Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22114., Charles Bellows, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Bellows, Charles.
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CONTENTS

Vermont 9565 Charles Bellows
of Windham in the State of Vermont who was a priv: in the company commanded by Captain Gay - of the Regt commanded by Col. Ward in the Maptu line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May '32 Fayetteville Vt. and sent to Mr Elliot
  Arrears to the 14th of March '33 -  160    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept "  40     $ 200  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk Book E Vol. 3 Page 52
Date of birth not in AB

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BRIEF in the case of Charles Bellows of Marlboro' in the State of Vermont (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 78 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Mafo's   Years. Months. Days.     Spring In 1775 until the last of December 2 3 10 Private Gen. Capt. Josiah Fay;  Col. W. A. A.;  Reg't enlisted   1 st Jan y 1776 1 do Capt. Moore, Solis; Col. C. A. Whitcomb; Reg't do   May 1777 78 8 25 th do Capt. A. H. Ayres; Col. E. Briggs; Reg't; Gen. Schuyler do  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Southbridge - Mafo's
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? part of his service by witnesses - some of them certified to be credible - & the traditional evidence of others certified by the Court to be credible persons -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
G. Stephens
Examining Clerk.

State of Vermont
District of 13 on this fifth day of September 1832 Marlboro' personally appeared in open court being the court of Probate within and for the district of Marlboro' in the county of Windham and State of Vermont now sitting Charles Bellows a resident of Marlboro' in the county of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth his oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated (viz.) In the Spring of 1775 he resided in Southbridge in the county of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and distant about twelve miles from Concord and the day of Concord battle the company of militia to which he belonged turned out and was marched down to Cambridge where he arrived the day for- =lowing a short time after he enlisted in Captain Josiah Fay's company in Colonel Wood's regiment and those who did not enlist were dismissed and returned home, and that he the said Charles Bellows continued to serve till the last day of December then next in said Regiment and Company therefor the first part of the time he was stationed at Cambridge and the latter part of it at Dorchester He further says that some few days before the expiration of his said term of service he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Mary Sole, in Colonel Ira Whitecomb's Regiment of the Massachusetts Troops, for one year to commence on the first day of January 1776 that at that time he went into the company of the said Captain Sole and continued to serve in the same one year and was discharged, then  on the 22 nd of March Whitecomb marched into Boston and there remained till August following when

he says they were marched to Ty canderoo. They were marched up through New Hampshire to 804 (now Charlestown) then crossed Cannestant river and over the mountain to Rutland then to Stearnsboro (now White Hall) then took Battery and went down to Ty canderoo where he remained till discharged. The last of December does not recollect whether he had a written discharge but thinks he had, and if so it is lost. He further declares, that in the month of May 1777 he still resided at said Stearnsboro and that he then and there again enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Isaac H. H. H. in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth for eight months the party he marched with (which was in June) went by way of Springfield in Massachusetts Fitch to Hudson River and went up in a boat to Albany where he joined his regiment and then was marched to Saratoga and then joined General Schuyler's Army. The army soon retreated to Stillwater and then to Halfmoon point and then for a time was stationed on an Island in the mouth of Mohawk River where they remained till General Gates arrived then back to Stillwater where they remained a few days then to Bemis heights and soon after General Burgoyne's army retreated to Saratoga he and the regiment he belayed to remain and to follow them. When he remained till the army capitulated afterwards he was marched back to Albany and down the river to New Jersey and through New Jersey and into Pennsylvania and was discharged at Valley Forge on or about the 10 of January 1778 having served in the said Regiment and company last mentioned eight months had a written discharge which is lost. 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;
Isaac H. H. H.

