Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6700, Robert Bryant, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Bryant, Robert
S. 6700
CONTENTS
Carded

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
State of North Carolina } Wilkes County
On this 31 st day of March 1833 appeared before me Nelson Strange an acting Justice of the peace for the aforesaid County - Robert Bryant a resident of said County and State aged seventy eight 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 7 th 1832: That in March 1876 I was enrolled as a minuteman by my master to whom I was bound as an apprentice in the county of Prince Edward State of Virginia - We stood in readiness to march at the moment & were to receive sixteen pence per day. On the sixth day of the May following fifty of us marched from the aforesaid County under Captain Charles Allen to Manchester on James River where we remained for 3 weeks & until we were joined by 2 other companies; We then immediately marched to Williamsburg down the River where we met Col Samuel Lendith with four other companies - From this place I marched with about 150 men under Capt Allen, Capt Clay, Capt Anderson & Col Lendith or Mundy to the town of Hampton on the Hampton roads -

At Manchester we remained three weeks and we remained at Hampton three months when we were called across to Portsmouth to guard that place - because the men before stationed there being 3 years men were sent on to the north to join Genl Washington - At this place I remained in the service until my time was expired & returned home 8 days before Christmas in the same year. The whole length of this term was seven months & eleven days. In the month of February 1779. I with fifty others were drafted at Prince Edward (Va) Courthouse. for the purpose of marching to the head quarters of Genl Lincoln in South Carolina - The time for marching was appointed on the first of March but on account of bad weather we did not move until the sixteenth of the month - At Salisbury North Carolina we remained three weeks. On our march to that place Companies from Pennsylvania, Maryland & Delaware Counties had joined us. at that place Col Mason with several companies from Lunenburg & other counties met us - My own Captain was Henry Walker - Our march from this place lay thro Camden, across the river near to that place then across the Congaree near Col Thompson's & thence directly to the head quarters of Genl Lincoln at Hobkirk's Swamp about 12 miles from Stono River. The British as well as rebelts were on James Island at the time under Genl Provost or some one of similar name - We arrived at head quarters on the first  tenth of June & on the tenth  twelfth of the same month as I was said Genl. Lord Cornwallis who at Camden Town was in Charles- town went to Lincoln to meet him near the British encampment at 8 o'clock at a certain day shortly thereafter - Lincoln moved & took his station as requested where  where  where Lincoln engaged

the British without the aid of marines and inflicted a severe loss upon them - The enemy's camp was not taken but within three or four days they deserted it & embarked & sailed around to the Savannah river - When I left the army of Genl Lincoln he was about to march to the Savannah river - I arrived at home on the 3 rd of August the same year - His term was intended to be 5 months but we lost half a month at its commencement on account of the inclemency of the season as above stated - In February (about the last of it as below) in the year 1781 about fifty of us resident in Charlotte County Va. volunteered to join the army of Genl Green, which at that time was laying between the Dan & Staunton Rivers - which we did the day following under Capt John Holloway - I believe we were then attached to the command of Col Wm Norton - Genl Green crossed the Dan River into N. Carolina & moved on until he encountered Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse - On the day of the battle I was of the guard on the baggage waggons - It was ordered that we should repair to Frosty's Iron Works - at this place the army reassembled after the battle & on the second day it moved in pursuit of Cornwallis - I remained in company with the army until it reached the junction of the Hams & Deep Rivers - Genl Green pursued no further but went his course towards the Abner Hills and returned home after having been in the service six weeks - I was born in the year 1755 - on the 14 th of April and have always understood that I have no written memorial of my age - The place of my birth was in Prince Edward County Virginia

