Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 10410, Samuel Beekman, S.C.
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Service S.C.
Beekman, Samuel
                 Ann

Number W10410
{ B.L. Wt 307 - 200 - Lieut.
 Issued May 10, 1496 to
John stiles, assignee
no papers}
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Alabama 3953
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Ann Beekman
widow of Samuel Beekman
who was a Lieutenant
in the S. Carolina Line
for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
320 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th date of March, 1843
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Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of December 1843
and sent to
    Pensioner
      Richmond
         Alabama
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    [Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 236

Reported
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I hereby certify, that in the 
Parish Register of St. Philips Church,
there is a record of marriage of
Samuel Beekman & Ann Lee
on the eleventh of October 1793.
Witness my hand
             C E Gadsden
             Rector of Church
Charleston
March 5 1838.

    I certify that Mrs. Ann Beekman now
residing in Alabama is the widow of Major Samuel Beekman
of the Continental army to whom she was lawfully married in 1793 as the above certificate  from the Rector of St Philips Church 
[illegible] according to the form of solomizing matrimony in the P. E. Church of these U. States; and that well known to me as the wife & the widow of Major Beckman, he was for many years a worshipper in the church of which I have now the Pastor -
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-al charge, in that city.

               C Bowen
                Rector of St Michael Church
                 & before of the P E Church
                           in So. Carolina

March 6th 1838
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                  State of Alabama
                   Dallas County
   On this 10th day of December 1838
personally appeared before me Ann Beekman widow a resident of this County aged sixty five years who being duly-sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress papered 7th July 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows.
   That she is the widow of Samuel Beekman who during his life was universally acknowledged to have been a Lieutenant of the first South Carolina Continental Regiment. She further declares that she was married
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to the said Samuel Beekman on the tenth day of October One Thousand seven hundred and ninety three.  That her husband the said Samuel Beekman died in the Twenty Eighth day of January One Thousand Eight hundred and twelve.  That she was not married prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 at the time above stated.
  Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above within

                           Ann Beekman ( signed ) 

Willis Carr ( signed / sealed ) J.P.
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[ State of Alabama Dallas County ]  SS We  ... ( illegible ) County and State do hereby certify that we have long been acquainted with the  said Saml Beekman  dec'd  and his widow Mrs. Ann Beekman   and believe the facts stated in the foregoing declaration as strictly true we do further certify that Mrs. Beekman is lame and cannot without personal inconvenience  and considerable expense attend Court  - 10th  Dec. 1838 . Hugh L Alison ( signed ) IMP Lee ( signed ) Francis J Lee ( signed )  [ So Carolina Charleston ] Isaac M P. Lee being duly sworn deposeth that  Willis Carr Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration  was made is to his certain knowledge a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned for Dallas County Alabama . That  he was present and voted at the Polls for him as a Justice of the Peace and that  he has been for a great many years now a Justice of the peace . Sworn to before me this 21 Dec. 1838 . IMP. Lee ( signed )   other signature illegible
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So Carolina
City of Charleston
       Isaac Mc P Lee Esq. being duly sworn deposeth that he was present when Mrs. Ann Beekman made the preceding declaration upon oath before Willis Carr Esq  J.P. for Dallas County Alabama.

 Sworn to before me
this 20 Dec 1838
   I Mc P Lee ( signed ) (SS -
[illegible] Lee D Judge Comm. of Deeds for the State of Alabama by appointment of the governor of So Carolina
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South Carolina
  To the Honorable the speaker & members of the honorable the House of Representatives of the U. States

The Petition of Ann Beekman widow of Samuel Beekman formerly an Officer in the Army of the United States during the War of the Revolution  Shareith that her lamented husband entered the service of his Country during the War of the Revolution as a Lieutenant in the South Carolina line and continued to serve until the cessation of hostilities between the United States and Great Britain,  That in the Year 1783 he became a Member of the Society of Cincinnati at its first organization and continued a Member thereof until by death as will appear by the Certificate of Dr. Wm Read the President of that Society at this time in South Carolina and also by a Copy of the Rules and by laws of the State Society of South Carolina accompanying this petition to which your Petitioner begs leave to refer & see pages 44 & 46.

