A note about these abstracts: I have viewed the original documents in these files and attempted to copy enough information to aid researchers in identifying the family of the soldier. I have copied only a small portion of each of these pensions. The length of a pension can be 20 pages to well over 100 pages. Many times a "Special Examiner" is appointed which lengthens the pensions considerably and also increases the amount of information in the pension and the number and length of first person narratives. This is a long file and a complex one. Isaiah Beaty Civil War, father Charles (#235,792) 1850 Census, Center County, Pennsylvania, Worth Township, page 251 (I am not sure if this one is Charles) Charles Beaty 43 Elizabeth Beaty 41 Mary Beaty 15 Isaiah Beaty 12 John Beaty 4 Rebecca Beaty 2 1860 Centre County, Huston Township page 603 (??) Charles Beaty 44 Rachel 47 (7 children)--unnamed on census 1880 Rush, center County Pennsylvania page 46A (this one is the Pensioner Charles with grandson Curtis) Batie, Chas 75 PA, PA, PA miner Jas son 22 PA, PA, PA miner Curtis son PA, PA, PA miner Wm. W, m, 14 PA, PA, PA miner Batie Frank w, m, 27 Hannah w, f, 21 Adline w, f, 3/12 1880 Curtin, Center, Pennsylvania, page 56A Eliza A. Beaty, ,62, widowed PA,, PA, PA in household of Robert Mann In May of 1879 Charles Beaty, 76 years old, of Clearfield County Pennsylvania filed a “Declaration for Original Pension of a Father or Mother.” Isaiah Beaty, son of Charles, enlisted at Harrisburg Pennsylvania on January 18, 1864 in Company “H” 56th Regiment in the war of “Rebellion” and “died from a wound received in front of Petersburg, shot in the afternoon and carried to camp hospital and died the same night on the 17 or 18 of June 1864.” Charles was married to the mother of Isaiah at Worth Township Pa on July 2nd 1834 by Esquire Jones. “The mother of said son died near Martha Furnace on the 11 day of February, A. D. 68.” C. P. Blair states in 1882 “I was with Isaiah when he was shot -- it happened, it was on the 17th or 18th of June 1864 -- he was mortally wounded. I held his head up while he was partially examined where he fell; he was shot through the bladder and lodged in the back. I helped carry him to the ambulance; he died the same night, that was the last I ever saw of him -- he was a good soldier always ready for duty.” In 1884 Eliza Ann Hicuru (??), formerly Eliza Ann Beaty states “my daughter Rebecca Jane Beaty was born in Rush township Centre County, Pennsylvania February 24, 1842 and by my daughter’s birth, I know that Isaiah B. Beaty was born in the month of January in the year 1842, that he was about one month older than my daughter, my age is sixty six August the 27th 1884.” Sandy Ridge, Center Co Pa June 1, 1885 My son was never married he sent his money home in letters not by express and all letters was burnt when the house was burnt. My Post office address was Martha Furnice, Philips Burgh Sandy Ridge Center Co Pa Osceola Clearfield Co Pa My children was Jane 18 years in 1864 Sarah 16 years in 1864 Frank 12 years in 1864 James 9 years in 1864 Joseph 5 years in 1864 Deposition of Curtis Beatty In 1888 Curtis Beatty states “my age is 28 years, I was registered to vote for the President in 1880 and voted; I understand that I was born in September of 1859. I do not know any thing about it from my records for I have none. My mother never told me when I was born. My grandfather told me I was born in 1859 that is he had me register to vote on that basis. ?Who is your grandfather? Charles Beatty, near Biglen, Clearfiled Co., Pa. My mother told me he was my grandfather. ?Who is your mother? Harriet McGrady(??), Fowler Station, Pa. Her maiden name was Harriett Albright & I was born near port Matilda, Center Co., Pa so my mother has told me. I was born at the house of Charles Beatty, my grandfather, the above named pensioner. As long as I can remember anything I understood & I was told that Isaiah Beatty, son of Charles Beatty, the pensioner, was my father. My father and mother never married, but I was brought up by Charles Beatty, the pensioner who taught me that Isaiah Beatty, his son was my father. Chas. Beatty recognized me as his grandson until some time last fall & I do not know whether he denies it now, only that I have been told in various quarters that he now repudiates me.” Deposition of Elizabeth Bennett of Phillipsburg, Center Co., Pa. My age is 68 years, occupation, housewife, P. O. address as above. The mother of Harriett Albright or Baumgardner was my aunt by marriage. I knew Harriet Albright or Baumgardner to be the mother of a male child by Isaiah B. Beatty….The child was born near Martha Furnace, this county, at the house of Charles Beatty, this pensioner, not more than six months after Isaiah B. Beatty went to the army…..which child was named Curt or Curtis Beatty and was always known by me as the son of Isaiah B. Beatty, the soldier. As I understand it Curt Beatty knew who his parents were. His mother, now Harriett McGrady of Fowler Station, Huntingdon Co., Pa, visited him two years ago. Curtis Beatty, the illegitimate son of Isaiah B. Beatty was reared by Charles Beatty this pensioner and lived with and helped to support this pensioner until about four years ago when he was married…. Deposition of John Swisher of Phillipsburg, Center County, Pa. My age is 48 years; occupation stable boss Pardee Mines… I knew Isaiah B. Beatty…two or three years before the war. At that time Beatty lived at Beaver Mills Centre County, Pa and he “lumbered” for a living. He “kept company” with a young woman named Harriett Albright…after we got to the front not 2 or 3 months after Beatty joined my company, he told me that his father Charles Beatty this pensioner had written to him that he (Isaiah) had become the father of a boy the mother being named Harriett Albright…that the Albright woman was about to be thrown on the town for support and then Isaiah Beatty told me he wrote home to his father to take the woman & child home to his house and that he would send home money to support them...he did say every time he got his pay, with the rest of us "Well, I'm going to send some money home to my boy...who is now known as "Curt" or "Kirt" Beatty, now working as a coal miner at Cold Stream, near Phillipsburg, this county." Laurel Baty, L252