Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19482, Joel Beers, Conn. Continental
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Service
Conn.
Continental

Beers, Joel
Gardner, Phebe
or Gardiner

(Former widow)

Number
W19482.
BLWt. 3765-160-55
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Grace Beers was born November 22 1786.
Charity Beers was born May 17. 1789
Lewis Beers was born March 27 1791
Isaac Beers was born June 24 1793
Abbigail Beers was born September 7 1796
Stephen Beers was born June 15 1798
Joel Beers died September 11 1801
Betsey Beers was born January 24 1802
Henry

Mary Ann Whiting was born April 29 1810
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28.753 Act Mar 3/55
Rec Mar 30/55

Phebe Gardner former wid of Joel Beers

See Pension cf No 243 dated June 16 1848
Revolutionary War
Priv. Walker's Company Col Saml B. Webb's Regt Connt Cont Line

Boynton

Admd 160 an Aug 11/55

3765 cfs Aug 16/55
N. Crittenden Ithaca N.Y.

Rev W.

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W
Feb 48 no 243

Served in the Invalid Regt to close of war - returned as entitled to land but did not receive it.

Vol. B - 83
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243.
New York (Albany)
Phebe Gardner
widow of Joel Beers
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
16 day of June 1848
and sent to
Hon. W. T. Lawrence H of R

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 45 Vol. 4

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Reported

Isaac Beers, August 7/60
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28.753
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Answer N Crittenden
[illegible]

State of New York, }
County of Tompkins } ss.
On this twenty seventh day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Phebe Gardener aged Eighty four years, a resident of Danby in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joel Beers her former husband deceased and of James Gardener her last Husband deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier and that she has since his death married James Gardener, her last husband who is dead Regiment of in the war with Great Britain that her said husband -- at -- on or about the -- day of -- A.D. -- for the term of -- and continued in actual service in said war for the term of -- and was honorably discharged at That she now draws a pension as the widow of Joel Beers of Eighty Dollars & that her certificate is dated June 16 1848 No. 243
She further states that she was married to James Gardener her last Husband in Danby -- on the 15th day of August A.D. 1812 by one Lewis Dunn (?) a Minister and that her name before her last said marriage was Phoebe Gardener; that her said husband died at Danby on the thirty first day of January A.D. 1831 and that she is now a widow. That the proof on file in the Pension office at the time she was placed on the pension Roll she begs to refer to as to her husbands service and proof
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855." That her first Husband Joel Beers is her husband that done the service in the Revolutionary War
Sherman Miller JP Justice of the peace
Phebe X her mark Gardner

We, Montgomery Oxford and William Puffer residents of Danby in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Phebe Gardener in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Montgomery Oxford
Wm Puffer

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 credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.

Sherman Miller Justice of the peace
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9751
Phebe Gardner
wid of Joel Beers
NY
act 7 July 38

85 - act 1801
Parve proof
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 7th July 1838 and the 23d August 1842
State of New York }
County of Tompkins } ss On this twentieth day of September 1843 - personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court in & for said County Phebe Gardner, formerly Phebe Whiting & previously Phebe Beers of Danby in said county aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress, passed July 7 1838, and the 23d of August 1842, granting pensions to widows of person who served during the revolutionary war; that she was the widow of Joel Beers of Connecticut who served during the war as this deponent thinks & received a discharge as she has always understood entitling him to bounty land, that she has understood that the discharge was years since forwarded to the seat of Government Washington to secure her late husbands bounty land that she cannot name the officers. She also declares that she was married to the said Joel Beers who performed the revolutionary services above mentioned in the year 1785 Seventeen hundred and eighty five, that her husband, the aforesaid Joel Beers died on the 11th day of September 1801 eighteen hundred & one, she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated; She further declares that after the death of the husband Joel Beers aforesaid, she was married to Joseph Whiting in the year 1809 eighteen hundred & nine that her aforesaid second husband Joseph Whiting died in the year of our Lord 1810 eighteen hundred and ten; she further declares that after the death of her second husband the aforesaid Joseph Whiting she was married in the year of our Lord 1812 eighteen hundred & twelve to James Gardner, that her aforesaid last & third husband James Gardner died in February 1830 eighteen hundred and thirty & that she has since that time remained a widow & that she is still a widow
Phebe X her mark Gardner
Subscribed & sworn before me this 20th day of September 1843 }

H S Wallridge, Judge of Tompkins County Court & Counsellor of the Super Court

I certify that the above named widow Phebe Gardner is a respectable person, that I consider her of the age represented by her, & that being located a long distance from the place of the sitting of the court together with her infirmity she ought not to be required to appear in open court to make her Declaration
H S Wallridge
Judge of Tompkins County Court &c

