Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32112, Nicholas Bean, Continental Penn.

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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Continental Penn

Bean, Nicholas 

NUMBER
S. 32112

CONTENTS

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Let [letter]  8 January 1839 Hon Z ,Casey .      
Co. Ill.    
Illinois 26.299.     
Nicholas Bean of Clarke, Co in the State of Illinois who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Lacy of the Regt commanded by Col Bull in the Penn line for –      
2 Yr Cavalry $100.00     
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.      
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of May and Sent to B. M. Manly Clerk C N C        
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34     300.00       
Semi-ani. allowance ending 4 Sept 50.00       
$350.00      
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}     
Recorded by J T Sprague  Clerk,      
Book 6 - Vol. 8  Page 64 
Mr. Robert

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Nicholas Bean
App for pension
25108

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State of Illinois Clark County } st.  
On this 22nd day April A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Circuit Court now sitting in and for the county of Clark and State of Illinois Nicholas Bean a resident of the above county and State above named 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 on the 7th day of June AD 1832 relative to the Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the revolution - That is to say    I Nicholas Bean was born on the 16th day of March AD 1760 in the county of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania. My first Service was rendered as a drafted militia = man = I cannot say at precisely what time I was drafted but I well remember that it was a few days      the Battle of     I was at first under the command of Captain Lacy. I was rendezvoused at Trenton in the State of New Jersey - Our Lieutenant was one - Drake - At Trenton I think the whole was under the command of Col. Bull

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I was in the Fifth Pennsylvanian Regiment of Militia - from Trenton we marched to Amboy by the way of Brunswick and Elisabeth - I was drafted for six months in the militias but before my had expired I enlisted in Col. Lee's Regiment of Light Dragoons under one Major Roze - I enlisted at Elisabeth in the State of New Jersey - From Elisabeth we marched to Lancaster Pennsylvania where we wintered - Sometime in March I think it was we left Lancaster in order to join General Green in the South - We crossed the Susquehanna river 12 miles from Lancaster Thence to York-Town Pennsylvania Thence to the Fredericksburg Maryland Thence to the Potomac River when we crossed at Nolan's or Nolin's ferry Thence to Orange court-house Virginia Thence to prince Edward court house Virginia thence to Guilford court house North Carolina where we arrived about three weeks after Battle fought at that place between The American and British Armies -

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I served two years as an Enlisted
Dragoon under Col. or General Lee
and nearly six months in The militia
for which I have never been
paid one cent - I also was one 
of the waggoners that went to 
Rhode Island to bring the French
Bagage and for Eight days and nights with very little rest I hauled timber to assist in building and reparing the entrenchments at 
and during the Seige of York
in Virgina - For all my services
as Wagoner I was paid by the United
States - I had forgotten to day
That we went from Guilford
court house to Fort 96 by the
by the way of Salisbury Thence
to Charlotte in Mecklinburg county
North Carolina Then crossed the 
Saluda River and Thence to Fort
96 where whe [we] found general
Green - After staying four or 
five weeks we were compelled 
to abandon 96 by Lord Rawdon
who was sent for that purpose
from Charleston S. Carolina

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Those of us whose time had expired
were moved to Lancaster Pennsylvania
Where I was discharged and Then 
I returned home to Bucks county
Pennsylvania - And I do hereby
relinquish every claim to a pension
or annuity except the present and I
declare that my name is not on 
The pension Rate of the Agency 
of any State. 

The court then propounded 
The following interrogatories 
to the above name applicant
to wit
qu. 1st where and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in Bucks county Pennsylvania on the 16th of March A.D. 1760
qu 2nd } Have you any record of 
your age and if so where is it?
Answer. I have not except that in 
my Fathers' family Bible
in which is a record of my

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my age in the hand writing of my 
Father
qu. 3rd } where were you living when called into service Where have you lived since 
The Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer For many years after I left
the service I resided in Bucks county Pennsylvania for a number of years in
North Carolina and I now reside in the county of Clark and State of Illinois - 
Qu - 4th How were you called into 
Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute for whom?
Answer - I was at first drafted for Six months and during The remainder of my service
I was enlisted in Lee's Dragoons - 
Qu 5- State the name of some of the 
Regular officers who were with the Troops where you served Such Continental and militia
Regiments as you can recollect

