Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,666, Asa Bryan, N.C.

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N.C.  	Bryan, Asa	W.23,666
		Ann

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[form]
[handwritten] 440 4250.
[handwritten} North Carolina
[handwritten} Ann Bryan			[illegible] Hon. R.M. Sanders
[form] Widow of [handwritten}] Asa Bryan		Sept. 23. ’45.
[form] Who died on the [handwritten] June, 1823
[form] of [handwritten] Johnston in the State of N. Carolina
[form] who was a [handwritten]  Captain [form] in the ------------ command
[form] By Captain ------------- of the ------------- command
[form] by ------ in the [handwritten] N. Carolina                         [illegible] 31 July
[form] line for [handwritten] six months ----
[form] Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Fayetteville, 
[form] at the rate of [handwritten] 120 [form] Dollars
[form] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[form] Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 31 [form] day of
[handwritten] July 1845 and sent to Hon. R. M. Sanders, Raleigh, N.C. 
[form] Arroars to the 4th of 
Semi annual allowance ending
[form] {Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 4, 1836, 
Section the [handwritten] 3rd}
[form] Recorded by [handwritten] W M Stewart [form] Clerk
[form] Book [handwritten] 6 [form] Vol. [handwritten] 1 – [form] 182

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[handwritten] 4250
District of Columbia
Ann Bryan decd [deceased]
[form] widow of [handwritten] Asa Bryan,
[form] who died in the [handwritten] year 1823
[form] of [handwritten] Johnston Co. [form] in the State of [handwritten] N. C.
[form] who was a [handwritten] Captain  in the compy [company] [form] commanded
[form] by Captain ---- of the [handwritten] Regt. [Regiment [form] command 
By [handwritten] N.C. in this [handwritten] Revolution 
For one year
[form] Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Washington City
[form] at the rate of [handwritten] 240 Dollars 00 Cents
[form] per annum, to commence on the [handwritten] fourth [form] day of
March, [handwritten] 1831, ending 6 Jany [January] 1847.
[form] Certificate of pension issued the [handwritten] 5th Day of 
February 1852 and sent to 
R.W. Young
[form] Arrears to the 4th of 
Semiannual allowance ending [handwritten] Present
Deducting former pay to as $420
Up to 6 Jany [January] 1846, from that time at $120 up to 4 Sept [September] 1846
[form] {Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 4, 1836, 
Section the [handwritten] 3rd}
[form] Recorded by [handwritten] H R Weightman [form] Clerk
[form] Book [handwritten] [illegible] [form] Vol. [handwritten] 2– [form] 441

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the Act of Congress passed the 4th of July 1836.
State of North Caroline}
Johnston County}
On this 22nd day of April 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county Mrs. Ann Bryan now in her 85th year of age who having been duly sworn according to law, doth upon her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the 3rd section of the Act of Congress passed the 4th July 1836.
-That she is the widow of Asa Bryan who served his country as a Captain of Infantry in the War of the Revolution. That he served as Captain of the County of aforesaid and was frequently called out in the Minute Man Services, at one time he marched to Wilmington and was off from home about 3 months provisions to the Battle of Guildford in what year she is unable to remember at this remote period of time. At an other time he marched off with a testament of men which had been raised and commanded by Hardy Bryan as Captain but he/Hardy Bryan/ having been elected to the General Assembly her husband Asa Bryan took command and that in his service [struck out the words and in this service] he was absent from home about 10 months. This was the same year the Battle of Guilford was fought, he was returning from the action and was taken sick which indued her to leave home and go in search of him – that his sufferings and [illegible] in this service.

