Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16432, for Joel Kelsey, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Kelsey Joel
S. 16432
BLW, 26777-160-55
carded
CONTENTS

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New Hampshire
County of Sullivan ss.
On this twenty fourth day of April 1855, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Sullivan personally appeared Joel Trelsey who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of District of Columbia from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District, or Territory,) of New Hampshire where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from said District of Columbia to New Hampshire
He went to New York and from there to Virginia about eight miles from the City of Washington, to live with his son - but last fall concluded to return to Newport, New Hampshire and live with his daughter on the farm where he formerly lived for more than seventy years.
Witness -
John D. Dighton
Edward Wymann
Joel Trelsey his mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Edward Wymann Justice of the Peace.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
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 which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

I, John H. Hight of Newport county of Sullivan and state of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that I am well acquainted with Joel Helsey and saw him make his mark to the foregoing declaration, that he has in his possession a pension certificate for eighty dollars per annum dated the 18th day of May 1842 issued in lieu of one dated 29th October 1832 which has been destroyed, and that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
John H. Hight
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1855 and I certify that the said John H. Hight is a credible and respectable citizen, being a justice of the Peace, and first Selectman of said town of Newport, Edward Wymen justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire County of Sullivan ss
J. M. Gilmore Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that Edward Wymen Esq is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and authorized to administer Oaths & that his Signature above written is genuine
Given under My hand and the Seal of the County the 24th day of April A.D. 1855 J. M. Gilmore Clerk

New Hampshire List of 13: Columbian  Concord  1st  1st New Hampshire  New Hampshire  New Hampshire
Joel Dyer
of Sullivan in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Chapman of the Reg't commanded by Col. Dyer in the line  line for New Hampshire.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Oct. 1832 and sent to Hubbardston
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 $ 20.00 Semi-annual allowance ending June 1832 - 40.00 $ 60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S. P. Blake Clerk. Book: 2 Vol. 25 Page 65
Duplicate Certificate issue 18th May 1849, and sent to Mrs. Edna Dyer. House of the late H. G. Dyer. June 10, 1851 To Rev. Mr. May, Sept. 1850 Apr. 10, 1851. Not. H. E. Dyer Rochester
111 To Dist. of Columbia printed 52 No. 2nd to Reservoir present, Sept 18, 1857 1853 at 4 to C. W. Dyer, 28 Oct 1853 May 1. Transferred from D.C. to Concord Sept. 1851 Total to C. W. Dyer 1851,

60307 at 3' height / 55
April 11/55
Joel Kellogg
Miss
Prudential Ins Co of America
Revolutionary War
N.Y. June 32-201190
W. 160 Bklyn, 19/56
W. B. [signature]
E. Wyman Newport R.I.
air E Wyman Oct 1/55
Vol. K 22. 5

No 41774
Joel Kelcey of Newport N.H.
Enah
2 years
old papers returned in 1819 to his agent
Attn JLO
Hubbard Newton Agt Newport N.H.
Recd 8 Sep 1832

BRIEF in the case of  Joel Reiley of the County of Sullivan  — in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  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.     In 1797 May 1 — — Private Gen. Col. Tyler, Capt. Chapman   1799 July 1 4 — ditto Col. Matthew Head, forgotten the Captain's name. Lt. Redfield   1780 May — 2 — ditto Capt. J. Wright only name he remembers  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None - but was taken prisoner in his second enlist near New York, & confined in the Sugar House Prison.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Billingworth 6 th mo. of Newport N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary by a Gentryman and a neighbour the opinion of the Court. That on a former application for a Pension he sent to the War Office the depositions of Lt. Andrew Redfield & Augustus Reiley who served with him & are now dead  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Regular
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin D. Pease Examining Clerk.

