Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39267, James Byrnes, Md. Penn.
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(3‒1776)

SERVICE
Md, Penn

Byrnes, James

NUMBER 
S 39267

CONTENTS
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Virginia
17,783
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James Byrnes 
of Ohio Co. in the state of Virginia
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Cols Bulles & Moylan of the Pennsylv'a
line for the term of 3 years. War
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Inscribed on the roll of Virginia,
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on
the 4. of May, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of Sept 18[??]
and sent to John Connell, a[gent]
Wellsburg, Brooke Co., Va
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1820 $224.[??]
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1821 $48.[??]
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$272.2[?]
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27 mos $28
& 4/30 $31
[faded] 79
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818 .}

[left side]
Con'd Dec 4 1821 and sent to John Connell, Wellsburg, VA
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James Byrnes
Ohio County, Virg
Col. Moylan, Penn & Regt

"Mr. James Byrnes
Wellsburg, Virginia"

It is necessary that the applicant state the date of his enlistment in the Pennsylvania line, as it will be an amount of that service that his claim will be admitted.  But the date is required
20 June 1820

John Connell, Agent
Wellsburg, Va
rec'd 1/14 Sep. 1820

found, after the endorsement on the other side, the name of this applicant on the roll of the Pennsylvania line.
Admitted
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James Byrnes
Ohio County, Va
Original declaration

4th May 1818
Col. Moylan's drag 1777 - 3 years
Not found on the rolls.
The testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, certified as such, by the judge, proving 9 months service, in continuance, on Cont. Est. designating the Col. name, regiment, and line in which he served.
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District of Virginia } ss
On this 5th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open 
Court being a court of record for the said district in the County of Ohio, James Byrnes 
resident in the County of Ohio, in said district, who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: in 
Col. Mordaici Gists Regiment and in Capt. John Smiths compay [company] of foot as a private & promoted to Sergt. in the Maryland 
line for the term of three years, after the winter of the year 1777, the time of his first 
enlistment - that afterwards he served as a private to the and of the war in Capt. John 
Heards 
company of Infantry, attached to Col. Mailens light dragoons of the Penna line and was discharged 
by Col. Richard Butler, and Genl. Lincon at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania. And I do solomnly 
swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and 
that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, 
or any part thereof, with intent thereby to dimish [diminish] it, as to bring myself within the provisions 
of an act of congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war,” passed the 18th day of March 1818, 
and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts 
or debts due to me; nor have I any income or property of any kind except my 
wearing appearl [apparel]. That his occupation, when able to pursue it, was that of a Gardner, but from age, and incapability (owing to a wound in my right leg) is 
totally incapable of following the same; that he has no family at present living with him, his 
wife being dead and five children supporting themselves, and that at present he 
lives on the bounty of one of his granddaughters and her husband, who is a poor country 
Shoemaker and has no real estate. That he is at present Sixty five years past. 
Sworn to and Declared by the above named James Byrnes on the 5th 
day of June 1820 before the Court 
James Byrnes
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I William Chapline Jr Clerk of the County of Ohio in the State of Virginia do 
hereby certify that the foregoing oath (there being no schedule the Declarant having no 
property) is truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify 
that it is the opinion of the said Court that the aforenamed James Byrnes has no 
property either real or personal, except his wearing appearl [apparel] and has been in the said 
circumstances since the 4th day of May 1818 & continues so to the 
present date In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the 
Seal of the said Court on this 5th day of June 1820 
Wm Chapline Jr. C. O. C. 

State of Virginia 
County of Brooke  } ss.
On this 28th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open 
Court for the said County and State, being a court of record by the laws of the State 
of Virginia, James Byrnes above named, who being first duly sworn according 
to law, deposes and says that he enlisted with Captain John Herd in the town 
of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania to serve in the Infantry attached to 
Col. Stephen Moylands light Dragoons in the year one thousand seven hundred 
and Eighty two late in the Spring of that year, but now owing to the frailty of 
old age, the said declarant is unable to recollect in what month of said year he 
So enlisted.
I John Connell Clerk of the aforesaid County of Brooke do certify that James Byrnes above named took the oath last [?] 
in open Court, at August Term 1820. 
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court this 28th 
day of August 1820. 
John Connell, C.B.C
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State of Virginia 
County of Ohio  } ss.
James Byrne of the County of Brooke in the State 
aforesaid, Gardner [gardener] before the Court of Ohio County 
(being a court of Record) at May term in the year Eighteen hundred and 
Eighteen, upon oath makes the following declaration: 

That the said James Byrnes early in the winter (the month not recollected) 
of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven 
enlisted as a private for the term of three years in Captain John Smiths company of foot in Col. Mordice Gist Regiment in the Maryland line; that whilst in said 
service said declarant was in the battle of Camden in South Carolina, at which 
battle his captain was taken prisoner, and said declarant at the expiration of 
his enlistment was honorably discharged by Major Archibald Anderson of the 
Third Maryland Regiment 

That said declarant after having performed the aforesaid service 
he enlisted as a private in the service of the United States with Capt. John Heard 
of the Infantry in the Pennsylvania line to serve to the end of the war 
and was attached to Col. Moilens light Dragoons. That said declarant faithfully 
served the whole of the last mentioned term, 
and was at the end of the war 
honorably discharged by Col. Richard Butler in the Town of Lancaster in the 
State of Pennsylvania said discharge being countersigned by Maj. General Lincoln. 

That the said declarant received written certificates of his Discharge, and that he has lost the same by time and accident. 

That the declarant is Sixty three years of age and having been wounded 
at the Battle of Camden [?] and is now infirm; and from his reduced circumstances in life is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his 
claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States. 
James Byrnes
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Virginia Ohio County Sct
At a Court held for the County aforesaid on 
the 4th day of May 1818 James Byrns [James Byrnes] came into 
Court and subscribed and made oath to his written 
declaration and affidavit by him made, and it 
appearing to the Court from evidence adduced 
that the aforesaid James Byrns served for the 
term of more than nine months at one 
period of the war of the Revolution on the continental 
establishment against the common enemy, it is 
hereby ordered that the testimony in the case and 
the proceedings had thereon be certified to the 
Secretary of the department of war 

In testimony whereof I William Chapline Jr. 
Clerk of the County aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of my office this 4th day of May 1818 and in the 43rd year of  the Commonwealth 
Wm Chapline J. COC
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Fayette County ⎬ ss
Pensylvania }
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a a Justice of the peace in and for said County 
John Jacob Bough and after being sworn according to law
deposeth and saith that James Burns [James Byrnes] was a soldier in 
the army of the United States in the time of the revolution and that he this deponant knew him as 
Such in Lancaster Pennsylvania and that he was 
to the best of his knowled[ge] in the Infantry atached [attached] 
to Colo. Mylons Dragons [Dragoons] and that he remained 
in the army to the end of the war And further saith not 
John J. Bugh[?]

13th June 1815 Sworn & Subscribed before me.
Thos Williams 

Fayette County in the 
State of Runsylvania } ss
I Richard William Lane, 
Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
Pleas in and for said County do hereby 
Certify that the above named Thomas Williams 
is and was at the time of Signing aforesaid 
a Justice of the Peace in for Said County, 
duly commissioned and qualified to all whose 
Official Acts as such full faith and credit 
are due and ought to be given 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County the fourteenth day of June Anno Domini 1815 Richard William Lane 
Prot
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Of James Burnes, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find 39,267  below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension in file in the Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
Winter 1777 3 yrs Pri Sergt John Smith Mordecai Gist 3 (?) Md.
After above 1782 Pri John Heard Moylan Pa
dis end of war 4 cont Drag.
Lancaster Pa.
Battles engaged in, Camden.
Residence of soldier at enlistment ,
Date of application for pension, May 4, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Brooke, Ohio Co,, Va.
Age at date of application, 63
Remarks: birth & death nor stated
1820 wife-dead 5 ch. supporting themselves-
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Va 
488 
James Byrnes 
Schedule 
Recd 26 Nov. 1821. 

March 1821
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At a Court held for Brooke County, at the Court house 
thereof on Monday the 29th day of October 1821 

District of Virginia ss
County of Brooke  }
On this 29th day of October in the 
year Eighteen hundred and twenty 
one, personally appeared in open 
Court, being a court of record for the said county by the 
laws of the State of Virginia, James Byrnes, aged sixty six 
years resident in said County, in said district, who being 
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declares 
that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, that he 
enlisted with Captain John Herd in the town of Lancaster 
in the State of Pennsylvania to serve in the Infantry attached 
to Col. Stephen Moylands light Dragoons, in the year one thousand 
seven hundred and Eighty two, late in the spring of that 
year, but now owing to the frailty of old age, said Declarant 
is unable to recollect in what month of said year he so enlisted 
that he served to the end of the war, and was discharged in 
Lancaster aforesaid by Col. Richard Butler. 

Original Declaration dated May 4th 1818 Pension certificate No 
17783. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of 
the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not 
since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my 
property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish 
it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress 
entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary 
War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any 
property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor 
I any income other than what is contained in the 
schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
Namely, I have no property real or personal, except 
one suit of coarse wearing apparel. 
James Byrnes 

Sworn to and subscribed on the 29th day of October 1821 Before the court aforesaid.
Test John Connell, C, B.C
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Brooke County ss
Virginia }
I John Connell Clerk of the 
Court of Brooke County in the 
State of Virginia, Do hereby 
Certify that the foregoing oath & 
the Schedule thereto annexed, are 
truly copied from the Record of 
the said Court; & I do further 
Certify, that it is the opinion of the 
said Court that the total amount 
in value of the property exhibited in 
the aforesaid Schedule is No Dollars & cents 
“And I the said John Connell do further certify that 
James Byrnes, the declarant above named appeared 
before the Court aforesaid on the 28th day of August 
1820 & made a declaration in substance to the foregoing and that about one half of it is on record 
of that day, but by accident of one of the Clerks 
employed in my office, the said record was not 
completed & the original is lost or mislaid, & 
cannot be found. The said Declarant being a 
very poor man, & having complied with the 
requisitions of the law of the 1st May 1820, It is 
respectfully suggested that he be continued on 
the pension roll as though his declaration was dated the 28th day of August 1820”

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court 
this 29th day of October 1821 
John Connell, C.B.C.
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39267 
INVALID. 
Revy
File No. 39,267 
James Byrnes 
Pri Rev War 
Act: 18th March 18 
Index: -- Vol. 3 Page 71 
(Arrangement of 1870.) 
Oct. 12, 1905 History to 
Mrs. Annie Forrest, Eldon, Ia c
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Eldon Iowa Sep. 30, 1905 
V. W. Warner Commissioner 
Sir Your letter of the 28[?] of September is at hand I dont know the names of James Burnse's officers he may have had different officers during the time he served  his wifes name was Margaret Burns She was a native of Ireland and a member of a royal family, was disinherited by her family on account
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of her marriage with my Great Grand Father James Burns they saild for America Soon after. she only lived a few years he never married again. the place of his residence at time of enlistment was Wellsburg West Va or mear there. was also the place of his death I believe. I dont know the date of his birth or death that is what I wanted to know I am a widow of a soldier of 61 am a Pensioner
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and know that records of this kind are kept by the Pension Bureau I am not looking for a fortune out of this I have two daugters who want to become Members of the D A R and in order to do so have to know all  this Yours Respectffy 
Mrs Annie Forrest 
Eldoun 
Wapell County 
Iowa