Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12174, Jonathan Beals, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Beals, Jonathan
S. 12174
Carded
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21.726 Massachusetts
Jonathan Beals
of Charlestown in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Corp commanded by Captain Frost of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hemen in the Mass line for 9 Mos 21 days
Mr
Inscribed on the Roll of Mas'tts at the rate of 32 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Oct. 1833 and Nutt E. Alvord Greenfield
Arrears to the 4th of Apr'31  $80.80 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar'31  16.16
$96.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act, June 7, 1832. } J. C. Hilly
Recorded by J. C. Hilly Clerk Book 6 , Vol. 4 . Page 42
76 Franklin

Jonathan Beals Charlemont D. 223/8
Jon a Beals.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS fifteenth day of august A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Jonathan Beals a resident of Charlemont in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy 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 an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. in the summer of the year 1776 I enlisted as a soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Joseph Houghton for the term of four months, and was stationed at Nantasket in this State the whole time for which I enlisted when I was discharged by reason of the expiration of my term of service. I was at that time Seventeen years old. Soon after I removed to Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in this State and afterwards I enlisted and went in the service for two months in a company commanded by Capt. Nathan Hlden & was stationed at Bristol in Rhode Island the whole time for which I enlisted, and then returned to Bridgewater. I afterwards served three months in a company commanded by Capt. Washburne in Col. Sprague's Regiment and was stationed at North Kingstown in the State of Rhode Island, and then returned to Bridgewater. I afterwards went into the service in the place of John Edson of Bridgewater & served three weeks on Rhode Island & was there at the time our army retreated from the Island and was in engagement with the British, in a party under General Lovell. I then returned to Bridgewater where I resided till I was 21 years old when I removed to Windsor in this State. I have since lived in Cummington & Plainfield in this State till I removed to Charlemont about forty years ago where I still live at the time I was stationed at North Kingstown one of our vessels called Columbus ran aground at Point Judith & our army was called out to protect her from the British who burnt the vessel - I do not know of any person now living whose testimony I can procure except that of Jacob Nash to the first term of service I do not recollect the names of any continental officers nor can I remember the names of any field officers under whom I served and have here with evidence of the service performed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Jonathan Beals
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Attest E. Alvord Clerk
WE, Asahel Judd and Sylvester Maxwell
residing in Charlemont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Beals who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy four 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.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
Asahel Judd Sylvester Maxwell
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 Asahel Judd and Sylvester Maxwell who have severally signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Charlemont in said county and are persons of credit and two of the principal inhabitants - they do now and have for many years, sustained responsible official stations in that town and in the Legislature of this Commonwealth - and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Beals for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.

Jonathan Beals
22. 318
Mar 9 Mr 21 day
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Mar 21 1833
P 1119
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E. Alond Eng Greenfield map

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Beals  of Charlemont in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 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 1776 — 4 — private Capt: Frownf   1776 — 2 — " " Alden   No date — 3 — " " Washburn   " " — 1 21 Substitute none named  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Albington  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness and traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correctly authenticated 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin county ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A 1833
personally appeared before me Sylvester Maxwell Esqr one of the Justices of the Peace within for said County of Franklin. Jonathan Beals of Charlemont in the same County, who being sworn according to Law cloth on his Oath, make the following Statement in addition to his former Declaration made the 15 th of Aug t 1832 in order to entitle him to the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. As to the service for the term of three weeks, performed on Rhode Island in the year 1778, mentioned in his former Declaration; he says that through the infirmities of old age & loss of memory he cannot now recollect the names of any of the commissioned Officers of the Company or Regiment. He served in General Soull Brigade, and he remembers Sergeant Vash in the Company in which he served, who had a leg shot off at the knee in the battle with the British at the time our Army retreated from the Island, he was carried from the field but died soon after.
Subscribed & Sworn to the day & year aforesaid Jonathan Beals
Before S. Maxwell Justice of the Peace
I Joseph Field of Charlemont in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Beals who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that he has resided in said town in which I have officiated as a Minister of the Gospel more than thirty years, that I believe him to be more than seventy four years of age, and that from common report in the neighborhood where he resides & from his character as man of truth & veracity I believe him to have been a soldier of the Revolution as he has stated in his Declaration. Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid Joseph Field Minister of the Gospel Before me S. Maxwell Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said Commonwealth for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Sylvester Maxwell Esq. before whom the within amendment of the declaration of Jonathan Beals, and the within certificate of the Rev. Joseph Field in aid of the same were severally made and sworn to is a Justice of the Peace for said county - and that his name subscribed to the said proceedings respectively appear to me to be his proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the twelfth day of September A. D. 1833
E. Alvord Clerk

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Under the Act of June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH BANK,
BOSTON,
10. Sept
1836
RECEIVED of the PRESIDENT, Agent for paying Pensioners, belonging to the State of Massachusetts,
sixteen
Dollars,
16
Cents,
being for
Six
Months'
Pension due to
Jona Beals
From the 4th day of
March
1836
to the 4th day of
Sept
1836
for which I have signed Duplicate Receipts.
$ 16, 16
Ser. J. S. Reed
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108
Jonathan Beals
16.16
25
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COMPTON-WHITE TYPE OF MAGA CREDITS

State of Massachusetts, } ss. Franklin County. }
BE IT KNOWN, That before me, Solomon Reed a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Jonathan Beals of Charlemont and made Oath in due form of Law, that he is the identical Jonathan Beals named in an original Certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following to be a true Copy.
War Department,—Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th of June, 1832,
Jonathan Beals of the State of Massachusetts, who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Thirty two Dollars and Thirty two Cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this humbly fourth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Louis Calhoun Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned, Geo McCumbe J. EDWARDS Atty Gen. of Pensions
That he is entitled to a pension of Thirty two dollars Thirty two cents, per year, on account of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War, that he served in Captain Isaac Markham company of Infantry in Col. Sprague Regiment; That he now resides in Charlemont and has resided there for the space of forty two years past; and that previous thereto he resided in Cummington in said County
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of September 18 36 Before me
Jonathan Beals
Solomon Reed Justice Peace.
Know all men by these Presents, That
I, Jonathan Beals of Rowe a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Solomon Reed my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, my Pension from the fourth day of March 18 36 to the ninth day of September 18 36 Witness my hand and Seal, this fifth day of September 18 36
Sealed and delivered in presence of Solomon Reed
Jonathan Beals
STATE OF Massachusetts Franklin COUNTY. } ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That on the fifth day of September 18 36 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared Jonathan Beals above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Solomon Reed Justice Peace.

Sept 28, 1905. History to Mrs. Wm. E. Reed, Manchester, Va. - MR.
Perman
12174. INVALID.
File No. 12, 174
Jonathan Beal Briv Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. SUFFOLK COUNTY.
BE IT KNOWN, That on the 7 day of July 1836 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared J. Reed the Attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension, authorized to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
O Hood
Simpson Beebe Justice Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampton ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that John Mark Orgaine whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations in that capacity - and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the handwriting of the said John Mark.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S. Stoddard Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Solomon Stoddard, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Erastus Bates Esq. whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate, was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Erastus Bates and believe his signature within to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this thirtyfirst day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
S. Stoddard Clerk
Jonathan Beals Jacob Nash off

I Jacob Nash of Hanover in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of lawful age, do hereby certify that I was acquainted with the deceased of Jonathan Beals of Charlemont County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the time of the Revolutionary war. I also testify that the said Jonathan Beals enlisted into Capt. Joseph Davenport's Company I think in the Year 1776 - for four months - at the expiration of which was regularly and honorably discharged. I also testify that I was with the said Beals during the above Company's service. Jacob Nash
Hampshire ss - Commonwealth of Massachusetts May 5 1832 The person appearing before me above named here took oath to the truth of the above affidavit - Before me John Mack, Just. Peace
Hampshire ss - July 30 th 1838 To all whom it may concern - The subscriber hereby certify, That John Mack Esq. the magis- -trate before whom the above affidavit was taken is now deceased - And I further certify that I am acquainted with Jacob Nash, the above deponent, whose name is affixed to the above deposition, and that he is a man of sound mind, and whose word and oath may be entitled to full credit. Ernestus Bates Justice of the Peace

22318
Matthew Beals
E. Alvah & Co Greenfield Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Beals which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? except in one instance of 21 days service VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

U. S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SEP 2 1905 FILES. P.
PENSION A U. S. AUG 31 1905 OFFICE.

own
day
Aug 29/05
The Bureau of Pensions Washington
Gentlemen:
In a little pamphlet of the History and Times of Men of Ashfield Mass. I find this note "Jonathan BEALS Beals served in the Revolutionary War more than three years. For a part of the time he was employed in the Manufacture of cannon". Can you advise me how I can verify this statement and procure other data regarding his regiment etc.
Also on William Reed of Albany New York re-

ceived a pension during his life as I am told for services rendered the U.S. Govt. in connection with the transportation of supplies between Buffalo and New York or Albany during the war of 1812. I should like to be able to verify these statements too.
If you will kindly put me on the track I will appreciate it very much and thanking you now as I shall be glad to do later as also I am
very truly yours
W. C. Reed
Data taken from card FMR.