Stearns Steamship Co.
Joel Kelley New Hampshire.
Hubbard Newton Esq., Newport N.H. Agent.
"Name supposed to be Joel Kelcey."
W.A. Palmer

State of New Hampshire, } County of Sullivan. } ss.
On this twenty second day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Newport within and for the County of said Joel Kelley a resident of Newport in the County and State aforesaid aged seventythree years the seventh day of August instant, who being first duly sworn according to law, cloth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
First. He enlisted at Killingworth in the state of Connecticut some time in the month of May Anno Domini 1777 into the company commanded by Capt. _____ Chapman of the regiment commanded by Colo. _____ Tyler of the Connecticut State Troops, as a volunteer for the term of one year. That from Killingworth he marched in his route through Lime to New London and was stationed at Fort Greenhill for about the term of three months, and there marched to New Haven that he served out the full term for which he enlisted and was discharged at _____ but had no written discharges.
Second. After the expiration of the above term of service, he enlisted a second time at Killingworth in the state of Connecticut, some time in the month of July A 1779 (the year before Benedict Arnold left West Point and went over to the enemy,) into a company commanded by a captain whose name he does not at this time recollect, the name of his lieutenant was Ambrose Medfield, as a volunteer for the further term of eight months, in the regiment commanded by Colo. Matthew Mead of the Connecticut State Troops. That from Killingworth where he enlisted, he marched through Stamford and Norwalk to Housatonic in the state of New York, where he joined the regiment commanded by Colo. Matthew Mead above mentioned. While stationed at Housatonic there was a body of Continental troops lying a little to the North of his regiment, but he does not now recollect the names of any of the officers. That in the month of January something more than seven months after the time of his last enlistment, he was taken prisoner.

While acting as one of a flank guard, within seven or eight miles of the city of New York by a party of refugees or Tories, two of his own party being killed in his presence. He was carried to the city of New York where he was confined, in a building called the sugar house, from January 1779 till the December following, when he was exchanged and permitted to return home to Killingworth in the state of Connecticut, being from the time of his enlistment something more than sixteen months, having while in prison suffered the extremes of cold and hunger.
2 nd ) Third - Some time in the month of May Anno Domini 1780 according to his best recollection, he enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Job Wright raised to defend the coast near Killingworth harbor - does not recollect any officer in command at the station during the time he was there, of higher rank than a captain. That he served out the full term of two months for which he enlisted, and was then discharged at Killingworth harbor, some time in the month of July Anno Domini 1780, but not in writing.
He was born on the sixth day of August in the year of our Lord 1759 at Killingworth in the State of Connecticut.
He has no record of his age, but supposes there is such a record at Killingworth the place of his birth.
He lived at Killingworth when called into the service at all the several times above mentioned, in the state of Connecticut. He moved from Killingworth to Newport in the present county of Sullivan in the year 1788 or 89, the state of New Hampshire where he has resided since to the present time.
He entered the service at each of the several times above mentioned as a volunteer as before stated.
He knew Maj. Sedgwick who was killed at Fort Griswold in Groton in the state of Connecticut.
He never received any written discharge at the close of either of the periods of the above named service.
He is known to the citizens of Newport, where he now resides generally, and gives the names of James French Esq., Aaron Nettleton Esq., Mr. Abel Smith among many.

others who can testify to his character for veracity - also the Rev John Woods & Hubbard Newton Esq
He has no documentary evidence of either of the above mentioned terms of service, nor does he know of any person now living whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to a personal knowledge of either of the terms of service above stated. But, that he did heretofore under an expectation that he was entitled to a pension under the former acts for that purpose, procure and forward to the War Department in the city of Washington, the testimony of Lieutenant off Ambrase Sheffield an officer of the company in which he served, under his second enlistment, and his brother Augustus Shelby both since deceased, to his services, substantially as he supposed, as is set forth in this declaration, where he has reason to believe their deposition may still be found.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the list of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the 7 th day of Feb y 1868
Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
We John Woods a clergyman, residing in the town of Newport aforesaid and Hubbard Newton residing in the same Newport hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joel Shelby who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; 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 and subscribed the 7 th day of Feb y 1868 John Woods & Hubbard Newton
Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate

And the said Court does hereby declare the opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to him that John Wood who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in said town of Newport, and that Hubbard Newton who also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that said Hubbard Newton is justice of the Peace for said county.
I Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of the Court at Knobate do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joel Melery for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of Probate

Claim of Joel Halsey
So. Bounty Land
Act of March 3. 1855 and
act of May 14. 1856
War of the Revolution
AD 26777
60. 30'
Lat. 80.
W.
Int. Rate.

State of New Hampshire County of Sullivan S.S.
On this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred fifty six, personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Joel Halsey, aged ninety five years, a resident of Newport in said County of Sullivan, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical person who was a private in Captain Chapman's Company in the War of the Revolution, and continued in actual service for more than fourteen days; that he has in his possession a Pension Certificate dated the 18. May 1842, issued in lieu of one dated the 29. October 1832 which has been destroyed, on which he receives the sum of eighty dollars per annum; that he has never received any bounty land under any act of Congress.
For proof of service he respectfully refers the Department to papers on file on which he obtained his pension certificate and to papers filed for bounty land on or about the 5. April 1855 and numbered 60,307.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1855 and under the act approved May 14. 1856.
Attest:
Deborah B. Whipple
Edwin D. Whipple
his Joel Halsey mark
We, Deborah B. Whipple and Edwin D. Whipple of Newport in the County of Sullivan aforesaid, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Joel Halsey in our presence, and that we are well acquainted with him, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of said applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Deborah B. Whipple Edwin D. Whipple
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Edward Hysman, Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire County of Sullivan S.S.
J. S. McGilmore Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, certify that Edward Hysman Esq. before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made was at its date an acting Justice of the Peace for then and for the said County duly authorized to take such acknowledgment and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under My Hand and the Seal of the Court this 23 rd day of May A.D. 1856
J. S. McGilmore Clerk

Claim of Joel Halsey for Bounty Land Act 3 March 1855 War of the Revolution
60,307

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County S.S. On this twenty fourth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred fifty five, personally appeared, before me, Edward Wymann, a justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Joel Folsom of Newport in said county of Sullivan aged ninety four years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he is the identical person who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and who is now in the receipt of a pension of eighty dollars per annum agreeably to a pension certificate now in his possession dated the 18th day of May A.D. 1842, issued in lieu of one dated 29th October 1832 which has been destroyed; that he has no documentary evidence and respectfully refers the department to the papers on file in the pension office at the City of Washington.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd A.D. 1855.
He also declares that he has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress till this present application.
Witness.
Edward Wymann Albert Hurd
Joel his Folsom mark

We John Heath and Ruel H. Heath residents of Newport in the county of Sullivan within named upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the within named Joel Halsey in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant and from our acquaintance with him, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
John Heath Ruel H. Heath
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first within written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Edward Wymann Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire County of Sullivan } ss.
J. M. Cyllecoe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that Edward Wymann Esq before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and executed and who thereunto subscribed his name was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & sworn and that his signature hereunto are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court the 7th day of April A.D. 1888 J. M. Cyllecoe Clerk

February 4, 1928.
Mr. H. C. Durston Manlius Old Boys' Association Manlius, New York.
BA-J/ILL Joel Kelsey S. 16432
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joel Kelsey who served in Colonel Mead's Connecticut regiment, and desire to know whether he mentioned Timothy Teel (variously spelled) as one of his companions.
The record of Joel Kelsey is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 16432, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Joel Kelsey was born August 6, 1759 in Killingworth, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Killingworth, Connecticut, he enlisted in May 1777 and served one year as private in Captain Chapman's company, Colonel Tyler's Connecticut regiment, during which he was stationed at Fort Trumbull and at New London. He enlisted next in July 1779, served as private in a company of which Ambrose Redfield was Lieutenant, in Colonel Matthew Mead's Connecticut regiment, marched through Stamford and Norwalk into New York state, and in January was taken prisoner not far from New York City, and was confined to the Sugar House where he suffered from cold and hunger, and was exchanged in December. He served subsequently, two months as private in Captain Job Wright's Connecticut company, guarding the seacoast. Joel Kelsey did not mention Timothy Teel as one of his comrades during his service in the Revolutionary War.
Omitted as given because of conflict with former service
The soldier resided in Killingworth, Connecticut, until 1788 or 1789, at which time he moved to Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
Job Kelsey was allowed pension on his application executed

