Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5464, for Irvine Hyde, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Hyde, Irvine Mary
P. 5464
CONTENTS

25484
West Tennessee
Irvin Hoyle
of Maury Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the co mpany commanded by Captain Whetton of the reg t commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 8 months
scribed on the Roll of West Tennessee the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Jan y 1834 and James M c Thomas Columbia
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 66 67 Pemi-ant. allowance ending March 13 33 $80 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Bayd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 83
D. M. Smith, supposed at Fayetteville, Tenn. Postmaster Fayetteville April 17, 1837. Pension Agent, Nashville Sept. 17, 1837. A. T. Nickols, P.M. Fayetteville, T. May 1 st 1837.
Let to D. M. Smith, July 11. 1837 Same of D o Comptroller 4 th May 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838, from 1 st March 1837 to 4 th Sept 1837. to Modified 17 th May 1838

State of Alabama Madison County
On this 30 day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court the Honorable William D. Adair Judge of the circuit Court of Madison County of said now sitting. I, Elnathan Dwyer a resident of said County of Madison aged seventy 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 the 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was born in Rutherford County in the State of Virginia on the 23 day of February 1762 according to a register kept by his Father and now in officers possession which he believes to be correct. About the year 1776 officer having been of the number 2 (according to the registration all the men were numbered from 1 to 10 and served in turn) was called on as a militia soldier while living in said County for the term of three months his captain was by the name of Richard D. Dwyer who marched to Petersburg and was there discharged he does not remember how long he was in the service of duty but believes about six weeks.
Some six months after this officer was ordered out on a tour of duty in the service of the United States for three months to guard the frontier on the Roan River to prevent the British from landing in this expedition officer was in active service a good part of the said three months and was liable the whole time to obey orders at a moment's warning.
Officer next after and about the year 1781 was called out as a militia soldier together with about 300 others for the term of six months to go to the siege of Little York said army encamped at H. Delaney's Tavern. Elijah Graves was our Captain James Hunt our Lieutenant and Lewis Russell our Col. From there officer

marched with said army to Long Island and James River and from thence to Williamsburgh remained there one day; until orders were received from Genl Washington at what point we should join him. The army was ordered to return back and go up the river and cross above the fork that they might be out of all danger of the enemy accordingly officer marched with said army across above said fork of York River and down the Glaster side to head quarters. On the arrival of this army there was selected out of it for special service one hundred men fifty grenadiers of which officer was chosen one and fifty well built men for light infantry officer was put under and Stephen Mabury as Captain commander of said grenadiers and marched down near to the picket guard of the British  British and there remained on duty every day for about three or four months until he was discharged having nearly completed the six months for which he was called out to duty and for which week to whole time he was liable to serve if ordered by the officer. Officer remained under the command of said Mabury until an order was issued to attempt one night to scale the walls of Glaster in the attempt at which officer and Capt. Mabury was the foremost with officer and the rest of the grenadiers except one Company of Grenadiers of the regular troops which went before being first fired upon by the British sentinel then by the cannon of the Fort just as the whole army had reached the place assigned to the French troops and all being about 10,000 strong and when officer had reached so near the walls that night that he put his hand over the army was ordered to retire every moment we expect the word to be given to scale the walls which no doubt would have been bloody work at least it was so thought by all, officer least of all having under gone so much fear during the firing of the cannon, and the guard and during that awful moment of suspense when we expected every moment the command to mount the walls. That next morning he resigned his commission and

returned home. Affiant was put under a regular officer after this and served under him until the siege was raised and Lord Cornwallis surrendered so, affiant cannot now recollect the name of this last officer under whom he served. Affiant remembers to have seen Col. Salton on the day of the surrender riding a fine imported stallion called Black and all Black affiant knew this horse well as he had once belonged to one Mr. Peyton Skipwith of Virginia. After the British had surrendered and shocked their arms they affiant was ordered with others to collect the arms that had been left laying about, after this they were ordered to head quarters to their respective companies there obtained their certificates affiant has lost his and were virtually discharged. He removed to north Carolina after the war and then back to Virginia and from there to Tennessee and from there to the said county of Madison where he has lived ever since. He has no written discharge and having stated all that he remembers of facts that transpired so long ago that he submits them without comment. He states there is no one in his neck by whom he could prove his services and that he has no documentary evidence of his services affiant has been informed there is yet living some when in the State of Tennessee an individual by whom he could prove his services but affiant is too old and frail to stand a journey to look him up hence he is wholly destitute of means.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension, or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Given under my hand this 20th day of October 1832. I have his mark Irvin Hyde
We X a Clergyman residing in said county of Madison and William Leprie residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Irvin Hyde who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we share the opinion Irvin Hyde
1832. I do hereby certify on next page that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in open court 300/100. Wm Leprie

