Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10369, Joseph Beaty, New York

SERVICE
New York
Beatty Joseph
NUMBER
S.10369
CONTENTS

20.792  New York  Joseph Beatty of Orange Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Camp commanded by Captain Silford of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thompson in the Cont. line for 8 Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Oct.  1833 — and Susanna W. Beatty  Newburgh
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 66.66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st N o 24 13.33  $ 79.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 4. Page 11.

and Regiment throughout the Revolutionary War and can testify as to his character for veracity and truth of his services as a Revolutionary Soldier.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that the same is not on the pension roll of the State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph his Beaty mark
Attest Dunning Clark

Joseph Beatty

State of New York } Supplementary affidavit Orange County } of Joseph Beatty
Personally appeared before me Joseph Beatty who swore to the foregoing affidavit to me personally known to be a credible witness who having been duly sworn doth in addition to his original declaration hereto annexed depose and say that in the month of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty Deposition together with the whole company of Captain Gilford upon which was ordered to Poughkeepsie on the Indian frontier on a general alarm. We remained there under the command of Colonel Moses Phillips one week and returned and Deposition also saith that he can not procure the certificate of a clergyman because the Reverend induced him to believe that Benjamin Deposition belonged upwards of forty years who was acquainted with Deposition's Revolution army services as a private in the old line and his successor as a young man from the County of Montgomery and knows nothing of Deposition's services in the Revolutionary War.
Sworn to & subscribed to
this 12 th day of June
before me
Joseph Beatty mark
Gilbert Ogden (Notary Public) First Judge of Orange County

State of New York } County of Sullivan } ss
Be it known that personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said County Sarah Jane Bloodgood a resident of the County of Ulster in said State aged 44 years who being first duly sworn according to law and on her oath State that she is one of the children of Joseph Beatty deceased a late resident of the County of Orange - in said State who was in the receipt of a pension at the time of his death at the Rate of $26-66 per annum for his services in and during the war of the Revolution under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 as she has been informed by her said father and that she believes the same to be true and that she has been advised and believes that she this deponent is entitled to an interest to said pension as one of the children of her father the said Joseph Beatty she further states that her father left no will at the time of his death
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14 th day of November 1851
Geo S. Smiley, justice of the peace
Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Jane Bloodgood the above named deponent do hereby constitute and appoint H. H. Sylvester & B. B. French my true and lawful attorneys for me and in my name to call on the Commissioners of Pensions for an examination of the declaration of my said father the said Joseph Beatty and all the other papers on file in his office which contain her said father's application for his pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 Witness my hand and seal this 14 th day of November 1851 Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Sarah Jane Bloodgood Geo S. Smiley, justice of the peace

State of New York } County of Sullivan } ss
Dec - 30 - 1857 Saml. H. Smith
be it known that personally came before me the subscriber a justice of the peace duly authorized by the laws of the State of New York to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds within said County Sarah Jane Bloodgood to me known and acknowledged that she had executed the within power of attorney and that it was her act and deed in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November 1851
Geo. S. Smiley Justice of the peace
25 B W. 1851
STATE OF NEW-YORK : Sullivan County Clerk's Office.
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I Certify That Geo. S. Smiley Esq., the person subscribing the annexed or foregoing two  depositions  certificates and before whom the same was taken was on the 14 th day of November A. D. 1851 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn and authorized to take the same; and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 17 th day of November A. D. 1857
Gad Wales CLERK.

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Joseph Beatty
j. author
adm
Certificate of Clerk written
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Walter base
New Burgh agent
claimant
Miss Burgh New York

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. These 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 Joseph Beatty of Orange County - New York.
   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.     Aug 1776 7 Private Capt. Telford Col. McLaughlin State of New York New Windsor Living Witness   1776 Dec. 1 14 " Benjamin Thompson   Apr 1777 8 " " "   June " 1 " Telford   " 21 "   " 1 14 "   1778 July " 1 15 " Feller aged 78 years   " 1 " Michal   " 14 " Telford   1780 not stated " "   8 9  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 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 [j] 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.

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And the said board 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 stated
I also Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said board in the matter of the application of Joseph Beatty for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Fourth day of September 1832
Asa Dunning

State of New York Orange County ss
William Beatty of New London County & State of Conn and being duly sworn clothed knows and says that he is the bro- ther of Joseph Beatty named in the annexed affidavit - That said Joseph served in the same com- pany with deponent in the revo- lutionary war & to the best of his knowledge deponent has heard the annexed affidavit of said Joseph William read & says that the same is true to the best of his recollection & be- liefs
Sworn this 31 st day of August 1832 before me } Wm Beatty
Gilbert Belden Hawley one of the Judges of Court of Common Pleas, in and for Orange County

I certify that I am personally well acquainted with William Beatty the within named Respondent, and believe him to be a credible Witness. Gilbert Ogden Fowler One of the Judges of the Court by Common Pleas in and for Orange County.
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the County of Orange and Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of said County do hereby certi- fy that Gilbert Ogden Fowler before whom the preceding affidavits of James Boyd and William Beatty were sworn was at the time a Judge of said Court and still is a Judge thereof and that said Court is a Court of Record and that the signature of Gilbert Ogden Fowler subscribed to said affidavits is the genuine signa- ture of said Judge
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office the Fourth day of September
1832
Asa Dunning
Joseph Beatty Allowed

State of New York & Orange County } ss
James Boyd of the Town of New Windsor County of State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he resi- ded in the same Company & resi- dent with Joseph Beatty in the Revolutionary War and through- out the same that he has heard the aforesaid affidavit of the said Joseph read and that it is true to the best of depon- ent's recollection & belief -
Sworn this 31 st day of August 1832 before { James Boyd me - Gilbert Aglen Fowler One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County. }
Plaintiff's Exhibit A
I certify that the above named James Boyd is a credible witness. June 12 th 1833. Gilbert Aglen Fowler (First Judge of Orange County)

Rev War
10369 INVALID.
File No. 10.369
Joseph Beatty Prior Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 32
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Deutz
adm 8 mo. pre  Feb. 16
Walter Base Newburgh Agent
for 25

State of New York Orange County - 1p
Personally appeared before me John Mc Michael William Beatty & Major William Sly to me personally known to be credible witnesses who having been duly sworn depose and say that they served in the same company of Captain William Sellford with the said Joseph Beatty in the Revolutionary War and have heard the preceding affidavit of the said Joseph Beatty read and that they are strictly true and the said William Beatty himself saith that he is a younger brother of the said Joseph, lived in the same family with him in said war, and cannot be mistaken as to his service as a private in the army in the revolution and deponents also say that the said Joseph is a man of good character and a credible witness, & further say not
Sworn to and subscribed This 12th day of June 1833 before me
James H. D. ... W. B. Beatty William Sly
Gilbert Ogden Fowler (First Judge) of Orange County.
I also Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Orange County hereby certify that Gilbert Ogden Fowler who signed the preceding certificate and be- fore whom the preceding affidavit was sworn to and subscribed was on the day

where the said certificate used after deaths were respectively sworn to and subscribed first side of said Court
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court This 26 th day of June 1833 - A. Dunning Clerk