, not over a week, and from thence retreated with the troops to Brooklyn, and from thence, retreated in the night to New York City, remained with the army in New York City 3 or 4 days, and from New York the officers of the army sent their baggage up the Hudson River in a periaqua, and he went with the periaqua up the Hudson River to Kings Bridge, and there remained a week or two, and from thence marched with the army to White Plains, the British army following.

and encamped with the Army North east of the Court House at White Plains, remained with the troops at White Plains, until a battle with the British, he, this deponent, was then on the left wing of the American Army, and the battle at White Plains was between the right wing of the American Army and the left wing of the British Army, after the battle at White Plains, the British Army withdrew and crossed the Hudson River to the New Jersey side, — he marched with the American troops to Peekskill, and after remaining there 2 or 3 weeks, marched with the Army to a place near Stoney Fort, and there crossed the Hudson River to New Jersey and entered New Jersey, in rear of the British Army, and marched to a town (name not recollected) situated on a tide creek, up to which place shipping came, and there took several vessels (called Tory's property) there remained with the Army about two days, and from thence returned with the Army to Peekskill in the State of New York, and there encamped with the troops and there remained with the Army in tents until New Years, the first of January 1777, when he was discharged and returned to his home, in Alford, in the State of Massachusetts,
that he in the latter part of the month of June 1777, as Burgoyne's Army was coming from Canada down Lake Champlain and George, he, as a Volunteer, from Alford aforesaid, with Captain Sylvanus Willcox's Company of Militia (Lieutenants name not recollected), went to Fort Edward, Miller and Ann in the State of New York, that he started with the troops from Alford for Ticonderoga in the State of New York, that when he arrived with the troops at Bloody Pond they heard that Ticonderoga was taken, and from thence he retreated with the troops to Fort Edward, where one half of the Militia were discharged, and he was dismissed and returned home to Alford, after an absence with the Army of 2 to 4 weeks, General Schuyler then was Commander of the American Army at Forts Edward & Miller, and is the only field officer now recollected — that he in the last of July or on the first of August 1777, enlisted for 3 months in Captain John McIntire's Lieutenant Joshua Whitney and Ensign Utley Company of New York State Militia, (Colonel & other field officers names not recollected) that the Company collected near Kinderhook, in the State of New York, and he then marched with the Company to Tarry or near Tarry, and there from when the whole Army was collected under Genl. Gates, marched to Bemus Heights (so called) and there he remained stationed with the Army until after the Second Battle with Burgoyne, when Burgoyne retreated to Schuyler's Mills, where the British Army surrendered in presence of this deponent, and from thence in the night after Burgoyne surrendered, he marched with the troops to Albany, and from thence marched with the troops to Newburgh in the State of New York, and there remained with the Army until the 3 months for which he had enlisted had expired, when he was discharged and returned home to the town of Alford, afore mentioned, Benedict Arnold was a General in the American Army when Burgoyne surrendered, and this deponent recollects no other field officer who was present except Gates before mentioned.
that he was born in Westfield in the State of Massachusetts as he has been informed and believes on the 24th February 1758, that his father gave him a record of his family and age, which he has mislaid or lost, — lived in Alford in Berkshire County, in the State of Massachusetts when called into service, after the State line between New York and Massachusetts was run out, the farm on which this deponent lived in Alford, fell into Hillsdale and became a part of the town of Hillsdale in Columbia County and State of New York — that soon after the Revolutionary war, he moved into Greene, in the County of Chenango and State of New York, where he has since lived, and where he now lives — that he volunteered as a soldier of the Revolution and that he never was a Substitute — he recollects none of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where he served, except those already before named — he recollects no Continental Regiment, and no Militia Regiments except those already named with whom he served — that he never received a discharge (written) from service, neither did he ever ask for a written discharge — that Joseph Betts, Beniah Loonis, & Samuel Wheeler, — who know me, and who reside in my present neighborhood, can testify as to my character for veracity, and as to their belief of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution, that he has no documentary evidence of service, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, except Beniah Loonis and Daniel Tremain, whose affidavits will be hereunto annexed — that there is no Clergyman who resides in his immediate vicinity, except himself, and that he has been a Clergyman of the Baptist Church for more than 50 years past, 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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, Robt. Clowell Free Chancell
Nathaniel Kellogg

BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Kellogg of Greene in the State of New York (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the Vice Chancellor of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy four years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     Enlisted about the 1 st April In 1775 about 9. Private Gen. Fellows Mass ts Militia   to the 1 st day of Jan y 1776 1 do Gen. Ward do do   Enlisted 1 st Jan y 1776 2 to 4 Weeks do Capt. Sylvanus Willson   June 1777. 3 mos do Capt. M c Kenzie N. York Militia   August 1777  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains and at the Surrender of Burgoyne  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkshire County Mass ts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are correct in form and authentication 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk

② Record Division.
December 4, 1908.
Mr. John E. Hartridge, Dyal-Upchurch Building, Jacksonville, Florida.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 23" and received the 25" ultimo, you are advised that a careful examination of the papers in the claim of Nathaniel Kellogg, Sur. File No. 13,597, fails to disclose the dates of his birth and death and the names of his wife and children.
For date of the last payment of his pension and name of the person to whom the arrears were paid, apply to The Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Nathaniel Kellogg, Certificate No. 1115, issued October 26, 1832, under the Act of June 7, 1823, at the New York Agency."
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Kellogg , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 13597
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl 1775 to Jan. 1 1776 Pri. { John Hurlbut Bacon John Fellows Mass.   Jan. 1. 1776 to Jan. 1. 1777 Samuel Bartlett Murd   June 1777 244 wks Sylvanus Miller ✓   July or Aug. 1777 3 mos. John McIntire ✓ N.Y.  
Was in retreat from Brooklyn to N.Y. City & at Burgoyne's surrender.
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Alford, Berkshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 30, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Greene, Chenango Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born July 24, 1758 at Westfield, Mass.
Remarks: Soldier was a Baptist Clergyman - his father (name not stated) lived at Egremont, Mass., in 1776.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

admitted
2 years & 2 weeks
$80

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of the Rev. Nathaniel Kellogg 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? His statements are definite as to the greater portion of his service 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? The Applicant has produced the evidence of two living witnesses 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? Yes. 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 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? The Vice Chancellor Certifies that they were propounded to the Applicant.
 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.

John E. Hartbridge, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Jacksonville, Florida, Byal-Appchurch Building.
October 22, 1908.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Will you kindly furnish me the military history of Nathaniel Kellogg, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War?
I am under the impression that Mr. Kellogg was a Chaplain in the army.
An early reply will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
John E. Hartbridge
13597

Jacksonville, Florida, June 25, 1912.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me military history of Nathaniel Kellogg, Sur. File 13597, Revolutionary War, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Ellen M. Rorabeck
Dyal-Upchurch Bldg.,
Jacksonville, Florida.
(Great-great-grand-daughter ) ( of Nathaniel Kellogg. )

Rev John E. Garbridge, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Jacksonville, Florida, Royal-Appchurch Building.
Con November 23, 1908.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C,
I have your communication of November 2, 1908, in regard to the military history of Nathaniel Kellogg, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, Sur. File 13597 , for which accept my thanks.
If your files disclose any information upon the following points, will you kindly let me have same?
Date of marriage of Nathaniel Kellogg;
Name of wife of Nathaniel Kellogg;
Names of children of Nathaniel Kellogg;
Date of death of Nathaniel Kellogg.
Thanking you in advance for such information as you may be able to furnish, in addition to that already received, I am,
Yours very truly,
John E. Garbridge