  Your Petitioner further shows unto your Honble. House that in the Year 1798 - Lieut. then Cap. Beekman was appointed by the late Genl. Chs. C. Pinckney one of the aids with Major Charles Lening also since deceased when a War was expected between the U. States and France
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That your Petitioner intermarried with her late Husband in the year 1793 as will appeared by an extract from the parish Register of St. Philips Church Charleston certified by the Rector of that Church and the right Revd. Bishop Bowen accompanying the petition and continued to live with him until his death which took place in January 1812.
 That your Petitioner has two Daughters and  twenty grand Children now residing in the State of Alabama, Dallas County, to which she was obliged to remove on account of the smallness of her means.
  Your Petitioner , a widow of a meritorious Revolutionary Officer considers herself having a claim upon the Justice and liberality of her Country and therefore prays your honorable House to make such provision for her in her old age by Pension or specific appropriation as to your honorable House shall seem meet and as is duty bound  she will ever pray - 
                                       Ann Beekman ( signed )
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February 27, 1914.
Hon. Fred L. Blackmon,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Blackmon:

In response to your letter dated the
twenty-fifth instant. I have the honor to furnish you the following information in regard to the only Samuel Beekman found 
on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

In the papers in claim W. File No. 10,410. it is stated
that Samuel Beekman of Charleston, South Carolina, was a
Lieutenant of the South Carolina, that he was 
captured at the surrender of Charleston. and served more than
two years before the close of the War, when he became a mem-
ber of the Cincinnati Society at its first formation in 1783. 
and continued a member until his death; and that during the trouble with France in 1798, he served as Captain and Aid-de-Camp to General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

Samuel Beekman married in St. Philip's Church. Charleston South Carolina, October 11, 1793, Ann Lee; he died January 28. 1812, and she was allowed pension on her application executed
December 10. 1838, while sixty-four years of age and a resident of Dallas County, Alabama.
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She stated that she had two daughters and ten [correction Twenty] grand
children, but did not give the names of any of them.

The records of this Bureau also show that Samuel Beekman
was allowed 200 acres of bounty land on account of his 
services as a Lieutenant of the South Carolina line. on warrant No. 307. issued May 10, 1796.

Very truly yours.
G M Saltzgaber [signature]
Commissioner.
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1914 Feb 27 Hist to Hon. Fred L. Blackmon

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10410
Ann Beekman
Widow of
Samuel Beekman
Sgt. S Carla line

Act: March 3/ 43
Index: - Vol. A, Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]

                                431
Ann Beekman 
South Carolina [strike through]
Alabama
Act 7 July 1838
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Suspended
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See let. 19th Sept
1838 Hon. Tho. Lee
do 15 Jany 1839
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( left page ) 1653 Mobile Alabama  Ann Beekman  widow of  Samuel Beekman , dec'd  and who died on the 28th  Jany 1812  of Dallas Co. in the  State of Ala.  who was a Lieut in the  Company commanded by Captain __ of the Regt commanded by ___ in the  So. Ca. line for 2 years. Inscribed on the Roll of Mobile Ala at the rate of 320 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th  of March 1836 . Certificate of Pension issued  the 17th day of Jany  1839  and sent to  Hon T. Lee Charleston So. Ca. Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838  $ 800.00 Semi- annual allowance ending 4 Mar.  ' 39  $ 160.00 ( total $ 960.00 ) { Act July 7, 1838 }  Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk Book A Vol. 2nd Page 202 ( right page ) Letter to Mobile agent  & J. Mc P.  March 16 1840  Paid at the Treasury  under the Act of the 6th April 1838  from 4 March 1836 to March 1839 . Agt notified 17 June 1840 . Letter to P. Cantwell 5 May __ do to 3rd Auditor 24 May __ do to same 8th July 1841 . Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept. 1840 . Agent notified 28 July 1841
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 17th, 1841.

