Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39985, George Beaver, Penn.
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[notecard]
[upper left]
SERVICE
Penn.
[center]
Beaver, George
[upper right]
NUMBER
S.39985
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[Bifold]
[Left side]
15997
Pennsylvania
George Beaver
of Peterstown in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain North of the [?} commanded by Colonel Wayne in the Pennsylvania 
line, for the term of one year 
from January 1776 to January 1777,

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to 
commence on the 20, day f October 1809
and

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of November 1809 [?] and send to Matthew
{?} Chambersburg Pa

Continued the Roll on 27 day of 
February 1829 and notification sent to 
Hon. M. Ramsay at the House of [?]
[?] Pension commencing on the 19th 
of February 1829

Amount due on 4th of September 1829.
$51.88.

[Right side]
[?] Letter to Hon. J. Crawford
Jan. 25 1830
1888
Dec. 18 [?]]

Date of death
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George Beaver's Petition
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20th Oct 1824
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[in the upper right hand corner dated] 1819

To the Honorable Jon C. Colhoun Esquire,
Secretary of [illegible]

The Petitioner of George Beaver of Peterstown
[illegible] Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Respectfully Represents
that your Petitioner enlisted on January, Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six in Berks County, Pennsylvania
under Captain Caleb North, of the 4th Penna.
Regt commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne-
from thence he went to Chester - Trenton- [illegible] - Albany
Ticonderoga and to the Three Rivers in Canada
was in that engagement when Genl Thompson was
captured from then he returned to Ticonderoga under
Genl Sullivan where your Petitioner's term of enlistment for one year expired - Your Petitioner
had been early transferred into the Company of
RIfleman under Capt Thomas Church, who was absent at the time of Petitioners discharge - which dis-
charge was signed by Capt - Frazer of this said
Regiment and has long since been lost - that Your
Petitioner has no {illegible} testimony of his Services and no other in his power but the accompanying deposition Conrad Speelman - Your Petitioner is a citizen of the Commonwealth aforesaid - and prays for his pension under the Act of Congress - being by his reduced circumstances in life in need of
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assistance from this County for suffering - 
And your Petitioner will pray
[signed by] George Beaver

Franklin County Pa.
Personally affirmed Conrad Speelman a reputable citizen of the County aforesaid before me  one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County who being duly sworn deponent and saith that he was well acquainted with said George Beaver the Petitioner, being for some time a fellow soldier
with him in same company.  That said Beaver left Deponents company and was transferred from Captain North to Captain Church's company of Riflemen having previously [illegible] himself with a good rifle and that he served at least Fifteen months in the service of the United States against the Common Enemy - and further saith [illegible] - And at the Same time comes the said George Beaver who being duly Sworn [illegible] and saith that the facts set forth in his aforegoing Petition are just and true - And I do further certify that I am satisfied of his having served in the revolutionary Army against the Common Enemy and that from his [illegible] circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from Country for support all which is respectfully sub-
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mitted to the Honorable the [illegible]
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Sworn and submitted before me this 20 Oct. 1819 Isaac Eaton

[right side]
Conrad Speelman [with a mark]
George Beaver

Franklin County Pa.

Be it [illegible] that Isaac Eaton Esquire before whom the above oaths to were made and who subscribes himself thereto was then and still continues to be one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin , duly [illegible] and sworn and that full faith and [illegible] is due to his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have herewith St my and and affixed my officiant seal as Prothonotary of the County aforesaid this twenty fifth day of October Anno Domini eighteen hundred and nineteen

[Signed by] John Findlay [illegible]
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District of Pennsylvania
Franklin County Pa

On this twelfth day of August 1828 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the sixteenth judicial district of Pennsylvania George Beaver, now resident in said County aged seventy three years and three months, who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth on his affirmation make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st of May 1820; that he the said George Beaver enlisted for the term of one year on the___ day of January 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain Caleb North in the regiments commanded by Colonel Wayne 4th Battalion, Continental establishment, that he served in the said company for about three months when (by his own request) he was transferred to the (?) infantry a rifle company commanded by Captain Thomas Church in which said [?] he continued to serve for one year, and was discharged from the service by Captain Frazer in Chester Count State of Pennsylvania that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present, that his name been placed on the pension list: that the number of his pension certified is (15.997) and that he moves before exhibits a schedule of his property because soon after he received the first and only payment (amounting to thirty five dollars) from the United States, he removed to Montgomery County in the State of Virginia, that his original certificate was left by him with A. Calhoun at Chambersburg in the County of Franklin, State of Pennsylvania that while in Virginia he did apply to an attorney in Montgomery County [and] was informed by him that the proper place to make application from would be Chambersburg Pennsylvania, since which time he has always served in Montgomery County Virginia until the month of July 1828, at which time he returned to Frankly County Pennsylvania where he now resides with his son in law - that he never did receive but the one payment as above mentioned.  And in furtherance of the acts of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly affirm that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 [and] that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with interest thereby so to diminish it as to being myself written the provisions of an act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the law and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" [illegible] on the 18th day of March 1818 [and] I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debt due to me nor have I any income whatsoever, nor have I had any since the 18th day of March 1818 except what I received from the United States as above alluded to, since which time I have been altogether depending on my children for support except what I made by teaching school which was as follows - I thought six months in the year 1823 - in the year 1824 3 months and this deponent further states that he is by occupation a
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shoemaker, but is unable to pursue his trade owing to the weakening of his eyes - that his family consists of four sons and five daughters all of whom are married, three of my daughters Iive in Montgomery County Virginia - two in Franklin County Pennsylvania (with one of whom I reside) none of my sons reside with me.

[Left Side]
Sworn of subscribed by 12th day of August 1828 in open Court. [SIgnature
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September 15, 1939.
BA-J/ILL
George Beaver
S. 39985
Mr. Elmer Nelsen
106 Monroe Avenue
Riverdale, Maryland.
Dear Sir:
The record of George Beaver is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 39985, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
George Beaver enlisted in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in January 1776, in Captain Caleb North's company, Colonel Anthony Wayne's 4" Battalion, Pennsylvania troops, at the end of three weeks was transferred to Captain Thomas Church's company of Riflemen, was engaged in the battle of Three Rivers, Canada, and after serving one year, was discharged in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
George Beaver was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1819, at which time he resided in Peterstown, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
In 1822, the soldier went to Montgomery County, Virginia, taught school a part of the time during 1823 and 1824, and returned in July 1828, to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he resided with one of his married daughters. August 12, 1828, he gave his age as seventy-three years, three months, but did not state the day or place of his birth, nor the names of his parents.
In 1828, George Beaver's family consisted of four married sons, and five married daughters; three of said daughters resided in Montgomery County, Virginia, the other two in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He did not give the names of any of said children, nor the name of his wife.
In 1828, James Edwards, the soldier's son-in-law, resided [page ends]
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in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; he stated that he had taken George Beaver to Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1822, and had brought him back to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1828.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
George Beaver
Certificate #15997
Issued November 30, 1819
Rate $8 per month
Commenced October 20, 1819
Act of March 18, 1818
Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
2.
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[illegible] 15997 R
Pennsylvania
George Beaver
Peterstown in the State of Penna who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Wayne of the Penna line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20th of Octo 1819.
the 10 of At. 119
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of Nov 1819 and sent to Matthew St Clair Chambersburg, Pa
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 36.15
Semi-anl all'ce ending
36.15
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
See letter 17 July 1828 to Paul I Hetich Esq
letter to Hon W. Ramsey H.R. Jan. 16. 1829.
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Revy
39985
INVALID.
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File No. 39,985
George Beaver
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18
Index: --Vol. E, Page 33
Arrangement of 1870.}
Feby 7, 1905 Hist to Frederic H. Reed, N Y. City
1913 Jan. 8. To Frank L. Cook
1919 Jan 8. Hist to Wm Martin
1926 Jan 25 Hist to S. O. Blakeney AWF
1927 May 25 Hist to Dr. W. A. Kepner Any.WF
1929, Aug 7. Hist to Lenna B. Robinson AWF
1930 May 13th hist to Ruthe Elnore Bryan see her letter in Jesse Rowe S.4122 AWF
1934 - June 20. Hist. to Pearl M. Beaver- ILL
1936 July 11 - Hist to Mrs. C. M. Steinmetz I.L.L.
1939. Sept. 13- Mr. Wells Goody Koontz inf. cost of photos MSTF
1939 Sept. 15. Hist. to Elmer R. Nelson ILL
1939 Oct 10 - Photos ailed to Nels Gordy Koontz & acctg had notified same date MLB
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[left]
pen to com: 17 Feb. 1829
Hon. W. Ramsey H.R.
Feb 27. 1829
[right]
Certificate of Record for
George Beaver a pensioner
Prothy H $1.06
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(stamp [illegible] FEB 25)

To the Honble Wm Ramsay Esqr
Mem. Ho. Rep. U.S.
Washington City D.C.

(two seals illegible)
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Chambersburg
Feby 24th 1829
Wm Ramsay Esqr
D. Sir
Enclosed I remit you the original certificate of Geo Beaver, and his additional application to be again put on the pension list as he neglected to comply with the provisions of the late act of congress as to a schedule of his property & of which I informed you some time
since-- will you be good enough to have this sent to the pension office & have him reinstated & the papers necessary to enable him to receive his pension at Phila remitted to me as soon as convenient, so that he may draw on the 4th of March 1829 -
I hope Genl Jackson will fulfil the best wishes of his peers in all things he may do & disappoint his enemies
Yours Respectfully
Paul J. Hetich
NB I thought it prudent to send the original certificate to you as it might perhaps be necessary
PJH
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[letterhead]
[upper left]
WELLS GOODYKOONTZ
LANT R. SLAVEN
FRED KOPP
[upper center]
Goodykoontz & Slaven.
Attorneys at Law
Williamson, West Virginia

[stamped] Received Oct 18 1939 Mail Sub-Div Reader No. 20 Vets Adm

[typewritten letter]
October 16, 1939

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

RE: GEO. BEAVER - S. 39985 - BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Dear Sir:
I wrote you on this subject on the 14th instant,
stating that the affidavit of James Edwards was omitted from the photostatic copies which you sent me under date of the 10th instant. I find I was mistaken; that the Edwards affidavit was included.
Regretting my mistake, and requesting you to disregard my letter of the 14th, I remain

Yours very truly,
[signed] Wells Goodykoontz
WELLS GOODYKOONTZ

WG:jh
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[letterhead]
[upper left]
WELLS GOODYKOONTZ
LANT R. SLAVEN
FRED KOPP
[upper center]
Goodykoontz & Slaven.
Attorneys at Law
Williamson, West Virginia

[typewritten letter]
October 14, 1939

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

RE: GEORGE BEAVER - S. 39985 - BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Dear Sir:

I have received and read with interest your letter of the tenth instant, together with the enclosures. I greatly appreciate your kindness in this behalf.
There is one further phase of this matter to which I direct your attention. In a recent publication on the subject of the Beaver family in Pennsylvania, by Rev. I. M. Beaver, at page 59, is printed what purports to be a copy of a letter dated June 20, 1934, from Hon. A. D. Hiller, Assistant to the Administrator, your department, addressed to Rev. Beaver and
referring to the pension papers of George Beaver. In this letter it is said that " James Edwards, soldier's son - in - law, stated then in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, that he had
taken the soldier to Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1822, and had brought him back to Pennsylvania in 1828 ". Evidently there is in the file a statement verified by oath of James
Edwards on this subject. If so, I would be pleased to have a photostatic or typewritten copy thereof.
May I request that you further advise me on this subject, and with renewed expressions of appreciation for your many courtesies, I beg to remain
Yours very truly,
[signed] Wells Goodykoontz
WELLS GOODYKOONTZ

WG;jh

[stamped] Received
Oct 16 1939
Mail Sub-Div
Reader No. 7
Vets Adm
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[letterhead]
[upper left]
WELLS GOODYKOONTZ
LANT R. SLAVEN
FRED KOPP
[upper center]
Goodykoontz & Slaven.
Attorneys at Law
Williamson, West Virginia

[typewritten letter]
September 15, 1939

A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

RE: GEORGE BEAVER - S. 39985 - BA-J/MMHF:MLB
I am in receipt of your letter of September 13, in which you state that you have found a record of one George Beaver, who was born about 1755, served in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania as a private soldier, and applied for his pension in 1819, at which time he was a resident of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Enclosed herewith is money order, drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States, for $2.00, for which please send me photostatic copies of papers in this claim for pension,
S. 39985 ( 8 pages @ 25c eac.)
Appreciating your courtesies in this matter, I am,

Yours very truly,
[signed] Wells Goody Koontz
WELLS GOODYKOONTZ

WG/rsa
Enc.

[stamped] Received Sep 13 1939 Mail Sub-Div Reader No. 10 Vets Adm
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[letterhead]
Goodykoontz & Slaven.
Attorney at Law
Williamson, West Virginia

[stamped] Received Sep 6 1939 Mail Sub-Div Reader No. 5 Vets ADM

September 4, 1939

Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Arlington Building
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

The writer, a former representative in Congress from the 5th West Virginia District, begs a favor at your hand of the report on the military record of one of his ancestors, Captain George
Beaver (Bieber), who is supposed to have been born about 1755, and at his death was a resident of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He
served in the Revolutionary War from that state.
If you will supply me with a copy of these records and a photostat copy of any documents which may have been filed as a basis for pension or any other governmental endowments, I shall be greatly obliged, and, of course, I shall be glad to pay the government's
charges for the photostat copies.
Very truly yours,
[signed] Wells Goodykoontz
WELLS GOODYKOONTZ
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August 7, 1939
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:-

I have just made an application for
membership in the "Decendents of the American Revolution, and would like a brief on two of my connections.

1. General Arthur St Clair born 1734 in Scotland- 
Read Declaration of Independence to troops July 28, 1776
Made Brigadier General Aug. 9, 1775
Entered Congress from Pennsylvania Feb. 20, 1786
Elected President Feb. 2, 1787
These are a few high spots in his service to his country-
2. George Beaver - born May 1, 1755 Great Valley, Chester Co., Pa.
Served in the Penn. Battalion Commanded by Col. Anthony Wayne.

Yours very truly,
[signed] Elmer Nelson
Elmer Nelson
106 Monroe Ave.
Riverdale, Md.
R. 1407792
C 1099806

[stamped] Received Aug 8 1939 Mail Sub-div Reade No. 8 Vets Adm
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[letterhead]
Mrs. C.M. Steinmetz
345 Centre Avenue
Reading, Pennsylvania

[typewritten letter]
July 9 - 1936

Miss Finch.
Rev. and 1812 pensions.
Washington, D.C.
My dear Miss Finch, 
Would you be able to send me and abstract of the pension application of George Beaver, who resided in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
The Beavers are having a reunion next week and I want to prove that the George Beaver who applied for a pension from Franklin County, was born in Berks County.
I know from being in your office that you are very busy, but I would
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appreciate it so much if you could find time to send me the application.
Hoping to see you next April,
Yours Sincerely.
Mary Owen Steinmetz.
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[letterhead]
[upper left corner] coat of arms with two beavers
[center] Beaver Reunion
Rev I.M. Beaver, President
222 N. Sixth St.
Reading, Pennsylvania
[stamped] Received Jun 14 1934 [illegible] Reader

[handwritten letter]
June 12/1934

Mr. AD. Hiller
Vetrans Administration
Washington D.C.
Dear sir - I would like all the information you have on the following named persons who served in the Revolutionary war?
1 - George Beaver born in Chester Co May 1 - 1755 after the war he moved to Franklin Co Pa & died there Does your record give the name of his father & mother - the length of service?
2 - John Bieber - father -
3 - John Bieber - son - is suffered to have died at Valley Forge in winter of 1776-1777 of camp fever. What do your records say about these two men.
(over)
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3 - Dewalh Bieber - who was supposed to have discovered Gen. Geo. Washington in prayer at Valley Forge what do your records say about him.
4 - Christopher Beaver, from Franklin Co. Pa
I am very anxious to get as complete war records of these men giving dates & length of service as you can - and if in any case the parents names are given of the soldiers. I will appreciate this & the peace of residence. All this will help me so much in my work. 
Yours truly
Rev. I. M. Beaver
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3 - Dewalh Bieber - who was supposed to have discovered Gen. Geo. Washington in prayer at Valley Forge what do your records say about him.
4 - Christopher Beaver, from Franklin Co. Pa
I am very anxious to get as complete war records of these men giving dates & length of service as you can - and if in any case the parents names are given of the soldiers. I will appreciate this & the peace of residence. All this will help me so much in my work.
Yours truly
Rev. I. M. Beaver
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1803 Valentine 
Cleveland Ohio 5-4-29

Dept of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office O May 7 1929

Dear Sir; I am trying to join the D.A.R.s & would appreciate it very much if you could give me some information about the following who received pen. from the Rev. War.
Benj Beaver
George Beaver Franklin County, Penn.
Peter Kamp - Schuylkill County, Penn.
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Are you able to tell me if there is a Coup that received a pension?
Can you give me any information about those that fought in the 1812 War? If so; if the following 
Levi Coup & George Beaver of Seneca County, Ohio
Thanking you for your trouble: 
Yours Truly
L.B. Robinson R.N.
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March 21, 1927
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sirs
Please send me all the data you have in your files about George Beaver born 1755 d 1820 married Catherine Kieffer, Pensioner, Franklyn Co, Penn Oct 20, 1819
Also all data of George Davis born area 1755 - b died ere May 1808 married Susan Gerhring. Private. 7th class, 5th Co. Capt. William Black 1780, and 1781 3d Co, 1st Battalion, Lt. Col. James
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Johnson. He lived in Washington Township, Franklyn Co. Penn. but Cumberland is the time of the Revolutionary War.
I am a descendant trying to get this data for genealogical use.
Very truly yours.
W.A. Kepner
Address
Dr. W. A. Kepner,
29 University Place, University, Virginia.
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121 Brown Street
Little Rock, Ark. Dec. 11. 1925
Commissioner of Pensions
Revolution War Divn.
Sir:- Will you please give me the record of George Beaver, who served in Capt. Thomas Church rifles Penn. and was pensioned while living in Franklin Co. Pa.
By so doing you will oblige
Very Respectfully
[signed]
S.O.Blakeney
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[letterhead]
[upper left corner]
Form No. 713
RELATING TO ROAD IN
COUNTY OF
TOWNSHIP OF
APPL, No.
ROUTE NO.
[center]
PENNSYLVANIA
(Pennsylvania coat of arms)
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HARRISBURG, PA.
[upper right corner]
J. DENNY O'NEIL
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
JOSEPH W. HUNTER
FIRST DEPUTY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
GEORGE H. BILES
SECOND DEPUTY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
WILLIAM D. UHLER
CHIEF ENGINEER
HOWARD W. FRY
CHIEF CLERK
WILLIAM R. MAIN, C. P. A.
AUDITOR

[typewritten letter]
Girard Pa.
January 3rd.
1919.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
Will you kindly at your earliest convenience, furnish me with a statement of the military
record, or history of George Beaver, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, enlisted either from Shippensburg, or Chambersburg, and Died at one of the above places about 1834.
An early reply will be appreciated
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy,
I Am, Dear Sir,
Very Respectfully Yours,
[signed] Wm Martin
Supt. State Highways,
Girard Pa.
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[letterhead]
W. G. Cook PRES. TREAS
F. L. Cook Mgr. SECY.
Empire Manufacturing Co. INC.
Manufacturers of all kinds of
White Duck Garments
Main Office, 941 Massachusetts Ave. Boston Mass.

[typewritten letter]
January 1, 1913.
United States Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I would like to look up a great-grandfather of mine, who fought as Private under Captain Thomas Church's Do. in the Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion, in 1776 under Colonel Anthony Wayne, and who served as Captain of the Fifth Co. First Battalion, Berk's County Militia, under Colonel Daniel Hunter, in 1778.
I have been told by the Secretary of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution that the same George Beaver was on the pension rolls.
He was born in Chester County, Penn. May 1, 1755 and died at Franklin County Penn. January 16, 1836.
I would like to know his wife's maiden name and how many children he had and their first names, and if he had one daughter by the name of Sarah, and the date she was born, if you can give it to me or if you can get it for me.
Any expense that is attached to same will be forwarded to you by return mail.
Yours very truly,
[signed] Frank Hook
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[letterhead]
[center]
J. G. WHITE & COMPANY
INCORPORATED
ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS.
43-49 EXCHANCE PLACE, NEW YORK, N.Y.
[left side]
J. G. WHITE & COMPANY, LIMITED
22A COLLEGE HILL, LONDON, E. C.
CABLE ADDRESS
WHITEMOTH NEW YORK.
CODES USED
LIEBER'S A.D.C.4th EDN.
BEDFORD McNEILL. A.I.
WESTERN UNION.
[stamped] Jan 28 1905

New York, January 26, 1905.

HONORABLE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
I would esteem it a favor if you would kindly furnish me with a copy of the application for a pension of each of the following soldiers in the Revolutionary War, the information being desired as proof to submit in connection with an application for membership to the Society of the "Sons of the Revolution":
ISAAC ADDAMS, a Captain of Pennsylvania Associators, who went with this company to New Jersey in August 1776; reference, Pennsylvania in the Revolution, associators and militia, vol. I, Pennsylvania Archives, second series, vol. 13 page 305 and 361.
GEORGE BEAVER, who served in Captain Thomas Church's Company, 4th battalion, Pennsylvania line, commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne. In George Beaver's application for a pension he stated he enlisted during the revolutionary war, for one year, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, January 1776, under Captain Caleb North, 4th battalion, Pennsylvania, commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne, etc.
I will greatly appreciate a copy of the applications
[stamped] U.S. Pension Office A Jan 27 1905
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[stamped] Jan 28 1905
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions - 2:

of the two soldiers above named.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, I remain,
Very respectfully, 
[signed] Frederic Reed

F HR/I.

[Stamped lower left] U.S. Pension office A Jan 27 1905
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October 10, 1939

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

George Beaver
S. 39965
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mr. Wells Goodykoontz
C/o Goodykoontz & Slaven
Williamson, West Virginia

Dear Sir:

You are furnished herewith, as requested, photostatic copies of eight pages of the originals thereof, in the claim for pension, S. 39965, based upon service of George Beaver in the Revolutionary War. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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No. 481
BA-J/MLB
October 5, 9.
War & Navy, Branch 970
REV. & 1812 WARS SECTION
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev. War claim for pension of George Beaver,
File No. S. 39985
actual one of each page
$2.00 8 pages
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Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2
inches at top of each page and
return papers in folder with
corresponding name and number

Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

No letters were copied from Old Letter Book, as they have to be typed or coped.  All else photostated
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September 15, 1939

BA-J/MCS
George Beaver, S. 39985
Arthur St. Clair, B.L. Wt.2007-1100

Mr. Elmer Nelson
106 Monroe Avenue
Riverdale, Maryland

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to General Arthur St. Clair and George Beaver who was born May 1, 1755, in Great Valley, Chester County, Pennsylvania, who served in the Revolutionary War.

The records of George Beaver, S.39985, and Major General Arthur St. Clair, B.L.Wt. 2007-1100, are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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September 13, 1939

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

GEORGE BEAVER
S. 39965
BA-J/MHF: MLB

Mr. Wells Goodykoontz
C/o Goodykoontz & Slaven
Williamson, West Virginia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request photostatic copies of papers on file in the claim for pension based upon service of your ancestor, Captain George Beaver (Bieber, etc.), who was born about 1755, served from the State of Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War and died in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

The Revolutionary War pension records of this office have been searched very carefully and the record found of one George Beaver,
only, under any spelling of that surname. He was born about 1755, served in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania as a private soldier, and applied for his pension in 1819, at which time he was a resident of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Photostatic copies of papers in this claim for pension, S. 30985, will be furnished you for twenty-five cents a page. The number of pages to be copied is eight.
Remittance should be made by money order, drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States and mailed to the Veterans
Administration, Arlington Building, Washington, D. C., when the copies will be prepared and mailed to you.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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July 11, 1936.

BA-J/ILL
George Beaver
S. 39965

Mrs. C. M. Steimeets
545 Centre Area
Reading, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of George Beaver, who resided in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, at the time he applied for pension.
The data given herein were found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 39538, based upon service of George Beaver in the Revolutionary War.
George Reaver enlisted in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in January 1776, in Captain Caleb North's Company, Colonel Anthony Wayne's 4th Battalion, Pennsylvania troops, at the end of three months, was transferred to Captain Thomas Church's company of Riflemen, was
engaged in the battle of Three Rivers, Canada, and after serving one year, was discharged in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1819, at which time he resided in Peterstown, Franklin County,
Pennsylvania.
In 1822, George Reaver went to Montgomery County, Virginia, taught school part of the years 1823 and 1824, and returned in July
1826 to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he lived with one of his married daughters. On August 12, 1823, he gave his age as seventy
three years and three months, but did not state the place of his birth nor give the names of his parents.
In 1828, the soldier's family consisted of five married daughters, three of whom resided in Montgomery County, Virginia, and the
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other two in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and four married sons. He did not give the names of his children, for the name of his wife.

In 1828, James Edwards, the soldier's son-in-law, then of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, stated that he had taken George Hoover
to Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1832, and had brought him back to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1838.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of George Beaver, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following
George Beaver
Certificate #15997
Issued November 30, 1819
Rate of $8 per month
Commenced October 20, 1819
Act of March 18, 1818
Pennsylvania Agency.
Your two two-cent stamps and one cent stamp are returned herewith. No postage is required for these official reports.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER.
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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June 20, 1934.

BA-J/ILL
George Beaver
S. 39965

Rev. I. M. Beaver
233 North 6th Street
Reading, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of June 12, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Beaver, John Beaver who died at Valley Forge in the winter 1776-1777, and his father, John Beaver, also those of Dewalt and Christopher Bower, or Bieber.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf and no claims for pension or bounty land found based upon service of either of the above noted soldiers named John Beaver, or of any Christopher or Dewalt Beaver; all spellings of the surname have been used in this search. The record of George Beaver is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.3099965, based upon service in that war.
George Beaver was born in May, 1755; the day, and place of his birth, and names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in January 1775, served as private in Captain Caleb North's Company, Colonel Anthony Wayne's 4th Pennsylvania battalion for three months, was transferred to Captain Thomas
Church's company of Riflemen, was on the expedition to Canada and in the Battle of Three Rivers, and was discharged after service of one year, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 20. 1819, at which time he resided in Peterstown, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
In 1832, the soldier went to Montgomery County, Virginia, taught part of the Year 1823 and 1824, and returned in July 1826, to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he lived with one of his married
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daughters. At that time (1828), George Beaver's family consisted of five married daughters, three of whom lived in Montgomery County, Virginia, the other two in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and four married sons; no names are shown, nor is the name of his wife given. James Edwards, soldier's son-in-law, stated them in Franklin County, Virginia, in 1822, and had brought him back to Pennsylvania in 1828.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of the pensioner, George Beaver, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
George Beaver
Certificate 15997
Issued November 30, 1819
Rate of $8 per month
Commenced October 20, 1819.
Act of March 18, 1818
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.

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June 8, 1934.
BA-J/ILL
Rev. I. M. Beaver
223 North 6th Street
Reading, Pennsylvania.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of May 30, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Anthony Beavers, also, records of other Revolutionary War soldiers with that surname who served from Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of an Anthony Beavers. Such claims which have been made to the United States are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. Various spellings of the name were
used in the search.
The Revolutionary War claims are filed according to the full names of the soldiers without regard to places of residence at any time, therefore, the list you desire is not available. If you will furnish the full name of another soldier with your surname, a further search of the records will be made for you.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
1st letter He has been furnished Benjamin Beaver - S 39990 - Jan. 8 1934 Franklin Co Pa
June 15 - 2" letter, requested-- 1. George Beaver, b. May 1-1755 in Chester Co & moved after was to Franklin Co-died there. 2. John Bieber father - 3 John Bieber-son-supposed to have died at Valley Forge in winter 1776-1777. 4. Dewalt Beeber supposed to have discovered
Gen. Washington in prayer at V. Forge - - Christopher Beaver from Franklin Co Pa.
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Rev. War Section.
[initialed AW]
January 8, 1918.
Mr. William Martin,
Superintendent of State Highways,
Girard, Penn.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the third instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 39,985, it appears that George Beaver enlisted in Berks County, Penn., in January 1776, in Capt. Caleb North's Company, Col Anthony Wayne's Fourth Battalion, Penn. Troops, at
the end of three months he was transferred to Capt. Thomas Church's Company of Riflemen was engaged at the battle of Three Rivers, Canada and after serving one year, he was discharged in Chester Co. Penn.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Oct. 20, 1819, at which time he resided at Peterstown, Franklin Co. Penn. In 1833 he went to Montgomery Co. Va. and resided there until 1828, when he returned to Franklin Co. Penn. On August 12, 1828, he stated that he was 73 years and 3 months old and that his family consisted of four sons and five daughters, all married, that three daughters lived in Montgomery Co. Va. and two daughters lived in in Franklin Co. Penn. The names of his children are not stated
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BEAVER, GEORGE
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nor is there any further data on file as to his family, except that a son-in-law James Edwards lived in Franklin Co. Penn. in 1828.
The above noted, is the only soldier named George Beaver found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tiernan
Acting Commissioner.
George Beaver
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
August 7, 1929
Lenna B. Robinson, R. N.
1803 Valentine
Cleveland, Ohio
Dear Madam
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.39985, it appears that George Beaver enlisted in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in January, 1776, in Captain Caleb North's Company, Colonel Anthony Wayne's
Fourth Battalion, Pennsylvania Troops; at the end of three months, he was transferred to Captain Thomas Church's Company of Riflemen, he was engaged at the battle of Three Rivers, Canada, and after serving one year, he was discharged
in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1819, at which time he resided in Peterstown, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
In 1822, he went to Montgomery County, Virginia, and resided there until 1828, when he returned to Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
On August 12, 1828, he stated that he was seventy-[page ends]
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BEAVER, GEORGE
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three years and three months old and that his family consisted of four sons and five daughters, all married, that three daughters lived in Montgomery County, Virginia, and two daughters lived in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
The names of his children are not stated nor are there any further data as to his family, except that a son-in-law, James Edwards, lived in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in
1828.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier
named George Beaver found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
BEAVER, GEORGE
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Rev. War Section.
January 8, 1913.
Mr. Frank L. Cook.
941 Massachusetts Avenue,
Boston, Mass.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 1" and received the 3" instant, you are herewith furnished the military history of George Beaver, Sur. File No. 39,985, Rev. War. and advised that the papers in his claim do not show the names of his wife and children, nor has this Bureau any knowledge where the same may be obtained.
For the date of last payment of soldier's pension, and name of the person to whom it was paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
George Beaver, Certificate No. 15, 997, issued November 30, 1819, under the Act of March 18, 1818, at the Pennsylvania Agency."
Very respectfully,
J C Danfort
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/HMM:
May 13, 1930.
Miss Ruth Elnore Bryan
40 Maple Street
London
Ohio.
J-876
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 39985, it appears that George Beaver enlisted in Berks County, Pennsylvania in January 1776, in Captain Caleb
North's Company, Colonel Anthony Wayne's Fourth Battalion Pennsylvania troops; at the end of three months he was transferred to Captain Thomas Church's Company of Riflemen, was engaged at the battle of Three Rivers, Canada, and after serving one year, was discharged in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1819, at which time he resided at Peterstown, Franklin County,
Pennsylvania.
In 1822 he went to Montgomery County, Virginia and resided there until 1828, when he returned to Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
On August 12, 1828 he stated that he was seventy-three years and three months old, and that his family consisted of four sons and five daughters, all married, that three daughters lived in Montgomery County, Virginia, and two daughters lived in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The names of his children are not stated, nor are there any further data as to his family, except that a son-in-law, James Edwards, lived in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1828.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named George Beaver found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
"
Block George
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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BEAVER, GEORGE