Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1943, Isham Beesley, N.C.
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SERVICE N.C.

Beesley, Isham
Busley, Isham
Beasly, Isham


NUMBER S. 1843

H.L. Wt. 17854-160-55

CONTENTS
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[Written across top information] No 17954 iss Mar 4 56

142,006
Act Mar 3/55
May 21/55
Isham Beasly [Beesly - crossed out]
Pri

Cap'n Jas. Hearndon
Col. Archable [illegible]
N.C. Vol
Revolutionary War

Private
Capt Bledsoe
N.C. Militia
Rec. Pension
Lenn -June 3 7512-
Ad 160 acs Feb 29 56
Dodge
Smith & Jones
Nashville
Vol. B1.88,
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7512
West Tennessee
Isham Busley
of Smith in the State of W Tenn
who was a private & [illegible] in the Company commanded by Captain Hern of the Regt commanded by Col Lyth in the N.C.
line for 
prof Cav [cavalry] 6 mo
 "      Inf [infantry] 14 mo  
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 38 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April
1833 and Sent Jonathan
Pickett Carthage
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $76.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept $19
$95.82
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 1 Page 12
Date of Death not on H. B.
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State of Tennessee
Smith County

On this 30th day of Sept 1832 personally
appeared in open court before John Chambers Zachary
Ford & Isaac Goodall-- The court of please and quarter sessions
for Smith County now sitting Isham Beesley
a resident of Smith County in this state of Tennessee
aged seventy three years in January next who being
duly sworn according to Law on his oath make the
following declarations in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under
the  following named officers and served as herein 
stated.
That in the month of November in the year
1779 he entered the service of the United States as a 
Volunteer under Capt. James Stern in Chatham
County North Carolina for a tour of three
months that he marched with the company
and joined Col. Archibald Lytle's Regiment near
Salisbury from thence with the Regiment
to Camden in South Carolina from
thence to Charleston where the troops spent the
Winter. In the last of March or April he was
there discharged and received a written discharge
which he has since lost in this tour although
called three months he was out and in service
going and returning upwards of four months
her knows of no living witness in this County
that he can  prove this service by and
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has not documentary evidence now to establish it.
That afterwards in the month of November he
again entered a Volunteer with Capt. Richardson
for a tour of three months in the Light horse.
In Chatham County N. Carolina in a Regt.
commanded by Col. John Letterel [Luttrell] remained at a place called Letteral's Barracks about
a month then marched southwardly to join
Genl. Green's army but hearing of Green's retreating before Cornwallis-- The regiment
joined a part of Green's army on their retreat
near Salisbury that night the British made
an attack on our troops and dispersed them
He with a few others repaired to Green's headquarters
at Guilford Court house from there he
was sent by Genl. Green to Halifax with an
express to the governor from there he went
home and joined Capt. Patterson and served the
balance of his tour in the horse in Chatham
County.  In the August following he again
enlisted as Volunteer in the Light horse under
Capt. Lewis Bledsoe in Wake County North
Carolina for a tour that was to exhonorate
the militia from a tour of three months
while in this service he was in the Battle
at Lindley's Mill under Genl. Butler the commander
and marched afterwards with the army
towards Wilmington from thence to a place
called the Raft Swamp there was in a battle
fought with the Tories from thence to McFall's Mill
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where after a skirmish a number of prisoners was
taken from there marched with his company
Guarding prisoners to Hillsborough where he
was discharged and received a written discharge
signed by Capt. Bledsoe which is now produced.
He is not sure that he can find any person who can
establish the second tour here named nor has he any
documentary evidence to prove it. The last tour
here named he believes he could prove by the
oath of Henry Massey but supposes the discharge
here produced will establish it without that trouble.
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 of the agency of any State.

Isham Beasley

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the
3rd Sept. 1832

We Miles West a clergyman residing in the
County of Smith and Timothy Watson a resident of the
same county of Smith do hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Isham Beesley who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy three 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 can concur that opinion.

Miles West
T. Watton

Sworn to in open Court 3rd
Sept. 1832

J. Pickett  Clk.
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Questions propounded by the Court
1. Where and in what year were you born
Ans. I was born in what was then Orange County
North Carolina in the year 1760.

2. Have you any record of your age?
Ans. I have not, but I have often seen it in my father's Bible.

3. Were were you living when called in service?
Where have you lived since the revolution & where 
do you now live?
Ans. I was living in Chatham County N.C. when called
in service and there resided until the year 1798 where
I remained until I moved to Smith County Tennessee
where I now live.
4. How were you called in Service?
Ans. That is stated in my declaration in full
Also the answer to 5th Interrogatory as full as I can
now state it.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in 
your neighbourhood and who can testify to your character.
Ans. I am known by all of the Court and most of
the County and invite an investigation of my character
is here named as having certified
as to their appearance.

