Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,145, James Wyly, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Wyley, James or Wyley,
No. 26,145
B.L.Wt. 26214-160-55
Born in N.C.
Mary
CONTENTS

Vol 200 { Act Mar 3 1833 April 25/33
Mrs Mary Wiley widow James Wiley post Pensioned
W 16 Oct 1833 " " " " " " " " " " War of the Revolution
No 2664 Feb 53 3533 Boston
M Aug 25
James W. Newman Knoxville Tenn
Philad: 10 Bowman Chy 25/55 Linn Feb 53 - no 3533
Vol 102 page 19

Restoration 3533
Miss E. (Knoxville)
Mary Wiley widow of James Wiley Va who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars — cents per annum, to commence on the 31 February, 1853. 4 th Sept 1860
Certificate of Pension issued 21 st day of April 1866 and sent to Striblin & Simpson Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 257 Vol. 16 Lem
Date of death not in AB -

13578  East Tennessee
James Wyley of Mount in the State of East Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Preston of the Regt commanded by Col Campbell in the Virginia line for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of May  1833 and sent to James  Mair Knoxville Tennessee
  Arrears to the 14th of March  160.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept  40.00     $200.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 66
let to James Wyley & to Pension Agency at Knoxville Tenn.
Sept 22 '45 to Hon. Wm. Cooke April 2 '46 Ser. to Hon. Sam. Houston August 12 '48

40.201
Application of Mary Myley widow of James Myley, for Bounty Land under Act of Congress of March 3 rd 1855.
James M. Newman, Attorney - by John Canoe & Smith

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Section of the act of Congress of 3 rd of March 1855. State of Tennessee } County of Blount } S.S.
Be it remembered that on this the 10 th day of March A.D. 1855, before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Mrs. Mary Wyley, a resident of said county aged fifty four years past, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of James Wyley a Soldier of the War of the American Revolution who is now dead. That as the widow of said James Wyley she is now receiving a pension from the United States under the act of Congress of February 3 rd 1853 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, from the Knoxville Tennessee Agency. Affiant further declares that she was married to said James Wyley on the 15 th day of January A.D. 1828 in this Blount county, for proof of which fact she refers the Department to papers on file in the Pension office and those which accompany this declaration. Affiant makes this declaration in order to obtain the Land Bounty due her under the act of Congress of 3 rd of March 1855, and further by these presents, renounces, constitutes and appoints James H. Newman of Knoxville Tennessee her true and lawful Attorney to procure for her the Land Warrant which may be due her under said act.
Witnesses Martha Wyley Nancy Bright
Mary X Wyley her mark
The foregoing declaration was sworn to, and

The clause containing the Power of Attorney was acknowledged the day and date first above written before me. I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the Land Warrant for which the foregoing declaration, Mrs Mary Wyley is making application, and that she is the identical person who is now receiving a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum as the widow of James Wyley deceased. James Matthews J. P.
State of Tennessee County of Blount } ss.
Be it remembered that on this day, the 10 th day of March A.D. 1855, before me the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Nancy Bright and Martha Wyley, residents of said county who made oath in due form of law that they are well acquainted with Mary Wyley who made the foregoing declaration and that to their own personal knowledge she is the identical person who is now receiving a pension from the General Government of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, as the widow of James Wyley a soldier in the War of the American Revolution, and that she has not remarried but continued the widow of said James Wyley. Affiants further testifies that they have no personal interest whatever in the Land Warrant for which said Mary Wyley is now making application.
Nancy Bright Martha Wyley
Known to and subscribed the day and date first above written before me, and I further certify that Nancy Bright

and Martha Wyley who make the foregoing affidavit are persons in whose full faith and credit may be placed and their acts would be taken in any court of Justice where they are known. James Matthews J. P.
State of Tennessee / I hereby certify that Jas Matthews Esq Blount County / Whose genuine official signature appears to the within Declaration & Affidavit was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County & State and I have no interest in this claim.
Witness my hand & official Seal at office in Maryville 24 March 1852
J. H. McBay Clk By W. H. Underwood Clerk Blount County Court

24.396.
James Wyly Blount Co Tennessee
From 1779 prints 2 years $80.
James Hair Knoxville Blount Co Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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. Those 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 James Wm. Blount Co. Tennessee
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1779 " 3 " Priv Maj Floyd. Capt. Preston 70 years Montgomery Traditionary   " " 3 " " Capt. W. Campbell Capt. J. Campbell 66 Virginia   Sep 1779 -80 1 " " " Capt. Love Maj Floyd Capt. Campbell Witness. George Caldwell   1780 -81 " 11 " " Capt. Campbell  
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 _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) 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 (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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, 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 days 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 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, (l) 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 the 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 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 conform to 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 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 [j] 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.
Joseph Rowen

State of Tennessee Blount County ss.
I James Wyley, a resident of the County & State aforesaid, to whom a Certificate of pension was issued from the United States, under the act of Congress passed on the 7 th of June 1832, bearing date the 24 th April 1833, in obedience to the requirements of the Commissioner of Pensions, in his letter to my address of September 22 nd 1845, do hereby make the following explanatory statement of my services in the war of the revolution.
I served as a private in the Militia of Virginia in Company commanded by Captain Preston and others several short tours, amounting in all to some five or six months. But owing to the long lapse of time and the infirmities of age, I am unable to state the time when called into service, the period of service in each tour, or the time of my discharge.
Agreeably to the best of my recollection I volunteered as a private in a light-horse Company or Company of Mounted rangers in Montgomery county, Virginia, in May 1780 or about the time the British took Charleston. This Company rendezvoused at Fort Chisell and was under the command of Captain Isaac Campbell, Lieutenant Michael Gleave, and Ensign William Deane, & served in detachment in the country about the head waters of the Dan, Yadkin and New Rivers, and was pretty actively engaged in securing the Country and suppressing the movements of the Tories. This Company was under the orders of Colonel William Campbell, who was afterwards known as Gen. Wm. Campbell. Colonel Walter Crockett had command of the Militia of Montgomery County, Virginia. Major Floyd commanded about three or four hundred men at the battle of the Shallow ford of the Yadkin, of which, Captain Isaac Campbell's Company constituted a part.

