Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25322, Isaac Belknap, Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York
or Belfnap, Isaac Belfnap
N 25 322
Susan
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1849 New York City Susan Belknap widow of Isaac Belknap who served in the Revolutiona- ry war, as a Pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 cts per annum, to commence the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 24th day of July 1853. and sent to
J. M. Shaw

BERKNER, ISAAC

addl evidence
Susan B. Anthony
mid. of June
group of 10 etc. etc.
New York
New York
Proportion
Mr. Hays
Present
Respectfully

addl evidence
Susan Belfrage wid. of Isaac
suspc? 3 d Feb/83
Rev. Lee,
New York
Dayton
J. M. Thayer
Present
Dear Sir,

Declaration
STATE OF New York } ss. COUNTY OF Orange }
Be it known , that on this first day of August , A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty three , before me  the undersigned  in and for the County and State aforesaid , personally appeared Susan Belpnap aged seventy six years , a resident of Newburgh in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of Isaac Belpnap late of Newburgh who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States  at the time of his death . per annum —that she was married to the said Isaac Belpnap on the 19 day of October eighteen hundred and nineteen  thirty five in the town of Newburgh and State of New York that her said husband died on the 26 day of January eighteen hundred and thirty five that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such a rate of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or decisions that have been, or may hereafter be adopted. — that she has not intermarried but still continues his widow, — that she knows of no record evidence of her marriage in existence. The said Declarant further states, that she hereby constitutes and appoints J. M. Hayer her true and lawful Attorney and Agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the money, which will be hereafter provided for.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me, in open court .
John W Brown Justice of the Supreme Court Long Island Justice
in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Susan Belpnap above named is a respectable resident of this County, and is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration; she has this day appeared before me and acknowledge the above Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
John W Brown Justice of the Supreme Court
STATE OF New York } Orange County, ss. }
I Thomas George Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court of the County and State aforesaid , do hereby certify, that John W. Brown Esq. before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time of execution, a justice of the said court in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name, this 1st day of August in the year 185 3
Thomas George Deputy Clerk. ON Supreme Court
ISAAC BELKNAP
He is entitled to the surrogate's official of county clerk is not necessary.

33.067 New York City Isaac Bellnap decd.
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a Boatman in the Private _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the line for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ N.Y. City at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 26 Jany. 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Oct 1852 and sent to _____
Arrears to the 4th of J. M. Thayer Semi-annual allowance ending Present
Recorded by _____ { Revolutionary Claim, } R. M. Mac Cl { Act June 7, 1832. } Vol. 4 Page 9

State of New York Orange County - ss
Twelfth February -
On this 11th day of February 1833 personally appeared in open court be- fore the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange aforesaid now sitting at the Court House  at the City of Newburgh Isaac Bellknap Esquire a President of the Town of Newburgh County and State aforesaid aged seventy 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 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the Uni- ted States under the following named offi- cers and served as herein stated
That in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight he belong- ed to the Company of a Militia Command- ed by Captain James Denton of New burgh aforesaid of which Company Major Clark had been the Captain pre- vious to his promotion. Said Company was ordered to hold itself in readiness to march at one minutes warning and was divided into detachments which took regular tours of duty and served until relieved by some other detachment of the same company. Soon after I was enrolled in said Company I volunteered to serve in the Quartermasters Department of the United States Army for one year under Colonel Hays or Hughes, whose head Quarters were then at Fishkill in Dutchess Coun- ty according to the best of Deponent's recollection and belief Deponent was ordered on board of a

