Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3111, John Bynum, Ga.
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Service      Number
Ga.   Bynum, John        S.3111
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Contents
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13988
West Tennessee
John Bynum
date 7 June 1841  [Underlines]
HL Turney
of Rather for the State of Tennessee 
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Nail of the regional commanded
by Col Coleman on the Georgia
line for for 5 months private
y-u- Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July
1833 and sent to Wm
Brady [?Murpreesborough or Murfreesborough, Illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of, March 103 32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 25 83
                                                    $129.15

{Revolutionary Claim,}
Act  June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol.7  Page 72
( Either hand stamped or round water stains on right side of paper)
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th
June 1832
State of Tennessee
Rutherford County ⎬
County Court August Term 1832
On this 20th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court,
before Henry Trott(?) ? ? ? now ? John Benjamin(?) aged seventy five resident of said County, 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 7th June 1832-
That in the County of Wilkes State of Georgia and he thinks it was on
the 2nd day of July 1777, he volunteered to the service of the United States
under Capt Joseph Nail, and Lee Henry Manader, Col John
Coleman and Maj. William Pullman. His service was to protect the
frontiers from the incursions of the Cherokee and other Indians
He was marched to near the month of Broad River to Georgia, near
Petersburg, and then Fort was erected called the Log fort-There was a fort apports(?) where Petersburg now stands, called Fort James
built by the British before the war or the ? while under British Gov. He was stationed at this place
two months, until the whole command became sick, and were dispersed into other forts in South Carolina, and Georgia, it health
was restored, when the Col. collected again the Troops, that were disbanded, and a company from the lower part of Wilkes County
commanded by Capt Novington, and we rendezvoused on Broad River ? ? above Petersburg, and then erected a Fort
Then was another fort created above, fourteen miles know by the
name of Nails Fort about the same time. He cannot recollect
the precise time that he was in service this second tour of July
1779 to the County of Wilkes he again joined Capt Joseph Nail as a
volunteer, and his Lieutenant Henry Manadin took command of the
Company, It is at this time the Indians, committed some ?
and killed one John Barnett and others, and took - Mrs Nibb and another
woman and some children prisoners, This took place the last of June or
about the 1st July 1779. The company was on duty in pursuit of
Indians for two months under the command of Lieu Manadier, when Lewis Davis and Lieu Howard Chesley Davis, took the command
the company at Hovington, afterwards called Slench(?) fort and
continued in the service aforesaid until the 27th March 1780-
when he was discharged - Col John Coleman died before the
expiration of his service and Col John Dooley took the command
having under him Maj Elijah Clark. He recollects, that while in service - Capt Stewart, belong by to the Militia(?) was on duty at the sametime
and place. He never was in any battle or skirmish, while in service, but he was in frequent pursuit of the Indians, and twice in pursuit of the Jones(?). He knows that he was in service eleven or twelve months, but part of the time he cannot specify, which would make, he thinks the whole term 14 and 5
when Capt Davis took the command of the Company, which he thinks was in
September 1779, he was appointed an orderly Sargeant, and
continued
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to act in that capacity about seven months, and until he was discharged. He recvd his discharge at Stewart or Hovington Fort on the 27th day of March 1780, for all the service he had performed, under Capt Nail in 1777,
and under Lieutenent Marsden and Capt Davis 1779, from Col Dooley and Capt Davis - and from this place in the same year he moved unto North Carolina Chatham County,  -- He has lost his discharge, and has no evidence {evidentory] in his possession by which he can prove his aforesaid service and he knows of
but one person, if he is now living by whom he can prove the said service, and that person lives to the State of Alabama, and when he
last heard from him he was alive, -- tho he is an old man about the age or older than himself.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declaring that his name is not on the pension
roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Bynum
J R Laughlin, Clk

We Calvin Curlie a Clergyman in the neghbourhood and John Wright, resident in the same, hereby certify, that we will acquainted with John Binum who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J R Laughlin, Clk
Calvin Curlie
John Wright
Interrogatories
Question 1st Where and in what year were you born? 
Answer - I was born North Carolina, Chatham County, he does not know what year he was born, but his parents told him he was 19 yrs of age when Independence was declared
Question 2nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer -  I have no record of my age
Question 3rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer - In the State of Georgia Wilkes County, from Wilkes he went to Chatham County, then in to South Carolina, and
then to Tennessee-
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Question 4th How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom?
Answer - He volunteered
Question 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia 
Regiments as you can recollect, and the general [country] of your service?
Answer - Col John Coleman, William Pullan Major, Capt Joseph Nail - Col John Dooley and
Maj Clark - There was no other Troops then than those named - The duty performed was to guard the frontier from the Indians - and I was marched to different points, and he aided in building a fort on broad river near the mouth - 
He was a volunteer and was under Capt Davis six months, and two months under Marsden, 
at the same place - and at Hovingtons or Stewarts Fort 
Question 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it
Answer - He received a discharge from Col Dooley and Capt Davis which is lost
Question 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer -  William Whitemore, Moses H Grescrek, Baxter B Dickens, Fielding Holt, Hoytt Robison, William Holt, David Patton, Young Whitfeld, James Porter, John Wright, Jessey Gilley, Jessee Storell and Barton L McFerrin
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the above applicant was a soldier of the revolution
and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Calvin Curlie who has subscribed his name to the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman, and that John Wright who has signed the same both reside in the neighborhood of the applicant, and that they are persons of respectability and that their statements are entitled to credit
J A Lott
J C Mitchell
V.D. Cowan
I John R Laughlin Clerk of said Court do hereby
certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Binum for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and seal of
Office at Murfreesboro this 23rd
day of August 1832
John R. Laughlin, Clk
7283.
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State of Tennessee }
Rutherford County }
Circuit Court April
Session, 1833
Personally appeared in open Court before the Honbl  James C Mitchell Judge of said Court  John Bynum 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 mentioned below, and in the following grades - For two months as a
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private -- For two months and fifteen days in his second tour as private. I served as a private eight months under Joseph Neil and Henry Neil and Henry Marideer - Affiant was for seven months of the above period - orderly Sergeant, and was acting in that capacity when he was discharged -
And for such service I claim a pension
Sworn to and subscribed
this 10th day of April 1833
Wm Ledbetter Clk.                    John Bynum
Rutherford Circuit Court
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State of Tennessee }
Rutherford County }
I William Ledbetter, Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county, do certify that the foregoing contains the declaration and amended declaration of John Bynum, made under the act of Congress of June 7th 1833, to obtain a Pension - and that the amended declaration was sworn to in open Court by the said John Bynum on this day
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the seal
of said Court, at office, the 10th day of
April A.D. 1833
Wm Ledbetter, 
Clerk
[Seal affixed to left of signature]
John Bynum
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7283
John Bynum
from 1777 private
and Sergeant
1 year.
Pr. 5 months       16.66
Sergt 7   "            35.--
              5           $51.66/100
P.WG
6
11 March 1833
Wm Brady
Murfreesboro
Tenn
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7283
BRIEF in the case of John Bynum
County of Rutherford in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity
3. How old is he? 75
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
Vol. In 1777 2nd July
Vol. 1779 July
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
not stated
    -          7          -
"he knows that he was in
service 11 or 12 months
but part of the time he
cannot specify."
Rank.
private
orderly sergeant
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt J. Nail, Col. J. Coleman.
same officers & Capt. Davis.
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wilkes Cty G'ia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I certify that that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
T. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL
June 27, 1930
Mr. Curtis Bynum
Macon Avenue
Asheville, North Carolina
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 3111, it appears that John Bynum was born in 1757, in Chatham County, North Carolina,
While living in Wilkes County, Georgia, he enlisted April 2, 1779, served several tours amounting to at least twelve months in all, five months as a private and seven months as an orderly sergeant under Lieutenant Manaden
(name not plainly written), Captains Nail and Davis and Colonels John Coleman and John Dooley in the Georgia Troops and was discharged March 27, 1780.
He moved to Chatham County, North Carolina, thence to South Carolina, and thence to Tennessee,
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, at which time he was residing in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
His widow, Betty Sear Bynum, is referred to. There are no further particulars in regard to her and no data in regard to children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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John Bynum

[Wording in lower right corner accidentally coped from another image.]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Bynum which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? --
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? --
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? --
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? --
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, "by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. 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 mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Murfreesboro Tenn
May 25, 1841
Hon James L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Sir
I transmit herewith to your Department the papers of Mrs  Bynum exhibiting her claims to a pension under the act of 1836.
The time of her marriage being so remote, the positive proof of the fact cannot be made; such circumstantial evidence as she could procure is herewith sent. She can offer abundance of
evidence of the same kind. It is likely something in relation to the fact of marriage will be found in the papers of John Bynum filed in your office on the occasion of his application for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832
I have the honor
to be Sir
Yr.Obt.Sert.
H. Yoakum
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70
Pen. Office
June 7, 1841
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs Betty Sear Bynum widow of John Bynum, decd. have been
examined and they are herewith returned to you in order that the official character and signature of the Clerk of the court of the
County before whom the testimony was made, may be certified by a member of Congress as required in note j. in the enclosed printed sheet. The proof of the period of the marriage
is not sufficient. If there be a family record of the births of the children it should be exhibited. If there be none the period of the marriage should be proved by witness from
personal knowledge.  Upon referring to her husbands papers under Act 7 June 1832, no evidence is found relative to his marriage nor was his service proved except by traditionary
evidence.  By the present regulations, when claims are made by widows for pensions
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direct proof of the service is required.
In the case of Mrs Bynum the testimony of
witnesses should therefore be produced
who had a personal knowledge of her
husbands service.

Hon. H. L. Turney
June 7th 1841
O.C.

O.C.
5368
Act '36
Hon. H. L. Turney
H.R.
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[Left Side]
1929. Aug 7 - Landon C. Bell adv. cost 
of photos - MM&F
1929 Sept. 14 Photos mailed to Landon
C. Bell & Fin. Div. ntfd. A.D.Y.
1930 - June 27 - Hist. to Curtis
Bynum - EEL

[Right Side]
Rev War
3111.
INVALID.
File No. 3111
John Bynum
Pvt. Ga. line
Act: June 7th/32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Macon Ave
Asheville NC
Apl 25 1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C
Dear sir:
Can you give me information on the following case:
In Knight's Georgia's Roster of the Revolution is a list of Georgia Revolutionary War pensioners living in other states, among such pensioners is listed one
John Bynum..Tennessee
With this information can this man's application for pension and the other pension papers be found? If so will you be good enough to put this in line for investigation?
Yours very truly
Curtis Bynum (Signature)
Curtis Bynum
[Stamped U. S. PENSION OFFICE O APR 28 1930]
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 35276
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.
September 5, 1929.
Bureau ordering Pension
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 11 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of John Bynum, Georgia Troops, S. 3111
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? _____ days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch
Room No. 5033   Phone No. 541
Approved A.D. Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branchxxxxxxxx
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph       single or double space? 
                         Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph    one side or both sides?
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Folding             once or twice?
Assembling
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Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size
Proof list
Labels (submit sample)
Fill in letters
Cards, size
Pay rolls
Corrections
Tabulation sheets
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                    Repay? yes   $1.65
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                     Repay?         $
Remarks
(OVER)
[Stamped DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR SEP 6 - 1929]
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LANDON C. BELL
COLUMBUS, OHIO
115 E. Rich St.
Earl
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
MMHF
August 28, 1929
Earl V. Church, Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
[Stamped M.O.#562154 - $5.85 BUREAU OF PENSIONS FINANCE DIVISION BOOK KEEPER'S DESK SEP 3 1929]  
Dear Sir:
I enclose to you herewith, pursuant to your
er of August 7th, a money order payable to the
Secretary of the Interior for $5.85 for photostatic copies of original papers on file respecting Revolutionary War pensions as follows:
David Abernathy (S. 1609), North Carolina Troops, 11 pages
Abraham Hanks (R. 4569), Virginia Troops,
12 pages
John Bynum (S.3111), Georgia Troops, 11 pages
Leroy Brizendine (S. 1941), Virginia Troops,
5 pages.
Very truly yours,
Landon C. Bell
LCB.AMN
Enc.
[Stamped U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER AUG 30 1929]
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
MMHF
August 7, 1929.
Landon C. Bell,
115 East Rich Street,
Columbus, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that photostatic copies of original
papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims of David Abernathy (S. 1609), North Carolina Troops, Abraham Hanks (R.4569), Virginia Troops, John Bynum (S.3111), Georgia Troops and Leroy Brizendine (S. 1941), Virginia
Troops, will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied in claim of David Abernathy is eleven, in claim of Abraham Hanks, twelve, in claim of John Bynum, eleven, and in claim of Leroy Brizendine, five.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner.
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[Stamped BUREAU OF PENSIONS REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION JUL 23 1929]
LANDON C. BELL
COLUMBUS, OHIO
[2]15 E. Rich St.
July 20, 1929
Mr. Earl D. Church
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I desire a photostat copy (uncertified) of the
entire pension files in the following cases:
11 p 1. David Abernathy - Giles County, Tenn., placed on Pension Roll Sept. 25, 1833, served
in the Revolution from North Carolina.
12 p 2. Abraham Hanks - Lincoln County, Tenn., placed on Pension Roll May 29, 1833, served in the Revolution in the Virginia Militia.
11 p 3. John Bynum - Rutherford County, Tenn., placed on Pension Roll July 20, 1833, served
in the Revolution in the Georgia line.
  5 p 4. Leroy Brizendine - Sumner County, Tenn., placed on Pension Roll April 16, 1833, served in the Revolution in the Virginia line.
If you will kindly proceed to have these
photostats made and advise me of the cost, I will remit at once by the time the copies are ready.
Very truly yours,
Landon C. Bell
LCB.AMN
  39
  15
 195
39
5.85
[Stamped U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER JUL 22 1929]