Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 680, Jacob Beasley, N.C.

SERVICE
N.K.
Braskey, Jacob
NUMBER
P. 680
CONTENTS

Jacob Brantley —
32.637 —
Q
Am. W.B. Shepard 18 R.

State N o Carolina Currituck G. B. On this 27 th day of August 1834 Personally appeared in open court before the Justices of Said court now sitting Jacob Beasley a resident of Renoak Island in the County of Currituck and State of North Carolina aged 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 act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 That in the year 1778 being then sixteen years old he was placed on the muster list and was in July 1778 placed under the command of Capt. Belsher Daniel of Renoak Island as a soldier to guard the coast from Currituck Inlet to Cape Hatteras, that the soldiers were at different points of Coast, between the aforesaid points from the time before mentioned to wit the month of July 1778 to the close of the war in 1783 The company in which he was had frequent skirm- ishes with the small british vessels that were sent into the sound for the purpose of plundering the inhabit- ants and in the time they took several small vessels belonging to the enemy, but he does not now remember the names — He does remember that they took one small armed vessel that went up the sound to Edenton & took two small american vessels and on her return the com- pany in which he was met the enemy off the mouth of Alligator River and took her and liberated the american vessels — The company also run one British vessel on shore at North Landing — He further states he thinks the company took as many as ten or twelve vessels during the time he was in the service — The Declarant states that Samuel Jarvis was his Colonel during the whole time he was in the service and he knew no other field officer —
Declarant was born on Renoak Island and has never resided out of the County of Currituck and he knows no body by whom he can prove

his service except Mrs Sally Daniel who was the wife of Belcher Daniel his captain & he herunto annexes her affidavit - See declarant has no record of his age but he remembers to have seen his age recorded in his fathers family Bible, but that the bible was taken possession of by one of his brothers & he does not know where it can be found - Declarant has not & never did have a discharge because he never left the service untill the war ended & he did not think a discharge was then necessary, - Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn before me Spence Hall C.C.C.
Jacob his mark Beasley
We Jonathan Lindsey and Samuel Davis residing in Gwoultuck County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Beasley who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy two years and 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 before me Spence Hall C.C.C.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. Lindsey Samuel Davis mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the said Court do further certify that Jonathan Lindsey and Samuel Davis who have signed the foregoing certificates are credible persons and that the applicant for a pension the said Jacob Beasley lives at a distance of about sixty miles from this place and that it would be very inconvenient

and expensive for him to bring a clergyman from his neighborhood to sign this certificate - and the Court further certify that it appears to them upon examination that Sally Daniel who has sworn to the annexed Affidavit is credible & a respectable woman
Sally Daniel maketh oath that she was born and raised upon Ronoak Island that she is seventy four years of age that she has all her life resided in Currituck County & been acquainted with Jacob Beasley the applicant from a child she states that she was the wife of Belsher Daniel and that the said Belsher was Captain of a company during the war and was stationed on Currituck Banks between Currituck Inlet and Cape Hatteras and she knows that Jacob Beasley was under the command of her husband and was in his company during the war & she believes that the said Jacob Beasley served as a soldier as much as five years during the war  Sworn before me Sally her Daniel mark  Spence Hall, D.C.C. 
I Spence Hall clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Currituck County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Beasley for a pension  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10 th day of September and of our Independence the 59 th Anno Dom 1831

Jacob Beardsley. Oct 6 th 1832 N.Y.
... .. amount two or more hours join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

State of North Carolina } County of Pasquotank }
Be it Known, that on this Ninth day of February A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mathias Leahood and his wife Barbara Leahood born Beasley resident of Elizabeth City in said County, and made oath according to law that Said Barbara is the daughter of Jacob Beasley who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1841 . That she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Jacob Beasley for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, Saying that my said Attorney is not to receive the money for said claim should the same be allowed until further empowered
In Presence of Y. Davis Grier Esq  Mathias Leahood Barbara Leahood born Beasley Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Barbara wife of Mathias Leahood to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, and that I am in no way interested in said claim Y. Davis Grier Esq
State of North Carolina } County of Pasquotank }
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Heads & Quarters Session , for Pasquotank County that Barbara Leahood born Beasley the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the daughter of the reputed soldier aforesaid . I further certify, that Y. Davis Grier Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this the Ninth day of February 185 3
James H. Winston CLK
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

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

Jacob Beasley N.C. sur 1832
Hon. J. M. West. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington. D.C.

Jacob Beasley -
North Carolina
Suspended
Lit: 18 - July: 1835
Hon Wm B. Shepard
C. C. Tucker Aug 27/55
680
ack-7 th June 1832

Washington D.C. Aug 20 th 1855.
Hon. J. Minit. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir.
Enclosed please find a certificate from the Comptroller of North Carolina, indicating the period of service of Jacob Beasley in the War of the Revolution. Mr Beasley's claim for a pension under the Act of June 7. 1832, (from N. Carolina,) is now on file in your Office.
Very respectfully Your O bt Servt.
Chas. C. Tucker.
Encl

{ State of North Carolina Comptroller's Office
At Geo. W. Brooks Comptroller of the Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my Office among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military Service in the Revolutionary War as follows Viz.
Jacob Bearley £16.10.8. specie as per Indent No. 2265 dated 26th day Aug. 1783
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of Office in Raleigh on the 6th day Febr. 1835-
Geo. W. Brooks, Compt.

REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
ACT OF 7. June 1832.
Jacob Beasley.
North Carolina.
Suspended.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO EXAMINE CLAIMS.
CHARLES C. TUCKER, Attorney, Present.
25. Sep. 54.

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents: That we Mathias Cohoon & wife Barbary Cohoon
do hereby constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Jacob Beasley for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of _____ or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 26 day of June 1854.
In presence of
W W Williams } ss.
Subs Mathias Cohoon Barbary Cohoon mark
STATE OF North Carolina } COUNTY } ss. Pasquotank
On this 26 day of June 1854, before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Mathias Cohoon & his wife Barbary Cohoon and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be their act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
W W Williams
STATE OF North Carolina } ss. Pasquotank — COUNTY. }
On this 26 day of June 1854, before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mathias Cohoon & his wife Barbary Cohoon a resident of said County, and made oath according to the law that they are the identical persons who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that they are directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as their said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
W W Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
STATE OF North Carolina } COUNTY OF Pasquotank }
I James W. Hinton Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that W W Williams Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 27 day of June 1854.
James W Hinton CCR