Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,547, Lewis Beers, Conn.. Continental
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Service                                     Number

Conn               Beers, Lewis      S.31.547
Continental
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Connecticut 28.934
Lewis Beers
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut
who was a private in the Comp [illegible] commanded by Captain Hinmann of the Reg commanded by Col Hinmann in the Connecticut line for [illegible] [illegible]
          [illegible]  
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 40 Dollars  - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of July 1834 and sent to 13 Phelps Woodbury, CT

Arrears to the 4th of March 34,  [illegible]
Semi-anl.[annual] allowance ending [illegible]

                                                            20
                                                           ________
                                                          160
       {Revolutionary Claim,
        Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by B Ela Clerk
Book F,2 Vol. 3  Page 3
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State of Connecticut
Probate Court  District of Woodbury

On this 27th day of July 1833 personally
heard in open Court before the Court of Probate
or the District of Woodbury holden in said District Lewis Beers a resident of the town of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut, again serving seven years who being first sworn according to him, do     his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, proposed June 7th 1832.
That he was born at Woodbury aforsaid on the 12th day of February 1756.  That he has always resided in siaid Woodbury    a went in the service as herin after stated.
That he joined the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War under the following named officers and served as herin stated.

In the month of April or May 1775 he enlisted for six months into company commanded by Lieut. David Hinman and on the 1st of June in said year commenced his march with said Company for    and served at that    or in the neighborhoood of     I  am      dearly discharged said from  said Company belonging a to a Raymond Tom   by Co. D. Hinman said Compainy was usually called Col Hinmans' Company, and his disoman served another  period of his enlistment established bout his only day of    at the loss of the time.  In January 1776 he entered the Company of Cap. Nathaniel Tulle at Carson as a substitute or on Oliver Alswell of Litchfield (Connecticut) who was a nalle from seekn.  To do dearly,    the born of two months.  He depart left his place of    at said Woodbury on the 15th of said January and arrived at Boston in 7 days and immediately joined said company as aforesaid and enlisted to serve therein the full period of two months.  In command and of the     was Col. Chal. Webb and were on the Cambridge side about three weeks, thin went to Resberry
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and from there to Dorchester. The troops then had orders to march for New York, and the Deponent marched with them as far as Providence when his time expired and he was discharged. The first Lieutenant was Catlin of Litchfield The 2d Lieutenant was Grant The Ensign was Amos Johnson late of Southington.
The Major of this Regiment Webbs I do not remember Col Webbs son was Adjutant.

3) In the month of July 1776 I was enrolled in the first militia company in Woodbury and [illegible] on duty as a private therein and in July of that year not later I think than the 15 I was detached on a tour of duty to New York & left Woodbury ^on that day^ encounter Capt Hine and mention to forwalk from thence by 
              [written in border- "1776, 2 mo, Sergeant]
water to New York & continued to do duty
as a ["private", word struck out] in this company
until the 12 or 13 Sept. when I was dismissed at New York I arrived at Woodbury on 16 Sept 1776 the day New York was calcultive.  Rachan Mitchell under Lieutenant Capt Hines company belonged to Col Morley Regiment, I served as a private about two months the remainder 4 ^as a Sergeant^. 
In the fall of 1776 I was again called out
to perform a tour of duty at Law Pett
and its recruits The exact period of the commencement of this hour I cannot ascertain precisely but am confident I left Woodbury
in this detachment as early as 5 October. I am not afraid to say it was not later than that date & continued to do duty of private in the company of Capt Hine Lieut Mitchell I believe was there.
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Col Monty have command of the Regiment
to which this company belonged and I believe
all the troops there. I continued to do duty
in this company untill after the 25 December
perhaps untill the first of January & volun
teers for a week after my time was out as
the new [illegible] did not arrive being obtained by
the inclemency of the season and the bad travelling
I served as a private
5th   In January or beginning of February 1777 I
was a private in said Capt Hines company
of Woodbury militia and was drafted for
a tour on the North River to defend the public
Stores and the inhabitants adjacent to the River
1777 2 months
and with others making a detachment from
Their company marched to Fishkill N York
and were there put into a company
commanded by Capt Yates, Col Enos
Regiment & Gen McDougal commander
in chief I believe, he was a General in command
while there at the Lower Barracks an express
arrived giving notice that the British under
Col Brice have landed at Peekskill and
burned the public stores there, Gen McDougal
[illegible] out the troops of which our company
was a part to oppose the British and
secure the American barracks to be burned
to prevent their occupation by the British
I was dismissed from this company mar
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Peekskill service duty in this for
two months I am certain, but I
dare not swear to the time of its commencement 
or termination. I was in this company
23d March, the time Col Brice landed at
Peekskill.  I believe I was discharged within ten
days afterwards

