Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,997, Joseph Beebe, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
or Beebe, Joseph Beebe
NUMBER
S. 12,997
CONTENTS
carded.

2049 New G
Joseph
Chorango in the G who was a Serg. Cor & Pr. in m. by Captain Lewis, — of the by Col Baldwin in the Connec. unit time for 4 mos & 3 week, Sergeant 7 months, Corporal 4 2 months, Private —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 56 Dollars 08 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of November 1832 and sent to J Jones Esq
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832). — $84.11 Pemi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 28.04 $112.16
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 69
50 Audubon
Jan 21/57
Let. H. Bannister Feb. 12/57

State of New York } ss County of Chenango }
On this 8th day of August 1832 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the judges of Chenango County Courts Joseph Beebe a resident of Columbus in the County of Chenango & State of New York aged eighty four 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
First that the first of March 1775 he enlisted as a minute man in Waterbury in the State of Connecticut Col Jonathan Baldwin's Regiment Capt John Sewires Company & served in that Company as a private two months in occasional meetings for exercise & in guarding provision stores & taking & receiving stores Second. on or about the first of May in the year 1775 he enlisted for seven months in the Connecticut State troops as a corporal in a Regiment called Gen. Wooster's Regiment Lieutenant Col. Ward commanding. Capt Samuel Pecks company joined the company at Milford in the State of Connecticut joined the Regiment at New York encamped on Harlem plains went from there to Nyack ponds on Long Island & staid there about one month then returned to Harlem & about the first of September went to the south with Generals Montgomery & Schuyler to St Johns & arrested in taking that place and at the expiration of his enlistment

was regularly discharged at Lake George in the State of New York.
3 d In the year 1776 about the time of the battle of White Plains I was called out in Militia in an alarm list company capt Josiah Ferrill col Jonathan Baldwin's Regiment & went to the Saw Kill in the State of New York & was in service two months served in this tour as a sergeant & was regularly discharged.
4 th In the spring of 1777 was called out again in the militia & went to Flower neck col Morely commanding does not recollect certainly whether it was a draft or not but thinks it was the whole militia & in capt Ferrill's company served this tour as a sergeant & for the term of three weeks & was regularly discharged.
5 th In the same year 1777 was called out in the militia to Danbury in the State of Connecticut in capt Ferrill's company col Baldwin's Regiment served two weeks & served as a sergeant & was regularly discharged.
6 th In the fall of 1777 was called out in the militia & went to the high lands in the State of New York with capt Ferrill joined Gen Putnam's command at Fishkill and was in service this tour six weeks & served as a sergeant & was regularly discharged.
7 th In the summer of 1778 or 1779 was drafted and went with Ensign Ezekiah Hine to Danbury and served two weeks this tour as a sergeant.
8 th In the fall of 1779 at the time Norwalk Fairfield & other towns in Connecticut were burnt he was called out in the militia under capt Ferrill went to New Haven then to Fairfield Norwalk & was in service this tour two weeks.

I served as a sergeant & was regularly discharged 9th in September or October in the year 1781 went in Capt Morris Foot's Company of Detached militia to Milford Connecticut on guard & served one month as a sergeant and was regularly discharged he does not recollect as he ever had a written discharge if he had them they are lost he was Born in Saybrook State of Connecticut in 1748 & does not know of any record of his age that he is now eighty four years of age he was living in Watertown in the State of Connecticut when called into service & lived there until the year 1806 Then removed to Colebrook in the State of Connecticut & lived there until the year 1819 Then removed to Columbus County of Chenango & State of New York where he has resided since & where he now resides & that he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his services except Samuel Porter & David Hodge whose affidavits he has obtained he hereby mentions the names of the following persons in his neighbourhood with whom he is acquainted & who can testify as to his Character for veracity & belief of his Revolution ary Services viz Angell Knight Fort Martin & Dea Benjamin Stone both of Columbus & Joshua Lamb Fort Martin & Samuel Campbell both of Columbus corners
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Joseph 2nd Wheeler He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in any State

