Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,993, Andrew Bell, Conn. Continental.

SERVICE
Conn Continental
Bell Andrew
NUMBER
S. 12.993
CONTENTS
carded

20638 New Buffalo York Andrew Bell of Erie — in the State of New York was a Private in the Comp. com pany Newman of the Regt. con. of Col. — " — in the New York line for 18 M. 22 D
Continental Conn.
Records corrected Dec 9/1858
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 62 Dollars 42 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Apr. 1823 — and knitted N.Y. Syracuse Buffalo
Arrears to the 14th of Apr. 23 $156.05 Pemi-ant. allowance ending Apr. 24 31.21 $187.26
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by G. C. H. H. E. Vol. 1, Page 8
Letter to C.H. Bales June 24 th 1831.

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not entitled
J. L. E.
D. Remington, Esq.
Buffalo, N.Y.

John E. Marshall clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Niagara do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court. and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred & thirty five dollars and eighty seven cents, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 2 nd day of September 1820.
J. E. Marshall. Clerk of the court for the Co. of Niagara

A court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the village of Batavia  Buffalo , in and for the county of Genesee  Niagara , in the State of New-York; on the 22 d day of Aug.  August of the term of 1824 being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorially exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon. Samuel Wilkins  Isaac  Trink & John  Thompson  H. Judges
GENESEE COUNTY, ss.—On this 23 d day of August  Andrew Bell aged Sixty five years, resident of the town of Albion  Albion in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:— Under Captain David  Brink in Col Charles Webb's Regiment in the Connecticut line, that he was in the battle of the White Plains also Long Island & Trenton , and that my family consist of my wife Hannah Bell aged Sixty one (who is perfectly helpless) a Grand daughter Laura Bell aged Eleven years and Grand son Amos Bell aged Seven years.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed."
And that my application for a pension was made on the 13. day of April 1818, and certificate number 7,092
Andrew Bell Made & subscribed this day of before me
Schedule of the real and of the real and personal Estate of Andrew Bell . To wit,
An article from the Holland Land Company for Sixty acres of Land on which there is due & unpaid $261. with interest on the same one year & 8 months— Improvements may be worth fifty Dollars $ 50. 00
  1 Cow $15.  1 Yoke 3 yem do Steers $30  45. 00    2 — 2 year old heifers $12 —  1 Steer $6  18. 00    1 Yochling $5.  1 Calf $2 — 3 Hogs $6  13. 00    10. Sheep $16.  1 Set plow (low) (do) $2.50  18. 50    1 Set drag teeth $2 —  2 chains — 25  5. 00    1 axe of — 1 Hoe 1/2 —  old table 5/ — 2 old Kettles 1/2  4. 25    1 Rake Kettle, Tea Kettle & dishes ditto   4. 00    2 Notes — one for twenty Bushels of Wheat $    

Schedule of the real and of the real and personal Estate of Andrew Bell, to wit,
An article from the Holland Land Company for sixty acres of land. On which there is due unpaid $261. with interest on the same one year & 8 months. Improvements may be worth fifty Dollars $ 50. 00
  1 Cow $15. 1 Yoke 3 year old Steers $30 45. 00   2 - 2 year old heifers $12 - 1 Steer $6 18. 00   1 Yearling $5. 1 Calf $2 - 3 Hogs $6 13. 00   10. Sheep $16. 1 Set plow (new) $2.50 18. 50   1 Set harrow teeth $2 - 2 chains - 25 5. 00   1 axe of - 1 Hoe 4/- old table 8/- 2 old chairs 14/- 4. 25   1 Rake Kettle, Tea Kettle & dishes ditto 4. 00   2 Notes - one for twenty Bushels of Wheat $ the other for $18. both doubtful 24. 00   1 Old Waggone $20, 2 Pitchforks 8 21. 00   1 Grass scythe 18/- 1 short chain 4/- 1. 50   1 Pick hook 6/- 2 cow bells 4/- 1 Sheep bell 25 3. 25   10 Sheep of Roes 20. 00   9 old Panels 1. 12   2 Meat Tubs - 2 flour Tubs $4 4. 00   Crockery & Ruins & forks etc 22 3/4 2. 75 
Amount of debts due from AB & Co } $235. 87 - say $20.
Andrew Bell
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 23 d Aug 1820.
S. Wilkerson
Judge Niag. Com. Pleas

No. 12 88 8 Old. Case
Andrew Bell Erie County New York
5.7.17
P 3 34 adml 8 May 33
174 86 21 21 156.05
Noah P. Sprague Erie County Buffalo New York

BRIEF in the case of  Andrew Bell  County of Essex  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 77 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.     Enlisted In 1770 6 As a Private Gen. Captain David Newman   Drafted " 1778 2 " Captain Curtes   He states that his whole service was 1 6. 22  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield County Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Daniel D Davidson Examining Clerk.

