Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 709, Daniel Beem, S.C.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Beem, Daniel
NUMBER
R 709
Born in S.C.
CONTENTS

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25047
Daniel Beem
S.C.

D Lesly Esqr
Abbeville Dit.
S.C.
J. Wardlum

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in all 1 year 6 m.

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 29 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Daniel Beem S.C.
Period when the service was rendered.
Militia March 1781-2 od.
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
18 [mos.]
Rank of the claimant.
private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cp. Hogg Major Liles
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
73 born in Debery District S.C.
entered at Newbury Dt. " [S.C.]
now lives in Abbeville " " [Dt. S.C.]
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
knows of no one to prove his service & Certificate of Clergyman and a Citizen

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
in all 1 year 6 m.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which such 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 of four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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 the papers.
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 must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) 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 claimant's 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 the seal of office.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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25047
Daniel Beem
So Ca

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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District S.S.
be it known that on this 20th day of July 1835 before me James A. Black a Justice of the Quorum in and for the District aforesaid personally appeared Daniel Beem (aged 79 years) and being first duly sworn as the law directs does make the following emmended [amended] Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 - that he entered the servis as a volunteer millitia man on the second day of March 1781 in a company of infantry commanded by Captain Lewis Hogg - that the 1st Lieutents name was William Hill, and was one of the companies that composed the batalion commanded by Ephrim Lyles of Colonel Hammond Regiment. That the rendezvoused at a place called Spring Hill in Nebery District (of which District he was then a resident) from thence they marched to Camden where they lay some time from there they marched to a place called McCords ferry or Ancrums ferry on the Congaree River when they remained untill his first term of three month expired on the 3rd day of June 1781 and that he never left the camp but forthwith volunteered for three month more under his same Captain Lewis Hogg (who was a single man and to his knowledge never quit the field to the end of the war for more than 3 weeks at a time) that they march to Orengbuge [Orangeburg] and after a short stay there they march to Ashley ferry on Cooper River when his second tour of three months expired on the 3rd September 1781. That he reentered the service on the 4th September 1781 as a volunteer with Captain Hogg to act as a gaurd at a place called Bills point and that at that place

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his third tour expired on the 4th December 1781. That he again volunteered for 3 months more and after staying some time at the place where they then lay Bills point they march to a place called Bacons Bridge where they continued to act as a guard on the bridge untill his fourth term expired on the 4th March 1782 that he now volunteered with Captain Hogg for 3 months more which he put in in various scouts in the lower part of the State of South Carolina that his fifth tour expired at or near Beach Island when they were stationed as a guard to keep the Tories in awe - on the 4th June 1782 that he now entered the service again as a volunteer and that they march to Orengburg [Orangeburg] - then to Granby thence to Camden where they were finally discharge on the 6th September 1782 and returned home having served eighteen months in all faithfully
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th July 1835 before me
James A. Black JQu
Daniel Beem

South Carolina
Abbeville District S.S.
I James A Black a Justice of the Quorum in and for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Beem who has this day subscribed & sworn to the above statement or declaration, I think he is as old as he states himself to be it is the general opinion here and has ever been that he was a soldier of the Revolution he now on the pension list of this State and when he was placed on that list he made personal proof of his service by a Mr. Thomas Risener who

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is since dead he satisfied the authorities of this state that he was a soldier of the Revolution and he was accordingly placed on his pension list where his name now stands - I believe he is a man of truth and may be believed on his oath
Given under my hand and seal this 20th day of July 1835
James A Black JQu

I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Abbeville District do hereby certify that James A Black is a magistrate as above stated and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office this twenty fourth day of July in the year 1835
Jas. Wardlaw
Clerk of the Court of Abbeville District

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South Carolina
Abbeville District S.S.
be it known that on the 19th day of June 1833 before me James A. Black a Justice of Quorum in and for the District & State aforesaid. Personally appeared Daniel Beem aged 73 and on oath doth make the following amendments to his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 - that he entered the service under the command of Lewis Hogg as set forth in his original certificate on the 12th day of March 1781 (as he believes) and continued to serve in constant Regular service without intermission or ever getting a furlow or over returning home or quiting the service, untill the 17th of September 1782 (as he thinks and surely believes) when he was discharged at a place called Bacons bridge but that in consequence of old age and dibility and consequent loss of memory, and also being entirely illiterate (having no learning) he is unable to fix with precession the very day he entered the service or the day he left it exactly but he is sure he did serve the full ammount of the time above stated. He also makes the following answers to the interogatories prescribed by the war department.
Interogatory 1st Where and in what year were you born
Ansr. I was born in Nebery District State of South Carolina on the 10th day of March 1760
Int. 2nd have you any Record of your age, if so, where is it
Ans. it is so recorded in my fathers family Bible now in possession of my Brother Jacob Beem now living in Newberry District South Carolina
Int. 3rd where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Ans. I was living in Newbery District, when called into service I continued to live in Newbery District untill the year 1814 when I removed to Abbeville District South Carolina, where I now live
mark

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Int 4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volenteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.
Ans. 4th I was a Volenteer and continued to serve as a volenteer from the time I entered the service untill I left it.
Int. 5th State the name of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. I was acquainted with General Nathaniel Green General Marian, Col Thos. Sumpter Col. Lee & Colonel Hammond who some times commanded the batalion or Regiment to which I was attached. I cannot recollect the name or number of any Regiment of Regulars or Militia only the one I served in it was commonly called Hammond Regiment as to the General circumstances of my service it is set forth in my original declaration my service was entirely confined to the lower part of the State of South Carolina it was an arduous and dangerous service there being a great many Tories and British in the country at that time we were in a continual state of alarm & danger almost without cloaks or food and poor pay, made the general circumstances of my services hard enough.
Int. 6th did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
Ans. 6th I did receive a discharge from signed by Colonel Hammond. which discharge is long since lost as I never expected it wold be of any use to me when I returned from the service I gave it to my mother to keep for me I have never seen it since tho I have lately made search
for it it cannot be found. my mother being dead long since
Int 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief as to your service as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans. 7. I am acquainted with Joseph Black Esqr.

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Magor Robert F. Black, George N Simms, James A Black Esqr. the Revd. James Moore Revd James Cosper, Robert McNair Thomas Tinsley, Francis B. Clinkscals, David Rusell George W. Wilson, Richard S. Hollaman, Moses Clay, Alexander McCoy and others.
Sworn to and subscribed this 19th day of June 1833. before me
James A. Black JQ
Daniel Beem his mark X

The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I Robert H Wardlow deputy clerk of the Courts of General Sessions and common pleas for Abbeville District do hereby certify that James A. Black before whom the foregoing ammended declaration was made, and who has attested the same, is an acting Justice of the Quorum in and for said District that all due faith and credit are to be given to his attestations as such and that the above is the genuine signature of the said James A. Black
Given under my hand and seal of office at Abbeville Court House this first day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Rob H Wardlaw
Deputy Clk

Honorable Lewis Cass. Respected Sir, please to direct your answer to this to the Temple of Health (Post office Abbeville District to the case of James A Black Esqr. 2nd July 1833
Daniel Beem his mark X

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Copy Petition of Danl Beem

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South Carolina
Abbeville District
To the Honble. Senate & House of Representatives
Gentlemen
Yr Petitioner by this his petition, would show that he entered the service of his country in his sixteenth year as a volunteer militiaman, under the command of Captain Lewis Hog, in the District of Newberry some time in the year 1779, that he remained in the service for the term of eighteen months, during which time he was marched to Orangeburgh, to Parkers ferry, thence to Bull's point, near Sheldon, thence to Bacons Bridge, thence to Dorchester, that he was at the battle of Eutaw Spring though not engaged in action, he being one of those detached to act as guard to the wagons, that he never left the service during the whole time, but faithfully served his country for very little pay, he further showeth that he is now sixty five years of age & very poor and helpless, and has no friend able to support him, he therefore prays that your Honble. Body will take his case under your friendly consideration and place him upon the pension list, and as in duty bound he will ever pray
November the 23d 1829. Daniel Beem

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A Schedule of the property belonging to Daniel Beem, the within petitioner
1. Mare about 9 years old worth $25.00
2. Sows worth 4.00
2. Head of Sheep 4.00
1. frow, 1 falling axe, 1 Handsaw worth about 4.00
Wearing clothes & necessary bedding [total] 37.00

South Carolina
Abbeville District
Personally came before me Daniel Beem the within Petitioner, & on oath saith that the statements, made in the within petition are true, & that he served the State of South Carolina faithfully as a Militiaman; and that the above Schedule contains, all the property that he possesseth on earth.
Daniel Beem
Sworn to and subscribed this 23d day of Novr. 1829 Before me
Jas. A. Black J. Q.

