Ohio 8420, Hopson Beebe of Athens in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Prentiss of the Regt.
Commanded by Col. Meigs in the Connt. line for 9 months.
Conn, NY, Mass. Line.  Records o.k. Mar 29 '04
Inscribed on the Roll  of Ohio at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April 1833 -- --
Arrears to the 4th of Ma '33  $60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sep '33   $15
[total] $75
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo. C Stiles [?], Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 4  Page 2

State of Ohio, Athens County
On this 13th day of October, 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas now sitting Hopson Bebee age 83 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 June 7 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz[?]
That the said Hopson Beebe at Salisbury in the State of Connecticut, in the month of May 1776, as he verily believes, but he knows that it was but a few weeks after the burning of Danbury* inlisted into the service of the United States for the term of nine months, in the company of Abel Catlin in the Regiment, then under the charge of Captain Prentiss, the oldest Captain of the same, afterwards commanded as the Deponent believes by Col. Meigs*.    That after inlistment the Deponent immediately repaired to Fairfield, with the other recruits inlisted at Salisbury;  that the regiment was assembled at Fairfield.  Here we tarried 3 or 4 weeks, when the said regiment was ordered to White Plains in the State of New York.  when we arrived at Danbury, all the men who were inlisted for 9 months among whom was the Deponent, were stationed at said Danbury, under the command of Beriah Bills* to guard the said Town.  that there the Deponent remained in service until the expiration of the 9 months for which he inlisted.   where when not on guard, during his leisure time he was employed in making cartridges for the eye [?] of the army,   under the direction of Doctor Wood of Danbury.  That the Deponent being discharged at the end of his term went immediately to Salisbury aforesaid, when he arrived, as he verily believes in the Month of February 1777.  

That afterward the Deponent, with his family, removed from Salisbury aforesaid to Nine Partners* in the State of New York, where in February 1779, the time he cannot exactly remember, he was drafted and put under the care and command of Lieutenant Wood to guard the Prison at Nine Partners, which was called the Hemlock Jail*, where many Tories and British officers were confined.  That there the Deponent served one month at the expiration of which time a new guard arrived, and the deponent was discharged.  

That afterward the deponent removed to Lanesborough, State of Massachusetts, where he remained until the close of the war, and while there received a Lieutenants Commission and afterward a Captains commission in the militia of Massachusetts, which are now in the deponents possession.  

That some time in 1806 the Deponent removed to the State of Ohio and in the year following to Athens County, Rome Township, where he resided, following the occupation of a farmer, until 1826, when he removed to the Town of Athens, where he now resides.  

That he was born as he believes on the 28 day of February of this however he has not any evidence except the copy of his fathers family record transcribed many years ago.

That he never had any written discharge, nor has he any other documentary evidence nor does he know of any person who can give evidence of his said service.

And 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.

[Here it was signed in his hand] Hopson Beebe
Sworn to and subscribed, this day and year aforesaid, Henry Bartlett, Clerk.

We Robert G Wilson, a clergyman residing in Athens County and, Silas Bingham also a resident in the said County of Athens hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Captain Hopson Beebe, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 83 years of age;  that he is reputed and believed, where he ??? to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.|
[Here signed in their hands] Robert G Wilson, DD and Silas Bingham
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.......Henry Bartlett, Clerk

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 Robert G Wilson President of Ohio University, who has signed the presiding [?] certificate, is a clergyman resident in Athens county aforesaid and that Silas Bingham Esquire, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same county and is a credible person, and that their statement is intitled to full credit.
I, Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Hopson Beebe for a Pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of October AD 1832.
Henry Bartlett, Clerk

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Notes:

*Danbury, Connecticut, was burned and looted by the British in April of 1777.  Danbury was used as a depot for the Revolutionary armies.  http://www.lookingforadventure.com/historyofdanbury.htm  So if the burning of Danbury was in 1777, is the year wrong in these papers for Hopson's service?

*I do find a Col. Meigs who commanded the 6th Regiment of the 1st Connecticut Brigade commanded by General Parsons.  http://www.connecticutsar.org/articles/redding_site.htm

*Little Nine Partners and Great Nine Partners were land patent areas in Duchess County NY near Connecticut.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nylnphs/V0/index.htm

Does anyone have any information about this little piece of history called Hemlock Jail?  Am I correct in placing this jail in Duchess County, New York?  Was this jail in the area called Little Nine Partners or was it in Great Nine Partners?  Can anyone locate it for me on a current map of the county.....what current town was it in or near?  Was there ever a town called Nine Partners or is that just the name of two patent areas?

*There was a Benajah Bill/Bills in Connecticut in the 1700s.
 

Transcribed by Susie Holderfield