And the said Court do hereby declare of the  after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to it that William Seplic who has signed the the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said county of Madison, and that who has also signed the same is a resident in said county of Madison and is a credible person and that the statement is entitled to credit, but a clergyman not having been procured to certify these proceedings are left open for further authentication. Nov 17: 1832. W. J. Adair
Samuel Mead Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Madison in the State of Alabama. Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Irvin Hyde for a pension.
Isaac W. Sullivan a clergyman residing in the County of Madison in the State of Alabama do hereby certify that I am partially acquainted with Irvin Hyde who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that I believe him to be seventy years of age, and that I have no reason to think that he has not been a revolutionary soldier as he has set forth in his declaration. Sworn to and subscribed this 17 th . day of December 1832
I. W. Sullivan
State of Alabama } Personally appeared before me Madison County } Isaac W. Sullivan a clergyman of S d County and made oath that the above statement is true, given under my hand and seal this 17 th day of December 1832
J. S. Calvert D (Lew)
This Applicant Irvin Hyde would state that since this Declaration was made out His Son with whom he lives has removed to Maury County Tennessee, where he now resides. He therefore prays that he may receive communications directed to Columbia Tennessee to himself & the care of James B. Thomas

e No 22993
Irvine Hyde Madison County, Alabama
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Irvine Hyde, care of James H Thomas Esq r Columbia Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 7 th 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Irvin Hyde Madison County Alabama
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Called out 1776 - 1 14 private Capt Whittier Marched to Pittsburgh 70 years Traditional evidence & Clergymans certificate   " Not stated private To guard the Allegheny River Allegheny Witnes certificate   Called out 1781 x - 6 - private Capt Graves Col Brundell Harrison the Roanoke - To get the Siege of Little York, Marched to Noy Island on James River to Williamsburg County Virginia Traditional evidence - Papers not properly attached   1 12   2 15   4   3 15   2 15   8  
*The applicant states that he continued in service until after the surrender of Genl Wallace {
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of the application of said Court in the matter of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is the person described in and who is entitled to the benefits of the act.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration!
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay pensions to certain widows
State of Tennessee } on this 1 st day Bedford county } of November 1848
in open court in the county court of Bedford county in the state aforesaid at November term of 1848 personally appeared Mary Hyde a resident of Bedford county in the state aforesaid aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law with an oath made to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled an act granting half pay pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of Green Hyton who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war in Virginia in 1777 her husband in the said Green Hyde joined the army and went into the service of the United States as a private of his captain. That Graves that she is not was alive as to his Major or Colonel

marries. That George Washington was his general. That after he joined the army of the United States he marched, through different parts of the United States ser- ving against the British and their allies, till the expiration of his said tour. That he only served one tour, and that was eight months
and at the expiration of said tour, she received a by discharge from his proper of- ficer, but she does not know she does not know, whether he ever received any written discharge or not. That on the 4 th of January 1794 in Granville county in North Carolina she was married to the said Green Hyde But she does not at this time know of any person who was at that time present by whom at can prove said marriage. That after she married to Green Hyde she was went with him to Mecklenburg cou- nty in Virginia and continued to live with him as his wife in Vir- ginia & North Carolina for till about the year 1812 at which time moved with him to Bedford county in Tennessee and in Tennessee she continued to live with him as his wife till his death. That

on the 13 of January 1839. The said Irvin Hyde her husband died in Ben- sora county in Tennessee. That said Ir- vin Hyde in his lifetime, applied for and obtained a pension from the Gov- ernment of the United States for his pension certificate has been lost or mislaid. But he has been re- ceiving a pension of twenty seven six dollars and 25 cents per annum as she believed obtained, said pension. That he states she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Irvin Hyde. And at this time li- ves in Bedford county in Tenne- see. She married Irvin Hyde af- ter he was gone serving in the revolution. She prays the Depart- ment to grant her a pension and to transmit her pension certificate to John Bruce her attorney to Harpeshor- ough in Rutherford county in Tennessee. Sworn to and subscribed in open court on this 6 th day of November 1848.
Mary Hyde
First sworn to in Open Court this 6 th day of November 1848 Andrew Vanray Clerk.
State of Tennessee } county court of Bedford county } said county term 1848

and said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the afore named Mary Hyde formerly the husband of the said Mary Hyde was a revolution- ary soldier & will serve as a revolution- ary in the foregoing declaration. And we do further certify, that it appears to us that Mary Hyde, who has subscribed & sworn to the forego- ing declaration is a credible per- son, and that her statement is entitled to credit upon oath. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands. This 18 th day 1844
I Andrew Vannoy clerk of the county court of Bedford county in the state of Tennessee do hereby certify, that the foregoing is the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Mary Hyde, for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office. This 18 th day of November 1844. Andrew Vannoy Clerk.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5464
P. O. _____
Henry Hyde
Service: widow of Irvine
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

N 286
Mary Hyde
Daughter of John Bruce
June 7th 49
J 464
act 29 July 1848

Irvine Hyde June 12
Turn. roll
Mr. J. Smith New Bedford
John G. Howard Gann's Station
for the letter is now at the Postmaster's office New Bedford April 17 1837

State of Tennessee } County Court Bedford County } Nov Term 1848 - On this 6 th day of November 1848, person- ally appeared in open County Court, it being a court of Record, Mary Hyde, a resident of Bedford County, of the State of Tennessee, aged about seventy years years, who first duly sworn, according to Law, took on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions, made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Rev- olutionary war. That she is the widow of Irving Hyde, who was a private in the army of the Revolution, but of what Regiment, Affiant does not now recollect; for his services, he received the sum of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents annually, during his natural life - that the original cer- tificate is lost as will more fully appear from proofs here exhibited marked "A" - and that Affiant is still a widow, she never having mar- ried since his death, which occurred on the 10 th January 1838 -
Sub. J. Sworn to in Open Court on the 6 th November 1848 Test Andrew Vannoy clerk
Mary Hyde

I Andrew Vannoy clerk of the county court of DeSoto county in the state of Ten- nessee do hereby certify that the fore- going declaration was sworn to & subscribed open court in the court aforesaid, by Mary Hyde on the 6 day of this month
In testimony where- of I have here- unto set my hand & pub- lic seal on this 18. day of Novem- ber, 1848
Andrew Vannoy - Clerk

State of Tennessee }
Bedford County } Be it known, that on the 4th day of March 1839, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Samuel Cook, the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me P. H. Hester Justice of the Peace
Samuel Cook
State of Tennessee } Be it known, that at a county Bedford County } Court Sessions, held for the county aforesaid, at the court house in the town of Shelbyville, on the 4th day of March, 1839, personally appeared in open court, John Sims and Michael Ellis all of said county, and upon their oaths have satisfactorily proved to the court here that she, the said Mary Hyde, was the lawful wife of the late Irvine Hyde of said county deceased, and that her said husband died on the 13th day of January 1839, and that at the time of his death, he had been placed on the roll of

