Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 684, Henry Beatty, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn. 

Beatty, Henry

NUMBER
R 684

CONTENTS
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30, 490

H. Beatty
Declaration
2 years & 9 mos.

4 mos. as Lieutenant
6 do as a private
6 do as Ensign



Hon. Amos Davis
HR.
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[illegible]
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State of Kentucky } ss-
Estill County }  
On this 23d day of April 1834 personally appeared in Open Court before Richard French the sole and presiding Judge for Estill County & Circuit now setting, Henry Beatty a resident of Estill County aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in to Obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832
That he entered the service of the US under the following named officers and served as herein stated that he was born in the  State of Pennsylvania West Moreland County in the year 1763 in the Month of July (day not recollected having lost the register of his age he says the first Tour he performed was from the above County and state the 1st of March 1777 as a Volunteer for six months as an Indian Spy and ranger under Capt Leach  He says the Indians in this section of the state were extremely troublesome & continued to annoy the inhabitants and keep them in continual alarm and as it was necessary for all the men  (or near so ) to enter the service of their Country some distance from home it made it necessary for the young men to guard the frontiers and the several forts in the
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in the County round about, which was his business he says he ranged & spyed (sic) from the time above named until his time was out in Septr following having served six months and received a discharge for that time from his Capt but if he had a written discharge he has lost it.  The next was from same County & state as a Volunteer and Ensign he states, that he had no (Col. or Majr) on these Tours they were confined to the duty above spoken of.
The next tour was from the same County & state on an other Tour of six months as a volunteer & Indian Spy.  He says about the first of March or the breaking up of the Winter the savages became very troublesome & committed many outrages on the inhabitants.  He says on this tour he was elected & duly qualified as a Lieutenant during the six months ranging & Spying through the County from fort to fort during which time he says he suffered more than any man can describe at the end of the time in Septr 1778. The year after he performed as Ensign he says he was regularly discharged and if he rec'd a written discharge he has lost it.  The 3d Tour was from same place in 1779 as a volunteer and Indian [spy] as before.  This Tour commenced the 1st of April in the above year.  On this tour he says he served six Months as a Lieutenant.
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performed the same duty as on the two preceeding (sic) tours and Leach was still Capt at the end of the six months he was discharged from the Service but thinks he rec'd no written discharge.  The most was in the ensuing year 1780 in the spring he thinks he volunteered and entered the service in April the 1st and acted as Lieutenant during the time spying and ranging from fort to fort to guard the same together with the inhabitants after having served out the six months he says he was regularly discharged from the service during this tour Leach still acted as Capt. but was seldom along and the command devolved on this approach.  He says he thinks he rec'd no written discharge so it is he has none now.  The next was from same place in the year 1781 as a volunteer and commenced his duty on or about the 1st day of  April acted as Lieutenant and performed the similar duty to that performed in the preceeding (sic) tours.  At the end of which he was discharged.  But rec'd no written discharge.  The next was from same place in 1782 on a tour of three months commencing in the month of May the first as a volunteer and acted in the same capacity for the above time and performed the same duty as before and as the war was pretty well over and the savages had nearly all left the country the duty was not so ardious [arduous] but having served out the time was duly discharged and can say no more about his discharge than he has said in relation to his former services.  He says that although he was very young he felt much concern for his country
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and took an active interest in defending the rights of his countrymen.  He says he is now old and have very little means of support and would be greatly gratified to receive from the government a compensation for his services as he rec'd nothing during the revolutionary war he says however that he got something like $[illegible] in continental trash which he gave for a small quantity of salt to season his meat.  He says he served not less than 2 years nine months and more then 21 months the time he served as Lieut. for which time and grade he asks a pension.  He says he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any living witness by whom he can prove his service or any part thereof.  He says he thinks he never had a written discharge.  He states that as their duty was that of spyes (sic) and rangers he knows of no regular officers.  He has stated when he was born as near as he can.  He says he has no record of his age.  He says he had commissioned but lost them.  He has stated where he was living when he was called into service.  He has also stated how he was called into service.  He says he has stated all he can in relation to the officers.  He has also of his discharges, also as to his coms [commission].  He says he knows of Samuel Kelly a clergyman and Isaac Mige both of whom reside in his neighborhood and can state as to his character for veracity and his reputation as a revolutionary soldier.
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5.  He hereby relinquishes all and every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed] Henry Beatty

And we Samuel Kelly a clergyman residing in Estill County Ky, and Isaac Mize residing in same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Beatty who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesd.
[Signed] Saml Kelly  [Seal]
[Signed] Isaac Mize  [Seal]

And the said court do hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states.  And the  court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Kelly who has signed the preceeding (sic) certificate is a clergyman resident in Estill County Ky and Isaac Mize who has signed the same and resident in same and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[Signed] Richard French
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I Robt Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Estill County do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Beatty for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23d April 1834
[Signed] Robt Clark