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Were so great as nearly to cost him his life. After this period he was permanently called out for short periods of services of one month or more in the minute men services to guide the tories and to hunt after “outgoing men” – men who to avoid duty, and were suspected   [illegible], had fled from society and were lying-out and [illegible] in the woods. In these times of duty he always acted under the command of his Colonel in his military capacity. This declarant is only able to swear to such services as were told by her by her husband the said Capt. [Captain], Asa Bryan, and of her own knowledge of his absence from home in his military capacity of which she has the most distant recollection. She is very confident that that the period of his various services rendered in the two tours already declared and connects with the time he was held to minute services, and under recordings to march to order was altogether more than eighteen months. She further declares that she was legally married to the said Capt. [Captain] Asa Bryan in the month of      in the year 1778 in this, the aforesaid County of Johnston and that her maiden name was Ann Lee, that she has no record of her marriage, nor the ages of her children but that her oldest child Lewis Bryan is now sixty five years old, her next child Mary Wood, wife of Jonathan Wood is about 63 years of age. She can fix the date of their age in her mind from her own age now [underlined], and at the time she was married. That her husband, the said Asa Bryan, died in the month of June in the year 1823 and that she has never  inter married but continues a widow still all of which [illegible] move fully appear by reference to

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to the proof here under appended
					     her
					Ann   X  Bryan
					      Mark
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written before me        Jno Q Adams JP [Justice of the Peace]

State of North Carolina} SS
Johnston County}
      	Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace NC as set forth in the foregoing declaration – Capt. [Captain] William Bryan, who after being duly sworn accordingly to law [illegible] and [illegible]. That he is now in his 85th year of age. That he is the younger Brother of the late Capt. Asa Bryan whose widow has made the forgoing declaration and [struck out that] whatsoever of it does not come within his own knowledge he believes to be true – that although the department and his Brother Asa Bryan did Revolutionary Services in the same year, [illegible] they were not out in the same town, but that he has not the least doubt of his Brother Asa’s business as stated in the above declaration – that he knows of his own knowledge – that by a a company commanded by Capt. Hardy Bryan and of which Asa Bryan was Lieutenant, were ordered to join General Green in the upper counties – and that they marched from Smithfield, the Country Town of this County, and whlst [illegible] their march Hardy Bryan was enlisted to the General Assembly of this state – that he left his command and that afterward, his captaining [illegible] and Asa Bryan and – that in said tour he was a Captain of said company in the battle of Guilford. That he has often he and his brother Asa [illegible] various incidents of said Battle of Guilford as made as of march other services rendered on other [illegible].

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Town and services. This further deposition that the [illegible] = giving declarant Ann Bryan is the lawful wife and is now the widow of the said Capt. Asa Bryan and he, his deponent, was at their marriage and weding he being then just grown up – that they were lawfully married in the neighborhood in which they al lived and yet continues to live.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above written.	William Bryan

W. [illegible]
Jno Q Adams JP [Justice of the Peace]
State of North Carolina} I do hereby – 
Johnston County} Certify that I Mrs. Ann Bryan have been acquainted with my life with [illegible]. She has as [illegible] [illegible] and [illegible] as is usual to families of her great age and from bodily [illegible] great age and dista[illegible] to the County [illegible] is [illegible] to attend the court of this County. I further certify that she is a lady of great respectability and full faith and credibility may be given to his statement. I further certify the [illegible] in all post and or in regard to the deponent William Bryan given under my hand & (see this 22nd day of April 1845.
		Jno Q Adams JP [Justice Peace]

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Licenn Bank

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State of North Carolina
Know all men by these presents that the Asa Bryan and James Lee are held & firmly bound unto Richard Caswell Esq [Esquire] Governer or his successors in the sum of Five Hundred pounds Current Money of this State to which payment will & truly be made me [illegible]   [illegible] and heirs & sealed with our seals & dated this 18th day of August (1778) Seventeen hundred & Seventy eight.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above [illegible] Asa Bryan hath abtained a License for a marriage to be celebrated between him & Ann Lee now if there should not be any lawful cases to abstract the said marriage there this obligation to be said else to remain in full force & virtue.
Signed sealed & delivered} Asa Bryan Seal
In presence of}  James Lee seal
State of North Carolina  Johnston County.
I Thomas Bagley clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify the [illegible] is true Copy from the original boundrie this office
		Given under my hand &
		Seal of Office at
		Smithfield the 26th 
		Day of June 1845 
			Thos. [Thomas] Bagley Clerk

