Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16065, Michael Byerly, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Byerly, Michael or Byarlay.
S. 16065-
CONTENTS
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Indiana. No 5560 Jonesborough Agency -
Michael Byerly
of Washington in the State of Tennessee who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain Moraw of the Regt commanded by Col. Scott - in the Va. line for 7 months from 1777
eff. 5560.
Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesborough Agency at the rate of 23 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Febry 1833 and settled on John Blair, St. of R
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 84.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 3 rd 11.67 $46.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book D Vol. 9 Page 203.
Ar trans 3 Oct - 1837 Ar to Pen Ages 53. Ar To Madison In diana frame 4 th March 1836 - 14 Dec 1837 Notification sent to Hon W Graham H. B.
Order to pay 10. March 1838 Let 2 nd July 1841 to Hon J. D. White
Let M. A. Smith (24) in Wm Pughsmith July 24/52 Sep 13/53 Same Oct 29 1833

State of Tennessee } September Term 1832 Washington County } On this 11 th day of September 1832. personally appeared in open court before the Hon- orable Samuel Powell Judge of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity for the County of Washington within the State aforesaid Michael Bofersky - a resident of said County State aged 75 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as he can state. That being a Resident Citizen of the County of Berkley in the State of Virginia, he volunteered in the Revolution- ary war, under Capt Charles Morrow, of the afore- said County of Berkley, and the company of which he was a member & marched from thence under Col Pendleton in said Morrow's company to Fredericksburg, thence to Fairney Town, by Little Fork Lancaster Road and to Perry's Ferry where we joined the main army under Genl Washington, & marched from thence to Little Charnel Hill and encamped at the White Marsh, & from thence moved to Red Bank Mills on the 5 th of November 1777. by his said Capt Morrow as will appear by referring to his said discharge which is hereto annexed. having served from the tenth day day of July 1777 the time of which he entered until the 8 th of Novem- ber following, exclusive of the time consumed in returning home from the said place of discharge, which was eight days, & caused said declarant to serve more than four months from the time of his entering until his release here

That in the month of June 1781. as well as now recollects in the said County of Berkeley he again volunteered to go and intercept Cornwallis, under Col. McIntire, and Col Scott of the Militia, & marched from Shepherdstown by Battle town, Falmouth, & to Fredericksburgh where he thinks Col Scott returned home from imperfections & Col Dark a regular officer took command, & under the said Dark declaration with the army by the way of Boline Green, Hanover, New Castle, Bottom's bridge, to William Burgh, & after marching two miles below Williamsburgh was camped, and from there to Little York & remained there until a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis when a new recruit of militia came on as relief the term of those with whom declaration served having expired & they & he were discharged, by Col Dark & returned home, but has not since than arrived at home when the news of the surrender of Cornwallis reached him & was from June until some time in October in said campaign, being in the two towns about the term of eight months. The discharge for which test term he has lost in the lapse of time, & states that it is the result of accident that he has this first one. That he has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove his said service, nor is there a resident minister of the Gospel in his vicinity.

by whom he can establish the facts set forth by the warrant. 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.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 11 th day of September 1832.
Test Jas V Anderson Clk
Michael Byerly Byerly
We Alexander Mathis & James McCallister residing in the County of Washington within the state of Tennessee, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Byerly who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is reputed and believed by the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn in open court Sept 11 th 1832 Test Jas V Anderson Clk
James McCallister Alex r Mathis
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter, and after propounding the interrogatories prescribed by the secretary of war, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states; and the court further certifies that it appears to him that James Wallis & Alex r Mathis who have signed the preceding certificate are resident citizens of Washington County and are credible persons and their statement entitled to credit.
James Wallis of the County of the state of Tennessee

I James V Anderson clerk of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity for Washington County do certify that the foregoing contains the original p r is in the matter of the application for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 11 th day of September 1832.
James V Anderson
Seven months will be taken

Application of the Heirs of Michael & Rebecca Ry- erly, for arrears of Rev- olutionary Pensions