Revolutionary Pensioners of the United States, under the act of Congress of the 7 th June, 1832, and further, that he was the identical Irvine Hyde named in an original certificate in his possession on the day of his death, and which is here shown to the bearer, and of which the following is a true copy.
War Department. — Revolutionary Claim. I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June, 1832, Irvine Hyde of the State of Tennessee, who was a private in the army of the Revolution is intitled to receive twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and payable semi annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year. Given at the War office of the United States, this 15 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
W. L. C. A. S.
Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
and she the said Mary Hyde, further testifies that her late husband, the said Irvine Hyde, deceased, was intitled to a pension

at the rate of twenty-six dollars and sixty- six cents per annum, from the 4th of Sep- tember, 1838, to which time he was last paid to the 13th day of January, 1839, when he died, on account of services rendered. The Uni- ted States during the Revolutionary War and that at the time of his death he resi- ded in Bedford county, and had resided there for the space of two years past, and pre- viously thereto he resided in Mahama a short time, and before he resided in Mahama he resided in Bedford county Lumpkin for a number of years
Mary Hyde
Seal
Sworn to and subscribed in open court here, the day and year first above mentioned.
John Simms Clerk
Michael Ellis Clerk
William D. Orr Clerk of Bedford County Court
In consequence of Mr Doak failing to draw the afore- said pension for me, I hereby authorize William McElure to draw it for me and accept for the same, witness my hand and seal this 10th September 1839
Mary Hyde
Seal
Test Jacob Green
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I know all men by these presents that I Mary Hyde, of the county of Bradford and State of Tennessee, widow of Irvine Hyde, late of said county deceased, do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Doak, my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions, at Nashville, in said state, the pension due to my late husband, the said Irvine Hyde, deceased, from the fourth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty eight, (to which time he was last paid) to the thirteenth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty nine, when he died.
Witness my hand and seal, this 4th day of March 1839.
Test.
Clerk
Mary Hyde
Which said power of attorney was duly acknowledged here in open court, by her, the said Mary Hyde, to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof, and of the foregoing proof before the court, I William D. Orr, Clerk of said court have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the 4th day of March 1839. William D. Orr clk

We the undersigned are acquainted with Irvin Hyde, an old man who lives on Little Creek in Maury County; and we are of opinion that he served in the Revolutionary War. Decr. 16 th 1833
Edmund Billahanty
George Sammon
William B. Wood
Abraham Purney
William D. Pettis
Thomas J. Halley

Rich Valley Inn      Stras Jan 19.
Mr. J. G. Edwards com of Pension  Lesy Washington D. C.
from Hyde Tenn. chfr.

Rich Valley. Tenn. June 19 th 1837.
Mr. S. G. Edwards com. of Pension Sir I enclose to you
care Mr. Irvin Heiders papers for. Drawing Pensions and I have never heard of them I wish you to enter in your Office and let me know what to do I must attend to the Alderman he is about to suffer Yours very Respectfully J. M. Smith

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 15 - 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 3 d 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;" Irvin Hyde a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten ee Agency, at the rate of twenty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the fourth of September 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

I Francis Lewis late of Madison County in the State of Alabama do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Irwin Hyde ever since the year 1781 who was then a resident of the County of Mecklenburg in the State of Virginia and have reason to believe and do believe that the said Irwin Hyde was engaged in the Military Service of his country throughout the American Revolution and that he has always maintained the character of an honest quiet and peaceable citizen - Given under my hand this 20th August 1832
Sworn to and Subscribed before me William Barker a Justice of the Peace for Madison County Alabama
Wm Barker (W.B.)
Francis Lewis
State of Alabama ) I, Richard B. Pardon, Clerk of the Madison County Court of said County, do certify that William Barker before whom the foregoing affidavit, by Francis Lewis, was sworn, is now and was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned, as such and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County Court at Office, in Huntsville this twenty-fifth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two and of American Independence the fifty-seventh with
Rich B. Pardon

State of Alabama } I, Samuel Chapman, Magistrate of Madison County } the County Court of said County do certify that Richard B. Purnam whose name is subscribed to the foregoing attestation, is now and was at the date of the same, the Clerk of the said County Court, and that his said attestation is in due form of law.
Given under my hand this twenty-fifth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-two
Sam d Chapman
22993
John H. Bryan

