Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32561, for Joshua Tiner, Georgia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                             NUMBER                                           
Ga.                 Tiner, Joshua                S. 32561
                  or Tyner
                  or Tinor

CONTENTS
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Illinois
26,188
Joshua Tyner
Jackson Co in the State of Ill
who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded
Captain [Loft] of the Regt commanded by [Col Little] in the Georgia line for 
1 yr [Illegible] 15 days     $71.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois 
at the rate of 71 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of March and sent to 734 N.W. [Gateway Rd] Equality Ill.

Arrears to the 4th of March 34 -            215.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 34     35.83
                                                             $250.83
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 62

Date of death not on A.B.
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Joshua Tyner
18019
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
State of Illinois County of Franklin } Sct.
On this third day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Hon Thomas C Browne Judge of the Circuit Court in and for Franklin now sitting Joshua
Tyner Senior a resident of said County of Franklin and State of Illinois aged sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an 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
He states that he was born the 21st day of July 1767. in Wilks County in the State of Georgia, and continued there untill he entered the service of the United States, that he has a record of his age at his own house in his bible, which he believes to be correct, that he was in his fifteenth year, some time in August 1781, that he entered the service as a spy then being
in Wilks County under the command of Captain Joel Doss, who had been appointed by the Goverment to range the frontier and guard it from the Hostile Indians, then on the borders, the first rendezvous of the company
of Capt. Doss was at Waltens Station in Franklin County Georgia. The company was constantly in service sometimes ranging by itself and at others was joined by a more numerous force,
when danger threatened or the enemy was near. The Regiment to which the company of this applicant belonged was commanded by Colonel James Little, In the spring of next year after this applicant enter the service the company was out ranging, in a southern direction from Waltens Station about one hundred twenty miles, on the waters of the Ocona, then an almost uninhabited country, 
when we discovered the trail of some Indians
afterward ascertained to Creek Indians, makeing in towards Stewards Station, a place on the frontier, after ascertaining the rout of the Indians we gave information to
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the rest of the forces, there at a place called Pullums Station, about forty miles from where the trail was discovered a reinforcement was then immediately collected from the
settlement and other stations, and under the command of General John Clark; and the Indians pursued, a few days after we came up with them, within about twelve miles of Stewards Station, to which place we had at first supposed them to be makeing, their
force consisted of about one hundred and eighty, an engagement took place, in which this applicant participated. It lasted for about thirty minutes, and was very warm, when the Indians broke and fled from that part of the settlement, leaving eighteen dead on the ground while thirteen of the whites was slain and some wounded after the engagement an attempt was made to pursue them but which proved ineffectual because the Indians as was their usual practice, divided so that it was impracticable to pursue, The forces thus
hastily raised amounted to about one hundred and sixty and after the engagement they immediately separated and those not in service returned to their homes, while the company to which this applicant belonged return to its
usual duty, marching from the fight, to Pullums Station, from which and around which they continued to range and scour the County, from Waltens Station in Franklin southardly to the Scull Shoals in the Ocona river, making a rout in range of near one hundred and seventy miles in extent, This applicant states that during this service his company frequently discovered Indian trails and gave timely notice to the Stations and settlements, and sometimes saw small bands of the Indians, and fired on them, Several of whom at different times, were in this manner killed, but that no further engagement happened in which he participated, while he continued in the service
He states that he then remained in this kind of service for the space of two years and upwards, when he was discharged, but that he received no discharged, there being then no provision made for their pay, and indeed pay, there
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not being much thought about, there was not any particularity in the disbanding of the men. He states that there never was any of the State troops nor any of the regulars in the neighbourhood and therefore he knows none of the regiments, nor any of the officers, after having the service, he returned to his father's
in Wilks county where he resided until the year
1806, when he emigrated to Montgomery County State of Tennessee, thence in 1817, or 1818, he emigrated to the Territory of Illinois, to the neighborhood where he now lives and where he has all along resided now being in Franklin County. He further states that he has
no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no persons, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory
Joshua Tyner [X and the words" his mark" appear between first and last names]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Herring a Clergyman and Moses Garrett residents of the County of Franklin State of Illinois do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Tyner who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and have known him ever since shortly after he came to the country at the time he states, and that we believe him to be  Sixty five 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
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Moses Garrett [X and the words "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Isaac Herring

