Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2750, Charles Bryan, Continental Md.

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Service: Continental, Md.   Bryan, Charles, Catharine.    Number: W. 2750.

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3778
Pennsylvania Roll
Charles Bryan, 4
Private
Maryland Line
77 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. 
Inscribed on the roll of Penn. at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of a May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of October 1818 and sent to William Hepburn Esq. Williamsport Penn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Semianl, all'ce ending 4 March, 1819.
31.52
48.00
$79.52
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.

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Admitted on the Penny Rolls
Charles Bryan
[illegible] May

[illegible] Hopburn
[illegible]
Lycoming, Penn.

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Correct
except the Judge's certificate

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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County,
On this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of the common pleas in and for said County, personally appears Charles Bryan aged 64 years resident in Lycoming county afs. d[superscript] who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by late act of Congress, entitled in act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" that he the said Charles Bryan enlisted in the Town of Leonard St. Mary's county, State of Maryland in the year 1776 in the company commanded by Colonel William Small, for one year that he served, the year, in the Mary-land line in the same corps, that he enlisted again in 1777 in Leonard Town St. Mary's county in the State of Maryland in the company commanded  by Captain John Davidson, in 2nd Maryland Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Price Maryland line, for three years or during the war, and that he served the time for which he was enlisted in the same corps, when he was regularly discharged that he again enlisted in 1780 in the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania in the 5th Troop Captn. David Hopkins of the 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by Col. Stephen Moylan Penn-sylvania line, for during the war, and served the time for which he was enlisted in the same Corps, when he was dis-charged from service in the Town of Lancaster

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in the state of Pennsylvania that he was in the Battle of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, and at the taking of Lord Cornwallis, and that he is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of the assistance of his county for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid. 
Charles Bryan [signature of Charles Bryan]
Wm Hepburn [signature of William Hepburn]

Lycoming County Pa
I, William Hepburn one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Lycoming in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Charles Bryan did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the directory for the department of war funds out to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Wm Hepburn [signature of William Hepburn]

May 7th AD 1818,
Lycoming County Pa
I Thomas Hays Prothonotary of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County do certify that the above named William Hepburn Esq. is duly commissioned and appointed one of the Associate Judges in and for Lycoming county in the State of Pennsylvania and that full faith and credit is and ought to b given to all his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and soul of said court at Williamsport the 7th May AD 1818.
Tho. Hays [signature of Thomas Hays] [illegible]

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I, William Hepburn one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lycoming do certify that I am per-sonally aquainted with the circumstances of the within named Charles Bryan and believe him to stand in need of support from his country--Williamsport 17 [illegible] August 1818.
Wm Hepburn [signature of William Hepburn]

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Charles Bryan
[illegible pencil marks]
Oct 18

9.

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District of Pennsylvania [illegible]
On this sixth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas held in Williamsport for the county of Lycoming, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of Common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of proceedings Charles Bryan aged sixty six years  resided in Lycoming County in said district who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the eighteenth of March 1818 and 7th of May 1818 that he served in the revolution-ary war with the company commanded by Col. William Smallwood in the line of the State of Maryland and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th March 1818 his certificate being numbered 3778 and dated October 20th AD 1818 to commence May 7th 1818. And I do solemnly swear that I was resident citizen of the Unite States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by  gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certian persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutiona-ry War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property of securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herein to annexed and by me subscribed.
Charles Bryan

Sworn and subscribed in open Court the sixth day of Sept AD 1820
Thos. Hays proty.

[written between the 12th and 13th lines] [illegible] Capt A. Thomas in the Regiment [illegible]

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Schedule of the property of Charles Bryan 
I have besides necessary clothing and bedding
Six chairs wooden..........$5.00
Three old tables.......... 5.33
One Looking glass.......... .75
Two pots of Iron.......... 2.25
One Iron tea kettle.......... 1.00
One Bake Oven.......... 2.00
One sets of knives & forks.......... .50
1/2 dozen tea cups & saucers.......... .25
One fine chest & 2 buckets.......... 5.00
6 plates & one pint bowl.......... .40 [underlined]
                                          $22.48

