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        LEWIS A BELCHER


        The Pension Record of Lewis Anderson Belcher
        (1) Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, DC, May 21, 1901
        Respectfully referred to the Chief of the Record And Pension Office, War Department, requesting a full military and medical history of the soldier and ______(illegible) date of enlistment. South Div. May 23 1901 Received. No other report on file. Inv. Ctf. No. 1009684 Name, Lewis A. Belcher Co. D, 18th Reg. Ky. Vol. Inf.

        Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, May 22 1901 Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions, with the information that in the case of Lewis Belcher, (age 22 years) Capt. Wileman?s co. D 18 Regt. Ky. Inf.
        Military records furnish nothing addl. to that contained in former report. Name Lewis A. Belcher, has not been found on rolls of co. & regiment.

        The medical records show him treated as follows. No record found additional to that furnished in report dated Apl. 10, ?90, herewith.

        (2) Claim for Pension.
        Certificate No. 1009684
        Name, Louis A Belcher
        Service, (this left blank)
        Filed by Mr A. B Rouse
        Declaration for Pension
        State of Kentucky
        County of Grant

        On the 22nd day of May, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and twelve, personally appeared before me, a County Court Clerk within and for the county and State aforesaid, Louis A Belcher, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is 76 years of age, and a resident of county of Grant, State of Kentucky; and that he is the identical person who was enrolled at Falmouth Ky under the name of Louis A Belcher, on the 19th day of Oct, 1861, as a private, in Company ?D? 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in the service of the United States, in the Civil war, and was honorably discharged at Louisville, on the 20th day of June, 1865.
        That his personal description at enlistment was as follows: Height, 5 feet 5 inches; complexion, Light; color of eyes, gray; color of hair, Light; that his occupation was farming; that he was born in the year, 1835 in West Virginia. Kenton County Ky, moved to Grant County Ky about 4 years after war.
        That he is a pensioner under certificate No. 1009684.
        That his post-office address is Williamstown, county of Grant, State of Kentucky.
        Louis A (his mark X) Belcher
        Attest: (1) John Q. Barber (2) J.T. Beagle
        Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of May, A.D., 1912
        H.W. Webb, Clerk Grant County (Ky) Court
        By Grooms Evans D. ____(cut off)

        (3) Louis A. Belcher, Okeana Ohio 1009684 DEAD
        Disbursing Division, May 17 1922
        Check No. 3783386, $150, dated May 4 1922, Section 4, returned by postmaster with information that the above-described pensioner died Mch. 9, 1922, has been canceled.
        Finance Division, May 17 1922
        The name of the above-described pensioner who was last paid at the rate of $50 per month to Feb 4 1922, has this day been dropped from the roll because of death Mch. 9 1922.

        Submitted by Sylvia Lewis