Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18591, Isaac Bellows, Conn.

SERVICE
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Bellows, Isaac
W. 18591
Mary
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B.L.V.F. 2354-160-55
CONTENTS

New York 24.668
Isaac Billows of Portland in the State of New York who was a Jun r in the Corp y commanded by Captain Robinson of the Reg t commanded by Col Env y in the P u nt Mil y time for 2 years $ 80.00
Entered on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate & Pension issued the 10 th day of July 1831, and sent to L. B. Canfield Homer New York
Arrears to the 4th of March '36 $ 240.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept 11 34 40.00 $ 280.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Virial Luce Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 109

231.
New York Albany Mary Bellows, widow of Isaac Bellows Can n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 1848 and sent to Hon. W. S. Conger HofR
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9 Vol. 4

NY July 48- No 231
2357 { March 3/55 March 29/55
Mary Bellows wid of Isaac Bellows pr
Capt Elijah Robinson Co F Roger's Rec. Ex C o State troops, His
Revolutionary War
husband & wife both pensioned Admit 160 acrs July 13 th 1858, Boston
Vol. B. 82.
2354 if July 13/55
Abner Babcock McGrawville N.Y.

Declaration - in order to obtain the benefits of the 3 d section of the act of 4 th July 1836, and of the 1 st section of the act of 3 d March 1837 -
State of New York } ss on this sixth day of Jan- Cortland County } uary 1846 - Personally appeared before me Cha- uncy Hap one of the Judges of the Common Pleas, in and for the said County. Mary Bellows, a resident of Solon, in the County of Cortland and State of New York, aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836, and the Act supplementary of said act, passed March 3 d 1837 that she was Married to Isaac Bellows, who was a Private, and drew a Pension of Eighty Dollars per annum for services rendered in the Army of the Revolution - she further declares, that she was Married to the said Isaac Bellows on the Twenty second day of December Seventeen Hundred and Ninety, in East Hartford, County of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, by Esquire Abiel Pitkin - that her husband the aforesaid Isaac Bellows died, in said Solon on the 31 st day of December 1845 and that, her name was Mary Bidwell before she was Married, as aforesaid, and that she still remains a Widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed - sworn and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written Chancery, Hap. Judge of Cortland County Courts
Mary Bellows

State of New York 2 p. Zebulon B. Bellows and Gortland County Abigail Bellows both of lawful age being duly sworn according to law doth on their oaths say, that Mary Bellows, is the Widow of Isaac Bellows deceased, and that she has, to her personal knowledge, remained a Widow ever since the decease of her said husband Isaac Bellows, who died at our Farm in the Town of Solon, in said County and State on the 27 th day of December 1845. and that he said Isaac Bellows drew a Pension of Eighty Dollars per annum for services rendered in the Revolutionary War
Sworn and subscribed Zebulon B. Bellows before me this 6 th day of August Bellows of January 1846. Chauncy Knapp a Judge of Gortland County Court
I certify that Zebulon B. Bellows & Abigail Bellows are both persons of truth and veracity and respectable in their Neighborhood. Chauncy Knapp a Judge of Gortland County Court
I certify that Mary Bellows is a person of truth and veracity and respectable in her Neighborhood and that she is the Widow of Isaac Bellows who died at our Farm in the Town of Solon in said County and State on the 27 th day of December 1845. Chauncy Knapp a Judge of Gortland County Court

Torrington November the 3 1801
Isaac Bellows was Born in the year in Augst 22 1763
Mary Bellows was Born in the year on June 28 1769
Polly Bellows was Born on the 10th day in Dec 1791
Sally Bellows was Born in Feb 11 - 1794
Zebediah Bidwell Bellows Born in May 20 th 1796
Anna Bellows Born in Sept 16 - 1798
Hannah Bellows Born in Dec 26 - 1800
Isaac Bellows Born in May 29 th 1803
Polly Bellows Died in July 18 th 1804
Polly Bellows the Second was Born March 30 th 1806
Elias Bellows Born the December the 12 - 1808
Mary Bellows Died March 29 1811
Isaac Bellows was Born February 3 1813
Hannah Bellows Died May 22 1816
Isaac Bellows died July 10 th 1831 of Consumption
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original source.]

Account of Brink head of Clenziger Export
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Abigail Warner was born April 17 1796 William O. Merriam was born October 20 th 1813 Susannah Merriam was born March 31 1816
head of A H Warner & Co
500 500 500
3-2 Mary Abigail Billings was born May 8 th 1824 6-2 Lucretia Bidwell Billings was born 3-2 February 23 1827 2-2 Alonzo Billings was born October 29 th 1829 Hannah Billings was born June 3 1832
6759
Receipt for curing Hams
To 4 Gallons of water add 6 lb. Salt 1/4 Salt peter 1 qt of molasses
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No 21357
Chester Babcock Agent McGrawville Wortland Co. N H

State of New York } ss. County of Cortland }
On this 21 day of March A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me David W Greenman a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Bellows aged 85 years, a Resident of Salon in the County of Cortland and State of New York Who being duly sworn, according to law, de- clares that she is the widow of Isaac Bellows deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and was Pensioned under the act 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $ 80 per annum, and that she has been Pensioned under the act Feb 2 d 1848 at the rate of $ 80 per annum, as the widow of the said Isaac Bellows deceased.
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Bellows in East Hartford in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 22 day of December 1790 She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Bellows died in Salon in the County of Cortland and State of New York on the 27 day of December 1845 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled un- der the act of March 3 1855.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me.
David W Greenman her Justice of the Peace Mary Bellows Mark We Z B Bellows and L B Bellows, residents of Salon in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and ac- knowledged by Mary Bellows, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Z. B. Bellows L. B. Bellows
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she rep- presents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
David W Greenman Justice of the Peace

State at New-York, } ss. CORTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, Do Certify,
That David W. Greenman Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same: and fur- ther, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said JUSTICE, and verily believe the signature to the Jurat thereof, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 23 rd day of March 1855.
Rufus A. Reed CLERK.
No 21357
Charles Babcock Agent McGrawville Cortland Co. N.Y.

