Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 13919, George Dye, S.C.
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( 3-1776 )  SERVICE S.C. Dye, George NUMBER R. 13919
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[ State of South Carolina Chester District ] On this 12 day of January 1846 personally appeared before me  one of the acting Justices of the peace  for said District . George Dye  a resident of said State & District aged eighty three 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 7th  1832. That he  entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. ( viz)  That he  entered the services of the united States in  year 1779 as a volunteer under General Lincoln& served as a private in Capt. Washington's company that one   referred  Roger Bas our Lieutenant , that one r4ichardsaon Bas our Colonel & that our Col. Bas was our Major & that he ser'd a term of six months during which time we marched to Savannah &  then up the Savannah River to Augusta  &  then he was discharged . He then volunteered under one General Green in  Capt. Lyle's company  one  Strother Bas was our Major & one John Lyles was our Colonel.. That he  served that time  a tour of six months during which service  we marched towards Georgetown  & then to the Eutaw Springs and was in that Battle ( i.e the battle of Eutaw )  Then he volunteered under General Marion in the cavalry  and  served a tour of four months we marched from Georgetown to PeDee  & then back to Georgetown  & then they marched towards Charleston. Then  he was drafted and served a tour of three months in the militia under General Pinson one Marrius Lyles  our Capt. and one John Lyles was our Colonel & then he was drafted  & served two tours of three months each under  General Richard Winn  & John Winn was our Colonel & Marrius  Lyles was our Capt. That he done all his services as a private  & that the  whole amount of his services was at least two years
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That he resided in Fairfield District  South Carolina when he entered the service & that his services  was all done in  South Carolina& that he  has no documentary evidence of his service & that he  knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He further declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. William  Thomas ( signed ) Magis. George Dye ( his mark ) ( seal )  We Ephraim Fant  a clergyman residing in the State of South Carolina  Chester District & Nicholas Colvin a resident ( in the same )  do hereby  certify  that we are well acquainted with  George Dye who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration . That we believe him to be eighty three 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. Subscribed this 12 day of Jany 1846. William Thomas ( signed ) Magis. Ephraim Fant ( signed / sealed ) Nicholas Colvin ( signed / sealed ) [ State of S. Carolina Chester District ] I, the said Magistrate  before whom the above declaration was made do hereby  certify 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 that I concur in that opinion & that  he served as he states . I further certify that Ephraim Fant  who signed the above certificate is a clergyman residing in this State
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of South Carolina  Chester District  and that  Nicholas Colvin  who has signed the same is a resident in said State & District and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit. I further certify that the claimant George Dye is not  able to attend the Curt from age  & bodily infirmity & that he  is an old man of known respectability  whose  veracity & character cannot be disputed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 12 day of Jany 1846. William Thomas ( signed / sealed ) Mag. [ State of South Carolina Chester District ] I , Peter Wylie Judge of the Court of Ordinary open & held at the Court House  in Chesterville (?) do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of George Dye was this day  laid before me  , examined & approved. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & had the seal  of office affixed  this 14th day of Jany 1846. Peter Wylie. JCOCD
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[ State of South  Carolina Chester District ] I, John Rosborrough  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said District do hereby certify that  Peter Wylie  Esq.  who signed the foregoing  certificate is and was at the time of certifying  the same the lawful acting Judge of the Court of  Ordinary ( said Court being a Court of record )  in & for said District & that all due faith & credit  and right to be given to his attestations as such . I further certify that William Thomas Esq. who signed the foregoing declaration  & certificate is and was at the time of signing the same one of the acting Magistrates for said District & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said office in Chesterville this 14 day of Jany 1846. J Rosborrough ( signed ) clerk  CPls
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No. 37,234 George Dye S.C. Act 7 June '32
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I John Dye Son of
George Dye late of Chester District decd do
George H Jones
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint George H Jones esq.,  of Washington City, D. C., my true
and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of George Dye
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension, that may be due; and I herein
authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file
in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments
and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do
were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent
shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 8th day March A. D., 1843.
John Dye   SEAL
Signed and sealed in the presence of
A. S. Wallace Magt,
William Thomas


STATE of South Carolina⎬ ss.
District of York                   ⎬

On this 18th day of March. A. D. 1853.
before me, the subscriber, a Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid , personally appeared
John Dye and acknowledged the foregoing Power
of Allorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand,⎬
the day and year aforesaid.⎬
A.S. Wallace
Magistrate

In this blank, if the claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power.  If 
both be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow, and
execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her name
stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power
If there be neither father, mother, child or children, then there is no person entitled under the
existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.
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Claim of of pension
Act of 7th June 1832
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STATE of Carolina
District of York

Be it Known, That on this 8th
day of March A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
John Dye a resident of South Carolina in said District and 
made oath according to law that he is the identical son of George Dye
and that he has executed the foregoing
power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be
[illegible]  with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and which certificate & with
year aforesaid, before              }


A,S, Wallace Magt 

Which certificate  I wish
made payable to the George
Dye  Children

John Dye

I A. S. Wallace  Justice of the Peace, in and for said District   do hereby
certify that John Dye who executed the foregoing paper, is a
respectable resident of Chester District and is , I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
A. S.  Wallace                J. Peace.
Magistrate

I, John G. Enloe Clerk of the Court in the District 
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that A. S. Wallace before whom the foregoing
papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber, is his signature,

SEAL

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official seal, this nineteenth day of
April  A. D., 1853.
John G Enloe Clk
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[blank form]
STATE OF
COUNTY OF


It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me


that                                                          was a Revolutionary                              of the 
United States at the rate of $                      per annum, and that          died on the
                                                day of                       eighteen hundred and            
leaving surviving

and that the

only surviving child                          of the aforesaid




IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this                                                                               day of
one thousand eight hundred and fifty


NOTE. -- If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there
is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may
be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power
of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow. If there
be neither father or mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear;
and also the name or names of the surviving child or children. If, he, or she, (as the case may be)
was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely,
state that fact.

The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
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13919 George Dye REJECTED
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George Dye S.C. Let. to  A R Hornsby  April 9, 1846 Act 7 June ' 32
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Shelby SC Jany 49  20 Hon . J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC ( vertical notes ) Jan 16, 1846 George Dye , June 7, 1832 Original )
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Shelby SC Jany 17 1846 Dear Sir, Enclosed I  send you the declaration of Mr. George Dye hoping to have your answer soon. I remain yours  etc. A.R. Hornsby ( signed )   J L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions  Washington DC