State of Tennessee  County Court, April Washington County.  Term, A.D. 1852, I, W. H. Smith, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, holden in Jonesborough; on the 8 th day of April 1852, being the day set apart by law for the holding of said Court, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Michael Byerley was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, payable first at Jonesborough, Tenn., and afterwards at Madison, Indiana, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars thirty three Cents per annum, was a resident of Jackson County, Indiana, and died there on the twentieth day of August eighteen hundred and forty four, that he left a widow, Rebecca Byerley, who survived her said husband until the nineteenth of April eighteen hundred and forty seven, when she died, in the last named County, leaving five lawful children who are now living, to wit, Hannah Morrison, formerly Hannah Byerley, now residing in — County, Illinois, who is the oldest now living, Michael Byerley, now a citizen of Washington Co. Tenn., Re- becca Hoffman, formerly Rebecca Byerley, residing in Jackson Co. Indiana, Mary Thacker, formerly Mary Byerley, residing in Jackson Co. Indiana, and Margaret Byerley, also, a resident of Jackson Co. Indiana, — and that the foregoing are the only heirs of said Michael Byerley now living.
It was further made appear to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Michael Byerley & Rebecca intermar- ried in Berkeley County, Va., prior to the first day of January one

thousand seven hundred and ninety four, testified by evidence showing that their said son Michael above named was born on the 23rd day of December 1791, in Canubel milllock, and that they lived together as husband and wife, until the day of the husband's death, and that afterwards she remained his widow until the day of her death.
The foregoing testimony was taken and subscribed so that the said heirs may obtain the amount of pension due them on account of the services of their ancestor in the revolution, from the day of his, their father's, death, until the date of her, their mother's, death.
In Testimony that the foregoing is a correct minute of the proceedings of said Court, had in said case, I hereunto set my hand & official seal at office in Jonesboro, on the 5th day of April 1852. W. H. Smith Clerk
53 The Commr of pensions will please examine the foregoing, & compare it with the Records of the department, and issue a certificate (if found correct) to the heirs, and send it to the care of the Clerk of the County Court aforesaid. (W. H. S.)

Michael Byers
from 1777 private 7 months. $23. \frac{33}{100} . return.
Hon. John Blair.

BRIEF in the case of  Michael Myers  of Washington Co  in the State of  Pennsylv a  (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? 75.  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.     In 17 77 3 25 pr. Gen. cap Morrison, Col Pendleton,   June 1781 to Oct. time not stated " " McIntire Col Scott & Col Dark,   States that he served in the two towns about 8 months.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkley Co. Pa.,  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional and documentary,  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Allison
Examining Clerk.

December 27, 1937
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Michael Byerly -S.16065
Miss Hettie Fisher 505 Tremont Avenue Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Michael, Jacob and Andrew Byerly(Beerly), of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and Christian Lauffer, also of said Westmoreland County, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request in regard to soldiers of that war. The record is furnished you herein of Michael Byerly, the only soldier of that name or similar spelling, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.16065, based upon his military service in that war.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Michael Byerly are not shown.
While residing in Berkeley County, Virginia(later West Virginia) Michael Byerly volunteered July 10, 1777, served as a private in Captain Charles Morrow's Company, Colonel Philip Pendleton's Virginia Regiment and was discharged November 5, 1777; he volunteered again in June, 1781, and served until in October 1781(shortly before the surrender of Cornwallis) as a private in Captain McIntire's Company, Colonels Scott's and Darden's Virginia Regiments.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and resided in Washington County, Tennessee. In 1837, he had moved to Jackson County, Indiana, to be near his children who had removed to that state.
The soldier married, date not given, in Berkeley County,
Identified Col Pendleton but not Capt. Morrow or McIntire

