Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2189, John Dyer, Mass.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Mass. 
Dyer, John 
NUMBER S.2189 
carded
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Tennessee. 31,556 
John Dyer of Marys in the State of Tennessee who was a [illegible] in the Compy commanded by Captain Alden of the Reg. commanded by --- in the Mass line for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 85 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. ---

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Nov 28. and sat and J. N. Frazee --- Boggs & Roads Ten

Arrears to the 4th of Sep - $639.97
Semi-anl. allowance ending 42.66
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$682.63
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Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. \Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk 
Book E Vol. 7 Page 88 


Letter to Hon J. W. Blackwell 26 Dec 1839 
Do May 16. 1840. & are to par: agt same day 

to East Tennessee from 4 Sept 1839 to June 1840.  Notification to Hon J P.. Blackwell H. R. 

Date of death is not on A.B.
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State of Tennessee Meigs County 
County Court May Session 1836. 

On the third day of May 1838 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court now sitting John Dyer a resident of Meigs County, in the State of Tennessee aged 75 years who being first 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 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated to wit 

That he entered the service of the United States in East Bridgewater Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts. He volunteered under Captain Nathan Alden for the term of three months from the first of December 1776. He was immediately ordered from Plymouth County to Bristol in the State of Rhodisland where he was appointed Drum Mayor to a regiment which was stationed at Bristol but received no commission as he can now recollect of. He does not recollect the names of any of the officers who commanded said regiment except that of Captain Nathan Alden under whom he volunteered. as he was but a youth of fifteen year of age when he volunteered and now is an aged warier whose memory is much defaced by time. He continued at Bristol as principal Drummer to said regiment for two months when he was sent on board an armed vessel which was lying near Bristol ingaged in the American service where he continued a Drummer until the term for which he had volunteered had expired. when he was dismissed from service but were no written discharge. He then returned home to Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts. He having served three months the term for which he had volunteered
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Some time about the first of November 1777 there was a call for men said Dyer volunteered again in East Bridgewater Plymouth County Massachusetts for the term of eight months from the first of November 1777 under Captain Zackariah Walkin and marched imediately to Peekskill in the State of New York where he joined a regiment of United States troops stationed at that place and was shortly afterwards appointed Drum mayor to said regiment.

and Daniel Kinsley was appointed fifer but he received no Commission that he now recollects of. the officers of said regiment were Colonel Baley, and Captain Zachariah Walkins the latter of whom commanded a company, of saingers. he dose not recollect the names of the other officers who commanded in said regiment. he continued in service as Drummer to said regiment stationed at Peekskill as aforesaid for the space of three month. when there was a call for three hundred men and a Drum and fife Major on board a fleete lying in Hudson River. He the said Dyer was sent as a Drummber and Daniel Kinsley as fifer on board the fleet where they served as musitions for six weeks after which he and the this who went on board with him were set on shore and again joined their regiment at Peekskill. 

He was shortly after that ordered to march to the White plains in the State of Newyork at which place he continued stationed and in constant service until the time for which he had volunteered had expired. When he was discharged and returned home to East Bridgewater he having served eight months the time for which he had volunteered. He received no written discharge from his officer that he now recollects of 

In April 1781 there again a great call for soldier he the said Dyer Volunteered a third time and for the term of eight months under Captain Mark Packard in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts. He marched immedia tely, to the White plains in the State of New York His officers were Captain Mark Packard the name of
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his Colonel he cannot recollect. There was a large army lying at the White plains General Washing General Morgan Putnam and Greene were the principal commanders of said army. He remained at the white plains but a short time when he was marched to a place called Moricena hill where he was engaged in a skirmish with the British about the last of August. He then next was commanded by General Washington to cross the North river and to march to the head of Elk River from thence the greatest part of the army proceed to York town in Virginia by sea. But he the said Dyer was sent by land to guard the waggons and bagage wich were sent by land. He proceded by on the rout through Baltimore crossed the Potomac at Georgetown and from thence to Williamsburg and from there to the vicinity of York Town where the united forces of General Washington were consentrated. he was engaged in the taking of Lord Cornwallis on the 19th day of October 1781.

from thence he was ordered back to the White plains in the state of New York where he remained stationed untill the time for which he had volunteered to was expired when he was regularly discharged by his Captain after having served eight months the whole time for wish he had volunteered which discharge is now lost or mislaid 

He was acquainted with General Washington General Putnam Greene of the United States officers. He was acquainted with the officers above named also to wit Captain Nathan Alden Captain Zachariah Walkins Captain Mark Packard and Col Baly. The first campaign he served three months as above stated the second campaign he served eight months as above stated and the third campaign he served eight months as above stated making all nineteen months that he was in constant service. 