22.993 Irvine Lloyd's
Declaration
For
Pension
for - per m.
$26.66 100
For N. Thomas Columbia
Tempur
W. J. Smith of Mary Lynn County
hereby state my case of the 19th day of September 1833.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of Tennessee } ss. Maury County }
On this Twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thou- -sand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, James M c Guire  James Wright & Lucille J. Stevenson  Attorneys and John Mack Esq. three of the acting Justices in and for the County aforesaid, and Justices of said Court, pre- siding) Irvine Hyde a resident of Maury County aforesaid and State of Tennessee aforesaid aged twenty one years, six months and nineteen days old , who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born on the 23 rd day of February 1762 in Middlesex County and State of Virginia the that his name was  Registered and the date of his birth was Registered in the Church Registry by his Father, and a copy was furnished him by his father which he has recently lost. But he well recollects the contents of the said copy of the place and date of his birth. He has no doubt it was correct. He has no other evidence of his age, from which he is now as is already stated 71. years 6 months and 19 days old. He further states that he entered the service of the United States in the year 1800

in the year 1778. In his first Declaration which was sent to the War Department from Madison County, State of Alabama, it was erroneously stated that he entered the service of the United States in the year 1776. Declarant, tho' not a very infirm man for his age, is yet hard of hearing; and he supposes that the Gentleman who drew up for him his first declaration misunderstood him, and when his statement was read over to him, he either did not hear it distinctly, or it escapes his observation that 1776 was put in instead of 1778. But be that as it may, Declarant states that he did enter the service of the United States as a Drafted Militia man in the year 1778. According to the Military Regulation, at that time, all persons subject to Militia duty, were classed and numbered from 1 to 10. Declarant be- longed to class the 2. A draft was drawn from his class and he was one of those that was drawn. The time for which he was drafted was three months. He entered service (being thus drafted) under Cap- tain Richard Whittow in said Middlesex County in Virginia. Declarant was marched to Petersburg Petersburg in the State of Virginia there when his time expired and was discharged. He thinks that he was drafted in the month of May 1778. He served the time out for which he was drafted. He further says that his first Declaration was wrong in this also. The fact is, it was drawn in a hurry, and there being a great many persons in the room where it was drawing, and in the confusion this inaccuracy was overlooked; for declarant does not hear well as he has already stated. He says that in the year 1778 from the month of May (from the list of his recollections) onwards the the serving out term of three months. He further says that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory he is unable to state the names of his Field officers. He was in no Battles during this term of duty.

We marched directly from Mecklenburgh County Virginia, to Petersburg Virginia. The British, it was expected, would come up from Norfolk to Petersburg, and the Troops to which Declarant belonged were stationed at the latter place to guard it. They did not come however, and of course, there was no fighting Declarant got no written Discharge.
In the fall of 1779. Declarant was again ordered out as a private soldier of the Militia to the service  in the army of the United States. He was ordered out by Colonel Robert Munford for the term of three months. The object of this service was declared at the time to be to guard the Farris on the Roanoke River and to prevent the British Troops from crossing  crossing should they attempt it. Declarant lived at the time aforesaid in said Mecklenburgh County Virginia. This was a very small body of Troops and they were divided into small detachments. There was no commissioned officer with the detachment that Declarant was during actual service with. A man by the name of Hall was the Captain of the company, to which the little detachment belonged that declarant was with and Col Robert Munford was the Colonel commanding the Troops at the Magazine near said River and the Farris aforesaid. Declarant, after serving six weeks of the three months, was permitted to go home apprehension of danger having ceased. He lived in about 15 miles of the Magazine aforesaid on the Roanoke, and he only marched from his home in Mecklenburgh County to the Farris. He was in no Battle during this tour of duty. He received no written discharge; for at the end of six weeks as aforesaid, he was permitted to go home, holding himself subject to be called out again at a moments warning. He held himself in readiness to go, but was not called on, as no further attempts were made or seemed likely to be made by the British Troops to molest the Farris or attack the Magazine. When Declarant drew up his first Statement

he thought the second tour of duty near, in some six months after the first; but from by talking with Elijah Stone (the person who hereafter testifies) Declarant is satisfied that this second service was rendered in the fall of 1779. and as the War Department object to the word "about," he would say that to the best of his recollection, he was called out this second time in the month of September 1779.
Declarant again entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militia man in 1781 - After the Battle at of Guilford Court House, the British Troops in that quarter after much maneuvering finally concentrated their strength at Little York. It was a matter of great interest at the time to obtain American troops sufficient to carry on a sufficient successful siege against Lord Cornwallis who was then in command on the side of the British. Declarant still lived in Mecklenburgh County Virginia and in the latter part of July, or first of August, perhaps, a few weeks sooner or later later, he was again drafted as a private militia man as one of Three Hundred which was furnished by said Mecklenburgh County to go to the siege of Little York. The levy to which Declarant belonged rendezvoused at Hal: D. Stone's Tavern in the lower end of said Mecklenburgh County. Elijah Grane was the Captain and James Hunt the Lieutenant of the Company to which Declarant belonged, and Lewis Burrell was the Colonel of the Regiment which included said Grane's Company, - William Lucas was Major and a man by the name

of Warport was adjutant. This last man, tho' a good officer was quite unpopular from the sourness of his temper. From Delancey's Tavern, the Troops to which Declarant belonged was marched to Hog Island on James River, and from Thence to Williamsburgh where they remained one day to receive orders from Genl Washington as to the point at which they should join the main American Army. On the second day of their being at Williamsburgh, they received orders from Head quarters to return back in part and go up the River and Cross above the Fork in order that they might be out of danger of the enemy. Accordingly Declarant marched with the Regiment to which he belonged, crossed York River above the fork and went down on the Gloucester Side to Head Quarters. On the arrival of these Troops, there was selected out of them for special service, one hundred men, fifty Grenadiers and fifty to act as Light Infantry. Declarant being a stout, active young man was chosen among the Grenadiers and with the others was put under the command of Captain Stephen Maberry, was marched down near to the Pickett Guard of the British Army and remained there on duty until Cornwallis surrendered. Affiant remained under the said Maberry until an order was issued to attempt to scale the wall or bulwark on the Gloucester Side. The Troops were put in motion, and the Company to which Declarant belonged was foremost except one Company of Grenadiers belonging to the Regular Army. This last named Company was before and was first fired on by the Sentinels and then by the Cannon of the British Fort just as the whole Army had reached the place designated for the attack, French Troops and all being about Ten Thousand men, and when Affiant had

reached so near the wall that he put his hand on it, the Army was ordered to retire. We expected every moment the word to be given to scale the wall or Bulwark. The aforesaid Captain Mayhew having undergone so much fear during the firing of the Cannon that he next morning resigned his Commission and went home. Declarant was then put under a Regular Officer, sent from old age and consequently loss of memory & from the fact of De- clarant having been under his command only a few days , he cannot recollect his name. He served under him until the Siege was raised, and Cornwallis surrendered to Genl. Washington. Affiant recollects to have seen Col. Tarleton on the day of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He was riding a fine Imported Stallion called Black and all Black. This horse had once been the property of Sir Peyton Skipwith who lived in Mecklenburgh County Virginia and Declarant knew the horse well. After the British had surrendered, Declarant was ordered with others to collect the army that were lying scattered about; after this they, (the Troops) were ordered to Head quarters to join their respective Companies. A great number of prisoners  prisoners were taken prisoners at the surrender at little York, and a number were put in charge of the Troops to which Declarant belonged. Declarant with others guarded them thru' prisoners  lands about 150 miles in the direction to New Jersey when they were given up to other militia who lived further north. Declarant then received a verbal discharge from service and a certificate for his pay which certificate Declarant soon after lost. He has received no pay for his services and to the present

United States; and when he was young and able to work, he did not want any, but now he is old and poor and the United States are Rich, he feels that it is no more than his rights to endeavour to get the benefit of the Pension Laws - Declarant lived in Buckingham County Va until 1783 - he then removed to Granville County North Carolina and remained there one or two years and removed back to Buckingham County Va and lived there 6 years - He then again went to Granville County North Carolina and lived there 4 or 5 years and went back again to said Buckingham County Va where he remained 5 or 6 years He He then removed again to Granville County N. Carolina and remained 2 or 3 years he then removed to Buckingham County Virginia and remained 9 or 10 years - In these dates he cannot be specific - He was an Overseer for men of more wealth than himself; and he removed backward and forward from one County to the other as inducement of wages was held out. He lived in the two Counties above named in Virginia and North Carolina until the year 1817 when he removed to Bedford County in the State of Tennessee where he remained until 1830 when he removed to Madison County Alabama. He stayed there till last winter and then removed with his son to said Maury County Tennessee where he now resides -
Declarant states that he has no direct proof, either documentary or verbal, of his first term of duty rendered in the year 1778 - He received only a verbal discharge, and there is no man living in this State, nor any nearer than the State of Virginia, that

