Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12194, William Beaty, New York

SERVICE
New York
Beaty, William
NUMBER
S. 12194
leaded
CONTENTS

Erroneously transferred to Albany by N.Y. Agt. - on acct. to Mr. Ames & Mr. Fleming. Apr. 11 th 1835-
Died 1. May 1834.
Letter to Joseph Ellis & B. Under D. L. p. 1827.
90.833 New York
William Beatty of Orange Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stillford of the Regt. commanded by Col. D. D. D. in the New York line for 1 Year & 14 Days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 11 Dollars 54 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Oct. 1833 and Amos H. Blake Newburgh.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $104.83 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Mch. '34 21.71 $126.60
Revolutionary Claim Not June 7, 1832 Recorded by Go. W. Stiles Cle Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 89

State of New York Orange County
on this fourth day of September
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas at the assizes in the village of Middletown in the town of New Windsor in the County and State aforesaid and seventy six years was 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 January 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter
That he entered the service at New London aforesaid on the twenty first day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six in a Company belonging to Captain William Telford's Regiment commanded by Colonel James McLaughlin in which Jacob New York and Moses Phillips were Mayors. The Lieutenants in said Company were James Faulkner and Alexander Beatty now deceased - at this time a detachment was ordered
to be raised to serve until the first day of December next thereafter deponent was ordered to serve as one of said detachment and was placed in a Company of ninety men commanded by Captain William Faulkner John Hunter was Lieutenant & Robert Guseon orderly sergeant and John McMichael and Joseph Beatty were officers to whom said Company belonged to Captain Telford's Company & knows that deponent enlisted into said detachment and served therein until the expiration of their term. The Company of Captain William Faulkner to which deponent now belonged was ordered to New York and was attached to Colonel Humphreys Regiment where Telford was Lieutenant Colonel. There were five Companies in this detachment
There were five Companies in this detachment

mand of Col Hardenbergh in New York the remainder were under the command of Colonel Humphreys at Fort Montgomery - The companies belonging to said Regiment which were in New York were the companies of Captain John Gallegher Captain DeWitt Captain Roserants Captain William Faulkner aforesaid and one company from Dutchess County whose captain's name Deponent cannot now recollect - The Detach- ment to which Deponent belonged was employ- ed in fortifying in and near New York on the North River we erected Granders fort a little above the Town at the time of the battle on Long Island we were on guard in the City and continued on guard from Wednesday until Sunday without relief - The battle took place on the 28th day of August - and the Army came over on Sunday the 29th about this time I was taken sick and received a written permission to return home - Deponent cannot now recol- lect where it is I remained sick at home un- til the expiration of the term for which I enlisted as aforesaid General Marmus Scott commanded our Brigade General Green General Mathews and General McDougal were on Long Island whilst Deponent was there & also Gen- eral Washington December 13th 1776 There was a General Alarm The Enemy were driving our troops thro New Jersey The Militia were ordered out to reinforce the regular army - We lay at Plymouth when General George Clinton or- dered a detachment of five hundred men to pro- ceed to the English Neighborhood and attack the British Picket Guard We marched under the immediate command & took the Guard con- sisting of twenty one prisoners We staid one month and then returned When we went down we marched over the mountain in single file

2 forming a foot path to Raritan & staid there two nights and then went to Hopewell Town on our return we marched to Raritan & kept guard there until our time had expired which was on January  on January Thirteenth We were then discharged Colo nel Prescott's Regiment was there In the month of March 1777 we were ordered down to Fort Clinton on a general alarm The whole company of Captain Telford to which I belong went down from New Windsor by water John Mc Michael whose affidavit is annexed was down with us at this time We staid eight days on fatigue and guard Gen eral James Clinton commanded Fort Clinton Colonel Dubois was there at that time commanding his regiment In the month of April 1777 there was a general alarm The whole company was ordered down to Fort Montgomery and remained there eight days General George & James Clinton Colonel Dubois were there We went down by land from New Windsor and re- turned by water The same continental troops were there as before which was a part of the whole of Dubois & Clinton's Regiments part of Colonel Woodhull's Regiment was there May 1777. I was one of a detachment of Captain Telford's company which was ordered down to Fort Clinton on fatigue Captain Telford had the command of the detachment We were placed under the command of Colonel Captain Lewis Pembury in the four months service We staid one month and were relieved by another detachment In the month of August in the same year The whole company was ordered to Fort Clinton on a general alarm We were employed on fatigue and guard ten days In the month of September 1777 I was detailed one month and one half under Cap- tain Paul of McLaughlin's Regiment Captain

