Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,901, Benjamin Brandon, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Brandon or Brendon, Benjamin
Polly

NUMBER
W.4901

CONTENTS
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Ohio 22642.

Benjamin Brandon
of Miami Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co. commanded
by Captain Armstrong of the Regt commanded
by Col Locke in the North Carolina
line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov.
1833 and sent to Benjamin
Brandon, Care of John Johnston, Esq. Piqua Ohio.
arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 200.-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar ;34, 40.-
[total] $240.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk.
Book G. Vol 8. Page three
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cin [illegible]
Ohio. 
Polly Brandon
widow of Benjamin Brandon
NC
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
1st day of July 1850.
and sent to
Hon. M.B. Corwin
House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 4
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Reportion
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W.S.A.
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State of Ohio Miami County 
Abel Brandon aged sixty two years a native of
the State of North Carolina, but for many years now
last past a resident of the State of Ohio, being duly
sworn according to law doth declare that during the
Revolutionary war he was a boy but very well
remembers that his Brother Benjamin Brandon
who is an applicant for a pension, was called
out and served in several tours of duty in the cause
of the colonies against Great Britain and that
a Brother older called William and a younger brother
named James served together in the same cause, that
he the said Abel was too young to know any of the
particulars of their services, but remembers very
will[sic] their going from home and returning again
from the duty mentioned, and that his Father
James Brandon always encouraged and recommended
his brothers to serve their country against the
enemy, that his brother William served a part of the time in the regular service 
Abel Brandon
Sworn and subscribed before me a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Miami and State of Ohio this 12th
day of October 1833.
Saml Caldwell JP (seal)
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At Pigua Ohio the 12th day of Octr 1833
Benjamin Brandon of Miami County Ohio formerly of North 
Carolina, and who now claims a pension from the United 
States by reason of his services in the War of the Revolution
makes the following statement on Oath in pursuance of
a letter lately received from the Pension office at Washington 
and dated the 1st of this instant
He believes that all the material facts required by
said letter are given and contained in the declaration
made by him on oath in open Court at Sidney in Shelby
County Ohio on the 29th of October 1832, which paper has
been already submitted to the Pension office
The reason the declaration was not made in the
County of Miami, the County of his residence the court
was not in session, nor was it soon to be. his Honor Judge
Holt presides in both Shelby and Miami Counties, the two
Counties are adjoining and are parts of a large circuit
The Interrogatories directed to be propounded by the
Court were so propounded in manner and form as set
forth in the printed sheet "headed[sic] regulations under the
act of June 7, 1832". the substance of them are fully
given in the declaration already referred to of Octr. 1832
There is no Court at this time in session in this
part of the State in order to review the proceedings and
put them in the exact form required
The only person now within his reach whose testimony
can be material is his brother Abel Brandon
and that will be found on this sheet
The undersigned can offer no new facts in his
case, all that is material will be found in the declaration 
of Oct 29. 1832. He served his country faithfully
in the time of its greatest trial in volunteer associations 
from the year 1777 to the peace of 1783 except
at such intervals as were employed in choosing
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new officers and forming associations going home
and returning to Camp for the purpose of getting
Cloaths[sic] made and mended, always acted as
volunteers choosing our own officers, was never
engaged during the whole time in any civil pursuit
was often employed as a scout as Express and spys
served some time associated with the Catawba
Indians who were commanded by
White, they
were useful on the march in feretting[sic] out and
watching the Tories but could not be relied on in
Battle
Benjamin Branson

Sworn and subscribed before
me Justice of the Peace in
and for Miami County Ohio
the 12th Day of October 1833
Sml Caldwell JP (seal)
The State of Ohio
Miami County 
I John G. Telford Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for the County and
State aforesaid do hereby certify that Saml Caldwell
Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were
taken and subscribed is now and was at the time
of the taking and subscribing of the same an
acting Justice of the peace within and for said
County duly commissioned and qualified and that
full faith and credit are due all his official
acts as such and that the signature purporting to be
his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand and affixed my seal of office
at Troy this 21st Oct A.D. 1833.
John G. Telford Clk.
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The State of Ohio
First Judicial Circuit
Courts Comm Please

