Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10359, Gideon Beebe, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Beebe, Gideon
S. 10359
carded
CONTENTS

New York
Gideon Beebe
of Granville in the State of New York who was a Priv: of Art y in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col John Crane in the Massachusetts line for _____ Years
✓ Continental Line. Jany 31, 1905. Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 100 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Novem- ber 1832 _____ and sent to H. Parker North Granville N.Y.
  As to 14th of Sep 1832  $150.00    Penizant. allowance ending 4 Mar '33  50.00     $200.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 69

Gideon Beebe
Adopted from War Department to John C. Packer North American Wash Co. New York
1836

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for Regular Troops.
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 3 State-st. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York, ss. County of Washington
On this twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid Gideon Beebe a resident of Granville in the County and State of New York, aged 71 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, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1778 with a company of Artillery and served in the regiment of the Continental Line, under the following named officers vizt in the Company under the actual command of Lieutenant Commandant John Bryant of the Artillery in Col. John Crary's Regiment and General Knox's Brigade in the Continental Army with those called the three years men that at the time of his enlistment he resided in the Town of Ludlow in the State of Massachusetts, that he enlisted at Springfield in said State in the autumn of 1778 the month he does not remember, that his company were stationed at Springfield during all the time he served therein which was from the time of his enlistment to about the month of March 1781 when he received a written honorable discharge which is now lost or destroyed That he never was in any Battle, but at the time of the Burning Fairfield by the British the Company marched for that place as far as Hartford & Middletown in Connecticut when learning that the British had fled, they returned to Springfield That he knows of no other persons living by whom he can prove his service except James Henson who was a Sergeant in the same Company & now draws a pension as he believes and who is so aged and infirm as not to be able to leave his home - and Nathanial Coombs whose several affidavits are hereto annexed That to the said Gideon Beebe was born on the 27th day of February 1761
He hereby relinquishes any claim 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 New York. N.B. Intended after the year 1831 being more than two years service
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid before me J. S. Leigh Clerk
Gideon Beebe
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
I, John Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gideon Beebe for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty eighth day of August 1832. J. S. Leigh Clerk

I, J. S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington aforesaid Do hereby certify that John Willard before whom the affidavit of James M c Alister purports to have been sworn was at the time thereof first Judge of the said Court, and that John C. Parker before whom the affidavit of Zachariah Loonis purports to have been taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace of said County and that they respectively are by Law authorized to administer oaths -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty ninth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - J. S. Leigh Clerk Ques

1 st Brief No 4836.
Gideon Beebe.
admitted 2 years private of artillery
Ensign of in the Col under act of 1798
S. C. Parker Agent

No 7826.
BRIEF in the case of  Gideon Beck of Granville of the County of Washington in the State of New York (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?
71. 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.     In 1778. More than 2 Years. Private Gen. Hugh Col. John Crane. —  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None stated.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Ludlow State of Massachusetts. —
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By two living witnesses. —
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be in due form. —
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ard
Examining Clerk.

January 23, 1933
Mrs. Milton Rawlings Dishman Washington
aw BA-J/MCS Gideon Beebe, S. 10359
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Gideon Beebe, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished below were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 10359, based upon the military service of Gideon Beebe.
He was born February 27, 1761, place not stated.
While living in Ludlow, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the autumn of 1778 and served until March, 1781, as private in Captain Bryant's Company in Colonel John Crane's Artillery Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was living in Granville, Washington County, New York.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
Soldier's death not on anyway Book
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

Revhas
10359 INVALID.
Mch. 17. 1897. History to Mrs. J. Burdett - Rutland, Vermont
File No. 10359
1912 July 29 Hist. to W.D. Beebe N.Y.C.
Gideon Beebe Prior to Civil War
1929 Oct. 19 hist. to Mrs.
Dora Blaine Wood 1930 May 22. Photomailed to Dr. John B. Nichols & Findlay. ntfd. A.P.Y.
1933 Jan 23 hist. to Mrs. Milton Rawlings. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York
Washington County ss. James M c Elherron of Salem in said County being duly sworn saith that he is aged seventy six years & upwards. that he is well acquainted with Gideon Beebe of Granville in said County & knew him in the war of the revolution at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts - that this deponent was an orderly sergeant in a company of artillery under the actual command of Lieutenant Commandant John M c Intosh in Col. John Cram's Regiment & General Knox Brigade in the continental army - and that the said Gideon Beebe was a soldier in the same company & faithfully served therein as such soldier from some time in 1777 till some time in 1780 according to this deponent's best recollection & belief - that this deponent was discharged in April 1780 leaving the said Gideon in the service & this deponent well recollects that the said Gideon served two years & upwards in said company in the war of the revolution. Sworn this 5 th day of July 1832 before me James M c Elherron his mark
John Willard first Judge of the County Courts of the County of Washington & State of New York.
State of New York Washington County ss. Zachariah Loomis of Granville in the County & State aforesaid aged sixty three years and upwards being duly sworn saith he lived in a Farm adjoining Springfield in Massachusetts in the time of the Revolutionary war that he this Deponent frequently saw Gideon Beebe now of Granville aforesaid and named in the above affidavit at Wilberham the residence of this Deponent adjoining Springfield during the Revolutionary war that he understood at the time that the said Gideon Beebe was in the continental service at Springfield and was so spoken of in this Deponent's father's family the Deponent's mother being the aunt of the said Gideon Beebe and for that reason the said Gideon visited this Deponent's father's family while he was in the United States Service as aforesaid.

and supposed from his recollection the said Gideon was in the said Service as he understood as aforesaid for two years and more and he this Deponent has no doubt but the said Gideon did serve in the army of the Revolution for the term aforesaid or more, that he has been for a long time of years last past acquainted with said Gideon & that he is a man of undoubted veracity, and whose testimony may be relied on in any court -
Given this 7th day of July 1832 before me
J. G. G. Comt. to take afft. &c
his Zachariah X Loonis mark

Pleasantville Tioughniola Pa
Feby 18 th 1912
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:..
The Adj Genl of the War Department has referred me to you. I am seeking what ever data obtainable of two "Revolutionary Soldiers" viz Ruben Woodward or Woodard and Gideon Beebe sometimes Beba or Beeby. Ruben Woodward was of Connecticut. The War Dept record him as of Capt Wetten's Company of Seldens Connecticut Regt Revolutionary War.
Gideon Beebe on Records 3 rd Artillery Reg't Continental Troops Revolutionary War of Massachusetts. There they spurious or Can you give any additional info or mention of either. I am.
Yours truly
H.D. Beebe
H.D. Beebe Pleasantville Tioughniola Pa

John M.
Rutland Feb 15 1897
To Sir
B
Will you kindly look for me and find if Gideon Beebe born in East Haddam Conn, went into service at 16, June 1861 - discharged at 19. Was in service at Shenandoah - might be detailed making bullets etc - He had a pension his

Daughter says, & to day She wrote her name on Banks for membership 94 years old - I don't can find any record I'm not greatly obliged Me. Please send it
To Mrs. G. Bennett State Room for Vermont Briggs House Washington
I shall be at the home on Friday Morning
Yours truly Mrs. G. Bennett

Jan. 9, 1933.
Rev
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;
Will you please give me all the information on the Pension Rolls, about Gideon Beebe , who had a Revolutionary War Pension, (for 1835) from Washington County, N. Y.
Also, I should like all the information on the Pension Rolls about Rebel Beebe (Ruel) who is on the same Roll; he served in the 16 th Albany County Reg't of Militia.
Especially would I like the names of the wives of these two men, and the names of their children. I am a descendant of one of these men, and would like to have the information, in the hope that some of the names would decide which man was my ancestor.
Thanking you very kindly, I am sincerely, Achsah Malthie Rawlings, Mrs. Milton Rawlings, Dishman, Spokane County, Washington.

Nashua Iowa July 6th 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Please may I have the official copy of Gideon Beebe of Revolutionary war- believe he was a Pensioner of Washington County New York. Will also if possible like the names of his children Please I desire this for L.a.R. purposes.
Mrs Flora Blaine Wood
Nashua Iowa.

May 13, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies of one page from Revolutionary War pension claim of Gideon Beebe, Cont. (Mass.) Troops, S.10359, uncertified, two copies.
Very truly yours,
Cash - 30 cents.
John B. Nichols, M. D., 1607 16 th Street, Washington, D. C.
Received payment 30¢ May 13, 1930.
Antonia W. Ford
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Gideon Beebe S.F. 1035-9
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Autumn 1778 March 1781 Pvt. John Bryant John Crane Artillery Regt                              
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ludlow Mass.  Date of application for pension, Aug. 28. 1832 This cl. was al.  Residence at date of application, Granville N.Y.  Age at date of application, born Feby 27. 1761  Remarks: No data as to family.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HMM
October 19, 1929.
Mrs. Flora Blaine Wood Nashua Iowa.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 10359, it appears that Gideon Beebe was born February 27, 1761, place not stated.
While a resident of Ludlow, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the autumn of 1778 and served until March 1781 as a private in Captain Bryant's Company in Colonel John Crane's Artillery Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was living in Granville, Washington County, New York.
There are no data relative to family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
From Heitman p. 128. it appears his given name was David so did not use John.