Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5806., Jonathan Beach, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Beach, Jonathan Martha
N. 5806
BLK 26392-160-55,
CONTENTS

+ Michigan 14296  16033  New York
Jonathan Beach Livingston Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pettibone of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mead in the St. Ma line for 21 mos.
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars 00 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May 1833 and sent to applicant - Hounp Morris
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $140.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 35.00 $175.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 44
To Cr. Jan 23-1836 Transferred to Michigan from 4 Sept. 1835 Feb 4 1836 & Not sent to Ellis Dly, Esq. Detroit, M. W.

State of New York Livingston County ss
On this twenty eighth day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas for Livingston County now sitting Jonathan Beach a resident of the town of Mount Morris: in the County of Livingston & State of New York aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
That about the first of June 1779 he being then a resident of the town of Goshen in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, he was drafted to serve nine months in the State troops raised by the State of Connecticut: he belonged to the regiment of which Matthew Mead of Milton was Colonel. The officers of the Company to which he belonged whose names he now recollects were Captain Jonathan Pettibone of Simsbury & Lieutenant Pinney: & that during their term of service the said Company were stationed at Horse neck, at Sherwoods & Byron's bridges on the lines. He remained with the said Company at that place until the first of March 1780 when his time of service expired & he returned to Goshen & there remained about one year.
In the beginning of March 1781 he enlisted for one year in a company commanded by Captain Matthew Smith of Goshen Lieutenant Goodwin of New Hartford & Ensign Hand, in Colonel

Humphrey's regiment, & General Waterbury's Brigade Captain Smith's Company were stationed for a time during the Summer at Horse neck; & from thence went to White Plains, while the French & American armies, lay at that place, previous to the Surrender of Cornwallis: When those ar- mies marched for Saratoga, General Waterbury, Brigade was ordered back to Stamford, having been absent from Connecticut about two months.
He recollects that the question was then agitated whether General Waterbury's Brigade being State troops, could be obliged to serve out of the State of Connecticut: but he does not know whether that was the only reason why they did not join the army at White Plains. He remained with the said Company at the fort in Stamford until his time expired in March 1782. He was in actual service with the said Company during that year.
He was born October 3 d 1760 in Goshen aforesaid but has no record of his age.
He was living in Goshen when he was cal- led into service & continued to reside there un- til the year 1804 when he removed to Wind- ham in the County of Greene & State of New- York. He remained at Windham ten years & removed to Mount Morris aforesaid & has resided there ever since.
The first time he was called into ser- vice he was drafted & the second time he enlisted. He was acquainted with Major Converse of Goshen aforesaid & Captain Ti- tus Watson of Norfolk Connecticut who were, as he believes, Officers in the Continent- al army.

The names of some persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood & who can testify as to his Character are William A. Mills Reuben Sleeper James Conkey, & Jesepe Stanly - & the names of some who can testify as to his services as a soldier in the Revolution are Jesepe Stanly Edmund Beach & John Garret-
He never received any written discharge from service.
He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - in open court
J. G. Haven Dep Clerk
Jonathan Beach
I, Jesepe Stanly of the town of Mount Morris in the county of Livingston & State of New York do certify, that during the Revolutionary war & previous thereto he resided in Goshen in the County of Dutchfield & State of Connecticut - that I was then, & ever since, have been well acquainted with Jonathan Beach who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration, that during the latter part of the said war, he well recollects that the said Beach left Goshen for the avowed purpose of serving as a soldier in the said war: that he was absent some time & returned: that afterwards, the said Beach joined a company commanded by Captain Matthew Smith with whom I was well acquainted & left Goshen with said Company, & was absent some time - but how long I do not recollect - that while the said Company was so absent - I then understood that they spent some

time at White Plains; that it was generally understood, supposed in the neighbourhood where the said Beach then resided that while he was so absent as aforesaid, he was actually engaged as a soldier in the Revolutionary war & I fully concur in that Opinion - And I further certify that the said Beach sustains in the neighbourhood where he now resides an unblemished moral character - that his reputation for truth & veracity is unimpeachable & that I believe him to be seventy two years of age Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - in open court
S. G. Heaven Dip Clerk
Joseph Stanley
I Edmund Beach of Le Roy in the county of Genesee & State of New York do hereby certify that I am the Brother of Jonathan Beach who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration; that I lived in the same family with him in Goshen Connecticut during the preceding & subsequent to the Revolutionary war; that I well recollect that he went out as a soldier in the latter part of the said war at two different times - my recollection is not very distinct as to the length of time he was absent during his first term of service. After his return I well recollect that he enlisted for one year in a company commanded by Captain Matthew Smith, & left Goshen with the said Company & did not again return until after the year expired that while the said Company were quartered at Stamford I went to that place to visit the said Jonathan where I found him with said company. That said Jonathan was reputed to be a soldier of the revolution in Goshen after

