Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46366, Reuben Beach, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Beach, Reuben.
8.46366
CONTENTS

Cert. No. 486
Reissues.
Very
996.94
Name: Reuben Beach.
Rank: Sergt. Comp'y:
Reg't: 3rd , Co. A Line
} Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { Comm'g 2d Issue. { Comm'g 3d Issue. { Comm'g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { Sent to 2d Issue. { Sent to 3d Issue. { Sent to
Act 4th July, 1862. Blk. G., Vol. , Page Registering Clerk:
Allowed.
Act 1828.
Disability. {
July 8-19 or - Hist. to Mr. Mary A. H. Smith
1910. Sept. 12: Hist to F. W. Horton [letter in S.F. 4599 H. Neal. m.B.H.
1921 Dec. 7 Hist. to Mrs. E. J. Colledge; Letter in S.F. 31358 Edna Peep 1923 July 3. Hist. to L. A. Norton. Air

FREE
Secretary of the Treasury Washington Revolutionary Claims
R. Black. no 2 N. 4th St no 2 amp.
5-57.

Township of Tallmadge Portage County
State of Ohio July 9th A D 1828
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the revolutionary army approved on the fifteenth day of May 1828 I Reuben Beach of Tallmadge in the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a Sergeant in the third Connecticut Regiment Saint B. Hild Colonels of the Connecticut line
And I also declare that I afterwards received certificates for the reason of eighty Dollars to which I was entitled under a resolution of Congress passed the 15th day of May 1778
And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of May 1828
on the pension list of the United States
Witness my hand this ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
In presence of Aaron Hine
Reuben Beach
Amos Ashley Before me Joseph Whittlesey a justice of the Peace in the County of Portage and State of Ohio personally appeared Aaron Hine and Amos Ashley of the said County who did solemnly make oath that Reuben Beach by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the army of the revolution in manner as therein stated
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of July A D 1828
Joseph Whittlesey justice of Peace
J. S. H. Doyce Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Joseph Whittlesey before whom the foregoing Affidavits were sworn was at the time a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid and duly qualified to administer oaths

Mr Reuben Beah is now a resident in the Township of Tallmadge Portage County and State of Ohio. There is a Post Office in this place and Mr Beah wishes that any communications relating to his business might be directed to the Post Office in Tallmadge Portage County Ohio. Mr Beah does not recollect distinctly who his Captain was when he was discharged but says he served under a number of different Captains during the war but whose company he was in when discharged he does not remember.
Joseph Whittlesey Justice of Peace
To the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Sir if the evidence herewith transmitted should be satisfactory and you should consider me entitled to the benefits of the act entitled an Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the revolution you will please to transmit to me through the medium of the Post Office to this place whatever sum of money is now due.
Reuben Beah

In reply to your request of Sept. 3. , received Sept. 6. 1910 for a statement of the military history of Beuben Beach a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Sur. F. 46,366.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ discharged June 9, 1783 Sgt. Sam l B Webb 3 rd Conn Regt.              
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, July 9. 1828. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Tallmadge Portage Co. Ohio Age at date of application, ✓ Remarks: There is no family data.

THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. Portage County, }
I, SETH DAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Portage, in the State of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that Asaph Whittlesey Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits  was  were taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such affidavits and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY, Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ravenna, in said County, this tenth day of July in the year of Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and twenty eight
SDay Clerk.

acvd
# 46.366
Sgt. issued Aug 3, 1829

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482
Discharge by Washington in favor of Reuben Beach, dated 9 th June 1983. —

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
No. of original papers 482 allowed Oct 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 2 1828
Reuben Beach, of Talmadge, in the County of Portage, in the State of Ohio, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a 32 Sergeant in captain's company, in the regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
4173 No record found
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Aug. 5 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Reuben Beach in the Connecticut Line. It further appears that Reuben Beach is now on the pension list of the agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
John Hagner Auditor
awarded

To Chf. ASW Div. Action JUL 8 1901 JAMES M. COMMISSIONER
Milford, Conn.
July 5, 1901.
The Hon. H. Ray Evans, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
In Connecticut - Men of the Revolution" I find in a list of Officers and men in Capt. Bothwick's Co., who crossed the Delaware with Washington, Dec. 25, 1775. - the

Name of "Sergeant Beach". This list was taken from the "Rev. Rolls of the Pension Bureau".
Can you give me any information concerning said Sergeant Beach, Christian name, place of residence, etc.?
I am a descendant of Landa Beach of this town and wish to find out - whether the two are the

Same man.
Thanking you for your former courtesy,
Very respectfully yours,
Mary A. Hepburn Smith for E.H.

MISS LILLIAN A. NORTON
GENEALOGIST
WASHINGTON, D. C. BOX 25, PENNA. AVE. STATION
May 16 1923
Commissioner of Pensions Revolutionary Records Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
One Reuben Beach, born 1757, died 1844 was a sergeant enlisting March 28, 1777 and served to close of Revolutionary war. Was born December 4, 1757, Stratford, Connecticut and is buried in cemetery at Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio. Was one of the early settlers of Tallmadge and lived there until his death July 4 1844. As a member of Samuel Granger's Company he served as Sergeant under command of Col. Charles Webb 2d Regt Conn line formation of 1777-1781; also Sergents duty in Capt Roger Welles' Co., Col Samuel B. Webb's 3d Regt Conn Line 1781-3. Pre-eminent in his service stands that at the southward under command of Marquis de Lafayette as Sergt in Company drafted from 3d Regt 1781.
I do not know anything about his family, but am writing to ask that you will inform me as early as practicable, whether this Reuben Beach applied for or received a pension, and if so, that further information can be furnished.
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Lillian A. Norton