Answer from Washington to Arad Joy

Will Col Edwards please hand or mail the within letter to Isaac Beers, it is a deposition in this case to be executed by him & to be handed to you when executed - Respectfully Your Ob Sert
Arad Joy
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State of New York }
County of Tompkins } ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in & for said county Grace Banfield of Danby in said county aged fifty seven years, in Nov 1843 - having been born November 1786 after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that the present widow Phebe Gardner who is applying for a pension for the revolutionary services of Joel Beers is this deponents mother, & that the aforesaid Joel Beers was this deponents father, that this deponent has from a child always been informed & believed, that her said father, the above named Joel Beers, the late husband of her said mother, the applicant for a pension widow Phebe Gardner had been a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that her above named father and mother had as the legal fruit of their marriage one other daughter own Sister to this deponent & of the same father & mother that was born before the year 1790 and that they also had two more both sons & both own brothers to this deponent & of the same father & mother born before the year 1794, that this deponents father above named died in the year of our Lord 1801 and that her mother above named was again married to Joseph Whiting in 1809. and that he died in 1810, and that her said mother married again in 1812 to James Gardner & that he died in 1830 that her said mother the above named Phebe Gardner is now a widow & has been since 1830
Grace Bandfield
Subscribed & sworn before me this 20th day of September 1843 }
H S. Wallridge Judge of Tompkins County Courts & Counsellor of the Super Court
I certify that the above named Grace Banfield is a respectable person
H. S. Wallridge Judge of Tompkins County Courts
State of New York
County of Tompkins } ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Courts in and for said county Stephen Beers of Danby in said county aged seventy two years after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is and has been for sixty years personally acquainted with widow Phebe Gardner who is applying for a pension as the late widow of Joel Beers, & for whose revolutionary Services she is now claiming a pension, this deponent well recollects when she was the wife of Joel Beers, and that as early as 1786 seventeen hundred and eighty six, this deponent well recollects that the widow Phebe Gardner was the wife of the said Joel Beers, and that they were in 1786 living together as husband and wife & that they had as the legal fruit of their marriage, two children before the year 1790 and that they had in all four children all born before the year 1794 Seventeen hundred and ninety four, this deponent has always understood & believed that the aforesaid Joel Beers the late husband of the aforesaid Phebe Gardner, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & that he died in 1801, that his widow aforesaid married to Joseph Whiting in 1809 and that he died in 1810 & that she then married in 1812 to James Gardner, who died in 1830 and that she has not since married but remains a widow
Stephen Beers
Sworn & subscribed before me this 20th day of September 1843
H. S. Wallridge Judge of Tompkins County Courts & Counsellor of the Super Court.
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H S Wallridge Judge of Tompkins County Courts
State of New York }
County of Tompkins } ss Personally appeared before the subscribed a Judge of the Court in & for said county Doctor Lewis Beers of Danby in the said county aged seventy five years after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he has for the last sixty years been acquainted with the present widow Phebe Gardner who is applying for a pension for the revolutionary services of her late husband Joel Beers, her first husband, & that she is the identical person who was the wife of the aforesaid Joel Beers as early as 1786 seventeen hundred and eighty six, that this deponent well remembers that the said Joel Beers & his then wife the present & above named Phebe Gardner living together from 1786 till 1801 and that they had as the legal fruit of their marriage four children all born before the year 1794 seventeen hundred & ninety four, that this deponent has always understood from a boy & fully believed it, that the aforesaid Joel Beers was a soldier in the war of the revolution - That the aforesaid Joel Beers died in 1801 or as near as deponent can remember his widow the above named Phebe Gardiner married Jopseph Whiting in 1809 and he died in 1810 and that she married to James Gardner in 1812 and that he died in 1830 eighteen hundred & thirty or near as deponent can remember & that she the present & above named widow Phebe Gardner has not since married but remains the widow of James Gardner her last husband -
Lewis Beers
Subscribed & sworn before me this 20th day of September 1843 }
H. S. Wallridge Judge of Tompkins County Courts & Counsellor of the Super Court

I certify that the above named Doctor Lewis Beers is a highly respectable Gentleman
H. S. Wallridge Judge of Tompkins County Courts &c

State of New York }
Tompkins County ss I J. N. Crittenden Deputy Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Henry S Wallridge Esq whose name is subscribed to these several affidavits above and whose name is subscribed to the three several certificates attached to the same was at the date of the same a Judge of the Common Pleas of the said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signature to the affidavits & certificates above genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22d day of September in the year 1843
N. Crittenden Depy Clerk
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Revolutionary War Records Section. 33-525
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C., Jan 17, 1921
W.19482

In reply to your request of --, received -- for a statement of the military history of Joel Beers a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[five column table] Dates of Enlistment or Appointment./ Length of Service./ Rank./ Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. Captain. Colonel./ State.

