Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12984, Edward Beeson, N.C.
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Service                        Number
N.C. Beeson, Edward S.12984
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Contents
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Cont
No. 19,449
AP
Edward Beeson
(Gurdn [Guardian] of the childn [children] of)
Pensr [Pensioner] Mobile Roll
Act 7th June 1832
$68.58
Decr 21, 1844
-23d-
Req No. 5980 dated 24 Dec 1844
Sent to Treasury 26 Dec 1844
FINAL PENSION VOUCHER
RECEIVED FROM GAO
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Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
The United States [illegible]
To the guardian of the children of
Edward Beeson
Pension on the Mobile Ala Roll Act 7th June 1832
For his pension from 4th September 1836 to the 16th January 1837, the day of his death, being being 135 days at the rate of $180. per annum, as per voucher filed herewith $66.58
Treasury Department
Third Auditor’s Office
December 21, 1844
Stated by
A.B. Thruston

2nd Comptroller’s Office
December 23, 1844
Ex. by J. Sessford
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
RECEIVED FROM GAO
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Declaration
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State of Alabama

St. Clair County on this twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of St. Clair in the state aforesaid Isaac A. Beeson a respectable citizen of said county aged twenty five years and after being duly sworn according to Law declares upon his oath that he is the youngest son of Edward Beeson deceased formally of this county and who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars per annum for services rendered in the War of the Revolution and which was much less the said Edward was entitled to have received if he rendered the amount of service in the said war which affiant is informed and believed he did. The Declarant therefore makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining an increase and arrearage of pension to which he was entitled and which fell due to him the said Edward Beeson in his lifetime under Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832, the Act under which he was pensioned.

He further declares that he the said Edward Beeson, his father as aforesaid departed this life in the county of Martial [sic: Marshall] in this state on the 16th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven in the receipt of a pension, and that he left
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Surviving him Dicy [see also Dicey] Beeson his lawful widow to whom he was married about the year 1824 or 1825. She being his third wife and she the said Dicy his widow as aforesaid died in the county of De Calb in this state about the year 1843 or 1844. He further states that his father the said Edward Beeson left surviving him Richard Beeson, Jeremiah Beeson, Curtis P. Beeson, Sylvester M. Beeson, Isaac A. Beeson, Dicy Ann Beeson, who intermarried with Logan Sneed [see also Snead], his only surviving children, all of whom continue to survive. He also states that his father the said Edward Beeson had other children who died before he did, but that there are no other children who were born in lawful wedlock to the said Edward Beeson, who are now living except those above named & whose names are above written, they being the only children of the said Edward now surviving.

He further states that his father the said Edward Beeson rendered his service in the said War in the state of North Carolina and that he rendered a large amount of service as a Lieutenant and Captain that he served in those capacities more than three years as he is informed and believes & as he hopes to be able to show to the satisfaction of the commissioner of Pensions and others concerned.
                       
Isaac A Beeson
X his mark

Sworn to and subscribed before the court of Probate this day & date above

Ross Philips Judge of the Probate Court & Exofficio Clerk of said court
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State of Alabama
St Clair County

I Ross Philips Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the State & County aforesaid, do hereby certify that it has been made appear to the satisfaction of the court by the evidence of Thomas M. Barker and Burwell McClendon who are both respectable citizens of this county, and also partly of my own personal knowledge that Edward Beeson formally of this county who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars per annum departed this life on the 16th day of January 1837. Leaving surviving him Dicy Beeson his lawful widow to whom he was married about the year 1824 or 1825 and who died about the year 1843 or 1844. That he left also surviving  him Richard Beeson, Jeremiah Beeson, Curtis G. Beeson, Sylvester M. Beeson, Isaac A. Beeson, the present applicant, Dicy Ann Beeson who intermarried with Logan Sneed [see also Snead], his only surviving children, all of whom continue to survive.

I further certify that the foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed in the presence of the court by Isaac A. Beeson one of the heirs above mentioned after it was read aloud in his presence and by him understood and from my knowledge of the [illegible] therein set fourth [forth] I believe there to be true.
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and the seal of the said court at office in Ashville Ala on this 20th day of March AD 1857 [possibly 1851] 

Ross Philips Judge of the Probate Court
Exofficio Clerk thereof
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Dead 
Letter to Hon James [illegible] audit 17 Dec 1844 [illegible] Treasury [illegible] April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to 16 January 183[illegible 4th numeral] [illegible] agent notified 25 January 184[illegible 4th numeral]  [illegible] 
[illegible] [illegible, possibly Cobb]
13 Dec 1834[4th numeral]
E. King [illegible] 4/57
[illegible, possibly J. L. M. Curry] Feb 12/59

