Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5824, for John Kelch, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Kelch, John Susan
R. 5-824
CONTENTS

29046 2046 NEW YORK
John Kelch
of Albany Co. - in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Corps commanded by Captain Ellwood of the Reg. commanded by Col. Willets in the N. York line for 9 Mos:
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 6 th 1838 from 4 th Sept 1840 to Sept 1 st 1841 ag t m th a July 8 th 1842
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1833 and Smith Chapman Bloomsville
Arrears to the 14 th of Mar 31 $ 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept 31 15 $ 75
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 23

State of New York Madison County
Declaration
SS On this eighth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Madison now sitting John Welch a resident of the town of Lenox in said county of Madison aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 4th 1832 that he entered the service of the united states under the following named officers and served as here stated That he was born at Germantown in the Montgomery County N.Y. in the year 1764 has no record of his age here at Germantown of said when he entered the service here at that place after the war until he came to reside in the county of Madison in which he now resides he entered the service by enlisting for nine months in the Continental Army of New York State Troops the first of April cannot tell what year cannot read thinks it was 1781 - he was sixteen the fall of 1781 years old he was in the battle of Johnsontown in the fall against Genl. Hessian Butten the latter was killed at East Canada Creek he enlisted under Capt Almond Lieut Bloodgood & Ensign Hendrick in Col Willets Regiment that he served the whole of that term of time and was duly discharged the fore part of January there next following did not know the name of any regular officers that he can now remember had no written discharge he served as a private that he is acquainted with Judge Simon Peter & Capt Stephen Chapman Sylvester who reside in the neighborhood on top of can testify as to my character for truth and veracity and their opinions is that he has been a soldier of the revolution in apple and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid A. Sloan Clk.
John X Welch with

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
We Peter Kiltz of the town of Lacey and Stephen Chapman
residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Kiltz who subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that all concurs in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed
The day and year aforesaid
A. S. Sloan Clk.
Peter Kiltz S. Chapman
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court for the reasons that it appears to them that Peter Kiltz and Stephen Chapman who have signed the preceding certificate
are residents of the neighborhood of the said applicant and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the County of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Kiltz for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of October 1832
A. S. Sloan Clk.

State of New York Madison County
ss. Peter Hendrickson of said County being duly Sworn Saith that he is well acquainted with John Welch who Swore & Subscribed to the foregoing Declaration that he knows said Welch lived as this Deponent nine months and that he lived in the same company with him under Capt Elsworth in Col Walcutt's Regiment and lived the whole time of nine months and was honorably discharged and further Saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed this 8th day of October 1832. before - A.S. Sloan Clk
John Hendrickson Deponent
State of New York Madison County
ss Peter Hendrickson of said County being duly Sworn Deposeth and Saith that is well acquainted with John Welch who signed the foregoing Declaration and knows that said Welch lived nine months in Capt Elsworth's company in Col Walcutt's Regiment in the year 1781 and that this Deponent lived with him the same time near in the Johnstown Battle with him knowing when enlisted in the Army and that he lived the whole time and was discharged the next winter & further Saith and was discharged the next winter & further Saith and
Sworn & Subscribed this 17th day of June 1833 before me Stephen Chapman a Justice of the Peace
Peter Hendrickson Deponent
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Hendrickson and that he is a Man of Truth and Morality and that he is entitled to credit and the reason that he does not write his name is that he never learned to write Stephen Chapman Dated June 17th 1833 a Justice of the Peace
State of New York Madison Common Pleas of June Term 1833 and now at this day that is to say this 18th day of June Ad 1833 John Welch who signed & swore to the foregoing Declaration came into Court and answered the allegations described by the even before on Oath as follows to wit
 1st I was born at German Flatts Montgomery Co. N.Y. the fall of 1764  2nd Have no Record of my age  3rd Lived at the place where I was born lived there after the war until he came to this County where he has resided for 20 years 

