Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25323, Conrad Beam, Continental (Md.)
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(3-1776)  - (government form number)

SERVICE
Continental (Md.)

Beam or Bean, Conrad 
Jane

NUMBER
W. 25323
B.L. Wt. 17582-160-55

CONTENTS
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Kentucky   25.308
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Conrad Bean
of Washington Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a pirate in the Company commanded
by Captain Keyport of the Regt. commanded
by col. Whiteaker in the rv 
line for 2 yrs for 1777
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars - cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Dec. 1833 - and sent to Wm. B. Rooker, Springfield Ken.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $200.00
Semi-ant, allowance ending 4 Mar. 34 $40.00
$240.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

RECORDED BY Wm. S. Allison  CLERK,
BOOK G  VOL. 7   PAGE 20
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3536
Kentucky
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Jane Bean Widow of Conrad Bean
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Rolls at the rate of
80 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
31st day of Jany/54
and sent to
Tho. C.  Woods
Lebanon Ky
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 172 Vol. A
3E
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Vol. B1-88.

Act Mch 3/55

140,607 May 19/55

Jane Bean Widow of Conrad Bean

Revolutionary War
Claimant is a Pension Act Feby 5 1853 & refers to evidence on file.

Private

Col Houseger, German Reg't

3536

Ad. 160 ac's Feby 16/56, Dodge

Thos C. Wood
Lebanon, Ky.
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State of Kentucky, Washington County, Sct.

On this 27 day of May 1833 personally appeared in the court before the Washington County Justices of the county court of Washington County now sitting Conrad Bean a resident of the county of Washington & State of Kentucky aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doath(sic) on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832; that he intered(sic) the service of the United States under the following names of officers and served [illegible] he entered in the county of Baltimore in State of Maryland about seven miles from the city of Baltimore under Lieutenant Robert on the first of July 1777 and was attached to Capt Keyport a recruiting officer. He remained in Baltimore some short time from thence he was marched to the City of Philadelphia staid(sic) there some time when he was attached to what was called the duck Batallion under the command of Col. Whiticker. From Philadelphia we were marched into the State of New Jersey where he remained until the night of the 25 of
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December 1776 when we march to [illegible] town threw(sic) hail rain & with our cloaks near frozen to our back. He was in the Battle of Trenton. We took a large number of provisions and arms & six filed [illegible] in this action. Col. Whocicker diverted he was then placed under the command of Col. Hircher in Capt. Botsales company. He was in the battle of Princeton & Brandywine and numerous other skirmishes, also in the Battle of Germantown. He was afterwards attached to Gen’l Sullivan’s brigade and was discharged on the first of July 1780. [Illegible] of three years that he served his country in the War of the Revolution. He has lost his discharge but he states that he was honorably discharged. He was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the county of Buck. He has no record of his age. He lived in the County of Baltimore in State of Maryland when he enlisted in the service of his country where he resided until he removed to the State of Kentucky directly the year since he entered as a soldier for three years and served as above stated. He served Gen’l George Washintgon during time when he was in service, he served as a private during the whole of his time. He Knows
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of no one by whom he can prove
his services but his Brother Jacob Beam.
he hear by relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the account[?]
and declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any state.  Sworn
to and subscribed the day and year for
Conrad Beam
Jacob Beam of the County of Washington
and state of Kentucky do on oath certify
that I am well acquainted with the above
named Conrad Beam, who have subscribed
and sworn to the above and copying 
declaration & I know of my own knowledge that
he preformed the services as stated in his
declaration the same have been this day read to
to me Coonrod [Conrad] Beam was soldier of
the revolution & is a man ^of good character^ I believe him
to be of the age he has stated & is a man
of good character & which veracity.
Jacob Beam
Commonwealth of Kentucky Washington County Set
At a County Court began and held for
Washington County at the Court house in Springfield on
Sunday the 27th day of May 1833 Corneleus Beam an
applicant for a pension as a volutionary soldier This
day came into Court and made oath to the truth of the
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of the Statement by him subscribed and the Court certify
their opinion after investigation of the matter and
propounding the questions presented by the war department
the said Cornelius Beam was a revolutionary
Soldier and served as he has stated and the Court 
further certify that appears to them that Jacob Beam who has signed &
Sworn to his affidavit is a creditable person & that his statement is entitled
to credit.  And I William B Booker Clerk protempore for
Court do certify that the foregoing contain the
original proceedings of said court in the matter of
the applicant of Cornelius Beam for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court this 27th day of May
1833 in the 48th year of the Commonwealth
William B. Booker C.P.T.
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27. 184
Conrad Beam
Ken
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Declaration of Jane Beam [ineligible] for Bounty Land [handwritten]
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State of Kentucky
County of Marion Set.

