Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W.5,916, William Bryant, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE N.C.
Bryant, William
Patience
NUMBER  W. 5916
B.L. Wt. 2360-100.

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CONTENTS  [blank]
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5064
Georgia
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Patience Bryant
[widow] of William [who] died in [crossed out: the] 1828 in the State of [blank] who was a Musician &c in the Company commanded by Captain Allems of the 2t Regt [crossed out: commanded] by [blank] in the N.C. Continental line for 1 year as Musician   44.00
1 "   "    Private      40.00
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84.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 84 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & End 18th Dec 1844
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of October 1851 and Sent to Thomas Lumpkin. 
Present
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Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi=annual allowance ending [blank]
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by A.H. Mackland Clerk,
Book D    Vol. 2     Page 386
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Patience Bryant
GA
Act 4 July 36
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 July 1836
State of Georgia  SS
[Illegible] family

On this 23 day of March 1844 personally appeared before the me the Transcriber a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the County and State aforesaid the same being a Court of Record Mrs Patience Bryant - a resident of said County and State aged eighty-eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress so passed July 4, 1936. That she is the widow of William Bryant of the County of Jackson and state aforesaid the identical person who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 at the rate of $96 .00 per annum in Morgan County Georgia. That said William Bryant was a private in the War of the Revolution in the Virginia Continental line and for proof of his services she refers to the evidence on which he was pensioned. And this deponent further states that the aforesaid William Bryant died on the 11th day of September eighteen hundred and twenty eight in Jackson County Georgia. And this deponent further declares that she was married to the said William Bryant the ___ day of July seventeen hundred and eighty in Nash County North Carolina by (a Justice of the Peace) Edward Moore Esq. of the said county and state for the space of ___ years and removed from thence to Georgia Morgan Country where they resided until the winter or 1821 or 1822 and removed from thence to Jackson County Georgia where her husband died on the 11th day of Sept. 1828. As aforesaid from Jackson County she this deponent removed to the County of Gwinnett County where she now resides. That she has no Documentary evidence of this having been married as aforesaid the Banns of Marriage having been published. That she has no Record in her family Bible. That she knows of no person living who could testify to the fact other that dau. Dinah Young of Hall County Georgia. That she has remained a widow ever since the period of her husband's death all of which will more fully [illegible].
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by refference [sic] to proff [sic: prove] hereunto annexed
Patience [her mark X] Bryant 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date above written before me a Justice of the Inferior Court Gwynett [sic] County Georgia [.] 
I further certify that from Bodily infirmity Mrs Patience Bryant is unable to attend Court [.] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23 day of March 1844 
S/John C Whitworth JIC.
Gwinnett County Ga.


State of Georgia }
Gwynett County } S.S.
Be it known that on the 23 day of March 1844 personally appeared before me John C. Whitworth a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the County aforesaid William Bryant a resident of said county and state aged fifty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement [.] That the before described William Bryant died in Jackson County Georgia on the 11th day of Sept, 1828. leaving Patience Bryant as his widow and that she is still his widow and resides in Gwynett [sic] County Georgia. William [his mark X] Bryant 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date above written before me & I further Certify that William Bryant is a respectable person this 23rd day of March. 1844. 
S/John C Whitworth J.I.C 
Gwinnett County Ga -


State of Georgia }
Gwynett [sic] County } SS
Be it known that on the 23 day of March 1844 before me John C. Whitworth a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Peter E. McMullin aged 51 years and John Minynard aged 47 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on their oaths make the following statements - That they became acquainted with the aforesaid William Bryant and Patience Bryant some time in the year 1822 and was creditably informed that they removed from Morgan County Georgia [.] They they lived peaceably together as man and wife and were reputed as such in their neighbourhood [sic] where they
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they have resided since their acquaintance with them and they Concur in that opinion. They further say that the aforesaid William Bryant died in Jackson County Georgia leaving the aforesaid Patience Bryant as his widow and that she is still his widow and resides in the County of Gwynett [sic: Gwinnett] and State of Georgia. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date first written before me & I further certify that Missrs. Peter. E McMullin & John Mineyard [sic: Maynard] are reputable persons and Creditable witnesses this 23 day of March 1844. 
S/John C. Whitworth JIC Gwynett [sic] County Georgia -
S/Peter E. McMillan 
John [his mark X] Maynard



State of Georgia }
Gwinnett county }
Inferior Court, Sitting for Ordinary Purposes -
The declaration of Mrs Patience Bryant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836 duly Certified by John C Whitworth a justice of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett County on the ^7th day of May 1844 having been submitted to the Court, it doth appease his acts and proceedings and hereby direct the clerk to endorse his approval on the papers
May 7th 1844 ~
Attest
Riley S. Baker CIC.
S/Rich'd D Winn J.IC
Sam'l Dunlap J.. I. C
Levi Loveless JIC
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Georgia
Gwinett County
I Riley S Baker Clerk of the [illegible] Court for said County do hereby certify that John C. Whitworth is an acting Justice of Said Court--duly commissioned and legally qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine that the foregoing are the original proceedings in the matter of Mrs. Patience Bryant - the applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 4 July 1836. As presented to said Court by the Justice John C Whitworth and thus the foregoing is the original order of said Court approving the acts and findings of the Justice John C. Whitworth
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7 day of May 1844
Riley S Baker Clk. I C
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State of Georgia }
Jackson County }
Be it known that on this third day of November 1845 before me John G House a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared James Bryant a resident of Said County formerly a resident of Gwinnett County State aforesaid who being first duly sworn Saith on oath that He has always understood and verrily [sic: verily] believes the following Statements to be true Viz That he is the son of William and Patience Bryant and was born in Nash County State of Northcarolina [sic] on the 23rd day of July Seventeen hundred and Eighty Six and that he had two Sisters older than himself that died while  Small That he has frequently heard his said Father state in his lifetime that he enlisted in Captain Allens Company and Served in the War of the Revolution as musician and after Serving Something over a year returned home to Nash County NC - and hired his Brother Samuel Bryant to Substitute and Served in his room for Several months and that while his said Brother Samuel was Substituted in his room his said Father William Bryant Married Patience Strickland his Said Mother in the month of July 1780 in Nash County Northcarolina [sic] (and fourteen months and ten days after their marriage their first Child was born That according to his understanding his Said Father William Bryant returned to his Company about the first of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one and faithfully Served out his term of enlistment and returned home to Nash County after Peace was made in 1783 and that in the month of November 1784 - a second Daughter  was born which died on the 4th December following as he has often heard his Said mother of late years relate And that deponent was their next Child and born on the day aforesaid according to his understanding and belief that he has no record of his age - that he  is the identical person who obtained a Bounty Warrant from the United States for the revolutionary Services of his dec'd Father as aforesaid through his Attorney Thomas Greene as one of the Heirs of William Bryant who was a musician and private in the Northcarolina [sic] Line during the War of the revolution

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first named before me In prossion of 
James [his mark X] Bryan [sic]
S/Peter E. McMillan
S/John G. House J.P
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I further certify that James Bryant is a respectable person of a strong recollection and generally very accurate in recollecting dates altho illiterate that he is personally known to me of undoubted veracity in testimony whereof I have hereunto set  my hand this 3rd day of November 1895
John G Howse JP

State of Georgia
Jackson County
Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared William Bryant and being duly sworn saith that James Bryant-the foregoing affiant- is his eldest Brother and the eldest reputed child of William and Patience Bryant, now surviving, and taht the said Patience is hte identical person who made application for a pension in Gwinett County Ga and that he concurs in the foregoing statements amde by his said Brother and that deponent was the next child of the said William and Patience Bryant since according to his understanding he deposed was born on the 21st day of December 1788. William Bryant his mark X
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year mentioned 3rd Nov. 1845 before me I further certify that William Bryant is a man of truth and veracity. John G Howse, JP
In presence of Peter E McMillan