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State of North Carolina
Cumberland County.
	Be it known, that before me  Willie T  Rhodes,  a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county, aforesaid, reasonably appeared Mary Wood,  and made oath in [illegible]   [illegible]   of [illegible], that she is the only surviving child of Ann Bryan deceased widow of Asa Bryan, who was an officer of the Revolution, a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of 1836, at the amount of $1211 per annum that she now this declaration for the purpose of uncovering any arrears of pension, that may be found under any acts or resolutions of [illegible]   application applicable to [illegible]   Casi.
Sworn and subscribed this 	}			her
[22 day of July 1851 before me }		Mary    X   Wood
Willie T Rhodes Justice of the Peace			mark
State of North Carolina}
Cumberland County}
	Be it known, that before me  Willie T  Rhodes,  a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county, aforesaid, reasonably appeared Lemon H Lee and Thomas Tart two credible and disinterested Be it known, that before me  Willie T  Rhodes,  a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county, aforesaid, reasonably appeared, who made oath in due form of law, that they were well acquainted with Ann Bryan dec [deceased] widow of Asa Bryan & a pensioner of the United States who departed this life on the 6th day of January 1846, and that Mary Wood who signed the foregoing Declaration is her only surviving child.
Sworn & subscribed this 22 day}	Lemon H Lee
 of July 1887 before me    }          Thomas Tart
Willie T Rhodes Justice of the Peace

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Know all men by these present, that I Mary Wood, only surviving child of Ann Bryan (widow of Asa Bryan dec [deceased] who was an officer in the Revolution) and now a resident of Cumberland County, North Carolina, do hereby constitute and appoint R W Young of Washington City D.C. my [illegible] and lawful attorney, from and in the present, to prosecute before the commutation of pension, my claim to any in [illegible]    and arrears of pensions as aforesaid ; and I hereby authorize my said attorney in the prosecution of my claim to examine all papers & documents in relation to the same, on file in any of the Departments in Washington City or elsewhere, and  to do all things in the [illegible] , that I might or could do, were I personally present. 
	Witness [illegible]    [illegible]    [illegible]  this 22 day of July 1851.
Signed & sealed in the presence of 
Witness A Ganey}					his
Witness Willie T Rhodes}			Mary X Woods
						Mark
State of North Carolina}
Cumberland County } ss
	Be it known, that on the 22 day of July 1851 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid county, personally appeared Mary Wood above named, the acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her actions and in testimony where of I have [illegible]  [illegible]   hand the day & [illegible]  each above mentioned. 
Willie T Rhodes Justice of the Peace

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J John Mc Laurin Clerk of the Court of Pius & Quarter Sessions, for Cumberland County, NC., certify that Willie T Rhodes is a Justice of the Peace as above, as that the forgiving signature, perpetuating to be his, is genuine. 
In testimony who omf, I have here unto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 22nd day of July 1851.
J M McLaurin
Clerk of the Court of Cumberland County

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[typed]
February 7, 1939.
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BA-J/CC
Mr. J.D. Tillman, Jr. 	Asa Bryan
1924 34th Avenue,	W.23666
Meridian, Mississippi.

Dear Sir:

	The data which follow more obtained from papers in pension claim W.23666,  based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Ann Bryan.

	Date and place of birth of Asa Bryan and names of parents are not shown.
	Asa Bryan, sometime before the battle of Guilford, was captain [struck through of] hand written in [typed] the militia of Johnston County, North Carolina and was frequent-ly called out in “minutement” service, at one time to Wilmington, was ni actual service for three months. He served another tour under Captain Hardy Bryan, during which said Hardy Bryan was elected to the General Assembly of North Carolina and said Asa Bryan became captain of his company, service of this tour was bout ten months during which he was in the battle of Guildford. He served subsequently in the “minutemen” services and was out on frequent tours against the tories. [handwritten] No relationship shown between Asa & Hardy Bryan.
[typed] Asa Bryan died in June 1823.
	Asa Bryan married in 1778, in Johnston County, North Carolina, Ann Lee. The marriage bond was dated August 18, 1778 and signed by Asa Bryan and James Lee. No relationship between Ann and James is shown.
	Ann Bryan, widow of Asa Bryan was allowed pension on her appli-cation executed April 22, 1845, at which time she was in her eighty-fifth year and a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina.
	In 1845, Ann Bryan stated that her oldest child, Lewis Bryan, was then aged sixty-five years, and her next child, Mary, wife of Jonathan Wood, was aged sixty-three years.

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[typed]
	Asa Bryan died June 1823.

	Asa Bryan married in 1778, in Johnston County, North Carolina, Ann Lee. The marriage bond was dated August 18, 1778, and signed by Asa Bryan and James Lee. No relationship between Ann and James is shown.
	Ann Bryan, widow of Asa Bryan was allowed pension on her appli-catoin executed April 22, 1845, at which time she was in her eighty-fifth year and a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina.

	In 1845, Ann Bryan stated that her oldest child, Lewis Bryan, was then aged sixty-five years, and her next child, Mary, wife of Jonathan Wood, was aged sicty-three years.

	Ann Bryan stated that her oldest child, Lewis Bryan, was then aged sixty-five years, and her next child Mary, wife of Jonathan Wood, was aged sixty-three years.

	Ann Bryan, widow of Ann Bryan, died January 6, 1847, and in  1851, Mary Wood, the only surviving child was a resident of Cumberland County, North Carolina. 

	In 1845, William Bryan, youngest brother of Ann Bryan was in his eighty-fifth year and a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina.

	Once Lamen H. Lee state d in 1851, in Cumberland County, North Carolina that he was well acquainted with Ann Bryan, widow of Captain Asa Bryan, but did not state his relation-shop to the family.

						Very truly yours
						A.D. Hiller?
						Executive Assistant
						To the Administrator

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[page is cut off and is not fully replicated]
[handwritten] 4250
District of Columbia
Ann Bryan decea
[form] soldier of Asa Bryan,
Who died in the June 1823
Of Johnston Co, in the state of North Carolina
Who was a Captain in the                 commanded
By Captain               of the               commanded by               in the No  6
[illegible] for 1 year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Washington 
At the rate of 2411 Dollars and 00 cents
For annum, to commence on the 3 day of
March 183[illegible] Ending 6th Jany [January] 1844.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of
September 1837 and sent to 
R. W. Young Esq

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi annual allowance ending 

	Present
[illegible] of 1211
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3rd]}
Recorded by H R Weightman Clerk. Book 2 Vol. 2.  Page 441

[Hand written vertically across the form] Cancelled Cancelled

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[form cut off]
 [handwritten on form] 4250
District of Columbia
Ann Bryan decal
[form] widow of Asa Bryan
Who died in the year 1823
Of Johnston Co in the State of N.C.
Who was a Captain in the company commanded 
by Captain – of the Regt [Regiment] commanded
by Col in the Revolution
[stuck through in] for one year.,

Inscribed on the Roll of Washington 
At the rate of 240 Dollars and 00 Cents
Her annum, to commence on the fourth day 
of March, 1831. Ending in January 1847.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of 
February 1832 and sent to R.W. Young Esq

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi annual allowance ending [illegible]
[illegible] former payments at
$120, up to 4th September 1846.

[illegible] [ Revolutionary Claim,}
	Act July 4, 1836
	Section the 3rd}

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[appears to be third copy of same form just centered better]
handwritten on form] 4250
District of Columbia
Ann Bryan decal
[form] widow of Asa Bryan
Who died in the year 1823
Of Johnston Co in the State of N.C.
Who was a Captain in the company commanded 
by Captain – of the Regt [Regiment] commanded
by Col in the Revolution
[stuck through in] for one year.,

Inscribed on the Roll of Washington 
At the rate of 240 Dollars and 00 Cents
Her annum, to commence on the fourth day 
of March, 1831. Ending in January 1847.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of 
February 1852 and sent to R.W. Young Esq

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi annual allowance ending Present
[illegible] former payments at
$120, up to 4th September 1846.

