Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35188, Joseph Beatty, Penn.
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SERVICE   Penn.
Beatty, Joseph
NUMBER   S. 35188
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19,133
Kentucky  
Joseph Beatty 
of Grayson Co.  in the State of Kentucky who was a Sergeant in the   commanded by Captain Carsey of the regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy in the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 3 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence or the 22d of September 1823 
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Decr 1823, and sent to Hon P. Thompson H. R. 
Portion of Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1824 $43.43 
$43.43
5 months
9 / 30 & 4 / 31 
{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
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35188   
Revy   INVALID. 
File No. 35,188 
Joseph Beatty 
Serg  Rev War  
Act: 18” March 18" 
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 34 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1938. Oct. 15 Hist. to Edwin B. Graham ILL
1938. Nov. 28. Further information to Edwin B. Graham See letter in John Beaty - Rev. W. 5803 ILL
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19054
Joseph Beatty
P. Thompson
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Original Claim 
District of Kentucky  
On this 22nd day of September 1833 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of record established by the Legislature of Kentucky having power to fine and imprison for the County of Grayson, Joseph Beatty aged about 70 years 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 act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and 1st May 1820, that he the said Joseph Beatty Sergeant enlisted for the term of three years in the month of April in the year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company of  Captain Moses Carey in the Regiment commanded by Col Eunis McCoy  in the line of the State of  Pennsylvania Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the end of the three years when he was discharged from the said service in Westmoreland County in the State of Pennsylvania that he was in the Scrimmages of Woodbridge, the Scotch Picket, Boundbrook, Broadhead and McIntosh’s Campaign against the Indians.  And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service except the affidavits of Edward Dehaven and Jonathan Bozorth here annexed and in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of
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the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and now a citizen of Grayson County Kentucky and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to being 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 18th day of March one thousand one hundred & Eighteen and that I have not nor any person in trust for me nor have I any income other than what is being other than what is contained in the hereto annexed and by me subscribed 
Two head of horses worth $30  three head of Cattle worth $25 four head of sheep worth  $4  twenty six head of hoggs worth $30
Total Amount --- $89
Joseph Beatty
And by occupation a farmer and very ill unable to labour for my living and my family consists of myself and two unmarried women one 50 and the other 40 years and two children boy named Wm H Hart aged 6 years, one named Malinda Clark aged 7 years, and said Joseph Beatte
introduced Edward Dehaven and Jonathan Bozorth to prove his service in the Revolutionary war, who after being duly sworn
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deposeth and saith that is the said Dehaven saith that he knows that Joseph Beatty acted as sergeant in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col McCoy for the space of 3 years in the Revolutionary war a listed and Jonathan Bozorth states that he knows that the statements made by Edward Dehaven as to Beatty’s being in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment under the command of Col McCoy for the term of 3 years in the revolutionary war is true; as he was in the same regt at the same time with the said Beatty 
This Court do also give its opinion that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above schedule is $89 – and this Court do further state that the witnesses introduced by the above named Joseph Beatty to prove his service in the Revolutionary War is creditable witnesses on Oath which is ordered be certified - And this Court duly state the said Beatty is resident of Grayson County Kentucky which is ordered Certified 
Matthew Cunningham
Abraham Neighbours
John Doran
William Stinson
I Jack Thomas Clerk of the Grayson County Court in the State of Kentucky do certify that the above Schedule declaration, original claim, and evidence of the claims of Joseph Beatty has been admitted
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to the record of said Court and that the above and foregoing are truly copies therefrom, I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is $89 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 22nd day of September 1823 
Jack Thomas Clerk of the Grayson County Court in the State of Kentucky
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Officers 1938
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PHONE MONTROSE 4546 
Reply to this address, 
August 24, 1938. 
Board of Management 
JOHN W. ANTHONY 
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HON. THOMAS H. HUDSON 
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CAPT. HARRY L. McKAIN 
DR. ROBERT M. SHERRARD 
Delegate at Large JACOB ERDMAN COPE 
RECEIVED AUG 25 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER #23
Mr. A. D. Hiller, 
Executive assistant to the Administrator, 
30 Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Mr. Hiller: 
I am trying to identify one Samuel Beatty in the Revolutionary War and find it some job. Samuel was son of John, also brother of Joseph Beatty. They settled in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, but Samuel later removed to Westmoreland county where he married Margaret Lemmon ( Leamont or otherwise spelled).  
Numerous references can be found in archives, but I find the same name on different rolls on same date, so it is evident there were more than one Samuel Beatty serving from Cumberland county. 
In Penn'a archives, 3rd Series, Volume 23, page 559 I find record of pension to Joseph Beatty, reading: 
“Grayson County, Kentucky, Pensioner, Joseph Beatty, Sergt., P. L. Dec. 13, 1823, 81: d. 9 - 8 – 1827”   
My thought is that the papers supporting this claim may give some reference to his family, especially his record in the war which may show he was a brother of the Samuel Beatty whom I am tracing. 
I have found no record that Samuel Beatty received a pension, but if such may be of record in your office, he is the man in whom I am interested. I have correlation of his family. and thus would know if record, if such there be, is of the man in interest. 
Thank you for any assistance you may be able to give me, 
Yours very truly, 
E B Graham, 
Edwin B. Graham,
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November 28, 1938. 
BA-J/ILL. 
John Beaty-W. 5203 
John Beatty-S. 22644
Mr. Edwin B. Graham 
362 South Negley Avenue 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter of November 21, in further quest of the Revolutionary War Beatty records. You state that one John Beatty came to America prior to the Revolutionary War and settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and that two of his children were Joseph and Samuel, Samuel having settled in Westmoreland County, where he married Margaret Lemmon.    
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a John Beatty who was old enough to have been the father of Joseph Beaty (S. 35188) or of the Samuel Beatty (S.34646) whose records were furnished you October 15, 1978 and May 29, 1937, respectively. 
The record has been found of a John Beatty (S. 22644) who emigrated to this country and of a John Beaty (W. 5803) of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Those records are furnished you herewith as they may aid you in your research. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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October 15, 1938. 
BA-J/ILL 
Joseph Beatty 
S. 35188 
Mr. Edwin B. Graham 
362 South Negley Avenue 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  
Dear Sir:   
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Beatty, who was a pensioner of Grayson County, Kentucky, and state that you are trying to identify one Samuel Beatty in that war as the brother of Joseph and the son of John Beatty.    
The record of Samuel Beaty, Revolutionary War pension claim S. 34646 which was furnished you May 29, 1937, is that of the only Samuel Beaty found on the records of this office, under any spelling of that surname. The record of Joseph Beatty is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 35188, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.    
The date and place of birth of Joseph Beatty, the names of his parents and his residence at the time of the Revolutionary War are not shown. 
Joseph Beatty enlisted in August 1776 in Pennsylvania, served as sergeant in Captain Moses Carsey's (possibly meant for Carson's) company, Colonel E. McCoy's (possibly meant for Aeneas Mackey's) Pennsylvania regiment and under Colonels Brodhead and McIntosh in the campaign against the Indians, was in skirmishes at Woodbridge, “the Scotch picket" and Boundbrook, and was discharged in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, length of service three years.    
Joseph Beatty was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1823, at which time he was a resident of Grayson County, Kentucky. He was aged then about seventy years.    
In 1823, the soldier stated that he was a farmer, and that
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his family consisted of himself, two unmarried women, one 50 and the other 40 years of age and two children one boy named Wm. H. Hart aged 6 years one girl named Malinda Clark aged 7 years. There are no further data pertaining to the family of this pensioner, and no affidavit made by anyone with the name Beatty. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:    
Joseph Beatty 
Certificate #19133 
Issued December 13, 1823 
Rate $8 per month 
Commenced September 22, 1823 
Act of March 18, 1818 
Kentucky Agency. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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