said & I never heard his reputation in that respect called in question - That when the said Jonathan was absent from Goshen as aforesaid, I then believed & do still believe that he was actually engaged as a soldier in the war of the Revolution & that I believe him to be seventy years of age two Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid - in open court
S. G. Haver Dep Clerk
Edward Beach
I John Garret of the town of Conesius in the County of Livingston & State of New York do hereby certify that during the Revolution- ary war I resided in the town of Farmington then in the County of Hartford & State of Con- necticut; that in the year 1779 I was a soldier of the revolution in the service of the United States; that I belonged to the reg- iment commanded by Colonel Matthew Mead of Milton & was stationed at Horse- neck. That I recollect that there was at that time, at Horse neck a Company Com- manded by Captain Jonathan Pettibone That after the close of the war I removed to Goshen & then became acquainted with Jonathan Beach who has sworn to & sub- scribed the above declaration, & that he was reputed & believed in Goshen aforesaid to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war & I never heard it called in question, that he did ac- tually serve as such soldier; that Colonel Mead's regiment I believed consisted of ten Companies & that their time of service was nine months & that from the conversations I have heretofore had with the said Beach as well as from his general reputation as a soldier I have no doubt that he did actually serve as a soldier at

Horse neck in Colonel Mead's regiment while I was there. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
S. G. Haven Dep Clerk
John G. Garritt
And the said Court do hereby declare their o- -pinion after the investigation of the matter & after pulling the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Stanley, Edmund Beach & John Garritt who have severally subscribed the foregoing certificates are residents - the said Jesse Stanley of the town of Mt Morris aforesaid, the said Edmund Beach of Le Roy aforesaid & the said John Garritt of Coneser aforesaid & that they are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Chauncy R Bond Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Liv- ingston County do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jonathan Beach for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28 th day of September 1832
Chauncy R. Bond Clerk by. S. G. Haven Dep Clerk
633 v In the matter of Jonathan Beach Application for a pension

No 16033
Clinton New York
Johnathan Beach Livingston co. N.Y.
admitted
21 mo. Private.
Clarmant

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Beach Linnington County State of New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     drafted 1 st June 1779 " 9 " Private Captain Pettibone Lt. Penney Col o Mead Connecticut Connecticut Goshen county of Pittsylvania Connecticut Levi's Witnesses   Enlisted March 1781 1 " " do Capt Smith Lt Goodwin Col o Humphreys Genl Walubury Bugaal from Horse neck to White Plains & Thence to Stanford do Twenty two  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

590 Michigan Martha Beach widow of Jonathan Beach Con n Beach who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of June 1853 and sent to W m Paterson Flint. Genesee Co. Mich n
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 202 Vol. A
3 rd Feb. 1853 1832
Rev. St. Beach May 21/60

Circuit Court for the County of Genesee March term 1853.
State of Michigan } County of Genesee }
On this twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared in open Court Martha Beach a resident of Genesee County, State of Michigan, aged Eighty one years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by law of the United States, approved on the third day of February 1853, and all such other laws as have from time to time passed. That she is the widow of Jonathan Beach, who was a private in Captain Jonathan Pettibone's Company, being a part of a Connecticut regiment commanded by Colonel Matthew Mead in the war of the Revolution; that she was married to the said Jonathan Beach at Tillsford Monmouth State of New York on the eighth day of December 1823; and that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Beach died on the twenty fifth day of April 1850, at his residence in the County of Genesee State of Michigan aforesaid in consequence of old age; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed; that she has no documentary evidence of her marriage or her husband's services; and that the said Jonathan Beach left no children under the age of sixteen years.
I also certify that I am acquainted with the foregoing affidavit; and that in the neighborhood where she resides, she is known as the widow of the said Jonathan Beach, and that she cannot write by reason of blindness. Sworn and subscribed before me in open Court, the day & year above written.
Martha her x Beach mark
S. M. Green Circuit Judge 7 th Judicial Circuit.
Wm. Paterson, Witness to Martha Beach signature over

