Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,183, Nathaniel Beard, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Beard, Nathaniel
NUMBER
839183
CONTENTS

11. 661 Transferred to Connecticut New York.
Nathaniel Beard
of Granville in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Mass line, for the term of three years. 1781-
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 d of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of June 1819 and sent to Jonathan Wood Esq. Granville, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 19 / 12 83. 90 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep r 1819 48. 00
$131.90
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification dated Nov. 9 th 1820 to Genl. P. Phelps Nathan M. Phelps
Order of transfer sent to applicant 23 d March 1827.

Wathaniel Beard propos for Pension
C. C. Tackie agent Grenville Wash. Co. N. York
Private, Col. Sackous Regiment Mapachucka Line
1781 - 2 years 49 months discharged
The Applicant prays to move his service by 2 disinterested persons, in the opinion of the Judge.
National Park

State of New York, Washington County to wit.
I Nathaniel Beard of the town of Granville — in the County of Washington & State of New York and sixty three districts do according to the act of Congress of the United States of America entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" make the following declaration under oath that is to say I do solemnly declare that I was on the eighteenth day of March last and now am a resident citizen of the United States to wit in the town of Granville and State of New York and that by reason of my residence circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support I do further declare that I was a private Soldier ————— in the war of the Revolution and that I served as such in the said war of the Revolution against the common enemy for nearly three years and until the end of the war thereof ————— during the said War on the continental establishment. That I belonged to the company commanded by Amos Huggins Captain ————— in the eighth Massachusetts ————— Regiment commanded by Col Michael Jackson ————— and in the line of Massachusetts forces ————— And I do further declare that I entered the said service on or about the last of ————— day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one ————— and left the said service on the eleventh day of December ————— one thousand seven hundred and eighty three ————— being discharged in consequence of the same which discharge was signed by General Knox and also by J. R. Stafford Adjutant of the said Regiment and shortly after the same I left in Boston with my old Master and have never since seen it nor know whether it is now in existence or not. And that the discharge was an honorable one

And I do hereby declare that I hereby relinquish all claim to any and every pension allowed me by the laws of the United States or of any Individual State previous to the eighteenth day of March last past Witness my hand this twenty third day of April — in the year one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen —
his Nathaniel Beard mark
Witness John B. Parker
State of New York Washington County Stowit
Be it remembered that on the twenty third day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen at the Town of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York Before me Jonathan Ward Esquire one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington in the said State Only appointed qualified and sworn (the same being one of the Courts of Record of the said State) personally came and appeared the before named applicant Nathaniel Beard who resides in the Town County and State mentioned in the above Declaration and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration And also before me then and there being duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said Declaration And it appearing to my satisfaction as well from the said Declaration upon oath as from such other evidence as was in the power of the said applicant to produce that the said applicant served in the Revolutionary war as

offered against the common enemy and that the declaration offered under oath of the said applicant is in all other respects true. I do therefore certify and transcribe the testimony in the case consisting of the aforesaid Declaration under oath and the affidavit of Obadiah Archer to me well known to be a credible person known to me to be together with the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War according to the requisitions of the act of Congress in that case made. Given under my hand & seal at the Town of Granville in the County of Washington & State of New York the day and year first above written in the certificate — Jonathan Wood Judge
State of New York } Washington County } I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood Esq. by whom the above certificate was made is one of the Judges of the said Court and that the same above is his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the 11th of May 1818
On the 22 nd day of May 1818 I Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas in the foregoing certificate above do certify that from the affidavit of Elijah Stanley this day before me made and the affidavit of Obadiah Archer herunto annexed before made I am satisfied that the said Nathaniel Randall during the Revo- -lutionary war on the continental establishment the said Elijah Stanley being a man of credibility and also the said Obadiah Archer being also a man of truth credible in any point of justice — and I am also satisfied that the said Nathaniel is poor & hands in need of the country for support. — Jonathan Wood
Additional certificate

State of New York Washington County
Additional Proof
ss. On the 22 nd day of May 1819 before me Jonathan Wood Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in for the said County personally appeared Elijah Starbuck of Granville in said County formerly of Wilmington in the State of Massachusetts being duly sworn deposes and with that he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Read in the annexed Declaration named and was acquainted with him well during the revolutionary war - And that he well knew of the said Nathaniel being a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he served to his knowledge for three years or more during the Revolutionary war on the Continental Establishment the Company & Regiment he does not now remember but well recollects his service in the said war and also well recollects during his discharge on his return from the service as mentioned in the foregoing Declaration of the said Nathaniel and recollects during him in the army at Cambridge in Massachusetts - And recollects that the term was elapsed and that the said Nathaniel enlisted out of said Camp and his deponent on returning and discharge being constantly recollects collecting the money the said Camp had agreed to pay the said Nathaniel for enlisting the three years - And further that the said Nathaniel is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of this Country for support -
Sworn this 22 nd May 1819
Elijah Starbuck
By me Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Wash. Com. Pleas
J. Wood

State of New York Washington County ss. Chasiah Archer of the Town of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn before me and saith that in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty one he was in the army of the United States and became acquainted with Nathaniel Beard named in the annexed Declaration of the said Nathaniel and knew him to be in the army of the United States and understood he belonged to Col. Tappan Regiment of the Massachusetts line and knew him in the army from sometime in June until October and knew him to be the same person named in and who has subscribed his name to the said Declaration herunto annexed and does verily believe the facts contained in the said Declaration of the said Nathaniel Beard are true as then stated and do further know him to be an inhabitant of the Town of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York and that he is in usual business and has a family and is not a beggar or a vagrant
Sworn & subscribed
This 28 th day of April 1818
Chasiah Archer
Before me
Jonathan Wood
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of Washington & State of New York
an honorable one

Nathaniel Brann
11.661
Sept 10

State of New York 3/
Washington County 3/
On the thirtieth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law and having a Seal being a Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Nathaniel Braid aged sixty five years & upwards resident in Granville in said County, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows that he enlisted in Captain Amos Coggswell's Company in Col. Michae Jackson's eighth Massachusetts Regiment of the Massachusetts line on or about the last day of March 1781 during the war and continued in the said service until the Eleventh day of December 1783 when he was honorably discharged at Fort Putnam which discharge was signed by General Knox and also by J. R. Stafford adjutant of said Regiment & which he left with his old Master for whom he laboured in Boston shortly after the peace and has never since seen it and believing it lost - That on the twenty third day of April 1888 he made an original Declaration before Judge Wood for a Pension and hath since received a Certificate for a Pension from the War Office bearing date the eighth day of June 1889 marked or numbered on the back thereof N. 661
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof

with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1888 and I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or existing contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed that I am by occupa- tion a farmer and unable to do but little labour from my age and infirmity that I have living with me three children to wit Melvin Beard aged fourteen years Nathan Beard junior aged nine years & Susan Beard aged five years besides my wife they being unable to do but little for their support
Subscribed & Declared on the 20 th day of August In open Court
his Mark Nathaniel Beard
20 th day of August In open Court
D. Shipburn Clerk
Schedule of the Property of Nathaniel Beard of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York —
Real Estate I have none either in my wife's right or otherwise — Personal Property besides the necessary clothing for myself and family & necessary Bedding One Cow for which I owe ten dollars —

One Sheet or Pig - One Pig for which I owe for the value thereof One Iron Pailful Pot. One Iron Drip Kettle One Spider One Iron Tea Kettle six earthen Tea cups & Saucers six earthen plates One earthen Tea pot - Five Old Knives & forks Three old Butcher Knives one One Small Wheel One great Wheel one Tobacco Box Iron Dumbbell fowls One pair old Span Shovel & tongs Six Old Kitchen Chains one old Ax One old Roe. Buffalo Rope - I have no debts due to me from any person now in any manner whatsoever -
Dated August 28 th 1820 hi Nathaniel & Board Mark Wilson White -
I Daniel Shipman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule there- unto annexed are truly Copied from the Record of the said Court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is - Twenty four dollars and ninety eight cents -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 30 th day of August 1820
Daniel Shipman Clerk

Sept 1879 NY.

State of Connecticut - county of Fairfield ss.
On this Sixteenth day of March A D 1827 before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said county of Fairfield. personally appeared Nathaniel Beard, to whom his oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Amos Cogswell, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson 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 Town of New Fairfield in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, where he intends hereafter to remain; that his pension from the 4 th day of September to the 1826 to the 4 th day of March 1827 is still due and unpaid, and that he wishes his pension, which is now due, and what may hereafter accrue to be payable in said State of Connecticut in future, and that his reasons for removing to the State of Connecticut, were that he wished to reside and live with his children and that he could there support himself more cheaply and economically - sworn and subscribed to before me the day & year afore said -
Nathaniel Beard
Levi Root the Justice of Peace

I Random Russell of New-Hanfield in the county of Hanfield and State of Connecticut being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Beard, who has made the preceding affidavit, and have long known him: And I further depose and say, that I well know him to be the same person described in the foregoing affidavit. and further say not - Dated at Danbury the 16 th day of March A D 1827 - Random Russell
State of Connecticut - County of Hanfield ss.
On this 16 th day of March 1827 personally came before me, the subscriber a Justice of Peace for said County of Hanfield, Random Russell, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth - I further certify that the Reponent, the said Random Russell is a man of veracity, and that his testimony is entitled to full credit and belief - Sworn to & subscribed before me, and certified by me, the day and year aforesaid.
Reuben Root Justice of Peace -

State of Connecticut
Hartford ss. L. Danbury
I RUFEL HOYT, Notary Public by lawful authority duly commissioned and sworn and dwelling in Danbury aforesaid, do hereby certify that Reuben Boote who hath testified the annexed deposition is a Justice of Peace within & for the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, duly commissioned and sworn, and that to all acts done by him in that capacity full & entire faith and credit is & ought to be given -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal this sixteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven.
RUFEL HOYT Notary Public

(New Jersey)
To Committee
Superintendent
for the Applicant at Danbury Conn. etc
Pension Office
Beards. ct. Danbury. Conn.
16. March, 1827
Secretary of War Pension Office
Genl. James Barbour Secretary of War Washington
1827
23. March
Danbury Ct. March 19.

Danbury March 16 th 1877.
Dear James Barbour
hi - I enclose the application of Nathaniel Beard for a transfer of his Pension - He has resided in this State some time, and last has drawn his pension until Sep last in New York, and that at that time the Agent in New York informed him it could not be paid there any longer. If consistent with the rules of the Department in this State he would be gratified if an order could be made for the payment of the sum due the fourth of March instant, as well as future payments - but if this not consistent with your rules, then he wishes to be transferred at any rate - P.S. Please direct to me at Danbury Conn. Yours Respectfully

39 183
INVALID
Pay
File No.
39,188
Nathaniel Beard
Dr Rev 1842
Act:
18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
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[Arrangement of 1870.]