Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,468, Bryant Adams, N.C.
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Service
N.C.  Adams, Bryant   S.6.468
carded
Contents
A 1756 at Three Creeks, Va.
res at enl. Franklin or Johnson Co. N.C
in 1834 res Montgomery Co. Ala
in 1836 res Johnston Co. N.C.
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(The State of Alabama
Montgomery County   )  On this the first day of September AD 1834 before the county court at the said county personally came Briant Adams a resident of the said county and State aged near seventy eight years, who being 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 1832 -
I enlisted at Wilmington in North Carolina under Capt Benjamin Sourle as a volunteer for a three months time we were employed on erecting fortifications & performing garrison duty  This was in the year 1777 I think  I do not remember the names of my other officers  I was in no engagement during this term & recollect no incident of any importance during it.  At the end of the term I received a written discharge which I have not preserved.  We were called for the purpose of fortifying the place as we heard the British were below Wilmington with a fleet at Sullivan's Island near Charleston.  It was not known when they would attack (double underline) -
After this time the date I do not remember I was drafted as a member of the North Carolina Militia to serve either for three months or five months I do not remember which (I having served one tour of five months during the revolution but do not remember which)  John Whitly was my Captain, William Coswell was my General my major & Lieutenants I do not recollect - I was during this term at an engagement at Briar-
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creek.  We marched from North Carolina to Augusta in Georgia and crossed the Savannah river at that place we pursued the British from Augusta & overtooked them at Briar creek.  I do not know who commanded the British - The Americans were severly defeated.  I swam over the Savannah river & after travelling all night reached a body that had rallied on the road leading from Augusta to Charleston  We were then marched home & discharged - About two weeks after our discharge we were again called on to go to Charleston our Captain was McCullough.  This man resigned during the term of service - We were employed in Charleston for three months or were from home - Our time was out before Charleston was taken & we returned home
Some time after I joined a light horse company under John Briant for the purpose of dispersing a parcel of tories under the command of one Holloway in Mingo swamp  We succeeded in doing this  The British tories abandoned their place in that quarter & were off to Drowning Creek when there was an engagement between the American & Tories
The applicant further states that from age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot state particularly the names of his officers or the incidents of the service.  Applicant further states that he had written discharges but that they have not been preserved.  Applicant states that he has never had a pension & that he releases all his claim to any except the present.  He knows of no one who was acquainted with him or with his serving
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who is now living - He attaches a paper signed by men of respectability & standing in Johnson County North Carolina that he friended when he came to this State -
Answers to the Interrogatives propounded by the Court
Ans 1st  I was born in Virginia at a place called the Three Creeks county forgotten.  When an infant my father removed to Franklin County North Carolina & from there to Johnson County which is adjoining where I lived till I removed to Montgomery County Alabama - I was born in the year 1756- I am now seventy eight years -
Ans 2nd  I have no record of my age.
Ans 3rd  I have stated in the answer to the first interrogatory all the [illegible] facts required in this quesiton
Ans 4th - I have stated in the declaration that my first tour of service was as volunteer afterwards as a drafted militia man.
Ans. 5th  I have stated in the declaration that my memory is imperfect on this hand.  My first Captain was Sawell.  I some times can call the name of the adjutant but at others cannot  I remember the names of none of my other officers.  I afterwards served under Whitly Ashe & Caswell.  When in Charleston Genl Lincoln was there & com
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manded us I believe
Ans 6th I know of no one acquainted with my services in my present neighborhood
Bryant Adams
Sworn to & subscribed
on the day & year aforesaid
Benajah T Bibb ( signed ) 
J.C.C.M.C
We William J. Larkins a clergyman of the Baptist Church and Aaron W. Jones a citizen of this county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Briant Adams who has sworn to & Subscribed the above declaration  That we believe him to be seventy eight years of age or there abouts ; and that he is reputed to have been (in his present neighborhood) a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion -
W J Larkins( signed ) 
A W Jones( signed ) 
Sworn & subscribed on the
day & hear aforesaid -
Benajah T. Bibb ( signed ) JCCMC
And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion 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 & that he served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Wm J Larkins is a clergyman resident in said county and that Aaron W Jones is a resident Citizen herein & both are men of respectability & character & that their statement is entitled to full credit -
Benajah T Bibb  ( signed/ sealed )
Judge C.C. MC
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Bryant Adams
Mobile - Ala
to N.C.
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

State of No Carolina
County of Johnston  ss.
  On this 22nd day of August 1836, before me, the surscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Johnston personally appeared Bryant Adams who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the companies commanded by Captain's Seawell & Whitly in the Regiments commanded by Colonel William Caswell in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Alabama from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of North Carolina where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from Montgomery Co Alabama to Johnston Co North Carolina- That he had spent a great part of his early life in the latter place and there raised a family of children one of whom, a favorite son still lives there - That by him he was invited to some and spend the remanent of his days with him - to which wish he was also inclined from the recent loss of his wife -
Bryant Adams  (Seal)
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
the day and year aforesaid.
D.H. Bryan JP

- The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  The County Clerk, Secretary of State or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
- The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity.  He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit.  The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be subscribed in the manner above directed.
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State of No Carolina  )
Johnston County    )  August 22. 1836

  On this day personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county John McLeod who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that Bryant Adams is the identical person described in the above affidavit -
Sworn to and subscribed this day & date above written
D.H. Bryan JP    MacLeod   (Seal)
I hereby certify that John MacLeod who has testified above is a person of veracity
D.H. Bryan JP (Seal)
I Ransom Sanders Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county do hereby certify that David H Bryan Esquire whose name & seal are attached to the affidavits above was at the Time of signing and ensealing the same and still is a Justice of the peace in and for the Said County of Johnston and that due faith  & credit are due to his official acts -
August 21st 1836
Rm Sanders Clk
(Seal)
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Bryant Adams Alabama ss June $30

To what time last paid? And name of the vouchers in this case suspended.

Pension Office
2 Nov 1837.  ss to the 4 Sep 1835 - The first payment from 6 March 1831 to the 4 March 1835 stands suspended
JH
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6468 
RevlWar INVALID.

File No. 6468

Byrant Adams
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. A, Page 2

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Smithfield NC  )
August 23rd   )

The Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of pension
Washington City D.C.

Aug 26
for transfer
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(Date Stamp)

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Br of the Bank of the State of Ala.
Mibile 13th Sept 1836

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commr. of pensions
Washington City

 Sir, 
  I have your letters of the 29th and 1st inst.
  In reply to your request to be informed to what time Bryant Adams [illegible] during the revolutionary war, under the act of 7 June 1832 at Thirty Dollars per annum, was last paid. I have to state that he was paid at this office on the 23d. Sept. 1835 - from 4 March 1835 to 4 Sept 1835.
  I have also to inform you that a voucher for a pyament made to him from 4 Mar 1831 to 4 Mar 1835 amounting to $120 
 2d. Qr. 1835 has been suspended for an omission in copy of Certificate. viz:  "commencing, on this 4 of Mar 1831 payable semi-annually on the 4 of March & 4 of Sept. in every year."
  As he has not applied for his pension since the suspension of the voucher it remains uncorrrected, and being now transferred to North Carolina.  I am at a loss to know how to proceed, and respectfully solicit your instructions.

I am very respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt
Geo S Barves
P. Agt.
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
March 12th 1838.

Sir
  I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th Inst. on the subject of the pension of Bryant Adams of the Alabama roll.  Having caused an examination to be made in the case, I find that a voucher for the payment of his pension from March 1831. to March 1835. was suspended for some informality, which, having been removed by a subsequent [illegible] the one suspended will be admitted to the credit of the Agent when he returns it to the Office
I have accordingly notified the Commissioner of Pensions of the state of the case,that his objection to the transfer of the pensioner may be removed.
With great respect
Your obt. serv.
Peter Hogan Aud

The Honorable
Charles Shepard
House of Representatives
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
March 12h 1838.
Sir
  In the case of Bryant Adams a pensioner on the roll of the Mobile Agency under the act of June 7h 1832. I have to inform you, that the objection to the suspended [illegible] for a payment from March 1831. to March 1835. having been removed by a subsequent payment to [illegible] the one suspended will be admitted to the credit of the Agent when he returns it to this Office.
Very respectfully, Sir
Your odt. servt.
Peter Hogan Aud

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Recd. & Ansd. Mar 5. 36
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Smithfield NC
Feby 25th 1836

The Hon. Thomas L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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N.C.  Johnston County Smithfield Feb. 26th 1836

Respectful Sir
  The subscriber Bryant Adams Sir having obtained a pension as a Soldier in the revolutionary war while being in the state of Alabama, but has recently removed to N.C as such deserves to know from you, Sir, what course will be necessary for him to persue in order to receive his pension in the State wherein he now lives.
  Communication from you Sir (page torn) instructions will be thankfully received by your humble Servant.
  Bryant Adams
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House of Repr
8th March 1838

Der Sir,
  Yours of yesterday's date informs me, that Mr. B. Adams' name cannot be transferred to the Pension agency in N. Ca. until he complies with your letter of the 26th Sept. 1836.
He is old & [illegible] not informed on that subject - Will you let me know specifically what is to be done, & I will see that your requests are attended to -
Very respectfully
Yr obd servt
Charles Shepard
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House of Repr
5th March 1838

My dear Sir,
  This morning I received the enclosed letter, which I submit to your attention.
I should be glad if the old man, who wrote this letter could be accommodated, & if anything be necessary to be done before his pension can be paid in N.C. , it would afford me pleasure to cooperate with you then in this matter.
Very Respectfully
Yr obdt Sevt
Charles Shepard
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Stamp:
Montg AL
Sep
13                    Ferr

James L Edwards Eq
Supt. Pension Department
Washington City
D.C.
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Montgomery Sept. 10th 1834

Sir

  We enclose the papers of Bryant Adams taken before the county court of this county respecting his claim to a pension

Very Respectfully
Goldthwaite & Campbell

P.S.  James Mitchell a pensioner from the State of North Carolina under the Act of March 1818 has removed to this State.  He has hitherto drawn his allowance at Fayetteville & now wishes an order of transfer.  We would feel thankful for the necessary papers to be forwarded to us
G&C
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Smithfield N.C. October 26. 1837.

Sir
  Some months past I inclosed to you certain documents with a view to enable me to draw my pension in this State, instead of Alabama where I drew my pension up to Sept 1835  I further understood from Mr. James the pension agent at  Mobile that owing to some informality he had not been allowed  I immediately sent inclose'd to him duplicate records.  Since which time I have had no intellegence, and I am become impatient to hear whether those papers came safe to hand.  please inform your very aged and worn out Servent the cause of this delay.  Since I have return'd to North Carolina my native State I find that there is yet living Old Soldiers that served with me by whom I could (if necessary) prove two campaigns - an early answer is Very desiriable -  Bryant Adams
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Transfer Bryant Adams to the N. Carolina Agency - and report to Hon.  Charles Shepard H.R.

Wm Evans - I wish the transfer made immediately -
J.L.E
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October 1836
State of North Carolia Johnston County

We the under Signed do certify that Bryant Adams (?) Served several Campaigns in the Revolutionary War and Received an honourable discharge every time.  he married his wife in said County about Forty Five years ago and has been a Citizen of Johnson County ever since and has Reared a family and Supported an honest caracter.  he is at this time and ever has been Called an honest Industrious prudent and upright man  he is now disposed to move to the Western Country and, as he has Fought and bled for that Sacred Liberty which we now so bountifully enjoy and has ever supported the Caracter of a tru Republican as honest and prudent Man.  We chearfully hope that wherever he may go or whom among that the People will Treat him with Friendship and Esteem  we Certify that his Conduct hitherto has and does richly deserve Great Respect.  We the undersigned firmly believe the foregoing Statements to be entirely Correct,
R. Sanders   ) R. Sanders   ) Tho. Lochart
J.O. Watson   ) S. Mitchner   ) A. Ballenger
David Thomson   ) Bryan Smith
Tho. Rice   )   John Eason
B. Bryan   )
D.P. MacLeod   )