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An 
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,"  Ann Beekman 
a pensioner on the Roll of Mobile Al. Agency, at
the rate of Three hundred & 20 Dollars 
per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March. 
to the 4th Sept 18[illegible].


Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris (signature)
Comptroller. 


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Washington  July 3rd -4  Sir I rec'd a letter from the  Brother of Mr. Beekman a revolutionary Pensioner US at $ 320 for arrears  under the act July 1838  upon the Alabama Roll Mr. B is in Charleston and wishes to be placed upon the  So. Carolina Roll - Will you be good enough to have this  done and oblige . Yours with respt. J E Holmes  ( signed ) PS- an arrears is respectfully requested
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Charleston So Ca. 1st May 1841  Sir, I beg leave to  inform you  that I am  a  revolutionary pensioner  of  the U. States under the act of 7 July 1838  five years pension that my certificate is dated 17 January 1839  signed by  J R Poinsett  Secty of War No. 1653 at the rate of $ 320 per annum , Recorded in  book  , Vol. 2. page 202 made payable at Mobile Ala. by George S. Garry  Esq. agent for paying pensions in the agency of Mobile , Ala. The object of  this communication is to  inform  you that my pension is due to me  from 4 March 1839 to the 4 March 1841 that I have removed to Charleston So. Ca , that I will remain  here until winter that my original certificate is here  and to request that you will have the kindness to order my name to be transferred to the south Carolina  rolls and to send  on the necessary blanks to Mr. P. Cantwell  in order to enable me to draw  my money  at this agency  . I am Sir with great respect  your most obt servt , Ann Beekman ( signed )  James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office,
Julne 9th, 1840.

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An 
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,"  Ann Beekman, 
a pensioner on the Roll of Mobile Al. Agency, at
the rate of Three hundred & twenty Dollars 
per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, 
has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1836. 
to the 4th March  1839.  [Handwritten note:  for 3 years].


Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris (signature)
Comptroller. 


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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V431
 Ann Beekman
South Carolina 
Alabama

Admitted
Lt. 2 yr $320
Act 7 July '28

Jan 16

Hon T Lee
Charleston 
S.C
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So Carolina City of Charleston December 21, 1838   Dr Sir, At length  I am enabled to send you the Document which you require in the case of my sister Mrs. Beekman . We have had much difficulty in getting it. It was delayed for a long while in the  expectation that she would be able to wait on Judge Picken's of Alabama  , but this she has been unable to do : her age, lameness and other infirmities prevent her attending Court or waiting on the Judge. She has executed it before a Justice of the peace and also before my son Mr. Js M P. Lee who is Comm. for proving deeds in Alabama  under the appointment of the Governor of this State. I am perfectly  acquainted with all the facts contained in her declaration  . In your last communication to me you stated that you  were quite satisfied of his service and marriage. Very Respecty  your Obt servt. Thos. Lee ( signed )
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The Hon.
Judge Lee
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Charleston July 25th 1838

Honble Judge Lee


     Dear Sir
     I need your communication on the subject of Major Beekman's service, & I accordingly take [illegible]  to give such certificates & opinion of one in my power.  I with that I could speak more conclusively on the affair & I wish sincerely that the Majors widow may obtain the merited pension.  Major Beekman was a prominent [illegible] officer.