At the same time and place Anne Lewis Buckingham, and Ann — Buckingham, two credible and respectable witnesses, and residents of said County and State, who being by me duly sworn, say on oath that they know the before mentioned Martha Reach, to be the widow of the late Jonathan Reach. — That she was legally married to the said Jonathan Reach at Pittsford in the State of New York, on the eighth — day of December — 1823: and that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Reach, died as above stated leaving no children under the age of sixteen years. — That they attended the marriage, and also that the first named witness, attended the funeral of the said Jonathan Reach, and that the said Martha Reach has remained a widow ever since that period, and is known in the neighborhood as the widow of the said Jonathan Reach.
Sworn and subscribed in open Court before me
this 29 th day of March A.D. 1833
{ Lewis Buckingham Ann Buckingham
S. M. Green
Circuit Judge
7 th Judicial Circuit

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Martha Platt and Jonathan Platt Jr
Dear Pettibone,
Col. Mead
Dear Mil.
1 — 1779
dis March 1750
Revolutionary War
Ms
Much Less 53-590
ad. 1600 a.m. 22nd B. J. H. P.
Ug
Richard A. Young Present
As: R. W. Young, Feb 13/57.
Vol. B, - 92. -

State of Michigan, } ss. County of Genesee } ss.
On this fifth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Martha Peach aged Eighty three years, a resident of Genesee County in the State of Michigan who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jonathan Peach , deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Pettibone in the Connecticut Militia commanded by Colonel Matthias Mead , in the war with of the Revolution
That her said husband was drafted at Connecticut on or about the first day of June A. D. 1779 , for the term of eleven months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was discharged at Horse neck, Connecticut on the first day of March A. D. 1780 . She further states that she was married to the said Jonathan Peach in Pittsfield, Berkshire, New York on the seventh day of December A. D. 1823 by one John Taylor a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Martha Buckingham that her said husband died at Genesee, Michigan on the twenty fifth day of April A. D. 1850 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and having obtained a bounty land warrant under the act of  for acres, No.  which she has legally transferred and disposed of, and not within her power to return, she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved the 3d day of March, 1855. She also declares, that neither she nor her husband  she has never applied for nor received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant except  this one above mentioned.
Martha her X Peach mark
We, Lyman G. Buckingham and Lewis Buckingham residents of Genesee County in the State of Michigan , upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed with her mark and acknowledged by Martha Peach , in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Lyman G Buckingham Lewis Buckingham
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm Paterson Notary Public
State of Michigan, } To-wit: I hereby certify that William Paterson County of Genesee } before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and who has hereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid, this 9th day of May 185 5
Mark D. Seeley Clerk.

State of Michigan } Genesee County }
On the fifth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid Lewis Buckingham and Ann Buckingham, residents in the State County of Genesee State of Michigan, who being by me duly sworn say on oath, that they know the within mentioned Martha Beach to be the widow of the late Jonathan Beach. That she was legally married to the said Jonathan Beach at Pellsford, Monroe County State of New York on the seventh day of December A.D. 1823; and that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Beach died as within stated; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and is known in the neighborhood as the widow of Jonathan Beach; and they further say that they were present when the said Jonathan Beach & Martha Beach were married; and the said Lewis Buckingham further says that he was present at the funeral of the said Jonathan Beach.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; and that I have no interest in this claim. Wm Paterson Notary Public
Lewis Buckingham Ann Buckingham
132201
Deputy Clerk of Court Act of 3rd March 1855
Martha Beach
Richard M Young atty of Washington City

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Beach a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1, 1779 9 mos. Pvt. Jonathan Pitkin Matthew Mead Conn.   Feb. 1781 1 year Matthew Smith Humphrey        
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Goshen, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 28, 1852
Residence at date of application, Mount Morris, Livingston Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Oct. 3, 1760 at Goshen, Conn.
Remarks: {died Apr. 25, 1850 in Genesee Co. Mich. He married Dec. 7 or 8, 1823, at Pittsford, Monroe Co., N.Y. Martha Buckingham. She was allowed pension on an app. ct. Mar. 29, 1853 while a resident of Genesee Co. Mich. aged 81 years. In 1836 soldier was living with his son in Wayne Co. Mich. Her name is not stamped.
Respectfully,
brother Edmund,
Commissioner.

1917 Sept. 11 Hist. to Theodore B. Beach
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5806
Martha Beach
Wid.
Jonathan Beach
Part. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3 rd /58
Index:—Vol. A , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 26.392
5 Mrs Carr

Beach

Brief in the case of Martha Beach, widow of Jonathan Genesee County and State of Michigan , act 3 rd February 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the act of 7 th June, 1832, Marriage proven by parole proof. Certificate to be available.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
W m Paterson Esq r , Hill, Genesee Co: Mich, Name and residence of Agent
S. C. Roynton, Examining Clerk.

