Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21004, Samuel Drown, R.I.
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R.I. Drown, Samuel      W21004
Lydia                 B.L. Wt.2526-100
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[handwritten.  Appears to be front of pre printed document]
B.Carver June
4 1851

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[Handwritten] R. Island 4.O31

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[handwritten] Lydia Drown
[pre printed] idow of [handwritten] Samuel Drown,
 R.I.
[pre printed] ho was a pensioner under the Act of
[preprinted] nd who died on the [hand written]15 October 1806
Providence [pre printed] in the State of [handwritten] R. Island
[pre printed]ho was a [hand written – illegible] [pre printed] in the [handwritten]company
[pre printed]commanded Captain [handwritten squiggly line] [preprinted]of the Reg Angalls
[pre printed] in the [handwritten] R.I. for 2 years

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[pre printed] scribed on the Roll of R. Island
[pre printed] t the rate of [handwritten]104 [pre printed] Dollars [handwritten] 69 [preprinted] Cents per annum,
[pre printed] commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

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[preprinted cursive] Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten]31 [pre printed cursive] day of [handwritten]  Aug [handwritten illegible][handwritten] and sent to [preprinted cursive]and
[Handwritten illegible a signature]
[Handwritten] Providence, R.i.

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[preprinted cursive] Arrears to the 4th of [handwritten] Mar.           $314.07
        		      						        
[preprinted cursive]Semi=annual allowance ending [handwritten].   52.34
								           
$366.41
[Preprinted cursive bold in brackets] Act July 7, 1838

[preprinted cursive bold] Recorded by [handwritten illegible] [preprinted cursive bold] Clerk
[preprinted cursive bold]. Book [handwritten] A [preprinted cursive bold] 
Vol [handwritten] 2 [preprinted cursive bold] Page [handwritten] 6
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence

I Lydia B. Chace of Providence wife of William Chace, one of the heirs at law of Samuel Drown late of Providence, deceased in said County and State, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge & belief, the said Samuel did enter the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution in the Regiment under Col. Christopher Greene and Colonels Angell and Olney of the Rhode Island Line and that he enlisted service during The War as a drummer & was honorably discharged at the end of the war.  And I further declare that the heirs at law of said Samuel have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to the said Samuel on the pact of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatever, therefore Know all men by these presents that we the said Lydia B. Chase and the said William Chase do hereby constitute & appoint Benjamin Corvell of said Providence in said County and State to be our lawful Attorney for us and in our name, and in the name of other heirs.
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as Law of the said Samuel, to demand & receive
from the Secretary of war of the United States a
warrant for the quantity of land due to us and
them as aforesaid and said attorney is hereby
fully authorized and empowered to constitute
and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys
and for the special purposes above expressed.

Witness our hands & seals this twentieth
day of July, A.D. 1847

Lydia B. Chace
Wm Chace

Signed & sealed in presence of
Geo. L. Clarke

Providence In the City of Providence this 20th day
of July A.D. 1847 appeared Lydia B. Chace and made oath that the above statements by her [illegible] are true according to
the best of her knowledge and belief and at the same time she and her husband William Chase acknowledged the the aforewritten power of Attorney to be their free and voluntary act and deeds hands and seals
Before me
James C. Hidden
Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,
Providence Ss

I Albert G. Greene,
Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of
Providence in said State, do hereby
certify that James C. Hidden, who has
signed the aforegoing Certificate, is a
Justice of the Peace, within and for
said City of Providence, duly elected.

