Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,623, Isaac Beeman, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Beeman, Isaac
NUMBER
S. 6623
CONTENTS
carded.

State of Chas. Paton Calumet County
Isaac Buman
Dear Sir,

State of New York
Columbia County ss - On this twenty first day of
August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before the undersigned Not Public
Beeman one of the Justices of the Peace of the Town of Austell - the County of Columbia aforesaid Isaac Beeman a resident of the Town of Ghent - the County of Columbia & State of New York After Sworn, Swore who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following affirmation - or an to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed June Seventh 1832 that he enlisted - the Army of the United States - the year Sixteen hundred & twenty five with & under Captain Elmer Curtis & Seward in the regiment of the infantry of Col. Sherman under them & General
Sheridan - & when this Department enlisted he resided at Kent in Connecticut, & went to Liconandaga where the aforesaid officers This upon and then enlisted for seven months & was discharged after he had served six months & some days. Was then discharged by his officers - Contempt
BEEMAN ISAAC
BEEMAN, ISAAC

of Poughkeepsie a few days before his own months had expired - & in the summer of Seventeen hundred & twenty five went with the militia to New York & served for two months in the company of Captain William Cagle under Colonel William Wimmer & General Sullivan's Brigade - & in the fall of the same year went with a company of volunteers to New York & served for two months under Colonel Tillyhills & Col. Mosby & was then discharged with the company & went home - & in the month of April 1777. Enlisted - the Standing Army for eight months & commenced his service the first of May of the same year & went joined the regiment at New Milford Marched to Pikeskill & joined the remainder of the regiment under under Lieutenant Miles & at Pikeskill under Col. Hilt Col. Swifts Regiment & General Huntingtons Brigade & remained at Pikeskill for about four months & then the went across the river through the Jerseys & into Pennsylvania - & remained there until after Philadelphia - & was in the Germantown Battle - the month of October 1777 -

and on the last day of December was discharged - & then returned home to Kent in Connecticut having been actually engaged for about nineteen months - in the Army in all & at different times  months , This Discharge is not Able to go to Hudson which is the only place - this Court where there is a court of records being older & inferior - & having jurisdiction over claims which won't be a pension or annuity except the pension and he declares that his Name is not on the pension roll of any Army - any state -
Isaac Beeman
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Uel Lawrence Justice of the Peace

New York 4537
Isaac Beeman
Columbia in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Hill — of the Reg t commanded by Col Swift — in the Cont t line for 18 m
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. day of May 1833 — and sent to Ab. P. Holdridge — Spencertown Columbia Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $120 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 14 Sept 1833 . . 30
$150
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book C, Vol. 4 Page 15

22640
Isaac Beeman Columbia county New York
on the Rolls
Ab. P. Holdridge Spencertown Columbia Co. N.Y.
Dr. Esopus

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 subjoined 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 Isaac Beeman, Columbia Co NY
   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.     Enlisted 1775 6 Private Capt. Curtis Col. Sherman Gen. Sullivan 77 Kent Co. tradition   do 1776 2 Capt. Cagowill   Volunteer 2 New Milford two witnesses from the services of the applicant - one generally, the other special term   Enl. 1777 8 Capt. Hill Col. Swift Germania Richfield Jerseys Germania  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dr. Crown

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 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 the 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 , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 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.
DeBradford

Petition re for a portion for Mr Isaac Beeman re 6 links certificate adfd re re
Isaac Beeman
22640
Justice of the Peace

State of New York } ss. Columbia county
I do hereby certify that on the third day of August in the thousand eight hundred & thirty two. At my Office in the town of Chatham county of State aforesaid. Personally came before me John Cohoon, who being by me duly sworn, deposed relative to the Services done by Isaac Beeman lately of the aforesaid town of Chatham, now residing at Ghent in said county, during the Revolutionary War, in the Army of the United States, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five &c as will more fully appear by reference to the Affidavit, Subscribed and sworn to aforesaid — And that I have for eight or ten Years past been acquainted with John Cohoon. He residing in the town of Chatham Rensselaer county. The adjoining town of the town of Chatham my place of residence and that during this term of time although not intimately acquainted with John Cohoon, yet then knew nothing evil or disrespectful was done to my knowledge of said John Cohoon, but do believe that his general reputation is, a good honest Old man — I do further certify that the persons, to wit Amasa Pitts and David Ray, who made their deposition before me on the third day of August A.D 1832, relating to the general reputation of Isaac Beeman, having been an Old Revolutionary

Soldier of the United States Army, — That with the two latter Gentlemen I am and have been for a number of years personally and intimately acquainted, and I do most unhes- =itatingly now that they are men of the best respectability, good in Society, a Charac- ter unspotted for honesty, truth and veracity. Mr. Aman Pitt an honest Old Farmer, Mr. David Ray a Merchant, and now the Town Clerk of the Town. Given under my hand at Chatham Columbia County State of New York the fourth day of August 1832
David Cushman
Justice of the Peace
Petition for a pension for the Service & blanks certificate affidavit
Isaac Beeman
226240

State of New York } Columbia County }
James Crandall of the Town of Ghent in the County of Columbia age Sixty Nine years Having duly affirmed says that he knows one Isaac Beeman then & for between thirty & forty years and believes him to be a Man of Truth & Veracity & would believe him on an Oath. His Deposition further saith that from his acquaintance with the said Isaac Beeman being older & inferior is unable to go to Hudson - as the deponent recently Believed - & further this deponent saith not
James Crandall
Sworn & subscribed this fourth day of February 1833 - before me -
William Kirby Justice of the Peace

State of New York 3 Columbia County 3 ss. I Richard Carringer Deputy Clerk. in the absence of Joseph D. Monte. Clerk of the said County. Do hereby Certify that. Uel. Lawrence, and William. Niles. before whom the preceding Affidavits purport to have been sworn, and also Da- vid Carringer before whom the following Affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the dates of the same Justices of the Pe- ace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justices and readily believe their names subscribed to the said Affidavits to be their proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of the said County this Ninth day of February 1833.
Richard Carringer Deputy Clerk.

State of New York } Columbia County } ss I John Bohoon of Catskill in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Isaac Beeman late of Chatham in said Columbia County but now of Shrewsbury that I formerly resi- ded at Kent in Connecticut and that said Beeman resided in an adjoining town now Warren that on or about the first of May A.D. 1775 we both enlisted in the service of the United States under Captain Ebenezer Cook Lieutenants Morgan Noble and Jeremiah Swift in Colonel Griswold's Regiment and marched from said Kent by Sheffield Greenbush Stillwater Fort Miller, Fort Edward Fort George thence by water across Lake George to Ticonderoga where we remained till about the first of December following and then dismissed and that said Beeman served the whole of said term unless he was dismissed with some other on account of illness a few days before the term of service expired and further that on arriving at Ticonderoga we were put under command of General Schuyler
John Bohoon Sworn and Subscribed before me this third day of August 1832 }
before me David Cashin Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Columbia } ss
We Amasa Pills and David Ray of the town of Chatham in the County of Columbia aforesaid being duly sworn do hereby depose and say that we are well acquainted with Isaac Beeman late of said Chatham but now of Great in said County and that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he has long resided (say forty years or upwards) to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion sworn, and subscribed to Amasa Pills this third day of August 1832 David Ray before me David Carson
Justice of the Peace
BEEMAN, ISAAC

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Index:—Vol. 84 , Page 27
[Arrangement of 1870.]