State of Georgia
I John J McCulloch Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the County of Jackson do hereby certify that John G House is a Justice as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of office this fourth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
John J McCulloch Clerk

State of Georgia
I certify that John J McCulloch is Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County and that the above is his genuine signature. I believe this 1 day of Dec 1845 Howell Cobb MC
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State of Georgia }
Hall County }
On this the 11th day of October 1851 in open Court personally appeared William Bryent [sic: Bryant] and made oath in due form of law That he is the son of William Bryent [sic] deceased who he deponent (allways [sic] from his earliest recollection understood was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution in the North Carolina Continental Line or State Troops That his father William Bryent [sic] died in October 1831 leaving a widow deponents mother Patience Bryent [sic] who survived him and remained his widow up to her death which occured [sic] on the 18th day of December 1844 That she died leaving only four children to wit deponent William Bryent [sic] James Bryent [sic] Martha Bryent [ic] and Mary O'Bryan formerly Mary Bryent [sic]

Sworn to and subscribed before us this the day & date above written 
William [his mark X] Bryent [sic]
S/James Roberts J.I.C.
S/Guilford G Thompson J.I C
S/Edward Goode J.I.C.


State of Georgia }
Hall County }
We the undersigned Justices of the inferior Court in and for said County do hereby Certify that sattisfactory [sic] evidence has been exhibited to said Court that William Bryent [sic] died in October 1831 leaving a widow Patience Bryent [sic] who survived him & remained his widow
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up to the 18th day of December 1844 it being the day of her death. That she died leaving only four children to wit William Bryant, James Bryant, Martha Bryant, and Mary A Bryan, formerly Mary Bryant. Given under our hands and seals this the 11th day of October 1851.

James Roberts JIC
Guilford P. Thompson JIC
Edward Goody, JIC

State of Georgia
[illegible] County
I William P. Smith Clerk of the Inferior Court in & for the County and State aforesaid, the same being a court of Record, do hereby certify that James Roberts, Guildford G. Thompson, and Edward Goode whose whose (sic) genuine signatures appears (sic) to the above certificate are judges of said Court duly commissioned and qualified. That full faith and credit should be given all their official acts  as such
Given under my hand at the Seal of said Court this 11th day of October 1851
Wm. P Smith, Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
W.F. 5916

3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19__

In reply to your request of [blank],
received [blank] for a statement of the military history of William Bryant, a
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on
file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1777
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
to end of war
RANK.
Musician
Pvt.
Battles engaged in, [checkmark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark]
Date of application for pension, Mah 23 1844 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Gwinnett Co. Ga
Age at date of application, She was 88 yrs. old.
Remarks: He mar. July 1780 in Nash Co N. C. Patience Strickland and died Sept. 11 1828 in Jackson Co. Ga. Children James b. July 23, 1786 in Nash Co. N. C., William b. Dec. 21 1788 Martha and Mary whose name was O'Bryan in 1851. His widow Patieince died Dec. 18 1844 and the above named children survived her. James alleged he had two sisters older than himself who died when they were small. Brother Samuel. Respectfully, Commissioner.
6-2856
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Jany. 24-1903
Miss Mary K. Pearson
Ithaca N. Y. 
1915 Dec. 8 Hist. to Miss Frances Jarrell
5916 Revy Widow, &c
File No. 5916
Patience Bryant
Wid.
William Bryant
Pvt. N. C. line
Act: July 4 36
Index: - Vol. A, Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Georgia
Gwynett County
Be it known that on the 13th day of January 1845 before me Adam Pool a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared William Bryant a resident of said County and State aged 55 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement. That he has always understood and believes that he is the son of William Bryant and Patience Bryant and was Born in Nash County State of North Carolina on the 21st day of December 1788. And deponent further states that he has so understood and believes that his Father the said William Bryant was a musician in teh War of the Revolution and that he elisted for the Term of five years on druing the War and served in Capt Allen's Company of the Ridgessend (sic) in the North Carolina Continental line fo the United States army. And deponent further states that the said William Bryant his Father died in Jackson County formerly now Gwynette County Georgia in the year 1828 leaving his mother the said Patience Bryant as his widow. And that she first apprized(sic) in the year 1842 that she was entitled to a pension under the Act of Congress of the 4 July 1836 and in order to secure her pension she would have to prove her identity and the services of her husband the said William Bryant and that his mother the said Patience Bryant was of the opinion that her husband the said William Bryant drew a pension while a resident of Morgan County Georgia and supposed that she could obtain documentary proof of his services from the Clerk's office of said County supposing that a copy of his Declaration was of file in [illegible] office But was advised to address the agent for paying pensions at Savanah state of Georgia on the subject and was informed to this deponent's knowledge from that source that William Bryant of Morgan County State of Georgia was a pensioner of the United States on
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on the Roll of the Georgia Agency under Act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 at the rate of $96.00 per annum and was [illegible] under Act of 1820 for services rendered in the Virginia Continental Line of the United States Army. and that his Declaration was of file in the Pension Office at Washington City DC and that by referring to his Declaration it would be satisfactory proof of the services of her husband the said William Bryant. And taht hsi mother the said Patience Bryant after receiving the above named information was Confirmed in her opinion that her husband was a Pensioner. And in accordance with her belief made application for a pension under the Act of Congress of 4 July 1836 and set forth in her Declaration taht she could prove her marriage by Dianah Young of Hall County State of Georgia. That when she made applicaiton to the said Dianah Young she was found to be from old age an incompetent witness. She then applied to Robt. Young another old acquaintance and was informed by him that her husband William Bryant was a musicianer (sic) in the North Carolina Continental line and served under Captain Allen of the 10th Ridgement (sic) as he had always understood and believed. That his mother the said Patience Bryant there recollected to have heard her husband the said William relate that he served as a [illegible] under Captain Allen about 12 months from 1777 and was them reduced to a private and served to the end of the was as a private and was entitled Land Bounty which he had never received for his services in the North Carolina line. That his mother the said Patience being convinced that she had made a false Declaration applied to the Clerk's office of Morgan County Ga for information and was informed that her husband was a pensioner of said Country from the yr. 1816 to the year 1919 when he was droped (sic) or removed from said County. That his mother the said Patience then made a Second Declaration describing her husband, the said William Bryant's [illegible] Services from her best recollection.
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and belief and forward the same to Thomas Green Esqr of Richmond Va with instructions to him to withdraw her first Declaration and file her last which she supposed he could do by makeing [sic] the necessary explanation before her first Declaration was acted upon - and filed

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first written before me, I further Certify that William Bryant the affiant is a reputable person - 
William [his mark X] Bryant
In presence of
S/Peter E McMillan
S/Salathiel Hays
S/A. Pool JP [noted above: J Peace]


State of Georgia }
Gwynett [sic: Gwinnett] County }
Be it known that on the 13 day [noted above: tw] of January 1845 before me Adam Pool a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Peter E McMullin Esqr - a resident of Jackson county State of Georgia who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith That he became acquainted with William Bryant deceased and Patience Bryant immediately after they removed to and settled in Jackson County Georgia which was he believes in the year 1821-or 2- and that he has frequently heard the said William assert that he was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and that he was generally as such so far as deponent knows - And that he died leaving Patience Bryant as his widow And that he deponent was Called on for a Certificate of acquaintance when she made application for a pension, under the act of Congress of the 4 July 1836 And was personally prepared when she made her first Declaration for a pension under said act and believes that the foregoing statement of William Bryant her son is a faithful Explanation why she Claimed her husband William Bryant to be the identical person who was a pensioner of the United States under act of Congress of 18 March 1848 in  Morgan County State of Georgia 
S/Peter E. McMillan