called Liberty according to the best of his recollection under the command of Captain John Holdan who had the command of all the Vessels employed in the United States service at Fishkill and Newburgh landings in the year 1779 In the year 1779 one third of all the Militia in the State of New York below Hudson was required by General Washington for the purpose of retaking New York from the British One William Bloomer with two others whose names deponent can not now recollect constituted a class and were bound to furnish a man to serve three months I volunteered to serve as a substitute for them I was ordered to join the Company of Captain Stephen Eustis of the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Hawthorn which I did at Fishkill upon which where said Company and Regiment was then stationed under the command of the said Captain & Colonel respectively deponent served in the said Company at the place aforesaid until the said Company and Regiment were discharged sometime in the month of December in the year last aforesaid and was then honorably discharged General George Clinton commanded the Division to which our Regiment belonged A part of the Connecticut and New Hampshire troops then lay at Fishkill but deponent cannot now recollect the names of the Commanders of said troops nor of the other Regiments which lay at and near Fishkill Town at this time In the year 1780 deponent again entered the Quarter Master's department

ment under Colonel H Hay, or Hughes before mentioned quarter Master General whose head quarters still continued at Fishkill ac- cording to deponents recollection and belief and was ordered on board the Sloop Colony Captain John Donnagh which belong- ed to the quartermasters department was employed on board said Sloop as a marines as aforesaid in transporting pro- visions and Military stores wood hay & troops for the army and the forts at West Point. I continued in this service until the river closed which was about ten months and was then Honorably dis- charged. About the time that Arnold was mutating his plot he embargoed all vessels at West Point both Public and private according to deponents recollection we were detained for the purpose of giving no up to the Enemy (as I have allways thought) for several weeks at West Point and remained there until his plot had exploded and deponent also saith that the Militia of Orange County were almost allways engaged in actual service in times of alarm that there alarms were so frequent and sudden that we were compelled at all times to be ready to march at a minutes warning
And in answer to the Inter- rogatories specially put to this depon- ent by the said Court he saith that he was born at Wooburn near Boston in the State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty one that there is a Record of his age

in the family Bible at his Sisters in New Burgh aforesaid That he lived in New Burgh when he entered the service & has lived there ever since and lives there now. That he entered the service as a substitute for William Bloomer before mentioned and two others whose names he does not re- collect. That he has already stated the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served and such Continental and Militia Regiments as as he recollects and the general circum- stances of his service That he never received a written discharge That he is known to Walter base barrister at Law General Leonard Smith and Joseph Howell Esquires of his New burgh who can testify as to his char- acter for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares That his name is not on the pen- sion roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed — & the day and year aforesaid { Isaac Belknap Abe Dunning Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
Nov. 23 1833
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778- 1 11 21 Infy Col Clark 70 Witnesses Confirmed   Vol- 12 Marine Col Hughes enlistment   12 Infy Col Hunt   1779- 3 Infy Col Hunt   1780- 10 Infy Col Hunt Quarters Mustered Genl  
Employed in transporting provisions on board of a Ship
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
It must be clearly shown that the ship in which the claimant was employed was in the service of the United States and was in the service of that officer

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ 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 soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

Certificate of Death and Heirship.
STATE OF New York, } ss: COUNTY OF Craige }
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, the Surregate in and for the County aforesaid, that Isaac Belknap late of Sturtevant in said County, who was an applicant for a pension, and who is as personally known to me, died in said County, on the twenty sixth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five , leaving surviving him the following named children only, his widow named Susan Belknap, who is now living, and resides in Sturtevant aforesaid;
and that the above named
are the only children of the said
who are now living.
I further certify, that _____ of _____ has been duly appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of the said _____ deceased.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Seal of Office, this twenty sixth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and fifty two .
James W. Fowler
Surregate.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Michael Riker by whom named is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit, was on the date of taking the same Recorder of the City of New York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City & County, duly commissioned & sworn.
[Handwritten signatures and a circular seal]
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the sixth day of January 1833
Abraham Asten, Clerk

STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That John M. D. Lester Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit swears at the time of taking the same - I am a member of the Bar in and for the City and County of New-York duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer Oaths -
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the fourth day of January — 183 3
Abraham Asten, Clerk