State of New York County of Erie
On this 6 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before Mr. McHills one of the Judges of the County Court in & for said County of Erie, Andrew Ball a resident of the Town of Hurstfield, in said County & State aforesaid, of the age of Seventy seven 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 th 1832 - that he enlisted in the service of the U nited States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated viz I first enlisted in the Town of Woodbury in the State of Conn ecticut in the year 1775 about the first of May in the year above stated, does not recollect precisely the day, enlisted under Asahel Hoad as recruiting Officer and was attached to the Comp any of David Hemenway as Captain, continued in the service under the aforesaid enlistment for the term of 6 Months, I did not receive a discharge at the end of the 6 Months, nor did any of those who served with me - in the year 1778 I was drafted for two Months under the command of Capt Burgess, received no discharge at the end of the 2 Mon ths - The above services were not embraced or in cluded in the services proved by me and for warded to the War Department under the act of the 18 th of March 1832 because having proved

one years service agreeable to the requisition of that act, I did not consider it important to state more, the whole length of time by me served was one year & eight months.
It will be perceived by the enclosed letter & certificate that I have been placed on the pension roll & stretching from the same for the reasons therein specified, I have a record of the time I was married and my age at that time - but no other record of my age. My father informed me the time of my birth  my age was recorded on the town book of Woodbury in the state of Connecticut - where I was born. I lived when called into the service in the Town of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut since the Revolution I have lived in the town of Pottet in the state of Vermont, from there I moved to Pinesbury in the County of Washington in the state of New York, from there I moved to Scipio in the County of Cayuga County in the state afterwards & from there to the place of my present residence in the County of Erie and state of New York. I have omitted to state above that after I was enlisted I marched from Litchfield through Cornwall & Honan in the state of Connecticut then according to my best recollection into Egremont through to Granbush in the County of Rensselaer in New York, from there through

crossing Stillwater Fort Miller to Fort Edward and through Fort George to P'keenderoga where he left the service under the first enlistment, at the time I was drafted I marched from Woodbury to Hungs Stout near the White Plains was in the Reg't as a p'tn of which in the service at the above mentioned period I was subscribed before
Andrew Bell
Me this 6 th day of Sept 1832
before me Wm Mills a judge of Erie County Courts
We Stephen H. Weaver a Clergyman residing in the Town of Akershead in the County of Erie and State of New York and John S. Bell, residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Bell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is respected and believed to be a Revolutionary soldier in the neighborhood of where he resides, and we concur in that statement & opinion
Stephen H. Weaver John S. Bell
Sworn & subscribed this 6 th day of Sept 1832 before
Wm Mills a judge of Erie County Courts
State of New York Erie County ss. I Noah P. Sprague Clerk of said County do certify that Wm Mills Esq. before whom the within affidavit purport to have been sworn was at the time of signing the same one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, duly appointed and qualified according to law and that I am authorized to attest the handwriting of the said judge and verily believe that his name subscribed to the within affidavit of Andrew Bell & of Stephen H. Weaver & John S. Bell to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this Eleventh day of September 1832
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of Erie County
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And I the said Judge do hereby certify that the above named Andrew Bell is infirm & unable to attend the next court to be held in and for the said County of Erie of which I am one of the Judges. I do declare from the proof before me & my personal acquaintance with the said applicant my opinion that he was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and that he is a man of good character for integrity truth and veracity - and I further certify that it appears to me that Stephen Weant who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Nassau - in the County of Erie and State of New York - & that John S. Ball who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Nassau and State aforesaid is a creditable person and their statements are entitled to credit, and I further certify that the within named Andrew Bell is the identical person described in the certificate enclosed and that he has been placed on the pension list and stock from the same on account of his property.
Nassau September 8th 1832
James Mills a Judge of Erie County