Knows of his being drafted and serving in 1778. nor does he know that any are living even then that could. Sixteen years has made sad havoc with the soldiers of the Revolutionary war and he has had no communication with any of his fellow soldiers since he left Virginia.
For the second and third term of duty above set set forth he has no written discharge as he has already stated. But he has the now the direct testimony of Elijah Stone who lives in Maury County aforesaid in said state of Tennessee. He was raised in the same neighbourhood with Declarant. he is several years older than Declarant and has known him from his boyhood up to this time. By him, he can prove that he was in active service as a private soldier in the militia at the Farris on the Roanoke River as he has above stated. Said Stone belonged to the regular troops and was not at home when Declarant was drafted in the second term, but he did see this Declarant in actual service as he has already set forth. And Declarant further says that said Stone is the only man living in the state of Tennessee to that he knows of by whom he can prove this second term of duty. There were many living in Mecklenburg County Virginia when Declarant left there who knew of Declarant's having done the service here stated; but whether they are now dead or alive, he does not know. Indeed he does not know of any man now living who saw him in actual service at the Farris on the Roanoke except said

Stone - He was in the regular Service as is already stated and Declarant saw him & he saw Declarant as is above stated  set forth at the Ferry on the Roanoke River. Francis Lewis knew Declarant in Rockingham County Virginia and his statement is again herewith transmitted to the War Department. Said Lewis is an old and very infirm man, and it is impossible to get him here to this Court or County to hand his statement relation -
For the third tour of duty in the Service of the United States, Declarant has no written discharge; nor any positive proof except the final proof testimony of the same Elijah Stone. He was in the regular Troops and was at the Siege of Little York - He saw Declarant there in active Service both before he was taken out of Militia and after he was attached to the Grenadiers under Capt: Mayhew - Declarant states that he does not of any other person by whom he could prove this Service except said Stone. There may be some person living in Virginia that could - He knows of none. He has made diligent enquiry in the State of Pumps - He has found no person that knew him in Service except said Stone that lives in said State -
to a pension

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any Pension Roll of any Army in any State, Territory or District in the United States—
Irvin his Hyde (mark)
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court this 12 th day of September AD 1833
Off ice of J. Porter Clerk of Wayne County Court
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Elijah Stone States that he was born in the County of Mecklenburg and State of Virginia. He has no record of his age; but he was told by his step father that he was born in 1754 which he supposes is not correct by a few years, but he knows that he is an older man than Irvin Hyde the above Declarant. He was raised in the same neighborhood with said Hyde and has known him from a boy. Affiant was himself in the Regular Troops during the Revolutionary war, and he has heard the Statements of Irvin Hyde read over twice and understand it as he thinks. He says that he was not at home when said Hyde was drafted to guard the Farris on the Roanoke River; but he says he did see him there at the time, he thinks, many of us were there, among my own of duty.

Stated by said Hyde in actual Service. How long he served there he cannot tell. He was going home by permission when he saw said Hyde at the Ferry. He remained at Home 18 days, and did not see said Hyde any more until the Siege of Little York. At the Ferry, affiant saw an uncle of his who informed him that the Troops there had been drafted for the term of three months.
At the Siege of Little York, affiant saw said Hyde, first in the militia from McKenbergh County Virginia, and afterwards in a company of Grenadiers commanded by a Capt Stephen Maybury. He thinks he knows of his being in service from sometime early in September until after Lord Cornwallis surrendered. He states that he well recollects the night attack spoken of by said Hyde on the walls or Bulwark of the British Army; and altho' he did not see said Maybury on the night of attack or hear him resign, yet it was talked of in the army that he was gone, and he heard some of the officers laughing about his cowardice. He knows that said Hyde was a soldier in the militia and afterwards a Grenadier at the Siege of Little York. He has been and is now well acquainted with said Hyde. He has always borne the character of a killing man.

I am honest, my
Sworn to and Subscribed in open court this 12 th day of September A D 1833
W m J. Porter clerk.
his mark his mark
Elijah Stone mark
We William A. Burney a clergyman residing in the County of Ossory and State of Tennessee and Thomas Hatley residing in the same County and State hereby certify that we are acquainted with Irvine Hyde who has subscribed and sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that we believe him to be & believe sixty, two years and a half old; that he is reputed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Thomas J Hatley
William A. Burney
Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid in open Court.
W m J. Porter clerk.

Questions by the Court of Irvine Hyde the aforesaid declarant.
1 st Where and in what year were you born? 32
Answer. I was born in Mecklenburg County, in the state of Virginia on the 23 rd day of February 1762.
2. Have you any Record of your age, & if so where is it?
Answer. I have no Record of my age. I had a copy of the place and date of my birth, which I believe was correct; but I have lost it.
3 Where were you living when called into Service? where have you lived since the Revolutionary war? and where do you now live?
Answer. I lived in Mecklenburg County Virginia when called into Service. I have since that time lived in Sandhill, in Lunenburg County Virginia, in Granville County North Carolina, in Bedford County Tennessee, in Madison County Alabama, and I now live in Maury County and State of Tennessee.
4. How were you called into Service? were you drafted? did you volunteer? or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I was drafted in every instance. I was a substitute or a substitute.

neither a ...
5. State the the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops where you served: Such Continental and Militia Regiments as you recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. In the two first tours of duty, there were no regular officers. They were all Militia. In the third tour Genl Washington was Commander in Chief. Lewis Burrol was the Colonel of my Regiment; but he was a mili- the officer as was Major Lucas and Adjutant Warpool the service and
6. Did you ever receive a discharge for the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer I never received any written discharge.
Sworn to & subscribed
Irvin his Hylde 7 (Mark)
this 12 th day of September A.D. 1833. Wm J. Porter clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appeareth to them that William J. Burney who

has signed the preceding certificate is a Clugman resident in Maury County in Tennessee State that Thomas Healey who has also signed the same is a resident in the county & State last of said & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. And also that said Elijah Stone is a credible man & a citizen of Bedford county & State of Tennessee
W. Mark W. Seal

Dec 6, 48.
Mary Hyde, Declaration,
John Hyde, Tenn. Oct 22,
No 286
Mary Hyde wid of Irvine Tenn
Oct 29 May 1848
J. J. Lawrence Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. D. L.

Sturminster Newton December 9 th 1849.
Sir I have sent you on the pa- pers, in Mary Hyde's case, please make a return to me as soon as practicable. You will see reference to papers transmitted to you in 1839. That there is satis- factory proof that Mrs Hyde mar- ried her husband in January 1794. In the case of Rosannah St- ephenson, I cannot get you to ta- lk about the merits of the case. For it appears, that she was fir- st pensioned at half pay by mistake and has been drawing so half pay for ten or more than ten years. She now wants pension certificates for said other half. But I cannot get you to write me one word about so half pay. In Mrs Hyde's case, you know if she married prior to 1813, she is entitled to a pension. Sir I am truly sorry that you decide every case, which I trans- mit to you against my clients. I trans- w I take a great deal of pains to her

re every thing right, and yet you decide every the case against me - I hope for a reasonable decision in this case. I am your obedient ser- vant. John. Bruce.

Waynesville May 5 th 1835
Mr. J. J. Edwards
Dear Sir I Received yours of the 17 th April and a Letter Directed to D. M. Smith you which was if the Direction of Mr. D. M. Smith Letter Be incorrect to — forward it to him I have made inquiry for D. M. Smith and can not obtain any information of him I do not think there is such a man in this County as I can not find any person who knew him I think this must be some mistake you will please to inform me what Disposition to make of my such Letter
Yours A. T. Micks
P. Marker at Waynesville