Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22393, for Robert Means, Pennsylvania
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Penn.    Means, Robert    S22393
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[unreadable] Rodges 27 Dec 53
Hon C B. Curtis Feby 9 1884

Pennsylvania 21,117.
Robert Means
Mifflin Co. in the State of PA
who was a Priv in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [unreadable] commanded by Col Watts in the Penn
line for
4 Mo [unreadable] $80.00
3 " 5 days "               10.55
                                $90.55

Inscribed on the Roll of Penn at the rate of 90 dollars 55 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of March 1834 and sent to J Henderson, HR
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 
271.65
semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sepr
45.27 1/2
$316.92
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J T Sprague Clerk
Book C Vol 5 page 40
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State of Pennsylvania                                                        
Mifflin County  

On the 14th day of February 1834 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common pleas of Mifflin County and state of Pennsylvania, being a court 
of record.

Captain Robert Means a resident of Derry Township Mifflin County, and state of  Pennsylvania, age upwards of eighty three years who being duly sworn according to law, doth as his oath make the following declaration in and to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. [illegible]

That he under the service of the United States under the following named officers and 
serviced as herein after states - that in the year 1777 on the 5th day of January he was drafted and marched as ensign in a company of militia of Pennsylvania commanded by Capt Arthur Buchanan our company met in Lewistown then Cumberland [unk] Mifflin County, Penna. we marched to Philadelphia there being several [unk] officers, - I gave up my commission and volunteered as a private for the tour and marched to Princeton in the state of New Jersey where we encamped for a short time Col. Frederick Watts was the colonel of the regiment James Armstrong was the Leiut Colonel and James Pawer the Major - Captain
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Arthur Buchanan was, and capn James McClure first Lieutenant and William Wilson 2nd Lieut, Maj General Putnam commanded the troops at the station - From Princeton we marched to Trenton in the state of New Jersey we saw several small British vessels on the river.  The opened a fire on us and wounded one or two of our company.  We returned to Princeton. There were about one hundred and fifty men engaged in the expedition.  Shortly after our return to Princetown our two months had expired and we were discharged, no discharges were given.  The captains marched their companies home and discharged them.  I know of no person living who accompanied me in this expedition.
In the spring of 1778 I was called as a scout against the Indians who it was said had been making an incursion into Penna [valley]. A company was collected at Browns Mills in Mifflin County (then Cumberland) Penna.  We marched without any regular officers to Potters fort - Penns valley where we divided our company and one half of it marched down the valley the other half marched up to the end of Nittany mountain.  The two parties were to meet at Penns Creek we met accordingly and encamped. There were from fifty to sixty men engaged in this scout.  We did not come up with the Indians, we had no officers.  I took the command of the men from my own [numbers]
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have-- We were two weeks engaged in this scout. I know of no person living who accompanied me in this scout
In the month of August 1777 an
alarm come that Indians
had made their appearance
in Penns valley, and that Gen
Potters family were in danger, the
alarm come to the meeting house on Sunday. I with a number of others armed ourselves and marched to Potters fort in Penn valley. Col
Brown of the Penna Militia had the command of this Scout we garrisoned the fort for a short time
and protected Genl Potter in getting
in his harvest, we continued our scout to the Bald Eagle but did not come up with the Indians-- Samuel
Cever is the only person living who accompanied me on this expedition We were three weeks absent
In the month of January 1778 I was drafted as Lieut of a company of Militia of Penna of which Thomas Thompson was Capt. we marched through Carlisle and York to Lancaster Penna. The roads were bad and the Susquehanna difficult to cross we were consequently detained long on the road. 
On our arrival at Lancaster the
companies were reorganized and it was found that there were too many
officers-- I drew late
with another Lieutenants whoes lot it was to stay. I returned home was three weeks absent on this land
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James Robison & James McCord are the only persons now living who accompanied me on this expedition. In the month of August 1780 I was drafted as a captain of a company of Penna Militia from Derry township Cumberland now Mifflin County Penna. David Coulter was Lieut and John [unk] Ensign. my company consisted of 44 officers and privates ([unk] day all herewith enclosed) we were ordered to Potters fort in Penna valley to protect the frontier and to releave Lieut Johnston who was at that station in command, when we arrived I took command of the fort and Lieutenant Johnston marched his company to Bufflow Valley, During my command at the fort no Indians made their appearance tho and scouts frequently observed appearances in the neighborhood. at the expiration of two months I was releaved and marched them home and discharged them. James Glasgow is the only person living who accompanied me in this expedition now within my knowledge. The draft was for two months and served out the tour. 
In the spring or early in the summer of 1782 at the time the Indians made an incursion into the settlements and killed a woman at or near the Bever dam in Union
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County Penna. burnt several houses, took George Seigler and others prisoners.  I again marched as Captain of a company on a Scout against the Indians, Col. Alexander Brown commanded the Scout we pursued the trail of the Indians to the Bald Eagle they had retreated with their prisoners, up the west branch of the Susquehanna River-it was not deemed advisable to pursue them further they being several days in advance- I marched my company home and dismissed them. I was three weeks absent on this expedition. I know of  no person now living who accompanied me.
  During the war of the Revolution I was engaged in four other Scouts for short periods in most of which I had the command-I cannot state with precision the dates of each Scout-We pursued the trail of Indians out of that neighborhood and then returned home my time of service in those Scouts amounts to two weeks and upwards, 
  My whole service as follows, viz
As private in 1777 two months
As Ensign in 1777 two weeks
As Lieut in 1778 three weeks
As Captain and commanding officer in 1778 1780-1781 & 1782 making four months
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I was born in Buckingham township Burks County, Penna on the second day of November 1750 old style. I have a copy of the entry of my age extracted from my fathers bible in my brothers hand writing. I resided at the different times, I was called into service in Derry township then Cumberland now Mifflin County Penn where I now [there]  and have resided since the year 1770.

In my scouts against the Indians I  volunteered except in that of 1782 when I marched as captain - Col. Alexander Brown advised me to detach my company in pursuit of the Indians-In the year of 1777 I was drafted as Ensign and marched to Philadelphia on the reorganization of the companies, at that city it was found there were too many officers, I gave up my commission and volunteered as a private for a two months.  And in 1778 I was drafted as a Lieut and marched to Lancaster - on the reorgination of the companies.  There was too many officers and I cast lots with another Leuitenant & was unsuccesfull and  returned home  I was drafted as captain in 1780.

General Putnam commanded at Princeton in 1777 when I was in Jersey several other regular officers were there whose names I forget- I recollect [serving] Col. Aaron Burr Col Frederick Watts commanded the regiment to which
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I was attached - James Armstrong was Lieut Col. James Pawer Maj. - The force under Gen Putnam was not very large - I recollect the British sent a flag and Gen Putnam so arranged his force to make it appear much larger than it realy was - at no other time did I act with the continental troops - The names of the militia officers with whom I acted is giving in my [proving] statement.
I [never] received a discharge [unk] in my commission as Captain - I have not any commissions as Lieut & Ensign
The Hon John Oliver and Samuel Ceever are well aquainted with me and can testify to my character for truth and veracity. Samuel Cever has known me upward of sixty and Judge Olivers above fifty years.  The Rev James S Woods Paster of the Presbyterian church can testify for my character as to truth and veracity.
Hon John Oliver Samuel Cever James Robison James Glasgow can testify to most of my services in the revolutionary war - they either having marched in company with me or having a knowledge of the different expeditions in which I was engaged during the revolutionary struggle
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I hereby relinquish every claim whats [soever] to a pention or annuity except the present from the United States - and declare that my name is not on the pention roll of the agency of any state

Robert Means  his X mark

Sworn & subscribed before me one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin County Penna. this the 17th day of Feby 1834
David Reynolds
Mifflin County PA

I James. S Woods Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Lewistown Mifflin County, Pennsylvania do certify that I have known Captain Robert Means who signs the foregoing Memorial for several years and that I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity. 

Ja. S. Woods

Sworn & subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas this day of February A D 1834

David Reynolds
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Corsica Pa 15th Dec 1853

Jas. Patterson Lusten

Dear Sir
Supposing you to be the proper person to make applycation in regard to moneys due to pensioners I desire to know the amount due to Hanah Means widdow of Robert Means

Robert Means drew a penshion after his disease his wife was entitled to a penshion I think none of this was lifted by the heirs

Robert Means died July 15th A.D. 1837 aged 87
Hanah Means died April 3 A.D. 1839 aged 70
They were married May 31st 1791
Any information from you will be thankfully received by [illegilble] of the heirs

Mary a. Means
& M. Rodgers
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March 12, 1935.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/ady
Robert Means
S.22393

Mrs. S.M.Means
322 Harrison Avenue
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one Robert Means, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 22393, based upon his military service in that war. 

Robert Means was born November 2, 1750 (old style) in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Derry Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he was commissioned ensign, date not stated, and marched as such on January 5, 1777 to Philadelphia, and there being so many supernumerary officers, he relinquished his rank and volunteered as a private and served a tour of two months as private in Captain Arthur Buchanan's Company, Colonel Frederick Watt's Pennsylvania Regiment.  In August 1777 he went out as ensign on an expedition in Colonel Brown's Pennsylvania Regiment against the Indians in Penn's Valley and served about three weeks.  He was commissioned lieutenant, date not given, and in January 1778 marched in Captain Thomas Thompson's Pennsylvania company to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where the companies were reorganized and there were more officers than were necessary, so he returned hone, having been three weeks on the expedition; then in the spring of that year he served two weeks in command of a scouting party against the Indians in Penn's Valley. He was commissioned May 10, 1780, Captain of a company of foot, Eighth Battalion, Cumberland County Pennsylvania Militia and served a tour of two months from August 1780 in Penn's Valley and in command at Potter's Fort. In the spring or summer of
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1782 he served three weeks as captain of a scouting party under Colonel Alexander Brown in the Pennsylvania troops against Indians. He also served as captain on four other scouting expeditions during the Revolution, amounting to over two weeks, dates not given, but a part of which was in 1781. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 17, 1834 while a resident of Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. 

He died July 15, 1837, place not stated. 

Soldier married May 31, 1791 Hanah, her maiden name not stated, who died April 3, 1839, aged seventy years. 

In 1853 one Mary A. Means, a resident of Corsica Pennsylvania, stated she was one of the heirs, relationship not stated. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Resolution 

22393
INVALID.

File No. 22,393
Robert Means
Capt Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"

Index:--Vol. 2, Page 267

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1906 Aug. 22. History to Mrs. Susan H.P. Means
1929 Oct. 11. Hist. to Raymond M. Bell. AD.Y.
1932 May 14. Hist. to Lillian Mains. A.D.Y.
1935 Mar. 12. Hist to Mrs. S.M. Means. A.D.Y.
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Application of Captain
Robert Means for a pension

D9.745-

Adm
4 Months Cap-
3 " 5 day private

10.55

80
10

Hon. J. Henderson
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State of Pennsylvania
Mifflin County P

I David R Reynolds clerk of this Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin County in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that David Reynolds before whom the foregoing declaration of Captain Robert Means and the deposition of James S.  Woods, John Oliver & Samuel Ceever & James Robison, purport to have been taken, is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin County aforesaid being a court of record and was such associate Judge at the time said declaration and affidavit purport to have been taken. And that the signature to the said declaration and deposition, and also the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his are genuine. And I do further certify that Henry Kulp before whom the foregoing deposition of James Glasgow was taken, is and was at the time the same now taken an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Mifflin, & that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.   In testimony whereof  I have here unto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court at Lewiston this 24th day of February AD 1834

D.R Reynolds Prothy
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I agree to receive for the claiment a pension for 4 months as Captain and three months and 5 Days as private

Jo Henderson H.R.
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Mifflin County P

Personally appeared before the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin County Penna Samuel Ceever a citizen of Derry Township in Said County aged 75   years who being duly sworn as the law directs saith that he served with Captain Robert Means who signs the foregoing memorial, as a scout against the Indians to Potters Fort in Centre County and from there to the Bald Eagle. We protected Genal James Potter in getting in his harvest and garrisoned Potters Fort for a short period.  that we were sometimes absent on this scout that I believe Captain Robert Means did other services in the Revolutionary War I well recollect he marched as Captain of a Company of Militia to Penns valley in 1780. and was engaged in several other scouts against the Indians, in one of which I accompanied him. 

Samuel Cever 

Sworn & subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 21st day of February AD 1834

David Reynolds
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Mifflin County P

We John Oliver and Samuel Ceever residents of Derry Township Mifflin County Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Captain Robert Means who has subscribed and sworn [oath] to the above declaration and that we have known him between fifty and sixty years and that we believe him to be upwards of Eighty three years of age that he is respected and Revered in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Captain of the Revolution and that we fully concur in that opinion. 

John Oliver
Samuel Cever

Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin County aforesaid this 21st day of February 1834

David Reynolds

Mifflin County P

James Robison aged 72 years being duly sworn saith that in the month of January 1778 he was drafted as a private under Captain Thompson of the Pennsylvania militia, and marched from Lewistown Mifflin County Pennsylvania, to Lancaster Pennsylvania. Robert Means who signs the foregoing memorial was Lieutenant of the Company. The roads were bad and the river Susquehanna difficult to cross. We were consequently detoured on the road at Lancaster on the reorganization of the companies, there were too many officers & Lieutenant Means returned home. 

James Robison

Sworn & subscribed as above 

David Reynolds
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State of Pennsylvania
Mifflin County PA

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County James Glasgow aged seventy one years   a resident of Derry Township in Mifflin County who being duly sworn as law directs on his oath saith that in the month of August 1780 he marched as a private for a two months tour of duty under Captain Robert Means who signs the forgoing memorial to guard the frontiers against the incursions of the Indians. We marched from Derry Township then Cumberland now Mifflin County Pennsylvania to Potters Fort in Center County of which post Captain Means took the Command and at the expiration of our term we were marched home and discharged 

In the year 1782 Captain Means again Commanded a Company in a Scout against the Indians I was out at the same tie though not in the detachment that Captain Means was with 

I know that Captain Means rendered other services in the revolutionary war

James Glasgow

Sworn and subscribed before me
this 18th day of February 1834
Henry Kulp J.P.
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I David Reynold one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Mifflin County Pennsylvania, do declare, that I attended at the House of Captain Robert Means in Derry Township in Said County, who is confined to his bed by sickness and debility, and after the investigation of  the matter, and putting the interogatories [presented] by the War Department that the above named Robert Means was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states, and that he produced to me his commission as Captain from the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. I further certify that the Hon. John Oliver & Samuel Ceever of Derry Township who signs the foregoing Certificate as well as James Robison, Samuel Ceever, and James Glasgow who have proven the purview of the foresaid applicant as a creditable person and that their statements are entitled to credit - Witness my hand this 21st day of February AD 1834

David Reynolds
One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.

Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.

Full name of soldier: 
John Means-

Place of residence before service: 
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Either [illegible] N.Y. or [line to a lower section of text] 

Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)

Date of death (as near as possible):
[line to higher section of text]
Cumberland Township Penn. Co. Penna.

Christian name of widow:

Did either he or his widow receive a pension? 
do not know-

Remarks:

Your name and address:
Susan H. P. Means
4 Park Place
Geneva, N. Y.


6-870
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4 Park Place
Geneva, N.Y.
Aug 13. 1906-
Gentleman, 

Can you furnish me any information concerning a Captain John Means, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. There were 4 brothers, John, Robert, James & George, two of whom were in the Revolutionary War  John & one other. any and I am most desirous of what information can be obtained concerning them. Thanking you in advance for anything you can do for me in regard to it. I am yours very truly. 

Susan H. P. Means.
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[stamped seal]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION 
AUG 3 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

55 Wilson St.
Carlisle, Pa. 
1 August 1929

Rev. and 1812 War Section, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Dept. of Interior, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: 

Will you please send me the military record of Robert Means of Mifflin Co., Pa. who was a Capt. and private in the Penna. Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was granted a pension Mar. 6-1934. I am particularly interested in references to the name Bell. Very Truly Yours, 

Raymond M. Bell
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West Point, Mississippi, Apr. 8, 1932.

Director of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir: 

I wrote you yesterday for information concerning Capt. [check mark]Robert Means who served in Cumberland Co., Pa. Militia, but I neglected to add that after the war he lived in Huntington Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pa. where his will is now on record. 

I have just learned that there are two soldiers by the name of Robert Means and I am hoping they will prove to be father and son. Will you kindly give me information on both of them? I have all proof that I am a direct lineal descendant of Capt. Robert Mens whose will is recorded in Westmoreland Co., Pa. 

Most sincerely yours, 
Lillian Mains

[stamped seal]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Received APR 11 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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West Point, Mississippi, Apr 8, 1932.

Director of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: 

I was directed to your office as a most likely source of information concerning Captain Robert Means of the Seventh Battallion of Cumberland Co. Pennsylvnia Militia. He served 59 days from Aug. to Oct., 1780.

If Capt. Robert Means or his wife were ever pensioned, will you kindly give me whatever information concerning them is on record in your office? I am a direct lineal descendant of Cat. Robert Means though the spelling fo the name is slightly changed through several generations. 

With deep appreciation of the favor I am asking, I am, 

Most sincerely yours, 

Lillian Mains. 

[stamped seal]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Received APR 11 1932
RECEIPT SECTION 
PENSION FILES SUB DIVISION
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Vandergrift, Pa.,
March 7, 1935.

Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: -I should like to have information about Captain Robert Means, later Major Means, who served his country in the Revolutionary War. He was born n 1750, died in 1837. He settled in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. 

My son wishes to write a paper about this ancestor of his for a coming D.A.R. Contest. Any information about Major Means' and his service to his country which you send us will be greatly appreciated. 

Please let us have such information as quickly as possible. Should there be any charges for such information kindly send the bill with the information and we shall send payment for it at once. Thank you. 

Yours truly, 
(Mrs. S.M.) Edna B. Means, 
322 Harrison Ave.,
Vandergrift, Penna. 

Captain Robert Means, 
1750 - 1837.
Mifflin County, 
Pennsylvania
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May 14, 1932.

BA-J/ADY

Miss Lillian Mains, 
West Point, 
Mississippi.

Dear Madam;

Reference is made to your letter relative to one Robert Means, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.22393, based upon his military service in that war. 

Robert Means was born November 2, 1750 (old style) in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 

While a resident of Derry Township,Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he was commissioned ensign, date not shown, and marched as such on January 5,1777 to Philadelphia and there being so many supernumerary officers, he relinquished his rank and volunteered as a private and served a tour of two months as private in Captain Arthur Buchanan's Company,Colonel Frederick Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment against the Indians in Penn's Valley and served about three weeks. He was commissioned lieutenant, date not given, and in January 1778 marched in Captain Thomas Thompson's Pennsylvania Company to Lancaster, Pennsylvania,where the companies were reorganized and there were more officers than were necessary, so he returned home,having been three weeks on the expedition;then in the spring of that year he served two weeks in command of a scouting party against the Indians in Penn's Valley. He was commissioned May 10, 1780, Captain of a company of foot, Eighth Battalion,Cumberland County Pennsylvania Militia and served a tour of two months from August 1780 in Penn's Valley and in command at Potter's Fort.
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In the spring or summer of 1782 he served three weeks as captain of a scouting party under Colonel Alexander Brown in the Pennsylvania troops against Indians. He also served as captain on four other scouting expeditions during the Revolution, amounting to over two weeks, dates not given, but a part of which was in 1781. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 17, 1834, while a resident of Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. 

He died July 15, 1837. 

Soldier married May 31, 1791, Hanah,her maiden name not stated, who died April 3, 1839, aged seventy years. 

In 1853 one Mary A. Means, a resident of Corsica, Pennsylvania, stated she was one of the heirs, relationship not stated. 

This is the history of the only Robert Means, all spellings of the surname searched, who served from Pennsylvania that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
ADY

October 14, 1929

Raymond M. Bell, 
55 Wilson Street, 
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 

Dear Sir: 

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22393, it appears that Robert Means was born November 2, 1750 (old style) in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 

While a resident of Derry Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he was commissioned ensign, date not shown,and marched as such on January 5, 1777 to Philadelphia and there being so many supernumerary officers, he relinquished his rank and volunteered as a private and served a tour of two months as private in Captain Arthur Buchanan's Company, Colonel Frederick Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment. In August 1777 he went out as ensign on an expedition in Colonel Brown's Pennsylvania Regiment against the Indians in Penn's Valley and served about three weeks. 

He was commissioned lieutenant, date not given, and in January 1778 marched in Captain Thomas Thompson's Pennsylvania Company to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where the companies were reorganized and there were more officers than were necessary, so he returned home, having been three weeks
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on the expedition; then in the spring of that year he served two weeks in command of a scouting party against the Indians in Penn's Valley.
He was commissioned May 10, 1780, Captain of a company of foot, Eighth Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia and served a tour of two months from August 1780, in Penn's Valley and in command at Potter's Fort.
In the spring or summer of 1782 he served three weeks as captain of a scouting party under Colonel Alexander Brown in the Pennsylvania Troops against Indians.
He also served as captain on four other scouting expeditions during the Revolution, amounting to over two weeks, dates not given, but a part of which was in 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 17, 1834, while a resident of Derry Township,Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He died July 15, 1837.
Soldier married May 31, 1791 Hanah her maiden name not stated, who [typo corrected] died April 3, 1839, aged seventy years.
In 1853 one Mary A. Means, a resident of Corsica, Pennsylvania, stated she was one of the heirs, relationship not stated.
The name Bell does not appear in the claim.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner.

[handwritten in lower left corner] Sol. mentioned a bro., name not given.
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O. W. and N. Division. 

Isle. 
Sur. File 22393

Rev. War.

[illegible]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
[illegible] er o
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C., 

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Robert Means, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Jany 5, 1777
Sp. 77
Aug. 77
Jany 78
Aug 80
Sp n Sum 82

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mos. 
2 wks. 
3 wks
3 wks
2 mos.
3 wks.

RANK. 
Pri.
Commanded Scouts
Scout
Lieut
Capt.
Capt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. 
Arthur Buchanan
Commanded Scouts
-
Thos Thompson
-
-
COLONEL.
Frederick Watts
-
Brown

James Purdy 7" Battln.
Alexander Brown

STATE
Pa

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Derry Tnp. Cumberland Co. Pa. 
Date of application for pension, Feby. 17. 1834.
Residence at date of application, Derry Twp- Mifflin Co., Pa. 
Age at date of application, Born Buckingham Tnp. Bucks Co. Pa. Nov. 2, 1750
Remarks: Soldier war. May 31, 1791 Hannah - & died July 15, 1837, his widow died Apl. 3, 1839.
No other Rev. Pens. named Means from Ny. or Pa. 

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner.

20581b3m11-05
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In the NAME and by the AUTHORITY of the FREEMEN of 
the Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, 
THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
of the said Commonwealth, 
to Robert Means Esquire

WE, reposting especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Captain of a Company of foot in the eighth
Battalion of Militia, in the County of Cumberland. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State.  This Commission to continue in Force until your term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire 

GIVEN under the Lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, this tenth Day of May in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty. 

No. 7
ATTEST.
T. Matlock Esq.

Written under the seal
Jos. Reid
President
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His commission gives 8" Battlin. & I believe this should be 8th as thi sol. refers is this roll in giving his service for 1780. 
(MNTF)

Pa. archives - 5" Ser.
Vol VI - page 555 gives 8th

Robert Means 
S.F. 22393

A pay roll of Capt Robert Means co. of the 5th, 6th and 7th classes of the 7th battalion of Cumberland Co. militia Pa. troops commanded by Col. James Purdy has been removed from this claim in order to be sent to the War Dept. 

D.G, 
Oct. 6, 1910

Sent to War Dept. 
Jan. 16, 1913.