Flint Michigan 29 th March 1853
To the Hon. The Com re of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I send papers to enable Mrs. Martha Reach, widow of Jonathan Reach deceased who was a prisoner of the U.S., to obtain a pension.
You will notice that the last clause in Mr. Reach's affidavit is struck out. It was done by Judge Green himself, because not having been here long, could not certify, as therein stated, that he was acquainted with her. — However the other testimony, seems to be sufficient.
Your early attention to the matter, will confer a favor on a poor widow.
Yours truly
Wm Paterson

Section 6
Payments to be made at New York by Presd. U. S. Br. Bank Agency for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 44 by M. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jonathan Beach of the State of New York who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and 50 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18 day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three
L. C. C. C.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington May 18, 1860
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Sir;
Jonathan Beach, a Revolutionary Soldier, who enlisted at Goshen Ct. and died I believe in Mich. some few years since, was a Pensioner, & after his death his widow drew the Pension.
His heirs are of opinion that Back pay & Bounty Land was due him. Can you, on this brief statement of the case, furnish me any information in regard to the claims of the heirs?
Very Respectfully
D. C. Beach

Feb 2
James L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pension War Dept. City of Washington

James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Mechanics & Farmers Bank Albany Pension Office Jan. 29 th 1836
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 23 rd Inst. we have to state that Jonathan Beach a private at $70 pr. annum was last paid to the 4 September 1835 —
Respectfully Your Obdt. Servt.
Thos. M. Lewis

Union Agency Detroit Jan y 4 th 1836
Sir -
The enclosed application of Mr. Jonathan Beach to be transferred from New York to this Agency, is herewith submitted, the result please make known to me.
Very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t Edw y P. H.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r . of Pensions

County of Wayne ss: On this 4 th day of January 1836 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county Wayne personally appeared Jonathan Beach a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Pettibone in the Regiment commanded by Col o Matthew M c Leod and afterwards in the company commanded by Captain Matthew Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Humphrey in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the Territory of Michigan where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be then payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to Michigan Territory (viz) He has a son residing in said Territory and is more or less dependent on him for support, and his son wishes him to be with him -
Sworn and subscribed to before me on this day and year aforesaid J. M c Laughlin Justice of the Peace D. C.
Territory of Michigan County of Wayne ss: On the fourth day of Jan y . 1836 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county personally appeared Seth Beach who on his oath declares, that Jonathan Beach is the identical person named in an original certificate of Pension in his poss- -ession from the War Department, and is also the same person who has sworn to, and subscribed the above Affidavit.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this day and year aforesaid J. M c Laughlin Justice of the Peace D. C.
Seth Beach

County of Wayne
I do hereby certify that Seth Beach the witness aforesaid is a person of truth and veracity January 4 th 1836
John N. Strong D.C.
I Isaac S. Rowland clerk of the court of Wayne county, certify that John N. Strong is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name, this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
I. S. Rowland Clerk

Application of Martha Beach for a pension
Not app d July 3 d 1853
Wm Paterson Attorney Flint Peninsula, Michigan

State of Michigan County of Genesee ss
I Anderson Bump Clerk of the Circuit Court held at Flint, in and for said County, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Jonathan Beach was a prisoner of the United States at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum, that he was a resident of the County of Genesee in the State of Michigan, and did in said County of Genesee State of Michigan in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty — on the twenty fifth day of April ; and that the said Jonathan Beach, was married to Martha Beach, at Pottersfield in the State of New York on the eighth day of December — 1823 ; and that the said Martha Beach remains the widow of the aforesaid Jonathan Beach.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said Circuit Court this twenty ninth day of March 1853
A. Bump Clerk of the Circuit Court,

...the above is a true and correct copy of the original...
Respectfully yours,
...the above is a true and correct copy of the original...
Respectfully yours,
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF VERMONT
[Handwritten signature]

ge Rev. Sec. JRM
Royal Insurance Company, Limited, of Liverpool, England
New York Department CECIL F. SHALLCROSS, MANAGER. FREDERICK W. DAY, ASST. MANAGER. MORTON S. LEWIS, 2 nd ASST. MANAGER.
THEODORE B. BEACH, AGENT.
358 Main St. CATSKILL, N. Y.,
Sept. 8th. 1917.
Pension Bureau, Dept. of Records, Revolutionary War, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
Will you kindly give me a copy of the Military record of Jonathan Beach, Born Oct. 3rd. 1760, (Son of Edmund Beach?) Died at Flint, Mich. April 25th. 1850. Enlisted from Goshen, Conn. in the War. Removed from Goshen, Conn. to Lexington, N. Y., about 1800. Later removed to Flint, Mich.
Very respectfully yours, Theodore B. Beach Catskill, N.Y.
P. S.
I think he was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War.