My services in the militia having been performed in several short tours, undertaken expressly to hold in check the disaffected in the neighboring country, and the companies being permitted to return home as soon as the object for which they were called together was accomplished, I was not stationed at any post for any length of time. These services were principally performed under the command of Captain Preston, and were rendered before than under Captain Campbell.
While serving under Captain Campbell as a mounted ranger or light horseman, I was stationed for some time at the middle Nottoway town, but do not recollect when or how long. The services rendered by the company were such as to require its frequent change of place. I was in the battle of the Shallowford of the Gauley - was absent from the company on furlough, on a visit to my friends in Mecklenburg, N.C. to procure some clothing at the time of the battle of Guilford Courthouse. The Company was at Burke Courthouse the day of the battle of King's Mountain.
I resided in Montgomery County Va and was seldom over one hundred and twenty-five or thirty miles from home. I entered the service in Captain Campbell's company as a Voluntary Light horseman or mounted ranger, and received my pay in paper money at the rate of thirty dollars per mo, but by whom paid or whether by State authority I do not now recollect. There was neither commissary nor quartermaster with the company, and as we acted in detachment we were compelled to clothe ourselves, and were quartered and subsisted by our own officers in the best manner, the nature of the service we were on, the condition of the country, and the means of our officers would allow.

I received my discharge from Captain Campbell's Company as well as I am able to ascertain in June or July 1782. I am assisted in the recollection of this fact from a recollection that my sister, Margaret Wylie & James Hall were married immediately after my discharge & returned home, and two years previous to my own marriage, which took place, agreeably to my family record, on the 6 th of July 1784.
James Wylie
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6 th day of June 1848
S. J. M c Reynolds Clerk a justice of the peace for Blount County
State of Tennessee Blount County } ss
I, Stephen J. M c Reynolds, one of the acting justices of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Wylie who has this day made and subscribed the above statement, on oath, before me that he is a credible and intelligent person & his statement entitled to belief.
Given under my hand this 6 th day of June 1848
S. J. M c Reynolds Clerk a justice of the peace for Blount County

State of Tennessee Blount County 3 ss
I Robert A Ledford, Clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that Stephen J. M c Reynolds before whom the above statement was made, and whose certificate is thereto appended, is, and was at the time of the date thereof, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of Office, at Office in Maryville, this 24 th day of July 1848.
Robt A Ledford Clk
State of Tennessee Blount County 3 ss .
I, Samuel Pride, Chairman of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Robert A. Ledford whose signature appears to the above, is the Clerk of said Court, duly qualified as such and that his signature is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal this 24 th day of July 1848.
Saml Pride Chairman of the County Court of Blount County.

State of Tennessee County of Blount ss.
Be it known, that on this the 3 rd day of January A.D. 1854, before the subscriber, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, personally appeared Mrs. Mary Wyley aged fifty three years past, a resident of said county, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of James Wyley, the identical person who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the Knoxville Tennessee Agency, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. That she was married to said James Wyley, in this Blount county Tennessee, on the 14 th day of January A.D. 1828, by license, by one Leroy Noble, an acting Justice of the Peace at that time, and that her name before marriage to said James Wyley was Mary Whitenberger. That the husband of affiant said James Wyley, died on the 12 th day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one. Affiant would further declare that she was a widow on the day, on which, the law for the benefit she is now making application was passed, that is, on the 3 rd day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Mary her X Wyley J. M. [initials]
Known to and subscribed the day and date above written before me and I further certify that Mary Wyley who made the foregoing declaration is from bodily infirmity unable to attend Court

that she is the widow of the identical James Wyley who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that she is a woman in whom full faith and credit may be placed and her oath would be taken in any Court of Justice where she is known. James Matthews. D.
State of Tennessee County of Blount ss.
Be it known, that on this the 3 rd day of January A.D. 1854, before the subscriber, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared Mr. B. F. L. Wyley aged twenty years, and Mr. J. H. Jackson aged thirty one years past, and both residents of said County, and made oath, in due form of law, that Mary Wyley who makes the foregoing declaration for a pension, is the widow of the identical James Wyley who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the Knoxville Tennessee Agency, and died on or about the 12 th day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one, and that said Mary Wyley was a widow on the 3 rd day of February A.D. 1853. B. F. L. Wyley J. H. Jackson
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and date above written before me and I further certify that B. F. L. Wyley, and J. H. Jackson who make the foregoing affidavits are men in whom full faith and credit

may be placed and their oaths would be taken in any "Court of Justice" where they are known, and that I believe them to be disinterested in the procuring of the pension for which Mrs Mary Wesley is making application.
James Matthews G. T.
State of Tennessee, County of Blount, S.S.
I Spencer Henry Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that James Matthews Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were had is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. I would further certify that the following is a true copy of a marriage license now on file in my office.
State of Tennessee.
To any regular minister of the Gospel having the care of souls, or any Justice of the Peace of Blount County, greeting; I Jacob W. Foute, Clerk of the Court of Appeals and quarter Sessions, of Blount County by the power and authority in me vested by law do license you or either of you to celebrate the rites of matrimony in the County of Blount, between James Wesley and Mary Whitenderger by uniting them together as husband husband and wife, given under my hand at office in Maryville this 15 th day of January 1928. J. W. Foute, by his deputy. S. S. Foute. Endorsed on the back the following words; to wit: the rites of matrimony between the parties, 15 th of January 1928. Long Noble Esq. my hand and official seal this 4 th day of January 1928. Spencer Henry Clerk By Alvin Walker Clerk

Know all men by these presents, That I, Mary Wyley, of the county of Blount and State of Tennessee, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint Gaynell W. Newman of Knoxville Tennessee, my true and lawful Attorney, in my name place and stead to prosecute the General Government of the United States for a pension due me under the Second Section of the act of Congress of February the 3 rd 1853. Hereby giving my said Attorney full power to examine all papers which may be on file in any of the departments in Washington City or elsewhere, to file all additional evidence, to receive all communications and to do any and all things which I might do were I personally present at the doing thereof. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises by virtue thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23 rd day of February A.D. 1853.
Signed and delivered
in the presence of -
J. W. Newman.
John J. Hoover
Mary her Wyley. mark
State of Tennessee } County of Blount } S.S.
Be it known, That, on this, 23 rd day, of February A.D. 1853, before the subscriber, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, personally appeared, Mary Wyley and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein contained.
John J. Hoover Justice of the Peace for Blount County Tennessee

State of Tennessee County of Blount } ss.
Be it known, that, on this the 23 rd day of February A.D. 1853, before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, personally appeared, Mrs. Mary Wyley, aged fifty two years past, a resident of said county, and made oath in due form of law; that she is the widow of James Wyley, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and died on the 12 th day of February A.D. 1851.
That she was married to said James Wyley on the 15 th day of January A.D. 1828, in this Blount county Tennessee. Affiant makes this declaration in order to procure the benefits of the Second Section of the Act of Congress of February the 3 rd 1853, and for proof of the date of the death, and that she affiant is the widow, of said James Wyley, affiant would refer to papers on file in the Treasury Department by which affiant deems an annuity due at the date of the death of said James Wyley, and to the evidence which accompanies this declaration.
Mary her Wyley. mark.
Given so and subscribed the day and date above written before me and I further certify that Mary Wyley who makes the foregoing declaration is the widow of James Wyley the identical person who was Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, that she has never since intermar- ried, but continues the widow of said James Wyley, and is a woman in whose full faith and credit may be placed, and

her oath would be taken in any court of justice where she is known.
John J. Hoover Justice of the Peace for Blount County Tennessee.
State of Tennessee / J. R. Bedford Clerk Blount County / of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John J. Hoover Esq. Whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit, is now at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within & for the County State aforesaid that his Commission was dated on the 19 day of August 1850 & will expire the 1st day of April 1854
Given under my hand and the seal of said County at office in Maryville this 16 day of March 1853
J. R. Bedford Clerk By W. M. Walker Clerk

State of Tennessee 3 p.m. this 26 th Day of March 1833 Blount County 3 P.M. personally appeared in open Court before us Robert Houston David McKerny and Joseph Wilson Three of the acting Justices of the court of pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said county, now sitting James Ryly a resident of the said County of Blount and state of Tennessee in the said County of Blount and state of Tennessee aged 70 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 "An act to provide for the relief of the survivors of the United States under the following named officers and squad as herein stated He was born in Martin Burgh County South Carolina on the 19 th Day of December 1762 He moved when young to Montgomery County Virginia a twelve miles from the lead mines on Cripple Creek in what is now Wythe County He has a record of his age at home in his family Bible while living in said Montgomery County Virginia in May 1779 He volunteered under Capt. Preston his Chris- tian name not recollects in the Cavalry we rendezvoused at at Hart Chiple at the time last aforesaid we had no Col with us we then marched to English ferry on New River there we joined Maj. Glayds Regiment of mounted men as then we lay there some time and divided and went through the Country in scouting parties in quest of Tories we took some prisoners whipped some Tories and brought some before Col Preston at Carters mill for trial we then went to the Quaker settlement on the head of New River to retake Col Charleton who was then a prisoner at the house of one Mundinhall as we understood, at our coming the Tories discharged him, and fled from us, we lay at Mundinhall some time, and then returned to Hart Chiple and was there hono- rably discharged in August 1779 He said at this time there was -this he got no written discharge He volunteered on the same day under Capt Isaac Campbell in the Cavalry in Col Williams Campbells Regiment we marched to the Moravian towns in South Carolina Marched to Hawger town say there same time we there caught the Col of the tory party and kept him

a prisoner then we marched to Middle town lay there same time he there and all Capt Campbells Company Marched onto Salem River then we came on a company of Tories took the Capt where name was killed the rest all fled, we took their Military stores, we took some other prisoners on the way, we then returned to the Col at Middle town with our prisoners and Boats, we then Marched to the Yellow Banks on the Yadkin River, we then reconnoitered the country in quest of Tories and returned to Middletown after being out a considerable time, with some prisoners we then Marched to the lower Narovine town called Salisbury, we there caught a British officer who had fled to the Army and hid himself in womans Cloths we then returned with him to Middle town to the Col Say there same time and then returned back to Grafton Ohio Montgomery County and was there dismissed we got no written Discharge it was in November 1779 he claims pension for three months service at this time He considered himself still in the service of the Country He then put himself under the Command of Capt William Saxe and scouted through the Country in quest of Tories whereon had required he was gone same time one week some times two sometimes more he would some times get home and boarded out the same night the army was considered the safest place He Marched at one time on to the Holston River on the south fork then we pursued Col Griffy He had of the Tory band we took some prisoners but Griffy eluded our grasp we then marched back to where we started from we marched to Walker Creek we took some prisoners killed and pushed some He was some times under Capt Saxe and sometimes under Capt Henry Francis the routes were short and almost continual he cannot recollect the particular dates nor the particular length of each tour as he got no written Discharges they marched at one time to the top of the Blue Ridge for the purpose of fighting the British in North Carolina but was there informed that it was a false alarm and we returned back and continued to

scout through the Country as before stated always in the service of his Country till September 1780 as he thinks at which time he put himself under the command of the said Capt Isaac Campbell in Maj Glayde's Regiment of mounted men about three hundred in all we had no Col and started to meet the British at Kings Mountain we were detained gathering our company till Col Campbell and the main army got a head, we followed after and got to Berk Carithers in South Carolina and was there at the time of the battle of Kings Mountain we then got an express informing us that there was a large body of Tories invaded at the shallow ford of the Yadkin River we then marched to that place he was in the battle of the shallow ford Capt Francis was killed we had several men killed we conquered the Tories and took the ground we then returned home and got there he thinks in November 1780 He claims pursuant to the above mentioned service at this last time and the scattering Tories above mentioned. Again immediately after he got home he volunteered again under Capt Isaac Campbell and marched in scouting parties to the head of Holston and Read Creek against the Tories and continued to reconnoitre the Country till in February 1781 we were then ordered to march to South Carolina which we did, we had no Col with us, Marched to the Moravian towns, the British had burnt the houses and killed the cattle we then marched on to the battle of Guilford he was not in the battle he was out on a furlough and did not join the army till a few days after the battle near Guilford we then marched back to the Moravian towns we then marched to Montgomery County then we continued in the service under Capt Campbell and continued through the Country wherever we could hear of any depredations being committed, till after Lord Cornwallis was taken his Tories were dispersed and some of them shot he is not able at this time to tell all the particulars of his Tories but he knows he was always in the service till the time above mentioned which was about the first of November 1781 He claims

prussian for eleven months service at this last time and he claims pension for twenty nine months service in the whole He may be mistaken as to the dates and some of the circumstances of the service above stated his memory is somewhat treacherous but he is certain he served the full length of time for which he claims pension He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except George Caldwell who was a brother soldier he can procure his actual service by him after the two towns first above mentioned
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the prussian roll of the agency of any state He was living in Montgo- mery County Virginia as above stated when called into the service He continued to live there about seven years he then moved to Washington County South Carolina but now Tennessee lived there about four years then moved to Georgia in Franklin County lived there about ten years and then moved to Blount County Tennessee and has lived there ever since and still lives there
He never was drafted nor a substitute he always volunteered He does not recollect the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served farther than above stated except that Genl Greene was Commander in chief at the battle of Guilford nor the names nor numbers of any Continental or militia regiments farther than above stated He never did receive a written discharge from the service nor he did not receive a Commission during the revolution He is acquainted in his present neighborhood with Maj Wm B Smock Lie Noble Esqr Joseph M Henderson Esqr Jacob B Frantz S D Frantz Esqr and John M'Gee Esqr all of whom he believes would testify that they believe him to be a man of veracity and that they believe him to have been a soldier of the Revolution He thinks he served one or two.

short tower of duty before the time just above stated but not being able to give the particulars of them he has omitted to mention them altogether Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in Open Court
Deac. H. Howle Clerk
James W. Wyley
I George Caldwell residing in the said County of Blount and state of Tennessee do hereby certify that I have heard the foregoing pension declaration of James Wyley read that I said Caldwell lived in said Montgomery County Virginia during the revolutionary war and was then acquainted with the said James Wyley that I served with him in under the said Capt William Lane and continued to serve with him till the end of his service, except at some times I was in in an excursion party and the said Wyley in another but they would meet together again in a few days that I served with him and know of his service for the last time twenty three months mentioned in his declaration That I am 73 years of age sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in Open Court Deac. H. Howle Clerk
George his Caldwell mark
I William Hagg a clergyman residing in the said County of Blount and state of Tennessee and Andrew Carson residing in the said County and state hereby certify that that we are well acquainted with James Wyley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
in Open Court
Deac. H. Howle Clerk
Wm Hagg L. D. Andrew Carson
And the said Court does 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 William Hagg who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said County and that Andrew Cowan who has also signed the same is resident in the said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and that the said George Caldwell who signed a preceding certificate alled of actual service is a resident in said County and is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit
Robt. Houston David M'Kamy Joseph Wilson
I Jacob G. Frantz Clerk of the said Court of Pines and Quarters supra in and for said County of Blount and state of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the in the matter of the abolition of James Ryly for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Maryville this 27 day of March A.D. 1833
J. G. Frantz Clerk

James Styllys Application for A pension
24390
Direct every thing on the subject to
James Hair Knoxville Tennessee

November 1, 1935
James Wyly-W.26145 BA-J/AWF am
Mrs. Albert A. Insel Woodland, Box 1031 Washington
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Wylie, soldier of the Revolution, pensioned about 1833, while living in Tennessee.
The data pertaining to James Wyly (as he signed) furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 26145, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
James Wyly was born December 19, 1762 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and when young moved to Montgomery County, Virginia, about twelve miles from the lead mines on Cripple Creek, which was later Wythe County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of Montgomery County, Virginia, James Wyly volunteered in May, 1779 or 1780 and served at various times as a private with the Virginia troops, under Captains Preston, Isaac Campbell, William Love or Lane, Henry Francis, Colonels William Campbell and Walter Crockett; he was in the battle of Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River, served until sometime in November, 1781, until his service was in pursuit of Tories.
About seven years after the close of the Revolution, James Wyly moved from Montgomery County, Virginia to Washington County, North Carolina, from there to

Franklin County, Georgia, and thence to Blount County, Tennessee.
The soldier, James Wyly, was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833, then a resident of Blount County, Tennessee.
He married July 6, 1784, name of wife not stated, nor is it shown when she died. He married January 15, 1828 in Blount County, Tennessee, Mary Whitenberger. He died February 12, 1851.
His widow, Mary Wyly, was allowed pension on her application executed February 23, 1853, then aged fifty-two years and living in Blount County, Tennessee; where she was still living in 1865.
B. F. L. Wyly was twenty years of age in 1854 and a resident of Blount County, Tennessee; Martha Wyly in 1855 was living in Blount County; and John C. Wyly in 1865 was a resident of Blount County. It is not stated that they were related to the family or that they were related to each other.
The soldier stated that his sister, Margaret Wyly, married James Hall about 1782.
The papers in this claim contain no further data concerning the family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

3533
Tennessee Knoxville
Mary Wiley widow of James
who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a Pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 31 st day of Jany/54 and sent to
J. W. Newman Winchester Tenn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 187 Vol. A
32

Stibbens Junction, Febr 21 st 1866, 3 rd Am. mch 31 st / / " " Apl. 10 th " / /

Nov. 6 - 1903. Hist to Mrs. N. E. Hopkins Nashville Tenn
May 18, 1904 Hist to Mrs. C. Davidson Knoxville Tenn
1917 Oct. 16 Hist to M. C. Anderson 1917 Dec. 19. To Mrs. N. B. Dozier 1918 July 20 Hist. to Mrs. M. H. Davis 1925 June 3 - Hist. to Mrs. T. P. Evans 1925 Oct. 1 - cl. 8.6992 of John W. Wyley 1928 Nov. 11 - Hist. to Mary H. Smith 1933 Jan 31 - " " Miles M. G. Houston 1935 Oct 20 - Hist. to Mrs. Albert A. Ingle
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26145
Mary Wyley Widow of James Wyley Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3 1923
Index: - Vol. W , Page 363
[Arrangement of 1870.]

January 31, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
James Wyly-W.26145 BA-J/AWF
Miss M. L. Houston 3111 N Street, N. W. Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of James Wyly, W.26145.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in the above noted pension claim.
James Wyly was born December 19, 1762 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, when young moved to Montgomery County, Virginia, about twelve miles from the lead mines on Grapple Creek, which was later Wythe County, Virginia. The names of the parents of James Wyly are not stated.
While a resident of Montgomery County, Vir- ginia, James Wyly enlisted in May 1779 or 1780 and served at various times as private under Captains Preston, Isaac Campbell, William Love or Lane, Henry Francis, and Colonels William Campbell in the Virginia Troops; he was in the battle of Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River, served until after the surrender of Cornwallis, length of service about two years in all.
About seven years after the Revolution, James Wyly moved from Montgomery County, Virginia to Wash- ington County, North Carolina, from there to Franklin County, Georgia, and thence to Blount County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application exe- cuted March 26, 1833, then a resident of Blount County,

Tennessee.
The soldier, James Wyly, married July 6, 1784, name of wife not stated. He married January 15, 1828 in Blount County, Tennessee, Mary Whitenberger. He died February 12, 1851.
His widow, Mary Wyly, was allowed pension on her application executed February 23, 1853, then aged fifty-two years and living in Blount County, Tennessee; where she was still living in 1865.
B. F. L. Wyly in 1854 was twenty years of age and living in Blount County, Tennessee; Martha Wyly in 1855 was living in Blount County, Tennessee; and John C. Wyly in 1865 was a resident of said Blount County. No relationship to each other nor to the family is stated.
The soldier stated that his sister, Margaret Wyly, married James Hall about 1782. There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

MMH 5
June 3, 1925
Mrs. C. S. Evans 704 West First Ave., Lenoir City, Tenn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 26145 it appears that James Wyly or Wyley was born December 19, 1762 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
While a resident of Montgomery County, (the part which was later Wythe County) Virginia he enlisted in May 1779 or 1780 and served at various times, about two years in all, until November 1, 1781, as a private under  Captains Preston, Isaac Campbell, William Love or Lane and Henry Francis, and Colonel William Campbell in the Virginia Troops and was in the battle of Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833 while living in Blount County, Tennessee. He died February 12, 1851.
Soldier married July 6, 1784, name of wife not stated. He married January 15, 1828 in Blount County, Tennessee.

see, Mary Whitenberger. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 23, 1853 while a resident of Blount County, Tennessee aged fifty-two years.
Respectfully,
Soldier's wife Mary Ann married James Hall.
WILDER S. METCALF. Commissioner.

mmhf
November 11, 1925
May H. Smith 222 East "E" St., Ontario, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 26145 it appears that James Wyly, or Wyley, was born December 19, 1762 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
While a resident of Montgomery County (the part which was later Wythe County), Virginia he enlisted in May 1779 or 1780 and served at various times, about two years in all, until November 1, 1781, as a private under Captains Preston, Isaac Campbell, William Love or Lane and Henry Francis, and Colonel William Campbell in the Virginia Troops and was in the battle of Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1833 while living in Blount County, Tennessee. He died February 12, 1851.
Soldier married July 6, 1784, name of wife not given.
He married January 15, 1828 in Blount County, Tennessee-
January

see, Mary Whitenberger. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 23, 1853 while a resident of Blount County, Tennessee aged fifty-two years.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
No. 26. 145
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Hyley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1779 to 1780 Served at various times until Nov. 1781 Pvt. Preston Va.   Isaac Campbell William Campbell   William Long   Henry Francis  
Battles engaged in, Shallow Ford of the Yadkin
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montgomery Co. Va. later Wythe Co.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 26 1888 His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Blount Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, St. Dec. 19. 1762 in Henklenburgh Co. Va.
Remarks: d. Feb. 12. 1851.
He mar. July 6. 1784, name of wife not stated. June 15. 1828 he was in Blount Co. Tenn. Mary Kirtinburger. She was ab. Dec. 1850 on an app. Ex. Feb. 23. 1853 while a resident of Blount Co. Tenn. aged 92 years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
This sister Margaret married Jas. Hill. Hall

Woodland, Wash
Oct 16, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Please send me a copy of application for pension of Jane Wylie of Knoxville, Tennessee. The pension was granted about 1833. Also any information concerning his family and parentage, also dates.
Thanking you in advance, I remain
Yours Sincerely
(Mrs Albert G.) Mogie L. Insel,
Woodland,
Wash.
Box 1031

Miss M. L. Houston 3111 N St NW Washington D.C.
Requests Rev. War records of James Ruddell S 4172
^ James Wylly W. 26145
Jan. 30- 1933

222 East "E" St. Ontario Calif Oct. 8-1925-
To the Pension Bureau Washington, W.C.
Will you kindly send me a copy of the application for pension by James Wyley V. Meeceburg Co. North Carolina 1762 and while very young moved to Montgomery Co. Virginia where he volunteered as a Private in Preston's Cavalry. He was pensioned in Blount Co. 1833 and d. 1851. He married 1st       ?        and last Mary Mittenbarger of the same Co: 1826. She applied for a pension in 1853 ae 52
Yours Truly
Mary H. Smith

Rev-1775 London, Tenn. July 17, 1918.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the Pension and Military Record of James Wyley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. M. M. Dawson.

Miss Nelson said and W. 26,145 because the returned "newspaper article" referred to the daughter mentioned herein;
Rev Sec H
Franklin, Tennessee,
Dec. 12, 1917.
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Please give to me the war record of James Wyley who enlisted in a Georgia Regiment at the age of fifteen and serv- ed till the close of the Revolution- ary war when he was honorably discharged.
As chairman of the Committee

on "Real Daughters" of Tennessee Division Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, I have been for some time searching diligently for the daughters of Revolutionary Soldiers. Recently I have succeeded in finding the daughter of the above mentioned James Wyley. She is of course old and she is in need of help. Her address is Mrs. Mary Martha Dawson, London, Tennessee. I wish to secure for her as soon as possible the pension of $8.00 per month which the National Society Daughters of American Revolution give to the needy daughters of Revolutionary Soldiers. I cannot get this pension for her till I have

from you her father's war record. So please let me have it at once. I am hoping so to get this pension for her by Christmas, for she needs it.
Thanking you in advance for the kind- ness, I am,
Sincerely,
Mrs. A. B. Dozier.
Franklin, Tennessee.

M. C. ANDERSON, TRUSTEE LOUDON COUNTY.
Low H
LOUDON, TENN.
November 9, 1917
Commission of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the pension record of James Wiley, the subject of sketch enclosed? Also military record,
And oblige,
Yours truly,
newspaper article returned Nov. 16. 1917. It alleged that James Wiley was b. Dec. 19. 1762 in Mecklenburg Co. N.C. + d. Feb. 12. 1851. Mar. Mary 15. 1828. Mary Whitenger.
Mrs M. C. Anderson

Drumsville Tenn May 17 04
Dear Sir
Can you furnish me any record of James Wyly a Revolutionary Soldier. I think he served with Ga Troops. His home was in Blount Co near Lenoir. The state my information is that he received a pension at this office until his death in about 1850. Any information will

be gladly received x Yours Very Truly John C Dawson 431 Gay St Knoxville Tenn

New York Life Insurance Company.
346 & 348 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
JOHN A. McCALL, - - President.
THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
10/12
1903.
Revolutionary Dept Person Office Washington D.C.
Guaranteed;
Can you give me any information of Jas W. Wyley of Virginia whom I feel sure sure served under Geo Washington during the American Revolution He was my great grand father & I am under the impression he was either a Captain or Colonel Any information you may give will be thankfully rec'd.
Very Respectfully Mrs. J. E. Hopkins 129 North Spruce St, Nashville, Tenn.

J. R. W.
O. W. & N. Div.
3-526.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Oct. 22, 1903
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. J. E. Hopkins 129 North Spruce St. Nashville Tenn.
A careful search has been made but from the data given no record of a claim filed by or on account of the service of the within-named
Joseph W. Wyley has been found.
This Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land.
The name is James W. Wyley Not Joseph W. Wyley, as you have it.
Very Resp'y Mrs. J. E. Hopkins
J. L. Davenport
Actg Commissioner.
7475b2m3-03
RECEIVED O. W. & N. DIVISION OCT 31 1903

No. 749 Mary Wyley widow of James Leurr
Let to T. M. Newman (May 27/53)
Act Heby 3/53

✓ 26,214
3
Newbury

12 Feb 57 V Pension Off: 16 Jan'y: 1854,
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid, on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
J. M. M c Leod
Commissioner,
James Miley, Act 1832 $80 per annum, since 12 Feb 1857. Paid
J. Burch Auditor
Francis R. 5  11 , Thos' Auditor, Treasury

Mary Wyley wife of James,
Claim Recd Rev: Wm. 2: Sec. Act Feb: 3: 1853, Tennessee Roll,
Spne Clerk, under the 2: Sec: of Act of Feb: 3: 1853, at the rate of $80. per An: Commencing Sept: 4: 1860, to continue during her widowhood,
Bynton,
Asst: to Messrs. Stubble & Simpson Present,

Charlottesville Va. July 24 th 1848
Gen. Samuel Houston.
Dear Sir:
It is at the special request of James Wyley Esq. that the enclosed statement is submitted to your care. Mr Wyley requests it from his acquaintance with you, and hopes you will use your influence to secure him justice in this claim. You will doubtless remember him well when we mention that his residence is near the confluence of the Tennessee & Holston rivers. He hopes from your knowledge of him, you will be able to present him favorably to the Commissioners of Pensions.
Mr Robert Rhea, also of this county, a fellow soldier of Mr Wyley's - a revolutionary pensioner, and a fellow soldier of your own in the Creek war, applied about three years ago for an increase of his pension for revolutionary services. He is the recipient of $40 per Annum and alleges that he served more than two years in a company of mounted rangers or light horse, besides services rendered in the militia. He requests us to say to you that any kind office that your position and your acquaintance with him will enable you to do, will be gratefully remembered by an old fellow soldier.
Accept, dear Sir, our wishes for the health & prosperity of yourself and family
Respectfully
M c W h M c Guire
Genl S Houston M.P. Washington D.C.

Mr Edwards.
I pray you to look at these papers, and let me know your decision previous to the rise of Congress!
Your Friend
Sam Hester
1st Aug 1848 Brownsville.

Free
Hon. Samuel Houston M.P. Washington City D.C.

Maryville Tennessee July 24 th 1848
To the Commissioners of Pensions.
Sir: Herewith you will receive a statement made by James Wyley, in Compliance with your requisition in your letter to him of September 22 nd 1845. It is but due to Mr Wyley to say that the lapse of time from the date of your letter until the date of this statement, has not been his fault. But that the delay was occasioned in consequence of the ill health of the active partner of the firm, and our attention to other business of at least to us, more pressing necessity, and of a personal nature. It is also due to Mr Wyley to say that when we addressed inquiries to him in the cases of Margaret Hall & Robert Rhea, relative to General field and Staff officers under whom he served, that he understood us to enquire the names of the officers of the Militia of his County, and from his manner of relation, and his broad Irish brogue, we did not notice his mistake in confounding the two classes of officers. It is hoped that the statement of Mr Wyley herewith forwarded may be satisfactory.
Very Respectfully W. W. M c Lean
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

House of Reps
March 26 th 1846.
Mr Edwards.
Permit me to call your attention to the two cases mentioned in the accompanying letter of Mr McLean. You will be kind enough to re-examine these cases upon the points therein submitted and inform me as to the result of your conclusions - The letter of Mr McLean you will please return.
Very Respectfully your Obedient Servt H. H. H. H. Re
Col J. L. Edwards.

Brief in the Case of Mrs. Mary Wyley wid. of James  Knoxville 3533 for Restoration.
Blount County and State of Tennessee.
Act 3 d Feby: 1853. the 2 d Section,
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Plaintiff was pensioned before the rebellion under the Act of 1831 on the Tennessee roll, at the rate of $80. per An: Her widowhood, integrity and loyalty, is established by two Credible Affiants. Original pension Cert: is surrendered. Their Auditor reports she was last paid her pension September 4 th 1860.
Claim is allowed under the 2 d Sec: of the Act of Feb: 3 d 1853. at the rate of $80. per An: Commencing Sept: 4 th 1860 to continue during her widowhood. Apr. 20 th '66.
Blount, Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
Messrs. Stribley & Simpson, Present.
# See their Auditor's Rep't for last pay. It is in case of Sec. 3 d Gen. Act, Jan. 5 '33.

Mary Wiley
AD 160
No 26214

PENSION OFFICE,
April 4th 1855.
Sir:
The claim of Mary Wiley No. 40 201 for Bounty Land under the act of 3d March, 1855, has been received, and will be attended to in its turn.
As it must be some weeks before we can commence issuing warrants under this act, it is respectfully requested that the appli- cant will wait a reasonable time before making application to know what has been done in relation to the claim. All applications will be disposed of as fast as the nature of the business will admit, and immediate notice given to the parties, or their agents.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
L. P. WALDO,
Commissioner.
James W. Newman
Knoxville
Tenn

Wyley

Brief in the case of
Mary Wyley, Widow of James. Blount County and State of Tennessee, act 5, Feb'y, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June, 1832.
Record evidence of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. W. Newman Esq., Winchester, Tenn. Name and residence of Agent
H. C. Bryan Examining Clerk

Strickland Simpson.
Feb. 5 th 1866.
Ask that Mrs. Mary Wiley be allowed her pension from Sept. 4 th 1860.
Apr. 10 th 66.
I will accept this car as com. of proof in S. Wiley's case
Respectfully referred to the Comm. of Pensions and the members be informed
E. Kiepauch Actg. chf. clk 8 Feb. 1866

3 pension certificates not enclosed when rec'd from Secy
Feb 19 th Prior to hand- ing this letter to the Certs; of pen & accompanied it to Mr. [?]
Washington D.C.
Feby. 2. 1866
Hon. James Harlan, Secretary of the Interior
Sir,
We respectfully ask that you except Mrs. Mary Wyley, from the operation of your order of Nov. 6. 1865, concerning pensioners, "residing in States previously in insurrection" so that her pension may continue without interruption, from Sept. 4. 1860, date of her last payment.
We ask this simply, upon the ground that Mrs. Wyley is the widow of a revolutionary soldier , and submit the case without argument, because your past patriotic career as a man , and as a legislator assures that you will recognize the claims of a revolutionary soldier & his widow in every manner, compatible with your sense of duty —
Should you, contrary to our

anticipating, deny our request, you will please cause Mrs. Myleys pen- sion certificate to be returned to us
With great respect, Sir, Your obedt Servants.
Stubben Simpson

Payment to be made at
by
Knoxville Isaac Lewis Can
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Tennessee
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 187 Vol. A
Clerk.
A. R. Weightman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb- ruary 3, 1853,
Mary Wyles widow of James Wyles who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this Thirty-first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four
N. Wallcut Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
S. Prude Commissioner of Pensions.

Knoxville Tennessee January 8 th 1853.
Sir;
Enclosed you will please find the requirements of your communication to me of 27 th May 1853, in the support of the claim of Mrs. Mary Waley, act of February 3 rd 1853.
Offer will perceive that she was unable to appear in "open Court," and that, to the Clerks certificate is append- -ed a certified copy of the marriage license.
Very Respectfully, James W. Newman for Jas. W. Newman.
Hon L. P. Waldo, Washington City D.C.

Knoxville Tenn. 24 th of March 1853.
Sir;
Please find enclosed the application of Mary Wyley for a pension under the act of 3rd of Feb. 1853
For proof that the applicant is the widow of Jas. Wyley I would refer you to the Third Auditor's Office, from whom she procured the arrears of Pension, some $2,35.00, due at the death of her husband.
Respectfully Yours the Sup't J. W. Newman, by J. W. Newman.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, D.C.

APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION to PENSION ROLLS.
OF Mary Wiley, widow James Wiley
Have no Pension but sent out of file
FILED BY
STRIBLEN & SIMPSON,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
At La

Application for Restoration to the Pension Rolls.
STATE OF Tennessee COUNTY OF Blount } ss.
On this 20 of November A. D. 186 5 , before me, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said county, the same being a court of record, personally came Mary Wiley , aged 65 years, a resident of 3rd District in the state of Tennessee , who being duly sworn, declares that she is the identical Mary Wiley who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Brandywine Tenn. and whose pension certificate is herewith returned; that since January 1, 1861, she has resided at Blount Co. Tenn. , and at _____; that during this period her means of subsistence have been dependant on said pension ; and that she has not borne arms against the government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that she was last paid her pension on the 10 of September , 186 5 !
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim. And said applicant hereby authorizes STRIBLEN & SIMPSON, of Washington, D. C., to prosecute this application and receive the pension certificate when issued.
Two witnesses when applicant makes a mark. J. T. Southwick John W. Lawson
Applicant signs here. Mary Wiley her mark
Also personally appeared John W. Lawson of Blount Co. Tenn. and John C. Wiley of Blount Co. Tenn. , persons whom I certify to be respectable and credible, who, being duly sworn, say they were present and saw Mary Wiley sign her name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her , that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; that the applicant, since January, 1861, has resided at Blount Co. Tenn. , and at _____; that during this period she has been supported by _____; that she has not borne arms against the government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. (a) She has been a widow ever since the death of her husband, James Wiley.
Witnesses sign. John W. Lawson John C. Wiley
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20 of November , 186 5 , and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court.
Clerk signs here. Thos Lawson Clerk of Blount Co. Court.

STATE OF Tennessee COUNTY OF Blount } 88.
I, Mary Wiley , do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the states thereunder; that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves: so help me God.
J. J. Searth John W. Dawson
Mary Wiley Mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20 of November , 186 5 .
Witness my hand and seal.
Clerk signs here.
Thos Sanderson Clerk of Blount Co. Court.
NOTES— If the applicant be an invalid pensioner, he must be examined by an army surgeon, or by a surgeon duly appointed by the Pension Office, as to the continuance of his disability. If a widow, she must prove by two credible witnesses her continued widowhood. If the guardian of a minor child, newly appointed, he must file evidence of his appointment as such.
(a) Here insert proof of continued widowhood, if applicant be a widow.