Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12171, Jabez Beers, Conn.
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Conn. Beers, Jabez S. 12171 
Carded
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8250
New York
Jabez Beers
of Tonkins Co in the Stae of N. York
who was a Priavte in the Company command by Captain Beeton of the Command
by in the Cont
line for 14 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificare of Pension issued the 26th day of March 1833 and [illegible] Ithaca
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $93.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sep '33 $23.33
$116.65
{Revoutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Geo G Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol 4 Page 15
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Jabez Beers
6742

New York
Submitted
C.14.16
July 31,1832
Nov 8 1832
P. 28
Woodcock & Fenn
Ithaca
Ny
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6742
BRIEF in the case of Jabez Beers,-Danby, 
Co. of Tompkins in the State of New York.
( Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court-
2. I before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. [ following is in column form]
|Period |

|Fall In 1780 or 1779|
|May 1781|
| April 1783|

|Duration of Service|
  | Years,       Months,    Days.|
  |    ~                 2          ~     |
  |   ~                 6          ~      |
  |   ~                 6          ~      |

| Rank.|
|  As a |
|     Private       |
|        "              |
|         "             |

| Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   |
|Gen.|
| Capt. I.Burton( "no Reg.")|
|{Capt. R. Walker, Lieut.  |
|{ Benjamin|
| Lt. Patterson|

