Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,215, William Bryant, N.C.

SERVICE N.6.
Bryant, William
NUMBER S. 39,215
Enlisted in P.C.
CONTENTS

9328
South Carolina.
William Bryant, —
of Edgefield d t in the state of So: Carol a . who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Buncomb, of the North Carol a . line, for the term of two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22. of July, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. of March 19 and sent to John Sinkins, Esq r . Edgefield Courthouse, S c Carol a .
  Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. . .  59. 61    Semi-ann. all ce ending 4. Sept. 1819. }  48. "    7 mo. \frac{14}{31} } 1819. }  8. 107. 61  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notes sent to the Hon. S. Smithkins Esq r Dec r 1820.
Note of check not in 218

State of South Carolina } On this fourth day of October one District of Edgefield } thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the said District and State William Bryant aged Sixty nine years resident on the waters of Horn Creek in said District who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as following, viz: in the fifth Regiment North Carolina Line commanded by Colonel Buncomb, in Captain John P. Williams Company. That he is now on the pension roll by virtue of the act of the eighteenth March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. That his Certificate for a pension is dated the twenty fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen, that his pension commenced on the twenty second day of July One thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that he has already received his pension from that period till the fourth March One thousand eight hundred and twenty — And he does solemnly swear that he was a resident Citizen of the United States on the said 18 March 1818, and that he has not since that time by sale gift or in any manner whatever disposed of his property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of the said act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 March 1818, and that he has not nor has any person intrust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him, nor has he any income or Estate real personal or mixed except the property contained in the following schedule viz
   One Cow and one yearling about $ 20.00   One rifle gun " 15.00   two pots and one oven " 4.00   one Spinning wheel & Cards " 3.00   one pine table " 1.50   one winding hoe " — 50   one sow, four shoats & four pigs " 12.00   twenty fowls " 2.50   a half dozen old chairs " 3.00   $ 61.50  
That he owes on the above about $ 25.00
That he has a wife who is very often sick and three children for two of whom he has to provide their support, that he himself for better than a year is totally disabled by debility and sickness to do any work and that

that if his pension is withheld he has no other prospect whatever of maintaining himself and family then by soliciting charity from his neighbors without which he even now would suffer for the common necessaries of life
Sworn to and declared in open Court the day and year above written signd/M. Mims C. C/P.
3 (Signed) William his Bryant 3 - mark 3
I. Mat. Mims Clerk of the Court of Common pleas and General Session for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule therein contained are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the said property exhibited in said schedule is Sixty one Dollars and fifty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this fourth day of October One thousand eight hundred and twenty
M. Mims C. C/P.

State of South Carolina
District of Edgefield, ss.
5th Regiment, 1st Card
On this twenty second day of July 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the said district, personally appears William Bryant aged fifty six years, resident in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said William Bryant enlisted in Orangeburg in the state of South Carolina in the company commanded by Captain John P Williams of the light Infantry F that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the winter of 1779 having served two years & a half, when he was discharged from service at the White Plains state of New York that he was in the battle of Brandywine where he was wounded in the right hand by a small shot from a musket (as he supposes) and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
M. Simkins O.E.D.
William Bryant his Mark
I, John Pickens Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Bryant did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I do further certify that I am satisfied that he is in need of aid and that I am satisfied as to need the aid of his country for support.
M. Simkins O.E.D.
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State of South Carolina Edgefield District } Before me Christian Breithaupt one of the Justices of the Inferior for said District personally appeared the within named William Bryant, who being duly sworn according to Law both upon his oath declare that the Company of Light Infantry in which this deponent served belonged to the fifth Regiment commanded principally by Colonel Beaumont, Lieutenant Colonel Ervin and under the orders of General Nash and that to the best of his recollection it belonged to the North Carolina Line.
Sworn to and declared before me this 4th day of Febry 1819
William B. Bryant mark
Christian Breithaupt J. H.
Christian Breithaupt J. H.

January 18, 1932
BA-J/EEI Am
Mr. Bloomfield Bryant 780 North Church Street Spartanburg, South Carolina
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Bryant, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 39215, based upon the military service of William Bryant in that war.
William Bryant enlisted, date not given, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, served as a private in Captain John P. Williams' Company, Colonel Buncombe's Fifth North Carolina Regiment, and was discharged in the winter of 1779, after serving two and one-half years. He was in the battle of Brandywine where he was wounded by a shot in the left hand.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 22, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-six years and resided in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
In 1820, the soldier stated that his family then consisted of his wife and three children, but he did not give their names, and there are no further data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death not on QB

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Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feby - 7 - 190 Miss Mary K. Re Ithaca
Feby 17 - 1903 To same - as to
Aug. 10, 1904 Hist. to T. J. Bryant, Bloomfield, Iowa.
1932 Jan 18 - 7 Hist To Bloomfield Bryant E.E.

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John Simkins Esq r Edgefield C. H. S. C.

1142 Mill St. Ithaca, NY
Jan. 31, 1903. Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir: -
Recently I wrote to your office asking for a statement of the military history of two men in the Revolutionary war - Wm. Matthewson of Rhode Island and Wm. Bryant of N. C. The reply came a few days ago, and I am greatly pleased to have Wm. Matthewson's record. But the Wm.

Bryant 9338 whose record is given not the right one. The one with record I desire never lived after the war in any other state than South Carolina . He was pensioned Mar. 24, 1819, when he resided in Edgfield, S. C. for service in the N. E. Continental line. His age was then 83 . I am very anxious to get his record and to learn where he was born. Can you help me?
Respectfully, (Miss) Mary K. Pearson.

... J. 39. 215 ...
William Bryant
Oct. 4, 1820, 69
res. on the waters of Horn Creek, Edgefield Dist.
S.C.
Capt John P. Williams
Col. Buncomb —
5 neg. N.C. line
2 yrs.
(1 st decl. July 22, 1818)
mentions wife and three children names not stated.
Original application missing Aug. 10, 1904
Ilb —

Bureau of Pensions December 11, 1931. Washington D. C.
Please send me the record of William Bryant, member of The Revolutionary Militia of South Carolina - who was put on pension-roll March 14, 1819, from Edgefield District, S. Carolina
Very Truly-(a descendant)
Bloomfield Bryant 788 North Church St. Spartanburg, S. C.

OFFICE OF T. J. BRYANT ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
CITY ATTORNEY
Aug. 2nd, 1904.
BLOOMFIELD, IOWA
Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:- I am in receipt of your communication of recent date giving military history of one William Bryant, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who enlisted in Rowan County, N. C., and who applied for pension in 1833 while a resident of Boone County, Mo. From the information given by you, it does not appear to me that this is the soldier whose record I seek. It is possible that the soldier whose record I want may have enlisted in Virginia instead of North Carolina. He died in Boone County, Mo., about the year 1834, of which County he had been a resident for several years prior to his death, and I therefore take it that he was a resident of that County when he made application for pension, if he made application at all, and if he did make such application, I think the facts set forth in his application would enable me to identify the man as being the soldier whose military record I want. Will you therefore again refer to the records in your office and see whether any other William Bryant, other than the one already mentioned, ever made application for pension from Boone County, Mo., and if so kindly give me his military history. As above suggested the soldier may have enlisted in Virginia. Also, will you please inform me whether William Briant or Bryant who served as a soldier from Caswell County, N.C. ever made application for pension. My impression is that the William Bryant whose record I want was born in Wales. I do not know whether this latter fact will be of any assistance to you in finding the record desired or not, but I thought it might.
Trusting you will favor me with an early reply, I am, Very truly yours,
T. J. Bryant