Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,706, Daniel C Bryant, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bryant, Daniel C. Susa
W. 21,706
Mar 2 1812
CONTENTS

4129.
New Hampshire
Daniel G Bryant of Richmond in the State of N H who was a Sgt in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col Brown in the N H line for _____
should have been a private -
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 120 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Jany 1833 and sent to St Hubbard St of Rep
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $180- Semi-ant. allowance ending 2 Mar 33 60-
$240-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. G. G. Clerk Book D- Vol. 1 st Page 144.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this the Tenth day of August 1832 personally appeared Before the Hon. Aaron Nelson Judge of Probate for the County of Cheshire now sitting in open Court
Danl. Bryant a resident of Richmond in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy 70 Cash Nov. 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.
At the commencement of the Revolutionary war I lived in Concord, Massachusetts - In 1775. I enlisted at Concord, under Capt. Samuel Chandler - and served as a Waiter to 1st Hand & then enlisted the term of Eight months, the next day after Concord Fight - At that time I served the period of my enlistment - In 1776. I enlisted again & served as a Waiter to Capt. William Wheeler in Capt. Putnam's Company - Wheeler died & I with others was transferred to Capt. Benj. Bullard's Company & was ready for Saint George - & was afterwards captured in that Company - & was dismissed, June 1777. In August 1777. I enlisted under Capt. Hale for 3 months & marched to Providence R.I. - served there the term of my enlistment - In 1778 I was a Serj sent from Concord for 9 months in Capt. Warner's Company Capt. Marshall's 10th Massachusetts Regt - In 1779. I enlisted in Capt. John Sabin's Regiment - was attached to the Artillery - being a Blanksmith - & worked at Providence R.I. under the direction of Genl. Sullivan. This time I enlisted for a year - In 1780. I enlisted for 6 months as a Serj in 13th Mass. Regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Gideon Smith in Capt. Fowle's Company - At the time I enlisted I commanded the 1st Inf. Company. I was detached from the Regt. of & attached to Capt. John K. Smith's Company of 1st Inf. Regt. - After my six months expired, I served Seven months in the same Company as a Substitute for Serj. Heywood - who was sick & went home - In 1781. I enlisted as a Sergeant in Capt. Asa Bruns's Company Col. Wm. Turner's Regt. R.I. Service for 6 months where I served out my six months, & then I joined the 6th Regt. Mass. as a Substitute for Sergeant Arthur Clark. & served Eleven months - when I was dismissed -
I have recd three discharges in the above service two were burnt in a house that was destroyed by fire - the third one was sold to John Merriam a Collector & I expect it is in the Secy's office at Boston -
Went from Concord Mass into the said Province where I resided when the war commenced - would also state that he was in the last war, and recd two commissions, first as Lieut, & then as Capt in the 31st Regt. of U.S. Infantry -
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Danl Bryant.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Nelson Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Warren Mason Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel C. Bryant for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this tenth day of August A.D. 1832 —
Asa Parker } Register of the Court of Probate
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss - On this thirty first day of December A.D. 1832 - personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Daniel C. Bryant known to me as the same Daniel C. Bryant who subscribed and made oath to the foregoing declaration, who now on oath deposeth and saith, That he was in the service of the United States during almost the whole of the Revolutionary War, as is more particularly stated in his said declaration.
That during said War he served in all not less than the the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades - For two years and two months as a private For twelve months as an Artificer or private For eleven months as a Corporal - For two years as a Sergeant - and that for such services he claims a pension. —
That he does not know of any witnesses living who were personally knowing to his said services but does not know that none might not be found with considerable trouble and expense - that as will be seen a considerable portion of his services was in Continental Regiments. — That he did not procure the Certificate of a Clergyman, because he did not suppose it would be necessary. That he was born in Concord Massachusetts in the year 1761 - but 18 th of November - - That tho' he has no record of his age - but has one in his father's family bible - and

Supposes there is one on the Records at said Concord. — That he lived at said Concord when he went into all said services — has lived the last forty years in Richmond where he now lives — and before that (since the war), in Yaffrey W.H. — That he was a volunteer in all his said services — and was a substitute as stated in his said declaration seven months for Sgt. Weywood — and eleven months as a substitute for sergeant Arthur Clarke —
That he is known to Rev Nathl Bowles and Joseph Webb Esq — who herewith send their certificates as to his veracity and as to their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution. —
Saml Bryant
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Before me Thomas M. Edwards
Justice of the Peace
This may certify that P. M. Edwards is a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex, N.H.
Declaration of Saml C. Bryant of Richmond Cheshire Co. N.H.
Cheshire, Dec 31. 1832
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county certify that Thomas M. Edwards is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county — And that the foregoing is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court
S. Hale, Clerk

Sam. C. Bryant
no 9887
The arguments in this 11. 12 13 & 17 interrogatories in the brief not coupled with
Nov 6 1832
Hon: H. Hubbard P.R.
From J. M. Edwards Steno N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Hunt B Bryant of Richmond in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Cont  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 Years  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 75 " 8 " Private Gen. Capt. Chandler   76 not Station " Non-Commissioned Capt. Butler. Capt. Ballards   77 " 3 " Not stated Capt. Hall   78 " 9 " " Capt. Warner (Col. Marshall)   79 1 " " Corporal Col. Jacobs & Col. Brown   80 " 6 " Private Col. Smith   81 " 7 " Sergeant Capt. Smith   81 " 11 " " Capt. Denny Col. Turner R.S. not stated  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 6  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Concord Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary proof  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? in correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Edw Woodbury Examining Clerk.

Let to Hon E. Burke Febry 13. 18214
Let to Elijah Sawyer July 14th. '45
Rep July 9
803.
New Hampshire - Concord
Susa Bryant N. H. widow of Daniel C. Bryant, who was a Private in the N. H. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of July, 1843. and sent to
E. Sawyer Keene N. H.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 14.

ms. Bryant
no 8634
Name of Her Superior Washington City D.C. Hon E Burke H.R.
8634 Susa Bryant. N.H. act 7. July 38 m 88. d 40. adms $80. per
Hon E. Burke H.R.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress of the 7th of July, 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to widows:
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss on this ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county
Susa Bryant a resident of Richmond in said County of Cheshire, aged eighty years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress, passed July Seventh 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Pensioners:
That she is the widow of Daniel C. Bryant late of Richmond in said County, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner / Evidence of his rank and services being in the pension office, She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel C. Bryant on the 12 th twelfth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Seven and that her husband aforesaid died on the twenty seventh day of April A.D. 1840
That she was not married to him

prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place on previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated. Susan her Bryant Swan to and subscribed, the day mark and year above written - the word (one of) interlined before executed Before me Horace Chapin } Judge of the C.C. Pleas.
This Declaration was taken out of Court on account of the age and infirmity of the applicant Certified by Horace Chapin. Justin Pease and Judge of the C.C. Pleas
State of Massachusetts Cheshire County ss. } I Elijah Sawyer Registrar of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Cheshire aforesaid, do hereby certify that Horace Chapin is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Cheshire, as above and that the signature aforesaid purporting to be his, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court of Probate & subscribed my name this tenth day of February A.D. 1843 Elijah Sawyer Reg.

In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eightyseven March twelfth, Married Daniel Chandler Bryant of Saffrey & Susie Byram of Templeton Templeton April thirtieth one thousand seven hundred eightyeight. by me Jonathan Baldwin Just. of Peace Did and Recorded April thirtieth one thousand seven hundred eighty- eight. by me Joshua Wright Town Clerk.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of Record with the exception of the dates which are expressed in the Record in fair legible figures as follows, the date of the marriage, "In the year of our Lord 1787 March 12" - the date of the certificate filed with the Clerk - "Templeton April 30 1788" the date of the Record "April 30 1788"
Dexter Gilbert Town Clerk.
I Dexter Gilbert above named depose and say that I held the office of Clerk of the Town of Templeton in the town of Templeton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exceptions above named, as certified by me.
Dexter Gilbert
Worcester ss. February 3 rd 1843.
Sworn to before me
Ephraim Stone Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Worcester, ss.
I certify that Abraham Stone, Esq. within named, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Worcester, duly commissioned and qualified as such Justice - and that his signature to the within certificate is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the County Seal, at Worcester, this ninth day of February, in the year 1843.
William Garrison, Assistant Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of Worcester.
Ebenezer
Bryant
Keene
Henry J.
W. H.