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me I further Certify that Peter E McMillan is a respectable person and a Creditable witness [illegible] }
[illegible] of July - 1845 
S/A. Pool JP Peace
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State of Georgia
I Riley S Baker Clerk Gwynett County of the Inferior Court in and for the county aforesaid certify that Adam Pool is an acting Justice of the Peace fo the County aforesai duly commissioned and legally qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are geniune. Given under my hand and seal of office this 16th day of January 1843. Riley S. Baker CIC
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Georgia }
Gwinnett County } 
Inferior Court filling for Ordinary purposes Jany Term
Present the Hon Richard D Winn D N Pittman and John C Whitworth Justices - 

It is hereby ordered to be certified that the following facts have been proved to Said Court Satisfactory. viz 1 That William Bryant who it is Said was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution in the North Carolina Continental line, died in Said County and State on the - day of 1828. intestate leaving his Children William Bryant James Bryant Mary Bryant and Martha Bryant his only surviving heirs according to the Statutes of Georgia -


Georgia }
Gwinnett County }
I Sam'l F Alexander Clerk of the Court of Ordinary for Said County do Certify that the above order was passed by Said Court and ordered to be entered on the Minutes of Said County And in testimony there of I have hereunto set My hand and Seal of office this 13th day of January 1845.
[seal]
S/Sam'l. F Alexander C.C.O
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Know all men by these presents That We William Bryant and James Bryant of the County of Jackson and state of Georgia and Mary Bryant and Martha Bryant of the County of Gwynett [sic: Gwinnett] and state of Georgia do hereby Constitute and appoint Thomas Green of Richmond Virginia our true and Lawful Attorney in fact with Power of Substitution to ask and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a Warrant for the Land Bounty due in right of the services of William Bryant in the Northcarolina [sic] Continental line of the Army of the Revolution, And to deposit said Warrant in the General Land Office at Washinton [sic: Washington] for land scrip which he is authorized to, receive, sell, and assign - as Witness our hands and seals this the 13th day of January 1845
William [his mark X] Bryant [private seal] 
James [his mark X] Bryant  [private seal] 
Mary [her mark X] Bryant  [private seal] 
Martha [her mark X] Bryant  [private seal] 


State of Georgia }
Gwynett [sic: Gwinnett] County } SS -
This day personally &c appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid William Bryant James Bryant Mary Bryant and Martha Bryant the signers and sealers of the foregoing Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to the their act and deed for the purposes therein named And the said William Bryant being duly sworn according to law states that he has been informed that his Father the said William Bryant deceased was an enlisted soldier for the period of five years or during the war of the Revolution in the Northcarolina [sic] Continental line the name of the Ridgement [sic: regiment] and Corps not known and that he faithfully served out the period of his enlistment That he never at any -
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any time during his life as this affiant believes received a Warrant from the United States for the Bounty land due him neither did he ever transfer or assign his right to the same in any manner whatever This affiant Knows that he has never received or transfered [sic] or assigned his right to the same in any manner whatever and he does not believe that either of the other heirs have done so
William [his mark X] Bryant

Sworn to and subscribed and acknowledged before me this 13th day of January 1845
In presence of 
S/Peter E McMillan
S/Salatheil Hays
S/A. Pool J. Peace


State of Georgia }
Gwynett [sic: Gwinnett] County }
I Riley S Baker Clerk of the Inferior Court and for the County aforesaid Certify that Adam Pool - is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned and legally quallified [sic] and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine

[seal]
Given under my hand and seal of office this the 13th day of January 1845 -
S/Riley S. Baker. C.I.C.
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Patience Bryant
Ga Jud 36
Mr Cole I presume
to Triplett
Sept 16th 1851
Ex by T. Lumpkin
Sep 17 -51
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State of Georgia }
Gwynett [sic: Gwinnett] County }
Be it known that on the sixth day of October 1844 before me John C Whitworth a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for said County personally appeared Robert Young a resident of Hall County Georgia aged seventy six years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement That he this deponent was well acquainted with Mr William and Mrs Patience Bryant in Nash County Northcarolina [sic] And in the state of Southcarolina [sic] and Georgia That he first became acquainted with them in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty four when they removed near where his this deponents Farther [sic: father] then resided in Nash County That they lived together peaceable as man and wife and were reputed as such in their neighbourhood [sic] from and before his first acquaintance with them and some time prior to the close of the year 1784 their second child was born And this deponent further states that the said William Bryant was reputed to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution & that he this deponent has a distinct recollection of the said William Bryants reputation as a musicianer [sic] (in the War of the Revolution) and was informed by the said William and other Creditable witnesses that he enlisted and served (under Captain Allen as a musician) in the North Carolina Continental line And this deponent further states that he is Creditably informed that the said William Bryant died in Jackson County formerly now, Gwynett [sic] County Georgia leaveing [sic] Patience Bryan [sic] as his widow 
Robert [his mark X] Young

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and state above written before me and I further certify that Mr. Robt Young is personally known to me and is a respectable person and Creditable witness this 4th day of Oct 1844.
done In presence of 
S/Samuel Young
S/John C. Whitworth J.I.C.
of Gwinnett Co. Ga.
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State of Georgia }
Gwynett [sic: Gwinnett] County }
Before me John C Whitworth a Justice of the Inferior Court of said County personally appeared William Bryan [sic: Bryant] Jr - and saith on oath that William Bryant Sr. died in (Jackson County formerly now) Gwynett [sic] County Georgia on the - day of - 1828. leaveing [sic] Patience Bryan [sic] as his widow and that she is still his widow And that the aforesaid Patience & William Bryant Sr. formerly resided in the state of Northcarolina [sic] Nash County from thence they removed to South Carolina from thence to Georgia Morgan County from thence to (Jackson County formerly now) Gwynett [sic] County Georgia 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this sixth day of October 1844
S/John C. Whitworth J.I.C.
of Gwinnett Co. Ga.,
William [his mark X] Bryant Jr.


State of Georgia }
Gwynett [sic] County }
Be it known that on the sixth day of October. 1844 before me John C Whitworth a Justice of the Inferior Court for said County personally appeared Peter E McMullin [sic] and John Maneyard [sic] and being first duly sworn according to law doth on their oaths make the following statement That they became acquainted with William & Patience Bryant about the year 1821-1822. when they removed to the County of (Jackson formerly now) Gwynett That the said William Bryant was reputed to have been a soldier in the War of the revolution And drew land as such in the Land Lottery of Georgia in Conformity with the Statutes of said state they further say that that [sic] aforesaid William Bryan [sic] died on the - day of - 1828. leaveing [sic] Patience Bryant (the applicant) as his widow and that she is still his widow 
S/Peter E McMillan
John [his mark X] Maynard

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date above written before me. And I further Certify that Missrs Peter E McMullin [sic] & John Maneyard [sic] are respectable persons and Creditable witnesses this 6 Oct 1844
S/John C Whitworth J.I.C.
of Gwynett [sic] Co. Ga.
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State of Georgia }
Hall County }
Be it known that on this the 25th day of July 1851, before me A. Cleghorn a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Charity Chyle a resident of said County aged 82 years, a person whose statements are entitled to full credit and after being duly sworn according to law makes the following statements - That she was born in the state of North Carolina Nash County in 1769. that she was raised in the immediate neighborhood of William Bryant and Patience Strickland - that while she was quite small she thinks ten or twelve years old she distinctly reccollects [sic] of her fathers coming home one day and telling her mother that William Bryant and Patience Strickland were married. that she never heard their said marriage questioned or contradicted. This deponent further states that the said William & Patience Bryant resided near to her fathers, and that when she this deponent was about 16 and 17 years old she was often at the house of the said Bryants and that they had two or three children and were living together peacably [sic: peaceably] as husband and wife. She further states that when eightteen [sic] years of age she removed to Georgia with her fathers family and was married to John N. Chyle when she was nineteen years old - that she knew little of the said William & [crossed out: Bryan] Patience Bryant after comin to Georgia until they the said Bryants also moved to Georgia. that she then saw ^them frequently and knows that they lived peacably [sic] together
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as husband and wife until the death of the said William Bryant that she never heard any one express a doubt but that the said William and Patience Bryant were legally married as above stated - 
Charity [her mark X] Chyle