I have a pension from the State of Pennsylvania of sixty eight dollars a year, and the following debts are due me and recoverable
One debt of Twenty one dollars..........$21.00
One debt of Sixteen dollars.......... 16.00
One debt of Twenty dollars.......... 20.00
One debt of eleven dollars.......... 11.00
One debt of seventeen dollars.......... 17.00
Two debts of four dollars each.......... 8.00
One debt of three dollar & seventy five cents.......... 3.75 [underlined]
                                                                            $96.75 [underlined]
I am indebted in the following sums
One debt of twenty six dollars..........$26.00
One debt of twenty none dollars.......... 29.00
One debt of twenty one dollars.......... 21.00
One debt of sixteen dollars.......... 16.00
One debt of twenty dollars.......... 20.00
One debt of seventeen dollars.......... 17.00
One debt of eleven dollars.......... 11.00 [underlined]
                                                $140.00 [underlined]
One debt of three dollars.......... 3.00
Two debts of four dollars each.......... 8.00 [underlined]
                                                     $151.00

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I am by occupation a labourer but by age and infirmities am not able to pursue that occupation. I have no family residing with me except my son Samuel aged fourteen years and my wife Catherine aged fifty eight years and infirm like myself.
Signed Charles Bryan

Signed & subscribed as above.
Thos. Hays Proth. [Signed by Thomas Hays, Prothonotary]

War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify, that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818, Charles Bryan late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pensions List Role of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of eight dollars - cents per month, to commence on the seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
^[illegible signature]
Given at the war office of the United States, this twentieth day of october one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War

Endorsment
Payable on the 4th of March and 4th of September in each year, at the Bank of the U. States Philadelphia. Recorded.
No. 3778 [circled]

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Lycoming County Pa.
I Thomas Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas--do hearby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty two dollars and forty eight cents. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Williamsport the sixth day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Thos Hays, Proty [Signed by Thomas Hays, Prothonotary]

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Paid at the Treasury unde [under] the Act of 6 April 1838 from [illegible] Sep 1840 to 4 March 1841. [illegible] notified 30 Sep 1844.
J Hall May 2 1855

[Written vertically] Date of death [illegible]

2891
Pennsylvania
Catharine Bryan, wife of Charles Bryan, die [cut off]
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 181 [cut off]
nd who died on the 15 May 1838 of Lycoming Co in the State of Penna [Pennsylvania]
who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain John Allen of the regt. commanded by William Small in the Pennsylv [crossed out] Md [Maryland] line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philada [Philadelphia] at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 15th day of May 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May 1839...and lent to [illegible] here Phila [Philadelphia] [illegible] Moyamensing Bank.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $64.
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept. '39 40.
$104.
Act July 7 1838.
Recorded by [illegible signature],
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 14

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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County } Ss

On this eleventh day of February - Anno Domini one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Lycoming being a Court of Record Catharine Bryan a resident of Fairfield township Lycoming County aforesaid and State of Pennsylvania and who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court and being first duly affirmed according to Law doth on her solemn affirmation, make the following Declaration to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. That she is now the widow of Charles Bryan named in the original Certificate from the War Department of the United States of which Certificate I certify the following to be a true Copy
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 Charles Bryan late a Private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension List Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars--cents per month to commense on the seventh day of My One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen
[next word surrounded by curly mark] seal
Given t the War Office of the United States this twentieth day of October one thousand and Eight hundred and and Eighteen
J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
That the said Charles Bryan

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departed this life on the fifteenth day of May Anno Domini one thousand eight hundrend and thirty eight at Fairfield Township aforesaid in that this deponent was married to the said Charles Bryan on the sixth day of October seventeen hundred and eighty three and continued to live with him as his lawful wife up to the time of his death aforesaid in that the time of the said marriage was after the expiration of the last period of his service in the War of the Revolution and as stated above before the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four that this deponent has been frequently informed by the said Charles Bryan that he was about two years and a half in the Pennsylvania service and about five years in the service of the State of Maryland. But that as evidence of the said Charles Bryan having served in the War of the Revolution in the manner specified in the act of Congress passed the seventh day of June Eighteen hundred and thirty two entitled an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain suviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution this deponent would refer to the Record of the War Department of the United States and the Certificate herein before copied and this Deponent would further state that the said Charles Bryan was living on the seventh day of June Eighteen hundred and thirty two. 

Catharine Bryan [signature of Catharine Bryan]

Affirmed and subscribed this eleventh day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty nine. Before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid.