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
as stated and the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that Miles West -- who has signed the proceeding
certificate is a clergyman resident in Smith county
and that Timothy Watton who has also signed the same
is a resident in said County of Smith and is a creditable
person and that their statement is entitled to
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17.
Isham Busley

Smith Co
from 1779 present
cav & Inf. 10 month
Pri Cavalry 6 mo $25
"   Inf  4" 13.33
$38.33
Hern
Lyth
N.C.
J. Pickett
Carthage
Tennessee
Feb. 23. 1833
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In the case of Isham Busley
of Smith County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1779
1779
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
Days.
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Upwards of 4 months, as a private, Capt. J.A.Hern, Col. A. Lyth
3 months, as a private, Capt Richardson, Col Litteral -
3 months, as a private, Capt Levi Bledsoe -
5. In what battles was he engaged? Linley Mill-
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chatham County, North Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence --
Speaks of having procured a discharge for the last town, but it is not with the army-
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Yes
the different pieces of paper on which it is written are not properly united
to the clerk's seal 

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
B. F. Pleasants Examining Clerk
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to represents himself to be we also know
142. 006
Declaration of
William Busley
for Bounty Land
Act of March 3. 1855
Ser J
Nashville May 15 55 (?)
after examination
Warrant be allowed
please
forward to us
Respectfully
Smith Jones
Comr of Pensions
Washington
Smith & Jones Agent
Nashville Tennessee
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State of Tennessee
County of Smith
on this 2 day of May,
A D one thousand
Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared
before me a Justice of the Peace within and for
said County and State aforesaid Isham Busley
Age 75 years a resident of Smith County in
the State of Tennessee a Revolutionary Pensioner
of the United States who being duly sworn according to
law declares that he is the Identical Isham
Busley who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain James Hearndon in the
Regiment of North Carolina Volunteer
commanded by
Colonel Lochable [illegible] in the Revolutionary war
for the term of four months and continuing
in said war for fourteen days and that he has
never applied or Rec'd County land under any
act of Congress whatever but was allowed a Pension
of Thirty Eight Dollars and thirty three cents per
annum under the law of the United States of the
7th of June 1832 which papers he now refers to
In support of this claim He makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to
which he may be entitled under the act approved
3d day of March 1855

His
Isham X Beesley
mark

[illegible] Rufus Perry
and Zodwick Vaden
residents of Smith County in the State of Tennessee
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration
was signed and acknowledged by Isham Beesley in
our presence and that we believe from the appearance
and statements of the applicant that he is the Identical 
person he represents himself to be we also know
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that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the
United States as claimed by him in the
foregoing declaration from our personal
acquaintance in regard to his drawing
said Pension for years we also State
that we are in no wise interested in the
Result of this Claim
Rufus Perry 

His
Zodwick x Vaden
mark
the foregoing declaration and affidavit were Sworn
to and Subscribed before me on the day
and year above written and I certify that I
know the affiants to be creditable persons that the
claimant is the person he represents himself
to be and that I have no Interest in this claim
James G Wyatt J P
State of Tennessee

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Sir I Request that my claim to Bounty Land under the act
of Congress passed March 3d 1855 be examined and if
I am entitled to land that the warrant or certificate therefor
be sent to Smith & Jones at Nashville Tennessee
who I hereby constitute my Attorneys in fact for
that purpose and for my benefit.
Acknowledged before me
the 2 day of May
1853
His
Isham X Beesley
Mark

Seal
James G. Wyatt J.P
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State of Tennessee County of
Smith
I William W R Hallen
Clerk of the County Court
said County do hereby certify that
G. Wyatt Esq. whose signature appears to the
foregoing
for
affidavits and acknowledgment is
and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified and that the signatures
thereto purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand
fixed my seal of office
this 4th of May 1853

W. R. Callan (?)
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Hon. Joseph W. Byrns
House of Representatives

May 11, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB
My dear Mr. Byrns:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, requesting
the Revolutionary War record of Isham Beasley.
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1943, that Isham Beesley (pensioned Busley) was born in January, 1760, in Orange County,
North Carolina.
While residing in Chatham County, North Carolina, he
enlisted and served as private with the North Carolina troops,
as follows: from in November, 1779, about four months in
Captain James Hern or Hearndon's company, Colonel Archibald
Lytle's regiment; from November, year not given, in Captain
Richardson's light horse company, Colonel John Litteral's
regiment, on this expedition he was sent with an express by
General Greene to the governor from Guilford Court House to
Halifax, and from there he went home and joined Captain
Patterson's company and served the remainder of his enlistment.
which was for three months; from August, year not given, three
months in Captain Lewis Bledsoe's light horse company, was in
the battles of Lindley's Mill, Raft Swamp, and a skirmish at
McFalls Mill, and from there guarded the prisoners to
Hillsboro, where he was discharged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August
29, 1832, at which time he was living in Smith County, Tennessee,
having moved there from North Carolina in 1798.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. War 
1943
INVALID.
---
File No. 1943
Isham Busley
Pvt. N. C. line
---
Act: June 7 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1938- May 11- Hist. to Joseph W. Burgess copy awf
1931 Sept. 18 " to Maj. Leon French awf
1938 - May 26 " to Mary E. Timberlake awf
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17.884
Rev war
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12.374
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State of Tennessee
Smith County
I, Jonathan Pickett Clerk
of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do herby certify
that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the
application
of
Isham Beasley
for a pension

