Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12145, Simon Beman, New York
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE 
New York [written by hand in the "SERVICE" column]
Beman Simon
or Berman [written by hand in the center column containing no heading]
NUMBER
S12145 [written by hand in the "NUMBER" column]
Carded [written by hand beneath the data, in the right margin]
[Bold line]
CONTENTS  [typed under the bold line in the left margin]
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81,09
New York
Simon Beeman of Columbia co. in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Darrow of the regt. commanded by Col. Bailey in the N.Y. ma. for 8 mos 14 days
Simon Beman
Records corrected Nov. 13/05. 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 28 Dollars 25 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Apl. 1833 and Sent to Cha Wadsworth Brainards Bridge
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $56.50
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. $14.12
$70.62
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W.L. Williams, Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 43
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admitted.
8 months 14 days private
$
15
26.66
1.59
28.25

1.54 [illegible number]
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State of New York, Columbia County ss.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county serving [illegible] who find being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as the pieces aught of his service particularly as stated to the [illegible] of service [illegible] in his declaration of the 21st of September 1832 under [illegible] in which there [illegible] was claimed. But according to the best of his recollection he served [illegible] he rended more to Captain Jacob Norburgh an belonged to his company under whom he al times went into service in [illegible] [illegible] this was called and to persons a enlisted officer who was served to pass and went to Reupolau County but did not succeed and served four days there in 1776 when [illegible] were [illegible] from Canada and marched to [illegible] and dismissed a [illegible] home. Serving ten days. Once was called out & marched to Albany in the way to Cherry Vally the time it was [illegible] but was taken [illegible] at Albany and [illegible] in [illegible] you are [illegible] of a returned [illegible] serving twelve days. Once to quell a long issue [illegible] in Canada in the aforesaid county and served two days. Once to kinderhood to impose a band of tories who robbed Van [illegible] and served two days.
Once at New Concord on a similar object there under Lieutenant [illegible] Thompson who held his commission in said company with Capt [illegible] and [illegible]
Once to Kinderhood when the tories robbed Van Ness at which [illegible] [illegible] Van Ness was killed and pursued the murderers to the northbound who went & served Burgoyne [illegible] which [illegible] at Saratoga and served seven days.
Once the tories attempted to take Captain [illegible] at his own home who chanced have the [illegible] belonging to his [illegible] which were loaded with  which he defended himself till the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] among them and [illegible] them & passed [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] serving three days.
Once went to the [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] of a [illegible] these the tories had a [illegible] of [illegible] seemed [illegible] & served four days.
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Once was called out to reconnoiter in search of Tories with orders to disarm every one who could not give satisfactory evidence of attachment to the American Cause & served four days
once at Klinekill on a report that tories were collecting at the New Shericks and served two days
Once taking a number of tories and conveying them to John Rubens when they lived [illegible] serving seven days.
And this deponent further saith that the tour mentioned in his said declaration commenced in September 1777 embracing the capture of Burgoyne in which he served one & a half month he was a sergeant and served as such.
So that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the [illegible, paper fold] I served as a Sergeant and six months & twenty nine days as a private and for such service I claim a pension
{Signed] Simon Beman
Subscribed and sworn to this 18th day March 1833 before me [Signed] Ezra Rowland

State of New York
Columbia County ss. I Joseph D Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Ezra Rowland before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his
hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit [illegible] hand writing and Signature
Witness my hand and seal of Office the 28" day of March 1833
[Signed] Jos..D. Monell
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On the 21st of September 1832 personally appeared before Medad Buller one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Josep Wilcox of Chatham in said county afforesaid who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that hes well acquainted with Simon Beeman of the same place that he knew him in the revolutionary war as a soldier in the service of the United States. That he has heard the declaration of said Simon  Beman hereunto [illegible] read so few as [illegible] to his service at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne that he was there with the army but how long he remained cannot state but verily believes that his said declaration in relation said war is [illegible] that this deponent was in the same army at the same time but not in the same division and further that this deponent is eighty years of age.
Josep Wilcox

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me.
Medad Butter
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Personally appeared before Medad Butler one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the said county of Columbia Isaac Webster of Chatham in said County of Columbia [illegible] being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Simon Beeman that he has resided in the same neighborhood with him from before the revolutionary war that he has read the annexed declaration of said Simon Beeman read and knows that the first statement of service therein made is true [illegible] that which commenced in June 1776 and ended the November following that this deponent was a soldier enlisted at the same time in the same company and served with him during the same time and this deponent further says that he understood at the time and has always since suppose that said Simon Beeman was in the service of the United States in the summer of 1777 on an alarm and that he was at the taking or surrender of Burgoyne this deponent further saith that he was at Stillwater about the time said Beeman was understood [Illegible] then he was sick and soon after sent to the hospital and [illegible] said Beeman then though he verily believes [illegible] And this deponent further states that said Beeman was frequently out on alarms during the revolutionary war for short periods of time the particulars of which he cannot state but verily believes that in addition the aforesaid service that he was engaged in all at least as much time as would make three months of continued service and this deponent further [illegible] from the knowledge he had at the time of said service [illegible] what he has always understood and still believes that the facts set forth in the annexed declaration are true and also that this deponent is seventy five years of age
[Signed] Isaac Webster
Sworn to and described this 21 September 1832 before me
[Signed] Medad Butler
I do hereby certify that it appears to me that Isaac Webster who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
[Signed] Medad Butler
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State of New York, County of Columbia SS
On the 21st day of September 1832 personally appeared before Medad Butler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Columbia.
Simon Beeman a resident of Chatham in said county of Columbia aged eighty one years who first being 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In June 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer under Captain George Danow & Lieutenant Samuel Bailey in a regiment commanded by Colonel Van Dyck & Lieutenant Colonel Van Eyck. marched to Albany & lay there about four weeks from then to Saratoga and lay there about three weeks from there by [illegible]Miller & Fort Edward to Kingsbury from there was employed in making a road and bridge from Kingsbury to Fort Ann and then worked at battening up and down Wood Creek from Fort Ann to Stansborough from White Hall and remained like late in the fall say November from there to Fort Edward. So and was discharged in November. Serving five months his company generally served in the aforesaid named during said campaign not connected with my other.
In September 1777 he volunteered under Captain Jacob Vasburgh & Colonel Whiting & Waterman on an alarm & marched to Albany to Stillwater and was then at the surrender of Burgoyne and was dismissed about the last of October serving one & a half months.
After serving then new Generals Gates, Arnold, Glover & Lincoln.
He resided about 15 miles east of the North River & about 20 miles northeast of Albany and when the inhabitants able to bear arms we frequently called for on alarms to defend against [illegible] [illegible] by the tories and other enemies of the [illegible] cause. When he was out on such calls very often [illegible] days [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] there days sometimes more which he cannot
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He was born at a place then called Oblony in Dutchess County in the state of New York September 28th 1750 removed from there to Kings District to a part which is now Chatham in Columbia County aforesaid. Where he resided during the revolutionary war and has resided there ever since.
He has no record of his age [illegible] in his family Bible taken from his fathers family bible.
He always enlisted voluntarily whenever he entered the service. Never had a written discharge but always served till honorably discharged.
Names of persons residing in his neighborhood who can attest to their belief of his service & character as to veracity Isaac Webster, Joseph Wilber, James Bucks, Henry Hudson, David Carlese.
He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can certify to his service [illegible] that of Isaac Webster hereunto [illegible].
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or [illegible] except the present and declares that his name is not in the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Simon Beman

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Medad Butler
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We the said do hereby Eleazer Root and Isaac Webster residing in Chatham aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Beeman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Eleazer Root
Isaac Webster

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before Medad Butler

And the said Judge doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the said Judge further certifies that is appears to him that Eleazer Root and Isaac Webster who have signed the preceding certificate and residents in the town of Chatham aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit and further that in the aforesaid of said Judge the aforesaid applicant Simon Beman cannot from bodily infirmity attend a session of the court of record in said county [illegible] this examination is taken out of court in presence of the instructions of the War Department provision for such cases.
In [illegible] of all of which the said Judge has hereunto set his hand the day and year aforesaid.
Medad Butler

State of New York, Columbia County ss
I, Joseph D Morrell Clerk of the said County do certify that Medad Butler Esqr. before whom the several preceding and annexed affidavits purport to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please, in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand & seal of Office the 26 September 1832.
Jos. D. Morrell
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11,098
Simon Beeman
admitted
5.
Specific tour reg.

12 Dec '32

Eb. Wadsworth
Brainard's Bridge N. York
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11,098
Brief in the case of Simon Beeman, Chatham, Co. of Columbia in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does
3. How old is he? 81 years
4. State his Service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. June in 1776
Duration of Service. 5 Months
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. G. Darrow, Lt. S. Bailey, Col. Van Dyck, Lt. Col. Ten Eyck

Period. Sept. 1777
Duration of Service. 1 1/2 months
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. J. Vosburgh, Cols. Whiting & Waterman, Genls. Gates Arnold, Glove & Lincoln
"During the war various calls at least 3 months"

5. In what battles was he engaged? Burgoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? King's District from Chatham Columbia Co., New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses for the whole time.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signed] W. Fawcett
Examining Clerk.
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12145 Invalid.
Rev War
File No. 12,145
Simon Beeman*
Pri. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: Vol. A, Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]
*Simon Beman.
Records corrected Nov. 13, 1905
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Children of Simon Beeman
Pensioner power
Act 1832. June 7
Columbia Co. NY

JD Woodward atty
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State of New York
Columbia County ⎬ On the Seventh day of November
1853. before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Samuel W. Beeman a resident of the town of Chatham in said County aged Fifty two years and made oath according to law that he is directly interested in a claim against the United for certain arrears or increase of Pension supposed to be due to Simon Beeman; and he hereby appoint J Douglas Woodward Counsellor at Law of Plattsburgh N.Y. his Attorney to prosecute said claim and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto on file in any of an Department at Washington City or elsewhere and to receive from the officer authorized to me the same
a certificate or any arrears or increase of Pension to which deponent may be entitled and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears or
increase of Pension as deponent might or could do were the personally present at the doing thereof: and he hereby revoke all former powers if any inconsistent with the above and authorizes his said Attorney to appoint attorney one or more under him for any or all the purposes aforesaid hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever deponents
said attorney, or those appointed under him shall lawful by do or cause to be done in the premises: In Witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set his hand
and seal the day and year first above written
the presence of
Seth Daley
S W Beaman
Sliter
Sworn to and subscribed before me
on the day and year first above mentioned, and I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged
and described, and I have no interest in the result of said claim and
and not concerned in its prosecution: Seth Daley, Justice of the Peace,
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State of New York
Columbia County ⎬ ss I the subscriber, Clerk of the said
County Certify that Seth Daley before whom the
within affidavit and power was sworn and acknowledged
on the Seventh day of November 1853, was at said time
a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly
qualified, and that I verily believ'd his signature with
in written to be genuine; I have no interest in
the result of the claim to which the foregoing paper
titles and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Witness my hand and official Seal at the City of
Hudson in said Court this 8th day of November 1853
D.C. Neufus Clerk

children of
Simon Beeman
pensioner power
Act 1832. -June 7
Columbia Co NY

J D Woodward atty