A016424
Isaac Bellows
Costance C. N. York
papers are not Authentic
witnys not certified - Credible
advised
24 mo
Rev S. G. Hathaway
S. B. Canfield A.G.O. Storrs N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
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. These 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 Isaac Bellows Kortland Co. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1777 6 Private Capt Burd Col Ryn Springfield 70 Traditionary   " 1778 1 Capt Elijah Robinson Col Eno Br Point born of En   Enlisted 1780 6 Capt Chas Col Hays Hoback field Gen Allen Mistle   Discharged 1781 3 Capt Robert Gen Hunt Hospital tree Co for 9 Months   Peekskill   Topsham   Hickland   Musken   Granville  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 day 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany 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 of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
witnes not verified as G. H. Clarke

Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York
Cortland County
on this 2 nd day of October  September 1832. Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting in and for the County of Cortland.
Isaac Bellows a resident of the Town of Preble in the County of Cortland and State of New York, aged Seventy years, on the twenty second day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty two , who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution, under the following named Officers and served as herein stated — That on or before the Fifteenth day of May Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, he Enlisted for the term of Six Months, in the Town of Enfield, Hartford County and State of Connecticut, to go to Springfield, to guard the Continental Stores, under Captain Burt, of Long Meadows, and he went from Enfield aforesaid, to Springfield where he was stationed till the Fifteenth day of November after, when he was honorably discharged by Captain Burt aforesaid, as he now believes, having served honestly and faithfully the full term of Six Months —
That in the Month of May Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight, he Enlisted for the term of one Year, in the Town of Somers, in Hartford County & State of Connecticut, of the Militia of said State, under Ensign Stephen Jones, of said Somers — and the Company was commanded by Captain Elijah Robinson and the Regiment was commanded by Colonel Roger Eno. David Pease belonged to the same Company, from Somers.

he went to West Point in the State of New York, where he was taken with the Yellow Fever, he was carried to the First Hospital - from there, he was brought home sick, and remained sick til a long time, after his Year, for which he Enlisted was expired - That he Enlisted in Captain Chipmans Company, & Colonel Hays Regiment of Connecticut Troops of Militia, for the term of Six Months, on the first day of June on the first day of July Seventeen hundred and Eighty, in the Town of East Hartford, State of Connecticut, he knew Captain Winkley, Ensign Dinick. Captain Parsons, Major Walbridge, Ezra Rallin, Alan Webster all, belonged to the same Regiment, General Huntington commanded the Brig- ade - from East Hartford he went to Pekkskill on the North River, from there to Soppon, where he saw Major Andrus from there he went to the Highlands, and remained til he was honorably Discharged on the first day of January Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, having served honestly and faithfully Six Months - and that, on the first day of September in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, at East Hartford aforesaid, he was  Discharged for the term of three Months under Captain Stephen Roberts, of the Connecticut Militia. He went from East Hartford, to New London in said State, and was stationed at Fort Trumbull & Fort Griswold and near there, the whole time - he was Discharged, on the first day of December, Seventeen hundred and Eighty one by Captain Roberts aforesaid, there, having served the full term of three Months for which he was  discharged , honestly and faithfully - James Bellows, my Brother was a Sergeant and belonged to the same Company, Samuel Dallowby & Samuel Ducey did also - he says, he is not certain, but he served Nine Months under Captain Chipman, instead of Six Months, but is positive that he served at least Six Months under him - He was born in Seventeen hundred and Sixty two - he has a Record of his age at his Home in Dubuque, where he resides - He lived in Enfield State of Connecticut

recut when first called into the Service, from there he went to Samms, in State of Connecticut, from there to East- Hartford in said State, from there to Winchester in said State, from there, to Lorrington in said State, from there to Winchham in the State of New York, from there to Paeble in said State where he now resides. Eldon Alfred Bennett and Thomas Howard, of Cortland County can testify to my character for truth and 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 Pension Roll of the agency of any State Subscribed & sworn the 2 nd day of Oct 1832 in open Court before me J. Isaac Bellows Samuel Root Clerk
We Eldon Alfred Bennett a Clergiman residing in the Town of Hamer and Jabez B. Phelps residing in the Town of Paeble and both in the County of Cortland & State of New York - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Bellows who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy Years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbour- hood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed before me the day and date aforesaid Alfred Bennett, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hamer Village Jabez B. Phelps

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 Ebenezer Alfred Bennett who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Harnn and that Jabez B. Phelps who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Pueble, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credence - it -
William Mobbey Samuel D. Jackson Aaron Brown Oliver Knipmace
Judges of Cortland Common Pleas
I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cortland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Isaac Bellows for a Pension - and that Leviathan Canfield Esquire before whom the foregoing Certificate of Ebenezer Alfred Bennett & Jabez B. Phelps is sworn, and before whom the Affidavit of Allen Phelps hereto annexed is sworn, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Harnn & the County of Cortland, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and know that his signature to the said Certificate & Affidavit is genuine - in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this 2 nd day of September 1832. Samuel Hotchkiss D. Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 18591
Mary Bellows Widow of Isaac Bellows Pris. New Mar
Act: Feb 24 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 21357
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received March 29, 187 55
Mary Bellons wid of Isaac Bellons Capt Elijah Robinson Col Roger Eno Conn State Troops Revolutionary War
Warrant no 2357-160-55
Chester Bakers M c Gransville N.Y.