August 22, 1832, at which time he resided in Newport, New Hampshire. He moved in December 1850 from Newport to Greene, Monroe County, New York. Sometime afterwards, he moved to Virginia, "about eight miles from the City of Washington", to live with his son", and in the fall of 1854, returned to Newport, New Hampshire, to live with his daughter "on the farm where he had formerly lived ". He did not state the name of either of said children; the name of the soldier's wife is not shown, nor the date and place of his marriage.
Joel Kelsey applied March 24, 1855 for the bounty land which was due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. He was allowed 160 acres of bounty land on warrant #25777, under the Act of March 3, 1855. He was living in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1856.
In 1832, the soldier referred to his brother, Augustus Kelsey, who was deceased then.
In 1856, Edwin D. Whipple and Deborah B. Whipple resided in Newport, New Hampshire; they stated that they were well acquainted with Joel Kelsey, but did not state any relationship to him.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and there is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a Timothy Teel, under any spelling of that surname.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

MANLIUS OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION
MANLIUS OLD BOYS' BULLETIN
MANLIUS, NEW YORK
Dec. 26, 1938
H. C. DURSTON Secretary and Treasurer
Director, Veteran's Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
Can you furnish me with a copy of the data submitted by Joel Kelsey of Col. Mead's Regiment, Connecticut Troops, in support of his claim for pension.
He was captured and imprisoned by the British in 1780.
I am particularly anxious to know if in his claim he mentions his companion, Timothy Teel (Teele, Teale).
↑ see also if this is here
Very truly yours,
H.C. Durston H.C. Durston,
Official Historian, village of Manlius

1939. Feb. 4. Nirt. to H.C. Durston Sal
16.432 INVALID.
File No. 16.432
Genl. Wilsay 211 1801 1801
Act: June 7 th 88
Index:—Vol. 29 , Page 904
[Arrangement of 1870.]

25300 26670-160
Sally Ann  W. ...
60307 26487-160
Joel ...  ...  ... W.
Just. ...  ... 160
Comr of Pensions Washington City D.C.
FREE

Original Certificate destroyed by fire. See proof on file with the papers of Nathan Carr, N.H. Vol. 1, act 1832. No 3084.

Rochester Feb 12. 1851
Hon. Natl E. Heath Commr of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed I transmit to you the papers of Abel Welsig asking for a transfer of the place of payment of his Pension for services in the Revolutionary War from Concord Mass to Albany N.Y.
Please address all communications to me at Rochester N.Y.
Respectfully Yours
Henry E. Sturtevant Attorney
To the Hon. Natl E. Heath Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

5 No. 777
J
Ver Ass

ALFRED G. MUDGE, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, OFFICE, No. 6 Burns' Block, Cor. Buffalo & State-sts., ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Rochester April 1, 1851.
Hon James E. Heath, Counsel of Pleas.
Mr Sir:
On the 12 th of February last I mailed to You the papers of Joel Kelsey a Revolutionary Pension enclosing his Pension certificate of date the 18 th day of May A.D. 1842, recorded in Book 1. vol 1. page 165. by H. S. Evans Clerk, asking that a new certificate issue to him payable at Albany N.Y. instead of Concord New Hampshire. I have waited such a length of time that I fear the application has not reached You.
Respectfully Your obedt Servt
Henry E. Force By A. G. Mudge.

D. C. Joel Kelsey - Act 7. June 1832.
$80 per annum.
Transfer to Concord. when circular arrived.
Edward Weyman Newport,
M. H.

Newport N.H. 24. April 1885 Hon. L. P. Waldo
Dear Sir -
With this you will receive the application of Mr Joel Halsey to have his pension paid him at Concord N.H. instead of at Washington City.
Hopeing it is correct and in form, I am Sir,
Very Truly Yours,
Edward Weyman.

