Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12157, Peter Beebe, Continental Conn. Green Mt Bays

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Continental (Conn)
Green Mt Boys

Beebe Peter
or Bebee

S. 12157
Carded

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[printed document with fill ins]

New York 14802
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Peter Bebee*
of Genesee in the State of N. Y.
who was private in the Company commanded
by Captain Staunton of the Regt commanded 
by Col Warner in the § NH ["NH"crossed out] Green Mt. Boys.
2 years
§ Peter Beebe*
Continental Line. Records corrected. [illegible] July 29/05
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Y.
the rate of 80. Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of June
1833 ad set to
Carleton Towner, Batavia, N. Y. 
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833     160."
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept. "   40."
...........................................................$200."

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Francis F. Francine Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 4-  Page 46.

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[handwritten document]


[left side of page]
In the matter of
Peter Beebe
a pensioner

Declaration
15967

[illegible] Please send certificate
to Carleton Towner
Batavia Genesee Co N. Y. 

[right side of page]
admd
7 years pri [underlined]
80 $

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State of New York Genesee County } SS

Personally appeared before me Phichol M. Ward, a Justice of the Peace of the town of Perry in the county of Genesee Peter Beebe the applicant for a pension named in the declaration affidavit & certificates hereto annexed, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of age and infirmity, he is unable to go from home to search for living witnesses to prove the services stated in his said declaration. That he has made diligent inquiry to ascertain if there be any living witness or witnesses by whom he can prove said services, and cannot ascertain that there are any. that this deponent verily believes that there is no living witness by whom he can prove said services, that the only person of whom this applicant has had for several years past any knowledge by whom (if living) he could prove said services, and a few years since. This deponent further says that he did serve in the Regiment under the command of Col Seth Warner, for the time, and in the manner stated in said declaration, and that he has lost the original discharge from service which received from said Warner, and had no documentary evidence of said services- And further this deponent saith that for said service he claims a pension.

[signed] Peter Beebe [/signed]

Sworn and Subscribed
this ninth day of March
1833 before me.
[signed] Phichol M. Ward [/signed]
[underlined] Justice Peace [/underlined]

State of New York Genesee County SS:

I Timothy Fitch Clerk of said county do certify that Phichol M Ward Esquire before whom the forgoing affidavit or deposition purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit or

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deposition to be his proper hand writing and signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of office
this 12th day of March AD. 1833.
Timothy Fitch Clerk

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State of New York
Genesee County SS: On this 7th day of February 1833 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid now sitting Daniel H Chandler and Carleton Towner residents of the Town of Batavia in Said County who being duly sworn according to law do personally on their oaths make the following declaration concerning the service of Peter Beebe the applicant for a pension named in the declaration and certificates hereto annexed, as a soldier in the Revolution, in the United States. The said Daniel H Chandler doth declare that he was a number of years ago personally acquainted with the said Peter Beebe, in Granville in Washington County in the State of New York where the said Peter of this deponent then resided, that the said Peter was then reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution. The said Daniel H doth further say that his is now well acquainted with the said Beebe, and that from the acquaintance he has with him, & from what he has heard from the said Beebe and from others, in relation to his service in the Revolutionary War, he has no hesitation in declaring it as his belief that the said Beebe did serve, as, and for the length of time, stated in the said declaration. This deponent further says that at the time of his acquaintance with the said Beebe in Granville aforesaid, he knew of no friend living who could testify of his own knowledge of the same. to the said service of the said Beebe, nor has he since known of any, nor does he now know of any person or persons living who can testify of his or their own knowledge of the same to the said service of the said Beebe. And the said Carleton Towner doth declare that he made out the said declaration, for the said Beebe, and was very particular in his examination of the said Beebe as to the Facts stated in the said declaration to satisfy himself that the said Beebe did serve, as stated in said declaration and from such examination this deponent has no hesitation in declaring it as his belief that the said Beebe did serve as stated in his said declaration. And that there is no person living whose testimony can be procured, who can testify to the said service of the said Beebe, from his own, personal knowledge of the same. Subscribed and sworn to this 7th day of February 1833 in open court. 
Timothy Fitch Clerk 
Daniel H Chandler
Carleton Towner

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We the undersigned Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel H. Chandler and Carleton Towner who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that they are persons of credibility and that their statements are entitled to belief.
Isaac Wilson
William Mitchell
James Taggart

I Timothy Fitch clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that Isaac Wilson, William Mitchell and James Taggart, whose names are subscribed to the foregoing certificate, are Judges of the said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court the 7th day of February 1833.
Timothy Fitch Clerk

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State of New York
County of Genesee} Ss;
On this ninth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Genesee Peter Beebe a resident of the town of Perry in the county of Genesee and State of New York, aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832; That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 in the month of April of that year with Captain Joshua Staunton and served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Seth Warner the number of said Regiment or the line to which the same belonged the said Peter does not recollect; and served under the following named officers viz the said Col. Warner, and Capt Staunton and Capt. Simeon Smith and Lieut. Lyon the Christian name of the said Lyon the said Peter does not recollect. That he continued in said service from the said Month of April 1775 the time of his enlistment until sometime in May 1778, when he was duly discharged from said service by the order of the said Col. Warner. At the time of his enlistment the said Peter resided in Salsbury in Connecticut. The said Peter further says that he was at the taking of St. John's and Chamberlin and at the attack upon Quebec under General Montgomery. That he saw Gen Montgomery when he was killed. That he was also in the Battle of Hubberton. That from Salsbury the said Peter marched to Mount Independence now Ticonderoga where he arrived shortly after the taking of the latter place by Col. Ethan Allen. From thence he proceeded to St. John's to join the expedition under General Montgomery, destined for Quebec. From St. John's he marched to Montreal, and from there to Quebec where he remained until May when the Americans were obliged to retreat from Quebec to Crown Point, then on to Ticonderoga, from thence to Mount Independence; Then on to Hubberton where the Americans were engaged with the British forces in which engagement the said Peter participated in before mentioned. From Hubberton the said Peter marched to Manchester in Vermont, where he was stationed sometime. From thence to Bennington. From thence to Stillwater

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on the North River, was at Stillwater when Burgoyne was taken From Stillwater he marched with his Regiment back to Bennington in Vermont where he was stationed until he was duly discharged from service by the order of the said Col. Seth Warner in May 1778 - The said Peter further says that he has lost his original discharge and cannot therefore produce the same, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said services -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
[signed] Peter Beebe
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, in open court
[signed] T. Fitch Clerk
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel H. Chandler who has signed the certificate below is a Supreme court commissioner & resident in the town of Batavia & county of Genesee and that William Redford who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Covington in said county & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit
[signed] Isaac Wilson
[signed] William Mitchell
[signed] Robert Earl

We Daniel H. Chandler a Supreme court commissioner,

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siding in the Town of Batavia in the county of Genesee and William Redford residing in the town of Covington in said county, do certify, that we are well acquainted with Peter Beebe who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six year 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
[signed] Daniel H. Chandler
[signed] William Redford
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, in open court
[signed] T. Fitch Clerk of Genesee County

I Timothy Fitch clerk of the said court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Peter Beebe for a pension And I further certify that the said court is a court of record.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9th day of October 1832
[signed] T. Fitch Clerk

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15967
Peter Bebee
Ct. Brooks
Col. Warner

3 years
some proof req'd
11.12
Jy 22 '75
P. 209

P L Tracy
H. R.

Carleton Towner
agb
Batavia
Genesee Co.
NY

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Brief in the case of Peter Bebee of Perry
County of Gennessee in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3 How old is he? 76

4 State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. 
     Enlisted in April 1775. Served until some time in May 1778

Duration of Service. 
     3 Years, 1 Months, - Days

Rank. As a 
     Private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. 
       Col. Seth Warner
       Captain Joshua Stanton
       Captain Simon Smith

5. In what battles was he engaged? Hubberton [Hubbardton], Capture of St. John, Attack upon Quebec

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Salsbury, Connecticut

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, of by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  No.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[signed] Chas. S. Wilcox, examining clerk.
20 June, 1833