And the said court do hereby declare their 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, and served as he states
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Isaac Herring who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman
resident in the County of Franklin and
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and that Moses Garrett who has also signed the same is a resident of Franklin County Illinois and is a credible person, and that
their statement is entitled to credit
I Simon M. Hubbard Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the County of Franklin State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joshua Tyner for a pension
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and the Clerk of Court seal there  being no public line provided, this 4th day of October 1832
S. M. Hubbard Clk
[Seal affixed to left of signature]

With the above named S. M Hubbard whose
certificate and signature is above affixed
I am personally acquainted, and know
him to be Clerk as set forth in his certificate
which is made and attested according to
the laws of the State of Illinois and was
such clerk at the date thereof
Equality Ills.            John M Robinson
June 28th 1833      Senator in Congress
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Joshua Tiner
Amended Declaration
Adm 1 year
9. Months & 15 days -
W. J. Gatewood
Equality
Illinois
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State of Illinois  }
Gallatin County } Sct.

Personally appeared before me the under
signed Justice of the peace in & for said County Joshua Tyner who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of Memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below and in the following grades.
For four months I served as a private under
Captain Joel Doss,
The next tour was for seven months I served
as a private under Captain Joseph Nail,
For ten months & fifteen days served as a
private in actual service under the same Captain Nail, and for such service
I claim a pension
Joshua Tiner
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 22nd Feb. 1834
T. D. Hewitt
JP.
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State of Illinois Gallatin County Sct.

