Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W.24650, Whitmore Beardsley, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)
  SERVICE                                                    NUMBER        
Conn                  Beardsley, Whitmore      W. 24650
                                            Dolly

CONTENTS
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18.947.
Vermont
Whitmer Beardsley
of Franklin Co in the State of VT
who was a Pvt in the company commanded
by Captain Comstock of the Rgmt commanded
by Col Whitney in the Connecticut
2 yrs Pr $80
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
the rate of 80 Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Novr
1833  and sent to 
John Cressy Esq St. Allbans VT
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833             200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34    40.00
                                                            $240.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by  J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book C. Vol. 3, Page 54
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1281
Illinois
Dolly Beardsley
widow of Whitmore Beardsley
who died on the 8. Feb. 1833
of Franklin Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Comstock of the Regt commanded
by Col. Whitney in the Connecticut
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington
the rate of 80 Dollars, ------ Cents per annum
to commence on the 8th day of February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of August
1837 and sent to Wm. Bridges
St Albans  VT
Arrears to the 4th March '37                  322.64
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept            40.00
                                                               362.64
Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4th 1836
Section the 3
Recorded by D. Brown   Clerk
Book A.     2     Page 34


Letter to Isaac G Wilson
Oct 20 1847
Cor to Pen Agt 27 April
1848
to Illinois, from 4 March
1847. May 15 1848
Notification to said
J. Wentworth, H. Reps
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annexed who can testify to his
of no person whose testimony can pronounce except
the affidavit hereunto annexed who can testify to0 his

Whitmore
9120
Beardsley's
claim for Pension
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State of Vermont ⎬ On this 20th day August AD 1832.
Franklin County personally appeared before the undersigned authority. Whitmore Brand, by resident of Fairfield County of Franklin & State of Vermont aged Seventy four years who being 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 he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated
That in the year 1759 he was born and has a record of his
age in the Town of Huntington State of Connecticut and
was a resident of that place for many years that on the
first day of December 1776 he enlisted into the Regiment
commanded by Col Samuel Whitney & May. Nathaniel
Judson Capt Comstock Nathaniel Blackman 1st Lieut
Sanford 2d Lieut S Baymond Ensign company marched
from P. Huntington where he was then resident to Horse Neck Connecticut and remained on the line between Horse Neck and Kingsbrige during the term of his enlistment which was three and a half months and was discharged on the 18th day of March 1777 received a written discharged from Capt Comstock which he has since lost
It will be understood that he enlisted for 3 months but
served three & a half
That in the month of March 1777 he was drafted out of
Capt Black Tomlinsons Company in the Town of Hunting
ton after for nine months and marched immediately
for old Fairfield Ct under the command of one Capted
Lieut Whiting Liut Col Gould May Nathaniel
Judson was in the battle at Litchfield at the time
Danbury Ct was burned continued at Litchfield
and in its vicinity for the purpose guarding the line
till December 1777 dismissed at Fairfield County of
Fairfield State of Connecticut or no Discharge
In November 1778 the first day of the month he thinks
He turned out as a substitute for his brother Nathaniel
Beardsley (now deceased), for four months marched from
Huntington to Horse Neck stationed there and in the vicinity of that place guarding the lines under the command of Capt Stiles Judson Lieut James Burton in Col Samuel Whitneys Regiment dismissed first of March 1779 (four months)
In September 1779 he was drafted for the term of three months joined Col Dennings Regiment at Stratford Connecticut served in the company Comd by Capt James Burton & Lieutt Whiting did duty as a soldier in sd Strafford and in its vicinity during three months then Dismissed without a written discharge
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turned out as a substitute for his brother Nathanel
Beardsley by (now deceased), for four months marched from Huntington to Horse Neck stationed there and in the vicinity of that place guarding the lines under the command of Capt Stiles Judson Lint James Burton in Col Samuel Whiting
Regiment dismissed first of March 1779 (four months
In September 1779 he was drafted for the term of three months joined Col Demings Regiment at Stratford Connecticut served in the Company comd by Capt James Burton & Lieut Whiting did duty as a soldier in sd Strafford and in its vicinity during three months then Dismised without a written discharge
In the fall of 1779 he enlisted in the cavalry that in
the month of May following was called for marched
to White Plains under the command of Capt Ezekiel Hall
& Lieut Lewis Col Starrs Regt served there on the line
to Kingsbridge as a Patrol guard for the term of four
4 months dismissed. August 1780
In the Summer of 1781 he enlisted or turned out for four months under Capt Zachariah Lewis in Col Morgan Regt marched to White Plains continued there and in its vicinity the term of four months
was there dismissed Again in the month of June 1782 enlisted under the command of Capt David Judson Col Skinner Regt stationed again
and again at White Plains continued there and in the neighbourhood  the term of three months and there dismissed
Again in the month of June 1783 he turned out as a volunteer for two months under the command of Capt Elnathan Nichols marched to Horse Neck and there stationed during the time afore & then dismissed did not receive any written discharge at the close of either of his campaigns
has no documentary evidence whatever. He hereby
relinquishes every claim to a pension on annuity
except the present and declares that his name is not on
the Pension roll of the agency of any State and knows
of no person whose testimony he can procure except
the afefidavit hereunto annexed who can testify to his
service
Ira Foote                                                      his
                                                 Whitmore     X     Beardsley
                                                                  mark
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Ira Foot Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Franklin County St Albans August 20th 1832 I
Horace Janes  Clerk of the County
Court in said County do hereby Certify
that Ira Foote Esqr of Fairfield is a
Justice of the Peace in said County
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Ira Foot
                                                                     his
                                                      Whitmore  X    Beardsley
                                                                 Mark
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Ira Foot Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Franklin County ⎬
St Albans August 20th 1832 I
Horace Janes Clerk of the County
Court in said County do hereby Certify
that Ira Foote Esq of Fairfield is a
Justice of the Peace in said County
duly appointed by the Legislature
of this State, and that the forgoing 
signature is in his own
proper hand writing. In Testimony where
of I have hereunto signed my name and
affixed the Public seal of said Court the
day and year above
Horace James Clerk

