Major John Belli was an English-born American military officer who served as the Quartermaster General of the United States Army from 1792 to 1794.
[2] Ruben Gold Thwaite described Belli as descending from a French father and Dutch mother.
Although he inherited estates in Holland, Belli emigrate to America and landed in Alexandria, Virginia in 1783, with letters of recommendation from John Jay.
Belli would be known as a continental man of aristocratic demeanor, who never wore the pioneer's uniform of a hunter's shirt and leggings.
Major Belli played a critical role in supplying United States forces in the Northwest Indian War's climatic Battle at Fallen Timbers in 1794.