Feb 20 1778 to Apl 5 1781/ Pvt/ [check mark]/ Saml B. Webb/ Conn

Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of Soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Sept 20 1843
Residence at date of application, Danby Tompkins County
Age at date of application, 74 yrs old.
Remarks: Sol. mar in 1785 Phebe - Their children were Grace b. Nov. 22, 1786, mar - Bandfield; Charity b. May 17, 1789; Lewis b. Mar 27, 1791;Isaac b. June 24, 1793; Abbigail b. Sept 7, 1796; Stephen b. June 15, 1798
Betsey b. Jan 25, 1802. Sol. d. Sept 11, 1801 his widow mar 1809 Jos. Whiting who d. in 1810. in 1812 she mar. Jas. Gardner
Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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1921, Jan. 17 Hist to
Mrs Caroline N Allenbaugh

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Rev Widow, &c.
File No. 19482
Phebe Gardner
wid of
Joel Gardner
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2d/48
Index: Vol. A, Page 264.

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Let to Hon.H. Wheaton Apl 30 '44
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3765

160 ann
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No. 28753
Act of March 3, 1855.
Received Mar. 30th 1855

Phebe Gardner former wid of
Joel Beers,
Col. Saml. B. Webb
Rev. War.


Warrant 3765 160-55

N. Crittenden
Ithaca NY
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Joel Beers - Con. Line - Bounty Land ?
Geo

Name not [illegible] on the records of the Connt Line, among those entitled to bounty lands - nor has a Warrant for said bounty issued to or in right of Joel Beers

Phebe Gardner wid of
Joel Beers NY 2d Feb 1848

Mr Beers asked me for a Certif. of the fact that his mother [illegible] a pension to - I supposed that he had better make the inquiry in the form of a [illegible] letter & that we would answer by letter -
Please [illegible]
Geo
Augt/60

Geo C Whiting, Esq
Commr Pensions
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9751
Phebe Gardner
formerly widow of
Joel Beers
NY
Act 7 July 1838

Adm 2 years private
$80
No 6522 act 1843.

Adm 3 March 1843
$80

H H. Sylvester
Charlestown
New Hampshire
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8774
New York
Phebe Gardner, formy.
widow of Joel Beers
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 11 Sept 1801
of Tompkins in the State of NY
who was a private in the Co
commanded by Captain - of the
- - commanded by - - in
the - line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of 
October "44 and sent to H. H. Sylvester,
Charlestown, NH
Total amount, $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L. Swann, Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 159
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State of New-York, }
Tompkins County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, Ezra Weaver, Clerk of said county, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said county, do hereby certify that Sherman Miller Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the Jurat thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same: And further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the preceding Jurat is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said county and Courts, at Ithaca, this 28th day of March 1855
Ezra Weaver Clerk

Albany 6222
New York
Phebe Gardner for
widow of Joel Beers
who was a Private 
in the NY Line

2 Certs: 1838 1843} rep

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
2nd day of October 1844
and sent to
H. H. Sylvester
Charlestown NH

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 2 Page 76
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Stratford Ct
Oct 9 Lee G. Brooks P.M

Arad Joy Esq
Ovid
Seneca County -
State New York
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Arad Joy Esq
Stratford Oct. 7. 1843
DSir,
Yours of the 7th Inst making enquiry relative to the marriage of Joel Beers, came duly to hand - I have defered answering your letter with the hope that I might obtain some proof relative to the marriage, but have not been able to succeed - Mr whiting before whom you state the marriage took place kept no record of such events, nor is there anything to be found in his books or among his papers that will throw any light on the subject - I have also examined the town records & nothing is to be found in them - And I have also inquired of several persons who were acquainted with Mr Beers & his wife both before & after marriage, but they know nothing more than that they were expected to be married & lived together as man & wife, untill Mr Beers death - I was personally acquainted with Joel Beers & also with his wife Phebe Osborn & knew her for many years after Mr Beers death until she left this town & went to some place in the state of New York - but knew nothing of their marriage - pray can any proof of the services be had that Joel Beers was in the Army as Guard during the Revolutionary War. if so perhaps it would be well to establish that fact at once with the hope that something might come to light relative to the marriage - I should think Stephen Beers, a brother of Joel, now residing in the State of New York (probably the old Lady knows where) would be able to give some information on the subject - Respectfully I am Ob Servt
David Brooks
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Hon James L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

May 1 44
look into
Phebe Gardner
NY
file
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6222
Adm
Admitted

