Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 664, Phinehas Bean, N. H.
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(3--17760
SERVICE               NUMBER
N.H.        Bean, Phinehas      R. 664
or
Phineas
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832

State of Maine
Waldo County ss}
On this twenty eighth day of August personally
appeared before the Hon. Alfred Johnson Jr. Judge of the Court of Probate
now sitting for said County Phineas Bean of Montville in said
county 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 77th A.D. 1832.
In July 1781 at Candia in the County of Rockingham & State of New
Hampshire he enlisted in Captain Samuel Runnels & Lieutenant  Samuel Pipers Company of Infantry & Col. Archelaus Moony's Regiment
for six months & marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island
thence to Tiverton & was stationed at Fogland's neck for three months
During the time he was at Fogland's neck he was employed as a
guard. From said Fogland's neck he marched to Newport & was
there together with about ten more of his company transferred into
a company of infantry commanded by Lieutenant Stearks & Majr.s
Daniel Runnels under whom he served to the end of said six months
at Newport & Providence at which latter place he was discharged
about the middle of January 1781 by Col. Moony without a written
discharge & returned home. Since the revolution he has lived at
said Candia & in Montville in the State of Maine.  He was born at
said Candia July 25. 1763 & was sixty nine years old las July.
He thinks there is a record of his age in said Candia a copy of which
he has in his possession. At the time he entered the service a number
of persons were called for from the Militia of said Candia & he enlisted
to serve for one of the persons so called for.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension
 role of the agency of any State.    X 
Phineas  his mark   Bean

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A Johnson
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the 
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as
he states.
Alfred Johnson Judge

I Nathaniel M. Lowney Register of the Court of Probate for
the county of Waldo certify that the foregoing contained the original
proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of 
Phineas Bean for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of
office this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1832.
[Seal illegible] Nathl. M. Lowney } Register of Probate
                                                     } Waldo County

Mr Moses McFarland a clergiman residing in said Montville
& Benjn. W. Clifford residing in the same Town hereby certify
that we are wel acquainted with Phineas Bean who has
subscribed & sworn to the proceeding declaration & that
we believe him to be sixty nine years of age. that he is
refuted & believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in
that opinion.     Moses McFarland
Benj W Clifford

State of Maine
Waldo County ss
Then personally appeared Moses McFarland
Benjamin W. Clifford & made oath to the truth of the
above certificate by them subscribed & I certify that said
McFarland is a clergiman resident in Montville & that Benjn
W. Clifford resides in the same Montville & is a credible person &
that their statement is entitled to credit. N.M. Lowney Jus. Peace
I further certify that I am a magistrate as above & that the
above signature [illegible] to be mine is genuine. Witness my
hand & seal of office this 12th day of September 1833 N.M. Lowney R of S
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice
of the Peace within & for the county of Waldo Phineas Bean
of Montville in said county an applicant for a pension
who being duly sworn desposeth & saith that at the
time he entered the service [illegible] in his declaration
contained on this paper a portion of the militia were
called for as I then understood by the authority of New Hampshire
two persons were called for from the said town
of Candia & I together with Joseph Marstin whom
deposition is attached volunteered for six months &
served that length of time under the officers mentioned 
in my declaration as Privates immediately
after we volunteered we were ordered to said Providence
then to wate for further orders about two weeks
after we arrived there we were marched to said
Fogland necks where we remained about three months
there were no other troops at this place other than the 
company to which I belonged which contained between
30 & 40 men we were stationed here for a guard
then we marched to Tiverton from here we were
conveyed in boats across to [word crossed out] the Island [illegible]
then we marched to Newport here we were
employed destroying the forts left by the British
I should think we were then as long as two months then we
were marched to Providence then we were stationed
until our term of service expired & were hen discharged
General Cornwall remanded all the troops when
we were at Newport. The time of my discharge
was written in my declaration January 1781 by accident
& mistake it should have been January 1782
I am known to Ebenezer Everett Esq P.M. of Montville &
also to the Selectmen of Montville who can testify
as to my character for truth & their belief of my
service as a soldier of the revolution. That I
have no documentary evidence of my service have 
made diligent search & [illegible] inquiry & can
find no person who can testify as to my service
except Joseph Marstin whose deposition is annexed
that by reason of old age & the loss of memory
he cannot recollect the day of the month he entered
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is was discharged from the service but is positive
that he served as a private not less than six months
that I have been confined to the house for more
three months & am unable to [illegible] [illegible] by
reason of bodily disability
Montville June 17 1833     Phineas his X mark Bean

State of Maine
Waldo County ss. Monville June 17. 1833
Then personally appeared the above named Phineas
Bean & made such to the truth of the foregoing deposition
by him subscribed. I do hereby certify that said Beans
reputation for truth is good & that his declaration under
oath are entitled to credit & that he is in my opinion
unable by reason of bodily infirmity to appear before a
court of [illegible] is of leaving his room
N.M. Lowney Jus. of the Peace
I further certify that I am a Magistrate as above
& that the foregoing signature [illegible] to be mine is
genuine --
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& seal of office this 19th day of June 1833
N.M. Lowney Register of Probate
for Waldo County

[Diagonally right-hand side of page]
Declaration
Phineas Bean
12.420
420
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12420
Phinehas Bean
Maine

on Roll Colonel
Mooney's Regt
5 Months 21 days
11. 12. 13

P. 293

N. M Lowney
Jarvis
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12.420.

BRIEF in the case of Phinehas Bean
County of Waldo in the State of Maine
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3.  How old is he? 69
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.                    Duration of Service.                Rank.         Names of General and Field Officers
                                                                                                 under whom he served.
                                 Years,     Months,     Days.     As a           Gen.
Enlisted in 1781 J        "              6                "       private        Capt. Runnels of Infantry
                                  He says however that                            Col Mooney; transported to a                          He was discharged about the middle                                      Company commanded by
of January 1781."                                                                      Lieut. Stearn, Major D. Runnels   

5.  In what battles was he engaged? none
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rockingham Cty. New Hamp.
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Neither, if not on the Roll.
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

T Waugh Examining Clerk,
March 14. 1833
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Belfast Sept. 17. 1533

Sir
Herewith you will [illegible] the papers of
Phineas Bean an applicant for a Pension. He has provided
tow depositions to prove his term of service which 
with his own declaration he is in hopes will be
satisfactory to the Department.
The application of [illegible] [illegible] Wilsom
for a pension [illegible] the Department
some time since & [illegible] has been heard
from them. Please [illegible] me what
was done with his [illegible].
I am sir most respectfully
your obedient servant
N.M. Lowney




Hon. Lewis Cass}
Secretary of War}
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[Left-hand side of page]
[Stamp] BELFAST
SEPT
18
ME

Pension Papers

[Diagonally]

Maine Sept 23
WR

[Right-hand side of page]
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washinton City
D.C.
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664
Rejected
[illegible] Letter 8 Oct
1833 N. M. Lowney Es
Belfast Maine
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Ex'r.   INVALID

[Blacked out: NO. 664] illegible initials
[Diagonally] REJECTED

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

Phinehas Bean
P.O.
Service:
Enlisted:       , 18
Discharged:     , 18
The printed list of 1852
shows reasons for rejections
Application filed:   , 18
"He did not serve six months."
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
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N. M. Lowney
Oct 8 1833

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Recorded vol. 29, page 29
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War Dept
Pension Office 
Oct 8. 1833

Sir.
The documents in support of
the claim of Phineas Bean have again
been examined & placed on our files. It appears 
from the records of colonel Mooney's
Regt that he served only 5 mos & 21 days.
As the Act of June 7 1832 provides for
one who did not serve at least 6 months
his claim cannot be allowed.
[initials]

N. M. Lowney E
Belfast Maine
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Phineas Bean
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
[crossed out: Barrett Brewer] Phinehas Bean which require
further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
yes
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
yes
V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled?  yes
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes
VII.  Has he made relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?    yes
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?   yes
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?   yes
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?   yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergy man and another respectable citizens as to 
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his
revolutionary service?  No
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?  No
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  No -- nor
are the particulars of his service stated with
sufficient detail

 XIV.  +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --------
hear ------ months, and -------days, I served as a ----- For -----months
and -----days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too 
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.
It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed 
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
[hand pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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[Seal upper left-hand corner of page illegible]


SAMUEL E. SMITH,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE:
SAM E SMITH
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING,

KNOW YE, That Charles L. Turner of Turner in
the county of Oxford, Esquire, is one of our Justices
of the Peace, within and for said County
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duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to his _____
Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in
and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto
affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, this Sixth___
day of June_____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-three___ and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of
the United States of America.

BY THE GOVERNOR.
R.I.S. Greene Secretary of State.
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I Joseph Marston of Turner in the County of Oxford
State of Maine a revolutionary soldier of the age of seventy one
years on oath declare that in July 1781 at Candia in the county 
of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire I enlisted into
the company of infantry commanded by Capt Samuel Runnels
& Lieut. Samuel Piper. Col Archelaus Mooneys Regiment
for six months & marched to Providence thence to Fogland necks
thence to Newport R. I. and was discharged at the expiration of said six months being sometime in the Month of January
1782 by Col. Moony. That Phineas Bean then of said Candia
and now of Montville in the county of Waldo State of Maine
enlisted into the same Company at the same time that I
did as a private soldier & was discharged at the same time
and place that I was without a written discharge having
served six months the length of time for which he
enlisted we was employed part of the time at R.I
removing some of the British forts were under the 
command of General Cornwall
Joseph Marston

Oxford ss. May 27 1833
Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Marston
whose reputation for truth and veracity is good and
whose declarations under oath are in my opinion
entitled to credit and made oath to the truth of
the above affidavit by him subscribed
Chales L Turner Justice of the peace

I Nathaniel M. Lowney Register of Probate for the county of 
Waldo certify that I have no doubt that the above 
signature purporting to be Charles L. Turners is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal
of office this 15th day of June 1833.
N.M. Lowney} Register of Probate
} Waldo County
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I Benjamin W. Clifford aged sixty seven years
last August of Montville in the county of Waldo
on oath declare that during the Revolutionary war
I lived in Candia in the County of Rockingham &
State of New Hampshire but three miles from Phineas
Bean who now lives in Montville that I was at
that time & ever since have been acquainted with
said Bean that during the Revolutionary War said
Bean was absent from his home one season & was as
I then understood in the service of the United States
I cannot recollect positively the year or the month
that he went into the service but think it
was 1781 & am quite positive that he went away
from home some time in the summer & returned
the then next winter & that he was absent not less
than six months. It was generally understood in
the neighborhood when he then lived that he
was in the service of the United States the time
he was absent & I had not then & have not now
any doubt but that he was so in the service.
September 11. 1833   Benj W. Clifford

State of Maine
Waldo County ss Sept. 11. 1833
Then personally appeared the above named
Benjamin W. Cliffor & made oath to the truth of the
above affidavit by him subscribed before me & I
hereby certify that said Clifford is a man of truth &
that his statements are entitled to credit
Nathl M. Lowney Jus. Peace

I N.M. Lowney Register of the Court of Probate of 
said County certify that I ama Magistrate as
above & that the foregoing signature pruporting
to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of
office this 11th day of September 1833.
Nathl. M. Lowney} Register of Probate