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

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kellogg, Phinehas
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CONTENTS
This man's widow Mabel Kellogg applied for pension as former widow of Elijah Andrews, born R. 5836.

Dead Letter to S. C. Lord 3 d Auditor Decr 1841.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4 th April 1838 from 4 March to 12 th April 1840. Age Notified 30. Decr 1841.
1921 June 22 First to Miss Clementine H. Kellogg.
Vermont
Phineas Kellogg
of Brookfield in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall in the Major line, for the term of 3 Years from January 1777 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Aug- 1832 and sent to Peach Randolph Vermont
the Roll on day of 1832 and notification sent to at Pension commencing on the of 1832
Amount due on 4th of Mar 1832 80 Semi annual also Sept " 40 $120
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. } Jolene 1832
Record Book Vol 2 Page 68

Statement in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
State of Vermont District of Randolphp. 3 At a Probate Court held at Brookfield in the County of Orange, District and state aforesaid on this 21 st day of July A.D. 1832 Present the Hon. Frederick Griswold Esq r . Judge. Personally appeared in open court, said Court being a court of record by the laws of this state, Phinehas Kellogg aged seventy three years, a resident of the town of Brookfield in said district, county estate aforesaid and being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832. That he has heretofore been on the pension roll under the act of March 18. 1818 and has been dropped therefrom on account of property. and also that he again made application in February 1829 as a was not reinstated on account of property. That he enlisted into the service of the United States in the revolutionary war under the conti- nental establishment in the year 1777 in the month of January for three years and served under Capt. Josiah Smith in a Reg t commanded by Col. Marshall in the Mass. line, and was discharged at Westpoint in 1780. The proof and declarations in both cases are supposed to be in the War Office. That he has resided in the town of Brookfield since his present residence for more than forty years and that before that time he resided in South Hadley Massachusetts, and that the enclosed are the original pension certificate, and the answer to the appli- cation of 1829 and that he is the identical Phinehas Kellogg therein named.
Phinehas Kellogg
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid. Before Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate

State of Vermont District of Randolph ss. Office of Probate Court Brookfield July 21. 1832
I Jacob H. Parish Clerk or Register of the Probate Court within and for the district of Randolph in the county of Orange and State of Vermont hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the original in my
Office -
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at said Brookfield the day and year above written -
Jacob H. Parish Clerk or Register

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Phinehas F. Hogg Declaration & Schedule
[Handwritten signature]
13024 Sept 1841

State of Vermont } On this 4 th day of July 1820 personally appeared Orange County ss } before the county court for said county of Orange in open court saw Court being a court of record agreeable to the laws of this State having the power of fine and imprisonment &c Phinehas Shellogg aged 61 years resident in Brookfield in said County of Orange who being first duly sworn clothed in his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows In the beginning of Jan y 1777 I enlisted under Capt. Jonah Smith in Col l Marshalls Regiment in the Massachusetts line and served as a soldier the term of 3 years and received my discharge at West Point from Col l Marshall. That he made his original declaration on the 6 th day of April 1818 has received a pension certificate No 13024 and I do solemnly swear that I was a citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to discriminate it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule here to annexed and by me subscribed Real Estate $740.00 1 Bx 2 three year old Steers 3 Cows 1 Two year old heifer 25 Sheep 3 hogs 5 pigs 1 Horse 1 cutter & harness farming utensils $6. provenance $25 Household furniture $58.00 whole Amount $1045.75
I justly owe sundry persons $650. My occupation is farming but Old age and other infirmities has rendered me unable to perform much labour my Wife Jennie is 55 years of age and in tolerable health I have 2 boys Joseph age 15 and Benjamin aged 13 years both in health I swear to and declare on the 4 th day of July 1820 before said Court Phinehas Shellogg H. E. G. McLaughlin Clerk
State of Vermont } S. H. E. G. McLaughlin Clerk of the County Orange County ss } Court for the County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $1045.75
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Chelsea this 4 th day of July 1820 H. E. G. McLaughlin Clerk

R. 5836  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Pinchas Kellogg a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1777 discharged Jan'y 1780 at West Point Pvt. Jeriah Smith Thos. Marshall N.H.                              
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, South Hackney Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 6 1811
Residence at date of application, Brookfield, Orange Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 59 years.
Remarks: In 1800 soldier had a wife Jennima who was 55 yrs old and children Joseph 15 yrs old Benjamin 13 yrs Soldier mar. Dec. 19, 1807 Mabel (Fox) widow of Elijah Andrews, to whom she was mar. May 2, 1782 and who died June 19, 1826. Soldier died Apr. 12, 1840.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Claim of E. Andrews examined also

Respecting of m c to be restored, see letter to J. K. Parnsh, April 6. 1829.
Authentication of the Certificate of the of [illegible] of the of [illegible] [illegible]
13.024 R Vermont
Phinehas Kellogg of Brookfield in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Mass t line, for the term of 3 years
Disbursed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of July 1819 and sent to Dudley Chase Esqr.
Ram d ph Brattle Co Vt
  Arrears to 4th of Mar : 1819  87.69    Semi-ann. all c e ending 4 Sep 1819  48.    10 25/30 4/31  $135.69  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