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living witness.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
     X. CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
W. Fawcett
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
STATE OF NEW YORK,
Tompkins COUNTY, SS.
On this 17th day of July
personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the
Court of Oyer & Terminer now sitting, Jabez Beers
a resident of the town of Danby
in the county of Tompkin, and state of New York, aged
sixty nine 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 entered
the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That at the commencement of the revolutionary War
he resided in ["Danby"-all letters x'd out] the town of Stratford in the County
of Fairfield Connt.- That in the fall of the year 1780
or perhaps 1779, but which year is not distinctly recollected,
he was drafted in the Militia of Connt. under Captain
James Burton for the protection of the sea coast-- there
was no regiment-the service lasted for two months and
consisted in skirmishes with the Brittish +[and]in making
fascines, for a descent on New York city which was then
talked of=  The company was dissolved at the end of two
months +[and] he returned home.
That in
May 1781 he enlisted for six months under
Captain Robert Walker- no regiment was organized-the
service consisted in protecting the coast- was sometimes
engaged in
skirmishes,- the Lieut's name was Benjamin-
Both the Cap +[and] Lieut had been officers in the Continental
troops- that they did not march at any great distance
but at different places along the coast as occation
required- at the end of six months the company
was dismissed +[and] he returned home
That in April 1783 he enlisted under Lieut Saml.
Patterson for six months for the purpose of guarding
the coast as before- no regiment organized- It was a
special company [all letters  "as before" x'd out] marched short distances
or occasioned required for guarding the coast- after
end of six months in September the company was
disbanded +[and] he returned home -before the company
was dismissed one or two weeks, news came that
peace was declared
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That he has no documentary evidence, that Lewis
Beers +[and]Josiah Beers are  witnesses[ word 
"for"crossed out]who can
testify to his service +[and] whose affidavits are hereunto
annexed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare
that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Saml. Love[signature]
Jabez Beers[signature]
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In the matter of
Jabez Beers
a soldier of the Revolution
__________________
No 6742 
Done
Admitted
Private 14 mo $46.66
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{Ink mark- possible stamp- illegible] The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. At Stratford Fairfield Co Connt. 1763
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. At home in my Bible
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Answer. At Stratford I lived there 
20[illegible] years after the war- then moved to Spencer
Tioga Co. NY. Now in Danby Tompkins Co. where  [ illegible] lived for 30 years
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom? I was drafted 
at first, after that I enlisted
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such
continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. I know of no regular officers or troops,- we were 
raised to defend the Coast+[and]  in that duty our service 
consisted
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
I did not receive any written discharge- It was not
customary, with the Militia
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can
testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of you
services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. Judge Jennings. Hudson Jennings PM  Dr Gilbert
Curtis Dr Patterson
We, Lewis Beers ^ clergyman residing  in the town of Danby and county of Tompkins
and State of New York, and Benjamin Jennings residing in the same place, hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Jabez Beers
who has subscribed and sworn to
the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 69
years of age, that he is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that
we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed,
the day and year aforesaid,}
Lewis Beers
[illegible Jennings-faintly written]
Saml. Love esse
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting
 the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Lewis 
Beers +[and] Benj'n Jennings
who have signed the preceding certificate [word "is"crossed out] are
residents in
the town of Danby and county of Tompkins and are creditable persons, and that their statements
are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Love
Clerk of the Court of Oyer +[and] Terminer for the
County of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application of Jabez Beers
for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
26 day of July 1832
Samuel Love esse
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In the matter of
Jabez Beers
-
-
Supplemental Afft
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Personally appeared before me Arthur Johnson 
a Justice of the peace of the County of
Tompkins State of New York, Jabez Beers
who being by me duly sworn deposeth and
saith that by reason of old age & the consequent
loss of memory he cannot swear positively as
to the names of all the officers under whom
he served during the Revolutionary War but
according to the best of his recollection he saved
under the following officers
First under Captain James Benton & Corporal Nathaniel Barlee
Lieutenant Nathaniel Hudson there was
no regiment, & no other officers in the
Company except Sergeants & Corporal which
he cannot recollect
Second under Captain Robert Walker
Lieutenant John Benjamin, Ensign Isaac Brown
1st Sergeant Benjamin Ufford, 2d Sergeant
Nathan Osborne - there was no regiment.
Third under Lieut Samuel Patterson acting
as Capt. Sergeant Stephen Frost Sergeant
Nathan Osborne Sergeant Andrew Dayton
There was no regiment
That he served in the whole fourteen months as
appears by his declaration, for which he claims a
pension & further says not
Jabez Berry
Subscribed & sworn before me as aforesaid
this seventeenth day of January Eighteen
hundred that the
Arthur Johnson, J. Peace
Tompkins County
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I, Samuel Love Clerk of the County of Tompkins
& State of New York do hereby certify that Arthur S.
Johnson Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above
affidavit was at the time of subscribing the same a
Justice of the peace of the said County of Tompkins
& I do further certify that I am well acquainted with
the handwriting of the said Justice & that I
believe the signature subscribed to said affidavit
to be his proper signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand seal of office this
Seventeenth day of January in
the year eighteen hundred & thirty three
Saml Love Clk
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RevWar
12171
INVALID.
File No. 12,171
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Jabez Beers
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 29
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss
Lewis Beers being duly
Sworn says that he is sixty four years of age that
he resided at Stratford in Connecticut during the
revolutionary war that he was there acquainted with
Jabez Beers, that this deponent remembers
that said Jabez Beers was in military service during the
war under Capt Walker, & that he was engaged
in making [illegible] under Capt Burton, before his
ser under Capt Walker. Deponent also recollects
that said Jabez Beers was also in the service under
Lieut Patterson - deponent cannot state the
length of time in which each period of service totaled
but believes the time as stated by the said Jabez
Beers to be correct
Lewis Beers

Sworn & subscribed this
day of July 1832 before me
Saml. Love Clk

I further certify that I 
am well acquainted of the above named Lewis
Beers & that he is a credible person and whose
testimony is entitled to credit.
Sam Love Clk
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State of New York
Tompkins County Ss
Josiah Beers being duly sworn 
says that he is seventy nine years of age - that
he was acquainted with Jabez Beers at Stratford 
Hartford Co Connecticut at the commencement
of the revolutionary war - knows that he served in 
a company under Capt Walker. knows that Lieut
Patterson commanded a company at Stratford - 
cannot state the particular times in which he was
engaged in the service but believes the statement
made by the said Jabez Beers to be correct
Josiah Beers

Sworn & subscribed this
day of July 1832 before me
Saml Love Clk

I further certify that the above
Josiah Bees is a credible person
and that his testimony is entitled to credit
Saml Love clk