The Court having examined the foregoing
declaration of Whitmore Beardsley,
do hereby declare their opinion that the
above named applicant was a Revolution
ary soldier and served as he states, being personally
acquainted with said Beardsley &
know him to be a man of strict integrity
one whose statement is entitled to
credit
the BenjamiWooster residing in
the town of Fairfield County of Franklin &
State of Vermont and Ira Foot residing in sd
Fairfield, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Whitmore Beardsley who
has subscribed and sworn to the above dec
laration, that we believe him to be seventy
four years of age; that he is reputed and
believed, in the neighborhood where he resideso have been a soldier of the Revolution , and that we concur in that opinion
sworn, and subscribed, ⎬      Ira Foot
the day and year aforesaid    Benja Wooster
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We Ira Foot & Benjamin Wooster of Fairfield
in the County of Franklin & State of Vt
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Whitmore Beardsley, who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe
him to be 74 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 to & subscribed
the day and year afs
                                                              Ira Foot
                                             Benj Wooster


And the court further certify that it
appears to sd Court that Benjamin
Wooster who has signed the preceding
certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Fairfield
of sd and that Ira Foot Esqr who has also
signed the same, is a resident of Fairfield &
is a credible person, and that their state
ment is entitled to the highest credit
William Bridges Judge

I, John Gates, jr. Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matters of the application of Whitmore Beardsley 
for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of August A. D. 1832.
John Gates Jr. Registrar
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sd Fairfield, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Whitmore Beardsley who
has subscribed and sworn to the above dec
laration, that we believe him to be Seventy
four years of age; that he is reputed and
believed, in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolu-
tion, and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn and subscribed, ⎬           Ira Foot
the day and year aforesaid        Benja Wooster

And the court further certifys that it
appears to sd court that Benjamin
Wooster who has signed the preceding
certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Fairfield
of sd and that Ira Foot Esqr who has also
signed the same, is a resident of Fairfield &
is a credible person, and that their state
ment is entitled to the highest credit
William Bridges Judge