In the latter part of the year 1779 I removed to Charlotte Va. where I resided for more than four years then removed to Surry County, N. Carolina, here I remained for three years - when I returned to Prince Edward County for three years - after which I moved to Powhatan County of the state where I lived one year when I removed to the place where you live & have lived ever since - I believe I will be seventy eight years of age on the 11 th
day of April coming - I received a discharge from my first term of service from Capt Allen - My discharge for the second term was given by Richard Holcomb. the instrument for my Capt had expired a few days before the term expired - My last discharge was signed by Capt Geo Holloway - The last discharge was left by me with an executor who was in service with me she has not been seen by me since - The other two were left in my mother's chest in Virginia - She is dead & I know not what has become of my discharge
I know of no person within any convenient distance who can testify to the services here set forth - I cannot procure the evidence of any person or of any document as I believe to establish the claim here made for my services - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & claim that my name is not on the pension roll of any
Robert + Bryant mark
sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
W. H. Thomas

to pay Nov. 29, 1836 — due to Pensions 20 May 1841. " to G. H. Churchill 24 Feb 1842. = Letter to 3 rd Auditor April 25 1842 = " to S. H. Parry 12 th " to James Huxford 18 Aug 45 Dead.
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from March 1839 to 17 th January, 1842. Agent notified 7 Apr. 1841.
N. Carolina 12.776.
Robert Bryant
of Wilkes Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Allen of the Regt, commanded by Col. Morehead the N. Carolina line for 13 months and 10 days ba?
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 44 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 — day of May 31 and sent Robert Morehead in Wilkes Co. N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33-88.88 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 22.22  111.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Rush Keenan Clerk, Book E — Vol. 6 — Page 34 —

No 24979 Robert Bryant Wilks County N. Carolina
Admit as a parole for 13 months (and) 10 days. $44.44
Robert Martin blk Wilks County N. Carolina

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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. These 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 Robert Bryant Wilts County North Carolina
   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.     Enrol. May 1776 — 7 11 private Col. Meredith 78 years County of Princed Edward Virginia Traditionary evidence, certified   Draft. July 1779 — 4 15 " Genl. Lincoln Credible - papers correctly attached   Vol. July 1781 — 1 14 " Genl. Green, Col. Morton   13. 10  
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 required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper 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 follow 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 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 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 quote [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.

September 18, 1935
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BA-J/REL
Robert Bryant-S.6700
Mrs. Charles F. Wayland 2439 Magnolia Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6700, based upon the military service in that war of Robert Bryant.
Robert Bryant was born April 11, 1755, in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Robert Bryant was enrolled in a company of minute men in March, 1776, was called out on May 6, 1776, served in Captain Charles Allen's Company, Colonel Samuel Meredith's Virginia Regiment; length of service, seven months and eleven days; he enlisted in February, 1779, and on March 16 following, marched to North Carolina, served in Captain Henry Walker's Virginia Company, was in an engagement, name of engagement not given and was discharged by Lieutenant Richard Holland. Captain Walker having died, and reached his home on August 3, 1779; in the latter part of the year, 1779, soldier moved to Charlotte County, Virginia, where he enlisted the latter part of February, 1781, served in Captain John Holloway's Company, Colonel William Morton's Virginia Regiment, marched to North Carolina and was engaged as a guard for the baggage wagons at the time of the battle of Guilford Court House; length of this service, six weeks.
Names of these officers not in Deitman
After the Revolution, he moved from Charlotte County, Virginia, to Surry County, North Carolina, where he remained for three years; then moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, and lived for five years; thence to Burke County, North Carolina, and lived for one year; thence to Wilkes County, North Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1833, while residing in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

In May, 1839, Robert Bryant moved to Blount County, Tennessee, with his son, Thompson Bryant.
The soldier died in Blount County, Tennessee, January 17, 1842. It was stated that his wife had been dead for many years. Her name, date of their marriage and date of her death are not shown. Two sons survived their father, Robert Bryant, Thompson named above, and John Bryant. Their ages are not stated, nor is John's place of residence given.
The soldier stated that he had an uncle who served with him in the Revolutionary War; the name of the uncle was not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

B247.
May 18. 1841.
Pension Office.
Wolver,
June

B247.
May 18. 1841.
Pension Office.
Norway,
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20

Tennessee Blount City
April 30th 1841
To the Honorable
John Bell
secretary of war
Dear Sir
I have been an old pensioner in the state of N Carolina and have removed to Tennessee Blount City and have not been able to get my pension since the fall of 1838 and I wish you to instruct me how I am to receive it a gain and you will oblige an old Revolutionary soldier in so doing
Yours Respectfully
Robert Bryant

North Carolina
Wilkes County } her William Lenoir and
William Dula residing in the County of Wilkes and State of North Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Bryant 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 believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion; that he is a man of good moral character and his statement entitled to full credit
Henry Lenoir Wm. Dula
Sworn to and subscribed before this 29th April 1833
H. Strang
State of North Carolina Wilkes County } I do
do Nelson Strang an acting justice of the peace for said County do hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, & hearing the answers to the same, the substance of which are embodied in the foregoing declarations, that the above named applicant Robert Bryant, was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that the only

resident clergyman of an neighborhood where Morgan resides lately removed to the west; That General William Lewis and William H. Dula who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Wilks County and Morgan's neighborhood and are men of unexceptionable moral character - that their statement is entitled to full credit; that the declarant is too deaf to attend court. [H. Morgan]
State of North Carolina
Wilks County
§ I Robert Martin Clerk of the Court of Pleas
quarter sessions for our said County do hereby Certify that Nelson H. Strange whose signature is affixed to the preceding certificate and to the certificate of the oath of Robert H. Morgan to his foregoing declaration is a justice of the peace for our said County and one of the justices of our said Court and that the said signatures are his genuine signatures; In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my office. This 30 th day of April 1833.
R. Martin Clk.

Feb 10 1842
W. L. Way
Gen. L. G. Adams Court of Common Pleas New Bedford Ms.

Hydesville Jany 31 st 1842
Wm J L Edwards
Sir, Robert Bryant of the State of North Carolina who was a private in the Revolutionary War was placed on the Pension List on the 4 th March 1831 - at $20- per year - I have his original Certificate in my possession - He formerly drew his pension at Wilkesboro North Carolina up to March 1839 - His son Thompson Bryant bringing the old man Robert to Blount Co Tennessee in May 1839 - He was helpless & his mind so infatuated that at the Court 1841 at Maryville a Guardian was appointed for him Robert Bryant - son 17 th Jany 1842 Robert Bryant died in Blount County, Arrears of pension due him since March 1839 - his wife died many years since, he left two sons Thompson & Gohin Bryant - The reason why he was not put on the list in Tennessee his Certificate was misplaced by the agent - It was found a short time before his death - He pleased to instruct me how to proceed to obtain the arrears of Pension. Advise me such blank forms as are necessary, inform me who is to

draw the money & what kind of evidence is necessary to do so. And oblige yours &c J. H. B. Hutchinson

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
August 19, 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, One of the two sons of Robert Bryant, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Forty four Dollars and 44 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1839, to the 17 th Jany 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Harris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Robert Bryant
24979

James L. Conaway.
Commission of Pensions
Sir:
I have herewith the papers in the case of Robert Bryant who was paid to 28 Sept 1834. - The cause of the delay in the application I do not know, but the papers came thru the hands of a respectable person.
I am very respectfully yours Obeying.
Matthew
Agree
Pension Office Washington
March 28 th 1836

Nov 22
Robt Bryan 161 M
James & Thomas H. Grev. Custom House Philadelphia.

Rev man
6400
1935-Sept 18-Visit To Mrs Chas F. Hayland 88
INVALID.
File No. 6705
Robert Bryant Miss New Mar
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 21 , Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Knoxville, Tenn.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
Will you please date of last payment of pension, and any family history in the Revolutionary War claim of the following names.
✓ William Houston — Green County Tenn.
James Houston — Blount County, Tenn., who lived with Robert Ledford 1840.
Robert Bryant — Blount County, Tenn. who lived with Thomas Bryant 1840.
Respt.
Mrs Charles F Wayland 2439 Magnolia Ave Knoxville, Tenn.
July 3-1935.

September 18, 1935
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BA-J/ENL Can
Robt. Bryant b. 6700
Mrs. Charles F. Wayland 2439 Magnolia Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the records of William Houston, of Greene County, Tennessee; James Houston and Robert Bryant, of Blount County, Tennessee; Henry Matlock, of McMinn County, Tennessee; Richard Matlock, of Hawkins County, Tennessee; and M.D. Sherman, who served in the Virginia Troops; all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to make for one person or organization a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war. You are furnished herewith the histories of Robert Bryant and Richard Medlock.
Your copy of family records is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.