In attestation whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and have
affixed the seal of said Court
this 20th day July A.D. 1847
Albert G. Greene
Clerk
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Lydia Down
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On this 25 day of February AD 1851 personally
appeared before the Municipal Court of the City of Providence Henrietta Bucklin of said City who being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in behalf of herself & other children
of Lydia Drown late of said Providence
widow of Samuel Drown a Drum Mayer
in Col Angells regiment of Rhode Island
Troops during the war of the Revolution
The said Henrietta declares & says that said
Lydia Drown applied for & obtained a
pension under the act of July 7 1838
as the widow of said Samuel at the
rate of $104.69 per annum payable
at the agency for paying pensions in
Providence only and she declares that
said pension was not so large as it ought
to have been according to the act of
Congress aforesaid, that her father the
said Samuel Drown was a Drum
Major & served as such from 1777 as she believes 
to the end of the war as will appear
by the evidence on file in the War
Department to which she refers - and 
further declares that her mother
the said Lydia
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departed this life on the 15 day of September
1839 Wherefore for herself & the other children
whose names are mentioned in annexed
certificate of the Court she prays that
all arrears of pension may be paid
to them & that an order be made
Accordingly

Henrietta Bucklin
Her  X [illegible]

Witness
Thomas Burgess

Subscribed and sworn to
by Henrietta Bucklin
in open Court
Albert G Greene
Clerk
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City Clerks office
In Providence Sept 25 1838

I Richard M Field Clerk of the City of
Providence do hereby certify that
I have by virtue of my office the custody
of the records of the marriages which
have taken place in the City of
Providence & that after examination I cannot
find the record of the marriage
of Samuel Drown to Lydia Bowen
I also further certify that many
marriages take place in said City &
have taken place for many years
past as I believe which are not brought
to be recorded

Attest
Richard M Field
City Clerk

Municipal Court of the City of Providence,
September 25, 1838
Subscribed and duly sworn to by Richard
M Field in open Court 
Albert Greene
Clerk
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence Ss
On this 25th day of September 1838 personally
appeared in open Court being the municpal
Court of the City of Providence & a Court
of Record Lydia Drown now resident
in the City of Providence aged 73 years
who being duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act  of [illegible] of July 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting
half pay & pensions to certain widows" in that
she is the widow of Samuel Drown who was a drummer & Drum Major in Col Angells
regiment of Continental Troops
of the Rhode Island Line for
several years during the war of the
Revolution & he served as such
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And she further declares that she
was married to the said Samuel
Drown about the first day of April
1784 in said Providence by James
Manning then President of the College
but whether her marriage is recorded
or not in the public records of said
City she does not know nor does
she remember the exact day of the month but it was about the first of April as above stated.
Her husband the said Samuel Drown died
on the 15th day of October AD 1806
Since then she has remained unmarried
she was not married to him prior to his
having the services but the marriage
took place previous to the first of
January seventeen hundred ninety
four to said at the time above stated

X
Lydia Drown

Witness
Thomas Burgess
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, subscribed and duly sworn to by Lydia Drown, in open court, Albert G Greene Clk
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Samuel Drown
No 2526
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Municipal Court of the City of
Providence in said State, exercising
Probate Jurisdiction, July 20 1847.

Be it remembered, that satisfactory testimony
has been, this day, produced before this Court,
that Samuel Drown formerly of said Providence,
deceased, who served in Colonels
Greene, [illegible] and Olney's Regiments of
Rhode Island troops, as a Drummer in the
War of the Revolution, and who enlisted for
during the War, died on or about the
fifteenth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and six; and that Lydia B.
Chace, wife of William Chace of said Providence, 
Henrietta Bucklin, of said Providence,
widow,  and Alice Draper, wife of William
Draper, of Danvers, in the State of Massachusetts
are the heirs at law and the only heirs at
law, of said Samuel; and that all of them
are now over twenty one years of age,

In attestation whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and have
affixed the seal of said Court
this 20th day of Jul, A.D. 1847.
Albert G. Greene,
Clerk
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Know all men by them present that I Samuel Drown of Providence in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, [illegible] in consideration of Twenty two pounds & Ten
Shillings lawful money paid by Robert Wright Nash of the same Providence Tanner & Currier the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give grant sell & convey unto the said Robert Wright Nash his heirs executors administrators and assigns forever one certain lot of land lying in said Providence with the dwelling house thereon standing and is bounded as follows beginning on the main Street at the Northerly
end of said Providence wherein it measures forty feet thence running Westwardly on land of Widow Dickey one hundred feet: thence northwardly on land of Moses Brown forty feet; thence Eastwardly on land of said Brown, one hundred feet to the Street before named. -