I, John Gates, jr. Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matters of the application of Whitmore Beardsley
for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of August A.D. 1832
John Gates Jr Registrar
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V1839
Dolly Beardsley
wid of Whitman
NB
Adm Private 2yr  $80
per ann commencing
8 Feby 1833
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3d section of the act of Congress of the 4th July AD 1836
State of Vermont ⎬ at St. Albans Franklin County
Georgia District     & State of On this 7th day of
March AD 1837,
Personally appeared before the court of Probate within & for the district of Dolly Beardsley a resident of Fairfield in the County of Franklin and State as sd
aged seventy seven years, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the 3d section of the act of Congress pasd July 4th 1836.
That she is the lawful widow of Whitmore
Beardsley late of Fairfield in sd County deceased who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution , and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 32
That at the time of her marriage her said
Husband was then an enlisted soldier, but was
not called into service until the summer following
was then called out, and was absent a number of
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of months believes he was stationed at a place called
Kings Bridge, and was absent three or four
months according to the best of her recollection.
She further states that afterwards her said
Husband was called in to the service of the United States three or four times, was more or less
in the army until the close of the war, three
or four months at a time, that he was in
service in all after her marriage nearly as
quite a year, that he was at Kings Bridge (so
called) at White Plains and Horse Neck as a
soldier, and that he served under Capt Lewis,
Judson and Elnathan Nichols, but at what
particular places he served under those officers
she is not able to state. The above is according to
the best of her recollection
She also states that during the Revolutionary war her sd Husband was a resident of the town of Huntington in Connecticut where she
declares that she was married to the said Whitmore
Beardsley on the 2d day of March 1780. by the
Rev David Eli then Pastor of the Church and
society of Huntington in the State of Connecticut.
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that her husband, the afsd Whitmore Beardsley
died on the 5th day of February AD 1833, and that
she has remained a widow ever since that
period as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereunto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year above written              her
                                                     Dolly  X    Beardsley
                                                            mark
Before me
William Bridges Judge of Probate
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with
Dolly Beardsley the signer of the above
declaration and know her to be a person of
truth and veracity
William Bridges Judge
I Romeo H Hoyt Register of the Court of
Probate in and for the District of Georgia in
the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the sd Court in the matters of the
application of Dolly Beardsley for a
pension
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In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and
Seal of the court of Probate at
St Albans in sd District this
7th day of March AD 1837
Romeo H Hoyt
Register



St Albans in the county
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I Jeptha Bradley of St Albans in the County
of Franklin & State of Vermont of the age of thirty four years do testify & say that I been a resident of Fairfield from my youth to the present time excepting about eighteen months last past which time I have resided in St Albans aforesaid that during the time I resided in Fairfield and I lived in the immediate neighborhood of Whitmore Beardsley & his wife Dolly Beardsley and was personally acquainted with them both up to the death of the said Whitmore which I think was some time in Feby 1833
the said Dolly is still living in Fairfield asd
and has remained a widow ever since the
death of the said Whitmore her husband and
Justaens a very reputable character
Jeptha Bradley

State of Vermont ⎬
Franklin County St Albans April 24th 1837
Then personally appeared before me William Bridges Judge of Probate
the above named Jeptha Bradley and subscribed and made solemn oath to the above deposition
William Bridges Judge of Probate
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I further certify that I am personally
acquainted with the witness named Jeptha
Bradley, he is now Sheriff of the County of
Franklin State of Vermont and a gentleman
of high respectability
W. Bridges Judge
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I Bates Turner of St. Albans in the County of
Franklin & State of Vermont, aged seventy six
years, do depose testify & say that I formerly
resided in Fairfield in so County & there became acquainted with Whitmore Beardsley and Dolly Beardsley his wife and the only wife so far as my knowledge extends that he ever had, have been personally acquainted with them for more than forty years, until the death of Mr Beardsley which I believe was in the year 1833, his widow Dolly Beardsley is still living in Fairfield, has remained his widow since the death of her said husband, and she is in my opinion one of the most worthy and respectable old Ladies within
the circle of my acquaintance, and her
statement in any case ought to be entitle to the fullest credit
Sworn to and subscribed            Bates Turner
this 19th day of April
AD 1837. Before me William Bridges Judge
And I further certify that I am personally
acquainted with the Hon Bates Turner who has
subscribed & made oath to the above Deposition &
was then called out, and was
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know him to be a man of truth & veracity
has heretofore held the office of Judge of the
Supreme Court for the State of Vermont
William Bridges Judge of Probate
V1839
Dolly Beardsley
wid of Whitmore
WB
Adn private 2 years $80
per ann. commencing
8 July 1833
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Huntington
CT
July 14th
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Huntington
⎬CT                                              18 3/4
July 14th

