Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14937, John Beaty, New York

SERVICE
New York
Beaty, John
NUMBER
S. 14937
carded
CONTENTS

Order to pay June 29, 1837 do. July 19, 1837
Order to the C. Pottle Atty. 31 Jan '37
(20.195)  New York  John Bealy Orange Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Krumpholz of the N.Y. commanded by Col. M c Clusky in the New York line for 8 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Dec. 1833 and due to M c Clusky Newburgh
Arrears to the 4th of Jany 33 $ 66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Dec 34 133.33
$ 199.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 21. Page 89.

14879 John Beatty
Mode of authentication.
Admiral
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Walter Buse Newburgh claimant agent Newburgh New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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. 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of John Beatty of Orange County - New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     aug. 1776 7 Private Capt. Thompson Col. M c Laughlin Battle with the Indians on the frontier. From the State of New York New Windsor   dec. " 1 7 " " " Orange County Conn Living Will   mar 1777 8 " " " Notes   " " 8 " " "   June " 1 10 " " "   aug. " 10 " " "   Sep. " time not specified " Lee aged 78 years   aug 1778 1 " Lee   Oct " 1 "   July, 1779 8 " General Burgoyne   " 1780 1 14 "   " " 8   8 u  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 } ss.
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
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 State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? 
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional 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 or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which 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. 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York
Orange County - ss On this third day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting John Beatty Resident of New Windsor in the County of Orange and State of New York aged twenty eight 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 June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That deponent belonged to the Company of Militia commanded by Captain James Humphreys of the Town last mentioned at the commencement of the Revolutionary War. Silas Wood and James Caggy were Lieutenants. The said Company which belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel James M'Leary in which Jacob Redick and Moses Phillips were Majors In the month of August in the year last before said deponent was ordered with said Company to Fort Albert garrison on the North River in the Highlands on a general alarm and remained there one week and then returned In the month of December in the same year about the thirteenth day of that month in the year last aforesaid deponent was ordered to Hudgersee and at that time was one of a detachment under the command of General George Clinton who took the British Field of twenty one at the English Village barhood We remained there one month and were then discharged and returned home In the month of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven Deponent was ordered to proceed with said Company to Fort Clinton on the South side of Popolopoe Hill opposite to Fort Montgomery on the same side of the River We remained there eight days and were then discharged and returned home In the same

month and year last aforesaid deponent was again ordered with said company to Fort Clinton on an alarm We arrived there eight days and then returned home In the month of June 1777 De- ponent with said company were engaged in the four months service The company was divided into detachments each of which was bound to serve one month Deponent served accor- dingly at Fort Clinton In the month of August in the year last aforesaid deponent was ordered to Fort Montgomery Clinton on an alarm and remained there ten days and then discharged In the month of Sep- tember next thereafter deponent together with said company to which he belonged was or- dered to Fort Montgomery We were there until the day before the battle when a detachment to which I belonged under the command of Cap- tain Lee was ordered across the River to Anti- tegas Here were we remained until the next Monday and then retreated to Fish- Kill We were under the command of Captain Lee and Major William Sly and William Bea- ty belonged to said detachment From Fishkill we moved to New Windsor and the said company was on duty until the first of December in said year next to New Windsor as depon- ent was informed and believes Deponent was taken sick in the service and ob- tained permission to return home where he continued sick until the recent spring In the month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight deponent was sent with a detachment to a place called Hunk on the Indian Mountain Wandlot there we were ordered out after the sav- ages and had a battle with them Captain Lea- man commanded We and Robert Sample and

Adams Emblees were killed in the engagement Captain David Kirk of our Regiment was at Thunk with his We staid one month and then return to home In the month of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight We went again to Thunk under the Command of Captain Selford and remained there one month and were then discharged In the month of July in the year 1779 our Company was ordered down to the Forest of Dean We stoped a day or two at West Point and were then ordered to the Forest at Wight the British were expected to attack West Point in Thunk and We had orders to snare without speaking that We might take them by surprise if We should chance to fall in with them We were gone on this expedition one ten eight days and then discharged Col M c Wardenburgh commanded the Militia with whom I went served In the month of July next I was after Dispo- sed was again ordered with a detachment to the Indi- an frontier and remained there one half month In the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty In the month of June I went together with the said Company to which he belonged were ordered to West Point on a General Alarm and remained there eight days all which facts above mentioned depo- nent states according to the best of his recollection and deponent also saith that his memory is greatly impaired by old age and he cannot be more partic- ular - but deponent can state with certainty that he turned out on every alarm and that he took his cer- tain tours of duty in the respective detachments which were regularly sent to the frontier and remained there until relieved or discharged and In answer to the interrogatories specially put to deponent by the Court he saith that he was born in the Town of New Windsor upon the day of the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty that he has a Record of his age In his family Bible at home that he entered the service in the Town of New Windsor lived there at the time and has lived there
BEATTY JOHN S. 14737

ever since that he belonged to Captain Humphreys Com- pany of Militia & was ordered with that company into the service as before related Deponent can not give a particular account of the Regular officers who were with the Troops where he served but he thinks he recollects General George Jones Clinton & Captain Moody and Bellknap at Fort Montgomery Colonel McLaughry was there with his Regiment or a part of it. He said Cap- tain Humphreys was taken prisoner as Deponent has already stated the General circumstances of his service - That he never received a written dis- charge - That he is known to William St. John and Beatty Joseph Beatty John McMichael and James Boyd who served throughout the war in the same Regiment with Deponent then and now live in the same Neighbourhood with Deponent and can testify as to his char- acter for veracity and the belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
We hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pen- sion Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John D. Moore Clerk
John Beatty mark
John Beatty

Rev War
14937 INVALID.
File No. 14937
John Beatty Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 35
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mechanics Bank New York 17 th July 1837
Sir
I enclose for your examination, the papers in the case of John Beatty, a Private at $26 66 pr Annum, under the act of 7 th June 1832, who claims his pension from the 11 th of March 1836.
I am very Respectfully Your Obed Servt
J Lovilland Jr
James S Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Mechanics Bank New York 26 th June 1837
Sir, I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of John Braty a Private at $26 66 / 100 per Annum under the act of 7 th June 1832, who claims his pension from the 1 st of March 1836.
Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt J. Lovillan Jr
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions, Washington

State of New York
Orange County } ss Personally appeared be- fore me Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the Coun- ty aforesaid John McMichael and James Boyd both of the Town of New London and bound to appear to me personally known to be credible witnesses and having been by me duly sworn according to law on the respective oaths say that they are person- ally acquainted with John Beatty of said Town in the annexed affidavit named and have been acquainted with him ever since the commencement of the Revolu- tionary war that they served throughout the said war as soldiers in a Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel James McLaughlin To which Regiment Captain James Humph- reys commissary belonged during said war Deponents further say that they knew the said John Beatty to belong to the said company of Captain James Humphreys & to serve in the same throughout the war as a private Deponents belonged to the company of Captain William Telford throughout the Revolutionary war and they also say that they have heard the annexed affidavit of the said John read and that the statement of his re- cues contained in the same is true
Sworn & subscribed this 3 rd day of September before me
John McMichael James Boyd
Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for Orange County

And the said board 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 -
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the board of pensioners in and for the County of Orange aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said board in the matter of the application of John Beatty for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this
Third day of September 1832.
Asa Dunning
John Beatty
John Beatty

State of New York 2 Orange County ss 1 p
Personally appeared before me Gilbert Osgood Fowler first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Orange County John Beatty a credible witness who on his oath saith that he belongs to the same congregation with James Boyd who is an Elder in the Church as a precept for a pension - That the Clergyman who officiated in his neighbourhood is a young Man and knows nothing of elements Revolutionary services The generation who lived in the Revolu- tion are dead and their children have emigrated in very many instances & their places been supplied by foreign- ers -
Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of June 1883 { John X Beatty mark
before me Gilbert Osgood Fowler First Judge of Orange County
I also I hereby Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Orange County do hereby certify that Gilbert Osgood Fowler before me the preceding affidavit of John Beatty was sworn was on the eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three first Judge of said Court
BEATTY, JOHN NY C. 149 37
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed

The Seal of our Court this 20 th day of June 1933 - Ala Dunning Clerk
John Beatz
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