Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9099, Isaiah Beaumont, Continental Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Conn.
Beaumont, Isaiah
S. 9099
carded
CONTENTS

1891 Jan'y 26 C. B. Beaumont Ind. Pres
Ohio, 30.585
Isaac Beaumont living in the State of Ohio was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Robinson of the regt, commanded by Col. Durkee in the Connecticut line for 16 months, from 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of April 1836 — and sent to Hon. A. Beaumont, H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $266.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Sep " 26 66
$293.00
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. M. Wilson Clerk Page 2 Vol. 8 Page 11

1891 Jan'y 26 C. B. Regiment History Pres
Ohio, 30.585
Isaiah Beaumont Licking, in the State of Ohio was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Robinson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Durkee in the Connecticut line for 16 months, from 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of April 1836 and sent to Hon. A. Beaumont, H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $266.66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 14 Sep " 26.66
$293.00
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. M. Wilson Clerk Page 2 Vol. 8 Page 11

State of Ohio Licking County ss
On this 11 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally ap- peared in open court before the court of common Pleas in and for said county now sitting Isaiah Beaumont a resident of Johnstown in the county and state of Ohio aged Seventy 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 the seventh day of June 1832 - That he enlisted or entered the service of the United States in the town of Lebanon county of Windham and state of Connecticut about the first of December 1775 for the term of thirteen months as his real election serves, in the company as he believes commanded by Capt Robinson in the Regiment comman- -ded by Col John Burke of the Con- -necticut line - That he marched to Boston and remained with the Army before that place until it was evacuated by the British army - That there he marched with the Army for New York embarked on board of vessels at New London and landed at New York - lay at New York or Pauls hook until the British

captured Forts Lee and Washington when we marched with General Washington retreating before the British army thro' New Jersey, crossing the Delaware at Wells ferry into Pennsylvania in which retreat we suffered greatly with hunger cold and the want of shoes. While in Penn a encamped in the woods during a severe snow storm - recrossed the Delaware on the night after Christmas as he believes & marched during a furious storm of sleet & snow upon Trenton where early in the morning we engaged with and captured about nine hundred Hessians. Soon after he was at the battle at Sanpink Bridge where the British made a desperate effort with the German troops to cross the Bridge but were repulsed and forced to take shelter in the town. In the night following we left our camp fires burning & marched about the middle of the night we knew not whither until just at the dawn of day we found ourselves in the environs of Princeton where lay the rear of the British army that he the declarant was wounded in the arm at the battle of Princeton, which took place that morning by a musket ball for which wound a pension was granted him which he has received for more than forty years as he believes is shown by the records of the War department and of the Loan Office &c

at Hartford Connecticut - that soon after the Battle of Princeton his term of enlistment expired but as the Army was very much reduced in numbers at that time he engaged or enlisted for one month longer served out the term for which he had so engaged and was discharged at Morristown New Jersey as near as he can recollect about the first of February 1777 hav- -ing served the term of fourteen months as his memory serves - that he afterwards served with the Militia under General Sullivan on Rhode Island while the British were in Newport and he thinks he served in that expedition for the term of at least two months, employed in building fortifications
and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who could testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except his invalid pension which he now receives for the wound aforesaid received in the arm at the battle of Princeton and the one for which he now applies under the act of the 7 th of June 1832 and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State except for his invalid Pension as aforesaid Sworn & subscribed the Isaac H. Beaman day & year aforesaid • S. D. Cutler CLK & Co

We Samuel Carpenter a clergyman residing in the town of St. Albans in the county of Licking and State of Ohio and Walter Shroll residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaiah Beaumont who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Rev- -olution and that we concur in that opinion fully.
Samuel Carpenter
Walter Shroll
Sworn and subscribed
The fourteenth day of April
in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And that the board further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Carpenter who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and resident in the town of St. Albans and that Walter Shroll who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of same same county as the other

Stated is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Teste (E. A. D. Caffer Clerk)
State of Ohio Licking County ss
I A. D. Caffer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Licking do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court aforesaid in the matter of the application of Isaiah Beaumont for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six. -
(E. A. D. Caffer Clerk)