 4th He enlisted into the Regular army of New York State Troops  5th was acquainted. Col. Willet  6th never received a discharge served as a Soldier 
7th am well acquainted with Sylvester Batchelder Nicholas N. Root Peter Kitt Stephen Chapman John A. Leekman Esquire and most all the Men in town who can testify of his good character and a belief of his services that he knows of no other or better proof of his services than him to produce that he claims for some services only which services he actually performed and that the State in the case of declaration by him against the State is due  this 18 day of June 1833  A. S. Sloan Clk  John his Welch
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proposed by the said Applicant that the above named John Welch this applicant soldier of the Revolution and that he served as he states and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Nicholas N Root who signed the following certificate is a Clergyman and that Stephen Chapman who also signed said certificate are residents in the neighborhood of the said John Welch and is a credible Person and that the statement is entitled to credit
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original & Supplementary findings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Welch for a pension - And that Stephen Chapman before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn and also whose name appears to the preceding Certificate was, at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature -  Witness my hand and seal of Office this 18th day of June 1833 -  A. S. Sloan Clk.
1833 John Welch S Chapman Clarkson Mad Co NY

Susan Kelch
V-824

STATE OF Michigan } 95. County of Oakland }
On this seventeenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oakland and State of Michigan Susan Kelch a resident of Farmington in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by law of the United States, approved on the 29th July 1848 and all such other laws as has from time to time passed. That she is the widow of John Kelch who was a private soldier in company ( ) regiment of Artillery in the service of the United States; that she was married to the said John Kelch at Palatine New York on the sixteenth day of June AD 1798 and that her husband, the aforesaid John Kelch died on the eleventh day of March AD 1844 at Linn's Madison Co NY in consequence of a disease called Consumption
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed; that she has no documentary evidence of her marriage or her husband's service; and that the said John Kelch left no children under the age of sixteen years at the time of his Decease
I also certify that I am acquainted with the foregoing affiant; and that in the neighborhood where she resides, she is known as the widow of the said John Kelch and also that she is not able to go to the Judge of Probate on account of ill health Sworn and subscribed before me day above written.
George Brownell
Justice of the Peace.
(Widow's Signature.) Susan Kelch Mark
At the same time and place came Benjamin Kelch and Widow Kelch two credible and respectable witnesses, and residents of said County and State, who being by me duly sworn, say, on oath, that they know the before mentioned Susan Kelch to be the widow of the late John Kelch . That she was legally married to the said John Kelch at Palatine New York on the sixteenth day of June AD 1798 and that her husband, the aforesaid John Kelch died as above stated leaving no children under the age of sixteen years
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and is known in the neighborhood as the widow of John Kelch and also that she is not able to go before the Judge of Probate on account of ill health
Sworn and subscribed before me the seventeenth day of January AD 1850 George Brownell Justice of the Peace.
(Two Witnesses' Signatures.) Benjamin Kelch Widow Kelch Mark
STATE OF Michigan County of Oakland
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That George Brownell Esq., before whom the foregoing testimony was taken, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county, this Eighteenth day of January 1850
John C. Raynor Clerk.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5-824
P. O.
Dusank Keldh
Service: widow of John
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Detroit, Michigan April 18 th 1850.
Hon. A. S. Edwards, Dear Sir,
Enclosed is the Pension Certificate of John Kelch deceased, which I send forward as additional proof in the claim of his Widow Susan Kelch which I sent forward on the 26 th ult.
I am Sir.
Respectfully yours
G. H. Lewis
pr. Douglas Payne.

Payments to be made at N. York by Pres. W. B. K. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
N. York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 7 Page — by G. H. Stiles Clerk.
lines in Senex Mathews Co. came from Montgomery Co. about 39 years since. Sept 6 1840

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Welch of the State of N. York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 30 day of July — one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John D. Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr. Welch -
Nov 3 -
RECEIVED
Wm Cole Prof. J. J. Edwards Washington D. C.

No 701 Susan Welch, widow of John Michigan. Pet G. M. Sivers & et al 1857.
act July 29. 1848.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 25, 1842.
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,"
John Welch, _____
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y.
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, from the
4 th of Sept. 1840 to the 4 th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

John Welch 16357
S. Chapman atty Blackville Mad 60 N.Y.
acund 9 mo. fri.
30/

1 111 We Nicholas D. Burt a Clergyman Stephen Chapman Residing in the Town of Leroy hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Welch who signed the foregoing declaration & swear to the best of our knowledge that he is of the age of sixty eight years that he is reputed and believed to have been in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed this 18 th day of June in open court by me.
A. J. Moore Clk.
Nicholas D. Burt S. Chapman