Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8104, David Bryant, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bryant, David
S 8104
Carded
CONTENTS

26.223.
1845 15 April 15 W H Bryant history P 165
Dryant - in the State of Ohio - in the Company commanded by the R.P. commanded in the Ohio
1000 p. 10.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 10 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April and 1st to - 1832 A. Carliss. P.M. Vernon, Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Feb 34 120.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr 20.00 p 140.00
Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. Spague Clerk, Book C - Vol. 8 - Page 3 -
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27.789
David Bryant
Robert L. ...

1837 7/6 The State of Ohio ss On this fifth day of Knox County ss October A D 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting David Bryant a resident of Wayne Township in the County of Knox and State of Ohio Aged. Seventy seven years since the 22 d day of March last 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 19 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In the year 1775 or 1776 he is not able to remem- ber with accuracy which year he served served as a volunteer at the in the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Brookfield a Militia Captain in an excursion to to Staten Island The Company were mostly collected & re- -divided at Springfield in Essex County in the State of New Jersey which town was then the residence of this applicant and the Company went from there to Staten Island where this Applicant remained with the rest of the Company for a short service of two weeks or a little upwards in guarding the Island against the British - A British 74 having sailed up into what was called the Narrows & threatened appa- -rently to land on the Island. The Company & this Applicant were discharged as soon as

said vessel had retired
This Applicant was also in the service as a private under Col. Edmund Thomas Joseph Horton being his Captain (Militia officer) He was drafted at this time. The Company rendezvoused at Elizabeth town in Essex County aforesaid where the Applicant joined the Company and continued in the service at that time for one month the term of the draft then expiring when he returned home In the two last mentioned services he was engaged in no conflict with the enemy except that in the last named service he was on one occasion engaged in shooting a crop at some of the Enemy on Staten Island who had commenced firing across from the Island at our men then lying at a place called Old Point near Elizabeth town. This was the first time he ever burned powder in the service of his country against the British. The firing lasted but a short time & no injury was received by our men - On the part of the British one man was shot dead - This applicant saw him fall. The next day a flag of truce came in from the British & leave obtained for them to bury their dead men - The principal service of the last named month was in keeping guard along the coast on Jersey side opposite to Staten Island which was then occupied by the British. This was in the year 1776
This Applicant also remembers a short service after days on a little rising which he performed he thinks in the year 1777 in a Company commanded by Captain Richard Farnley in a Regiment commanded by Col. Spencer of Elizabethtown (Militia officers) He was on this occasion drafted it was in the month of August. The Regiment rendezvoused at Elizabeth Town. This applicant understood that the object of raising the Regiment was to go to Shrewsbury for the purpose of subduing the Tories in that neighborhood. He marched with said Regiment to the last named place a few days march - When the Regiment arrived at Shrewsbury however the Tories had all

fled and dispersed. There was no fighting. The Regiment soon after returned. Phil's service
The next service recollected by Applicant was a period of eight days or upwards under Capt. Joseph Hoston in a Regiment commanded by Col. James Thomas Freelandhouse. He was on the occasion of this service a volunteer and during this service he was engaged with the regiment in a Battle heavy skirmish near Elizabethtown. The British had at the time come over in a considerable body from Staten Island. Applicant thinks the British on this occasion was more than one thousand strong they brought with them some field pieces. This battle took place he thinks about the last of August or the first of September he mixes up the time he thinks the British were setting up the it lasted in the morning for some time when our men had to retreat we renewed the attack on the British in the afternoon as they were pursuing their rout on toward Newark. The next day our men attacked them before they crossed the Passaic at the Stonehouse plains (so called) there were several killed on our side the the enemy were then on the retreat having been engaged mostly in gathering plunder cattle & other provisions. Our men did not come up with them after that. He was personally engaged in the skirmishing and fighting on this occasion  time and was in the advance guard at that which took place near Elizabethtown in company with himself with him one Simeon Moorehouse Captain Paul & some others he came by some means detached from the main body & was extremely exposed to be surrounded & taken prisoners. There were several killed and wounded on both sides at the Battle or skirmish near Elizabethtown.

He served three months one winter the year he cannot state with confi- dence but thinks it was 1778 or 1779 under Capt Horton. This service was Pocumtuck was principally under the im- mediate command of an orderly sergeant by the name of Jonathan Skinner.
There were three he thinks engaged in the same service which consisted in guard- ing the Magazine at Springfield afore- said.
In June 1780 to the best of applicant's recollection the British made an excursion into the State of New Jersey & appeared at a place called the Connecticut Barns in Essex County aforesaid. They were in a body about 5000 strong or so reported at the time & were commanded as he also understood by a General De Englehausen. This applicant was then living in Springfield only 25 miles from said farms. On this occasion he im- mediately armed himself and volunteered in the cause of the American Army and fought without placing himself under any commanding officer as did many others. The principal object of the British at that time seemed to be to obtain plunder. They were too powerful for our men & held their ground at the farms against the own ene- my but nevertheless retired he thinks the same day to Elizabeth Town. This applicant on that occasion had placed himself near the shed of a barn where he had been firing at the enemy when he was suddenly

surprised by a body of the Enemy coming around the cover of the barn approaching very near to him before he discovered them he was at the moment ready to fire which he did and in the same instant run and was individually fired at by a considerable number of the enemy. His flight being down a hill the balls were distinctly heard whistling over his head as he escaped unhurt.
He was then engaged for a few days in securing property exposed to the ravages of the enemy. But before the end of a week they again approached the same vicinity and burnt the town  the town of Springfield. On the morning of the same day this applicant was engaged in driving his father's cattle off out of the way of the Enemy. Before he got out of sight he beheld the house of his father & barn & other Buildings in a flame being fired by the enemy. He returned the same afternoon of the same day and as a volunteer united his individual efforts with his own gun & equipments & fought in the ranks during the contest and until the British had returned to Staten Island. His service including that which took place a few days previously lasted 6 days at the least. With the exception of a few houses the property of the place was generally destroyed. Even the Meeting house was burnt down.
The foregoing are the only services rendered by this applicant in which he was engaged

in fight against the enemy This applicant however further states that in addition to the service already mentioned he served in monthly tours in guarding the coast against the enemy after the burning of Springfield in various tours of one month at a time & by draft all which would amount this applicant well knows distinctly states amounted to count & upwards seven months at upwards in addition to those already set forth Most of the said monthly tours now alluded to were performed to the best of his recollection under the before named Capt Horton Those services consisted mostly of a Captain's Command On one occasion he remembers a Col. Loughish of Pawley had the command & he also remembers that Col. Jacob Crane commanded
During all the aforesaid services this applicant resided when at home at his father's in Springfield Essex County in the town of Newbury This applicant has no documentary evidence and knows of none by which he can prove his aforesaid service nor does he know of any person now living by whom he can prove said service
And the said Applicant David Bryant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension

on annuity except the present And declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of the United States any State
— And —
This applicant being interrogated as prescribed by the rules of the pension office states
That he was born in the year 1758 at Spring- field Essex County in the State of New Jersey
— He has a record of his age which he now produces in court  on a loose piece of paper which he has copied from the old family Bible in the State of New Jersey & he is ignorant what has become of the old Bible record itself. He was living at Springfield aforesaid when he went into the service — He continued to live in the State of New Jersey until about forty three years ago when he crossed the Moun- tains and settled in Washington County Pennsylva- nia where he continued to reside a little over twenty four years when he moved with his aged wife to Knox County Ohio where he has continued to reside during the last 17 years upwards — He never served as a substitute His services were always as a volunteer except when drafted and on those occasions he turned out willingly. He has stated the names of his officers to the best of his recollec- tion and the circumstances attending his service. His memory has by old age become some- -what weakened but he feels confident of the accuracy of the statements he has made.

so far as they go Many minute circumstances he has reason to believe have passed out of his mind
He never received any written discharge whatever to his recollection he has no such document
He is acquainted with the following named persons of his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution viz The Revd Thomas Rigdon of Mt Vernon Knox County aforesaid The Revd John McKinney of Padenick in said County also Jacob Young & Joseph Denman the three last named persons residing in his immediate neighborhood sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
I am toward subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Abd. Elliott Clerk. David Bryant
The State of Ohio } ss Knox County } We Thomas Rigdon
a Minister of the Gospel residing in Knox County and John McKinney a minister of the Gospel residing in Wayne Township in said County of Knox
and Joseph Denman & Jacob Young
residing in the same County & neighborhood with David Bryant hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Bryant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be seventy seven 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

can run in that opinion
And the said Joseph Denman further testifies that he is now about 57 years of age & has been well acquainted with said David Bryant since he wat was a small boy some 50 years since. This deponent then resided in Springfield Essex County in the State of New Jersey. Witness afterwards with his Father's family moved to the same neighborhood in Eastern Pennsylvania where the said David Bryant had moved to & there was continued his acquaintance for many years - Witness moved from Pennsylvania some years previously to said Bryant & came into this County. Witness has lived a neighbor to him ever since said Bryant's coming into this State vis. for the last Seventeen years - Witness further testifies that he remembers the time of the burning of Springfield mentioned by said Bryant in his aforesaid declaration. This witness was then but a boy and had a day or so before the event been removed with the other weaker members of the family been about 4 miles back into the mountains to prevent being exposed to the dangers of that day. Witness well remembers on his return to have seen the destruction by fire which the enemy had made at Springfield and which is referred to by said David Bryant. And Witness also remembers to have heard it mentioned by his own father about the time that said David Bryant was engaged in some part of the battle & fighting at or on the occasion of burning said Springfield & that he depicted himself with distinguished personal bravery & valor on that occasion. Witness always understood that said Bryant had during the war been engaged in sundry expeditions but is unable to specify except

above He would however further testify that said David Bryant has always sus- tained an upright honest and good char- -acter Witness being enquired of further states & testifies that he is not of kin in any way related to the said Bryant — And the said Jacob Ganning also testifies that he has been acquainted with said David Bryant for about forty years or upwards & that he has always un- -derstood that said David Bryant had been a soldier in the Revolutionary Service Witness further states that said Bryant has always sustained the character of an honest man Witness being interrogated further also states that he is not of kin or in any way related to said David Bryant as sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year above
Alex r Elliott Clerk P. P. J. M c Kinney Joseph Gannan M c Clusky
We the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named appli- -cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I Alexander Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Knox & State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of David Bryant for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 5 th day of October A.D. 1833
Alex r Elliott Clerk

The State of Ohio ss In the Court of Knox County Common Pleas of Knox County and
State of Ohio
In the matter of the application of David Bryant for for a pension the Papers hereto annexed & relating thereto being now again submitted to the Court & their further action thereon requested.
The Court do now further declare and certify as their opinion after having carefully seen and examined the same & the evidence now adduced that it appears to them that Thomas Rizdon who has signed the certificate contained in said proceedings is a cler- gyman residing in Mt Vernon in this County & that the said John McKinney who has signed the said certificate is a clergyman residing at Frederick in said County and that the said Jacob Young & Joseph Denman who have also signed said certificate are all credible persons and that each of their statements are entitled to credit.
I Alex r Elliot Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Knox County Ohio hereby certify that the foregoing contains all the proceedings (and none other) of the Court of Common Pleas of Ohio in the matter of the application of David Bryant for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & seal this 18 th day of March AD 1834
Alex r Elliot Clerk

27 789
David Bryant Ohio
1833 4/4
Return
A dm li year $40
H. Curtis Mount Vernon Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12 th Nov. 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. 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
   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.     1 0 7 14 10 8 6 The Court should certify as to the Credibility of the witnesses  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) 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 decree, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period 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 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 fix 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.

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Daniel Bryant Ser. File 8104
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 or 1776 2 weeks Pvt Jacob Brunkfield ✓ N. J. militia   1776 1 mo. " Joseph Horton Edward Thomas   * Aug. 1777 10 days Richard Townley Spencer   Winter 1778 or 1779 8 days Joseph Horton Frelinghuysen   June 1780 3 mo. "   at various times 6 days Horton Jaguish   7 mo. Jacob Lerane  
Battles engaged in, * Shrewsbury near Elizabethtown and Stone House Plains, Decatur's Creek, Springville
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Springfield Essex Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct 5. 1835. Then it was at
Residence at date of application, Kane Twp. Painesville Ohio.
Age at date of application, born March 22. 1756 at Springfield, N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier's wife referred to, no name stated.

1893. May 2. to N.W. Blair, Hoag R. F.S.
Apr. 9-1900-1905 Mrs. M. J. Branton Rockelle Ills.
Nov. 4-1901 J. M. Lindly - Minguil's Da.
1908 Oct. 14. Hist. to Mrs. E. H. M c Carroll. V.L.M. 1918 Sept. 4. Miss Lela Agnew. $
1918, Sept. 5. History to Mrs. L. E. Shafer
Rev. bran
8104 INVALID.
Heist.
File No. 8104
David Bryant Prio Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 45-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Thomas Bryant & Lee Attorneys & Counselors, Denver, Colo.
C.P. Thomas. W.H. Bryant. H.H. Lee.
2/24/93
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I have to have some accurate information concerning my great grandfather David Bryant & have been informed that he drew a pension from the government of the United States for services performed in the Revolutionary War. He was born in Essex County New Jersey and served during the Revolution with New Jersey troops, afterward moved to Washington county Pennsylvania and again to Porter county Indiana where he died about 1832. At some time in his life he commenced to draw a pension from the general government which

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continued until his death. I wish you would please have prepared for me a certified copy of all papers in your office in regard to him & send me a bill for the same the amount of which I will remit at once
Yours truly
W. H. Bryant

Rockville 3rd.
March 24, 1900
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly give me what information the Pension Records may contain of David Bryant who was a Private in the Revolutionary War from Essex County New Jersey He served in Captain Joseph Horton's company First Regiment at intervals from 1776

to close of war.
His printed family history states that he received a pension.
For a special purpose very prompt attention will greatly favor Yours sincerely
(Mrs.) M. J. Braden

BANK OF WINFIELD,
Established 1885.
B. B. LINDLY, President.
J. M. LINDLY, Cashier.
Glew
Winfield, Iowa, Oct. 30 190 /
Pension Dept. U. S. Washington, D. C.
David Bryant, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, enlisting from the County of Essex, New Jersey, a brother-in-law of Major Abram Woolley of the U. S. Army. I understand was a pensioner.
I would like a certified statement of the U. S. records concerning him.
Any favors thankfully received.
Very Truly,
J. M. Lindly.
RECEIVED N. DIV.

at Pensilvir
POSTAL CARD
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U.S. Pension Bureau Washington D.C.

Nicholasville, Ky.
September 30/1908
Will you kindly send at your earliest convenience a certificate from the U. S. Pension Office stating that David Bryant Private in the Revolutionary War from N. Jersey, Essex Co. William S. Stryker Adjt General applied for pension in Oct 1833 from Wayne, Ohio and pension was allowed. I understand that his record is in your office as my brother W. H. Bryant of Cincinnati had it when getting records for the Sons of the Revolution. of which he is a member. Please send to my address and you will greatly oblige Yrs. truly Mrs. E. H. M c Cookle

Abstract to
Miss Lela Agnew
1234 Franklin St. N.E.
Washington,
D. C.
Personal request
Aug. 31, 1918.

Rev Secs
Independence, Iowa,
August 26, 1918,
Bureau of Pensions Dept of Int. Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir,
Will you send a complete record of David Bryant who served in the Revo- lutionary War under Captains Horton-Townley and Brookfield. He was born in Spring- field, Essex County,

New Jersey on May 22, 1756. He was pensioned.
Am going to be taken into the D.A.R.'s so want report for appli- cation blank.
Very respectfully, Mrs. L. E. Shaefer.