Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9289, Alexander Bryant, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Bryant, Alexander
S 9289
CONTENTS
carded

24.228 New York
Alexander Bryant
of Allegany in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Chapin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Peter in the New York line for 17 months and 7 days.
★ Mass.
Records corrected. Nov 26/04.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 57 Dollars 42 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
56.66 77 57.43
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Nov 1833 and to Alexander Bryant Gilbertville
114.88 25.72 140.60
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $143.60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4/1/34 28.72 $172.32
Revolutionary Claim Nov June 7, 1832 G. E. Stiles Clerk
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 4. Page 90

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 4 th 1832 State of New York
Otsego County } On this 2 nd day of September 1833
personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Circuit Court House of Otsego & Irenaeus Wood sitting Alexander Bryant a resident of Butternuts, County of Otsego and State of New York aged seventyone 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 June 4 th 1832-
That he volunteered in September 1777 under Captain Ben- jamin Barry joined a Regiment of Volunteers command- ed by Col. May & Major Banister went to Saratoga as a reinforcement to General Gates & was on duty one month during which General Burgoyne's army surren- dered to General Gates & he was discharged & returned 1 mo. to Chesterfield where he marched from.
In June 1778 he enlisted at Chesterfield for six months under Capt. Chapin went to Springfield to guard the continental military stores served three months was 3 mo. sick & discharged & returned to Chesterfield staid till his health was recovered & about the last of September he enlisted there & served three months under Capt. Fairfield in a Regiment commanded by Col. Sparkhawk Major Banister Adjutant Hovey, marched to Boston to guard the coast was stationed part of the time at Castle William & part of the time on Dorchester 3 mo. Hill was discharged on the first day of January
1779 In August 1779 he enlisted under Capt. Benjamin Barry in a Reg t commanded by Col. Porter of Hadley went to New London & was on duty one month guarding the coast the enemy being in possession of New York 1 mo. was employed part of the time building a fort think Fort Trumbull
own

In June 1780 he enlisted as a new levy from the Massachusetts then was mustered by Col. Woodbridge at South Hadley marched to Springfield where he was examined and discharged by Major Herod placed under Capt. Frothingham an artillery Captain & marched to West Point was placed under com- mand of Capt. Smith in Col. Smith's Regt. in Gen. Glouces- ter's Brigade in Gen. Washington's Army moved over to Robbinsville some remained on drill with arms and marched to Peekskill Kings Ferry & so to New Jersey & while there Andre was tried condemned & executed he was present on duty at his execution continued there till the army was ordered to West Point for winter Quarters he was then employed as one of the Barge men for the Quartermaster General for about a month when his time of service closed and he was discharged and returned to Chesterfield having served six months and seven days
In September 1781 he enlisted under Capt. Strong in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sears. Major Rawley under General Stark at Saratoga for three months guarding against Indians and Tories General Stark had command of three Regiments commanded by Col. Sears Col. McIntire and Col. Benjamin Tupper he served three months & was discharged. He presents the certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts that his name is on the payroll for six months and seven days service in 1780-81 and Jeremiah Townsend and Daniel Buck were discharged with this service he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person who has testi- mony. He can procure who can testify to his further service except Daniel Buck six months at New London.

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 & subscribed in open Alexander Bryant Court the 3 rd day of September 1833
Horace Lathrop Clerk
I Chauncy E. Goodrich of Butternuts Otsego County a Clergyman. Do hereby certify That I am well acquainted with Alexander Bryant who has subscribed to the above declaration that I believe him to be twenty One Years of age. That he is respectable and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution And that I concur in that Opinion Butternuts September 2 1833.
The words (to the) in the antepenultimate line are crossed out Sworn & subscribed before me this 2 nd day of September 1833. Samuel Gilbert Justice Peace
State of New York Otsego County ss. I. Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said county do certify that Samuel G. Gilbert esq. before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the Peace in the said county; and that I am acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature. Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 11 th day of September 1833. Horace Lathrop By S. A. B. Bruce Deputy

Questions by the Court
Where and in what year were you born
1761 Answer In Plympton Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixtyone
Have you any record of your age, and if so what is it Answer He has none the record was made in his father's family bible but he knows not now where it is
Where were you living when called into service when have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer At Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts where I lived since till the year 1797 when I removed to Butternuts Otsego County & State of New York have resided there ever since and now resides there
How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer his services were all voluntary
On the request to state the names of officers answers as in his declaration