State of New York City and County of New York
Personally appeared before me John de Leste Commissioner of Deed in and for the City and County of New York in the State of New York — John Anderson of Said City of New York to me personally known to be a credible Witness, and having been duly sworn according to Law, Doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Isaac Belknap of the Town of Newburgh County of Orange and State aforesaid whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit that he was acquainted with him at the commencement of the Revolu- tionary War, and during the contin- uence of the same, and has been ac- quainted with him ever since, that the deponent was in the service of his Country with the said Isaac Belknap in the Revolutionary War With the British King at Newburgh aforesaid, and well recollects that the said Isaac Belknap served in the Year One Thousand Seven hund- red and Seventy eight under an Enlistment for one Year or more under Captain John Holdron as a Munitioner in the Continental Service and under the immediate Com- mand and Control of the then Quartermaster General of that depart- ment Colonel Udney Hay, the said Isaac Belknap was in actual service during the whole of that Year, and also that he the said Isaac Belknap Served in the Year One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty in the same
BELKNAP, ISAAC

Capacity under an an Enlistment for One Year and Served under Capt John Donaghy in the same Service and Service so rendered by him the Said Isaac Bellknap Was in assisting in the Transportation of the Continental Stores and other Public Property and all of which was done under the afores- -aid Captains and Controul of the Said Col. Hays the then Quarters Master General of that department
Morn January 9 th 1833. Before me
(J. M. Lester)
Commissioner of Deeds
P. Piper
Sworn to Jany 1833
Recorder of the City of New York

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  over
File No. 25822
Susan Belknap
Widow of
Isaac Belknap
Prim Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3, 1833
Index: Vol U , Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Nov. 9
I as per dict
Isaac Bellnaph
let Nov 17. 34 to
Walter Cuse
let to Hon J. G. Clinton 24th Jany 1842.
398 Susan Belknap, Widow of Isaac, N.Y.
Let to J. M. Thayer, May 11/53 Allowed $80 per annum Comm. Feb - 1853
Act. Feby 2 nd 1853.

The grounds for the admission of this claim will be readily seen by a reference to the case of John Anderson dec of NY, pensioned under the Act of June 7 th 1832, Bellnap and Johnson both claim the same service, with the exception of three months more claimed by Bellnap, which service of 3 mos is positively sworn to by Leonan Smith, Henry Testof and Matthew Orsey, — The service claimed by Bellnap is proved by John Anderson, the pensioner, by Leonan Smith, as well as by others, who swear to his reputation of service, — T. Liptlett
Claim admitted for 2 yrs as a Boatman Militia private,

of New York & Orange County } p
On this eighth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange aforesaid Henry Gerbap of the Town of Marlborough & County of Ulster to me personally known to be a credible witness who having been by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is personally acquainted with General Israel Bell Knap of the Town of Newburgh County and State aforesaid. That he has been acquainted with him ever since the commencement of the Revolutionary war that in the year 1778 or 1779 Deponent belonged to the Volunteer Company of Militia commanded by Captain Stephen base of the Regiment then commanded by Colonel Hawthorn. That said company was ordered to Fishkill some time in the beginning of the Fall and remained there in the service some time and from thence the said company was ordered to West Point. Deponent well recollects that General Israel Bellknap before named belonged to said company and was in the service at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess aforesaid with this deponent. That they were at the season when Bunker Hill was ripe at that place & that during the time we lay there as aforesaid the said Bellknap was chosen the evening before and ordered to select rowers to convey Governor George Clinton and General Malcolm from Fishkill to West Point. He selects me for one & I

went accordingly. He remained at West Point and returned two days and returned to Piskill and deponent also says that the said company served out their term which was three months according to deponent's collections & beliefs sworn to and subscribed
This eighth day of Septem ber 1832 before me
Henry G. Loomis
Gilbert Ogden (sealer and of the Judg. of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for Orange County.

Dear Belknap
I should like to see you again W. C. Cag...
Yours truly ...
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State of New York Orange County
Personally appeared before me Gil bert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Orange Joseph Mowat and Walter Case Esquires to me person- ally known to be credible witnesses and each for himself deposeth and saith that he is person- ally acquainted with General Isaac Bellknap in the annexed affidavit named. The said Walter saith that he has been acquainted with him upwards of twenty years and the said Joseph saith that he has been acquainted with the said Isaac ever since the Revolutionary War and each for himself saith that the said Is- aac is a man of veracity & a credible witness that since their acquaintance with the said Isaac Respectively. It has been a common report in the neighbourhood in which he lives that the said Isaac served in the army of the United States against the com- mon Enemy in the Revolutionary War & they further say that they have respec- tively heard the affidavit of the said Isaac hereunto annexed  annexed and that they do not entertain the least doubt but that the same is strictly true and the said Fowler saith for himself that he was an offi- cer in the regular line of the Revolu- tionary army and thinks he cannot be mis- taken in the above opinion as he was well acquainted with the nature of the service detailed in the annexed affidavit
Sworn to & subscribed } the 28 th day of September  November } 1832 before me } Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the } Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and } for Orange County
Walter Case Joseph Mowat

I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange do certify that Gilb- ert Osgood Fowler before whom the preceding affida- vits of Henry Terboff, Walter Basse and Joseph Mor- rel and the succeeding affidavit of Leonard Smith John Johnson and were respectively sworn to and subscribed as a Judge of said Court and was a Judge thereof at the respective times when said affidavits were sworn to and subscribed respectively
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto to set my hand and seal of office this Twelfth  Twelfth day of February  February 1833 —
Asa Dunning Clerk

of New York & Orange County } p
Personally appeared before me Gilbert Oden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange General Leonard Smith to me personally known to be a credible witness and having been duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with General Isaac Bellknap in the annexed affidavit named and to which his name is subscribed that he was ac- quainted with him before the War and  Revolutionary during the continuance of the same and has been acquainted with him ever since. Depo- nent was himself in the service and was during a part of that period station- ed at Newburgh to guard the Continental stores at that place. Deponent well re- collects that said Isaac served in the year one Thousand seven hundred and seventy eight under an enlistment for one year under Captain Holbrook as a marine in the Con- tinental Service that said service was under the control of the Quartermaster. That he was in actual service during the whole season under said enlistment - That he will recollect that the said Isaac was in the year 1779 at Fishkill in the Company of Captain Stephen Cuse as a private and served as stated in his affidavit That said Company was served at

The man aforesaid in the three months service In the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty the said Isaac served as a seaman in a public Sloop under an indentment for one year of which Sloop Captain Donnagha was commander of whom this deponent saith not
Sworn this 31 st day of December  October 1832 before Leonard Smith for me Gilbert Ogden Clerk One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the preceding affidavits read and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states -
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Dillinger for a pension -
Isaac Dillinger

State of New York Orange County } ss.
We John Johnson a Clergyman resi- ding in the Village of Newburgh and Henry Walsh residing in the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with Isaac Bullough Esquire who subscribed and swore to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed & the 12 th day of February 1855 In open Court before me
John J. Johnson Asa Dunning Clerk H. Walsh of Orange County -

Brief in the case of Isaac Bellnap County and State of New York act June 7 1832
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Proof of Service — Parol
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. M. Thayer
Present
Thornton Ripley
Examining Clerk.

Lisan Belknap claims in the name and right of her late husband Isaac Belknap of N. Y. under act of June 1832, to the day of his death.

