Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], James Dysart, [BLANK]
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
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Dysart, James

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Disability no papers
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August 16th, 1932
 BA-J/AWF
 James Dysart

 Mrs John D Freeman
 1806 Sherrod Avenue
 Nashville, Tennessee.

 Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to James Dysart, a captain in the War of the Revolution.
 It is shown from the records of this office that James Dysart served as Captain in the War of the Revolution and was pensioned from December 18th, 1806, at the rate of $120 per annum, on account of disability incurred while in the service.
 He was placed on the Rockcastle county, Kentucky pension roll.
There are no further data pertaining to the service of this Soldier and no data as to his family due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when The War office was burned in 1814.
Very truly yours
A D Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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MRS. JOHN FREEMAN  1806 ASHWOOD AVENUE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

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RECEIVED FEB 18 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM READER #17

FEb 16, 1938

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir
Can you give me the names of the children of Col. James Dysart, who served in the Revolution, and died in Rock Castle County, Kentucky, in 1818.
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I shall appreciate this information, if it is available.
Sincerely, 
Mrs. John D. Freeman
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H. M. ADDINGTON, NOTARY
R. 1, WAYSIDE MEADOW FARM
NICKELSVILLE, VIRGINIA
Aug 18, 1930

The  Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir, 
Please give me a report on the life and services of Capt. James Dysart in the Rev. War.

Very truly with regards
Hugh M Addington

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PENSION OFFICE U S
AUG 20 1930
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1000 South Noland Blvd.
Independence Mo.
June 12 1928
Pension Dept of U S A
Washington, D.C.

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PENSION OFFICE U S
JUN 15 1928

Gentlemen
Will you please send me the family record of James Dysart B-1744 -D-1818- served as a Capt of Va. riflemen & was wounded at battle of King’s Mountain in 1780. In 1806 placed on the invalid pension roll of Rock Castle Co Ken. Wife Agnes Beattie. Did he have a son James?
Can you give the family record of Joseph Gwyn - His name appears on the company pay roll for April 1777 & on the company muster roll for March, 1778 & reported discharged
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in March; exact date not known.
I thank you for any information you can give me on these two men. I want it for my D.A.R. line.
Very respectfully, 
Callie Mitchell Jones Dar Sec
(Mrs Llewellyn Jones)
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 JOHN D. FREEMAN
1806 ASHWOOD AVENUE
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
May 8, 1938

Veteran’s Adminstration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen
On March 19, I wrote you asking for pension statements of some Revolutionary soldiers, but since no reply has come to that letter, I presume it miscarried. So I am writing you again, as I am eager to get the information.
If you have a record of the following Revolutionary soldiers, will you kindly send it to me
(1)Thomas Barton, of Virginia military service, who settled after the Revolution on Tiger River, near Greenville, S.C.
(2)Willoughby Barton of Georgia.
(3)David Barton,of Virginia military service, who settled after the Revolution near Greenville, S.C. Wife was Nancy Barrett.
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(4)William Jones of Halifax County, Virginia. He died in Halifax, Va. about 1830, following which his wife, Patsy Brown Jones, moved to Tennessee where she died about 1860-1865.
(5) James Dysart of Muhlenberg county, N.C. who was killed on the Catawba River Feb 1, 1781. Later his widow moved to Burke County, N.C. and died there betweem 1800 and 1810.
(6) John LeGrand who lived in Halifax County, Va in 1784; his widow Elizabeth Chandler and several children survived him.

I shall so much appreciate any information you may be abl to send me.
Sincerely, 
Mrs. John D Freeman

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RECEIVED MAY 10 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM READER #37
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Nashville, Tennessee
July 26, 1932

Veteran’s Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension papers of Capt. James Dysart who served with the Virginia forces during the Revolutionary War, and was living in Rock Castle, Co., Kentucky when granted a sick pension Dec 18, 1806. I am anxious to get [the] possible information as to his family, init. dates, etc.
I shall greatly appreciate you  attending to the matter for me.
Resp’t
Mrs. John D. Freeman

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RECEIVED JUL 28 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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March 8, 1938

 James Dysart
Dis. Rev. War
 BA-J/AWF


 Mrs John D Freeman
 1806 Ashwood Avenue
 Nashville, Tennessee.

 Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to “Col.” James Dysart, War of the Revolution, and died in Rock Castle, Kentucky, in 1818.

The records of this office show that James Dysart served as Captain in the War of the Revolution and was pensioned from December 18th, 1806, at the rate of $120 per annum, on account of disability incurred while in the service.

 He was placed on the Rockcastle county, Kentucky pension roll.
There are no further data pertaining to the service of this Soldier and no data as to his family due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when The War office was burned.

Very truly yours
A D Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/ILL

September 6, 1930

Mr Hugh M. Addington
R. 1, Wayside Meadow Farm
Nickelsville, Virginia

Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the records of this office that James Dysart served as Captain in the Revolutionary War and was pensioned from December 18th, 1806, at the rate of $120 per annum, on account of disability incurred while in the service.  He was placed on the Rockcastle county, Kentucky pension roll.
There are no further data pertaining to his services and no data as to his family due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when The War office was burned in 1814.
Very truly yours
E W Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel

February 13, 1929

Mrs Llewellyn Jones
1000 South Noland Blvd.
Independence Mo.

Madam:
I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that James Dysart served as Captain in the Revolutionary War and was pensioned from December 18th, 1806, at the rate of $120 per annum, on account of disability incurred while in the service.  He was placed on the Rockcastle county, Kentucky pension roll.
There are no further data pertaining to his services and no data as to his family due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when The War office was burned in 1814.

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
From 183 [5? soldier lived in] Rock Castle Co. Ky
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May 13, 1938

 William Jones
R. 5724
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 Mrs John D Freeman
 1806 Ashwood Avenue
 Nashville, Tennessee.

 Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request 
the Revolutionary War records of David Barton of Virginia, later lived in South Carolina, Thomas Barton of Virginia, later lived in South Carolina, Willoughby Barton of Georgia, James Dysart of Muhlenberg County, North Carolina, William Jones of Halifax county, Virginia, whose widow, Patsey Jones, lived in Tennessee, and John Le Grand of Halifax county, Virginia.
 The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claims for pension found based on the service of David, Thomas, or Willoughby Barton, or of John Le Grand.
 You were furnished, March 8th, 1938, the record of the only James Dysart, found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 
You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War record of William Jones of Halifax county, Virginia, as found in the papers on file in claim for pension, R. 5724.
 The date and place of birth of William Jones were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
 William Jones married October 9th, 1776 in Halifax
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County, Virginia; Martha, her maiden name was not given, nor was it stated when and where she was born.
 William Jones died November 12th, 1828 in Halifax County, Virginia, and his widow, Martha Jones, moved to Carroll County, Tennessee.
 She applied for a pension, July 25, 1843, then aged eighty seven years and living in Carroll County, Tennessee. She alleged that her husband, William Jones, volunteered in 1776 or 1777, served in Captain Paul Wadlington's Virginia company, that he volunteered, again, marched to the south, was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, and was in service at the time of the battle of Eutaw Springs, but not in that battle.
 The claim for pension was not allowed, as proof of service, as required by the pension law, was not furnished.
 The widow, Martha Jones, died in Carroll County, Tennessee, August 18th, 1843.
 They reared a family of eleven children. the following children survived their mother, Martha Jones:
 Mary, widow of John Chism
Elizabeth Jones
 Jane Jones
 Temperance, wife of Lemuel Brown
Sarah, wife of Royal Wyatt
 William R Jones, aged 42 years in 1844.
 Names of other children were not designated.
 Very truly yours
 A D Hiller
 Executive Assistant
 to the Administrator
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June 22, 1934
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 Joseph Dobson-W.19187
 James Dysart-Dis Rev War
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 Letter in [drawn arrow pointing to Dobson’s #]

 Mrs Nobel Shumate
 1381 Eighth Avenue
 Hickory, North Carolina

 Dear Madam:
As requested by your brother, Mr Erskine C Dysart, you are furnished herein the Revolutionary War records of Joseph Dobson of North Carolina and James Dysart of Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
 The data which follow were obtained from the claims for pension, as shown by the records of this office. 

 Joseph Dobson-W.19187

Joseph Dobson was born June 4th, 1756, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.

 He volunteered in Rowan (later Burke) County, North Carolina, or in Lincoln County, North Carolina, in March, 1776, served four months as a private in Captain John Hardin’s company, Colonel Beakman or Bateman's North Carolina regiment and went on an expedition against the Scotch Tories. He volunteered in September, 1776, served as a private in Captain Joseph McDowell's company, Colonel Frank Locke’s North Carolina regiment, was transferred to Captain Thomas Lytle's company of spies, and was in several skirmishes with the Indians, length of this service three months. He enlisted in 1778, served as a private in Captain Thomas Donaho’s company, Colonel Archibald Lytle’s North Carolina regiment, was in the battles of Brier Creek and Stono, a part of this time, served under Colonel Thackston, length of this service eighteen months. He enlisted in March, 1780,
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served as a private in Captain Joseph McDowell's Company of Horse, was in the Battle of Ramsour’s Hill, where he was slightly wounded in the hip and in the right kneecap; his brother, John Dobson, was a captain in this tour and was killed at the Battle of Ramsour’s Hill, on this tour, Joseph Dobson was also in skirmishes at Cane Creek and Muddy Fork, both of which were in August, 1780, and in the Battle of King’s Mountain, where again wounded by a ball which passed through his right arm near the elbow and by another ball, which struck him in the left side, passed around his body and lodged in his right shoulder, length of this service about nine months. Joseph Dobson was later elected captain of a company of Light Horse and served from August, 1781, at various times on short tours at the forts and on scouting parties under Major Joseph McDowell and General Charles McDowell, until the close of the war.
 The soldier, Joseph Dobson, was allowed pension on his application executed, October 22, 1832, then a resident of Burke county, North Carolina. He died November 21, 1836.
 Joseph Dobson married March 18th, 1779, Mary McKay, who was born December 10th, 1756, place not shown, nor are the names of her parents given. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1844, then residing in McDowell County, North Carolina. She died December 31, 1845.

The children of Joseph Dobson and his wife, Mary - 
 Nancy born March 9, 1780
 Rebecca born April 16, 1782
 Catharine born April 28, 1784
 Ann born May 19, 1786
 Joseph, Jr. born April 17,1788
 John born July 15, 1790
Alexander born March 5, 1793
Polly born April 19, 1795
 Washington born December 26, 1797 died January 12, 1810
 Jefferson born November 23, 1801, died November 29th, 1801
 Their son, Alexander Dobson, in 1844 was a resident of McDowell County, North Carolina. 
 There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of Joseph Dobson.
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James Dysart-Dis Rev War

The date and place of birth of James Dysart are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.

 James Dysart served as Captain in the war of the Revolution and was pensioned from December, 1806, at the rate of $120 per annum, on account of disability incurred while in the service.

 His name was placed on the Rockcastle County Kentucky pension roll.

 There are no further data pertaining to the service of this soldier and no data as to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when The War office was burne.


 Very truly yours,
A D Hiller
 Assistant to Administrator


See request by Erskine C Dysart
in Rev War pen claim Joseph Dobson
 W. 19187. these records to be sent
to his sister

Mrs Nobel Shumate
 Hickory, N C