In Testimony whereof
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of said Court at
Carthage this 5th day of September 1832 and 57th year of our Independence-
J. Pickett  Clk
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Isham Busley which further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
-
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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?
---
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? Yes
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?--
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?--

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? --
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?--
XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
[illegible]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by 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 --
and days, I served as a-
; and for such service I claim a pension.
months
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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 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 objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 emof
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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CHAIRMAN
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SUMMERS
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MARCELLUS C. SHIELD
CLERK
House of Representatives
Committer on Apprupriations
Washington, D. C.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

JOSEPH W. BYRNS
STH DIST. TENNESSEE
MRS. MARGARET ROBERTSON
SECRETARY
My dear Sir:
Isom Beasley, a Revolutionary War soldier, received a
pension while he resided in Smith County, Tennessee. Will
you please advise me what the records of your office show
concerning his service
April 21, 1931.
Very truly yours,
Joseph Byrns
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Mr. A. D. Hiller,  Assistant to Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
August 28th, 1931.
Dear Sir: 
The Pension Census of 1840 gives Isom Beasley as a pensioner, located at Smith County, Tennessee, and I shall
appreciate it if you will be good enough to furnish me
with an abstract of the information disclosed by his pension
application.
LF LM
Yours very truly,
Leon French
LEON FRENCH, Registrar.
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Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.
1042 W. Sharpe Ave.,
Nashville, Tenn.
Apr. 25, 1938
Dear Sir:
Please send me all the information you may have
on Ishan Beasley. He was a Revolutionary soldier,
and drew a Government pension. I think he was from
North Carolina.
will be glad to pay you for this information.
Yours,
Mary E. Timberlake
Ap.
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WASHINGTON
Major Leon French
530 De Young Building
San Francisco, California.
September 19, 1931
BA-J/AWF

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the paper
in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1943, that Isham Beesley (pensioned Busley) was born in January
1760, in Orange County, North Carolina.
While residing in Chatham County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as private with the North Carolina troops, as follows from in November 1779, about
four months in Captain James Horn or Hearndon's company,
Colonel Archibald Lytle's regiment; from November, year
not given, in Captain Richardson's light horse company,
Colonel John Latteral's regiment, he was sent with an express by General Greene, from Guilford Court House to
Halifax, went home and joined Captain Patterson's company and served the remainder of his enlistment,
which was for three months; from August, year not given,
three months in Captain Lewis Bledsoe's light horse company, was in the battles of Lindley's Mill, Raft swamp,
and a skirmish at McFalls Mill, and from there guarded
prisoners to Hillsboro, where he was discharged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 29, 1832, then a resident of Smith County, Tennessee, having moved there in 1798, from North Carolina.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Mary E. Timberlake
1042 W. Sharpe Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
May 26, 1938
Isham Beesley
S. 1943
BA-J/AWTO
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Isham
Beasley of North Carolina.
The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, S. 1943, based
on the service of Isham Beesley in the War of the
Revolution. The name is shown, also, Beasly and
Busley.
Isham Beesley was born in the month of
January, 1760 in Orange County, North Carolina. The
names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Chatham County, North Carolina
, he enlisted sometime in November, 1779, served
about four months as private in Captain James Hern's
or Hearndon's company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's
North Carolina regiment. He enlisted in the month
of November, year not given, for three months, served
in Captain Richardson's company of light horse,
Colonel John Latteral's North Carolina regiment, was
in an engagement near Salisbury, and was sent as an
express by General Greene from Guilford Court House
to Halifax, from there went home and joined Captain
Patterson's company and served the remainder of his
enlistment. He enlisted sometime in August, served
three months in Captain Lewis Bledsoe's company of
cavalry, was in the battles of Lindley's Mill, Raft
Swamp, and a skirmish at McFalls Mill, and from there
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before taking
guarded prisoners to Hillsboro, and was there
discharged.
The soldier, Isham Beesley, was allowed
pension on his application executed August 29,
1833, at which time he was a resident of Smith
County, Tennessee, having moved there in 1798, from
North Carolina. He was allowed, also, one hundred
sixty acres of bounty land, on his application
executed, still a resident of Smith County.
May 2 1856
The papers on file in this claim contain no
reference to the family of the soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C.
, and furnish the following data:
Isham Busley (as he was pensioned)
Certificate #7512
Issued April 20, 1833
Rate $38.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.
D. C., and furnish the following:
Warrant #17854 - 160 acres- Act of 1855.
If you desire information relative to the location
of land referred to above, you should address the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator