Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2986, Michial Beam, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | | NUMBER
Va. | Beam, Michial | S.2986

carded
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Ohio 7959.
Michal Beam
of Licking Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Cove of the Regt command
by Col Clapharn in the Virginia
line for six mos & 29 days.
$23. 22/100

Inscribed on the
Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 23, Dollars 22 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of April
1833 and sent to J. D. Johnson
Martinsburgh Knox Co. Ohio,

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 46.44
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33 11.61
$58..05

⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Page two.
Let to P. Agt. Oct 7. 1839
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Michial Beam

Declaration

23584
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State of Ohio  Licking County
One this thirtieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County aforesaid now sitting Michael Beam a resident of the Jersey Township in the County of Licking and State of Ohio aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following Declaration in 
order to obtain the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated to wit Col Summers, Major Larue, Captain Samuel Cox, 1st Lieutenant Robert McClain and resided when he enlisted the service in Loudin County in the State of Virginia and exited the service about the last of June 1777 and served two months and left the service about the last of August same year having entered as a volunteer and marched to a place then called Bell Haven, in Virginia, now Alexandria in the District of Columbia [ ] two months and then returned home and again about the fifteenth of September 1778 he entered the service as a drafted militia man under Colonel Claphorn, Major George West, Captain McMickins, Lieutenant Gerry Davis Ensign John Davis marched from Loudon County, Virginia where I reside at the time to White Marsh in Pennsylvania served ten weeks and four days and was then discharged and returned home and again about the 20th of July 1781 he was drafted in the service under Capt. George and Ensign Davis Carlisle and marched to pas monkey river and was there detached from his company of Light Infantry and then fell under the command of Col. Mathews and Major Long and was engaged in scouting the country in and about the neighborhood of Williams being
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and continued in the service for ten weeks and five days and in October same year was discharged.

He knew Generals Washington Lafayette and Stevens and Col. Manywethers.

He also states that he was born in the State of Pennsylvania, the county he does not recollect, as he was very young when he left it in the year 1758 he has the record of his age at home in his family Bible.  When he was called into the service he lived in Loundon County in the State of Virginia and after the revolution sometime he moved to Aleghana County in the State of Maryland where he lived about twenty five years and about eighteen years ago he moved to the State of Ohio and now lives in the County of Licking and State of Ohio.  His first tour he volunteered into the service and his 2 or 3 tours he was drafted into the service. he also states that he never received a written discharge.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension as an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Michael Beam his mark.

Personally appears before me Amos M Caffee, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Benjamin Jones a resident of the county who after being duly sworn in open court according to law, deposeth and saith, that having examined the above declaration of Michial Beam for a Pension and that from his own personal knowledge of the services of said applicant he believes the same to be true having served in the company with him in his first tour in the year 1777.
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and that he knew of his being in the service in the years 1778 and 1781 and he further believes him to be of the age he represents himself to be and further this deponent saith not.

Benjamin Green
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23584
7959
Michal Beam
Licking Co
Ohio
Admitted for 6 months
and 29 days from 1777
Private
20.00
3.22
$23.22

J D Johnston Agt
Martinsburg Knox Co Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
19. April 1833
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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Michael Brann Licking Co Ohio
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
 | Year | Month | Days | | | | 
Vol 1777 | 2 | | Private | Col Summer | 74 Benjn Green as to the whole time
 | | | | Maj Lane | Loudoun Co Virginia | 
 | | | | | Cap Cox | |
drafted 1778 | 2 | 14 | | Cap Clapharn | |
 | | | | | Maj Geo West | |
drafted 1781 | | 2 | 15 | Cap George Carlisle | |
 | | | | | Cap Mathews | |
 | | | | | Maj Long | |

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, or 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, mucicians 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, 1832.
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 hereby 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 days 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 application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 exexpected [SIC]. 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.
Did you 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 so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case 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 must 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. In 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:
"Personally 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, is 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 note [j] 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.
Geo. B. Whiting
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB

Mr. Nelson Beem
Loudonville, Ohio

Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2986, that Michael Beam
was born in Pennsylvania in 1758.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted
in June, 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain
Samuel Cox's Company, in Colonel Summers' Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted September 15, 1778 and served ten weeks and
four days in Captain McMickins' Company, in Colonel Clapborn's
Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted July 20, 1781 and served ten weeks and five
days in Captain George's Company, in Colonel Matthews' Virginia
Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 30, 1832, while a resident of Jersey Township, Licking
County, Ohio.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
This is the only Michael Beam (searched under all spellings
of the name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of
this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
[illegible]/HMM

January 8, 1930.