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And the general circumstances of
your service

Answer - The general circumstances of 
my service I have already stated . I do not recollect any Regiments except the
Fifth Pennsylvania Regt in which I served - Of
the officers I remember Col = Thomas Craig and Major Rose - 

Qu. 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the  service and if so what has become of it and by when was it given?
Answer - I did receive a discharge Signed by Major Rose but I went into North Carolina
Leaving my discharge with my Father but my mother dying in my absence my papers were disturbed and my discharge lost - 

Qu 7 - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who

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can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of  your services as a soldier of the
Revolution

Answer- William Walker   Standly B. Walker  Abner Stark  Daniel Killiam and Thomas 
Frasier -

And I Nicholas Bean do further declare that I know of no living person by whom I can prove 
my Service   
Nicholas Bean   His Mark

Subscribed and sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid

We Thomas Frasier  and John Barbee
county of Clark residing in The State of Illinois
The Same county and residing in The Same county and State do herby certify that we are well acquainted with Nicholas Bean who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration 
that we believe him to be Seventy Three

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years of age That he is reputed and 
believed in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the 
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Thomas Frasier
John Barbee

Subscribed and sworn in open 
court the day and year aforesaid 

And the court do herby [crossed out certify that]
declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Barbee and Thomas Frasier - who have signed the above certificate are resident in the county of Clark and State of Illinois and that they
are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit and that it would be too much expense and inconvenience to the applicant to 
produce a clergyman to testify as to his character -  Wm Wilson Judge

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I Jacob Harlan clerk of The Circit Court in and for the county of Clark and State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing eight (8)
pages contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application 
of Nicholas Bean for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
seal of office at Darwin this twenty second day of June A.D. 1833

Jacob Harlan , Clerk.

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State of Illinois Ss. 
Clark County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for
 the county and state aforesaid Nicholas Bean who being by me first duly sworn
according to Law 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 stated below and in the following grade – to wit I was first Drafted as a
militiaman for six months under one Captain — Lacy. of this time I served out five months when with the permission of my commanding officer I Enlisted for two years in what was called Lee’s Dragoons in the fifth Pennsylvania Regiment which time I faithfully served out -When I Enlisted it was under Major —
Roze - I Enlisted at Elizabeth Town in New Jersey - We were called “Lee’s Dragoons” but by what name we were known at the War Office I do not know – for these services I have never been paid one cents and for them I claim a Pension. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of August A.D. 1833
Nicholas Bean  his mark
Uri Manly J.P.

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State of Illinois Clark County } Sct. I, Jacob Harlan, Clerk of the county Commissioners' court in and for the county of Clark and State of Illinois, do hereby certify that Uri Manly, Esquire, before whom the foregoing, or within depostion of Nicholas Bean appears to have been subscribed and sworn to, was at the time the same appears to have been subscribed and sworn to, and still is, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said court at Darwin, this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1833.  Jacob Harlan, Clerk.
[seal]

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25.108
Nicholas Bean
Clark County
Illinois. 

Adm 2 years Carthage

U. Manly Esq
Clarke C. H -
Clarke County
Illinois

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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
25th Sep. 1833 
4 March 1834 
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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.     
A Statement, shewing the service of Nicholas Bean 
Period when service was rendered.   Duration of claimant’s service  5 months   Rank of the claimant   private  Names and rank of the field officers under whom he served   Captain Lacy  Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service  70 years Bucks County Penna   Proof by which the declaration is supported   Traditionary

Period when service was rendered.   Duration of claimant’s service  2 years   Rank of the claimant   Cavalry     Names and rank of the field officers under whom he served   Colonel Bull  General Lee    Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service  70 years Bucks County Penna   Proof by which the declaration is supported   Traditionary

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, J.L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

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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 "Continetal 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 excuded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in gaurding 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 Voluteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. India 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 follwing 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 eonsidered 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 County } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before 
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named Officers: [blank]

