Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 205-200, Samuel Bryson, Penn.
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[notecard]
[upper left]
SERVICE
Penn.
[center]
Bryson, Samuel
[upper right]
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 205-200 Lieut
Issued July 9, 1789
No papers.
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[letterhead]
H.J. Calhoun
Moundsville, W.Va.
912 Sixth Street.
Feb. 5, 1937.

[stamped]
Received
Feb 8 1937
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets Adm Reader #10

[typewritten letter]
Veterans Administration;
Washington, D.C.
Att. Mr. Hiller, 
Dear Sir;
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary information you may have of either George or William Powell who served as a private 1777-1782 under Col. Abraham Shepard in the North Carolina line?
Do you have any record of Samuel Bryson who died in Mifflintown in 1799?
Respectfully, 
Jean M. Calhoun
Mrs. H.J.
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[business card stapled to upper right corner]
Mrs. Nettie K. Grabett
Superintendent
Traveling Library Department of the Ohio State Library
Columbus, Ohio
Hotel Vendome


VENDOME HOTEL
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
[handwritten comment "see rev. it says Room 16 of this hotel"]
March 9, 1918.
Pension Department,
War Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
If there are on record, pensions granted to the following men for Revolutionary Services, please send certified copies to me:

William Davidson, Pennsylvania, page 187, Heitman. 1st Lieut. 3rd Pa. Battalion, 6th of January, 1775; taken prisoner at Fort Washington on 16th of November, 1876. Exchanged 26th of August, 1778.
John Bryson, Pa. 1st Lieut. of 7th Pennsylvania Battalion, 10th of April, 1777. Wounded and taken prisoner at Paramus on the 16th of April, 1780 and did not rejoin regiment. Page 129 Historical Register of Officers of Continental Army, during War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783. New edition by Heitman, 1914.
Samuel Bryson, Pennsylvania. 1st Lieut. of 7th Pa. Battalion, 20th of March, 1777; wounded at New Bridge, N. J. 15th of April, 1780; transferred to 4th Pa., 17th of January, 1781; transferred to and Pa., 1st of January, 1783; and served to close of war. Page 105. Historical Register of Officers of Continental Army. During War of Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783. Page 129, Heitman says: Died 19th of December, 1799.
Isaac Bryson, son of John Bryson, above mentioned, of Washington County, Pa., service in War of 1812. These papers are needed to establish claims for membership in Daughters of the Am. Revolution and also to prove line of descent from these men. If there are any charges, kindly send statement. Remittance will follow.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
[signed] Nettie H. Gravett
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February 24, 1937.

BA-J/ILL
Samuel Bryson
B.L.Wt. -206-200
George Powell
S.4650

Mrs. H.J. Calhoun
912 6th Street
Moundsville, West Virginia.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Samuel Bryson who died in 1799 in Mifflintown, and either George or William Powell who served from North Carolina.
The records of Samuel Bryson and George Powell are furnished you herein.
Samuel Bryson - B.L.Wt. #205-200
The records of this office show that Samuel Bryson served as Lieutenant, Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.
On account of the service of the above noted office, warrant A#205 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued July 9, 1789. There are no statements on file in this office made by the applicant for this bounty land because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was opened in 2800.
For further information in regard to the military record of Lieutenant Samuel Bryson, it is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city. If you desire information in regard to the location of the land granted on account of his service, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the number of warrant, acreage, and date of issuance, as given in this letter. [handwritten comment in right margin "Heitman gives his death as Dec 19 1799"]

George Powell-S. 4650
[handwritten comment "The dates which follow were obtained etc"]
George Powell was born in Halifax County, North Carolina:
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the date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Halifax County, North Carolina, he enlisted sometime in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Jesse Dixon's company, under Colonels Branch and Hart in the North Carolina troops; he enlisted in 1781, and served three months under Colonel Nicholas Long, Quarter Master General, in the wagon service.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-years. He resided then in Halifax County, North Carolina, where ha had always resided. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.
George Powell referred to his brother, but did not designate his name.
In 1832, William Powell was a resident of Halifax County, North Carolina; no relationship between him and George Powell was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
George Powell
Certificate #12409
Issued April 27, 1833
Rate $20 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours, 

A.D. Hiller, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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March 19, 1918

Mrs. Bettie K. Gravett,
Room 16, Vandome Hotel,
Columbus, Ohio.

Madam:

    In response to your letter of the ninth instant, you are advised that Warrant No. 205, for 300 acres of bounty land, issued July 9, 1789, on account of the services of Samuel Bryson, as a Lieutenant, Pennsylvania Troops, in the Revolutionary War.

    There are no papers on file relative to said claim, the same having been destroyed when the War Office was burned in 1800.

                             Very respectfully,
                                      //s//
                             C. C. Sieman 
                                     Acting Commissioner