Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3557, Edward Wiett, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Witt Edward
S. 3557
carded
CONTENTS

Pension sent May 23, 1837. Order to pay 18 Oct 1837.
Date of death not on W.B.
13836
East Tennessee
Edward Wirt
of Anderson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Dawone of the reg t commanded by Col Edmunds in the War line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars and Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June 1833 and South James Marshall
Arrears to the 4th of March 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep r 13.00
$73
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 66

17332
Edward W. Hall Adair Tennessee
for 1780 part of account $30
Laurens Georgia to a
James Hairs Knoxville Tenn

BRIEF in the case of Edward Whitt  County of Anderson in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Justice of Peace  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     drofted In 1780 3 Ensign Gen. Stevens   Sub 3 Private Capt. Downey , Col Edmonds   drofted 1781 3 " Capt Marshall , Col Edmonds Capt Richardson Col Edmonds  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shenandoah Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The Clerk has no Seal of Office 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas Forrester Examining Clerk.

State of Tennessee } ss on the 17th day of October 1832 Anderson County } Personally appeared before me Edward Hawkins one of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quartermasters in and for said County Edward Wiett a resident of said County and state at his own house in the said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee he being unable to attend Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He resided in Shenandoah County Virginia at which place in the month of January 1780 he was drafted for a three months tour under Capt Darby Downey in Col Edmans Regiment of militia rendezvoused at Stonestown there we joined Genl Stephens Brigade at the ground squirrel Bridge thence to the Shenandoah hills on James River lay there four weeks thence to the neighbourhood Yorktown lay there till our time was out and was there discharged in the month of April 1780 his discharge was signed by said Capt Downey which discharge is lost he served at this time three months Again while residing at the place last aforesaid in about the first of May 1780 he substituted for a three months tour in the room and stead of Joseph Allen under Capt Thomas Marshall in Col Edmans Regiment of Militia rendezvoused at Millers town Marched to the Purununco River used it at the ground squirrel Bridge Shenandoah hills there we joined Genl Stephens Brigade lay there

Several weeks then we marched to Chickahominy River lay there same time thence to Thoroughfare to the Cedar Swamps to a place called the burnt army lay there same time and was there honorably discharged in about the first of August 1780 his discharge was signed by the said Capt Marshall but is now lost he served at this time three months
Again while living at the place last aforesaid same time in May 1781 he was drafted for a three months tour under Capt John Richardson in Col Edmans Regiment of Militia rendezvous at Millers town Marched to Rappahannock River Cross at the ground Squirrel Bridge thence to Chickahominy River thence to the burnt army lay there till our time was out & was there honorably discharged same time in the month of August 1781 his discharge was signed by the said Capt Richardson but is now lost he served at this time three months he served in the whole nine months
The first tour above written was served as an ensign he was commissioned by Col Abraham Bird to serve as ensign to serve that tour and he did perform the office of ensign during the whole tour his commission is now lost He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person who has testimony he can produce who can testify to his service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state There is no clergyman residing immediately in his neighborhood had not none that he knows of by whom he can prove the extent of his service

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Edward Hawkins Edward his X Witt mark
A Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee Octo 17 th 1832
We Sam Maddox and John White residing in the said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Witt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Edward Hawkins Sam his X Maddox mark
A Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for John his X White the said County of Anderson mark and state of Tennessee Octo 17 th 1832
And the said Edward Hawkins Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions as aforesaid do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Depart- ment that the said applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the said Justice further certifies that it appears to him that Sam Maddox and John White who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that the said applicant is unable to go to court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity
Edward Hawkins A Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee Octo 17 th 1832

I Hugh Barton Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Liquorsians in and for the said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee do hereby certify that Edward Hawkins before whom the above proceedings were had and whose name is assigned thereto is an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas and Liquors in and for said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee duly commissioned and
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sworn as such and full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts and that the above signatures which purport to be his are his genuine signatures and that the said Court is a court of Record In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of office at office in Clinton in the said County of Anderson and state of Tennessee this 20 th day October 1832
Hugh Barton C.A.C
Application of
Edward Smith
for a Pension
17332
Direct to
James H. Blair
Knobsville
Tennessee

November 22, 1938
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Mr. Charles R. Brice Supreme Court of New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico
EDWARD WIETT S. 3557 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Edward Wyatt who received a pension while living in Tennessee.
You are furnished herein the record of the only Edward Wiett under any spelling found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from pension claim, S. 3557, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Edward Wiett was born January 3, 1755, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Shenandoah County, Virginia, Edward Wiett entered the service in January, 1780, and served three months as ensign in Captain Darby Downey's company, Colonel Edmond's Virginia regiment. He enlisted May 1, 1780, served as private in Captain Thomas Marshall's company, Colonel Edmond's Virginia regiment, and was discharged August 1, 1780. He enlisted sometime in May, 1781, served as private in Captain John Richardson's company, Colonel Edmond's Virginia regiment, and was discharged in August, 1781.
Edward Wiett was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Anderson County, Tennessee.
It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.
In 1832, one John White, a resident of Anderson County, Tennessee, made affidavit in support of Edward Wiett's claim for pension, but did not state any relationship to him.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and

address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Edward Wiett, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Edward Wiett Certificate No. 13836 Issued June 26, 1833, Rate, $30 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 East Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Edward Hittes Amended Prussian Declaration
Scrat to James Hair K. axville Punisher

Edward Skitt

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edward Wyatt which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? the Justice has IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

State of Tennessee } ss on this 8 th day of April 1833 Anderson County } Personally appeared before me Edward Hawkins an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions in and for said County Edward Scott a resident of the said County and State in the said County of Anderson and State of Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his previous Declaration which Declaration was made at his own house and bears date October 17 th 1832 and was numbered in the War Department No 17332 and sent back for amendment He was born in Bucks County in the state of Pennsylvania on the 3 d day of January 1755 which made him 76 instead of 76 77 years old in stead of 76 at the time he made his said Declaration He has a record of his age in a book called Aristotles Masterpiece
He is known in his present neighbourhood to Thomas White Edward Hawkins Esq John Maddox and Thomas Hogle all of whom he believes would testify that they believe him to be a man of veracity and that they believe he served as a soldier of the Revolution sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Edward his Scott mark
Edward Hawkins
A Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for Anderson County
State of Tennessee } Anderson County } I Hugh Barton Clerk of the said Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that Edward Hawkins before whom the foregoing amended amended previous Declaration of Edward Scott was made is an acting Justice of the said Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such and that full faith and and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts and that the foregoing signature which purports to be his is his genuine signature and that the Certificate to

to the original declaration dated October 20th 1832 to which my name is subscribed and which is herunto annexed is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Clinton this 16th day of April 1833
Hugh Barton C.D.C.

1938 Nov 22 - Hist 6 Mr. Charles R. Brice - - - - - D.C. 13
Rev. May
3557 INVALID.
File No. 3557
Edward Kiett Port. Va. line
Act: June 11/32
Index: — Vol. 4 , Page 406
[Arrangement of 1870.]

CHIEF JUSTICE ANDREW H. HUDSPETH JUSTICES HOWARD L. BICKLEY CHARLES R. BRICE A. L. ZINN DANIEL K. SADLER
Supreme Court of New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico.
HERBERT GERHART CLERK
Roswell, New Mexico October 6, 1938
Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:
Joseph Wyatt Edward Wyatt was a Revolutionary soldier and received a pension while living in Roan County, Tennessee. Will you please examine the papers and write me any information regarding his family and himself contained therein. He is an ancestor of my granddaughter, Mary Evelyn Wyatt.
Yours very truly,
E. R. Brice
CRB SO