Andrew Bells.
Kaput.
Adm d
18mo. 22 d spri

State of New York County of Erie ss. On this 6 th day of June in the year 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Erie, Andrew Hill of New stead in said County of Erie and being by me duly sworn deposes and says: that he was born in Town of Woodbury in the County of Dutch. field in the State of Connecticut in the year 1755. He has no record of his age except what is mentioned in set forth in the annexed declaration. He was living in Woodbury aforesaid when he first entered the service and continued to make it his home at Woodbury during all his terms of service and until the year 1780. when he went to the Town of Pallett in the County of Bennington in the state of Vermont to reside, where he resided as near as he can recollect about nine years, and moved from Pallett aforesaid to the Town of Kingsbury in the County of Washington in the state of New- York, and from Kingsbury aforesaid to Scio in the County of Cayuga, and from Scio aforesaid into the Town of Newstead in said County of Erie where he has resided about twenty years and now resides.
And this deponent further says that in the year 1775 about the first of May at Woodbury aforesaid when he then resided he volunteered into the service of the United States, under a recruiting officer by the name of Asa Hurd, and joined Captain David Hennans Company, in Colonel Benjamin Hennans Regiment. that Benjamin Hungerford was Lieutenant of the Company, that Phineas Damon or Demmons was Sergeant Major of the regiment, that Damons acted as ordinarily Sergeant of the Company likewise, that the sergeant

who ranked next the orderly was Sherman, cannot recollect his first name, that Elijah Hays was one of the other sergeants and the other he cannot recollect, that Asa Murd under whom he enlisted acted as Ensign of the Company, that David Sharp or Thorp was one of the Corporals and the other he cannot remember. He joined the Company in Sitchfield then Marched to Goshen, and then to Cornwall, and then to Canaan, and then in to the State of New York into the Town he thinks of Agromans and then to Grantham, and then to Stillwater, and from then to Fort Miller, and then to Fort Edward, and then to Fort George, and then crossed Lake George and Marched to Ticonderoga, when they joined another other Company which was all that then was of the regiment then at this time, the Company which even then was Commanded by Captain Asa Fitch of Sitchfield, and David Fitch of Salisbury Connecticut was Captain of the other Company, that the regiment was composed of five Companies as he was informed but two of them had been sent to Crown Point that he staid at Ti- conderoga until the 22 d day of September when he was taken sick and was unable to do duty and was then sent into the Country to recover that he staid from the first day of May until the 22 d day of September by doing duty in the Company as aforesaid upon his return into the Country, and that he did not recover his health so as to be able to join the Company until his time of six months which was the time for which he volunteered or enlisted was out and he did not return again to the Regiment but returned home, that he received his pay and considered himself under the control of the officers while he was in the Country sick: that he did not receive any discharge except as is above set forth: that he was not in any battle during this time: that while he was at Ticon-

as last above stated Genl. Montgomery came then with a number of regiments, and from then he went to Canada as deponent understands , which  that in this dep- -ment was at Ticonderoga as is above stated he was employed in standing guards, and was out on scouting parties, and was employed a part of the time in getting timber to make batteaux to assist Montgomery in going to Canada; That at that time before he enlisted or volunteered as is above stated there was a proclamation issued by the Governor of Connecticut who he thinks was Trumbull for to have a quantity of troops raised, that agreeable to and in obedience to that proclamation he volunteered or enlisted and said the time, and in the manner, above specified. That he cannot tell whether it was State troops or Militia -
And this deponent further says that in the year 1778 about the first of July he was drafted in a troop or company of horse, in the Militia of the State of Connecticut for two months at Woodbury aforesaid where he then resided and joined his Company near the White plains the name of the place he cannot remember, the Compa- -ny was commanded by Captain Curtis. that they had no colonels or regimental officers, James Ingers was Lieutenant of the Company that he cannot remember any more of the officers. that the Company consisted of about twenty men. that there was a guard stationed at Murrinack or Mammack , or Murrinack's bridge, that they were about 6 or 7 miles above the bridge, and there was two of the Company sent each day to patrol from the bridge down towards New- -York. that he continued to do duty as a patrol as aforesaid until his term of two months expired which was the first of September when he was verbally discharged by the order of the Captain, by Lieut. Ingers