We William Satteridge a clergyman residing in the Town of Columbus State of New York and George G Blackmon residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Beebe who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
William Satteridge George G. Blackmon
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that it appears to me that William Satteridge who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Columbus & that George G Blackmon who has also signed the same is a resident in Columbus and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit & I further certify that the above applicant from infirmity of body is unable to attend in Court
Nathan Taylor
Judge of Chenango County Courts

June 22, 1939.
Nita Grofoot Mattawan Michigan.
BA-J/ILL Joseph Beebe S. 12997
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Bebe, a Revolutionary War soldier who received pension in Chenango County, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 12997, based upon service of Joseph Bebe, or Beebe in the Revolutionary War.
Joseph Beebe, or Bebe was born in the year 1748, in Saybrook, Connecticut; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. At the time of the Revolutionary War, he resided in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut.
Joseph Beebe, or Bebe entered service early in 1775, as a minuteman in Captain John Lewis' company, Colonel Jonathan Baldwin's Connecticut regiment and served two months; he enlisted May 1, 1775 and served seven months as corporal in Captain Samuel Peck's company, Colonel Wooster's Connecticut regiment, during which he went north and was at the siege of St. Johns; he enlisted in 1776, about the time of the battle of White Plains, and served two months as sergeant in Captain Josiah Terrill's company, Colonel Jonathan Baldwin's Connecticut regiment. In 1777, he served three tours as sergeant in Captain Terrill's company, one tour under Colonel Mosely and another under Colonel Baldwin, amounting in all to eleven weeks; in 1778 or 1779, he served two weeks as sergeant under Ensign Hezekiah Hine, and at the time Norwalk and Fairfield were burned, two weeks as sergeant in Captain Terrill's Connecticut company; in the fall of 1781, he served one month as sergeant in Captain Moses Foot's Connecticut company.
The soldier continued to reside in Waterbury, Connecticut,

until 1806, moved then to Colebrook, in that same state, where he resided until 1817, when he moved to Columbus, Chenango County, New York.
Joseph Beebe, or Bebe was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832, at which time he resided in Columbus, Chenango County, Ohio. He made no reference to wife or children at the time he made application for his pension.
Reference was made to Ira Beebe who served as lieutenant in 1776, in the Connecticut troops at the same time Joseph was in service, but no relationship between them was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Joseph Beebe (as his name was borne on pension roll) Certificate #2049 Issued November 15, 1832 Rate $56.08 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Josephine Nov 23 1832
Cole
Department of Finance Washington D.C.

1920 July 12 - Hist. to Mrs. H. G. Plumb 1925 Aug 4 - Hist. to Mabel J. Rhoades. awg 1934 June 22 - Hist. to Nina Cooper J.L.H.
Revised
12.997 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 12.997
Joseph Bebe Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Treasury Department,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Auditor.
Cal Shilly
Geo: C. Whiting Esq. Comm: of Pensions.

2218
State of New York Chautauqua County ss: I James R. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Nathan Taylor Esq. before whom the affidavit of Joseph Beebe - And also the affidavits or Certificates of William Cottledge and George H. Blackman (all contained in the annexed paper) purport to have been taken and sworn before me at the date of the same by one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the annexed affidavits or Certificates of proceedings in the case of the said Joseph Beebe to be his genuine hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of Office this Seventh day of August A.D. 1832
W.B. Dumble Deputy Clerk

State of New York County of Chenango Town of Coventry
I Samuel Porter of the Town of Coventry in the State and County aforesaid do solemnly swear and depose that I was personally acquainted with Joseph Beebe then a President of the State of Connecticut Town of Waterbury County of New Haven but now a President of the State of New York County of Chenango Town of Columbus and that said Deponent was personally knowing that the said Joseph Beebe enlisted in the State troops of the State of Connecticut as a soldier during the term of seven months in the Revolutionary War in a company commanded by Captain Samuel Peck in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy five and went to service in the Connecticut troops aforesaid and further the deponent saith that he and the said Joseph were out as volunteers in the Connecticut line in the year Seventy six both in one company commanded by Lieutenant Ira Beebe at New York during the term of two months and that the said deponent was knowing that the said Joseph Beebe was out as a volunteer in said year of seventy six in a further term of two months at the Saratoga so called and further this deponent saith that he and the said Joseph Beebe were out as volunteers in said line in the same company commanded then by Captain John Lewis in the year following to wit in One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven at the time the British made an attack upon the Town of Danbury in Connecticut also he deponent and said Joseph Beebe were out in the same company in the fall of seventy seven and joined the United States troops commanded by General Israel Putnam at the Highlands - and also that he the said deponent and said Joseph were out as volunteers in the Connecticut line of troops in one company at the time the British made an attack upon the Towns of Fairfield, New Haven, Norwalk and Stamford and further the said deponent saith that the said Joseph Beebe served as a Sergeant and further the deponent saith not
Samuel Porter
Subscribed and sworn at Coventry
this 20 th day of June 1892
before me L. Hutchinson Justice Peace
BEEBE, JOSEPH

State of New York County of Chenango ss: I James V. Dike Clerk of the said County, do Certify, that Lemuel Hutchinson, Esq., before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same One of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County: and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & reily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his prop- er hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 20th day of June A.D. 1832 P. B. D. Middle
Deputy Clerk
Town of Coventry ss:
I hereby certify and declare that the within named Lemuel Hutchinson is to me personally known and has been for the ten years last past as a President of the Town of Coventry in Chenango County and that he is a man of truth and veracity Coventry November 8th 1832
L. Hutchinson

State of New York Chenango County Town of Coeymans
I David Hodge of the Town of Coeymans in said County do solemnly swear and depose that I was well acquainted with Joseph Beebe then a resident of the State of Connecticut Town of Waterbury County of New Haven but now a Resident of the County of Chenango State of New York Town of Coeymans and that the said deponent and the said Joseph Beebe were regularly enlisted soldiers in the State troops of the State of Connecticut in the year One thousand seven hundred and Seventy five in the Revolutionary War he the deponent for six Months and the said Joseph for as this deponent believes for seven months in Colonel Woosters Regiment Captain Samuel Peck and that he deponent said Joseph were in the same company during said six months at which time said deponent was discharged at Lake George and that the said Joseph Beebe was still in the line and went for St Johns and Montreal further the deponent saith not. Subscribed and sworn at Coeymans this 20th day of June 1832 David Hodge
Sworn me R. Hutchinson Justice of the Peace.
State of New York County of Chenango ss: I James H. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Jonas Hutchinson before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and will believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand seal of office this 20th day of June 1832
L. D. Prindle Deputy Clerk.
BEEBE JOSEPH

Town of Coventry I hereby certify and declare that the within named David Hodge is by me personally known and has been for the six years last past as a Resident of the Town of Bedford in Franklin County and that he is a man of truth and veracity Coventry November 8 th 1852 To: Hutchinson, Justice Peace
Franklin County ss: I James M. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Jonas Hutchinson before whom the within Certified affidavit purports to have been sworn and whose name is signed to the preceding Certifi- cate of character was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County - and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and really believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and Certificate to be his genuine handwriting and signature
in my hand and seal of office this 8 th 11 th day of November 1852
J. B. Prindle Dep. Clerk

Comm of Pensions Washington
Sir Will you do the favour to inform me in what State Joseph Belue served in the war of the Revolution and what Bakt pay or other benefits are due to his heirs
He was a Revolutionary war prisoner of New York and is now deceased Please direct to
Harmon Bennett Norwich Chenango Co N.Y.

And I the said Judge do hereby Certify that it appears to me that Samuel Porter & David Hodge are Residents of the said County of Chenango that they are Credible Persons & that their statements are entitled to full Credit
Nathan Taylor { Judge of Chenango { County Courts

Treasury Department Pension Auditors office Jan'y 26. 1857.
Sir,
I return herewith the papers in the case of Joseph Beebe (Beebe on our books) Albany N.Y. roll act 7 June 1832, at $ 86. 00 / yr per annum, enclosed in your letter of the 21 st inst. & in reply have to inform you that his pension appears to have been paid to March 4. 1833.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt.
Wm J. Stewart Auditor
Genl. C. Whiting Esq. Commr. of Pensions.

State of New York Chenango County p: I. Lewis N. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Tenas Hutchinson whose name is signed to the annexed Certificate of the character of Samuel Porter, was at the date of the same One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand & writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate to be his genuine hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of of- fice this 8th day of November
1832
J. B. D. D. D. Klep Clerk.

Rev + 1812 Wars
Mattawan, Michigan April 29, 1939
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I should like to receive such information as it may be possible for you to give me concerning Joseph Bebe who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I understand he received a pension in Chenango County, New York.
I am enclosing stamp for reply and will appreciate any and all information you can give.
Yours very truly,
Nita Crofoot
NITA CROFOOT

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Rev. Mr. [unintelligible]
Terrysville Ct June 12.
U. S. Pension Bureau.
My ancestor one Joseph Bute. enlisted in April 1775 - 10 th Company - 1 st Reg. under Gen Wooster - He was discharged Nov 20 - 1775 and pensioned in 1832. In order to join the D. A. R's I must have

the proof of his being pensioned - will you kindly look this up and send the required proof as soon as possible - as this is all that I need for the desired situation.
(Mrs W. 9) Emma L. Plumb. Terryville Ct-

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
17. 12997
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Beebe a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1, 1775 1 mo. 2 wks. Plf. John Lewis Jonathan Baldwin Conn.   *May 1, 1775 7 mos. Corpl. Samuel Peck Hosmer   1776 2 mos. Sgt. Josiah Ferrill Jonathan Baldwin   Spring 1777 3 wks. Sgt. Ferrill Moseley   Fall 1777 2 wks. " Ferrill Baldwin   Fall 1777 6 wks. " Ferrill Baldwin   Summer 1778-1779 2 wks. " Sergt. Ezekiel Stone "   Fall of 1779 2 wks. " Ferrill "   Sept. or Oct. 1781 1 mo. " Moses Foot "  
Battles engaged in, Siege of St. John
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hartford, Conn. then until 1806
Date of application for pension, Aug. 6, 1832. His d. al.
Residence at date of application, Columbus, Ohio since 1806
Age at date of application, born in 1748 in Saybrook Conn.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1813 War Section.
Aug 7 August 4, 1925
Mabel T. Rhoades 1634 Argonne Place Washington, D. C.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12997, it appears that Joseph Beebe was born in 1748 at Saybrook, Connecticut.
While residing at Waterbury, Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut Troops as follows-
Early in 1775 he was a Minute Man in Captain John Lewis' Company, Colonel Jonathan Baldwin's Regiment.
From May 1, 1775, seven months as Corporal in Captain Samuel Peck's Company, Colonel Wooster's Regiment, and was at the Siege of St. John.
In 1776, two months as Sergeant in Captain Josiah Terrill's Company, Colonel Jonathan Baldwin's Regiment.
In the spring of 1777, three weeks as Sergeant in

Captain Terrill's Company, Colonel Moseley's Regiment.
In 1777, two weeks as Sergeant in Captain Terrill's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment.
In the fall of 1777, six weeks as Sergeant in Captain Terrill's Company.
In the summer of 1778 or 1779, two weeks as Sergeant under Ensign Hezekiah Hines.
In 1779, two weeks as Sergeant in Captain Terrill's Company, on the alarm when Norwalk and Fairfield were burned.
From in September or October 1781, one month as Sergeant in Captain Moses Foot's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832, while a resident of Columbus, Chenango County, New York.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Letter of inquiry sent to Record Division for Civil War request aug.