11 Question by the court
1 st in Southbury Massachusetts in 1754
2 none
3 at said Southbury
4 in Marlboro Vermont when I now reside
4 I voluntarily enlisted
5 they are embodied in my application.
6 I do not certainly recollect I believe I had an and it is last
7 In the Winchester Vermont National Guard I am a colonel
Charles Bellows
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We certify that Benjamin Metcalf and William Gipsen hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Bellows who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be seventy-eight years old and that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion
Benjamin Metcalf William Gipsen
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
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 Benjamin Metcalf & William

Thoson, who have signed the preceding certificate, are citizens of said County of Windham, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Elliot, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Bellows for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of September A.D. 1832.
James Elliot, Probate Register.
No 95. Windham Co. Vt. Henry Bellows Declaration for Pension Sept. 1832. 11676

January 20, 1936
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Charles Bellows-S.22114
Mrs. James B. Butter 651 East 7 th Street York, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War service of Charles Bellows, of Southboro, Massachusetts, who later resided in Marlboro, Vermont.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22114, based upon the military service in that war of Charles Bellows.
Charles Bellows was born in 1754, in Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Southborough, at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Charles Bellows belonged to a company of militia of that town, and on the day of the battle of Concord, his company turned out and marched to Cambridge: soon after his arrival there, he enlisted in Captain Josiah Fay's Company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts Regiment and served until the last day of December, following: he immediately reenlisted, and served one year in Captain Moses Soule's Company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment: he enlisted in May, 1777, served in Captain Aaron Haynes' Company, Colonel Wigglesworth's 13 th Massachusetts Regiment, he was in the campaign against Burgoyne and was present at the surrender of that officer and his army, after which he marched to Pennsylvania and was discharged at Valley Forge, January 10, 1778.
Found 2nd in mass SH under these officers
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, while residing in Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of

the Revolutionary War pensioner, Charles Bellows(S.22114), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Charles Bellows Certificate No. 9565 Issued May 28, 1833 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832 Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1910 June 25 - Hist. to Hon. F. M. Crosby - & S. 1936 Jan 20 list to Mrs. J. B. Butler - S.
Resolutions
22 114
INVALID.
File No. 22,114
Charles Bellows
Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1821
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]

c. 9565 '32
owm. File 22114

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by H.O.T. June 20, 1910
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Charles Bellows
Service Pension Act '32
Residence Vt. Additional Service _____
Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
O.W. dw. 7 22114

Admitted as a member for 2 years $80-

11.070
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Bellows which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no device or seal attached to declaration

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no Clergyman and — but others, XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? none XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? not all of his service If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? not all Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Leicester - October 13 - 1819 -
I William Winchester of Leicester in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say - that I am acquainted with Charles Bellows formerly of Southborough in said State, and that sometime in the month of January - 1776, the said Bellows with myself enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt Moses Sole in Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment, in the Revolutionary war, and I know that said Bellows served in said war more than eleven months at one time in said war, having served with him myself in the same Company the whole term of time. —
Will m Winchester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. Leicester October 13, 1819 -
Personally appeared William Winchester and made oaths to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. Before me Roswell Field Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with William Winchester, and believe him to be a man of strict truth and veracity.
Roswell Field Justice of the Peace
Leicester October 13, 1819 -

William Wentworth 1760
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin } ss County }
I Elijah Alvord clerk of the Judicial courts holden within & for the County of Franklin aforesaid certify that Roswell Field Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was made, and who has certified the caption thereof, is a Justice of the Peace, for the said County, duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of this Commonwealth; that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his acts as such; and that the within certificate is subscribed in his proper hand.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & prefixed the seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, this fifteenth day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen
Elijah Alvord

John Winchester Disposition
William Winchester 15th March

Deposition of Wm. Winchester given August 28 th 1832 I testify that Charles Bellows of Marlborough in the County of Windham & state of Vermont was with me in the service of the United States in the regiment belonging to the Massachusetts line Commanded by Col. Jonathan Ward, in Capt. Josiah Pheys Company & then residents of the town of Southborough in the state of Mass. achusetts living in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy five of the first eight months of the service aforesaid William Winchester ss.
On the 28 th of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid a man of truth & integrity deponent, read a summoned & cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the re- quest of Charles Bellows aforesaid and to be used to prove before the Court of Probate holden at Wilmington on the 15 th of Sept next in and for the County of Windham & state of Vermont that the said Charles is entitled to a pension according to a late act of Congress
Isaac Woodbury Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of Franklin do certify that Isaac Woodbury Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said county and as such legally qualified to administer oaths and take depositions. And his name subscribed to the above certificate of caption is believed by me to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
E. Alvord, Clerk