I Leonard White clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the said County do hereby certify that the within Tyler D. Hewit whose name is signed to the within affidavit is and was a Justice of the peace at the time of taking the same duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Equality this 22nd day of February AD 1834
Leod. White
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Equality Ills.
Feb. 22. 1834.
J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions,
I return herewith the papers in the matter of the application of Joshua Tyner for a pension 
I hope the enclosed will be satisfactory. Lest it might appear strange that the proceedings have taken place in so many counties I will state, that I reside at Equality Gallatin County Ill
and the P.M. at Shawneetown stopt the letter on its way to me at Frankfort and sent it to me here knowing that I was at that time at home & Mr. Tyner came in
I would respectfully ask if it was the uncertainty of the time of Philip Russells service, whose certificate for a pension has come to hand for only Twenty dollars
Tis true that a great portion of his services were those of a Teamster, but I understood that Teamsters were only excluded when they were in civil contract In the first part of your printed regulations, it was clearly stated & proved that Russell was in the service of the Gov't as a soldier and not on civil contract
I would again respectfully ask if an amended
affidavit declaration such as is herewith sent
would be of any avail?, it is not to open the matter again but merely to increase that already allowed
Yours Respectfully
Wm. J. Gatewood
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State of Illinois  }
Jackson County }
Amended declaration of Joshua Tyner to his declaration made the 3rd September 1832. in
order to obtain the benefit of an act of        Congress passed June 7, 1832.
On this 23rd October 1833 personally
appeared in open Court, Joshua Tyner Before
the Hon. Thomas C. Browne Judge of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Jackson, now sitting, a resident of Franklin County and State of Illinois, for the purpose of amending
his said declaration and alledges as a reason for his appearing in the circuit court of Jackson County for the purpose aforesaid, that the circuit court of Franklin County at the present fall circuit came on and was held previous to the sitting of this Court, and that it was not possible for him to attend at said Court long enough to amend his said declaration at that time owing to the bad health of his family, and that he resides very near the line between Franklin and Jackson about equal distance from both places of holding Courts, and more convenient to Brownsville in Jackson County that to Frankfort in Franklin County, and that he did not desire to delay the amendment untill the next spring term of the Franklin Circuit Court,
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The said Joshua Tyner says that he lived in Wilks County State of Georgia, where he entered the service of the United States in his fifteenth year, by volunteering as a spy, and served as a private during all the times hereinafter mentioned. He entered the service
in the manner before stated in August as early as the 15th under Captain Joel Doss as aforesaid who it was said had a commission from the government of Georgia as he believes, but of this he knows nothing
more than he commanded as captain and was
respected as such by all other officers and privates The term of this engagement was not specified but as he understood, was to continue as long as necessity required, that he was in service from the said time in August untill as late as the 15th December ensuring when he was with two others permitted by the Captain to return home untill further orders, in this tour he was in no battles, but was ranging on the frontier, from post to post a distance of near one hundred & seventy miles from Waltens Station which is the most northwardly one, to Stewards Station the most southwardly of the line, sometimes the spys remained two or three days at one post at a time, but was otherwise moving from one end of the line to the other and were compelled to make the trip from one and of the line of Stations above mentioned to the other and back in fourteen days, and again another trip was commenced immediately, there were no garrissons nor regular officers or soldiers
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in the County, and no delay at any point
unless the want of provisions made it unavoidable for a few days, and no garrison to remain at only those rude stations which it was principally his business by ranging in the above manner to protect, this or the nature of the services of this tour from the day the 15. August 1781 untill the 15th December same year, Remaining at home under the permission aforesaid and awaiting for the orders of his captain, and engaged in no civil pursuit or 
employment, untill the first of March 1782. The news of Indian hostilities alarmed the citizens of the Frontier or rather the stations he was again called into service by Captain Joseph Nail, Capt. Doss having died in the meantime, 
and continued in this service on this tour
performing the same services & duties as mentioned in the last tour untill the first of October ensuring when the Indians as was supposed having gone to a distance, we were ordered by the commanding officer to remain at the different station on the line and recruit our horses, It was during this last period of time that the engagement mentioned in
the original declaration took place as then related this applicant remained at Waltens Station about seventy miles from his home, at which place he staid as much as six weeks, when he was permitted to return home, where he remained not more than ten days before Capt. Nail ordered him with others
immediately back to Waltens Station, where he arrived
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as early as the 1st December 1782. From which place and at which last mentioned date under the same Captain Nail he recommenced his former route and service as before described, and continued therein as much as eighteen months from the said 1st Decr 1782 in
addition to his previous terms of service, during which time he lost his horse and was delayed about a week in procuring another, The winters then being milder there in this latitude afforded, no obstacles to this service,
It was also during this latter period that the
treaty was made with the Creek Indians at a
place called Shoulderbone on the Ocona River
Genl. Hawkins, who resided in Augusta in Georgia was a commissioner on the part of the government but whether there were more   commissions he cannot now remember, as soon as the treaty ended he was discharged but as he states he rec'd no written discharge, from Waltens Station, the place to which he was marched and at which he was discharged, he returned home where he arrived in May 1784. since which time his life has been passed as stated in his original declaration, He further states that he is acquainted in his present neighbourhood with Elijah Spiller, a minister of the Gospel, with Philip Russel, Conrad Will, George Creath, Nelson McDowell, who can if present testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution in the manner before stated. He further states that he did not know
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at the time of making his former declaration
that that minuteness of detail was required as
needs to be by the latter part of Note (e) in the printed instructions herewith returned, and therefore did not set it out, and he was not advised it was so material, but he states that the most of those particulars now set forth were stated to the court then though not embodied in the Declaration, He will now take occasion to state that he was promised two hundred acres of land by the government of
Georgia which he never rec'd
Joshua Tiner
Sworn to and subscribed this 
day & year aforesaid
We Elijah Spiller a Clergyman residing
in Jackson County Illinois and George Creath
residing in the same hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Joshua Tyner who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be now sixty six 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day   Elijah Spiller
and year aforesaid                        Georg Creath
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named
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applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elijah Spiller who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Jackson, and that George Creath who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Jackson and is a creditable person and that this statement is entitled to credit
I Joel Manning Clerk of the circuit Court of Jackson County do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application
of Joshua Tyner for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal of
office this 23rd day of October 1833.
Joel Manning Clerk
[Seal is affixed to left of signature]
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November 6, 1936.

Mrs. Nannie G. Parks                BA-J/ILL
Marion Carnegie Library           Joshua Tiner
Marion, Illinois.                         S. 32561

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joshua Tyner, who served from Georgia
and died in Illinois.
The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 32561, based upon service of Joshua Tiner in the Revolutionary War.
Joshua Tiner was born July 21, 1767, in Wilkes County, Georgia, where his father was living during the latter part of the Revolutionary War; the names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, Joshua Tiner enlisted and served as spy and private, ranging the frontier against the hostile Indians, on tours shown as follow: from August 15, 1781, four months in Captain Joel Doss' company, Colonel James Little's regiment; from about March 1, 1782, seven months in Captain Joseph Nail's company; and from December 1, 1782, ten months and fifteen days in Captain Joseph Nail's company. He was in one engagement with the Indians in which both Indians and the settlers were killed.
He returned to his father's house in Wilkes County, Georgia, in May 1784, where he resided until 1806, when he moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee, thence in 1817 or 1818, to Illinois Territory, in
the vicinity of Franklin and Jackson Counties.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Franklin County, Illinois. His name was borne Joshua Tyner on the pension rolls; he signed Joshua Tiner.
In 1833, the soldier resided very near the line between
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Jackson and Franklin Counties, Illinois, he referred then to "his family" but gave no names, and no reference was made to his marriage. He was referred to as Joshua Tiner, Senior, in 1832.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.



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[Left Side}
32561
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32,561
,Joshua Tyner
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th  32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 427
[Arrangement of 1870]

[Right Side]
1921 June 30. Hist. to R.E. Tyner   AW
1936-Nov. 6 - Hist. to Mrs Nannie G. Parks I.L.L.
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In reply, refer to initials and number
in upper left-hand corner.
Department of Justice,
Office of the Soliciter of the Treasury,
Washington, D. C.
June 28, 1921.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
It appears from records of your office that one Joshua Tyner a private of the Georgia Continental Army, was pensioned from
Illinois, being placed on the rolls March 28, 1833, pension beginning March 4, 1831.
I will thank you to send me at the earliest date practicable a full and complete official record of this said Joshua Tyner.
Very respectfully,
R.E. Tyner
c/o Solicitor of the Treasury.
7 - 045
SPECIAL
6-2350
Record 

Stamped OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS JUN 30 1921
Stamped CHIEF'S DESK RECORD DIVISION U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS JUN 30 1921
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Marion Carnege Library
Marias, Illinois
October 15, 1936.
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.
Gentleman:
Please send data on Joshua Tyner, who received a pension for his service with the Georgia troops as a private and Indian spy-guarding the frontier. He was son of a Cherokee Indian and Eliza Jane Tyner. His wife was Winifred Teasley. He later came into middle Tenn. and died in Franklin or Williamson Co. Illinois.
he was born about 1769 and died 1838.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Truly yours
(Mrs) Nannie G. Parks
Librarian.
Stamped REC'D 11:45 OCT 17 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER # 4
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Equality Ill.
March 8, 1834.
Dr. Sir
Accompanying this are the papers returned in
the case of the application of Joshua Tyner
I hope they will prove satisfactory, if the
Certificate is made out enclose to me at
Equality Gallatin County Ill.
Respectfully
Your Obt
Wm J. Gatewood

J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
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Rev. War Section.                                        AW

June 30, 1921.

Mr. R. E. Tyner,
C/o Solicitor of the Treasury,
Department of Justice,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
In response to your letter of the twenty-eighth instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 32,561, it appears that Joshua Tiner, whose name was also spelled Tinor and Tyner, was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, July 21, 1767, and while living in that county, enlisted and served in the Georgia Troops, as Private and Indian Spy, for the purpose of guarding the frontiers, as follows;
For four months, from August 15, 1781, under Captain Joel Doss and Colonel James Little.
For seven months, from March 1, 1782, under Captain Joseph Nail.
For ten months and fifteen days, from December 1, 1782, under Captain Joseph Nail.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, while living in Franklin County, Illinois. He referred to his family, but did not state their names or relationship
.
Very respectfully,
H. M. Vandervort
Acting Commissioner.