PENSION: Dye, William - Rev War Pension Application; Pulaski Co, KY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Submitted by Valerie J. Davis, Pulaski KYGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~kypulask/ Date: 19 Mar 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************* NARA Film M804; Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty-Land Application Files Roll 880, frames 77-96 File No R8719 - Dye, William; VA line Transcribed by Valerie (Weber) Davis, 21 Sep 1997 [words that have been crossed out in the original text appear in this transcription enclosed by double slashes; //example//. Spelling irregularities have been maintained.] [frame77] SERVICE: Va Dye, William NUMBER: R8719 Reynolds, Sarah Matthew [Reynolds] Former widow [frame 78] SELECTED RECORDS [frame 79-85] (1) Declaration of Sarah Reynolds In Order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 and the several acts amendatory thereto. State of Kentucky Pulaski County S.S. On this 17th day of November 1849 personally appeared before me George Adams a Justice of the Peace for the County of Pulaski and State of Kentucky Sarah Reynolds a resident of said County aged 67 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7th 1838 and the several amendatory acts thereto: viz: That she is now a Widow. Her maiden name was Sarah Gorden. She then resided in Caswell County in the state of Northcarolina. On the 6th of June in the year 1798 in said County of Caswell in the State of North Carolina she was in due form of law married to William Dye. she was married by one Arch'd Samuel a Justice of the Peace for said County of Caswell she has not in her possession the record of the Marriage. She had some years ago a Memorandum kept in a Bible of her marriage with said Dye but she gave that Bible to one of her sons who moved to Missouri and she supposes took it with him - she cannot now procure it. (2) She continued to be the wife of said William Dye until his death which took place in the year 1823. after that she married Matthew Reynolds, and he died six years ago last December and she is now a widow. She states from her best information and which she verily believes to be true her first husband the said William Dye was engaged in the actual service of the U. States as a private in her Army during the Revolutionary war with England in all more than three years - From her recollection of what he stated about it in his life time for the two years next preceeding the close of that war he was in the Service all the time. he resided //in// before and after the war in Halifax County in the state of Virginia. she has often heard him tell about the adventures of his Service in said War She recollects hearing him state he was in General Greene's army, and was in the Battle of Guilford. She thinks his Captains name was Thompson at the time of that Battle. She does not now recollect any more of his officers names. She has heard him speak of the Battle of Brandywyne but she does not remember certainly whether he was in that Battle himself or not. she recollects hearing him and another Revolutionary Soldier once talking about the Battle of Brandywyne - towit: a Mr John Yeates and they both talked about the scenes of that Battle as if they were both eye- [page] (3) -witnesses to what took place. she remembers they described the place where the Battle commenced as being in an old field where an old apple orchard had been turned out and that there were gullies or streams where the blody Battle was fought that run with blood as the water would after a shower of rain. She remembers to have heard her husband (Wm Dye) tell about the service he performed in augmenting Gen'l Greenes army he said he was engaged about two weeks in marching through the Country to Gen Greene and then at night he was marched back into the country to obtain more recruits. this was before the battle of Guilford. at the Battle of Guilford his Captain (Thompson) was Killed, and his Colonel was badly wounded - shot through the thigh. Her husband the said William Dye was honourably discharged at the close of the war. she recollects to have seen his discharge - as also a printed paper which purported to be his oath of Allegiance these two papers were burned under the following circumstances - The night before they started to move from Northcarolina to Kentucky her said husband had a friend helping him to examine his papers. they said all the papers they thought would ever be of any service or value to him they would save and all that was considered useless they would burn, and in assorting out his papers when they come to his discharge [page] (4) and Oath of Allegiance it was said he had better save them. And he said no, he had kept them about 25 years and they never had done him any good and they were then cast into the fire with other useless papers. She recollects hearing him state he was at the Siege of Yorktown at the close of the war and aided in taking that place he said they labourd twenty odd days and nights carrying forward the intrenchments and that Washington wrote a deceptive letter designed to fall into the hands of the British and stated [started?] the officer with it and the British took him prisoner and examined the letter and were deceived by it as Washington designed. Her husband stated he was present after the surrender of Cornwallis and saw that officer come out and surrender his sword to Washington. he said Cornwallis walked up to where Washington stood and stuck his sword in the ground near Washington. Washington took the sword and turned it about and looked at it and then handed it back to Cornwallis again. She resides some ten miles from the Courthouse of her county where the courts are held and she could not in justice to herself go to the Courthouse she is afflicted with Phthysick so that it would endanger her to venture to make the trip to the Courthouse of her county. Sworn and Subscribed before me George [page] (5) Adams a Justice of the Peace as afs'd this 17th day of Nov 1849. Sarah //Dye// Reynolds And I certify I am personally acquanted with the affiant and know her to be the identical person she assumes to be. and that she is a person of veracity. George Adams J.P. Be it remembered that on this 19th day of Nov 1849 in the Courthouse before the County Court of Pulaski County in the state of Kentucky personally appeared in open court George Adams who made oath that he was acquainted with William Dye the husband formerly of Sarah Reynolds the above applicant for a pension. The said William Dye was reputed and believed in his neighbourhood where he lived in Pulaski Co KY - for many years before his death to have been a Soldier in the War of the Revolution. This affiant has often heard him speak of being in the Battle of Guilford and at the taking of Cornwallis at York town - The said William Dye was regarded as a truthful man. he stood well as a man of good character in his neighbourhood and an orderly member of the church up to his death and none of his neighbours to the knowledge of affiant ever doubted that he Served in the Revolutionary War as he stated he had done. He further states that Sarah Reynolds is a woman of good character and her [page] (6) statement is entitled to full credit and belief. Subscribed and sworn to in open court. George Adams On this 19th day of Nov 1849 before the Pulaski County Court Kentucky, personally appeared James Adams who made oath in open Court that he was well acquainted with the above named William Dye in his life time and concurs with George Adams in his statements above made in relation to the said William Dye and Sarah Reynolds. Subscribed and Sworn to in open Court. James Adams On this 19th day of November 1849 at the Court house of Pulaski County in Somerset in and before the Pulaski County Court now sitting personally appeared Catharine Black and made oath that she was present in Caswell County in the state of North Carolina when the above named applicant Sarah Reynolds was married to William Dye her maiden name was Sarah Gorden they were married by a Magistrate (she thinks Arch'd Samuel) and from her age and the ages of their children she thinks the marriage was as long as 6 June 1798 - Sworn & subscribed this 19th Nov 1849 before the Court in open Court. Catharine Black (7) On this 19th day of Nov 1849 John Adams personally appeared before the Pulaski County Court Ky and made oath that he was well acquanted with William Dye in his life time and concurs with George Adams and James Adams in what they have stated above in regard to him and to Sarah Reynolds. Sworn in open Court & subscribed John Adams State of Kentucky County of Pulaski S.S. I William M. Fox Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid certify that George Adams, Esq before whom the foregoing Declaration of Sarah Reynolds appears to have been made - is and was at the time of the date of his attestations and certificate thereunder written a Justice of the Peace for said County of Pulaski and a member of the Pulaski County Court of which court I am Clerk as aforesaid. And I do further certify that the three foregoing pages of this sheet numbered pages 5, 6, 7 contain the original and entire proceedings (viz the affidavits of George Adams, James Adams, Catharine Black and John Adams) had in the Pulaski County Court on the subject of the application of Sarah Reynolds for a pension. In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix my seal of office at office in Somerset this 3d day of December 1849. William M Fox Clerk Pulaski County Court [frame 86] 575 Sarah Reynolds formerly widow of William Dye Kentucky [frame 87] State of Kentucky County of Pulaski S.S. Be it remembered that on this 18th day of August 1851 in and before the County Court of Pulaski County in open Session personally came Shaderach Dye - aged sixty nine years a resident of said County of Pulaski and state of Kentucky, who being first sworn in open court upon his oath declared That he was present at the house of Polly Randal in Caswell County in the state of North Carolina on the day of June A.D. 1799 when and where the marriage ceremony was performed of //William Dye to Matthew Reynolds// William Dye to Sarah Gordin, the same who after the death of said William Dye married Matthew Reynolds who has since died leaving the said Sarah a Widow, and she is now a Widow. The mariage ceremony was performed by a Justice of the Peace by the name of Arch'd Samuels and this affiant was present at the marriage that is to say the marriage of s'd Sarah Gordin to William Dye, and knows that she continued his wife until the death of said William Dye. This affiant was a son of William Dye, and has heard him Speak of his Services in the Revolutionary War. And he recollects that the Captain who commanded [frame 88] the Company in which the said William Served at the Battle of Guilford was by the name of Thompson and as the said William Dye said he was killed in the Battle. Sworn & Subscribed in open Court Shadrach Dye X his mark At a county Court held for Pulaski County at the Courthouse in the Town of Somerset on Monday the 18th day of August 1851 Present the Hon John S Kendrick sole Judge The Statement of Shadrach Dye in the matter of Sarah Reynolds an applicant for a Pension was sworn to and subscribed by the said Shadrach Dye in open Court and is ordered to be Certified to the War Department. State of Kentucky Pulaski County - towit- I James D Allcorn Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do Certify that the above order in the matter of Sarah Reynolds application for a Pension is truly Copied from the record of said Court and that said Order together with the affidavit of Shadrach Dye preceding the same on this sheet of paper constitute the full and entire proceeding of said Court in said matter at said Term - In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my seal of Office [frame 89] at Office in the Town of Somerset this 21st day of August 1851. James D. Allcorn Clerk Pulaski County Court [frame 90] NONSELECTED RECORDS [frame 91] 8719 P.O. Sarah Reynolds Service: Wm. Dye Enlisted: REJECTED [frame 92] 575 Sarah Reynolds formerly widow of William Dye Kentucky Suspended Let to Honl G.A. Caldwell Dec 20/ [tattered edge] A.J. James Nov 15/52 Act 29 July [tattered edge] [frame 93] No. 575 Sarah Reynolds formerly widow of Wm. Dye Ky Suspended Let. to Hon. G.A. Caldwell Dec. 20/49 A.J. James Nov. 15/51 Act 29 July 1848 [frame 94] House of Reps Dec 18 '49 Sir, I send herewith the papers of Mrs Sarah Reynolds of my district. If there is any irregularity in the form of the papers please furnish me with the necessary forms and instructions to establish the claim. I am very Respty Your Obd Sert Geo. A. Caldwell Hon J. L. Edwards Com'r Pen's [frame 95] Heath, Esq'r Com'r of Pensions Washington City D.C. Septr: 2nd 1851 Dec'l of Mrs. Reynolds as wid of Wm. Dye [_?_] A.J. James Somerset Ky [frame 96] Somerset, KY 22d Aug 1851 Dr Sir, The declaration of Mrs Sarah Reynolds an applicant for a Pension, as the Widow of William Dye a Revolutionary Soldier - and other papers relative thereto were forwarded to the War Dep some 18 Mo' or two years ago - they are on file in the Pension office - the Pension was not granted upon the ground that the proof of Marriage was not sufficient. Enclosed herewith I forward additional Proof to the point complained of, and respectfully ask a re-examination of the case - hoping that Mrs Reynolds has shewn herself entitled to the benefits of the Pension Law in cases like hers provided. Please advise me of the result of the examination. Yours Respy A.J. James Mr Heath Com'r Pensions Washington City D.C.