To have and to hold the said lot of land to the said Robert his heirs and assigns to his and their own use and behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said Robert Wright Nash his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises, that they are free of all incumbrances, that I have good right
to sell and convey the same to the said Robert: And that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Robert his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. -

In witness whereof I the samuel Drown have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one. -

Signed sealed & delivered
in presence of us
John Mauney
Betsey Mauney
Amasa Gray 
Ruth Dickey
witness to the signature of Lydia Drown

Samuel Drown
Lydia Drown her X mark

Providence Ss In Providence seventh day of May Ad 1791 then the above named Samuel Drown personally appearing acknowledged the above
written instrument to be his voluntary act and deed
Before me
John Mauney Justice Peace
Received for recorded May 7th AD 1791 at ½ past 1 Oclock P M and
duly recorded per Daniel Cooke Town Clerk
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Know all men by them presents that I Samuel Drown of Providence in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, [illegible] in consideration of Twenty two pounds & Ten Shillings lawful money paid by Robert Wright Nash of the same Providence Tanner & Currier the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge
do hereby give grant sell & convey unto the said Robert Wright Nash his heirs executors administrators and assigns forever one certain lot of land lying in said Providence with the dwelling house thereon standing and is bounded as follows beginning on the main Street at the Northerly
end of said Providence whereon it measures forty feet thence running Westwardly on land of Widow Dickey one hundred feet: thence Northwardly on land of Moses Brown forty feet; thence Eastwardly on land of said Brown, one hundred feet to the street before named

To have and to hold the said lot of land
to the said Robert his heirs and assigns to his and their own up and behoof forever. And I do Covenant with the said Robert Wright
Nash his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises, that they are free of all incumbrances, that I have good right
to sell and convey the same to the said Robert, and that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Robert his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. -

In witness whereof I the Samuel Drown have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one. -

Signed sealed & delivered
in presence of us
John Mauney
Betsey Mauney
Amasa Gray 
Ruth Dickey
witnesses to the signature of Lydia Drown

Samuel Drown 
Lydia Drown her X mark

Providence Ss.  In Providence seventh day of May Ad 1791 then the above named Samuel Drown personally appearing acknowledged the above
written instrument to be his voluntary act and deed Before me
John Mauney Justice Peace
Received for recorded May 7th AD 1791 at ½ past 1 Oclock PM and duly recorded per Daniel Cooke Town Clerk
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City Clerks Office Providence July 18. 1839
I certify that the afore going is a true Copy of record from Book No 22 page 320 of the records of the City of Providence for recording, 
deeds office

Witness
Richard M Field
City Clerk
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 21.004
Lydia Drown
Widow of
Samuel Drown
Maj Rev. War
Act July 7 1838
Index: Vol. A, Page 196
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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4937.
Set Benj. Cowell, Jus
2 - '39 -

Ad 7 July 38

Pension Office Sept. 6 1859

Please state up to what time Lydia Drown, widow of Samuel, of R. Island & a pensioner under the
Act of July 7. 1838 has been paid.

Resp
FH Davidge Exr
3d Auditor.
Paid to 4th Sept 1839
3d Auditors Office
Sept 8th 1857
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I Thomas Luther of Providence in 
the county of Providence & State of
Rhode Island being of the age of 83 years on oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted
the Samuel Drown the husband of Lydia Drown now his widow, we always lived in the same 
neighborhood.  And I hereby testify 
that shortly after the war of the revolution
started, he courted and married Said Lydia,
then Lydia Bowen.  I used to trade with
him. I heard first he was courted her and
then I heard he had married her, and
they always lived from that time as man and wife until his death

Thomas Luther
State of Rhode Island & 
Providence Pl Providence Sep 28, 1838

Then Thomas Luther Subscribed, & made
oath to the aforegoing deposition before
me, and I further certify that said Thomas Luther is a credible witness

William Aplin Jus. Peace
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I Ruth Abbot of Providence in the county of
Providence and State of Rhode Island being of the age of 72 years on oath do testify and say
that Lydia Drown now the widow of
Samuel Drown and myself were 
brought up in the same neighborhood
in the city and were acquainted with
each other from childhood. I also lived
a near neighbor to Samuel Drown 
who had been a drummer or drum Major during the war of the revolution

And I further testify that I well remember the time when they were married. They were married in 
the year 1784 and according to the best of my 
recollection in the spring of the year
And from that time they always lived together as man and wife until the day of his death They were married by Doctor Manning President of
the college in said Providence as I understood
at the time. -

Ruth Abbot
State of Rhode Island & Providence Pl
Providence Sept. 28, 1838
There Ruth Abbot subscribed and made oath to the
aforegoing deposition before me and I further certify that said Ruth Abbot is a credible witness. -
William Aplin Jus. Peace
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It appears by the Regimental Book that Samuel Drown on the twenty seventh day of May 1777 enlisted into the military Service of the
United States "To serve during the war"; that he did faithfully serve in the Regiment successively commanded by Colonels Israel Angell,
Christopher Greene and Jeremiah Olney in the Rhode Island line, on the Continental Establishment, from the time of his said enlistment, generally as "Drummer," until the eleventh day of October 1781, on which day he was appointed "Drum Major," and served from thence as such until the fifteenth day of June 1783, when he received a furlough granted in pursuance of a general order of the second
day of the same month; - and bearing "Two Honorary Badges" previously
confered on him for six years faithful services.-

September 25th 1838. -
Gnrl Dexter Major of said Regt at
the termination of the war. -
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4937

Lydia Brown
widow of Samuel
R.I.
[illegible] 7 July '38

[illegible] 3.42
3.66 3 mo. 28. Drummer
20, 2 Drum Major
104.69

108
no deduction

Benja Cowell
Providence
R. Id
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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.

At the Municipal Court of the City of
Providence, in the County of Providence, and
State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, holden
at said Providence, on the eighteenth day of
October A.D. 1838.

Be it Remembered, that satisfactory testimony has been produced before said Court, that Samuel Drown formerly of said Providence, deceased, died on the fifteenth day of October, A.D. 1806; that he left a widow Lydia Drown, who now resides in said Providence; that said James and Lydia were legally married at said Providence, in the year 1784: and that said Lydia is now the widow of said Samuel Drown, and has so remained
ever since his death.

And be it further remembered that satisfactory testimony has been also produced before said Court, that said Samuel Drown served six years, as a drummer and as Drum Major, during the War of the Revolution, 

And the Court do further order it to be certified, that said Lydia Brown, who has signed the preceding declaration, and that Thomas Luther and Ruth Abbot, who have signed depositions annexed, - are all credible persons.

I Albert Greene Clerk of the Municipal Court of the
City of Providence, do hereby certify that the aforegoing
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contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Lydia Drown, to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act Congress of July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."

