Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,315, John Dysart, N.C.

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

SERVICE N.C.
NUMBER S. 3,315
Dysart, John

Born in Penn. carded
CONTENTS

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] 19001
West Tennessee
John Dysart
of Bedford Co in the State of Tennessee who was a priv & St  in the company commanded by Captain Moore of the regiment commanded by Colonel McDowell in the N. Carolina line for 9 months private 
12 " [months] sergeant 

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 96 Dollars 0 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of Marc h, 1831

Certificate of pension issued the 11 day of (illegible) 1833 and sent to J McKisick at Shelbyville

Arrears in the 4th of March 180.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending  4 Sep  43.00
$223.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Danl Boyd clerk 
Book E Vol. (illegible) Page 

[right side] [Illegible] to [Illegible[ and repd [reported] amt. 23 Sept. 1933

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4751
John Dysant
Tennessee
from 1776 private + sergeant 21 months
pr. 9 mn - $30.
Segt 1 year - 60.
$90.
5.14.16

see letter Nov 17 1832
J. McKirk
Shelly

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4751
BRIEF in the case of  John Dysart                
of Bedford County  in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.	Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? before an acl J. P. 
2.	If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes
3.	How old is he? 82 years and 7 months
4.	State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. about the 1st July in 1776, volunteered to guard the frontiers of N.. Carolina till about 1st Oct
1777 same service
1778 was drafted for 3 months but hired a substitute
1779 principally engaged by the tories
1780 believes he spent upwards of 2 years in the service
Duration of Service.
Rank. served as orderly
Sergeant about a year
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen Rutherford
Capt Moore
Capt Patton
Gen Davidson
Col + Maj's McDowell + Capt Saim, Wood
Col Campbell + Col Sevier + Col Shelby
5.	In what battles was he engaged?
6.	Where did he reside when he entered the service? Birk Cty No. Carolina
7.	Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by traditionary evidence + by leaving
8.	Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect?

*CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. 
State of Tennessee
Bedford county
On this 2nd day of August in the year of Our Lord 1832, personally appeared before me James Ewing an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county John Dysart a resident of the county and state aforesaid ages eighty two years and 7 months, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under following named officers and served as herein stated. 
I then lived in Birk County North Carolina on Muddy Creek about the first of July 1776 I volunteered and was called into service under Capt. Moore who Moore was under the control of General Rutherford on order to guard the frontier of North Carolina from the Cherokee Indians till about the first of October following. During the summer of 1777 I volunteered to guard the frontier of North Carolina under Capt. Patton. In the spring of 1778 I was drafted for three months to go against the British who was then in South Carolina. I hired a substitute in my place and took the [illegible] to Col. McDowel who gave me a [illegible] for the tours. I also at that time took the Oath of Allegiance on the 26th May 1778 agreeable to law before McDowel and have got his

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a volunteer. 
In the year 1779 I was principally engaged in driving the Tories our of our state under Capt. Sam. Wood Col. and Maj. McDowel and General Davidson. In the year 1780 I was volunteered under Col and Maj McDowel and Capt Woods and had an engagement on the head of Cane Creek in Burke County with Furgeson and his army about the 20th Sept. and were routed by Furgeson and had to retreat over the Blue Ridge on Holston River where we were joined with Col. Campbell Col. Sevier and Col. Shelby, with an army of eleven hundred men in all the Army returned back about the last of Sept. to Burke County and went on to Kings Mountain where with our Army we defeated Furgeson and his army. I then returned home and stayed at home till the spring of 1780. I volunteered under Col. McDowel to pursue Lord Cornwallis in his march from Charlotte North Carolina to Salisbury in Rowan County and went about eighty miles with Col McDowel til we came to the Battle of the Yadkin River where Cornwallis had killed General Davidson my father James Dysart and my brother William Dysart. In 1779 or 1780 there were seven men of us [illegible] one man between us for eighteen months to defend our bounty from the British and Tories and delivered said herd into the hands of Col McDowel said Dysart saith also saith that W. James Niele can certify that he saw him at the Battle of Kings Mountain. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or aannuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