One of the continental troops commanded Lieut James Faulkner was with us on that occasion & Captain Buddback of the Militia William Sly whose affidavit as he recounts affidavit was also one of that detachment a little before the battle of fort Montgomery a de- tachment to which the said William Sly and disponent both belonged were ordered to Anthony's run to reconnoitre We crossed the River accordingly & from the adjacent Height beyond the neck of dange had a distinct view of that battle which lasted from about eleven  one o'clock in the afternoon morning of the sixth day of October till dark in the evening. The night after the fort had surrendered We remained in the Mountain and next morning marched for Fishkill & from there we crossed over to New Windsor on Thursday after the battle which took place on Monday We joined our Regiment and marched again to New Windsor William Sly and Joseph Beatty John McMichael and James Boyd were with us a company at this time as well as well as at the battle of fort Montgomery We remained at New Windsor for large six weeks and until some time after the Enemy's fleet had passed down the River We had enlisted for that time and served it out In the month of June 1778 I was sent as one of a detachment from said company to a place called Hurk & stood guard there one month against the Indians In the month of April 1779 disponent was sent with a detachment under the command command of Lieutenant Alexander Beatty to Mamanating on the Indian Frontier here we remained one half month and were then relieved In the month of June in the year last aforesaid our whole

Company was ordered down to the Forest of Dean about two miles west of Fort Mont- gomery. We marched to West Point by land and staid there a few days & then ordered to proceed to the Forest of Dean as the British threaten- ed an attack upon the posts in the High- lands. We marched by night and had or- ders not to speak in order that if we should meet the Enemy we might take them by surprise. We staid here ten days. There was at this time a guard of Continental troops at Fort Montgomery. On our return we man- ed thro Smiths Clove & fell in with General Traviss division of Continental troops & encamp- ed in the Clove. I do not recollect that Col Malcolms Regiment was at this time at West Point and Colonel Clarks Regiment from North Carolina of which Dawson was then Quarters Colonel. In the month of August in the year 1779 by order of the the whole Company was or- dered to Poughkeepsie on the frontier. On arrival we were placed under the Command of Colonel Phillips of McLaughlins Regiment aforesaid. Lieu- tenant Moxell had the immediate com- mand in the fort. We at staid there one week. In the month of October 1779 there was a general alarm on the Indian fron- tier. The whole of our Regiment was order- ed to Poughkeepsie and staid there one week and then returned. In the month of June 1780 there was a general alarm on our south- ern frontier. Our Company was ordered in Mass to West Point & were there on the evening of the fourth day of June which I will recollect from the circumstance of seeing the free ma- sons walk there in procession. Colonel Phil- lips commanded our Regiment on that occasion & I do not think General Arny commanded

the fort we staid there eight days and a remainder plod on fatigue. In the month of September thereafter deponent was ordered as one of a detachment from Newburgh to Suffern in the State of New Jersey to guard prisoners from Burgoyne's army which had before been sent as prisoners of war to Virginia in accordance to deponent's recollection & belief. We were gone one week. In the month of October in the year last aforesaid Deponent together with the company to which he belonged was ordered to Poughkeepsie upon a general alarm under the command of Colonel Moses Phillips and deponent also saith that In consequence of a detachment of our company being allways in guard on the Frontier and the Repeated alarms which called out the whole of the Mil- itia except those stationed in blockhous- es and forts on the Indian frontier. The whole company was in actual service the great- est part of the war that when at home they were compelled to hold themselves in readi- ness to march at a minutes warning duly armed and equipped with provisions in ad- vance that they when at home resembled troops in a fortification with this differ- ence that their arms provision and clothes were furnished at their own expence & though like regular troops they were not allways engaged in battle yet they were allways ready & liable to be called into ac- tion & might with propriety be said to be allways on guard
And In answer to the questions particu- larly put to the deponent by said Court he on his oath saith that he was born in the

Town of New Windsor County of Orange & State aforesaid in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty six That he has a Record of his age in his Family Bible at home That he has allways lived in said Town of New Windsor That he entered the service as a Volunteer That he has already stated the names of such of the regular officers as were with the Troops where he served & such continental and Militia Regiments as he can recollect and the general circumstances of his service according to the best of his recollection That he never received a written discharge except when sick as before related. That he is intimately acquainted with Major William St. John Mc Michael James Boyd who all served in the same company with this deponent as is also his brother Joseph Beatty before named all of whom can testify as to deponents character for veracity and belief of his services as a Soldier of The Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim writing 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
Sworn to & subscribed The day & year aforesaid John Dunning Clerk
Wm Beatty
I certify that the above named William Beatty is a credible Witness June 12th 1856 3) Gilbert Ogden (Crawler Clerk 3) Judge of Orange County

State of New York } Orange County — } ss. Supplementary Affidavit of William Beatty
Personally appeared before me — Gilbert Ogden Fowler first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County, William Beatty who swears to and subscribed the preceding affi- davit who on his oath saith That he served as a private in a company commanded by Captain William Faulkner in which Robert Monell and John Hunter were Lieutenants in the said month's service, from the month of June in the year 1776. until the month of December of the same year, including the time deponent was sick which was from the last of August in the year aforesaid until the first of December the expiration of said term of five months for which term said deponent had engaged to serve, as aforesaid, Cornelius Humphrey was Colonel of the Regiment, Johannes Hardinburgh Lieutenant Colonel, Nicholas Fish, was Brigade Major, and George Knowles Adjutant of said Regiment. Deponent's sickness was a fever occasioned by exposure and fatigue. Deponent had been ill some time before the Battle on Long Island, and after that engagement found himself so weak that he was appre- hensive he should fall in the hands of the enemy, should they take New York. The orderly Sergeant whose name was Robert Goodwin was very particular to deponent, and of his own accord represented de- ponent's sickness to the Captain, who reported it to the Commanding Officer, who sent a Surgeon to examine deponent who gave a Certificate that deponent was unfit for duty. The Surgeon's name was Adam. Thereupon a permit was given to deponent to return home. In the following words "By Virtue of a Certificate from Doctor Adam, and permission of General Scott, I do hereby discharge William

Beaty of my Regiment on account of long sick- ness and unfit for duty;" The said Certificate was signed by Colonel Hardenburgh, There were five others discharged at the same time, who be- longed to the same Company, - a passage was engaged for all five of us on board of a Newlindon Schoon- by the officers. We left New York on the thirteenth day of September - The British fleet, were then laying in York bay. - We arrived at Newlindon on the fourteenth and got home on the fifteenth Dehonour did not recover his health until some- time about the first of December - In the month of December 1776. There was a General alarm on account of the enemy driving our troops through New Jersey and the Militia were ordered to reinforce the regular troops - I went under the Command of Captain Telford to the English Neighbour- hood in New Jersey Colonel McLaughlin - was Colonel of our Regiment, and General George Washington Commander in Chief, I served there one month and was honorably discharged - In the month of March 1777. the whole Company of Captain Telford to which I belonged went down from Newlindon by water to Fort Montgomery - We served there eight days on fatigue, and guard In the month of April 1777. there was a general alarm, the whole of our Company was ordered down to Fort Montgomery again, and remained there six days and then returned, In the month of May 1777 I was ordered as one of a detachment, of Captain Telford's Company to Fort Clinton Telford had the Command. We were employed on fatigue under the immediate Command of Colonel Levi

Paulding - one month, In the month of August in the same year the whole Company was ordered to Fort Clinton on a general alarm, We were employed on fatigue, and guard ten days - In the month of September I was detached from said Company and served one month and half under Captain Vail of McClellan's Regiment at Fort Montgomery, Captain Lee of DeFrees Regiment commanded a detachment from the fort of which I was also the one, We retreated to Fish Kill and from thence crossed to New Windsor in Orange County and remained there as a guard six weeks, and until after the British had evacuated Fort Montgomery, and removed the Military Store, and the great Chain, In the month of June 1778 I served as one of a detachment at a place called Hunk and stood guard there one month against the Indians. In the month of May April 1779 I was sent with a detachment under the command of Lieutenant Alexander Beatty deceased to Mamas- Kating and served there against the Indians one half month - In the month of June in the same year our whole Company was ordered down to the Fork of Deers. We served there ten days and were then discharged - In the month of August in the year 1779 I was ordered with a detachment of our Company to Peenpack on the Indian frontier. On an alarm, we were placed under the Command of Colonel Phillips and remained there one week - In the month of October 1779 there was a general alarm on the Indian frontier and our whole Regiment was ordered to Peenpack and we staid there under arms one week - In the month of June 1780 there was a great alarm

on our Southern frontier, and one whole Company was ordered out to West Point, We staid there eight days and returned home — In the month of July thereafter I was ordered as one of a detachment to guard prisoners from Newburgh to Sussex in New Jersey — I served at this time one week — the month of October in In the year last aforesaid our Company was ordered to Peekskill on the Indian frontier under the Command of Colonel Phillips, I served at that time eight days — And deponent also saith that James Boye John McMichael and Joseph Beatty all belonged to the said Company of Captain William Telford and know of his services. These affidavits are annexed as also Major William Myr's affidavit who all served with deponent in the Company of Captain William Telford aforesaid —
Sworn to and Subscribed this twelfth day of June 1833 before me Gilbert C. C. (pronounced) (First Judge of Orange County.)
William Beatty

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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 subjjoined 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. Those 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 William 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.     June 1776 from 21 June Re: Capt Hickford Faulkner Col McLaughlin through state of New Windsor Living Witness   Dec 1776 to 5 9 " None New York Co. Orange   Mar 1777 8 " Hickford N. York   Apr " " 8 "   May " 1 " Paulding   Aug " 10 "   Sep " 1 13 " Vail McLaughlin aged 76   June 1778 1 " years   Apr " 15 "   June " 10 "   Aug 1779 7 " Thelen   Oct " 7 "   1780 8 "   July " 7 "   Oct " 7 "   12 14  
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 he 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 fix 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 [f] 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.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

October 5, 1938.
Dr. Elizabeth S. Beaty 8 Pennsylvania Avenue, West Warren Pennsylvania.
BA-J/ILL Am William Beaty S. 12194
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to your ancestor, William Beaty, who was born in New York State, and cite a Revolutionary War soldier who served from New Windsor, Ulster County, New York.
The claim for pension has been found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a William Beaty on New Windsor, Orange County, New York; his record is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in that claim, S. 12194.
William Beaty was born in the year 1756, in New Windsor, Orange County, New York, and lived there during the Revolutionary War; the names of his parents are not shown. His brother, Joseph Beaty, lived there also and served a part of the time with William.
William Beaty enlisted in June 1776, as a private in Captain William Telford's company, Colonel James McCloughrey's New York regiment, served also in Captain William Faulkner's company under Colonel Cornelius Humphrey, and was stationed on North River at the time of the battle of Long Island, length of this service five months; he enlisted in December 1776, and served one month in Captain William Telford's company, during which he was engaged against the British in the English Neighborhood, and assisted in taking a large number of prisoners; he enlisted in March 1777, served four short tours in Captain Telford's company and one tour in Captain Veal's company, under Colonels Levi Pawling and McCloughrey, which services extended into October 1777; he enlisted in June 1778, and served one month on the frontier against the Indians; he enlisted in April 1779, and served one half month under Lieutenant Alexander Beaty, at Mamakating, against the Indians, no relationship to this officer stated; he served other short tours in June, August and October 1779, under Colonel Moses

Phillips, which services were rendered against the Indians on the frontier; he served in June, July and October 1780, on short tours under Colonel Phillips, engaged in the vicinity of West Point. His entire service amounted to one year and two weeks.
William Beaty was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he resided in New Windsor, Orange County, New York. He had always resided there. He died May 1, 1834.
In 1832, Joseph Beaty, the soldier's brother, was a resident of New Windsor, Orange County, New York.
In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
William Beaty Certificate #20833 Issued October 9, 1833, Rate $41.54 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832. New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

State of New York & Orange County - } John McMichael &
Joseph Beatty of the Town of New Windsor in said county & State aforesaid being each duly sworn doth respectively for himself depose and say that they served in the same Company with William Beatty in the Revolutionary war & to the best of their knowledge that they have heard the affidavit statement of the said William annexed and that the same so far as relates to the service of the said William in said war is true
Sworn this 21 st day of August 1832 before me
John McMichael
Gilbert Ogden Fowler One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.
Joseph Beatty mark
I Certify that the above named John McMichael and Joseph Beatty are credible witnesses. Jan 12. 1833. Gilbert Ogden Fowler First Judge of Orange County.
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Or- ange aforesaid and also clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the signature of Gilbert Ogden Fowler signed to the preceding affidavit of John McMichael & Joseph Beatty is the genuine signature of Gilbert Ogden Fowler then and still a judge of said Court
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office the fourth day of September 1832 Asa Dunning

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and further the Interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the court of common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William 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
William Beatty
Allowed
Asa Dunning

Reuben
12194.
1938 - Oct. 5 - Hint to Dr. Eliza S. Beatty - S.A.R.
INVALID.
File No. 12,194.
William Beatty Pr. Rev. War.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Fleming
apl. 8. '35
apl. 10.
W. Thorne
James J. Coombs Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Rec. & Ans. apl. 11. '35

Mechanics Bank New York 8 th April 1835
Sir
The papers in the case of William Beale dec. d a Private at p st 41 st reg t Annam, were presented at this Bank this morning for payment, by which it appears that this pensioner resided in Orange County & Not having his place of residence on our Books, his name was inserted in the Albany List.
Will you be pleased to have it transferred to this Agency.
Very Respectfully Your Ob st Serv t J n Fleming Pres t & pens ag t
James S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

State of New York Orange County } ss
Personally appeared before me John Mc Michael Joseph Beatty & William Sly all of the Town of New Windsor Except the said John Mc Michael who now lives in Newburgh Some personally known to be credible witnesses who having been duly sworn depose and say that they all belonged to the company of Captain William Sellford in the Revolutionary war and the said John Mc Michael & Joseph Beatty for themselves say that they have heard the original and Supplementary affidavits of the said William Beatty hereunto annexed read and that they know the said affidavit so far as relates to the services of the said William Beatty in the Revolutionary war to be strictly true and the said William Sly for himself saith that he has also read heard the said affidavits read and knows the same to be true from his own personal knowledge Deponent belonged to the same company of Captain Sellford with the said William and lived in the same neighbourhood as did also John Mc Michael and Joseph Beatty before named - Deponent was frequently at the house of the said Beatty in said town & will recollect his returning home sick shortly after the battle on Long Island and remained sick at home a long time after his return and the Deponent Joseph Beatty says that he is the brother of the said William and two years older than

he is. That he belonged to the same com- pany with him lived in the same house with him when he was at home and Deponent also saith for him- self that he personally knows that the affidavits aforesaid of the said William are strictly true and he all say that the said William is a man of high respectability and good veracity in the neighbor- hood in which he lives.
Sworn & subscribed this 21 st day of March 12 th day of June 1833 Joseph T. Beatty before me. } mark
Gilbert Ayden Fowler Notary Public of Orange County.
William Sly

William Beatz
Walter Bese
Newburgh Agent 12 mo 1400 pri

We John Johnston a Clergyman and are in the Town of Newburgh and John are they residing in the Town of Newburgh do hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with William Beatz who has subscribed and swore to the above decla- ration. That we believe him to be some ten years of age that he is respected and resided in the neighbourhood where he as- sides to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion and that we concur in that opin- ion
Sworn and subscribed this 2 twelfth day of June 1833 } John Johnston before me } William Fly David McLaugh
Justice of the peace
I certify that John Johnston is a respectable Clergyman of the town of Newburgh and that William Fly is a respectable and credi- able witness of the town of Newburgh.
David McLaugh
Justice of the peace
I, as James Clark of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of Orange County do hereby certify that Gilbert Ogden Dowse who subscribed the preceding certificates of the twelfth day of June 1833 - and before whom the supplemen- tary affidavits of William Beatz - John Mc- Michael and William Fly were sworn and subscribed was on the said twelfth day of June the date of said certificates and the time when said affidavits were sworn to and subscribed

as aforesaid first Judge of the said Court That said M. G. G. before whom the best of recit of John Johnston and William S. H. was sworn as aforesaid was on the same day a Justice of the Peace in and for In- verness County
In Testimony whereof I signed my name and affixed my seal of office this 20 th day of June 1833 -
Ala Dunning Clerk

DR. ELIZABETH SMITH BEATY CORNER EAST STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WARREN - PENNSYLVANIA
Veterans Administration August 30, 1935. Washington, D. C.
My great grandfather, William Beatty was born 1763 in New York state, according to the 1850 census, taken in Beaver County, Pa. His father was also William Beatty.
I do know that William Beatty said his father served in the Revolution. William Jr. came from near Newburg (Esopus) N. Y. to Beaver County before 1806 and William Sr. about 1810, dying there about 1820
The 1790 Census gives a William Beatty, New Windsor, Ulster Co. N. Y. From the War Department, The Adjutant General's Office, I have the report that one William Beatty served as a sergeant in Capt. William Tetford's Company, Colonel James McCloughry's Regiment, New York Militia. He served ten days commencing May 3, 1779 and ending June 9, 1779; 9 days from June 20, 1780; and 3 days from Oct. 25, 1780 and ending Oct. 26, 1780. Also that one William Beatty served in that war as a sergeant of New York Troops. His name appears on a receipt roll sworn to by Moses Phillips of Ulster County on June 17, 1785.
Will you send me what information you have about these William Beattys- age- home- relatives- if a pension or land grant was issued to either of them and the details of pension or location of land grant.
There may be a fee for this, in which case please let me know how much it is.
Thanking you
Elizabeth S. Beatty Address; Dr. Elizabeth S. Beatty 8 Pennsylvania Ave, West. Warren, Pa.