Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38567, Smith Beasley, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Beasley Smith.
NUMBER
8.38567
CONTENTS

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Virginia
Smith Brasley
Private Capt Parker
Virginians 18 months In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the ninth of July 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Hon Mr. Bassett H s Represent s
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818  14. 99    Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 Mar 1819  48. ~     62. 99  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Commenced
Mr. Bassett sent to him 15 Nov 1819 for his services, to commence from Jan

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Society at Warilla Warburga

Virginia City of Williamsburg to wit,
On the 9th day of July 1818
before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the general Court of Virginia personally appeared Smith Beasley aged fifty eight  or fifty nine years resident in the County of Accomack, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war
That the said Smith Beasley enlisted at Accomack Courthouse under Captain Thomas Parker for 18 months by whom he was marched to Cumberland Bar racks where he joined his regiment (name not recollected) and was transferred to Capt Alexander Ralphpatrick by whom he was marched to Winchester and was employed in guarding prisoners. That having served out his full term, he was discharged at Winchester in Virginia -
That he has now in his possession no evidence of service save a certificate of the said Comptroller in the service of the United States by whom he and the affidavit of William Penning of this day has always been known, and that from  stands  his  is in  circumstances reduced circumstances & requires the aid and assistance of his country for his support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid.
James Scoble 82 al

15557_00455 Virginia Pensions.
I James Simple a Judge of the General Court as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Smith Beasley did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit to the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the said act of Congress and also certify that he is in reduced circumstances as appears to my satisfaction and that he stands in need of the assistance of his Congress for his support — Given under my hand & Seal this 9 th day of July 1818.
James Simple
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See also General Beasley's Certificate annexed to the Declaration of Samuel Russell in closed with this P et .
Simple

Commonwealth of Virginia
Smith Beasley Account: bounty to wit
On this 2 nd day of August 1870 Personally appeared in open court being a court of Record (the said court proceeding accor- ding to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and not keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment) Smith Beasley aged sixty years who being first duly sworn according to said oath do hereby declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, That he the said Smith enlisted as a soldier to serve 18 months in a com- pany commanded by Captain Thomas Partee in the 11 th Virginia Regiment (the Continental establishment), that he served the said 18 months and that a pension has here- tofore been granted him under the act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 the certificate of which is numbered 6098 and that the date of his original app- lication was the 9 th day of July 1818 and he also solemnly swears that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to dis- qualify himself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not now nor has any pension in lieu for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income other than what is con- tained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed. The said Smith further states on oath that his family consists of himself his wife and a male child that he has no trade and is feeble and unhealthy and is able to do but little his wife is named Nancy and is he sup- poses nearly as old as he is himself and is healthy and his son is eight years of age is named Edward and is health- ily and the family resides on a small lot of land of about half an acre which they occupy as tenants and cultivate for their subsistence. It is believed to be certified that it is the opinion of the board that the total amount in value

of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $5.92
Schedule of all the property of Smith Brantley Exclusive of bedding and wearing apparel on the 29 th July 1820
  1 Iron pot 1 Spade & boots 1 cup & saucer one $ 1.62   1 chest 3 chairs " 50   2 pigs 1 wheel 2 00   1 washing tub 1 Bucket " 37   1 Flour Barre 1 small box " 75   1 Bucket 1 dish " 25   4 Spoons (spoons 3  for Gallow Earthen jug ) " 50   1 Meat cast 3 " 18   1 Small Rigged for Gallow Earthen jug " 18   4 Earthen Plates for Gallow plates do " 25   $ 5.92 
his Smith Brantley mark
Commonwealth of Virginia
Accomack County ss wit
Richard D Bayly Clerk of Accomack County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records papers of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is five Dollars & ninety two cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 16 th day of September 1820 and in the 45 th year of the Commonwealth
Richard D Bayly Clerk of Accomack County Court

Commonwealth of Virginia
Accomack County to wit
Richard D'Bagly Clerk of Accomack County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule Exhibit C to the same are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. At a Court held for Accomack County on the 30 th day of October 1820
It is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the War Department that it appears to the Court from satisfactory proof that Smith Beaseley (who made a declaration before this Court on the 2 nd day of August last in order to authorize his obtaining a pension under the acts of Congress as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army) was on the 18 th day of March 1818 and from thence hitherto continually hath been a citizen & inhabitant of the County of Accomack in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Copy Test Richard D'Bagly Ac.

1 - 1/2 Frank Bayley Clerk
I do hereby certify that the within is a true copy from the Records of my Office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office the 31 st day of October 1820
Richard D Bayley Clerk of Clatsop County Court D a

1557-100-155 Furnace county to wit.
Smith Busely personally appeared before me, one of the Commonwealth justices of the peace for the county as the 12 th day of January 1819, and made oath that the service he performed in the war of the Revolution, as a soldier was in the 11 th Virginia regiment on Continental Establishment.
J. M. Crossin

State of Virginia to wit this day William Barton aged fifty five years a resident of Accomack County in the State of Virginia personally appeared before me James Simple a Judge of the General Court of the State of Virginia and being duly sworn deposed and said that he has been acquainted with Smith Bousley from the year 1708, that he the said Smith enlisted into the United States Army in the year 1708 in the County of Accomack in the State of Virginia under Capt. Thomas  Alexander Packer, that he was marched to Cumberland Court House and was encamped, and as he believes the troops marched to that place were intended for the service to the Southward, that after the troops recovered from the small pox, the said Smith was marched to Winchester and was employed in guard of the British prisoners at Winchester Virginia and that the said Smith served till the end of his term of 10 months when he was discharged at Winchester in Virginia. Given under my hand this 9th July 1818.  James Simple

38567
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File No. 38567
Smith Beasley His Heir was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1557-00415 Frederick County Virg to July 13. 1819
The Secretary of the Department of War,
Will please deliver to the Honorable Barbara Bapst, the Certificate which may be granted to her of the Allowance of the Pension granted by Act of Congress at the last Session to the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army - Given under my hand, read with the day and year first above written
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Justus Lee Beale Marks
Theodore Levin J. Goyne John P. Lee