Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 631, John Beard, Penn. Indian Wars 1790-'91-'92

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Beard, John Mary
W 631
B.Y.M. 29042-160-55.
Indian Wars 1790-'91-'92
CONTENTS

Ohio. 22 499.
John Beard.
of Highland Co. in the State of Ohio. who was a Private, in the 6 th  commanded by Captain Wallace of the Reg t  commanded by Col. Pomeroy. — in the Penn a line for nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 30. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of Feb. 1833 and sent to him at Highland Co. Hillsboro Ohio.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sep r 1833 — 75.00 Semiannual allowance ending April 3 rd 34, 15.00
$ 90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M ss Palmer Clerk.
Book 2 Vol. 8 Page 3 .

Date of death not on AB
Increase
No. 2148
Ohio
Mary Beard widow of John, Beard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Penn
Cincinnati agency.
Rate 96 Dollars 80 cents per annum.
Commencing July 27 1868 Reduct payments made since
Certificate dated April 16, 1869 and sent to Chas. C. Tucker Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb- ruary 3, 1853, Page 157 Vol. 26.
July 27 68
J. N. Smith

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125-100-100-100 53
Mary May 13 53
Mary Beall's widow of John Beall mi
born
1752-1824
Revolutionary
Pensioner
Ohio Liby 53-2178
W:160 acres 22nd Baptist
[Handwritten mark]
Mrs Mary Hillyer Highland Co Ohio

Tele connected
28.284
John Beard
22.499.
Rem 9. Months
$ 50.-
Mr Scott Hillsboro -

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
The State of Ohio Highland County ss:
On this 1 st day of October 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of said county now sitting John Ward a resident of Jackson Township in said county aged 68 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
Questions by the Court.
1 st Question. Where & in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Franklin County Pennsylvania on the 4 th day of April 1766
2 nd Question. Have you any record of your age? Answer I have.
3 rd Question. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now live.
Answer. I lived when called into service in the County of Northumberland Westmoreland Pennsylvania in the 1798 I moved to Nicholas County Kentucky where I lived about 6 years & then moved to Adams County Ohio lived there about 10 years & moved to Highland County Ohio where I have ever since resided.
4 th Question. How were you called into service?
Answer. I was drafted.
5 th Question. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. I knew none of the regular officers or regiments in the service of the United States - I always served with the militia on the frontiers of Pennsylvania & Virginia. I was drafted for the Pennsylvania militia in the month of August 1781 at the County of Westmoreland in said state Under Captain Wallace Wallaced - we were stationed in Wallace's fort in Westmoreland County Pa - In December 1781 said fort was attacked by upwards of 500 indian (the whole number of men in the fort being then but about 20) Nine of our men were killed in the engagement & several of the indians - Soon after the attack the indian left the vicinity of the fort & we were reinforced by a body of militia troops under the command of Major James Wilson a Colonel Pomeroy - I remained in said fort guarding the position until I was discharged in May 1782 after serving nine months being always during said time under arms as a spy or in garrison at said fort

In February 1790 was drafted for the Pennsylvania militia at said county of Westmoreland Pa - Under Captain John Hoss & Colonel Charles Campbell. I served this tour against the Indians on the frontiers of Pennsylvania & Virginia & was discharged & paid completely by my Captain in August 1790 after serving nine months -
In the Month of September 1791 I was mustered at the same county under the same officers to serve on the frontiers against the Indians - we killed but one Indian in this tour of my service - I was discharged by my said Captain at said County in December 1791 after serving three months.
In March 1792 - I again volunteered at the same county under the same officers as a spy against the Indians - I continued to spy on the frontiers of said state for three months when I was verbally discharged by my said Captain & returned home.
I served in the revolutionary war nine months in all my tours of service I was under arms two years.
2. Did you ever receive a written discharge?
Answer. I received written discharge after all my tours of service except the last & have since lost them.
3. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
John McHaffy Joseph McCoy Matthew Goff & others will testify.
There is no Clergyman residing in my neighborhood - This applicant further states that he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any living witnesses by whom he could prove his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity but the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
John Beard
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid Samuel Bell (CLW)
We the subscribers residing in Highland County Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Beard who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Samuel Bates Mitchell Boatman mark mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Samuel Bell (CLW)

