Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28998, Stephen Beach, Conn. Vt.
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(3-1776)
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CONTENTS
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3749 New York
Stephen Beach of Grenadier Isl'd in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Sawyer of Vt of the Regt commanded by Col Canfield of Conn in the Vermont & Conn line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of December 1832 and Sent to J H Bronson Watertown N.Y.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $120.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  40.00
$160.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book D Vol. 5 Page 156
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss. } In Jefferson Common Pleas of the term of September 1832
On this 11th Day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County in the State of New York aforesaid now sitting - Stephen Beach, a Resident of Grenadier Island in the River St. Lawrence, (which is an Island lying opposite to the most northerly corner of Jefferson County aforesaid) aged 69 years, who being first Duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to enable him to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - to wit - I the said Stephen Beach was born in the town of Wallingford in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut on the 4th Day of May in the year 1763, - I have no record of my age, - When I was first called into the service in the Revolutionary war I was living in Windsor in the State of Vermont - I resided in the town of Windsor aforesaid for nearly or quite twenty years after the war closed - I then removed into Upper
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Canada, to the town of Brockville, where I continued to reside until about 17 years ago when I removed to the Island called Grenadier Island in the River St. Lawrence, aforesaid, where I now reside, and at which place I have resided for seventeen years last past - 
I was first Drafted as a militia man in June 1779 - at Windsor in Vermont - and served at that time as a militia man six months under the command of Capt. Jesse Sawyer in a company commanded by him - During the aforesaid six months we were stationed a part of the time at Rutland & a part of the time at Castleton in Vermont - I was frequently sent out on scouting parties with others, and During the whole  of the above six months, I was engaged in hard and active service; I was, with the rest of the company, regularly Discharged at the end of the  six months from the time we were first drafted but received  no written Discharge from our Captain or any other person - 
In the next year thereafter, that is in the
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year 1780 in the month of May I enlisted or volunteered in a militia company commanded by Capt Jesse Safford, and marched with the Company to Royalton in Vermont where we remained Stationed During the summer, and until about the first of September when we removed up to Bethel a town six miles from Royalton & there built a picket fort wherein we stayed until about the middle of November when the company was all discharged and we went home - During the time that we were lying in the picket fort at Bethel the Indians burned Royalton - at this time I served a few Days over six months viz from May to November 1780 - as aforesaid and During most of that time I was out on scouting parties - by the order of the Captain - at end of the last term of six months I was again regularly discharged by the Captain of the Company - but received no written discharge - in March 1781 - I went over to Wallingford
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in Connecticut and I then enlisted in the State troops of the State of Connecticut for one year - I joined my company & Regiment on the 1st April 1781, about four miles from Horse neck where the Regiment was then lying - The company to which I was attached was commanded by Capt. Granger - the Lieutenants of the Company were Howe and Wilson - but their cristian names I do not remember - I do not recollect what was the Number of our Regiment - it was commanded by Col. Canfield from New Hartford - the name of the Major of the Regiment was Davy - the adjutants name was Bull - I served as a private soldier in the company and Regiment aforesaid, during the whole year for which I enlisted as aforesaid and was regularly Discharged on the 1st of April in the year 1782, and within about a month or so after we got the news of Peace - I did not receive a written discharge neither did any of my comrades to my
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knowledge - The Regiment of Col Canfield was stationed at the same place, where it lay when I joined it ( which was about 4 miles from Horse neck) during the whole of the time that belonged to it - I was engaged in various services on Detachments around the Country During the year aforesaid, but the head quarters of the Regiment remained the same Dureing the whole of the time - 
The Rev'd Henry Bogart who lives about Eight miles from me and who is the nearest  clergyman  to me - and Jonathan Hunter and William Bogert of Alexandria who reside about 8 or 9 miles from me, all know me well and can testify to my character for truth & veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution - 
I have no documentary evidence in relation to the service above stated or any part of it - and I do not know of any person whose testimony, I can procure who can testify to my service above stated or
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to any part of it; I do not know of any of my comrades who served with me that are now living - The father of Jonathan Hunter aforesaid was well acquainted with me during the Revolution and was knowing to the fact of my being in the service ['but' crossed out] and  altho he is now Dead yet Johnathan Hunter aforesaid, his son, can testify that he has frequently heard his father speak of my services as a soldier of the Revolution - 
And I the said Stephen Beach do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State - 
/s/Stephen Beach
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the Day and year aforesaid - 
/s/P. Burchard clerk
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8699
Stephen Beach Canada
18 Sep 1852 
24 Nov " 
16.
A. H. Bronson
Watertown N.Y. 
P101.
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BRIEF in the case of Stephen Beach of Grenadier Island in the State of [blank]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? Sixty nine years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.|]
drafted In 1779|([blank]|6|[blank])|[blank]|Capt Jesse Sawyer.|
enlisted 1780 may|([blank]|6|+over)|[blank]|Capt Jesse Safford|
1781 march|(1|[blank]|[blank])|[blank]|Capt Granger, Col Canfield|
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5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Winsor (Windsor) Vt.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? A Walton, A clergyman and Wm Bogert & Jon'a Hunter all certify to traditionary evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [blank]
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case  above mentioned.
/s/D Kenly Examining Clerk.
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3-525 [margin note: 3749]
RECORD DIVISION. [initials: own]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., [blank], 190[blank]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Stephen Beach a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (['or his widow's' crossed out]) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 28,998
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
June, 1779|6 mos.|Pvt.|(Sawyer| / )|Vt.|
May 1780|6 mos.| " |(Jesse Safford| / )| " |
April 1781|1 yr.| " |(Granger|Canfield)|Conn.|
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Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsor, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 11, 1832. cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Grenadier Island in St. Lawrence River, Upper Canada, 
Age at date of application, b. Wallingford, New Haven, Co., Conn. May 4, 1763
Remarks: No family data, 
Very respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner. 
1565b3m10-08
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[verso]
28998
Revy INVALID.
File No. 28,998
Stephen Beach Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 32
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
1912, Mar. 18 Hist. to Mrs. John B. Olson 208 Milwaukee Ave Fort Atkinson Wis.
1913 Mar 21. Ref. to aud. for last payment.
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State of New York - 
In Jefferson County Com. Pleas
In the Matter of Stephen Beach - 8699 Application for a pension - 
Declaration and Certificates &c &c 
J. H. Bronson of Watertown Atty for applicant
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I Azariah Walton Deputy ['Clerk of'' crossed out] Collector of Alexandria in the Jefferson County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen Beach of Grenadier Island who has signed and sworn to the above declaration - that I believe him to be of the age of 69 years - that he is Reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion - 
/s/Azariah Walton
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid - 
/s/P/ Burchard clerk
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We Henry Bogert a Clergyman residing in the town of Elizabethtown in Upper Canada about 8 miles from Grenadier Island and William Bogert and Jonathan Hunter, of Alexandria in the County of Jefferson & State of New York, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Beach who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration. - and have been acquainted with him for many years and that we believe him to be of the age of 69 years - and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & to have served in the American armies during the Revolutionary war, and that we concur in that opinion, and we have no Doubt of the truth of his statement aforesaid - We have frequently heard David Hunter, Deceased, the father of said Jonathan Hunter speak of the services of said Beach as a Soldier of the Revolution and we have heard him say that he was knowing to the fact that the said Beach
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did serve in the American Armies during the War of the Revolution - 
/s/Henry Bogart
/s/Jonathan Hunter
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the Day and year aforesaid - 
/s/P. Burchard clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant Stephen Beach was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to then that Henry Bogart who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Elizabethtown in Upper Canada and that Azariah Walton who has signed the first above certificate and Jonathan Hunter who has signed the other certificate above are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - and that they both reside in the town of Alexandria aforesaid
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I Peleg Burchard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Beach for a pension - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of of office this 15th Day of September 1832 - 
/s/P. Burchard clerk
State of New York
Jefferson County ss - Isaac H Bronson of Watertown in said County Counsellor at Law being Duly sworn doth depose and say that Grenadier Island in the River St. Lawrence, mentioned and set forth in the foregoing declaration of Stephen Beach as his place of Residence is an Island in the province of Upper Canada and under the Jurisdiction of the British Government, - that the boundary line between the said province of Upper Canada & the United States runs in that channel of the River which lies between the said Island and the main land on
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the United States side - as is generally understood and believed, and as laid Down on the maps of the Country & that the State of New York Exercises no jurisdiction over said Island - This Deponent further says, that the Court House in Watertown aforesaid is the nearest Court House to the said Island in the United States, and the nearest place where courts of record are held within the United States
/s/J. H. Bronson
I certify that, on the 8th Day of December 1832 personally appeared before me Isaac H Bronson above named to me well known ['and he' crossed out] be the person described in & who executed the foregoing affidavit & who being by me Duly sworn made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in said affidavit - I further certify that said Bronson is a person of credibility - 
/s/Calvin M Knight first Judge of Jeff County Courts
State of New York - In Jefferson County Com: Pleas
In the matter of Stephen Beach's 8699 Application for a pension - 
Declaration and certificate &c &c
J. H. Bronson of Watertown Atty for applicant
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State of New York In Jefferson County Common Pleas
In the matter of Stephen Beach's Application for a pension -
Declaration and certificate &c &c
J. H. Bronson of Watertown Atty for applicant
admitted 2 years 80&
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Jefferson County Clerk's office} ss.
I Peleg Burchand Clerk of the County of Jefferson and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Calvin McKnight whose name is subscribed to the certificate or Jurat of the foregoing affidavit of Isaac H Bronson was on the Day of the Date of the same first Judge of Jefferson County Courts and also a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths & take affidavits & that the signature of Calvin McKnight to said certificate is genuine & that I am well acquainted with his signature - 
[county seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 8 Day of December in the year 1832
/s/P. Burchard clerk
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Beach, Stephen S-28998 cert. 3749
Act - 1832
Albany N.Y.
Sep. 3 AD 1847 no death date 
Book. J. Page 9 
H.J. 5-12-59
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[handwritten letter]
Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Mar. 12, 1912