Interrogatories propounded by the court.
1 Where and in what year were you born
Ans in Lebanon Connecticut in 1758
2 Have you any record of your age
Ans It has it in his bible.
3 Where were you living when called into service Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Ans In Lebanon Conn't. since the Revolution He lived ten years in Luzerne Co in Penna Since 1813 he has lived in Licking County Ohio
4 How were you called into service
Ans He first enlisted for thirteen months then en- gaged for one month. He was afterward in the Militia and served two months
5 State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served &c
Ans The same as above.
6 Did you receive a discharge from the service
Ans He received one from the regular service But it was given up when he recd his pension
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and to their of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans. Samuel Carpenter and Walter Thrall

Isaiah Beaumont Jr Invasion of Riga - history of difficulties in drawing his pension
File 9099
ans. Sept. 1. 1826
Recd. 23 Aug 1826 July
James B. Walker Secy of War Washington
Beaumont 1826

Recd. 23 Augt 1826. Free
The Hon James Barber Secy of War Washington City
Dear Sir
Washington 1826

To the Honorable James Barber Secy of War
Wilkes Barre Aug 16 1826
In My Father was a Soldier of the Revolution. He entered the Army at the age of 15 years while the British were in Boston followed Washington during the most discouraging and disastrous period of the war - during the retreat of the Army thro' N Jersey. The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton was at the Battle at the Pinnipink Bridge and severely wounded at the Battle of Princeton. Notwithstanding his wound and although his time of enlistment had already expired he again enlisted and remained until the army was recruited in the Spring. For this wound a small pension was awarded to him which he rec d from soon after the close of the war until the 4 th of Sept 1815. He had previously in 1811 removed to the State of Ohio (from Connecticut) where he still resides. The Pension being small it would not warrant the expense and trouble of drawing it from so remote a place as Hartford, cont every year. In 1820 or 21, I think it was, he furnished a person with a power of Attorney and his original Certificate to obtain his pension from Hartford where he had always rec d it. From some alleged incorrectness in the documents, this person could not obtain the pension and not returning immediately to Ohio the original Certificate was lost. After much enquiry and trouble another person was despatched with such documents as was thought necessary but on presenting these documents to the Pension agent they were again deemed insufficient and informal. Blank forms were there obtained at considerable expense taken to the State of Ohio and executed. In the mean time on the suggestion of some one at the Pension office application was made to the War Department for a new Certificate which was promptly issued dated the twelfth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. These Credentials duly executed before the proper Magistrate were transmitted to me with a power of Attorney to a person in Hartford to draw and give the proper vouchers for the money. These papers were again returned to me with several additional objections which at the time I considered extremely captious and fastidious. These objections arose partly from the unskillfulness of the officers before

whome the documents were authenticated - some interlineations and from a want of instructions from the War Department to pay the arrears arrearages of pension to persons residing out of the State of Connecticut. In order to obviate every difficulty arising from a defect of clerkship which often occurs among the honest yeomanry of the country I procured a fair copy of the documents to be made and returned them to the State of Ohio to be duly compared with the Certificate and properly executed and authenticated - which was done . At the same time I addressed a letter to yourself stating the objection which had been made at Hartford to the payment of the pension & rec d an answer of which the following is a copy
War Department Pension Office 19 th April 1826
"Sir In answer to your letter of the 18 th ultimo I have to inform you that the Pension Agent in Connecticut has been this day directed to pay those Pensioners whose names are on his Roll, but who reside out of Connecticut up to the 4 th ultimo; after which period they must be paid in the State where they reside &c."
The remainder of the letter relates to the manner of transfer after the 4 th of March last. The letter was signed by J. L. Edwards
The documents above alluded to, with a power of atty to Isaac Spencer Treasr of the State of Connecticut, with an extract from the above letter was transmitted to Hartford in order to obtain the very unfortunate pension. The papers were presented to the Cashier of the U. S. B. Bank. who admitted the correctness of the documents and vouchers, but said that the orders from the War Department of the 19 th April last went no farther than to include such Pensioners as had been placed on the Books of the Connecticut agency, who had removed out of the State, having made application to the office of said agency within the time limited by the War Department. in which case he might pay to the 4 th of March 1826 otherwise they must apply to the War Department. At the request of Mr Spencer the Cashier wrote to the War Department & rec d the following answer.
War Department Pension Office 12 th July 1826
"Sir In answer to your letter of the 6 th instant respecting Isaiah Beaumont I have to inform you that it appears from the Books of the Q th Comptroller that he has been paid up to the 4 th September 1825 only."

