Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application for John Beaty
S14937
State of New York
Orange County SS
On this
third day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
personally appeared personally appeared in open court before the Judges of
the Court of common Pleas now sitting John Beaty resident of New Windsor in
the County of Orange and State of New York aged seventy eight years who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered
the service of the United States under the following named officers and served
as herein stated.
That deponent
belonged to the company of Militia commanded by Captain James Humphrey of
the Town last mentioned at the commencement of the Revolutionary War.
Silas Wood and James Careg were Lieutenants and said Company which belonged
to the Regiment commanded by Colonel James M. McLaughry (1) In which
Jacob Newkirk and Moses Phillips were Majors. In the month of August
in the year before said deponent was ordered with said company to Fort Montgomery
on the North river in the Highlands on a general alarm and remained there
one week and thinks he returned. In the month of December in the
same year about the thirteenth day of that month in the year last aforesaid
deponent was ordered to New Jersey and with others was one of a detachment
under the command of General George Clinton who took the British guard of
twenty one at the English neighbourhood. We remained there one month
and was then discharged and returned home in the month of March one thousand
seven hundred and seventy seven deponent was ordered to proceed with said
company to Fort Clinton (2) on the south side of [?] hill opposite to Fort
Montgomery on the same side of the river we remained there eight days and
were then discharged and returned home. In the same month and year last aforesaid
deponent was again ordered with said company to Fort Clinton on an alarm we
remained there eight days and then returned home. In the month of June
1777 deponent with said company were engaged in the four months service his
company was divided into detachments each of which was bound to serve one
month deponent served accordingly at Fort Clinton. In the month of August
in the year last aforesaid deponent was ordered to Fort Montgomery on an alarm
and remained there ten days and then discharge. In the month of September
next thereafter deponent together with said company to which he belonged was
ordered to Fort Montgomery. We were there until the day before the battle
when a detachment to which I belonged under the command of Captain Lee (3)
was ordered across the river to Antoneys Nose, where we remained untill the
next morning and then retreated to FishKill. We were under the command
of Captain Lee and Major William Fly (4) and William Beaty belonged to said
detachment from Fishkill we crossed to New Windsor and the said company was
on duty untill the first of November and adjacent to New Windsor as deponent
was informed and believes. Deponent was informed and believes.
Deponent was taken sick in the service and obtained permission to return home
& there he continued sick until the next spring. In the month of
August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight deponent was
sent with a detachment to a place called Wunk? on the Indian Froniter while
there we were ordered after the Savages and had a battle with them.
Captain Graham commanded us and Robert Lample and Adam Embler were killed
in the engagement. Captain Newkirk (5) of our Regiment was at Wunks?
With us, we staid one month and then returned home. In the month of
October in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight we went again
to Wunk? Under the command of Captain Tellford and remained there one month
and were then discharged. In the month of July in the year 1779 one
company was ordered down to the forest of Dean. We stopped a day or
two at West Point and were then ordered to the Forrest at [?]. The British
were expected to attack West Point in there and we had orders to march without
speaking that we might take them by surprise if we should chance to fall in
with them. We were gone on this expedition eight days and then discharged
Colonel Hardenberg (6) commanded the Militia with whom deponent served.
In the month of July next after deponent was again ordered with a detachment
to the Indian frontier and remained there one half month. In the year
one thousand seven hundred and eighty, in the month of June deponent together
with the said company to which he belonged were ordered to West Point on a
general alarm and remained there eight days all which facts above mentioned
deponent states according to the best of his recollection and deponent also
saith that his memory is greatly impaired by old age and he cannot be more
particular, but deponent can state with certainty that he turned out on every
alarm and that he took his regular tours of duty in the respective detachments
which were regularly sent to the frontiers and remained there until relieved
or discharged.
And in
answer to the interrogatories specially put to deponent by the court he saith
that he was born in the Town of New Windsor aforesaid in the year one thousand
seven hundred and fifty four but he has a record of his age in his family
Bible at home. That he entered the service in the Town of New Windsor
lived there at the time and has lived there ever since. That he belonged
to Captain Humphreys Company of Militia & was ordered with that company
into the service as before related. Deponent can not give a particular account
of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served but he thinks
he recollects General George & James Clinton & Captain Moody (7) and
Bellknap at Fort Montgomery. Colonel McLaughry was there with his regiment
or a part o fit. He and Capt. Humphrey were taken prisoners deponent
has already stated the general circumstances of his service. That he
never received a written discharge—That his is known to William Fly
William Beaty, Joseph Beaty, John McMichael and James Boyd who served throughout
the war in the same regiment with deponent. Then and now live in the
same Neighbourhood with deponent and can testify as to his character for veracity
and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
state. (Signed with his mark) John Beaty
Sworn to
and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Adam Dimmere, Clerk
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