Ellis Lewis [signature of Ellis Lewis]

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[677]
Family Record.
[column headings: Marriages. Marriages.]
Charles A Bryan and Catharine Stone 
Oct. 6, 1783

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[678]
Family Record.
[column headings: Births. Births.]
1. Charles A Bryan June 10, 1752.
Catharine Bryan Nov 20, 1762.
Henry Bryan Aug. 2, 1784.
Mary Bryan Sep. 3, 1786.
George W Bryan May 20, 1790.
John Bryan July 31, 1792.
Elizabeth Bryan Sep. 20, 1794.

2. Sarah Bryan Nov. 20, 1796.
Frederick Bryan Dec. 20, 1798.
David Bryan March 6, 1800.
William W Bryan Dec. 2, 1802.
Charles Bryan Feb. 18, 1804.
Samuel Bryan Feb. 9, 1806.

By D. Hall
Aug. 18, 1832

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[679]
Family Record. 
[column headings: Births. Deaths.
2. Mary Bryan Oct. 26, 1802.
Charles Bryan Aug. 2, 1822.
Samuel Bryan

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June 8, 1932
Charles Bryan--W.2750
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BA-J/EEL

Miss Murle Bryan
Y.W.C.A.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.2750, based upon the military service of Charles Bryan in that war. 
Charles Bryan (the name also appears as Charles A. Bryan) was born June 10, 1752, place of birth not stated.
He enlisted in Leonardstown [s is crossed out], Saint Marys County, Maryland, somtime in 1776, exact date not stated, served as a private in Captain John Allen Thomas' Company, Colonel William Smallwood's Maryland Regiment and was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains; he enlisted in 1777, exact date not given, served three years in Captain John Davidson's Company, Colonel Thomas Price's Second Maryland Regiment, and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown; he again enlisted in 1780, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a private in Captain David Hopkins' Company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Fourth Regiment of Light Dragoons, was at the taking of Lord Corn-wallis and was discharged at the close of the war in Lancaster, Penn-sylvania. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1818, while residing in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
He died May 15, 1838, in Faifield Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The place of his burial is not given.
The soldier married March 6, 1783, place not stated, Catharine Stone, who was born November 20, 1762.
Soldier's widow, Catherine, was allowed pension on her application executed February 11, 1839, while residing in Fairfield Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

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The following appears on the family record:

Henry Bryan born August 2, 1784.
Mary Bryan " September 3, 1786, died October 26, 1802.
George W. Bryan " May 20, 1790.
John Bryan " July 31, 1792.
Elizabeth Bryan " September 20, 1794, married Courson and was living in Lycoming Coun-ty, Pennsylvania, in 1839.
Sarah Bryan " November 20, 1796.
Frederick Bryan " December 20, 1798.
David Bryan " March 6, 1800.
William W. Bryan " December 2, 1802.
Charles Bryan " February 18, 1804, died August 2, 1822.
Samuel Bryan " February 9, 1806, " August 17, 1831.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to the Administrator

^Date of widow's death not on AB

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55
Philadelphia Winsday [Wednesday] April 25
Dear Sir pleas [please] pardon me for Translating as it is for a blind friend he wishis [wishes] to no wethir [know whether] Charles A Bryan from Lycoming County PA has his name on the Pension List as he was a Solder [soldier] in the Revelution [Revolution] & if so when he drew the last & wither [whether] his widow drew any after his deth [death] & whoe [who] drew it. He thinks he was in titled [entitled] to one from Maryland. His name is Charles A Bryan.
From yours,
Jos Hall
No. 32 Arch St Phil.

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Char. Bryan
Payable on the 4th of March and 4th of September in each year, at the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia.

Recorded.

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War Department.
Revolutionary Claim
I certify, that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818, Charles Bryan, late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List. Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars -- cents per month, to commence on the seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J C Calhoun [signature of J C Calhoun] 
Secretary of War

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Chas Bryan

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^No. 3778^
War Department, Pension Office, ^11 Nov^. 1820.

