Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 704, Thomas Beebe, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Beebe, Thomas Elizabeth
NUMBER
R 704
CONTENTS
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14,763
Thomas Bales, Act 1832
Elizabeth, his widow Act 1838
Ohio —
Addl. Evidence
J. I. Spangler

The State of Ohio } Clermont County } S.S.
On this 16 th day of June A. D. 1852 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Bowen Beebe and Charlotte Willett residents of Ohio Township Clermont County Ohio. Bowen Beebe aged about 50 years and Charlotte Willett aged about 42 years who being duly sworn according to law, do on their oaths, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, 7 th July 1838, 5 th March 1843, and 17 th June 1844. So wit, That they are the children of Elizabeth and Thomas Beebe deceased, that their aforesaid Father was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the Wagon Service in the New Jersey Military as they have often heard him say and as they verily believe, that they have often heard him tell of the hardships he saw and endured whilst in the service in the Revolution. That their aforesaid Father died in the Township and County aforesaid on or about the first of February 1837, and left their aforesaid Mother a widow who remained a widow until her death which took place on the 19 th day of March 1844, and that their aforesaid Mother left at the time of her death the following persons her only living children: Mary Bennett now dead, & Bowen Beebe and Charlotte Willett (their declarants), That they verily believe that their aforesaid Father and Mother were married

in the State of New Jersey about the year 1783 in Gloucester County, they have no other means of arriving at the date of the marriage of their said father and mother than the ages of their children, having no record evidence. Bowen Beebe one of declarants is the seventh child and will be 50 years old on the 18 day of July next - and Shurbutt Willett the other declara- -rant is the ninth and youngest child and will be 43 years of age on the 3 day of May 1852 (May next). Josiah Beebe the oldest child was born in the year 1784 as near as they can as- certain. And they further state that they are the only living children of their afore- said father and mother so far as they can ascertain, that at the death of their aforesaid father there were but four of their said children living namely Josiah Beebe now dead, Mary Bennett now dead and these declarants, and that as such children and heirs at Law of their afore- said deceased father and mother they most respectfully ask the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions that their aforesaid claim or claims may be allowed under the afore- said Acts and that the Certificates eviden- -cing the same may be enclosed to their Attorney. And they further state that their aforesaid father in his life time & some years before his death made an appli- -cation to the Hon. Commissioner of Pen- -sions for a Pension to which applica- -tion and the proofs therewith sent the Hon. Commissioner is respectfully referred

for a more perfect detail of service &c. that soon after their aforesaid father made his said application he was struck with the Palsy and remained helpless to the time of his death, and was never able to prosecute his said application
his Bowen Beebe Charlotte his Willett
Sworn to and subscribed before mark me on the day and year aforesaid
James M c Neil J.P.
I the just subscribed Magistrate do certify that the above declarants are personally known to me and are persons of truth and respectability in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name on this 16 day of June 1852
James M c Neil J.P.
The State of Ohio Belmont County: S.S. I. John S Griffith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that James M c Neil is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his signatures to the foregoing acknowledgment declaration affidavits and certificates above are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this the 18 th 1852.
John S Griffith Clerk

The State of Ohio } Clermont County } S.S.
It has satisfactorily appeared to me a justice of the Peace in and for said County, that Elizabeth Beebe a widow of Thomas who was a Soldier in the Revolution, died on the 19 day of March 1844, and her said husband died on the about the first day of February 1837, and that Bower Beebe and Charlotte Willett are the only living children of said Thomas & Eliza- beth. Given under my hand and seal this 16 day of June 1852 James Maitland

