Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2909, George Beatty, Va.

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Service
Va.

Beatty George
             Sarah

Number
W2909

This woman married two brothers
George was her first husband.
Her second husband John Beatty
was a Rev. War pensioner. see his
claim within.

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Let to Hm RH Move fee Dec. 11. 1835.- do. to sames Jan, 5, 1839- Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 [Abardo?] 1839 to 9 June 1839. the day of this [illegible]. Agt Notified 24 Decr 1840.
[Illegible]

23189
Kentucky, John Beatty, of Montgomery in a State of Kentucky who was a privat in the [illegible] commanded by Captain Bucois of the regt. commanded by Col Heath in the Virginia line for 1 yea.

Inscribed on the Roll: Kentucky at the rate of 40 Dollars [squiggle drawn here] cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of: Decr. 1833 and Hear Amos Davis [illegible] R

[Arrears? Appears?] to the 4th of Sept 100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 march 20.00
120-

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan Boyd. Clerk. Book E Vol. 7 Page 20

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3939
Kentucky
Sarah Beatty
Former widow of George Beatty also widow John Beatty- Revy Solder who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Virginia Line inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Feb. 49. and sent to Hear. Richard [illegible]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 220 Vol. 3.

Reported Let to [illegible] J.C Mason 3 Apr 1837 
[illegible]
Let L.N. [girl? gist?] Bounty land- April 8/61

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John Beattys Statement
[text faded, illegible]
HR

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States of Kentucky
Montgomery County
On this first day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justice of the Montgomery County court now setting John Beatty a resident of Kentucky in the county of Montgomery aged 75 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. He states that he has been previously on the pension Roll under the act of Congress of March 18th 1818 and that he received one half year salary and that his pension was discontinued under the act of May 1820 in consequence of his not furnishing a schedule agreeable to the terms of the last recited act, He resided in the State and County aforesaid when he made his first application at which place he now reside. He states that in the year 1778 he entered the service of his county in the Revolutionary War as a private in the regular service in Capt. Biscois company in the 3rd virginia regiment commanded by Col. Heath stationed at Valley Forge and continued in the regular service for the terms of 12 months at the end of which time he received a discharge for farther particularly he refers to his former declaration made in pursuance

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of the act of 1818 now filed in the War office department in addition to that declaration he states that he performed a tour of five month as a sergeant in the militia service in Capt. Hancocks Company and Col. George Nests Regiment of virginia militia that the said tour was ended about this time that Cornwallace surrendered to the American Army and that he was at the seige of York on the Glosster side in Cannon that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension annually except the present and declares that his name is not at this time on the pension roll of the [agoray?] of any state
John Beatty

Sworn to and [subsailied?] the day and year aforesaid M. Harrison [illegible] and the said court as hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states Walker Bourn John Berry [illegible] j Micajah Harrison clerk of the count of Montgomery County to hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Beatty for a pension in which whereof I have [illegible] set my hand and so of office this first day of October 1832
M. Harrison

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9731
Sarah Beatty
Ky
Act 7. July 38
m86.d99
-01- 39
On Roll 3rd Regt Capt Briscoe
12 mo pri
40 $
[Her?] R.M. Johnson Present

[Sideways text]
the time of signing the [illegible] an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly [illegible] and qualified according to Law and that I believe the preceding signature purporting [illegible, she his?] is genuine, In [illegible, action?] I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said county as office in [illegible] this 19th day of October 1843-
James Howard [illegible].

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 and the 23rd August 1842 
State of Kentucky County of Montgomery
On this eighteenth day of October eighteen hundred and forty three  personally appeared before the Magistrate bound of the County of Montgomery and State of Kentucky Sarah Beaty a resident of the county and state above written aged seventy-four 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 provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7, 1838 and the 28th of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of George Beaty who was a soldier of the revolutionary war in the continental line from the County of Louden and State of Virginia, she states that she has heard her husband George Beaty say that he enlisted for one year in the war of the revolutions he is unable to [illegible] the Captains name and the regiment he served in but she well recollects hearing her husband say that he enlisted at the same time and under the same officers that John Beaty enlisted under and heard them say that they were in the same [illegible]. After the death of George Beaty she married John Beaty, brother of [illegible] who drew pensions and proved his servis [illegible] Matthew Adams. She further states that she has heard her last husband and Matthew Adams frequently say that her first husband was in the same company and the same [illegible] with John Beaty her last husband who drew a pension of forty dollars per year. The above named that Matthew Adams is dead she refers to the evidence which give John Beaty his pension and [illegible] that be taken as she dose not of any person that is living that knows of his servis.

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She states that her husband George Beaty had a discharge but it has got lost, she has heard him say that he had a verry sever spell of [Illegible] whilst he was in the servis which impaired his health so that he was not a healthy man after it. She knows that he did not enjoy good health after she became acquainted with him. she says that he said he healthy until he inlisted from the exposure in the army. he said he never recovered from the sickness he had in the army. The first of a [illegible] is the second of my children that I had by my first husband, the youngest one that I had when I was married to him is not [illegible] to the death of his father when he was small. The record is in my first husbands handwrite the leaf from the New Testament is the record of my children that I had when I was married to my last husband John Beaty she also declares that she was married to the said George Beaty the fifth of February seventeen hundred and eighty six. that her husband the aforesaid George Beaty died on the latter part of October or the first of November seventeen hundred and ninty nine or was married in the County of Loudin State of Virginia his death took place in the County of Montgomery State of Kentucky. She further declares that [crossed out] after the death of the husband aforesaid she was married to John Beaty on the sixteenth of July eighteen hundred and one, in the County of Montgomery State of Kentucky, that he died on the ninth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty nine in the County of Montgomery State of Kentucky and that she is still a widow.
[illegible] + Beaty mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before the Magistrate Court of the County of Montgomery State of Kentucky being a Court of reccord holder by a Justice of the [illegible] for the County aforesaid, I John Berry testify
BEATTY, GEORGE (VA)

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that Sarah Baty personally appeared in open Court and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the forgowing Declaration in testamony [illegible] of I have [illegible] it my hand and subscribed my name this 18th day of October 1843
John Berry
[illegible]

I William [Hesley?] a resident of the County of Montgomery and State of Kentucky aged seventy years state that the year seventeen hundred and ninty-eight I become aquinted with George Baty and his wife Sarah and recalled that he died in the year seventeen hundred and ninty nine. she then married Joh Baty in the year eighteen hundred and one and lived with him until his death which took place in my eighteen hundred and thirty-nine I know that she is the same woman that was living with George Beaty when he died I know her children [illegible] the ages set fourth on the family record which I believe is a genuine family record of her family. I have frequently heard John and Matthew Adams say that George Beaty was in the war of the revolution and had a sever attack of [illegible] while he was in the army I have [illegible] the Declaration and believe it contains the truth. I Matthew Adams aged fifty four years and a resident of the above written County and State, state that I have frequently heard my father Matthew Adams and John Beaty say that George Beaty was in the war of the revolution and served as stated by her in her declaration. I believe the family record is a genuine family record and I have [illegible] the Declaration and believe it contains the truth [illegible] from writes our hands the 18th day of October 1843
William [Hesley?]
mark
Matthew Adams
BEATTY, GEORGE (VA.)

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State of Kentucky
County of Montgomery
Be it known that personally appeared before the undersign a Justice of the Piece in and for the above written County and State William Hensley and Matthew Adams both known to be pears of respectability and truth and subscribed and mad oath to the Court of the abov [illegible] record interlined in the twenty fifth line before signing given from under my hand this 18th day October 1843
John Berry
[illegible]

State of Kentucky
Montgomery County
I James Howard clak of the County Court [illegible]  the County aforesaid do [illegible] what John Berry [illegible] at the time of signing the [illegible] an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly [illegible] and qualified according to Law and that I believe the preceding signature purporting [illegible, she his?] is genuine, In [illegible, action?] I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said county as office in [illegible] this 19th day of October 1843-
James Howard [illegible].

[Sideways Text]
9731
Sarah Beatty
Ky
Act 7. July 38
m86.d99
-01- 39
On Roll 3rd Regt Capt Briscoe
12 mo pri
40 $
[Her?] R.M. Johnson Present

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THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,

TRANSLATED
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK
AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY 
COMPARED AND REVISED.
[Printed Line Break]
HARTFORD :
PRINTED BY HUDSON AND CO.
[Printed Dotted Line]
1821.
[A circular emblem is stamped to the bottom right of the words, overlaying them, the only legible parts are "THE" and "UNITED STATES."]

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Daniel Beatty was born july the 11th 1802
George Beatty was born December the 14 1803
[Handwritten line]
Elizabeth Beatty was born May the 26th 1806
[Handwritten line]
George Beatty was born December the 23 1808

Sally Adams was born the 30th day of March 1826
Squire was born the 19th of October 1818

BEATTY, GEORGE (VA)

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[Illegible]
James Beaty Was Born February [Illegible] 1783
[Illegible] Beaty Was Born  [1 July?] [Illegible]
Robearte Beaty Was Born Sep. 6th 1793

BEATTY, GEORGE (VA)

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married the daughter of a strange god.
[P] Or, hi that waketh, and him that suffereth.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that doth this ; the master and the scholar out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and with crying out insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 [P] Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously : yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
[II] Or, exceilency.
[t] Heb. a feed of God.
[//] Or, unfaithfully.
[I] Or, if he hate her, put her away.
[t] Heb. to get away.
15 And did not he make one? yet had the [II] residue of the spirit: and herefore one? that he might seek [t] a godly feed. Therefore taken heed to your Spirit, and let none deal [//] treacherously against the wife of his youth. 
16 For the LORD the God of Israel saith, [I] that he hateth [t] putting away; for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts; therefore take heed to your Spirit, that you deal not treacherously.
17 [P] Ye have wearied the LORD with your words
NUMB. 12.

...from .... and fear ...
LORD of hosts.
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not confused.
7 [P] Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them; [b] return unto me, and I will ... unto you, [b] Zech. 1 saith the LORD of hosts; but ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 [P] Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me lest ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that here may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the [c] windows of heaven, and [t] pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 
[P] Gen. 7
[t] Heb. empty
[t] Heb. reps.
11 And I will rebuke the ... for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground: neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time it the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delight for me and, saith the LORD of hosts.
Y y y y 13 [P] Your

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John Beatty 
Montgomery Co.
Ke[?]
k.n.
The within Applicant relinquishes. Claim only for 1 year services
A [illegible] for John Beatty

[Lighter text] The [illegible] 

Ha Amos Davis
H. Rep

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WAR DEPARTMENT. Pension Office,
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 show what is necesary to be done. These 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of John Beatty,
[Column headings: Period when the service was rendered, Durations of the claimant's service- years, months, days, Rank of the claimant, Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served, Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service, Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1. 1778
2a. 1
3. [illegible]
4. Col Heath
5. 75 [illegible]
6. on Roll.

1. 1781
2b. 2
3. Sergt.
4. Col Ha [illegible: wck?] Col W[illegible]

In order to obtain a [illegible] for militia service the applicant should proceed as required by Regulation of [illegible] Sept. which see, also notes R.M.

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

    The following regulations have be 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 claim-ing 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 this 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 State 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 Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serv-ed 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 county through which he marched. (Right index finger pointing icon) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-sons 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 revolu-tionary solider, and served as he states.
   I             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    for a pension. 
        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 Sate Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(Begin left hand side penned squiggle line drawn vertically)
    (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the   
    and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that w 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 solider 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 prescribedd by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revo-lutionary Solider, 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 commis-sion; 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 ser-vices 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?
6. 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 he 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 person, 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 enquiry 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 of 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.

(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. [Et cetera] . 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] . For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. [Et cetera] 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 his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
[THE FOLLOWING (k & m) ARE {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY]
(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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Mosterburg [?]  March 25 1861

Commr Pensions

Dear Sir

Mrs. Sarah Beaty some years ago was an applicant for Bounty Land.  It is not known to the family wether or not a warrant ever issued.  It is believed that a warrant did issue and that i fell into the hands of an unscrupulous individual who appropriated it or its proceeds to his own use.

She was the widow of George and John Beaty who were both soldiers of the Revolution.

I write to know if a warrant ever issued & if it did to whom was it sent &c  If no [illegible] ever issued be kind enough

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to give me the reason of the suspension of the claim

Mrs. Beaty was a resident of Montgomery County, Ky - is now dead and her children think there is a wrong some where and  intend to investigate the matter.

Can a warrant issue now under the act, she being dead & none of her children being [illegible] the application having been made by her prior to her death.
Respectfully yours
L. W. List

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Copied from A W

January 20, 1932
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Anna M. Searcy
203 Second Avenue
Leavenworth, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, relative to John Beatty, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension Claim, W. 2909, of Sarah Beatty, in which it is shown that John Beatty enlisted in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1778 and served as a private for one year under Captains Briscoe and John Peyton in Colonel Heth's 3" Virginia regiment.  His brother, George Beatty, enlisted from Loudoun County for one year at the same time with him but no further details are given relative to George's service.  John also served two months as a sergeant in Captain Hancock's company, Colonel George West's regiment of Virginia militia and during this time was stationed on the Gloucester side at the siege of York.

George Beatty married Sarah ______, in Loudoun County, Virginia, February 5, 1786, and he died in Montgomery County, Kentucky, November, 1798 or 1799.

George and Sarah Beatty had the following children:

Thomas   born November 24, 178-
James  born February 5, 1788
Milly  born April 12, 1791
Robearte  born September 6, 1793
Andrew  born February 12, 1796
one other  the youngest, whose name and date of birth are not stated.

Said Sarah married her brother-in-law, John Beatty, in

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Montgomery County, Kentucky, July 16, 1801.  He died in said county June 9, 1839.

John and Sarah Beatty had the following children:

Daniel  born July 11, 1802
George  born December 1, 1803
Elizabeth  born May 26, 1806
Cyrene  born December 23, 1808

John Beatty was allowed pension on an application executed September 11, 1819, while a resident of Montgomery County, Kentucky, aged sixty-three years.

Sarah Beatty was allowed pension as the widow of George, on her application executed October 18, 1843, while a resident of Montgomery County, Kentucky, aged seventy four years.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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Payable semi-annually.  The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Lexington at the Br: Bk [illegible] Gates

Kentucky

Beatty, John
Va.
W.2909

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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818

John Beatty late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War

[SEAL]

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John Beatey - Priv

Col: Heath's 
Virginia Regt.

1778 - 1 year - Roll

11 Sept:  1819

Admitted

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The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Montgomery County, Sct.

On the 11th day of September, 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges for the Circuit Court, in and for the sate aforesaid, personally appeared, John Beatey aged sixty three years;  who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following statement and declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late law of Congress entitled, "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service on the United States in the revolutionary war;"  that he is a citizen of the state of Kentucky, and resident in the County of Montgomery;  and that he was enlisted for twelve months at Loudon County the state of Virginia on or about the       day of        , 1778 and served in the company commanded by Captain Biscoe of the third Virginia Regiment commanded by Co. Heath & was above time as he believes under the Command of Capt. Payton of the same regiment
That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, in the continental army, against the common enemy, until about the      day of            1779 when he was honorably discharged from service at Middlebrook by Col. Heath in the state of Jersey  that he was in service twelve months and was in no battle during that time
and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support;  & that he has lost his discharge, and has no evidence in his power, of his services and discharge;  other than that which is here transmitted.

Matthew Adams states on oath that the said John Beaty is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the support of the U. States by Pension - That he has no land to which , other than at best a doubtful title, 7 that only a small gratuity, & for which he yet owes $200., that his personal property is not worth more than that sum, That he

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lived in the same neighborhood & was mustered in the same company with said Beaty at the time he was drafted - that the draft was not in the militia, but to serve in the regular service - that he was drafted in did serve as he has stated nine months & upwards he believes the whole twelve months, which he was bound to serve,  there he is now his neighbor & believes he speaks truly in the declaration above set forth.



I, Eli Shortridge, Judge, &c. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Beatty did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of twelve months, and upwards, whether on the continental establishment or not, I am not prepared to say;  and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress;  and it further appears to my satisfaction, that the said applicant is in such indigent and reduced circumstances, as to require the aid of his country, pursuant to the above recited act.

E. Shortridge  [SEAL-handwritten]

{Seal of the Court}

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Stae of Kentucky
Montgomery Circuit Sct
September 11th 1819

I Micajah Harrison clerk of the Court of the Circuit aforesaid hereby certify that Eli Shortridge whose name appears to the within certificate was at the date and now is a Circuit Judge in and for the Circuit aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his certificate is in due form of law and due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all such of his official acts as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my said office the day and date above written.
M. Harrison (Clk)
by Garrett Davis D.C.

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Oct. 31 1901
Mrs. Jos. D Can y
[illegible] Iowa

1914 Feb 13  History to Miss Ottie M Greiner AW

1915 Feb 13  history to Mrs. J.A. Searcy  MBH

1915 Dec 17  History to Mrs. Grace Wyckoff  MBH

1919  Apr 17  Ottie M Greiner that 2 statements are not sent to same person

1932  Jan 20  Hist. to Mrs. Anna M. Searcy  M.L.D.


Rev. Widow, &c

File No. 2909
Sarah Beatty,
Former widow of George Beatty
also widow of John Beatty-Revy soldier
Priv. Rev. War

Act:  2 Feby 1848
Index:-Vol. A, Page 48
Arrangement of 1870

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 14th, 1840

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"  The widow of John Beatty, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839, to the 9th June 1839, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Long Lick Scott Co. Ky  Oct 23d 1843

Dear Sir

The inclosed letter to Col. R.M. Johnson contain the declaration of Mrs. Sarah Beaty for a Pension which you will please to have the kindness to deliver to him.
The inclosed letter to you is from judge French now a member of Congress from this state who has been long acquainted with Elder John Young who has applied for a pension for himself and has given his evidence in the cases of William Gholson and the heirs of the late Reuben Young.  This John Young has for many years presided as the moderator over the association to which he belongs and has been a leader in the Baptist Society for upwards of fifty years and no man can come better recommended than he can to the department if it should be required.  It has been now nearly twelve months since the declaration of William Gholson and the [illegible] in his case has been forwarded to the department and no answer has been received and his [illegible] affidavit in the case of Mrs. Mary Hearndon widow of Thomas Hearnden.
I am yours with great Resp.
Lewis C. Suggett

Col. J. L. Edwards

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Long Lick Ky.
Jan 12, 1844                    Free

Col. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

5230 Jany 20 1844
Ky
Sarah Beatty
3 March 1832

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Long Lick Scott Co Ky Jan 12, 1844

Dear Sir
The enclosed is the Declaration of Mrs Sarah Beaty Widow of George Beaty for the benefit of the Act of Congress March 3d 1843 which  you will please to have the kindness to examine as soon as Convenient
I am yours with great Respect
Lewis C Suggitt

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pen
Washington City
DC

NB
Some 6 or 8 months ago I forward to you the amended Affidavit as required by you of Mr James Barnett in Support of the Claim of the Child of Mrs Ann Evans "late Widow of Captain Peter Evans to which I have rcd No Answer I am informed that Mister Henry Wigington a Pension in Baurbor Co Ky and Charles Hugeley of Henry Co Ky resided in the Sam County with Cap Peter Evans and it is Proble that they Served under him Will you have the kindness to have their Declarations examined and the Pensions increased
Lewis C Suggett at
Long Lick Scott Co Ky

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Com Dec 10
Jno Beatty
Ky roll
25189 Copy of papers
asked for

to Hon. R. H. Menefee
HR

R H Menefee
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm. Pens.
Washington 
DC

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Washington, Dec. 8, 1838.

Sir,
I have been requested to obtain a copy of the application and proofs of John Beatty of Montgomery County, Ky., for a pension. He is on the Pension list. I will thank you to furnish it.
Respectfully,
Your obt. svt.
R. H. Menefee

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr. Pens.

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Corr. Dec 27.

Jn Beatty

Hon R H Menefee
HR

R. H. Menefee
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm. Pensions
Washington
D.C.

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Washington, Dec. 26, 1838,

Sir,
The purpose for which a copy of the papers of John Beatty was desired by him is, as I understood, the proparation of a supplimental application. He is a man of good character, and, I presume, intends no improper use of it.
Respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
R. H. Menefee

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. Pen.

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Admd Act 2 Feby 48
$40 00 per an
from 4 March 1848

Hon Richard French
Hose of Reps

Washington January 11th 1849.
Dear Sir,
Please act now on the within claim for a pension. - and answer me as to the result.
Very respectfully Sir
Richard French

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Sarah Beatty
wid of George} Ky. Acts 3 March 1843 & 17 June 44
$40.00 per ann

To What time was the last paid?
G.CA
Paid to 4th Sept. 1847
BIB.

Pension Office
February 19, 1849

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Papers under Act 7 June
1852 sent to Hon: Amos Davis
28 Nov 31 Present.

13.696 R
Kentucky

John Beatty
of Montgomery Co in the state of Ky-
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
nel Heath of the Virginia
line, for the term of 1 year -

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 11th. of Sepr. 1819 -

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Nov. 1819 and Sent to E. Shortridge Esqr. 
Mount Sterling, Ky.

Portion of
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Marh: 1820 - 46.36
5 Mo 20/30 4/31
$46.36
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Montgomery Coy -

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7902
Kentucky

Sarah Beatty former
widow of George Beatty who died in 1798 or 1799 also former Widow of John Beatty
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 9th June 1839
of Montgomery Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the company
commanded by Captain Briscoe of the regt. commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 40 Dollars -
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of November 1843 and sent to Hon. R. M. Johnson, Present

Total amount, $200~
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk,
Book 2. Vol. 1. Page 363

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Kentucky 4814
Sarah Beatty
ow of George Beatty
was a Private
e Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars - per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of February, 1844 and sent to L. C. Suggett
Long Lick, Ken.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 166.

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Declaration of
Sarah Beaty

State of Kentucky} S.S.
Montgomery County}
On this first day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County and State Sarah Beaty a resident of Said County of Montgomery and State of Kentucky aged (about) Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd day of February 1848 granting to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, aforesaid, That she intermarried in the year _______ with One George Beatty in the State of Virginia and County of Loudon and continued to live with him as his wife until his death which occurred about the year of 1798 or 1799, that after being and remaining a widow up to that time she intermarried with John Beatty the Brother to her said first husband in the year 1807 in the said County of Montgomery and State of Kentucky That she continued & remained the wife of the said John Beatty during his natural life and up to the day of his death which was in the month of June 1839 and in said County and State That since his death she has been and remained and is still a widow - She further states that both of her said Husbands were soldiers in the American service, who served during the Revolutionary War Her first Husband George Beaty was a

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private soldier; and her second husband John Beaty was a Sergeant as she has often heard him say, though she has no positive Knowledge on the Subject other than that. - She has heard said John Beaty Say that he served or belonged in the third Virginia Regiment for the space of Twelve Months And was then honorably discharged, that he was drafted into the regular service in the year 1777 or 1778 in London County Virginia, belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Peyton which was attached to said Rejiment and said Regiment was Commanded by a Colonel Heath - That he joined the Army at Vally Forge in Pensylvania & after serving said tour of twelve months he was honorably discharged at a place called Middlebrook in the State of New Jersey - that when he first joined the Army at Vally Forge he was attached to Captain Peytons Company, she has no knowledge whatever of the branch of the service to which her first husband George Beatty belonged She has entirely forgotten & cannot now state the Company or regiment or the names of the Officers by whom the Service was commanded ~
She furthermore declares and says that the said George Beaty her first husband never received any Pension from the General or any State Government or from any other service or any compensation or pay of any kind for his said services so far as She ever knew or heard = That her second husband the said John Beaty received a

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pension previous to his death of Forty Dollars per annum, this pension was allowed him she thinks in the year 1832 and he continued to draw the same so long thereafter as he lived, she furthermore states that previous to the time that the said John Beaty had drawn a pension of Ninety-Six Dollars per annum from Government and she thinks under an Act of Congress of 1818 - She does not recollect the year in which he first received the Same or how many years he drew altogether, she also further declares & says that after her said Husbands death she made a Declaration which was furnished or caused to be furnished with after Documents to the City of Washington, under and by virtue of which she obtained from Government a pension of Forty Dollars per annum and this she supposes was under the Act of Congress of July 1 1838~
That she drew said pension for Eight years and that this same fund some cause or other unknown to her was stopped or withheld from her during the last spring so that she has received nothing in the shape of a pension during the present year=
She begs [illegible] to report her former Declaration & the proofs and Documents accompanying the same as now as the Declaration proofs & Documents in the Case of her husband the said John Beaty & makes them a part of this Declaration - the said papers as she is advised being filed with the archives of the pension office of the General Government, She also makes such proofs, affidavits and certificates

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as may be approved hereto a part of this her Declaration so far as the Same comports with the Statements herein contained
Sarah Beaty
x her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me by the Said Sarah Beaty on the day and year above written - 
Given under my hand as Justice of the Peace for Said County and State this 1st January 1848
John Berry {JP}

State of Kentucky
Montgomery County
I do further certify that the Declarant Sarah Beatty by whom the above and foregoing Declaration was subscribed and sworn to before me as specified above is a resident of said County and State and is personally known to me - She is the widow of said John Beaty Decd wo was also personally known to me and who was by repute a Soldier of the Revolutionary War-
Given under my hand as Justice of the peace aforesaid the day and year above written this 1st January 1848
John Berry J {seal}

State of Kentucky} Sct
Montgomery County} I James Howard Clerk of the Montgomery County Court Kentucky do certify that John Berry Esqr whose signature appears to the foregoing certificates and Declaration of Sarah Beatty is & was at the time of signing the Same acting Justice of the Peace for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn, that his said signatures above are genuine & that his Acts as such are to be regarded -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fixed the seal of the Montgomery County Court this 1st day of January 1849
James Howard Clk

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The Pension Dep't Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me any records which you have concerning the service of Daniel Mickey of Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War. The record of John Beatty of Virginia who later removed to Kentucky His wife drew her pension in the latter state.
I thank you for your trouble
Sincerely,
[illegible] L Lacey
Mr J. A. Leary
[illegible]
Lawrence Ken.

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812 War?
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
RECORD DIVISION

1843
Briefed by W
Orig.
Cert.
Claimant Sarah Beatty
Soldier George Beatty
Service War of 1812?
No ___ claim, service record ____, 191
____, Clerk.
No claim, Alph'b record Ap 9, 1919
______, Clerk.
REMARKS: Application executed 1843
No OW or Navy
DB
4/11/19

Chief Division.

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Kirksville, Mo.
Feb. 4, 1914.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- I desire to ascertain if the Pension Roll contains the names of John Greiner, supposed to have been from Virginia, and John Beatty or George Beatty, of Loudon, Co, Virginia, soldiers in the War of the Revolution.
Any information you can give me will be highly appreciated.
Very Respectfully,
(Miss) Ottie M. Greiner.

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Rev. War
JIH-I-

Dec 9 1915.

Department of Interior
Washington D.C.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:- I wish all the information that you may give me regarding my Revolutionary ancestor, George Beatty; said George Beatty, enlisted in Loudoun Co. Virginia. in 1778, served as a private under Captains Reubeon Briscoe and John Peyto Peyton, in Colonel Heaths 3rd Virginia Regiment.

Any information will be greatly appreciated,
Grace Wyckoff,
411 South Boylston Street,
Los Angeles Cal .

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Kirksville, Mo.
April 1, 1919.
Law Div
1.213

Com. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- I desire a copy of Sarah Beatty's (wife of George Beatty) application for pension. Her application was executed October 18, 1843 while living in Montgomery Co., Kentucky.
Please send as soon as possible and oblige,
Yours Very Respectfully,
(Miss) Ottie M. Greiner,
Kirksville,
Mo.

[stamp 1]
PENSION
K
APR
U. 4 S.
1919
OFFICE

[stamp 2]
RECORD
APR 5 1919
DIVISION

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AW
Rev. War Section.

February 14, 1914.

Miss Ottie M. Greiner,
Kirksville, Mo.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the fourth instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Sarah Beatty Widow's File No. 2,909, it appears that John Beatty enlisted in Loudoun County, Virginia. in 1778, and served as a private for one year under Captains Briscoe and John Peyton in Colonel Heth's 3d Virginia regiment. His brother George Beatty enlisted from Loudoun County, for one year at the same time with him. but no further details are given relative to George's services. John also served two months as sergeant in Captain Hancock's company, Colonel George West's regiment of Virginia militia, and during this time was stationed on the Gloucester side at the siege of York.
George Beatty married Sarah -- in Loudoun County, Virginia February 5, 1786, and he died in Montgomery County, Kentucky, November 1798 or 1799. They had the following children:
Thomas born November 24, 178-, James born February 5, 1786, Milly born April 12, 1791, Robearte born September 6, 1793, Andrew born February 12, 1796, and one other the youngest, whose name and date of birth are not stated.

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Said Sarah married her brother-in-law John Beatty in Montgomery County, Kentucky, July 16, 1801. He died in said County, June 9, 1839. They had the following children: Daniel born July 11, 1802, George born December 1, 1803, Elizabeth born May 26, 1806, and Cyrene born December 23, 1808.
John Beatty was allowed pension on an application executed September 11, 1819, while a resident of Montgomery County, Kentucky, aged sixty-three years.
Sarah Beatty was allowed pension as the widow of George, on her application executed October 18, 1843, while living in Montgomery County, Kentucky, aged seventy-four years.
Very respectfully,
[signed] G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

[handwritten note]
It seems strange that Sarah was allowed as the widow of George instead of John whose service was proved up but the reason is that she would not have had title under the Act of 1828 as John's widow he being alive at that date and I suppose they thought that as she was entitled as a bona fide widow of both soldiers that they would get it under the

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Earlier Act for George so she could get more money
There does not seem to be any other reason whatever.

AW
Rev. War Section.
February 14, 1914.

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M.B.H. Rev. War Section.

February 13, 1915.

Mrs. J. A. Searcy,
722 South Fifth St.,
Leavenworth, Kansas.

Madam:
In response to your letter without date, received the 8" instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Sarah Beatty Widow's File No. 2909, it appears that John Beatty enlisted in Loudon County, Virginia in 1778 and served as a private for one year under Captains Briscoe and John Peyton in Colonel Heth's 3" Va. regiment. His brother George Beatty enlisted from Loudoun County for one year at the same time with him but no further details are given relative to George's service. John also served two months as sergeant in Captain Hancock's company. Colonel George West's regiment of Virginia militia and during this time was stationed on the Gloucester side at the Siege of York.
George Beatty married Sarah -, in Loudon County, Va., February 5, 1786 and he died in Montgomery County, Kentucky, November 1798 or 1799. They had the following children:

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Thomas born November 24, 178-, James born February 5, 1788, Milly born April 12, 1791, Robearte born September 6, 1793, Andrew born February 12, 1796 and one other the youngest, whose name and date of birth are not stated.
Said Sarah married her brother-in-law John Beatty in Montgomery County, Kentucky July 16, 1801. He died in said County June 9, 1839. They had the following children: Daniel born July 11, 1802, George born December 1, 1803, Elizabeth born May 26, 1806, and Cyrene born December 23, 1808.
John Beatty was allowed pension on an application executed September 11, 1819, while a resident of Montgomery Co. Kentucky, aged sixty-three years.
Sarah Beatty was allowed pension as the widow of George on her application executed October 18, 1843, while a resident of Montgomery County, Kentucky, aged seventy-four years
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

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V. L. M.
Rev. War Section.

April 17, 1919.

Miss Ottie M. Grainer,
Kirksville, Missouri.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 1" instant, you are advised that the record of George Beatty W. File No. 2,909, Revolutionary War was forwarded to you February 13, 1914. It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish the same statement more than once tot eh same person.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to ceartiain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838
State of Kentucky
County of Montgomery
On this seventh day of December eighteen hundred and forty three pearsonally appeared before me the undersign a Justice of the Peace in and for the above written County and state Sarah Beatty., a resident of the County of Montgomery and State of Kentucky aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the third of March 1843, granting pension to widows of persons who searved during the Revolutionary war,
That she is the widow of George Beatty who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war from the County of Lowden and State of Virginia in the regular army, she states that by refference to her former declaration and the evidence accompany it; for, evidence this casse that give her a pension, Recorded in the Pension Office in Book D. Vol 1, Page 367 by D Brown Cleark at the rates of Forty dollars per annum She further declars that she is still a widow
Sarah Beatty
x her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me the undersign a Justis of the Peace in and for the County of Montgomery and State of Kentucky Sarah Beaty who is known to me to be the identical person as set fourth in her declaration and I further Certify that she is still a widow given from under my hand this 7th day of December 1843) case (enterlined in the nineteenth line before signing
John " Berry
J.P.M.C

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State of Kentucky
Montgomery County} Sct.
I James Howard Clerk of the County Court for the Said County of Montgomery in the State of Kentucky, do hereby certify that John Berry whose name appears officially to the within Certificate of acknowledgement, is now, and was at the time of Subscribing the Same an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as Such, as well without as within this Commonwealth.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court, at Montellersburg this 8th day of January 1844.
James Howard Clk

5930.
$40 per ann
Sarah Beatty.-

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Writenling Ky May 2 1853
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Sir
Mrs. Sarah Beaty an old lady of this County, is on the pension list at the rates of forty dollars per Annum as the widow of George Beaty decd Her first husband was George Beaty but he dying she afterwards intermarried with John Beaty who also died in 1839 - Since that time she has remained a widow. Her pension is under the Act of February 2, 1848-. There seems to be some doubt as to weather the pension was not wrongfully allowed, she having again married - If so she desires to return her Certificate, otherwise the money would be very welcome to her in old age and poverty
Very Respectfully
Rodney Combs

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MRS. JAMES ARTHUR SEARCY
304 [illegible] AVENUE
LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS

Nov 23, 1931
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir -
Will you please [illegible] Revolutionary War record of John and Edwin (or Edward,) Beatty of Virginia?
I will appreciate it very much
Very truly
Ann M Searcy

BEATTY GEORGE (VA.)

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MRS. JAMES ARTHUR SEARCY
304 [illegible] AVENUE
LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs-
I know the records are in the Pension Department for the service of John Beatty for my motherinlaw got them from there and, I saw them but since her death we can not find them among her papers.
The records as sent her from the Pension Department [illegible] John Beatty was at the Battle of York, told that he enlisted in Virginia - went to Kentucky following the close of the war and, told, of his

BEATTY, GEORGE (VA.)

[stamp]
Received
JAN 4 1932

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marriage at Mt. Sterling Kentucky to his brother's widow and of the birth of his children - naming each - among them my husband's grandfather George Beatty.
I do not know the county in Virginia from which he enlisted nor do I know his wife's first name. My mother in law used to go with her grand father to [illegible]
We appreciate your help greatly.
Sincerely,
Anna M. Searcy

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[seal]
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
December 18, 1931
IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. James Arthur Searcy
204 Second Avenue
Leavenworth, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of November 23, 1931, requesting information relative to John and Edwin or Edward Beatty, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file in account of the services of any Edwin Beatty or of an Edward Beatty who served from Virginia (searched under all spellings of the surname).

The data given by you are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records for John Beatty.

As a means of identifying the particular John Beatty in whom you are interested, should his record be on file, you should furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. .

Please return these letters with your reply.

Very truly yours
[signed] A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

BEATTY, GEORGE (VA.)
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RECEIVED
JAN 4 1932
RECORDS SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION