Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21067, Jeffrey Beck, N.C

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N.C. [North Carolina]

Beck, Jeffrey
or
Geoffrey

S.21067

Born in Va. [Virginia]

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Right column:
Some text appears illegible except for a few names
Jo. [Joseph] Grisham
Hon [Honorable] W. Thompson

12.630
South Carolina
Jeoffrey [Jeffrey] Beck
of Pickens Dist. [District] in the State of South Ca. [Carolina]
who was a pri. [private] Cav. [Cavalry] + [and] infty [infantry] in the company commanded 
by Captain Hinds [Hind] of the Regt. [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Dugan [Dougan] in the North Car. [Carolina]
line for 12 months

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
(?) the rate of 42 Dollars 50 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of May '33 [1833]
and sent Col. J. [Joseph] Grisham
Falls P.O. {Post Office] Pickens C. N.C. [North Carolina]

Arrears to the 4thMarch '33 [1833]  -- 85
Semi-anl. [semi-annual] allowance ending 4 Sept. " [1833]  -- 21.25
$106.25
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
(R)ecorded by William Miller Clerk,
(B)ook E. Vol. 6 Page 63

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Jeoffry [Jeffrey] Beck
23746

Send answer to Post Office
at Falls Pickens Dist. [District] S.C. [ South Carolina]
Care Col. Joseph Grisham

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State of South Carolina { ss. March Term 1833 --
Pickens District { On this eleventh day of
March 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before
the Honorable Josiah J. Evans in the Court of General
Sessions + Common Pleas of the said state for the District
aforesaid now sitting Jeoffry [Jeffrey] Beck a resident of the
District of Pickens and state aforesaid, aged upwards
of Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn accor-
ding to Law, doth on his oath make the following, declar-
ation, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Con-
gress passed June 7 1832.  That he entered the service
of the United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated ___  That he turned out under
Captain John Scotten, of Col. Dugans [Dougan] Regt. (Regiment] of the North
Carolina Militia.  He was sent out on a scout with one
Isaac McDaniel who was first sergeant of the Compy [Company]
He was engaged principally in the county he lived in 
Randolph he was sometimes in Chatham County N.C. [North Carolina]
he served a tour of nine Months and was discharged by
John Scotten the Capt on the 10th June 1799 ___ He was after
called into service as a Volunteer in Capt. John Hinds
Company of Cavalry he served three months as Ranger
and was discharged on the 30th December 1780 __ he was
engaged in several counties in N.C. [North Carolina} adjoining Randolph
where he lived taking prisoners and keeping down the
Tories ___ He was one of the first men called on to
go to the South against the Tories + Cherokee Indians
he was unwell + unable to go he hired Enoch Davis
to go in his place, and paid him Twenty five dollars
He took the Oath of Allegiance on the 12th Sept. 1778
He lived on the main road and was liable to be much
harrassed (sic harassed); his Capt. John Hind gave him a Certificate
to protect his property while he was out or were at home
against oppression by the friends of the United States ___
This declarant has no documentary evidence except
such discharges + certificates as are herein mentioned
and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure to testify to his services ___ This declarant
was born in August County Virginia as he
has understood, his Father moved into orange
County in the State of North Carolina -- which

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was afterwards divided + he was in Randolph and
he was raised there and continued to live in that
county till after the close of the Revolutionary
War ___ He moved into Pickens District about
Thirty two years ago, and has resided on the
same plantation where he settled, on coming
from the State of North Carolina.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed in { Jeffrey Beck (his signature)
open Court the day and {
year aforesaid. {
William L. Keith C.C. [Court Clerk]

We John Cobb a Clergyman residing the the District of
Pickens and Joseph Grisham residing in the
same District, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Jeffrey Beck who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; That we
believe him to be upwards of Eighty one years of
age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood (sic neighborhood)
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and that we concur win that opinion.
Sworn to and Subscribed { John (his mark) Cobb
in open Court the day and { Joseph Grisham (his signature)
year aforesaid
William L. Keith C.C. [Court Clerk]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the war department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states. And the court
further certifies that it appears to them that John Cobb

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who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman
resident in the District of Pickens, and that Joseph
Grisham who has also signed the same is a resident'
in the same District, and is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit.
Josiah J. Evans
(?) Judge
11th March 1833

I William L. Keith Clerk of the Court of
Pickens District, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said court in the matter of the application of
Jeffrey Beck for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of Office this
Eleventh day of March 1833
William L. Keith (his signature)
Clerk of the Court

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Rev. & 1812 War Section

February 16, 1927

Honorable Fred H. Dominick

House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Dominick:

In response to your letter of the fourteenth instant, I have
the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim S. 21067, it appears that JEFFREY BECK was born
in August County, Virginia, date not stated.

While a resident of Randolph County, North Carolina, he
enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops as
follows:

Nine months in Captain John Scotten's Company in Colonel
Dugan's (sic Dougan's) Regiment and was discharged June 10, 1779.

Three months in Captain John Hinds' (sic Hind's) Company of Light Horse
and was discharged December 20, 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 
11, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Pickens District, South
Carolina, and he stated that he was then "upwards of eighty-one
years of age".

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There are no data on file relative to his family.

This is the only soldier by the name of Jeffrey Beck that
is found on the Revolutionary War records of the Bureau and there
is no record of a Jefferson Beck.

Very truly yours,

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner

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BECK, JEFFREY
(N.C.) [North Carolina]

BECK, JEFFREY
(N.C.) [North Carolina]

BECK, JEFFREY
(N.C.) [North Carolina]

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Official Seal/Stamp
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

State of North Carolina, Orange County.
I HEREBY certify, That Jeffrey Beck (text blacked out) appeared before
me, one of the Justices of the said County, and too the Oath of Allegiance, agreeable
to Law. Given under my Hand this twelfth Day of September Anno Dom. [Domini] 1770(?)
John Butler (initials illegible)

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This do sartify (sic certify) that Jeffery [Jeffrey] Beck 
sarved (sic served) a tower (sic tour) of nine months
in the scouts or minnet (sic minute) men =
one in the year 1779 a volunteer(?)
(text illegible) discharged according to 
Law June (?) 1779

Official Seal/Stamp
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

James J. (?)

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Text illegible

BECK, JEFFREY

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I Jeffrey Beck (rest of the text in the first line illegible)
Law as a voluntear (sic volunteer) in the Light Horse Cavalry (rest of text illegible)
by Discharged certifyd (sic certified) by me this 30 day of  (rest of text illegible)
1780 John Hind Capt.

BECK, JEFFREY

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Jeffrey Beck
S.J. 21067
N.C. [North Carolina]

First line of text not legible
Matter Relating (text not legible) of this County
hearin (sic herein?) (?) not that you be Present
Likewise with their (rest of text cut off)

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Revolution
21067
INVALID.

File No. 21,067
Jeffrey Beck
Pri [private] Rev [Revolutionary] War 

Act: June 7th '32 [1832]

Index: __ Vol. 2, Page 30

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1927, Feb. 16, hist (sic history?) to
Hon. Fred N. Dominick.
W.C.S.

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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS
GEORGE S. GRAHAM, PA. [Pennsylvania], CHAIRMAN
LEONIDAS C. DYER, MO. [Missouri]
W.D. BOIES, IOWA
C.A. CHRISTOPHERSON, S. DAK. [South Dakota]
RICHARD YATES, ILL. [Illinois]
IRA G. HERSEY, ME. [Maine]
EARL C. MICHENER, MICH. [Michigan]
ANDREW J. HICKEY, IND. [Indiana]
NATHAN D. PERLMAN, N. Y. [New York]
J.BANKS KURTZ, PA. [Pennsylvania]
C.ELLIS MOORE, OHIO
JOHN J. GORMAN, ILL. [Illinois]
GEORGE R. STOBBS, MASS. [Massachusetts]
JAMES FRENCH STROTHER, W. VA. [West Virginia]
HATTON W. SUMNERS, TEX. [Texas]
ANDREW J. MONTAGUE, VA. [Virginia]
JOHN N. TILLMAN, ARK. [Arkansas]
FRED H. DOMINICK, S. C. [South Carolina]
SAMUEL C. MAJOR, MO. [Missouri]
ROYAL H. WELLER, N. Y. [New York]
WILLIAM b. BOWLING, ALA. [Aabama]
ZEBULON WEAVER, N. C. [North Carolina]
HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, VA. [Virginia]

GUILFORD S. JAMESON, CLERK
M. D. TURTON, ASST. CLERK

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S. [United States]
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
WASHINGTON, D. C. [District of Columbia]

February 14, 1927.

Honorable Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. [District of Columbia]

Dear Mr. Scott;

I will appreciate it if you will let me have whatever
records you have of Jeffrey Beck, or Jefferson Beck, as a sol-
dier in the Revolutionary War.  My information is that he came
from Scotland, landed in Charleston, South Carolina, and lived
in the upper part of South Carolina during that period.

Thanking you in advance for your attention and ad-
vices in the matter, I am,

Yours very truly,

Fred N. Dominick (his signature)