Johnston County, NC - William Bryan Revolutionary War Pension

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Series: M805  Roll: 135
Image: 304  File: S6699
[Following record found in the pension file]

January 5, 1929

Mr. J.D. Tillman, Jr.
1924-34 Avenue
Meridian, Mississippi

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record of William Bryan, pension claim S.6699.

The data which follow are found in the papers on file in that claim for 
pension, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of William Bryan.

William Bryan, son of Lewis Bryan, was born August 3, 1760; the name of
his mother is not shown. This branch of the Bryan fimily lived in the
extreme southern part of Johnston County, North Carolina, on Mill Creek.
William's brother, Asa Bryan, was born in 1750 and his brother, John
Bryan, was born in 1753. All three served in the Revolutionary War from
North Carolina.

While a resident of Mill Creek, North Carolina, William Bryan enlisted in
1778 and served five months as a private in Captain John Whitley's North
Carolina company; following this service, he was called out at different
times on short tours until about 1781 under Captains Raiford, Asa Bryan
(his brother), John Bryan (his brother) whose rank was not stated, Colonels
Arthur and Needham Bryan in the North Carolina troops. No relationship
between these other officers with the surname Bryan and the family of this
William Bryan was not stated. William Bryan enlisted again in 1781, served
as sergeant in Captain Afmond [sic] Griffin's company, Colonel Needham 
Bryan's North Carolina regiment, stationed at Wilmington, North Carolina, 
this service between three and five months, and was discharged after the 
surrender of Cornwallis.

William Bryan applied April 28, 1843, for pension on account of his service
in the Revolutionary War; he resided then a few miles from his birthplace
in Johnston County, North Carolina. The claim was allowed. The soldier
died February 11, 1846.

The name of the wife of William Bryan and the date and place of his marriage
are not shown. She did not survive him. The name of the children who 
survived this soldier were given as follows - Asa H. Bryan, Janet Bryan,
Joseph Bryan, Eliza Bryan, Alice Bryan and Joanna (Jehannah) Thornton.

In 1845, William Bryan's brothers, Asa and John, were both deceased; Ann,
Asa's widow was living in 1843 in Cumberland County, near the Johnston
County line. John Bryan had died in Georgia about thirty years previously.

                               Very truly yours

                               A.D. Hiller
                               Executive Assistant
                               to the Administrator

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