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of July 1851
S/A Cleghorn JP
Attest Allen Blake


State of Georgia }
Hall County }
I William Sitton Clerk of the Superior Court in & for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that A Cleghorn is an acting Justice of the peace within & for said County & State duly Commissioned and qualified & legally authorised [sic: authorized] to administer oaths, and that his signature above written is genuine 

[seal]
Given under my hand & Seal of Office at Gainesville on this 8th day of August AD 1851
S/William Sitton C.S.C
H C
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Report
in the case of
Patience Bryant
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19 June 1845
Res p g. Patience Bryant
Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Hon D P King Mark
B. 49
Let to Hon D. P. King
May 21st 49
Letter to Hon D. P. King 
June 15, 1849
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The Examiner
will please answer
early -JM

Patience Bryant
Ga - ad 1836
Wm. Cole

Alexander [illegible] 

J. Minot
Comm. of Pensions
Washington DC
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[left side illegible]


[right]
As shown Green Oct. 5th
1844

[illegible] 14.45
[illegible] 27 Decr 1845
Thomas [illegible]
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Dec 18. 1845
Adal ter case
Patience Bryant.
~

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Present.
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Washington Decr. 18th 1845. ~

Sir
I herewith enclose further evidence in the case of Patience Bryant of Geo: wid: of Wm. Bryant for whose services she applied for a pension under the law of 4th July 1836 -. it is believed that these affidavits of her sons. James & William whose veracity is vouched for.  will prove conclusive in the case & her certificate issue at one her claims has been long standing & the old lady poor.

I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your obt Servt. [obedient servant]
Nathan Leakes



Hon J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions.
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Pension Office.
Sept 26th. 1851.

Sir:
Under the instructions of the Secretary of the Interior I have carefully re-examined the case of Patience Bryant, widow of William of Georgia under the Act of 4 July 1836, but can find nothing in it to authorize this Department to grant a pension.

It appears that in 1844 Mrs Bryant made a declaration in which she sets forth that she is the widow of Wm. Bryant of Georgia who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 at $96 per annum for services rendered in the war of the Revolution in the Virginia Continental Line. Upon examination of her claim, this was ascertained to be false. Subsequently - about 8 Months afterwards, she made a supplemental declaration in which she avers that she is the widow of Wm. Bryant who was a Musician and private in the North Carolina Continental Line from 1777 to 1785, The close of the war. For the service of the soldier who performed this duty, these heirs have obtained bounty land from this Office, but this is not at all conclusive that the Wm. Bryant of the N.C. Line was the husband of Patience Bryant. She claims to have been married in Nash County N.C in July 1780. This then must have been while he was in service, and there is nothing to
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to show that his Regt was ever located in that vicinity or that he ever was absent from his Regiment, nor indeed does she, in either of her declarations, speak of having married her husband while he was in service. An event of that kind would not likely have been forgotten by her. She, no doubt, married a Wm Bryant. who had performed some service in the Revolutionary War, but it is very evident from all the facts in the case that this was not the man. Wm. Bryant is by no means an uncommon name, and there may have been half dozen of them belonging to the regular army and Militia of N.C. but without the clearest evidence of identity no claim can be allowed.

Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt. Servt [your obedient servant]
John Wilson
for Comm'r.



Thos. Lumpkin, Esqr
Present.
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Washington D.C.
Sept. 29th. 1851.

Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith. Mr. Wilson your chief Clerk's letter of the 26th, inst. in reply to my communication to the Hon. Secy. of the Dept. of the Interior. calling up the case of Mrs Patience Bryant, of Ga. widow of William Bryant, Act 4th July, 1836, and in accordance with your suggestion respectfully demean to the summary manner in which my clients application has been treated by the examiner who acted upon it. I do not complain even at the discourteous language used toward her, accusing her of having asserted a "false" claim. I desire [crossed out: only] now to call your attention in as brief a manner as possible to a few of the main points in this case which my memory serves me to do by a hasty examination of her papers.

It is very true that in the first application made in March or April 1844, Mrs. Bryant is made to say that she is the widow of Wm. Bryant who was a pensioner under Act of 1818, at $96 per ann. for services rendered in the Virginia Continental Line. This error was fully explained her subsequent declaration made in October, 1844. Her advanced age 85 years and a consequent ignorance as to her husband being ^in his life time in the receipt of a pension or not, should not prove fatal to all her hopes of every obtaining the gratuity granted by a magnanimous and grateful Country for valuable services rendered by her deceased husband [crossed out: the said] Wm. Bryant. The papers and affidavits of McMullen and others will sustain her explanatory statement and I trust satisfy you that it was an error of the
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head and not of the heart.

She asserts in her subsequent declaration that her husband was a musician and served in the North Carolina Line. In the examination of this subsequent claim, she was required some eight months before the proof could be supplied to produce record evidence of her husbands service. It was at last found and obtained by Mr. Th. Green who wrote to the Secy. of State of N.C. see Mr. Wm. Hills certificate dated June, 1845. This same Wm. Bryant is found to have [crossed out] been entitled to land. His heirs are admitted to have applied for and received the same. They are also admitted to be the children of Mrs. Patience Bryant my client. This is of itself conclusive proof as to the service and identity and has always been regarded as such in your Office.

The marriage I regard as being fully proven to have taken place prior to his leaving the service. Without naming several persons who testify on this point, [crossed out] I beg leave to name the testimony of Robert Young who swears that he became acquainted with them in 1784. He states that they were then living as man and wife and also swears that their second child was born prior to the close of the war.

I respectfully submit this case to your favorable consideration and only claim for it that share of charity in its investigation that its merits deserve.

I have the honor to be
Sir: Very resfy,
Your Obt Sevt.
Th. Lumpkin.


Hon J.E. Heath, }
Comm'r. of Pensions }
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Sept 23d 1851. 37.
_____________________
Washington Sept. 18. 1851.
Th. Lumpkin

appeals from the decision of the ^late Comr of Pensions in the case of Patience Bryant &c.


Capt Triplett



√
Referred to the Commissioner of Pensions for re-exam.
Dept Intr }
Sept 22/51 }
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Washington, D.C.
Sept. 18th, 1851.

Sir,
I have the honor to state that having filed in the Pension Office Authority to examine the papers in the case of Mrs. Patience Bryant, of Georgia, widow of William Bryant, Act 4th July, 1836, and having done so in the most particular manner, pro and con, I had deigned to state in detail the merits of this case for your consideration, but I shall forbear so doing, and respectfully ask that the case may be re-examined upon this my appeal from the former decisions of Col. J. S. Edwards late Commissioner of Pensions.

I beg leave to call the attention of the Pension Bureau when this case ^is called up, [crossed out: for a report], to the explanatory statement of Wm. Bryant the son aged fifty six years in Jany, 1845, respecting his mother's ^error in having stated in her first declaration, made in March 1844, that her husband drew a pension under the act of 1818. This statement is clearly sustained by other facts in this case. I also invite the attention of the Examiner to Mr. Thomas Green's two letters of the 4th April, 1845, and of the 15th June, 1845, summing up the merits of this case.

I have also the honor to enclose ^herewith Col. Wm. Varnum's letter and an additional affidavit respecting the marriage, all of which is most respectfully submitted.

I have the honor to be,
Sir, Very resfy,
Your Obt Sevt.
Th. Lumpkin.


Hon. A. H. H. Stuart,
Secy of the Dept. of the Interior.
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June 4, 1845.
Adal tes case
Mrs Bryant,
_______________

Co. J L. Edwards
Comm'r. of Pensions
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Col. J. L. Edwards   Washington 4 June 1845

Sir
Enclosed is the certificate of Wm. Hill dated 2 June "45, that Wm. Bryant a Musician in N.C. Cont. Line in Capt Alens [sic: Allen's] Co 2nd Regt. entered the service in 1777 for the war & that he was a private soldier in here 1778. & recd a land warrant for 640 acres.

This makes the evidence of his widows case complete.

I am. yours Respectfully
[illegible]
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March 7, 1846
Adal ter con
Patience Bryant.
_______________
[round stamp: RCHMOND Va.
MAR 5]

[stamp: 10]

Col. J L. Edwards
Comm'r. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Richd. 2 March 1846.

Col. J L Edwards
Washington.

Sir.
I send enclosed, the affidavit. of John Barker of Alabama dated 14 May 1845. 'also of John Brown of Benton Co. Ala: dated 17 Jany "46 & of Ephraim Barker of same state dated 15 Jany "41 - to sustain the application of Patience Bryant widow of Wm. to a pension under Act 1834.

Her children, as his heirs at law, rec'd last year, the U.S. Land Bounty - thus his services and her identity are admitted. The only question is as to the term of the marriage. He was shown to have been in actual service to the end of the war.

Was she married before that time?
The evidence heretofore filed was considered hardly sufficient - this, now sent, I hope will turn the scale of Justice.

I am yr. obt svt [your obedient servant]
Thomas Green
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State of Georgia }
Gwinnett County }
Know all men by these presents that I, William Bryent [sic: Bryant} son of William Bryent [sic] deceased who was a Revolutionary soldier, and Patience Bryent [sic], also deceased who was the widow of said deceased William Bryent [sic], who,  (said widow) in her life time made application for a pension for the services of the said William Bryent [sic] under act of Congress 1836 or 1838, but owing to the stringent requirements of the Commissioner of Pensions failed to obtain it, I do therefore constitute and apoint [sic: appoint] Thomas Lumpkin of Washington City my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name and stead to examine into the declaration of my deceased mother and all the papers and proof on file in the Pension Office in regard to the claim, and ascertain why she was not allowed a pension, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do by virtue of these presents.

Given under my hand and seal this 30th day of August 1851
William [his mark X] Bryent [sic] [private seal]

Signed sealed & delivered in present=ce of 
S/John Cain Ser
S/Adam Pool JP
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State of Georgia }
Lumpkin County }
On this the 2d day of Sept. 1851 before me the undersigned a Notary Public in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Amzi Rudolph a person whose statements are entitled to full credit and often being duly sworn according to law state that he was present and saw William Bryant make his make [sic] to the foregoing & within Power of Attorney for the purposes therein mentioned 

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day above written 
S/A. Rudolph
S/William M. Varnum N. Public
Given under my hand & seal of Office this the 2d day of Sept 1851
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Washington 18 June 1845.

Col. J. L. Edwards
Present.
Sir.
Allow me, with the highest feeling of respect, to ask a record of your letter of the 14 June suspending the claim of Patience [crossed out] Bryant, under act 4 July 1826.

It is a curious case - curious in the extraordinary coincidences - but the final explanations are triumphant and complete - & rather excite a sympathy for the applicant; in her lucky escape from the consequences of her blameless mistakes; made on the authority of the Pension office in Georgia.

When [illegible] after her soon unbiased recollection in the testimony of her neighbour [sic], she made a minute statement of the facts in the case, which your record, [illegible] in my presents, verified with what apparent to me, remarkable precision - set as they did not then, Wm. Bryant had ever been a musician [crossed out: for] during his first Tour services as she alledged [sic: alleged], I was required, to produce the certificate, from the Secretary of State of N.C. 

I thought, at the time, it was a hard measure, to exact such precise proof of identity - but complied with the order - And the certificate when it came, was so wonderfully exact and coincident with every statement of the applicant, in its minutest details, as evidently to insure, instead of aiding the case, by creating the impression that the record must have been examined, before the declaration was drawn!!! Of course, I cannot say, this was not the not the case - but this I will say, I think, from all I do know about it, that the chances are, at least, a million to a unit, that no [crossed out] such examination, ever was made.

With this unfavorable impression [crossed out] the case is taken up, and she is now required to explain, how it is she could have been married to a soldier in the midst of the war. (July 1780) at a point (Nash County)
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distant from the operations of his Regt. - - 
I think this requisition, a paid one - as in the first place, many thousand soldiers were probably married in the midst of the war - very few of whom have, in all probability, been required to give any such explanations - And if the history of the Country do show that [underline] this regt [/underline], was not in Nash County in July 1780, (which I think is rather taken for granted, than proved) yet, for any one, of a thousand causes, that might be assigned, a [underline] part [/underline] of the Regt: - or a few individuals of it, [underline] might [/underline] - very properly ^have been stationed there. And when the [underline] services ^& identity [/underline] are so fully proved, it does seem to me, the only question remaining, is, was she married [underline] before the end of the war [/underline], as [underline] the ^husband [/underline] is shown to have been in service [underline] at that time [/underline].

She swears to the date of the marriage, July "80 in Nash County & that her husband continued to serve to the end of the war, & that after his services ended, they remarried in Nash County - years. then remarried &c - That she has no family Register - and no documentary proof -

Robert Young swears he knew them in 1784 as man & wife in Nash County [underline] and that their second child [/underline] was born that year, that he had a distinct recollection of Bryants informing him, he had been a [underline] mussician [sic] [/underline] in Capt Allens Company.

This statement, gives weight to the affidavit as we were [underline] forced [/underline] to produce the record from N.C. which confirmed the witness; statement precisely - This precise accuracy of the witness, on the other points of his [crossed out] statement, entitled him to reliance for accuracy in regard to the date of the marriage and the birth of the [underline] second [/underline] child in 1784. It will be born [sic: borne] in mind, that Mrs. Bryant under statements from the Pension Office, had stated her husband services [underline] differently [/underline]. But this witness corrected her - & the record verify [underline] his [/underline] recollection - She is brought to a recollection of the state of the case [underline] by him [/underline] - & amends her declaration accordingly. There being no record evidence - She proving the birth of the second child in 1784, show the marriage must have been [underline] prior [/underline] to the [illegible] of 1783. Her other witness [illegible], who was at the wedding, is super[illegible] - She has no other proof - & can get none - If her own & [illegible] oaths & the coincidences do not satisfactorily establish her claim - she wont submit.

I am yr. obt sevt
Thomas Green.
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Pension Office.
Sept'r 29. 1851.

Sir.
According to your request I have examined the case of Patience Bryant claiming a pension under the Act of July 4. 1836. and am of opinion that the claim should be allowed.

A good deal of misconception appears to have crept into this case, owing to an erroneous statement made by Patience Bryant w in her first Declaration in which she asserted that her husband had been a soldier in the Continental Line of Virginia when in fact, it would seem, his services were in the Continental Line of North Carolina. The error in her statement appears to have been rectified by a witness who swears that he served in the N Carolina and not the Virginia Line. Her children as the heirs of her husband William Bryant who served as a musician and private in the North Carolina Line applied to this office in 1845 and obtained the land warrant to which their father was entitled In addition to this the Secretary of State of N. Carolina certifies that "William Bryant a Musician in said line in Captain Allen's company of the 2d Reg't, entered the service on the -- day of -- 1777 for the term of
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the war and was a private soldier in June 1778 A Land Warrant for his services was issued 12th March 1785 for 640 acres". Mr Gordon at the head of the Bounty Land office informs me that there was but one William Bryant returned as entitled to Land and that it was satisfactorily ascertained that the soldier in whose right the present parties claim, was the man

It is in evidence by parole testimony that in 1784 Bryant & wife lived together and were recognized as such and that then they had two Children, this would seem to establish the date of the marriage at about the year 1780in which it is alleged to have taken place.