16/69
A Bryant
Otsego co
N.Y.
Admitted
i p Private 17 mo & 7 days
John Bryant Esq. Postmaster
Gilbertville
Otsego Co
Sam D. Shaw,
Cooperstown New York N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 16 1833
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 Alexander Bryant of Otsego co N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 1 private Capt Bonney Col May Saratoga Saratoga 70   1778 3 Capt Chapin Springfield Tradition   — 3 Capt Fairfield Col Sparkhawk Boston   1779 1 Capt Bonney Col Porter New London   1780 April 6 { Capt Smith Col Smith West Point Living witness, 6 months   1781 3 Capt Strong Gen Washington Saratoga   17 7 Col Rowley   Col Dyer   Gen Stark    6 of See E.D. Briggs Certificate
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
+ Not found on the Rolls. There is a Chandler Bryant whose service corresponds with the allegation of claimant. If claimant can shew by certificate of Secy of State of Mass'ts that it was intended for him, it will be satisfactory

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) _____ 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 day 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 he 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 [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [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.
12. 11. 7.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
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January 23, 1928.
Honorable Robert L. Bacon House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Bacon:
In response to your letter of the twentieth instant, in which you state that you enclosed a letter  you enclosed a letter from Mrs. Howard Edwards, said letter was not with your letter when it reached this Bureau.
I have the honor to advise you that you are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier named Alexander Bryant found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 9289, it appears that Alexander Bryant was born in 1761 at Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
While residing at Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, he served as a private with the Massachusetts Troops, as follows-
From in September 1777, one month in Captain Benjamin Bonney's Company, Colonel May's Regiment, and was at the capture of Burgoyne; from in June

1778, three months in Captain Chapin's Company; from in September 1778, three months in Captain Fairfield's Company, Colonel Sparhawk's Regiment; from in August 1779, one month in Captain Benjamin Bonney's Company, Colonel Porter's Regiment; from July 1, 1780 to January 1, 1781 in Captain John K. Smith's Company, Colonel Smith's Regiment; and from in September 1781, three months in Captain Strong's Company, Colonel Sears' Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 19, 1832, while a resident of Butternuts, Otsego County, New York.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1918 May 16 Heir. to Samuel H. Geiser 1918 May 31 Saml H. Geiser date to apply to auditor 1926 Aug. 3-Heir to C. M. Hewett 1928-Jan 23 " " Cong Robert J. Bacon for Mrs. Howard Edwards and
Reuben
9289
INVALID.
File No. 9289
Alexander Bryant Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 4th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 46
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany County ss I Jeremiah Townsend of Town of Rensselaer ss Said Town being duly sworn
do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Alexander Bryant and have been from a youth know that he served as a soldier in the Army in the War of the Revolution six months he entered the service at West Point & served the principal part of the time in New Jersey in the Massachusetts line of troops under General Glover this I think was in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and eighty I know from common report that he was in the service of other campaigns and that the said Alexander Bryant has from a youth sustained the reputation of a man of truth and veracity and worthy to be believed and I have no doubt but he rendered the services as detailed in his affidavit herunto annexed and further this deponent saith not except that I am seventy five years of age
Sworn & subscribed before Jeremiah his Townsend Mark me this 19th day of
July 1832 John B. Gilbert Justice of the Peace
Albany County ss We whose names are under written do certify Town of Rensselaer ss that we have been well acquainted with
Alexander Bryant many years that we are his neighbours that he maintains the reputation of an honest man and a man of truth and veracity and worthy to be believed that to the universal belief of the neighbourhood he was a soldier of the Revolution and we say without hesitation we believe he rendered the services as stated in his affidavit July 19, 1832
Sworn & subscribed by S. D. Shaw John Bryant Asst Master Jacob Morris October 25, 1832 in Open Court Hiram Kings Sam. B. Thomas Horace Lathrop Clerk

I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Jeremiah Thompson and know him to be a man of truth and worthy to be believed and have no doubt but that his statement in the matter is correct and true. Rutland August 23 rd 1832.
Sam l C. Gilbert
in full doc

Abner Bryant to write out his papers for him before the courts — by Mrs. G. M.