Ex'r.
INVALID.
RECEIVED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Isaac Bellows
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18____
Discharged: _____, 18____
Application filed: _____, 18____
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

2357
New York.
Mary Bellows widow of Isaac Bellows who was a Private in the Revolution
Rep. 2 Cuts,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
27th Decr 1845, when husband died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of August 1846. and sent to
L. B. Canfield, Esq. Homer, Cortland Co. N. Y.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 72.

note New York 24. 1838
Let. to Hon. S. G. Hathaway
Jane Bellows
11 June 1834
of Cortland Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Robinson of the Reg t commanded by Col. Eno — in the St. Lawrence line for Genes.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 35 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of July 1834 and sent to J. G. Hathaway R. Ref.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833. $ 75.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34. 15.00 $ 90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } L
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 109

J. P. Edwards Em Sept 11 th 1853

Home Sept 16 th 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed are papers relative to Isaac Bellows claim for services in the Revolutionary War in 77, 78, if they are sufficient to add to his 9 Months Service, which you acknowledge to be proved - please grant his Certificate accordingly, if you have already forwarded his Certificate for 9 Months as has been requested - please to grant the addition, if admissible - please, direct my papers, as those under my care to me, I have Rev Matthew Harrison a Month & a half nearly, after dated, through S. Hotchkiss our County Clk, he being absent - yours respectfully, D. H. Canfield
Ward J. L. P. P. P.

State of New York
Cortland County Clerks Office ss
I Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Chauncy Reef Esquire before whom the annexed Affidavits purports to have been taken was in the day of the dates of the jurats thereof a Judge of the County Courts in & for said County, duly Commissioned & sworn, his acts therefore in that capacity are to be regarded as such - I also certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, & verily believe his signatures subscribed to the jurats & Certificate hereto annexed are genuine - In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County & subscribed my name at Cortlandville this 21 st day of May A D 1846 -
Sam d Hotchkiss Clerk

Isaac Bellows 21034 Revo. N. York
Rejected. See letter to L. A. Canfield, Nov. 26. 1829 See letter to O. Chapin (2 d ) Feb. 21. 1832
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2354
Nov 1919

New York
Rev:
Isaac Bellows
Suspended
let. to U.S. candid
5 Augt 33
Act. 7 June 32

Mr. Feb. 48. Albany.
W. H. H.

State of New York } Cortland County } I Allen Webster of the Town of Paxton, in the aforesaid County and State - do certify and declare, that I am Sixty Seven Years of Age next December, that I am well acquainted with Isaac Bellows of the Town of Noble, in the said County & State & have been from a boy, and know that he is the identical person, that he represents himself to be - I know that said Elder Isaac Bellows Enlisted in Captain Chipman Company, Colonel Hoyt's Regiment & General Huntington Brigade of the Militia of the State of Connecticut in the Army of the Revolution for the term of Six Months, on the first of June or the first of July Seventeen hundred and Eighty - I belonged to the same Brigade, Regiment & in Captain Harkness Company, we both Enlisted & went from the Town of East Hartford in said State, to Pukebille in the State of New York, from there to Tappan, from there to the Highlands where we were both honorably discharged on the first day of January and December after - we had a Written Discharge from Colonel Hoyt aforesaid I know that said Isaac Bellows served Six Months as he has stated in his Declaration - That on the first day of September Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, he together with the aforesaid Isaac Bellows was Draughted at East Hartford aforesaid, for the term of three Months under Captain Stephen Roberts, of the Connecticut Militia of the Army of the Revolution from East Hartford we both Marched with the Company to New London and we were Stationed at Fort Linnabull & Fort Griswold the whole time, we were both Discharged Verbally by Captain Roberts aforesaid at Fort Linnabull, on the first day of December after and I know that the said Isaac Bellows served honestly and faithfully the full term of three Months for which he was Draughted -

there was not a Regiment stationed at that place at the time
sworn and subscribed before me this 29 th day of September 1832
Leviathan Canfield Justice Peace Allen Wheeler
I certify that Allen Wheeler who subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit before me, is a person of truth & veracity and respectable in his neighborhood
Given May 22 nd 1833. Leviathan Canfield Justice Peace
Cortland County Office U.S.
I Samuel Hotchkiss or Clerk of said County do certify that Leviathan Canfield Esq by whom the above certificate purports to have been made was on the 22 nd day of May last a Justice of the Peace in said County duly Commissioned and sworn And that I am acquainted with his handwriting & only believe his name thereto subscribed to be his own proper handwriting & signature
Witness my hand & Seal of office May 23 rd 1833
Samuel Hotchkiss Dr. Clerk
Place Bellows
16424
3/4
ally? Service under 16 not proved & dis allowed
com d 9 mo fri
30 3/4

Horn August 23 rd 1838
Honk Sir - in answer to your letter of the 5 th Inst. in regard to Peter Isaac Bellows, Claim for a Pension, I have to say, that he has this day called on me, and requested me to write you - that he rec d a letter from Oliver Chapin of the Town of Somers, Tolland County & State of Connecticut, stating, he, Chapin had fore- -warded to the War Department, an Affidavit proving one years service in the year 18879 under Captain Robinson, & Colonel Roger Eno's Regt, Connecticut Troops - Chapin served in the same company with him (Bellows) - and I think in Nov r 1829 or 30 I forwarded an Affidavit of one Daniel Pease, proving the same fact - you wrote me a letter it was rec d and on file, he, Pease served in the same company - I think, two Affidavits, of Allen Webster & Samuel Webster were forwarded proving three months service in the year 1781 - which makes 1 year & 3 months, separate from the 9 months which you admit is proved - he says, the six months service in 1777, for which a Muster Roll from Connecticut, has been forwarded, is one and above two years - yet, he says, if the Affidavits are lost, or mislaid or cannot be found - he will endeavor to make the necessary proof over again - in the mean time, he has instructed me, to request you, to forward his Certificate for 9 months which you admit proved - & he will, obtain proof, to be increased, provided, you cannot find it there - yours with sentiments of respect J. P. Edwards Esq r L. P. Campbell

Revolutionary Pension Claim
for
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City - District Columbia
Dr. John Brown to the Continental Congress J. L. Edwards Esq.

some more Have Bellow a certif. ret. Apt. for for the Mercer new for E. P. Bellow - free membership since 1818 - J. B. Bellow - Distant relative

Home Courtland County N.Y.
Dear Sir - having recd a Letter from you -
Through Col S. P. Hildreth, relative to a claim for an increase to his  this pension of Isaac Bellows - (to wit) War department Pension Office June 11 th 1834 - Sir - I have the honor to inform you, that the application of Isaac Bellows for an increase of his present pension has been examined and favorably decided - it will be necessary to return the Certificate upon and this is
I have the honor to be very Respectfully Yr. Obed Servt J. L. Edwards
Dear S. P. Hildreth
Your Representative - Copy
please inform me relative to the claim of Alexander Thompson -
I herewith enclose Isaac Bellows Certificate agreeable to your request -
Dear J. L. Edwards P. M. Gainsville

Matthew B. B. B. Grace B. B. B.
FREE
Genl Samuel G. Hathaway, Member Congress Washington City - District Columbia -
Please to send this letter and all answers to the contents as soon as law requirement and Oblige yours Obedt Servt. Esqre S. G. Hathaway June 22 d - 1834

Horn January 14 th 1834
Dear Genl probably, I shall plague you with communication, in regard to business, More than any one of your constituents - but it is, for those who fought & bled, for rights & privileges which we now enjoy - & to me as  as it mostly on my part
I send you the Rev Mathew Harriman's papers of Pabli, which, probably you know - The Person who made an Affidavit for him, is James Williams of Tully, he, Williams served in the same Company & Regt and has obtained a full pension, served no more than Mr Harriman - please deliver the papers to Mr Edwards and do what you can for him -
in the case of Isaac Bellows - enclosed I send you Mr Edwards Letter Rev August 5 th 1833, which admits the proof to be sufficient for 9 Months - please have a certificate issued & sent to me for that - if no more can be allowed - I sent to Mr Edwards - I think in Aug Sept last, an Affidavit proving his service in 77. & 78 given by a David Pease, of the Town of Phelps, Ontario County - also Mr Edwards Letter dated Febry - 21 st 1832 acknowledging, that he had recd the Affidavit of Oliver Chapin, Tolland County State of Connecticut & that it was placed on file - it was sent & rejected in 1829, because Enr's Regt in which he served, was not attached to the Continental line - there are two Affidavits both proving his service for 77. & 78 - please see, whether they are there, and attached to his Declaration taken before a County Court, a long time ago - if they find Pease's & Chapin's Affidavits, they make sufficient proof for a full Pension, I believe -
in the case of Seth Knowlton - I have sent on two Affidavits, beside Dea. Nelsons, to corroborate his Declaration, and also David Knowlton his brother, the other Samuel Goodrich - please see, if they are all together, the papers and if the proof (to wit) Nelson, Knowlton & Goodrich is not sufficient send me word -
Antiquate ms 1.1 v 2 p 20

I wrote you, that I had sent for Judge Conklin's Minutes taken on his Trial - I will send you my & Col Brown Affidavits, relative to the amount of costs, that we know of in the suit - when I get Judge Conklin's return, if the Committee should conclude to report against Col Brown - please, not have them report at all and withdraw the papers - at any rate keep the Committee from a report til you hear from me again -

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J. L. Rochester Esq.
Letter to J. Skirving
June 1829
Mary Bellairs

War Department,
Pension Office,
November 26. 1829
Sir,
The documents sent by you to this Department in support of the claim of Isaac Bellows, have been examined and placed on our files. The regiment commanded by Colonel Hoyt, in which he alleges he served, was not on the continental establishment, and as the revolutionary pension laws extend to none who did not belong to said establishment, a pension cannot be granted.
I am respectfully,
Your Obet. Servt.
James L. Edwards
L. B. Canfield, Esq.
Homer,
New York.

