Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 2988, James Beatty, Penn.
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(3-1776)

    SERVICE.                                         NUMBER

Penn.               Beatty, James.          S2988

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CONTENTS

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Two sided journal type document as follows:

Left side:

3642
Pennsylvania
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James Beatty

Of Cumberland Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private —-in the Company—-commanded by Captain Kemsley of the Regt commanded by Col. Hendricks in the Virginia—-line for 2 years Corporal -              $88.00

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Va. And Pa. Line Records corrected Feby 8 04
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 88—Dollars——cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Dec. 1832 and sent to W.S. Ramsey Carlisle sum of
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 -           $132.00
Semi=anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 
                                                                 46.00
                                                              $176.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by Vinal Luce  Clerk, 
Book D. Vol. 6 Page 48

Right side:

Dead
Sent letter to Hon James Matthews

Vertically on page: Let to Hon James Matthews 29 May 43
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State of Pennsylvania   }
County of Cumberland } ss

On this Thirteenth - day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County James Beatty a resident of Newton Township in said County and State of Pennsylvania, aged eighty years. Who, being first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed Jan 7. 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 or 76 and served first in the 6th Virginia regiment under Colonel James Hendricks and was afterwards transferred to the Pennsylvania line. That he enlisted at Carlisle in the State of Pennsylvania in Captain Hearsley's Company . He [illegible] amongst the officers by whom he was commanded at different times. Colonel Hand, Colonel Aaron Burr, Colonel Malcom and Major Paulding. He left the service when the army was disbanded and received a discharge which is now unfortunately lost. That he enlisted for seven years or during the war and served first in
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Through the whole of the war, and was in the battles of Monmouth, Germantown and Brandywine in which latter he was wounded, that he also served in the campaigns against the Indians under General Sullivan

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on he Pension Roll of any agency in any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid                  
James Beatty [signature]

Before Jno Harper Prothy
Of the Court of C. Pleas
Of Cumberland County Penn

And the said court hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states in the said Court 
Witness the judges
John Reed President
Wm Live }
Isaiah Graham} [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania  }
Cumberland County    } Ss

I John Harper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of James Beatty for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

Jno Harper Clk of the Court of Common Pleas
Of Cumberland County Penn [raised a]
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Eleventh Regiment 1780
(underlined)

He and each of us whose name are hereunto subscribed do acknowledge to have received from Major Thomas B. Bowen and Captain 
Ercurius Beat Agents for the late Pennsylvania Line the several claims opposite to our names respectively in certificates dated July 1. 1784 bearing interest at six percent from January the first 1781. Signed John Pierce, commissioner and described as below being for the Balance of a settlement between the United States and us for pay to January 1. 1781.

Dates of Issues
Nov. 11 *
Number of certificates
67593
Letter
13
Claimants
James Beatty
Terms [rest of block is illegible]
36;.60
Signature
James Beatty

Auditor Generals office
April 12 1831

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the record called payroll Book 6 page three remaining in this office

Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid
Danl Sturgeon [signature]
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Rev War
2988
INVALID.
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File No. 2988
James Beatty
Capt. Va. Line
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Act: June 7 '32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 26

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Va. and. Pa. Line. Records corrected, Feby 8 '04
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FREE
Hon William Ramsay
Carlisle
Penn
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Auditor Gen'l Office April 14th 1831
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you a certificate copy of the pay roll with full the name of James Beatty belonging to the 11th Regiment Commander by Col Hully in 1780. It is probable that Mr. Beatty is mistaken in his commanding officers name or might have changed regiments.  We have no book in our office going back further than 1780 when the Penn. Regt. were constructive.  You have the number of the certificate given him for back pay. This certificate is not in this office our   certificates do not run higher than 30 or 35,000  If you concur [illegible] this certificate it would give such a certification, Mr. Beatty as to Identify him at once 
as  collateral evidence that Mr. Beatty is correct reflecting his Captain. There is on the pay roll a few names below Mr. Beatty.  That of Lawrence Fry who lives in the place and who concurs to the recollection of one of the Clerks in the office was put on the pension roll of the state  on the advice of Capt. Ramsey.  Our pay roll does not say to which company the soldiers belong. Our Books here are very imperfect.
yours Respectfully
Danl Sturgeon

Hon Wm Ramsay

It is probable you will get the certificate above alluded to in the war office Washington [initials]
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John Smith
Deposition
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State of Pennsylvania}
Cumberland County  }SS