   I am
   Dr. Sir
   with highest regards
    your Svt.
   William Read
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Charleston July 22nd 1838  Dear Sir, Referring to the conversation that passed between us this  May , I would  state that I recollect perfectly  that Major Beekman  & Major Lining  acted as Aids to  Gen. C. C. Pinkney  in the year 1778 and I recollect also that it was said of the time, that both these gentlemen  had been officers in the Continental Army , and that  Gen P.  had special reference to that fact, in scouting  bear as his Aids. Yours sincerely  H.  Deas ( signed )
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[ State of South Carolina District of Charleston ] Office Court  Common Pleas Charleston  I, Charles C. Strohecker clerk of the Court of Common Pleas  for Charleston   @ So. Carolina  hereby certify that Patrick Cantwell, James M Bee & William Hubbard are Magistrates as set forth in the documents annexed, that the signatures  thereto purporting to be theirs are genuine. I further certify the respectability of the  characters of  Doctor Read as President of the So. of  Cincarnates of Geo B Read as its treasurer and of the genuineness  of their signatures as well as those of Bishop Bowen & Dr. C. E. Gadsden of the Episcopal Church  , and I do also certify the authenticity of the signatures in support of their case of the  Honorable Geo Deas and of Wm E. Hayne  the State Comptroller General. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 1 day of August  1838 . Charles C. Strohecker ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas Charleston Dist. So . Carolina
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Petition of Mrs. Ann Beekman  for consideration for revolutionary pension of her husband.  Thomas Lee being duly sworn  deposeth that his father Mr.  Sederman is now residing  in  Alabama and that  she is the widow of the late Major formerly Lieut.  Saml Beekman  of the United  States Army . Thos Lee ( signed )  sworn to before me this 11th day of August  1838 . James M Bee ( signed ) NP & QU  H.S. Legare ( signed ) 151 Rev. C Committee of Revolutionary Claims ( vertical  notes )( Ann Beekman Mar. 19, 1838  Ref'd to the Committee on Rev. Claims )
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Ann Beekman Mobile , Ala  wid Act July7 1838  at $320 per annum. Be pleased to say if any payment  has been made in the case; and if so , to what time paid. Pension Office March 11. 1840   No payment  JH
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Curlowville  ,Dallas Co., Ala 27 Feby 1840  Dear Sir , Mrs . Ann Beekman  formerly of Charleston So. Ca. now of this place is the widow of said  Saml. Beekman  rec'd a pension certificate from the  War Department on the  Agency  at Mobile  No. 1553  which certificate being presented for payment her attorney had the blank forms, presented to him as being absolutely  necessary to be executed before the pension could be paid. This time were executed after a lapse of some few months the demand on with similar success. The agent there  stated that no such name was on his roll  and it would better be adjusted at the  Treasury Department - Mrs. Beekman is now infirm and much in want of the pension or I should not trouble you with this communication . You will confer an obligation on the
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old Lady  as well as her friends by ordering her  name placed on the Mobile agency  and directing  that your certificate  already   sufficiently explicit  should be honored as it is to all intents and purposes a draft. Very Respectfully I am Dear Sir, your obt. servt. J M P. Lee ( signed )
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Charleston  Jany 7 139 Dr Sir , I shall be glad to hear from you on Mrs. Beekman's claim for pension. She is advanced in years and infirm and what she is entitled to will be a great service to her. Respecty . your obt srevt. Thos. Lee ( signed )
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House Rep July 7th  Sir- You will oblige me by giving me information  what determination  you have made in relation to Mrs. Beekman's  application to be transferred from the Pension roll in Alabama to the  roll in South Carolina - enquiries have been directed to me from So. Carolina  With respt. yr obt srvt. J E Holmes  ( signed )
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South Carolina City of Charleston 13 Aug 1838 Dr Sir, I herewith transmit you the Petition of  Mrs. Ann Beekman  which was presented to the last  Congress praying for a Pension and beg you to receive it in  lieu of the declaration which you have prescribed. It is substantially  the same and is supported by documentary and other evidence. I ask it as an act of common justice. My sister lives in Alabama and from the irregularity  & delay in the mail much time must necessarily  elapse before we can get the papers from her . She is advanced in years and infirm  & for these reasons would ask the substitution of the Petition . She can find no papers relating to the business - All Major Beekman's contemporaries  his brother officers who served with him are dead unless therefore the best evidence which can be obtained after such a lapse of time is received she will receive no justice. I send you on  Mr. Righton and Mr. Little's  affidavits  who swear positively  to the fact of their having seen him in the  Continental  uniform as early as 1780 . These two gentlemen are of undoubted respectability and veracity. Dr. Read's  certificate shows  that he joined the  State Society of Cincinnati in  1783  at their first organization showing  that he was more than two years in the service. I
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believe that he served during the whole war. Such was my  belief always. In  1789  the  .. ( illegible ) War with France he was aid of the late Genl. C C Pinckney . remember well  to have seen him in uniform mounted about to accompany  Genl. P. to the South. I send you on the certificates of Bishop Bowen and the Rev'd Mr. Gadsden proving the marriage and I was present at Mr. Beekman's death, but cannot swear to the time certainly about 20 years ago . I  think in 1812. You will perceive by an account passed by the  State in June  1783  for $ 69 .12.10  that Mr. Beekman is recognized as a Lieut. of the first South Carolina  Continental Regiments. I knew not that I can obtain  any further evidence of his Lieutenancy   & hence  I shall be glad to hear from you . Respecty. yr obt able servt  Thos . Lee  ( signed )
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B  4607
Ann Beekman,
Act 1843
Ala

Stamp:
RICHMOND 
SEP
14
Ala.

[Horizontal]

Ann Beekman,

$320

236

[illegible]  Pensioner
Richmond
Alabama
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[ State of Alabama County of Dallas ] On this  19th day of August 1843 personally appeared before me Mrs. Ann Beekman  , aged  69  a resident of  Dallas County , and said State  of Alabama , who being duly sworn according to law in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed  3rd of March 1843 , granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; That she is the widow of Samuel Beekman dec'd  who was a Lieutenant in the revolutionary war and died 28 Jany 1812 , that she received a pension at the rate of three hundred and twenty dollars per annum for five years under the act of July 7th 1838 , and she further declares that  she is still a widow . Sworn  and subscribed before me the day and year above written . I also certify that he declarant is personally known to me. John Hall ( signed/ sealed  ) JP Ann Beekman ( signed )  [ The State of Alabama Dallas County ] I Sanford Blann  Clerk of the County
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Court of said County do hereby certify that  John Hall whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said  County  duly commissioned & sworn in as such all his official acts are and ought of rights be entitled to due faith and credit as such Justice of the  peace. Given under my hand   & seal of office at office in Cahaba  this 21st day of August 1843. Sanford Blann ( signed / sealed ) clk
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James L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir, Please make  the amount due me payable in Cahaba or Mobile Respy. Ann Beekman ( signed )
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Charleston So Ca 1 May 1841 Sir, You will perceive by the accompanying letter from Mrs. Ann Beekman , the widow of Saml. Beekman dec'd  , formerly a Lieut. in the revolutionary  army , and a  pensioner under the act of 7 July 1838 , that  she has removed to this City to spend the  summer with her relations. Col. Howard  Naval officer of the port being her brother, and that she wishes the necessary  forms to be  sent to me in order that she may be enabled  to receive the arrears die her here. Will you have the kindness Sir to transmit me the necessary papers and instructions , as I suppose the agent at  Mobile has advised the department as to the date of the last payment made to her. I have the honor to remain Sir your m obt & Humble servant. P. Cantwell ( signed )   James L Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions Washington
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[illegible stamp]
Hon
Thomas Lee Esquire
Charleston
So Carolina 

mail
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[No 151 Book A ] Issued to Samuel Beekman for Lbs 69.12.10 sterling the 30 day of June  1783  the amount of his additional pay as Lieutenant of the first South Carolina Continental  Regiment. Comptroller Genl. Office Columbia 27  July 1838  I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of  a  memorandum recorded on the margin of Indent  Book A. No 151 William E Hayne Comp Genl  pr B. Hart clk  Dr. Sir , the above is all that I can find in this office in relation to the  Indent issued to Samuel Beekman
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accounts in this office for the Indent  Books A. B. & C. whether they have  been lost or mislaid . I am unable to say - they are certainly no in the office at that place. I am with sentiment of high regard and esteem your obt  servt. Benjamin Heart   ( signed )                                                                       Comptroller's Office Charleston  Aug 13th 183 _  I do hereby certify that the above  Benj. Heart is my clerk in the Comptroller's Office at Columbia and is authorized for me to sign the within certificate.  Wm Ed. Hayne ( signed ) Comp. Gen
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documents accompanying Mrs. Beekman's petition
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South Carolina City of Charleston Feby 28 , 1838 I certify  that  Samuel Beekman who was a Lieut. in the South Carolina line of the Army of the Revolution after having served until the close of the war became a member of the Cincinnati  Society  at its first  formation  in 1783  and continued a member until his death. William Read  ( signed ) of the  State  revolutionary  army vet  Dr. Wm Read who has subscribed the above certificate m is at present the resident of the  State  Society of Cincinnati of So. Carolina . Geo B. Read ( signed ) Treasurer
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Beekman

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Free
Honorable
H S Legare
Washington 
[illegible stamp]
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Soldier's Retreat 16th March 1839 I do hereby certify that  I was acquainted with Lieut. Sam Beekman of the So. Ca. line in the United States Army , during the Revolutionary  War , but do not know when he  entered the service or in which Regiment, for I was wounded  9 Oct.  1779 at Savannah taken prisoner & sent  to Charleston in Oct 1780 , and it was after that period  I became acquainted with him. I believe he was taken Prisoner when Charleston surrendered May 1780, and our acquaintance continued until his death. I think he must have served to the end of the  War , as he joined the Society of Cincinnati  when I did , at its commencement.  Sam Warren ( signed ) Capt. in the 5th So. Ca. Regt. when taken prisoner.  Sworn to before me this 16th day of March 1838  at  Pendleton So. Ca. Wm Hubbard ( signed / sealed  ) J Q
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[ State of South Carolina District of Charleston ] On this 27th day of July 1838 personally appeared before the undersigned  Mr. Robt. Little  aged 71  years and a resident of the City of Charleston who being duly sworn according to law deposeth that he  knew  Samuel Beekman  formerly of Charleston , deceased,  that he knew him during the War of the Revolution , that he remembers well having seen him in the uniform of the Military service of  the State of South Carolina and acting as an officer and  as deponent believes a Lieutenant of the said line, that when he so saw him  and knew him was as this deponent believes previous to the surrender of Charleston in May 1780 . But deponent  cannot bring to his recollection whether he served one or more  years in the said service with the rank aforesaid. Deponent saith, said Samuel Beekman was a remarkable  small man , and deponent's recollection is distinct of his appearance with a peculiar  cocked hat, and the uniform of U. States officers. Deponent saith , he remembers having seen  said Beekman  long after, and as he believes when there arose some difficulty  between this  Country and France , acting as an aid to  Genl Charles Cotesworth Pinckney . Robert Little ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written  and I also certify the credibility of the affiant.  P. Cantwell ( signed ) Not Pub & Qu for  Charleston Dist. So . Carolina
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[ State of South Carolina District of Charleston  ] On this 27 day of July personally appeared before the undersigned  Mr. Joseph Righton , aged 76 years  a resident of the City of Charleston  , who being duly sworn according to law deposeth that he knew  Samuel Beekman late of Charleston deceased to have been during the  War of the Revolution a Lieutenant in the South Carolina line Continental service. Deponent  saith that in the year 1780  and he believes before said period. he remembers frequently  to have seen  Lieutenant Beekman , afterwards Major Beekman  in the uniform of the United States Army and this deponent believes he continued as a Lieutenant  as aforesaid  to the peace with  Great Britain in 1783, and was therefore more that two years in the service as above set forth. Deponent  saith he is the  more positive as to the rank and the time of said Samuel Beekman , for he was a man not easily forgotten being of  a remarkable short  stature, and very generally know. Jos. Righton ( signed )  Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written  and I also certify the credibility of the affiant. P. Cantwell ( signed )  Not Pub & QU for  Charleston Dist.  So. Carolina
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FRED L. BLACKMON, M. C.
4TH ALABAMA DISTRICT

JOE M SLATTERY
SECRETARY

House of Representatives H. S.
Washington, Đ. C.
February 25, 1914.

Please advise me if you have any record of the
Service of Major Samuel Beekman, soldier in the 

Revolution War  I am particularly anxious to learn the date of his death.

Yours very truly

Fred L Blackmon [signature]