Virginia, Rebecca, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown.
Michael Ryerly died August 20, 1844, in Jackson County, Indiana, and his widow, Rebecca, died in same county and state, April 19, 1847.
Five children survived their mother, as follows:
Hannah Ryerly . . . . . married -----Morrison, and in 1853 was living in Palestine, Illinois, aged about seventy years, the oldest living child. Michael Ryerly. . . . . born December 23, 1791, in 1847, a resident of Washington County, Tennessee. Rebecca Ryerly. . . . . date of birth not given, married-----Ruffman. Mary Ryerly . . . . . " " " " " " -----Thacker. Margaret Ryerly . . . . . " " " " "
The three daughters last named above were residents of Jackson County, Indiana, in 1847.
In 1837, one Samuel M. Ryerley(as he signed) was a resident of Jackson County, Indiana; his relationship to the family was not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

This is to certify that the bearer Michael Byerly has served as a soldier in my company in Col. Phillips Bendleton Battalion of Berks Co. Militia & has served out his tour of duty witness my hand this 5 th Dec r 1777
Chas. Morine

Palatine Illinois July 10 th 1853.
Sir,
in behalf of Mrs Hannah Morrison I write you for information in relation to a Revolutionary pension claim in favor of Michael Byerly S.D. sometime in the course of last year Mrs Morrison hired at law of the said Byerly gave a power of attorney to Michael Byerly of Washington County Tennessee authorizing him to receive and remit to her, her portion of her father's pension, but as yet has received nothing, and from the tenor of a letter which I received sometime since from the said Byerly the she is will probably get nothing.
for the satisfaction of Mrs Morrison who is a widow lady of near eighty, and in indigent circumstances I should be happy to receive all the information in your department relative to this matter.
Respectfully your obt serv.
Wm. Highsmith
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

W. V. Jones
July 24 1853.
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Pension Office July 24, 1852
Sir,
I have filed the certificate of the Court of Washington County, Tenn. forwarded by you to this office with the view of obtaining arrears of pension alleged to be due Rebecca Byrd, widow of Silas Byrd who was a pensioner on the Wadeson, Ind. Army under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $23.33 per annum, and you are informed that as the husband did not die until the 20 th of August 1844, and the can did not take place on the 10 th of June 1847, there was nothing due at the death for which the children can assert a claim. The application is, therefore, rejected.
W. H. Smith, Esq. Pioneer Camp, Tennessee.

Rev: Officer
July 21. 1841
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 20 th inst in the case of Michael Byers, I have to inform you that the act of 7 th June 1832 under which his claim was admitted allows $80 per annum for two years service pro rata $40 for one year service and a less rate of pension for a length of service and for any term of service less than two years and not less than six months, a proportionate rate of pension in proportion to the service performed. Mr Byers has been allowed $23. 33 100 per annum which is for seven months service. If he has served only

six months his pension should be reduced to $20 per ann.
Hon J. L. White
July 20. 41
G.C.
G.C.
Hon J. L. White, D.R.

Ho. Rep. July 20. 1841
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
I have recd a letter from Michael Byarlay in which he states that he served two & 3 months time during the revolutionary war - that proof of his service is on file in your office - & that he receives only $23. 33. per annum. Of the smallness of the amt he complains.
Please inform me, for what amt of service he is allowed?
Yours Respectfully J. L. White

Dec 13.
In ab
W Evans
E. D. Allen
Correspondence of Missions
Washington City
W. W. Graham AOR

House of Rep Dec 11 th 1834
Sir I have the honor to enclose, the papers containing Michael Byerly's, application for a transfer of his pension from the State of Tennessee, to the State of Indiana
his present application is (I believe) in accordance with the instructions issued from this Department, he has also forwarded to me, his original Certificate, If any additional evidence is necessary to establish his claim —
I understand he has drawn no part of his pension since Oct 1834 - It would be desirable that the pension already due and that which may hereafter become due to said Byerly, should be paid him at the Madison agency —
Byerly is Old, very poor, and almost blind and greatly needs his pension
This will be my apology for requesting your attention to his case, at an early day
With great respect
I am Sir Your Obedient Servant
J. F. Edwards Esq. M c Graham

Oct 23
N Evans,
FREE
James A. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Sir
Jonesboro 13 th Oct 1837
Yours of the 3 rd Oct was duly received I in reply can say that Michael Byerly a pensioner under the act 7 th June 1832 is paid in full up to the 4 th day of March 1836
I am very respect- fully Your obedient Servant
James L Edwards commissioner of pensions Washington D.C.
D. W. Blair agent for paying pensions in Jonesboro Tennessee
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Oct 2 nd
W Graham
J. A. Edwards Esq r
Commissioner of Pensions
W Graham A.R.
W. Brits
Se
19/16 52

Hann of Rep Oct 2 nd 1834
Sir The enclosed paper, will - explain the object, of this Communica- -tion, I desire to inform the hono- red man must proceed, in order to fulfil his promise in Indiana as he desires
Most Respectfully
I have the honor to be your Obedient servant
W Graham
J Edwards Esq Com - of Pensions

Rockford Indiana Sept. 29 th 1837
Hon. William Graham,
Dr Sir, I am requested by my Old friend & Veteran of the Revolution (Michael Byerley) to ask your aid in the transfer of his pension from Jonesboro Tennessee to Brownstown Ind.
Our Old friend has sent repeatedly to the Pension Agent and has been unjustly, he thinks, kept out of it. The Old Veteran is now helpless and blind and not capable, himself to transact business of any kind. He has received his pension up to March 1834, probably, the balance from that time is still behind. I have his Certificate before me claiming Twenty three dollars & thirty three Cents a year.

Crawford Co, Ill, Oct 16 th 1853
Hon, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
I wrote you several weeks since, at the request of Mrs Hannah Morrison, an old widow Lady, who claims to be the daughter Daughter of Michael Byerly, a deceased Revolutionary soldier, and United States pensioner. Some time in the course of the year 1852. Mrs Morrison executed a Power of Attorney to Michael Byerly of Lonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, authorizing him to draw, and remit to her, her portion of her deceased father's pension; since then she has been informed by letter from said Byerly that, no portion of said pension could be drawn, in consequence of the repeal of the law under which said pension was originally granted. of the truth of this statement of her Attorney the old Lady has great doubts. She would therefore be greatly obliged to your Department for any information you may possess or can obtain, in relation to the said Michael Byerly, name being or having been heretofore on the pension Roll, and whether any portion yet remains undrawn or, if any portion has been drawn by Michael Byerly of Lonesborough, Tennessee. A prompt answer to this note, would be thankfully received by Mrs Morrison, as well as the writer hereof.
Very Respectfully Your obt. Serv-
Mr. Highsmith.

Apr. 12/52
Evi: in case of Rebecca Byerley deed wid: of Michael
C. W. Smith
Clerk of Court J. B. Washington Tenn
[Large cursive signature]
W. H. ... Apr 12 1852
James E. McCall
Public Office
Hopkinton City
N.H.

Wm Highsmith
Sept 13/53

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Pension Office
Sept 13. 1853
Sir
In answer to your letter of 10 th July 1853, you are informed that there are no arrears of Pension due to the children of Michael Boyerly or his widow. The claim of the latter has already been rejected.
Wm Highsmith Esq Palestine Ill.

Pension Office Octo 25 1853
Sir If any arrears of pension are due the children of Michael Byerly, application should be made to the Third Auditor,
M m Highsmith Esq
Russellville Clarkson Co Ill

Application for a Transfer
State of Indiana } ss Jackson County }
On this sixth day of November 1837, before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said county of Jackson, personally appeared Michael Byerly, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Charles Morpaw, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Pendleton, also at another time he belonged to a company commanded by Capt. the McIntyre, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dark, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Indiana, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future, the following are his reasons for removing from the State of Tennessee to the State of Indiana, (to wit) His children having removed, from the State of Tennessee, to the State of Indiana, and he from his advanced age and infirmity together with the partial loss of his sight, deemed it necessary, to be near his children, done in the presence of Michael Byerly of Samuel Huffman Samuel Moore
Sworn and subscribed this sixth day of November 1837 before me Christian W. Jones

State of Indiana Jackson County } 18
personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the peace, in and for said county, Samuel M Byerly, and made oath, in due form of law, that Michael Byerly, the person who has taken and subscribed the within affida- =vit, is the Identical person therein described as the person Samuel M. Byerly
Sworn to and subscribed, this sixth day of Novem- =ber 1837 before me
Christian Krapf, Justice of the Peace

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P 16065 INVALID.
File No. 16065
Michael Byers
Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 25-03 Henry head
Buchanan
1912 June 29. Hist. to Mrs. Elizabeth B. Turnbull 1914 May 27 Hist. to E. E. Birely V. L. M. 1920 Oct 27 Hist. to Mrs. J. H. Fennel 1921 Dec. 29 Hist. to Mrs. Frank A. Bore 1922 Jan 4 Hist. to Mary B. Anderson 1922 May 20. Hist. to Edgar R. Harlan, Curator Historical Dept. of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa (see letter in Jacob Byerly, Va. Drops S22672) 1937 Dec 27. Hist. to Minnie Fisher - Ed 1940 Mar. 6 - Hist to Mrs. W. D. Jones

Salina, Kan. Feb. 7 = 1940.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Do you have a John Dine or son or a relative of David Dyerly that received a pension from the Gov. If listed a pensioner please send record. All from near Woodstock Va. later the Dyerlys moved to Lucanton, Tenn. Wanted for D. A. R.
Wm. W. O. Jones, Salina, Kan., 323 S. 10. E.

Greensburg, Pa. Dec. 14, 1937
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Do you have any record of a Pension for Michael Byerly (Beerly) who was born 1746 died 1829 wife Mary died 1848 ? He was from Westmoreland County His Brother Jacob Byerly got a Pension he served from Virginia (lived in Westmoreland County Pa.) I cannot find any service for him in Pennsylvania I think he served in Virginia too. I would like to have a record of his service and Pension if he got one.
Did Andrew Byerly, who was famous at the Battle of Bushy Run , Westmoreland Co. get a Pension for Revolutionary services , If so where was his service from . there are different accounts of his death also different dates his. Estate, Letters were granted to his wife Phoebe Beatrice Goulden Byerly 1786 She had Services in Revolutionary War as a Nurse and a kind of a Doctress she was at Fourt Walthour. Where was the Husband?
Also is there any record of a Pension for Christain Lauffer he was at Fort Walthour , Westmoreland County, Pa. He had six sons in The Revolutionary War. or of his wife getting a Pension The record of his service is what I am trying to find.
Any information concerning the services of the above will be greatly appreciated. as soon as possible.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Hettie Fisher, 505 Tremont Ave., Greensburg, Pa.
Hettie Fisher

Dept. of The Interior Dec 14-1921 Bureau of Pensions
Will you please give me any data you have of the Revolutionary Record of Michael Byerly of Pennsylvania.
Yours Truly Mary Byerly Anderson Grove City Pa.
135 S Center St.

Rev War
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Please send complete military history of Michael Byarlay (or Byerly) who enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Berkeley Co, Virginia probably in 1777.
Send to -
Mrs Frank A. Barr Wellington Hotel 1450 Grant St. Denver Colorado

Providence, R.I. Sept - 15, 1920
Commissioner of Pensions Dept of Interior, Washington, D.C -
Dear Sir:
Please send me a statement of the service in the Rev. and family history of Benj Harris, Walter Co Ga., and of Michael Bierly, Jackson Co. Ind. - This data is wanted for D. A. R. - Thanking you in advance - I remain -
Sincerely
Mrs J. W. Fennel 623 W. Carpenter -

Bireley & Elson Printing Co. Inc.
134-140 SOUTH HILL STREET LOS ANGELES, CAL.
May 18, 1914.
United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I am a descendant of Michael Birely , sometimes spelled Eyerly , who served in the Revolutionary War from Frederick or Washington County, Maryland, or possibly was credited to Virginia, and afterwards received a pension while living in Virginia or Tennessee. Will you kindly give me what your Official Records show of his Revolutionary service, and greatly oblige,
Very truly yours,
C. E. Bireley
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Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Sir:
I wish to join the D.A.R. and as I am sure that my grandfather received a pension for his services during the Revolution, I would like his record.
His name was Michael Byarlay and he was born in July 1758 in Shepherdstown West Va.
From there he went to Carter Co. Tenn., Washing ton Co. Tenn. and on to

Jackson Co. Ind. in 1832.
Samuel Byarlay his son and my father was born in August 1797 in Shepherdstown West Va.
Michael Byarlay was in the Battle of Saratoga and at Valley Forge and if I remember correctly my father went 40 miles on horse-back to Madison Ind. to draw the last pension grandfather received. He died in Jackson Co. Ind. Aug 20th 1844.

Any record you have of him will be thankfully received.
Elizabeth Byaray Turnbull Roseville Ill.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY.
Missouri Society,
Bethany, Mo., July 15th, 1903.
Hon. Eugene Ware, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I will thank you to supply me with the military service in the Revolution of Michael Byerly , who was placed on the pension roll of Washington County, Tennessee, February 12th, 1833.
I desire this information for his grand-son, L. A. Byarlay, of St. Joseph, Missouri. I am,
Respectfully yours,
Henry Radle

March 6, 1940
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Mrs. W. O. Jones 323 South 10th Street Salina, Kansas
MICHAEL BYERLY S. 16065 BA-J/EEL:MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Hise or son or a relative of David Byerly, who lived near Woodstock, Virginia, later moved to Limestone, Tennessee, and received a pension from the Government.
This office has no way to identify the record of a relative of David Byerly, who served in the Revolutionary War and there is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of a John Hise (Hise, etc.). The record has been found, however, of a Michael Byerly, of Virginia and later Tennessee, which may be of interest to you in your research, and follows as shown in the papers of pension claim, S. 16065, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Michael Byerly and names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Berkeley County, Virginia (later West Virginia), Michael Byerly volunteered July 10, 1777, served as private in Captain Charles Morrow's company, Colonel Philip Pendleton's Virginia regiment, and was discharged November 5, 1777. He volunteered again in June, 1781, and served until in October, 1781 (shortly before the surrender of Cornwallis) as a private in Captain McIntire's company, Colonels Scott's and Darke's Virginia regiments.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Washington County, Tennessee. In 1837, he had moved 1757

to Jackson County, Indiana, to be near his children who had removed to that state.
Michael Bylerly married, date not stated, in Berkeley County, Virginia, Rebecca _____, maiden name, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not given. The soldier died August 20, 1844, in Jackson County, Indiana, and his widow, Rebecca, died in the same county, April 19, 1847.
The following names of children of Michael and Rebecca Byerly are shown, who survived their mother:
Hannah Byerly, who married _____ Morrison, and in 1853 was living in Palestine, Illinois, aged about seventy years, the oldest living child. Michael " born December 23, 1791, and living in Washington County, Tennessee, in 1847. Rebecca " date of birth not given, who married _____ Huffman. Mary " " " " " " who married _____ Thacker. Margaret " " " " " " no reference to marriage.
The three daughters, last named above, were residents of Jackson County, Indiana, in 1847.
In 1837, one Samuel M. Byarlay (as he signed) was a resident of Jackson County, Indiana; his relationship to soldier's family was not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
S.F. 16065-
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Michael Byerly or Byarlay 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.     July 10 1777 4 mos. Pvt. Charles Morrow Philip Pendleton Pa.   June 1781 4 mos. McIntire Scott   Dark.      
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Berkeley Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 11 1832  His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Washington Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, 75 yrs.
Remarks:
He died in Jackson Co. Ind. Aug. 30, 1844. Soldier was in Berkeley Co. Va. (date not stated) Rebecca --- who died in Jackson Co. Ind. Apr. 19, 1847 leaving the following children: Hannah Morrison, the oldest living child, Michael born Dec. 23, 1791, Rebecca Hoffman - Mary wife of Thacker, and Margaret.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.