Weyo County Town of Dillenburg
I Alexander Bryant of said Town being duly sworn do depose and say that
I served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution as follows vizt First Campaign one month in the Massachusetts Militia under Capt. Benjamin Bonney Colonel May. Regiment Genl. Gates was at Saratoga at the taking of Genl. Burgoyne this was in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven Second Campaign was at Springfield Massachusetts under Captain Chapin guarding the public Magazine there three months this was in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Eight the same year I served three months at Boston under Captain Fairfield, Adjutant Genl Colonel Stark in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine I served at New London under Captain Bonney Colonel Porter one month In the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty I entered the service at West Point about the first of July and served until about the first of January in the Second Brigade of the Massachu- setts line of troops under Captain Smith Colonel's name was Smith Genl. Washington served the principal part of the time in New Jersey In the year Eighty one I served three months at Saratoga under Captain Strong Major Rowley Col Searle & Genl. Starks and further I say not except that I am seventy years old
Sworn & subscribed before me this 19th day of July 1832
Alex Bryant
Sam L. Gilbert Justice of Peace
Sworn & subscribed in open court October 15, 1832
Cosme Lathrop Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions, after the investigation of the matter - and after perusing the in array of things prescribed by the 2nd section 1. that the above named affidavit, was a revolutionary soldier, & served as a soldier, and the said Court - further certify that it appears to them, that Jacob Munn & Saml. Q. Drown, who have signed the within affidavit are men of respectability & of truth & veracity & are entitled to credit
J. D. Morse E. Hatch L. Page } Judges
State of New York Owego County } ss.
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Alexander Bryant for a Pension & I further certify that Samuel C. Gilbert before whom the affidavit of Daniel Buck & Jeremiah Lawrence purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit is his own proper hand writing & signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 19 th day of October 1832 Horace Lathrop By J. K. Long Deputy

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. June 25 th 1832.
Then Rodolphus Bryant of Norwich in said County personally appeared before me Alvan Price one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and made affidavit that Alexander Bryant of the Town of Rutland County of Otsego and State of N. York served six campaigns in the Revolutionary war - viz, 1 st at Saratoga taking Burgoyne one month under Capt. Benjamin Barney one month 2 d at Springfield under Capt. Chapin guarding the Public Magazine three months 3 d at Boston under Capt. Fairfield by enlistment three months 4 th at New London under Capt. B. Barney one month 5 th at or near Westpoint six months under Command of General Washington — 6 th at or near Saratoga three months guarding the Indians Tories &c. — Rodolphus Bryant Alvan Price Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Alvan Rice Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirty first day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam d F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ————— ss
I certify that I am the justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit of Rodolphe Bryons was originally taken & sworn that I am acquainted with the wife Bryons, this character for truth & veracity is good this statement is entitled to credit both at Chesterfield this 23 day of July 1883.
Thom Rice Justice of the Peace

Hon J. L. Edwards Russian Commissioner I herewith return the papers of Alexander Bryant with additional papers required if any thing further is required please address to me & if not you will send his certificate to this office & oblige the applicant John Bryant Post Master Sept 16 th 1833 Gillinsville Otago Co NY
Otago Com. Pleas - Of the term of October in the year 1832
On this fifteenth day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Alexander Bryant aged twenty 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 June 7 th 1832

State of New York
Albany County ss
on this third day of July 1832
Before me personally appeared Daniel Buck Esq of Boonville Oneida County aged sixty nine years who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Alexander Bryant of Butternuts Albany County and that he knew him in the Revolutionary War and that he knows of his services in the Continental army six months under General Washington that he united in the service at West Point about the first of July 1780 under John H. Smith Captain ... Smith Col. Brigadier Genl Glover Commandant 2 d Brigade Massachusetts line and one month at New- London under Capt. Benjamin Barry Col
Partis Commandant & further saith not except that the time was about August 1779
Daniel Buck
Sworn & subscribed before me this 3 rd day of July 1832 Sam l C. Gilbert Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Otsego County ss
I certify that I am the person above named before whom the above affidavit of Daniel Buck was originally taken. Wherefore I am acquainted with the said Daniel Buck that he is a credible person this statement is entitled to credit. Given this 31 st day of May 1833.
Sam l C. Gilbert J.P.

And we the said courts do hereby declare their opinions after the investigation and after finding the infor- mations prescribed by the War Department (all the answers are contained in the foregoing) that the above named Applicant was a Revo- lutionary war soldier and served as his states and the courts further state and certify that it appears to them that G. G. Godarick is a respectable gentleman of the town of Butternuts and that Jacob Morris, John Bryant, David Kinne, and Samuel D. Shaw, and Jeremiah Townsend and Daniel Bush who have signed the above certificates and affidavits are credible persons and are entitled to full credit in their statements
J. C. Walworth Thos. Rogers J. D. Moon Judges
State of New York Otsego County ss I, Hance Sathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Alexander Bryant for a pension. Witness my hand & seal of office this 4 th day of September 1833. Hance Sathrop By C. C. C. Clerk Dept.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 22 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Alexander Bryant is borne on Pay Roll, of the six months Men, raised in the town of Chesterfield, in 1780, and served in the Continental service, agreeable to a resolve of the General Court, — where he is allowed from July 7 th 1780, to January 14 th 1781, Six Months and seven days, including travel. ————— 6-7
b.?
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Upper Iowa University
JUBILEE CAMPAIGN $300,000 BY MAY 29, 1918
Per War Dept
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE:
 C. P. COLEGROVE  N. A. MERSON  W. F. SPRY  E. M. SHERMAN  A. B. CURRAN 
TRUSTEES:
 N. A. MERSON, PRES.  C. R. CARPENTER, SEC.  H. F. BEYER, TREAS.  H. L. ADAMS  JOHN JAMISON  CHRISTIAN MILLER  H. F. KLING  EARL FERRIS  D. A. FOOTE  W. G. CROWDER  E. H. HOYT  F. X. MILLER  H. W. COOK  H. F. ARNOLD  F. M. ROBERTSON  J. E. WAGNER  J. D. PARKER  C. C. WOLF  S. S. WRIGHT  A. T. NIERLING  R. B. RAINES  F. E. FINCH  A. B. CURRAN  Q. C. BABCOCK  H. C. CURTIS  J. H. LUNEMANN  W. I. ATKINSON  M. R. MALTBIE  F. W. COURT  W. F. BAKER  E. M. SHERMAN  R. O. WOODARD  J. W. BISSELL  O. W. STEVENSON  W. F. SPRY 
Extract of letter from John R. Mott to President Colegrove: "In all the years of my own belief in the providential mission of this college at Fayette has not been shaken. Never did I believe more strongly than I do now that it has an important place to fill in the development of North-eastern Iowa. To my mind it would be nothing less than a calamity to the State and the Church were this institution permitted to wane or to have its position imperilled. The time has come when all the members and friends of the college should rally around it. I stand ready to cooperate with you and with your Board in any way in my power."
Very cordially yours, JOHN R. MOTT."
FAYETTE, IOWA, 5/7 191 8
The Rev. War Records Section, U.S. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I wish to ascertain if a claim for pension or bounty land was ever entered in the Pension Office by Major Alexander Bryant, who, at date of his death (date unknown) lived at Gilbertsville, Otsego Co., N.Y., of unknown wife, He had, according to  my record, five children, of whom the last, Hamilton , was born in 1805.
I am sorry my data are so fragmentary.
Respectfully,
Samuel Wood Geiser
Professor of Biology, Upper Iowa University

Upper Iowa University
Rev Sec 1/12/20
JUBILEE CAMPAIGN $300,000 BY MAY 29, 1918
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE:
 C. P. COLEGROVE  N. A. MERSHON  W. F. SPRY  E. M. SHERMAN  A. B. CURRAN 
TRUSTEES:
 N. A. MERSHON, PRES.  C. R. CARPENTER, SEC.  H. F. BEYER, TREAS.  H. L. ADAMS  JOHN JAMISON  CHRISTIAN MILLER  H. F. KLING  EARL FERRIS  D. A. FOOTE  W. G. CROWDER  E. H. HOYT  F. X. MILLER  H. W. COOK  H. F. ARNOLD  F. M. ROBERTSON  J. E. WAGNER  J. D. PARKER  C. C. WOLF  S. S. WRIGHT  A. T. NIERLING  R. B. RAINES  F. E. FINCH  A. B. CURRAN  Q. C. BABCOCK  H. C. CURTIS  J. H. LUNEMANN  W. I. ATKINSON  M. R. MALTBI  F. W. COURT  W. F. BAKER  E. M. SHERMAN  R. O. WOODARD  J. W. BISSELL  O. W. STEVENSON  W. F. SPRY 
Extract of letter from John R. Mott to President Colegrove: "In all the years of my own belief in the providential mission of this college at Fayette has not been shaken. Never did I believe more strongly than I do now that it has an important place to fill in the development of North-eastern Iowa. To my mind it would be nothing less than a calamity to the State and the Church were this institution permitted to wane or to have its position imperilled. The time has come when all the members and friends of the college should rally around it. I stand ready to cooperate with you and with your Board in any way in my power."
Very cordially yours, JOHN R. MOTT."
FAYETTE, IOWA, 5/20 1918
The Rev. War Records Section, U.S. Bureau of Pensions.
Gentlemen:
Will you please give me date & place of death of Alexander Bryant (S.F. 9289, Rev. War.)? [His widow made no application for pension.]
Very respectfully,
Samuel W. Elise
Professor of Biology

McGregor Public Schools
C. M. HEWETT, Superintendent
McGREGOR, IOWA
June 4, 1926
Chief of Records Division U.S. Bureau of Pensions, Wash. D.C.
Dear Sir,
Would you please verify the following information and also give the wife's name and any other information you may have in regard to Alexander Bryant born about 1762; served in the Revolutionary war about six months from Chesterfield, Mass; (over)

discharged about Jan. 4, 1780; about eighteen years of age.
Respectfully C. M. Russell

ROBERT L. BACON 1ST DISTRICT NEW YORK
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
COMMITTEES MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES RADIO LAWS MARINE INSURANCE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION INSULAR AFFAIRS PHILIPPINES CENSUS LIBRARY
January 20, 1928.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Scott:
Enclosed is a letter from a resident of my district, Mrs. Howard Edwards, requesting information if available about the Revolutionary War service record of one Alexander Bryant.
The Adjutant General's office has suggested that your Bureau may be able to furnish some information about the record of the soldier in question. I would, therefore, appreciate any information you could give me on this matter.
Thanking you for your courtesy in the matter, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Robert L. Bacon
Letter from Mrs. Howard Edwards. not with Mrs. letter, when taken from mail room - Aug. Jan. 23-1928

V.L.M. Rev. War Section.
May 31, 1918.
Professor Samuel W. Geiser, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa.
Sir:
In order to ascertain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and possibly the date and place of death of
" Alexander Bryant, certificate No. 24,228 issued November 15, 1833, rate $ 57.44 per annum, from March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
you should forward this letter to the Auditor for the Interior Department, 14" and B Streets S. W., Washington, D. C.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tatham Acting Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Alexander Bryant 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.     Sept. 1777 1 mo. Pvt. Benjamin Bonney May Mass.   June 1778 3 mos. Chapin   Sept. 1778 3 mos. Fairfield Sparkhawk   Aug. 1779 1 mo. Benjamin Bonney Porter   July 1, 1780 Long 1778 John K. Smith Smith   Sept. 1781 3 mos. Strong Scars  
Battles engaged in, Westport of Burroughs Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westfield Hampshire Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, July 19 1832. Haverhill. Residence at date of application, Butternuts Otsego Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born in 1761 at Plympton Plymouth Co. Mass.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family. It is not stated that sol. was married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
aug G August 3, 1926
C. M. Hewett c/o G. P. Barthell Waukon, Iowa.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 9289, it appears that Alexander Bryant was born in 1761 at Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
While residing at Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, he served as a private in the Massachusetts Troops, as follows-
From in September 1777, one month in Captain Benjamin Bonney's Company, Colonel May's Regiment, and was at the capture of Burgoyne.
From June 1778, three months in Captain Chapin's Company; and from September 1778, three months in Captain Fairfield's Company, Colonel Sparhawk's Regiment.
From in August 1779, one month in Captain Benjamin Bonney's Company, Colonel Porter's Regiment.
From July 1, 1780 to January 1, 1781 in Captain John K. Smith's Company, Colonel Smith's Regiment.
From September 1781, three months in Captain Strong's Company, Colonel Sears' Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 19, 1832, while a resident of Butternuts, Otsego County, New York.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.