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Cumberland John Smith of the borough of Carlisle and County aforesaid, who, being sworn according to law doth say that he the said John Smith did on the first of March 1777 received an enlisted commission in a company Commanded by Captain Matthew Irvine and that he served first in the sixth Virginia regiment commanded by Colonel James Hendricks and was afterwards attached to a regimental commanded by Colonel William Malcom and Aaron Burr Lieutenant Colonel of New York-deponent states that he personally knew James Beatty of Newton Township in this County, who has recently applied for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 1832) and served in the same regiment with him until transferred to the Quarter Masters Department under General Green, that Beatty served two years at least under deponents own personal observation and deponent distinctly recollects Beatty as belonging to Captain Keanleys Company one of the three raised in Cumberland County, and that said company was
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engaged in the battle of Germantown when deponent was wounded-deponent being transferred to the Quarter Master's department lost sight of Beatty but he believes from what he has learned, that he served to the end of the war and was honorably discharged having the rank of corporal.
I do certify that the within names John Smith,  personally appeared before me and made oath to the within foregoing deposition.
Andw Boden
Justice of the peace
July 28th 1832
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I John Harper Clerk of the Court of the County of Cumberland State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Andrew Boden Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court the following eighth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred, and thirty two

Hon John Harper Clk of
common pleas
John Main
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Free  37

J L Edwards Esquire
Pension Office
War Department
Washington

{Stamp/Seal]
Carlisle
Y.21
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Carlisle July 20. 1832
Sir
Mr. James Beatty a soldier of the Revolution has applied to me to procure him if possible the benefit of the late act of Congress in relation to pensions - many of his papers are in your department, and you may discover from them that he was actually in the service, in fact there is no doubt but that he enlisted at the
commencement of the war of the revolution and served until the army was disbanded, his discharge was placed in the hands of my father but is now lost.
Would you have the goodness to inform me whether in his case the first declaration will be sufficient?  he is a very old man and lives some distance in the country and on that account I wish to give him as little trouble as possible-- Is there any declaration necessary on the part of the attorney? the law states that the whole of the monies obtained from government shall leave to the personal benefit of the applicant
Enclosed you will find a certificate of
the Auditor General of Pennsylvania
respectfully your Obed Servt
William S Ramsey
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Power of Attorney
to
William S Ramsey
from James Beatty
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Know all men by these presents that I James Beatty of the Township of Newton in the County of Cumberland, State of Pennsylvania do constitute and appoint William S Ramsey of Carlisle true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to receive all monies and arranges that may be due me from the United States under the act of Congress paper June 7, 1832. up to the present time, and also all monies that may be due me from this date to the fourth of March 1833, with power also to make and substitute an attorney or attorneys under him for that purpose, And to do all lawful acts required for effecting the premises.  hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
James Beaty
Witness present
B. Aughinbaugh
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State of Pennsylvania} 
Cumberland County  } ss
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland Jas. Beatty who acknowledges the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.  Witness my hand and seal this 23rd day of July 1832.
Jno. Smith
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I John Harper Clerk of the Court of the County of Cumberland State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that John Smith Esquire before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Cumberland
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court the thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Hon John Harper Clk
John Main
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Adm.
Corporal
(illegible)
$88.-
W. S. Ramsay
Carlisle
Pa.
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Carlisle August 13. 1832-
Sir
Enclosed you will find the papers of James Beatty an applicant for a pension under the late act of Congress - this with the papers on file in your office will I think make one his case
Respectfully yours
William S Ramsey
P S I forwarded to you some time since the certificate of the Auditor Gen'l of Penn'a
J L Edwards Esquire
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May 27 1843
Mr. Evans
[stamp]
COSHOCTON O MAY 24

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Coshocton Ohio
May 23d 1843
Dear Sir;
I enclose you a power authorizing me to draw the amount of Pension due James Beatty of this County at his death. It was made to me without my previous knowledge, & though I cheerfully accept I have not had leisure to
look over the papers & compare them with
the law & see if all is correct.
Respectfully your Obt. Servant
Jas. Mathews

Hon. J. L. Edwards}
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Recd 22 June 1831.
Carlisle 20 June 1831
To the Honbl
S. D. Ingham Esquire
Acting Secretary [crossed out word]

