Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W.1212, Adna Beach, Conn.
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Beach, Adna
Sarah
NUMBER
W.1212
B. L. Wt. 16270-160-55
CONTENTS
This Envelope Includes 
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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2d Section,
ALBANY PESION AGENCY.
Act of 3d Feby. 1853
Albany, March 8th 1860
Received, of ISAAC VANDERPOEL, Agent for paying Pensioner, Twenty Seven Dollars and 32 Cents, being for [blank] years 4 months 3 days Pension, due to the administrator of Sarah Beach, deceased from the 4th day of Sept. 1859, to the 6th day of Jany. 1860, for which I have signed duplicate receipts
$27 32/100.
J. Olney
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3236
New York
Adna Beach
Lexington in the State of New York 
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hall of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Swift - in the Connecticut
line for 2 Years & more.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Decr. 1832 and sent to R. Hosford
Lexington Heights
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832  $120
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Jun '33  40
$160
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 5. Page 146
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New York
Sarah Beach
widow of Adna Beach
who served in the Revolutionary war, 
as a private Ct. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence 3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1853 and sent to Alfred Peck 
Jewett Greene Co. N. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under [remainder illegible]
3 February 1853
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132.515
May 12/55
Sarah Beach Wid.
[Adnah Beach crossed out]
Sarah Beach wid of Adna, Pri.
Rev. War.
Col. Swift
Ct. Contl. line.
Pensioner
nn. Feby 53 - 1091
Ad:160 Acres Feb. 14/56
Boynton
Valentine
Albany N. Y. 
Vol. B1-88.
Note:  Written across form:
No 16270 Feb 19/56
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9426
Adna Beach
admitted
Reuben Hosford
Lexington Heights, N. Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Adna Beach of
Lexington in the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  before a Judge
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  
it does so appear
3.  How old is he?  73 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  Duration of Service.  Rank.
in 1780 (inlisted)  6 mo Private
June 1776 inlisted  6 mo Private
April 1777 volunteered 42 days Private
first part of August 1778 7 mo Substitute
June 1779 6 mo Substitute
June 1778 1 mo Substitute
Fall of the year 1 mo Substitute
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Hall}
Colo. Swift}  Connecticut
Colo. Douglas}
Capt. Brocket}  de State troops
Colo. N. Hooker}
Capt. M. Johnson}  de State troops
Colo. Mead -  Capt. Yates
Colo. Mead - Capt. Peck
Capt. Hotchkiss
Capt. Deven Berry
5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Turtle Bay, Harlem, and White Plains
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Wallingford, Connecticut
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence, and two living witnesses one of whom testifies to the service in 1776, and the other to the service in 1780.
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  the papers are not attached as the Regulations require
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. Gordon
Examining Clerk.
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(Printed at the Recorder & Democrat Office, Catskill, N. Y.)
The People of the State of New-York:
To all whom these Presents shall come, or may concern, send GREETING:
KNOW YE, that at the Town of Catskill, in the County of Greene, on the 5th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Letters of Administration of the goods chattels & credits which were of Sarah Beach, dec'd, late of Windham, Greene Co. N. Y. were duly granted and issued by the Surrogate of the said County of Greene, to John Groat her brother and that the same are still valid and in full force.
In Testimony Whereof, we have caused the Seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed.
Witness, Jr James Fitch Surrogate of our said County of Greene, at Catskill March 6th in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty
Jr. James Fitch
SURROGATE.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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State of New York}
Greene County}
Be it known, That before me Meritt Osborn a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared John Groat and made oath in due form of law that he is the administrator of the goods & chattels rights & credits of Sarah Beach the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued which is herewith surrendered.
That the deceased pensioner resided in the town of Windham in said County for the space of one year before her death and that previous thereto she resided in the town of Ashland in said County.
John Groat
Sworn & subscribed this 5th day of}
March 1860 before me}
Meritt Osborn}
Justice of the Peace}
Know all men by these presents, That I John Groat of the town of Ashland County of Greene and State of New York administrator of the goods chattels rights
(over)
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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and credits of Sarah Beach who was a pensioner of the United States and is now dead do hereby appoint John Clay of Windham in the County of Greene aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in the City of Albany the balance of said pension from the fourth day of September A. D. 1859 to the sixth day of January, A. D. 1860 being the day of her death
Witness my hand and seal this fifth day of March 1860
John Groat
Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Meritt Osborn}
Watson Groat}
State of New York}
Greene County} ss.
Be it known, That on the fifth day of March 1860 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared John Groat above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act & deed.
In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned
Meritt Osborn
Justice of the Peace
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Declarations In Order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 
1832—
State of New York—
Green County ss
On the sixteenth day of August in the year 1832 personally appeared before me Munson Buel one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York Adnah Beach resident in the Town of Lexington in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy three 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 Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832 that he the said Adnah Beach enlisted in the army of the United States sometime in the month of April or May in the year 1780  Enlisted for six months under Captain Stephen Hall in Colonel Swifts Regiment in General Lafayettes Brigade and in this Corps and under these officers he faithfully served out the six months the Term of his Enlistment— and that he was Honourable [honorably] discharged at a place caled [called] Crane Town in the S0tate of New Jersey - That Captain Stephen Hall Colonel Swift and General Lafayette were the officers that he served under during the said Term of six months that when he entered the service of the said six months he enlisted under the above named officers enlisted in the Town of Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut that his march and service were mostly in New Jersey that he was not engaged in any battles during this six month campain [campaign] - and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and further declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Adna Beach
Sworn and Subscribed this sixteenth day
of August 1832 Before Me 
Munson Buel 
one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Green, State aforesaid
Judge Certificate—
And I the said Munson Buel - Judge as aforesaid do hereby declare that my opinion is that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Munson Buel
Judge as aforesaid
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York}
Green County} ss
On this sixteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared before me Munson Buel one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York Adnah Beach of the Town of Lexington in the County of Green and State of New York aged seventy three 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 1832  That he said Adnah Beach entered the service of the United States that he served as herein stated that he enlisted at the Town of Wallingford in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut enlisted in some first days of June in the year 1776 enlisted under Ensign John Mansfield in the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Brockett in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Douglas in the Brigade commanded by General Nays Wadsworth Connecticut State troops enlisted for six months and faithfull served out the said term of six months in the said Corps and at the expiration of the said time we was honourably discharged at a place called North Castle in the State of New York - that the Company and regiment went to the City of New York and from thence to Long Island from therce back again to the City of New York from thence to a place called Turtle Bay from thence to Harlem and from thence to the white plains and from thence to North Castle State of New York where he was honourably discharged at the expiration of the six months for which he enlisted and further he states that he was in the battle of Turtle Bay Harlem and White Plains - And further this deponent says that the month of April 1777 he volunteered his service under Captain Miles Johnson in the regiment commanded as he believes by Colonel Nodiah Hooker for six weeks went to Peekskill in the state of New York and was stationed at a place called Continental Village and there continued untill the term of six weeks expired and
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was Honourably discharged at a place called Continental Village Peekskill  And this deponent further swears that he again enlisted in the Town of Wallingford aforesaid inlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Yates in the regiment commanded by Colonel Mead enlisted for the Term of seven months was hired to go by one Elisha Street in the Town of Cheshire New Haven County went to Horseneck in the state of Connecticut and after serving the full time of seven months I was Honourable discharged on the first day of March in the year 1779 - Enlisted on the first of August 1778 - And this deponent further swears that he enlisted again at the Town of Wallingford aforesaid for the Term of six months enlisted in June 1779 under Captain James Peck in Colonel Meads regiment went to Horseneck and there continued to serve in said Corps untill the last of December or the first of January and was there Honourably discharged at Horseneck
And this deponent further swears that he entered the service in Captain Amos Hotchkiss Company for the summer of 1778 in the month of June and went to Brantfore near New Haven to guard the Coast went for one month and faithfully served out the said time and was there Honourably discharged at Brantford and this deponent further swears that he went to West Haven in the fall of the year in the Company of Captain Divan Berry of Meriden New Haven County went for the term of one month and there continued to serve untill his month expired and then was Honourably discharged at West Haven - And this deponent further swears that he served two years and four months as a soldier in the revolutionary war in the service of the United States and this deponent further swears that he was in the battle of Turtle Bay Harlem and white plains and says that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service other than those affidavits that accompanies these proceedings and he further says that he relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on any pension Roll of the agency of any state of the United States.