I Geo. B. Holt
President Judge
of said circuit of which the county of
Miami is part, do certify that John G.
Telford who signed and attested the
foregoing certificate is the clerk of the court of
Common Pleas in & for the said county
of Miami and that his said attestation 
is in due form of Law
Oct 21. A.D. 1833.
Geo. B. Holt
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State of Ohio
Shelby County SS

on this 29 day of October 1832 personally
appeared in open court before the Court of
Common pleas of Shelby County
and State
aforesaid now sitting Benjamin Brandon a
resident of the County of Miami and State of
Ohio aged Seventy three 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 act of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers, and served as
herein stated I do hereby certify that I was born in
the month of April in the year of our Lord 1759
in Roan County in the State of North carolina &
that I continued to reside there at the time of the
Revolutionary War, and that I volunteered my service
in the defence of my country under the
command of
Capt Wm Armstrong in the year of 1777 I was
marched to the western frontiers to guard against
the Tories and indians I was continued there untill
the Stono Campaign in South Carolina Capt Armstrong
then being promoted to the office of Majr I then
volunteered under captain John Knox and marched
under his command into South Carolina where we joined General Butlers Brigade in the Stono expedition.
I continued there untill capt Knox company
was relieved by Capt  Richd Graham I then joined 
Capt Grahams company and marched under his command
to the seige[sic] of Charlestown I continued at Charlestown
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untill we were relieved by Gen Rutherford I then returned
home tho I remained there but a short time untill
called upon and again marched Majr Armstrong
who acted as Capt in the expedition against the tories
at Ramsours in which battle sd Armstrong fell I
then volunteered under Capt Abel Armstrong and
continued in the service guarding the frontiers against
tories and indians we succeeded in taking 12 or 13 tories
prisoners and in marching to Camp we received information
from Col Dickson that it had been satisfactory proven
that three of the prisoners had been guilty of bringing
indians into the frontiers he forwarded the names of
the men with orders to hang the men that answered
to their names the names was called and the men
that answered to them was hung that night, my
touer[sic] was under Capt John Bickerstaff we marched to
the lower part of the state against the tories
and free Collored[sic]  people, my next touer[sic] was under
Capt Abel Armstrong we marched into South Carolina
and joined Gen. Morgan and was in the Battle
at the
Cowpens with him Col Washington against the british
from thence we marched home to North Carolina and joined
General Davidson and fought against the British at
Cowens ford on the Catawba River in this action
Gen. Davidson fell on the same afternoon we wore
defeated at Torrences at the cross roads & I was also in
the chase after Col. Bryan the leader of a tory party
this chace[sic] took place in the fork of the adkin[sic] river,
I was in several other touers[sic] not so particurly[sic] [illegible]
to give a detailed account, I continued under the command
of Capt Abel Armstrong untill peace was concluded I removed
from N Carolina to Tennessee in 1804 I removed from
Tennessee to Miami County in Ohio in 1808
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where I have resided ever since. He never had any claim
to a pention[sic] except the present and declares that
his name is not on the pention[sic] roll of the agency of any
State
Benjamin Brandon
Sworn & subscribed to in open Court this
29th of October A.D. 1882 
James Wells Clerk

We [blank] a clergyman, residing in the County
of Miami and State of Ohio hereby Certify that are
well acquainted with Benjamin Brandon who has
Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that 
we believe to be 73 years of age, that he is
reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and the we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day year aforesaid,
James Wells Clerk of Comn Pleas
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 cort[sic] further
certify that it appears to them Samuel
Cile who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman, resident in the County of Miami and
that John Huston who has also signed the same
is a resident in the County of Shelby and is a credible
person and that the statement is entitled
to credit
John Houston
Samuel Kyle
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I, James Wells Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, within and for the County
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original procedings[sic] of the
said Court in the matter of the application
of Benjamin Brandon for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of our said Court of
the first Circuit at Sidney the
30th day of October A.D. 1832
James Wells Clerk
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Declartion
In order to obtain the benifits[sic] of the Acts of Congress of the 7th July 1838
and 13th August 1842 The State of Ohio Miami County to wit On this
twenty first day of March AD Eighteen hundred forty four personly[sic] appeared
before me William Elliott a Justice of the peace within and for the County
aforesaid Polly Brandon a resident of said County of Miami and State of
Ohio aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress, passed 7th July 1838
and the 23d August 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Benjamin Brandon
who volunteered as a private in the service of the United States in the spring of the
year 1777 and served a tour of three months and upwards under the command of Capt.
Armstrong Col Francis Locke and Gen Rutherford in an expedition on the West side
of Cataba river, against the Tories and Indians and continued in the service until he again
volunteered under Capt William Armstrong and Knox (Armstrong having been promoted to a
Major during the Compaign) and he had no Col to command the party untill he joined
the Camp a Stono (in the year 1879) and remained there under the command of Gen Butter
and Col McDonal a little before the siege of Charleston South Carolina. That without having
returned home he immediately volunteered again as a private under Capt Graham
(Cols name not recollected) under the command of Gen Lincoln where he marched to
to the defence of Charleston and served under him for a term of three months
and was then discharged by Capt Grimes (successor of Capt Graham) and [illegible]
by Gen Rutherford that he then was discharged and returned home and
there remained but a short time untill he volunteered again as a private under
Capt William Armstrong in an Expedition against the Tories and Indians and was
at the skirmish at Ramsour's where Col Locke was Commander although he
did not act in the field on that day but his party was commanded by Capt
Armstrong principally during the action &c untill he was killed That he then
Volunteered as a private under Capt Abel Armstrong Col Joseph Dixon and
continued three months on the South West side of the Cataba River guarding against
the Tories and Indians in which his party succeeded in capturing a number of Tories
Three of whom suffered exemplary punishment by hanging for the treasonable crime
of enticing the Indians to murder the settlers who were devoted to the cause of
the Revolution. His next tour was for three months as a private under Capt
John Blickerstaff Col Smith under whom he was marched to the Southern part of
North Carolina against the Colored men and Tories. That he then volunteered
as a private under Capt Abel Armstrong Col David Caldwell for the Term of
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three months and was in pursuit after Col Bryon a Tory leader Commonly 
called Byron Chase that under the same Capt Abel Armstrong he was 
an actor in the matter of the Cowpens as a private under Gen Morgan in
the winter of 1781 and well remembers Col Washingtons charge on Laston's
troops when the American army pursued them fifteen or twenty miles as he
supposes. He then proceeded under Genl Davison and was present and
took part in the battle at Cowan's ford in which action Gen Davison fell
This was on Cataba and under the command of Capt Abel Armstrong Col Locke
He was also at the defeat of Torrences Cross Roads under the last named Captain
That he does not precisely recollect other services performed by him but that he continued
from the latter period under the command of Capt Abel Armstrong
untill the peace and that he remained at home but very short period during the
term of five years from 1777 to 1782 including the balance of which time he
devoted to the service of his Country and was not engaged during said term
of five years in any civil pursuit except preparing himself for the various
campaigns in which he acted. That he has the testimony of James Graham
of North Carolina Rowan County and James Patterson William Tucker
and Benjamin Knox all of the County aforesaid Also that of David
Hair and Robert Hair of Iredell County and State of North Carolina all
of whose evidence are hereto accompaning[sic]. That he hereby relinquishes
my claim to a pensions &c &c. She also declares that she was
Married to the said Benjamin Brandon aforesaid on the Sixth
day of February AD Seventeen hundred and ninety that her husband 
as aforesaid Benjamin Brandon died on the fifth day of
May AD Eighteen hundred and thirty seven That she was not married
to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous
to the first of Jany Seventeen hundred ninety four viz at the time above
stated. She further declares that after the death of her husband as
aforesaid and that since that time she has ever since remained a
widow and is still a widow
[Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year above written: crossed-out]
She hereby relinquishes 
every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that her name is not on the pension list of the agency of any
State (or of any) only on that agency of the State of Ohio
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year
aforesaid
Polly Brendon
William Elliott J.P.
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State of North Carolina
Know all men by
these presents that we Benjamin Brandon
and James Willson are held and firmly bound
unto Richard Caswell Esquire Governor of
said State in the sum of Five hundred pounds
conditioned that if no lawful cause shall
hereafter appear why the rites of Matrimony
should not be celebrated between Benjamin
Brandon and Mary Knox agreeable to a license
of this date then this obligation to be void else
to be and remain in full force and virtue the fourth
day of Febry one thousand seven hundred and
eighty eight.

