Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2370, William Beard, Md. N. C.
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SERVICE
Md
N.C.

Beard, William

NUMBER
S. 2370

Born in Md.
carded

CONTENTS
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Ohio 13219

William Beard
of Ross in the State of Ohio
who was a Pr. in the Comp commanded
by Captain Bell of the Regt commanded
by col Hampton in the North Carolina
line for 9 months

N. C. and Md. Line Records corrected
July 7 [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio 
at the rate of 30 Dollars _ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May
1833 and sent to Honl Wm
Creighton Chilicothe Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833..............$60.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept........15.00
............................................................................$75.00

  Revolutionary Claim, 
⎨Act June 7, 1832.

Recorrded by M Clagett Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Page 2

May 28 34 - see let to him
case Peter Patterson Esq Chilicothe
_ Ohio _ actg: in formal
appv. for new certifc and sendg him
Bank form. _

July 7th 1834-
dup: certif issd & sent to Peter Patterson
Esq. Chilicothe  Ohio on the -
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Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed
June 7th 1832 _
The State of Ohio
County of Ross    ⎬ On this 11th day of October 1832
personally appeared in open court before
the Court of Common Pleas
for said County, now sitting William Beard a resident of Union Township
in said County, aged Seventy one or seventy two years, on the 27th day of Decr [illegible]
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 7th 1832
That from the recolection of information from his parents, together with information
obtained from his indenture of Apprentiship, (but now lost or distroyed) he was born
in Washington County in the State of Maryland, on the 27th day of Decr 1780
or 1781 - where he resided till the commencement of the Revolutionary War.
In May 1779 he left Maryland for North Carolina _ and from Rhoanne County
in North Carolina, in Decr 1779 he was drafted, and entered the service of
the United States in the Militia on a tour of three months under Capt:
Wm Bell & Ensign [name, illegible], Col [Illegible] in [illegible] Col [Illegible] regiment
under General [Illegible] of the militia, commanded by Genl Lincoln of the
Regular Troops, from North Carolina, he was marched to Charles Town in South
Carolina where he served his three months tour of duty, and dischared
on the 24th day of March 1780 and returned to Lincoln County; from,
whence, in June or July 1780 he again entered the service of the United States in
the Militia, in a tour of three months, as a substitute for Adam Daker of
said County, under Capt. Armstrong and was [two words, illegible] Armstrong
& Coll Armstrong's Regt in Genl Rutherfords Brigade of Militia, and commanded by
Genl Gates of the regular troops, that he was at the Battle near Camden on the 
16th of Aug 1780 when Genl Gates was defeated by Lord Cornwallis and
General Rutherford being wounded and taken prisoners his Brigade was
broken up, and was not again organized, untill this deponent returned home
In Sept 1780 he again entered the service of the United States in the Militia as
a volunteer (against the tories) under Lt Hill, and was attached to Coll Campbells
Regt, he [illegible, three words] at the [two words, illegible], and was at the Battle of Kings Mountain, on the
7th [the rest of the line, illegible]
or taken prisoner, except one man, _ he was then dismissed and returned [illegible]
having performed about a months service
In Decd of the year 1780 he returned to Washington County, Maryland, and again
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entered the service of the U. States in the Militia as a substitute for Christopher 
[Illegible]berry to guard the British Prisoners at Fort Frederick in Maryland, under Captain
Simmons where he performed a tour of service of two months, with the detachments
guarding the British Prisoners, taken with Gen Burgoyne
on the State of Maryland he removed to the State of Virginia from thence to his
present place of residence in the State of Ohio, where he has resided for
twenty two years past _ that he no documentary evidence of the aforesaid
facts, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who
can testify to his service. He 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 
Wm [illegible] his mark Beard

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court Oct 11 1832
Humphrey Fullerton Clk

We John Jenkins a Clergyman, residing in Union Township in the
County of Rose, in the State of Ohio, and Alexander Robertson a resident
in the same township & County, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted
with William Beard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be seventy one or two years old or thereabouts; that
he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have
been a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and that we concur in that opinion
and also that we believe him to be a man of truth
John Jenkins
A. Robertson

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court Oct 11th 1832
H Fullerton Clerk
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On the matter of William Beard for a pension the
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 John Jenkins
who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman
resident in Union Township in the county of Ross
and that A Robinson who signed the same is a resident
in said Township in the County of Ross and is a
credible person and that the statement is in
titled to credit.
The State of Ohio
Ross County SS. ⎬ I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in
the matter of the application of William Beard
for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
11th day of December AD 1832 &
of this State the 31st
Humphrey Fullerton Clerk
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Application for a new certificate
State of Ohio Ross County SS. On this 20th day of June 1834.
before me the subscriber, a Justice of the State for the said County of Ross
personally appeared William Beard, who on his oath, declares that he is
the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded
Captain William Bell in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hampton
of the North Carolina Militia in the service of the United States:
that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio,
that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the
Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 10th day of February
1834, on the public road in Union Township in said County of Ross.
he lost [crossed out: this said certificate] from his pocket, together with a one dollar note,
and altho diligent search has been made by him for it, he has not found it 
William Beard
Sworn and subscribed to before me
the day and year aforesaid.
camed
Peter Patterson J. Peace

State of Ohio
Ross County ⎬SS Before me Peter Patterson Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, personally appeared William Beard who subscribed his name to the above
affidavit, and made oath that he generally writes his name, altho with a very
Trembling hand, but that when he made his Declaration, before the Court of Ross
county for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, he commenced to write his name
as usual, but his hand shook so much, and also because he had no spectacles, that
he could not write it, and therefore had to make a mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me
William Beard
this 20th day of June 1834
Peter Patterson J Peace

State of Ohio, Ross County SS On this 20th day of June 1834 before me the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Wm Creighton
and made oath that he well knows William Beard who has made and subscribed
the two above affidavits, and that he is the identical W Beard who is described
in the above affidavit, for the purpose of obtaining a new certificate, and that
he has personal knowledge that the circumstances stated by said Wm Beard in
his second affidavit as above stated is true _
W Creighton Jun
Sworn to & subscribed before me
the day and year aforesaid
Peter Patterson J. Peace
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I Peter Patterson a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Ross in the state of Ohio do hereby certify that Wm. Beard who has sworn to and subscribed the first two of the within affidavits is a person of veracity - and I do further certify that Wm Creighton Jr who has sworn to and subscribed the within affidavit is 
also a person of veracity - both of whom were sworn by me and subscribed 
their names in my presence.

Attest: Peter Patterson - JP

Chillicothe June 20th 1834
The State of Ohio
Ross County ⎬ I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of the 
County and state aforesaid do certify that Peter Patterson Esquire 
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county duly 
commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated 
on the 8th day of April 1833 and will expire on the 8th day 
of April 1836 and that his signature above written is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said county this 20th day of June AD 1834.

Humphrey Fullerton  Clerk
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May 3, 1924

Robert R. Otstot
832 South Fountain Ave.,
Springfield, Ohio.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2370 it appears
that William Beard was born December 27, 1780 or 1781
in Washington County, Maryland and was living there at
the beginning of the Revolution.
In May 1779 he moved to North Carolina and in December
1779 enlisted in Rowan County in said state,
served as a private in Captain William Bell's Company,
Colonel Hampton's North Carolina Regiment, was discharged
March 24, 1780 having served three months, and then
went to Lincoln County, North Carolina.
In June or July 1780 he enlisted in said Lincoln
County and served three months as a private in Captain
William Armstrong's Company, Colonel Armstrong's
North Carolina Regiment and was at the battle of Camden.
He enlisted in September 1780 and served one month
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as a private under Lieutenant Hill in Colonel Campbell's North Carolina Regiment and was at the battles of Kings Mountain.
   In December 1780 he returned to Washington County, Maryland, enlisted and served two months under Captain Simon's in the Maryland Troops guarding prisoners at Fort Frederick, Maryland.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1832 while a resident of Union Township, Ross County, Ohio.  There is no data as to his family.
  The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William  Beard found on said records who enlisted from Washington County, Maryland.

Respectively,
I used  dates  stated in figures "1760001761" as to his birth + not his calculation "71 or 72 yrs in Dec last" which made it - 1759 or 1760
date of death not on record
Commissioner,
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Wm Beard

Adm for 9 months

Hon Mr. Creighton
Chillicothe Ohio
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Brief objections to the admission of pension claim of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Wm Beard 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? - BLANK

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 amount of pension he is entitled? - NO and YES

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? - YES

VII. Has he made a 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 clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? -YES

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reasons assigned for not obtaining it? - BLANK

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? - YES

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?

BLANK

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? - BLANK

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 s not so answered? - YES

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, etc. 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 blank year, blank months and blank days, I served as a blank for blank months and blank days I served as a blank; 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.

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 matter 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 form being improperly attached to the certificate.
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J L Edwards
Comm Pension Office

Ohio 
Rec'd
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Chillicothe, March 30th 1833

Sir:

I enclose you the declaration and brief in the case of William Beard

The objection that the applicant does not state with precision the length of his service will be found on a careful examination not to have been well taken. The first and second tours performed by the applicant were each three months term distinctly stated. The third tour he states about a month, the fourth was a tour of two months making in all nine months.

The reference to the objection taken as to the manner in which the papers are authenticated, I would state that the declaration was made out under my direction the same was presented by me to the court in that county and the seal of the clerk affixed hereto.

I hope you will find no difficulty in placing this pensioner on the list; it is a small pittance he will be entitled to. He is a worthy man and a neighbor.

Very respectfully

W. Creighton [illegible]

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pens Dept
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Chillicothe Ohio Stamp - Jun 21

FREE

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Revolutionary Claim

Wm Beard
of Ohio
application for a
new certificate
25 June 1834
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Left Side Page

1924 May 3 - Hist to Robt R Otstot

Right Side Page

2370
Rev War
INVALID

File No 2370
William Beard
Privt Rev War

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol A Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

*W.D.G. Oct 28, '07
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Springfield Ohio
April 1, 1924

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am inclosing a letter from the War Dept. concerning one William Beard or Baird who served in the American Revolution. Would it be possible for you to tell me what County or Town he enlisted from Maryland? I am trying to establish an ancestor William Baird, who enlisted from Washington County, Maryland and served in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours,

Robert T Otstot

Robert R. Otstot
832 S. Fountain Ave
Springfield, Ohio

US Pension Office Stamp - Apr. 3, 1924