2 of Pkgs. Stamp Recd 24.5
Rev. Sec ew
Washington, D.C. June 7, 1921.
Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Any information you can give me from your records regarding "Deacon Phineas Kellogg," a revolutionary soldier and pensioner who was discharged in West Point in 1780, will be much appreciated.
I would like this information as I would

like to become a member of the "Daughters of the American Revolution" have been tracing my ancestry back for several generations
Thanking you for attend- ing to this for me and awaiting your reply, I am.
Very truly yours, (Miss) Clementine M. Kellogg.
The Portner-Apt. 224 15th & You Sts. N.W. Washington, D. C.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Phinehas Kellogg late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 16 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the date 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," The widow of Phinehas Bellogg, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Northfield, Vt. Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 12 th April 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Almon L. Larrabee
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Randolph Orange County Vermont July 21. 1832
The Hon. the Secretary of War.
Enclosed I forward the application of Thos. Kellogg to be placed on the Pension Roll, and also the original Certificate and letter, in answer to the application of 1829 which are supposed in this case to be all required agreeable to the instructions from the Department, as early a decision as convenient is requested, and directed to the care of the subscriber at Randolph Vermont -
I have the honour to be Your Obedient Servant -
Jacob R. Parish

Randolph Vt. Feb. 17. 1829.
Sir,
I am requested by Mr. P. Kellogg whose application to be placed on the Pension roll again accompany this to state that under the act of March 1818 that the Hon. Mr. Chase now in the Senate obtained his pension to whom any reference may be made, if necessary, but he supposes all the necessary papers are in the War Office, he states that under the act of May 1820 he made application & forwarded his schedule but has never heard from it since, he states that he has expended some of his property since he made his former schedule owing to an expensive sickness in his family, and he having been under the care of a Doctor a great part of the time for several years having a bad fever sore & which has deprived him of the use of an arm. Should any further facts be required on information they will be forwarded.
Your obedt. Servant
Jacob R. Parish
The Hon. the Secy of War
Washington City

Phinehas Kellogg Decl n of Brookfield Orange Co. Vermont.
Phinehas Kellogg (private) Colonel Marshall's Regt Massachusetts line 1777 to 1780.
April 6 th 1818
on the Hills Adm d

State of Vermont } Orange County ss }
On the 6 th day of April A D 1878 before me the subscriber Ch f Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, personally appeared Phinehas Kellogg aged 59 years resident in Brookfield Orange County & State of Vermont, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War; — That he the s d Phinehas Kellogg in January A D 1777 enlisted as a private soldier into the Army of the United States for three years, & joined Capt. Josiah Smith's Company Col. Thos. Marshall's Regiment Genl. Patterson's Brigade, Massachussetts Line; That in January A D 1780 he received an honorable discharge at West-Point, which s d discharge has been either lost or mislaid; — That he performed the afores d service in the Revolutionary War & on the Continental establishment; That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; That he is a resident citizen of the United States, & that he has no other evidence of his s d services; —
Sworn to & declared before me the 6 th day of April A D 1878 Dudley Chase Ch f Judge Sup. Court
Dudley Chase Ch f Judge of the Sup. Ct. of the State of Vermont do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the s d Phinehas Kellogg did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months & more on the Continental establishment, & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress —
Dudley Chase Ch f Judge Sup. Court

I hereby certify that the within named Phoebe Kellogg is by reason of her reduced circumstances in life in need of the assistance of her country for support (Dudley Chase Venable Judge S. C. Law)

State of Vermont District of Randolph } At a Probate court held at Brookfield in the County of Orange District & State aforesaid on the 16 th day of February A D 1829. Personally appeared in open court said court being a court of record agreeable to the laws of this state Phinehas Kellogg, aged seventy years a resident of the town of Brookfield in the County of Orange & State of Vermont being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of an act made the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820 relating to Revolutionary pensioners. That he the said Phinehas Kellogg enlisted into the service of the U. States in the revolutionary war under the Continental establishment in the year 1777 in the month of January for three years and served under Capt. Josiah Smith in Col. Marshall's Reg t in the Massachusetts line (for particular service & proof thereof refer to the files relating to said case in the War office) and that he did make application under the act of May 1 st 1820. but has never had any notice relating to said application. In pursuance of the act of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift or sale or in any way disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the U. States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust any property securities contracts or debts due me nor any income other than that contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Phinehas Kellogg
The above declaration was sworn to & declared in Probate court before me J. H. Parish Reg. of Probate

Schedule of the Property of Phinehas Kellogg of Brookfield in the County of Orange State of Vermont aged seventy years and from infirmity unable to labor being a cripple from a fever sore -
  one house & 27 acres land $ 400.00   one Horse worth 50.00   one cow 15.00   two calves 8.00   One Gig Waggon & harness 30.00   One Single Sleigh 4.00   One Cart 6.00   Three Sheep 3.00   Three Shoats 10.00   Beds & bedding & household furniture 40.00   $ 566.00 
Dated at Brookfield February 16 th 1829 $ 566.00
Phinehas Kellogg
Sylvester Griswold } Albe Davison } Appraisers -
State of Vermont } At Brookfield February 16 th 1829 - Randolph Probate District } Personally appeared Sylvester Griswold & Albe Davison and made oaths that they had true & faithfully appraised the above property - before me - Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate
I Jacob R. Parish Clerk or Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Randolph and State of Vermont do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Phinehas Kellogg did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one enlistment on the continental establishment - I also certify that the foregoing and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court - And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $ 566.00 -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court on the 16 th day of February A 1829 -
By order of the court J. R. Parish Register of Probate