Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1128, Richard E Beale, Va.

SERVICE
Va. _____ _____
Beale, Richard E. Mary E.
NUMBER
W 1128 B.G.M. 17.873-160-55
CONTENTS
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Virginia 3/164
Richard E. Beale of Fauquier in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chittom of the Reg't commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 2 years from 1774.
Inscribed on the Rolls of Virginia at the rate of 80 - Dollars 00 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Dec r 32 and delivered to Pensioner
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 ~ 120 - Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar. 33 40 -
$160 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 7 Page 124
Dead. See letters to J. E. Heath & P. Agt. Sept. 24. 1836 -

Rich? E. Brakes
Declaration
A copy.
$80 per annum
p. 296
app. present
Free 46 cents

State of Virginia:
county of Fauquier, set.
On this 28 th day of August 1832. Richard E. Beale a resident of the county of Fauquier and State of Virginia, aged upwards of seventy two 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 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Third Virginia Regiment in the Army of the United States in the month of February '76, with John Blackwell, first Lieutenant, under Captain John Chilton (who was killed at the battle of Brandywine,) for the term of two years. This regiment was the first Virginia Regiment that marched to the north, and in the same year it was ordered as high as the White Plains in New York. It was commanded part of the year by George Weedon, part of the year by Thomas Marshall, and the remainder by William Heath. This affiant was in the Battle of Brandywine on or about the 11 th of September of the same year, and in October next after, he was in the battle of Germantown near Philadelphia. After this affair this affiant was appointed sergeant major to the regiment of Col. Heath, and afterwards adjutant to the same regiment. He served the full term of his enlistment, (two years) and left the service at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania in March 1778. From 1787, to the present time, he has been a planter and farmer in the county of Fauquier in Virginia. At the period of this affiant's enlistment, he lived in the county of Stafford in Virginia. He passed in marching to the north, through Maryland to Lancaster in Pennsylvania, thence through New Jersey to the city of New York, thence to the White Plains in New York, thence we crossed the North or Hudson River high up above the city of New York and retreating through New Jersey we crossed the Delaware at Trenton. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he hereby declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state, and further he adds that he never has received pension for his services from the State of Virginia or other state or from the Federal Government. Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Rich d E. Beale.
bout?

State of Virginia:
Fauquier County, ss.
William Tomlin sen. aged seventy four years; who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on oath declare, that he well knows that the within petitioner Richard E. Beale, was in the service in the Revolutionary war, in the 3 d . Virginia Regiment, and served in the same, for the time and in the manner as stated in the within declaration by himself; that said Beale was also appointed sergeant major to the said Regiment and subsequently adjutant to the same.
W m . Tomlin. Sen.
Sworn to in open court.
Jno. A. W. Smith. C.C.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I Alexander J. Marshall, clerk of the county court of Fauquier do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Richard E. Beale for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26 th day of October 1832, and in the 57 th year of the commonwealth.
Alexander J. Marshall

L. 161 District of Columbia Mary E Beale widow of Richard E. Beale who served in the Revolutionary Va war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Aug 1853
and sent to Saml. Chilton Post.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 22, 1842 , Page 119 - Vol. C 3 February 1853
Ms. A. 9. 2. 5. 75

Prof. Chilton Present.

District of Columbia } To wit-
On this fourteenth day of May 1853 personally appeared before the Orphans Court of the County of Washington and District aforesaid Mary E Beale a Resident of Washington city in the County and District aforesaid aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress of 3 rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; That she is the widow of Richard E Beale late of Fauquier County in the State of Virginia to whom a Certificate of pension issued from the Pension office of the United States on the 17 th day of December 1832 under the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 and she hereby makes reference to the evidence filed in said Richard E Beale's application for a pension on file in the said Pension office for the description and proof of his service.
She further declares - That she was married to the said Richard E Beale in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia on or a day or two subsequent to the 16 th day of January Eighteen hundred and eight; That said Richard E Beale died on the 8 th day of January 1835; That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred but at the time stated. She further declares that she is now a Widow.
Mary E Beale
Sworn and subscribed on the day and Year

above written before me William F Purcell Judge of the Orphans Court of the County of Washington in the District of Columbia, in open Court
William F Purcell
Orphans Court of Washington County District of Columbia I Do Wit-
It was this fourteenth day of May 1853 proved in open Court to the satisfaction of the Court by the evidence of Samuel Chilton and the same is also within the knowledge of the Judge of said Court to whom the said Mary E Beale who made and subscribed the foregoing declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of the 3 rd February 1853 is now & has been long personally well known that the said Mary E Beale is the widow of Richard E Beale late of Fauquier County in the State of Virginia who was a pensioner of the United States - under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 which is ordered to be certified
William F Purcell Judge of the Orphans Court of Washington County DC
Orphans' Court,
District of Columbia, Washington County, To wit: The foregoing declaration of Mary E. Beale was subscribed and sworn to, and the affidavit of Samuel Chilton made and the certificate of William F. Purcell Judge of this court, given this day in open court.
Test: E. do. No. Roach Reg d wills. May 14. 1853.

92. 575 / Oct. term 3/53
Mary E. Beale, Oct 23/53
Mary E. Beale David Richard C. Do Am
Richard E Beale Pri
Va: Conf. line
No: 16000, Mich. 4"/56
Sept 5 1856
Rev War Nov 1812
Oct 23/56
Capt. Name necessary before search can be made.
3rd Anal. Offic.
Feb 18th/56
M
Not given
Anal
S. H. Steele
Present
Capt. Name necessary before search can be made
Vol. B. 89. Linton

92,575
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
OF
Mary E. Beale
War _____
No. _____
Filed April 21 st 1855
BY
S. H. Steele; Washington, D. C.

WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR BOUNTY LAND,
To be made by the Widow who has never had a Land Warrant.
STATE OF District of Columbia COUNTY OF Washington } 88.
On this 20 th day of April A. D., 185 8 , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Elizabeth Beall aged 75 years, a resident of the County of Norfolk in the State of  Virginia who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Richard E. Beall deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ in the _____ Regiment of _____ commanded by _____ in the War with Great Britain  for the cause of  and continued in actual service in said war that she was married to the said Richard E. Beall in Newport News  Virginia on the _____ day of _____ in the year 1808 , that her maiden name was Mary E. Grayson that her said husband died in the year 1835 and that she is now a widow.
For further particulars, she refers to the evidence, on file in the Pension Office, upon which she obtained a pension of $80 per An: A record of said pension will be found on the Roll of Pensioners under the act of Feb. 3, 1853 - page 119, Vol. "A"
Under the Act of Feb. 3, 1853 - page 119, Vol. 11 She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under Act of March 3d, 1855, never having received nor applied for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress.
She hereby appoints S. H. Steele, Washington , her Attorney to prosecute and receive her warrant
[Claimant's signature ]
Mary E. Bane
We, William H. Peacock and Mary F. E. Peacock residents of Muskegon in the State of West  Michigan upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary E. Peacock in our presence, and that we know she is now a widow, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, together with our acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
[Witnesses must sign their names.]
Wm F Purcell Mary F. E. Purcell
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
H. H. H.
J. P.
STATE OF _____
COUNTY OF _____
- set.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration and affidavit were made, is and was at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this _____ day of _____ 1855.
Clerk

92,575
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
OF
Mary E. Peale
War
No.
Filed April 21 st 1855
BY
J. H. Steele
Washington,
D. C.
*This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant. If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible. If there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested persons proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy. If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration; and in such case, other evidences—such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed—will be admissible.
¶ In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased be taken as evidence of the marriage: but the witnesses must state the facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Richard E. Beale a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1776 2 yrs. Pvt Sgt. Major Adj. John Chilton George Weedon Thomas Marshall William Harts Va  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine & Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stafford Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 25, 1832. His d. was at
Residence at date of application, Fauquier Co. Va.
Age at date of application, about 72 yrs. He died Jan. 8, 1835.
Remarks: He was in Jan. 1805 in Prince William Co. Va. Mary Elizabeth widow of Wm Grayson - She was at Paris on her ap. see Mar. 14, 1813. while living in Wash. D.C. aged 74 yrs. There is no further data on file as to her family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1920 Apr. 26. History to Mrs. Frank Grady, The Burlington, Ft. Ave., Wash. D.C. in reply to personal inquiry. aw.
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1128
Mary E. Beale,
Widow,
Richard E. Beale,
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: — Vol. A , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr. A. W. 153. Washington B. O. Dr.

✓ 17873
3
New Orleans

Pension Office July 29/53
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pension was last paid; or (if in your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully Your Obt Servt
J. D. Walker
For the Commissioner
J. Burt Esq. Present
Richard E. Beale, Act of June 1832, $80. p.a. Died 8 th January 1835 paid to his death.
J. Burt Auditor.