[Here set forth the names and rank of the 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 [blank]
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- tinary soldier, and served as he stated. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do herby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicats, making such declaration, cannont be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicate 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 Virgina, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 Revo- lutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. 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, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &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 part 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 survivng 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 servicem as they are known at the Department, A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a faverable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the delcaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at- tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex- pected. 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 live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you substitute? And if a substitue, 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 giv- en, and what has become of it?
To an Officer.{ Did you ever recieve 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 tes- tify as 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 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 solider, and that they concur in that opinon. 
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 in 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 Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to preform, 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 Couty 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 i case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro- cure, taken and authenticate beofre 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 fol- low the rule laid down from 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 periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every contiuenutal officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a ratisfactory 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 conscquent 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 each applicant served , and the particular rank he held, as the law direccts the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase abut three or four months, in 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 particulare 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 preformed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au- thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was preformed, 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 pub- lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the offical character and signature of the certifying office, 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 con- tains the affidavite, 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 wit- nesses, 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 case of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in milita cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrofatories must be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Feb. 20, 1912.
Mr. V. B. Bean,
Casey.
Illinois.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the sixteenth and received the nineteenth instant, addressed to Mr. H. C. Bell requesting information concerning Nicholas Bean of Clark County. Illinois, you are advised that in the papers in claim Sur. File No. 32112, Revolutionary War, Nicholas Bean stated that he was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1760, and while a resident of that county was drafted in the Pennsylvania militia (date not given) under Captain Lacy and Colonel Bull, and after serving five months enlisted in Colonel Lee's regiment of the Light Dragoons and served two years. It is stated that he was private in Captain Hinkles company and acted in various capacities, such as hauling coal, ect., and sometimes serving in the lines; was one of the wagoners that went to Rhode Island to transport the French baggage; and was eight days and nights hauling timber to assist in building and repairing entrenchments during the seige of York. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed Apirl 22, 1833. while a resident of Clark county, Illinois, where his

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Feb. 20, 1912.
Mr. V. B. Bean,
Casey.
Illinois.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the sixteenth and received the nineteenth instant, addressed to Mr. H. C. Bell requesting information concerning Nicholas Bean of Clark County. Illinois, you are advised that in the papers in claim Sur. File No. 32112, Revolutionary War, Nicholas Bean stated that he was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1760, and while a resident of that county was drafted in the Pennsylvania militia (date not given) under Captain Lacy and Colonel Bull, and after serving five months enlisted in Colonel Lee's regiment of the Light Dragoons and served two years. It is stated that he was private in Captain Hinkles company and acted in various capacities, such as hauling coal, ect., and sometimes serving in the lines; was one of the wagoners that went to Rhode Island to transport the French baggage; and was eight days and nights hauling timber to assist in building and repairing entrenchments during the seige of York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1833. while a resident of Clark county, Illinois, where his

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Sur. File No. 32112, - 2 

son Isaac was living in 1832, at which time he was forty years of age. 
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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N. Bean - additional 
Testimony - 
Pension

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State of Illinois Clark County  }
Personally appeared before me, The subscriber, a Justice of The Peace in & for The county & State aforesaid, Isaac Bean, who being first duly sworn says; That he is in the forty first year of his age - That he is a son of Nicholas Bean, The declarant, - That he has always resided in The immediate neighborhood of said Bean—I have understood that said Bean was a Soldier of the Revolution.
I have heard him spoken frequently by old persons in his neighborhood as having been in The Revolutionary Army - and I have never heard a doubt expressed as to his having served as he has stated - I have no hesitation in the in saying, that, I have no doubt that he served two or three years in the Army of the Revolution  and such has been his reputation ever since my earliest recollection.
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 16th, day of April 1833.
Isaac Bean
U. Manly J.P. [seal]

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and I further certify that the within despondent Isaac Bean is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit
given under my hand and seal this day and year last within written
U. Manly J.P. [seal]

State of Illinois Clark County I Jacob Harlan clerk of The county Commissioners' Court in and for said county do certify that Uri Manly is a Magistrate as above duly qualified and The [Two?] foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine -  In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & the official seal of said court this 16th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty four A.D. 1834 
James Harlan, Clerk of the county commissioners' court, Illinois

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32112

Revy INVALID. 

File No 32,112
Nicholas Bean
Pvt Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1912 Feb. 20 First Lo - Mr. B. Bean thro Mr. H. C. Bell . V.L. M. 
1913. Jan. 18.
To Mrs. E L. Pegram 
Letter with Cl. 23656, Thomas Bean.
Tombstone data.
Jany 15 Hist. Lo - Henry E Bean

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I Michael Ripple of the county of Eagan and State of Illinois do hereby certify That to The best of my belief and recollection I am eighty three years of age I was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army - I served two years and six months in it under Colonel Lee as a private mounted Dragoon - I knew Major Rose in said service under Col. Lee - I have often been at Elizabethtown in New Jersey - During The whole Two year and Six month aforesaid which I served under Col. Lee I was well acquainted with the Declarant , Nicholas Bean, who was also a private Mounted Dragoon under Col. Lee - I cannot say at what time Bean enlisted or went into the service but I knew him during two years and six months as aforesaid and I left him in the service where I was discharged - I think said Bean must be upwards of Seventy years of age - I was in the Battle Of Bunker's Hill, Long Island, King's bridge, Black River Brandywine & others - "months" interlined before signed. Subscribed and Sworn before me This 16th day of April A.D. 1834 U. Manly       Michael Ripple  his mark

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State of Illinois Clark County 
So, Be it remembered That on This 16th day of April A.D. one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty four Personally appeared before me 
Uri Manly one of the Justice of The Peace in & for The County & State aforesaid 
Michael Ripple and made oath in due form of law that the facts stated in the within affidavit or certificate are more true - And I further certify that said Ripple appears to be as old as he represents & that he is a credible witness. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at my office in Division the day & year as above written.

Uri Manly J.P. [Seal]

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State of Illinois 
Clark County   Set - 
I Jacob Harlan, Clerk of The county Commissioner's Court for the county & state aforesaid do certify that Uri Manly is a magistrate  as is set forth in the two documents duly commissioned & qualified , and that the two foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the official seal of said court at Darwin this 16th day of April A.D. one Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty Four
Jacob Harlan, Clerk
of C. Com ; Court - Clark Co; Ill

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Jefferson County State of Kentucky 
The deposition of John Grove , who served in the revolutionary war during its whole continuance who was born in Philadelphia county seven miles of the city of Philadelphia on the 22 day of July in the year 1750, being legally sworn states as following, that he is well acquainted with the declarant Nicholas Bean who was raised about 30 miles above Philadelphia in Bucks county and was about 12 or 14 years old when I first became acquainted with him which was in the year 1775 or 6 The said Bean was only a private and belonged to Capt Phillip Hinkles company said Hinkle being a blacksmith to the army having under his command as many men as he deemed necessary set up shop when ever the army stopped and moved when it moved the said declarant was I think a volunteer in the service and acted in various capacities such as hauling coals and sometimes served in the lines just as the exigencies of the times required I lay with said Bean at vally forge one winter in Philadelphia in the continental yard . I also saw him before and after the battle of Brandywine Germantown and many other places that I now cant recollect this affiant thinks the said declarant was at Philadelphia just after the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia

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and this deponent states that he thinks the said Nicholas Bean must be not less than 70 years old at this time as he entered the army very young (rom appearance , don’t even remember hearing him state his age , and this deponent further states that after the war the declarant moved to Rowan County North Carolina and resided there some time near this deponent and that he now resides in Clark County Illinois from a letter of his to deponent, and deponent further states that he thinks he voluntarily enlisted in the army. Further this deponent saith this 31 day of December 1833 - 
John Grove

Jefferson County State of Kentucky } sct:
I James Pomeroy, a justice of the peace in afor said County, do certify that the foregoing deposition of John Grove was this day sworn & subscribed before me, and I further certify that said Grove is known by me and that I believe he is, from my knowledge, I belief a man of credit and morality and that his statements are entitled to credit, & that the said Grove has always been considered a revolutionary soldier and appears to be about eighty years of age. Given under my hand this 31st day of December 1833
James Pomeroy J.P.S.C

