Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34648, Cornelius Beazley, Continental (Va)

SERVICE
BEAZLEY
NUMBER
Continental (Va)
Beazley, Cornelius.
S 34648
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Papers Copied & sent to Rev. at Berryville, Fredk Co Va June 18, 1855 Rev. A. G. Harrison, Feb 7 '37 Cr. Tra - March 30 '37 Transf' to Missoula fr. 4 Sept 36 - Sept 5 '37 -
1873 Jeremiah Hall Civilville Ohio returning his letter for certificate of Court as to majority of copies etc " June 13 for various dub copies of paper to clerk of Court of Com Pleas for Hardin Co & notified Jeremiah Hall of same 1881 Aug 26 Jos Tommon clerk of Court for Hardin Co Ohio - This office has not got the original Certificate - apply to 3rd Auditor If the of pension over declaration is wanted, a copy of plantation is desired in what particular as the copy is deficient furnished 3. 1843
1881 Sept 9.3 Jeremiah Hall - no regular record of Certificate issued for pension is made nor of transfers of pay The book & page refer to an index & when transfer are made a memo of change of place of pay is also made
Missouri 19. 316. (19) R Virginia
Cornelius Beazley
of Frederick Co in the state of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain McConnel of the regiment commanded by Colonel Hays in the Va line, for the term of 3 years on Roll
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of August 1824.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of Aug 1824. and sent to Samuel Beazley Winchester Va
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1824. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1825 $48
$50
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. March 1. 1826

Virginia
County of Frederick Co.
On this fourth day of August 1824 personally appeared an open board being a Court of record for the County of Frederick aforesaid Cornelius Beazley resident in the said County aged sixty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 that he the said Cornelius Beazley enlisted for the term of three years on the 17 th day of February in the year 1777 in Caroline County in the state of Virginia in the Company commanded by Matthew McConnell, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Hazen in the line of the state of Virginia on continental establishment, that he continued in the said corps until the 18 th day of March 1780, when he was discharged from the said service near Morristown in the state of New Jersey, and that he afterwards served three short tours in the militia. That he was in the Battle of Brandywine and at a small skirmish at Red Bank in the state of Pennsylvania; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the letter and affidavit of Col. John Taylor a Senator of the United States for the state of Virginia, having given his discharge to a gentleman for the purpose of making an application for some arrears of pay, which discharge he has never been able to obtain.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or any other manner, disposed of any property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land"

land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, viz: One bed and bedding a few plates, pots and knives and forks.
And that the reason that he has not applied for a pension before this time was that he was employed as an overseer by several persons and therefore was able to obtain a support without the aid of his country, but having become infirm from a rupture he is able to do but little work, and cannot support himself.
That he is by occupation a farmer, and has no family, his wife being dead, and his children of age and living from him.
Cornelius Beagley
Sworn to, and declared on the 14 th day of August in open Court.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Pike
ss.
On this seventh day of March A.D. 183 7 ,
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Pike
personally appeared Cornelius Beasley who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain
Matthew McRae in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Taylor
in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Mississippi
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Mississippi where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from
to Mississippi. I will for the purpose of being with a daughter, who is now removing from Mississippi to Louisiana and where several of her friends and acquaintances have left him without any relatives in that part of the country where he then lived. Cornelius Beasley
Sworn and subscribed to before me, { the day and year aforesaid. }
M. L. Beasley, Justice of the Peace.
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
☞ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
☞ Mode of authenticating papers. —In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of Rhode Island County of Bristol Jacob Rhodes being duly sworn upon his oath that Cornelius Beagley whose name is sub- scribed to the within affidavit is the same person mentioned in a pension certificate he also hath re- moved from the State of Virginia to Missouri and when the said Rhodes saith that he hath been personally acquainted with said Beagley for the space of twelve years or more, and that the above person who hath taken the within oath is the same person mentioned in the affidavit.
Jacob Rhodes
Subscribed and sworn before me this 7th day of March 1837. M. L. Rogers J. Peace
I do hereby certify a true and correct copy of the within of the same whereby it appears that Jacob Rhodes the within witness to have named is in my esti- mation a person of truth and morality.
State of Rhode Island M. L. Rogers
Clerk of the Court. I do hereby certify that the within and the said copy of the same whereby it appears that the within is a true and correct copy of the same and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office this 7th day of March A.D. 1837.
M. L. Rogers, Clerk

