Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30270, Adam Beetem, Penn. Va.
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SERVICE   Penn.   Va.
Beetem, Adam
S.30270
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Kentucky 
Adam Beetem 
of Henry Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Robins of the regt commanded by Strode in the Pennsylvania line for 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of October 1833 and Hon R M Johnson 
Arrears to the 4th of September 200.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 40.00 
$240.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E   Vol 7  Page 20 
d. Aug 4, 1840
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A. Beetem
Rev.  Claim
Adm. 2 years $80
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3.00 
State of Kentucky 
Henry County } Sct  
On this 7th day of Octr 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Henry County Court now sitting Adam Beetem a resident of Henry County Ky aged 74 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 7th 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say being a resident of the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania he did on the day of Decr 1776 enter the service of the United States as a private soldier and drafted militia man in the company of Capt Robinson upon a tour of three months – 
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that he rendezvoused in Reddentown in the said County that he was marched towards a little place called Kingston on the Delaware river and on the route about 30 miles from his place of rendezvous he joined his regiment which was commanded by Col. Strode that he was marched to the river Delaware in the neighbourhood of Kingston and was there kept stationed for some weeks in order to assist in preventing the British from crossing over from New Jersey to Pennsylvania that whilst he was there stationed the Battles of Trenton & Princeton were fought and soon after the was marched above Kingston a short distance on said River at to a small village the name of which he has forgotten and was there kept stationed during the whole of the residue of his tour and after having fully served out the same he was discharged and returned home - he states that he was not under the command of any higher officer than his Colonel and that his regiment during his said term of service acted separately from any other as far as he had knowledge – 
He further states and declares that in the year 1780 he moved to Ky. and landed at Thompson's station on Town fork in the present County of Fayette about the first of May of that year and immediately thereupon entered the service as a volunteer Soldier under Captain Steele who had the command of that station that he remained in said Station as a part of the garrison thereof upon his said engagement for the term of three months and was sometimes engaged in scouting and spying parties against the Indians during the said period 
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and at the termination thereof to wit: in the month of August 1780 as well as he remembers he again entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier in the company of Capt McDowell upon
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a six months tour - that he joined Clarke at the falls of the Ohio and marched by him upon an expedition against Peccaway and other indian Towns on the Waters of the Miami that the Indians were routed with some loss and Peccaway & Chillicothe burnt and their corn destroyed after which Genl Clarke marched the troops back to the falls of Ohio and soon after this declarant was marched by his Captain to the fort at Thompson station where he remained as a part of the Garrison until the full expiration of his said term of engagement at the expiration thereof he went to Lexington where he remained but a short time 
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He further states and declares that in the month of March in the year 1781 as well as he now remembers he again entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man & private soldier upon a three months tour in the company of Capt Russell that he came under the command Col Holder and was marched to the falls of Ohio where he joined an expedition under Genl Clarke to Vincennes 
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and above that place on the Wabash river against the Indians - that he marched with the expedition and when he reached Vincennes was there kept stationed during his tour and at the termination thereof was discharged and immediately thereupon he again entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier in the company of Captain Thomas Stribling upon a twelve months tour.  - that he thus engaged in the service in the month of July 1781 as well as he remembers. He states that he continued at the said fort as a part of the garrison during his whole term of service - that whilst there on this engagement a treaty was 1 made with a portion of the Indians by Genl Clarke, that he served out his term of service fully and faithfully and at the expiration thereof he was discharged 
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and returned to the falls of Ohio and from thence he again went to Thompson's Station and was there and at Lexington during the balance of the year 1782 endeavouring to protect the country from the Indians - He states that he arrived at the said fort at Thompson Station sometime in the month of August 1782 and from that time till about Christmas following he was actively engaged at that place and in Lexington under Capts. Steele & Russell defending the country against the Indians comprising a period of not less than four months – 
He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service -
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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
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Adam Beetem his mark   
Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by the court 
1st Where and in what year were you born 
Answer I was born in Berks County Pennsylvania in the year 1759 
2d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
Answer  I had at home in my Bible but it was burnt 
3d Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
Answer upon my first tour I lived in Berks County when I entered the service this tour was for three months and was performed the winter before the British took Philadelphia. I was stationed during & the whole period of it on the delaware river. When I entered the Service upon my other tours of duty and after the war I continued to reside in Fayette County Ky. till about 15 years ago then moved to Henry County, where I still reside 
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom 
Answer upon two of my tours I was drafted. In the others was a volunteer  
State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service 
Answer. In my service in Pennsylvania I was with a single regiment which was militia. Genl Irvine who was a militia officer had I believe the control of us in some degree-- I did not become acquainted during this service with any of the regular officers though the main Army was posted along the Delaware upon this service I however times saw Genl Washington. I was stationed for a while below Kingston on the Delaware and the balance of my tour I was above that place on the same river-- In my services in Ky. I recollect Genl. Clark who was a regular officer and I believe Capt. Stribling was also one I recollect Col Boone Col. Holden & Col Todd &c who were militia officers-- My service after I came to Kentucky were directed against the Indians & I performed garrison duty at the fort at Thompson
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Beetem
Station and at the fort at Lexington. I was with Genl Clarke in his expedition against Peccaway & Chilicothe in 1780 and was engaged in the Battle with the Indians at Peccaway. I was also with Genl Clarke in his expedition to Vincennes and up the Wabash against the Indians I did not return from Vincennes till the summer of 1782, but remained as a part of the garrison of that place 
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
Answer - I received several discharged in writing signed by my officers which were consumed when my house was burnt down 
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution- 
Answer I will name E.F. Nuttall and Charles Hughley 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Adam Beetem his Mark 
We E. F. Nuttall residing in Henry County and Charles Hugeley residing in the same County and state hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Adam Beetem who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Elijah F Nuttall
Charles Hugeley his mark 
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 Elijah Nuttall who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in Henry County Kentucky and that Charles Hugeley who has also signed the same is a resident
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of the same County and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and that there is no Clergyman this neighborhood of said applicant
 Saml Inland J P  The Justices of Henry County Court
Asa Scott 
William W. Eraker  
State of Kentucky 
Henry County } Sct 
I Edmund P Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Adam Beetem for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of October 1833 
Edmund Thomas Clerk of the Court of Henry County
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525   
OWN
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., 19 
In reply to your request of received a statement of the military history of Adam Beetem soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  
S.F. 30270
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Dec 1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos.  RANK. Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Robinson  Colonel Strode   STATE  Penn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  May 1780  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Steele   STATE  Va.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Aug 1780  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain McDowell  STATE   Va.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Mch 1781  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos.
RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Russell  Colonel Holder  STATE  Va.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   July 1781   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  12 mos.  RANK.   Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Thomas Stribbling  STATE  Va.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  From Aug to Dec 1782   LENGTH OF SERVICE. 4 mos. RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.   Captain Steele & Captain Russell  STATE  Va.
Battles engaged in, Pickaway 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bucks Co. Penn. 
Date of application for pension, Oct 7 1833. His claim was allowed,   
Residence at date of application, Henry Co. Ky. 
Age at date of application, 1759 Berks  Co. Penn. died Aug. 4 1840 
Remarks: There is no family data on file  
Respectfully, 
Commissioner,
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30270  INVALID 
File No.  30.270 
Adam Beetem   
Pri   Rev War  
Act: June 7th 32” 
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 33 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
Mch. 19, 1904 - Hist Mrs Anna C. Murty Lewisburg Pa 
1914 Apr 11: Hist to Mr. Charles G. Beetem. M.B.H. 
1914 June 15. copy of paper sent to Law Div. for transmittal to Edson Bros. Wash Loan & Trust Bldg Wash D.C.
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U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY FEB 25 1904 FILES  
U.S. PENSION OFFICE F. FEB 23 1904
Lewisburg   Feb. 19, 1904    
Washington D.C. 
Respected Sirs 
Will you please give me a statement of my Gr Gr Grandfather Adam Beeber - Military history of the Revolutionary  War  I had written to Harrisburg, but was refered to Washington
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Please give me Date of Enlistment what town Length of service, Rank Officers under who he served where he fought have long, and where he enlisted, what county Application for pension what for and at what age, and where he resided at that time, amount of Pension received & you will confer a favor indeed 
Yours respectfully 
Miss Anna C. Murty
Lock Box 613 Lewisburg Union Co Penna
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Miss Anna C. Murty
Lewisburg
Lock Box 613 
Union Co Penna
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Charles Gilbert Beetem 
S. C. Cor. West and Melrose Avenues 
Melrose Park 
Montgomery Co., Pa.
See address on envelope different Oak Lane. Phila Penn
5 April 1914
 G. M. Saltzgaber, 
Commissioner, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
Esteemed Sir:  
Will you please send me a statement of the military history of my ancestor, ADAM BEETEM (Beetam, Beetum, Baitem, etc) a soldier of the Revolution who applied for a pension; and if there is any family data, will you kindly note it down. 
Sincerely thanking you for any information you can give me, 
I beg to remain, Dear Sir, Very respectfully, 
Charles Gilbert Beetem,