Sir:
You are hereby informed that the Schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has direct-ed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll. You will be paid at the next semi-annual parment in ^March^ next. Funds for that purpose will be transmitted at that time; but no arrearages will be paid previous thereto. 
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
^J. L. Edwards [signature of J. L. Edwards]

To Mr. ^Charles Bryan, Lycoming County Penna. [Pennsylvania]

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V 4444
Catharine Bryan
Pennsylvania

admitted [illegible] #80

died 15 May 1838

out 7 July 1838

J. T. Maher--Phil Pen: clk [clerk] Moya-mensing Bank

^H C Ratt Prothy [signature]
^and thirty nine
^4444

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State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County
Ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber being a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Lycoming being a Court of Records Solomon Bruner--a resident of Fairfield township Lycoming County and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration that he was well acquainted with Charles Bryan the pensioner above named and knew him personally up to the period of his death. That the said Charles Bryan died on the Eighteenth day of May Anno Domini one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight. That the following is a true Copy of an entry made in a Bible now owned by the said Catharine Bryan and known by the Deponent to have been the Bible in use in the family of the said Charles Bryan before his death "to wit" Marriages. Charles A Bryan and Catharine Stone was married October 6th 1783".
That the Deponent is well acquainted with Catharine Bryan now the widow of the said Charles Bryan. That the said Catharine Bryan was always reputed and esteemed to be the lawful wife of the said Charles Bryan with whom she continued to live and cohabit as his wife up to the time of his death.
 ^Somon Bruner [signature of Solomon Bruner]
Sworn and subscribed the Eleventh day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty nine. before me as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid.
Ellis Lewis

State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County
Ss
And I do hereby Certify and declare it as my opinion that the above named applicant for the benefit of the provision made by the [cut off]

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...Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 is the widow of the said Charles Bryan as stated in the foregoing declaration, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, none in existence of the application of the said Catharine Bryan for the provision aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name this Eleventh day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty nine.
Ellis Lewis
^State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County

J Herman Rath Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County aforesaid do certify that the above named Ellis Lewis is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County aforesaid that said Court is a Court of Record and that the signature of the said Ellis Lewis annexed to the foregoing proceedings is his genuine signature. In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Williamsport the Eleventh day of February anno Domini one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine.
H. C. Ratt Prothy. [signature of H. C. Ratt]

V4444
Catharine Bryan 
Pennsylvania
admitted [illegible] #80
died 15 May 1838
act 7 July 1838
J. T. Maher
Phil Pen: clk [clerk] Moyamensing Bank

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State of Pennsylvania 
Lycoming County

Ss,
On this twenty ninth day of Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Lycoming Elizabeth Courson a resident of Fairfield Township in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following eclaration that there was owned & used by Charles Bryan now deceased a Bible containing the original entry of the time of the marriage of the said Charles Bryan and Catharine Bryan that the entries of the said marriage and others things were copied from the said Bible into the one now owned by the said Charles Bryan. That the first Bible containing the said original entry has for a long time been lost or destroy-ed--and the entries herewith annexed are to the best of this Deponent's knowledge true and correct copies of the original entries while original entries have been seen and inspected by this deponent.
And I do hereby certify that the above named Deponent is a person of good reputation for veracity, truth, and credibility is the daughter of the said Charles Bryan and Catharine Bryan.
Sworn & subscribed before me the day and date above written.
[illegible signature]
[illegible] as signing [

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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County

Ss,
I, Herman C. Ratt Prothono-tary and Clerk of the several Courts of Common Pleas Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer in and for the said County of Lycoming, do hereby certify and make known to all whom it may concern that Natthaniel Burrows Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of Solomon Bruner was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and or the said County of Lycoming duly commissioned as such and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his acts as such Justice of the Peace   and that the signature of the said Natthaniel [Nathaniel] Burrows annexed to the said affidavit is his genuine hand writing.
And I do hereby further certify that Ellis Lewis, Esq., is the President Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas for the said county of Lycoming and that his name signed to the annexed Certificate is his own proper and genuine hand writing.
In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas at Williamsport this 29th day of April anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Herman C Ratt Prothy [Prothonotary]

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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County

Ss
On this twenty ninth day of April anno Domini one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lycoming aforesaid Solomon Bruner a resident of Fairfield township in the said County and being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was present and saw Elizabeth Courson take and separate the annexed sheet and leaves from the family Bible of the late Charles Bryan which he knew to be such during the lifetime of the said Charles Bryan and now to be used and owned by Catherine Bryan his widow and this Deponent would further state that from inspection he now percieves that the entry contained on the the said sheet of the marriage of Charles Bryan and Catharine Bryan is a copy from some other entry of which this deponent knows nothing and which fact he was not apprised of in his former Deposition in the matter of the Pension of the said Catharine Bryan.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of April Anno Domini 1839.
Nath [Nathaniel] Burrows
Justice of the Peace
^Solomon Bruner [signature of Solomon Bruner]

