Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12,017, for Timothy Kelly, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
or Kelly, Timothy Kelley, Joanna
W. 12.017
CONTENTS

Certificate to be issued in the case of Joanna Kelley claiming a Pension for the services of her late Husband Timothy Kelley

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
July 21 1841.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Timothy Kelley is borne upon the Roll of Capt Stephen Russell's Company in Col Samuel Ballard's regt in service from August 15 to December 30 1777 inclusive 3 mos 15 days, allowing 30 days for travel. Upon a like Roll of Capt Edward Munroe's Company in Col Jacob Gurnsey's regt for service at New York & Hill's Creek from February 20 to May 20 1778 inclusive 3 months. As a private upon muster of Capt Joseph Bagnall's Company in Col Water's regt for service at Rhode Island from June 23 1778 to March 22 1779 inclusive 8 months 29 days, including allowance of 200 miles travel. The term of the service of said Kelley belonged while in service is not stated in the annexed statement, and the above
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is all the evidence of services, which can be identified as having been pro- cessed by the late husband of Joanna Keely, in the estate of Capt. Miles and upon calls of Capt. James Whitman, such as:
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. G. [unintelligible] Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby required to furnish evidence from the rolls in his Office of the Service of her Husband Timothy Kelley of Hill in the County of Grafton and State of Massachusetts who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the Massachusetts line and was a Prisoner under the Act of 7th June 1832. He alleged he served in Capt. Russell's Comp. in Col. Ballard's Regt. in 1777. Served in Capt. Hanson's Comp. Col. Gerrish's Regt. from Feb. 1778. Served from June 1778 to Dec. as a waiter to Col. Minor in Col. Wood's Regt. Served in 1780 under Capt. Garrison Col. Jackson's and Served under Capt. Whittum. Capt. Jackson and Col. Gerrish. Witness my hand this tenth day of June 1846. Joanna has Kelley herb
Signed by the said Joanna Kelley in my presence
Nicholas M. Sawyer Justin Pearce

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, State July 1 st 1895
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attests James P. Stillingham was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
William E. Russell Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Stuart Chase, Clerk of the town of Newbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that I have in my possession the Records of Marriages in said town, and that under the caption of Marriages returned by the Rev. Ebenezer Dorr, I find the following entry.
Finally, William and Joanna Newcomb, both of Newbury, were married December twenty eighth, Seventeen hundred and eighty three.
I Stuart Chase do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Newbury, and that the above extract of Marriages is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures, that December 28 th 1783.
Stuart Chase
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Essex ss - July 5. 1845.
Then personally appeared the above named Stuart Chase whom I certify to be the Clerk of the town of Newbury, and made oath, that the above certificate signed by him, is true.
Before me,
James P. Folsom
Mr. Pease

10-711
New Hampshire
Timothy Kelley
of Grafton in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col B. Merrill the N.H. line for 18 (N.H.) 2nd Regt
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 60 Dollars 33 1/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept 1833 and [blank] Phelps, New London N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of June 1833 $120.65 Semestral allowance ending 2 Sept 30.15 $150.80
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by S. H. [blank] Clerk, Book C, Vol. 1, Page 98.

134.
New Hampshire
Joanna Kelley,
widow of Timothy Kelley,
who was a private
in the N. Hampshire line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 42 Dollars 20
Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1844, 19th: February, 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of Dec. 1845 and sent to Nich. L. Taylor
New Hampton,
N.H. -
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book: 2
Vol. 1 — Page 33.