Washington D.C. May 11 th 1856
Sir,
I herewith present the application of the widow of Isaac Belknap of New York. The claim is for the pension due the said Belknap under the act of 7 th June 1832.
It is shown by the most clear and positive testimony that the said Belknap performed two years service in the H. M. Generals Dept.
I ask that reference be made to the case of John Anderson admitted act '32 N.Y. for the same service, and admitted principally too, upon the testimony of the said Isaac Belknap whose claim  is widow now claims a pension as due to her said husband.
Very Respectfully
J. M. Shayen

Isaac Bellnapp dec.
NY
adm? June 7 1832
2 yrs Boatman & Mason 80¢
per annum from
4 March 1831 to 26 January 1845-
when he died
Payable to his widow
Susan Bellnapp
Cert to
J. M. Thayer
Present

398
Feb 25/53
Susan Belknap Widow of Isaac N. Y.
Feby 3 d 1853
J. W. Shayer, Present

Washington Feb. 25 th 1853,
Sir,
I enclose the application of Susan Belknap under act of 3 d Feb. 1853,
Isaac Belknap, husband of the above named Susan, was a pensioner under act of 1 st June 1836, or at least the pension was due him under that act was paid to her as his widow in November last,
The office has thus recognized her as his widow,
Respectfully J. M. Shay,

Brief in the case of Susan Belknap widow of Isaac Orange County and State of New York act of February 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Revolutionary Army engaged as a boatman in the commissary de- partment 2 yrs pension paid to his widow
Allowed $80 per annum to term Feb 3 - 1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by credible witnesses
Death of husband proved by credible witnesses
Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
J. M. Thayer Present.
Examining Clerk.
H. C. Gray

Power of Atty Certificate of Court

STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Orange
} ss : 29 th
Be it known, that on this 29 th day of April A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty two , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Susan Belknap , a resident of Newburg in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of the late General Isaac Belknap dec d late of said Newburg who was a Revolutionary soldier, and who was an applicant for a pension, but who never drew one. That she refers to his papers on file in the Pension Office and asks that the pension may be allowed that she is directly interested, as aforesaid, as a claimant, and makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining such amount of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted. The said Affiant further declares that she hereby constitutes and appoints John M. Hager of Washington to be Attorney and Agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the money, which will be hereafter provided for. — That the said Isaac Belknap died on the 27 th of January eighteen hundred and forty five.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me, William Wear Justice of the Peace in and for said County.
Susan Belknap
I, William Wear Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Susan Belknap , above named, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, as I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth, and acknowledges the above Power of Attorney to be the act and deed.
Wm Wear J. Peace.
In testimony that the above-named Wm Wear was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, at the date of the same, I hereby subscribe my name and affix the County Seal.
Jno. E. Mc Connell, Dep County Clerk.

State of New York Orange County fs.
Be it known that on this tenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before the undersigned a Notary Public in and for the County & State aforesaid, person-ally appeared Susan Belknap a resident of Newburgh in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of the late General Isaac Belknap deceased who was an applicant for a pension for his services as a boatman in the war of the Revolution. That she was married to him in the town of Newburgh aforesaid in the year 1819. that he died on the twenty sixth day of January 1845. that she is the same person who last November received the amount due her said husband at his death, and that she has not since intermarried. that she is directly interested as aforesaid as a claimant, and makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining such amount of pension as may be due under any of the laws, regulations or decisions that have been or hereafter may be adopted. The said Affiant further declares that she hereby constitutes and appoints John M Thayer of Washington City to be her attorney & agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it and to do all things necessary and lawful

in the premises; except drawing the money which will be hereafter provided for.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Susan Belknap
Geo. W. Kerr Notary Public
I George W Kerr a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Susan Belknap above named is a respectable resident of this County, and is, as I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth, and acknowledges the above power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
Geo. W. Kerr Notary Public

Isaac Belknap applicant under act of 1832
Joseph Ellis agent Bloomington Fuller county Wyo --

