Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7064, John Dye, Penn.

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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Dye, John
Ruth
NUMBER
W.7064
CONTENTS

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12.761
Ohio
John Dye
Of Brown Co in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel [blank] of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of September 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd of July 1819 and sent to Joseph Campbell Esq Ripley Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 47.43
Sem-anl. All’ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.
b. 24/30 4/31 $95.43
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
Continue
Notifi Sent to Wm Shepherd Esq 30 June 1821
Ripley, Ohio

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Ohio
Ruth Dye
John Dye – Decd –
Penn
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818 and who died on the 23rd Aprl 1836 of Brown Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Pennsylvania line for three years –
inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati, Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum to commence on the 24th April 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April 1839 and sent to David G. Devore Geo: Town, Brown County Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $228.90-ook
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Wm Stewart Clerk,
Book A – Vol. 2- Page 216-

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District of Ohio Brown County
On this 3rd day of April 1821 personally appeared in open court being a court of Record by having the power of fine and imprisonment for the said district and County of Brown John Dye aged sixty six years resident in said County of Brown and in said district of Ohio who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows In the 8th Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Broadhead in the company commanded by Captain David Killgore of the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the continental Establishment the date of the original declaration was on the 7th day of September 1818 and received a pension certificate number 12761 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and then I have not since then 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 being myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or Debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed and I further

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state the following to be all my real and personal estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) no real property one horse 3 cows 11 head of sheep 11 hogs 1 plow and gear 3 pots 1 cubboard and cubboard ware one axe & hoes 1 loom 1 table. By occupation a farmer of ability to do about one sixth common labour in the pursuit of it my family residing with me is four Ruth my wife aged sixty one not able to do more than one sixth labour and one boy named David Brandon aged 16 years Ruth Brandon aged 16 years and Rebecca Brannon 13 years old all of ability to do about common labour for persons of their age
Sworn to & declared on the 3rd day of April 1821 in open court } John Dye [“his” written over and “mark” written under a mark made between “John” and “Dye”]
A Shepherd clerk
The State of Ohio Brown County
I Abraham Shepherd clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court: and I do further certify that it is the opion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Ripley on this 1st day of June AD 1821
Abraham Shepherd clerk B.C.

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Declaration made in order to obtain a pension under the Law of July 7th 1838.
On this 31st day of October 1839 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of Brown County in the State of Ohio, now in session Ruth Dye aged 77 years a resident of said county of Brown who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under the Law of 1838.  That she has been informed and believes that John Dye formerly of Brown County this [illegible, possibly crossed out] was a private soldier in the heat of the Revolution and that for his service in said war he obtained a pension of ninety six dollars per year during his natural life.  This deponent asks leave to refer to the declaration and proofs of the said John Dye made in order to obtain said pension & prays that they may be taken as part of this her declaration.  That the said John Dye departed this life in Brown County in the State of Ohio on the 23rd day of April 1866.  This declarant does not know what disease he died but he complained very much of a pain in his side during his last sickness.  This declarant was married to the said John Dye in the in full of the [illegible] years that he was discharged from his service in the war of the Revolution but she does not remember in what year she was married to him.  She was married to the said John Dye by John Whitaker of Baptist Mission about six miles from Elizabethtown Pennsylvania and in the forks of Youghiogheny and was after said marriage she & the said John Dye lived together as husband & wife until his death.  She has

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no record of her said marriage & never had any of that fact.  She had six children by the said John Dye of whom Rachel G Day her second child who was born a little more than two years after her said marriage, the said Rachel Day, is now fifty seven or fifty eight years of age and is now living in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio.
This declarant who is the widow of the said John Dye and has remained a widow ever since his death.  After the death of the said John Dye this declarant drew about ten or twelve dollars on the [illegible] of his pension.  She & the said John Dye lived together in the forks of Youghiogheny in Pennsylvania about six or seven years when they moved to Mason County in the State of Kentucky where they lived about eight or nine  years and then moved to the state of Illinois where they lived about six or eight months and then settled in Bracken County in the state of Kentucky where they lived about three or four years and from hence moved to Browns County Ohio in which the said John Dye remained & drew a pension until his death & in which this declarant has ever since remained.  This declarant has no record of her [illegible] & no documentary evidence of her marriage or of the service of her said husband in the war of the Revolution.  She hereby relinquished all claims whatever to a Pension except the present and declares that in name is with no business [illegible] of any state.