We the subscribers residing in Highland County, Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Beard who has subscribed & sworn to the within declaration that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogation prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel Bates & Mitchell Boatman who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of said Highland County are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Highland do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Beard for a pension.
Witness my hand & seal of office At the 4 th day of March 1885
Samuel Bell Clerk

The State of Ohio } Highland County } S.S.
On this 13 th day of June A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the Probate Court in and for the County of High- land and State of Ohio Mary Beard a res- ident of Liberty Township in the County and State aforesaid, aged about 60 years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following declar- -on in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war: that she is the widow of John Beard deceased who was a private in the Pennsylvania Militia in the war of the Revolution; that her said husband John Beard dec. was placed upon the Revolutionary Pension Roll of Ohio on the 16 th day of November 1833 at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum, under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831. To which application she respectfully refers the Hon. Commissioners of Pensions for proof of her said deceased husband's service; that her said husb- -and drew his said pension up to the time of his death which took place on the 28 th day of August 1835. She further decla- -res that she was married to the said John Beard on the 24 th day of August A.D. 1815 as will appear by the proof hereto atta- -ched, in Highland County in the State of Ohio

that her said husband died on the 28 th day of August 1835 in Highland County Ohio as before stated, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January 1900 but at the time above stated. And she further states that there is no Public record of her said marriage so far as she is able to learn, that her name before she married the said John Beard was Mary Groves. She further declares that she is now a widow, and has been every since the death of her said husband. She most respectfully asks the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions that her aforesaid claim may be allowed under the aforesaid Act and that the certificate evidencing the same may be enclosed to Messrs Matthews of Hillsborough Highland County Ohio who she hereby constitutes her Attorneys for said purpose.
Mary Beard
Sworn to and subscribed in open court, this 15 th day of June A.D. 1853
J. P. Ennis Probate Judge

The State of Ohio Highland County } S.S.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been presented to the Probate court in and for said County and State, that John Beard who was in his lifetime a Pensioner of the United States on the Ohio roll at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum, departed this life on the 28 th day of August A. D. 1835 leaving Mary Beard his widow who has not since married, but still remains his widow
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 13 th day of June A. D. 1853
J. R. Emrie Probate J. J.

The State of Ohio, Highland County ss.
I John W Bell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Highland in the State of Ohio, certify that Wm. Keys Esq. before whom the following affidavit was made, is and was at the time of making of the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Highland, duly elected commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due and given both in and out of Indiana to all his official acts as such Justice of the Peace, and that the signature purporting to be his true and genuine.
In testimony whereof I here set my hand and affix the seal of the Court aforesaid, this 19 th day of June A.D. 1853.
John W Bell, Clerk By D. V. Plunkett
State of Ohio
Highland County ss. On this 19 th day of June A. D. 1853, Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for said county & State, Matty Beard, widow of John Beard dec d . who makes the foregoing declaration and on oath says that she was lawfully married to the said John Beard on the 24 th day of August 1815 - in the county of Highland Ohio, by an Allen Gulliford a justice of the peace, & further says that no public record of her said marriage can be found, & that she believes said justice Gulliford failed to make return of said marriage. She further says that in her husband's family bible, which she here presented has the record of their said marriage, as follows, viz: "John Beard and Matty Ganes was married August the 24 th 1815." On the same page is recorded the birth of several of her children.
Matty her Beard Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written.
William Keys J. P.