State of New York
Orange County 3 d ss. Matthew Cropsey of the town of Newburgh in the County of Orange being duly sworn says, that he is now in his eighty sixth year & that he has been acquainted with Isaac Belknap of Newburgh aforesaid since the beginning of the Revolutionary War. That the deponent was himself in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine - that he entered said service and was stationed at Fishkill in Dutchess County & remained there in said service until about the beginning of December in said year - that he was in Colonel Mathews Regiment of levies in Captain Stephen Case, Company - that he knows that the said Isaac Belknap was also in the said service as a private in the same Regiment & Company as the deponent & did duty at Fishkill aforesaid, & as deponent understood was part of the time doing duty at West Point, & the troops including the deponent & said Isaac Belknap were discharged at Fishkill in or about December 1779 - And the deponent says that in the year before he & said Belknap were at Fishkill aforesaid he knows that said Belknap was in a band of ships, commanded by Captain John Donaghy & Captain Leonard Smith, navigating on the Hudson River to Newburgh, West Point & Elsewhere, transporting freight & provisions for the Army - And the deponent says that he & the said Isaac Belknap commenced their service at Fishkill as hereinbefore mentioned about the beginning of September in the year 1779.
Matthew his Cropsey Mark
Orange County ss. On this 24 th day of November 1843 before me Peter F. Hume a Justice of the peace of said County personally appeared Matthew Cropsey, who is known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit - and I certify that said Matthew Cropsey is a credible witness & that full faith & credit should be

given to his affidavit. I also certify that by reason of old age & infirmity said Matthew Crispay is unable to write his name & has signed said affidavit by making his mark.
P. F. Hunn J.P.
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Peter F. Hunn and with his handwriting, and that he is an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Orange in the State of New York in full commission, and that I believe his above signature to be in his proper handwriting. December 5. 1843
J. H. Clinton
Isaac Belknap affidavit under act of 1832
Joseph Ellis sergeant Bloomingburgh Fuller's County N.Y.

State of New York,
Orange County ss: Henry Terboos of the Town of Newburgh in the County of Orange, being sworn in due form of law deposes & says that he is now in his eighty third year and has been acquainted with Isaac Belknap, now of Newburgh aforesaid since the beginning of the Revolutionary War. That this deponent was himself in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the Regiment of levies commanded by Colonel Hathorn in the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Case - that he entered said service according to the best of his recollection about the first part of September, that he was drafted to serve three months & same at that time - that the said Isaac Belknap was in the same service as a private soldier; that he entered at the same time & was discharged at the same time as this deponent - that they were stationed at Fishkill in Dutchess County, & there commenced their service of three months, in the beginning of September in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy nine & were also a part of said time doing duty at Westpoint & at the expiration of said three months they were discharged at Fishkill afterwards - And this deponent further says that before the said services in 1779 this deponent knew that the said Isaac Belknap was doing duty on board of a Schooner commanded by Captain Leonard Smith & Captain John Donaghy, in believing in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy eight that said Schooner was engaged in the service of the United States transporting freight & provisions from Newburgh to West Point & navigating to various other places on the Hudson River - And this deponent further says that the said Isaac Belknap always faithfully discharged his duty to his Country in all the services in which he was engaged
Henry Terboos
Orange County ss: On this 24 th day of November 1843 before me Peter F. Hume a Justice of the peace of said County personally appeared Henry Terboos, who is known to me & was duly sworn to the truth

of the statements contained in the preceding affidavit. & I certify that said Henry Terboeg is a credible witness & that full faith & credit should be given to his affidavit. The name "Terboeg" in the affidavit is written after Erasmus
J. P. Kunn
I certify that I have been acquainted with General Isaac Bicknell within named since the year 1811. that he is a person of the highest respectability & has always sustained an unimpeached reputation. I also know that he has held various offices of importance & trust & has always well & faithfully discharged the duties appertaining to the same. November 24. 1843
J. P. Kunn
New Orange County N. York
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Peter P. Kunn and with his signature hand writing, and that he is an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Orange in the State of New York in full commission and that I believe the above signature to be in his proper hand writing - December 5. 1843.
DeWitt Clinton

