Morrison's Pensions
Wounded At Oriska
Fort Dayton Jany the 6th 1779
This may
certify that the following persons Declared on oath they being sore of their
wounds received August the 6th 1777 in General Herkimen [Herkimer] Near fort
Schuyle [Schuyler]----
Doctr Wm.
Petry two months
Ut Geroge Hellmer two months & a half
JohnShell tow months [Schell]
Frederick Raspak Eleven months [Rasbachetc]
George Henry Bell two months
All of the
above were wounded at the Battle of Oriskany on August 6, 1777.
SOURCE: NYSL, Special Collections and Manuscripts, Doc. No. 11965:16,
Albany , NY
These
certifies that G. Henry Bell Esqr. Of Fall Hill Montgomery County was Wounded
at the Battle of Oriska on the 6th Day of August 1777. That
the s’d G. Henry Bell was for the space of Two Months and a half by
means of s’d wounds unfit to perform any Duty for the Publick or himself. The
s’d G. Henry Bell Esqr Acted as Guide on Several Occasions during the
late War on the frontiers Voluntarily. Given under our hands the 6th
day of October, 1784.
Peter Bellinger colo
Patrick Campbell Lt
Little Falls Montgomery County
This node
[for payment is crossed out] to obtain payment in this case is pointed out
in the Militia Act passed the 11th March 1780—in the 39 Claws [Clause]
Page 125—I have given Colo Klock the form of the certificate.
He had a
Right to charge half pay during the time he was disabled and to charge the
Doctr Bill—
SOURCE: DOC No. 11965:15, NYSL, Special Collections and Manuscripts,
Albany, NY.