He has seen a record of his age in the Clergyman's register of the parish of East Brigwater Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts where he presumes it now remains recorded
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He was born on the 7th day of May 1761 in the parish of East Bridgewater Plymouth County State of Massachusetts Where he lived, (when out of service) until after the close of the revolutionary war when he removed from thence to Norfolk County in the State of Virginia from thence he removed to Halifax County in the State of North Carolina from thence to Edgefield District in the State of South Carolina from thence to Hancock County in the State of Georgia from thence to Cocke County in the State of Tennessee from thence to Rhea County in the State of Tennessee where he has resided for three years last past.

He now resides in Meigs County in the State of Tennessee it being part of what was once Rhea County but now Meigs by an act of the legislature past last Session. He has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his services He knows of no person by whom he can prove his services except Nathan Alden and Christopher [illegible] both of the State of Massachusetts whos depositions are attached to this declaration. he is acquainted in his present neighbourhood with Robert Phariss, John Phariss James Phariss, William Greene & William Ware who can certify.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State 

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year last aforesaid 
John Dyer

We William Green a Clergyman resided in the County of Meigs and State of Tennessee & Robert Phariss residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dyer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he 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 and year aforesaid.
William Green 
Robert Phariss
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March 7, 1933 
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JOHN DYER 
S. 2189 
BA-J/ME 

Miss Zella Armstrong
 Lookout Publishing Company 
Chattanooga, Tennessee 

Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Dyer, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2189, based upon the military service of John Dyer, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

John Dyer was born May 7, 1760, in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not shown. While residing in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts , he enlisted in 1775 and served nine weeks as fifer in Captain Nathan Alden's Massachusetts company and again enlisted in 1776 and served six months as fifer in the same company. He enlisted in 1777 and served three months in Captains Nathan Alden's and Nathan Snow's companies, Colonel Jeremiah Hall's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served nine months as drum and fife major under Lieutenant Zachariah Watkins in Colonels Good and Bailey's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served under Captain Mark Packard, was in a skirmish at Morrisania and at the capture of Cornwallis, length of service eight months. 

After the Revolutionary War, he went to Halifax County, North Carolina , thence to Edgefield District, South Carolina, thence to Hancock County, Georgia, thence to Cocke County, Tennessee, thence to that part of the County, which was later Meigs County, Tennessee, 

John Dyer was allowed pension on his application executed May 3, 1836, while a resident of Meigs County, Tennessee.
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There are no data on file in regard to the family of the soldier, John Dyer. 

Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
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1918 Dec. 13 Hist to Rosalyn Dyer

1926 Jany 21 Hist to Mrs. J. W. Wilson Letter in S.7560 Samuel Smith 

1927-May 17-Hist. to Lloyd Lesge

1933, Mar. 7 Hist to Miss Zella Armstrong  MLB

Rev War
2189
INVALID 

File No. 2189  
John Dyer 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 106 
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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John Dyer 
Tennessee
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Plymouth SS October 3d 1835, I do hereby certify that the within named Nathan Alden is a man of truth & veracity & is so considered by his neighbor 
Isaac Alden Just of the Peace 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth SS
I Jacob H Loud Register of Probate for the that Isaac Alden Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the several foregoing certificate by him subscribed I believe to be in his true & proper hand writing 


In testimony of whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this sixth day of October A.D. 1835 
Jacob H Loud Register of Prob
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I Nathan Alden of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth do hereby dispose and say that I was formerly well aquainted with John Dyer of East Bridgewater now of Tennessee.  At the commencement of American revolution said Dyer belonged to a company of Militia commanded by my father Capt Nathan Alden. I do not recollect being with my mass in the United States were but I know that my father with part of his company was at Bristol R 1 Month in the winter of 1776 & 1777 and it appears by some papers which have in my possession that belonged to my father that the said Dyer was with him in that campaign.  

