Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4067, for Andrew Ream, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Ream, Andrew
NUMBER
S. 4067
carded
contents
[faint gray circle stamp above first name. Illegible]
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Ohio 2672
Andrew Ream
of Clark in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Adams of the Reg[?] commanded
by [illegible]: [illegible] in the Penna
line for 13 months from 1776-
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio -
at the rate of 43 - Dollars 73 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d
day of Decr: 32
and sent Samson
Mason, Springfield, O
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 64.99 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 21.67
$8.6.66 ┃
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk,
Book D Vol. 10 Page 50
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My hand and seal of office this 28th day
July 1832
Paul Houkle Clerk
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2026
from 1776 private
13 months
to 43.23 1/3
100
Samson Mason
Springfield
Ohio
Agent
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State of Ohio Clark County fr.
On this twenty eighth
day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and
thirty two personally appeared in open court before
George B. Holt President Judge and Daniel McKinnon Joseph Resrin and William G. Serwiss associate 
Judge of the court of common pleas in
& for the County of Clark in the State of Ohio
now sitting Andrew Ream a resident of the County and state aforesaid aged
seventy four years last March who being first
duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith 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 one Isaac Adams was the captain of a company and Nichols was lieutenant as to the name of the Ensign the declarant says he has forgotten it-- the company was attached
to Colonel Elders Battalion and the Battalion was attached to General Potters Brigade. He says he entered the service some time in the fall of the year
that the British army took possession of and occupied
the City of Philadelphia which he thinks was in the
fall of 1777- The time he entered was soon after
the enemy took possession and while they retained
the possession of Philadelphia - he was living
at the time he entered the service with his father at Reams
Town a small village situate in Lancaster County
State of Pennsylvania - he says he was a substitute
for one Phillip Huffman who was drafted to serve a tour
in the militia for two months - he says he met the company to which he belonged at the Town of Lancaster in the County of the same name Pennsylvania
where the company remained for about two ┃
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weeks stationed in a meeting house Deponent
then marched with the company to Philadelphia
or rather to Schuylkill - the enemy threw a sort
of a bridge across the Schuylkill on which a party
of eight horse went over and the company to
which deponent belonged moved off or relocated
the distance of about six miles and joined General
Potters Brigade and after this the brigade moved
[illegible] the Schuylkill to Chesnut Hill where this
deponent was discharged after having served
two months the period for which he was to serve
He was discharged the day before there was a
battle at Chesnutt Hill. This discharge was given
by Lieutenant Risholts and which has since became
lost so that it cannot be produced
This declarant further says that he enlisted into Captain
Baker's company some time in the Spring of the same year
that Arnold betrayed West Point and joined the British army
He entered at Reams Town above mentioned where he then resided for the term of seven months and
was attached, with the company to which he belonged,
to the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded
by Colonel Butler which belonged to General Wayne's
command. We marched to Philadelphia and thence
embarked for Trenton New Jersey and thence marched by land to New York. He belonged to the picket
station on the North Rivers at the time Arnold
made his escape to the enemy. The troops to which
he belonged went into winter quarters in New Jersey
and he thinks at Morristown and he believes in the
month of October or November of that year
After serving the full term of seven months, the
period of his enlistment, he was discharged while at
winter quarters; but the precise time he cannot
state. If he received any written discharge he has lost
it
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winter quarters, but the precise time he cannot state. If he received any written discharge he has lost it. 

And this declarant further states he was drafted to serve a tour of two months in the militia of Pennsylvania. He was called out he thinks but cannot be sure the next year after the expiration of his service of seven months last before described. The day month or
precise year he cannot state for his memory
fails him in that & many other particulars.
