Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,142, George Bryan, N. C.

SERVICE
N. 6.
Bryan, George
NUMBER
S. 32,142
CONTENTS

Illinois 265 75  Kentucky
George Bryan of Fayette, Ky. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com d by Captain Mosely of the reg t com d by Col. William in the Vol un line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March 1839 and 1840 N. H. Marshall 265 75
Arrears to the 4th of March 90.00 Semi-annual allowances ending Sept 15.00 $105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Bayl Clerk Book 8 Vol. 9 Page 36
Wid to Pension Age 30 April 1845
To Illinois from Ky March 1845. D.B. May 1845. Notifica tion to Pensioner, Springfield Illinois
S.C. Draper June 22, 45.
Date of death not on AB

State of Kentucky } Nicholas County } S. P.
On this day, February  February 24 th in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty four personally appeared before the Justices of peace for the County & State aforesaid in Open Court, George Bryan, who saith that he was born in North Carolina, Rowan County, by the Family register on the 15 th day of February in the year 1758., 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 the 7 th of June 1832.
First. That he was placed on the Muster roll at the usual age in the company of Capt. John Johnson. And that in the Spring of 1776 came to Kentucky and made corn at the place where Bryans Station was erected. And in the last of July of the same year Returned home, & found the people of the frontiers flying before the Indians, the Cherokee Indians having broke out into Open war on the frontiers of Virginia North Carolina South Carolina & Georgia, Government before my return home having ordered out the Militia Campaign, and the Draft being over, against said Indians I George Bryan Volunteer. My Services under the Command of Col. Joseph Williams & in the company Capt. Samuel Moseby both of Surry County S.C. To March & Join the Virginia Army, under the command of

Col. Christian which found at the Long Island of Holston River at which place the Army remained some days, in order to make necessary Arrangements to March, As the Baggage Waggons went no further, at the same time S. George with Others was sent across the River as Spies, & traveled the best part of the Night in Search of Indian Camps & Signs, & meeting with a white man that had been taken prisoner by the Indians and made his escape from them he inform d us there was none in that quarter having left them Several days; the next day we Returned to the Army; On our return the Army Struck her March, crossing the River March d untill it came to French Broad, where we were inform d The Indians were embodied on the Opposite bank in the number of 700 the Army in camp d & in the Night a Sufficient number of us Volunteered our Services & cross d the River about two Miles below the ford, & marched to surround them but in morning found they had dispersed & fled before we arrived, the Army then cross d & struck a March for the Towns, and when we arrived there they had evacuated their Towns & gone off. We then laid waste to their Corn and burnt fourteen Towns we spread desolation among them; While the Army remain d there S. George with Others were out spying & bringing in cattle and Horses which Horses were sold publicly for the benefit of the Country. The army then returned home it being the last of November or the first of December making a tour of three Months & Some days at which time we were dismissed the above

Statement proved by Joseph Mosby
Secondly. Some time in the summer of 1778 I George Bryan being Drafted in the company of Capt John Johnson under the command of Genl Griffith Rutherford the then commanding General of the Militia of Rowan County North Carolina I George Bryan hired a substitute for Eighteen Month in the Continental Service.
Thirdly. That in the Spring of the year 1779 came to Ky. settled where Bryan's Station was afterwards erected & raised some corn that summer Built a small fort, then Returned to N. Carolina to assist my Father's Family in moving to Kentucky who landed at the place where Bryan's Station now is sometime in the Month of December following I George was shortly after enrolled in the company of Capt Wm Hogan, we then commenced erecting and enlarging the fort to fortify us from the British & Indians The above Statement proved by Daniel Bryan.
Fourthly. We were numbered in three classes I George being appointed to the command of the first class being a good Woodman, & hunter in spying & hunting, held myself in readiness at minutes warning; at one time going up the Ky. 3 days alone in pursuit of Indian signs & horses got one horse at another time got two horses; sometime in the Month of March 1780 I George with five others went on a town as far as Laurel River about Ninety Miles