I have also nine recollection of Dyer going with part of the company to the same afterwards I think that they were there short two months. I also recollect that part of the company went to Rhode Island on what was called the rent expedition and it appears by the above named papers that Dyer was one of the number & I have no dout but that what he performed other resons which I do not distinctly recollect 
Nathan Alden 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth October 3d 1835 Then personally appeared  the named Nathan Alden & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true 
before me Isaac Alden Just of the Peace
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I Christopher Severn of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth testify and say that I was formerly well acquainted with John Dyer formerly of East Bridgewater now of East Tennesee. That I was in the United States service with him in 1776 in a company of Militiamen commanded by Capt Nathan Alden at Bristol  Rhodeislandpart of the time on the land & part of the time on board one of the public ships. said Dyer acted as drum Major part of the time & perhaps all the time. the whole campaign lasted three months I also recollect seeing said Dyer at Pitskill in the State of New York in 1777 and that he then belonged to the United States Army but he did not belong to the regt that I did and know what regt he did belong to 
Christopher Severn 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth SS October 1835 Then personally appeared the above named Christopher Severn and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true to  my part 

before me Isaac Alden Just of the Peace- 

Plymouth Oct 3d 1835 I hereby certify that the above named Christopher Severn is a man of truth & veracity and is so regarded by his neighbors 
Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace
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Washington July 1838 

Dear Sir 
you will recollect that in May or June 1836 I forwarded to your office a Declaration made by John Dyer of Meigs County Tennessee for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. I Received a communication from you some time afterwards stating that the muster Rolls from the State of Massachusetts would be at your office in a short when you would give his claim a new investigation. I have not heard from you since. But since your communication I have received considerable additional Evidence of his from Massachusetts which I send you herewith enclosed, and in which you will perceive that the Statements of the old man in the declaration are substantially corroborated by incontestible evidence, From the manuscript  spoken of by one of the deponent and from the depositions if thou art whoes names are found on said manscript it is evident the applicant must have served in the Revolution and more have served a considerable length of time

The applicant is a very old and feable man and his memory much obliterated by the ravages of time. But believe by all who know him to be a man of truth and veracity. It is confidentially believed by those who know him that he is unquestionable entitled to a Pension. he is unable to labour for his support and of which I procure a sustainance for life. I  confidentially trust you will examine his claim upon and with the depositions and proofs herewith sent if there  is any thing lacking in the Declaration which can be amended, you will return it with the objections, I understand the muster Rolls have
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have been sent from the State of Massachusetts to your office if so I think you will find his name on said rolls. I understand that several Pensions have been. you will inform me of the fate of his claim as soon as possible
Very Respectfully your obediant Servant
Thos N Frazier

Direct your letter to Boggs cross Roads  Meigs County Tennessee
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Washington May 6th 1836 . 
Col Mandesses 

Sir enclosed you will find the declaration of John Dyer in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 with the certificates and depositions to establish the same except the certificate of the Clerk which has no official seal and consequently from the regulations of the war department they will require the certificate of the member of Congress from the same district 

Now I suppose you have learned before this time that the legislature of Tennessee at last Session divided Rhea County, making Tennessee river the line. that part of it lying south of the river is called Meigs County. the County has been organised, and the officers regularly elected and sworn in 

for your satisfaction I have obtained the certificate of diverse good men of Meigs County Whome you will recognize when you see their names affixed to said certification the opposite page of this letter certifying that William Kerr whose name appears to the within declaration in the Clerk of said County Court 

Now if this is sufficient to satisfy you that he is Clerk you will please certify, the same and forward it together with the declaration to the war department and give me any information you may think will aid favourable isue upon said claim

 and by so doing you will not only oblige Mr Dyer But your most obedient and very humble servent 
James Standeler
Thomas N Frazier
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State of Tennessee Meigs County ⎬ 
We the undersigned do hereby certify that William Kerr whose name appears officially to the certificate of John Dyer's Session declaration was on the 5th day of March 1836 duely and constitutionally elected Clerk of the County Court of Meigs County in the State of Tennessee. That he has taken the oath of office and now is the acting Clerk of the County Court as aforesaid and that his signature appears to be in his own true and proper hand writing 

Given under our hands this 2nd day of May 1836 
Wm Ware 
David Hornshill 
Stephen Winton 
John Randles 
Miles Vernon
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! Levit Thayer of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth Massachusetts aged seventy seven years do certify that I was well aquainted with John Dyer formerly of that part & Bridgewater now East Bridgewater who now resides in Meigs County East Tennessee. that according to the best of my recollection in the month of April 1778. my brother & I enlisted in furnishing a team with continental war and enlisted with team under Mark Packard of Bridgwater and my Brother went on with the team & joined the army at N York that the said John Dyer also furnished a team and enlisted under said Packard & I know that he started with my brother to the army & have always understood that he proceeded on a joined sd army & served unto the close of the war, that said Dyer told me on his return home that he lost aparing with  one by himself.
Leavitt Thayer 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County of May 19th 1830. 
Then personally appeared the above named Levit Thayer and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I do further certify that said Thayer is a man of truth & veracity. 

Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace
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I Oliver Howard of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts aged eighty years do testify that I was acquainted with John Dyer formerly of that part of Bridgewater now East Bridgewater and now of East Meigs County East Tennesee that in December 1776 sd Dyer with my self joined a company of militia commanded by Capt Nathan Alden - Bridgewater & marched to Bristol R Island these three months in a Regt commanded by Col Hall 
Oliver Howard 

Commonwealth of Massachuseth Plymouth County then personally appeared the above named Oliver Howard and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that I consider him a man of truth & veracity 
Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace.
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I Levi Keith of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts aged seventy eight years do certify that according to the best of my recollection about the last of september 1777 I joined a company commanded by Capt Nathan Lord & marched to Rhode Island in what was called the rent expedition and as near as I can recollect served one month that John Dyer thereof of this term  who now resides in Meigs County East Tennesee marched with me served during sd term according to the best of my recollection as fifer for Company 
Levi Keith 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County May 19th 1830 then personally appeared the above named Levi Keith and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that said Keith is a man of truth & veracity 
Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace
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I Daniel Brett of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & state of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years do certify that I was aquainted with John Dyer formerly of that part of Bridgewater now East Bridgewater who now resides in Meigs County East Tennesee that about the last of May on 1st of June 1778 said John Dyer with my self enlisted under Zachanah Watkins & marched with him to the State New York at Peekskill we joined a Regt commanded by Col Wood & about the last June we marched to White Plains that said Dyer removed & marched with me about eight months that we then returned to Bridgewater in company that said Dyer was a fifer 
Daniel Brett 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County, May 19th 1838 Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Brett and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that am aquainted with said Brett & that I consider his a man of truth & veracity 
Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace
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Application of John Dyer a Revolutionary Pensioner for a transfer of his pension 

State of Tennessee McMinn County⎬ On this 30th day of April 1840 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County of McMinn aforesaid personally John Dyer who on his oath declares that he is the Identical same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Nathan Alden in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Baley in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Tennessee of the Agency at Nashvill that it is inconvenient for him to receive his pension at the agency at Nashvill that he now resides in Meigs County East Tennessee and has resided there for the space of fifteen years where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable in future at the Agency at Knoxvill (that agency being near one Hundred miles Nearer his residence) he has not removed from West Tennessee he never did live in West Tennessee, his residence is now and has been in Meigs County East Tennessee for many year. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of April 1840 
J McGaughey Justice of the Peace
John Dyer
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State of Tennessee McMinn County ⎬
Personally appeared before me John Maughey a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Robert Pharris and made oath in due form of law that John Dyer who this day appeared before me to take the oath of Identity is the Identical person described in the foregoing affidavit sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of April 1840. 
Robert Pharris 

I do further certify that  Robert Pharris is a person of veracity 
John McGaughy Justice of the peace 

State of Tennessee McMinn County⎬ I Thomas Vaughan Clerk of the County Court for the County of McMinn aforesaid do certify that John McGaughy Esqr whose name appears signed to the foregoing affidavits is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts are entitled to full credit and that his signature appears in his own proper hand write 

Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Athens the 30th day of April 1840 
J. Vaughan Clerk
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John Dyer 
Act 1832 
on Rolls vol 245 page 113 Zev Watkins May 10 1775 to Feb 14 1777. 

Admitted
Fife& Private 2 yrs

Private 8 mo $26.66
Fifer 16 mo $58.66
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$85.33

85.33
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He further states that in the five first tours mentioned in his declaration he acted in the capasity of fifer.  In the sixth tour mentioned in his declaration he acted Drum and fife Major as then stated. He further states that he was born in the town of Braintree in the County of Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts on the 7th of May 1760 as he has ascertained since he made his former declaration there is a record of his age in Braintree kept by the Town Clerk. He was living in East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts when the he was called into service of the United States from thence he moved to Norfolk County in the State of Virginia from then he moved to Halifor in the State of North Carolina from there he removed to Edgfield County in South Carolina from there moved to Augusta in the State of Georgia from the State of Georgia he removed to Cook County in the State of Tennessee from there he removed to the County now Meigs County in the State of Tennessee where he now lives.

He further states that he was acquainted with General Washington Major Col John Dyer and Capt Jacob Allen of the regular army 

he further states that he never received a commission when he was appointed drum Major 

He further states that he is acquainted in his present neighborhood with William Green a clergyman and Thomas H Jordan Robert Dyer who can testify as to his character for veracity
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and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his said services and no person to prove the same by except a a Jar Keith,  Oliver Howard, Daniel Butte Levit Thayer Isaac Allen whose certificates he has already transmitted to the pension Office 

He hereby relinquishes every claim to whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state 

He prays that the foregoing declaration may be taken as an amended declaration to the declaration he has alredy sent on to the Pension Office 
John Dyer

Sworn to in open Court 4th Sept 1838 
Joseph McCorkle Clerk 

We Thomas C Gordon Robert Pharris & James Pharris hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dyer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 78 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Thos C. Jordan 
Robert Phariss
James his X mark Phariss

Sworn to in open Court 4th Sept 18 
Joseph McCorkle
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And the Court do hereby declare its opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories presented by the war Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary solder and  served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them of that Thomas C Jordan Robert Phariss and James Pharris who have signed the preceding certificate are Citizens of the County of Meigs and State of Tennessee and credible persons and that their statements and entitled to credit 
Charles F Keith
Judge Presiding 

I Joseph McCorkle Clerk of the Circuit County of Meigs County State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Dyer for a pension 

Given under my hand and private seal (not having any official seal) at office in Decded this 4th day of September 1838 
Joseph Mc Corkle Clk 

I William Stone a member of Congress do certify that Joseph McCorkle is Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kings County Tennessee and was such at the date of the above certificate and that his signature appears to be in his own proper handwriting and that he has a seal of office this 6th Septr 1838
Wm Stone M. . 4 Dist Ten
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In the spring of the year 1778 he with others enlisted in the regular service of the United States in East Bridgewater aforesaid for the term of Eight months to guard the passages of the North of Hudson river.  we were ordered to go on without any officers to Peekskill in the State of New York then went to westpoint under the command of Zachariah Watkins and was appointed his musician. we were Styled a company of Rangers and Places of service was at Peekskill Danbury Woodbury and the White Plains with the exception of three weeks on board the admiral Ship of war lying in  Hudson river with the fleet in the mean time the expedition failed and we were put on shore and served the army at the white plains

In this expedition and during the term he was in service he was appointed drum Major when about four months of the term which he had enlisted for had expired the fife Major Died and he performed the duties of both fife and Drum Major for the balance of the term. about the time his term of eight months expired a fort was building between Peekskill and Moses Point under the direction of General Washington and when their term expired he together with others applied to be discharged but Washington refused to discharge him until the fort was built which detained them a month longer- after the said fort which he thinks was called fort Lafayette  was built he was regularly discharged by Col Washington
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after having served nine months which discharge has since been lost or mislaid 