I James A. Black a Justice of Quorum in and for the District of Abbeville, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within petitioner Daniel Beem and have been for twenty years, that I think him a man of truth and entitled to credit. I know him to be a fit

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subject for the pension list, as to his property, he being very poor
Certifd. this 23d day of Novr. 1829
James A. Black J. Q

South Carolina
Lexington District
Personally appeared Thomas Ressinger before me & after being duly sworn saith that he was a Sergeant in Capt. Hog's Company of Militia in General Green's Camp in time of the Revolutionary war & is between seventy three & seventy four years of age, and further saith that he was acquainted with your petitioner who was in said company of militia with said deponent in the American service
Thomas Ressinger his mark T
Sworn to the 7th day of Decr. 1829
George Sawyer J.P.

I certify that Thomas Ressinger is a respectable citizen of Lexington District, and that he is a man of truth, and due credit should be given to his deposition
Lew Pou
Decr. 11th 1829

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The Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Beam praying for a pension.
Report they have considered the same and recommend the prayer thereof be granted.
Decr 12th 1829
T. Richardson
Chairman

Senate Decr. 14 1829
Resolved that the Senate agree to the Report ord. to the H.R.
Job Johnston C.S.

In the House of Representatives Decr. 18th 1829
Resolved that the House do concur with the Senate, ordered that it be returned
By order of the House
R. Anderson
C. H. R.

Office of Clerk of Senate
8th July 1854
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the Petition of Daniel Beem praying for a pension, also the report of the Committee with the endorsements thereon, showing the action taken by the Legislature thereon, now of file in this office.
Given under my hand, there being no seal of office.
W. F. Arthur
Sgt. Library & State House Keeper

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[first page]
Ask for case of Daniel Beem of S.C.
Suspended under act of 1832

[second page]
709
Daniel Beem
So. Ca.
Sus. see let. James A Black Augt 12 1835
same Sept 12 "[1835]
reqd. enclose from Camp Yost. with of his or Capt. Hoggs services or both.
Same Oct. 27. 1835
M Thompson Aug 7 1854

Act 7 June 32

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[first page]
Daniel Beem, Abbeville Dist. S. Car.
Suspended Act 1832
709

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Ex'r. INVALID.
No. 709
Daniel Beem
P. O.
Service;
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.

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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District SS.
on this second day of April 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Daniel Beem a resident of Abbeville District in the State aforesaid aged seventy three 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 act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. 
that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that he entered the service as a volunteer Militia man in Captain Lewis Hoggs Company of infantry in the month of March 1781 the names of the subaltern officers not recollected, except the first Lieutent whos name was William Hill Major Ephrem Liles, batalion, that he the continued to serve as a volunteer for the term of eighteen months, that the company rendezvoused at Spring Hill in Newberry District in which District he then resided, that they marched to Oringburge [Orangeburg] where they staid some time from thence they were marched to Ashley Ferry on Cooper River from there to Bulls point where the remained untill the last of August 1781. from thence they were marched to Bacons Bridge from there to Eutaw Spring that he acted as one of the Waggon gaurd [wagon guard] on that day the day of the Battle 8th September 1781 that after the Battle of Eutaw they returned to Bacons Bridge

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from there they acted as scouts in various directions untill the end of the war. that he was acquainted with General Green General Marian Col. Thomas Sumpter Col. Lee and Col. Hammond that he had a writen discharge signed by Col. Hammond which is now lost, that he has no other documentary evidence and know of no person now living who cold swear to his service, that he resided in Newberry District at the time he entered the service and that he returned to that District after the peace where he resided untill about twenty years ago when he removed into Abbeville District where he now resides. that he hereby relinquises every claim whatsoever to a pention or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not found on the pention Roll of the agency of any state 
1st question, when and in what year were you born
Answer, I was born in Newberry District South Carolina in the year 1760 the day not recollected
2 Question, have you any record of your age if so where is it
Answer, it is so recorded in the family Bible
3rd where were you living when called into service where did you live since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
I was living in Newberry District South Carolina since them I have lived in Newberry & Abbeville in the last mention District I now live

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4th how were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute
I was a Volunteer
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
I recollect General Green General Marian Colonel Thomas Sumpter Col Lee & Col Hammond I do not recollect the number or name of the regiment in which I served the general circumstance of the service they are embodied in the declaration above made
6th did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given what has become of it.
I did receive a discharge from Col Hammond it is lost long since
I am acquainted with Joseph Black Esquire Major Robert F. Black George Naime with a number of respectable citizens who can certify as to my character for varasity and good behavior 
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforsaid
Daniel Beem his mark X
In Open Court
Jas. Wardlaw
Clk.

We James Moore a Clergyman resident in Abbeville District and State of South Carolina and James A. Black residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Beem who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration

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that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this 2nd. day of April 1833
Jas. Moore
James A. Black
In Open Court
Jas. Wardlaw
clk.

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Revd. James Moore who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Abbeville District and that James A. Black who has also signed the same is a resident of Abbeville District and is a credible person, and that their statements is entitled to credit
Josiah J. Evans
Presiding Judge
3d April 1833

I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Daniel Beem for a pention
in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this second day of April 1833.
Jas. Wardlaw
Clk.

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[stamp - illegible]

Mail
12.2

James A. Black Esq
Temple of Health
Abbeville Dist.
S.C.

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Comptrollers Office
Columbia 13 Oct 1835

James A. Black Esq.
Dear Sir
On [illegible] able to your favour of the 22 inst. I have made a reexamination in this Office in the case of David Beem, but I find his name only once on record, copies of which papers I have furnished you. In the case of Lewis Hogg I find the following viz,
"To 237 Days duty done as Horseman in 1780 & 81, from the 6 Feby 1780 as p Capt. Thos Jones pay bill, certified by Lieut. Col. John Lindsay at 20 pr L237.0.0
42 Days duty as Lieut. of Horse from April 9th 1782 to 10 June 1783 at 45/ [illegible] as per Capt. Jones.

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L 237.0.0
Kelleys pay Bill & certified by Lieut Col. Jus. Lindsay 94.10
[total] L 331.10
[total] L 47.7.1 1/2
Waters Regiment

If you wish an official copy of the same, you will signify the same by
writing
Respectfully
Yr. Obt. Sevt.
John T. Seibels
for
Wm. Laval
Compt. Genl.

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Washington City Aug. 3 1834
Hon L P Waldo
Comr of Pensions

Sir
I herewith inclose additional evidence in case of Daniel Beem of South Carolina, whose claim for a pension under act of 7th June 1832, stands suspended in your office, for want of the proof herewith furnished, to wit: That Lewis Hog was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and that Danl Beem served under him, as state in Beem's dec[laration]

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[dec]laration. You will see that the Legislature of South Carolina, after that gave deliberation & searching investigation which they never failed to give to such cases, believed the facts as set forth in his declaration, and considered them sufficiently proved by the affidavit of Ressinger, &C. & placed him upon the pension list accordingly.
I have the honor to be &C
M. Thompson
Atty. for Beem

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Daniel Beem 25047
So Ca

Amended dec. Dan. Beem SC
See let. Jas A Black Augt 12 1835
Let June 27 ' 34 J. C. Calhoun

Temple of Health SC
1st Augt 1835

free

George W. [illegible]
act. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District S.S.
be it known that on the 7th day of September 1833 before the subscriber a Justice of Quorum in and for the District aforesaid personally appeared Daniel Beem, who is an applicant for a pention [pension] under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 and on his oath saith that the word Regular in his ammended Declaration was only ment [meant] to convey the idea of continued service or service without intermission that he never did belong to the Regular army, but done all his service as a volunteer militia man and that the words (constant Regular service) as found in his ammended declaration, were only synonymous terms to express constant service, and that during the whole time he was not engaged in any civil pursuit-
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written before me
James A. Black, J.Q
Daniel Beem his mark X

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Temple of Health
September 3rd free

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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SC Sept 12

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Abbeville District 31 August 1835
J. L. Edwards
sir
I have received your favor of the 12th instant in which you say that the amended declaration of Daniel Beem had been recd & placed on file, and that it appears that the original declaration was returned from your office to Mr. D. Lesley on the 25th Sept. 1833 & has not since been returned to it, and that before any favorable dicussion can be had on this claim, the original papers must be returned. 
Now Sir you informed me of this long ago, & I have twice searched the post office & clerks office, and applied to Mr. D. Lesley repeatedly and cannot find those papers. they are lost. I have asked you several times how he should proceed & you still tell us who the original papers were sent to and when they were sent &c. now the fact is they are not here none never has come to hand and I fairly conclude they never will.# now what shall be done? will you have the goodness to informs us, if the papers must appear in an original form in your office send us the ammended declaration to let us take the matter up intirely a new in the ensuing October term of the Court of Common please, so that the whole matter may have an original form, if not point out some other way. for I believe the original papers never will be seen untill the day of Judgement.
Very Respectfully your obt sert
James A. Black
# The papers were found in Mr Lesley's on the 22d day of Sept by Mr Black and forwarded to this office - they were never lost

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Daniel Beem
S Ca

Temple Health
Sept. 24 1835

Honbl. James L. Edwards
Comr. Pens.
Washington City

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S.C. Oct 3

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James L Edwards
Sir I was at the viliage last Saturday and went into Mr. Lesleys office for the third time and on a general serch of old papers in his office I have found the original papers of Daniel Beem which are now returned to you
Respectfully yours
J. A. Black
22nd September 1835