from Bryan's Station in the Wilderness near the War trace in pursuit of Indian signs & horses, got one horse and discovered a great many Indian signs making towards the Settlement of Kentucky. We travel'd day & night to get in; when we arrived at Boonsborough on the Kentucky River, some of the Indians having got there before we had killed Col. Calloway & taken one Negro prisoner. We then proceeded to Bryan's Station by traveling the greater part of the night. a small party of Indians were within a few miles of the Station had killed one man (Mr. Bryan's) and carried off some horses. Making a tower of eight days. On the next day I. George with my Brother Joseph Bryan set out in search of Indian signs, found they had taken some Horses, we pursued the trail of one Indian, the ground being covered with snow until we got so near to him that he discovered us, he made his escape in the cave being on foot, we returned to the fort in the evening giving information that Indians were still in the neighbourhood. Some days after Capt. Hogan with a small party which I. George Bryan joined to scour the woods for Indians setting me before as a pilot being better acquainted with woods; (as was his custom wherever I was with him, which was on every occasion where I. was present) we were gone two days & returned to the fort, we continued those scouting parties from time to time until sometime

3 In the Month of May the Indians Stole Seven Horses and made off with them, That I George with Others Took their trail pursued them retook the horses the Indians hid in the Cane That on the 23 rd of the same Month May I George with a party of Others fell in with a party of Indians near the great crossing of Elk horn Creek we Killed four of their party One of them by a ball from my Rifle so soon as I fired they tried and commenced the engagement (being double our number), which was very warm for fifteen or twenty minutes when both parties  they gave way except Their commader & myself we remained until both parties were out of sight carrying of the dead & wounded he fired at me & run I pursued him he halted, I fired and he fell, I got his scalp, Gun, Ammunition, arm bands, Breastplates &c. I then Returned to my Company where they were fixing up the wounded we lost one man killed & two wounded, They lost four Killed & six wounded, The same party of Indians had on that day wounded three of our hunters before we made the attack on them, One of which died of his wounds after a short time, we then returned to the fort being in the dead & wounded being out two days & one night without eating or sleeping. - In the Month of June following a party of Indians about Sixty in number Attacked

Grants Station upon information about forty in number myself among them mounted our horses & went to their relief, we found a line made into the fort & dispersed them, finding two men & one woman killed the Indians made off we pursued them & took one that was wounded at the fort, that died, the rest dispersed among the cane, except a few that were on horses, which took the Buffalo trace, to the lower Blue Licks, 16 of us pursued them coming close upon them near the River they took into the Sinking hills, we got three of their horses & returned home to the Station the second day
In the month of July he states that the British with a number of Indians invaded Kentucky took Ruddles & Martins Station with all the inhabitants Prisoners & carried them off. Some to Canada and some to the different Indian Towns, that shortly after Genl. George Rogers Clark commander of the Regular Troops then at Lewisville, ordered Col. Benjamin Logan, to call out the Militia by a general draft or Volunteering, & meet said Clark at the mouth of Sinking River, to go a campaign against the Indians, which the said Logan did; previous to the Draft J. Geige Bryan with two others were sent out

44 In search of Horses supposed to have been taken by the Indians, we found It in the Cliffs of Kentucky which we brought in for the use of the Station being out three days Shortly after Logan Started from the south side of Kentucky & when passing through Bryans Station, I George Volunteer & March, to where they Camped the first night, where I the said George was appointed by Col. Logan, to guard the fort, & hunt meat for the families of the men that were call out on the Campaign; as meat was the only Subsistence at that time, which I said George Bryan did serve as a Hunter during the Campaign, which time was 16 days, During the time of service in 1779 & 1780 I George Bryan brought in Horses to the number of Thirty four, which was lost from the Station Supposed to have been taken by Indians.
Fifthly. In the Month of August 1780. I George Bryan being under the necessity of having Horses, horses Ours all being Stolen, and Our Cattle Killed I purchased two Horses for which I gave 875 Acres of Land near where Lexington now Stands, for the support of Men Women & Children, which must have suffred without them - Thus ending my service in Kentucky, having servd Three Months in the Spring of 1779 in erecting and enlarging the Station

And from the 18 th of Decr. following untill the 26 th of September 1780 served as a Volunteer under capt William Hogan, in hunting and spying, killing Three Indians & bringing in thirty four Horses, Making a tour of Twelve Months & two days in Kentucky, Having never received any compensation from Government, or from any person whatever for no part of my Service in Kentucky And in the last of the Month of Sept having disposed of all the property I had in Kentucky I returned to N. Carolina and sold there a parcel of Land to enable me to commence a support again in Ky.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present; and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State

Question 1 st Where, and what year were you born An r In Rowan County State of North Carolina on the 15 th day of February 1758
Quest. 2 nd Have you any Record of your age, if so where is it An r I have a Record of my age at home Copyed into my Bible taken from my Fathers Family Record
Quest. 3 Where were you living when call d into service Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? —
An r In Rowan County in North Carolina, part of my time, and balance of my time in Fayette, Bourbon And Nicholas Countys State of Kentucky where I now live
Quest. 4. How were you call d into service? were you drafted? Did you Volunteer? or were you a Substitute? and if a Substitute for whom? —
An r I was once drafted, but furnish d a Substitute 18 Months in the Continental Army; — And serv d my Country twice a Volunteer, I never was a Substitute for any man
Quest. 5 Relate the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you serv d , in such Continental Detached Regiments as you can Recollect, and the general circumstances, of your service.

Ans! Genl. Christian, Col. Joseph Williams, Capt. Saml. Mosby under whom I served as a Volunteer and March'd to the Northerly Cherokee Indian Towns, my first business was across the Holston in search of Indians, Camps & Signs, and bringing in one White man who had been taken prisoner by the Indians. —
Secondly In marching to French Broad in crossing the River in the night to surround the ford where the Indians had embodied themselves as before stated, they had fled from the ford, and gone, we pursued them to their Towns, burnt their Towns, destroyed their corn, Brought in some cattle & some horses. —
Thirdly I served as a Volunteer under Capt. William Hogan in Kentucky in Hunting, Spying, bringing in horses, and by assisting in pursuing the Indians at various times, & killing, an Indian with my Rifle, & two others that I saw fall at the fire of my Rifle which I have no doubt I killed that were carried off by their party. In scouring the country at various times & places
Quet to Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
Ans! He said George Bryan had one Receipt for a Substitute from Col. Det. who was Brigade Inspector under Genl. Rutherford, which Receipt I have lost.

And one verbal discharge from Capt. Samuel Mosby under the command of Col. Joseph Williams.
Quest 7 th . State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, & who can testify as to your character for veracity, & good behaviour, your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Col. Wm. Hamilton, Jno. Rogers, Thos. Rogers Robert L. Hall and Thos. P. Pettus + Robt. C. Hall.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
George Bryan sworn
We John Rogers a clergyman residing in the Town of Clarksville , Nicholas County State of Kentucky and Wm. Hamilton Thos. P. Pettus + Robt. C. Hall and residing in the said Town County & State, hereby certify that we are all well acquainted with George Bryan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years old; that he is re- puted and believed, in the neighbourhood 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
John Rogers W m Hamilton Robt. C. Hall Thos. P. Pettus
"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 was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Rogers, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the said County of Nicholas and state of Kentucky, and that W m Hamilton, Robert C. Hall, and Thomas P. Pettus, who have also signed the same, are residents in the same County & State, and are credible persons, and that their statement, is entitled to credit."
I S. Parks Clerk of the Court of Nicholas County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said

28.831
George Bryan Kentucky
for 1776 p- 9 months $30.
Adm d .
Hon T. A. Marshall N. R.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
March 11, 1831.
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 show what is necessary to be done. Those 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 George Bryan
   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.     1776 3 P. Col. John... Col. Wm... Col. William N. C. Traditions & witnesses. Witnesses not certified to be entitled!    The time occupied by the applicant in erecting the fortification at Bryan's station cannot be allowed, as no active service against the Indians was during the summer only, six months for said service can only be allowed making in all nine months for which a pension will be allowed, when the regulations in regard to the { I am, respectfully, } witnesses shall have been complied. Your obedient servant, with.
JAMES 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) 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 inquiry 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 [i] 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.