Lena M. Prouty
West Unity
Ohio.

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim S.2986, it appears that Michial Beam was born in Pennsylvania
in 1758.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted
in June 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain Samuel
Cox's Company in Colonel Summers' Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted September 15, 1778 and served ten weeks and
four days in Captain McMickins' Company in Colonel Clapborn's Virginia
Regiment.
He enlisted July 20, 1781 and served ten weeks and five
days in Captain George's Company in Colonel Mathews' Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October
30, 1832 while a resident of Jersey Township, Licking County, Ohio.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
This is the only Michial Beam (searched under all spellings
of the name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this
Bureau.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford
any information in regard to Michael Arter.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
May 14, 1938
Mrs. George H. Bonnell
Worthington
Ohio
Madam;
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim S.2986, it appears that Michial
Beam was born in Pennsylvania in 1758.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he
enlisted in June, 1777, and served two months as a private
in Captain Samuel Cox's Company in Colonel Summers' Virginia
Regiment.
He enlisted September 15, 1778, and served ten weeks
and four days in Captain McMickins' Company in Colonel
Clapborn's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted July 20, 1781, and served ten weeks and
five days in Captain George's Company in Colonel Mathews'
Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 30, 1832, while a resident of Jersey Township,
Licking County, Ohio
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There are no data on file relative to his family.
This is the only Michial Beam (searched under all
spellings of the name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
[illegible handwriting]
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
Art
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
W.C.S.
November 16, 1927
Mrs. Edward Skogland
Ida Grove
Iowa
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.2986, it appears that MICHIAL BEAM was born in
Pennsylvania in 1758.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in June,
1777, and served two months as a private in Captain Samuel Cox's Company
in Colonel Summers' Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted September 15, 1778, and served ten weeks and four days
in Captain McMickins' Company in Colonel Clapborn's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted July 20, 1781, and served ten weeks and five days in
Captain George's Company in Colonel Mathews' Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 30, 1832,
while a resident of Jersey Township, Licking County, Ohio.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
This is the only Michial Beam (searched under all spellings of the
name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
WCS
October 23, 1924
Hazel Carson
Gibbon
Nebr.
Madam:
October 23, 1924
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, S.2986, it appears that Michial Beam was
born in Pennsylvania in 1758.
While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in
June 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain Samuel Cox's
Company, Colonel Summers' Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted September 15, 1778, and served ten weeks and four
days in Captain McMickins' Company, Colonel Claghorn's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted July 20, 1781, and served ten weeks and five days
in Captain George's Company, Colonel Mathews' Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 30,
1832, while a resident of Jersey Township, Licking County, Ohio.
There is no data on file as to his family.
The above noted is the only Michial Beam found on the Revolutionary
War records of this Bureau, and there is no record of a
Michael Bean.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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[page in three columns, folded]
[first column]
1930 - Aug 7 - Hist to
Nelson Beem 
[fragments of words continuation of third column]

[second column]
Rev War 2986
INVALID.
File No. 2986
Michael Beam
Pri. Va. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 26
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[third column - includes ends of words shown in first column]
Au - 30 - 1980
J. Kent Given Chicago Ill.
Nov. 16, 1904 His to
Wm S. Taylor, Columbus
T.D. Ohio.
Jan 4 05 Hist. to E.C. Beem
M.D., Columbus - Ohio.
1906 Jan 10 - E.C. Beem advised of the
Above and that Revision Ctg is not on
file.   M.B.H.
1913 Mch. 21. T. Henry Greene. c
June 1-1922. Hist. to Gertrude Don.
danville. MMH
1924 Oct. 24, Hist to
Hagel Carson. M.C.S.
1927 Nov. 16. hist. to
Mrs. Edward Skogland
MCS
1928 - May 14. Hist to
Mrs. George H. Bonnell M.E.E..
1930. Jan 8. Hist to Lena M. Prouty
Incl. of Jared Beam. R. 12436 M.E.E.
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Sur. File No. 2986,
Michael Beam,
Revolutionary War.
January 11, 1905.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated December 30, 1905, addressed
to the Secretary of the Interior, and referred to this Bureau January
8, 1906, you are advised that a full history of Michael Beam
was furnished you under date of January 4, 1905, and that the pension
certificate of said soldier is not on file in this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
E. C. Beem,
R. F. D. No. 4,
Pataskala, Ohio.
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THE LOUDONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
R. F. McMULLEN, Superintendent
DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE
NELSON BEEM, Instructor
LOUDONVILLE, - - OHIO
July 17, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
Please send me a copy of the Revolutionary War
pension which was issued to Micheal Beem (or
Beam, or possibly Boehm ) in the year 1833 in Jersey
Township, Licking County, Ohio. Believe he was a
member of a Virginia volunteer company.
Very respectfully yours,
[signed] Nelson Beem
Nelson Beem
Instr. Voc. Agric.
[stamped] US PENSION A OFFICE JUL 18 1930
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TH
DONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
R. F. McMULLEN, Superintendent
DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE
NELSON BEEM, Instructor
LOUDONVILLE, -- OHIO
Aug. 4, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Wasgington, D. C.
Dear Sir;-
Sometime ago I wrote you regarding
a Revolutionary War Pension which according to
records was granted to Micheal Beam ( or
Beem, or Beohm ) of Jersey Township, Licking
Co., Ohio, in the year 1833. I have received
no reply from you regarding a verification of
the above.
Could I obtain a copy of the original
pension, that is a typed statement of what is
contained in this pension paper, and signed by
authorities to make it authentic?
I trust that I may hear from you
soon.
Very respectfully,
[signed] Nelson Beem
Nelson Beem
Instr. Voc. Agric.
[stamped] US PENSION A OFFICE AUG 5 1930
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Ida Grove Iowa
Nov 12 - '27
Pension Office
Washington D C.
Sometime ago I wrote
to you and have received no
reply.
Will you please give me
the Pension Number of Michael
Beem, a Revolutionary Soldier
or tell me where I can find it
Very truly
Mrs Ed Skogland
Ida Grove
Iowa
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October 12-27
Ida Grove, Iowa
MBS
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, Will you please
the number of the Pension
of Michael Beem, a Revolutionary
war soldier, who was placed on
the pension roll of Licking Co. Ohio
in 1932.
The favor will be appreciated
Very truly
Mrs Edward Skogland
Ida Grove, Iowa
Ans
11/16/27
[stamped] U.S. PENSION F OFFICE OCT 15 1927
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Oct. 2 1927.
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Revolutionary Section.
Dear Sir. Will you please send m
The pension record of Michael Beam who died in
Licking County Ohio, Dec. 1850.
Sincerely,
Mrs Ed Skogland
Ida Grove
Ida Co, Iowa
Ans
11/16/27
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[stamped] U.S. Pension A Office Aug 8 1927
Rev.
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GEORGE H. BONNELL, M. D.
WORTHINGTON, OHIO
Worthington, Ohio
696 High St.
Aug. 6. 1927.
To The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sirs:
at the suggestion of the Adjutant
General who was unable to find any record
in his office I am writing you to ask
if you have any record of Michal Been, Sr.
a soldier of the Revolutionary War? It so
States on his tomb stone but I would like
to verify it from Washington if possible, that
I may join the D.A.R.
He was a soldier from Licking Co. Ohio
I will be very grateful for any information
you may give me
Respectfully,
Mrs. G.H. Bonnell
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Gibbon, Nebr.
Sept. 30, 1924
Pension Bureau
Revolution Department
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen,
Am enclosing stamp and 
would like very much to have you send me
copy of the pension papers of Michael
Beam.  His regiment etc and especially
the notation of whether the names of
any of his children are mentioned
I am endearing to establish a
record for D.A.R.
Thanking you for the favor I am
Very sincerely
Hoza Carson
Gibbon Nebraska
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JOHN BURNHAM & Co.
[handwritten] Rev Sec [illegible]
418 S' La Salle St.
Chicago, Illinois.
April 17, 1922/
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
Could you give me the war record of Michael Beam ( or Beem ) who fought in the
Revolutionary War? He belonged to the Virginia State Troops and was on General
Washington's staff. He was placed on the pension roll April 26, 1833, at the age
of seventy eight, and was at that time living with Michael Beem Jr. in Ohio.
Thanking you for your kindness in this matter I am,
Very sincerely yours,
(Miss) Gertrude Dondanville.
[stamped] U.S. PENSION F OFFICE APR 20 1922
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[stamped] U.S. PENSION O OFFICE MAR 13 1913
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CABLE ADDRESS PLAZA CHICAGO
TELEPHONE 2680 NORTH
PLAZA HOTEL
CORNER NORTH CLARK ST AND NORTH AVE.
AT LINCOLN PARK
CHICAGO, March11", 1913

Depty of Pensions
Washington D C
Sir: Will free kindly tell me of John Grove
who lived in Shenandoa Co. Va. and moved to near
Newark Licking Co. Ohio about 1799 or 1800 ever
received a pension for service in the Revolutionary
War? Thanking you for any information you
may be able to give me I am respectfully 
Mrs. T. Henry Greene
55 N. North Ave.
Chicago
Plaza Annex.
P.S. Also kindly tell me if John Collins who lived near Fairfax
Court House Va. and removed to Ft Readstone, now
Brownsville Pa., ever received a pension for military
service?
Also leapts. Louthen who lived in Philadelphia?
Also John Rhoads born in Philadelphia and removed to
Ft Readstone now Brownsville Pa?
Mr. T He G.
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CABLE ADDRESS PLAZA CHICAGO
TELEPHONE 2680 NORTH
PLAZA HOTEL
CORNER NORTH CLARK ST. AND NORTH AVE.
AT LINCOLN PARK
CHICAGO. _____ 191__
2.
Also, Benjamin Bindley, born in London England
came to Colonies before the Revolution at age of 16 yrs -
lived in Va. may have moved to Ft. Readstone
or may have died in Va. but probably moved.
Also, Jacob Arnwine, came from England to
Hunterdon Co. Alexander township N. Y. now Warren Co.
Also - Wm Price born in Pa Nov 1,1767 or his father
David Price who came to Colonies, Pa. from
Nottingham England
Also - Joel Willis ofChester Pa.
Also - Michael Beem or Beam of Western Md.
probably in the neighborhood of
Hagerstown
S2986 Beam - 
[stamped] U.S. PENSION O OFFICE MAR 13 1913
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[stamped]DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
RECEIVED.
JAN 3 1906
P. AND M. DIVISION.
019 [illegible]

Dec. 30, 1905. 
E. C. Beem M. D.,
R. F. D. #4,
Pataskala,
Ohio
- - - - - - -
Requests to be furnished
copy of pension
certificate issued to
Michael Beem or Beam,
a pensioner of the Revolutionary
war, residing
in Licking County, Ohio,
in 1840, and who died
there December 12, 1850.

A.L.M.
[signed] ALM
[signed[ WBA
Department of Interior
January 4, 1906.
Respectfully referred
to the Commissioner
of Pensions for
consideration and reply
to writer, and latter
so advised.
Thos Ryan
Assistant Secretary.
[signed] OW
[stamped] JAN 8 1906
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Pataskala, Ohio
Dec 30" 1905
Sec. of Interior,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
Please send me copy
of Pension Certificate of
Michael Beem (or Beam)
who was a pensioner of the
Revolutionary War residing
in Licking Co. Ohio in 1840
and died there Dec 12" 1850
And oblige.
Yours very truly
E. C. Beem, M.D.
Pataskala
R F D 4,
Ohio
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[stamped] G.
Columbus, O. Dec. 16"='04
Sec. of the Interior
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me a copy
of Pension Certif and
Military history of Michael
Beem (it is sometimes wrongly
spelled Beam ) my great grand
father who was a pensioner
of the Revolutionary War.
I am historion of the Beem
Family, and desire all the facts
you can furnish. In order
to furnish proofs of descent
to many who desire to join
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2
the order of S. & D.A.R.
Thanking you in
advance I remain
Yours very respectfully
E.C. Beem M.D.
Columbus
215 S. High St. Ohio
[stamped] U.S. PENSION A OFFICE DEC 17 1904
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Japat Mantzer do Ohio wit - act 1832 $46:66
Michial Beam Sep 38 do-----do $23:22.
Be pleased to say to what time
each of the above named Pensioners
appear to have been paid
Pension Office
Oct 7, 1939 
each paid to the 4 Sep 1838
JH
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NHM
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[written] 7959

[letterhead] 
President
ISAAC F. MACK
Sandusky, O.

Vice President
WILLAIM H. HUNBER
Chillicothe, O.

Secretary
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR
Columbus, O.

Treasurer
Stimpson G. Harvey - Toledo, O.

Registrar
William L. Curry - Columbus. O.

Historian
George H. Twiss - Columbus O.

Chaplain
Rev. Julius A. Atwood Columbus, O.

Board of Management
Orlando W. Aldrich - Columbus, O.
James H. Anderson - Columbus, O.
Charles O. Probat - Columbus, O.
Thomas M. Anderson Sandusky, O.
John W. Harper - Cincinnati, O.
Moulton Houk - Toledo, O.
James H. Bradford - Columbus, O.
The President, The Vice-President,
The Secretary, The Treasurer, The
Registrar

Ohio Society
Sons of the American Revolution
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
COLUMBUS
[end of letterhead]

Nov 14 1904
The Honorable
Commissioner of Pension,
Washington D.C.
Michael Beam (modern Beem) was a Revolutionary
Pensioner in 1840, residing at the village of Jersey,
Licking County, Ohio. He was supposed to have
come from Penna. Md. or Va to Ohio. He died
in 1855
His descendants ask me to learn through you
 and from the records in your department, these facts
officially stated: Did he serve in the Revolutionary 
war? Was he a pensioner for such services? From
what state and in what arm of the service did he serve
I Foreserve that a copy of his original pension certificat
would contain the desired information. Thanking
you in advance for your courtesy.
I am &c
Very truly yours,
William A. Taylor
Secy Olho Society S.A.R.
[stamped] U.S. PENSION A OFFICE NOV 15 1904

[stamped]U.S. [illegible] NOV 16 1904 FILES P. B.
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18/134
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
RECEIVED
NOV 14 1904
P. & M. DIVISION,
5392 MISCLS>
= = =
November 9, 1904.
Columbus, Ohio.
William A. Taylor.
===

Requests statement as to the service of Michael Beam or Beem in the Revolutionary
War. States that he was a pensioner.

=====
[illegible]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
November 11, 1904.
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions for appropriate action and writer so advised.

F L Campbell
Acting Secretary.

[stamped] [illegible] Navy Nov  15 1904 Files 
S. [illegible letters in corners of stamp]
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[letterhead]
President
ISAAC F. MACK
Sandusky, O.

Treasurer
Stimpson G. Harvey - Toledo, O.

Registrar
William L. Curry - Columbus, O.

Historian
George H. Twiss  - Columbus, O.

Chaplain
Rev. Julius A. Atwood Columbus, O.

Vice President
WILLIAM H. HUNTER
Chillocothe, O.

Secretary
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR
Columbus, O

Board of Management
Orlando W. Aldrich - Columbus, O.
James H. Anderson - Columbus, O.
Charles O. Probat - Columbus, O.
Thomas M. Anderson Sandusky, O.
John W. Harper. - Cincinnati, O.
Moulton Houk - - Toledo, O.
James H. Bradford. - Columbus, O.
The President, The Vice-President,
The Secretary, The Treasurer, The
Registrar

Ohio Society
Sons of the American Revolution
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
COLUMBUS
[end of letterhead]

[handwritten] 3
[handwritten] 07959
[stamped] FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER NOV 12 1904 U.S. PENSION OFFICE
[stamped] ATTENTION AND REPLY THROUGH DESK J.C. Darenfoot First Deputy Commissioner

To the Secretary of the Interior
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Descendants of Michael Beam or Beem a
Pensioner of the Revolutionary Wary, have desired me to ask
certain the nature of his services and the State from which he
served --they believe it was Maryland!

Will you kindly advise me what the records in your
office show:
Very truly yours
William A. Taylor,
Secretary Ohio Society S. A. R.
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J. KENT GREEN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
601 and 604 Kedzie Building,
120 RANDOLPH STREET
Chicago, Nov. 20th, 1900.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: --
I am informed that you will give me certificate showing
the record of the services of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War
named below. I should be pleased to receive such information
concerning the records of these men as you have in your possession.
I give you briefly such information concerning them as I have in
my possession that you may better identify them. I learned from
an official list of United States Pensioners that Michael Beam
or Beem and Benjamin Green, privates in the Virginia State troops
in the Revolutionary War were placed on the pension role on April
26, 1833 and that their pension commenced on the 4th day of
March, 1831, they being, at the time of their being placed on the
pension role, residents of Licking County, Ohio, I also learned
from an official record of the State troops and milita of New 
Jersey of the Revolutionary War that Benjamin Green enlisted as a
private in the State troops from Essex County, New Jersey.
I am also informed [crossed out] (that) by private publication, not official,
that Michael Beam enlisted in the Revolutionary War from New 
Jersey and from another unofficial publication that Michael Beam
was a member of the Body Guard of Gen. Washington. Also that
Green migrated from Rhode Island to New Jersey and that he and

[stamped] US PENSION K OFFICE NOVW 22 1900
[stamped] [illegible] .W. & N. DIVISIONS NOV 27 1900 RECEIVED
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J. KENT GREEN.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
601 and 604 Kedzie Building
120 RANDOLPH STREET
TELEPHONE MAIN 3106
Chicago,
-2-
Beam went from New Jersey to Virginia, thence to Allegheney County, Maryland and from there to Licking County, Ohio. I judge from the evidence at hand that the Michael Beam and Benjamin Green traced as above are the same persons that enlisted [parentheses added by hand] (as shown by the official records) from New Jersey and [parenthetical content added by hand] (later) from Virginia.
In case you can furnish me with official information that they are the same persons enlisting from the different places and
other official information concerning the record of their services I shall deem it a great favor and will remit to you whatever
charges may be necessary in the premises.
Thanking you for this in advance, I remain,
Yours very truly,
J. Kent Green
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ISC
I.2986: Rev. War.
Jan. 4, 1904.
Sir:
In response to your request for the military history of
Michael Beam, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are
advised that he applied for pension October 30, 1832, at which
time he was a resident of Jersey Township, Licking County,
Ohio, and seventy-four years of age.
He stated that he was born in Pennsylvania, removed
from there in 1758, and resided in Loudoun County, Virginia,
when he enlisted about the last of June, 1777, in Capt. Samuel
Cox's company, Col. Summers' regiment; marched to Bell Haven,
Virginia, now (1832 ) Alexandria, District of Columbia; served
2 months. Drafted September 15, 1778, in Capt. McMickins'
company, Col. Clapham's regiment; 10 weeks 4 days. Again
drafted July 20, 1781, under Capt. George; was detached to
[crossed out] (form) a company of Light Infantry under Col. Mathews, and served
10 weeks and 5 days.
Soldier's pension certificate is not on file in this
Bureau.
Dates of soldier's birth and death are not shown. For
date of last payment of pension, apply to the Auditor for the
Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following

[handwritten] he did not make the co. His co was formed
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2986 Beam 2.
Acting Commissioner.
E. C. Beem, M. D.,
2986 Beam 2.
215 S. High St.,
Columbus, Ohio.
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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., __________, 19__
AW
S.2986.

In reply to your request of _________, received __________
for a statement of the military history of Michial Beam
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out] (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
 | | | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | 
June 1777 | 2 mos. Pvt | Samuel Cox | Summers | VA.
Sept. 15 1778 | 10 wks 4 DAY | | McMicken | Claphorn | 
July 20 1791 | 10 wks 5 days | | Geroge | Mathews
Battles engaged in, [check mark] none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Loudoun Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 30, 1832. Heis cl. was al
Residence at date of application Jersey Twp, Licking Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, b. Pa. sir 1758
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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