That he was not in any battles during this time. that the Company to which he belonged never joined any other during the time, and has no recollection that there was any other Company or regiment there.
And this deponent further says that in the year 1776, about the month of December he enlisted as a volunteer for one year in the Connecticut line of the Continental troops he thinks, and joined his Company on the first day of January at Boston, that he joined Captain Isaac Posticks Company in Colonel Charles Mabbes regiment, that he said his year out and was discharged at Trenton New Jersey about the first of January after his year expired.
And this deponent further says that soon after the act of 18. March 1818. he applied for a pension and found this last term of service above men- tioned, but no more, as he was informed that of from a year service was all that was ne- cessary, and therefore made no claim for the other two terms of service, that he was placed on the pension roll, and received a certificate, and elsewhere one or two payments, when he was struck from the roll on account of property as he has here informed, that last fall when he forwarded his declaration which is herewith annexed he enclosed in said declaration his pension certificate, and the paper which he received informing him he had been struck from the roll also with said declaration to the pension office, that neither of them was returned with his papers, that he was a act- a small part of the time as a Corporal and a small part as a Sergeant but never received a Warrant and always considered himself as a private during all his terms of service. That he does not know of any person by whom he can prove any of the above terms of service by who is now living, the

above names of his  his  former  former  application  application  having  having  both  both  died  died since that time.
He hereby relinquishing every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency except the agency for the state of New York as is above stated.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 6 th day of June 1833. Henry Slade Justice of the peace
Andrew Bell
State of New York
Eni being Clerk's Office for the State of New York, do hereby certify that Henry Slade Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate of the deposition of Andrew Bell was at the time of taking said deposition and subscribing his name thereto a Minister of the peace in and for said County of Erie duly elected & sworn and acting as such. And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and truly believe the name 'Henry Slade' subscribed thereto to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County Court of Common Pleas of said County this sixth day of June A.D. 1833 at Buffalo.
Noah P. Sprague Clerk By John Ricord Sup. Clk

Andrew Bell -
$12993
Battles engaged in, Long Island, Harlem, White Plains and Trenton.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension, April 30 1818.
Residence at date of application, { Clarence, Niagara Co. New York in 1818. Newstead, Erie Co., New York in 1832.
Age at date of application, Born June 30, 1755 at Woodbury, Conn.
Remarks: His claim was allowed
In 1820 soldier mentioned his wife Hannah aged 61 years, and grandchildren Laura Bell 11 years and Amon Bell 7 years of age, and in 1829 his son Andrew testified in the case
Very respectfully,

Cham
✓ 12.993 INVALID.
1909 June 5. Hist. to B. Hershey from card catalogue & f
File No. 12.993
Andrew Bell Rev River War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. .... , Page .....
[Arrangement of 1870.]

102 Carlton St Buffalo N.Y. May 24/09
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;—
Will you be kind enough to give me a copy of the records of Andrew Bell, Pension List 1840, Erie Co. N. Y. and send to my address, and by so doing greatly oblige,
Very truly yours,
B. Hershey
12993

last letter noted within
ap d 4. 1833,
certificate rec d without declaration or letter.
Lett 1
State of New-York, } ss. I hereby certify, that William Mills
whose signature is affixed to the annexed certificate of acknowledgment was on the day of the date of the said certificate a judge of County Courts, in and for the County of Erie, duly authorized to take such acknowledgment, and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature of "W m Mills," to be the proper hand writing of the said Judge. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said county, this 9th day of July, 1829.
Harvey Newcomb, Dep.
CLERK.

To Jacob Barker 21 April 1827. To John S Ball 18 July 1829 to Hon. E. F. Norton N.Y. as March, 1830,
New York 17/192 R
Andrew Bell,
of Niagara Co in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel C Webb of the Conn't line, for the term of One year  Continental and Conn. Records corrected Dec. 9/18. 
Incribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April, 1818,
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of May 1820 and sent to Charles Townsend Esq Buffalo, N.Y.
  Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1820  $ 181-83    Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1820  ,, 48    22 mo: 18/30 4/31  $ 229-83  
{ Revolutionary claim, { { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Discontinued.