6th  In April 1777 on the 26 when the British
destroyed the public stores at Danbury & was
again out with Capt Hines company and
day was absent according to my recollection four
days
1777  4 days
7. In 1777 between the 15&20 Sept not
later than the 20th I was again called out
I was a private in Capt Hines company
of Militia at Woodbury a demand was
made for troops to go to the North River and
the Northward to oppose the [illegible] of the
British coming up the North River with Gen
Burgoyne    I march with a detachment
from the Woodring militia under 
Capt Hines to Danbury thence to Fishkill
remained in this company, which company 
belonged to Col Canfields Regiment
I continued in this company doing
duty untill after the 25th of October, it might
be first November   our company was
oppo
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was opposite Fort Montgomery when it was
taken by the British and afterwards advanced
the River upon the Eastern bank as far as
Red Hook, from the high ground East of the
Hudson I saw the smoke of [illegible] which
the English have set on fire. at Red Hook
the news of Burgoynes surrender arrived &
we marched down the River and was
dismissed at Fishkill certainly as late as 25 Oct
8 When the British landed at New
Haven July 8 or 9th 1777. I volunteered I went to
Fairfield and Norwalk and was out in
the service not less than seven days Capt
Hine commanded the company
I never received any discharge in
writing from either tour of duty and
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I served in any case as a private, except the time at New York a Record of
my birth was made & have [illegible]
informed where it is I do not know
have made diligent enquiry for
proof of service and cannot find any
other Evidence than the annexed
Documents.
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The said Lewis Beers hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
C W Phelps Judge                             Lewis Beers     
of Probate Court Woodbury
We, Samuel B Andrew clergyman, residing in the town of Woodbury
and Samuel Steele residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Lewis Beers who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood 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.
W. B. Phelps                         Saml R. Andrew
Judge of Probate                 Samuel Steele
District Woodbury
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 was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel R Andrew
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
town of Woodbury and that Samuel Shell Esq who
has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Woodbury and is a credible
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W B Phelps Judge of Probate
District of Woodbury

I Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate
In the district of Woodbury
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application  Lewis Beers for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court
this 2 day of August 1833
Nathan Preston
Clerk
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31547
Revy INVALID.
File No. 31,547
Lewis Beers
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index: - Vol. 2  Page 33
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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In the absence of the Secretary of State of this State,
I have adverted to the State records, & find that the
General Assembly, at their session in April 1775
ordered several regiment to be raised for the term
of seven months, & appointed Benjamin Hinman
Colonel of one of them called the fourth Aug 9th
1833.
E Phelps

I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut do
certify, that I appear by a list or roll headed,
discharged AD 1775, "Companies not noted Col.
Hinman [illegible] that Lewis Beers, was a private,
the time of his enlistment is not therein mentioned
but that he was discharged September 2. There
is nothing contain in this document, by which
it can be determined, how long he served or
where he entered the service, or amount of his
pay, or of any other soldier named in the roll
[illegible] this roll is this endorsement, viz I do hereby
certify that the above is a true account of the Peter
of the discharges of the above named men of the
several companies in General Wooster & Col.
Hinman regiments above mentioned"
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to whom it may concern
sign,     
Richd Varick Secretary to
M. Gen Schuyler

E Phelps
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26.588
Lewis Beers
12 mo private
$40

E B Phelps
Woodbury CT
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
5OCT
Sir:The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Lewis Beers


Period when the     Duration of the         Rank of   Names and rank of         Age at present and    Proof by which
service was           claimant's service.         the         the Field officers          place of abode when   the declaration
rendered.             Years  Months  Days   claimant. Under whom he served   when he entered        is supported
                                                                                                                           the service


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE, 18325.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1 The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of ss
On this ___ day of ______ personally appeared (a) before ________ A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _______ state, territory, or District of ______ aged ____ years
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____
served in the (e) ______ regiment of the _______ line, under the following named officers:

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers, the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of _______
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ___________of the Court of __________
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of ___________________________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____________________and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____________________ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ______________ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
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 was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __________________
and that C.D., who has also signed the same as a resident in the ___________________________
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _______________________ Clerk of the Court of __________________do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _________
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ____ day of ______ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

Service in 1775 may be proved by documents in the comptroller office
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become
of it?
To an Officer, {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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 your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a]The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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 Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age the in 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 ______ year _______ months, and ______ days, I served as a _______ and for such service I claim a pension."
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 merely state that they served two years in the militia, &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 shown 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.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g]The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h]The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal. if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany 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 of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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.

Proof of Service.

[j]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 claimant's 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k]This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l]If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Lewis Beers
Con militia
26,588

Reply to E B Phelps Esq.
Newbury
Con
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May 1775
This is to Certify that Lewis Beers of Woodberry County of Litchfield
and State of Connecticut Listed in the States Service for seven
Months - in Colonel Benjamin Hinman Regiment
Capt David Hinmans Company
We were stationed at Ticonderoga in the State of New York
1776 in the fall and two months or more with the Militia
on the lines at [?]field and Rye State of New York under
Col. Increase Mosley Nathan Hind Captain
1777 Danbury Stores Burned he was out three days under
Capt Hines
October he was over to North River State of New York
under Col. Increase Mobley and  Capt Hines five weeks
1779
was out with the Militia under Capt in when Fairfield and
Norwalk was burned ten days
Graham Hurd

Personally appearing before me one John Moffett one of the Justices
of the Peace for the County of Sullivan Graham Hurd
and made oath and says that the statement is
true to the best of his recollection
Sworn Before me this 13th day of April
1833 John Moffett Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Sullivan County
Clerks Office
I Jesse M Foster Clerk of the said County
of Sullivan do certify that John Moffett Esq
before whom the above affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same
one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County. And that
I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe the signature subscribed to the said affidavit
his and genuine
Witness my hand and seal
of Office this 22d day of 
April 1833-
Jesse M. Foster Clk
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State of Connecticut
ss Probate Court,
District of Woodbury
July 27th AD 1833
Be it remembered that on the day and year
aforesaid, personally appeared in said Court
John Strong of Woodbury in the County of
Litchfield with whom the Court certify that they
are well acquainted and that he is a credible
Witness and being duly cautioned on oath testifies
as follows
That he was well acquainted with Lewis Beers
of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield & State of
Connecticut, and has lived a near neighbour to him ever
since that time. This Deponent knows that said Beers
enlisted into a company usually called Col. Hinman's
Company in April or May 1775 for the period of six
months, Lieut. David Herman was commanded said
Company, which belonged to Col. Benjamin Hinman
Regiment. said Company marched from said Woodbury
on the 1st of June 1775 and said Beers marched with
them, for Ticonderoga, and served at that post
with said Company, and the deponent has no
knowledge that said Beers was discharged till his
time expired, the deponent served in the same company
and is now eighty years of age. The deponent knows
that said Bens was in the militia at New York in 1776
he was there in Capt. Hines Company before the
British landed on Long Island. The deponent was in
the same company, but is not able to state the time that
said Beers left. the deponent came away in September
In the the fall of the same year, the said Company
of Capt Hines was again out at Rye in the State
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of New York and in that neighbourhood, and
said Beers was with the same as a member thereof
and the deponent believes he served at that time
two months
John Strong
Sworn & [illegible]
before me
E B Phelps judge of Probate
District of Woodberry
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State of Connecticut
Probate Court
District of Newbury

Be it remembered that on this 27 day of July 1833 personally appeared  Rubin (?) Hotchkiss of said Newbury who is personally known to said court and whom the court certify to be a credible witness and being formally cautioned and sworn under oath [illegible] that he is seventy four years of age and has been acquainted with Lewis Beers of Woodbury more than sixty years and knows that in the year 1775 said Beers was a private in a company commanded by Lt. David Hinman in Col. Benjamin Hermann Regiment and marched from Woodbury as early as the first of June 1775 for Ticonderoga. and continued his duty as a private in said company for six months [illegible]. 

This Deponent was a private in the company & a [illegible] of Beers serving
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As a private until about the 12 SEP 1776 
This Deponent was a private in  said Hines company and a  [illegible of said Beers had been 7 the Deponent left the company by [illegible] on the 12 oor 13That he reached Newbury on the day New York was [illegible] 15 Sept 1776  Ruben Hotchkiss

Sworn and [illegible] before me 

E B Phelps Judge o Probate   District of Newbury