In the spring of 1781 in East Bridgewater aforesaid there was a call for men and Ox teams to serve in the United States army he enlisted in the service of the United States for eight months and furnished his own team of Oxen which was appraised and received by the United States he was put under the command of Capt Mark Packhard and was ordered to the White Plains in the State of New York he served at the White Plains Peakskill and West Point until about the first of September at which time he was placed in under the command of Wagon Master General Cogsdale then he was ordered to cross the Hudson river with the main army passed through Newbury Pennsylvania to the head of the Elk river thence to Baltimore crossed the Potomac at Georgetown thence to Williamsburg in Virginia and from thence on and joined the main army before little York then the remained until the 19th day of October at which time Cornwallis surrendered his army to annal George Washington from there the returned to the white plains when they remained until their term  of eight months expired when he was then regularly discharged by his office which discharge has since been lost or mislaid
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State of Tennessee Meigs County } Circuit Court September term 1838 
On this 4th day of September 1838 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Judge of the Circuit Court for Meigs County aforesaid now in session John Dyer a resident of Meigs County in the State of Tennessee aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following state Declaration in order to attain the benefit of the 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 after stated to wit that he entered the service of the United States in East Bridgewater Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts some time in the year 1775 as a substitute in the room and place of William Barrell who was drafted under Capt Nathan Alden and marched to hoops neck Dorchester Norfolk County in the State of Massachusetts and returned home after having been in service as near as he can recollect about one week and was regularly dismissed by his captain but got no discharge. 

some time shortly after he returned home in theyear  1775 he again entered the service of the United States as a substitute for William Barrell in E. Bridgewater Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts he was called out under Capt Nathan Alden but the officers he served under he cannot
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recollect marched to and was stationed at Rocksbury in the State of Massachusetts he was there when General Washington took command of the army he remained the two months and returned home and was regularly discharged by his officer but got no discharge

as near as he can recollect in the summer of 1776 he entered the service of the United States as a substitute in the room of William Barrell on a rent expedition to Rhode Island. He enlisted in East Bridgewater aforesaid under Capt Nathan Alden he marched to Rhode Island was gone six  weeks and returned home was dismissed by his officer but got no discharge 

He thinks in the fall of the same year 1776 he entered the service of the United States in East Bridgewater aforesaid as a substitute in the room of William Barrall his capt was Nathan Alden the company was raised on account of an alarm that the Brittish was landing at Rhode Island Marched to Rhode Island remained there six weeks returned and was dismissed by his officer, but got no discharge 

In the fall of 1777 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer for three months in East Bridgewater aforesaid under Capt Nathan Alden and Col Jeremiah Hall marched to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island fortified the place and was stationed there and remained there until the three months the term for which he turned out had expired with the exception of a short time they were at New Port he returned home was dismissed by his officers but got no discharge
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And the said Court do hereby certify and 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 William Green who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Meigs and State aforesaid and that Robert Phariss who has also signed the same is a resident citizen in the County and State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit 
Mathias Shave Chairman 
James Blevins 
Daniel Cate 
Wilford Rudge
Benjamin McKinzie 

I William Kerr Clerk of the County Court of Meigs County and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Dyer for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (not having an office seal) at office this 3rd day of May 1836 
William Kerr Clerk 

May the 28th 1836 I am well acquainted with the word of the persons who has signed the annexed certificate stating that a new county had been made and that William Kerr was elected Clerk of the County Court which is a Court of record, those are all men of good character and wherefore Colvinnon having served several years as a part of the legislature
James Stanley HS
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Edward Everett 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
His Excellency Edward Everett Governor and Commander in Chief in and over Commonwealth 

To all whom it may do Know ye, That Jos. Perkins and Isaac Alden Esqr are Just of the Peace and have been so for last three months for the County of Plymouth⎬ 

in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and comm[off the page]ed, and that to their Acts and Attestation such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given out of Court; that the within Attestation in due and by the proper Officers 

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the P[off the page] Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, twenty third day of May A.D. 1883 and in the sixty second year of the Independence the United States of America. 