Adna Beach
Sworn and subscribed this sixteenth day of 
August 1832 before me
Munson Buel one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and state aforesaid
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Certificate of the Clergy——
We Henry B Stimson of Windham & Oliver Cox [illegible] of the Town of Lexington in the County of Green and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Adnah Beach who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age and that he is reputed and beleaved [believed] in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Henry B. Stimson
Oliver Cox
Sworn and subscribed this sixteenth day of August 1832 before me Munson Buel - one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Green and State aforesaid—
Interrogatories of the Judge to the applicant—Question 1.  Where and in what year were you born~
Answer-  I am now seventy three years of age was born in Wallingford in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut he believes in [ink blott obscures]
Question 2.  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer.  I have no regular record of my age~
Question 3.  Where were you living when called into service and where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer-  I lived in the Town of Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut when called into service and I there continued to live some years after the war closed I than moved to a place called Torrington in the County of Litchfield from thence to the Town of Lexington in the County of Green and State of New York where I have lived for many years and where I now live with my family~
Question 4.  How were you called into service were you drafted or did you
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volunteer or were you substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer  I Volunteerd [Volunteered] in every Town of my service by enlistment excepting the seven months tour in Captain Yates Company Colonel Meads Regiment in that I was hired to go by Mr. Elisha Street of Cheshire in the County of New Haven-
Question 5.  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Military Regiments as you can recollect - and the general circumstances of your service -
Answer  When at New York on Long island in the year 1776 I well knew Captain Brockett Colonel Douglas and General Wadsworth under whose command I served I well recollect of often seeing his Excellency General Washington at Long Island New York and white plains and many other general officers I know by name I well know Captain Stephen Hall Colonel Swift and General Lafayette and many other officers whose names I have forgot - When at Peekskill in 1777 I well knew Capt Johnson the Colonel and other officers under whoom [whom] I served I well remember that at that time General McDoogle had the command of the Continental troops at Peekskill have often seen him well remember that I often see another officer in that department which whose [sic] name was Platt thinks he was a Brigade Major in Mc Doogles division
While I served in Captain Halls Company in Colonel Swifts Regiment in General Layfatte [Lafayette] Brigade we crossed the North River at a place called spring ferry below Peekskill went into the Jersey, and down as far as a place called Cranes Town in New Jersey where he continued to serve untill discharged
Quistion [Question] 6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whoom
Answer  I never received any written discharge when my time was out we were discharged together -
Question 7.  State the names of persons to whoom you are acquainted and known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution
Answer  I live near the village at Lexington Heights and live near to His Honour Munson Buel Reuben Harford Esqr Attorney at Law Mr. Chester Hull all of whoom I have been acquainted for more than thirty years and also Henry Harford Esqr. Postmaster Lexington Heights—
Certificate of the Judge
I the said Munson Buel Judge as aforesaid do hereby declare that my opinion is after the investigation of the matter and after the putting
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The interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And I the said Judge do further certify that it appears to me that the reverend Henry B Stimson who has signed his name to the preceeding [preceding] Certificate I, now a Clergyman of the Town of Windham and that Oliver Cox Esquire who signed the above Certificate with him living in the Town Lexington I know of reputability and that they are both persons entitled to full credit as witnesses in these statements And I do further Certify that it is my opinion that the said Adnah Beach the applicant by reason of bodily infirmity cannot attend Court - And I do further Certify that the said Adnah Beach is a respectable man a man of truth and veracity and I do further certify that it is my belief and I believe the the [sic] general belief that the applicant served in the revolutionary war as he states and I do further certify that when I examined the applicant on the interrogatories he was under solemn oath administered by me
Munson Buel judge as aforesaid
Certificate of the Clerk
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Sarah Beach
Application for pension
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Jewett N. Y. May 2d 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo}
Commissioner of Pensions}
Sir
I have the honor herewith to transmit you the application of Sarah Beach for such Pension as she may be entitled to under the Act of Congress of 3 March 1853 together with the proofs of her claim.
If the form of application is imperfect or the testimony insufficient you will please advise me thereof.  If the ^Pension is granted the certificate may be sent either to me or to the applicant.  The Post Office address is the same Jewett New York
Most Respectfully Yours
Alfred Peck
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the second section of the Act of 3d Feb. 1853
State of New York}
Greene County ss}
On this 5th day of May 1853 [5th day of April crossed out] personally appeared before me Alexander H. Bailey Judge of Greene County Courts in the State aforesaid Sarah Beach a resident of Jewett in the County and State aforesaid Aged seventy eight years who first being duly sworn acording [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 3d February 1853 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Adna Beach who was a private in the Revolutionary Army that he was in his life time ^and until his death a Pensioner of the United States that in regard to the nature of service and officers under whom he performed she rerers to the evidence filed upon his application in the pension office at Washington, she further declares that she was married to the said Adna Beach on or about the 10th day of September in the year 1827 and that she knows of no Record of said marriage that her said husband died on the 14th day of April in the year 1841 that she was not married to him prior to the 2d day of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated.  She further declares that she is now a widow
her signature [hand drawn X] Sarah Beach
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me (28th "April" in 1st line of deposition - enclosed - & "5" May "1853" interlined - & also "until his death" interlined in the body of the deposition -)
A. H. Bailey
Greene County Judge
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State of New York
Greene County ss
I, Alexander H. Bailey County Judge of Greene County, before whom the foregoing declaration was made do hereby certify that the aforesaid

State of New York,
Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Alexander H Bailey who has signed the annexed [illegible] & before whom the annexed deposition was made, was at the date thereof ^a judge of the Greene County Courts in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and that the signatures purporting to be his I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 7 day of May 1853
J. Van Orden Clerk.
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State of New York
Green County ss
I, Alexander H. Bailey County Judge of Greene County, before whom the foregoing declaration was made do hereby certify that the aforesaid Sarah Beach is unable to attend in open Court for the purpose of making said declaration by reason of old age & bodily infirmity.
Dated May 5, 1853
A. H. Bailey
Greene County Judge
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State of New York}
Greene County ss}
Nathaniel Hull and Loring Beach being duly sworn severally depose and say that they are well acquainted with Sarah Beach the person named in the annexed application and that they know her to be the person she described herself to be that she was married to Adna Beach on ^or about the 10th day of September in the year 1827 that the said Adna Beach died on the 14th day of April in the year 1841 that he was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States at the Albany agency at the rate of [blank] Dollars pr year and that the said Sarah Beach is now the Widow of the said Adna Beach
Loring Beach
Nathaniel Hull
I certify that I am well acquainted with Sarah Beach the person making the annexed application for pension and with Nathaniel Hull and Loring Beach ^who made the foregoing affidavit  They are all residents of the town of Hewitt in the County and State aforesaid and that they are all persons of Good Carachter [Character] for truth and credibility and that the facts as set forth
State of New York,
Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that George W Miles before whom the annexed deposition was made, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 7 day of May 1853
J Van Orden Clerk.
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State of New York}
Greene County ss}
Nathaniel Hull and Loring Beach being duly sworn severally depose and say that they are well acquainted with Sarah Beach the person named in the annexed application and that they know her to be the person she describes herself to be that she was married to Adna Beach on ^or about the 10th day of September in the year 1827 that the said Adna Beach died on the 14th day of April in the year 1841 that he was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States at the Albany agency at the rate of [blank] Dollars pr year and that the said Sarah Beach is now the Widow of the said Adna Beach
Loring Beach
Nathaniel Hull
 I certify that I am well acquainted with Sarah Beach the person making the annexed application for pension and with Nathaniel Hull and Loring Beach ^who made the foregoing affidavit  They are all residents of the town of Hewitt in the County and State aforesaid and that they are all persons of Good Carachter [chracter] for truth and credibility and that the facts as set forth by them are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and that I'm disinterested in this matter.
Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty-eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Geo. W. Miles
Justice of the peace
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132.515
from Wm Valentine
Act March 3 1855
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from Wm Valentine of Albany NY
DECLARATION.
REVOLUTIONARY WIDOW FOR BOUNTY LAND.
STATE OF New York}
COUNTY of Greene} ss.
On this first day of May 1855 before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Sarah Beach aged eighty three years, a resident of Windham in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act of Congress, passed March 3d, 1855, that she is the widow of Adnah Beach who was Private in the Revolutionary War, and for the service of her husband aforesaid she now receives a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the act of Congress, passed Feby 3d 1853 - For evidence of the services of her husband aforesaid, this declarant refers the Department to the evidence on file in the Pension Office at Washington, and requests the Land Warrant forwarded to her Agent, Wm Valentine of Albany N. Y.  She further declares that she is now a widow; and that she has not received or made application for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress.
her signature [hand drawn X] Sarah Beach
Witness
Hiram Groat
Isaac Brandow
Subscribed and Sworn to before me,} 
this first day of May 1855}
Isaac Brandow Justice of the Peace
I certify that Sarah Beach is the identical person above named and described.  And I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the result of the matter above referred to.  the reason of her not writing her name is that she is old & very nervous, & cannot hold a pen.
Isaac Brandow
Justice of the Piece [Peace]
STATE OF New York}
County of Greene} ss,
Humphrey R. Potter and Hiram Groat of the town of Windham in said county, who are credible and competent witnesses, being duly sworn, deposeth that Sarah Beach is the identical person above named and described.
Humphrey R. Potter
Hiram Groat
Subscribed and Sworn to before me,} 
this 1st day of May 1855}
Isaac Brandow
Justice of the Piece [Peace]
State of New York}
COUNTY OF          } ss.
I, Jacob Van Orden Clerk of the County aforesaid, Do hereby certify, that Isaac Brandow is and was at the within date, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified and authorized by Law to administer, Oaths for general purposes, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Isaac Brandow and verily believe his signature within written is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official Seal of said County, this 2nd day of may 1855
J Van Orden CLERK
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Wid. file 1212
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Adna Beach, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ([or crossed out] and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
A. E. P. Mar. 7, 1907
DATES OF ENLISTMENT.
June 1, 1776
April 1777
June 1778
Aug. 1, 1778
June 1779
Fall -
April or May 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 mos.
6 weeks
1 mo.
7 mos.
6 mos.
1 mo.
6mos.
RANK.
Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Jacob Brackett
Miles Johnson
Amos Hotchkiss
Yates
James Peck
Divan Berry
Stephen Hall
COLONEL.
Douglas
Noadiah Hooker
--
Mead
Mead
--
Swift
STATE.
Conn.
Battles engaged in, Turtle Bay, Harlem, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wallingford, New Haven Co, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 16, 1832.  His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Lexington, Greene Co, N. Y. "with his family"
Age at date of application, Born in 1759 at Wallingford, Conn.  He died April 14, 1841
Remarks:  He married Sarah [on or about crossed out] Sept. 10, 1827.  She applied for pension May 5, 1853 [at which time crossed out] while a resident at Jewett, Greene Co, N. Y.
 aged 78 years.  Her claim was allowed.  No further data as to family
The above is the only Landa (Alanda) Beach or Beech of Conn. on account of whose service in the Revolution, pension was allowed
Respectfully
Mr. Harry A. Morse
Cleveland, N. Y.
20581b3mll-05
Commissioner.
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1907 March 7, History to Harry A. Morse, Cleveland, Ohio.
1922 - Nov. 10 - Hist. to Mrs. E. A. Van Slyke  
Revolution
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1212
Sarah Beach,
Widow.
Adna[h crossed out] Beach,
Priv. Rev. War.
Act:  Feb. 3, 1853.
Index:—Vol. H, Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Pension office
25 July 53
This case is respectfully referred to 3rd  And, for the date of death of Soldiers and date of last payment of his pension
Respectfully
E Cole
Chief [illegible]
(see other side)
D. M. C.
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Adnah Beach, act 7th June, 1832 - Died
14th April 1847, and paid to his death,
F. Burt
Auditor.
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16.270
[indecipherable]
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,}
ALBANY COUNTY,} ss.
Be it known, That on the 8th day of March, 1860, before me, a Commissioner of Deeds, duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths, personally appeared John Olney the Attorney named in the annexed Power of Attorney, and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the annexed Power of Attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
J. Olney
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year}
last above written, before me,}
Cornelius Glen
Com. of Deeds.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Paid Feb. 3d 53  N. Y.
Boynton
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L. P. Waldo
Com. of Pensions
Washington

Stamped:
ALBANY NY
MAY 10
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Blank page
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Stamped:
PENSION 
O
U. S.
OCT 18 1922
OFFICE.
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3—049.
Ex Ev.  Div Rev. War
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18, 1922
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau
Name of widow, Mary Beach (wife) died before he did
Name of soldier, Adna Beach
address of Soldier at enlistment- & after service, Wallingford
Company 
Regiment
State where enlisted Conn.
Date of birth 1759
Date of death Apr. 14, 1841
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers
X
Return attached letter with reply.
Hays Haymaker
Chief Clerk.
6—2469
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No 1389
Appl. of Sarah Beach widow of Adna.
N York
3236
Act 3d Feby, 1853
Revy:
Suspended 25 July 1853 for a renewel [renewal] of Man in open Court
D. W. C.
Alfred Peck P. M.
Jewett Greene Co
N. Y.
Not Good}
Evidence full}
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office,
Official Business
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marriage proven 10 sept 1827 Nov. by two witnesses
Good moral character
Death on 14 April 1841
Nov by two witnesses - was a pensioner -
widowhood continued -
witness good moral character
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Stamped:
PENSION U. S. OFFICE
A
AUG 15 1922
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Office at Washington, D. C.
If you can furnish me such copy, I shall greatly appreciate it.
Yours truly,
Mrs. E. A. Van Slyke

Stamped:
PENSION U. S. OFFICE
O
OCT 12 1922
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STAMPED:
PENSION U. S. OFFICE
O
OCT 12 1922

PENSION U. S. OFFICE
A
AUG 15 1922
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One 2¢ Stamp
Hensonville, N. Y.
Aug. 14, 1922.
U. S. Pension Office
Washington, D. C.
Rev W
Gentlemen,—
I am endeavoring to obtain information relative to the services rendered by Adna Beach during the Revolutionary War.  This information is necessary in order for me to be able to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.  My ancestor - Adna Beach - enlisted from the State of Conn.  The State Librarian at Hartford, Conn. has informed me that I might secure a copy of his (Adna Beach's) application for pension by applying to the U. S. Pension
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Sarah Beach
Wid of Adna Beach
$8000
Died 14 April 1841
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Brief in the case of Sarah Beach Wid of Adna Beach of Green County and State of New York under the act 3d Feby 1853
Husband a Revolutionary Pensioner of U States under Act 7 June 1837 at $80 per annum.  
Died 14 April 1841
His Widow Sarah Beach applies for a Pension under Act 3 July 1853--
Marriage proven by record evidence and continued widowhood up to filing Declaration--
Pension allowed at the rate of $80 per annum from 3d Feby 1853
July 29th 1853
Name and residence of Agent}
Alfred Peck Esqr}
Jewett}
Green Co, New York}
Daniel M Cook
Examining Clerk.
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Sarah Beach
Pension Certificate
1853 30 years
2 years in Ashland 1857
Jewett pensioner
253
Sarah Beach's Administrator $27 32/100
Payment to be made at Albany N. Y. by
Thos. W. Alcott
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Albany
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 69, Vol. A
R. McRae Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Sarah Beach widow of Adnah Beach who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars and --- cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this 29th day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
James Campbell
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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City of New York}
City & County of Albany} ss
I Robert Babcock Clerk of the County Court holden at Albany in and for the County of Albany aforesaid do hereby Certify that satisfactory ^evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Sarah Beach was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, that she was a resident of the County of Greene in the State of New York and died in the town of Windham in the County and State aforesaid in the year 1860 on the sixth day of January, that she left no children
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Eighth day of March in the year of our Lord 1860
Robt Babcock
Clerk
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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9426
Adnah Beach
application for a pension
on Rolls
Swifts Regt.
5 m. & 9 days
admitted
2 years
$80
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Green County ss
Chester Hull of the Town of Lexington in the County of Green and State of New York being duly sworn on his ^oath deposeth and saith that he was ^a revolutionary soldier during the war that he is now a pensioner of the United States that he is well acquainted with Mr Adnah Beach of said Lexington that they were born and brought up together in the Town of Wallingford New Haven County State of Connecticut well remembers that it was always said by the inhabitants of Wallingford that the said Adnah Beach was a soldier in the service of the United States in the standing troops and state troops and mallitia [militia] a number of campains [campaigns] all he had the same from the said Adna Beach and from many other persons and believes the same to be true that he allways [always] understood that he was in the said Service as much as one ^third of the war altho he was not in the Corps with him and further saith not
Chester Hull
Sworn and subscribed this twenty-first day of August in the year 1832 before me
Munson Buel - one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Green State of New York
I the said Judge do Certify that I am well acquainted with Mr Chester Hull who has signed his name to the above affidavit well know him to be a man of truth and veracity
Munson Buel - Judge as aforesaid
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Green County ss
Henry B Stimson of the Town of Windham in the County of Green and State of New York being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is well acquainted with Mr Adnah Beach of Lexington and has been for thirty years past that formerly for many years he had the pastoral charge of the Church at Windham and Lexington that he preached one half of the time in Windham and the other in Lexington and during my ministry there the said Adnah Beach was a member of the Church in good Christian standing and believes he remains as such at the present time and is esteemed as a man of truth and veracity ---
Henry B Stimson
Sworn and subscribed this
sixteenth day of August 1832.
Before Me
Munson Buel - one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Green State of New York
I Munson Buel - Judge as aforesaid do here Certify that the Reverend Henry B Stimson is a man of respectability truth and veracity
Munson Buel
Judge as aforesaid
State of New York}
Green County} ss
William Johnson of the Town of Lexington in the said County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn on his oath deposith [deposeth] and saith that he is well acquainted with Mr Adney Beach of Lexington ^and has been for some years past that he the said William Johnson has ben [been] the presbiterian [presbyterian] minister for four or five years past And that Mr. Adnah Beach has during that time ben a regular member of my Church during said time and is esteemed as a man of truth and veracity
Rev W. Johnson was sworn but forgot to write his name
Munson Buel Judge as af[page cut off]
Sworn and subscribed this sixteenth day of August 1832 Before Me one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Green State aforesaid
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[Note:  Paragraph written at top of letter is faded and mostly illegible]

I, William T. B. Heermance Clerk of the County of Greene in the State of New York do certify that Munson Buel Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavits were sworn was at the date of the same and now is a Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the said County and that his signature thereto attached is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of Sept. 1832
William T. B. Heermance Clerk
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State of Connecticut
ss
New Haven County
I Titus Francis of Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged seventy-two years - depose and say that I am well acquainted with Adnah Beach formerly of the town of Wallingford but now ot the Town of Lexington in the County of Green and State of New York, and that I have been well acquainted with him for more than Fifty years, and well know that some time in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty the said Adnah Beach entered the service of the United States for the term of six months in Col Swifts Regiment - that said Adnah Beach and myself together with several others marched from said town of Wallingford thro the country to Nelsons Point on the Hudson River - that soon after we had joined the Regiment at Nelsons Point the said Adnah Beach with others of larger sizes than myself were selected for the Corps of Infantry under the Command of Genl LaFayette, and although I did not serve in the same Regiment or Brigade with the said Beach yet I am well knowing that the said Adnah Beach served out the tull term of his enlistment which was six months, and further more the deponent saith not.
his signature [hand drawn X] Titus Francis
Sworn & subscribed this 24th day August 1832 before me
Jno D Reynolds
one of the Justices of the Peace for sd. County of New Haven
And I the said Justice do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Titus Francis who has sign'd and sworn to to the foregoing deposition & that
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to be a man of truth and veracity, and that I concur in that opinion
Jno. D. Reynolds Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss
New Haven Aug 28th, 1832
I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County Certify that Jno D. Reynolds Esqr whose name is above written & subscribed is & was on the 24th day of August 1832 a Justice of the peace in & for sd. New Haven County & duly qualified to administer oaths & that the same is his genuine signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court the day & date above written
Attest Jno Beach Clerk
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New Haven County ss
Jonathan Bartholomew [remainder of sentence illegible]  County of New Haven and State of Connecticut on his oath deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Adnah Beach formerly of the Town of Wallingford in said County, but now of the Town of Lexington in the County of Green and State of New York ^and has been for more than sixty years well knows that the said Adnah Beach sometime about the seventh day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six at the Town of Wallingford aforesaid enlisted into the service for six months enlisted under Ensign John Mansfield in Captain Brocketts Company in Colonel Douglas Regiment in General Wadsworths Brigade  That he went to the City of New York Long Island from thence to Harlem and White plains and continued to serve in the said Corps untill the twenty fifth day of December in the same year and was discharged on the said day at North Castle that he this deponent enlisted about the same time in Captain Bunnells Company in the same Regiment and Brigade and continued to serve with him in said Regiment untill discharged  And this deponent further swears that he well knows that the said Adnah Beach was out a number of towers [tours] more that he worked with him at different times then living in the same neighbourhood with him--
Jonathan Bartholomew
Sworn and subscribed this 24th day of 
August 1832 Before Me
Jno. D. Reynolds
one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut
State of Connecticut}
New Haven County} ss
And I the said Justice do here certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent well know that he is reported as a man of truth and veracity
Jno. D. Reynolds
Justice as aforesaid
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State of Connecticut}
New Haven County} ss
Clerk of the ^said County Court of the said County do certify that John D Reynolds before whoom [whom] the within affidavit purports to have ben [been] sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace of the Town of Wallingford in the County of New Haven ^& duly qualified to administer oaths and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and do verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit is his proper hand and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 28th day of August 1832
Attest Jno Beach Clerk
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Stamped:
O. W.  DIV.
FEB 26 1907
FILES
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ALBERT MORSE
Dealer in
LUMBER, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, LATH,
BUILDING PAPER, ETC., ETC.,
Cleveland, N. Y., Feb 22 1907
Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington, D. C.
Sir-
Will you kindly send me all the information obtainable from records of your office of Anda { Alando } Beach or Beech a soldier of the Revolution.  he was from Milford Ct. was under Col Webb at battle of White Plains, also crossed Delaware with Washington and was at battle of Trenton
Yours etc
Harry A Morse
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Beach, Amos
GRADE Private
LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6813
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Oct. 10, 1791 to Anthony Maxwell, assignee
*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 dire 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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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Beach, Asa
GRADE Private
LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5421
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Feb. 5, 1790 to ~~ not shown ~~
*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.