Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,268., Joshua Beal, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Beal, Joshua
S 30268.
CONTENTS

10.948. Massachusetts
Joshua Beal
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Matross in the company commanded by Captain Lincoln of the reg t commanded by Col Revere in the Mass line for 2 Years.
State City
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1833 and sent to Seland Roxbury Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Decr 1830 $200 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep — 50
$250 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H N o Blair Clerk Book 6. Vol. 2. Page 6.
86 Norfolk

Forster's Br. cae
8891
Edwin S Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Quincy in and for said County, Joshua Beal a resident of Cohasset in said County, aged eighty six , 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 A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Cohasset on the nineteenth day of August A. D. 1745, and that there is a record of his birth in the town records of Cohasset that he was in the United States service from the three years day of June A. D. 1777, to the three years day of June A. D. 1780 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Cohasset
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Amos Lincoln of 1st Regt. Artillery : that he marched from Cohasset to Boston , from Thame to R Island from Thame to Penobscot : that he served at Thame with none of the of the regular troops; and
none of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in the battle at R Island and Penobscot and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Cohasset
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the three years day of June A. D. 1777, to the three years day of June A. D. 1780 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at
when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from Cohasset to Boston , from Thame to R Island from Thame to Penobscot
: that he served at Thame with none of the of the regular troops; and
none of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in the battle at R Island and Penobscot and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the three years day of June A. D. 1777, to the three years day of June A. D. 1780 in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at
when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from Cohasset to Boston , from Thame to R Island from Thame to Penobscot
: that he served at Thame with none of the of the regular troops; and
none of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in the battle at R Island and Penobscot
and at the end of his service received no written discharge. and no documentary evidence except such as may be found in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth

I Peter Nichols of Cohasset do testify and declare that I was a soldier in the Army of the United States during the years from 1777 to 1780 that I served in the same company commanded by Capt Amos Lincoln with Joshua Beal and that I do know of his having served as he has declared with him.
Peter Nichols
Weymouth August 14 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to
before Shelah Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug 27 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joshua Beals is borne upon the Books of Col. Rives Regt as a matross in Capt Lincoln's Company from May twenty ninth 1777 to December thirty first 1779 — Pay for months 28 a
Edward A. Bangs. Secy.

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. his
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid. Joshua Beal Mark
We Jacob Flint a clergyman, residing in the town of
Cohasset and James C Doane residing at Cohasset hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Beal who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty six 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 as aforesaid.
Jacob Flint
James C Doane
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary solier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Jacob Flint , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said Cohasset ; and that James C Doane who has also signed the same is a resident in Cohasset and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Heerman Selene Secy of the court
I Samuel Haven, Regt of the Comt of Pensions do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joshua Beal , for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haven

Joshua Beal Mass
Matraps 2 years
$100.
BB 91
E. G. Leland Esq. Roxbury Mass

BRIEF in the case of Joshua Beal County of Norfolk in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 86  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 1777 To 1780 } 3 3 Private Col. Lincoln Col. Revere  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? battle, of Rhode Island and Pownsett  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Goshen  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional documentary one living Witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The credibility of the living witness is not contested 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Dyer
Examining Clerk.

30 268 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 30 268
Joshua Beal (Matrios Rev Inv)
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joshua Beals
Massachusetts
Admitted 1832
J. K. Merrill