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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County

Ss,
I Ellis Lewis President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County do hereby certify that some short time preceding this Solomon Bruner named in the annexed affidavit was examined by me under Oath in the matter of the application of Catharine Bryan for a pension. That the said Solomon Bruner is a person of good reputation for credibility, truth, and veracity.
Witness my hand at Williamsport in the said County this twenty ninth day of April anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine.
Ellis Lewis

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Moyamensing Bank
Philadel [Philadelphia] May 17th 1839

Sir
Enclosed herewith are additional papers received from Frederick Klott Esq. in the case of Catharine Bryan, who made application for a pension under Act of 7th July 1838 in February last; and whose claim was suspended for want of the original entry of her marriage with Charles A. Bryan, deceased. From the affidavit accompanying this it will be seen that the Bible in which the entry was made was either "lost or destroyed"; and that the leaf enclosed taken from the present family Bible is a transcript made by "D. Hall Aug. 18, 1832," from the original entry.
I am, sir, very respectfully Your obs. servt [observant servant]
Jno. Maher (John Maher)

J L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

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Charles Bryan Pa. Act March 1818,
to what time paid?
Pen Officer,
March 9, 1839

[illegible] 4 March 1838
JH

Catherine Bryan
of Charles
Pennsylvania
Suspended 
See let. 9 March 1839 John Maher
Act 7 July 1838

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Captain Arasmus Gill.
4th Regiment Light Dragoons
in Northumberland County.
Chas. Bryan

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Gideon, Printer

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
[added by hand "June 19th, 1843."]

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 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending  the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen-sion agents, [added by hand "Catharine Bryan,"] a pensioner on the Roll of the [added by hand "Philadelphia"] Agency, at the rate of [added by hand "eighty"] Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the [added by hand "7th July 1838,"] has been paid at this Department, from the [added by hand "4th"] of [added by hand "Sept. 1840,"] to the [added by hand "4th March 1841."]
Respectfully, yours,
[added by hand "Albion K. Parris"] Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

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Moyamensing Bank
Philadel [Philadelphia] Febry [February] 23rd, 1839.

Sir,
I enclose herewith the vouchers of Catharine Bryan, and applicant for Pension under Act of Congress 7th July 1838, for services rendered the U. States by her husband, Chas. [Charles] Bryan, during the Revolutionary War.
The papers were forwarded from Lycoming Co. Pa. to Frederick Klott Esq. Merchant of this city, with the view of obtaining a certificate of Pension [underlined "from this agency"]! As it is not in the power of the agent to grant such certificates, I, by his request, forward them to your Department.
Be pleased to inform me if the old lady is entitled to a pension, and if so, what papers, (if any), besides the enclosed are necessary.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your OBs. Servt,
John Maher
Pension Clk.

J L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

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Nov-3-900 Hist'y
Miss M E Bryan
Danville Pa
Apr 21, 1905 Hist. to Mrs. F.K. Grady, DuBois, Pa
1922, Jan. 26 hist. to Mrs. S.H. Helfrich En
1922 Feb 1st Mrs. S.H. Helfrich
advised no other Charles Bryan & this one had no son Nicholas (on circ M.27) [in margin] En
1932 - June 8/32 Letter to Miss Murle Bryan
EEL
1932 - Sept 21 - Ad. Miss Murle Bryan - that names are not similar - EEL

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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2750
Catharine Bryan
Widow
Charles Bryan
Pri. Rev. War. 
Act: July 7, 1838.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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[added by stamp "Division Nov 1 1900"]
Danville Pa, Oct 27/1900
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,
Will you please look on the Pension record of Lycoming Co. of the War of the Revolution and give me the correct name by which my great grandfather got his pension it was either Charles A. Bryan or Andrew Brien. He died in the year 1838. We think lived in Montoursville. The reason we are in doubt about the name is that he went to the War aggainst his fathers will and was [cut off]

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disinherited. his father was an extended land owner in Maryland. Any information you can send will be greatfully recieved.
Verry Respectfully,
Miss M. E. Bryan
4 Croskey Place
[ink stamp at bottom of page is round and reads "Pension Office US Oct 30 1900"]

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[checkmark]
36 S Brady St - DuBois Pa
April 17th 1905
Pension Commissioner
Bureau of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir-
Will you kindly send to me at the above address a record of Charles A. Bryan who served in the Revolutionary War. And oblige
Yours truly
Helen Neal Grandy
(Mrs. F.K. Grandy)

[circular date stamp] PENSION US OFFICE
A
APR 19 1905

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Jan 30, 1922

Bureau of Pensions - 
This is not my [next 2 words underlined] "Charles Bryan" because he has no son [next word underlined] Nicholas. I am sure they must have been first cousins - Perhaps Charles was from Annapolis AA. Co and afterwards went up on Gun Powder River for that is where his son Nicholas lived and a great many "Bryans" or "Brians" lived- I am sorry to trouble you, but will you please look again and see he "Charles" has a Son Nicholas who married Deborah Gorsuch-
Thanking you very much for your help - 
Yours truly
Mrs. S.M. Helfrich
1401 Park Ave
Balto, Md

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Jan 7, 1922

Commissioner of Pensions - 
Please give me the military record and any personal data you have concerning Charles Bryan private (discharged Jan 10, 1780 while out on furlough) who served in the Revolutionary War in Maryland -
Your truly
Mrs. S.H. Helfrich
1401 Park Ave
Balto. Md

[round date stamp] PENSION US OFFICE
D JAN 10 1922

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509 W. Edwin St.
Williamsport, Penn. 
Aug. 15, 1932.

Director of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I am writing for some additional  information about the Revolutionary War soldier, Charles A, [next word underlined] Bryan. If you can possibly give it to me, I shall appreciate it more than I can tell. 
You will find enclosed a copy of his record No. W 2750, received recently from the Veterans Administration and also a copy of the record as given in the D.A.R. Lineage books for the nos. 35981, 52248, 147036 & 273643.
You will note the point of difference in the place of birth. The D.A.R. will not tell me where they got the information, because I am not yet a member, and so far I have not found that the birth place is given in any government record. Can you supply any information as to this and also who the parents were of this Charles A. (Attawa) Bryan?
This Charles A, Bryan of Leonardtown (?) and William Bryan of Culpeper Co. Va. ancestor of the "William Jennings Bryan line" are supposed to be brothers. An aunt of W.J. Bryan, Mrs. Allen, is cooperating with me in locating this early history. We are both at a standstill until we can determine this parentage and places of  birth. We, neither or us, know whether to continue  the search in Maryland or Virginia. 
It may be possible that we are on the wrong clue and that Charles A. Bryan ran away from home (England) to join the Revolution as one of our relatives claims. 
I am giving you what information I think you would have to have to identify records about this soldier. 
Very truly yours, 
[signature] Murle Bryan
Miss Murle Bryan, 
% Mrs. Carrie Rhoads

[round date stamp - arrow pointing at number 2]
RECEIVED AUG 16 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 24 [crossed out] 26, 1922.

In reply to your request of    , received   for a statement of the military history of Charles Bryan [written in] a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in her (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
W. 2750 [handwritten]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHO SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.

1776  1 yr.  Pvt.  Jno. Allen Thomas  Wm Smallwood  Md. [handwritten]

1777 3 yrs.   Jno. Davidson   Thos. Price  [handwritten]

1780 [illegible]  David Hopkins  {Stephen Moylan  Light Dragoons [handwritten]

Battles engaged in, Long Island, White Plaines, Brandywine, Germantown, [illegible] of Cornwallis

Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible]. St. Mary's Co., Md.

Date of application for pension, May 7, 1818  Al.
Residence at date of application, Lycoming Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, b June 10, 1752

Remarks: He mar. Oct. 6 1783 Catharine Stine b. Nov. 20, 1762 in Fairfield Twp., Lycoming Co. Pa. died May 15, 1838 & she lived [caret] there when a [illegible][illegible] Feb. 11, 1839. Children: Henry b. Aug. 2, 1784, Mary b. Sept 3, 1786, d. Oct 26, 1802; George W. b. May 20, 1790; John b. July 31 1792; Elizabeth b. Sept. 20, 1794 mar. --- Carson; Sarah b. Nov. 20, 1796; Frederick b. Dec. 20, 1798; David b. Mar. 6, 1800; William b. Dec 2 1802; Charles b. Feb. 18, 1804 d. Aug 2, 1822; Samuel b. Feb. 9, 1806, d. Aug 17, 1831_

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-2856

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September 21, 1932
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Charles Bryan - W.2750
BA-J/HEL [illegible]

Miss Murle Bryan
¢ Mrs. Carrie Rhoads
509 W. Edwin Street
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the place of birth and names of the parents of Charles A. Bryan, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

As stated in office letter to you of date, June 8, 1938, the place of birth of Charles or Charles A. Bryan, is not given in the papers on file in pension claim, W.2750, based upon the services of that soldier in the Revolutionary War, nor are the names of his parents stated. 

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

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Y.W.C.A.
Williamsport, Penn.
May 29_ 1932.

Pension Office.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:_

I am sorry not to be able to use a more specific address, but I do not know what it would be so trust that you are the one who can give me the information I want or give this to the department that can do so.

I am much interested in tracing my family history back as far as I can both for the purpose of a D.A.R. membership and also to have this record as complete as possible. You will readily see, from the enclosed chart, which is a small portion of a larger one which I am making, that there are some D.A.R. numbers already obtained from this Revolutionary War ancestor Charles A. Bryan [underlined], but they are descended from different sons and daughters, other than the one who was my great grandfather, George Bryan, about 1780-1860. He is a sort of "missing link" for any such record for any of those descended from his eleven children.

All I can find out from distant relatives is that he died just before the Civil War and may have had [crossed out] been a soldier in War of 1812. Several of his sons were in Civil War. I would like to know just how and where I could obtain more information.

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I have been unable to locate the burial place of either this Charles A. Bryon or his son, George. The family was living in Fairfield Twp. Lycoming Co. since early times. The information set down in the first  [illegible] for Charles A. Bryon was obtained from D.A.B. Liridge Books, yet some of the relatives around here dis-credit the item that he was from Leonardtown, MD. but the service record for the Revolutionary War says Maryland and Penn. lines, so it looks plausible.  Can you tell me how best to determine that - by writing to someone in Leonardtown or the State Historian?
 
For convenience I am enclosing a list of these most important questions and the answers to any of them can be added.  Any other information or suggestions which you can give me will be much appreciated.
Very sincerely, 
Murle Bryan

[along the side of the letter is the following]

This list contained questions which, if the answers are given are the claims or given - such as place of birth, death, burial, etc.  She asked for record of the several sons in the Civil War so [illegible] this letter was sent to Record Div. to be searched and answered in [illegible] Div. She stated that Chas. A Bryon's widow received a pension.

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1. 1752-1838
2. 1780-1860 ?
3. 1800-1880 ?
4 1850-1930 ?
5 1870-1950 ?

Charles A. Bryan
b. Leonardtown, Md.
Je.10.1752
d. Fairfield Twp.
Lycoming Co. Penn.
My 15-1838
m.
Catherine Stone
b. Nov. 20, 1762

George Bryan m Sarah ? [connecting line to numbered names in next column]

John Bryan m Jane Smith Williams [connector to John G Bryan in next column]

Sarah Bryan m Thomas Chapman [connector to Eleanore Chapman in next column]

David Bryan m ? Moffet or Maffet [connector to etc. in next column]

1. Charles Attaway Bryan (Civil War Soldier)[connector to John Cowden Bryan in next column]
2. Samuel Bryan (Civil War Soldier)
3. John Cowden Bryan
4. George Bryan
5. William Bryan (Civil War Soldier)
6. Charlotte Bryan
7. Eliza Bryan
8. Harriet Bryan
9. Sally Bryan
10. Margaret Bryan Tremaine
11. Susan Bryan m John Randolph Barrett

John G. Bryan m Sarah Lewis [connector to Mary Eliza Bryan in next column]

Eleanora Chapman m Ellis Walton Neal [connector to Margaret Helen Neal in next column]

etc.

John Cowden Bryan m [aligned with Murle Celestia Bryan in next column]

etc

Mary Eliza Bryan
DAR No. 35981

Margaret Helen Neal
DAR No. 52248
m Frank K. Grandy, M.D.

Murle Celestia Bryan

etc.

etc.

Received May 31 1932
[illegible]
PENSION [illegible]
2 pm [time stamp]

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Bryan, Charles GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER 9021 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 23, 179- (Toru) To Charles Bryan -

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.