State of New York, Orange County Clerk's Office, } ss:
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of the County of Orange, do hereby certify, that Benjamin H. Mace whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace for said county, dwelling in said county, elected and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged or proved according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the twentieth day of August 185 3
N. Westcott Clerk.
See of State Or
Sworn this upon

State of New York
Orange County ss. John Harris of the town of Newburgh in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he was well acquainted with Isaac Belknap late of the town of Newburgh aforesaid deceased in his life time, and is also acquainted with Susan Belknap the widow of the said Isaac; and further that he this deponent was present at the marriage of the said Isaac Belknap & Susan Belknap and saw them married. And that the said Isaac Belknap was at the time of his death an applicant for a pension, & the said Susan is still his widow
John Harris
Sworn before me this 20 th day of August 1853.
J. H. MacC Justice of the Peace in & for Orange County
State of New York
Orange County ss. Elizabeth Harris of the town of Newburgh in the County aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with Isaac Belknap late of the town of Newburgh aforesaid deceased in his life time; and is also well acquainted with Susan Belknap his widow & who is still his widow - and further this deponent was present at the marriage of the said Isaac Belknap and Susan Belknap and saw them married - And further that the said Isaac Belknap was at the time of his death was an applicant for a pension
Elizabeth Harris
Sworn to & subscribed this 20 th day of August
before me J. H. MacC Justice of the Peace in & for Orange

State of New York County of Orange ss. I Benjamin H. Mace a justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby Certify that John Harris and Elizabeth Harris who have given affidavits in proof of the marriage of Susan P. Knap and Isaac P. Knap of Newburgh in said County are credible Witnesses J. H. Mace Justice of the Peace in & for Orange County
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Isaac Bellknap Esq.
Walter Care Ned Wilson Orange County agent

State of New York City and County of — New York
ps. personally appeared before me the subscriber William G. Morris a Commission of Deeds & duly Commissioned & authorized to take Depositions in the City of New York John Anderson of the City of New York who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and a Creditable Witness, and having been duly sworn by way of Supplement to his said Affidavit aforesaid deposeth and saith that in the year One thousand seven hundred and Twenty Eight, Isaac Belknap whose Affidavit is prefixed hereto one year in a Vessel called the Liberty & Property of which John Holden was Master under an Enlistment as a mariner and that in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty he served under an Enlistment for one year on board the Ship Colony commanded by Captain John Donaghy as a mariner as aforesaid for navigating the River Hudson both said Vessels during the respective times the said Isaac Belknap served on board them as aforesaid when under the immediate control and in the service of the Quarter Master General Colonel Hays of the American Army and were employed by him in trans- =porting troops, provisions and other Military stores for the Army, and Forts, on and near the River, and some of the Officers and Mariners on board received their pay in Certificates for their services from the Quarter Master General as aforesaid of the American Army - deponent was in the Quarter Master department at the same time the said Isaac Belknap was serving his Country as aforesaid and is confident that he is not mistaken as to the facts above related Having Rec d a Certificate Himself which was destroyed by fire when in possession of the Dep't 2. Genl. Colonel Hays - - -
Sworn before me this 22 nd day of June 1834
Wm G. Morris John Anderson Notary Public

STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, THAT
William L. Harris Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing the annexed affidavit was on the day of signing the same a commissioner of the court in and for the City and County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 30 th day of October 183 4
Abraham Asten

- State of New York Orange county ss John Barber of the town of Hamptonburgh State of the town of Hamptonburgh in the county of Orange in the State of New York being duly sworn saith that the militia which were called out in service in the fall of the year 1779 and who surrendered at Fort Hill in the county of Dutches and were under the com- -mand of General George Clinton were then in service for about three months and were discharged in the month of December of that year - That this Deponent was then and there in service as adjutant holding a commission as such officer and under the command of said General Clinton
Subscribed and
John Barber
sworn before me
This 21 day of May
1832
J. O. Eager Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Barber who signed the above affidavit and that he is a respectable witness and to whom statements full credit ought to be given J. O. Eager Justice