1906 July 27. History to Miss Alice Schenck, letter in S. F. 24016 Abraham Miller c 1908 Nov. 2. Hist. to John E. Hartridge - C 1908 Dec. 4 - letter referring to sub. p for soldier's death etc. 1912 June 29. To Miss Ella M. Rorabeck. p
Reohar
13597  INVALID.
File No. 13.597
Rathaniel Kellogg  Phil. Pa. War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 253
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } Chenango County }
On this 30th day of July 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honble. Robert Morell, Vice Chancellor of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, at a Court of Chancery, held at the residence of the Vice Chancellor in the town of Greene, in the County of Chenango, and State of New York, now sitting, Benaiah Loonis, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, that he resides in the town of Oxford, in the County and in the State aforesaid, that he is well acquainted with the Rev d . Nathaniel Kellogg, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration, who lives in the town of Greene, in the County and State aforesaid, that he was well acquainted with the said Nathaniel Kellogg in the year 1775 who then lived in the town of Alford, in the County of Berkshire, in the State of Massachusetts, and that the said Nathaniel enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, into the service of the Massachusetts Militia from April 1775, until the first of January 1776, in a Company commanded by Captain Bacon, Colonel Fellows' Regiment (thinks his name is John) and that he the said Nathaniel served in said Company until the first of January 1776, that in the Regiment was stationed at Roxbury in the said State of Massachusetts, and as this deponent believes the time which said Nathaniel served was from April 1775 until the first of January 1776, which was called nine months service, and this deponent thinks the said Nathaniel served nine months, and this deponent further saith that immediately on being discharged from the above mentioned service, or one or two days previous, at the town of Dorchester in said State of Massachusetts, the said Nathaniel Kellogg again enlisted for one year in a Company commanded by Samuel Bartlett (Colonel name not recollect- ed, the Brigade was commanded by General John Fellows, that he this deponent saw the said Nathaniel Kellogg set his name to the enlistment Roll, and that the said Nathaniel was absent from home for one year from that time, and as this deponent understood served out his time in the war, and this deponent further saith that during the year 1776, he this deponent saw several letters addressed to the father of the said Nathaniel, who then lived in Lyremont in the State of Massachusetts, and that the said letters purported to be dated in the army, and this deponent knows that the said Nathaniel was gone one year or thereabouts, the said last mentioned service was in the Massachusetts Militia, and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Robt. Morell Vice Chancellor
Benaiah Loonis
State of New York } Chenango County }
On this 30th day of July 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honble. Robert Morell, Vice Chancellor of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, at a Court of Chancery, held at the residence of the Vice Chancellor in the town of Greene, in the County of Chenango, and State of New York, now sitting, Daniel Fernald, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, that he resides in the town of Greene, in the County and State aforesaid, that he is well acquainted with the Rev d . Nathaniel Kellogg, who has sworn to and subscribed a declaration foregoing, who lives in the said town of Greene in the County and State aforesaid, and that he this deponent was well acquainted with the said Nathaniel in the year 1777, and that sometime in the last of July or first of August 1777, the said Nathaniel enlisted as a Soldier, in the service of the New York State Militia for the term of three months, and after the troops were enrolled, marched from Kinderhook, at or near Troy in the State of New York, and from thence marched to Bemus Heights so called, and from thence to Schuyler's Mills, and there staid until Burgoyne's army gave up, and from thence marched down the Hudson River to Newburgh to keep the Tories in subjection, and there staid until the three months expired, that the said Nathaniel served all of this time as a Soldier, under Captain John McIntire of Hillsdale, in Columbia County, who commanded the Company (the Colonel's name this deponent cannot recollect) and further this deponent saith not,
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Robt. Morell Vice Chancellor
Daniel Fernald

We Asahel Holcomb a Clergyman, residing in the town of Greene in the County of Chenango and in the State of New York and Colonel Joseph Tuliand, residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Kellogg, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and 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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, in the Court of Chenango, now sitting, as aforesaid.
Robt. Moore Vice Chancellor
A. Tuliand Asahel Holcomb
No 3080
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 Soldier of the Revolution, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Asahel Holcomb Clergyman who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the town of Greene, in the County of Chenango, and State of New York, and that Joseph Tuliand — who had also signed the same is a resident of the same place, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Jonathan L. Woods Clerk of the Court of  Chenango for the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Kellogg, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office, this first day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jonathan L. Woods
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