  Revolutionary Claim,}
	Act July 4, 1836
	Section the 3rd.}
Recorded by H.R. Weightman Clerk, 
Book [illegible] Vol. 2, Pg

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Form
[handwritten] 4231
North Carolina 
[handwritten] Ann Bryan
[typed] widow of [handwritten] Asa Bryan
[typed] who died on the [handwritten] June [illegible] 1823
[typed] of the [illegible] the state of [handwritten] N.C.
[illegible typed] [handwritten] Captain [typed] with --- command
[typed] by Captain – [typed] ---- of the ----- command
[illegible] [typed] in the [handwritten] N.C.	
[typed] [illegible] [handwritten] 1 year 
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
INK BLOT

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[handwritten] District of Columbia
[typed form]
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book {handwritten] 2. Vol-
Ume [handwritten] 2 Page [handwritten] 441 by 
	Clerk.
H.R. Weighman

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[Typed] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
[THE ENTIRE PAGE HAS AN X ON TOP OF THE DELCARTION]
I [illegible] that in conformity with the law of United States, of the [handwritten] 4th July 1836. Ann Bryan, declared who was the widow of Asa {struck out} Peter  [handwritten above Peter] Asa Bryan was en-titled a pension and having did on the 6 January 1847, her only surviving child Mary Wood , is entitled to amount at death at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum, from 4 March 1831 to 6 January 1847 when she died deducting former payments at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum.

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State of North Carolina
{ [illegible]  [illegible]  [illegible]
{ August 2nd 1831
I William J Clark, [illegible] of public accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that [illegible] made to secondary [illegible] account of military in the [illegible] [illegible]
Services [insert illeble] that the [illegible] payment was made to Asa Bryan to [illegible]
:
[illegible]

[THE PAGE IS TOO LIGHT TO READ]
INKBLOT

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State of North Carolina }
Cumberland County }
Be it [illegible], that on the 1st day of [illegible] AD 1837 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared in and for said county, personally appeared 
Allen Ryals and Ryley Jackson two 
Disinterested and respectable citizens, who being duly sworn seven according to [illegible] doth dispose and say, that they were with acquainted with Ann Bryan deceased widow of Asa Bryan (who was an officer of the Revolution/and that she departed this life on the sixth day of January AD. 1847
Sworn and subscribed	}	Riley Jackson
The day & year last above  }		    his
Allen OR Ryals
mark 
Mentioned before me}
Just of the Peace 
	Willie T Rhodes Esq
North Carolina}
[Cumberland County} 
I John McLaurin Clerk of the Court of [illegible] and [illegible] [illegible] of said County hereby certify that Willie T Rhodes Esq whose name in his proper handwriting appears to the above affidavit of Allen Ryals and Riley Ryley Jackson was at that date an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly com-[illegible] and sworn that full path and credit are due to all his official acts as such.
In testimony where of I have herewith set my hand and Seal of Office this 5th day of December AD 1851
J McLaurin

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State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from a manuscript Journal of the House of Commons of the legislature of this state which sat in the year 1781, that Hardy Bryan was a man of said House.
Given under my hand this 14th day of June 1845.
William Hill Secretary of State

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Raleigh, NC
	Comptrollers Office
I William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts is and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the name of Capt. Asa Bryan appears of record in the office as having had paid to him /including thirty four men and officers/for military service the sum of Two Hundred and Eleven Pounds, Nineteen Shillings and Six Pence ([illegible] 211.09.6) which payment was made March of 81-
It also appears that the following [illegible] Certificates were issued in the house of A Bryan for Military Service (less 1 are for seventeen pounds twelve shillings ([illegible], 12) [illegible] back No 10 page 3 another for Thirteen Pound, Ten Shillings in Book No 2 of Page 62 and another in Book  G No 18 page 36 four Four pounds sixteen schillings ([illegible]416) given under my hand and seal this 2 day of June AD 1845.
		Wm F Collins
		211.19.6.
17.12
4.16
22.8
$56-1 ,,pm. 12 ds Capt

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[form]
Brief in the case of [handwritten] Ann Bryan, wid [widow] of Asa.
County and State of {handwritten] N.C.
Act [handwritten] 4 July 1836.
Claim (“original,” or “for increase.”)
Proof exhibited, 9if original. [struckthrough])
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls If either, state the substance.
[handwritten] This claim was allowed in Sept. [September] last payable to us 6 Jan 1846, the day on which it was shown the widow died. Since then there as been evidence filed from the 3rd auditors office and by two witnesses [illegible] first that she was from to Sept 4th and that she died on the 6 January ’47 instead of ’46. I accordingly allow for the additional year.
[typed](If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

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The payments, except the currency    amt.
($57) show a service of mo 11.17 days-
In as much as the widow swear positively 
To 18 mo. & not knowing the difference between 
Specie & currency at that time, although I presume
It was as 8 or 10 or 12 to 1. I think it might be 
The pay of, at least, or much as 13 days & 
Therefore allow 6 mo. Increase.
Kirby

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[upper right corner] 34
[upper right corner] 7
[upper right corner] 27
$211.196			1 Capt $40	
    20				 1 St       26.66   	6.66 2/3
6 [division sign] 4239	
$706.50		1 En        20.00  	    27 [underlined]
				2 Segts   20.00	46.62
				2 Corps 14.66		133.2	
					 179.82            179.82
       					301.14
					      31
					301.45
$301.45	30	706.50
			        30
30145 [division sign]    2119.500   70. days
                                         211015 [underlined]
			         9450
	Mo  		days					9
	2		10		2. 10			54.	13.	4
	10		3		9. [ink blot]		17.	12.	0.
[line]								 4. 	16
	12		13 days	Mo 11 . 11 days		 2. 	10	
					   12.12   		 9.  	00
20.      15							13.	10 [underlined]
10	7						         111.  	1
3	2 [underline]						20 [underlined]
	25						6 [division sign] 2200 [underlined]
							4.0 [division sign] 36.6 [underlinged]
							9.6
					111
					 20 [underlined]
					6 [division sign] 2221
					4,0 [division sign] 37,0 [underlined]
					9.7
51..4
20 [underlined]
 1020
4 [underlined]
6 [division sign] 1024
	1.70			7.0

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6519
Ann Bryan
Received June 30, 1845
N.C.
Act 4 July ‘36
[illegible]  78.
[illegible]
6 mo Capt.
$120.
--
Hon. R. M. Saunders
Raleigh
N.C.

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State of North Carolina}
Johnston County}
I Thomas Bagley Clerk of the Court o Pleas & Quarter sessions for the County & State aforementioned do hereby certify that  John Q Adams whose nae appears to the foregoing Declaration Affidavit & Certificate is from and was at the time of executing the same and acting Justice of the Peace & a member of the Special court for said county. And that the signature supportive to be his is genuine Given under my hand & said office at Smithfield this the 28th of April AD 1845.
Thomas Bagley [illegible]

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The left side of the page is too light to read. [illegible]
The right said has an X to cross out the entire statement.
Ann Bryan an deceased [illegible] of Asa NC
[illegible] 4 July 1836
[illegible] Capt $240 per annum to 6 January 1847 when she died.
Former payable to be [illegible] [illegible]at $40 up to 6 January 1846.
Payable to Mary Wood only child, at the D.C. Agency.

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Increase,
Ann Bryan, dec. [deceased]
Widow of Asa 
N.C.
Act 4 July 1836
1 yr Capt. $240 per
An. [anum] from  4 March 31 to
6 Jan. 1846, when she
Died. Former payments at $120 per an [anum] to be deducted.
Payable to 
Mary Wood, only 
Surviving child.
Payable at the Washington
City Agency.
[illegible] to
R.W. Young
[illegible]

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To F.F. Kirby, Esq
F.F. Kirby Esq
Fr F. F. Kirby Esq
FFK

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Statement of the payments made to Asa Bryan 
Capt of N.C. Militia – Certified by the [illegible] of that state. 
$211-19-6. To pay 24 officers included tis given
Capt Bayan a service of 2 months &  20 days –
$ 9.
“ 54 – 13 – 4
“ 17 – 12
“ 4 – 16
“ 2- 10
“ 9 - ..
“ 13 – 10
$111-01  in 4 . equal to $ 370. Or
9 months & 7 days service
[illegible] – 4. Currency equal to 25 “ “
Making an [illegible] of service
Of 12 months &  117 days.
An allowance of 6 months has been made = $ 126
[illegible]  6 months & 17 days = $ 142.67.

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Increase
Ann Bryan Dec [deceased]
Wid [widow] of Asa
N. C.
Act 4 July 1836
[illegible] 1 yr Capt $240
An. [anum] To 6 Jan 1847 when
He died.  Deduct former
Payments at the rate of
$240 per an [anum] up to 6  Jan ‘46.
And at $120 from tat 
Time to 4 Sept 1846.
Payable to 
Mary Wood, only [illegible]
At the D.C. Agency.

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Asa Bryan 
Widow
Written sideways [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]

[illegible]
[illegible]

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Raleigh
August  27 , 1845
I William F Collins [illegible] of Public [illegible] to and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that it appears in Bok K Marked [illegible]  that a payment of Fifty One pounds four shillings  ([illegible] 51.41 ) was made to A Bryan by Arthur Brewer in July 1780 see No which payment [illegible] to have been made for Military Services given under my hand and seal this the day and date above written.
Wm F  Collins, [illegible]

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F 211.19.6. to pay 34 men and officer, 
gives Capt Bryan    22 % 20  days  
[illegible]   [illegible]  . then  him gives,    10 “ & 3 in
  Making in alo    12 & 23 days
Pension for                [illegible]  
In cause       		[illegible]   in 23.
Six months & 23 days $150.54.
[illegible]   to 120
23 days  30.54

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1939-Feb 17- [illegible]  TO J D Tillmaman JR cc
Rev
Widow, & C
File No. 23666
Nn Bryan
Wid of
Asa Bryan
Capt Rev War
Act: July4, 1886
Index – Vol   [illegible]  Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Senior Office,
Dec 15, 1851
Ann Bryan, widow of Asa. N. C. Act 36. I think – to what time paid?
								F.F. Kirby
			Pu to 4th Sept. 1846, at the old rate
			$120. Per annum -  BLB [B.L. Bryan]
Ann Bryan, widow of Asa, pu on the District
Rate at $240. To the 6th January 1846, the 
Day on which she died,  as stated in voucher, paid at the Washington City [illegible]
					BL Bryan
To [illegible] Kirby
As it is shown from the above had a payout after
She died and as [illegible] swear she did on [illegible] 1847
I [illegible] the cert for the additional year.

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[typed]
				February 17, 1939

				BA-J/CC
Mr. J.D. Tillman Jr.,		Jonathan Smith
1924 -34th Avenue		S.7556
Meridien, Mississippi		
				Asa Bryan
				W.23666

Dear Sir:

	Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Asa Bryan of Johnston or Cumberland County, North Carolina, of William Sanders, Samual Smith and Jonathan Smith of Johnston County, North Carolina and of Simon Turner, Wake County, or Bertie County, North Carolina.

	There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Simon Turner. With the meager information furnished in regard to William Sanders and Samuel Smith, no record could be identified as those of the two soldiers in whom you are interested. Records of Jonathan Smith and Asa Bryan are enclosed.

				Very truly yours,

				A.D. HILLER
				Executive Assistant
				To the Administrator.

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[typed on letterhead]
DEMENT PRINTING COMPANY 
Lithographers
PRINTERS * BINDERS * ENGRAVERS * OFFICE SUPPLICES
							WE SELL EVERTHING FOR THE OFFICE
	SIXTH STREET AT TWNETY-FIRST AVE	G.F. METAL DESKS		          DE LUXE
	MERIDIAN, MISS.				ALUMINIUM CHAIRS	LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS
	Jan. 9 , 1939								  AND OTHER DEVICES

CREDIT DEPARTMENT
J.D. TILLMAN, JR., MANAGER  			[RECEIVED JAN 11 1939 STAMP]

Veterans Administration
A.D. Hller, Executive Assistant, 
Washington, D.C.
					Ref: BA-J/ILL
					William Bryan    S.6699
Dear Sir:
	
	Please advise me of any pension records of Revolutionary Services of Asa Bryan and Mr.s Asa Bryan of Johnston County or Cumberland County North Carolina. Also:
[handwritten]3 	[typed]	William Sanders, Johnston County, N.C.
[handwritten]5	[typed] Samuel Smith,            “	       “            “  “
[handwritten]3 [typed] Jonathan Smith         “	       “            “  “
[handwritten] 0 [typed] 	Simon Turner, 	Wake County or Bertie County, N.C.

	These people are all relatives of my Bryan family and I hope  you have some records of same.

	Thanking you, I remain	
			Respectfully, 
[handwritten} J D Tillman Jr.
			J.D. Tillman, Jr.,
			1924 – 34 Ave.,
			Meridian, Miss.