Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6700, Robert Bryant, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.

Bryant, Robert

NUMBER
S.6700

Carded
CONTENTS
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State of North Carolina 
Wilkes County
     On this 31 day of March 1833 appeared before me Nelson A Strange an acting Justice of the peace for the aforesaid county Robert Bryant a resident of said County and State aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That in March 1776 I was enrolled as a minute-man by my master to whom I was bound as an apprentice in the county of Prince Edward & State of Virginia. We stood in readiness to march at any moment & were to receive sixteen pence pr. day. On the sixth day of the May following fifty of us marched from the
aforesaid County under Captain Charles Allen to Manchester on James River where we remained for 3 weeks & until we were joined by 2 other companies; We then immediately marched to Williamsburg down the River, where we met Col Samuel Meredith with four other companies. From this place I marched with about 150 men under Capt Allen, Capt Clay & Capt Anderson & Col. Meredith or
Meredyth to the town of Hampton on the Hampton Roads.
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At Manchester we remained three weeks and
we remained at Hampton three months when we were carried across to Portsmouth to guard that place because the men before stationed there, being 2 year men were sent on to the North to join Genl. Washington. At this place I remained in the service until my time was expired & returned home 8 days before Christmas in the same year. The whole length of this term was seven months & eleven days. In the month of February 1779 I with fifty others were drafted at prince Edward (Va) Courthouse for the purpose of marching to the head quarters of Genl Lincoln in South Carolina. The time for marching was appointed on the first of march but on account of bad weather we did not move until the sixteenth of the month. At Salisbury North Carolina we remained three weeks. On our march to that place companies from Pittsylvania, Halifax & Charlotte Counties had joined us, at that place Col. Mason with several companies from Lunenburg & other counties met us. My own Captain was Henry Walker. Our march from this place lay thro Camden, across the river near to that place thence across the Congaree near Col. Thompsons & thence directly to the head quarters of Genl Lincoln at Kawko Swamp about 12 miles from Stono River. The British as well I recollect were on James Island at the river under Gen’l. Provost or some one of similar name. We arrived at Head quarters on the first of June & on the twentieth of the same month as it was said Gen’l. Moultrie (who as I understood was in
Charleston) sent word to Lincoln to meet him near the British encampment at 8 oclock at a certain day shortly thereafter. Lincoln moved & took his station as requested. Moultrie never appeared  Lincoln engaged
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the British without the aid of Moultrie and inflected a severe loss upon them. The enemy’s Camp was not taken but within three or four days they deserted it & embarked & sailed around to the Savannah River. I arrived at home on the 3rd of August the same year. This Term was intended to be 5 months but we lost half a month at its commencement on account of the inclemency of the season as above stated. In February (about the last of it as I believe) in the year 1781 about fifty of us resident in Charlotte County Va. volunteered to join the army of Genl Green ,which at that time was laying between the Dan & Staunton Rivers – which we did the day following under Capt John Holloway. I believe we were attached to the Command of Col Wm Morton. Green recrossed Dan River into N. Carolina & moved on until he encountered Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse. On the day of the battle I was of the guard on the baggage waggons. It was ordered that we should repair to Frosly’s Iron Works  – at this place the army reassembled after the fight & on the second day it
moved in pursuit of Cornwallis. I remained in service with the army until it reached the junction of the
Haw & Deep River. Gen’l Green pursued no further but bent his course toward the Cheraw Hills and I
returned home after having been in the service six weeks – I was born in the year 1755 in the month of April as I have always understood but have no written memorial of my age. the place of my birth was in Prince Edward County Virginia –
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In the latter part of the year 1779 I removed to Charlotte Va. where I resided for more than four years. Then I removed to Surry County N. Carolina, here I remained for three years when I returned to Prince Edward & lived five years after which I moved to Burke County of this where I lived one year when I removed to the place where I now live & have lived ever since. I believe I will be seventy eight years of age on the 11 day of April ensuing. I received a discharge for my first Term of service from Capt Allen. My Discharge for the second Term was given by Richard Holland the Lieutenant for my Capt had died a few days before the Term expired. My last discharge was signed by Capt Jno Holloway. And my last discharge was left by me with an Uncle who was in service with me & has not been seen by me since. the other two were left in my mothers chest in Virginia. She is dead & I know not what has become of my discharges
     I know of no person within my convenient distance who can testify to the services here set forth. I cannot procure the evidence of any person or of any document as I believe to establish the clam herein made for my revolutionary services. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
                     Robert X Bryant
                       (X his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me he day and year aforesaid.
N. Strange JP
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to pay Nov. 23, 1836
Order to Pens 20 May 1841.
" to G.W. Churchill 21 Feb 1842
Letter to 3d Auditor April 25 1842
A.K. Parris 12th Aug 45
Dead.

