Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 686, Thomas Beaty, N. C.

SERVICE
N. b.
Beaty, Thomas
NUMBER
P 686
CONTENTS

Georgia } on the day of December in being during the year eighteen hundred and thirty two He has as now sitting a justice of the Superior Court of the County of Liberty per finally appeared. Thomas Barty according to the seat District of the County of Liberty - aged sixty nine years - who after being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit - of an act of congress, passed March 7 th 1832 - viz - that he was in the year
5. Wilson - D. A. ... - Young - and not living as before stated - has entered the service as a Volunteer in the 13th Regt - having volunteered on the first of Sept. last. The next month after Genl. Gates Defeat - the 13th is not recalled - but John Reed of Doherty County - Tenn. - has sent for Mathews & Lieut. John King - 2nd Lieut - the Company joined the Regiment (of Hovey) under Col. D. W. A. at Chas Cotte in Middlesex County. W.C. in this company the Company of Capt. Samuel Hart - Disbanded David Caldwell & others not recalled at this time when a new unit reformed. He recalls Capt. Cook. now of Henry County - upon organizing he did  but not recalled Doherty and sent to White - on Sept. 1st - William Sheldahl of Hart's Company

This Regiment arrived at McLean's Creek. Genl. Davidson was the highest officer until the arrival of Lord Cornwallis when a skirmish took place between the 8th Regt. Amerycan Horse and the enemy. The 8th Regt. was defeated and retired under the immediate command of Genl. Davidson - Col. Francis Gore took the Brigade of the British Horse under Major Hanger who was killed at the moment after giving the word, Charge, which up next he had to fire at him - his Troops retreated upon the field five which remained at the distance of on the hill about twenty dead & dangerously wounded. Hanger had seven balls through his body Capt. Dickson in his account mentions that his hand was shot the seven holes - Sometime after the engagement he was taken to Col. Fols in side country & remained there a few days - The 8th Militia then they continued to charge position to suit the movements of the enemy until they returned towards Washington The American Cavalry followed them two or three days and returned to McLean's Creek, and attacked at about three Brands of Forces on twelve mile creek at Washington. A station not called Washington Battery ground & killed 50 or 60 and took about thirty prisoners - in ten days after this they were all driven off about the last of Nov. the position not recalled but he knows it was considered a loss of three men. He received a bitter discharge from Capt. Reid, which is later on his return on the 1st day of Decr following to on the 10th after the first service. He entered the service again under Col. Gouglap of Bayard - Lieut. David Henry in the Regiment under Col. Lofton in Montgomery County North Carolina - Capt. Lofton's Infantry was the Comman- d of two Companies - they made a very strong position near Washington - Major Cross a British Officer who commanded their forces, had possession of the place but evacuated, or retiring of Cornwallis' Defeat, was now in state - miles of the place where the enemy left it Genl. Guffey & Rutherford was the highest officer who detained us three weeks. Then we went to Mount Hope in Rock County or Frederick in Frederick County when Lieutenant was discharged by Col. Williams Lofton in company - which was lost or mislaid with the other papers. His three months term was completed within ten or fifteen days when he discharged at Leesburg. Defeat arrived home the day before the expiration of 3 months

he knows - he was convinced by the officers to have served two times 4. Three months - he has no documentary evidence of his service - he knows of but one person - Phoebe Haidin - a woman now living in Henry County who was her husband in Conn. City N.C. who can prove his service - His subordinates in the 1st Service were John Nichols the Capt brother George Locke, Thomas Bell William Beatty brother James Abbott - in 2nd Service William Steel & John Laid - in 2nd Service was John Beatty Thomas Bell Thomas Morris James Park and James Holmes - Defendant performed a number of other small services in neighborhood companies for two & three, and some one or two men together with sixty others without any other dis- cernible officers to wit, Capt Alexander Carson that James Snoddy - attacked about one hundred men under the command of Col so called James Bryant near the Shallow ford on the Yadkin river - defeated them - killed the Col & 3 or four men & wounded ten or a dozen - The sur- viving men - Defendant is known to William Grayson James McConnel - Samuel Henderson & Doctor Sager his neighbors - The Rev D. James Smith known here in South Carolina for whose church the Defendant has been on a tour for twenty years - he tells this story being asked) - he fully relinquishes all 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, never has and subscribed the
John J. Beatty J.P.C. W. H. Allen J.P.C. Miss Beatty J.P.C.
Thomas Beatty
We James Gamble a clergyman residing within the County of Henry State of Georgia and residing within the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Beatty who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be the same person who was in the service of the Gen. Gamble certifying as to the neighborhood in S.C. and believed in the neighborhood where he resided, he has been a soldier of the revolution and that we are in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
James Gamble M.A. C. V. S. Stevens
And the said Court after hearing the investigation of the matter and finding the allegations prescribed by the War Department

do hereby declare it to be their opinion that the above named applied for a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the court further certifies that it appears that who has been in the preceding certificate is a 60 year old resident in the County of Henry and that Elias Stewart who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Henry - and that their names are entitled to credit - and that Alexander G. Murray is a resident of this County.  Abalom Farrar D.C. John T Bentley J.P. W. H. Green D.C.
I the undersigned Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County of Henry do hereby certify that the fore- going is a true and correct copy of the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Beaty for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and put my seal this 10th day of January 1833  Alexander G. Murray C.S.C.
Henry Inferior Court, January Term 1833  Phoebe Hardin who after being duly sworn says she was born in the year 1771 in Roan County, N. Carolina and lived there through the Revolutionary war until 1792 Thomas Beaty is the father of the she knew during the war and that he was in the service under Capt. John Reed & others. she cannot recollect their names nor does she recollect the particular services in which he was. But she is certain he was here from the service - soon he was situated, in our Court House  January 1833 -
Abalom Farrar D.C. W. H. Green D.C. John T Bentley J.P.  Phoebe Hardin  Georgia Henry County ss Before me Thomas D. Johnston a justice of the peace for said County personally came Thomas Beaty who after being duly sworn saith that he recollects is on active state positively how long he was in the service, and says that he served six months as a private for such service he is present at that time and the above is to the best of his knowledge as he knows it was to and before the 1st of Jan 1833 with Phoebe Hardin Thomas Beaty son W. H. Johnson J.P.

1885 April 30 W. M. Beatty for more data to identify the object of the enquiry.
1886 May 25 - W. M. Beatty - that the soldier 1822 applied which was rejected as 6 mo. service was not established. Prior
Ex'r.
INVALID.
Thomas Beatty
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
dated Application filed: 4 Dec 1852 _____, 18
2 rejected Dec 12 1852
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Thomas Beatty. — Georgia
Rejected, Letter 12 Decr 1842 to Am.
Thos. L. Foster
ack of same 1842

Thomas Beatty
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Beatty which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes  III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes  V. * Has he mentioned 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? no  10 - He states two separate service each of three months. distinctly  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? no  X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no  just service -  volunteer 1st Sept - discharged last Nov - is not certain as to dates - but service is the terms.  re from 1st Oct - until he arrived home    3 months    3 do    6    

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? No
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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, deposeeth 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.

Reye's. Harry said Leptal the bone of the are shown.

Thomas Hardy

Georgia Henry County On person came before me Elijah D'Vaughan an acting Justice of the peace in & for said county, Parley Ford, who being duly sworn, saith that he hath just reasons for believing that Phebe Hardin is a lady of veracity Parley Ford
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 21 st day of January 1833.
Elijah D'Vaughan J.P.
Georgia Henry County 3 d Alexander G. Murray Clerk of Henry Superior Court. do hereby certify that Elijah D'Vaughan, whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit as a justice of the peace, is a justice of the peace & that full faith & credit ought to be had and given to all his acts as such, given under my hand and private seal this being no seal of office this 29 th Jany 1833 - Alexander G. Murray C.S.C. S.D.
I am satisfied from the best available testimony that the signers of the above 3 d affidavit are the persons therein described, and to the best of my knowledge and belief they are the persons therein described and that said affidavit was taken before me this day personally by the persons therein described and that the persons therein described are the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavit. Thomas J. Darden Dec 1833

Old war Div. M.3. Ex'r. No.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Co. _____ Reg't _____ : : :
Washington, D.C. May 25 th , 1886
Return this letter with your reply.
Sir,
Your communication of the 9 th inst., addressed to this office and forwarded by the Hon. J. M. Martin, contains the necessary data by which to properly identify a Thomas Beatty who resided during the war of the Revolution in North Carolina, and subsequently removed to South Carolina and Georgia, as your father, and who made an application in 1832 for a pension from Henry County Georgia, which was rejected.
The act of June 7, 1832, the only law under which he would have been entitled, required the soldier to prove by competent testimony that he had served six months, in order to obtain even the minimum pension of twenty dollars per annum provided by that law, which he was unable or neglected to establish.
Your attention is invited to the fifth paragraph of the enclosed printed circular which refers to the law that will prevent the favorable consideration of a claim to a pension when it is presented after the decease of a Revolutionary soldier and his widow.
Very respectfully
Mr W. M. Beatty
Commissioner
At office of C. C. Beatty
Odenheim P.O (Fleming) Ala.

May 1. 1886. Sir,
In answer to your application of the 18 th ult. addressed to the Hon J. H. Martin, by him referred to this office, for information of Thomas Beatty, a soldier in the war of the Revolution, I have to state that the data furnished is insufficient to properly identify him, as more than one person bearing the same name were applicants for pension —
Be pleased to give the state in which he was born, and if his parents removed, mention to what state, and the several states where Thomas Beatty resided during and after said war —
It is also necessary that you should communicate the object of the enquiry and what use it is intended to make of the information, together with your relationship to the soldier —