Indiana
Territory, Wayne County. I do hereby certify that Thomas Bezley
has served in my company as a private under the order of his Excellency
John Gibson acting governor of the territory on the frontier of the
County served from the 18th of May until the 18th of July and is
honorably discharged from the same ---- my hand this 18th day of July
1813. Richard Lewis Capt.
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State of
Indiana, Huntington County. This 9th day of March 1871 personally
appeared before me Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County and State
Thomas Beezley, aged 78 years a resident of Jackson Township Wells
County Indiana, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that
he is married, that his wife's name was Rachel Dunham, to whom he was
married, at Delaware County Indiana, on the __ day of June 1858; that
he served the full period of sixty days in the military service of the
United States in the war of 1812; that he is the identical Thomas
Beezley who was drafted in Captain Richard Lewis' company __ Regiment
__ Brigade, __ Division at (near) Richmond Wayne County Ind. on or
about the 18 day of May 1813 and was honorably discharged at
Whitehead's Block House on the 18 day of July 1813. He served in
the ___(illegible)_____
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at various
block houses. That he, at no time during the late rebellion
against the authority of the United States, adhered to the cause of the
enemies of the Government, giving them aid or comfort; or exercised the
functions of any office whatever under any authority, or pretended
authority, or hostility to the United States, and that he will support
the Constitution of the United States; that he is not in receipt of a
pension under any previous act; that he makes this declaration for the
purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under
the provisions of the act approved February 14th 1871 and he hereby
appoints with full power of substitution and revocation, U. D. Cole of
Huntington Ind, his true and lawful attorney -- to prosecute his claim
and obtain the pension certificate that may be issued; that his P.O.
address is at Warren, Huntington Co., Ind. That his domicile is in
Jackson Tp. Wells Co. Ind.
Attest: J.D. Jones
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Thomas Beezley his x mark
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