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March 19, 1833
$60.33
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10.711.
G. H. Phelps New Chester N H

BRIEF in the case of  Jeremiah Kelley of New Bedford  of  Massachusetts  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Yes  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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. As a Gen.     In 1777 3 1/2 Private Capt. Hubbell, Col. Clifford, W. H. Brown   Feb or March 1778 Genl. Gates   July or March 1779 2 do Capt. Farnum, Col. Smith, Mass.   June 1779 6 Wait do Major, Col. Ward   Augt 1780 3 do Baron Maser, Col. Jackson   Sept 1782 Baron Maser, Col. Smith, Col. Jenkins, Col. Smith  
but discharged 5 or 6 mo before ending
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Medfield County  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? His own Declaration  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Signature No Evidence - Papers not attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Wilcox Examining Clerk.  July 25 1833

11861
Joanna Kelley Declaration of Mdm J. H. Joanna Kelley J. H.
Dec 21. 1848.
act of July 1838
Repealed act and '45
Maria 1783

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss On the twenty fifth day of March A.D. 1945 personally appeared before me Nathaniel S Berry a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Grafton and State aforesaid Deborah Kelley a resident of Hill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath and the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows and the Act of March 3rd 1843 and 17th of June 1844 to continue the Act granting Pensions to certain Widows
That she is the Widow of Timothy Kelley who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution in the Mass line and a Pensioner under the Act of 7th of June 1832 at the rate of Sixty Dollars thirty three cents per annum
Her proof of service reference may be had to the evidence in the War Office produced when he obtained his Pension Certificate

She further declares she was married to her husband the said Timothy Kelley at Scituate in New Haven in Mass. by the Rev. Isaac P. Kimball on the 18th day of December 1782 as will appear by proof herewith annexed That her husband died on the 19th day of February 1815
That she was not married to him her aforesaid husband prior to his leaving the Army but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1796 at the time above stated
She further declares she was never afterwards married and is still a Widow.
Jerome Greeley
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above written
Before me
H. S. Berry
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Witness Affirmatively
I certify that the above Declaration was taken at the Home of the above named Joanna Kelley the being unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity
H. S. Berry ! Judge

Timothy Kelley born December 12th 1762 in Amherst, State of Massachusetts Joanna his wife born in Cape Ann June 17th 1762 were married December 24th 1788 in Medford - where soon by the Rev. Isaac Kimball who succeeded Mr. Hale in the Ministry in Amherst - where soon Charlotte their eldest daughter born October 29th 1784 Horatio born February 8th 1787 Clarissa born February 17th 1789 Isabella & Amelia born April 15 1791 Alfred born November 13 1795 Lancelot born April 9th 1797 Joanna born May 8th 1800 Mary Ann born June 7th 1803 Harriet born January 1806 (Harriet died September 1809)
I Joanna Kelley a resident of Hills in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged eighty three years before and say that I am the Widow of Timothy Kelley who was a Revolutionary Prisoner of the United States that the above is a true copy of the record of my Marriages and the birth of my children as recorded in the family Bible which has been in my possession more than fifty years Witness Isabella Kelley Joanna Kelley mark

State of Pennsylvania Grafton Pa April 18th 1865 known to me and Subscribed before me
Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Joanna Kelley that she is a credible Witness that her testimony may be relied on
Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace
I Susanna Kelley age fifty three years of the County of Union the daughter of Timothy and Joanna Kelley that my father the late Timothy Kelley was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States and died on the nineteenth day of January 1845 that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record of the Marriages of Timothy and Joanna Kelley and the Birth of their children as recorded in the family Bible which has been in the possession of my father and Mother from my childhood Susanna Kelley
State of Pennsylvania Grafton Pa April 18th 1865 known to me and Subscribed before me
Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Susanna Kelley that she is a person of good character and her testimony is entitled to credit Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace

Hon. J. L. Edmands Commissioner of Pensions Sir
After examining the records to ascertain if Nicholas M c Taylor is in New Hampshire or in any other State with the greatest respect your obedient Servant Nicholas M c Taylor
State of New-Hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Nicholas M c Taylor is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County  State of New Hampshire duly Commissioned and qualified. His Commission was dated on the twenty first day of December 1842 and will expire on the twenty first day of December 1847 and his signature to the annual instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 15, th day of April 1845.
Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State.

State of New-Hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that, Wm. S. Berry is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Yates duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 2 d day of July - 1844 and will expire on the 31 st day of Sept. 1855 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 15, th day of April 1845
Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State.