Benjn Brandon (Seal)
James Wilson (Seal)
Sealed and delivered
in presence of
Dav. Crawford

State of North Carolina
Rowan County
I James E Kerr, Clerk of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, certify
that the foregoing is a true copy of the marriage
bond of Benjamin Brandon as taken from the
original on file in my office with the exception
of the date which are in figures in the original
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of my
Office, at office, this the 3rd
day of June 1850
James E. Kerr Clerk
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Benjamin Brandon & Polly Knox
Was married the 6 of febry 1790
Their son James was born the 10 of March 1791
Lisey was born the [blank] febry 1793
John K was born the [blank] March 1795
Jesey was born the [blank] October 1797
Benjamin was born the [blank] April 1799
Lilla was born the [blank] 1801
Fanney was born the [blank] 1803
Gidion was born the [blank] 1805
Jeney was born the 31 of March 1807
Levi was born the 28 of April 1811
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THE NEW
TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD and SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,

Newly Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK,
AND
with the former TRANSLATIONS diligently compared
and revised,
By his Majesty's Special Command.
Appointed to be read in CHURCHES.

CAMBRIDGE,
Printed by JOHN ARCHDEACON Printer to the UNIVERSITY
And sold by JOHN BEECROFT, JOHN RIVINGTON, BENJAMIN WHITE,
and EDWARD DILLY, in London; and T. & J. MERRILL, in Cambridge. 1769.
CUM PRIVILEGIO.
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Rev. War Section.

August 6, 1914.

Mr. S. B. Judah.
Vincennes, Indiana.

Sir:
In response to your letter of the third instant, you are
advised that the papers in claim W. File No. 4,901 Rev. War
show that Benjamin Brandon, son of James Brandon, was born
April, 1759, in Rowan County, North Carolina, and while residing
there volunteered in 1777 and served at various times
as a Private, Scout, Express and Spy until 1783, under the
following officers: Captains William Armstrong, Knox, Graham.
Grimes, Abel Armstrong, John Bickerstaff and Colonels Francis
Locke, McDowell, Joseph Dixon, Smith and David Caldwell, and
was in the battles of Ramsours Mill, Cowpens, Cowans Ford and
Torrance Cross Roads.
He married Mary or Polly daughter of John Knox, in Rowan
County, North Carolina, February 6, 1790. (copy of marriage
bond and license dated February 4, 1788) She was born May 11,
1771, in said County and State.
He was allowed pension for two years service on an application
executed October 29, 1832, while a resident of Miami
County, Ohio, where he died May 5, 1837.

Brandon, Ben
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She was allowed pension on an application executed March
21, 1844, while a resident of Miami County, Ohio.
Their children were:
James  born March 10, 1791.
Lisey or Elizabeth born February, 1793.
John K. born March -- 1795.
Jesey born October - 1797.
Benjamin born April -- 1799.
Zilla born -- 1801.
Fanney born --1803
Gidion born -- 1805
Jeney born -- March 31, 1807
Paley born --
Levi born April 28, 1811

Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.

Brandon 2
BRANDON, BEN
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
May 23, 1928.
The Honorable,
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
I am informed that there is in the files of the Pension
Office a written statement made about 1832 by Benjamin Brandon, a
soldier in the Revolutionary War, in connection with his claim for
a pension. I am further advised that there are also on file
statements made by others in connection with this pension claim
of Benjamin Brandon. I understand this is known as file or case
No. 4901.
Will you please advise me if it is possible to obtain
an uncertified transcript of Mr. Brandon's statement and also of
the statements made by others in connection with his claim. I
should also like to know the cost of all of these statements and
also the cost of Benjamin Brandon's statement separately.
Very truly yours,
CARL T. SCHUNEMAN,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

[stamp]
U.S. Pension Office
May 25 1928

BRANDON, BEN
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[Illegible] three
Cal. Scott's
[illegible]

Washington, D. C.
May 28, 1928.
Mr. Carl T. Schuneman,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. SchunEman:
In response to your letter of the 23rd instant, with
letter of Mr. Samuel Brandon Judah of Vincennes, Indiana
enclosed, I advise you that photostatic copies of original
papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claims of
Benjamin Brandon and his widow Polly (W. 4901) will be
furnished Mr. Judah under the provisions of the Act of August
24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with
twenty-five cents extra for certification, should that be
desired.
The number of pages to be copied, which includes the
soldier's statements, is seventeen and the remaining number, 
which includes affidavit in support of his claim for
pension, the widow's statements, family record etc., is
thirty-three, amounting to fifty pages in all.
2
The proper amount should be forward to this bureau

BRANDON, BEN
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by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the
Interior.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

3 enclosures

[calculation] 15 [x] 50 [=] 7.50 [+] 25 [total] 7.75
[calculation] 8.50 [-] 7.75 [=] .75


BRANDON, BEN
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V.L.M.
Rev. War Section.
August 6, 1914.

Mr. S. B. Judah.
Vincennes, Indiana.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the third instant,
you are furnished herewith a history of Benjamin Brandon, 
W. File No. 4,901, Rev. War, which is a composite
abstract of all the salient facts contained in a series
of applications made by the soldier and his widow, no
one of which embodies all the soldier's services and
family history, and is therefore incomplete without the
others.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail
to afford any information in regard to James Brandon.
Very respectfully,
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.

BRANDON, BEN
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

June 21, 1928.
Draft #247-$8.50

[stamp]
Finance Division
June 26 1928
Bureau of Pensions

The Honorable
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
I hand you herewith a cashier's check in the amount
of $8.50 to cover the cost of photostatic copies of original
papers on file in your office in connection with the
Revolutionary War pension claim of Benjamin Brandon and
his widow, Polly, (W4901). I shall thank you very much
to have these copies made and sent to Mr. Samuel Brandon
Judah, 1308 Old Orchard Road, Vincennes, Indiana, as offered
in your letter of May 28th, addressed to me.
Very truly yours,
CARL T. SCHUNEMAN,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Enclosure.

[stamp]
U.S. Pension Office
June 25 1928

BRANDON, BEN.
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
November 28, 1824.

Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of BENJAMIN BRANDON a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[table: first column applies to all rows]
|DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|
|From the Spring of 1777 to 1778, he rendered at least eight tours of duty.|

|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.)(COLONEL.)|STATE|
|3 mo.|Pri.|William Armstrong|Francis Locke|N. C.|
|?|Pri.|John  Knoz[sic]|N. C.|
|3 mo.|Pri.|Graham & Grimes|Not stated|
|?|Pri.|William Armstrong|Francis Locke|N.C.|
|3 mo.|Pri.|Abel Armstrong|Joseph Dixon|N.C.|
|3 mo.|Pri.|John Bickerstaff|Smith|N.C.|
|3 mo.|Abel Armstrong|David Caldwell|N.C.|
|3 mo.|Pri.|Abel Armstrong|David Caldwell|N.C.|

Battles engaged in Ramsour's Mills, Cowpens, Cowan's Ford, Torrence's Cross Roads.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rowan County, N.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 29, 1852.
Residence at date of application, Miami County, Ohio.
Age at date of application, Born, Rowen Co., N.C. in April 1759.
Remarks: in 1804 removed to Tenn. and in 1893 to Miami., Ohio;
died May 5, 1837. His widow, Polly, to whom he was married
Feb. 2, 1780, was also a pensioner.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Samuel B. Judd,
Vincennes, Ind.

BRANDON, BEN
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State of North Carolina Rowan County Sept 10th 1832
We, the subscribers being acquainted with
Benjamin Brandon of the State of Ohio, Do hereby
certify from his standing in society and of the
services which he has rendered in the Revolutionary
War being equal to many of his fellow soldiers
who has drawn and still continue to draw
a pention[sic[ from the General Government, which
he the sd. Brandon was debared[sic] from by the
act passed in the year eighteen hundred & twenty
eighty, by holding property which the act passed in eighteen hundred &
thirty one has set aside. Therefore we think it nothing
but fair and right that he the sd. Brandon should
be put in possession of a pension from the time peace
was concluded to make him equal with those
of his fellow soldiers, who have had a pension on
from the termination of peace.
Given under our hands
James Graham JP
Benjamin Knox
Zadock Griffith

No Carolina
Rowan County
I Abel Graham
one of the acting Justices of the peace
and quarter sessions of the sd County do
hereby certify that John Giles whose
name appeared to the foregoing
certificate is Clerk of the Court
aforesaid & that full faith & credit
is due to attestation as such
Given under my hand Sept 19th 1832
Abel Graham J.P.
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State of North Carolina, Rowan County
We Thomas L Cowan & Alexander Long
two of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County
of Rowan do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted 
with James Graham Senr, Benjamin Knox, Zadock Griffeth
William Luckey and James Patterson, who have signed the
within statement. that they are freeholders, of good character
and entitled to credit.-

Given under our hands and seals this
18th September AD 1832

Tho. L. Cowan J.P.
Alexr. Long, J.P.

