Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 701, Allen Beebe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Beebe Allen
R. 701
CONTENTS

Allen Bates
12 mo
N o . 3412
701

STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND COUNTY, ss. }
On this 13 th day of July — A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Rutland Allen Baker a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 76 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1776 and served in Col Woodbridge
Regiment of the Massachusetts line under the following named officers. Capt Charles Cotton, Lieut Noah Warren, Lieut Saml Peabody, Ensign — Clerk of Long Meadow. He enlisted in July in Ludlow Mass. where he then resided and was discharged at Scituate in November or December the same year, having served four or five months. In May the year that Cornwallis was taken he engaged in Sheldon's Regiment of horse and served as a teamster for foraging, and served until December or January after, does not recollect the time he was discharged but knows it was after Cornwallis' giving in Connecticut, having served about seven months. The officers of the Regt were Col Sheldon Lt Col Samson, & Maj. Tallmadge, we served on the lines above New York. He received no written discharge from either service. He marched from Springfield, under Col Woodbridge, through Burlington to Scituate, we were under the command of Genl Gates at Scituate Genl Arnold was there.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Allen Beebe Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
W. Royce
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Rodney C. Royce Clerk of the Court of Petitions do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Allen Beebe for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Rutland this 4 day of Aug A. D. 1832
W. Royce

No 3412
Vermont
not found on Sheldon rolls
Rejected

BRIEF in the case of  Allen Beebe  of  Rutland  in the State of  Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     July In 1776 4 or 5 Private Colt C C Cotton, Col Woodbridge   abt 7 Teamster Col Sheldon. Lt Col Garrison  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sudbury, Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Nothing but his own oath  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Deficient. Nothing to support the application 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas M. Wilbur Examining Clerk.

Ex'r.
INVALID.
RECORDED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Alvin Duke
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18__
Discharged: _____, 18__
Application filed: _____, 18__
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did 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? Has not. 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? Has not VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? They have IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has 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? It is Lauterbach

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?
Has not
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
none
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?
Has not
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
They are
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, 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.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

3412
Allen Beebe
Vermont
act June 7 1832
Rejected, see letter
to
R Temple Esq.
18 ap. 1833.
act 7 th June 1832