Hon W. T. Lawrence
H of R
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2" of February 1848 entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the revolution"
State of New York
County of Tompkins }ss On this 29th day of April 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State Phoebe Gardener a resident of the Town of Danby County of Tompkins & State of New York aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2" of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joel Beers who was a soldier in the revolution that she drew a pension of eighty dollars per annum under the act of 17" of June 1844 She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before. Phebe X her mark Gardener
Caleb B Drake Justice of the peace

State of New York
Tompkins County ss I Norman Crittenden Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Caleb B Drake Esq before whom the forgoing affidavit purports to have been made was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in & for said County commissioned and sworn and duly qualified to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the jurat thereto is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Ithaca this 9th day of May 1848
N. Crittenden Clerk
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State of New York }
County of Tompkins } Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Doctor Lewis Beers of Danby in said County aged seventy six years after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that Joel Beers the first husband of Phebe Gardner who is applying for a pension for the revolutionary services of her first husband the said Joel Beers, was the identical person and soldier who served in Connecticut in the tour of the revolution under that name; that this deponent was personally acquainted with the said Joel Beers during the war of the Revolution; that he well recollects of the said Joel Beers enlisting in 1777 or 1778, for 2 or 3 years, and well does this deponent recollect the said Joel Beers serving two or three years this deponent knew of his going in the service and saw him after his return from the service, after he had served two or three years; this deponent further deposeth and saith that he saw the discharge of the said Joel Beers for his two or three years service; that he held the discharge for some time when some effort was made to try to procure bounty land and the discharge was put into the hands of a person for that purpose and was lost; that this deponent has made other depositions in this case, but that the deposition was written up without [illegible] of the whole facts that this deponent meant that term made to attest to the deposition was [illegible] being considered [illegible] in all that was material; as he was at that time [illegible]
Lewis Beers
Subscribed and sworn before me this 27th day of May 1844 }
Sherman Miller, Justice of the peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Doctor Lewis Beers and that he is a highly respectable person, a man of intelligence and of undoubted integrity and a man of truth and that he is entitled to entire confidence in his deposition - that he is a Minister of the Gospel
Sherman Miller Justice of the peace

State of New York
County of Tompkins } SS. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in Court for said County Stephen Beers of Danby in said County aged seventy three years on I am 1844 after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was [illegible] the time of the Revolution personally acquainted with Joel Beers the late husband of Phebe Gardner who is applying for a pension for the Revolutionary service of the said Joel Beers her first husband, that this deponent although a boy at that time can well recollect of seeing the said Joel Beers in the service in the army of the Revolution; that he well recollects of his serving for several years, that he saw him after he returned from the service, and that the said Joel Beers the prior husband of the said Phebe Gardner who is applying for a pension for his revolutionary service, is the
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identical person and soldier who served in Connecticut under that name in the war of the Revolution, where this deponent and the said Joel Beers at that time resided; this deponent had made one deposition in this case, but the omission of some facts above set forth was not at that time suggested to this deponents mind if it had have been, he should have been ready to affirm to all that this deposition embraced, as he was at that time fairly acquainted with all the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition -
Stephen Beers
Subscribed and sworn before me this 27th day of May 1844 }
J C Mandeville Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named Stephen Beers, who subscribed to the annexed deposition, is himself respectable, a person of candor, and strict integrity, that he is personally known by me, and that the [illegible] confidence may be placed in his deposition aforesaid - J. C. Mandeville Justice of the peace

State of New York }
Tompkins County } ss I Henry B Weaver Clerk of the county of Tompkins before whom the above declarations were subscribed and sworn to & whose names are subscribed to the Jurats thereto and to the certificates thereon written were at the dates of the same acting Justices of the Peace for said county commissioned and sworn and were duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with their hand writings and verily believe the signatures thereto genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Ithaca this twenty eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four
Henry B. Weaver Clerk
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Isaac Beers
Temperance House
Washington D.C.

Deposition
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District of Columbia }
County of Washington } Personally appeared before the subscriber William S. Stewart, Justice of the Peace in and for said County Isaac Beers of the said County & District aged fifty three years & on being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that the present widow, Phebe Gardner who is applying for a pension for the revolutionary services of Joel Beers is this deponents mother & that the aforesaid Joel Beers was this deponents father. That this deponent has from a child always been informed & believed that his said father the above named Joel Beers the late husband of his said mother, the applicant for a pension widow Phebe Gardner had been a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that his above named father and mother had as the legal fruits of their marriage one other child own sister to this deponent & of the same father & mother; that was born before the year 1790 and that they also had two more both sons & both own brothers to this deponent & of the same father & mother born before the year 1794. That this deponents father, above named died in the year of our Lord 1801 and that his mother above named was again married to Joseph Whiting in 1809 and that he died in 1810 and that his said mother married again in 1812 to James Gardner, & that he died in 1830 that his said mother the above named Phebe Gardner is now a widow & has been since 1830 -
Subscribed & sworn before me this 29th day of April 1844 } 
W. W. Stewart Jus Peace
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I certify that the within named Isaac Beers is a respectable person.
W. W. Stewart J.P.
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Ovid Sept 30th 1843
Isaac Beers Esq
Dr Sir
I am trying to get a pension for your mother, will you execute the annexed deposition, have the certificate signed, then hand the same to Col Edwards at the pension office, your mother was quite well the other day & would be much pleased to hear from you. Respectfully yours,
Arad Joy
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford 29th Nov 1843

