Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.16,636, Stephen Bell, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bell, Stephen
S 16,636
Carded
CONTENTS

16636 INVALID.
File No. 16636 Stephen Bell Prison
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. / , Page 42?
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar 1-1900 History to date Jas. R. Kelly, Stamford Conn.

Connecticut N o 28,313
Stephen Bell
of Stamford in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Capt's company by Captain Waterbury of the Reg't commanded by Schyler in the Connecticut line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of May 1834 and J. H. Minion, Stamford
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834. 99 99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Sept r . 16 66 $ 116 65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk Book E 2 Vol. — Page 3

Stephen Bills Due
30,848
Adm L as a general
Memo $3333
Ha. S H Minio

State of Connecticut } / } Stamford April 26 th 1834 Fairfield County -
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public within & for said County David Waterbury of said Stamford who being first duly sworn on his oath says that he is well acquainted with Stephen Bell of Stamford in said County an applicant for a Pension & has been acquainted with him from his childhood He knows & well remembers that the said Bell went to New York as a drafted man under Capt. David Hays in the spring of 1861 he believes it was about the 1 st of April this Deponent was drafted & served in the same Draft - The Draft was made from the 6 th Regt. & placed under the command of Capt. D. Hays, Whiting Genl. & Belden Briggen - They went to New York by Water & served for five or six weeks & returned to Stamford said Bell served out the whole time with the Stamford with rest of the Drafted men
David Waterbury
Sworn & subscribed the day & date above written I further certify that David Waterbury the above deponent is a credible person Intestimony of all which I have subscribed my name & affixed my Official Seal
H. Minor Notary Public

State of Connecticut } for Greenwich April 23 d 1834 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public within & for said County Stephen Bishop of said Greenwich who being duly sworn on his oath says that he is well acquainted with Stephen Bell of Stamford the foregoing deponent & has been acquainted with him from childhood he knows that the said Bell entered into Company commanded by Col. David Waterbury Col. Lieut. Brown Lieut. Whiting & Ensign Lieut. Mayhew & went to the Northward with the Company - The said Bell enlisted in the Spring of 1875 he believes as early as the month of April The Deponent thinks said Bell did not serve the whole seven months he thinks he saw him at Leanderburg - This Deponent was a private in the same Company at the same time.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & date above written I further certify that Stephen Bishop the above deponent is a credible person In testimony of all which I have subscribed my name & affixed my official Seal
William Notary Public
Stephen Bishop

State of Connecticut } Stamford Probate District - County of Fairfield }
On this 26 th day of April A.D. 1884 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Probate for said District Now sitting Stephen Bell a resident of Stamford in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy eight years who being first sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to attain 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 - on the 1 st of May 1775 he enlisted into a company of State Troops, as he understood then to be, commanded by David Waterbury who he thinks was a Colonel or Major, altho' he took charge of a company and had under him, two Lieutenants viz Sylvanus Brown for his first - Jonathan Whiting for his second - Samuel Hoyt for his Ensign, for a term of seven months to go the Northward under this enlistment - he marched with the company to the Northward and served, as a private therein until the latter part of the campaign, when he was attacked with an inflammation in his eyes by means of which he wholly lost the use of his left eye and was discharged the last of September the same year by General Schuyler at Ticonderoga, after having served five months as a private under this enlistment - He was discharged with two others viz Hatcher Reed & Jacob Bishop - Their discharge or pass, as it was called was written on the same piece of paper, and as Bishop had to pass on a number of miles beyond the Declarant's home, he took with him their discharge and he has never seen it since. Said Reed & Bishop, as he has understood and senely believes are both dead and he knows of no one living by whom he can prove this service but Stephen Bishop.
On the 1 st of April 1776 he was liable to perform military duty in the 9 th Regiment Connecticut Militia and was drafted to go to New York for

one month. A Captain's company was drafted from the several companies of said Regiment and placed under the command of Capt. David Hoyt, Lieutenant Jonathan Whiting and Ensign Benjamin Belcher. He went to New York with the rest of the drafted men on board a sloop sailed by Capt. Simon Lillie - under this draft he served for one month as a private - a part of the time on Governors Island and part of the time in New York and returned to Stamford by water. He knows of no person living but David Waterbury by whom he can prove this service. On the first of November of the same year he was called out under Capt. Jesse Bell, Lieutenant Hanford Hoyt of the 9th Regiment Militia to keep guard at a place called The Cove in said Stamford. They were quartered at the guard house - here he served constantly as a private for two months and was dismissed on the 10th of January, as he believes. This service was continuous - the guard were on duty every day. On the first of October 1777 he was called out under Capt. Jesse Bell, Lieut. Hanford Hoyt and served two months constantly as a private and was dismissed the last of November or first of Dec r . At this time the whole of Capt. Bell's company were out doing duty and were quartered at the guard house about one hundred rods South of the Village and the barracks of Stamford. The roll was called, the Company were paraded and exercised daily. That he never received a written discharge except the one already mentioned - That he knows of no person living who has knowledge of his last mentioned service - That he was born in said Stamford on the 28th day of July A D 1755 and has ever since resided there - That he was concerned in no civil pursuit for any of the time herein specified. He refers to Rev d Daniel Smith or S r H. Minor who live in his immediate neighborhood who will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.

The said Stephen Bell hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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. Stephen his Bell
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Chas. H. Hardy Judge -
We Daniel Smith a clergyman residing in the Town of Stamford and S. H. Minor residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Stephen Bell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Daniel Smith S. H. Minor
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Chas. H. Hardy Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- ion, 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 Daniel Smith who has signed the pre- ceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Stamford and that S. H. Minor who also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Stamford and is a credible person that their statement is entitled to credit.
Chas. H. Hardy Judge -

I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for Stamford District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Bell for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 26 th day of April 1834
Samuel Lockwood Clerk
Stephen Bell's Due etc 30.8.48
Allowance as a perquisite 33.33
Hon. S. H. Minot