Army Pension Agency. Washington May 1. 1855.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 28 ult o I have to inform you that Joel Kelsey, Private a Revolution- ary Pensioner was paid up to the 4 Sept r 1854. His name will be dropped from the list as requested.
Very respectfully,
Your obed t Serv t
A. McWhorter, Army P. Agent.
Hon L. P. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.

Newport Vt. 31 March 1855.
Hon. S. P. Waldo
Dear Sir,
Mr Joel Halsey, a Revolutionary Pensioner, of this town, wishes to draw his pension at Concord Vt. For a few of the last times he has been at the City of Washington.
Will you please forward me the necessary blanks to have his name put on to the Agency in this State. Mr Merrill at Concord has no blanks and refers me to your office.
I am Sir, very
Respectfully Yours
Edward Myrce

Newport N.H. 23. May 1856
Hon. Comr. of Pensions
Dear Sir
With this you will receive the applications of Sally Gilman, widow of Jeremiah Gilman, and Joel Halsey for Bounty Land.
Hoping they are correct in form as I have no doubt they are in fact, I am,
Very Respectfully Yours, Edward Wymann.
P. S. Please consider me under obligations to you for a pamphlet containing the "act of Congress of May 14. 1856" and instructions.
E. W.

State of New York Monroe County
§ 51
Be it known that before me Alfred. G. Mudge, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Joel Kelsey, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an Certificate hereto annexed and which was issued in lieu of an original Certificate, that he now resides in the town of Greece, County of Monroe and State of New York and has resided there since December A.D. 1830 and that previous thereto he resided in Newport, New Hampshire & that he intends hereafter to make his home in Greece aforesaid. He therefore surrenders the annexed Certificate praying that an other may be issued payable at Albany New York. Sworn and subscribed this 12 th J. Kelsey day of February A. D. 1831. before me. Alfred. G. Mudge Commissioner of Deeds
State of New York Monroe County
§ 51
Be it known that before me Alfred. G. Mudge a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Martin B. Brock of the City of Rochester in said County and William H. Cheney of said City, and each made oath in due form of law that Joel Kelsey of the town of Greece in said County & who signed the above affidavit is the identical person named in a Certificate hereto annexed, which was issued in lieu of an Original Certificate, that he

resides in said town of Greece and that previous thereto he resided in Newport New Hampshire. They also swear that they are well acquainted with the said Joel Kelsey and that they are disinterested witnesses
M. B. Brock W. H. Cheney
Subscribed & sworn before me this 12 th day of February A. D. 1851. And I hereby certify that Martin B. Brock and William H. Cheney are credible witnesses.
Alfred G. Mudge Clerk of Selects

Know all men by these Presents. That I Joel Kelsey of the town of Greece County of Monroe and State of New York, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Henry C. Hove of Rochester my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to ask, demand and receive from the Commissioner of Pensions or the Secretary of the Interior or other proper departments of the United States, a new Pension Certificate transferring the place of payment from Concord New Hampshire to Albany New York.
Witness my hand and Seal this 12 th day of February A. D. 1831.
Sealed and delivered in presence of. C. H. Pierce. A. H. Mudge
Joel Kelsey
State of New York Monroe County.
§ 55
Be it known that on the 12 th day of February A. D. 1831, before me the Subscriber a Commissioner of Pleas in and for said County, duly authorized by law to take acknowledgments, personally appeared Joel Kelsey, above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Alfred G. Mudge Commissioner of Pleas

State of New York Monroe County
I John T. Lacey Clerk of the County Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Alfred H. Mudge is a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn, that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signatures above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Rochester this 12 th day of February A.D. 1854.
John T. Lacey Clerk

Dec 17/50 Pension Mr Cole
1175 - 22. St. H.

ALFRED G. MUDGE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, OFFICE No. 6 Burns' Block, Corner Buffalo & State-Sts., ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Rochester Dec 10. 1831.
Dear
Commissioner of Pensions.
Herewith I send the papers of Joel Kelley, claiming Answers, from the department, of all and every!
1 st Did the department send to Mr. Hubbard or agent or to Mr. Kelley, or have they either of them received pension for Mr. Kelley, from 4 th March 1831. to September or October 1832.
2 d If not, how shall he make application for his back Pension.
3 d . How Can he have an increase of his Pension by showing that he served and was imprisoned for 2 years!
4 th Is he not entitled to Land, if he has never received any.
Respectfully & S
A. G. Mudge.

Supp War Department Revolutionary claims. 1.145
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June, 1832, Joel Kelley of the State of New Hampshire, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and payable Semi-annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year - Issued in lieu of one dated the 29 th October 1832, which has been destroyed -
Given at the War office of the United States this eighteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred forty two.
(C)
Examined & countersigned
(Signed) John B. Spencer, Secretary of War
(Signed) J. S. Edmons Commissioner of Pensions.
(Copy) of duplicate

Kelsey 1832,
Payment to be made at Leonard & John George Esq. Agent for paying Pensions in the Agency of New Hampshire—
(copy)
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book D. Vol 1 page 165 of H. S. Evans Clerk.

State of New York. }
County of Monroe } On this 10 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty, before me, Joel B. Bennett a Commissioner of deeds duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Joel Kelsey, aged 90. years, a resident of the town of Greece, in said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he is the identical Joel Kelsey who served in the Revolutionary War, at one time for the term of one year, at an other time for the term of seven and one half months, and at an other time was imprisoned by the enemy for the term of about ten months. That on the 29 th day of October 1832, as he is informed & believes he was placed on the Pension Rolls of the United States and that he has drawn the sum of $80. per annum in Semi-annual installments as such pensioner, since: That one Hubbard of Charleston New Hampshire was his agent in procuring his said pension and has since been his agent in receiving the same. That this deponent never has to his knowledge, information and belief, ever received any back pension from the 29 th of October 1832, to the 4 th of March 1831, or for the period intervening those dates. That he never had his Certificate in his possession, until October of the year 1830, when he received it from said Hubbard. That he was entirely ignorant of the loss of his first Certificate, for which the one (a copy of which is hereto annexed) he now holds, was given.

That he never received to his knowledge more than $40 at one time or more than $80 in any one year as such pensioner -
He makes this declaration for the purpose of availing himself of the back pension to which he may be or is entitled from the 4 th of March 1831. to the 4 th of September 1832 or to the 29 th of October 1832. and to procure information from the Department as to the fact of his having received or his agent having received or the Department having granted him a Pension for that term.
He makes this application also for the purpose of having his pension increased to the full pay under the act of June 7. 1832.
Attest. Geo. Gardner S. L. Armstrong
Isaac his Kelley Mark.
Subscribed & sworn before me the day and year above written. And I certify that the copy of a certificate hereto attached is a true copy of the original.
J. B. Bennett Commissioner of Pensions

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents. That I Joel Kelsey of the town of Greece in the county of Monroe, do hereby make constitute and appoint Alfred G. Mudge of Rochester N. Y. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the commissioner of Pensions or from the proper authorities of the United States, all sums of money which I may be entitled to by virtue of my service in the Revolutionary Army of the United States, hereby revoking all other powers of attorney by me heretofore made for such purpose and vesting all full and ample authority in my said Attorney said Alfred G. Mudge, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney may do in the premises.
In Witness whereof my hand and Seal this 10 th day of December 1850.
Attest. Geo. Gardner E. A. Armstrong
Joel his Kelsey Mark.
State of New York
County of Monroe ss! On this 10 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me Joel B. Bennett a commissioner of peace duly authorized by law to take acknowledgments in and for the county aforesaid. Joel Kelsey, subscriber to the foregoing and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, for the purpose therein described.
Joel Bennett Commissioner of Deeds.

State of New York.
County of Monroe ss: I John Lacey, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Joel B. Bennett whose genuine signatures appear above, is and was at the time of signing the same, Commissioner of Pleas, in and for the County and State aforesaid. Duly Commissioned and sworn; and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Rochester this 16 th day of December A.D. 1850 John Lacey Clerk