On application for evidence of the service of Joel Beers in the war of the revolution, alleged to have been rendered for three years or through the war I have searched the books of the "Connecticut Line" and find as follows, viz - In the "Settlement with the 9th Connecticut Regiment Samuel B Webb Esq Colonel before January 1780" there is this entry "Joel Beers private, commencement of service Feby 20th 1778, time of this settlement January 1st 1780, serve 1 year 10 months, 11 days."
Same service [illegible] Colonel "for the year 1780" there is this entry, "Joel Beers, private, commencement of service, January 1st 1780, term of this settlement, January 1st 1781, serve 1 year."
Same service, settlement with Webbs Regt for the year 1781, there is this entry "Joel Beers, private, commencement of service January 1st 1781, expiration of service April 5th 1781, service 3 months 5 days"
Gideon Welles Comptroller
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Hon Horace Wheaton
M.C.
Washington D.C.

P Gardner

Hon H Wheaton
HR
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Ovid Dec 15th 1843
Hon H. Wheaton
My Dear Sir
I inclose a certificate of the Revolutionary Services of Joel Beers -
I made application for a pension for Phebe Gardner, late the widow of Joel Beers, the application was mailed here Sept 30. must have reached Washington 4th a 5 Oct, On the 4th Nov or possibly the 6th Nov - I mailed the deposition of Grace Banfield & the family record, it must have reached Washington, before 10th Nov. If the application, the deposition & family record with the inclosed certificate could be got together, the case would be complete before Hon Col Edwards, I regret that I had not have held out the whole till I received the inclosed, but I shall have caused the office trouble, in future, I intend to try to have my papers completed before forwarding them, I submit all the papers as they are, I submit them in good faith, yet personally, I know nothing about them, the case came to me by letter; Hon Col Edwards will be the judge of its merits - I am Dr Sir truly Yours
Arad Joy
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Coms of Pensions
Washington D.C

Nov. 27/43
Addl tes, case of
Phebe Gardner
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State of New York }
County of Tompkins } ss Personally appeared before the subscribed a Justice of the peace in and for said county Grace Banfield of Danby in said county aged fifty six years last November, after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that widow Phebe Gardner late widow of Joel Beers, who is applying for a pension from Danby in said County is this deponents mother, and that the aforesaid Joel Beers was this deponents father, and that the attached family record is the old family record of this deponents aforesaid father & mothers family, that it is the true record of the ages of this deponents brothers and sisters
Grace Bandfield
Sworn & subscribed before me this 18th day of November 1843 }
Harvey D Miller Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named Grace Banfield is a respectable person
Harvey D Miller Justice of the Peace

State of New York }
County of Tompkins. } ss.
I, Willet R. Goddard, Clerk of the county of Tompkins, do hereby certify, that Harvey D Miller Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement, of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 22d day of November 1845.
N. Crittenden Deputy Clerk.

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Ovid Nov 3d 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
The attached deposition and family record are in support of the first marriage of Mrs Phebe Gardner, whose application is on file in your office, they were mailed at this office Sept. 30 last -
Respectfully Your Ob Svt
Arad Joy
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Washington D.C.
August 3, 1860.
Sir:
My father Joel Beers was a soldier of the Revolution, and having served to the close of the war, it is believed gave his widow a claim to pension. I would be glad to know, and request the favor of your informing me whether his widow Phebe Beers, since, Phebe Gardner, received a pension in right of my father's service
Very respectfully,
Your Obdt. Servt.,
Isaac Beers

Geo. C. Whiting, Esq.
Commr Pensions.
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June 5 1844

Add proof
Phebe Gardner
7 July 1838

Hon J L Edwards
Commr Pensions
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June 4 1844
Sir,
I enclose proof in the case of Phebe Gardner under the act of 1838 of NY
Please place it or file with her papers
Yrs Respectfully
H H. Sylvester

Col Edwards
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr Pensions
Washington D.C.