Reference to Isaac Bellows - Application for a Pension - 1832
Ms n 1832
Isaac Bellows of Tully County of Onondaga N.Y.
to be left in hospital on Tully Place
Additional document. Isaac Bellows N.Y.
James A. Aug 20

Mr Bellows I Recd your letter with much Pleasure bearing date July 10 1832 and have Complyed with your Request in part have ben to Longmeadow and Springfield and have made Search and I find your Capt us name was gideon Burt and I find one Mr Crandall and John Ashley which say they both ware in that company at Springfield but do not remember your name but I find Capt n Burt's pay roles and in them I find your name Isaac Bellows these papers ware found with his Son William Executor of his will Said papers are in the hands of George Colton Esq r of Springfield who is appointed to receive attimonys respecten Benhens in that Coun ty these pay roles are the best not witness that I can get for you nd and Esq r Colton is to send these old pay roles on to the war Department by the first of September next for your proof and others — in both of these pay roles we find your pay was for five months and 13 days — I do not know
that I can do any thing more for you — So I must Conclude wishen you health and all the blessings of this Life and that which is to come to Isaac Bellows I Subscribe yours friend
Oliver Chapin
Somers August 17 1832

6752.
Mary Bellows. N. Y.
Act 4 July '36.
ad!  Presented 235. Rejected. 314
Act 17 June, 1846, Adm o .
2 years private. $80 per ann. from 27 Dec. 1845, when husband died.
Register under act 4/4
L. B. Canfield, Esq. Homer, Cortland Co. N. Y.

Dear Sir,
War Department Pension Office
Pension Office 26th Nov. 1829.
Genl. J. B. Eaton, Secy of War.
Washington City.
Amos D. Lee

Homer November 19 th 1829
Sir
enclosed are is the Declaration Affidavits &c
relative to the Claim of Isaac Bellows for a Pension - you will please examine the same and if they are sufficient, please, direct information to Samuel Root Esq. Homer, Cortland County, N. York - yours with sentiments of respect
L. B. Canfield
Hon. J. H. Eaton

J. L. Edwards
Letter - acknowled- ging - Oliver Chapin Affidavit -
July 21 st 1832

War Department Pension Office February 21. 1832
Sir,
The affidavit of Oliver Chapin, in the case of Isaac Bellows, has been received and placed on our files. The claim of Bellows was rejected in 1829. Enn's regiment, in which he served, was not attached to the continental army. As the revolutionary pension laws do not provide for any who did not belong to the continental establishment a pension cannot be granted by this Department. As I do not know the present residence of Bellows, this letter is addressed to you, presuming you know where he lives.
I am, respectfully, Your Obedt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
Oliver Chapin Esq. Tollard Connecticut.

J. L. Edwards Commrs of Pensions
L. B. Canfield Esq.
Homer N.Y.

Revolutionary, Pension Claim Isaac Bellows
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City - District Columbia
Isaac Bellows N.Y.

Payments to be made at New York by Mrs. Meehan's Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- ice, in Book L Vol. 4 Page 109 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Isaac Bellows of the State of New York who was a private in the revolutionary war
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 third day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four ,
L. D. Baker Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

J. P. Edwards
Letn. August 5 th 1833
Copy of Isaac Bellows

War Department
Pension Office
Augt. 5. 1833.
Sir,
The claim of Isaac Fellows, has been examined and suspended for further evidence. His alleged service in '77 and '78, was rendered in his 14 and 15 th years. This cannot be admitted without proof. The after service of 9 months, and for which there is proof, is admitted. His papers are placed on file.
I am Respectfully Br. Col. Secy J L Edwards
S. B. Canfield Homer N.Y.

State of New York Ontario County ss; David Pease of Phelps in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is acquainted with Isaac Belknap of P'keepsie in the County of Cort- land in said State & knows that he the said Isaac was in the "Continental" service in the Revolutionary war in the United States of America for at least nine months in the Connecticut line in General Hunt- ington's Brigade & Colonel Hays's Regiment.
Sworn & subscribed this 24 day of Sept 1829 before me
David Pease
Thomas Smith a Justice of the Peace in & for said County
State of New York Ontario County ss; Jerusha Pease of Phelps in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that she is acquainted with Isaac Belknap of the P'keepsie in the County of Cortland in said State & was acquainted with him in the year 1750 & understood from him at that time & also from his neighbors & companions that he the said Isaac was in the Continental service of the Revolutionary war that year for at least nine months in the Connecticut line - her
Sworn & subscribed this 24 day of Sept 1829 before me
Jerusha Pease mark
Thomas Smith a Justice of the Peace in & for said County

State of New York
Ontario County ss I certify that Thomas Smith before whom the within affidavits were taken and whose signature appears to the jurats thereof, was at that time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 10 th day of October 1829
Ralph Lutter Clerk
The Expense is Six Shillings

Portland Ct. July 17.
Dear
Rev. Dr. Coffin
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City,
Isaac Bellows.