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said deponent saith that he believes that he served two years + upwards in the United States. Sworn to and subscribed to the day + year aforesaid also further stated I served as orderly Sergeant about a year under Capt S. (illegible) Jas  
 Erving JP
John Yost
We Thomas J Hall a clergyman residing in the County of Bedford Tennessee + neighborhood of John Dysart + John Orr residing in the same hereby certify that we are will acquainted with John Dysart who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty two years of age, that he is reputed + believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution + that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn + subscribed, the day + year aforesaid
Tho Y Hall
John Orr
Jas Erving 
State of Tennessee
Bedford County
I James Erving an acting Justice of the peace of please + quarter session of County do hereby certify that Tho J Hall to be (illegible) the above (illegible) is a clergyman of the party (illegible) is in good standing in the society + in the neighborhood from my acquaintance with him for sixteen years, also John Orr has been the Col Commandant of this regiment for several years and a man of truth and veracity + respectability given under my hand and seal Maech 8th 1833
Jas Erving Justice of the peace of Bedford County

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Question 1st Where and in what year were you born  Answer I was born in Chester County in Pennsylvania Dec 25 in the 1749
Quest 2nd Have you any record of your age + if so where is it, Answer I took it from my fathers record in his Bible + entered it in my own family Bible record place
Quest 3rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer- I was living in Burk County North Carolina + some time after the war moved to Fayette County in Kentucky + from there I moved to Tennessee Willimson County in the year 1800 + in the year 1808 I moved into Bradford County on Rock Creek + lives here still
Quest 4 How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute + if a substitute for whom- Answer I first volunteered against the Indians to guard the frontiers on the head of the Catawba river Cat Wllm (illegible) under Gen Rutherford + all my service was a volunteer + a substitute + got (illegible) for my substitute

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Quest 5th State the names 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 service Answer Col Mcdowel + Maj M(illegible)were our Officers + was my officer most of the time I was I was in the service. I served under Capt L Woods, I was in a skirmish at the head of Cane Creek where Col Mc Dowel got defeated by Fergeson (illegible) the Blue Ridge where we then (illegible) more forces Col Campbell Col Shelby + Col Severe returned with Col Mc Dowel + (illegible) Fergeson overtook him to Kings Mountain where we defeated him what battle I was in Col Campbell was commander + he held a court marshal and hung nine of the Tories, + twenty when was condemned was released from being hung.
Quest 6th did you ever receive a discharge from the service + if so by whom was it given and what has become of it- Answer I did not receive aby discharge my services were volunteer + I continued until the end of the war nor pay for the services 
Quest 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood and who can testify as to you character for veracity and their belief pf your service as a soldier of the Revolution Answer
James Neillson was with me in the Battle of Kings Mountain  (turn over

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Francis H. Woods Rev Tho J. Hall Allen Leeper Wilm Maryin Gershom Bills (Frederick Fisher was also at the Kings Mountain Battle) Robert Hunter John Orr John Ramsey John Denney David Appleby John Appelby Albert Anderson James Miller John Irwin Jonathan Brown Wilm Brecher Sr Josiah Brecher I remember more who might be named
John Dysart 
Sworn to subscribed before me August 2nd 1832 John Erving J.P.
State of Tennessee
Bradford County 
We whose names are hereunto do certify that John Dysart Has been confined to his house + bed for about four years or upwards, has lost the use of his limbs so that he cannot (illegible) at the Court or House with out being carried of hauled 
Given under our hands August 2nd 1832
Jar Erving
John Orr
Richard McRee
Theo Hall
Wilm Leeper
John Ramsey

State of Tennessee
Bradford County
I J. Erving as acting Justice in the said County do hereby certify that J Orr, Rich Mc Ree, Tho J. Hall, + Wilm Leeper + John Ramsey who names are aforesigned to the above certificate are men of veracity + of truth and (illegible) given under my hand + seal this 8th March 1833
J, Erving JP
Bradford County