Oct 23d 43

Ny
Addl proof
Phebe Gardner
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Ovid Oct 19th 1843

Hon J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
I inclose a letter relative to the marriage of Phebe Gardner, to her first husband Joel Beers, for whose service she claims a pension
Respectfully Your Ob Servt
Arad Joy
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[circle stamp] U.S. Pension Office DEC 8 1920

Charleston Illinois
12/7 - 1920
Pension Office
Washington DC
Will you please give me the Revolutionary record of John Carman a minute man of the Revolutionary war found on page 12409 He was a pensioner and was my great-grandfather
Please tell me where he lived. I find this in the "Twenty-first Report Of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution" Also give me the Revolutionary record of Joel Beers who married Phoebe Osborne - she rec'd the pension found on page 19482 of the Revolutionary file -
After Joel Beers died she married a man by the name of Gardner
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or Gardiner and raised two boys by the names of George and Samuel Gardner or Gardiner Joel Beers and wife Phoebe Osborne Beers were great grandparents of mine but I was born and raised in the west so know very little of them. An early reply will greatly oblige yours Very Respectfully.

Mrs Caroline Newman Allenbaugh
1443 South 7th St
Charleston
Coles Co
Illinois.

[circle stamp] U.S. Pension Office Dec 9 1920

My grandmother on mother's side was Elizabeth Beers dau' of Joel & Phoebe Beers - Their youngest child.
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Beers, John Grade Private Line Connecticut

Warrant Number 5485 Acreage 100 Issued Mar. 10, 1796 to William Cogshell

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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Beers, John

Number
S. 14949

carded
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78
Connecticut
John Beers
of New Haven Co in the State of Connecticut
who was a Sergeant in the company commanded
by Captain Whiting of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Webb in the Connecticut
line, for the term of six years
from 1777 to 1783
Contl & Conn Records O.K. Mar 14 '04

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut 
at the rate of 120 Dollars per annum to
commence on the 4 day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 23d of July
1832 and sent to claimant Goshen Ct.

Arrears to 4th of march 1832 $120
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep " 60.
$180 -

{Revolutionary Claim, 7 June 1832}

Rec. Book [illegible]
Vol. 3 Fol 33
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Goshen Ct. July 19th 1832
Sir
Enclosed you have my certificate inscribing me upon the pension list Roll of the Connt agency under the act of March 18th 1818 - I understand from your letter of the 18th ultimo to N. Brewster, that under the present law I am entitled to pay as a sergeant at $10 per month - having been discharged as such, as will appear from my discharge under the hand of Col Saml B Webb of the 13th Connt Regt - now in the War office, I am now a resident in Goshen Litchfield County Connt - please inscribe my name on the pension list Roll of the Connt Agency as a sergeant and
Oblige your Obt Servant -
John Beers

Hon J. L. Edwards
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John Beers
Apl 11. 1818

Apl 2. 1818

S. Baldwin
N. Haven, Con.
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Connecticut
I John Beers a citizen of the United States residing in Derby in New Haven County in the State of Connecticut - do declare under oath that I served my Country six years in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment that I enlisted to serve during the war in the month of May 1777 in Capn Chs Whitings company in Col. Webbs being the third regiment in the Connecticut line of the army. That I continued to serve in the same regiment till the close of the war & was then honourably discharged a Sergeant, & now present my discharge - dated the 9th June 1783.
I further depose that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I now need the assistance of my country for support
I therefore pray that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States, according to the provisions of the act of congress - entitled "An act to provide for certain persons in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war - Dated at New Haven this 2d day of April AD 1818 -
John Beers

New Haven County ss
I certify that the above named John Beers to me personally known on the second day of April 1818 appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declarations by him in my presence subscribed
before me
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut
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I John L Tomlinson of Derby Counsellor at Law & Samuel B. Marshall of New Haven Deputy Collector for the district of New Haven depose that we are each acquainted with the above named John Beers & his situation in life & that is our opinion by reason of his reduced circumstances he now needs assistance from his country for support
New Haven Apl 2d 1818 -
Saml B. Marshall
John L Tomlinson

Sworn before me
S. Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut

To the Hon
The Secretary of the Department of War
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named John Beers served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as he has stated in his Declaration.
I therefore transmit the evidence in the case accompanied with his discharge
New Haven Apl 2. 1818
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss
New Haven Apl. 11th 1818
I Dyer White Clerk of the Superior Court of sd State for sd County & keeper of the Seal thereof do certify that the signature of the name Simeon Baldwin to the annexed Certificates are in the proper handwriting of Simeon Baldwin one of the Judges of the Superior Court of sd State well known to me -
In testimony whereof I affix the said Seal -
Dyer White
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John Beers
343 Copy