Tolland County Ct ss. Clerk's office
Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do certify that Oliver Chapin 2 nd Esquire before whom the accompanying Deposition of Oliver Chapin of Somers in Tolland County was sworn was, at that time there and for several years before and now is a justice of Peace within & for said County of Tolland duly appointed & sworn and authorized to administer oaths and that the signature purporting to be his is in his own proper hand writing with which I am acquainted
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Tolland this 14 th day of February AD 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

State of New York
Canterbury ss. I, Libus Andrews of Hamer, in said county, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Isaac Bellows of Puhl in said county, and has been, for Fifty Eight Years, said Andrews deposeth and saith that he lived in East Hartford, Hartford County, and State of Connecticut, in April 1780 and knew of Isaac Bellows aforesaid serving as a soldier in Col. Hays Regiment, in the Continental service in the Revolutionary War in the United States of America, for at least nine months, or upwards - said Bellows went into the said service in April 1780 from East Hartford aforesaid.
Libus Andrews
Sworn and subscribed before me this 23 rd day
of October 1829
D. B. Canfield Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Canterbury
State of New York Canterbury Clerk's office
I hereby certify that D. B. Canfield whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit on the day of the date the same purports to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized and Empowered to administer oaths &c
Witness my hand and the seal of the said County hereto affixed this 16 th day of November 1829
Sam l Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk

To the Hon. Secretary of War of the United States or whom it may concern
The deposition of Oliver Chapin of Somers in Tolland County and State of Connecticut, to be used in an application to the United States government to be for a pension by Isaac Bellows of Preble, County of Courtland and State of New York, Taken and sealed up by me Oliver Chapin Justice of the Peace (for said Tolland County)

I Oliver Chapin of Somers in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, of lawful age testify and say, that Isaac Bellows now of Preble in Cortland  Cortland State of New York resided in said Somers during the Revolutionary war , or till near the close of it, and I was well acquainted with him during that time; that the said Bellows enlisted into the Connecticut State troops, in  the company of Capt. Elijah Robinson for the term of one year, & I also enlisted at the same time into the same company for the same length of time; and we both served in said company at White Plains, Westpoint and other places, through the year, except a short absence with his permission. Said enlistment, according to my recollection, was in the year 1778. Said company belonged to Col. Roger Eno's Regiment, and further the deponent said not.
Somers Sept r 27 th 1831
Oliver Chapin
State of Connecticut. Tolland County ss. Somers Sept r 27 th 1831.
Personally appeared Oliver Chapin, subscriber to the foregoing deposition, and being duly cautioned to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, made solemn oath to the truth of the same. The above deposition was taken at the request of Isaac Bellows, named therein, and to be used by him in an application to be made by him to the United States' government for a pension for services rendered by him during the Revolutionary war. The reason of taking said deposition is that the deponent was more than twenty miles from the place where said application is to be made. No proper officer of the United States government being known to the  him within twenty miles of the place of Caption, none was notified or present at the taking of this deposition. I attest Oliver Chapin 2 d
Justice of the Peace for said Tolland County.

Came before me at Phelps Ontario County State of New York on the 9 day of September 1831 David Pease who being duly Sworn Deposition and says that he knows Isaac Bellows and the said Isaac Bellows served in the Revolution War under Colonel Roger Eno and Captain Elijah Robison in the Connecticut Local Troops the term of one year in the years one thousand seven hundred and Seventy eight and Seventy nine and Sworn and Subscribed before me at Phelps this David Pease Ninth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty one David Conger Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Ontario County ss I certify that David Conger before whom the above affidavit was taken and whose signa- ture appears to the jurat of the same, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 10th day of September 1831
Nalph Lester Clerk of Ontario County

I certify that David Pease is a man of truth and honesty and reputable in his neighbourhood.
Phelps September 12 - 1833.
David Congdon late Guardian
David Pease death

I Oliver Chapin of Somers in Tolland County, Connecticut aged Seventy five Years - on oath depose & say that in May 1778. at Said Somers, the Deponent & Isaac Bellows then of Said Somers, were resident in Tully, Onondaga County, New York, enlisted, under Ensign Stephen Jones, then of Said Somers was deceased) into the Connecticut State Service for the Term of One Year, - that they were placed in a Com- pany under the command of Capt. Elijah Robinson of Tolland, Ct, the Lieutenant not recalled, & Ensign Stephen Jones - the Company was annexed to a Regiment command- ed by Col. Razer Eroz of Windsor, Ct. - that the Company marched through the Towns of New Haven, Fairfield into Connecticut to White Plains, in the State of New York. - The Regiment was stationed at White Plains for a short term, & then marched to West Point - the Regiment was an- nexed to the Brigade commanded by Col. Command- ant Malcolm - The Regiment then moved from West- point through the Town of Rye to Horse Neck & was discharged, at Horse Neck, at the expiration of the year, - the prior time not recalled - the said Ad- Jones & the Deponent, enlisted at the same time, performed duty, in the same Company & Regiment, during said cam- paign, & were discharged at the same time & place, at the expiration of said enlistment - the Deponent & the said Bellows performed actual service, in Said Regiment during the Campaign of 1778, as aforesaid. Dantell discharged - & further saith not -
Oliver Chapin
Sworn to & subscribed this 11 th day of March A.D. 1834 before me Walter R. Kibbe Just. of peace for Tolland County Connecticut
does not recollect the year in