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2 Cases. [underlined] 2283 [checkmark]
Jos. N. Campbell
Judge
Ripley, Ohio.
rec'd. Sept. 30. 1818.
[underlined]
Adm'd
[flourish]

John Dye
private
8th Pennsylvania Reg't.
1776 - 3 years [underlined]

The deposition of this [illegible] to be taken & another rated, (or the cert. Offices of the Regt.) is from [illegible] applicant is recognised.+

The certificate of the [illegible] & [illegible]

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The State of Ohio
Brown County
On this 7th day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the [illegible] one of the Associate Judges within and for the County [illegible] personally appeared John Dye aged sixty three or sixty four years last may resident in the County of Brown and State of Ohio who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress Entitled an “Act to provide for certain persons engaged in in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,  That the said John Dye enlisted in Alleghnie County in the State of Pensylvania in the Company commanded by Captain David Kilgore of the Eight Pensylvania Regiment some time in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six and that he continued to serve in the service of the United States untill the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine when he was discharged from service in Pittsburgh in the State of Pensylvania  That he was at the battles of Syretoag at the mouth of Stillwater  And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his County for support, and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services.  John D [‘his’ written over the D and “mark’ written below it] Dye
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
Jos. N Campell
Associate Judge

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State of Ohio Brown County
I Joseph, N, Campbell
One of the Associate Judges in and for the County aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that said John Dye did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding  declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of about three years on the Continental Establishment And I now transmit the proceeding and testimony held before me to the secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the direction of the  aforementioned act of Congress.  I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support
Jos N Campbell
Associate Judge B.C
State of Ohio
Brown County
I Abraham Shepherd clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Joseph N. Campbell before whom the within declaration was taken now is and was at the time of taking the same on of the Associate Judges of the court of Common pleas within and for the County aforesaid duly commissaned and qualifyed and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Ripley this 7th day of September 1818
Abraham Shepherd Clrk B.C.

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John Dye – W. 7064
BA-J/AWf
The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to John Dye, soldier of the War of the Revolution in Pennsylvania, and died April 23, 1836 in Ohio.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 7064, based upon the service of John Dye in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Dye are not given, , nor are the names of his parents stated.
He enlisted in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, sometime in August, 1776, served as a private in Captain David Kilgore’s company, Colonel Mackey’s and Colonel Daniel Brodhead’s 8th Pennsylvania regiment, was in both battles of Stillwater, and was discharged in the fall of 1779.  It is also statedthat he served in Morgan’s Rifle Regiment, and was in several battles, no further details of this service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 7, 1818, then residing in Brown County, Ohio, and aged “sixty-three or sixty-four years last May”.  He died April 23, 1836 in Brown County, Ohio, at the home of his son-in-law, John Day.
The soldier, John Dye, married in the fall of

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1779, about six miles from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Ruth, her maiden name is not stated.  They lived in Pennsylvania about six years after their marriage, then moved to Mason County, Kentucky, there about nine years, moved to Illinois, there six or eight months, then to Bracken County, Kentucky, and in about four years moved to Brown County, Ohio.
The widow, Ruth Dye, was allowed pension on her application executed October 31, 1838, then seventy-seven years of age, and living with her son-in-law, John Day in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio.
John Dye and his wife, Ruth, had six children, four girls and two boys.  The name of the only child mentioned, was Rachael, their second child; she was about fifty-seven years of age in 1838 and the wife of the above mentioned John Day.
Reference was made in 1821 to the following persons, then residing in the family of the soldier, John Dye: Daniel or David Brandon, aged fourteen years; Ruth Brandon, aged sixteen years; and Rebecca “Brannon”, aged twelve years.  It is not stated that they were related to the soldier.
Jamiman Evans, sister of the widow, Ruth Dye, was seventy-two years of age in 1838, then living in Brown County, Ohio.
The application for headstone for John Dye, and a letter addressed to the Adjutant General, this city, signed by Mrs. John B. Markley of Georgetown, Ohio, are returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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July 28, 1904 Hist to Chambers Baird Ripley, Ohio
1922 Dec 21 Hist to Miss M. M. Tyler AUF
1935 Nov 23 Hist to Memo Br
1935 Dec 2 Memo Br advised appli. for headstone returned Nov 23 – 35 [illegible]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7064
Ruth Dye
Wid. 
John Dye
Pat. Pa. line
Act July 7th 38
Index:-Vol. A, Page 204
[Arrangement of 1870]

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John Dye Ohio, Act March 18, 1818
to what time paid?
Pen. Office
April 8, 1839
Died 23 April 1836 pd to that period
SH

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The State of Ohio
Brown County }SS
Before me the undersigned [illegible] Justice of the Peace in and for the above Brown County personally appeared Jemimah Evans of said county of Brown aged about seventy two years [illegible] being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say that she is a sister of Ruth Dye who [illegible] applicant for a pension, and that [illegible] the marriage of the said Ruth Dye to John Dye [illegible] Town in the state of Pennsylvania and that she saw the marriage ceremony performed.  [illegible] marriage took place before a year 1794 and this deponent [illegible] fully believes that it took place in the year 1779 and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this first day of November 1838.  
            her
Jamimah X Evans 
            mark
Test Jas Allen          J. P.
Samuel Ross
State of Ohio Brown County SS
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Jamima Evans and that he is a credible person and that her statement above is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand this first day of November A. D. 1838
Jas. Allery J. P.