Sept 1818
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 4th Tuesday of June 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
Personally appeared, in open Court, John Beers a resident in the town of Derby in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and beding excepted, fiz:

One old bureau - $9"75
Articles of furniture & house
keeping old & worn out 22"23
1 rag carpet &
2 pigs &c 5.92 1/2
$38" 90 1/2
Due me in small [illegible] 35" 00
73.90 1/2

signed John Beers
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 5th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, John Beers aged 62 years, resident in the Town of Derby in the County of New Haven in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
enlisted in 1777 & served till 1783 when I was regularly discharged & my discharge sent on to the proper office on my original application for a pension -
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 11th day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 343. And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a tailor that I am unable to labor & that I am honestly indebted in the sum of 15.00 Dollars and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife 52 years old 2 sons & one daughter - all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Signed John Beers.
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is 73 Dollars and 90 1/2 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest
Henry C. Flagg Clk
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District of Connecticut, ss.

I, Henry C Flagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is 73 Dollars and 90 1/2 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this fifth day of July 1820.
Henry G Flagg Clk

[seal affixed at right]

I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C Flagg Esq. is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in sd New Haven this fifth day of July 1820.
Isaac Mills Chief Judge of said Court
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May 5, 1939.

BA-J/ILL
John Beers
S. 14949

Mr. Charles B. Russell
796 Main Street
Newington, Connecticut.

Dear Sir:
The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14949, based upon service of John Beers in the Revolutionary War.

John Beers enlisted, place not shown, in May 1777, served as sergeant in Captain Charles Whiting's company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's regiment, and in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's 3" Connecticut regiment and was discharged June 9, 1783; he received a badge of merit for six years' service in the Revolutionary War.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he resided in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.

In 1820, the soldier gave his own age as sixty-two years and that of his wife as fifty-two years; he did not state the date and place of his own birth, nor the date and place of birth and name of his wife, nor the date of their marriage. His occupation was that of a tailor. They had two sons and one daughter living with them in Derby, Connecticut, in 1820; their names were not stated nor the names of any other children given.

In 1832, John Beers had moved to Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

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 address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data: John Beers, Certificate #78, issued July 23, 1832, rate $120 per annum commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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By His Excellency
George Washington, Esq;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.

These are to Certify that the Bearer hereof
John Beers a Sergeant in the 3d Connecticut Regiment, having faithfully served the United States from May 1777 to the date hereof and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army.
Given at Head-Quarters the ninth day of June 1783
G Washington

By His Excellency's Command,
J Trumbull Secty

Registered in the Books of the Regiment,
Joseph Clark Adjutant

The above Sgt John Beers has been honored with the Badge of Merit for six Years faithful Service
Samuel B. Webb Colonel
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Head-Quarters, June ninth 1783.

The within Certificate shall avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definite Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.

George Washington

Sergt John Beers
Discharge
3d Company 3rd Regiment
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[left side of page]
343
Connecticut Roll.
John Beers 4
Private
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11th of April 1818
Contl & Conn. Records Mar. 04

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of May 1818
and sent to S. Baldwin, New Haven, Con.

Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818
4 months 23/31 $38.43

{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818.}

War from 77 till 3 June 83

[right side of page]
See letter to Hon J. W. 
Huntington Dec. 21 183
do. to A. Brewster June
18. 1832
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Hist to LeRoy Lockwood,
Box 233 Tuckahoe, N.Y.

Letter dated Oct. 30
recd Nov. 2 1915

Referred for answer to Civil War inquiry
Nov. 2. 1915.
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[circle stamp]
Hartford Conn. Jan 26 2 PM 1939

[cancelled one cent postage stamp]
This Side of Card if For Address

U.S. Veterans Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

[circle stamp]
Received Jan 27 1939
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adm
Reader 35
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796 Main St.
Newington, Conn.
Jan. 21, 1939.

U.S. Veteran Bureau
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:

Please send me the Revolutionary War service record of John Beers, son of John Beers of Stratford, Conn, born May 2, 1757.
Chas. B. Russell.