State of Connecticut } ss. Somers March. 11 th A.D. 1834 - County of Tolland }
I hereby certify that Oliver Chapin, the aforesaid Deponent, is an Inhabitant of Somers, & personally known to the Subscriber, & sustains a good moral character, & his Testimony that is entitled to full Credit, by Court or Jury
Attest Walter R. Webb Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } ss. Tolland
Tolland County } I Novatus Chapman Clerk of the county Court within and for said Tolland County do certify that Walter R. Webb Esquire before whom the within Deposition was taken and whose certificate is annexed thereto was on the 11 th day of March 1834 Justice of Peace within and for said County of Tolland duly qualified and legally authorized to administer Oaths and take Depositions and that the signature to said certificate purporting to be his is genuine and I believe the same to be his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office at Tolland the 11 th day of March A.D. 1834
Novatus Chapman Clerk
Expense $1.00 -

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. Allen Webster of Brimfield in the County of Cortland being duly sworn before Samuel G. Stockham a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Onondaga, deponeth and saith that he is sixty seven years of age, that he served in the Militia of the State of Connecticut, in the Revolutionary War, for the term of three Months in the fall of the year of One Thousand, seven hundred and eighty one, under Captain Stephen Roberts and was stationed at New London in said State of Connect- icut, that he does not recollect the name of the Colonel who com- manded the Regiment at that time, and that he is acquainted with Isaac Bellows, who lately resided in Preble in said County of Cortland, but now resides in Tully in said County of Onon- daga, and that said Isaac Bellows served in the same Compa- ny and for the same length of time, and under the same officers in the Revolutionary war in the Militia of the State of Connecti- cut as above mentioned, in the year One Thousand seven hun- dred & eighty one and that I was then & there personally acqu- ainted with him, and that the said Capt. Stephen Roberts resided at East Hartford in said State of Connecticut, at the time when when this deponent & the said Bellows performed the service in the Revolutionary war as aforesaid.
Allen Webster
Subscribed & sworn
April 17 th 1834 before me
Sam d G. Stockham J.P.
I certify that Allen Webster who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit is a Man of truth & veracity & reputable in his Neighbourhood
Sam d G. Stockham Justice Peace

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. Samuel Webber of said County do hereby certify that he is seventy nine years of age and that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War that he was acquainted with Isaac Bellows during the War and is now acquainted with said Bellows who lately resided in the Town of Noble in the County of Cortland and now resides in the Town of Tully in the said County of Onondaga, who is the same Isaac Bellows that served in the Militia of the State of Connecticut for the term of three months during the Revolutionary War at New London in said State of Connecticut, but he does not recollect the year in which said Bellows served or the Officers which he served under, except that he knows that said Bellows lived in said Tully and knows
Samuel Webber
April 17th 1834 before me
I certify that Samuel Webber who subscribed & sworn to the above Affidavit before me is a Man of truth & veracity & reputation in his Neighborhood. Saml. H. Stockham Justice (seal)
Attest: [Signature] Clerk My Commission Expires [Date] My Commission Expires [Date] My Commission Expires [Date] My Commission Expires [Date] My Commission Expires [Date]

Isaac Bellows Paper to increase his pension
the add. evidence proves 12 mo only but Chapin letter shows that his name is on a pay roll the preceding year for $120.13 3/4
admitted  24 m. ap. 34  80
and the clerk of which has been recd
22 m. ap. 34 Hon. S.G. Hart as ex H.R. 1834
State of New York } County of Onondaga }
I, Hansen Edwards Junior Deputy Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Samuel S. Stock- ham before whom the within affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurats of the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and genuine signatures. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 22 d day of April 1834
H. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk

Admitted
235 W 18th
Hon. H. Henger Hof R

State of New York Cortland County } ss
On this 6 th day of May 1848 Personally appeared before Eliza M c Edgcomb a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Cortland Mary Billows Resident of the Town ofolon County of Cortland aged sixty four years 28 th day of last June
Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress Passed 2 d February 1848 - Granting Pension to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Isaac Billows Who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and belonged to the Connecticut Militia and was Pensioned under act of 7 th June 1832 at the Rate of $80 Per annum and that she drew a Pension of $80 per annum under act of 19 th June 1844 -
She further declares that she is still a Widow Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before E M Edgcomb } Justice of the Peace } Mary Billows
I hereby certify that Eliza M c Edgcomb, the person before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been made, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Cortland in the State of New York, & was, such Justice at the time the same purports to have been made; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Edgcomb & that I know his signature to the foregoing to be genuine. Dated May 18, 1848
H. S. Conger House of Reps.

J. B. Ballou Salem
March
7
L. B. Canfield Esq. Homer
Cortland County N. York

Town Clerk's Office East Hartford Conn. February 28 th 1846
Dear Sir
was received on the 23 rd
years of the 3 rd Instr, wishing me to examine the Records of this Town to ascertain whether the Marriage of Isaac Bellocus and Mary Bidwell was recorded, and if so to certify to the fact. I have carefully examined the Records of this Town - and find that that there is no such Marriage on record: from the small number of Marriages on record of the date of 1790 and about that time I should think that but little attention was paid to the law which required them to be recorded.
I have furthermore taken considerable pains and made enquiry of some of our oldest people to know if there is any one here living who saw them married and could testify to the fact, there is Mary who recollect Mr Bellocus and his Wife, but I have not found any one who saw them married. I shall make further enquiry and if I can find any evidence that will be of service to you I will early notify you of the fact any service I can render you shall be promptly rendered,
Respectfully Yours &c
E. S. Goddard Town Clerk
L. B. Canfield Esqr

Home Cortland County N. York May 26 th 1846
Dear Sir Please examine these papers, and if correct send me a Pension Certificate for her, and oblige your Obedt Servt - L. B. Campfield
Hon. J. L. Blackwell Esq.

