Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 716, John Belknap, New York.

SERVICE
New York
Belknap, John
NUMBER
R 716
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John Bellenap
Pennsylvania
Susp. for perjury certificate see letter Hon P. Stephens
24 Jan'y 1833
Hon. P. Stephens
2

(Old case)
BRIEF in the case of  John Belknap of the County of Susquehanna in the State of Penn a (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.      In 1776 Fall of From the 1777 to the close of the war he served as Asst. Commissary  1 — — Private Col. Belknap, Col. Dubois  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Newbury Co. N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition and having been once on the Pension Roll under the law of 1818  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin B. Bell Examining Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County, ss.
On this fifth day of December A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Edward Herrick, and his Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, now sitting; John Belknap, a resident of New Milford, in the County of Susquehanna, and State of Pennsylvania, aged sixty nine years; who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Spring of the year 1776, at the town of Newburg, in the County of Orange, and State of New York, he entered the service of the United States as waiter to his father, John Belknap, then Captain of a Company (he thinks of Continental troops: but he is unable to state from memory, whether they were continental, or state troops.) for the term of one year. That he soon after his enlistment, marched, with his father to Fort Montgomery, situate on the Hudson River, about fifteen miles below the present Village of Newburg. That he remained at Fort Montgomery, and assisted in completing the fortifications during the summer of that year - was present, and assisted in putting a chain across the river, for the purpose of preventing the British shipping from passing up. - That there were stationed at the fort, Capt. Belknap, Capt. Billings and Capt. Persenancy, with their companies; - Colonel Dubois was there with his Virginians a part of the time; General James Clinton commanded the fort, and Genl. George Clinton commanded at "Fort Clinton", (situate on a height a little below Fort Montgomery,) both of whom he well knew. - That he remained at Fort Montgomery until the expiration of his term of enlistment, and was discharged sometime in the Spring of 1777. - And the said John Belknap, on his oath, further states. - That in the fall of 1777, and immediately after the taking of Fort Montgomery by the British, his father received the appointment of Purchasing Commissary to the army, from General Madsouth. That he served as an assistant to his father, and continued and continued actively engaged in that capacity until the close of the war.

And the said John Belknap, on his oath further states, — That a part of his business was : procuring & furnishing cattle and other supplies for the American Army, at West Point. — That his father expended a handsome property in the discharge of debts contracted for the benefit of the United States, while Commissary to the Army. — That his name was placed on the pension roll under the Law of 1818, at twenty dollars per month; (as he verily believes will appear by the records of the War Department). —
And the said John Belknap further states, — That he has no documentary evidence; and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. —
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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, to his knowledge. —
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, the day and year aforesaid. } John Belknap
Asa Briscoe H Pres
We William Ward and Calvin Summers — residing in the township of New Milford, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Belknap, who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 this } Wm Ward — day and year aforesaid } Calvin Summers
And the 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 William Ward and Calvin Summers — who have signed the preceding certificate, are resident in the township of New Milford; and are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court,
Asa Briscoe H Pres

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

John Belknap
Pu 716
- Ins -
1882

John Belknap Iowa
Mr Anderson will please get out the papers V. Ellis

Know all men by these presents, That I, James W Belknap a party interested in the claim herein mentioned, do hereby constitute and appoint VESPASIAN ELLIS of Washington City, my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of John Belknap for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 14 th day of April A. D., 185 3
James W Belknap { SEAL }
Signed and Sealed in the presence of F. B. Otis
STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Schuylkill } ss.
On this fourteenth day of April A. D. 185 3 before me, the subscriber, personally appeared James W. Belknap and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned, and also made oath that he is a party directly interested in the claim above mentioned, as a claimant.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, { the day and year aforesaid. Albert Chambers J. P.
I, J. A. Ward Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Albert Chambers Esq. before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and that the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 14 th day of April A. D. 185 3 .
J. A. Ward Clerk. R. H. Williams

Honble P. Stephens Jan'y 24. 1833 Q. b.
R2/3.
Recorded Vol. 8. Page 256.

War Dept Pension Office Jan'y 24, 1883
Sir
I herewith return the papers of Vinson Foot, Silas Fowler, and Nicholas Miller.
Briefs accompany their declarations showing in each case the objections to the admission of the claim. As soon as they are returned with the requisite corrections or amendments, a final decision will be had upon them. Be pleased to return the briefs.
John Belknap should produce his pension certificate, or account for its absence. He should state his residence at the time he was pensioned - His papers will remain on file -
I have the honor
Hon. P. Stephens Ho Reps
He was pensioned, the order does not say much about it - the order does not say much about it - the order does not say much about it - the order does not say much about it -

John Belknap Pension Application
Filed Dec. 5, 1832 and proper Certificate ordered By the Court. A. D. Dinsmore & Pugh
Hon. P. Stephens

State of Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, ss.
I, Asa Dimeck Jr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Bel Knap for a pension. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo. —
Asa Dimeck Jr. Pro.