Be it known that before me B. Edmonds. a Justice of the Peace in and for Marion County State of Kentucky duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for said County personally appeared Jane Bean and made
oath in due form of law that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession of which I certify the following is a
true Copy.  Department of the Interior. Widows Pension. - I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853
Jane Bean widow of Conrad Bean who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars
per annum commencing on the 3d February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage Given at the Department of the Interior this thirty first day of January one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-four

R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior
(note - handwritten seal in front of his name)

Examined and countersigned
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

That she has not intermarried but con
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tinues the widow of the above mentioned Conrad Bean that she now resides in Marion
County State of Kentucky and has resided
there for the space of thirty odd years
past. She states that her husband the
said Conrad Bean was a private in the
Revolutionary war and that as his
widow she has heretofore filed her
Declaration in the proper Department
at Washington City accompanied with
satisfactory proof to said Department
of her right as said widow to have
and receive from the United States
a pension for life as the above 
certificate and the pension list will show. 
She here refers to her said original
Declaration and all the evidence
therewith filed to sustain her claim
to the benefits of the provision of the
act of 3d March 1855 granting one
hundred and sixty acres of land to all
surviving widows of Revolutionary
Soldiers.  She therefore trusts that with
this declaration accompanied with
satisfactory proof of her identity and
present widowhood that no further
evidence will be demanded as it
will not be in her power to produce
any more. She states that she
has never heretofore made any application for Bounty land and now
makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to
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which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855. Witness my hand this the twelvth day of May 1855
Jane Bean X her mark and Thomas Jackson

We H. T. Jackson residents of Marion County in the state of Kentucky upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jane Bean in our presence and we know that Conrad Bean formerly the husband of the applicant is now dead and know also that the applicant is at this time a widow and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Thomas Jackson
H. T. Jackson

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have read the pension certificate copied in her declaration above and the same is truely copied and that I have no interest in this claim.
B. Edmonds J.P

State of Kentucky Marian County Sct.
I H. H. Hughes Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do
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certify that B Edmonds
is and was at
the time of making the foregoing signature
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified that he is
duly authorized by law to administer
oaths and that his said signature above
written is genuine In testimony
whereof I have hereunto affixed
the seal of said County and subscribed
my name this tweleth day of May A.D. 1855
H. H. Hughes Clerk
Mason County Court Bounty Land
N Jane Bean
Declaration of
  Jane Bean 
For Bounty Land
140603
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State of Kentucky Set
Marion County ⎬
On this seventh day of
March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and fifty three personally appeared in
Open Court (it being the County Court held
on said date above for said County the 
same being a court of Record) Mistress
Jane Beam a resident of said County
and State of Kentucky aged seventy
years who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the
law of the United States passed on the 3d
day of February 1853. That she is the
widow of Conrad Beam who was a
private soldier in the War of the 
Revolution who was a Pensioner for a 
number of years before he died. He drew the sum
of eighty dollars half ^of it semi^ annually from the
Pension Agent located at Lexington in
Kentucky of the time Her husband
was a resident of the then County of
Washington State of Kentucky
She further declares that she was married
to the said Conrad Beam on the
day of Nov or December eighteen hundred and
twelve. That her husband the afsd
Conrad Beam died on the 25th day of
October eighteen hundred and forty 
that she was married to him at the time
above stated She further swears that she
was a widow of the passage of the said
act and is still a widow and that
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she never before made application ^to the Department^ for a
pension. Her memory is bad and the dates before
given are to the best of her recollection.  The marriage
certificate from the Washington Co. Court will show the exact
time of marriage which she cannot now remember and the
husband may have been pensioned as Conrad Beams as he
was often so called. She prays for the pension still due her Decd
husband ballance she thinks due up to his death. Jane ^her mark^ Beam
Sworn to and subscribed on the day above
written before the honorable Judge of the
Marion County Court then sitting at
the March term of the said Court in
the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and fifty three. In testimony whereof
I have hereto set my hand
and affixed the seal of my
office as Clerk of the said
Marion County Court this
seventh day of March 1853.
State of Kentucky
R H Rountree Clk
Marion County Court

State of Kenucky
Marian County  } Set
Jno. Lancaster states that he knew the Petitioner
Jane Beam and her husband Conrad Beam for a good
number of years that he managed the preparation
of the old man Beams pension for several years
before his death. that he drew $80 half of it
semmi annually at Lexington Ky and that
at his death he left gave Jane Beam his widow
she is still a widow and was a widow
at the passage of the act of 3d Feby 1853.
I have no earthly interest in this claim for
Pension given under my hand this March
the 7th 1853
Jno. Lancaster
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State of Kentucky ⎬ Set
Marion County
I Rutherford W. Rountree
Clerk of the County Court of Marion County
State of Kentucky do certify that the foregoing
affidavit was signed sworn to and 
acknowledged by John Lancaster in open court it
being County Court on the 7th day of March
1853.  
In testimony whereof I as clerk of
said County Court have hereto set
my hand and affixed the seal of
my office as clerk this 10th March
1853.
R H Rountee Clk

State of Kentucky
Marion County } SS  I Susanna Thomas State that about
the year eighteen hundred and twelve or thirteen she and
her husband Josiah W. Thomas Decd lived in the County of Washington
State of Kentucky and that about that time Conrad Beam and his
wife Jane Beam came into the neighborhood and settled down
together as man and wife with in the immediate neighborhood
of myself and husband They were reputed regarded esteemed
and held to be lawfully married and lived with each other
as though they had been in that condition as [lined out: as] my
neighbor at the same place in said Washington County
since and now Marion County for the last forty odd
years. They were always respected and regarded as man
and wife and they were free from any suspicion of the slightest
character that they were not lawfully married. I have been
very intimate with her family from the time they came into
the neighborhood until now. Her husband Conrad Beam
di[e]d about the year eighteen hundred and forty. Jane Beam
is a widow still and was a widow at the time of the
passage of the act of 3d February 1853 and is in needy
circumstances I have no interest whatever in this
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claim for pension. Given under my hand this day of
May 1853
Susanna  ^her mark^ Thomas

State of Kentucky 
Marion County ⎬ Sct Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day of May 1853 by Susanna Thomas
and I certify that she is an individual who is entitled to
full credit and that I have no interest in this claim for
pension and am not concerned in its prosecution given
under my hand as a Justice of the Peace for said Co this
the fourth day of March 1853.
B. Edmonds J.P.M.C.

State of Kentucky 
Marion County ⎬ Set.  I hereby certify that Benjamin
Edmonds Esq before whom the above affidavit was
subscribed and sworn to and who has thereto subscribed
his hand and name was of the
time of so doing a duly qualified
sworn and commissioned Justice
of the Peace for said County and
State In testimony whereof I as 
Clerk of said County Court of said
County have hereto set my hand
and affixed the seal of my said 
Office as clerk thereof this the
8th day of July 1853
Clerk
R.H. Rountree

[written sideways:]
Jane Beam
20 } Declaration
for Pension
U. States
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Filed 7th March
1853
R. H. Roundtree
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State of Kentucky, Washington County}sct
Know all men by these presents that Conrad Beans and Jacob Beans are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of fifty pounds current money to the payment of which well and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth we bind ourselves and our heirs jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this first day of December eighteen hundred and ten. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended between the above bound Conrad Beans and Jenny Boston for which a license has joined, Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue. 
Conrad (his x mark) Beans (seal)
Jacob (his x mark) Beans (seal)
Witness John Reed
I John b. Starr Clerk of the County’s Court of Washington County State of Kentucky do certify that the above is a true copy of the marriage bond now and fill in my office given by Conrad Beans to the Commonweath of Ky with the expectation of the date of said bond which is expressed is the original bond in fair legible figures towit, 1 day of December 1810. I John B. Starr above named state and depose that I am Clerk of the County Court of said Washington County State of Ky and that the said copy above is true with the exception above stated. He further certifies that if the said marriage license, which joined in said bond with a certificate of marriage was ever returned to this office it cannot now
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be found and further says that a great number of the early licenses joined in the early times were never returned by those celebrating the rites of Matrimony under them and further says that it is very difficult to find a great number of the marriage licenses of those early times and certificates of marriage which are actually af record in their office owing to the fact that they were very irregularly returned in many cases and were irregularly recorded. In this office there is no index to the record of certificates and they are often hard to find.
John B. Starr
Sworn to by John B. Starr before me this 9th day of March 1853.
Thos Craycroft J.P. W.C.
State of Kentucky, Washington County}Sct I John B. Starr Clerk of the County Court of Washington County state afs’d do certify that Thomas Craycroft Esq before whom the foregoing affidavid was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this March 9th, 1853.
John B. Starr, Clerk
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27.184.
Conrad Bean
Washington County, Kentucky

from 1777 private
2 yrs #80
Mr. Brewer will please to give a certificate in this case.
Nov. 2, 1833

On Roll.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, PENSION OFFICE.

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margine with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling(sic) with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A STATEMENT, shewing the Service of Conrad Bean.

Period when the service was rendered:
1 July 1777 to 1 July 1780

Years.
3

Months
Days

Rank of the claimant.
Pr.

Names and rank of the Field Officers under which he served.
Capt Keyport, Col. Whiticker, Col. Stricker

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
80, Md.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
one witness.

The court certify to the services of Cornelius Bean. The witness should state how he became acquainted with the service of the applicant.

I am respectfully, Your obedient servant,

J.L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted of who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1821.

State, Territory, or District of County of}ss.
On this____day of _______personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of _________ in the county of _________ and State, Territory or District of ______aged (c)_________ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with _______ and served in the ________(e) regiment of the _________line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular
period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country
through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [——] 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    ;A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [—— —— ——] of the Court of [—— ——] do certify (h) that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of_________the application of [—— —— ——] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [——] day of [—— ——] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [—— —— ——] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [—— —— ——], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [——]
years of age; 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. [—— —— ——] who has signed the preceding certificate is a
clergyman, resident in the [—— —— ——] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [—— —— ——] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I [—— —— ——] Clerk of the Court of [—— —— ——] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation
[sic] of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [seal
embossed onto document] of office, this [—] day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will
then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith,
as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts,
which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the
County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension,
on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New
Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the
Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a
substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. 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 services.
6. To a Soldier. Didyou ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and
who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of
the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration,
and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the
Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant,
who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents,
and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify,
and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in
the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the
subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the
declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of
Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is
herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity,
attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of
Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the
proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such
person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature
annexed is his genuine signature.No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died
before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and
before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as
they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the
deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the
title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing go by reason of bodily infirmity; in which ease the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier most give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personalty appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following
grades: — For — year — months, and — days, I served as a — — . For — months and —
days, I served as a — ; and for such service I claim a pension.”
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant
served, and the particular rank he held, As the law directs the pension to be paid according to the
grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, it too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a
declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the
applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where
the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which
the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be
distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member
of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should
accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which, contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the
ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in this case applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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2596
Kentucky
Jane Beam
widw of Conrad
Act 3. Feb. 1853
"53 Sept. 21 Let to Hon. C. Woods
" Dec. 30 " ": same
54 Jany 28 " " same
Adm. $80 per annum
comm 3 February 1853
Thos C. Woods
Lebanon Ky.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25323 own
Jane Bean
Widow of
Conrad Bean
Priv. Rev. War

Act: Feb 3, 1853
the
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Official Businefs

[Round stamp mark]
LEBANON 
MAY
12
NY

FREE

Hon L P Waldo Com Ret
Washington City
D. C. or Md
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17.582
Rev Army
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Pen Off
Jany 26 '54
Sir      us 40
Please certify
date of Conrad
Beam's death on
Kentucky roll,
●
Act 1832, %80 pr ann
Respy
L P Waldo
Commr
F Burt Esq.
3d Aud
Conrad Bean, Act 1832,
$80 per annum, Paid to
4 Sept 1840, no death.
F. Burt
Auditor
-
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Land Office Annapolis, November 30th 1833

I hereby certify, that it appears by the Muster Rolls, remaining in this
Office, that Conrad Beam enlisted in the German Regiment, and was
discharged on the 24th of July 1779 and that the time of his enlistment
is blank, on said roll, and I further
certify, that his name does not appear upon any of the pay rolls
George G Brower
Regr. L Off. W.S.M.
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Lebanon Ky June 6" 1857.
Hon. Commr Pensions
Sir
I read thankfully
your letter of the 4" May last informing
me that my "protest" against J.Y. Combs
acting as Atty for Mrs. Jane Beam in
her claim for the full benefits of the
act of July 3. 1853. was forwarded by
you to the "Court of Claims" the proper
tribunal in the case. I am indeed
obliged to you for so doing, and have
delayed thus long to acknowledge my
thanks in the hopes that I would
receive simultaneously almost with
your said letter two others of
similar import in the identical
claims of Mrs. Susanna Spalding
and Charlotte Goodier. I enclosed
my solemn protest in the same
terms and to the same impart against
G. J. Coombs and every one else from
acting as Attys in their behalf
for the same good reasons alleged
in Mrs Beans case-- I have
not yet heard one word as to whether the
the amended petition's I enclosed for
each of said widows ever were read
together with my protest or not.
although they were sent at the same time
If they have been read in your Depmt
will you do me the kindness to forward
my protest in their cases also to the
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Court of Claims provided their claims are pending in said Court. I will regard it a very great favour to hear from these cases as to their position. I do most earnestly protest against this vampire practice which under some of the former Admt was tolerated by suffering innocent distant agents to be swindled out of their cases by the pension and claim sharpers and jobbers who hover arround the Department continually. If these claims succeed it is from my labour heretofore expended in each case and from nothing done or to be done by the Courts or any one close
Hoping that you will generously protest the rights of all agents foreign to your city as well as those near at hand. I subscribe myself very sincerely your obt. svt.
Thos C Woods.

P.S. If proper send this with the Protest to the Court of Claims.

[Sideways]
Mrs.
Susanna Spalding
and
Mrs. 
Charlotte Goodin's
claims for full
benefits of act of
Feby 3. 1853.
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Lebanon Ky July 8th 1853.
Dear Sir. Please receive and attend
to their petition for Pension at your
earliest convenience and let me hear
from it and others I have sent, and much
oblige your sincerely
Thomas C. Woods
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Lebanon Jany 17 1853
Dear Sir
Enclosed I sent the
affidavit of Mrs Thomas which seems
to have miscarried the last time. I
hope it will prove satisfactory if
not however please let me know
in what particular the proof is
deficient let me hear from the
case at your own convenience
as early as it may please of in to
do so
Very Respectfully
your obt Svt
Thomas C Woods
P.S. I perhaps should state that this
Afft. is in support of the claim
of Mrs Jane Beam for Rev Pension
G.C. W.
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Lebanon Ky May 12/55
Hon. L.P. Waldo Comr. Pens.
Sir,
Enclosed find
Decl of Mrs. Bean
Revy Widow for bounty R.
I trust the form of
Decl.  and the will be
Satisfactory as I have
no farm to go by a
Rev. Widow
Your
Thomas C. Woods
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Act 53
Jane Beam
Letter within to go
with certificate
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Brief in the case of Jane Beam widw. of Conrad
County and State of Kentucky
act 3 February 1853
Claim (" original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned Act 1832
Marriage proved by copy marriage
Bond, & by parole evidence
Identity of parties & death of husband
by parole Evidence
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been files since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Thos. C. Wood
Lebanon KY
McRae Examining Clerk
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Kentucky Lebanon Dec 20th 1853
Dear Sir.
I will be much obliged to learn
from the Dept whether the affidavit of Susanna
Thomas which I was requred to retake in
the application of Mrs Jane Beam a
Rev. widow for a pension under the act
of 3d Feby 53 has ever yet been received
at the Dept. I retook it and sent it
long since, and have never heard from
the case since. I should like to know
if there are any further difficuties in
her way of receiving her pension under
said act, as she is certainly entitled
to it. An answer if convenient to the
Dept will be received with thankfulness
Very respectfully your Obt. Set
Thomas C. Woods
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Jane Beam
Protest
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Pension Office
May 4" 1857
Sir: The protest you have sent to this Office
against J. J. Coombs Esq acting as attorney for
Mrs. Beam, together with a power of Atty from
her to you has been sent to the Court of Claims
where her claim is now pending. The question as
to who has the right prosecute the claim will be
determined by the Court, This Office has
not jurisdiction in the class of cases.
Yours Respectfully
[illegible]
commissioner
Tho. C. Wood Esqr.
Lebanon Ky
(Fowler )
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jane Beam
Rev- Widow
To}  Affidavit for Pension
United States
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State of Kentucky, Marion County}Sct.

I Susanna Thomas of the County of Marion and State of Kentucky do state that I was a near neighbor of Conrad Bean and Jane his wife in the year 1815 in this County then the County of Washington. I lived a near neighbor and on terms of intimacy with them from that time on up to the death of Conrad Bean which I think took place about the year 1840. He left Jane his widow who was still my near neighbor and on up to the winter of 1852-3 when I moved from our neighborhood up to Lebanon, the County seat of this County where I now live. I knew them both well all the time; they lived together as man and wife all the while; and raised a very respectable family of children; they were married when I first knew them; that is they were held, reputed, and esteemed, as lawful man and wife, ever since my knowledge of them. They were not married in that neighborhood, and I know nothing of their actual marriage; but from their exemplary life so long as I have known them, I believe now, and have always believed, that they were as they represented themselves, lawfully married together. No suspician has ever rested on them, with reference to their lawful connection. Mrs. Jane Bean is still living in my old
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neighborhood and is a poor and deserving old lady. I have no interest of any kind in this claim for pension directly or indirectly. Given under my hand this January the 17th 1854.

Susanah (her x mark) Thomas

State of Kentucky, Marion County}Sct.

This day personally appeared before me Mrs. Susanna Thomas and subscribed to and made oath to the above affidavit after the same had been read over to her in my presence. I certify that I am personally acquainted with her and that she is a lady of unimpeachable veracity and her above statements are entitled to the fullest faith and credit.  I have no interest of any kind in this claim for pension nor am I engaged in any wise in its prosecution. Given under my hand this the 17th day of January 1854.

B. Edmonds Justice Peace
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State of Kentucky, Marion County}Sct

I R.H. Roundtree Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that B. Edmonds Esq before whom the above affidavit of Susanna Thomas was subscribed and sworn to was at the date of his above certificate a duly qualified and acting Justice of the Peace in and for this County and his above signature is genuine. The Governors Commission to said B. Edmonds now on file in my office begins on the 20th of May 1851 and ends on the 1st day of June 1855. 

In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Lebanon Marion Co. Ky. on this the 17th day of January 1854.
R.H. Roundtree Clerk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Beam, Frederick
GRADE Private "in the
LINE Artillery Artificers
of Pennsylvania.
WARRANT NUMBER 12851
ACREAGE 100


ISSUED February 14 1791
to not shown-
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.