[ SEAL ]
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State of Kentucky }
Montgomery County } ss

On this 23 day of October 1834 Personally appeared in open court before Richard French the sole and presiding Judge in and for the county & circuit of Estill and state of Ky now sitting Henry Beatty a resident of said county and state aforesaid aged seventy one years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He says he was born on the 23d of July 1763.  In the state of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County.  He says the first tour he served was from same county in the year 1777 as a volunteer on a tour of six months in Capt. James Leach's company of Indian spies and rangers.  As in this part of the state the Indians were very troublesome and the alarm of the inhabitants was very serious, during six months of the year commencing early in the spring and continued until the fall at which time they would retire until the ensueing spring.  On this tour he says he served six months as a private.  He says he was very young but it was necessary that the young men should enter the service to protect the inhabitants from the massacre of those merciless sages.  He says he was doing the time aforesd engaged in ranging from the Middle of March in the above year until the Middle or last of Septr in the same year on this tour he says he had no Col as the service was altogether against the Indians while the older men were out engaged in the war.  He says he thinks rec'd no written discharge.  The next was the year following commencing the same time in the spring as a volunteer and private.  On this tour he says he served under the same Capt as a spy and ranger in the same County and as there were a great part of the County in a state of nature and afforded a convenient place for the hiding of the Indians.  It made it necessary to keep a continual watch over them.  He says he well remembers of the cries of the women and children owing to the loss of their husbands, fathers and he says he has  a distinct recollection of the indians having killed John Leach & Alexander Atchison this took
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place at Leach's Station. He says he also remembers some other murders committed in Walter Station. He thinks in the year 1780. On this tour he says he served six months from the time he entered in the spring of 1778 until the
fall of the same year. He thinks he commenced sometime in March (he would say the same time as on the first) and ending the same time in the fall, having served as he well recollects six months, during this tour. And was paid
for this tour in continental trust. He says the money was sent to Samuel Leach who was paymaster to the spies and rangers (of whom he was one) who served in that section of
the Country by the general government. He says he received a discharge from his Capt. but whether he got a written discharge or not he cannot say. So it is his statement at this time.
The third tour he says was in the spring of 1779 as a volunteer and private in Capt. John Blackburn company in the same county. He says at this time Capt. Leach was as his superior, with the Indians having been taken at his station and
this station was burnt down on this tour. He says he served from the last of March until the first of Oct in the same year. He says he rangered through the same County as above named and also from his father's station to Pendergrass and Walton and [rafted?] down the Cavanaugh River to the mouth and thence down the Allegheny to Pittsburgh, and thence back up the Monangahela to the Mouth of Youghiogheny, again to the mouth of Sewickly and so on, through from one place and station to another, to watch the movements of the Indians and so continued until our time was out, having served six months, and was regularly discharged by his capt. but whether he had a written discharge or not he cannot say but has none now. He says he was compelled to serve again in the year
1780 under Capt. Blackburn either as a drafted
soldier or a volunteer. He says however he chose the latter and volunteered again for another tour of six months.
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The services on this tour were the same party much as on the last and through the same County, and also [received] pay for this tour from the general government, but done him little or no good. He says he served from the same time as on the last tour and ended same time, having served ten months, and he 
suffered much. He says he was honorably discharged by his capt. and had a respite until the next year 1781 and in the spring of that year he says he served as a volunteer and private in Capt. Blackburn's company of Indian Spies and rangers on this tour. He says he served six months more coming in the spring about the same time as the preceding tours, and ranged the same County as the preceding and served until sometime in the fall of the same year, and at the end of his time [received] a discharge from his Capt. But thinks no written discharge. The next year he says he served in 1782 as a volunteer one tour of three months in a small company made up in the immediate neighborhood, to attend to the same duty as before. But as the war was now nearly over or so, considered the Indians had nearly left the County and did not require the same watchful and vigilant attention as the preceding years. These are all the duties he performed during the Revolutionary War, making in all thirty-three months of actual service for which he claims a pension. He says he knows of having witness by whom he can prove his service or any part thereof
1st In. Answered. 2. He says he has no record of his age but knows it from what his mother has told him. 3 Answered as to where he lived when called into service. Lived in Pennsylvania until 1790. Then moved to Ky. Woodford
County, lived four years. Then moved to Madison & there continued until the establishment of the County of Estill as he thinks in 1807 or 8 and has lived there ever since and lives there at this time 4th Answered.
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he says he know no regular officers for as his service was confined to the frontiers in the Militia service and entirely against the Indians. He had no chance to know or make any acquaintance with them. He also says he served in a company that was not attached to any particular Regiment and was wholly commanded by a capt., col. or major. 6. Answered. Had no commission. He says he is known by Samuel Kelly, a clergyman, & Isaac Mize, both of whom live in his neighborhood, and can testify as to his character for veracity and his reputation of a soldier of the revolution. He hereby relinquishes all and every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of any agency of any state
Henry Beatty
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

I, Samuel Kelly, a clergyman residing in Estill
County Ky, and Isaac Mize, residing in same,
hereby certify that we are well-acquainted with Henry Beatty who has sworn to and subscribed to the above declaration, to believe him to be 71 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution. We further certify that he has filled several important offices both in the court and military department, and from our acquaintance with said Beatty, have no doubt all he has said in his declaration is true and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year in
given.
S. Kelly
Isaac Mize

[on side]
32314  Henry Beatty [Pen?]
R.M. Johnson
  H.R
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Officers having been regularly compensated, & of his service as a commissioned officer, an allowance cannot be based on the service in that capacity. It is very doubtful whether the service was such as to entitle him to a pension under the Act of 7 June 1837.

30.490
Henry Beatty of Ky
Kentucky

Capt Leach, Pen [Tropy?]
March 1 1836
Refd. to the Committee
on Revolutionary Pension
June 2, 1836 -- Com discharged to be
684

Hon. R. French, H.R.
[Hon. A. Davis, H.R. - crossed out]

Morgan - No discharge on file
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
13th August 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 with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A statement, shewing the service of Henry Beatty

Period when the service was rendered: 1777
Duration of the claimant's service:  6 months
Rank of the claimant:  Ensign
Names and ranks of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Leach
Age at present, and place of abode, when he entered the service:70, PA
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary 
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Period when the service was rendered: 1777
Duration of the claimant's service:  6 months
Rank of the claimant:  Ensign
Names and ranks of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Leach
Age at present, and place of abode, when he entered the service:70, PA
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary 
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Period when the service was rendered: 1778
Duration of the claimant's service:  6 months
Rank of the claimant:   Lieut
Names and ranks of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Leach
Age at present, and place of abode, when he entered the service:70, PA
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary 
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Period when the service was rendered: 1779
Duration of the claimant's service:  6 months
Rank of the claimant:  Lt.
Names and ranks of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Leach
Age at present, and place of abode, when he entered the service:70, PA
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary 
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Period when the service was rendered: 1780
Duration of the claimant's service:  6 months
Rank of the claimant:  Lt.
Names and ranks of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Leach
Age at present, and place of abode, when he entered the service:70, PA
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary 
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Period when the service was rendered: 1781
Duration of the claimant's service:  6 months
Rank of the claimant:  Ensign
Names and ranks of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Leach
Age at present, and place of abode, when he entered the service:70, PA
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary 
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Period when the service was rendered: 1782
Duration of the claimant's service:  3 months
Rank of the claimant:  Ensign
Names and ranks of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Leach
Age at present, and place of abode, when he entered the service:70, PA
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary 

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

Interliniations are indefensible, unless the applicant can produce proof of his having been regularly commissioned & of his service
as a Commissioned officer. An allowance cannot be made for service in that capacity.
It is very doubtful whether the service was not such as to entitle him to a pension under the Act of June 7, 1837.
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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, musicians 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, Territory, or District of County of } ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the 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.

I 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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with , 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.

I, 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, this day of &c.

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
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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 principle 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. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 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 are required to submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a 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 claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, be reason of the loss of 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 _____ year, _____ 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 period 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 three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c.
without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. 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 authority; 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 indispenable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] the clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can distinguish
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 authenticates 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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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(3-223.)
Revy
No. 684 aw  
REJECTED
_______, Ex'r.

OLD WAR INVALID.
Henry Beatty of Ky
P. O.  Pri & Lt. Capt. Leach Per Troops

Service: ____________________________
Enlisted:__________________, 18   .
Discharged:  _____________,  18  .
Application filed:_________,  18  .
Alleges:____________________________
Re-enlisted:________________________
Attorney:   _________________________
P. O.   ______________________________
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And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to it that Samuel Kelly who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in Estill County Ky.  And Isaac  Mize who has signed the same and has been a member of the Kentucky Legislature served two or three years since and that they are men of good standing and character and credit.
[signed] Richard French

I Robt Clark Clerk of the circuit court in and for the county of Estill and State of Ky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court of the application of Henry Beatty for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this 22 day of October 1834.
[signed] Robt Clark
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This applicant says it is very hard indeed that he should be deprived of benefit of the Law of the U. S. Because all who performed services with him are now dead.  He says he is in hope that the department will reconsider his case & give him something he is willing to put up with anything they think he is entitled to.  Judge [Leach?] who presided when he made the application will inform the Commissioner as to the [evidence?]