Frances Phelps 8 ma -

I Francis Phelps of Halifax County of Windham State of Vermont of Lawfull age do testify and say that I was in the Service of the United States with Charles Bellows in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven Eight months That I was in the same Company with Charles Bellows in the Company under Capt Aaron Haynes in the thirteenth regiment Massachusetts commanded by Col Wigglesworth and further the deponent saith not
Francis Phelps
State of Vermont ss. Marlboro August 21 st 1832 Windham County ss. Then Francis Phelps
Personally appearing and after being carefully Examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him made & subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth Before me Jesse Coone Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New France, August 25. 1832.
I certify that Jesse Coone, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Windham aforesaid, and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Court on the day and year above written. James Elliot, Clerk.

Joseph Gephart
yes

I Joseph Tipton of Goshen in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts being of lawful age do testify and say that I was a listed soldier in the revolution war and joined the company commanded by Capt. Moses Dole some time in the month of January 1776 which company belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Asa Whitcomb in the Massachusetts troops and in the month of January 1776 I became acquainted with Mr. Charles Bellows who was then was a listed soldier in the regular line on the continental establishment in the revolution war and I further state that I knew that said Bellows served in said company with me more than Eleven months at one time and further sayeth not.  Joseph Tipton  Marlboro Sept 22 = 1819
State of Vermont { Then personally appeared Joseph Tipton Windham County ss } signed of the above Deposition and made solemn oath that the above contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me.  Luther Very Just. Peace  Marlboro Sept 22 = 1819

State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerks Office, Brattleborough, Nov. 25 th 1819.
I certify that Luther Very, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Windham aforesaid, duly commissioned as such under the au- thority of this State, and that I believe the signature of the annexed certificate to be the hand writing of said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court-
James Elliot, Clerk.

MRS. JAMES B. BUTTER 651 EAST SEVENTH STREET YORK, NEBRASKA
Jan. 6, 1936
Veterans Adm. Washington.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary War service of Charles Bellows of South - boro, Mass.
The history of Malboro , Vermont says that he moved to Malboro in 1780, and that he was a sol- dier in the War of the Revolution.
Thank you -
Anna R. Butter
address as above,

OFFICE OF CLERK OF COURT, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. JOHN RAETZ, CLERK.
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DAKOTA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA.
JUDGES, HON. F. M. CROSBY, HASTINGS. HON. W. C. WILLISTON, RED WING.
GENERAL TERMS. FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY. FIRST WEDNESDAY AFTER FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER.
HASTINGS, MINN., June 13 th 1910
Cour of Pensions, Dear Sir:
May 25 th 1833, Charles Bellows was pensioned under the Act of June 7 th 1832 for service in the Mass Continental Line. He then resided in Middlesex County, B.T.
Will you give me a statement of what the records of your office show with reference to his service and where he lived while drawing a pension and when and where he died
I wish to obtain as full information as I can about him.
Yours truly F. M. Crosby
JUN 16 1910

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Charles Bellows , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. file 22,114
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19. 1775 ✓ ✓   Dec. 1775 Dec. 31. 1775 Josiah Foss Jonathan Ward Mass.   Jan. 1. 76 Dec. 1775 James South Dea. Whitecomb   May 77 Jan. 10. 78 James Haines Wigginworth 13.  
Battles engaged in, sur. of Bunker Hill , Lexington , Remained at home . Residence of soldier at enlistment, Southboro , Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 5, 1832 , Allston . Residence at date of application, Marlboro , Windsor Co. Vt. Age at date of application, born 1754  Southborough, Mass.
Remarks: _____