Declaration in [illegible] - [illegible] the law of Congress passed June 7th 1834
The State of Ohio Clermont County ss
On this 6th day of December 1834 personally appeared before the Subscriber [illegible] of the [illegible] in and for the above named County. Thomas Beecher a resident of Clermont County Ohio aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says that the following declaration in order to [illegible] of the law of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he was drafted in the [illegible] the United States in [illegible] under the following named officers and [illegible] stated.
[illegible] he was born in [illegible] the County of [illegible] the State of New Jersey on the last day of June in (he believes) the year 1757 but he does not remember the year of his [illegible] [illegible] by [illegible] from [illegible] he [illegible] [illegible] that he was [illegible] years of age at the time of his [illegible] [illegible] last [illegible] he has no [illegible] of his [illegible] [illegible] latter had a [illegible] of [illegible] in [illegible] [illegible] which he [illegible] frequently [illegible] The [illegible] same year of the battle of [illegible] and [illegible] in the [illegible] of the year with the [illegible] of the [illegible] [illegible] or the [illegible] [illegible] can no [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] memory he [illegible] the [illegible] of the [illegible] [illegible] twice under Col. [illegible] as a [illegible] which [illegible] capacity he [illegible] as well as he [illegible] [illegible] now [illegible] [illegible] about one year until the [illegible] [illegible] into New [illegible] where he got a [illegible] [illegible] discharge which has been [illegible] - he does not [illegible] where or how.
[illegible] after [illegible] he [illegible] to [illegible] of the [illegible] [illegible] as a [illegible] under the [illegible] Captain Davis and Col. Major [illegible] and Col. [illegible] he [illegible] his [illegible] [illegible] Creek in [illegible] the [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] in the [illegible] [illegible] the [illegible] he [illegible] [illegible] The [illegible] were in New York at the time. [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] at [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]

I certify that the above named Thomas Beebe is unable to attend court from what I believe was a stroke of the palsy further that he is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution - and a man of truth. December 6th 1834 John Leeds J.P.
State of Ohio Clermont County
Before me John Leeds one of the justices of the peace in and for the above named County personally appeared John Dennis who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he and affirms that he is well known to him that Dennis was born in Gloucester County State of New Jersey and about sixty five years of age he became acquainted with the above named Thomas Beebe in said County of Gloucester that in the spring of the year (written in the month of April or May) of the year 1777 this deponent went to the house of Rebecca Beebe the mother of said Thomas Beebe a single woman for said Thomas and found him and there was a room in the house. Thomas was out in the village in the United States he thought then up towards the burnt mill. Deponent does not recollect certainly but thinks he saw said Thomas in the river mouth at Chastleton neck. Deponent does not know said Thomas in Beebe's house in New Jersey and in Clermont County Ohio and he has always borne the reputation of a man of truth. Deponent has not a doubt of his having served in the revolutionary war. and further deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me This 6th day of December 1834. John Dennis John Leeds J.P.
We John Leeds residing in Clermont County Ohio and John Dennis residing in the same County certify that we are well acquainted with the above named Thomas Beebe and believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is a soldier and has served in the neighborhood in which he resides and to have been a soldier of the revolution and to have been in that service and further deponent saith not. Sworn and subscribed before me This 6th day of December 1834. John Leeds J.P.

Be it known that on this 6th day of December 1834 I had the interrogatories prescribed by the war department to the within named Thomas Beebe and am informed that he served in the revolutionary war in the United States and in his declaration and certify that John Dennis who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit and certificate is a credible person and that Leeds who has signed said certificate also is a credible person John J. Leeds J.P.
The State of Ohio Clermont County 7/4
Before me John Leeds a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Israel Beebe who being first sworn says that in January next he forty nine years of age that he has frequented Red River since his infancy heard his father the within named Thomas Beebe talk of his services in the revolutionary war and his statement corresponds substantially with his statement in the within declaration and further affidavit sworn to me this day Brown & and subscribed before me on this 6th day of December 1834
John Leeds J.P.
I certify that Israel Beebe who has signed and sworn to the above affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit John Leeds J.P.
December 6th 1834

No 14,763
Elizabeth Bebee dec widow of Thomas Ohio
J. J. Grooms Nov 1 1832
704
Act July 7/1838.

Ex'r.
INVALID.
714
RECEIVED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Elizabeth Beebe P. O. Thos Beebe
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

The State of Ohio } Clermont County } S.S.
On this 16 th day of June A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County and State. David Willett a resident of Ohio Township Clermont County Ohio aged 56 years who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath say that he became acquainted with Thomas Beebe and Elizabeth his wife about 22 years ago in Ohio Township Clermont County Ohio, and continued to be well acquainted with them and their family to the time of their respective deaths, which took place of the said Thomas Beebe about the first of February 1837 and the said Elizabeth Beebe on or about the 19 day of March 1844. That they the said Thomas Beebe and Elizabeth his wife were living together as man and wife at the time he first became acquainted with them and continued so to live to their deaths and that he verily believes they were legally married and that their marriage took place as early as the year 1783 from the age of their children. That Boven Beebe is their sixth  seventh child, and he believes he is near 50 years old, and Charlotte Willett is the ninth & youngest child and about 42 years old, and that they the said Boven Beebe and Charlotte Willett are the only children now living of said Thomas & Elizabeth Beebe. And he further states that he often heard the aforesaid Thomas

Beebe say he was in the waggon service in the New Jersey Militia, and he always believed he was in the service in the Army of the Revolution and that he never heard any one doubt his having been in the Revolution and that he was entitled to a Pension for his services.
David Wells
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid }
James Hail J.P.
I the just subscribed Magistrate do certify that the above affiant is personally known to me and that he is a man of truth and respectability in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed.
In testimony whereof I have herunto subscribed my name on this 16 day of June 1852
James Hail J.P.

The State of Ohio } Clermont County } S.S.
On this 16 day of June A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary B. Hymer a resident of Ohio Township in said County aged about 61 years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath say, that she became acquainted with Thomas Beebe and Elizabeth his wife about 25 years ago in the township & County aforesaid, and that she continued to be well acquainted with them and their family until the time of their respective deaths, that the said Thomas died about 15 years ago and said Elizabeth died about 8 years ago. She further states that she often heard the said Thomas Beebe in his life time say he was in the waggon service in the New Jersey Militia and tell of his hardships and trial whilst in said service in the Revolutionary war, and that from what she has heard from the aforesaid Thomas Beebe say and from his general reputation she verily believes that he was a soldier in the Revolution, and that she always was of the opinion that he was entitled to  entitled to a Pension for said service. And she further states that at the time she first became acquainted with said Thomas and Elizabeth Beebe they were living together as man and wife and continued so to live until their deaths, and that she

believes they were legally married, and that she never heard their marriage doubted or called in question, that from the ages of their children she verily believes that they were married as early as 1785 or thereabouts. and that Bowen Bebe and Sharlotta Willett are two of the children of the aforesaid Thomas & Eliz. Bebe and the only living children as far as she knows. And she further states that she is disinterested
Mary her B Hymers Sworn to and subscribed mark before me on the day and year aforesaid James Dail J P
I, the just subscribed Magistrate do certify that the above affiant is personally known to me and that she is a woman of truth and respectability in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, on this 16 day of June 1852
James Dail J P

Know all men by these presents, That we Bowen Beebe and Charlotte Willett children and heirs at Law of Elizabeth Beebe deceased the widow of Thomas Beebe deceased--
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint J. J. J. Walcutt  our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims we may have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th May 1828, and 7th June 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in our name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching our interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due us and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers therein conferred upon himself hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS our hand and seal this 16 th day of June 1852.
Signed sealed and delivered in presence James M. Dail A. G. Matthews Bowen his Beebe mark Charlotte her Willette mark
State of Chic Glennont County, sec.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 16 th day of June 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Bowen Beebe and Charlotte Willett
subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and delivering the same to be their own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name,
James M. Dail J. P.

32,341
Thomas Beebe Ohio
Suspended
See letter 22
Dec 34 to
Rev T. S. Hamer
Hon J. D. Hamer

The State of Ohio Clermont County,
As Jonathan D Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State of Ohio do hereby certify that John Leeds is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified That his commission was dated on the 3rd day of May AD 1833 and will expire on the 3rd day of May AD 1836 and that his several signatures within written are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia this 9th day of December AD 1834
Attest J. D. Morris Clerk