Andrew Bell —
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by The Pres t B d B k U. S. in New York
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate. pay- able to 4 th March 1820. but thereafter no pay- ment can be made before exhibiting a schedule of property
Charles Townsend Buffalo
Registered, by J. H. Henshaw Clerk, in book B, volume 3 page 10

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, _____ //
Andrew Bell late a private _____ " _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York _____ Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty third day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Andrew Bell which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 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? Yes 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? Yes  The declarant must furnish the date & length of each term of service and the names of the officers under whom rendered, and the best evidence that he can obtain to support his declaration. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? No VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? The Judge has IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 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? Yes

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? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? 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? 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no
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.

Rec d April 20. 1827

December 19 1832
London Of course
Old Case
St. Anne's B.G. Book No. 11.
St. Anne's B.G.
Sunday of the Washington
1832

March 24/53
Rel: to case of Andrew Bell deceased
C. H. Baldwin Buffalo N.Y.
Mr. Morton Mayor FREE J. H. Huntington J. G.

Buffalo Ny, March 21 st 1853
Hon. Com. of Pensions
Sir
As Administrator of the estate of Andrew Bell deceased, late a revolutionary Pensioner, of the New York agency, I am making an effort to obtain an increase of the amount, per annum, allowed. I wish to be informed by your office, what service is claimed to have been performed by him, and all the particulars in relation thereto as set forth in his declaration, also the nature of the proof, and the amount of service allowed to be proven. My authority to act as administrator is shown by a certificate of the proper court, which is now on file in the office of the 3 d Auditor of the Treasury.
I am your obed. Servt, C. H. B. Alston

State of New York
Cayuga County } on the 30 day of February 1819
Personally appeared Nathan Tibbitts Esq r to me known to be a credible witness, who being lawfully sworn, says - he was acquainted with Andrew Bell who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war in Col Charles Webb's Reg t in Col t Isaac Bostwick's Company from the first of January 1776 to the first of January 1777 and that he knows he was in the battles of Long Island and the battle of the White Plains, Brune Town and Trenton and that he was honorably discharged at the last mentioned Place and further saith not. Nathan Tibbitts Sworn before me John Grover Judge of Cayuga Co. Pleas
State of New York } Cayuga County }
I certify that John Grover Esq r before whom the foregoing declarations under oath were made was on the day of the date thereof and still is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga duly Commissioned and sworn as such Judge I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said judge and know the preceding signature to be his In testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and my name subscribed this 3 rd day of February 1819 E. T. Throop clk.

To the
Hon Secretary of War Washington City Dist. Columbia

Erie N.Y. July 11 th 1829.
Sir By request of Mr Andrew Bell, I herewith forward to you the papers relative to his receiving a pension, and request that whatever communication you may make to him may be addressed to him at the Post office in this town, as this is his place of Residence. I would say respecting Mr B. that I have been acquainted with him for a number of years, - that his character is respectable - that he has become so infirm as to be unable to labor - that he is so deaf that he cannot be conversed with without hallooing, that from the best of my observations he is in want of many of the comforts of life, - and that in my opinion few of the old Revolutionists stand more in need of assistance from Government than he does
I am very respectfully
Your obedient servant John S. Ball Postmaster Erie, N.Y.
Hon Secretary of War

Buffalo June 6. 1833.
Mr J. Edwards
Sir,
I herewith enclose to you the pension papers of Andrew Hawstead Hull of Newstead in this County, amended so that I think will obviate the objections which were returned. I also enclose the brief and printed letter which were returned with the papers.
If he is placed on the Pension-roll he will wish to be paid at "Buffalo N.Y." —
Whether placed on or not please send the return to me at this place.
Your Obt. Servt.
Mr. F. Hall

Andrew Bell, private, Connecticut line, 30 th April, 1818.
Col. Webbs Regt.
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Charles Townsend, Esq., Judge, Buffalo, Niagara Co. New-York. Rec d 20. May, 1818.

State of New York Niagara County ss
On this thirteenth day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County per- sonally came Andrew Bell aged Sixty two years a resident of Clarence in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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"
That the said Andrew Bell at Wood- bury in the State of Connecticut in the month of December 1775 enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Isaac Postrib of the 19 th Regiment of Con- necticut Line of Continental Troops - said Regiment being under the command of Col. Harly Webb; That he continued to serve in said Corps or in the Ser- vice of the United States until the 1 st day of January One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven when he was discharged at Trenton in the State of New Jersey from service - That he was at the Battle of White Plains, Trenton and at Harlem (N.Y.)
That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service
Andrew Bell
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
H: Townsend Judge of Niagara Com. Pleas

Niagara County ss —
I Charles Townsend Judge of said County as aforesaid do certify
That it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Andrew Bell did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy, And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress
C. Townsend
State of New York Niagara County ss Clerks office
I Frederick B Merrill Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles Townsend before whom the preceding affidavit and certificate appears to have been made is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting as such under the authority of this State and that the same so signed is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal at Buffalo this Thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thou- sand Eight hundred and Eighteen
F B Merrill

I certify that having no personal knowledge of the circumstances of Andrew Bell of Clarence I have taken the testimony of Archibald S. Clark Esq. of same place in relation thereto from which it appears that the said Andrew owns no real and but little personal property, that he owns a contract for the purchase of a lot of land on which are some improvements, but which of itself is not sufficient for his support — That he is old, infirm and subject to fits, and is dependant on his own labor for support — That his property including said contract may be worth from three to four hundred dollars, and that he is in such indigent circumstances as to need the assistance of his country for support —
Knowing the witness and believing his testimony entitled to credit I am of opinion that the the said Andrew Bell, circumstances are such that he needs assistance for his support —
Ch: Townsend Judge Niagara Com. Pleas

Union Estate
July 18. 1829
To the Executors of Mr. Mason City of Washington District of Columbia
Declaration for intestate Filed Periwitt dated 15. July 1827.

County of Erie ss On this seventh day of July 1829 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Erie, Andrew Bell a resident in said County aged seventy four in June last past, who be- -ing first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18 th March 1818 & the first of May 1820, that the said Andrew Bell enlisted for the term of 12 months in the month of December 1775 & that he joined the Regiment in June following in the year 1776 in the State of Connecticut in the Com- pany commanded by Capt Isaac Bostwick in the Regiment commanded by Col Charles Wills in the Army of the State of Connecticut that he continued to serve in said Corps for the the term of 12 months, when he was discharged from the service on the first day of January 1777 in the state of New Jersey, that his name has been placed on the pension list & dropped therefrom on account of his property -
And in pursuance of the acts of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any other manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to dis- -qualify it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service in the United States in the Revolu- -tionary war, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not now had any person in trust for me

any property or securities, contracts, or debts due me in future, nor have I any income other than what is contain- -ed in the schedule herunto annexed, & by me sub- -scribed viz.
  Two cows worth 24 Dollars One old fire pot kettle 75   One three year old heifer 9 1 old pot bracketed 37   One two year old do -- 9 1 Iron basin 50   Seven sheep - 10 1 Small spider 37   Thirteen bee hives 20 6 Common chairs 3 00   Two swine - 4 1 Pair Andirons 75   Two pine chests 1 50 1 Fire shovel 50   one oak chest 75 1 Shovel 50   two small tubbs 75 1 old axe 50   3 wooden pails 1 00 1 Iron wedge 50   8 Small plates 0 25 1 Pair flat irons 25   4 Bowls - 25 1 Small 3 qt Kettle 43   5 knives & forks 25 1 Pair Stalkyards 0 37   1 Baker kettle 75   1 Dish kettle 1 00   1 Cast iron kettle   1 Tea kettle soaked 25 
Since the execution of my first schedule, the property contained in that inventory is not contained in the family, & that in addition, I am indebted to my son, Andrew Bell Juniors for aid & assistance in supporting my family, to the amount of One hundred and thirty Dollars, that I am unable to do any labour, that my wife is 70 years of age of an infirm -firm, who together with a grandson who is des- titute of common sense, is wholly incapable of supporting himself - constitute my family I have no grain on the ground, except about 2 bush of corn & potatoes. Since my first inventory was forwarded, the contract for the land on which I have heretofore lived has expired & a notice from the agent of the Holland Land Company has been served on me to quit the premises, with

six months from the date of said Atter, which herewith enclosed. The premises described by the Atter, is all the land that I now have the possession or have had since my first option there was made for a purchase.
Sworn & subscribed on this 7th day of July 1829 Wm Mills Judge etc
Andrew Bell
I William Mills a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Erie, where the declarant resides, do hereby certify that the above named Andrew Bell is from a disease called Rheumatism, with which I am credibly informed & believe, he has been afflicted for a number of years unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge & I do not think from present appearance that he will be able to attend the Court at its next session, I have therefore in pursuance of the act of Congress, on the 1st day of March 1824, proceeded at his place of residence & administered the foregoing oath
Wm Mills Judge of Erie Com Pleas
Erie County ss
Andrew Bell Junior being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that he has aided his father the declarant in the support of his family for the last 3 years to the amount of One hundred & Thirty Dollars or more & that he has received no compensation therefor & further this deponent saith not
Andrew Bell Junior
Sworn & subscribed this 7th day of July 1829 before me Wm Mills Judge etc
Erie County ss
John S Bell & Elijah Knight being duly sworn depose & say that they have examined the inventory of property contained in the enclosed inventory made by Andrew Bell, & that we consider the amount affixed to each article just & correct in all respects
John S Bell Elijah Knight
Sworn & subscribed this 7th day of July 1829 before me Wm Mills

County of Erie ss.
On this 15 th day of February One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven personally appeared before me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Erie, being a Court of Record, Andrew Bell, Resident in said County, age Seventy one years the last day of June last past, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the first of May 1820, that he the said Andrew Bell enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of January in the year 1776, in the State of Connecticut, in the Company commanded by Capt. Isaac Backrick, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Webb, in the line of the State of Connecticut on the first Continental establishment, that he continued to serve until the first day of Land 1777, when he was discharged from the service in Trenton, in the State of New Jersey, that his name has been placed on the pension list & dropped therefrom on account of his property.
Andrew Bell, In age &c.
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 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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 the 18 th of May 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed.
I have now in my possession property as follows, viz:
  2 Cows worth 18.00 Dollars   1 Yearling heifer 6.00   2 Calves 6.00   21 Sheep 17.00   3 Small Shoats 3.00   1 Bake Kettle 1.00   1 Tea kettle 0.50   1 Iron Basin 0.37 1/2   1 Dish Kettle 75   1 Iron Kettle with holes in 75   1 Small Spider 25   1 Iron fire Shovel 50   1 Large do 75   1 ax. 1.00   6 Chains 3.00   1 Old wooden Clock 2.00   1 Set knives & forks 37 1/2   Wooden Ware 2.00   1 Table 50   7 Sticks of Bees at $2 per Stick 14.00   Several other articles not enumerated above $77.75   3.50 
I have here an Article of a Lot of Land from the Holland Land Company of 60 Acres but it has expired; on which Lot I now live, subject to be removed from the same whenever the Company shall think proper to do so; on which Lot I have a small frame more towards my Land; I cannot renew the Article of agreement with the Company for want of $50 in Cash which I have no means of procuring without the help of my Countrymen. I have a wife age 67 years who is unable to do any hard labour in consequence of her age and infirmities, also a Grand-Son living with me whose father is dead, & is destitute of any property & deficient in mental faculties. His Mother is in such indigent circumstances.

as to be unable to support himself without occasionally being a Town charge for above mentioned, you must therefore receive his support, from me or be also an object of charity, or a Town charge. I owe at this time 14 Dollars and 28 Cents, and have debts due me amounting to $9.00. That since the exhibition of my first schedule (which was made out by Archibald S. Clarke who is now dead) I have supported my family from the property then enumerated & the productions of my farm, I cannot now state from recollection, precisely the property then enumerated, or the amount, not having taken a copy. I can only say that the property contained in that schedule has been wholly consumed in support of my family with the exception of one cow which I gave to my grand-daughter who was married about a year since & who has lived with me, & done much towards assisting to support the family -
Andrew Bell
Sworn to and declared on the first day of March 1827 before me Wm Miley Judge of the County Court in & for the County of Erie -
I William Miley a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in the County of Erie where the Declarant resides, do certify, that the above named Andrew Bell is from a disease called the Rheumatism, & general debility, with which I am credibly informed, & believe he has been afflicted for the space of two years, unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge, & I do not think from present appearances that he will be able to attend the Court above named, at its next sessions I have therefore in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the first of March 1823, attended at his place of abode and administered the foregoing oath -
Wm Miley Judge etc.
It is the opinion of the Court that the Total amount in value of the property contained in the foregoing schedule is eighty one Dollars Twenty five Cents.
Saml Russell
C. Waldo
Ch: Townsend
State of New York Erie County
ss. I Jacob A. Barker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, certify, that William Miley Esq. before whom the above affidavit of Andrew Bell who is now sick and confined to his house, was made, is Judge as aforesaid. I also certify, that the said schedule and oath have been admitted to the record of said Court, and that the same are truly copies therefrom: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighty one Dollars and Twenty five Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 12 th day of April A.D. 1827.
Jacob A. Barker. CLK