William Bridges Esq
St Albans
VT
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I Thomas Punderson Minister of the Gospel ordained
over the congregational Church & Society of Ripon Parish
in the Town of Huntington formerly the town of Stratford
in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut
Certify that I have examined the Records of sd Church
to find the marriage of Whitmore Beardsley & Dolly
Beardsley and do find Recorded in the hand writing
of the Rev. David Ely the following
March 2d 1780 married Whitmore Beardsley to
Dolly Beardsley
and I further certify that it appears by the
Records of sd church that sd Rev David Ely was
ordained Pastor over said Church June 1773 and
continued pastor thereof until 1816
Attest. Thomas Punderson
Minister of the Gospel of
the said church & society
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ⎬
Huntington March 22. AD1837
personally appeared Thomas Punderson and subscribed
and made oath to the above certificate before me
and I certify is a credible witness & known to me
and is the minister of Sd Church & Society
Lemuel Beardslee Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Bridgeport
I Isaac Sherman Clerk of the Probate Court
in and for the District of Stratford in said
Fairfield County and State afforesaid do hereby certify that Lemuel Beardslee was a Justice of the peace in and for said Fairfield County ton the 22 day of March 1837 duly commissioned and qualified; that his
Commission expired in June 1837 and was
reappointed for the year ensuing a Justice for
sd County at the session of the Legislature held in May 1837. and that his signature to the
within Deposition of the Revd Thomas Punderson is genuine
Given under my hand
and the seal of said Court
the 12 day of July AD 1837
Isaac Sherman
Clerk of Probate
I certify that Isaac Sherman is a Clerk of said
Court duly qualified & his signature above is
genuine with the seal of said Court
Bridgeport July 12 1837
Samuel Shatten
Judge
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Rev. and 1813
Wars Section.
                                             November 8, 1923. 
Etta Norton,
Dundee, Ill.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 34850, it appears that Whitmore Beardsley was born 1759 and while residing in Huntington, Connecticut, enlisted and served as a private withhin the Conn Troops as follows -
From December 1, 1776, three and one half months in Captain Samuel Comstock's Company, Colonel Samuel Whiting's Connecticut Regiment.
From in March 1777, nine months in Captain Ebenezer Coe's Company, Colonel Gould's Regiment and was in the battle of Litchfield,
From November 1, 1778, four months in Captain Stiles Judson's Company, Colonel Samuel Whiting's Regiment.
From in September 1779, three months in Captain James
Burton's Company, Colonel Deming's Regiment.
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From in May 1780, four months in Captain Ezekiel Hall's Company, Colonel Starrs' Regiment.
In the summer of 1781, he enlisted and served
four months in Captain Zachariah Lewis' Company, Colonel Morgan's Regiment.
From June 1783, three months in Captain David
Judson's Company, Colonel Skinner's Regiment, and from
June 1783, two months in Captain Elnathan Nichols' Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while a resident of Fairfield, Franklin County, Vermont. He died February 3, 1833.
Soldier married in Ripon Parish, Huntington, Connecticut , March 3, 1730, Dolly Beard, she was allowed pension on her application executed March 7, 1837, while living in Fairfield, Vermont, aged seventy-seven years.
In 1847 she was living in Kane County, Illinois, with
her two youngest children, Lewis and Mrs. Nancy Sherman, names of other children, not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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1920 Apr. 3. Hist. to Frank G. Beardsley
1921, Feb. 18 Hist. to Dora S. Beardsley
1923 Nov. 8     "     "   Etta Norton and 
1929 - July 25. "     "    Delia Beardsley
See letter in William Beardsley
W. 23584 any.

WIDOW, &c.
24650

Dolly Beardsley
Wid of
Whitmore Beardsley
Pri Rev. War
Act July 4th '36
Index: Vol a  ,   Page  55

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dolly Beardsley
wid of Whitmore
WB
Pns Ct  Wm Bridges
St Albans
Vermont

Act 4 July 1836
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9120
Whitmore Beardsley
2 yrs Pvt 80

John Cressey Esq
St Albans
VT
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Whitmore Beardsley 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?
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.
By reference to the Declaration next following the Clerks certificate will be seen the opinion of the Court
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
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? No given as above 
                                                                 See No 5 ---
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 reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
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?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are not attached as
required by the regulations. There is also an evident error of four months service-
See Short Brief X
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
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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, &c. 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 _______year months _____and --- days, I served as a- _________
For _____________ months and __________days, I served as a ___________; and for such service I claim a pension."
M. Beardsley the applicant does not claim to have served two campaigns in 1779, but enlisted into the cavalry as one of the company but not as a soldier in service but as a minute man, and
was calld for the May following 1780 ---
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 past 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 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
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.
It cannot be admitted that the services of the applicant are
not acceptable as per and the regulations as required
the production of the best the applicant can produce to be certified
all the evidence which can be obtained is enclosed
being a copy from the Record of it in addition
evidence before sent-
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Dolly Beardsley
Reck transfer
from Vermont
to
Illinois
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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May 8 48.
Pension Agent
Poultrue
VT
Nr Emery

J L Edwards Esq.
Commr Pension
Mary
Washington D. C.
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Pension Agency Putney Ver
May 4 1848
J L Edwards Esq
Comm Pensions
Washington D.C.
In answer to your letter of the 27 ulto. I have to inform that Dolly Beardsley a pensioner on the Roll of this agency under the act of
July 4 1846 at $80 per annum has been paid to the 4 March 1847
Yr Obt Svt
M Clark
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Whitman Beardsley of Vermont Act 7 June
1827. when last paid
H H S
May 3d
died 8 Feb 1833 so Felhn paid
JH
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Elgin Kane Co Ill.
March 17th 1848.
Sir
Some two months ago I forwarded to
your Department the necessary papers for the
transfer of the Pension of Mrs. Dolly
Beardsley from the Vermont Roll to that
of Illinois. I have had no returns and
Mrs. Beardsley, who is a very aged lady
is much in need of money as she
has drawn nothing since March 4th '47
Will you allow me to ask a reply
at your earliest time
with great respect
Your Obt Sert
Isaac G. Wilson
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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State of Vermont Franklin Co
St Albans July 21st 1837
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the
Deposition of the Rev Thomas
Punderson in support of the claim
of Widow Dolly Beardsley for a Pension
you will please examine the same, and
return an answer to the same as soon
as convenient and direct to the subscriher
at St Albans Post Office Franklin Co
Vermont
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
William Bridges
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Jany 25 '48
Dolly Beardsley
asking to be transfer
to Ill from Ver't
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Elgin Kane County Illinois
Jan'y 10th 1848
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com Pensions, Washington
Sirr
Enclosed
I forward the papers to procure the transfer
of the name of Dolly Beardsley, widow of
the late Whitmore Beardsley a private in
the War of the Revolution, from the list of
the Vermont agency to the list of Illinois
I trust that they will be found substan
tially correct as she is need of her pension
having drawn nothing since the 4th
of March last
I have the honor to be
Your obedient Servant
Isaac G. Wilson
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Oct 20 '47
Mr Evany

To the Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington 
D.C.
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Elgin Kane Co. Illinois
10th October 1847
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir
Mrs. Dolly Beardsley
late of the State of Vermont, and a pensioner in virtue of her deceased Husband Mr Whitmore Beardsley who was a private in the War of the Revolution, has during the past Summer removed to the State of Illinois and
resides in this (Kane) County, She has
applied to me to procure the transfer of
her pension from the state of Vermont
to the Illinois list as she expects to
line here with her son during the
balance of her life. Her certificate is
dated August 4th A.D. 1837 $80 per annum
Will you have the goodness to send to me
the necessary blanks & instructions that
she may execute them & obtain such
transfer as early as possible as she
has not drawn her payment due on
the 4th September last
I am very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Isaac G. Wilson
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Isaac Foot,
Affidavit in
support of Whitmore
Beardsley's claim
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I Ira Foot of Fairfield in the County of Franklin
& State of Vermont do testify & say that on the 20th day of August 1832 Whitmore Beardsley subscribed and made oath to his declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, before me at Fairfield in sd County-
And I further certify that said Whitmore Beardsley is not able to appear before a court of record by reason of bodily infirmity
State of Vermont
Ira Foot
State of Vermont
Franklin County August 29th AD 1832
Then personally appeared before the undersignd authoity Ira Foot Esqr is
a credible witness of lawful age who made
oath that the above deposition by him signed
is true
William Bridges Judge
State of Vermont
Georgia District ⎬ I John Gates Jr Reg as Clark
of the Court of Probate within &
for the district afsd hereby certify that Wm
Bridges before whom the above affidavit was
taken is Judge of the court afsd and duly authorised to administer oaths, and the signature to the above certificate is his own proper hand writing - 29th Augt AD 1832
In testimony whereof I have
subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of sd Court the day &
year aforesaid
att. John gates Jnr for Registery
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Evidence in support of
Whitmore
Beardsleys claim-
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It appears by the records of the State of Connecticut
that the Gen. Assembly at their session October
1776 ordered four Battalions to be raised, and to
serve near New York until the 15th March 1777.
Samuel Whiting was appointed Colonel of the
first Battalion, & Samuel Comstock one of the
Captains
Oct 10th 1833
E. Phelps
Comptrollers Office
October 10th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of the Public
Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify
that under date May 30th 1777 there is credited to
Capt Samuel Comstock, Whitings Battalion
By premiums paid 65 men ￡130 Balance due
charged Col. Whiting ￡42, 0,0 172, 0, 0 that no
of his company has been found.
That under date January 6th 1777 the United States are charged for the Pay Roll of Lieut Ebenezer Coes 
 company stationed at Stratford but no roll can be found. There is on file the bond of Ebenezer Coe dated 7th Sept. 1779, in the condition of which is this deposition viz "whereas the sd Ebenezer Coe is appointed Lieut of a Company of guards raised
" by enlistment for defence of this State & stationed at
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Stratford do do
21
On the abstract of the sclaims of Connecticut against
the United State, the vouchers for which were delivered
to & receipted to E. Haskell Com, under date of
June 24th 1778 Ens. John Whitings pay roll of his
company at Stratford is charged, & upon the books
of the Pay Table under date March 15th 1779, there
is charged to the United States, the pay roll of Capt.
John Whitings Company Coast Guards at Stratford
but no roll of Ens. John Whiting of Capt John Whitings
companies has been found, (Both titles are supposed
to relate to one person.)
In the aforesaid abstract of claims under date
May 8th 1780 there is charged as paid to Capt. Stiles
Judson, Col. John Meads Regt ￡109, 12. but the
roll has not found
under date March 25th 1780, upon the books of
the Pay Table, the pay roll of Capt James Burton
company is charged the United States also
under date Nov 21. 1780 the pay roll of his company
Coast Guards at Horseneck under date Dec. 12 1780
the payroll of his Co. Coast Gds. The rolls of this company are not to be found
under date March 16th 1781 the pay roll ofs
Capt Ezekiel Hall Co is charged to the United State;
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but no roll of his company has been found
I find no account of Capt. Zachariah Lewis
service at any time, yet it may have included in the
expences of the Regt in which he served
And the only account I find of the service of
Capt David Judson, is a charge of the pay roll of his
company D. Marine, under date March 10th
1778, & no roll of his company had been discovered,
C. J. Phelps
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John B. Mitchel
Affidavit in
support of Whitmore
Beardsleys claim
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John Mitchel of Fairfield in the County of Franklin
and State of Vermont of the age of 71 testify and say
that I lived in the town of Huntington in the State of
Connecticut at the Commencment of the Revolu
tionary war and was well acquainted with Whitmore
Beardsley who lived in the afore town of Huntington
now of Fairfield aforsd. I was in with the continental
troops during the war but was frequently at home on
furlough and understood that the above named Whitmore Beardsley enlisted for the arm of three months or more in the fore part of the war and I understood that he was drafted out of the Militia and served for the time of nine months and further your deponant saith not
                                       John Mitchel
State of Vermont
Franklin County ⎬
Personally appeared
before the undersigned
authority John B. Mitchel
a credible witness & a Revolutionary Pensioner and made oath that the
facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by him as
subscribed are true according to his best
knowledge & belief
Sworn & subscribed
this 20th day August AD 1832 Ira Foot Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Franklin County
St Albans August 28th 1832
Horace Janes of St Albans, Clerk of
the County Court in said County do
hereby certify that Ira Foote of Fairfield
is a Justice of the Peace within and for
the County of Franklin a duly app
ointed by the Legislature of this State,
and that the foregoing certificate is sig
ned by him in his own proper hand
writing. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto signed my name and affixed the public seal
of said Court
Horace Janes Clerk
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State of Illinois
Kane County ss. On this 14th day of December A.D.
1847 before me the subscriber a
Justice of the Peace for the said County of Kane personally appeared Dolly Beardsley and made oath in due form that she is the identical person named in the certificate in her possession of which I certify the following is a true Copy
War Department, Revolutionary Claim,
I certify that in conformity with the 3d Section of
the law of the United States of the 4th July 1836
Dolly Beardsley of the State of Vermont widow
of Whitmore Beardsley who was a private in the
War of the Revolution, is entitled to receive
Eighty Dollars per annum during the time
she may remain unmarried Commencing
on the 8th February 1833 and payable semi-
annually on the 4th March and 4th September
Given at the War Office of the United States
this fourth day of August one thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty Seven
J. B. Poinsett
Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
that she now resides in the County of Kane and
State of Illinois, and has resided there for the
space of Six months last past and previous
thereto she resided in the State of Vermont.
Sworn to and Subscribed                       her
before me this 14th day of            Dolly  X  Beardsley
December A.D. 1847                              mark