State of Ohio Highland County } ss.
I hereby certify that I
have carefully examined the Marriage records of said County, in my Office, and that no return of said Marriage can be found among said records. I further certify that the said Mary Beard has here before me presented her husband's family bible which contains the record of her said Marriage, of which this is a literal copy, viz: "John Beard and Mary Groves was married August the 24 th 1815." I further state that from the age & appearance of said book, & the entry of said record made therein, I fully believe it to be a genuine copy of said Marriage.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 13 th day of June A.D. 1853.
A. Renner Probate Judge

1851-1899 Barnes Land Claim
Mary Beard widow
Hillsboro Ohio
Wm Keys Agent

State of Ohio 5 3 d. h.
Highland County 3 On this 20 th day of April A. D. 1855, personally appeared before a Notary Public within & for the county and State, aforesaid, Mary Beard, aged  years, a resident of said county & State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the identical Mary Beard who is the widow of John Beard dec d , who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. And in consideration of said service, she as the widow of the said John Beard dec d . She obtained a pension certificate, & had her name inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars per annum, which certificate now in her possession, N o 2178, & dated September 29 th 1853. Signed by R. McLellan Secretary of the Interior & countersigned by L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions. which Pension certificate is granted in conformity with the act of Feby 3 rd 1853.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled, under the act approved March 3 rd 1855. She further declares that she has not received a bounty land warrant under any act of Congress nor applied for one until now. She refers to the claim she presented, now on file, upon which she obtained her pension certificate, and the evidence accompanying her said declaration, for the proof of her being the widow of the said John Beard dec d , & of her having been his lawful wife. And she further says that she is now the widow of the said John Beard dec d , and also the proof of his death
Mary her Beard mark
We John Baskin and P. W. Vancinkle residents of the county of Highland and State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, do on our oaths declare that we are well acquainted with Mary Beard who is now present, and who

signed & acknowledged this declaration in our presence, that we know to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and who is the properor of the pension certificate mentioned above, and which she exhibited before us, and that she is now a widow, and they swear that they are disinterested witnesses.
John B. Brien P. W. Van Winkle
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; and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
James M. Key Notary Public
I hereby authorize Wm Key E 29 th of Hillsboro, Ohio as my agent to prosecute my bounty land claim, & to receive my warrant when issued.
Mary her Mark

The State of Ohio } Highland County } S.S.
I A.B. Matthews Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County do hereby certify that James M. Keyes Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made and executed and who has therunto subscribed his name is and was at the time of so doing a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit is given as well in as out of Judicature to his official acts as such and that his signature thereto is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Hillsborough this 9 th day of May A.D. 1855.
A.B. Matthews
Probate Judge

February 14, 1933
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BA-J/EHL Over John Beard-W.631
Mrs. C.S.Fraser 117 W. Church Street Xenia, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Beard and William J. Wiley, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of any William Wiley, who applied for pension while residing in Ross County, Ohio. The history of John Beard is furnished herewith.
This sol. searched by M.L.B.
The data given below are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.631, based upon the military service of John Beard in that war.
John Beard was born April 4, 1766, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in August, 1781, served as a spy in Captain Wallace's Pennsylvania Company, was stationed at Wallace's Fort, and was in an engagement with the Indians at that fort, and was discharged in May, 1782.
After the Revolution, he again enlisted and served as an Indian Spy on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, in Captain John Slean's Company, Colonel Charles Campbell's Pennsylvania Regiment, as follows: from February, 1790, nine months; from September, 1791, three months; and from March, 1792, three months.
In 1798, he moved to Nicholas County, Kentucky, where he resided about six years; then moved to Adams County, Ohio, and resided about ten years; thence to Highland County, Ohio.

John Beard was allowed pension on account of his service in the War of the Revolution on his application executed October 28, 1833, while residing in Jackson Township, Highland County, Ohio.
He died in Highland County, Ohio, August 28, 1835, as stated by his widow, or on August 30, 1835, as given on an official paper in said claim for pension.
The soldier married August 24, 1815, in Highland County, Ohio, Maty Graves or Groves. He had been previously married; there are no data in regard to his former wife.
Soldier's widow, Maty, was allowed pension on her application executed June 13, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio, and aged about sixty years. In 1869, she was still residing in said Highland County, and then stated that she was aged about seventy-eight years.
Soldier's sons, William and Thomas Beard were aged about eighteen and seventeen years, respectively, in 1815; both were living in Highland County, Ohio, in 1853.
Soldier had several children by his wife, Maty; names of these children are not given and there are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Maty Beard, widow of John Beard, W.631, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Maty Beard, widow of John Beard, Certificate No. 2178, issued April 16, 1869, rate $96 per annum, commenced July 27, 1868, Acts of February 3, 1853 and July 27, 1868, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A.B.H HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