By His Excellency the Governor. 
John Cole Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Isaac Alden of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts, aged fifty two years do certify that after the decease of my grandfather Nathan Alden 1807 a bundle of papers belonging to him came into my possession among which was manuscript which appeared to be a journal of the proceedings of the 3d Company of Bridgewater from 1774 to 1778 of which he was part of the time Captain. The following extracts are copied from said manuscript 

1776 In February the General assembly gave orders settling the Militia & the [blank] of February the 3d company met & made choice of Nathan Alden Capt, John Whitmer 1st Lieut,  Saml Pool 2nd Lieut. Soon after then a number of men were sent for to guard the shores while the army broke ground on Dorchester hill and Whitmer marched to Hess met with the Cary Hezakiah Hill William Johnson John Dyer & others who are all named 

Sept 20th (same year), a number of men were raised to send to Newport for 2 months by David Keith Simeon Whitman Ebenezer Hand Asher Bisbee John Dyer

December (same year) a general alarm or around by the enemy taking possession of Newport on the 8th Oct Lt Capt Alden marched with Lunt Sergt Brown Sir Barber Lieut Niles Corpl [illegible] Corporal Mitchell Drummer Allin Fifer Dyer 

December 26th the militia were curmped excepting that part who inlisted for three month

 In April 1777 a part of the militia were ordered to control to keep the lines while and in part could be raised for a month
the first detachment wise Solomon Packard with John Dyer &
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1777 about the latter part of September a part of the militia were raised for one month on a sient expedition our proportion was (not plain) by Sergt Whitmer, Sergt Cary, Eleazer Washburn, Simeon Allen, Daniel Brett, John Dyer and a cxe

1778 In May three men were called for to guard the passage of the North River NY State John Dyer, Daniel Britt, & Jonah Sturtevant enlisted by reason of the credit or month they received & County from the town the order to serve in camp at North

The foregoing extracts were copied by me from the original manuscript in my possession and I do further certify that I believe a manuscript to be a correct journal of the proceeding of said company & I further certify that I have frequently heard aged persons speak of said Dyer as having lived with my maternal grandfather William Burnell in East Bridgewater & that he left this state soon after the Revolutionary war & went to the Western States & has never returned to this this State 
Isaac Alden 

State of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. May 19, 1838. Personally appeared the above named Isaac Alden Esquire, and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. And I further certify that said Isaac Alden is a man of truth and veracity, that he is chairman of the County Commissioner of Plymouth County, and is a magistrate and citizen in whom the fullest confidence may be placed. 
Jesse Perkins Justice of Peace
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Lookout Publishing Company 685 East Eighth Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 

Veterans Administration Pension Department Washington D.C. 

Please be kind enough to tell me the pension record of John Dyer who drew at a revolutionary pension while residing in Tennessee. He was possibly in service in North Carolina troops, 

Yours very truly, 
Zella Armstrong 

Miss Zella Armstrong Lookout Publishing Company Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Rev services
Mountain View, Okla December 2, 1918. 
[postmark: U.S. PENSION OFFICE DEC 5 1918]
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C 

Dear Sir Will you please tell me if you have on the record of Revolutionary soldiers the name of  John Dyer who served in the South Carolina  Continental Regiment or
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the name of a John Dyer who served under Captain Edmund Jones Colonel Cobb? also from what part of the country wear they and is the date of their birth given?
any  charges for the information concerning the above will be paid immediately- 
Thanking you Very respectfully Rosalyn Dyer 