The date of the death of Patience Bryant should be certified under the seal of a Court of record and also the names and ages of the children who survived her, that we may know to whom the certificate should issue

Very Respy
Yr Obt Servt [your obedient servant]
F H Davidge


J. E. Heath Esq
Comr of Pensions
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1853 April 27. Let to P. E. MrM
~
Hon Alexander Stephens
Dec 29 1855
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 July 1836
State of Georgia }
Gwynett [sic: Gwinnett] County } S.S.
On this the Sixth day of October 1844. personally appeared before e the Subscriber a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the County aforesaid the same being a Court of record Mrs Patience Bryan [sic: Bryant] a resident of said County and State aged Eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 43. 1836.

That she is the widow of William Bryant who was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution in North Carolina Continental line, that the said William Bryan [sic] enlisted as a musician in Captain Allens Company of the 2nd ridgement [sic: regiment] in the year 1777 for and during the War and was made a private in the year 1778. that he served about 12 months as musicianer and to the end of the War as private. that she this deponent is unable to give a definite period of his services only as above stated. that she knows of no person liveing [sic] who Could testify to the fact of the service rendered as aforesaid and that she has no documentary evidence of the same And this deponent furthur [sic] states that the said William Bryan [sic] died on the - day of - Eighteen hundred and twenty eight in Gwynnett [sic] County Georgia And this deponent furthur [sic] declares that She was legally married to the said William Bryan [sic] on the day of July Seventeen hundred and eighty in Nash County North Carolina by a Justice of the Peace by the name of Edward More that after the said William Bryan [sic] & term of service expired they resided in Nash County for the space of [blank] years and removed
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from thence to Southcarolina [sic] and from thence to Georgia Morgan County where they resided until the year 1820 and removed from thence to Jackson County formerly now Gwynett [sic] County Georgia where her husband died on the day aforesaid That she has no Documentary in her possession of their haveing [sic] been marred as aforesaid haveing [sic] no Family Register That she knows of no person liveing [sic] who couls testify to the fact other than Dianah Young of Hall County Georgia that She has remained a widow ever since the period of her husbands death and is still the widow of the aforesaid William Bryan [sic] all of which will more fully appear by rifference [sic: reference] to proof hereunto annexed
Patience [her mark X] Bryan [sic]


Sworn to and subscribed on the day and state first written before me a Justice of the Inferior Court of Gwynett [sic] County and I furthur [sic] Certify that from Bodily infirmity Mrs Patience Bryan [sic] is unable to attend Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of October 1844.
S/John C. Whitworth J.I.C 
of Gwinnett Co. Ga.
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of no use.
see later affidavit of 6 Oct. 44
_____________________
I do not see why I need the above - as I can find no other affidavit: T. [illegible signature]
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State of Georgia }
Hall County } ss.
Be it known that on the 16th day of June 1844 before me John Orr a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally Robert Young a resident of said County and state aged seventy five years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement That he was acquainted with William Bryant who not reputed to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution and Patience Bryant in Nash County Northcarolina [sic] That the first recollection that he this deponent has of them was in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty three or four when they removed and resided in sight or near where his this deponents Farther [sic: father] resided That they lived together peaceably as man and wife from and before his first recollection of them and were reputed as such and generally reputed to have been legally married and he concurs in that opinion And this deponent furthur [sic] states that he has seen the said William Bryant since he has resided in Georgia and was informed by him that he the said William then resided in Morgan County Georgia That he has not seen Patience Bryant since he this deponent removed from the state of Northcarolina [sic]  But is Creditably informed that she now resided in Gwynett [sic] County Georgia and has resided there for several years past.
Robert [his mark X] Young -
Attest John H Kilgore

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date above written before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Hall and I furthur [sic] Certify that Mr. Robert Young the Declarant is a respectable person and a Creditable witness In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the 16th day of June 1844
S/John Orr J.P
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State of Georgia }
Hall County } ss.
I John N Murray Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the County aforesaid Certify that John Orr is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and legally qualified and that the foregoing [signatures] purportng to be his are genuine

[seal] 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal of Office and subscribed my name this the 17th day of June 1844
S/J. N. Murray Clk
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April 14th 1853

"Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir I address you Concerning the Pension Claim of Mrs Patience Bryant formerly Patience Strickland the Claim was first goten [sic: gotten] up by myself & John H Kilgore as agent for the widdow [sic] in her lifetime We Procured from the Records of North Carolina Suficient [sic: sufficient] to obtain her husbands Land Bounty We then Procured from the State of Alabama the Testimony of John Barker, Ephraim Barker, & John Brown all of Benton County Alabama Mr Kilgore with these witnesses was aiming to Establish the Marriage but as yet had not Done so the Witnesses signing with Cross mark Mr Kilgore & myself intended to Strengthen that Evidence by Proving the strength of the mind & memory of the Evidence the heir of Mr Bryant were Living on my Plantation at this ^time some time one of the Bryants was Decoyed into Hall County & in a fit of intoxication Signed Some instrument as I am informed for Bryant's is unlearned & imprudent there is a Company Concerned in it of five Their names of three of them is Varnum Rudolph & Watson the Bryants have ^rec'd Some Small amount of Money I have ascertained the Company has a friend at Washington I write this not with the Expectation of getting money but to give my help ^to the Government if it is Defrauded for I can not thing the Pension officers would Refuse Mr Kilgore & myself the Pension who had honestly Earned it & give it to others who had not & I also know that the witnesses were all Dead before Varnum & his brood had anything to do with it & the Claimant also I have had business with the war Department & Pension office and have been treated both Politely & Promptly I refer you to Judge Hillyer from the 6th Congressional Dist Ga. in Congress & also Governor Cobb. My aim is only to Detect fraud both the Judge & Gov'r are Personally friends of mine

Your Obt Sevt [obedient servant]
Peter E. McMillan.
be so kind as to answer this Direct to Mulberry P.O. Jackson County G.A.
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State of Alabama }
Benton County }
I Matthew M Houston Clerk of the County Court of said County of Benton & state of Alabama do hereby certify that John C Barker whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for Benton county duly qualified to act as such that all his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine

[seal]
Given under my hand & seal of office at office in Jacksonville this 15th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & Forty five
S/M M Houston Clk



State of Alabama }
Benton County }
I James L Lewis Judge of the County Court of Benton County do certify that M M Houston whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is clerk of the County Court of said County that the certificate made by him is in due form of Law & the signature genuine that full faith & credit is due all his official acts

Given under my hand & seal this 15th day of May AD 1845
S/James L Lewis [private seal LS]
Judge County Court Benton County
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State of Alabama }
Benton County }
Be it known that on this 14th day of May 1845 before me John C Barker a Justice of the peace in and for county and State aforesaid personally appeared John Barker sen: age Seventy three years a resident of the county and State aforesaid and first being duly sworn according to law Saith on oath that was a resident of Nash County State of North Carolina and I was personally acquainted with Patience Strickland and was [illegible] a resident of the same place I was not an [sic] witness to her marriage but I learned that she was married to William Bryant about the 1781 or 82 in said county and State he further say from the lapse of time and consequently loss of memory he is enable to State the date of the marriage more definite than above; I was well acquainted with William Bryant and Patient [sic] Bryant the wife of William Bryant I have been at their house different times Spent Severil [sic: several] days with them they removed from North Carolina to South Carolina from thence to Georgia - 

I further State that I knever [sic: never] heard it disputed but what She was his lawful wife I never heard of either having any other companion I know that they lived together as man and wife 
John [his mark +] Barker 

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above writen [sic: written] before me and I futher [sic: further] certify that John Barker the affiant is personally ^known to me that he is a respectable citizen a resident as stated and is a respectable and credible witness; Given under my hand and seal this 14th day of May 1845
S/John C Barker JP [private seal]
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April 9. 1845.
Patience Bryant,
July 4, 1836,
[round stamp: RICHMOND Va.
APR 7]


f

Col. J. L. Edwards
Comm'r. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Richmond 4 April 1845.