He belonged to a company commanded by Capt Gase that was stationed at Lebanon Pennsylvania for the purpose of guarding and protecting a magazine and arms [illegible] at that place
Having served out the full term of two months
for which he was drafted the declarant says
that he was discharged and permitted to return home
He was drafted at Reams Town the place
of his then residence as before stated
The declarant says that he served another term of two months as a substitute for his brother David who was a Sergeant  - That the name of the captain of the company to which he belonged was Ging-erish He says he served with the company which was posted at Lancaster in
Pennsylvania as a guard to the British prisoners for the term of two months When he was
discharged The different terms of service for
which he engaged amounted in the whole to about
thirteen months He says he has no discharge
that he can produce nor is there any living witness
known to him by whom he can prove any of
the services herein set forth unless the testimony
of Daniel Frantz
hereafter stated an
mounts to such proof
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The following statement is made by the applicant in answer to interrogatories propounded to him by the court namely
1 He says he was born at the County of Lancaster in Pennsylvania in the year seventeen hundred & fifty seven
2 He says that he has a record of his age in his bible now in his possession
3 He says that he was living at the different [illegible] when called into service at or near
Ream's Town Lancaster County Pennsylvania He lived after
the revolution about seven years at Harrisburgh Penna and near Reams Town about 4 years & at [illegible] at 4 years and then about 8 years at Bottetourt County Va. He then moved 
to this county & state where he has since & does now reside
4 And that he was called into service in the manner he has already stated by enlisting by being drafted
and as a substitute for the persons he has before mentioned
6 He says that he received a discharge from the major of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment to which he belonged The name of the Major he has forgotten also from Capt Gase and
also from Lieut. Risholts He des not recollect very distinctly about his discharges with the other cases though he thinks he received none and as to the discharges he [illegible] received
he says they are all lost
5 He says he saw Genl Washington Genl Green
& Lord Sterling at the time he was in the service on the North River
7 The following persons residing in Clark County Ohio neighbors of the applicant are persons who may be referred to for evidence as to his character for veracity and as to that belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution namely Daniel Frantz
Christty Frantz and John Black Esqr

He hearby relinguishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the
present & declares real his name is not on the pension roll of [illegible] agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Andrew Ream
X his mark
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Christy Frantz and John Black Esq
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or annuity except the
present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Andrew Ream
X his mark

We William G Serviss one of the Judges of the Court & Daniel Frantz residing
in the county of Clark in the State of Ohio
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Ream who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of Seventy five years 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 to & subscribed the day &
year aforesaid

State of Ohio Clark County personally appeared in open Court Daniel Frantz who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is a resident of
the County and State aforesaid and that he is aged sixty nine years last February That he is the same person who has subscribed his name to the above certificate that he was well acquainted with Andrew Ream the above named applicant
When he the said Ream resided at or near Ream's Town in the time of the Revolution and that he the deponent knows that the said Andrew Ream above named was a soldier in the Revolution and that he served as such he believes in all about thirteen months though as to the precise time he cannot say with certainty
Daniel Frantz
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And the said do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogatories presented 
by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies
that it appears to them that Daniel Frantz
who has signed the preceeding certificate is a
resident in the County of Clark in this State and is a man of respectability
and good standing and that William G. Serviss Esquire who
was also signed the same is one of the Judges of this
Court and is a resident in this county and that he said Daniel
Frantz is a credible person and that which statement is
entitled to credit
I Saul Hinkle Clerk of the Court of Common pleas
and for Clark County Ohio do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said court in the matter of the application of
Andrew Ream for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 28th day of
July 1832
Saul Hinkle Clerk
Ohio
2026
3 months
&
from 1776 priv
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[illegible] 812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
October 10, 1929
Mrs. G. B. Willis
Leesburg
Indiana
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4067, it appears that Andrew Ream was born in March, 1757, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While residing with his father (whose name is not stated) at Reamston, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he served in the Pennsylvania Troops, as follows:
In the fall of 1777, two months in Captain Isaac
Adams' Company, Colonel Elder's Battalion; 
 from the spring of 1780, seven months in Captain Baker's Company, Colonel
Butler's Regiment; the next year, two months in the Militia under Captain Gase (?); and two months as substitute for his brother, David, in Captain Gingrich's Company, dates not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 28, 1832, while a resident of Clark County, Ohio.
There are no further data as to his family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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New Philadelphia O. Feb 23,'27
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington. D.C.
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Gentlemen
Please send me the
war record of one Andrew
Ream Captain Lancaster
Co, Andrew Ream Sec Class
Andrew Ream 8th Class,
Andrew Ream drummer.
Revolutionary
Did they receive
pensions 
Very Truly.
Mrs M. Ream
 [circle stamp - most illegible except 'United States']
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New Philadelphia Ohio
Feb 24. 1927
The Com of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear sir
Please give revolutionary
data of Joseph Thornbury
Major.
Joseph Thornbury sec Class
Lieut Joseph Thornbury
Very truly
435 West [illegible] 8X
Mrs M. V Ream
New Philadelphia O
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May 4 Hist to 
L B Paxton Reading Pa
F.S.
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1927 Apr 20. Hist to Mrs. M. V.
Ream [illegible]
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1928 - Dec 7, Hist to Mrs
A.D. Lynn - ME.E
see her letter in claim
of Henry Ream, S 23863
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1929 June 7 letter to
Mrs. A. D. Lynn rel [illegible]
Class of David Ream.
See misc file under
F.
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1929 Oct. 10 Hist to Mr.
G.B. Willis [illegible]
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Rev War [left top handwritten]
4067 [faint handwriting on top center]
INVALID.
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File No. 4067
Andrew Ream
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 311
(Arrangement of 1870.}
1893
Mrs
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PEN [illegible] OFFICE
MAR 15 1893
 - circle stamp upper left corner
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[text on right side]
Reading Mar 13th 1893
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir;-
Will you kindly give me the rank and regiment
of Andrew Ream, enlisting
as drummer boy - afterward
a soldier - in the Revolutionary
Army. He was from Reamstown
Lancaster Co. Penna. The
archives of this states. Vol XIII.
 fr. 188. give the date as Jan. 1, 1781
 naming him as a soldier of the
Penna Line. Please give me
 any information, and all facts
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within your reach - as the drew
pensions until his death. Our
State Librarian has referred me
to you, as I need authority reference,
to establish my eligibility
as a Daughter of the Revolution.
Very respectfully
Mary A. F. Paxson
{Mrs. L.B. Paxson
218 North 6th St.
Reading, Pa.}
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1812 Wars Section
?
December 7, 1928
Mrs. A. D. Lynn
Bunnell
Florida
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4067, it appears that Andrew Ream was born in March, 1757, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While residing with his father (whose name is not
stated) at Reamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he served in the Pennsylvania Troops, as follows:
In the fall of 1777, two months in Captain Isaac
Adams' Company, Colonel Elder's Battalion; from the spring of 1780, seven months in Captain Baker's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment; the next year, two months in the Militia under Captain Gase (?); and two months as substitute for his brother, David, in Captain Gingrich's Company, dates
not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 28, 1832, while a resident of Clark County, Ohio.
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There are no further data on file [crossed out] as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
April 26, 1927
Mrs. N. V. Ream
435 West Ray St
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 4067,
it appears that Andrew Ream was born in March
1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While residing with his father (whose
name is not stated) at Reamstown, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, he served in the Pennsylvania
Troops, as follows-
In the fall of 1777, two months in Captain
Isaac Adams' Company, Colonel Elder's Battalion
from the spring of 1780, seven months in Captain
Baker's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment; the
next year, two months in the Militia under Captain
Gase (?); and two months as substitute for his
brother, David, in Captain Gingrich's Company, dates
not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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executed July 28, 1832, while a resident of Clark County,
Ohio.
There is no further data on file as to his
family.
The above noted Andrew Ream is the only soldier
of that name found on the Revolutionary War records
of this Bureau; nor do said records afford any data
in regard to any Joseph Thornbury or Thornbarry.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[oval stamp, upper left corner] - REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION
AUG 7 - 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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July 9, 1929.
Leesburg, Indiana.
Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section,
Bureau of Pension
Department of the Interior,
United States
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
Will you please tell me if any of the four men
listed below are Revolutionary War pensioners, and if so, give me their service records, together with all information
on file concerning their respective families. This information is desired in connection with the Daughters of the American Revolution and any help which you can give will be much
appreciated.
NICHOLAS REIM, born Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Enlisted in Lancaster County; transferred from 12th Penna.
July 1778; wounded in service. Capt. John Reilly's Company, 3rd
Penna., Sept. 10, 1778: discharged 1781: died Union County, Pennsylvania, 1827.
ANDREW REAM, born Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Served thruout the Revolution in Lancaster County, acting as
drummer boy in the battle of Monmouth: wife, Barbara. Died, 1842, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
ABRAHAM REAM, known as the Miller, born Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1746, Served thru out the Revolution in
Lancaster County. Wife, Rosannah. Died, Fairfield County,
Ohio
DAVID REAM, [Reem Rheam Reim] born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Enlisted in 1776 in Lancaster County. taken prisoner at fall of Fort Washington;
exchanged in 1778. Wife Catharine.
In making a search for these records, if you should come upon the pension records of any other men by the name of
Ream - Riehm - Reem from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, I would be very glad if you included them in the information
you send me as I am working upon the Revolutionary history of the family.
Sincerely yours,
the family
Letha E. Willis
Mrs. G. B. Willis.