State of New York County of Erie County ss
Andrew Bell Jr. Being duly sworn deponeth & saith that his father Andrew Bell, as this deponent thinks & believes, on or about the year 1884 took from the Holland Land Company an article of a lot of lands, in the Town & County of Erie, in his own name, that an agreement at that time was made between this deponent & his father, that this deponent was to have one equal half of said lot of land. That in pursuance of said agreement, this deponent paid one half of the article money, at the time of taking the same from the offer, & further this deponent paid a considerable part of the money subsequently paid on the land & receipted on said article, all of which passed to the credit of this deponent's father. That his father has in consideration of the aforesaid payments, together with the amount of money justly due this deponent from his father for aiding & assisting in the support of his father, fully assigned to this deponent all his equitable right to, & interest in, said lot of land. deponent's father being by information & old age unable to support himself, was unable to procure the sum of money necessary to secure the contract, this deponent has for the reasons above assigned & to prevent the Holland Land Company from ejecting this deponent's family, & his father from the premises has taken a mere contract, in his own name. This deponent further saith

his mother has lately been more unwell than usual, & that unless, his father receives some aid & assistance from his country soon, he & his family must be wholly supported by this deponent who has a large family & limited means) or he must be supported by the Town. & further this deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed
Andrew Bell Jr.
This 31 day of Decr 1829
before me Wm. H. Mills Judge of Erie Com Pleas
Provisional
20 March
Erie county ss Ebenezer J. Brown being duly sworn deposes & saith, that he lives a neighbor to Andrew Bell & Andrew Bell Jr. that he has seen the above affidavit of Andrew Bell Jr. that he is knowing to most of the facts therein stated, & that he believes them all substantially correct, & true. & further this deponent saith not. Sworn & subscribed
Ebenezer J. Brown
This 31 day of Decr 1829
before me Wm. H. Mills Judge &c.
I certify that William Mill is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County in the State of New York, and that the above is his signature.
R. F. Norton

State of New York, Genesee County ss. George Mills of the County and State aforesaid being by me duly sworn doth depose and say, that he is personally well acquainted with Andrew Bell now a citizen of the County of Niagara in said State. That he was also well ac- quainted with the said Andrew Bell in the time of the Revolutionary war, and knows that he the said Andrew enlisted into the Continental Service of the United States for one year at a place called Woodbury in the State of Connecticut in the County of Litchfield. That he enlisted under Lieut. Samuel Hurlburt and or about the first of December in the year 1775. That he the said Andrew immediately after his said enlistment left his residence in the said Town of Woodbury and was absent about one year when he returned home. —
And the Deponent further says that he was then credibly informed by the said Lieut. Hurlburt and his current report, that the said Andrew Bell served in Capt. Isaac Bostwick's Company in Col. Charles Webb's Regiment of the Connecticut Line, during the time he was absent and for which he enlisted and has no doubt of the fact. — Sworn & subscribed this 15 th } George Mills day of November 1819 Before me } Richard Smith Judge

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named George Mills and know him to be a person of good Character and I believe him to be entitled to full faith and credit —
Richard Smith
State of New York, Genesee County ss. I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Richard Smith is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting under the author- ity of the State of New York and that his name subscribed to the within affidavit and above certificate is in his own proper hand writing —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal at Batavia Nov. 15 th 1819
Simeon Cummings CLK By R. C. Smead Dep.,