I Caleb Sawyer of Bristol in the County of Grafton State of New Hampshire do testify & say that myself & the late  and  lately  James Kelly resided in Dracutt in the State of Massachusetts being the same - James Kelly that this Affidavit is given in favor of - that I lived in the Neighborhood with him In the time of the Revolutionary War & that it I was then informed that he enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary army and was knowing to his leaving the town And expect he joined the army as a Soldier how long I cannot tell Caleb Sawyer
Grafton 1827 21 September 1827. I certify that the above named Caleb Sawyer is is a Credible Witness Richard G. Bartlett Jud. Dean

Grafton Is.
I George M. Phelps do hereby certify that Ichabod C. Bartlett Esq. within named is a justice of the peace within and in said County duly qualified to take affidavits & that his initials in his signature which my hand the 14 day of Sept 1832 George M. Phelps
I George Woodward Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that Ichabod C. Bartlett Esq. was on the 14th day of Sept. last a justice of the peace within the said County duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the within to be his genuine signature Witness my hand & the seal of said Court his seals opened this 1st day of March 1833 W. Woodward Clerk

I Israel Knight a clergyman residing in the town of New Hampshire in the County of Grafton in the state of New Hampshire hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Timothy Kelly of said New Hampshire who is now applying for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 1832 and that I believe him to be seventy years old and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I concur in that opinion and that I know of no other person of that name in said town or County -
New Hampshire 3 Sept 1832
Israel Knight
Grafton 3 Sept 1832
Subscribed & sworn to before
me Geo M. Phelps Jr
I Geo M. Phelps do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the sign above , Israel Knight - That he is a clergyman residing in said New Hampshire & that his statement is entitled to full credit -
Geo M. Phelps
Grafton 6 Sept 1832
Sworn to before me,

I hereby certify that Geo. M. Phelps
Grafton
State of New Hampshire
I George Woodworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Grafton do certify that George M. Phelps Esq. is a justice of the same, within order since county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the within to be his genuine signature
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 12. day of September 1832
Rowwoodward clerk

William W. Sargent of Newchester in the County of Grafton in the state of New Hampshire, depose and say that I have been acquainted with Timothy Kelly of said Newchester for the last forty years, and that his reputation for truth is good, & that I have un- -derstood since my first acquaintance with him that he was a soldier in the American revolution and which I believe to be true - W. W. Sargent 28 th Augst. 1832
Grafton S. 28 Augst 1832
I swear to before
Me Geo. M. Phelps Jr. D.M.

State of New Hampshire
Grafton
I George W. ... Clerk of the Court Common Pleas for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that George M. Phelps Esq is a Justice of the peace within said said county duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the within to be his genuine signature.
Without my hand & the seal of said Court. This 12. day of Sept 1932 George W. ... Clerk

Capt. Hovey and John Sargent both of Roxbury in the county of Suffolk in the state of Mass. upon and say that we have been acquainted with Timothy Kelly of said Roxbury for the last thirty or forty years. That we have always un- derstood by report that he was a soldier in the American revolution. & that his reputation for truth & veracity is good 23 August 1832. Capt Hovey John Sargent
Grafton 28 th August 1832
Sworn to before me
Geo M. Phelps Jus. Peace
I Geo M. Phelps upon and say that I am well acquainted with the above named Capt Hovey and John Sargent and that they are residents of said Roxbury and are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit. Grafton 28 th Sept 1832 Geo M. Phelps Sworn to before me.

State of New Hampshire
Grafton
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that the signature of George M. Phelps Esq is a true and full copy of the same within the said Court duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the within to be his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 12. day of September 1832.
George Woodward Clerk
Affidavit