State of North Carolina
Rowan County 
I, John Giles Clerk of the Court
of pleas and Quarter Sessions 
for Rowan County, do
hereby certify that Thomas L. Cowan &
Alexander
Long Esquires whose signatures appear to the foregoing
certificate are acting Justices of the peace for said
County of Rowan duly Commissioned and qualified
according to Law. And that all due faith and credit
may and ought to be given to their official acts
as such -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the Seal
of said Court at Office the 18th
day of September AD 1832-
John Giles Clk
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15822
3- 2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

June 26 1928
Chief, Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
I have this day received from
Samuel B. Judah, through
Carl T Schuneman
draft in the amount
of $8.50 requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.

J RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
H.C.L.

[handwritten notation]
Photos mailed
Financial Div ntfd + also
that 75[cents] to be refunded at
July 7, 1928 [illegible initials]

[handwritten notation]
+ CC
June 29
to Law Div
July 5
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State of North Carolina
Rowan County
I James E Ken above named
depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk
of the County Court in the County and State
aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy
from the original Marriage Bond on file in my
office with the exception above named, as certified
by me
James E Kerr Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 3rd day of June AD 1850
Jno L Shaver JP

State of North Carolina
Rowan County
I James E Kerr
Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions for the County aforesaid, certify
that John John J Shaver Esquire is an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified, and that the
signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed my seal of office
at office this the 3rd day of
June A.D. 1850
James E Kerr Clerk
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23 Hist to
[S.B.] Judah Vincennes, Ind
1909 July 2. Hist. to Mrs
Elizabeth B Robison
523. Caldwell St. Pique
Ohio for tombstone
see letter in S.F. 44342.
aid. for V.L.M.
1914 Aug. 6. Hist. to S.B.
1917 Jany 6 Hist to Joe
1928 May 28. Mr. Carl Schuneman
advised in behalf of same
Cost of photo- [illegible]
1928 - July 7- Photos to S.B. Judah
by request of Mr. Carl Schuneman
Mr. Schuneman
1930 June 26. Photos [illegible] to
Mrs. Charles E [illegible]
Div. ntfd, A. D. Y.

[middle panel]
Revy
Widow, &c.
File No. 4901
Polly Brandon
Wid.
Benjn. Brandon
Pri. Rev: War
Act: Feby. 2nd/48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 82
Arrangement of 1870.]

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1894 Nov.
Sam'l B.J
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22,642
Benjn. Brandon
Ohio
Adm 2 years $80

Benj. Brandon Care of
John Johnston
Piqua
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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 subjoined 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 compling[sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of
[table]
|Period when the service was rendered|Duration of the claimant's service.|Years.|Months.|Days.|Rank of 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|
See the other side