1929. Mar. 26, Hist to Miss Mary V. Beard, M.E. 1932 - Jan 6 - Hist. to Dean H. L. Fiesinger 1933 Feb 14 - History to Mrs C. S. Fraser - (Eld)
631 WIDOW, etc.
File No. 631
Mary Beard Widow John Beard, Paris, Rev. Wash.
Act: Feb. 3, 1883, etc.
Index: — Vol. A, Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office. 27 Sept. 1853.
Sir Please certify that to which the within name of per- -son was paid, on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
J. P. N. Allen
Herbert Ammerman,
John Beard, Act 32 $30.00 p. an. — Died 30 th August 1855, Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor
Francis Burt Esq. Thin Auditor General

Please find enclosed five bounty land claims. John R. Poff ordinary Seaman, in the war with Tripoli and four others. Please rec d . for them.
L.P. Waller Esq. May 11 th 1855.
Wm. Waite Agent.

29.042
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2178 Ohio. Cincinnati Mary Beard widow of John Beard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Sept r . 1853. and sent to Keys & Mathews Hillsboro Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 8, 1853, Page 160 Vol. A
1832
Cash

N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
Under section 13, act July 27, 1868.
No. OLD CERTIFICATE.....
APPLICANT.
Mary Beard widow of John Beard
FILED BY
Chas. Tucker Washington D.C.
Printed and sold by W. H. Moore, 484 11th st., Washington, D. C.

DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
(Under section 13, Act July 27, 1868.)
State of Ohio } ss. County of Highland }
On this 27 day of March , A. D. 18 69 , personally appeared before me, Judge of the Probate Court within and for the county and State aforesaid, Matty Beard , aged 78 years, a resident of Highland Co. Ohio in the State of Ohio , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Matty Beard to whom was granted Pension certificate No.  , payable at Cincinnati Ohio , at the rate of Thirty dollars per month  per year , issued under the act of July 27 , 18 53 ; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868. That she still remains a Widow, and has not again married since the 28th day of September , 18 53 , the date of her said certificate.
My Post Office address is as follows: Hillsborough Ohio
And I hereby constitutes and appoints Chas C Tucker of Washington D.C. , Attorney, to present and prosecute this claim, and authorizes him to receive and receipt for any certificate that may be issued for the same, and to do any other act or thing necessary or that she might do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
attest A. G. Matthews J. F. Mullerix
Signature of Claimant: Matty Beard Mark
Also personally appeared A. G. Matthews and John J. Mullerix , residents of Highland Co. Ohio , persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Matty Beard sign her name (make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her , that she is the identical person she represents self to be; and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. That she is still a Widow, not having remarried since the 29th day of September , 18 53 . *
Signatures of Witnesses. { A. G. Matthews J. F. Mullerix
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 27th day of March , 18 69 ; and I hereby certify that the contents of the foregoing declaration and affidavit were carefully read by me to the applicant and witnesses before subscribing their names thereto, and I know the affiants to be credible persons. And I am not interested in this claim.
Signature of Judge or other Officer. Wm H Beck Probate Judge
* Date of Certificate.

Payment to be made at
Cincinnati by Isaac C. Green
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Ohio
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1858, Page 160, Vol. W.
Clerk.
A. M. Weighman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 8, 1858,
Mary Beard John Beard
widow of who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 8d of February, 1858, 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 twenty ninth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
Robert L. Collins
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
L. M. Valuo Commissioner of Pensions.

Brief in the case of Mary Beard, widow of John. Highland County and State of Ohio. act 30 , Febry. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June. 1832,
Second evidence of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Wm. Keyes & Matthews Willshong. Name and residence of Agent
J. B. Bynum Examining Clerk.

2178 Increase Brief in the Case of Mary Beard Widow of John Private Rev.  Hillsborough Highland County and State of Ohio Act 2 d Sec Feb. 3. 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pension at $30. per annum. Certificate ret.
Claim increased as provided by Act 13 th Sec Act July 27. 1868
Personal identity and continued widowhood proved.
Admitted April 9. 1869 to Pension at $96. per annum to Commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay to him
Name and residence of Agent.
Chas. C Tucker Present
W E Franks Examining Clerk.

L. P. Waldo Esq.
Sir, We herewith send the Declaration of Mary Beard Widow of John Beard Dec d , a revolutionary pensioner, claiming a pen- sion under the Act of Feb y 1853.
Please examine & act on this claim soon as convenient. And direct the pension certifi- cate or any other communication relating thereto To —
Keay & Matthews Hillsboro' Ohio,
June 19 th 1853.

State of Ohio Highland County ss. On This 13 th Day of September A.D., 1853. Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within & for said county, Thomas Beard who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the son of John Beard dec d who was a pensioner for several years, & who was the husband of Matty Beard who recently made application for a pension as his widow. This witness says he was about 17 years of age when his father, the sd John Beard and Matty Beard now his widow were married. He was at home when she was brought to his fathers home next day after the marriage, & lived with them four or five years at least, they lived together in good reputation as hus- band & wife until his fathers death, which took place about 17 years ago. They raised a family of several children, have still lived in this county, and were by the community respected as husband and wife legally married. - He further says that the said Matty Beard has never married since the death of her said husband, and is the identical woman person who was the wife, now the widow of the said John Beard. Thomas Beard
State of Ohio Highland County ss. On This 20 th day of September 1853, personally appeared before me a justice of the peace, in & for said county, William Beard who also being duly sworn says, that he also is a son of John Beard deceased, named in the above affidavit of his brother Tho s Beard, that he was about eighteen years of age when his father & Matty Beard his step Mother, now the widow of said John Beard dec d were married. He was at home when his father brought her to his home next day after the marriage, and lived at home with them for several years after their marriage, he has heard read

the foregoing affidavit of Thomas Beard, and can and hereby does confirm the same in every particular as a true & correct statement. Matty Beard who makes her claim for pension is yet the widow of his father John Beard - and is the identical person who lived long with him in good reputation as his wife & raised a family of several children. He further says he has no interest in the event of his of this her claim.
William D Beard mark
The above named Thomas Beard, & William Beard were both sworn, by me, to their respective statements above made & subscribed by them, and I certify that they are both residents of this county, & have long resided here, and are credible witnesses; and from my acquaintance with the parties have no doubt they give a true representation of the facts in relation to the case in hand. I also state, I believe they have no interest in the case, nor have I any interest in the claim or concern in the prosecution thereof.
R Waddel J.P.
The State of Ohio, Highland County ss
I John W Bell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Highland, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that Matthew Waddel Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made is and was at the time of taking said affidavits an acting justice of the Peace within and for said county of Highland duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due and given, both in and out of judicature to all of his official acts as such justice of the Peace and that the signature purporting to be his is true and genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, this 21 st day of September A.D. 1853 John W Bell Clerk H & O

Testimony on behalf of Matty Beard who claims Pension as the widow of John Beard S.C.
Wm Keys

Beard, Jacob, Joseph or James or combination
pension in Ohio, Highland or Clinton Co. about 1835 service in Virginia
Did this man Beard get a pension from the Revolutionary War? To whom paid after his death? Address:- Miss Mary V. Beard, Box 110 Wall Street Station, New York City.
This request was given to the bureau by a friend of the above.

Frazer's Shoe Store
11 East Main Street
Xenia, Ohio
117 W. Church St. Feb. 5 1933.
Commissioner of Pensions Wash. D.C. —
Gentlemen — Please send me copy of certificate of pensions to John Beard Highland Co., Ohio — Private — Pennsylvania militia Nov-16-1833-
Also on the roll of Capt. Alexander Robinson's Co. Ross Co. Ohio if there is birth, death and dates of son of William J. Wiley, private, please send copy — I need same for P.A.R. and War of 1812 records — Thanking you,
I am Yours truly Edith Frazer
Mrs C. S. Frazer 117 W Church St. Xenia Ohio.

ad 1812 otion 1
March 26, 1929
Miss Mary V. Beard Box 110, Wall Street Station New York, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.631, it appears that John Beard was born, April 4, 1766, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, names of parents not stated.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in August, 1781, served as a Spy in Captain Wallace's Company, Colonel John Pomeroy's Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the attack on Fort Wallace, and was discharged in May, 1782.
He enlisted in February, 1790, and served nine months in Captain John Sloan's Company, Colonel Charles Campbell's Pennsylvania Regiment in the war against the Indians on the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontiers. In September, 1791, he served three months under the same officers, and in March, 1792, he again enlisted and served three months as a Spy under the same officers in the Indian Wars.
In 1798, he moved to Nicholas County, Kentucky, where

Rev. a Ware Sc HKE/ed
he remained about six years, then lived in Adams County, Ohio, for about ten years, when he removed to Highland County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on account his on his application executed October 28, 1833, while a resident of Jackson Township, Highland County, Ohio.
He died, August 28, 1835, in the same county.
The soldier married, August 24, 1815, in Highland County, Ohio, Maty Graves or Groves. They had several children, no names are shown.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 13, 1853, while residing in Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio, aged about sixty years. In 1869, she was still living in the same county.
The soldier's sons, William and Thomas, were aged about eighteen and seventeen years respectively, in 1815, the name of their mother is not given; both were living in Highland County, Ohio, in 1853.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
January 6, 1933
BA-J/FEL XXXXXXXXXXXXX John Beard-W.631
Honorable W.L.Fiesinger Room 136, House Office Building Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Fiesinger:
Reference is made to your request of today, by telephone, for the records of George and John Baird who served as officers in the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Militia, War of the Revolution.
A careful search of the records of that war has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a John Baird who served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, or of a George Baird or Beard.
The record of one John Beard (which name is interchangeable), a private, has been found as of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. His record is given below as found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.631, based upon his service in that war.
John Beard was born April 4, 1766, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in August, 1781, served as a spy in Captain Wallace's Pennsylvania Company, was stationed at Wallace's Fort, and was in an engagement with the Indians at that fort, and was discharged in May, 1782. Could not verify served in Pa. Archives
After the Revolution, he again enlisted and served as an Indian Spy on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, in Captain John Slocum's Company, Colonel Charles Campbell's Pennsylvania Regiment, as follows: from February, 1790, nine months; from September, 1791, three months; and from March, 1792, three months.
In 1798, he moved to Nicholas County, Kentucky, where he resided about six years; then moved to Adams County, Ohio, and resided about ten years; thence to Highland County, Ohio.

John Beard was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed October 28, 1833, while residing in Jackson Township, Highland County, Ohio.
He died in Highland County, Ohio, August 28, 1835, as stated by his widow or on August 30, 1835, as given on an official paper in said claim for pension.
The soldier married August 24, 1815, in Highland County, Ohio, Maty Graves or Groves. He had been previously married; there are no data in regard to his former wife.
Soldier's widow, Maty, was allowed pension on her application executed June 13, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio, and aged about sixty years. In 1869, she was still residing in said Highland County, and then stated that she was aged about seventy-eight years.
Soldier's sons, William and Thomas Beard were aged about eighteen and seventeen years, respectively, in 1815; both were living in Highland County, Ohio, in 1853.
Soldier had several children by his wife, Maty; names of these children are not given and there are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Maty Beard, widow of John Beard, W.631, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Maty Beard, widow of John Beard, Certificate No. 2178, issued April 16, 1869, rate $96 per annum, commenced July 27, 1868, Acts of February 3, 1853 and July 27, 1868, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.