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Grafton -
4 Sept 1832
On this fourth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Probate for said county , now sitting, Timothy Kelley a resident of New Britain in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 70 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 in the month of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two he was a resident of Dorset in the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . & that a call was made on him by the Governor who then commanded a militia company in said Dorset to which he then belonged, to join the northern Army, from which company some were drafted and others volunteered. That Stephen Wood in woods was drafted and that he Timothy Kelley took the place of said Wood as a substitute for the term of three months, and that he marched from said Dorset in a company commanded by Capt. 
of said Dorset . said company consisted of soldiers from said town of Dorset and several of the adjacent towns, to Burlington Vermont where said company joined a regiment commanded by Col. Ballard & Lieut. Col. Brown . That Timothy Kelley was written to said Captain Rufus Hovey by the name of some  Abbot & Bowers from said Dorset were in the same company during its tour who are all dead or gone to places unknown to him that he arrived at Burlington about two weeks after Hicks fight so called, while at Burlington Col. Ballard was sick & retired & Col. Brown commanded the Regt. the remainder of the term after arriving at Burlington for a short time he volunteered to go to Mount Independence & marched to Manchester Vermont from there after a few days to Pawtucket

For a short time he volunteered to go to Mount Independence & marched to Manchester Vermont from there after a few days to Pawlett thence to Castleton & from there to Lacey's Camp so called, where he with several others were taken sick and conveyed back to Castleton & remained there until the party returned with about three hundred Canadian prisoners from there he returned to Pawlett, and soon after marched to Stillwater, through Cambridge where he arrived the day before the battle at Stillwater. soon after the battle they turned the British Army to Saratoga, where the Regt in which he was engaged under the fire of the British Artillery during the whole of one day, while the Militia from Massachusetts, New- Hampshire and Vermont 26 were operating to prevent the escape of the British - in which they succeeded, and capitulation of Burgoyne followed on the 17 th of Oct. he then returned to Stillwater thence to Half Moon, thence down the Hudson crossed the Mohawk Sprouts so called to Albany where they pitched their tents for a short time back of the Gaven. from there he marched down on the west side of the Hudson several miles the name of the place he does not recollect, when he and several others were attacked with the Measles, - as soon as he was able to travel he received a writing discharging him from further service from the Physician who attended him in his sickness, which writing has long since been lost. - The term for which he then engaged was three months, but he served about three and an half months. Genl.
then commanded the northern Army

service from the Physician who attended him in his sickness, which writing has long since been lost. - The term for which he then engaged was three months, but he served about three and an half months. Genl. Bates then commanded the northern Army
According to his last recollection about the last of February or first of March in the year 1778 Capt. J. Waxon still com- -manding a company of militia in said District was called on for troops to guard Burgoyne's troops captured the autumn previous from which company he volunteered and joined a company commanded by Capt. Gassner of Pittsfield Massachusetts. Jeremiah Coburn & Daniel Davis were two of the Sergeants and a Butterfield was one of the corporals of said company. That he then marched to Winter Hill & joined a Regiment commanded by Col. Gerrish of Newbury Newtown so called
some portion of the term for which he entered said company they were encamped at Winter Hill some part on Beacon Hill in Boston and some part on Dorchester heights and some part on Brattle Hill and at the expiration of the term for which he volunteered which was three months he received a written discharge from Col. Gerrish before mentioned which has long since been lost -

from Col. Gerrish before mentioned which has long since been lost.
Some time in the latter part of June the same year last above men- tioned about 1778 he again enlisted into a company of Volunteers from said District and the adjacent Towns, was commanded by Capt. Minot S. Chelmsford in said District -counted & Lieut. Warren for the term of six months, & marched to Rhode Island where said company was attached to a Reg t com- manded by Col. Borden of Salem Massachu- setts. There is a saying among probablies about twenty five or six years old that he was then in Providence & that his employment for some time was cutting fascines in a wood a little distance from town, from there he marched & crossed the ferry he thinks called "Dob's ferry", and was stationed at the northerly end of the Island until after the violent storm which was not far from the middle of August, soon after which he with many others were taken sick and con- veyed to the hospital on or near a place called "Poppsquash point," said where he remained two or three weeks, from there he returned to the Army which had marched down towards Newport near the main line the French fleet as he understood had then left the harbor. - The troops soon returned back to their first encampment the British followed, a picket guard was placed between our troops & the enemy which soon returned to our Army, our troops were paraded ready for battle. The British troops in plain

between our troops & the enemy which soon returned to our Army, our troops were paraded ready for battle, the British troops in plain view came to a halt, a body of Swiss men towards our right wing who met them in the hollow between two hills, a brisk fire was kept for an hour or two when the Swiss retreated, a few nights after he was on the Piquet guard about eight o'clock in the evening the corporal of the Guard whispered to him, and told him to follow him the whole Piquet followed silently to the ferry & crossed & saw the men the whole Army had left the Shore, they then crossed the bay in flat bottomed boats to eat Greenwich & encamped for a while that he there with others crossed the bay to "Poppsquod" he there with others crossed the bay to "Poppsquod" point, & that for some time he served as water to Instrument Warren for some time from thence he returned to eat Greenwich, from thence North Kingston & there barracks in a dwelling house until his ser- vice of six months expired which was on the last day of December and on the first day of January 1779 he was dismissed without any formal discharge and re- turned home, David Sawyer from Dracutt also served belonged to the same Draft with him most of the time during said term of six months, a Weatherby and a Livingston belonged to the same company, the name of the Drummer in said company was Samuel Parker -

of the Drummer in said company was Daniel Parise -
In August 1780 the town of Dracutt aforesaid where he then still resided was again called upon for troops to fill the continental ranks at West point in the State of New York that he again volunteered for the term of three months or three & one half he does not recollect which J.B. Varnum still commanded the company from which he enlisted, Daniel Harvey & Ephraim Lindsay enlisted at the same time for the same term, they marched to last point & joined a Regt. commanded by Col. Jackson he thinks Michael Jackson from Boston Mass whose family were there with him. his oldest son was pay- master his second son held a Lieutenants commission, his third son a Quarter- masters sergeant and his fourth and fifth sons were a Drummer & fifer. Daniel Lindsay was ordered sergeant in the company to which he belonged, a man by the name of Deadman was an other sergeant and one by the name of Goring was a corporal. Arnold then had the com- mand at that station, immediately after Arnold's treachery the Regt crossed the Hudson and marched down to Kings ferry crossed again & marched into the State of New Jersey to a place then called the English neighborhood & were under the command of Baron Steuben until the term of his enlistment expired, when he was discharged and returned home

The discipline of Benson Steuben until the term of his enlistment expired. When he was discharged and returned home whether he had a written discharge or not he does not know but if he had it has long since been lost -
The said Kelly says that his fifth and last tour in the American revolution com- menced according to the best of his recollection about the last of August or first of September in the year 1782. That he at the time last above mentioned was resided at Methuen in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and belonged to a Militia Company commanded by Col. David Whittier in said Methuen from which company he with three other volunteers to wit: David Austin, Moses Parsons and Joseph Parker, be went from said Methuen to Bloomsdale in New York where he joined a company commanded by Col. Jenkins attached to the Regiment under the com- mand of Col. Gerrish of Newbury in the State of Massachusetts from thence marched to Albany & from thence down on the east side of the Hudson river again a short dis- tance the name of the place where he stopped he does not recollect at which place he remained until news arrived from the southward that the Army was disbanded when he was dismissed without any for- mal discharge. The term for which he enlisted at this time was three months and he was dismissed after five or six weeks before

The three months expired before  time  before He further states that he was born at Amesbury in Massachusetts in 1762 where he resided until he was less than twelve years of age from thence he removed to Dracut before mentioned where he resided several years from thence he removed to Methuen before mentioned from thence to Grafton County in New Hampshire where he has resided since - He further states that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can pro- -duce who can testify to his service - He further states that the above facts were in the service of the United States. He has stated above how he was called into service & the names of such offi- -cers as he recollects - He was discharged as above stated He refers to the Rev. Isaac Wright, William W. Sargent Esq. Esq. Town of John Sargent residing in his neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his having served as a soldier of the revolution whom deposition will be enclosed as it is inconvenient to produce them in court as they live about twenty five miles from the place of Court
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 3 of year above recited
Timothy Kelly
We, residing in and  residing in 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 sol- dier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the
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 certifies, that it appears to them that who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in the and that  , who has also signed the same is a resident in the and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1, Moses Dow Colwell Webber Judge of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Timothy Kelly - - - for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourth day of September A.D. 183.
Moses Dow

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12017
Jerome Kelley Widow Timothy Kelley Rev. N. H. D. S.
Act: Jan 1844
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 392
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 14-92 Hist Wm Cogswell
To Mr. B.
History to Mr. E. L. H. Feb. 5. 1897 - Demo
Kelly- v. Colo.

e. 11867
Camia Kelley Mam of Timothy P.H.
act 17 May 1838
Rejected husband and 19 February 1845
Adm. act 17 June 1844
12m 20 p.m.
42 3/4 p.m.
1m 19 July 1845
Nicholas M. Lough
New Hampshire
P.H.

