Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34647, Martin Beaver, Md.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE Md
Beaver, Martin
NUMBER  S. 34647
CONTENTS
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Notification sent Ma7 16th. 1821. to Thos. Bailey Esq.
No. W. Harrison  of  Baltimore.

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Maryland.  17.862
Martin Beaver,  P
Private in colo. Ramsay's 
regimt. Maryland line,
3 year. to '80
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 22. of June, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9. of Octr. 1820,
and sent to Nicholas Brice, agent,
City of Baltimore, Maryland
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820.   $211.46.
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March.    48.
26 mo. 13/30.  }  1821 } 
$ 259.46

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

[illegible]  15 Jany 1822
Contd.
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When the Pension Certificate is granted please forward the same care of Thomas Bailey Esq.Baltimore
Marin M. Beaver   ['M' is mark used]
Sent  P. G. Hands

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Martin Beaver Private 1777to 1780
Ramsay's Maryland Regt.

Proof of service wanted from 
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City of Baltimore  ss.
I Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore City Court do hereby Certify that the Honorable Nicholas Brice Esquire [illegible]
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore Ss.

On this 22nd day of June in the Year of our lord One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen personally appeared before me the undersigned Martin Beaver a resident of Baltimore County aged Fifty Eight years and upwards, an applicant for a pension under the late 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," and thes and there made the following declaration on Oath by me administered "that he enlisted in said County by Lieutenant John Bailey in Capt. Griffins Company on or about the first May 1777, marched to Baltimore from thence sent under command of Capt. Marberry to head of Elk and from then marched to Philadelphia, then ordered on as a guard to amunition Waggons across the North River to Morris Town there joined Capt. Griffins Company in the 3d Maryland Regiment commanded by Colonel N Ramsay in [illegilble]  Brigade attached
to the Maryland line from thence marched to Staten Island,: was at the Battles of Brandy wine Mud Fort under Col S. Smith, when
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when he was one of the detachment sent to reinforce Col Green at Red Bank, when attacked by the Hessians; lay one winter near Morris Town one winter at Wilmington and one at Boundhook .-- Was also at the taking of Stoney Point, beside many engagements and scirmishes of inferior Note. -- assisted in building the Fort at West Point, on Buttermilk Falls; deponent being very young when he entered the service, has no certain recollection of dates or the time of service -- but continued in the service until discharged at Annapolis by Major Uriah Forest some time about the month of April or first of May 1780, which discharge hath long since been lost or destroyed, not considering it of any value. That his name hath never been inscribed on any Pension list and that in consequence of his reduced Circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support
Martin his M mark Beaver

Subscribed & Sworn to before me
N Brice
Chief Judge BCC
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City of Baltimore  ss

I hereby Certify that from the foregoing declaration it appears to my satisfaction that Martin Beaver served in the Revolutionary war on the Continental Establishment, upwards of nine Months, and have reason to believe that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his Country for support. 
Given under my hand this 22d day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred and Eighteen -
N Brice
Chief Judge Balt Cy Ct

City of Ballo  ss
On this 22d day of June 1818 Appeared before me the undersigned Josephus
Bailey and Made Oath that Martin Beaver now present, served with deponent for three years in the Revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment, that they both this served in the same Company and served together until
discharged -
Josephus Bailey

Subscribed & Sworn to before
N Brice
C Jug Cy Ct.
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When the pension certificate is granted please forward the same case of Thomas Bailey Esq.
Baltimore
Martin M Beaver
Last
PG Hands

Martin Beaver
Private
1777 to 1780
Ramsay, Maryland
Regt

Proof of service wanted

City of Baltimore fc
I Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore City Coury do hereby certify that the Honorable Nicholas Brice Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was taken and certifies and who hath  thereto subscribes his name was at the time of so doing and still is Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court duly commissioned and qualified, and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the seal of the said Court the Twenty fourth Day of June Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen
Th Harwood clk
Baltimore City Court
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Martin Beaver
Pension certificate
No 17.862
Please make return to
the Care of Tho. Bailey
No 10 Harrison Street
Baltimore

No 17862
March 1821
Con-  J. L. E-
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SCHEDULE.
No 17, 862
United States of America
State (A.) of Maryland    SS.
On this Ninth day of January 1821, personally appeared in open court (*)  being a Court of Record, (**) (B.) to wit, in  Baltimore County Court, in the Sixth Judicial District of Maryland Martin Beaver aged Sixty years, & upward resident in Baltimore County in said (D.) District who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.) That he enlisted into the service of the U. Stat under Lt. John Bailey in Cap: Griffiths Company, [illegible] at Baltimore in the State of Maryland about the first of May 1777, and joind the 3d Maryd. Regt. commanded by Col Ramsay in Genl Smallwoods Brigade at
Morris Town -- Continued in service under various officers for the term of three years the full period of his enlistment, and was discharged at Annapolis about first of May 1780 from Cap: Wilmots Company by Major Uriah [illegible] - That he made his original declaration before the Honr. Judge Brice at Baltir. on or about the 22d June 1818, and hath been placed on the Revolutionary Pension List of the Maryland Agency at $8.00 per month, as will appear by his certificate No: 17,862 and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
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Schedule Viz.
(F.) Two old horses, one of which to blind, not worth -- $30- one Cow & one heifer $15. Seven [illegible] - $10-. Eleven Com: Sheep - $36- one plough some other comman farming utensils-  6- one oak Table & a few other articles of very little value, the whole 8-
Over rated at $80.00  [total]