22415
Alabama 22415
Edward Beeson
[illegible] in the state of Alabama
He was Lieutenant and Captain in the [illegible] command by Captain [space left blank] of the Reg command by Col. Dugan in the [illegible] line for ten months
7 months a Captain         140
3 months a Lieutenant       40
180
Inscribed on the roll of Alabama [illegible, page cut off] the rate of 180 dollars [illegible] cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of pension issued the 29th day of October 1833 and sent to [illegible] Ashville, Ala.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 450
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 March 34 90
$540
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
[illegible, possibly “recorded”] by Wm R. Palmer Clerk
Book E  Vol8  page 43
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Edward Beeson
Pension Claim
evidence of no widow
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The State of Alabama
St Clair County
Orphans Court Regular Term, began and held in the Town of Ashville on the first monday in March 1844 it being the 4th day of the month
Be it known that before me Janis Rogan Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Curtis G. Beason and made oath in due form of the law that he is the Guardian of Sylvester Mc Niel Beason. Dicey Ann Beason and Issac Beason Minor heirs of Edward Beason a Revolutionary Pensioner who departed this life on the Seventeenth day of January 1837 in the County of Marchal State aforesaid and who is the identical person, who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a Certificate of Pension was issued of which the following is a true copy
War department Revolutionary Claim I certify that in Conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Edward Beason of the State of Alabama who was a Lieutenant and Captain in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive One Hundred and Eighty Dollars per annum during his natural life Commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year Given at the War office of the United States this 29th day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
LS  Leo Cass Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned IL Edwards Commissioner of Pensions 22415 Payments to be made at Mobile by (illegible) Us Be Bank agent for paying pensioners in the agency of Alabama Recorded in Pension office in Book E Vol 8 Page 43 by William R Palmer Clerk that he Deceased Pension resides in the County of Blount in the State of Alabama a number of years, but a short time before his death the portion or (territory) of Blount to which he belongs attached to Marshal County Sworn to and Subscribed before me this fourth day of March 1844 
JP Peyton Rowan
James Rogan 
Curtis G Beason guardian
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Know all by these presents that J Curtis Beason Guardian for Sylvester Mc Niel Beason, Dicey Ann Beason and Issac Beason minor heirs of Edward Beason Deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner of the Untied States, do hereby constitute and appoint James Crawford my tur and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Mobilee State of Alabama the balance of said Pension from the 4th day of September 1836 to the 16th day of January 1837 being (illegible) of his death
Witness my hand and seal this fourth day of March 1844
Sealed and describe in presence of Peyton Rowan James Argan
Curtis G Beason
Guardian 
The State of Alabama
St Clair County
Be it known that on the 4th day of March 1844 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared the above named Curtis G Beason and acknowledged the foregoing to be his act and deed 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written
Peyton Rowan J.P.
 
The State of Alabama
Mobile County
Be it known that on the 26th day of March 1864 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared James Crawford the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney I made oath that the service he has sent given claim of any sale transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of the pension to be authorized to be received
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before Neal Sidney + Douglas J Pence 
James Crawford
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The State of Alabama
St Clair County
I Ross Philips clerk of the County Court of St Clair County at an orphans court holder at Ashville in the County aforesaid do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to suit court that Edward Beason was a Pensioner of the United States that the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars per annum. that he was a resident of the County of Blount afterwards attached to Marshal in the State of Alabama and died in the same in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven on the 16th day of January that he left three minor heirs whose names are Sylvester Mc Niel Beason Dicey Ann Beason and Issac Beason and that the balance of said pension is for their use alone. that the said Curtis G Beason has been duly appointed Guardian for said minor heirs and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official my seal of office at Ashville this 6th day of March in the year of our Lord AD 1844
Ross Philips
Clerk of County Court
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The State of Alabama
St Clair County
Be it known that on the 4th day of July 1844 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Curtis G Beason who being duly sworn doth on his oath say that he was personally acquainted with Edward Beason this written named Revolutionary Pensioner and that he died leaving a widow who has since died 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned
Daniel E Mc Curry
Justice of the Peace

I Ross Philips clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Daniel E Mc Curry is a magistrate as above and that his signature is genuine
In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand (seal of office having been henceforth affixed at Ashville this 4th day of July 1844
Ross Philips
Clerk of County Court
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State of Alabama 

St Clair County

On this seventh day of November personally appeared in open court before the honorable Judge of the circuit court of St Clair County now sitting Edward Beason a resident of said St Clair County and State aforesaid aged between seventy and eighty years of age and as he supposes about sixty six who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress paper June the seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two – that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He entered as a volunteer from the State of North Carolina Guilford County now Randolph. It was in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight as he believes David Brower was his Captain James Moore Lieutenant this deponent [?] ensign and sergeant Robert Mc Lean was their major – Thomas Dugan Colonel – Butler General. Their object was the destruction of the tories – Next day, after they left Johnsonvile [sic: Johnsonville] their place of rendezvous - their Captain and three men were killed by the tories who waylaid them – The tories was commanded by Major Rains and fired on them from a steep hill on the side of Brush Creek – After Brower was killed  – Woods became Captain and this deponent [?] Lieutenant – they pursued the tories about forty miles to Fork [?] Creek and there besieged them in a house belonging to one John Needham – in the morning before they put to Newhaven [?]– their [sic: there] Colonel (Dugan) joined their
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this despondent was then ordered with half of his company to (illegible) back to the house under a concealment of a orchard while the rest were to attack in front - this despondent company were the first who took possession of the same house in front leaving (illegible) a retreat to draw out the tories which according by succeeded twenty on were killed seven at the house and fourteen at the place where they kept the horses the tories having fled there - to where they were (illegible) the banks of Deep River - and where Colonel Dugan himself had gone with our Lieutenant to surprise them if they (illegible) be driven from the house then marched down the cape fear or fire tower from there to the Brown Marsh near Wilmington where they were again had a battle with the tories on the ground they there again defeated the tories who being reinforced by the British from their shipping at fort Johnson returned and defeated us in (illegible) from thence they the Americans returned by Cape Fear (or fair tour) to Salisbury now Randolph at this time they were out three months and were discharged - soon after this the tories gathered and took Hillsborough where this despondent and his company were again ordered out - this despondent having been elected on the very next day after his return home from his first service as Captain one Woods being his Captain for the same - then Johnes was his Lieutenant William Brown his Sargeant they then marched down to Hillsborough and joined with the Orange - (illegible) the tories and rescuing Govenor Bruck this he believes was in the fall of the year but is not certain they marched to Cane Creek there attacked the tories- at which time John Litteral who acting as Colonel was killed- and numbers of our men they were defeated + returned after a short time to
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Guilford - the tory general Hecter Mc Neil was killed in this (illegible) and their Colonel Farming or Farmer had his back broken This Department Company had per mission to (illegible) for a (illegible) of was something less than four tours out of three months his next tour of service was again as a volunteer - this he believes was the year - at this time they were (illegble) by the tories who came I burned Colonel Duyan's house - Colonel Belford's house - at the same time killing COlonel Belford - they killed John Brown + burned his house also Millican's + Collyer's houses were burned then under the Command of Colonel Bletcher or Bleecher this deponent bury Captain + remaining until the close of the war - the same Leftenant + Ensign were with him at this time an out the coast - this deponent previous to his last service mentioned had been on another which was put through by mistak was put down previously
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together by him - This deponent has no Documentary Evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - Except his commission as Captain - His first Commission was given him by Colonel Dugan which he lost during the war the Colonel to supply his place afterwards upon proper Evidence had it supplied by the governor of the State This was done that he might Receive his pay for services

He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll on the agency of any State (or if any) only in that of the agency of North Carolina from which he has never asked or Received any thing - Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
S/Edward Beeson


The [illegible] Elisha [illegible] & [illegible] Payne Residents of St Clair County hereby certify that they are well acquainted with the Deponent who has sworn & Subscribed to the above Declaration & that we believe ^him [illegible] he has sworn to - That he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
[signatures illegible]
Sworn to & subscribed in open court 7th November [illegible]
S/Jas. L Lewis Clk ec
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22.415
Edward Beeson
Alabama
Adm 10 Months
7 Months Captain
3 do Lieut
Archibald Sloan P
Ashville
Alabama
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
24. October 1833

Sir: 
    The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling (sic) with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, shewing the service of Edward Beeson
Period when the service was rendered. / Duration of the claimant's service. / Rank of the claimant /Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. / Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
1778; 3 months; Ensign & Lieut.; Cap Brower; between 70 and 80 years; Guilford County 
1778; 3 months; Cap; 
1779; 4 months; Cap;  
Tradition [illegible]
Documentary & Serving Witnesses
No [illegible]

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant
J.L.  Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions. 


