Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2062, Hugh Beaty, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Beaty, Hugh
S 2062
CONTENTS
Carded

5550
Pennsylvania
Hugh Beatty
in the State of Penn a . who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Clark — of the — commanded by — in the Penn a . due for 17 mo Penn a — $ 63 33
Inscribed on the Roll of Plum , at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Feb 1833 and just to Hon. L. D. Meigs Postmaster
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $ 94. 99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Mar. 1833 31. 66
126.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Luce Clerk, Book 9 Vol. 6 Page 48

Joseph Stilwell
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Union County Do. certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hugh Beatty for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at New Berlin the 29 th day of September A.D. 1832
Joseph Stilwell Protho
Application of Hugh Beatty For Pension
7510 v

State of Pennsylvania } Union County } J. B.
On the 21 st day of September A D 1832. personally appeared before Hugh Wilson Esq r one of the Judges of the court of Quarter-Sessions Common pleas for said county of Union and State of Pennsylvania Hugh Brady resident of the township of Hartley in Buffalo valley in the county of Union & State a- foresaid aged eighty one years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law 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 and served as herein stated He lived in North- umberland county (now Union) in the year 1797 and received orders he thinks in the month of April in that year from Walter Clark who was County Lieutenant & had the com- mand of the Militia of the county to march against the Indians who were committing depredations and murders on the frontier inhabitants at that time he marched out under William Clark who was the Captain and served a tour of three months duty our services were confined to Northumberland county now Union & Centre. There was no other officer with us but Captain Clark on this tour At the expiration of this tour the inhabitants of this part of the county had fled while we were in Centre county while in Centre we had got information from General Potter that the in- habitants of Buffalo valley had fled we then marched the families to Potter's fort over to Kish-

acquitte valley in Mifflin county and then returned by the way of Beaver dams and Middle creek having some of the families returned to take off the harvest While harvesting we were attacked by the Indians and drove in to our temporary Garrison a Mr Cluncy met and a son of Henry Hoover was killed and Mr Wilson and Catherine Cluncy Smith was wounded He continued in the country until the end of the war and during that time a term of more than three years he was in the service during the spring summer & fall of each year by order of the County Court warrants amounting to more than two years service
He was born in Ireland in the year of our Lord 1731
He has a record of his age but cannot now find it He lived in Northumberland county in Buffalo township has still lived in the same county Now Union
He was drafted into the service and at several times a volunteer There were no regular officers where he served
He never received a discharge as he remembers
James Thompson has some knowledge of my revolutionary services John Glover and James Madden who live in my neighborhood and have known me for many years can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a revolutionary soldier He hereby relin- quishes 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 & subscribed
The day & year aforesaid Hugh Beatty
Hugh Wilson
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State of Pennsylvania Union County ss.
Before me the subscribers one of the judges of the court of Quarter Sessions before said county personally appeared John Glover & James Cladden who being sworn according to law doth say that they are well acquainted with Hugh Beale who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that they believe him to be Eighty one years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the 26 th day of September A.D. 1832
John Glover James Cladden
Hugh Wilson
I the Subscribers one of the judges of the court of Quarter Sessions & common pleas of said county of Union do hereby certify that owing to the bodily infirmity and inability of the foregoing applicant to appear in court the declaration and answer of affidavits were taken at his residence and do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after finding the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the foregoing applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And he further certifies that John Glover & James Cladden who have signed the foregoing certificate (a Clergyman could not be conveniently had) are persons of the peace residing in the neighborhood of the foregoing applicant and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Hugh Wilson

the applicant Hugh Beatty cannot by reason of the loss of memory state precisely how long he served, and now amends his declaration in making an affidavit in the following words.
Pennsylvania } Personally appeared before Union County } me a justice of the peace
in for said County Hugh Beatty who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is now of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot now positively 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 to wit
that in the first term mentioned in his declaration he served not less than three months under Major Egan the family business was a drafted militia that he served in 1778 against the Indians not less than three months to the best of his recollection more but still not less for certain
that the next year he was in service defending Garrison against the Indians not less than five months as a militiaman of Pennsylvania
that the next year 1780 service was embodied and under arms the whole summer & body to body almost the same often, but he cannot state precisely how long he served that year, but to the best of his recollection he served not less than six months that year as a common militia man. The dates and length of time of each term he cannot state positively from defect of

memory in amount of old go. Department says is said to be all not less than seventeen months as before stated, and he nearly believes that he served in all more than two years, though he cannot name positively to the time and so this service before appearing herein mentioned
1853 } John McClellan } D. Hugh Beatty
State of Pennsylvania Union County Det.
I Joseph Stilewell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Union do hereby certify that John McClellan Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and sworn to, was at the taking of the said affidavit and still is in the discharge of the same duty authorized and commissioned and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Newberlin the 8th day of February A.D. 1853.
Stilewell Prothon.

N o 17510 Hugh Beatty
16 Jan'y. 1833
Obj. 5. 14. 16.
Hon. L. Dewar Ho. of Rep's.
Written 17 mos $ 63.53
B 282
60

BRIEF in the case of  Hugh Beatty  of Union Co.  in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Bodily infirmity  3. How old is he? 81 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.     Period.  Duration of Service.  Rank.  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Years,  Months,  Days.  As a  Gen.       In 1777 April  "  3  "  Private  Capt. Clark,  P. Mil.     Afterwards at different times not particularly stated, says his actual service was more than 2 years    drafted & volunteered      5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? North Co. Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional Living  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers in properly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Brown
Examining Clerk.

1930 July 9. Photos mailed to AC, Duncan & Fin. Div. ntfd. 9.27.
Rev Nat.
2062
INVALID.
File No. 2062
Hugh Beatty Privt Boer War
Act: June 7. 1852
Index:—Vol. A. , Page 25.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Union County ss
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber and of the Justice of Peace in and for the County of Union Samuel Templeton of said County who deposes and saith that he was acquainted with Hugh Beatty during the Revolutionary War and that the said Hugh Beatty served in the Militia on several occasions and battles against the Indians on the Frontier and further saith not sworn and subscribed this 14th Day of February 1825 Before me
Samuel Templeton
John Glover
Justice Peace John Glover a justice of the peace before me known to be the person described to be the person who deposes foregoing deposes to me known to be the person who deposes the above deponent is dead and that he as Templeton the above deponent is dead and that he as in his life time a credible witness. Witness my hand and seal the 1st July 1833
John Glover

State of Ohio Union County, ss
I Joseph Schuch, Clerk and notary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that John Hower, who whose name appears to the within affied and certificate is and was at the respective date thereof a Justice of the peace duly appointed & qualified for the County of Union, that full faith and credit are due to him in respect to his office as such Justice whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court at New Britain the 8th day of February A.D. 1833
Stilwell County

State of Pennsylvania
Union County ss
James Thompson being sworn according to law doth say, that he is acquainted with Hugh Beatty an applicant for the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and knows that the said Hugh Beatty did several tours of duty against the Indians in this county & he is altogether unable to say how long the said Hugh Beatty was in service - That these tours of duty were performed during the war of the revolution, and in the service of the United States. James Thompson Sworn Subscribed before me Sept. 26. 1832
Hugh Wilson
I Hugh Wilson an associate judge in the court do hereby certify that James Thompson who has been sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a credible witness. Witness my hand and seal the 8 th day of Feb. 1833.

State of Penna Union County
Joseph Stitwell, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Hugh Wilson Esq. whose name appears to the within affidavit and certificate is now a sworn and qualified Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid and that full faith and credit are and right to be given to his judicial acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court at New Bedford the 8th day of February A.D. 1830.
J. Stitwell Protho.
State of Penna Union County
Joseph Stitwell, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that James McElvain Esq. whose name appears to the within affidavit and certificate is now a sworn and qualified Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid and that full faith and credit are and right to be given to his official acts in all things wherein he has been and hereafter shall be. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court at New Bedford the 8th day of February A.D. 1830.
J. Stitwell Protho.

Union County Pa.
On the Twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three appeared before me John Kelly one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County. Who being sworn to the contents of his deposition in said County said as his solemn oath as follows: That he was well acquainted with Hugh Beatty (who now lives in Centre County in the County aforesaid) and that the said John Kelly was and during that time Defendant saw him frequently in regard to the inhabitants of said County and that he was well acquainted with the said John Kelly and that he was well acquainted with the said John Kelly and that he was well acquainted with the said John Kelly.
I have read the foregoing deposition and find the same to be true and correct.
John Kelly
Jan 11 1833
I James W. McWhorter a Justice of the peace for whom the foregoing deposition was sworn to, certify that John Kelly the above deponent is a man of good and true faith and that he was in his life time a credible witness. Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of February A.D. 1833.
James W. McWhorter

Please have certified and return to Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section, Room 5033.
Photostatic copies of two pages from Revolutionary War claim for pension of Hugh Beaty, Survivor File No.2062.

June 26, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of Hugh Beaty, S.2062 and War of 1812 claims for bounty land of James Duncan, Warrant No.43459-120-55 and Warrant No.58303-40-50. Two pages from each claim (four pages) and both sets certified.
Very truly yours,
A. C. DUNCAN 116-5 th ST. GARDEN CITY, N. J.
Received payment $1.10 June 26, 1930.
Margaret M. A. Smith
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

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