Johnston County, NC - Hardy Bryan Revolutionary War Pension

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Series: M805  Roll: 135
Image: 119  File: S6756
[Following record found in the pension file]

April 13, 1937

Mrs. Annie C. Self
2919 7th Street
Meridian, Mississippi

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record of Hardy Bryan of North Carolina.

The data given herein were found in pension claim S.6756, based upon 
service of Hardy Bryan in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Hardy Bryan
are not shown.

While a resident of Johnston County, North Carolina, Hardy Bryan entered
the service early in 1776 and served up until 1781, at various times, as
adjutant, captain and commissary in the North Carolina Troops. He was in
the battles of Moore's Creek, Stone and Guilford. The name of his officers
are not shown.

After the Revolution, he was elected to the State Legislature of North
Carolina, and was appointed general by the Legislature.

The soldier married March 6, 1777, in Johnston County, North Carolina,
Wineford McCullers. The date and place of her birth and the names of her
parents are not shown.

Hardy Bryan died August 14, 1832, and his widow, Wineford, died May 8,
1833. Both died in Johnston County, North Carolina.

The names of four sons are given as follows: William Washington Bryan,
Needham Bryan, David H. Bryan and Harry Bryan. The dates of their births
are not shown.

On November 27, 1854, Harry Bryan, then aged seventy-one years and a
resident of Sampson County, North Carolina, applied for the pension which
was due on account of the services of his father, Hardy Bryan, in the
Revolutionary War. The claim was allowed. He was then the only surviving
child.

It was stated that Hardy Bryan was so highly respected by the people of
Johnston County, North Carolina, for his patriotism and service in the
Revolutionary War, that at the time of the War of 1812, "the men of
Johnston would not march under any other man but Harry Bryan, the son of
Hardy Bryan" and David H. Bryan. David H. Bryan died soon after his return
from the War of 1812. Harry Bryan was referred to as General Harry Bryan.
No explanation for the title was given.

In 1853, John Arter Bryan, then aged eighty-seven years and a resident
of Johnston County, North Carolina, stated that the Revolutionary War
soldier, Hardy Bryan, was the son of his father's Mother, and that Hardy's
wife, Wineford, was his (John Arter Bryan's) Mother's sister. He stated
that his father served in the Revolutionary War but did not give the
name of his parents.

                              Very truly yours,

                              A.D. Hiller
                              Executive Assistant
                              to the Administrator

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