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Sir.
Enclosed is the application of Patience Bryant (widow of William) for a pension under act 4 July 1836.

This is a curious case - There were two Wm. Bryants - one of the Va. & the other of the N.C. line - both moved to same Co: in Ga - both were pensioners, one of the U. States - the other rec'd. bounty from the County - both died - & the widow of each, claimed that her husband was the U.S. pensioner.

It turns out, (see the affidavit of Wm. Bryant for the explanation) that the U. S. Pensioner, was not this lady (Patiences) husband. But he was the musician & soldier in Capt Allens Co. N.C. line to the end of the war. He may possibly in 1780 have terminated his service as a Musician - & then have re-enlisted for the war.

Your letter to me of 5 Oct. last, referring to her erroneous declaration claiming to be the widow of the wrong Wm. Bryant - says he left the service in 1780. but that must, I presume, have been the Va. Wm. Bryant.

The voluminous papers now sent, seem to me to explain the whole case, & to show that this lady is entitled, as she claims.

I am Yr Obt sevt. [your obedient servant]
Thomas Green
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Nov. 24. 1845.

[round stamp: RICHMOND Va.
NOV 22]

Adal ter con
Petience Bryant:
_______________
[stamp: 5]

Col. J, L. Edwards
Comm'r. of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.
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Richmond 22 Nov. 1845.

Col. J. L. Edwards.
Comm of Pensions
Sir.
Enclosed is the certificate of Francis M Taylor, clerk of Nash County N. Ca. dated 16 Nov 45 - that there is no evidence of record in his office of the marriage of Wm. & Patience Bryant.

This, lets in the affidavits of witness & circumstantial evidence of the fact.

I send it, to sustain the application of Patience Bryant of Ga: Widow of Wm. for a pension under act. 1836 - Her children have recently rec'd. U. S. Bounty land. so that they only question is as to the date of the marriage. service & identity being sufficiently proved - also the heirship of the children.

I am yr. obt sevt [your obedient servant]
Tho Green.
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State of Alabama }  Be it known that on this
Benton County     }  17th Day of January 1840
                             }  Personally appeared before
                             }  me William H Pernell a
                             }  Justice of the Peace in & for said County John Brown of said County
& State now as Deponent Believes & is satisfied in his own mind in his Eigtyeth {sic: eightieth] year & saith
on oath that he formerly resided in Nash County
State of North Carolina & was acquainted with
William Bryant who he understood was a
Soldier in the war of the Revolution & served
faithfully in the cause of independence[,] Deponant knows nothing of the Company or Regiment to which the said William Belonged[.]
Deponant knew the said William and knew he
was called Raccoon William or Drummer William & knew he married Patience
Strickland or he believes so from the
Circumstance of his hearing of the Wedding
night & afterward understood they were
Lawfully married never heard it disputed
but that they always lived peaceably together as man & wife[.] Deponent is satisfied that
their marriage must have taken place
While he was in his sixteenth year or before[.]
Deponent has no doubt on his mind but that they were lawfully married[.]

Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day
& year above written.
[Signature:] W. H. Pernell JP    John X Brown made his mark.

I further certify that I am acquainted with
John Brown a Resident of said
County & State & believes he is a man
of integrity & Respectability and
would as soon believe him on his oath
as any man & I believe his recollection 
to be as good as any man of his age or more
so I think from what I know of his statement to be correct[.]
[Signed:] W. H Pennell JP
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State of Alabama
Benton County   ⎬    I M W Houston Clerk of the
County Court of said County do hereby certify
that William H Russell whose name is subscr[-]
ibed to the foregoing certificates is now & was
at the time of signing the same an acting
Justice of the Peace in & for Benton County
that all his official acts are entitled to
full faith & credit.
[Indented paragraph] Given under my hand & seal of office
 at office in Jacksonville this 19th
 day of Jany- in the year of our
 Lord one thousand Eight hundred
 & forty six
   [Signed:] M. W. Houston Clk
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[Image shows a page torn in a number of places - the text is illegible]
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State of Alabama  } Be it known that on this
Benton County      } 15th Day of January 1846
                              } before me William W Pesnell[?]
a Justice of the Peace in and for said Personally
appeared Ephraim Barker a resident of said
County & State aged Seventy one years. Past who being[?]
first duly sworn according to Law Saith on oath
that he formerly knew William Briant who resi[-]
ded in Nash County North Carolina
formerly in the term of the Revolutionary War
as he has always understood by his father Jesse
     Barker together with himself then Resided
in Nash County State of North Carolina and has
always understood that he was a faithful soldier
the cause of independence in Captain Allens
Company of Enlisted Soldiers in the time of the
Revolutionary war and was lawfully married
to Patience Bryant formerly Patience Strickland
of Nash County State of North Carolina as he has
always[sic] understood by his father who was personally
Present at the marriage he does not know to what
Regiment he belonged to being to[sic] young to be in
the service of the United States and this Deponent
further states that he is clearly satisfied in
his own mind that William Bryant and Patience
Bryant his wife was lawfully married previous to
the year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty and this Deponent
is satisfied that he is correct from the age of their
Children and other circumstances that comes under
his own knowledge for he is certain their third
child must be fifty[-]nine years of age who is now
alive & from all reasonable conclusions and
and[sic] information of his own father he is certain he 
is correct[.] Sworn to & subscribed before me this
day & year above months[.]

[Signed:] W. H Pesnell J. P.     Ephram X Barker made his mark.
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[The entire first paragraph appears to have been lined through - ERASED]
I further certify that Mr Ephraim Barker
and John Barker who is ------ is attached to
this affidavit is know to me & Resident of
this Count & I would as soon believe them on their
oath as only Misc[?] for I consider them men of 
intelligence and of undoubted Tenacity and 
believed their Recollections to be as good as any 
men of their age or manner. So
in testimony whereof I have herewith set 
my hand & affixed my seal this 16th Day of January
1844  [Signed:] W H Persell J.P.
[End of erased paragraph]

I certify that Ephraim Barker a resid[sic]
of said County & State & is known to me
as a man of intelligence & Respectability
& I Consider him a Respectable witness
& worthy of confidence & would believe
him on his oath as soon as any man
from what I see & consider of his
Recollection this January 19th[illegible] 1849[.]
[Signed:] W H Persell JP

State of Alabama  
Benton County     ⎬ I M W Houston Clerk of the 
County Court of said County do hereby certify that
William H Fisnell whose name appears subscribed
to the foregoing certificates is & was at the time
of signing the same an acting Justice of the
Peace in & for said County duly qualified to a[illegible]
as such that all his official acts are entitled
to full faith & credit[.]  Given under my hand
and seal of office at office in[illegible]
sonville this 19th day of Jany in the
year of our Lord Eighteen hundred
and Forty Six
[Signed:]  W. H. Houston Clk
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William Bryant
No 2360


Thos Green Esq
Richmond
Va
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Richmond, 4 April 1845
VA and the other from N.C> - both moved
Col. J.L. Edwards
       Court of Pensions 
Enclosed is the application of the heirs of Mr. Bryant for the U.S. Land Bounty as a soldier of the N. Carolina for the War.