Dept. of Interior, 
Com. of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: - What can you tell me of the war record (if any) of one Stephen Beach, [margin note: S 28,998] presumably of Wallingford, Conn., in the war of the Revolution? 
Also of Matthew Buell and his son [margin note: only] Daniel Buell of Somers, Conn. in the same war. 
Am inclosing stamp for [margin note: no stamp found by AW Mar. 14]
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[handwritten letter]
reply. Please notify me if there are any changes. 
Very truly, 
/s/Jessie Beach Olson. 
Mrs. John B. Olson,
208-Milwaukee Av.,
Fort Atkinson, Wis. 
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. D MAR 14 1912]
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[handwritten letter]
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE C MAR 12 1913]
Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Mar. 10, 1913,

Com. of Pensions,
Dept. of Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Can you send me the date and place of death, of one Stephen Beach, a Revolutionary pensioner, whose pension was granted in 1832 while he lived on Grenadier Island, now a part
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[handwritten letter]
of Jefferson County, New York? It would see that your records would show what year the department ceased to pay this money, and to what address it was sent while he lived. 
I am very anxious about these two points, and will be very grateful for any attention you can give my questions. 
Very truly,
/s/Jessie Beach Olson.
Mrs. John B. Olson, 
Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Riverside Drive.
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. War Section.

March 21, 1913.

Mrs. John B. Olson
Riverside Drive,
Fort Atkinson, Wis.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 10" and received the 12" instant, you are advised that the papers in the pension claim of Stephen Beach, Sur. File No. 28,998, Rev. War, fail to show the date of his death, and for the date of last payment of his pension and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
"Stephen Beach, Certificate No. 3.749, issued December 31, 1832, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the New York Agency."
Very respectfully,
/s/J.L. Davenport
Commissioner.
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Beach, Stephen GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8001 and 8156 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 19, 1798 to -not shown-

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.