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The State of Ohio Pickaway County S.S.
On this 16 th day of May A.D. 1873, before me John A. Subz a Notary Public in and for said County personally appeared Jeremiah Hall of the City of Circleville of lawful age who being duly sworn according to law depose and say that he is the attorney for the plaintiffs in the action of Susan Rhodes et als. vs John R. Gurney pending in the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hardin and said State of Ohio to recover 100 acres of land located in the Virginia Military District in the name of Cornelius Beasley upon a military warrant issued to him for his services in Col. Mears Hays Regiment for 3 years during the Revolutionary war, that in said action it is necessary to establish the identity of said soldier &c
This affidavit is therefore made to obtain from the office of the Commissioner of Pensions a copy of the affidavit or other papers on file there among the papers of his application and enrolment as a pensioner of the United States signed by Major John Taylor and also copies of any other papers there filed tending to establish the identity of said soldier, the death of his wife, and his transfer from Virginia to Missouri as such pensioner &c
Jeremiah Hall
Sworn to before me by said Jeremiah Hall and subscribed by him in my presence this 16 th day of May 1873
J. A. Subz Notary Public

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington January 23, 1939.
Honorable William L. Nelson House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
BA-J/ILL Car Cornelius Beasley S. 34648
My dear Mr. Nelson:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Abram Grinstaff, aged forty-five years in 1840 and a pensioner of Boone County, Missouri, also, the record of Cornelius Beasley, a pensioner of Pike County, Missouri, in 1840, aged eighty-two years.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a soldier with the name Abram (Abraham) Grinstaff. A pensioner aged forty-five years in 1840, would have been born subsequent to the Revolutionary War. As your constituent is interested in Revolutionary War data, it is assumed that she does not want that record.
The record of Cornelius Beasley, of Pike County, Missouri, follows, as found in his claim for pension, S. 34648, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Cornelius Beasley enlisted February 17, 1777, in Caroline County, Virginia, served as private in Captain Matthew McConnell's company, Colonel Moses Hazen's Continental Regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine, was in a skirmish near Horseneck, Connecticut, and was discharged March 18, 1780, at Morristown, New Jersey. He served subsequently on short tours in the militia, no further details given regarding that service.
Cornelius Beasley was allowed pension on his application executed August 4, 1824, at which time he resided in Frederick County, Virginia. He gave his age then as sixty-six years, but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents. In 1835, the soldier's address was Berryville, Frederick County, Virginia. In March 1837, he was a resident of Pike County, Missouri, his post office Bowling Green. He had moved there to be with his daughter who had moved

there from Virginia, her name not stated.
In 1820, Cornelius Beazley stated that his wife was dead, and that his children were of age and did not live with him. He did not give the name of his wife, nor the date and place of their marriage; no names of his children were designated.
In 1824, one William Beazley resided about ten miles from Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia; his relationship to the soldier's family was not stated.
In 1837, one Jacob Rhodes, of Pike County, Missouri, stated that he had been acquainted with Cornelius Beazley for more than twelve years. In 1873, reference was made to Susan Rhodes, but no relationship between her and Cornelius Beazley was stated.
It was stated that Cornelius Beazley received land from the State of Virginia on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following:
Cornelius Beazley Certificate #19316 Issued August 30, 1824 Rate $8 per month Commenced August 4, 1824 Act of March 18, 1818 Missouri Agency (from Virginia).
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

34 648 Rev INVALID.
1939 - Jan. 23 - Recd to Hon. Wm L. Nelson 222
File No. 34,648 Cornelius Beazley In Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Penning Green Mr March 8th
Mr. Broom J. L. Wheeler Esq. Barnes of Cinnabar Nantwich J. L.

Pike County, Missouri Boultinggreen 7. March 1837. (9)
Dr. Sir
I enclose to you, my application for a transfer of my name from the pension Roll of the State of Virginia, to that of the State of Missouri, where I now reside, hoping you will find it duly authenticated and desiring you will have the goodness to forward to me at this place, the proper certificate of transfer, so that I may be enabled to draw my pension as early as practicable. And am respectfully.
Cornelius Beazley
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. Pension
Washg

  HALL & BOSTWICK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in Peck's Block,
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Circleville, Ohio, July 24 th 1881 Joseph Immanuel Eogr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Hardin County at Kenton Ohio
Dear Sir
You are desired to request the Honorable the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington D.C., to transmit to you duly certified copies of the original Pension Certificate of Cornelius Beagley late a Private in the army of the Republic who was inscribed on the Pension List roll of the Virginia Agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the 4 th day of August 1824, and of his transfer to Mississippi about 1837, perhaps, to be used in evidence on the trial of the Action of Susan Rhodes et al vs. John R. Gorman pending in your said Court &c I am very Respectfully Yours &c Jeremiah Hall Attorney for Plaintiff

Circleville Ohio August 31 st 1881 Hon. W m W. Dudley Esqr Commissioner of Pension Washington D.C.
Dear Sir I did not suppose you had the original certificates as they were delivered to the pensioner But I presumed they had been recorded and I was copies from the record I expected. My clients who reside in Missouri and Colorado have the original pension cer- tificates But not the transfer from Virginia to Missouri nor any evidence of it But we have a copy of the application for transfer after the removal to Missouri where the pensioner died. As you suggest we have applied to the office of the 3 d Auditor for copies of vouchers of pay of the last installments of Pension I am very Respectfully Yours & Jeremiah Hall Attorney for Plaintiff in case named

Inb.
Old war Division
YNW
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
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Washington, D.C. August 26, 1881
Sir,
Your letter of 12 th inst. is received requesting certified copies of the Original pension certificate of Cornelius Beazley, a Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner.
This Office is not in possession of his original pension certificate, nor is it known that it is in the custody of any one of the Executive Departments, but it is suggested that application be made to the Third Auditor of the Treasury, giving the name, adding that he was a revolutionary pensioner under the act of 1818 on the Virginia Agency and transferred to Missouri in 1837.
If, instead of the original pension certificate, a copy is desired of Mr. Beazley original statement when applying for a pension, an explanation is desired in what particular, the copy is deficient that was furnished June 13. 1873 to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Hardin Co. Ohio, and of which J. Hall Esq., of Circleville Ohio, the present Attorney, was advised at the time. Mr Hall's letter to you is returned enclosed
Very respectfully
Joseph Timmons Esq Clerk of Courts for Hardin Co. Kenton Ohio
J. M. W. Dudley Commissioned W

MS.
Old war,
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
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Washington, D.C. Sept 13, 1881
Sir,
In reply to yours of 3 d inst. you are informed that there is no regular record made of the certificates issued for pensions, nor of the transfers of the payment of the same.
What you allude to in the case of Cornelius Bearzley, refers to the Book and page, where his name was indexed. When a pensioner removed from one State to another and requested to be paid at the agency in the State where then residing, a memorandum of this change, if granted, is made - added date & rate of Pension allowed & that it is believed a copy of application for transfer was forwarded 1873 - Very respectfully (See memo. on appl n )
Jeremiah Hall Esq Circleville Pickaway County Ohio
Commissioner

OFFICE OF Clerk of Courts, Hardin County, JOS. TIMMONS, CLERK.
(15) Kenton, O., August 12 th 1881
Am The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
You are desired to forward to my office the filed in our book of pension. Please duly certified copies of the Original Pension Certificate of Benjamin Riley a pension of the United States and of his transfer to Mipson for the purpose and in pursuance of the letter of command herewith enclosed which more fully explains the object of the request &c I am Respectfully yours &c
Jos. Timmons Clerk Hardin County Ohio

Circleville Ohio Sept 3 rd 1881
Hon. the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
In the matter of copies asked for to be used as evidence in the action of Susan Rhodes et al vs. John R. Gurnee Pending in Hardin County Ohio as set down in my letter to the clerk Joseph Tom man of Hardin in said County
You will not think me too impatient when I advise you that you will find the original pension certificate of Cornelius Beasley recorded in Book B , Vol. 8, Page 111 and it is a copy of that record and of the record of the transfer to Missouri that we desire to be furnished to said clerk at Hardin Ohio
I am Respectfully Yours &c Jeremiah Hall Attorney for Plaintiffs

HALL & BOSTWICK, Attorneys at Law, CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO.
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Special Attention to Collections and Special Attention to Collections and Cases in Bankruptcy.
Circleville, O. May 16 th 1873
Hon J. N. Baker
Dear Sir
I enclose to you my affidavit which explains the necessity of the copies desired, it cannot be presumed that the clerk can determine the necessity. It is desired however that you have with the copies duly certified to him, as follows viz: "For the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hardin, Northern Ohio" Susan Rhodes et als
Plaintiffs vs      } Copies to be read in evidence John R. Green      } in the part of the Plaintiff Defendant

Post Royal      free John Taylor June 22 d 1824
Mr: William Brazley Ten miles from Charles town Jefferson county Virginia

Caroline June 16 th 1824.
Sir
You receive this letter to be delivered with the affidavit inclosed, to Cornelius Bearley. I do not literally recollect the pension law, as to which he will obtain any information he can. But I would advise him to prove his age and circumstances in the county court by two witnesses, to get a certified copy of their testimony from the clerk, and to transmit both this and my affidavit by the representative of his district to Washington at the next meeting Congress, to be laid before the secretary of war, who will, I think, probably place him on the pension list. If not, he should empower the said representative to prefer his petition to Congress for that purpose. In this event, should my ill state of health suffer me to be at Congress, every exertion will be used on my part to obtain for him the justice to which he is entitled, by law in the power of, Sir,
Yours mo. ob t Serv t
John Taylor

I James Keitt clerk of the court of the county of Frederick and state of Virginia do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Cornelius Beazley did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under our engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court: & 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 twenty dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this fourth day of August 1824.
James Keitt clerk of the court of the county of Frederick.

(3) Winchester Aug. 11 th 1824
Sir,
I trouble you again with an application for a pension in favor of Cornelius H. Hazley. I never saw him until he brought me a letter from a friend of mine requesting me to attend to the business for him, and recommending him as a sober and deserving man.
The letter and affidavit of the Honble Col. Taylor, with his declaration, will I trust be sufficient authority for you to send him a certificate. Pr. please to enclose it to me.
I am respectfully, Sir, your friend H. B. Stearns.
Sam. Pratt
H. L. Edwards Esq.

Snickers Ferry Paid. 11
June 10
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pension Office Post paid Washington City D.C.
Payable by A.C. McLaughlin Dollars 24

June 4 th 1835
Sir
I will ask the favour of you to send me a copy of the papers, filed by me as evidence and upon which I am now drawing my pension - I was a soldier in the Virginia line and wish to make application to Virginia for such land bounty as I may be entitled to - an early compliance with this, directed to Berryville, Frederick County, Virginia will greatly oblige your obedient servant - Cornelius Beasley

H. Reps. Feby 6 th 1837.
J. L. Edanards Esq.
I respectfully invite your attention to the enclosed, and hope that you will make the arrangement as requested.
Respectfully A. J. Harrison

Int Department of the Interior, PENSION OFFICE, FINANCE DIVISION,
May 9, 1873.
Respectfully returned to Jeremiah Hall Esq Pircleeville Ohio - It is required that a certificate from the proper Officer of the court, cognizant of the matter in Controversy shall be furnished, of the necessity of the copies of evidence from the pension files of this office. Cornelius Beazley was pensioned in Virginia, transferred to Missouri 1837 and resided in Pike Co If you want evidence of his death or date to which last paid application should be made to the 3 d Auditor with whom vouchers of payment are filed John Taylor's name appears in paper on file
M. G. A. [Signature] Commissioner.

2 Virginia - Caroline County to wit.
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personally appeared before me a magistrate for the said State and county, John Taylor of the same State and county, and duly made oath on the holy evangelist, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, Cornelius Beazley of the same State, and then of the same county, enlisted as a soldier to serve for three years in a continental regiment commanded by Col. Moses Hazen in which the deponent was a major; that the said Beazley was well known to this deponent at and after the time of his enlistment; that he served out the period thereof; that at its termination he was duly discharged; and that this deponent has good reason to believe, that he lost his discharge in consequence of his having entrusted it to another person, to draw an allowance to which he was entitled from the State of Virginia; because being poor, and living at a considerable distance from the seat of government where the business was done, it was inconvenient for him to do it himself. Certified this 17 th day of June 1824.
Daniel Turner -

Bank of Virginia April 3. 1837.
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Sir
The last payment to Cornelius Brazley, private, a pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818, at eight dollars per month, was to the 4. day of September 1836.
I am, respectfully,
Your obed t . Serv t
D ut y Robinson
Pension Agent.
James L. Edwards, Esq. B Commissioner of Pensions, W. R. 1

WILLIAM L. NELSON
SECOND MISSOURI DISTRICT
WASHINGTON ADDRESS: 225 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
HOME ADDRESS: COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
MEMBER: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
January 18, 1939
Mr. A. D. Hiller Administrative Assistant Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Friend:
It will be appreciated if you will send us any information to prove the Revolutionary War service of the following:
Abram Grindstaff, age 45 of Boone County, Missouri, given under the pension census for 1840.
✓ Cornelius Beasley, age 82, Pike County, Missouri, given under the pension census of 1840.
This information is requested for use by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "W L Nelson". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned below the closing "Sincerely yours,".