[postmark: U.S. PENSION OFFICE 0 DEC 5 1918]
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Taylor Texas 
The Pension Washington D.C. In a very recent letter from the intent, I was advised to write your dept for information in regard to my Revolutionary, John Dyer the records show he enlisted  in  1778. 
He was born South Carolina, and was in Captain Selis Company, and Regiment of Continental Troops, command ed by Colo William Thompson If you have any information concerning him, in regard, articularly, to the date of his Birth, Marriage or death I
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would greatly appreciate it if you would write me or any thing necerning his Record Yours very truly Mrs. W. Beck Taylor, Texas
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LLOYD L. PEASE 807 16th AVENUE SEATTLE, WASH. 
May 6, 1927. 
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir: In attempting to establish my right to membership in the S.A.R. I wrote the War Dept under date of Mch 12th, asking if the following names appeared on the rolls as veterans of the Revolutionary war. 
John Dyer of Boston, born 1758. Married Elizabeth Popkin
Sylvanus Bishop, born 1765. Married Rachael Spicer
Israel Pease, born 1726. Married Ann Bartlet
Israel Pease ( 2 ), born 1766, Married Mary Pease. 
Dr. Daniel Ryan, date of birth unknown. Roger Ryan (his son) 
Enoch Alexander of Bow, N. H. 

Maj Gen Davis, as Adjunt General, advised my writing your department as their lists were very incomplete. If you can check on the above and if in the service, advise me as to their rank and name or number of regiment, shall appreciate the trouble very much. I wrote you around the 3rd of April, but presume the letter went astray. 
Trusting I may hear favorably, I beg to remain Yours very truly, 

Lloyd L. Pease
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C. 

S.2189

In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] a statement of the military history of John Dyer soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[table headings]DATES OF  ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|  LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK, | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |
STATE. 
[row 1]1775 | 9 months | Fifer | Nathan Alden | [checkmark] | Mass
[row 2]1776 | 6. mos | " | Nathan Alden | [blank]  | [blank] 
[row 3] 1777 | 3 mos | " | Nathan Alden, Nathan Snow  | [blank]  | [blank] 
[row 4] Spring 1778 | 9 mos | Drum & Fife Major | Lieut Zachariah | Wood & Washington | [blank]  
[row 5]SPring 1781 | 8 mos | under | Mark Packard  | [blank]  | [blank] 

Battles engaged in, Morrisania and capture of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Bridgewater
Date of application for pension, May 3 1835 cl  was allowed
Residence at date of application, Meigs Co Tennessee
Age at date of application, born March 1760 at Braintree Mass 

Remarks After the Revolution has removed to Flate Co Mass [many faint illegible words]Meigs County Tennessee,
The only soldier this name. 

Respectfully, 
 Commissioner,
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
May 17, 1927 
Lloyd L. Pease 807 Sixteenth Ave. Seattle, Washington. 

Sit: I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary war po- John Dyer was born May 7, 1760 at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. 

While a resident of East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts he enlisted in 1775 and served nine weeks as fifer in Captain Nathan Alden's Massachusetts Company, and enlisted in 1776 and served six months as fifer in the same company. 

He enlisted in 1777 and served three months in Captains Nathan Alden's and Nathan Snow's Companies, Colonel Jeremiah Hall's Massachusetts Regiment. 

He enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served nine months as Drum and Fife Major under Lieutenant Zachariah Watkin in Colonels Wood and Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment . He enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served under
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section April 1, 1926
[handwritten sideways: This Inquirer had written War Dept - & quoted the S.C. rev. She got from but as this form had been sent to , once I Elicit I had better send & say only one - ]
Mrs. W. J. Beck Taylor, 
Madam; 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2188 it appears that John Dyer was born May 2, 1760 at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. While a resident of East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts he called in 1775 and served nine weeks as fifer in Captain Nathan Alden's Massachusetts Company, and enlisted in 1776 and served six months as fifer in the same company. He enlisted in 1777 and served three months in Captains Nathan Alden's and Nathan Snow's Companies, Colonel Jeremiah Hall's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served nine months as Drum and Fife Major under Lieutenant Zachariah Watkin in Colonels Wood and Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment . He enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served under ---
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Captain Mark Packard, was in a skirmish at Morrisania and at the capture of Cornwallis, length of service eight months. 

After the Revolution he went to Halifax County, North Carolina , thence to Edgefield District, South Carolina, thence to Hancock County, Georgia, thence to Cocke County, Tennessee , thence to that part of Rhea County, which was later Meigs County, Tennessee where he was allowed pension on his application executed May 3, 1836. 

There is no data on file as to his family, The above noted is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 
Respectfully, WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.