I also certify that Richard M. Field, who
has signed a preceding Deposition, was at the
time of the date thereof, and now is the City Clerk
of said City of Providence, duly appointed and qualified: and that William Aplin who has signed
the certificates to the annexed Depositions of Thomas Luther and Ruth Abbot, - was at the time of date thereof, and now is a Justice of the Peace within said City of Providence, that the signatures of said officers are genuine, and that their attestations are entitled to full credit.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 18th
day of October A.D. 1838

Albert G Greene,
Clerk
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Providence Feb 28 1851

Sir
I herewith enclose the claim of  the
children of Lydia Drown widow of Samuel
Drown who served as Drum Major
over two years, - She was allowed $104, 69
only. By the Resolve of Congress of May 27th
1778 she ought to have been allowed
a larger pension I have to request the
increase may be allowed-
I am Respetfully
your obt sevt
Benja Cowell

J.E. Heath Esq
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Providence Sept 7 1847

Sir
Your letter of the 10 inst enclosing a
military Land Warrant No 2426 for the
heirs of Samuel Drown deceased who
was drummer in the Rhode Island and
Continental Line, has been received
and in behalf of said heirs I acknowledge
its receipt [illegible] to your request
I am Respetfully
your obt sevt
Benja Cowell

J L Edwards Esq
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Providence June 9 1851

Sir
I have received yours of 4th inst respecting
the claim of Lydia Drowns children widow of
Samuel Drown a Drum Major during the
war of the Revolution, you observe he was
"drummer until Oct 11. 1781, when he was made Drum Major until 15 June 1783 when he
was furloughed, & that his widows pension was
properly computed at $104.69" I believe there
is a mistake in the computation, by the Resolve
of Congress of May 17 1778 Drum Majors
allowed $9.50 per month & drummers $7.5
Samuel Drown served 20 months 25 days
which would according to the act of Congress
of June 7 1832 give him as drum major, 75, 79 yr then allow him 3 months & 15 days as drummer
(enough to make up 24 month,s the time required
for a full pension under said act) at $7,50 per month
and it will amount $14,16, whole $109 95 yr
deduct 104 69 = 5,26 yr
which sum is due up to the time of his death
It is small but one of the children is very poor -
I am very Respetfully your obt svt
Benja Cowell
J. E. Heath Esq
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Providence July 21 1847

Sir
I herewith enclose the application & 
request of the heirs of Samuel Drown
formerly a drummer in the war of
the Revolution, for a Warrant for
Bounty Land, on account of his
services during said war.  The widow
of Samuel Drown, now deceased
(Lydia Drown) was a pensioner under the
act of Congress of July 7 1838.
Should any further evidence of his
service be wanting I refer to the
evidence filed with her claim-
I am very Respectfully
your obt sert
Benja Cowell

[illegible paragraph]

J. L. Edwards Esq
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence RI
Municipal Court of the
City of Providence in the County
of Providence, and State
aforesaid, exercising Probate
Jurisdiction
February 25 1857

Be it remembered that satisfactory testimony has been this day produced before this
Court, that Lydia Drown late of said Providence, widow of Samuel Drown, a Drum
Major in the War of the Revolution, died on
the fifteenth day of September A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and thirty nine; - that at
the time of her death she left the following
named children, to wit, Lydia Chace,
wife of William Chace; and Henrietta Bucklin, widow, both of said Providence; and  Alice
Draper wife of William Draper of, Salem
in the State of Massachusetts; and that all
of said children are over twenty one years
of age:  And that at the time of her
death she was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of one hundred and
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four dollars and sixty nine cents per annum.
payable at the Agency for paying pensions
in said Providence,
In attestation whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and have
affixed the seal of said Court,
this 25th day of February A.D. 1857.
Albert G. Greene
Clerk
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Providence Aug 5 1839

Sir
In answer to so much of your letter
of July 3 [illegible] as respects the claim
of Lydia Drown widow of Samuel
Drown I herewith enclose the Register
of their births & childrens birth [illegible] 
It will be found on a leaf preceding
the Gospel of H Mathew. I also enclose
a copy of a deed dated May 7 1791
given by them to Robert Wright Nash
This deed who shews the relation of Man & 
wife as there could be no other object
in her signing it but to relinquish her
interest as to Davis for the reciprocity of her
being married at the time stated in her
declaration will also appear by looking at
the birth of her first child-

Respectfully [illegible]
Benja Cowell
J L Edwards Esq