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[typed document]

December 16, 1925


George H. Messenger
4201 Pleasant St.
Des Moines, Iowa

Sir:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim S. 12157, it appears the PETER BEEBE [name underlined]
(pensioned BEBEE) while living in Salisbury, Connecticut, enlisted in April,
1775, served as private in Captains Joshua Stauntion's and Simeon
Smith's Companies, Colonel Seth Warner's Green Mountain Boys, was
in the battles of St. John's, Chambly, Quebec, Hubbardton, and at
the capture of Burgoyne, and was discharged in May, 1778.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October
9, 1832, at which time he was seventy-six years of age and a resident
of Perry, Genesee County, New York.

There is no data on file relative to his family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

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[verso]
Mar 2 '98 Miss M G M McCawley Oshkosh Wis.
1913 May 15 Hist to Mrs. H. L. Stark V.M.L.
1916 Oct. 17 Hist. to Mrs. Oscar Kemp
1925, Dec 11. hist. to Geo. H. Messenger M.C.S.

[recto]
12.157
Rev War INVALID
File No. 12,157
Peter Be*bee
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Peter *Beebe 
Records corrected July 29/05.

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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 Peter Bebee which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank] 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes 
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes A claimant is required to produce the best evidence in his power - a service of 3 years in the Con't State troops must be 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? susceptable of proof
VII. Has he made the relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the other under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No No
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? [blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank] 
XVI. ↕Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &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______; and for such service I claim a pension.”

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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 phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and 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 authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
⇨ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany papers.

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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: N.Y. Ret'd March 21st 1833.]
[postmark: BATAVIA N. Y. MAR 13]
Pension Office
FREE
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

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Batavia March 12th 1833
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Dear Sir, 
Herewith I enclose you the papers in the case of Peter Beebe an applicant for a pension which were returned to me by the Department of War for further proof. I would observe that all the proof of service which it is in the power of Mr. Beebe to obtain in this case is here presented to the Department. If the Department shall deem it insufficient to warrant the allowance of a pension I do not see but Mr Beebe will be under the necessity of abandoning his claim, though a more just and equitable one I believe does not exist: In his declaration and supplementary affidavit Mr. Beebe swears explicitly that there is not to his knowledge any person living by whom he can prove his services and that he has no documentary evidence thereof. This statement is partially corroborated by the deposition of Mr Daniel H. Chandler and myself, as well as that relating to his services.
At the time of making has declaration, Mr Beebe was aware that the name of Peter Beebe was on the Rolls at the War office but whether he was the identical person referred to he could not tell, although he supposed that it might be and probably was, as there was not to his knowledge any other person in the service of that name. To have enabled the Department to determine that satisfactorily I suppose he ought to have mentioned the number of the Regiment to which he belonged, and also the line. But this he could not do. All he could state in relation to his service was how long he served - where he served - under what officers he served, and where he served. This he has done. In his letter to Mr. Foot chairman of the committee on Pensions in the Senate, of the 15th June 1832 the Secretary of War observed in relation to the evidence which ought to be required of applicants for pensions, that where the name of the applicant was found upon the Rolls, no other testimony should be required. The names of Peter Beebe, it seems, appeared upon the Rolls. Now if no pension has ever been allowed to any one of that name (and this I suppose can be easily ascertained at the Department) I should suppose this circumstance would warrant the presumption, that it must

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refer to the person under consideration, and taken in connexion with the circumstantial documentary proof herewith accompanying, be sufficient to satisfy the Department of the validity of Mr Beebe's claims to its favorable consideration. That he is justly entitled to what he asks of Government I firmly believe.
I have the honour to be, sir, very
respectfully your obedient servt
[signed] Carleton Towner

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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. [overwritten: Madam: - ] Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

L.W.B.
I. 12197.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
March 2, 1898.

Madam: - 
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of Ephraim Gillett has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
Peter Bebee, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made an application for pension on October 9, 1832, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing at Perry, N.Y., and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Staunton and Col. Warner. He enlisted at Salsbury, Conn.
Very respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner.

Miss Margaret G. McCawley,
71 Washington Street,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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GEORGE H. MESSENGER
DES MOINES
November 2, 1925

Auditor of Genesee County,
Batavia, New York

My dear Sir:

Peter Beebe was placed on the Pension
Roll of your County, in 1832, for two years actual
service as a private in the Connecticut 
Continental Line of the Revolutionary War.

If you will give me Peter's service
record, and the names of his parents, as shown
by your files, I shall be deeply grateful and
will gladly remit your charges.

Thanking you, I beg to remain,
Very cordially yours,
GH Messenger [signature]
G. H. Messenger,
4201 Pleasant Street.

Dear Sir;-
Replying to above would say;- That we have no pension
records in this office.  Would refer you to the Pension
Department, Washington, D. C. 
Respectfully Yours,
[illegible] W Decker
County Treasurer

[round stamp]
PENSION
R
NOV
U. 11  S.
1925
[beginning of this word is cut off] CE

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St. Peter Rev. Soc.
Minnesota
23 Sept. 1916

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,
 
Will you please send me copies of the pension records of Peter Beebe, a Rev. soldier from Conn. who was pensioned in 1832 from Genesee Co. N. York and Ezekiel Beebe private from Mass. Rev. War & was pensioned from Rutland Co. VT 1816.

Thanking you I am
Very truly
Mrs. Oscar Kemp
819 So Min Ave
St. Peter Minnesota

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St. Peter
Minnesota
12 May 1913

Will you kindly send copies of the pension certificate of the two soldiers:

Exra Smith - b. 1754 d. 1834, placed on Pension Roll 1834 of Jefferson Co NY for service as private, Mass. State troops.  He d. in Ellisburgh NY.  also -

Peter Beebe 1756 - 1834. He was placed on the Pension Rolls of Genessee Co NY 1832 for

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two years service of private in the Connecticut Continental line.  He was b. in Salsbury, Conn and died in Perry, NY.

Please send to - 

Mrs. H.L. Stark
St. Peter
Minnesota

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G-B

Oshkosh, Wisc.
Feb. 6, 1898

[Date stamp] FEB 11 1898

[Round Seal] 
Pension
D
Feb
U 10 S
1898
Office

Dept. of Interior
Washington,

According to family records, Peter Beebe enlisted in Connecticut May 15, 1775, 8th Co. 6th Regiment, Parsons Col., Capt. Gale Company, and served until Oct. 15, 1778. Will any records on file verify this, or must [I] apply to Connecticut to have this proved.

Are there any records of any service given by Ephriam Gillette? As I wish to join the order DAR will you kindly furnish

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G-B

Oshkosh, Wisc.
Feb. 6, 1898

[Date stamp] FEB 11 1898

[Round Seal]
Pension
D
Feb
U 10 S
1898
Office

Dept. of Interior
Washington,

According to family records, Peter Beebe enlisted in Connecticut May 15, 1775, 8th Co. 6th Regiment, Parsons Col., Capt. Gale Company, and served until Oct. 15, 1778. Will any records on file verify this, or must [I] apply to Connecticut to have this proved.

Are there any records of any service given by Ephriam Gillette? As I wish to join the order DAR will you kindly furnish

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proofs in connection with these names if you can.

Much obliged,

Margaret G. McCawley
71 Washington St.

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Record Division

3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.,   ......., 19.....

S.F. 12157

In reply to your request of ..., received ..... for a statement of the military history of Peter Beebe* 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.

*pensioned Bebee

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Apr. 1775

Length of Service. May 1778

Rank. Pvt

Officers under whom served.
Captain. Joshua Staunton
Captain. Simon Smith
Colonel. Seth Warner

State. Green Mtn Boys

Battles engaged in, at St. Johns, Chambly, Quebec, Hubbardston, Capture of Burgoyne.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sal[is]bury, Conn.

Date of application for pension, Oct. 9, 1832. His [cl] was [al]

Residence at date of application, Perry, Gennesee Co., NY

Age at date of application, 76 yrs, Date and place of birth not stated.

Remarks: No data as to family.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner

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