Daniel B. Bryant. W. 21706 N. H.
An order addressed to Sgt. Daniel Chandler Briant. signed Francis Faulkner. Colo, and dated Acton, July 17, 1781, has been removed from this case to be forwarded to the War Dept.
W.R.
APR 2 4 1911
Sent to War Dept. Jany. 16, 1913.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21706
Susan Bryant
wid of
Daniel Bryant
Priv Rev war
Act: March 3 d 1/43
Index:—Vol. A , Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]

We Chandler Bryant and Mary Bryant do hereby depose and say that we are acquainted with Susa Bryant who is the widow of Daniel C Bryant late of Richmond, deceased, that said Daniel C Bryant was a Revolutionary Pensioner that he died on the twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1840, and that he left the said Susa Bryant his widow, who still survives & remains his widow. Feb. 9. 1843- Chandler Bryant Mary Bryant
Cheshire Co. February 9 th 1843 Sworn to and subscribed Before me Horace Chapin Justin Pease
Cheshire Co. February 9 th 1843 I hereby certify that the above named Chandler Bryant and Mary Bryant are credible witnesses
State of New Hampshire Cheshire Co. Horace Chapin Justin Pease I hereby certify that Horace Chapin is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto

affix the seal of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire this tenth day of February A.D. 1843
Eliza Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire
S. Bryant

Mr. Bryant
Admits, private $80
Concord Agency
Send to
E. Sawyer
Keene
N H
Washington City
J. H. Emerson Esq
768

State of New Hampshire Cheshire Co. Town of Richmond
I Susa Bryant, late a pensioner under the act of 1838 as the widow of Daniel C. Bryant, am advised that an act passed on the third day of March 1843. giving me a pension for one year; to obtain which, I now make this demand; and request that I may be authorized to receive the sum which may be awarded to me:
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this sixteenth day of March 1843. Susa Bryant { witness } Ann B Chapin { }
Susa her Bryant Sworn to and subscribed this sixteenth mark day of March 1843.
Before me one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Horace Chapin
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss. I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County aforesaid hereby cer- tify that Horace Chapin is a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto af- fix the seal of said Court this 23 d day of March A.D. 1843 Elijah Sawyer Reg.

do hereby certify that Lewis Campbell is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his Commission bears date June 12, 1841 & will expire in five years from the date thereof, and that his foregoing signatures are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 26th day of April 1843. Elijah Sawyer Reg

We Chandler Bryant and Calvin Bryant depose and say that Susa Bryant widow of Daniel C. Bryant late deceased and a revolutionary pensioner of the United State is still living, that she has never inter- married but remains the widow of Daniel C. Bryant this 23 rd day of April 1843 - and also we depose and say that said Daniel C. Bryant was a Sergeant in the Revolution and received a pension during his life of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum Chandler Bryant Calvin Bryant
Goshin Co. Apr. 26, 1843.
Subscribed & sworn to Before me Lewis Campbell Just. Peace
I certify that the above deponents are credible witnesses Lewis Campbell — Just Peace
State of New Hampshire Goshin Co. ss I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County aforesaid

Keene NH, Apl. 26. 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions
Sir, in the application for a five years pension of Susa Bryant widow of Daniel C. Bryant, she referred to the widow in the Pension Office, as a guide, for his rank and services ; she received a certificate dated the 28 th February 1843 giving her $80. per annum from March 4, 1836 to March 4, 1841 the pension of a private only , her husband was a Sergeant in the Revolution & drew $120 dollars per annum, and by some error in her certificate for her pension of Feb. last D. C. Bryant is set down as a private and she allowed only 80 dollars, instead of the sum to which she is entitled.
She requests to have the error corrected, and a certificate for the balance due her, forward to me, if proper, or such information as to the manner to proceed in the premises as will ensure the forth coming of the balance of her claim.
A request for her one year's pension accompanies this, together with a certificate of her widowhood &c. The papers for Mrs. Thayer & Mrs. Chamberlain, which I sent on some time ago I am looking for daily.
Respectfully your obt. Servt Elijah Sawyer