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4751.
John Dysart
Declaration

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Rev. and 1812 War Section
January 21, 1926.
R. Place Montgomery
F. + M. Bank Bldg
Hobart, Okla.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3315, it appears that John Dysart was born December 25, 1749, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
While residing on Huddy Creek, Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served in the North Carolina troops, as follows-
From July 1, 1776, three months as private in Captain William Moore's Company.
In 1178, six months as sergeant in Captain Sam Woods' Company, Colonel McDowel's Regiment.
In 1780, six months in Sams Company and regiment, and was in the battle of Cane Creek and Kings

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Mountain.
He served in 1781 in Colonel McDowel's Regiment length of service not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed AUgust2, 1832, while a resident of Bedford County, Tennessee. He died September 10, 1842.
It also appears in said claim that soldier's father James and brother William were killed in an engagement on the Yadkin River, when General Davidson was killed
The Revolutionary war records of this bureau fail to afford any data in regard to pension or bounty land having been claimed on account of the services of James and William Dysart.
There is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

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3315
Rev War
INVALID
File No. 3315
John Dysant
Prvt + Serg N.C. Line
Act June 7 1832

Dec 14 1903 Histy to Mrs W.A. Potter
Seattle Wash

Feby 18 1904 to above date of death not shown how to find date of both payments

1906 Nov 28 1906 History to Mrs. J.W. Carty M.B.H. 
1908 APr 15th History to Dysart L.
Oct. 13 1908 H. M. Dysart furnished the No. also sold statement was sent apr 15 1908
1910 Feby 14 Histy to Miss Grace M. Pierce
1919 Feby 28 Hist to Mabel Correll
1921 Much 21 Hist to Miss Sara A. Ransom
1921 Nov 26 Hist Mrs R. Wreen
1926 Jan 21 " " R. Pierce Montgomery
1931 Oct. 7 Hist to Mary Dysart IGG

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John Dysart

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                    which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for not doing so.
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine what amount of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Act ? J.P. Justice of the Court pf P & Q sessions
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes + has a devise

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergymen’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? has two witnesses as to part of his service.
XIV. If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ____________ year __________ months, __________ and _____________days, I served as a       and for such service I claim a pension"

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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 service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too definite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place of 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.  
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service                                                                                                                                                                 In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by proper officer, under his seal of office.        
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer, who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.  In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

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State of Tennessee
Bedford County
I hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above names applicant John Dysart was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that Thomas J. Neall who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said county of Bedford and is in the neighborhood of said John Dysart and that John Orr who has also signed the same is a resident in said county and is a credible  person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do further certify that the said John Dysart is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the court that he has been confirmed to his bed for several years past, and is still confirmed by discase. H the testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty five
Jas Erving

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is a Court official do hereby certify that James Erwin before whom the foregoing proceedings were had and who gave above certificate is a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and also a Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for said County and that the amend signatures are his genuine signatures 
Ja. M.. Kisick

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An amendment to the declaration of John Dysart heretofore made before John Erving 
rest of letter (illegible)

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in the war of the Revolution for which he claims a pension   Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
John Dysart
I James M. Kisick clerk of the court of please and quarter session for Bedford County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Ephraim Curtis Esquire being sworn the (illegible) amended (illegible) Declaration sworn to is now and was on the day the same (illegible) date and active justice of the peace for said county duly (illegible) and that his signature is (illegible) testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal of office at office on (illegible) this 15th of April 1833 Jas K. Kisick

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(illegible)
(illegible) County

Top half of letter (illegible)
I was acquainted with John Dysart before the revolutionary war and was with him in the Indian Wars . and was also with him in a skirmish on Caine Creek with Fergerson in which we were rather defeated + went over the mountain + collected more Tories and returned and overtook Fergerson at Kings Mountain where I seen him in action as a soldier + believe that he was genuinely in the service allong for some years about the close of the war both against Indians and Tories and the British 
Sworn to before the day and year above written
James Neill
Jos Erving
I James Erving an acting Justice of the peace for Bedford County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that James Neill who subscribed and was qualified to the foregoing affidavit has for more that ten years to my (illegible) supported the character of a man of honestly + integrity and that this character for veracity is in peaceable given under my hand this day of (illegible) 1833

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State of Tennessee
Maury County
I Frederick Fisher seventy two year old citizen of the aforesaid county doth hereby certify that in the time of the revolutionary war I served in Washington County Virginia on Halston. I volunteered + went over the Mountain after the British+ we overtook Fergerson at Kings Mountain in which battle I was shot through the knee and was after was stabbed with a Bayonet + am now a pensioner of the government I was not then acquainted with Mr John Dysart until we met in this Neighborhood some years ago and in conversation with him + the circumstances which he mentioned to me I must believe that he was at or in the battle against Fergerson at Kings Mountain and that he also must have also seen me there from the circumstances which in our conversation he related to mw given under my hand this 7th of August 1832
Frederick Fisher
Witness present
Ja Erving

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entire page (illegible)

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served nor nor of Pension certificate
address
Mrs. Mabel Correll
Armstrong 
Mo

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Marceline Mo.
Nov- 9 1921
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dept. Interior
Washington D.C.
Dear sir,
Please give me the service for which the following Revolution War soldiers were pensioned John Dysart, Marshall Turn, and William Terryman  S7771 Madison Co. V.A. My grandfather Nicholas Dysartwas a grandson of said James and my father Wm Terryman was a grandson of Wm above
Yours very truly
Mrs. J.R. Wreen
Marceline Mo.

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Data from card M.B.H
BEARGRASS CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION,
LUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
Pension office will you kindly give me the record of John Dysart born Dec 25th 1749. Came to America served seven years in the war of the rev. from North Carolina

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He first settled in Penn. came to N.C. afterward moved to Ky. then to Williamson Co. Tennessee in 1810, later to Marshall Co. Tenn where he died in 1842
And onlige Mrs. J.W. Mc Carty Sherwood Ave
Louisville Kentucky

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Fairfield Free Public Library
Farfield Iowa April 6 1908
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
My Dear sir,
My great grandfather John Dysart was born in 1749. He was in the war for Independance and fought at Kings Mountain in 1780 He came from North Carolina to some part of Kentucky, thence to Marshall Co. Tennessee in 1907 where he died in 1842, can you kindly give me any information about him or refer me to any records, documents or other source from which I can verify the fact of his service
Your Very Truly
H.M. Dysart
(stamped) Apr 8 1908

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WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF OSTEOPATHY
INCORPERATED
Sixth Floor Deposit Bldg. 701 First Av.
Phones, Main 607: Ind L 1321
W. A. Potter D.O.  E.A. Peterson D.O. 
Physicians in Charge
Seattle, Wash. DEC. 7th 1903.
Pension Department.
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please see if the name of John Dysart, of Bedford County, Tennessee, appears on the pension roles of the Revolutionary War. If you find that it does will you please make an affidavit to that affect and send to me.
Yours very truly
Mrs. A. Potter
712 Beacon Place
Seattle, Wh.

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Fairfield Free Public Library
Fairfield Iowa, Oct. 15 1908
V. Warner Commissioner
Washington DC.
Dear sir, Referring to your letter of April 15th 08 (VLM File 3315 Rev War) In order to complete my application to S.A.R. would like to get the number of pension certificate of John Dysart, Revolutionary Soldier, will you kindly give me a certificate showing his service and pension record as full and complete as possible. Thanking you very much in advance I am yours Respectfully
H. M. Dysart

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MISS GRACE M. PIERCE REGISTRAR GENERAL
902 F Street Washington, D.C.
Feb. 10, 1910.
Miss Wilson
Revolutionary War Record Division,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My Dear Miss Wilson:-
Will youkindly send to this office an official copy of the service or application for pension of one John Dysart born December the 25th 1749 in (illegible) County, Pa. died September 10, 1842 near Farmington, Tenn. pensioned for service as sergeant from North Carolina
Thanking you for your kindness, I am yours very sincerely
Grace M. Pierce
(REGISTRAR GENERAL, N.S.D.A.R.)

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Columbia Missouri,
September 17, 1937.
To the Bureau of Pensions
Washington, DC.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send the record of John Dysart in the battle of Kings Mountain, Revolutionary War. He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and later lived in Tennessee.
Also I would like to know if there is any record of ELISHA HIGBEE, of near New Brunswick, NJ.
I will appreciate any information you can give me. If I have written to the wrong place, perhaps you can tell me where yto write for information concerning these ancestors.
Very truly yours,
Mary Dysart
1601 East Broadway
Columbia, Missouri

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R. PLACE MONTGOMERY
LAWYER
P + M BANK BUILDING
HOBART, OKLAHOMA
December 22, 1925
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me a statement of the Pension Records of Sergeant John Dysart, born in North Carolina on the 25th day of December, 1749, died in Tennessee the 2nd of September, 1842, and of his father James Dysart, killed at the battle of Conan's Ford of the Yadkin River on February 1st, 1781; both men residents of Tennessee. Please send any family data you may have on file.
Thanking you for the favor, I am,
Respectfully yours,
R. Place Montgomery
R. Place Montgomery

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124 O'Neal Av
Florance Ala.
Feb 15 1921
Pension Dept,
Washington D.C.
Dear sirs:
Will you please look up and send me a certificate statement (illegible) each from North Carolina was a (illegible) Pension roll of Revolutionary soldier.
He was with Capt. Wmm Moore Burke Co. N.C. 1776-  served in company of Capt. Patton of Burke Co. N.C. 1778-: was serg each in company of Capt. Said (illegible) regiment of Col. Mc Dowill in 1779- of the same county; was also in the battle of Lanes Creek and Kings Mountain
Please let me hear at earliest convenance
Most respectfully
Miss Sara A. (illegible)
124 O'Neal 
Florance, Alabama

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Mr. H.H. Dysart,
Free Public Library,
Fairfield, Iowa.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 15 and received the 19th instant, you are advised that in the claim Sur. File. No. 3215 Revolutionary War, John Dysart, the Certificate number is 19,001.
A statement of the service the above named soldier was forwarded you April 15, 1908.
It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to each person.
Very respectfully
Commissioner

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BA-J/ILL
Miss Mary Dysart
1601 East Broadway
Columbia, Missouri 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Dysart, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3315, based upon his military service in that war.
John Dysart, son of James Dysart, was born December 25, 1749 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
While residing on Muddy Creek in Burke County, North Carolina, he volunteered July 1, 1776 and served as private in Captain William Moore's North Carolina Company guarding the frontier against the Cherokee Indians until about October, 1776; he enlisted sometime in the summer 1777 and served six months as private in Captain Robert Patton's North Carolina Company; during 1779, he served six months as sergeant in Captain Sammuel Wood's Company, Colonel McDowell's North Carolina Regiment; during 1780, he served six months as sergeant in Captain Sammuel Wood's Company, Colonel McDowell's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Canes Creek and Kings Mountainhe enlisted in the spring, 1781 and marched under Colonel McDowell to the banks of the Yadkin River, length of this service not shown.
The soldier stated that his father and broether, William, were killed in the engagemnet when General Davidson was killed.
Some time after the war, the soldier moved from Burke County North Carolina, to Fayette County, Kentucky, from which place he moved in 1800 to Williamson County, Tennessee, thence in 1808 to Bedford County, Tennessee.

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He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2. 1832, while residing on Rock Creek in Bedford County, Tennessee.
He died September 10, 1842.
It is not stated that the soldier was married.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Elisha Higbee under any spelling of that surname.
Very truly yours, 
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.