That he hath no trade, but has made out to support himself heretofore by renting poor land, but since the Stagnation of trade and the scarcity of money, has not been able to pay up his and some small debts which he owes - and is now at the mercy of his landlord & creditors to the full value of what  he possesses --- That he hath wife named Flora aged 50 yrs daughter Ann 19 yrs at home occasionally - George 14 yrs a cripple & helpless. Henry 8 years - none able to support themselves except Ann. 

That being advanced in years & afflicted with pains he is unable by labour to support himself, and from his reduced circumstances will not be able to support himself without the assistance of his country, except by public or private charity--
Martin his X mark  Beaver

SWORN to and declared on the ninth day of January 1821. BEFORE, Wm H. Ward associate Judge of 6th Judicial Distrt. of Maryland--
I, William Gibson Clerk of Baltimore County Courts do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Eighty Dollars and --- Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said court, on this 9th day of January 1821
Wm Gibson
Clerk of the Court for the County of Baltimore
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*The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
**All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress:
1st, Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them;
2d, Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record;
3d, Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount;
4th, Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal.  The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record , and state why it is such. - (Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States.)

DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.
A. District,-- circuit,-- county, or corporation, as the case may be.
B. State why a court of record.
C. After repeating the district, circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name.
D. District, circuit, county, or corporation.
E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and if he has received a pension, the number of his pension-certificate should be inserted.

F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

Extract of a CIRCULAR LETTER from the War Department, to the several Agents for paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form. "For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly that, as experience has proved the necessity of a rigid adherence to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can  be admitted as a proper voucher."
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34647
Revy  INVALID   Our[??]
File No. 34,647
Martin Beaver
Pri   Rev  War
Act 18  March 18
Index: -- Vol. D ,  Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870]
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State of Maryland Baltimore County, to wit,

On this sixteenth day of June in the Year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen personally Col Joshua Gist[??] before me the undesigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and made  oath That he hath personally known Martin Beaver from his youth up till the present, and that he hath a knowledge of the said Beaver being a regular Soldier in the sevice of the United States in the Revolutionary War,  That he the said Gist to the best of his knowledge thought of said Beaver his Certificate of depreciation, or other wise called Final Settlement Certificate as he did at the time of this discharge buy some [illegible words]  
Deponant also on Oath further state that he knows said Martin Beaver to be in very indigent Circumstances dependant on his Labour for the support of himself and family and that he stands greatly in need of assistance for support. further the deponant sayeth not
J. Gist

Subscribed and Sworn before me {illegible words] 16th day of June 1819 [illegilbe]
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County  Sc
I hereby certify that Samuel Stevenson Gentleman before whom the aforegoing deposition was made and who hath thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the seal of my office this twenty
second day of June in the year Eighteen hundred
and Nineteen
Wm. Gibson   Clk Balto Coty Cot
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, Feby 9th 1820
I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that Martin Beaver enlisted as a private in the 3rd Maryland Regiment, on the 9th day of May 77 Served Time & out,
Thos. Karney   Aud. S. M.

Memo
Not Stated when the applicant was dischd., in the Colm. of remarks is written Servd. time out
T. K
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17,420.
Martin Beaver
Baltimore County, Md.
22d. June, 1848.
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Colo. Ramsay's regt. Md.
line, 177 to 1780
Further testimony, as also the
certificate from the auditor
at Annapolis processed and
respectfully returned
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Service proved by certe.
of the Audr. General,
of Maryland, and the
testimony of one credible
witness.
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reduced circumstances
Certified.
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Nicholas Brice, agt.
Baltimore, Maryld.
23d. Sept: 1820.
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State of Maryland, Baltimore County ss
On this fourteenth day of September 1820 personally appears before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for said County John Williams of the City of Baltimore aged sixty years and upwards, who deposeth on oath by me administered that he enlisted into the service of the United in Capt. Samuel Griffith Company in the 3d. Maryland Regt. Commanded by Col. Ramsey that he perfectly recollects Martin Beaver now present to have been with him in same Company and service in the years 1778 and 1779, and is positively shure said Martin served with him in the service of the United States on the continental establishment for the term of two years at least, in continuance --
John Williams
Subscribed and sworn to before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County this 14 September 1820.
Tho Bailey

I certify that John Williams, whose deposition is above written and by him signed, as also Josephus Bailey & Colonel Joshua Gist, are Credible Witnesses Given under my hand at Baltr.  this 14 Sep. 1820
Tho Bailey J.P.