I Nathaniel Bolles, a Clergyman residing in Richmond in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel C. Brant of said Richmond who I am informed has applied for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832 - That I have known him more than thirty years - that I believe him to be seventy one years of age at this time, - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion -
Nathaniel Bolles
Cheshire N. Dec 24 th 1832
Then Nathaniel Bolles who has subscribed to the above deposition, known to me as a Clergyman of said Richmond personally appeared and made solemn oath that the same is true. - certificate so by him subscribed is true. -
Before me Joseph Weeks Justice of Peace

Chisholm p. Dec 31. 1832.
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Superior Court of Indictments certify that Thomas M. Edson Joseph Weeks is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the foregoing official signature is His. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Superior Court of Indictments.
S. Hale, Clerk

I Joseph Weeks of Richmond in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel C Bryant of said Richmond who I am informed has applied for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 that I have known him more than thirty years that I believe him to be seventy one years of age at this time - that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a writer or soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion.
Joseph Weeks
Cheshire ss December 23 rd 1832 Then Joseph Weeks who has Subscribed to the above deposition personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the same Certificate so by him Subscribed is true.
Before me Jonathan Pearson Just of the Peace

Cheshire Co. Dec 31. 1832
NVVI
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Superior Court of Indiana for said county, certify that Jonathan Rawson is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and I believe that the foregoing official sig- nature is his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Indiana
S. Hale, Clerk

Heemskerk, May 26. 1845
J. L. Edwards Esquire,
Sir, I herewith transmit to you the application of Rachel Holmes for the arrears of pension due her, which payment was delayed by act of April 30. 1844 - and which payment, I am told, is now to be obtained, under a Resolute of Jan'y. 23. 1845.
Her application was before you for her pension as per act of 1838 - and also, for the one year pension per act of March 3, 1843. and upon the last you issued a certificate commencing the 1 st Sept. '43 - all which you will find among the papers in your office -
I am also requested by Esther Ammidon, widow of Jacob Ammidon, late of Chestfield, a Revolutionary Pensioner, to enquire the reason why her pension is but $43. when her husband's was $108. She and her son say they have never been able to learn the cause of the difference in the two pensions - they apprehend that there is some mistake -
In a letter from you, Sir, to Hon Edward Burke, in my possession, "In the case of Susa Bryant" late of Richmond, you say "her husband was improperly allowed a Sergeant's pension, as shewn by the Records" - I understood her when living, and by her children since her decease, that the evidence of his being a Sergeant for which he drew a pension, was not obtained from the records

but that from papers in his (said Daniel C. Bryant's) possession, and sent to Washington, and are now among the files, and I understand the evidence is the paper by which he was appointed to the Post of Sergeant - an order or Warrant from proper authority -
Mrs. Bryant recd. but $80. while her husband recd. over $1000, I think they said $1000 or 1200 per annum.
The records might not show said Bryant entitled, or not entitled to the pension he recd, and still other proof exist to render the fact satisfactory.
Information upon the interests of Mrs. Amida & Mrs. Bryant is respectfully asked.
Your obt. Servant Elijah Sanger
J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions.
Reams N.H.

Wm. C. Bryant
M ch 9 87
Sept 2 years
Send to H. Kinsland of the of Rep
advised
$120 -
Yrs J. M. Edwards Nero P. H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David C Bryant 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? NO NO -
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? 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? NO 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? 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? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? NO - 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 not 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 the 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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Reps 2 o mar '43
New Hampshire - 7052
Susannah Bryant widow of Daniel W. Bryant
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 27 th April, 1840 of Cheshire Co in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the Regt. — commanded by Col. Brown in the N. H. — line for Lycoming —
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord — at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 — day February 1843 — and sent to Hon: E. B. H. Representative —
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$400.00 —
[Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Book A. Vol. 1. Page 35. Clerk

Jan 6 1845 t Eve de