Hann March 7 th 1846 Sir - please fetch up this Letter to your Father's Room as soon as convenient, yours L. H. Canfield G. B. Bellows

State of New York Cortland County ss
vs. Zebulon B. Bellows and Abigail
Bellows of lawful age, of the Town of Loxon, in said County and State, being duly sworn, depose and say that the Family Record herewith attached, is the Family Record of Isaac Bellows deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier and that the same is said Isaac Bellows own handwriting, except the last line which states the death of Isaac Bellows Jr who died July 10 th 1831 of Consumption, which is the handwriting of said Zebulon B. Bellows, also an account when Zebulon B. Bellows of Loxon in said County, met the same with said Isaac Bellows at Court House
Zebulon B. Bellows
sworn and subscribed
before me this 6 th day of January A.D. 1846
Abigail Bellows
Chauncy Veep a Judge of Cortland County Court
I Chauncy Veep the Judge within named and before whom the Declaration of Mary Bellows the Applicant for a Pension within named was made, and before whom the proceedings were held, am satisfied that she is the Widow of Isaac Bellows who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, also I certify that in my opinion the said Mary Bellows is utterly unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court, for the purpose of making her Declaration, to obtain a Pension
sworn and subscribed before me. This 6 th day of January A.D. 1846
Chauncy Veep a Judge of Cortland County Court
of which that I have been acquainted with Isaac Bellows for thirty years or more & know him to be a man of truth and honesty & respectable in his neighborhood Chauncy Veep a Judge of Cortland County Court

Cortland County ss. p. I know all men by the State of New York I present that I Mary Bellows of the Town of Salem in the County of Cortland and State of New York, do here by constitute and appoint Lewis H. Canfield of Haman, in said County and State, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my Name, to ask for, and receive a Pension from the Commission of Pensions of the United States of America, and I acknowledge the foregoing Power of Attorney to be my act and deed, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. This 10 th day of January A.D. 1845 sealed and delivered in presence Mary Bellows of Chauncy Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts
State of New York ss. p. Susan nee  Andriss of the Town of Cortland County ss. Haman, in said County & State being duly sworn according to Law - says she is Seventy two years old. that she is distantly connected to Mary Bellows, the Appli- cant for a Pension, and was present when said Mary was married to Isaac Bellows in the year Sixteen hundred and Ninety by Eminent Abiel Pitkin, in East Hartford, State of Con- necticut - I lived a near Neighbour, to said Isaac Bellows & Mary Bellows his Wife till I was Twenty three years old, Polly Bellows, Sally & Zeb- lon B. Bellows, their Children were Born, while I lived near them, in said East Hartford sworn and subscribed J. S. ARNO Andriss before me this 20 th day of May 1846 Chauncy Keep a Judge of Cortland County Courts

State of New York
Coatland County ss. On the eighth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty nine personally appeared in open Court being a court of record by the Laws of Said State for Said County of Coatland Isaac Bellows resident in Puhl in Said County, aged Sixty Six years who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the first of May 1820. That he the Said Isaac Bellows enlisted for the term of nine months on the first of April in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty in the town of East Hartford in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Chipman in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hoadg in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the Said Corps until the first of January Seventeen hundred & eighty one when he was discharged from the Service in Westchester County in the State of New York. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present. That his name is not on the roll of any other State except that of Connecticut & that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension viz. About ten years ago he undertook to get a Pension on account of a years Service in the Militia on which application he failed & was uninformed as to his rights in consequence of his services in the Continental establishment until within a few months past.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do Solemnly swear That I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818.

and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor had any person for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me. Nor have I any income whatever to support myself. I have no real estate nor have I had since the 18 th March 1818 & for some time previous thereto. I have no stock or cattle of any description nor any kind of personal property except necessary wearing apparel & bedding. That I am by profession a farmer but in consequence of ill health have been unable to attend to any kind of business for about ten or eleven years. I live with & am supported by my son Isaac Bellows Junior. I have a wife named Mary aged sixty years & in a very feeble state of health she has been confined to her bed for more than a year past with a nervous complaint & is still bedrid & unable to do anything. The remainder of my family is two daughters, one Polly Bellows aged twenty three years who is rather feeble but assists some in taking care of her mother and Bulah Bellows Seventeen years of age who also assists in taking care of her mother besides supporting herself & that there have been no changes made in my property since the 18 th of March 1818
Sworn to & subscribed the 8 th day of September Oct 1829 before William Mallory First Judge of Cortland County
Isaac Bellows
It appears to us by the above affidavit of said Isaac Bellows that he has no property excepting necessary wearing apparel and bedding.  William Mallory Andrew Dickson Aaron Brown } Judges of Cortland County
Oct. 8 th 1829

State of Rhode
Island County ss - I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of Court Common Pleas do hereby certify that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Isaac Bellows did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the Continental establishment I also certify that the foregoing oath is truly copied from the records of the said Court; & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said Isaac Bellows had no property whatever except necessary clothing & bedding.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 23d. day of September  October A.D. 1829
Samuel Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk By Daniel A. Wheeler Deputy