Paid at Treasury under Act 6 April, 1838, from 4 March 1839 to 17th January 1842.
Agent notified 7 Apl 1842


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N. Carolina
12.776
Robert Bryant of Wilkes Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Allen of Regt commanded by Col. Meredith in the N. Carolina line for 13 months and 10 days

Insribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 44 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of May 3(torn) and Sent Robert Martin Wilkesboro N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 -        88.88
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Septr.  22.22

                                                        $111.10

{Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Rush Newnan, clerk,
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 34
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No. 24979
Robert Bryant Wilkes County
N. Carolina

Admit as a private
for 13 months and
10 days.  $44.44

Robert Martin Clk Wilkes County
N. Carolina
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
May 15, 1833

Sir:
     The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus}).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Robert Bryant Wilkes County N. Carolina

Period which the service was rendered.
Enrolled May 1776
Drafted Feby 1779
Col. Feby 1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
- 7 - 11
- 4 - 15
- 1 - 14

Rank of the claimant.
Private
"
"

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Meredith
Genl Lincoln
Genl Green, Col. Morton

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.                

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
78 years
County of Prince Edward Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence, certified.
Credible papers correctly attached    

            I am, respectfully,
               Your obedient servant,
                   J.L. EDWARDS,
                   Commissioner of Pensions.
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         REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
     The following regulations have been adopted:
     This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,"  "State troops,". "militia", and "Volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
     Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
       1.  The Regular Troops.
       2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
       3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
       4.  Indian Spies.
     As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned offices, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                       DECLARATION
                         In order to obtain the benefit of the
                     Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of 

     On this _____day of______personally appeared (a) before _____A.B. a resident (b) of _____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of _____aged (c)_____years, who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with_____and served in the _____(e) regiment of the _____line, under the following named officers:______

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers;  the time he left the service; (and if he served, under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers:} the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service;  the battles, if any, if which he was engaged and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
      
     He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.                         A.B.
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
     I_____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ________for a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____day of ____ &c.

     If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (k) We, A.B., a clergyman, residing in the _____ and C.D. residing in (the same) herby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____years of age;  that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
     Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
     And the said Court do hereby 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 A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I, _____Clerk of the Court of _____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____for a pension.
                     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my 
                     hand and seal of office, this ____day of 
                      _____&c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission;  but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
     If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he product such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means or corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;  and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
     The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all  applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
     1.  Where and in what year were you born?
     2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
     3.  Where were you living when called into service;  where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
     5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served;  such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
     6.  To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
          To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
    7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
     The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
     Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
     Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the court upon the whole matter.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served;  otherwise a claim cannot be had.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
_____" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  _____For_____year_____months, and_____days, I served as a _____, For _____months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." 
     It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served;  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
     [f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
     [g]  The opinion of the court is always required.
     [h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
     [i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

               Mode of authenticating papers.
          In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbons, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
 
                         Proof of Service.
     [j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department , he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
     [k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
     [l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
     [m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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September 18, 1935
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BA-J/EEL
Robert Bryant - S.6700

Mrs. Charles F. Wayland
2439 Magnolia Avenue
Knoxville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:
     The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6700, based upon the military service in that war of Robert Bryant.
     Robert Bryant was born April 11, 1755, in Prince Edward County, Virginia.  The names of his parents are not shown.
     While residing in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Robert Bryant was enrolled in in a company of minute men in March, 1776, was called out on May 6, 1776, served in Captain Charles Allen's Company, colonel Samuel Meredith's Virginia Regiment;  length of service, seven months and eleven days;  he enlisted in February, 1779, and on March 16 following, marched to North Carolina, served in Captain Henry Walker's Virginia Company, was in an engagement, name of engagement not given and was discharged by Lieutenant Richard Holland, Captain Walker having died, and reached his home on August 3, 1779;  in the latter part of February, 1781, served in Captain John Holloway's Company, Colonel William Morton's Virginia Regiment, marched to North Carolina and was engaged as a guard for the baggage wagons at the time of the battle of Guilford Court House;  length of this service, six weeks.
     After the Revolution, he moved from Charlotte County, Virginia, to Surry County, North Carolina, where he remained for three years;  then moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, and lived for five years;  thence to Burke County, North Carolina, and lived for one year;  thence to Wilkes County, North Carolina.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1833, while residing in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
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     In May, 1839, Robert Bryant moved to Blount County, Tennessee, with his son, Thompson Bryant.
     The soldier died in Blount County, Tennessee, January 17, 1842.  It is stated that his wife had been dead for many years.  Her name, date of their marriage and date of her death are not shown.  Two sons survived their father, Robert Bryant.  Thompson named above, and John Bryant.  Their ages are not stated, nor is John's place of residence given.
     The soldier stated that he had an uncle who served with him in the Revolutionary War:  the name of the uncle was not given.

                        Very truly yours

                        A.D. HILLER
                        Executive Assistant to the
                        Administrator
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B247
May 18, 1841
Pension Office
W Evans
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B247
May 18, 1841
Pension Office
W Evans
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Tennessee Blunt Cty
April 30th 1841

To the Honorable
John Bell
         Secretary of War

Dear Sir
     I have been an old pensioner in the state of N Carolina and have received to Tennessee Blunt Cty and have not been able to get my pension since the fall of 1838 and I wish you to instruct me how I am to receive it again and you will oblige an old Revolutionary soldier in so doing.
                Yours Respectfully
                     Robert Bryant
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North Carolina
Wilkes County
     We William Lenon and William Dula residing in the County of Wilkes and State of North Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Bryant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age;  that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion;  that he is a man of good moral character and his statement entitled to full credit.
                        Wm Lenon
                        Wm H Dula
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th April 1833
NA Strange JP

State of North Carolina
Wilkes County 
     I Nelson A Strange an acting Justice of the peace for said County do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the war department & hearing the answers to the same the substance of which are embodied in the foregoing declaration, that the above named applicant Robert Bryant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And I do further certify that the only
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resident clergyman of our neighborhood where Bryant resides lately are moved to the west; that General William Lenon and William H Dula who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Wilkes County and Bryants neighborhood and are men of exceptionable moral character - that their statement is entitled to full credit; that the declarant is too decrepit to attend court.
N.H. Strange JP

State of North Carolina
Wilkes County
     I Robert Martin Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for our said County do hereby certify that Nelson A. Strange whose signature is affixed to the preceding certificate and to the certificate of the oath of Robert Bryant to his foregoing declaration is a Justice of the peace for our said County and one of the Justices of our said Court and that the said signatures are his genuine signature.  In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my office this 30th day of April (seal over date) 1833.
(seal)
R. Martin Clk
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Feb 10 1842
W Evans


Hon JL Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Knoxville
Jany 31st 1842

Hon JL Edwards
Sir, Robert Bryant of the State of N Carolina who was a private in the Revolutionary War was placed on the pension list of the 4th March 1831 - at $20 per year.  I have his original certificate in my possession.  He formerly drew his pension at Wilkesboro N Carolina up to March 1834.  His son Thompson Bryant moved the old man Robert to Blount Cty Tennessee in May 1839.  He was helpless and & mind so enfeebled that at Dec Court 1841 at Marysville a Guardian was appointed for him Robt Bryant - & on 17th Jany 1842 Robt Bryant died in Blount County.  Arrears of pension due him since Marcy 1839 - his wife died many years since.  He left two sons Thompson & John Bryant.  The reason why he was not put on the list in Tennessee his certificate was misplaced by the Agent.  It was found a short time before his death.  Be pleased to instruct me how to proceed to obtain the arrears of Pension & send me such Blank forms as are necessary.  & inform me who is to
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draw the money & what kind of evidence is necessary &c.
     And oblige yours &c
            G.M. Churchill
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
August 19th, 1845

Sir:
     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, one of the two sons of Robert Bryant dec., a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Forty four Dollars and 44 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839, to the 17th Jany 1842.
                   Respectfully, yours,
                   Albion K. Parris
                       Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
            Present.
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Robert Bryant
24979
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James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
    I have herewith the papers in the case of Robert Bryant who was paid to 4 Sept 1834.  The cause of the delay in the application I do not know but the papers came thru the hands of a respectable man.
                   I am very respectfully,
                         Your obt. svt,
                            Jno  Hinks
                             Agent

Pension Office Fayetteville
Novbr 18th 1836
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Nov 22
Robt Bryant
NCM

James L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington.
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6400
INVALID.
Rev War

File No 6700
Robert Bryant
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. A, Page 44

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1935 Sept 18 Hist to
Mrs. Chas F. Wayland
EL
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Knoxville, Tenn.
Veterans Administration
Washington
D.C.

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RECEIVED
JUL 8 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV
READER 18
VETS. ADM.

Dear Sir -
     Will you please date of last payment of pensions, and any family history in the Revolutionary War claim of the following names.
William Houston - Green County Tenn.
James Houston - Blount County, Tenn, who lived with Robert Tedford 1840.
Robert Bryant - Blount County Tenn, who lived with Thomas Bryant 1840.
                 Respt.
                       Mrs. Charles F. Wayland
                       2439 Magnolia Ave.
                       Knoxville, Tenn

July 3 1935
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September 18, 1935
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BA-J/EEL  AWN

Robert Bryant
S.6700

Mrs. Charles F. Wayland
2439 Magnolia Avenue
Knoxville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:
     Reference is made to your letters in which you request the records of William Houston, of Green County, Tennessee;  Henry Matlock, of McMinn County, Tennessee;  Richard Matlock, of Hawkins County, Tennessee; and M.D. Sherman, who served in the Virginia troops;  all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
     Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to make for one person or organization a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war.  You are furnished herewith the histories of Robert Bryand and Richard Medlock.
     Your copy of family records is returned herewith.
                     Very truly yours

                     A.D. HILLER
                     Executive Assistant to the
                     Administrator.