It seems there were two Wm. Bryants - one from VA and the other from N.C. - both moved moved to GA. same county and died - pensions, the one of the U.S. and the other of the County.  This led to confusion and application of each for a pension.

The affidavit of Wm. Bryant (the son) dates 13th January 1845.  I this day and with the apprentice of Patience Bryant for a pension, will explain the whole affair.  

I have no doubt, this is the identical N.C. soldier.

I agree your correct.

Thomas Green
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Declaration  of
Patience Bryant






Monday
Oct
22
GA                 Thomas Greene Esq
                             Richmond
                                        VA
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State of Georgia                     October 9th 1844
Gwynett County                      Special Court
                       The Declaration of Mrs. Patience Bryant for a pension under the act-of-Congress of the 4 July 1836 and Certified by John le Whiteworth a Justice of the Inferior Court of Gwynett County on the 6th day of October 1844 haveing been submitted to the Court it doth approve his acts and providing and hereby directs the Clerk to endorse this approval in the papers.
Attest                John G Whiteworth JJC
Wiley S. Baker, GDG D.N. Pitterman JJC
                                 Levi Loveby JJC

 State of Georgia
Gwynett County  S S
               I Riley I Baker clerk of the Inferior Court of said County, Certify that John le Whiteworth is an acting Justice of said Court and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.  I further certify that the foregoing is the Original proceedings of such Declaration as submitted to said Court and that the foregoing is the Original order of said court.

The testimony whereof I have herinto affirmed my hand and seal of the office this 9th day of October 1844.
    Riley V. Baker     C.J.C.
Page 71

       STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

I WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of state, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State in the Revoltionary War, that William Bryant a musician in said line in Capt. Allon's Company of the 2nd Regiment, entered the service on the ____day of _______1777 for the term of the War and that he was a private Soldier in June 1778.  A land warrant for his services was issued 12th March 1785 for 640 Acres

Given unto my hand this 2nd
day of June 1845.

W. Hill Secretary 
of State.
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Dahlonega Sept 2nd, 1851
Mr Thomas Lumpkin

You will find enclosed a Power of Attorney from William Bryant for you to examine into his Mothers papers on file in the Pension Office this case must be a good one as William Bryant (deceased, served in the Continental Line of North Carolina.  His child does obtain a Bounty Warrant for his services in the Revolution navy      by referring to the Land Office.  you may get some light on this claim by the proof made to enable them to get Bounty land lease information need what additional proof will be required in this case.  
                    Respectfully Your 
                     obedient servant
Washington City, D.C   W.M. Vancouver
I send you proof of the marriage of Wm. + Patience Bryant with the proof on file.
Page 73

I presume will complete the testimony in this case I have written to Nash County N.C. to get a certificate of Marriage if any exists on the records
W.M.V.
Page 74

July 8 45

[round stamp: RICHMOND Va.
JULY 6]

Wm Gordon


Thomas Green


Rec'd. July 8#. 45


5
J.L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 75

July 8 45

[round stamp: RICHMOND Va.
JULY 6]

Wm Gordon


Thomas Green


Rec'd. July 8#. 45


5
J.L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 76

Richmond 7 July 1845.

Col. J.L. Edwards.
Commr. of Pensions

Sir.
On the 4 April I enclosed to you the application for U.S. [underline] land Bounty [/underline], of the Heirs of Wm. Bryant of N.C. - His widow at the same time applied for a pension. Yours of the 14 June rejects or suspends the latter, because the proof of the [underline] date [/underline] of the marriage was not satisfactory. But the evidence of [underline] service [/underline] is complete - it. was thought so before the certificate of the Sec of State of N.C was applied for. upon requisition from yr. office - when it did arrive it [underline] was found in a remabbl [sic: remarkable?] [/underline] manner to correspond with the statements of the family.

If the claim be allewed [sic: allowed], please to let the warrant be filed for scrip & drop a line to yr. obt sevt. Thomas Green
Page 77

Nashville NC {                            5
18th Novr. 1845 {

Thomas Green Esqr
Richmond 
Va.
Page 78

State of North Carolina }
Nash County }
I Francis M Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify That I have made diligent Search for the marriage Bond of Wm Bryant ^& Patience Bryant and find no evidence of record of any such marriage or Bond

[seal]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed the Seal of Said Court at Office in Nashville 16th Novr. AD 1845
S/Francis M. Taylor CCC
Page 79

6.211
________
Patience Bryant
Georgia
Act 4th July '36
___________

Addl
1 year Musician    $44.00
1 do   Private          40.0
_____________
$84.00

Com. Mar. 4th 1831
Endg Decr 18. 1844

William Bryant
James Bryant
Martha Bryant
&
Mary O'Bryan

T. Lumpkin 
Washington
Page 80

114 East Mill St. Ithaca N.Y.
January 19, 1903.

Hon. E. F. Ware, Comm. of Pensions,
Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly give me a statement of the military records of two men who were pensioners for [underline] Revolutionary [/underline] Service?

William Bryant of Edgefield district, South Carolina was placed on the roll Mar. 24, 1819 and I desire ^also to know also where he was born, if his application states. He served in North Carolina, probably.

William Matthewson of Broome Co, N.Y. was placed on on [sic] the roll April 12, 1833. for 
(over)
Page 81

Service in Rhode Island. His widow, Tabitha, was placed on the roll in December, 1835.

Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give, I am

Truly yours,
(Miss) Mary K. Pearson.

[round stamp: PENSION OFFICE D
JAN 21 1903 U.S.]

[rectangle stamp: U.S.P.B.
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES.
JAN 23 1903]

9328 -18
Page 82

pen sec √
Quitman, Ga.  Nov. 29th. 1915

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: -
If the following widows of Revolutionary soldiers drew pensions as such, please give me all the information contained therein: -

[handwritten note above line: neg.] Margarette Pendergrass, living in Capt. Holliday's Dist. No. 242 Jackson County, Ga. 1832

Patience Bryant, living in Capt. Witherspoons Dist. No. 243 Jackson County, Ga. 1832

Thanking you in advance for the above information I am, 

Very Respectfully.
(Miss) Florrie Jarrell.

[round stamp illegible]
Page 83

Hon. Alex. H. Stevens
H of Reps
Dec 29
Page 84

Pension Office
Dec 29 1855

Sir
I have the honor to return the letter of Mr Elisha King and to inform you that on the 22d of October 1851 a Certificate of Pension was issued for the benefit of William Bryant, James Bryant, Martha Bryant, & Mary O'Bryan as the children of Patience Bryant of Fa ^who was the widow of William, The Certificate was for $84 a year to commence running 4 Mch 1831 and end 18th Dec 1844 when she died.

1836/
Thomas Lumpkin Esq of this City was the Agent to whom the Certificate was sent.


Hon. Alexander H Stephens
H of Reps
Page 85

Pension Office
Dec 29 1833

Sir
      I have the honer to return the letter of
Mr. Elisher King and to inform you that on the 22 of October 1857 a certifcate of Pension was [opened] for the benefit of William Bryant, James Bryant, Martha Bryant, and Mary O'Bryan as the children of Patricia Bryant of Ga  who was the widow of William . The certificate was for $84 a year to commence running 4 _ech 1831 and end 18th Dec 1844 when she died. 
   Thomas Lumpkin [illegable] of the city - was the agent to whom the Certificate was sent.
1836/
Page 86

N.C.        Bryant William
                 Anne Ellew
The above noted soldier's widow was peusioned 
as former widow of James Eaton, N.C. & S.C.  
W/18663 
 (see Itial [initial] claim)