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I, Worden Pope Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky and keeper of the seal of said County, do certify that James Pomeroy Esquire is a Magistrate as above and that his foregoing attestation is genuine and entitled to full faith and credit
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal this 9th day of January 1834 and in the 42nd year of this Commonwealth
[Seal]
Worden Pope

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We the undersigned do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nicolas Bean that we believe him to be Seventy three 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 fully concur in that opinion Clark County [unreadable]  1833
Daniel Killion
John Slaten
Henry Killion
William Comstock
Wm Walker
F. W. Davis
Alexander Black
Absalum Sestery
Wm. Lee
Standley B. Walker B P Minister Age in the ministry 21 years

State of Illinois Clark County } ss    Abner Stark a justice of the peace in and for the county

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of Clark and state of Illinois do hereby certify that each and every of the [crossed out text] persons whose names are signed to the within certificate and residence of the county of Clark and state of Illinois - That each and every of the ascribed the same in my presence and being by me duly sworn according to law each and every of them deposed that the contents of the certificate and true to the best of their knowledge and belief - and that they are all creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit - . Given under my hand and seal the 6th day of June AD. 1833

Abner Stark J. P. Seal. 
State of Illinois 
Clark County
Ss. I Jacob Harlan clerk of the county commissioners count in and for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that at the date of the above certificate Abner Stark was a Justice of the peace in and for the the county and state aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that all his acts as such are entitled to for faith and credit and that his signature attached to the said certificate is genuine - In testimony of which I have hereunto ley me hand and the seal of said court at Darwin this 17th day of August A.D. 1833
Jacob Harlan. Clerk.

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I George Smith of the county Sullivan and State of Indiana do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Nicholas Bean during the Revolutionary War & that said Bean was in the Army of the Revolution as a private I believe Said Bean now lives in the county of Clark & State of Illinois said Bean was born in in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia- I think said Nicholas Bean is at the least Seventy four years of age I cannot say certain when he entered the Service of the United States and when I first knew him in the service it was some length of time but how long I can not say, after the British took Philadelphia - I can not say how long he was in the service but I knew him in it for more than one year & I verily believe he was in the service of the United States for some length of time over and above the time that I was acquainted with him- I was somewhat younger than said Bean & the time that I knew him he, said Bean, was under one Captain Philip Hinckle who formerly lived Pennsylvania – 
Said left the company to which I and he belonged early in the tail of that year in which Lord Cornwallis was taken at York – he left with the Army under General Washington but where 
He went I do not know and I did not see him again till the close of the Revolutionary War

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I believe Said Bean to be a man of truth and I would put the utmost confidence in any statement he might make as to his services - I have not seen Mr Bean for about forty years & it has been so long since that I can not remember all the circumstances that might perhaps be of the benefit to him in obtaining a pension    
George Smith 
    
State of Indiana Sullivan County Personally appeared before me John Heaton a Justice of the Peace in & for the county & State aforesaid on this 28th day of March A.D. 1834 George Smith of said county who being duly Sworn according the [Illegible] [Illegible] that the facts stated in the foregoing certificate in relation to Nicholas Bean are true to the best of his knowledge and belief - & I further certify that said Smith signed the foregoing certificate in my presence & that said Smith is a credible witness In the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at any office in Carlisle the day and year last above written John Heaton J.P. [Seal]

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State of Indiana Sullivan County let:
I Benjamin Wolfe clerk of the Sullivan circuit court do hereby certify that John Heaton Esq. whoes name appear to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof (and still is) and acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Sullivan in the state of Indiana duly Commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his is his genuine signature, and that all of hos official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Merom this 26th day of March Ad. 1834. 

Benjamin Wolfe clerk of the Sullivan circuit court

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House of Representative
January 5th. 1838. 

Sir
Permit me to ask the favor of you, to [Illegible] me (of admissable) with a proper answer to the enclosed with - please with you answer return the letter of Mr. Manly. 
with great respect
your obt sut
Z . Casey 

J L Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions.

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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com Pensions 
Washington City

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Clark court House M. 8. No. 1832

Sir I have to honor to return to you Department the claim of N. Bean with the requisite proof 

Respectfully

W. Manly 

Hon. J. L. Edwards

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Claim of N. Bean- act. 7. June 1832- additional evidence -

Clark P.A. W. April 27th 1834
John . J L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions 
Washington City 
D. C.

Free

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Clark C. H. F. 27. April 1834

Sir. Through mistake I neglected to send the enclosed Document by mail with the other paper of Mr Bean - With much respect I am Sir Yr Hmble Svt
U. Maney 

Hon. J L. Edwards

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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington City
D.C.

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Darwin 18th ap. 1834

Hon. J. L. Edwards.

Sir - Enclosed is additional evidence in the ease of Nicholas Bean for a pension - If I understand The evidence sufficient has been addaced to insure his pension-

Respectfully 
Your Obt Sent
U. Manly

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N. Bean pension 
additional evidence 
N Bean
7. June 1832

Additional evidence 

Clark C.H. Lee. 
April 20th
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pension    Free.
Washington City 
D. C.

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H C Bell
Respectfully referred to the Com of Pens for such action as was be proper
H C Bell
Feb 19
FEB 19 1912 RECEIVED

Miss Wilson 
I do not know how this case be done.  Do you?  D

BUREAU OF PENSIONS FEB 19 1912 COMISSIONER

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V. B. BEAN    
PROPRIETOR OF SHADY HILL FARM IN THE OIL BELT     
OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE     
Twentieth Century, Up-to-date, Steam Merry-Go-Round 
COLLECTOR AND DEALER IN    
ANCIENT AND MODERN INDIAN RELICS, RARE COINS AND CURIOS      
BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE    
 CASEY, ILL., Feb 16th 1912     
Hon H C Bell    
Washington DC     
My Dear Sir & Friend Inclosed you will find some papers giving a brief account of my Grandfather Nicholas Bean who was a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a 3.00 $ Pencian as late as 1838 here in Clark county now what I want is a list of the name of the men drawing Pensions Here in clark county from 1830 to 1838   It is possable my grandfather might went by some other name as he was a deserter from the British Armey, after looking the inclosed papers Please return them I shure would be very thankfull for any information concerning him I am yours Fraternaly 
V B Bean Casey lll

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PENSION O JAN 11 1917 OFFICE. U.S.

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Rev Sec  G. L.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS    
MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS    
EXPERTING    
COURT TESTIMONY     
STRUCTURAL STEEL    
REINFORCED CONCRETE   
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION     
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS    
ESTIMATES     
EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS    
HENRY EDGAR BEAN     
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER CERTIFIED ARCHITECT     
1034 CENTRAL BUILDING     
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
PHONE A 2673    
Jan. 6, 1917. 
U. S. Com. of Pensions,    
Washington, D. C.,     
Dear Sir, Will you please give me any additional information you have on the following named Nicholas Bean? "Nicholas Bean was born in Germany in 1760. He came to America in early life and enlisted in the war. He was in the battles of Guilford Court House, Cowpens, Eutaw Springs and the Siege of Yorktown. He was wounded at the Cowpens by a saber cut across the head. He also served in the war of 1812. He removed from North Carolina to Clark Co., Illinois in 1830. He died in 1838. He was pensioned."    
Thanking your for your courtesy, I am,     
Very Truly Yours, 
Henry E. Bean

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F.W. 

Rev. War Section. 

January 18, 1913.

Mrs. E. L. Pegram [crossed out text]
465 West Macon Street,
Decatur, Ills.

Madam: 

In response to your letter dated the 13th and received the 15th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the claim W. File No. 23,656. it appears that Thomas Boon served in the South Carolina troops, Revolutionary War. He was born in 1760, and died March 9, 1836. 

From the papers in the claim [Illegible]. File No. 32,112. it appears that Nicholas Bean served in the Pennsylvania troops and Continental Dragoons, Revolutionary War. He was born March 16, 1760. Date of death not stated. 

In the claim of Peter Dosher or Dozier, W. File No. 22, 951 it appears that the soldier served in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary War. He was born November 2, 1762, and died August 6, 1838. 

From the papers in the claim W. File No. 22,472, it appears that Frederick Umsell served in the Pennsylvania troops Revolutionary War. He was born August 25. 1765, and died September 11, 1835.

Very respectfully, 
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.