Mrs Frank Gray - Washington - The Burlington D.C. Vermont Ave.
personal inquiry of Apr. 24, 1920
wants record of Richard C. Beale, Va. W. 1128 Rev

Richmond Va.
19. Sept 1836.
Sir
The enclosed papers were forwarded to me a week or two since in order to draw a pension - but were returned upon the suggestion of some defects, by your agent here. These defects having been supplied and the papers again presented, I am now informed that it is necessary to return them to you in order to obtain your written sanction for the payment of the pension.
The pension I am informed was increased to $120 - although the certificate calls for less. The fact of such increase is doubtless known to your dep t .
I am very respectfully,
Yrs J. H. Keith
J. L. Edwards ref
R d E. Beale died January 8. 1835-

Know all men by these presents, that we Richard E. Beale and Philip H. Hawe are held and firmly bound unto his excellency Wm H. Cabell Esquire, Governor of Virginia, and his successors, for the use of the Commonwealth, in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, current money, to which payment well and truly to be made. We bind ourselves and each of us, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this 16 th day of January Anno Dom: 1808
The condition of the above obligation is such, that, whereas there hath been this day issued from the Clerk's Office, of Prince William County, a licence for a marriage, intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Richard E. Beale and Mary Elizabeth Grayson widow of Wm Grayson dec d . Now, if there should be no lawful cause to obstruct the same, then the above obligation to be void; else to remain in full force and virtue.
Sealed and delivered in presence of State of Virginia,
Rich d E. Beale (Seal) Phil. H. Hawe (Seal)
Prince William County, to wit: I Philip H. Gipseomb, clerk of the County Court for the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of the said Court; and I further certify that there is no record  records of the marriage of Richard E. Beale and Mary Elizabeth Grayson in said Court.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand and annex the seal of the said Court, this 4 th day of May 1853
P. H. Gipseomb

Brief in the case of Mary E. Beale, widow of Richard E. Beale County and State of  District of Columbia act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832
Marriage proved by marriage bond and certificate of Judge before whom the Declaration was made
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Samuel Chilton Esq. Present
Name and residence of Agent
R. Geddes
Examining Clerk.

Elizabeth Williamson for aid of Joseph Johnson Va - Dec - 1838
Mary C. Beal wid Richmond C - Dis Col. 2-1853
R. H. Gray Present

Chief Clerk's Room Pen. off. Sep. 4 / 56
I should like to see the papers in the case of Elizabeth Williamson. wid. of Lieut. Johnson for. Comd. Act July 7. 1838 - for review , and add. evidence, argument, on a legal point involved in the case. This claim having been once allowed by the dept it, nor its successor had no right to arrest the allowance, result In decision of the Court of Claims.
Yours — Robt. H. Gray Agent.
I wish also to review the papers of Richd. Beale prival N o 6 out d (Act. 1818, or 1832.) of Fanny C o N o with a view to increase the widows pen n . to $96- 00 / yr . Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Respectfully. Robt. H. Gray att n for S r
I Cole - Esq.
Acting Comm r of pensions.
I present.

92 575

Washington, April 21 st 1855.
Sir;
Therewith enclose the Application of Mrs. Mary E Beale, widow of Richard E. Beale, for the Land Warrant to which she is entitled, under the provisions of the recent B. L. Act - appr d March 3 rd .
For such particulars as she has been unable to furnish in her Declaration, she refers to the papers, on file, upon which she now receives an annual pension of $80.
As the old lady is very infirm , it will the early adjudication of her claim will be an act of charity .
Respectfully, Your Obedt. Servt. S. H. Steele.
Hon: L. W. Waldo; (Comm ee of Pensions,)

Pension Office, Feb. 23 d , 1856.
Sir;
The Auditor requests that the widow of Richard E. Beale decd., who has made application for Bounty Land under Act of 1855, No. 87.577 or 92.575 will furnish the name of the Captain under whom her husband served, before an examination of the rolls can be made.
Very Respectfully C. H. Klett
(W.H.W.)
L. H. Steele Esqr., Present
For Commissioner.
Washington, Feb 29. 1856.
Sir;
The above is a copy of a letter just received. In reply I would say that Mrs. Beale is a Revolutionary pensioner , and very aged . In making out her declaration, being unable to recollect the names of the Officers under whom her husband served, she referred to the papers (on file) upon which she obtained her pension . I was not aware that it was necessary in such cases ( P. Pension) to examine the rolls. As far as I can learn Mrs. Beale has become so infirm as to be unable to furnish further particulars. I hope, therefore, that an examination of her pension papers may prove satisfactory.
Please let me hear from you at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully Your Obedt Servt,
Hon. J. Minot, Commr of Pensions
Simpson H. Steele
(I think the No. of the Act. is 92.575 instead of 87.577 )