11861 Joanna Kelley MH
Rejected husb. aw'45 let to N. M. Taylor, may 30. 45.
act 17 July 1838

Wash
(5-Des.)
RETURN THIS SLIP TO THE MAIL DIVISION
CONGRESSIONAL.
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Name: Kelly T. Co., Reg't o w v r Mail Div. No. 303-B Rec'd Apr 26, 1892 Name of M.C. Cogswell Div. o w v r Date of Ans. By whom
REMARKS.
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House of Representatives U.S.
Washington D.C. Apr. 26, 1892.
Dwight S. Raum, Chair of Pension.
Dear Sir:
Can you inform me as to the record of Timothy Kelly, a Revolutionary Soldier who served from Mass. and New Hampshire? After the war he lived in New Chester, (now Free), N.H., where he received a pension. He was a private in Capt. Matthew McConnell's Company, Col. Higgins's Regiment, in 1778, and was in a Hospital in New Haven. Can you furnish me with an abstract of his service, as filed when he received his pension? — and oblig
Yours respectfully,
W. C. Maso. M.C. Mass.

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189___
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of _____, 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.     See Brief attached  
Battles engaged in, Brief. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Draft Mass Date of application for pension, Sept 4 1832 Residence at date of application, New Chester NH Age at date of application, 70 years
Remarks: Both he and his wife found pension.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

OFFICERS.
PRESIDENT. J. F. TUTTLE, JR. 112 CHEESMAN BLOCK, DENVER.
VICE-PRESIDENTS. W. F. SLOCUM, D. D., COLORADO SPRINGS.
T. W. CRISSEY, DENVER.
A. B. DWIGHT, PUEBLO.
The Colorado Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CHAIRMAN, GEORGE L. CANNON, DENVER; H. M. HOUGHTON; DR. C. F. DODGE, DENVER; C. H. STICKNEY, PUEBLO; A. C. MOULTON, MEEKER; W. I. LOCKE, E. B. CLARK, E. F. KELLY.
SECRETARY. W. M. SPEARS, 527 SO. WASHINGTON AVE., DENVER.
TREASURER. WATERMAN HUNT, 1024 CURTIS ST., DENVER.
REGISTRAR. E. L. KELLY, 727 SIXTEENTH ST., DENVER.
CHAPLAIN. PROF. W. F. STEELE, UNIVERSITY PARK.
Jan 12, 1877
The Commission of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I should like a copy of the service of Timothy Kelly, of Braintree Mass, who was pensioned, as well as his wife, for services as a Revolutionary Soldier.
Yours Truly
E L Kelly
727-16th St
Denver Colo

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February 5, 1931.
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Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Timothy Kelly, a resident of the Revolu- tionary War, you are advised that no date of his disconnection for pension on September 4, 1844, as shown in the 1840 years of age and residing in New Jersey, N. J., and that per- son was allowed for original pension and later aged actual service as a private in the War of 1812-1815, New Jersey artillery; a part of the War in New Jersey. He was Col. of the 1st New Jersey Artillery, which was organized, 1861. He was mustered into service, New Jersey, at the outbreak of the war, and received a pension for the services of his father as above set forth.
Dear President Taft,
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STEELE, Col.

20-0 Certificate to be used in the case of Joanna Pulley claiming a Pension for the Service of her late Husband Timothy Pulley. Please to return to Nicholas W Taylor Newhampton North Hampshire Your obedient Servant Nicholas W Taylor

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Kelly, Timothy GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9718 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 9, 1791 to - not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.