June 11, 1940
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GEORGE BRYAN S. 32142 cm BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Wray E. Meyer 2402 East Speedway Tucson, Arizona
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you desire another record of George Bryan, Revolutionary War soldier (S. 32142) to file with an application for membership in the Society of the Daughters of the American Colonies. The record of that soldier follows as found in the papers of pension claim, S. 32142, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
George Bryan was born February 15, 1758, in Rowan County, North Carolina; the names of his parents were not given. In the spring of 1776 he went to work at a place in Kentucky where Bryan's Station was erected, but in July of that year returned to his home in Rowan County, North Carolina, where he found the people of the frontiers of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia flying before the Cherokee Indians.
He volunteered in August, 1776, served three months some days as private and spy in Captain Samuel Mosby's company, Colonel Williams' North Carolina regiment, went to Long Island on Holston River, assisted in burning fourteen towns of the Cherokee Indians and destroying their corn, and was discharged the last of November or first of December, 1776. Sometime in the summer of 1778, he being drafted to serve in Captain John Johnston's company, Colonel Lock's North Carolina regiment, hired a substitute who served eighteen months in his place. He moved to Kentucky in the spring of 1779, settled where Bryan's Station was located, assisted in building a small fort there and was in constant skirmishes about that place with the Cherokee Indians, length of this tour three months. He then returned to North Carolina to assist his father's family in moving to Kentucky. They arrived

at Bryan's Station in December, 1779. He volunteered at Bryan's Station, Kentucky, served from December 18, 1779, as private in Captain William Hogan's company engaged in hunting and spying, killed three Indians and brought in thirty-four horses and was discharged September 20, 1780.
The soldier moved the last of September, 1780, back to North Carolina, and after the war lived in Rowan County, that state, and in Fayette, Bourbon and Nicholas Counties, in the State of Kentucky.
George Bryan was allowed pension on his application executed February 24, 1834, while residing in Nicholas County, Kentucky. In 1845, he was living in the State of Illinois near his children who were living there, in Sangamon County, his post office being Springfield. No reference was made to soldier's wife.
George Bryan's brother, Joseph Bryan, served with him on one campaign against the Indians, and in 1834 was living in Fayette County, Kentucky. One William Bryan, Junior, was killed by Indians at Boonsborough near Bryan's Station in Kentucky, his relationship to George not shown.
Daniel Bryan who was born about February 10, 1758, in North Carolina, a "full cousin" of the soldier, George Bryan, came to Kentucky with him in the spring of 1779, served in the Revolution with him on a campaign under Captain John Johnston, was in 1834 a resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of George Bryan, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: George Bryan, certificate #26575, issued March 21, 1834, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency, transferred to Illinois Agency.
Your stamped self-addressed envelope is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

32 142 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32, 142
George Bryan in Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index: —Vol. 9 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 Jan. 8. Hist. to Mary S. Cassady v. 2, p. 11.
1920, Oct-22 Hist. to Mrs. Lucien Morris. Ev.
1931 Dec. 10 Hist. to Mrs. J. J. Harris and Mrs. A. J. Maddill.
1937 Dec 23 - Hist. to Mrs. Whay (Ney)
1939 Oct. 14, to Mrs. Mary Meyer along no further data than above
1940 June 10. Mrs. Whay & Meyer Darn. copy of record of registration

- Count, in the matter of the application of George Bryan for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of Office this 25th. day of February. 1834.
J. L. Marks Clerk

Kentucky Fayette County. Set.
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, Joseph Mosby of said County, and made Oath that George Bryan now a resident of Nicholas County Ky joined the company of Capt. Samuel Mosby of Surry County State of North Carolina in August one thousand seven hundred & Seventy Six, which company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Williams, and united with the Virginia Troops commanded by Col. Christy at the Long Islands of Holstein River, and continued in the service for three months and some days in a campaign against the Cherokee Indians.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 1 st day of February 1834.
Joseph Mosby
Thomas M Allen Jp
State of Kentucky Fayette County Court I James C. Rods Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify, that Thomas M. Allen before whom the foregoing affidavit of Joseph Mosby appears to have been taken (to me well known) is and was at the time of taking said affidavit an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to law and as such full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 5 th day of Feb. 1834 and J. C. Rods clk. F.C.C.

The deposition of Daniel Bryan taken at the of Geo. T. (Johnson) office, in the Town of Nicholasville on the 4 th day of February 1832, to be read as evidence to show that George Bryan is entitled a pension for his services in the Revolution and also in the settlement of Kentucky, this deponent being of lawful age and being first duly sworn, Deposeth and
Saith that George Bryan of Nicholas County Kentucky is a full Cousin of his and was born in North Carolina Rowan County on the 15 day of February 1758 according to the statement of our Parents and but five days younger than this deponent, and that they were both enrolled on the Muster list of Cap t John Johnstons Company at the usual age and further states that the said George Bryan being called on to go a campaign against the Cherokee Indians in the latter of summer & fall of the year 1776 started with the troops in the Company of Cap t Samuel Mosby commanded by Colo Joseph Williams and was out with other of our Neighbours the term of a tower of Butes which was three months & returned with the other soldiers, this Deponent saith that he was informed that the said George served as a private soldier during the time of the campaign 2 nd ly this Deponent states that some time after the Return of George but he cannot say precisely how long the said George Bryan was drafted to serve eighteen Months in the Continental service & the George hired a substitute in his place for which he said George was exempted from Militia Duty for three years by the act of North Carolina 3 rd ly this Deponent saith that the said George (with himself Daniel Bryan and others) in the Spring of the year 1779 came to Kentucky erected a small fort called Bryans Station Raised some corn & returned to Carolina in the summer & same fall assisted his father in moving the family to Kentucky to Bryans Station where they assisted to enlarge the fort & strengthen the fortification &c and early in the winter 1780 the said George Enrolled himself as a soldier in Cap t William Hogans Company and was out on several scouts & in several skirmishes with the Deponent during the summer of 1780 Dan l Bryan

Spencer County (place) The foregoing Deposition of Daniel Bryant was taken before me at my office in the Town of Nicholasville Spencer County on the 4 th day of February 1834 for the purposes
(subscribed & sworn to)
Spencer County (town) The foregoing Deposition of Daniel Bryant was taken subscribed and sworn to before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said County on the 4 th day of February 1834 for the purposes therein mentioned given under my hand at my office in the Town of Nicholasville Spencer County given under my hand the day and date above written. Geo. T. Chrisman J.P.
State of Kentucky Spencer County Set.
I Daniel B Price clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George T Chrisman Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate was at the time of signing the same the said an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such, that it is the proper signature of the said Chrisman, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subs- =cribed my name and affixed the seal of my Office this 4 th day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty four Dan. B. Price.

Kentucky Pension agency Louisville May 6. 1845.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm. Pensions Sir In reply to yours of 30 th ult o . George Bryan a pensioner now on the roll of this agency under act 7. June 1832 at $30. per Annum was last paid to 4 th March 1845.
I am with much respect
Your ob t . St.
G. W. Mendenhall P'mag t

enc.
Free
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Mr. Evans
Hon. James L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City.
The Comm. of Pensions will admin Mr. G. Bryan. at Springfield Ill.
is date
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State of Kentucky Jefferson County 3 set. On this 15 th day of April 1845 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the county State aforesaid personally appeared George Bryan, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Mosby in the Regiment Com- manded by Col. Joseph Williams in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Illinois where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable there in future for the following reason that he has been residing there to be convenient to his children who have purchased a small place for a residence.
Sworn & subscribed to before me on the day of your first hand George Bryan Francis H. [?]
J. H. W. Mendenhall Pension agent Do hereby certify that J. H. Earick before whom the above affidavit was taken is a justice of the peace for the county State aforesaid April 15 th 1845.
J. H. W. Mendenhall per 78

State of Kentucky Nicholas County 3rd. Be it known that on this 21st day of April 1845. Before me John C. Kenney the undersigned a justice of the peace in the County of Nicholas aforesaid personally appeared William Hamilton and made oath in affirmation of fact that the within named George Bryan is the identical person named in a Certificate of Pension dated on the 21st day of March 1834 granting to him the sum of $30 per annum Signed by Lewis C. G. Kenney at home and that the said Geo. Bryan is the person described in the said affidavit - and further that the said William Hamilton, who has made this affidavit is a person credit veracity.
Sworn to the day & year last named before me John C. Kenney J.P.
Wm Hamilton
State of Kentucky Nicholas County (Set.
I D. H. W. R. Clerk of the Nicholas County Court, do certify that John C. Kenney Esq. before whom the above affidavit of William Hamilton was on this day made in my presence is a

Justice of the peace in and for said county of Nicholas and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county on the 21 st day of April 1845.
J. G. MARTIN _____ where
before whom and after his death of office

... Oct. 26 575
Ever
Flemingsburg, Ky.
December, 18 th 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D. C.
My dear Sir:
Richard Collins in his History of Ky. Vol. 11. states that the name of George Bryan, (my great grandfather,) appears on the roll of Kentucky Revolutionary Pensioners, and that he was living in Bourbon County Ky. in 1840 aged 82 years.
Now that I wish to know, is this statement authentic, and ask you to kindly examine the records on file in your office, and ascertain the facts for me.
Expecting to hear from you soon in reference to the above, I am
Very Sincerely
Mrs. Mary Sharp Cassidy
32142

Rev. Mr. [?]
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir
Will you kindly send me a statement of the military history of George Bryan, a soldier in the Rev. War, who obtained a pension for his services in 1834 at age of 76 I need it in asking too much to request two copies of same, in order to establish eligibility of

my great great granddaughters of Bryan who live in different states, for R.A.P.? Hoping to hear from you in soon in reference to the above and thanking you very much for the same, I am
Yours Respectfully Mrs. Lucien Horne Maysville, Ky R.D.4.
September 15-1928.

R. S.
The Commissioner of Pensions Dept. of the Interior Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Would you please mail me a copy of the Pro. war pension claim of George Bryan of Rowan County, N.C.?

Please state me all the information available. Wish to establish my eligibility to the D.A.P. through this my great grandfather.
If you would mail a circular claim to Mrs. A. T. Waddell of Monroe City, Mo., the favors would be greatly appreciated by both of us.
Very Truly
Mrs. J. L. Morris
11/28/21 128 E. Vermont St. Indianapolis.

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 7, 1937. Veteran's Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir; - my
Will you please send me the record of George Bryan of North Carolina moved to Illinois buried in Woodside , Ill. Sangamon County, 1845?
His record is born Feb. 15, 1758 North Carolina
died Nov. 22, 1845 - Woodside, Sangamon Co.
Thank you.
The office of the Adjutant General Washington, D. C., wrote me that you have the custody of the United States pension records, and that this information is with your department.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Mary E. Meyer 2402 E. Speedway,
Tucson, Arizona.

MRS. WRAY E. MEYER 2402 EAST SPEEDWAY TUCSON, ARIZONA
September 23, 1939.
Veteran's Administration Revolutionary War Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir; -
Will you please send me a copy of the Pension Claim S 32142 for George Bryan who was a private and spy in the Revolutionary War.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Wray E. Meyer 2402 E. Speedway, Tucson, Arizona.
m.4.85

Tucson, Arizona, Dec. 6, 1939.
Veteran's Administration, Revolutionary War Pension Dept.
Dear Sir; -
On Sept. 23, 1939 I wrote asking you for the war record of George Bryan - Pension Claim S 32 142.
You answered saying you had already sent me the information nearly a year ago. That is true - you did send the information. The information was used and sent in to the Daughters of the American Revolution Headquarters to prove my ancestral claim to a revolutionary veteran; and enable me to join the D.A.R.
That happened over a year ago. I did not keep a copy of the Pension Claim S 32 142 because I had to send the one sent by me to the D.A.R. headquarters.
Now I need that same information in order to join the Daughters of the American Colonies - a branch of the D.A.R.
Would it be too much to ask you to send me the same thing you sent.

before, as I do not know where to get the information elsewhere? I will be sure to make a copy of the claim S 32142 for George Bryan this time, so I may keep it on file.
Thanking you
I am Sincerely
Mrs. Wray E. Meyer, 2402 E. Speedway, Tucson, Arizona.
60 St. Louis att P.M.

sion on file in this Bureau.
George Bryan V.F. 32142
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     — — — John Johnson   Aug. 1776 3 mos. Pvt. Samuel Munday Joseph Williams Ky.   Spring 1779 3 mos. William Hogan Helped erect a fort at Bryan's Station where he was in constant skirmishes with Cherokee Indians.   Dec. 18, 1779 to Sept. 22, 1780 William Hogan  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Rowan Co. Ky.
Date of application for pension,
July 24 1834. The cl. was at
Residence at date of application,
Nicholas Co. Ky.
Age at date of application,
Born Feb. 15 1756 in Rowan Co. Ky.
Remarks: In 1840 soldier was living in State of Illinois to be convenient to his children. No James Stalle. Sol also lived in Fayette and Bourbon Co. Ky.
Very respectfully.

October 14, 1939
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Mrs. Wray E. Meyer 2402 East Speedway Tucson, Arizona
BA-J/MLB GEORGE BRYAN S. 32142
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the record of George Bryan, S. 32142, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
This office has no further information in regard to George Bryan than was furnished you December 23, 1937.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

December 23, 1937
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Mrs. Wray E. Meyer 2408 East Speedway Tucson, Arizona
GEORGE BRYAN S. 32142 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of George Bryan who, you state, was born February 15, 1758, in North Carolina, served in the Revolution, moved to Woodside, Sangamon County, Illinois, where he died November 22, 1845, and was buried there.
You are furnished herein the record of George Bryan as found in pension claim, S. 32142, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
George Bryan was born February 15, 1758, in Rowan County, North Carolina; the names of his parents were not given. In the spring of 1776 he went to work at a place in Kentucky where Bryan's Station was erected, but in July of that year returned to his home in Rowan County, North Carolina, where he found the people of the frontiers of Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia flying before the Cherokee Indians.
He volunteered in August, 1776, served three months some days as private and spy in Captain Samuel Mosby's company, Colonel Williams' North Carolina regiment, went to Long Island on Holston River, assisted in burning fourteen towns of the Cherokee Indians and destroying their corn, and was discharged the last of November or first of December, 1776. Sometime in the summer of 1778, he being drafted to serve in Captain John Johnston's company, Colonel Lock's North Carolina regiment, hired a substitute who served eighteen months in his place. He moved to Kentucky in the spring of 1779, settled where Bryan's Station was located, assisted in building a small fort there and was in constant skirmishes about that place with the Cherokee Indians, length of this tour three months. He then returned to North Carolina to assist his father's family in moving to Kentucky. They arrived at Bryan's Station in December, 1779. He volunteered at Bryan's Station, Kentucky, served from December 18, 1779, as private in Captain William Hogan's company engaged in hunting and spying, killed three Indians and brought in thirty-four horses and was discharged September 20, 1780.

The soldier moved the last of September, 1780, back to North Carolina, and after the war lived in Rowan County, that state and in Fayette, Bourbon and Nicholas Counties, in the State of Kentucky.
George Bryan was allowed pension on his application executed February 24, 1834, while residing in Nicholas County, Kentucky. In 1845, he was living in the State of Illinois near his children who were living there, in Sangamon County, his post office being Springfield. No reference was made to soldier's wife.
George Bryan's brother, Joseph Bryan, served with him on one campaign against the Indians, and in 1834 was living in Fayette County, Kentucky. One William Bryan, Junior, was killed by Indians at Boonsborough near Bryan's Station in Kentucky, his relationship to George not shown.
Daniel Bryan who was born about February 10, 1758, in North Carolina, a "full cousin" of the soldier, George Bryan, came to Kentucky with him in the spring of 1779, served in the Revolution with him on a campaign under Captain John Johnston, was in 1834 a resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of George Bryan, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: George Bryan, certificate #26575, issued March 21, 1834, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Illinois Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator