Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12164, Robert L Beall, Md.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER
Md. Beall, Robert L. S.12164
Carded
CONTENTS

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Date of death not on az -
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Dup: certificate pd: and delivered
to the pensioner 8th Decr: 1843 -

The old one which was torn has
been returned and cancelled.-

See within, -

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6225
District of Columbia

Robert L. Beall
Washington in the Dis: of Col:
who was a pri, in the compy commanded
by Captain Haris of the Regt commanded
by Col: Murdock in the Va. [black star with white dot in the center]
line for 6 months from 1781 -
Md. Line. [black star with white dot in the center]
Records corrected July 6, 1905

Inscribed on the Roll of Dist: of Columbia
at the rate of 20 -Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Feby:
1933 and sent E. Brooke
Present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 30-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 10-
$40-

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.} 

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D Vol. 8 Page 179
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District of Columbia
County of Washington viz:
On this 26th day of February 1833, personally appeared before me
the subscriber Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for the District
of Columbia, Robert L. Bell, a resident of the said County in the District
aforesaid, aged sixty eight 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 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following 
named Officers, and served as herein stated:
He was drafted early in the spring of the year he thinks was
in the month of March 1781 to serve a tour of nine months and was
placed under the following named officers viz Captain Aaron Harris
and [illegible] Harris, his 1st Lieutenant who belonged to the
Regiment of Col Mourdock in which William Deakin's was 
Major. The Troops drafted this time remained at George Town for 
some time before they received marching orders. The were then ordered
to march to Annapolis in the State of Maryland, where himself
and the company to which he was attached as soon as they arrived
were put under other officers in the Regiment commanded by Genl
Smallwood, his Maj was Lyles, and his Captain David Lynn.
After remaining in this service several months in the State of
Maryland, he was early in the Fall of the year late in September [illegible] ill and being
rendered thereby incapable of service, he was permitted to leave -
service on Furlough, and returned home. Immediately after he
left the Regiment, it was called to York Town, but at this time he
being too ill to march he was confined by indisposition til after 
The surrender of Cornwallis, being still bound to save the full
term of nine months if his health had permitted, having
from the time he was drafted in the month of March to the time his
Troop marched to York Town, served fully six months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
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to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name
is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency in of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
before me
W. Cranch
Robert S Beall

We George B. Magruder and Tyson Bell, Geogre B. Magruder residing
in George Town, and Tyson Bell residing in Montgomery County in
the state of Maryland, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted
with Robert L. Bell, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
and that we believe him to be fully 68 years of age - And the said
Tyson Bell testifies to the fact of his service as stated in the above
declaration being himself 84 years old and being a resident of the
same neighbourhood with the Declarant at the period spoken of,
has a perfect recollection of the facts of his service as stated
which he supposes other living witnesses could also be found to prove
Tyson Beall
George B Magruder

District of Columbia
County of Washington
On this 20th day of February 1833, the above
named George B. Magruder and Tyson Bell,
subscribed their names thereto, and made
oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty
Bod before me a Justice of the Peace in the county aforesaid that the respective statements of each
so far as their testimony goes as to the age
& service of the Declarant is true.
Edmund Brooke

And the said Judge hereby declare my opinion after
the investigating the matter, and putting the subjoined Interrogatories prescribed 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 the two witnesses aforesaid, and the Revd S.B.Balch who have signed the above by a subsequent certificate are
credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I
also certify that the above named applicant is an infirm man to whom it
would be very inconvenient to attend court.
W. Cranch
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Interrogatories put by the Judge:
1st Where in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Montgomerie County in the State of Maryland
in the year 1764 or 5.

2d. Have you any record of your age? and, if so, where is it?
Answer, It was recorded in a Family Bible which is destroyed.

3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since
the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer - I was living in Montgomerie County in Maryland, and 
still live where I have always lived, in that pact of it now comprehended
in the District of Columbia.

4t. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer
or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer - I was drafted to serve nine months.

5h. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the
Troops where you served; such continental and Militia or Regiments
as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service
Answer - I have done so in my declaration.

6th Did you receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was
it given, and what has become of it?
Answer - I was permitted by Major Lyles to leave the rEgiment
on account of ill health, til I was restored to health, and it was from him
that I obtained a Furlough, in the month of Sept - he had no
other discharge

7 State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present
neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity,
and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer - I am well known to Tyson Bell who has proved my
service, and also to George B. Magruder, as well as many other
respectable persons, who can testify to my character as a man of 
veracity.
Sworn before me
this 26th Feb 1833
W Cranch
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I do hereby certify that I have known the
Within Robr S Beall for many years, that I have
ever believed and is has been generally so reputed
him a man of strict Integrity and veracity and
that I verily believed are the facts stated by him 
to be true having the most implicit confidence in anything
he would in such manner state
Wm Stewart
Sworn and subscribed before me the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in Washington
County this 23d Feb 1833
E. Brooke

I do hereby certify that I reside in the same neighbourhood many 
years with Robert L Bell and became well acquainted with him - That I believe
him to be as old as he states himself to be, and that he is,
in my estimation a man of strict veracity. I know nothing
myself personally of his service as a soldier, of the Revolution
but have heard a it said that he was.
L Mackall
Sworn and Subscribed before me
the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace
in Washington County this 23d Feb 1833
Edmund Brooke

I Stephen B Balch, a clergyman, residing in George Town
D.C. hereby certify, that I have been well acquainted with Robert
L. Bell who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration
for many years. That I believe him to be sixty eight years of 
age. That he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the
Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion
S.B. Balch
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 26th day
of Feby 1833. E. Brooke
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December 17, 1935

Robert L. Beall-S.12164
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. L. S. Cummins
4118 Alabama Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dear Madam: 

Reverence is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary war record of Robert Augustus
Beall of Montgomery County, Maryland.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office
are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land
made to the United States, based upon service in that war.

A search of the records fails to show such claims
on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of
Robert Augustus Beall or Augustus Beall. The surname
was searched under similar spellings.

Robert L. Beall was born in the year 1764 or 
1765 in Montgomery County, Maryland; the names of his
parents are not stated.

While residing in Montgomery County, Maryland,
he enlisted early in March, 1781, served as a private
in Captain Aaron Harris' company, Colonel Murdock's
Maryland Regiment, marched to Annapolis, and was there
placed i nCaptain David Lynn's company under Major
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Lyles: he was taken sick in September, 1781 and
returned home on furlough, and before his recovery,
Cornwallis surrendered.

The soldier, Robert L. Beall, was allowed
pension oh his application executed, February 26,
1833, at which time he was living in Washington
County, District of Columbia.

There is no reference to his wife or children.

One Tyson Beall was a resident of Montgomery
County, Maryland in 1833; his relationship to the
soldier is not shown.

If you desire information relative to the last 
payment of pension, name and address of person paid,
and possibly the date of death of this pensioner,
you should address The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington,
D.C., and cite the following:

Robert L. Beall
Certificate # 6225
Issued February 26, 1833
Rate $20.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
District of Columbia Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1906 Aug 23, History to
F.M. Ballard - c

1921 June 22 Hist. to E.Van A
Lamberton aw
1935 Dec 17 - hist to Mrs.
L.S.Cummins awg

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Rev War
12.164
INVALID.
Rile No. 12,164
Robert L. Beall or Beal
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 6225
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I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United
States, of the 7th June, 1832, Robert L. Beall
of the District of Columbia ~
who was a privet in the Army of the
Revolution. ~
is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and
--- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the [illegible] of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 26th day of 
February one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
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Issue a new Cert

Pensioner
Prech
Dec 8 43
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Washington D.C. ss.
On this eight day of December 1845, before me,
the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Washington
personally appeared Robert L. Beall who, on
his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly 
was a private in the
Army of the Revolution in
the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of
the District of Columbia that he received a certificate of
that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, bears
date on the twenty sixth day of February 1833
and that he is the holder of
said certificate - Robert S Beal

Sworn and subscribed to, before
me, the day and year aforesaid.
H. L. Williams
J.P.

NOTES.-The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction
of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
->If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the
case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has
never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that
he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a 
person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting
forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge or Notary Public, as the
case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, looses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also
required, which must be authenticated as above.
->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 be sent with the papers.
->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 which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be
attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
->No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department
or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
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OuM
Covington Ky
Aug 20." 1906.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir:
[round black stamp inscribed: O.W. & N. DIV AUG 22 1906 [illegible]]

Please send me what
records your files contain of the
service of Robert Beall of Virginia
a soldier in the Revolutionary War,
and oblige,
Yours Respy
F.M. Ballard
526 Montgomery St

[round black stamp inscribed: U. S. PENSION OFFICE A AUG 21 1906]
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[oval black stamp, inscribed as follows]
RECORD DIVISION JUN 11 1921
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Department of the Interior
Washington [illegible] 
Dear Sir.
Thanks for your courteous
reply to my former inquiry
Will you please give me
what data you have concerning
Robert Lamar Beall born 1757
died in the District of Columbia
at his home in 1851. Received a 
pension at his death.
Married Aug. 11 1787 Ann
Aldridge.
Also
Nathan Salsbury of Rutland
Vermont Father of Johnathan 
Salsbury born Oct 4 - 1809 died July
2 - 1877. Married Anna Marie
Baggarly Sept 10-1848
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Also
Henry Baggarly Father
& Tyson Baggarly born Dec 13
1780 died 1821 in Western New
York State.
Henry Baggarly married
Elizabeth Tyson

Thanking you in advance
for your trouble I am 
Respectfully
Ella Van Akin Lamberton

Mrs E.E. Lamberton
808-9th Ave
Menomonie Wisconsin
June 18 - 1921
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[round black date stamp; numbered 1-12 around outer edge with tick marks separating the numbers; inscribed as follows]
RECEIVED
DEC 6 1935
MAIL SUB.-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER 18
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LLOYD S. CUMMINS
REPRESENTING
GEORGE LUEDERS & CO.
ESSENTIAL OILS-PERFUMERS PRIME MATERIALS
VANILLA BEANS, OLIVE OIL
427-429 WASHINGTON ST.
NEW YORK

4118 Alabama Ave.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
December 4th, 1935.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: 

I am seeking information concerning
Robert Augustus Beall, Senior, and I thought possibly
your department could help me some. It is
particularly the Revolutionary War record that I 
want.

The person in question was born in Montgomery
County, Maryland, June 1767, and married
Elizabeth Marshall, and to them were born ten children;
the eldest, Josias Bradley Beall, was killed
in the war of 1836, in the Fannin Massacre, at 
Goliad, Texas. His third son was a Major in the
Civil War, Robert Augustus, Sr., emigrated
to Georgia about 1809.

In Col. Landon Carter's Diary (Wm. and
Mary Quarterly of Maryland) Vol. 15, page 257, is
mentioned a "Bob" Beall, Ensign in Capt. Ball's
Regulars of March 1776. He had two brothers, John
and James Beall. There are two men by these names
mentioned as being in the 5th Regiment of Lt.
Fickle and returning home in 1782. I am not sure
these are his brothers, but probably.

I will be grateful for any information I
may receive. However, if this does not come under
your jurisdiction, just ignore the letter.

Yours very truly,
Mrs. L.S. Cummins

4118 Alabama Ave.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S12164
Washington , D.C., _____ , 19 __

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Robert L Beall
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

[column headers: | DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGHT OF SERVICE. | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER HWOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | [sub-headers here: | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |] | STATE.|]

| Mar 1781 | 6 mos | Pvt | Aaron Harris, David Lynn | Murdock, Major Lyles | Md |

Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montgomery Co Md
Date of application for pension, Feb 26, 1833. His I was al
Residence at date of application, Washington Co. D.C.
Age at date of application, b. Montgomery Co Md in 1764 or 1765-
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his 
family

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.

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