"only; but before an order can be issued by this department for making any further payment to him he must forward to this department his affidavit setting forth his reasons for having delayed to apply for his stipend for so long a time and that of some other person certified to be creditable by the magistrate who may administer the oath to him proving that Defendant is the same person who was inserted inscribed on the list of Invalid Pensioners for the Government agency. The and signature of the magistrate Official Character, who may administer the oaths must be certified by the proper officer under his hand of office. There is strong, reason cause to suspect that the Pensioner is Dead.
I am respectfully, Your Abt Secy J. J. Edwards
After having been put to much trouble and expense, which the pensioner is illly able to bear, and endeavoring for the last five or six years to obtain a scanty pension, which his country had bestowed upon him for his services and sufferings, he is now to file an affidavit setting forth the cause of his having neglected to apply for this pension before, when he has been constantly applying. This may be necessary to protect the Treasury but it affords but poor comfort and consolation to the aged, deprived veteran who stands most in the scanty remnant of his days stands most in need of the aid of his country. It is presumed that by advertising to the papers furnished, to obtain a new Certificate , which issued (as above mentioned) on the 12 th May 1825 the very causes of the delay in drawing his Pension are set forth and proved as above required. If difficulties such as these, are constantly opposed to those poor old veterans in endeavoring to obtain what was generously designed by our Government, to afford them some little comfort when they should stand most in need of it, I fear that many who did not tire in the hour of trial and peril, will be discouraged and cease to ask for that which of right belongs to them, and which ought to be dealt out with a kind and liberal hand. I would not impugn the motives of the Gentleman who so stands at the head of the War Department. His kind and Patriotic feelings towards the Soldiers of the Revolution are well understood and duly appreciated by the people; but is it not possible that thro' a little carelessness, and a small share of unkind feeling, incident to long continuance in office in some of the subordinate agents of the Department, and extreme fastidiousness in

those who have the charge of the payment of their pensions at the different agencies, injustice and hardship is measured out where good was intended. It certainly is a little unkind in Mr Edwards to reiterate as has been the case I think in two or three instances in the face of legal and most respectable evidence existence furnished, that unfounded rumours were living, "that there is strong cause to believe that the Pensioner is dead"; or "that there is reason to believe that the Person applying for a renewal of his Certificate (the old one being lost) is in the receipt of a pension already and without to obtain two pensions"; or to that effect.
Every facility, it is respectfully presumed, ought to be afforded to enable the pensioners to obtain their pensions consistent with a due regard to the interests of the Treasury. It is not always in their power to procure the most competent clerks to furnish the necessary documents, as their lot is most frequently in the humble walks of society - and poverty, sickness and obscurity are often, too often the inmates of their dwellings. When their humble & indigent condition is considered, it will readily be perceived that a too scrupulous and punctilious regard to form, may defeat the in many instances the laudable and benevolent purposes of the Pension law.
I have thought it expedient to enclose my own affidavit in relation to such facts as are known to me, to obviate, if possible, the necessity of again sending about 500 miles into the State of Ohio for the affidavit and proof required by Mr Edwards in his letter of the 12 th July last.
I am sorry to be so tedious in a matter which may be considered trifling, but it is in behalf of my aged needful but Patriotic Parent, whose chief dependence for the few remaining days allotted to him is upon this trifling pension.
I am Sir
with much respect &
A. Deumont
The Honble Barber Secy of War

P.S. I have concluded to transmit the papers alluded to in order that the signature mentioned in the affidavit should accompany the affidavit. These papers I wish to be returned to me after they have been examined at the Department. A.B.

Beaumont, Isaiah
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 90.
Rank: Private
Regt: Col. Durkee's
Disability: Wounded in his arm at the battle of Princeton.
When and where disabled: Jan. 3, 1777, Princeton.
Residence: Lebanon.
To what pension entitled: One-fourth.
Remarks: Not on the rolls.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.

and May 15, 1906 H. J. H.

J.L.M. Q Rev. War Section.
July 10, 1916.
Mrs. Blanche H. Martin, Bowling Green, Missouri.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the first instant, you are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Isaiah Beaumont , S. F. No. 9,099 that he was born in 1758, at Lebanon, Connecticut, and while residing there enlisted December 1, 1775, in Captain Robinson's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Regiment. He was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and was wounded in the arm in the last named battle, for which he was pensioned from March 4, 1795. He was discharged about February 1, 1777 at Morristown, New Jersey. He afterwards served in Captain Rudd's Company Connecticut Militia, in General Sullivan's Rhode Island Expedition 2 months.
In 1837 he referred to his children, but no names are stated other than " A. Beaumont " a son who was a resident of Wilkes- Barre Pennsylvania, in 1835. Name of wife is not given. Soldier was living at Johnstown, Licking County Ohio, in 1836.
Very respectfully,
J. M. [unclear] Commissioner.

  108     10  144 14    118     2  1    236  118 12    1  7 20    237  126. 4  
from 4 Sept 1875 to 4 March 1886
$246,582
  125  125    448  448    83.2  83.2          647.2  647.2  

INCREASE OF PENSION.
IT is hereby certified that Isaiah Beaumont formerly a private of captain Robinsons company, in the --- Regiment of Col John Burke
who it appears by the accompanying certificate was
placed on the pension roll at the rate of two dollars
per month, on account, as he states, of having received a wound in the right elbow by a musket ball passing through it in the Battle of Princeton injuring the joint and cutting off the tendons & cords in such manner as to disable & weaken said
right arm while in the line of his duty, and in the said service, on or about the
third day of January in the year 1777 at a place called Princeton in the state or territory
of New Jersey , is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury, but, in my opinion is entitled to two dollars more than he already receives as a pensioner, being disabled to a degree amounting to one half of a total disability
Harry Lippett ) Physican L. N. Boole ) Surgeon

The State of Ohio, Licking County ss — Be it known that on the seventeenth Day of March one thousand and eight hundred and twenty seven - personally appeared before me the subscribers a justice of the peace in and for the County of Licking aforesaid, Henry Fasset and L. N. Cook, Physicians and Surgeons - who on oath Duly Administered by me Both Depose and say - that the within Certificate is just and true and further I the said George Hoover justice of the peace as aforesaid do certify that the aforesaid Henry Fasset and L. N. Cook Physicians and Surgeons as aforesaid are persons of credit and veracity - George Hoover justice of the peace
State of Ohio Licking County set I Andrew H. Caffee Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said County of Licking, do certify that George Hoover as of before within the foregoing affidavit appeared before me when made now as I was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace for said County duly qualified and qualified as such & further I being personally acquainted with the handwriting of the said George Hoover do believe the foregoing to be his proper signature. In testimony whereof

I have here to set my hand & seal of said County this 23 rd day of March A.D. 1829. J. B. Waffec Clerk

1916 July 10 Hist. To Blanche H. Martin
Revised
9099
INVALID.
File No. 9099
Isaiah Beaumont Bri. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 1st, Page 27
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To what time, and at what rate, was Isaiah Beaumont, Invalid, of Ohio  Vermont , last paid?
Resp y .
J. L. Edwards Aug. 21. 1834.

Office Bank U States Cincinnati 30th Jany 1835
Sir Your favor of 22 d Inst is received. We are not in possession of the papers of Isaiah Bauman. When received, they shall be immediately forwarded to your department.
I am respectfully Your obed Servt,
James Reynolds P.Agt
J. S. Edwards Esq. (pro hac vice Marshall) Court of Plead. City of Washington

Office Bank of State Cincinnati 11th Dec 1832
Sir
Yours of 26th ulto is m. ? In all cases when Pensions have not drawn for two years or more we require a Special order from your side. It appears from our roll that Simon Beaumont has not drawn since 1st March 1830 and it is possible he might have been refused payment until such order could be m. ? please inform me of our books last are right as to time & his pension shall be paid on presentation of his bond.
I am very respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Danny Reynolds P.A. for M c L. Blair
J. G. Edwards Esq C. G. of Washington

J. L. Edwards Esq Washington Dec 22 d 1835 Sir
I understood that the receipt of an invalid pension for Revolutionary services and wounds was no bar to the claim for a pension under the act of 1832. In the relinquishment of any or all  a claim for any other pension is it necessary to relinquish such invalid pension as may have been granted for wounds, m d ? In the form which you had the goodness to furnish me the relinquishment is general. In a form of application for my Father I excepted the invalid pension which he is  was in the receipt of. Please inform me as to this matter.
Be pleased also to furnish me with a form of application in a case where the applicant may be unable from infirmity to appear in Open Court yours find A Beaumont

Wilkes-Barre Oct 28 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq
My Dear Sir
My Father is an invalid pensioner having served in the Revolutionary Army and having been wounded at the Battle of Brimfield when Genl Mercer was killed. Now what I want to know is whether this will any bar to his obtaining a pension under the act of 1832. He has never applied for any other than his invalid pension for a wound in the arm.
I wish you would examine the rolls of the Connecticut line Col. Dyer's Regiment and Capt. Robinson's Company and see if the name of Isaac Beament or Beament as it is sometimes spelled is not there inscribed and please let me know what additional proof may be requisite. My aged Father

Hunter has abstained from applying from motives of patriotism and an unwilling- ness to assume the character of a mercenary but as man the act of 1832 all invidious distinctions were brother leveled he has concluded to apply. There can be no doubt of the justice of his claim.
Your Inner friend
A Beasman

Nov 12
Free
L. Edwards Esqr Comm r Pensions Washington City D.C.

J L Edwens Esq
Dr Sir
I think there must be some mistake in the examination of the rolls of Col Drakes Regt Connecticut line. He most certainly served in the continental army in the Cont line from the fact that immediately after the close of the War a pension was granted to him for a wound rec d at the Battle of Princeton. Col Zephaniah Swift I think was one of the Board of examiners or terms to determine the justice of the Claims for pensions and ascertain the nature of the wounds rec d . I think there may have been some misapprehension of the name which is Isaiah Beaumont or Beaumont as it has sometimes been spelt.

There were five brothers who performed military service in the Revolutionary war for quarters or six terms. Some of whom I think were out from 3 to 7 years. Their names were
William
Oliver
Sam or Daniel
Isaiah
Samuel. William
Beaumont was a Lieutenant whose name I presume will be found as such on the rolls. Being young at the time he may have been in an a mistake about the name of the Captain and confounded that with the name of his Lieutenant.
The rolls may be imperfect but of this you can best judge. The Ball which was extracted from his arm he has kept as a memento to this day and I can well recollect to have seen it in my earliest childhood. Besides the records at Hartford Court. I presume will show that my Father has drawn the pension for his wound rec'd in the Rev. War for more than forty years. Will it my dear Sir be asking too much of you to examine those rolls and see if there be not some mistake or misnomer. The name has been spelt by different members of the Family Beaumont and Beaumont . The latter is usually considered the correct spelling. The Christian name Isaiah . I presume in your letter you have spelt it Josiah which is a different name.
Your friend
A. Beaumont

Wilkes-Barre April 11 th 1827
Sir
In a former letter you had the goodness to suggest the means by which an increase of pension might be obtained for Isaiah Beaumont an invalid pensioner. A certificate executed and authenticated agreeably to the information you was pleased to furnish. I have no doubt of claims of the applicant to the increase as set forth in the affidavit of Hassett and Cook. I have also enclosed an application for a transfer authenticated as I believe in due form.
The result of these applications you will be pleased to forward to me at this place as the applicant has confided the matter to my care
I am Sir
Respectfully
Your obedt Servt &c
J. L. Edwards Esqr
A. Beaumont

Isaiah Beaumont, Col. Decker's Regt. Conn. line.
Is his name on the roll? He rec d an invalid pension, and now asks, the benefits of the act of 1832 J. H. C.
Certificate issued Feb. 1828 — to the Hon. A. Beaumont Colonel P. Inf y & Cav y Sp y Mar 28 1835 — do. to P. Inf y March 1835 — do. to the Hon. A. Beaumont Mar 2 1835 — do. to him Nov. 12 1835 to form Dec. 20 1835

33. 573
Isaiah Beaumont Ohio.
Mr. Atkinson.
admitted by Mr. Edwards.
$16 nts. $53.33
Hon.
A. Beaumont McGardels Pa Avenue

Mr
Apr 25.
John B. Beaumont Esq.
Kn. Beaumont H.R.
Hon. Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.
John B. Beaumont
1836 73 1758

Washington Apr 23 d 1896
My dear Sir
I presume it has escaped your memory (and from the constant press upon your mind it is not surprising) that I informed you last Dec r of the peculiar situation & infirmities of my poor old Father. I searched with you the rolls in your Office for my Father's name and when I informed you that his service commenced in 1775 you kindly informed me there could be little difficulty as the ordinary of his invalid pension for the wound rec d at Princeton was almost enough or at least a strong corroborating circumstance. You also kindly furnished me with the necessary blanks & instructions, which I have strictly followed. The service of my Father is beyond a doubt. The dates time intervening between the siege of Boston and the Battle of Princeton will I apprehend comprehend the term of service which he mentions including the additional month of enlistment after his wound. From my earliest youth

that is from my earliest memory which reaches back distinctly to about 1798 or nearly to that period I have had a correct knowledge from my Father's frequent relations, of his revolutionary services. It was a common fire side history which I used to listen to with all the ecstasy which such relations produce in the minds of youth. The events were then fresh in the memory of those who had served in the Revolutionary Army and the usual topic among those who had been companions in the service. If the tradition of parents to children is entitled to any respect I am sure I ought to say that I have not a doubt of the substantial correctness of my Father's statement which was given to me in Sept last in Ohio and which strictly accords with my recollection of his statements and those who acted with him as far back as I have any recollection. You seem to regard

additional proof from Connecticut. I hope on a review of the case which I particularly desire you will yourself give to it you will be satisfied with the proof already adduced. If my affidavit of the tradition -my history of the case will be considered as entitled to any respect I will furnish it.
Excuse my troubling you with so long a communication I believe me your friend
J. L. Edwards Esq
A. Beaumont noct
P.S. The musket ball which was extracted from my Father's arm he has kept as a memento of his wound together the wound. It was much bruised and weighs an ounce.
A. Beaumont

To Ohio transferred
Isaiah Beaumont Private
in the Army of Revolution
Inscribed on Connecticut roll at $1 25 / 100 and in- creased to $2, p r month, by law 24 Apl. 1816.
Formal certificate issued 12 May 1825, and sent to Pensioner, at John- son, Ohio.
Transferred 17 April 1827 to Ohio.
Transferred to Oh 17 to Ohio 17 Apl 1827
See letter to A. Beaumont, 17 th Apl. 1827.
Increased to $4 p r month, 3 rd July, 1827, commencing 23
March 1827, and new certif- icate issued and sent to Penn- a, at Johnston, Ohio.
See letter to J. Reynolds, Pen. Ag t . Dec. 16. do. to J. Reynolds, Pen. Ag t . May 15 th 1830 see letter to Reynolds, Ag t of A. Beaumont, Oct. 26. 1830. do. to A. Beaumont & Conn t Agent E. Parsons Nov. 6. 1830. do. to A. H. Caffee Aug. 7. 1834 - do. to same Aug. 21. 1834. do. to W. Thrall & P. Ag t . Nov. 26. 1834 -

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Ohio
County of Licking , 88.
On this Seventeenth day of March 1827, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Licking personally appeared Isaiah Beaumont who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Robinson in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Durkee in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Connecticut from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state ( Connecticut ,) of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the state of Ohio were to improve his condition in respect of property and the better to provide for his children Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. } Isaiah Beaumont
George H. Moore Justice of the Peace
NOTES.—The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.

State of Ohio
County of Licking, ss
Be it known that on the seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Licking aforesaid personally appeared Peter S Stearns who on oath duly administered by me doth depose and say that he well knows the
Isaiah Beaumont whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and that he the said Isaiah is the same person described therein - and further I the said George Hoover Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do certify that this deponent is a person of credit and veracity
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written Peter S. Stearns
George Hoover Justice of the Peace
N.B. In the first blank after the date you insert the name of the person who takes the affidavit & subscribes to it - In the blank where the Magistrate certifies as to the veracity of the deponent the Justice's name is to be inserted

State of Ohio Licking County ss
I Anna H. Coffee clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that George Hoover, Adjoiner the foregoing affidavit appear to have been taken and subscribed was at the time of taking, and certifying, the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such according to Law to whose official acts as such full faith and credit are due. And further being well acquainted with the hand writing of the said George Hoover, do believe it is the foregoing to be his own proper signature.
On testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of said County at Newark this 23rd day of March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
A. H. Coffee Clerk.

The State of Ohio Licking County ss on this 21 st Day of January 1825 before me the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County. Personally appeared Isaiah Beaumont of said County who on his oath Declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Robinson  Robison in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Durkee in the Service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut, but has never received a formal Certificate from the Honorable Secretary of war and now wishes to obtain one, having heretofore drawn his pension on a mere notification or Memorandum from Stephen Swift one of the Commissioners appointed in the County of Windham to Examine the Claims to invalid pen- sions of which the following is a Copy - viz -
"Windham May 8 th 1797 -
"I hereby Certify that Mr Isaiah Beaumont of Lebanon in the County of Windham applied for a pension to the Commissioners appointed in the County of Windham to Examine the Claims to invalid pensions, that the Commissioners made a report in his favor, on which a pension was granted to him: I also Certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Beaumont and the same person who was examined by the Com- missioners has this Day applied to me for the Certificate which I have made out at his request -
Examined and approved. Certified by Stephen Swift
Wm Inlay one of sd Commissioners -
and the said Beaumont further saith, that said certificate or memorandum he has lost or mislaid, the time place and manner of its loss he does not recollect - and the said Beaumont having removed from the State of Con- necticut, to the State of Ohio, where he now resides and where he intends to remain, respectfully requests that the Honorable Secretary of war would direct his pension

to be there payable in future taking effect from the fourth Day of September A.D. 1824 - and that the arrearages of pension to that time may be paid at the Office in Connecticut
Sworn and subscribed to before me the Day and year aforesaid George Hooper Justice of the Peace
Isaiah Beaumont
We hereby Certify under oath that we are personally acquainted with Isaiah Beaumont who has signed the above petition and know him to be the same person who was placed on the roll of the United State of Connecticut as an invalid pensioner of the United States
Peter S. Stevens Lydia Stevens
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 21 st Day of January 1825 - and I hereby certify that Peter Stevens and Lydia Stevens Signers of the above are credible persons George Hooper Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } Sickling County } I Amos H Caffer clerk of the court of common pleas of said County. We hereby certify that George Hooper Esquire before whom the foregoing certificate appears to have been made, was at the time of the date thereof and now is an acting justice of the peace within and for said County. duly commissioned and sworn to act as such. To all who see official acts due faith and credit ought to be given as well in courts of justice as elsewhere In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court this 22 nd day January A.D. 1825. A. H. Caffer Deputy Clerk

Isaiah Beaman M c
Ohio Joseph St Aug 18 th
E. J. Edwards Esq Com te
J. Parsons - (Mr. Washington City)
5 1/2
Yours & and I am truly yours -

Aug 13. 1834
Dr Sir - I have just received yours, containing the affidavits heretofore forwarded to you in the case of Isaac Beament an Invalid Pensioner. - Mr Beament's object seemed to be entirely misapprehended. He does not seek to increase his pension - but only to draw in the usual way from the  the Agency at Cincinnati, where  in whose Roll he is placed the amount due him according to the  his  pension certificate - some time last year his papers were prepared and payment of the amount then due demanded at the Agency. He was informed, as he had neglected for some time to draw his Pension and at their next, perhaps, three term annual payments due, that it was necessary to receive instructions from Washington before the payment could be made, and as soon as that should be received, showing that the payments had not been made there it would be paid - and to this end they wrote to the Department.
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Last fall I was informed that before payment could be made, it was req d that a second certificate, in addition to the one sent to Cincinnati , should be sent to Washington , before payment could be made - Also the object of the not - was not could easily be seen, it was made out of our sent and so the matter has rested to the present time Barnum is kept out of his money when he is greatly in need of it He has a regular certificate on which he has hitherto drawn without difficulty but from the simple fact of his having let it accumulate to a sum of some consequence, he is now unable to get it -
— I would be greatly obliged if you would let this matter rest - I suppose all that is wanting is to apprise the agents at Cincinnati that no payment has been made on the certificate of Barnum, and that he has not been transferred to any other agency; to authorize the payment on the

used papers - Please advise me if any further is needed
Yours
C. S. Capper
J. G. Edwards Com. of Penmanship
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Adjutant General's Office, Washington, Dec. 2, 1890.
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions.
This office has no record of soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Robert Mac R. Assistant Adjutant General.

Such rolls of Rev. soldiers as are in possession of the Govt are believed to be in the Pension Office .

San Antonio Texas Nov 16 1890
Genl Grant B. Raum Commissioner of Pensions, Sir,
I have the honor to request that I may be informed whether the name of Isaiah Beaumont appears upon the Pension list of the Revolution War Soldiers and is so what was his military history. An old letter dated Nov 28 1827 states that his name was placed on the Ohio list in March 1827.
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt. J. B. Beaumont Major H Cavalry A. S. G.

Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.
Dec. 1st, 1890.
Respectfully referred to the Adjutant General of the U. S. Army.
John B. Rau
Commissioner.
General John B. Rau Dec 16 1890 P. B. Rau
(14020-200,000.)

July 1 st 1916 J. N. M. Rev. Sec. ✓
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Has application for Pension made by Isaiah Beaw- mont, born in Connecticut.
He enlisted at the siege of Boston, and was in active service as Sergeant until wounded at Princeton.
He was discharged Feb'y. 1 st 1777 in consequence of his injuries.

If there should be any family data or history of Isaiah Beaumont please send me copy of same and oblige
(Mrs.) Blanche Hunter Martin Bowling Green,
Mo

Isaac Beaumont
He was born - - - 1758 in Lebanon, now New London County Conn where he resided during the war of the Revolution, from thence he removed to, & lived about 10 years in Luzerne Co Penn & in 1813 he finally settled in Licking Co Ohio, and when he applied for his service pension in April 1836 he was residing in Johnstown Licking Co Ohio which was in addition to his Invalid pension which he received for a wound. Soon after the war, the papers for which were destroyed by fire in Nov. 1800 - X
He enlisted about Dec 1775 for one year under Capt (probably John) Robinson in the regiment Com'd by Col John Durkee marched to the Siege of Boston remained until it was evacuated by the British (March 17 1776) then he was ordered to New London Conn where he embarked on vessels for the defense of N.Y. City & was stationed at Paulus Hook now Jersey City until NY City was evacuated (Sep 15 1776) The Army under Gen Washington retreated towards Kings Bridge & White Plains and Fort Washington was captured (Nov 16 1776) following on the opposite shore of Hudson river Fort Lee was evacuated (Nov 15 1776) in April 1776 Beaumont accompanied the main army and Gen Washington's retreat through N.J. (Crossing the Delaware river (Dec 11 1776) encamped in Penn during a severe Snow Storm - Preparations were so made to surprise the enemy occupying Trenton N.J. by by recrossing the river Christmas night, with his dominating army of which Beaumont was one, which was accomplished amid the floating ice during a furious Storm of Snow & Sleet, in the morning attack  and over 900 Hessian were captured, (Dec 26 1776) - Soon after this he was in the desperate fight to repulse the enemy from crossing at Trenton Bridge & on the following night or rather at dawn of the morning he was in the battle at Princeton N.J. (Jan 4 3 1777 eleven miles from Trenton) In this last engagement he was wounded by a musket ball in passing through his right elbow, injuring the joint, cutting off the tendon of cords - His term of enlistment had expired & he had at request of his officer continued in service for another month & was discharged at Morristown N.J. about Feb 1 1777
During Gen Sullivan's Campaign in Rhode Island he served 2 mos under Capt Rudd in building fortification -
Son A Beaumont in 1827.
He was a Lt
musket ball was removed by Isaac in his leg
brother in law John, Oliver

Hon. Andrew Beaumont born in Pa te Served in Congress from 1833 to 1837 & died at Milledgeville Oct 1853