Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,294, Timothy Bryant, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bryant Timothy
S 12294
Carded
CONTENTS

Jimmy Bryant
N o 1948.

State of Massachusetts Essecis/s:
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Daniel A. White Judge of the Court of Probate, Timothy Bryant, resident at Salem in the County and State aforesaid, aged 67 years, who first being 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 he entered the service of the United States under the following Officers and served as herein stated:
That in the summer of 1780 he enlisted as a private in Capt Green's Company in Col How's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia and served therein a term of three months: the exact dates he cannot now recollect: during this term he performed a campaign to Rhode Island: - He enlisted at Reading as a Volunteer, and was also a volunteer in 1781. He now has no discharge, it is lost.
That in 1781 he enlisted as a private for the term of one year and served in a Company commanded part of the time by Capt Drew & part of the time by Capt. Sewall in Col. Sproat's Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Continental Army in Gen. Patterson's Brigade: he served out the full term of his enlistment: He was born in 1765 at Cambridge: in 1772 moved to Reading resided there when he enlisted: soon after the war moved to Salem and has lived there ever since. has no record of his We hereby relinquishes every claim whatever

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 He is well known to Judge Story and Hon B. Brown in shield Timothy Bryant
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me J. H. White Judge of Probate
And the said Court hereby declares its opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and this after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department.
J. H. White Judge of Probate
I Nathan Lord Jr. Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Bryant for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832
Cath. Lord Jr. J. H. White

Salem Aug. 16. P.M. Capt. Timothy Bryant, who has made the annexed declaration, has, for a number of years, has resided in this town, and such has been his character for integrity of purpose (Capt. O.S.) that none who have known him would doubt his belief in the truth of any de- claration which he would make.
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4346
Massachusetts
Timothy Bryant of Salem in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. How in the Mass line for 15 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 50 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jan 1833 and S t Hon. J. P. Hillslee Senate of U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $75.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mar 33 25.00
$100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by O. O. Adison Clerk Book D Vol. 2 nd Page 95

Timothy Bryant Salem, Mass
Nov 1948
14 objection Dec 1 1832
15 months
Rural
ADP.
124.
Y 32176

BRIEF in the case of Timothy Bryant of Salem, Essex Co in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Sixty Seven -  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. As a Gen.     In 1780 3 - Private Col. Hovey   The Above sworn to by Jeremiah Green whose oath is not stated as credible -   # 81 1 = = Private Br. Genl. Groot & Genl. Patterson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Reading, Middlesex Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? He is known to Nathl. Gilchrist as a man of integrity &c &c  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective as to testimony - 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Hudson Examining Clerk.
# on final settlement Certificate Vol 1 page 176 no. 17205

Beckman
12.294 INVALID.
File No. 12,294
Timothy Bryant Prim. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Jeremiah Green of South Reading in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of the age of seventy years, on oath depose and say, that in the latter part of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, I enlisted in Reading in said Middlesex, as a volunteer, in the company commanded by Captain William Green of said Reading, of which company — Perry of Woburn in said Middlesex was lieutenant, & John Woden of Stoneham in said Middlesex Ensign; that Timothy Bryant then of said Reading but now of Salem in the County of Essex, enlisted as a volunteer at the same time, in the same place, in the same company with myself; that myself and said Bryant served with said company in the State's service marching to Butts' Hill in Rhode Island and serving there in Col. Hovey's Regiment for the space of three months. August 2. 1832. Jeremiah Green
Middlesex ss. Then the abovenamed Jeremiah Green personally appeared before me and made affirmation  oath that the abovenwritten deposition by him subscribed is true.
before me Thaddeus Sprague Just. Peace I further certify that the said Jeremiah Green is a credible & disinterested witness. Thaddeus Sprague Just. Peace
Dec. Jan. 4th 1833

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Elias Thurney clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County of Middlesex, do hereby certify that Theodore Spaulding Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that I believe his name set to the within Certificate is his own proper signature
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of said Court the third day of August 1832.
E. Thurney.

Capt. Bryant respectfully requests Mr Silsbee to procure the certificate on this application.

Timothy Bryant Salem Mass 1948
Salem. Jan. 7. 12. 1833
All the amendments & altera- tions required have been complied with.
Hon. N. Silsbee Senate
Adm Q
Ebenezer Clancey

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Timothy Grant which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
# No - J. Spaulding must testify to the credibility of the witness (Pere. - much Green)
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? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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."
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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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
† 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.