This is to certify that I had a deposition regularly taken made by Capt Kearsley an officer of the revolution stating that James Beatty of Cumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania was well known to him & that he knew said Beatty during the revolution and that he was a regular enlisted Soldier and served as such to the end of the war and was Honorably discharged; The depositions I have carefully
searched for & cannot find it.  It was made to obtain a Pension under the act of 1818 & the subsequent supplements- Capt Kearsley is now dead.  Ramoz
Mr Beatty was too wealthy a man to       }
obtain the  provisions of the act of 1818 }
Wm S Ramsey
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I have known Pri Beatty, upward of thirty years & all that knew him then & now say he was a
regular Soldier in the Standing army and served to the end of the War of the revolution
[illegible]
Ramoz
20 June 1831
The House
S D Ingham
Wm L Ramsey
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Recd 22 June 1833
4564
Carlisle June 6, 1833
Dear Sir
Pri Beatty a soldier of the Revolution
some time since applied to me to provide him a
pension under the act of Congress for the relief of old soldiers passed in 1828. I accordingly forwarded his papers to the Secretary of the Treasury but the proof that the act required of his having enlisted and served during the whole war not being
satisfactory his claim was not recognized. I however have no doubt that he will come under the provisions of the late act of Congress on this subject, and I beg that you will examine his papers which are on file
in the Treasury department and if possible procure him his pension and arrearage - he has been denied any compensation for his services during the Revolution.
Your Sincere friend
Wm L Ramsey
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Mr. Dickens will much oblige me by sending papers referred to within to the Pension office of a resolution authorizing the transfer papers
J. Hartley Crawford
12 Jan 1832
Free
The Hon T Hartley Crawford 
Member of Congress
Washington City
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No. 1361. 1 Certificate for L 58.15.10 Specie.
We do certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to James Beatty Corporal of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment, in the sum of Fifty Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings & 10 pence Specie with lawful interest from the tenth Day of April 1781 being the amount of the Residue of the Depreciation of his Pay. Pursuant to two Acts of Assembly, passed at Philadelphia the 18th of December 1780, and the 10th of
April 1781.
Philad Decr 9th 1784
Jno. Nicholson
Nov 11th 1785.
3
Eleventh Regiment 1780
We and each of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, do acknowledge to have received from Major Thomas B. Beven, and Captain Ercurius Beatty, Agents for the late Pennsylvania Line, the several sums opposite to our names respectively in certificate dated July 1, 1784, bearing Interest at Six percent from January 1st 1781 Signed John Pierce Commissioner and
described as below, being for the balance of a settlement between
the United States and us for pay to 1 January 1 1781
Date of Issue Nov 11th 1785
No of Certificate 93 Letter B
Names James Beatty
 Dollar 36.60
Signed James Beatty
Auditor Generals Office
July 18th 1832
I Certify the foregoing to be true copies from the records in this office.
Witness my hand & Seal of Office the day & year aforesaid
Danl Sturgeon
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10
William S Ramsey
Carlisle, Penn
The Hon C McClure
James Beatty
applied for benefit of
Act 1828
3642
Hon. C. McClure
H. R
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1951
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits
of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of
the Revolution" approved on the 15th of May
1828, I James Beatty of the township of
Newton in the County of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution for  and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain  Kearsley's company in the Eleventh Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, and I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the Pension List of the United States at any time on or before the 15th day of May 1828 Nor have I since been placed there.
Witness my hand, this ninth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty
One
James Beatty
John Irwin
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Before me a Justice of the Peace in the County of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day Barnabas Thrush
and Leonard Thrush of the said County, who did severally make oath that James Beatty by whom
the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.

Witness my hand this tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty one

James Montgomery
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Cumberland County }
State of Pennsylvania}    SS

[A round illegible seal]

I John Harper Clerk for the Court of the County
of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania
do hereby certify that James Montgomery Esquire ----- before whom the foregoing
affidavits were Sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the
fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty one

for John Harper Prothy
John Main
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1951
Revolutionary Claims.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
20 May 1831.
James Beatty-of Newton Township in the county of Cumberland in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers of the Revolution, " approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Kearsley's company, in the 11th regiment of Penna- line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778, and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary,
F A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
20th May 1831
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to (all crossed out)
It further appears that James Beatty is not now on the pension list of the (crossed out) any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.
(at the rate of is crossed out)
(dollars per month is crossed out)
The name of James Beatty cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued-
Peter Hagner Aud

(in pencil) No. 23.540 Doesn't fit)
[All other pencil marks illegible]
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War Dept. Bounty Land Office
May 21, 1831

The name of James Beatty is not returned on the
Records of the Pennsylvania line on file in this Office among those entitled to bounty lands from the U. States. nor has a Land Warrant ever issued in his name
 
Wm Gordon [signature]
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Know all  men by these presents that I James Beatty of the township of Newton-in the County of Cumberland State of Pennsylvania do hereby make, constitute and appoint Gen George Gibson of the City of Washington in the District of Colombia, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my use to ask, demand and receive from the proper office or officers of the United States all monies, sums of money or [illegible] and get that may be due me up to the 15th day of May 1831 in pursuance of my application for a pension dated and of May 1831 under the Act of Congress passed on the 15th day of may 1838 entitled " An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,"  giving and granting unto my said attorney my whole stamped and power in the premise  hereby ratifying and confirmed all that my said attorney shall lawfully do by virtue hereof. The witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of May 1831-
James Beatty [signature]

Cumberland County} SS
Seal
On the tenth day of May AD 1831 before me James Montgomery Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. James Beatty who himself (crossed out) and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be his act and deed and desired that the same might be Recorded as such according to law.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this day and year above written.
James Montgomery [signature]
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Cumberland County  }
State of Pennsylvania }  SS

[A round illegible seal]

I John Harper Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the County of Cumberland aforesaid do hereby certify that James Montgomery Esquire before whom the foregoing Acknowledgment was made was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths. &c. &c.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. 

for John Harper Prothy
John Main
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[An index card with fields preprinted and information handwritten in]

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME     Beatty, James
GRADE     Private
LINE     Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER     11960
ACREAGE     100
ISSUED     March 4, 1796
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.