State of New York
Orange County
§ I Asa Dunning Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Samuel W Eager Esq before whom the within affidavit has been to him been sworn to as at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and rightly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature Witness my hand and Seal of office this 22 day of May 1834
Asa Dunning

State of New York Orange County ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orange General Leonard Smith to me personally known to be a creditable Witness and having been duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say in addition to his Affidavit hereto annexed that during a considerable portion of the Revolutionary war he was the Captain of a company of men who were stationed at Newburg to guard the public stores at that place and that he continued to command said company until 1 st of January 1781 and then continued in the Quartermasters department until the close of the war - The deponent well knew Isaac Belknap the Applicant for a Pension named in the annexed Affidavit - Deponent well recollects that Captain John Hildorn commanded a Vessel called the Liberty according to deponents recollection - That said Vessel was under the direction and control of the Quarter General Colonel Hansay Hays or Hughs and was employed exclusively by him in transporting forage provision and military stores for the Army & deponent also saith that in Year 1778 the said Isaac Belknap served as a Mariner aboard the said Vessel in the employment aforesaid one year agreeably to a previous enlistment and deponent also saith that in the Year 1780 the said Isaac Belknap according to the deponents recollection and belief the said served under an enlistment as a Mariner as aforesaid on board the Sloop Colonel captain John Donaghy which Sloop was under the exclusive command of the Quartermaster General as aforesaid and employed by him in the transportation of provisions, troops, military stores for the Army during the whole season for navigating the Hudson River which was about ten months according to deponents recollection and belief - and the Deponent further saith that he cannot be mistaken as to the services of the said Isaac Belknap aforesaid because he was during all the time said services were performed by the said Isaac Belknap as aforesaid

Stationed at Newburgh where the Magazine for all the Public Stores of the Army was kept and where deponent had frequent opportunities of seeing the said Isaac on board the said Sloops or Vessels which were regularly coming to and going from Newburgh laden with Public Stores for the Army and says and deponent recollects distinctly that said Vessels were often loaded out of the Public Stores under the control of the Quarter Master General at Newburgh and returned often laden with Arms, Ammunition, and Stores of different Descriptions which were deposited in the Public Stores Houses aforesaid at Newburgh under the immediate care of the Quarter Master General and deponent also saith that he well remembers that the Officers and Crews of said Vessels received the pay for their services from the Quarter Master General of the Army as aforesaid from the circumstance of their having received their pay in depreciated paper which sunk in their hands and was sold afterwards by some for from two and sixpence to six or seven shillings an a pound - and further saith not --
Leonard Smith
Sworn to this 8 th day of April 1834 before me
Gilbert Holmes
one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Orange
State of New York } County of Orange } ss
I, Asa Dunning Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Gilbert Holmes before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & that I am acquainted with his hand writing and readily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 22 nd day of May 1834 - Asa Dunning

Isaac Bellknap
28.471
Hon. S. J. Walker

Orange Common Pleas & of the term of February in the year 1833-
Orange County ss Be it known That on the twelfth day of February in the term of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the county aforesaid at the Academy in the village of New- burgh Isaac Bellhouse Esquire who subscrib- ed and swore to the preceding affidavit who then and there produced before the said court the preceding affidavit of John Anderson of the City of New York which was read before the said court and allowed as evidence in the said application of the said Isaac Bellhouse for a permission and at the same time and place per- sonally appeared before the said court at the place aforesaid John Johnston and Henry Walsh who subscribed swore to the preceding certificate and the court gave the certificate that it satisfactorily appears to them that John Johnston and Henry Walsh who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the village of New- burgh and that Henry Walsh who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Susa Dunning Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Orange

Prance
That the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edna Billingsley against for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Twelfth day of Febru- ary in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
A. Dunning Clerk