[written diagonally] one only on file
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B

Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Will you give me such information as you can of a Revolutionary Pensioner John Beers who was, it is believed, with Washington at Valley Forge. He enlisted from either [illegible] wall. or Derby Conn - it is thought.
Respectfully
Mrs. E A Talcott
1754 Weightmore Av
Chicago Ill

stamp enclosed
Dec 12th
no stamp

[circle stamp] US Pension Office Dec 15
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Full name - John Beers
Entered service Derby, Conn
Under what officers - Capt Whiting -
Capt. Hopkins - Third Regiment,
Conn. Line
Residence after service - Derby Conn
Date of death - April 22. 1848
Name of widow Unknown
Did he receive a pension - yes
Additional information - He was born 1759. John Beers was paid as Corporal Jan. 1, 1781 to July 12, 1781 Also as Sergeant July 12. 1781 to Dec. 31. 1781.
He was a pensioner in 1818. 1832 & 1840
See Conn. Men in the Revolution
pp 247, 332, 632 & 654.
Mrs. William J. Clark
12 South Cliff St. Ansonia, Conn.
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16
Payable on the 4th of March
and 4th Sept. each year by
the Branch Bank of the U.
S. at Middletown
John Beers
of Derby

Recorded.
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War Department,
Revolutionary Claim

I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818 John Beers late a Private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of Eight dollars - cents per month, to commence on the 11 day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

Given at the War Office of the United States,
this 4 day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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No. 17 Court Street -
Newark N. J.

G. B. Raum Esq.
Comm of Pensions,
Dear Sir;
Mr. William J Stryker. Adjutant General of New Jersey refers me to your department, through you as being able to give me the information I desire - I want to know whether or not my great -grandfather John Beers of Derby Conn. was a member of Gen Washingtons body guard
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He was a private in 1777 a sergeant in 1781 to the end of the war. In the sixth census of 1840 he appears as living in Derby aged 81 - He was a pensioner also in 1832 residing in same place. It is supposed that he stated, under oath, when he applied for the pension that he was a member of Washington's body guard - This can be proved or disproved if access may be had to his application in the Old War Division of the Pension Office. This I hope to gain
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through you and will be exceedingly grateful for any effort you may make - I am an applicant for membership with the society of Daughters of the Revolution and family legend is not accepted by them as proof.
Hoping to hear from you
I am very sincerely 
Yours
(Mrs.) Georgia Beers Crater
April 19 - 1893
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B

New York City

Will you kindly give me the millitary service of John Bears (Beers) in the Revolution who came from Newtown or Derby in Connecticut  Also of Robert Dixson or Dickson supposed to have been with the marines and came
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from Conn - presumably near by where Bears came from.
Very Respectfully Yours
L. M. B. Crabbe

Address
Mrs. C. E. Crabbe
#544 E. 89th St
New York City
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[In box upper left] This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

L.W.B.
I. 14949.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
December 27, 1897.

O.W.&N. Div.
Revolutionary.

Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning John Beers, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 11, 1818, at which time he was 59 years of age and residing at Derby, Conn., and his pension was allowed for six years' actual service as a sergeant in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Whiting and Col. Webb. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs. E. A. Talcott,
1754 Weightwood Ave.,
Chicago, Ills.
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O.W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
I. 14949.
I. 10571.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. June 17, 1896.

Madam:-

Replying to your request for information concerning the military records of John Beers and Robert Dixon, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised as follows:
John Beers made an application for pension on April 11th, 1818, at which time he was residing at Derby, Conn., and 59 years of age, and his pension was allowed for six years' actual service as a sergeant in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Charles Whiting and Col. Webb. Place of enlistment not stated.
Robert Dixon made an application for pension on September 1st, 1833, at which time he was residing at Paris, N. Y., and 79 years of age, and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war, and one and one half months' service as a seaman on board the United States Ship "Shark" under Capt. Stanton. While in the State troops he served, a part of the time, under Col. Parsons. He enlisted at Groton, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs. C. E. Crabbe,
544 East 89th St., N. Y. City.
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In reply to your request of --, received -- for a statement of the military history of John Beers, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 14.949

[five column table] Dates of Enlistment or Appointment./ Length of Service./ Rank./ Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. Captain. Colonel./ State.

May 1777/ June 9, 1783/ Sergeant/ Charles Whiting Samuel B. Webb/ Conn.

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check mark]
Date of application for pension, Apl. 2, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Derby, New Haven Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, in 1820;  fifty-two years
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife at 52 yrs. two sons and one daughter but did [illegible]
In 1832 he resided at [illegible] Conn.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6-2856
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May 5, 1939.

BA-J/MMHF/ILL
John Beers - S. 14949
John Norton - W. 15134

Mr. Charles B. Russell
796 Main Street
Newington, Connecticut.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Charles Andrews, John Beers, George Benjamin, Nehemiah Lewis, John Norton, William Russell, Sr. and William Russell, Jr., all of Connecticut.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Charles Andrews, George Benjamin or Nehemiah Lewis. Without further data, no claims could be identified as those of the two William Russells in whom you are interested, such as approximate dates of birth and death, names of wives or widows and name of the county and state in which they resided at time of death.
The record has been found of one John Norton, only, of Connecticut and of one John Beers, only. Those two records are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Another carbon in Misc. Corr. file with other postats