(1) Jesse Oatman  Justice of the Peace

(2) Lewis Beardsley )
(3) Samuel Mill       )            Witnesses.
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State of Illinois
Kane County ss On this 14th day of December
A.D. 1847 before me the
Subscribed a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Kane personally appeared Dolly Beardsley who on
her oath declares that she is the widow of the late
Whitmore Beardsley who was a private in the War
of the Revolution, that her name was placed on the
pension Roll of the State of Vermont whence she he
lately removed that she now resides in the State
Illinois where she intends to remain and wishes her
pension to be payable there in future. The following
are her reasons for removing from Vermont
Illinois. Her two youngest children Lewis
Beardsley and Mrs Nancy Sherman reside
here and she was desirous to live with them
during the balance of her life
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me the day and year
aforesaid                                                   her
Jesse Oatman                                  Dolly   X  Beardsley
Justice of the Peace                                  mark


State of Illinois       
Kane County ss.
On this 14th day of December A.D. 1847
personally appeared before me the
subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County of Kane
Samuel Hill who on his oath declares that the
said Dolly Beardsley, with whom he is acquainted, is
the same identical person described in the foregoing
affidavit
Subscribed and sworn to                              Samuel Hill
before me this 14th day of
Jesse Oatman  Justice of Peace
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December A.D. 1847, and I hereby certify that the
said Samuel Hill who has taken said oath is a person
of veracity.
Jesse Oatman
Justice of the peace
State of Illinois
Kane County S.S. I Josiah L. Warner Clerk of the
County Commissioners Court of Kane
County State of Illinois certify that Jesse Oatman is a
Magistrate as above duly commissioned qualified & Sworn,
and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is
genuine; that his commission bears date the 25th day
of August A.D. 1847, and expires the 25th day of
August A.D. 1849."" In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my
office this 7th day of January A.D. 1848
Josiah L. Warner Clerk
County Commissioners Court
Kane County Illinois
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First Congregational Church
REV. FRANK G. BEARDSLEY, PR. D. S. T. D. PASTOR
RESIDENCE: 234 CENTER AVENUE
CHICAGO PHONE 3533
                                    AURORA, ILLINOIS, 3 - 15 - 1920.
C. M. Saltzgaber, Comr. Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:
Can you furnish me with any information concerning Whitmore Beardsley, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. The genealogist of Newberry Library, Chicago, has furnished me with the following:
"Whitmore Beardsley, 1757 on U.S. Pension Roll for Rev. Service in Conn. Continental Line. Placed on Pension Roll Nov. 7, 1833 at age of 76, when he was
at Franklin, Vt. See Rev. War Pension Rolls, Vol. 2, R.I., VT Ct. Being the Report of the Sec of War. Publ. at Washington, D.C. 1835. Page 105 ( or 514)."
I should like to know, the information can be furnished, the date of his enlistment and discharge, the name and number of the regiment in which he served, the company of the regiment, etc.
Sincerely yours,
Frank G. Beardsley
PENSION
D
MAR
U   17   S
1920
OFFICE
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Rev  CW
                                                           Rutland St
                                                          Jan 18th 1921

Dear Sir-
from the adjutants
General's office. Harford Coun -
I learn that my Great Grandfather
Amajiah Snow served in
Col. Canfields Regiment at
West Point N.Y. Sept. 1781
Residence Ashford Ct
Will you please send me
a certificate
Also, my husbands G. Grand father
Whitmore Beardsley whose
name ye will and in the
Pension roll Nov 7th 1833
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when he was at Franklin
Vt, being the report of Sec of
War, published at Washington D.C.
1835 - Page 105 or
514
I wish proof of both
Truly Jos.
Dora Snow Beardsley
74 Crescent St
Rutland Vt
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                                      September 27th, 1923.
Department of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen;
I find in looking up my genealogy that WHITMORE BEARDSLEY is listed on the Pension Roll from Fairfield, Franklin County, Vermont, as a Private in the Revolutionary War.
I am desirous of obtaining the date of his birth, birthplace, late of death, date of marriage and the date of birth and death
of his wife, Dolly Byrd.
HORACE BARBER (no Rev) also served in the
Revolutionary War and was a Col. in the War of 1812, ( no 1812 )no doubt enlisting from Fairfield also, I have the date of his birth,
Jul 20th, 1769, at either Hoosic or Simsbury, Conn., but am desirous of obtaining other dates as aforesaid,
I am told that it is possible to obtain this information from the Pension Records and would ask that, if this statement is
true, whatever information is obtainable be sent to me. Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully yours,

(Miss) Etta Norton
258 Geneva St.,
Dundee, Illinois.