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Georgetown Ohio
[illegible]
You will please direct the certificate to David G. Devore Esq. Georgetown, Brown County Ohio or any other communications relative to this [illegible]
Very respectfully
Your Ob't. Serv't
Geo. Jolliffe
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.

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The State of Ohio Brown County
On this 3rd day of June 1819 before me the Subscriber of the Judges to the Court of Common Pleas as and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Nicolas Devore and Nail Murry citizens of the county aforesaid being reputable & credible witnesses who being by me first duly sworn make the following statement, to wit, Nicolas Devore deposeth & Saith that John Dye enlisted into the service of the continental Establishment sometime in the year 1776 in the company commanded by Captain David Kilgore belonging to the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment at that time commanded by Col. McCoy and that he saw John Dye continue in the said service for and during the space of three years as this deponent believes – Said Murry deposeth & saith that he saw John Dye enlist the service in the Continental  Establishment in the month of August in the year 1776 in the company commanded by Captain David Kilgore belonging to the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, at that time commanded by Col. McCoy and that he saw John Dye continue in the said service for and during the space of three years as this Deponent believes Sworn and Subscribed before me this day and date above mentioned
Deponents Nicholas Devore Neal Murrey
State of Ohio Brown County
I hereby certify that the above named Nicholas Devore and Neal Murry whose names [illegible] was duly sworn and [illegible] by me and that they are credible witnesses the day and date above mentioned 
Jos. N Campbell A.J.

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The State of Ohio Brown County Js
I William Middleton Deputy Clerk of the court of common pleas within and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph N Campbell Esq before whom the within depositions were taken was at the time of taking the same a duly commissioned and an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common pleas within and for the county aforesaid and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Ripley this 3rd day of June 1819
William Middleton D.Clk. BC

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Sworn to and subscribed in open court October 31st 1838
G. W. King, Clerk
The State of Ohio Brown County JS
Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common pleas of said county now in session John Day of lawful age who being duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath declare and say that he is well acquainted with the witness named Ruth Dye and is her son in law.  That he verily believes the the said Ruth Dye was lawfully married to the witness named John Dye before the year 1794 that his wife Rachael Day is as he believes the second child of said John Dye and Ruth Dye is now as he verily believes fifty seven or fifty eight years of age.  The said John Dye drew a pension from the United States & this deponent has frequently seen his pension certificate.  The said John Dye departed this life at the house of this deponent in Brown County Ohio on the 23rd day of April 1836 and this deponent [illegible] He said Ruth Dye has been since lived with this deponent in his house and this deponent believes without any doubt whatever the she has been since the death of said John Dye remained unmarried and yet is his widow.
Sworn and subscribed in open court
October 31st 1838 John Day
Also personally came before said court was the same time Samuel Ross of Brown County in the State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath

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[illegible] and say that he is well acquainted with Ruth Dye the present applicant for a pension and has been acquainted with her [illegible] the years 1792 or 1793.  That in the Spring of the year 1794 this depondent went to live and work on the farm with the dec’d John Dye and he continued to live with him until the Spring of the year 1796 when he left [illegible] but lived in the same neighbourhood with them in Mason County in the State of Kentucky.  That before he went to live with the dec’d John Dye (in the Spring of 1794 he lived in the same neighbourhood with him and had been acquainted with him about a year before. [Illegible] this deponent further states that at the time of his first acquaintance with the dec’d John Dye in the Spring of the year 1793 the present applicant Ruth Dye was living with the dec’d John Dye as his wife in Mason County Kentucky and had six children four girls and two boys. This deponent has been well acquainted with the said Ruth Dye ever since the year 1793 and never heard the lawfulness of her marriage to dec’d John Dye disputed or doubted by any persons. While he was living in the year 1793 with the dec’d John Dye he often heard said John Dye state that he had belonged to [illegible] rifle regiment in the Revolutionary War & had served in several battles.  And further this deponent [illegible]
Samuel Ross
Sworn to and Subscribed
In open court October
31 1838 G W King Clerk

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Personally appeared in open court [illegible] Court of Common pleas of [illegible] Brown County in the State of Ohio now in session Ruth Dye and applicant for a pension under the law of July 7th 1838 and the said court after an [illegible] of the matter and after pulling the [illegible] do hereby declare [illegible] opinion that John Dye was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States that for his service as a Revolutionary soldier he received a pension of ninety six dollars per annum during his natural life.  That he resided in Brown county Ohio and departed this life in said County on the 23rd day of April 1835.  That the said Ruth dye was lawfully married to the said John Dye in the fall of the year 1779 near Elizabethtown in [illegible] of Pennsylvania and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said John Dye and yet is his widow.
The court further [illegible] certify that [illegible] statement of credible [illegible] that John Day and Samuel Ross who have sworn and subscribed to affidavit in support of the claim of the said Ruth Dye for a pension are credible persons and [illegible] statements on her behalf are entitled to credit
The State of Ohio
Brown County
G W King Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Brown County foresaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings

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of said Court in the matter of the application of Ruth Dye for a Pension and that [illegible] whose name is subscribed [illegible] foregoing affidavit of Jemimah Evans is a Justice of the peace [illegible] for said county duly commissioned and [illegible] and that his signature above written is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of said county this 1st day of November 1838
GW King Clerk BCO

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3091
Ruth Dye
Ohio
[illegible]
Apl 9
David G. Devore
Georgetown
Brown Co
Ohio

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Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Will you please send me the pension record with any items concerning the family of John Dye.  He was pensioned July 22, 1819 was then a resident of Brown Co. Ohio.  age 79. He served as a private in Pennsylvania Continental line.
Very truly yours
(Miss) M. M. Tyler
11 W. 10th St. New York City
[Date stamped NOV 25 1922]

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Nr. 7064 John Dye
Sept. 7, 1818 age 63 on last May
[illegible] Brown Co. Oh
Enl. Allegany Co. Pa.
76.  Capt David Kilgore
Col Daniel Broadhead 8 Pa
Pa Line Contl Est
battles of Saratoga
dis Fall 1779 Pittsburg, Pa
His claim was allowed
He mar. Fall 1779 Ruth
near Elizabethtown Pa.
d Apl 23, 1836 Brown Co Oh

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WAR DEPARTMENT 
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 
WASHINGTON 
11-26-1933 
Memorandum for The Surgeon General 
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, 
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, 
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, 
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th and 5th, N.W. 
1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designations of the organizations. 
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.

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Special follow-up
for John Dye

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Request for Rev. War record of John Dye from Pa – D died April 23 1836 in Ohio – Record forwarded & application for headstone & letter; send Mrs John Markley of Georgetown Ohio returned [illegible] Nov 23 -1935-

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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
11-14-1933
Memorandum for The Surgeon General
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th and 5th, N.W.
1.	The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon.  In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designations of the organizations.
2.	In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
[Date stamped NOV 16 1935]

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-OFFICE OF-
Chambers Baird
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
BROWN COUNTY, OHIO
RIPLEY, OHIO, June 20, 1904
Hon. E. F. Ware
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Please send me record of application for pension and history of John Dye, a Revolutionary War pensioner, from Bedford or Cumberland county, Penn.  His widow was Ruth Dye, who after his death applied for a pension.  Please also send me record of her application, and inform me if she was granted a pension and give me history of her case.  This information is desired for their descendants.
Respectfully yours,
Chambers Baird
Address
Chambers Baird, Box 167,
Ripley, Brown County,
Ohio
[Date stamped USA PENSION OFFICE JUN 22 1904]

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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION

3-525

ans. [handwritten]
W 7064

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., ___, 19__

In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of John Dye a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or [crossed out} + his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OF APPOINTMENT.
Aug 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 yrs

RANK
[illegible]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
David Kilgore
COLONEL.
[illegible] McCoy
[illegible]
STATE.
Pa.

Battles engaged in, both battles of Stillwater.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible], in Allegheny Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Sept. [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Brown Co Ohio [illegible calculation on lines]
Age at date of application, 63 or 64 years
Remarks: He died Apr. 23 1836 [illegible] near Elizabethtown Pa. in 1779 [illegible]
Ohio, aged 77 years. They had 6 children. [illegible] is Rachael [illegible] Day who in 1838 was 57 or 58 years of age and living in Pleasant Township

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-2856

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December 2, 1935
BA-J/AWF
John Dye
W.7064
The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your Specail Follow-Up, dated November 26, 1935 in quest of the original application for headstone for John Dye, private 8th Pennsylvania regiment, War of the Revolution, which you state was forwarded this office, November 14, 1935 and has not been returned.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that November 23, 1935, the record of John Dye was furnished you as found in pension claim, W.7064, and the application noted above was returned on that date with the report.
Your “Special Follow-Up” slip is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator