The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: Kenneth Doster Roberts
Peter BONHAM Peter, son of Amariah had his will probated the 5th of July 1833 so he died sometime in 1833. His place of burial is unknown but probably on the family farm. He served as a sergeant in Captain Charles West’s company known also as Rueben Biscoe’s company, Third Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshal. He also signed the “Patriots Oaths of Fidelity and Support, 1778” Transcript of Peter's will is listed on page 162 of Howard E. Bonham's book: " BONHAM and related family lines", and names following: "my son, Elisha Bonham, my son Jesse Bonham, mydaughter, Mary, the heirs of my son, Jacob, dec'd., my son Luallan Bonham, my son-in-law Samuel Sutton or their heirs, and then he lists his "last eight children"; Phillip Bonham, Susannah Sutton, Christian Bonham, now Yaugar, Amariah Bonham,Luallan Bonham, Rebecca Bonham, now Delaney, Sarah Bonham, now Vandervort, Elliner Bonham, now Merriman The disposal of his property is recorded in Allegheny DeedBook, Vol. 61, June 23, 1837, pp. 53-56.
In 1777 the General Assembly of Maryland passed an act giving each soldier who had served three years in the Revolution "the continental allowances, a bounty of forty dollars, a pair of shoes, a pair of stockings, and at the expiration of his term, provided he shall not desert from the army, 50 acres of land to be procured and laid off as aforesaid, to him or his representative" Officers were to receive four lots of 50 acres each. In 1781 another act was passed, reserving all vacant lands west of Fort Cumberland, Garrett County, Maryland for the soldiers. Amariah, Josiah, Jerish, Lt. Malachi and Peter Bonham all appear of this list of those receiving lots.
He was the 4th great grandfather of Kenneth D Roberts
Send a biographical sketch of your patriot!
Patriot biographies must be the original work of the author, and work submitted must not belong to another person or group, in observance with copyright law. Patriot biographies are to be written in complete sentences, follow the established rules of grammar, syntax and punctuation, be free of typographical errors, and follow a narrative format. The narrative should unfold in a logical manner (e.g. the narrative does not jump from time period to time period) or have repeated digressions, or tell the history of the patriot's line from the patriot ancestor to the author. The thinking here is that this is a patriot biography, not a lineage report or a kinship determination project or other report published in a genealogy journal. The biography should discuss the qualifying service (military, patriotic, civil) of the patriot ancestor, where the service was rendered, whether this was a specific state or Continental service, as well as significant events (as determined by the author) of the patriot's life. This is the entire purpose of a patriot's biography.
Additional guidelines around the Biography writeup can be found here:
Send your submission1, in a Microsoft Word compatible format, to patriotbios@sar.org for inclusion in this space 1Upon submission of a patriot biography, the patriot biography becomes the property of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and may be edited to conform to the patriot biography submission standards.