PENSION
OCT
1
1923
POFFICE
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                        Neillsville, Wis July, 20.29.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
have you any record of a pension granted to the following Revolutionary War soldiers -- William Beardsley (also spell-
ed Barsley and Bardsley) and Whitmore Beardsley also Dolly
Beardsley, widow of Whitmore Beardsley? I have been informed that pension claim #W24650 related to the above Whitmore
Beardsley but as the information was unofficial can't be sure whether it is authentic. If you can furnish me with this will you kindly tell me the Volune and Page as its for the D.A.R. Records.
Am very sorry to bother you but if you will let me know what the charges are will send you a check for same.
Thanking you very kindly, I am
Very Respectfully,
Miss Delia Beardsley
#210 S. Hewett St. Neillsville, Wis.
PENSION
JUL
24
1929
OFFICE
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.     3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _______________ 19 _____
In reply to your request of _______________ received ___________
for a statement of the military history of Whitman Beardsley
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT LENGTH OF	RANK	OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED	 STATE			
 OR APPOINTMENT	SERVICE		                     CAPT		                    COL		                     
							
December 1, 1776	3 mos	Pvt	                    Samuel Comstock		Samuel Whiting	 	          Conn
March 1, 1777	9 mos	Pvt	                               Ebenezer Coe		       Gould		
November 1, 1778		Pvt	                             Stiles Judson		       Samuel Whiting		
September 1779 3 mos	Pvt                                	James Burton		       Denning		
May 1, 1780	4 mos	Pvt	                              Ezekiel Hall		       Starrs		
Summer 1781	4 mos	Pvt	                              Nathaniel Lewis	               Morgan		
June 1, 1782	3 mos	Pvt	                              David Judson		      Skinner		
June 1, 1783	2 mos	Pvt	                             Elnathan Nichols	      Skinner		

Battles engaged in, Litchfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Huntington Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 20 1832. 1 Disch was al.
Residence at date of application, Fairfield, Franklin Co Vt
Age at date of application, born 1759 died Feb 8 1833 Places not stated
Remarks: Sol Mar in Ripon Parish Huntington Conn. Mar 2 1780 Dolly Beard
She was al pen on her ap ex Mar. 7 1837 while living in Fairfield
VT. age 77. In 1847 she was living in Kane Co Ills with her two youngest
children, Lewis and Mrs Nancy Sherman names of other ┃
not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AW/cel
                                                       July 25, 1929
Delia Beardsley
210 South Hewett Street     Whitmore Beardsley
Neillsville, Wisconsin                W24650

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W. 24650, it appears that Whitmore
Beardsley was born in 1759.
While residing in Huntington, Connecticut, he enlisted
and served as a private with the Conn Troops
as follows:
From December 1, 1776, three and one-half months in
Captain Samuel Comstock's Company, Colonel Samuel
Whiting's Regiment; from in March, 1777, nine months
in Captain Ebenezer Coe's Company, Colonel Gould's Regiment and was in the battle of Litchfield; from November 1, 1778, four months in Captain Stiles Judson's Company, Colonel Samuel Whiting's Regiment; from in September, 1779, three months in Captain James Burton's Company, Colonel Deming's Regiment; from in May, 1780, four months in Captain Ezekiel Hall's Company, Colonel Starrs' Regiment;
 in the summer of 1781, four months in Captain
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Zachariah Lewis' Company, Colonel Morgan's Regiment; from in June, 1782, three months in Captain David Judson's Company , Colonel Skinner's Regiment, and from June, 1783, two months in Captain Elnathan Nichols' Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 20, 1832, while a resident of Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vermont. He died February 3, 1833.
Soldier married in Ripon Parish, Huntington, Connecticut,
,March 2, 1780, Dolly Beard,
She was allowed pension on her application executed
March 7, 1837, while living in Fairfield, Vermont, aged
seventy-seven years.
In 1847, she was living in Kane County, Illinois,
with her two youngest children Lewis and Mrs. Nancy Sherman
, names of other children not stated.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Zachariah Lewis' Company, Colonel Morgan's Regiment; from in June, 1782, three months in Captain David Judson's Company , Colonel Skinner's Regiment, and from June, 1783, two months in Captain Elnathan Nichols' Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 20, 1832, while a resident of Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vermont. He died February 4, 1833.
Soldier married in Ripon Parish, Huntington, Connectiicut,
March 2, 1780, Dolly Beard,
She was allowed pension on her application executed
March 7, 1837, while living in Fairfield, Vermont, aged
seventy-seven years.
In 1847, she was living in Kane County, Illinois,
with her two youngest children Lewis and Mrs. Nancy Sherman
, names of other children not stated.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41           Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
                BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Name  Beardsley, William   Grade Private  Line Connecticut
WARRANT
NUMBER 5507    ACREAGE   100        ISSUED  Sept. 14, 1792
                                                        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.