Names and rank of the Fish
ficers under whom he served.
of -
Cap. Brewer
Age at present.
and place of abode ┃
when he entered
the service.
Between
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
70 and ┃
┃ 80 years
┃ Guilford
Traditionary
┃ County
Documentary
No E & Living Witnesses
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territy, or District of } ss.
On this
day of
County of
A B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
of
in the county of
aged (c)
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, thisday

of
K.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given {To a Soldier, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
    The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
    The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in 
the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
    The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
    Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
    Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
    No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.  
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the can be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _______ months, and _____ days, I served as a ___________. For _______months, and _____________ days. I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension.
    It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the person for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about four months netti, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly object. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent
pursuit.  that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix his seat, and if it had he device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
    In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who autherin to the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
If the notes from (a) to (i) ar all equally applicable to cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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hot out and answer given
does not know in which year he was born
and has no record of his age
was Born in N Carolina Guilford County
was living the same County when called into
service has lived in N Carolina ever
ever since until about fourteen years, which
he lived in this County Alabama
-

He first went out as a volunteer
and afterwards, as stated in Declaration
can state no more than he has he declare

Regular or militia officer or circumstance of the war
He had written discharge but they are lost or destroyed
he is well known to almost every citizen in the
county though none are actually knowing
[illegible ] from Report

In open court
on it before me in open Court the 7th day of [illegible], 1832
L. Lewis Clerk CC

I Samuel Marsis member of Congress for the
district of the state of Alabama do hereby
that James L Lewis is Clerk of the Circuit
Court for St. Clair County & that I am well
acquainted with his official character
I sign true that the foregoing certificate was
made by him
& further that I believe there
is no seal of office in that county
and also as to Mase J.B. Frin by  clerk of the 
County Court
my Clerk of the Court of Blount County Alabama
and make the same certificate as above
April 1833
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
October 13, 1925
J. L. Beeson
Georgia State College for Women
Milledgeville, Ga.

Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12984, it appears
that Edward Beeson was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, date not stated.
    While residing in said county, he enlisted
in the spring of 1778, and was an Ensign in Captain
David Brower's Company, Colonel Thomas Dugan's
North Carolina Regiment, in a few days, Captain
Brower was killed in a skirmish with the Tories on
Brush Creek, and Woods was made Captain, and soldier
was made Lieutenant, they had a battle with the Tories
at Brown Marsh, and served three months.
    He was commissioned in April, Captain of a company
of Foot in Colonel Thomas Dugan's Regiment of
Randolph County Militia, was in the battle of Cane
(hand written) Service
Ok'd by Miss Wilson
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Creek and served seven months.
    He served as captain, at other times in the
North Carolina Militia under Colonels John Litteral,
Reed, and Beecher or Pletcher, no dates given.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 7, 1832, while a resident of St. Clair
County, Alabama, aged about seventy-six years. He
died January 16, 1837 in Marshall County, Alabama.
    Soldier married in 1824 or 1835, Dicy (her
maiden name not stated), she died in 1843 or 1844 in
DeKalb County, Alabama. It is stated that she was
his third wife, names of other wives are not on file.
    In 1857, the following children of soldier were
alive (the name of their mother is not stated)
    Richard; Jeremiah Curtis G.; Sylvester M.
Isaac A., aged twenty-five years in 1857; and Dicy Ann,
wife of Logan Sneed.
    Other children, who died before soldier, are
referred to, but no names are given.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. war
12.984
INVALID.

File No. 12984
Edward Beeson
Lieut Capt Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:--Vol. ____   Page _____
{Arrangement of 1870.} 

Written on side:
1925 Oct. 13 - [illegible] to J. L. Beeson, Atty
1926 - Jan 8 - [illegible] date to office of G. M. ? atty
1940 - June 18 - [ILLEGIBLE] to Wm H. Bason Atty
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Washington DC
8 Feby 1859

Sir:
    If you can give any information that
will satisfy the inquiries, embraced in the
enclosed letter you will much oblige
Yours Respectfully
(Signature)
Hon. G.C. Whiting.
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State of North carolina} this to all home it concern [illegible]
Randolph County} Captn Edward Beeson has a mind
Moove in to Some furing Cuntry and he aplid to us for the com[illegible] [illegible]dation for he was of on [Illegible 2 characters, possibly "of", inserted above and between "was" and "on"] Blemshed Correcttor he served under us four y[illegible] as a captin of the melish in many actions With us after the torys [illegible] British at Different actions in fiferent States and We h[illegible] he Will and Repass on Des[illegible]ed on His listed Given under our h[illegible] This day of Augst 1814
Thomas Dougan [illegible]
[Illegible] Hager JP
at Johnson [illegible]
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State of Alabama
Blount County SS

This day personally appeared Charles Lathrop who
after being duly sworn came before me James Box a Justice of the peace deposeth and saith that Edward Beeson was a captain
in the revolutionary war under Colonel Thomas Doigan in the militia service of the State of North Carolina that he served for some time
in said service that he took prisoners Captain Rains of the Tory party in said State and that there are many who know of the above facts.
(signed) Carlgee Leatham

Sworn to and subscribed
before me James Box
Justice of the peace of
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State of Alabama
Blount County
Whereath Edward Beeson this day hath made application before me Henry J. Pasham an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Blount to get the deposition of Thomas Allred's oath of said County which is as follows:

I Thomas Allred this day Deposeth and saith that Edward Beeson late of this County was a soldier in the Revolution was under Col Doogan in State of North Carolina also as he was informed that said Beeson was Captain
Thomas Allred.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 27th October 1832
Henry J. Pasham.
Justice of the peace (seal)
for Blount County
I, Henry J. Pasham do hereby certify
that Thomas Allred is a credible man & of truth  & veracity - and I further certify that Charles Latham whose affidavit was taken by James Box Esqr who is now absent is also a man of full credit & veracity
August 19th 1832 Henry J. Pasham J.P.
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I, also a Justice of the Peace certify that I saw
the said Justice amend his certificate & also
that I am well acquainted with the two
Deponents Lathan & Allred-- & that they are
credible men & of truth & veracity, and also
that I was called on to certify as to Lathan on 
account of the absence of James Box from the County.

August 19th 1833-
amended before signing by me as to (seal)
Lathans name witness my hand
Stokes Beeson (seal)
Justice Peace Blount County

Deposition of Nathan
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STATE of NORTH CAROLINA,
To Edward Beeson
Greeting
WE, reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and abilities, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you Captain of a Company of foot in the Randolph Region of Militia [illegible] by E. H. Thomas.
     YOU are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Capt. by exercising and well disciplining the officers and soldiers under your command, and by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging:  And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders, as Captain and you are to observe and follow
such order, from time to time, as you shall receive from your superior officers, according
to the directions of military discipline and the laws of the state,
Witness RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT, esquire, our governor, captain-general and commander in chief, under his hand and seal which he hath caused to be hereto affixed, at the 27th day of April _____ year of our independence.
Richd Don
by his Excellency's command.
Trans Hawks [illegible]
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Washington December 16, 1844.
Sir,
   As requested I beg leave to submit to your inspection the enclosed paper and will thankfully receive your direction.
Very Respectfully 
James Dellet

J. L. Edwards, Esq
Washington
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[illegible] Decr 7th 1844.
Dear Sir
Enclosed you have the
Pension Papers with the certificates
from the Secretary of War which were 
sent to me for collecting, I presents
thing to Dr James Perring who stated
the time had past when they may pus
writing to him for payment and stated
to have to prince things to Washington
Will you do me the Sums to present
thing to the Commissioner of Pensions and
get his draft on the Pension Agent her
and from it to me, ye will observe
I have signed my name to there that
Guy can fill up the necesst father amounts
and greatly oblige
by us
me St
Crawfug
---
Hon. James Gillett
Washington City
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Dec. 23d 1844

Sir,
     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"  and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child of Edward Beeson, dec'd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, Alabama Agency, at the rate of one hundred & eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1836, to the 16th Jan'y 1837,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Payments to be made
at Mobile
by Robert BR Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of
Alabama
Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book E  Vol.  8.
Page (?) 3 by Wm R. Palmer
Clerk

Final Payment voucher 
Received from GAO
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
    I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Edward 
Beeson of the State of Alabama
who was a Lieutenant, and Captain,
in the Army the Revolution
is entitled to receive One hundred & Eighty dollars, per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
    Given at the War Office of the United States, this 29 day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three.
(Signed)
Lew Cass, 
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
RECEIVED FROM GAO
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Blairsville Ga 26th May 1837
Geo. C. Whiting Court

Dear Sir
   Inclosed please find the application
of the Heirs of Capt Edward Beeson of Ala. for an Increase 
of Pension under act of 7th June 1832. Also a Transcript 
of Record of the appointment of one of the Heirs as Admr
to whom the certificate may issue, if we can satisfy
you that it should issue at all, and this we hope to
do from the following facts-
    In the first instance we hope the Archives of the Pension Office and other Bureaus in Washington City will
show his grade as a Captain & Lieutenant, and that if
such record should be defective or in any way wanting that the Certificate of the Comptroller of N. Carolina herewith sent will supply the defect for from the large amount received by Captain Beeson as Indents for his services if he had entered the service upon the day of the Declaration of Independence and had served every day from that time up
to the time he rec'd his Indent in March 1782, he must
then have served even more than two years as a Captain
for his services to cover the amount of Indents the received
counting the Depreciation of Currency at 50 per cent. this
being the fact I doubt not but that you will be pleased
to grant an Increase of three Hundred Dollars per Annum
making the full pay of a Captain up to this day of the ┃
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death of Captain Beeson, some of the sons of this Officer
are no old men and they say they have often heared the
old man say that he served as a captain over three
years, and that he always complained after he was
pensioned that he had not got enough that he was
entitled to the full pay of a Captain (JC)
    We hope this Record will show that the old man
was right. My friends Messrs Evans & Sharretts of your
City will aid in searching the Records at Washington
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Elisha King
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D C
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State of North Carolina
Comptrollers Department.
    I, C. H. Brogden Comptroller of Public
Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do
hereby certify that it appears of Record in
my office among the payments made by
said State to sundry persons for Military
service in the Revolutionary War as follows:
Edward Beeson
Book C No 4614 L 10 -8 -- Specie
Indent No  1087 1055  L 1055  Currency
Hillsborough District. March 5th, 1782
     The Records in my office only show
the name of one Edward Beeson in the
Military service in the Revolutionary War,
and he, it appears was from the Hillsborough District.
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the City of Raleigh this 8th day of March A.D. 1857.
   C.H. Brogden
Comptroller
N. C.
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Ashville, Ala Sept. 25th 1833
James L. Edwards Esq

Sir,
    Enclosed you have the Declarations, and accompanying papers

[illegible] & Edward Beeson
who an applicants for Pensions, under the
act of June 1832.  I hope they
will be found sufficient to entitle them,
each, to share his country's bounty.
Please examine them as soon as may
be consistent with your other duties.
and enclose whatever may be the
result to Archibald Sloan Esqr.
Postmaster at this place.
I am, very respectfully
your obt servant
C. C. Clay
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The State of Alabama
 St. Clair County            ⎬ I James D Lewis Clerk
of the Circuit Court of said County do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Edward Benson for a pension
and further that the affidavit of Thomas Alred
and Charles Lathan have been since amended
in regards the certificate of credibility
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my have
and seal private there being no official seal this
21 day of August AD 1833 and of American
Independence the 58th year
Test. Lewis Clerk CC
R. L. Lewis
I know that the forgoing is the official signature of James L. Lewis Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County and I do not believe this is any official [illegible]

Sept 24th 1833
C. C. Clay
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(writing very faint)


and the law court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter - and often putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department - and after examining several of the most respectable citizens of the country upon the (unintelligible) of general belief as to the above-named applicant, being a Revolutionary soldier. The said Court do certify & declare their belief (unintelligible) so as stated he the affidavit said the Court further certifies, that it is known to them that James L. Lewis who signed the proceeding certificate in open court to the clergyman resident he said recently and that Lemuel Payne, Elisah Lovince  & David Evans residents he saw (unintelligible) with applicant and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Anderson Crenshaw
Judge of Presiding

The State of Alabama
(unintelligible) County 

(unintelligible) Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing matters the original proceeding.  The said Court in the matter of their application of Edward Beeson for a pension & testimony whereof I have here set my hand and seal (unintelligible) there being no official seal of office in open court this seventh day of November AD 1832 and of American Independence the 57th year.

James L. Lewis Clerk   (hand drawn seal)
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Edward Beason
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Blountsvill Blount
County
State of Alabama
Mac F.P. Brindley Clerk of the County Court
of Blount County Alabama do hereby certify
that James Box Esq & Henry Parham Esqe are now
& were at the time of taking the two
Depositions attached to the Pension Paper &
the
amendment to the same Justices of the
Peace for this County and that full faith
& and it is due their official acts as such
& further that Hokes Benson Esquire who has
certified on the back of Lathrone affidavit
is also a Justice of the peace & that full
faith & credit is due his official acts as such
and I also further certify that I am acquainted with Charles Lathrop & Thomas Allier &
that they are credible men & of truth &
veracity. In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office the 19th of
August 1833-
Mace H Brindley Clerk of
the County Court of Blount
County, Alabama
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The State of Alabama
Marshall County
Court of Probate
Special Term, May
the 12th 1857
    This day Comes Logan Sneed
applies for letters of Administration on the Estate of Edward Beeson, and it
appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
that the said Edward Benson at the time of
his death resided in said County of Marshal
And it further appearing to the satisfaction of
the Court that the said Logan Sneed is by
Marriage one of the heirs of deceased,
    And the said Logan Sneed having entered
into bond as administrator of the Estate of
the said Edward Beeson, made payable and
conditioned as required by law in the sum of
three thousand does with John A E Walker
and Isaac A Benson, which bond being
Approved, and the said Logan Sneed 
being duly sworn as administrator of the estate of Edward Beeson, It is therefore
ordered by the Court that the said Logan
Sneed be and he is hereby appointed
Administrator of the Estate of the said Edward
Benson deceased.
Letters of Administration)
1
The State of Alabama  I, M. Gilbreath judge
Marshall County        ⎬ of Probate of said
County, certify that Letters of Administration
on the Estate of Edward Beeson were on the
12th day of May 1857, granted to Logan
Sneed who has duly qualified and given bond as such, and is authorised to administer 
such Estate, Dated this 12th day of May 1857
M Gilreath, Judge of Probate
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2
(Bond)
Know all men by these presents that we
Logan Sneed and John A E Walker
of the County of Marshall and State of
Alabama and Isaac A Beeson of
the County of St Clair in said State
are held and firmly bound unto the
Judge of Probate of said County of
Marshall in the sum of three thousand
dollars for the the payment of which
me and each of us bond ourselves our
and each of us our heirs pointly severally
and firmly by these presents Witness
our hands and seals this the 12th day
of May 1857. The Condition of the
above obligation is such that whereas
the above bound Logan Sneed has been
duly appointed by the Court of probate
of said County of Marshall Administrator
of the Estate of Edward Beeson deceased.
Now if the above bound Logan Sneed
shall perform all the duties which
are or may be required of him by
Law as such Executor or Administrator
then the alms obligative to be and
otherwise to remain in full force and
effect
Logan Sneed (seal)
John A E Walker (seal)
Isaac A Beeson (seal)
I hereby approve the above bond this
the 12th day of May 1857
M. Gilbreath, Judge of Probate
               
The State of Alabama
Marshall County           ⎬
I, M. Gilbreath, Judge of probate (Probate crossed through)
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the Court of Probate of said County
hereby certify that the foregoing
pages one and two contain a true
perfect and Correct Copy of
the records in the office of the Judge
of probate of said County, of the
Appointment of Logan Sneed administrator of the Estate of Edward Beeson, deceased, together with the Letters & bond of said administrator,
In Witness whereof I have
hereto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of
said Court of Probate at
Office this the 12th day of
May 1857
M Gilbreath
Judge of Probate
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GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
J. L. BEESON, A. B.,  A. M., PH. D.
CHAIRMAN OF THE FACULTY AND PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY
MILLEDGEVILLE. GEORGIA
Oct. 5, 1925
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
     About a month ago I made a request of your Bureau that you give me all of the date shown by this Bureau concerning the war record of Edward Benson, Revolutionary  Soldier N.C. State Militia.
    The war Dept wrote me that their Revolutionary war records were incomplete, that the Dept did not have the record of this soldier, that he was listed in Heitman's as follows: "Beeson,  Edward (N. C.)
Captain N. C. Militia 1779," and referred me to your bureau for further information.
     There is a short sketch of him in the
Ala. Hist & Decd of Biography by F. M. Owen, which states that he drew a pension while living in St. Claire Co., Alabama.  Rev. Perine Rad Vol 14 Sen. doc.
574 23d [illegible], first service 1833-4
I want to know the following:
1. His age at time of enrollment, so that I can  put the year of his birth of his grave stone
2. Where he enlisted and where he was discharged
3.  The branch of service - calvary, infantry or artillery.  
4.  The County in N.C. in which he lived when he enlisted in the American Revolution.
5.  Any other data concerning him.

    I am writing the history of his life, and I want to put a work a marker at his grave giving the year of his birth.   The date of his death was recorded
    I would greatly appreciate this information or any part of it.

Very truly yours
J.L. Beeson
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GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
J. L. BEESON, A.B., A.M., PH.D.
CHAIRMAN OF THE FACULTY AND PROFESSOR
OF CHEMISTRY
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA Sept 10 - 25
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
    Will you kindly have some of your
staff examine Revolutionary Pension Roll in Vol XIV
Sen. doc. 574.   23d Congress 1st Service 1833 for the war
Record of Edward Beeson (Beason, Ben ) N.C. State Troops
in the war the Amer. Revolution.
1.  I want to establish the date of his birth, if he gave
his age at the time he was enrolled. I can get the
year of his birth.
2.  What was his command, under what General?
3.  How long he served?
4.  Anything else worth putting in a sketch of his life.
5.  His grave is unmarked, and can be located. How
shall I proceed towards getting a government marker 
for this Revolutionary patriot. We prefer a Government
marker - or War Dept Marker,
    I have seen his name in the N.C. Roster of Rev. soldiers
of N. C.
     Also Heitmans Hist. Register of officers of the
Continental army as Capt. N. C. Militia 1799.
    He drew a pension from [illegible] 1831 while living in St. Clair Co Ala until his death 1837. Enrolled Sept. 29, 1833.
6.  Our tradition is that he was living in Stokes Co. N.C. where he joined the Revolution. If the County of residence is given in his application for pension, I would like to
have it.
     See bottom of enclosed genealogy. 
I would greatly appreciate all information about this
ancestor that your papers can give.
Thanking you in advance, I am
yours truly
J.L. Beeson
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A - C
Beeson, Edward
December 30, 1925.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
    In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the decedent named below, The Quartermaster General requests that the correct military service and the spelling of the name be supplied this office from the records of the Pension Bureau:
Captain Edward Beeson,
North Carolina Troops.
Died January 16, 1837
Ref: See Rev. Pension Roll
in Vol XIV-Sen. Doc. 514 - 23rd
Cong. 1st sess. 1833 - 34.
Very truly yours,
(signature) 

L. W. REDINGTON.
Major, Q.M.C.,
Assistant.
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Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
WILLIAM H. BASON
GENEALOGIST

GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH
FAMILY HISTORIES PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION
PROFESSIONAL BUILDING ANNEX
RALEIGH, N. C.

May 8, 1940
SUB: William Bason's
Revolutionary Service.

Gentlemen:

    In "American Prisoners in the Revolution" (Dandridge), at p. 451 William Bason is listed as a prisoner.
    It is my understanding that these names were taken from English records, and it is not stated where the prisoners came from or where they were sent, etc.
    I respectfully request that you examine your records and furnish me with any information with regard to William Bason, his Revolutionary service, and family connections, if any such information is available.
   Yours very truly
(signature) W. H. Basor

P.S. Does your alphabetical list show any other Bason Revolutionary soldiers listed?
B.
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Rev. and 1812 War Section,
Edward Beeson
S. 12984.
January 8, 1936

L. W. Redington, Major, Q. M. C.
Office of the Quartermaster General
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
     I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim of Edward Beeson, it appears that he was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, date not stated.
    He was commissioned in 1778 and served as
Ensign, Lieutenant and Captain in Colonel Thomas Dugan's Regiment of North Carolina Militia, dates of commission and service not on record.
    He was pensioned on certificate number 22415.
    He died January 16, 1837 in Marshall County, Alabama, aged about eighty - one years.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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June 18, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Edward Beeson
S. 12984

Mr. William H. Bason
Professional Building Annex
Raleigh, North Carolina

Dear Sir:

    Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Bason who was an "American prisoner in the Revolution."  You request, also, the Revolutionary War records of other soldiers with that surname. 
    Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States, based upon service in that war.  A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of any soldier with surname "Bason."
  The Revolutionary War record of Edward Beeson is furnished herein as shown in claim for pension. S. 12984, based upon his service in that war.  This is the record of the only soldier with that surname found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office;  the surname was searched under similar spellings. 
 other soldiers with that surname.  
    Edward Beeson was born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  The date of his birth was not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
    While residing in Guilford County, North Carolina, Edward Beeson enlisted in the spring of 1778, was an ensign in Captain David Brower's company, Colonel Thomas
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3
Dugan's North Carolina regiment, they went in pursuit
of Tories, and in a few days his captain, David Brower,
was killed in a skirmish on Brush Creek, and the lieutenant, James Woods, was made Captain, and he (Edward
Beeson, was made Lieutenant, they had a battle with
the Tories at Brown Marsh, length of this service three
months. Edward Beeson was commissioned April 27 (year
not stated) Captain of a company of foot in Colonel
Thomas Dugan's regiment, was in the battle of Cane Creek, served seven months. He continued to serve as Captain at various times until the close of the War, under
Colonels John Litteral, Reed and Bleecher or Bletcher.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 7, 1832, at which time he was aged
about seventy-six years, and a resident of Saint Clair
County, Alabama.
    He died January 16, 1837 in Marshall County, Alabama.
    Edward Beeson married in 1824 or 1825, Dicy. The
date and place of her birth and names of her parents
were not stated; she was his third wife, names of other wives not given.
     The widow, Dicy Beeson, died in 1843 or 1844, in
DeKalb County, Alabama.
    The following data in regard to the children
of Edward Beeson are given, all of whom were alive in
1857.
    Richard Beeson; Jeremiah Beeson, Curtis G. Beeson;
Sylvester H. Beeson; Isaac A. Beeson (youngest son) aged
twenty-five years in 1857, and living in Saint Clair
County, Alabama; and Dicy Ann, wife of Logan Sneed of
Marshall County, Alabama.
    Reference was made to other children of Edward
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Beeson, all of whom died prior to his death, names
of these children not given.
    Stokes Beeson was Justice of the Peace in 1833
for Blount County, Alabama; it was not stated that he was related to the family.
     The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible data relative to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator