Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32460, for Ebenezer Pyott, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn. 7
Pyott, Ebenezer
S. 32460
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Illinois. 22316.
Ebenezer Pyott. of Jackson Co. in the State of Illinois who was a Reclt in the Co. commanded by Captain Matthews of the Regt commanded by Col Gibson in the Perna line for 22 mo Seyant 13 mo. - 65.00 Private 9 do. 33.33 $98.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 98. Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Oct r 1833 and sent to Joel Manning. Esq. Brownsville. Jackson Co. Ill.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1833 - 245.83 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Ma '34. 49.16
$294.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. Dabner Clerk Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 60

No 17955 Ebenezer Pyott Jackson County Illinois
20.376
Recur 5.16
Sub on New Rate
Adms 1. yr 8 10 Months 13 Months serf.
 15  33.33  898.33  186.49  49.17  245.88  49.16  294.99 
Barrusville Jort Manning clk Jackson County Court Illinois

BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Payatte  County of Jackson in the State of Illinois  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Drafted In 1775 5 Private Capt Hinds   Enlisted 2 " Capt Matthews Col Gibson   Drafted 1777 1 2 During most of the time acted as orderly sergeant (Brownshead) Capt Van Swearingen Col   Subst 1779 2 1/2 Hunton Col Tucker   " Cowden  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chester Co Pa  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached as required by the regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor
Examining Clerk.

State of Illinois } p. On this 2 nd day September A.D. 1888. Jackson County } personally appeared in open Court before the County Commissioners Co- urt of Jackson County State of Illinois Now Sitting De- pones as Wyatt a Resident of Jackson County and State of Illinois aged Seventy Eight who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That in the year 1775 he was a Citizen of Upper Darby Township Chester County in the State of Pennsylvania and in the fall of the said year this deponent Enlisted for a term of five months in what was called the flying Camp in a Company commanded by Capt Hinds Lieutenant Peacock
The first part of this tour this deponent for two months was sent off in search of Deserter from the Army at which time he was at a little town called Lehi in the forks of the Delaware River. During this two months the Party was under the Command of an Artil y Sergeant. On his Return he found the troops at Fort Constitution and soon after the Americans (this deponent among them) retreated from said Fort and continued to retreat before the enemy to Trenton New Jersey and crossed the River at that place and in about a week from that time the said term of five months expired and this deponent was dis- charged by a written discharge. General Washington commanded during the said Retreat.
Previous to the aforesaid five months service this de- ponent served a two months tour as a Drafted Militia- man. The head quarters of the army at that time was at Amboy and at the expiration of that tour he with- out returning home Enlisted for the five months tour above mentioned. The Captain of the Company to which this deponent belonged during the first two months tour

was by the name of Boaz Mathews. The Colo. Commanding the Regiment by the name of Gibson. During this time a Party this deponent one of them were sent over to Staten Island and had a battle or Skirmish with a party of the Enemy at a Little town called Kunkle-Town and took a Party fourteen Hessian and about thirty British and at the expiration of the said two months, he was discharged at Amboy by Colo. Gibson.
In the Spring of the year 1777 as this deponent believes he had become a Citizen of Loudoun County in the State of Virginia and in the month of April there was a Call for Militia to serve one year and this deponent was drafted and joined the Eighth Regiment in the Pennsylvania Line in a Company Commanded by Capt. Van-Swearingen. The Colo. of the Regiment was by the name of Broadhead. He joined the army under Washington at Valley Forge before they broke up their encampment at that place where had been their Winter quarters. Marched out as far as Lancaster and celebrated the 4th of July there. The Eighth Pennsylvania Line and Thirteenth of Virginia Line were detached from the main Army under Gen. Washington and put under the Command of Gen. McIntosh and marched over the Mountains past Fort Pitt to a place on the Ohio River afterward called Fort McIntosh. After this Gen. McIntosh was sent to the South and Colo. Broadhead finished Fort McIntosh. In the fall this deponent was sent down below the mouth of Little Beaver with horses to forage and Remained there until hard frost. Upon his return this deponent was sent over to the Monongahela River to a Creek called "Ten mile" to David Duncan's who had purchased forage for the horses and there remained all winter with the horses. At the expiration of the year this deponent was sick at the house of a man by the name of Jacob Kling and of course could not return home for two months (or more) after his said year had expired. In which said two months he claims

In the year 1779 or 1780 this deponent there being a Citizen of Henry County Virginia Substitute for a tour of two months in Capt. Geo. Hunton's Company in Colo. Tucker Regiment Major Holcomb and Manteau down to the Lower Part of Virginia to the Hickory-nut Church Mawbrun Hills etc. This was in the summer before the taking of Cornwallis. Served out his tour and was regularly discharged.
In the fall of the same year this deponent served as a substitute for one King for another tour of two months under Capt. Samuel Cowden and Served in the same manner and in much the same Country as before Served out the said last mentioned tour and Received a Regular Discharge therefor -
This Deponent believes he at the time received written discharges but has none of them in his possession at Present not thinking them worth his attention and presumes they were long ago lost. were long ago lost. He further says he has no documentary evidence in his Power by which to prove his said Services. Neither does he know of any Person now within his reach by whom he could prove the same.
During a Large share of the time this deponent served as above stated he acted as Orderly Sergeant to wit the last tour the whole time the last but one at least half the time the other tours a part at least half the time - This Deponent served five tours in all twenty five months including the two months he was sick after the expiration of his third tour of which time of twenty five months he claims Thirteen months as orderly Sergeant and twelve months as a private having served that time in those capacities respectively -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Interrogations propounded by the Court Question 1. Where and in what year were you born Answer. In Upper Darby Township Chester County State of Pennsylvania in the year 1755.
Ques. 2 d . Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it.
Ans. I have none. My Father kept a Record in his Family Bible but I have not seen it for a long time.
Ques. 3 d Where were you living when called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Ans. I refer to my former statements for answer to the former part of this question. Since the war I moved out of Henry Co. Virginia to a Place on the Ohio River Seven miles above below Whaling Thence to Montgomery Co. Indiana Thence to Jackson Co. Illinois where I now live.
Ques. 4 th . How were you called into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.
Ans. The first I was I went as a Drafted Militia man Second I was I enlisted in the Flying Camp Third I was I drafted Militia. The two last I was a Substitute. The first of the two for one Daniel Briliman the second for one King.
Ques. 5 th . 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 service.
Ans. I do not think I can make any addition at States

a Statement to what I have already done which would be of any importance.
Decr. 6 th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the Service of so long whom was it given and what has become of it.
Ans. I have no doubt that at the time I received regular written discharges from each term of Service as they were of some value at that time to prove the fact. That the Service having been performed but after the war was over they were considered of no value as there were to be no further calls and they were soon lost.
Decr. 7 th 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.
Ans. I give the name of Elijah Spiller... a Clergyman and George Creath... a Citizen of my neighborhood and who are both acquainted with me.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the Day & year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six J. Manning Clk. E. Spiller  G. Creath
We Elijah Spiller - a Clergyman and George Creath - also Residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Pyatt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Eight years of age that he is respected and esteemed believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the Day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six Attest J. Manning Clk. E. Spiller  G. Creath

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 certify that it appears to them that Elijah Miller - who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Jackson and that George Creath - who has also signed the same is a Resident of the same County and is a credible person and their statements are entitled to Credit.
Henry H. Leemker George Creath Alexander Corhran
State of Illinois
Jackson County
ss. I Joel Manning Clerk of the County- Commissioners Court of Jackson County
Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
Ebenezer Pyatt for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Second day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
Joel Manning Clerk
State of Illinois ss. Jackson County
I Joel Manning Clerk of the County- Commissioners Court of Jackson County
Illinois do hereby certify that George Creath Benjamin F. Conner & Alexander Corhran who have signed the foregoing Certificate are the three Judges of the said Court duly elected and qualified - Given under my hand and the official seal of the said Court at Brownsville in said County
this Second day of September A.D. 1833 -
Joel Manning Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Pyatt a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 32,460.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     (Fall, 1775 5 mos. Rev. & Sergt. Hinds ✓ Pa.   1775. 2 " Boar Matthews Gibson "   Spring, 1777. 1 yr. Van Swearingen Brookhead "   Summer, 1781 2 mos. Geo. Thurston Tucker Va.   Fall, 1781. 2 mos. Samuel Cowden ✓ "  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, { Birthplace at 1 st & 2 nd enlistments  London Co. Va. at 3 rd enlistment.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 4, 1832. His Cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Jackson Co. Ills.
Age at date of application, B. in 1755 { in upper Derby Township, Chester Co., Penna.
Remarks: There is no data relative to wife or children.
(Only one of that name (or any similar name) found on Rev. War records of this Bu.)
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

32 4 60 Rev INVALID.
1918, Apr. 1. History to Margaret Pyatt. L.H.
File No. 32, 460
Ebenezer Pyatt Sergt Rev War
Act June 1 st 32 nd
Index :—Vol. 9 , Page 329
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Illinois } Jackson County }
On this 4th day of September A.D. 1882
Personally appears in open Court before the County Commissioners Court of Jackson County, in the State of Illinois now sitting. Ebenezer Pease a Resident of Jackson County and State of Illinois aged Seventy Seven 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 7. 1832.
That in the year 1875 he was a citizen of Upper Darby Township Chester County in the State of Pennsylvania and in the fall of the said year this Deponent enlisted for a term of five months in what was called the flying camp in a Company company commanded by Capt. Hinds Lieutenant Pease  Peacock Major. The first part of this term this Deponent for two months was sent off in search of Deserter from the Army at which time he was at a little town called Lehi in the forks of the Delaware River. During this two months he was under the command of only an Adjutant Sergeant upon his return he joined the troops at Fort Constitution soon after that the Americans this Deponent among them retreated from said fort and continued to retreat before the enemy to Trenton New Jersey and crossed the river at that place and in about a week from that time the said term of five months expired and this Deponent was discharged by a written discharge signed by Colo. Gibson under which this Deponent had served since after his joining the troops at Fort Constitution. General Washington commanded during the said Retreat. Previous to the aforesaid five months service this Deponent served a two months term.

as a Drafted Militia man and the head quarters of the ar- my at that time was at Amboy and at the expiration of that term he without returning home outstayed for the five months term above mentioned. The Captain of the company to which this deponent belonged dur- ing the first term was by the name of Boar Matthe- ws. The Regiment was commanded by Colo. Gibson. During this time a Party this deponent one of them were sent over to Staten Island to and had a battle or Skirmish with a Party of Hessians  the enemy at a little town called Kuckler's town and took a Party fourteen Hel- sians and about thirty British and at the expiration of said two months he was discharged at Amboy by Colo. Gibson.
In the spring of the year 1777 as this deponent believed this deponent had become a prisoner of War - in Salem County in the State of Virginia in the month of April there was a call for Militia to some one year and this deponent was drafted and joined the Eighth Regiment in the Pennsylvania Line in a com- pany commanded by Capt. Van Swearingen. The Colonel of the Regiment was by the name of Broadhead. He joined the army under Washington at Valley- Forge before they broke up their encampment at that place where had been their winter quarters. They ma- rched out as far as Lancaster and celebrated the 4th of July. The Eighth Pennsylvania Line and Thirteenth of Virginia Line were detached from the main army under Gen. Washington and sent under the command of Gen. McFartch and went over the mountains past Fort Pitt to a place on the Ohio River afterwards called Fort McFartch so  after this Gen. McFartch was sent to the South and Broadhead joining Fort McFartch took. In the fall this deponent was sent down below-

The month of Little Beaver with horses to forage and remain there until hard frost - Upon Return this opponent was sent over to the Monogahela - to a creek called Ten mile So David Duncan who had purchased forage for the horses and there re- mained all winter with the horses - at the expiration of the year this opponent was sick at the home of a man by the name of Jacob Kling and of course could not return home until until two months or more after his year was out
In the year 1778 or 80 this opponent then be- ing a Captain of Henry County Virginia substituted volunteered for a tour of two months in Captain George Hunsicker's in Colo. Indian Regiment Hays or Hahn's and march- ed down to the lower part of Virginia at to the Hickory nut Branch Muddy Hills &c. This was in the summer before the taking of Cornwallis - Served out his tour and was regularly discharged -
In the fall of the same year this opponent serv- ed as a substitute for one King for a tour of two months under Capt James Crowder and served in the same manner and in much the same Country as before - Served out the said last mentioned tour and then a regular discharge therefor - His De- ponent believes that at the time received written discharges but has none of them in his possession at present not thinking them worth his attention further they were long ago lost and has no docu- mentary evidence in his power by which to prove his said services - Neither does this opponent know of any person now within his reach by whom he could prove his actual service - During the most of the

time this deponent signed as above stated he acted in the capacity of Orderly  Orderly Sergeant. In the first term all the time in the last but one nearly all the time and in the others a part of the time.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- soever to a pension or annuity except the pension and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Interrogatory to be pronounced by the Court Question 1. Where and in what year were you born Answer In Chester County Upper Merion Town- ship Pennsylvania in the year 1755
Question 2. Have you any Record of your age and of where it is -
Answer I have none My father kept a record of his children's ages in his family Bi- ble but I have not seen it for a long time
Question 3. When were you living when called into service Where have you lived since the
revolutionary war and Where do you now live Answer I left home from a State not far from where I was born. Part of this question is since the war I moved out of Henry Co to a place on the Ohio River some miles above Wheeling from thence to Lawrence Montgomery Co. thence to Park- ersburg W. Va. where I now live
Question 4. How were you called into service were you drafted Did you volunteer or were you a substitute and of a substitute for whom -
Answer The first term went as a drafted mili- tia man The second term outside in the flying camp Third term drafted militia the

two Lark was a substitute the first for Daniel Brice in the second for one King -
Question 5- State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served in continental and Militia Regi- ments as you can recollect and the general circum- stances of your service -
Answer I do not think I can make any ad- ditional statements to what I have already done which would be of any importance -
Question 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the Ser- vice if so by whom was it given and what was the cause of it -
Answer I have no doubt that at the time I received regular written Discharges from all towns towns of duty as they were of some value at that time to prove the fact of the service but after the war was over they were considered of no value as there were to be no further calls and they were soon lost -
Question 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 Rev- olution
Answer I give the names of Green James  Lindsey Clergyman and Micajah and who  Blanton - a clergyman of this County, we are both acquainted with me - sworn to and subscribers before me in open Court this day of and year aforesaid - J. Allen Clerk
James W. Green E. H. [Signature]
James W. Green We Green Lindsey a Clergyman and residing in the your

County of Jackson and Micajah Etherton also residing in the same County hereby certify that we are very well acquainted with Alexander Pyatte who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the day and year aforesaid - Albert J. Manning Clk -
Samuel Hill Micajah Etherton
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after the putting the interrogatories presented 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 Samuel Hill and Micajah Etherton are who have signed the foregoing Certificates are residents of the County of Jackson that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit -
George Breath Alexander Cochran Berry H. Learner
State of Illinois } Jackson County } J. S. Manning Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of

Jackson County Illinois Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eleanor Pratt for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of September one thousand ei- ght hundred and thirty two J. Manning Clerk
State of Illinois } ss } I, Joel Manning Clerk of Jackson County } the County Commissioners Court of Jackson County Illinois Do hereby certify that George O'Leath Al- exander O'Leath and Benjamin F. O'Leath who have signed the foregoing Certificate are the then Judges of the said Court duly elec- ted and qualified - Given under my hand and seal of office at Brownsville in said County this fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two J. Manning Clerk

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

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

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

✓ Box 95- Sandoval, Ill. Rev Secy Mar. 24, 1918.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington.
Sir:-
Received your response to my letter in regard to dates of Ebenezer Pratt, or Pyatis service during the Revolution. We have no dates concerning his service. He was born in Philadelphia in 1755. We do not have the place of his enlistment. He was married in

Louden County, Virginia immediately following the war. He later moved to Ohio where he was most likely living when he received his pension. In our family genealogy it says he was a pensioner.
Hoping you may find this some clue to aid in the search.
Yours Respectfully Margaret Wyatt Sandoval, Ill.