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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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, mucicians 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.
Sate Territory or District of
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
[blank] day of [blank] & 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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], 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 [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this {blank] day of [blank] & 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
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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 exexpected[sic]. 
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 traditionary 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
enquiry 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
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, 
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
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
in 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 the
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 services, and the particular rank her 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 place 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 affix 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
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes 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.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Ohio
Miami County ss
On this 19th day of Deember AD 1849
before me one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Miami aforesaid 
and resident therein personally appeared Mary
(Polly) Brandon who being by me first duly sworn
deposes and makes the following Declaration on oath
in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made
by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, the
Joint Resolution of Congress of July 7th 1838, the
Acts of Congress of March 3d 1843. July 17th/44
and also of February 2d 1848.
That she is the widow of Benjamin
Brandon, deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier
and who was pensioned in the evidence herewith transmitted 
which was printed by him in his life time &
drew his Pension at the City of Cincinnati until
the spring of 1837 upon the 5th day of May of
which year he died. That she is a Native of
Rowan County North Carolina, was born on the
11th day of May 1771 and was Lawfully married in
said County to the said Benjamin Brandon on the
6th day of February 1790 by a Mr Crawford a Justice
of the Peace; that at the time of said marriage
there was no public Records of Marriages kept in
in said State and that she possesses no record
Evidence of Marriage save the Family record which
on the formerly application of this deponant
for a Pension which was made some six or seven
years since was supposed to be lost but has
since been found as a loose leaf misplaced in
the old Bible, which Record is herewith 
and is in the hand writing of his[sic] deceased 
husband Benjamin Brandon aforesaid
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and is all the Family record ever kept by her husband 
of their marriage and the dates of the births of
their Children and that she knows that said Record
is a true record of these facts
That this deponant Mary (called Most commonly 
Polly) Brandon has made application once
before for her Pension about the year 1844 and at
the time of filing of the proof in said application 
the original Pension Certificate of her said
Husband Benjamin Brandon was transmitted
and filed with said proof as this deponant believes.
And this deponent asks that the Proofs
filed at the time mentioned may be made a part 
of the proofs in this case and for confirmation
of her declaration as to his marriage with the
said Benjamin Brandon and the date thereof
would respectfully refer to the proof then filed
and also the family record and affidavits herewith 
transmitted. And this deponant further
says that she is on[sic] person now alive who knows
of said Mariage save Jane Brandon whose
affidavit is herewith transmitted to her to
knowledge.
And this deponant further says she continued
to reside in Rowan County North Carolina where
she was married for several years afterwards
and that she has been a resident of the County
of Miami and State of Ohio for about thirty
years past and dwells now where her husband
Benjamin Brandon lived in his life time &
where he resided at the time of his securing
his Pension through the application of
Colonel John Johnson and where he continued
to reside until the time of his death
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on the fifth day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty
Seven and this deponant further says that her husband
Benjamin Brandon aforesaid and whose widow
she has ever remained drew his pension at the
City of Cincinnati and was pensioned at the rate
of Eighty four dollars a year as this deponant
recollects;
Polly Brandon
Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and year aforesaid
M. G. Mitchell Associate Judge
Miami County

I Moses G Mitchell one of the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of Miami &
State of Ohio and who administered the oath to Mary
(Polly) Brandon the deponant in the within declaration
do hereby certify that from extreme old age she is
unable to appear in court to make the above declaration, 
I also certify that I have been personally and intimately
acquainted with her for nearly thirty years
and know that she has always been the reputed wife of Benjamin
Brandon aforesaid and was recognised by him as
such in his life time I also certify that it is the
opinion of the neighborhood where she resides that
she was the lawful wife of the said Benjamin Brandon
and that I fully concur in that opinion I also
certify that from the Character she has sustained
great confidence is due to her Declaration
M. G. Mitchell associate
Judge M.C.
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The State of Ohio Miami County March twenty first eighteen
hundred forty four personly appeared before me Abel Brandon
who being duly sworn upon his oath makes the following
Statement
That he is a resident of the County aforesaid and
that he witnessed the signing of the said Polly Brandon as aforesaid
and that he knows that she is the widow as aforesaid that he was
not present at the Marriage ceremony but that the said Benjamin
Brandon and Polly Brandon came to his fathers house on
the same day of their marriage to wit on the sixth day of February
seventeen hundred and ninty and being the [illegible] of the said
parties and that he is satisfied of the Marriage taking place at
that time with seventeen hundred ninty as much so as if he had witnessed
the ceremony it being it being in Rowan County in the State of North 
Carolina. He further states that he is known the parties ever since and
that the said Benjamin Brandon died on the fifth day of May
A D Eighteen hundred thirty seven leaving the said Polly Brandon
a widow who has remained unmarried ever since.
Abel Brandon

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year aforesaid
William Elliott J.P.

The State of Ohio 
Miami County
I the said William Elliott Justice of the Peace
as aforesaid do hereby that the said Polly Brandon who is the
applicant in this case is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily
infirmity also certify that the Witness Above named Abel Brandon
is a man of truth and whose testimony is entitled to full credit
William Elliott J.P.

The State of Ohio  
Miami County ss
Personly appeared in open Court the above named
William Elliott and Stephen Johnston who being
first duly sworn upon their Oaths State that they have been well
acquainted with the Character of the above named Polly Brandon who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe
her to be a woman of unquestionable veracity and unexceptionable moral
character March twenty second A D Eighteen hundred forty four
William Elliott
Stephen Johnston
Subscribed & Sworn to in open Court March
22nd 1844
Th S. Smith Clerk
By Wm S Powers
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The State of Ohio
Miami County S
I Th S. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the
County and State of aforesaid do hereby certify that William Elliott
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected
Commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the
17th day of November AD 1841, and will expire on the 
17" day of November AD 1844 and that his signatures within written are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court
at Troy this 25th day of March AD 1844
Th. J.S. Smith Clk M.C.P.
By Wm S. Powers dep ck
The declaration of Polly Brandon in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress of the
7th July AD 1838 and 23rd August 1842. It appearing to the Court that the said Polly Brandon
having been qualified to the truth of said declaration before William Elliott a Justice of the
Peace and proof being made by Abel Brandon of the marriage of the said Polly Brandon to
the said Benjamin Brandon in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety. It is hereby declared to
be clearly the opinion of said Court upon the credibility of the evidence accompanying said
declaration that the said Polly Brandon is entitled to the benefits of the act above alluded to, and
it is also the opinion of the members of said Court from a Knowledge of the Character of the said
Benjamin Brandon before his death and also with the said Polly Brandon his widow that she is justly
entitled to the benefit of said act, and it is hereby ordered that the opinion of said Court shall be
entered upon the minutes of said Court and a copy of said entry certified by the Clerk of
said Court to accompany said declaration of the said Polly Brandon at the present of term of
said Court, to wit, on the 22nd day of March AD 1844
The State of Ohio  
Miami County
I Th J.S. Smith Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of Common Pleas
of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above
entry taken and copied from the Journals of said Court
made at the March Term thereof AD 1844
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court, at Troy
this 25th day of March AD 1844
Th J.S. Smith Clerk M.C.P.
Th By W. Powers dep ck
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State of Ohio
Miami County SS
Before me a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County personally 
came Jane Brandon who being by me first
duly sworn says on oath that she is the Identical person 
who made an affidavit on the recent application
of Mary (Polly) Brandon for a Pension as a Widow of
Benjamin Brandon who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
and died on the 5th day of May AD 1837.
And she further States in addition to what she
then stated that she was not present at the time of
the solemnizing of the marriage between Benjamin
Brandon and Mary Brandon or Polly Brandon as
She has been most commonly called but that her
baptismal name and the name as it is usually written
is Mary Brandon, but that she was in the neighborhood
at the time said Marriage was Solemnized and recollect
the event well but the date in her former affidavit she
was unable to fix and that she stated in hir former affidavit 
that said event took place some time about the
year 1790, that at the time of making said affidavit 
she was not at home and had no means of refreshing
her memory as to the date of that event but
that she is now at home and can further State
that her own family Record shows that her own
marriage with Able Brandon Brother of Benjamin Brandon
took place on on the first day of May Seventeen
hundred and ninety four and that at the time of
her own marriage Benjamin Brandon and Mary (Polly)
Brandon (who was married quite young) had three children
whose names were James, Elizabeth & John
Brandon that none of these were twins and that the age
of the Eldest she can not tell but should
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thinks James was as much as five years or more old and according
the best of my recollection the youngest was just beginning
to walk, and she further states that Mary Brandon
aforesaid and herself were cousins by blood that this
deponant was the daughter of Joseph Knox and that
Mary Brandon was the daughter of her uncle John
Knox, that she was married to Able Brandon who
was the Brother of the aforesaid Benjamin Brandon
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner as set forth
in her former affidavit and who was married as
aforesaid to the said Mary Brandon formerly
Mary Knox.
And this deponant further states that she
has always resided near and always been on very intimate 
terms with the aforesaid Mary Brandon that the said Mary Brandon is now of great age and
has become quite childish and of frail memory
and this deponant further states that she has no interest 
in this application for a Pension and that
She has full belief in its Justice.
Jane Brandon herXmark
Sworn to and subscribed before 
me this 15th day of June AD 1850
Jacob Landes J P
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10932 Cin.
Ohio
Polly Brandon
Widow of Benjamin
who was a pensioner under the Act of '32
and who died on the 5 May 1837
of Miami Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Armstrong of the
Regt commanded Col. Locke in
the North Cara. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of
July 1850 and sent to
Hon M.B. Corwin, H. R.
Total amount, $
(Act July 7m 1834.)
+ Joint Resolution 23 Jany 1845
Recorded by J P Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 383
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Ohio Cin.
8848.
Polly Brandon
widow by Benjamin
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
the 1st day of July '50
and sent to
Hon M. B
M.B. Corwin
House of Reps
(Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 208.
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State of Ohio
Miami County ss
On this fourth day of November in
the year Eighteen hundred and forty Nine personally 
appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in
and for the said County of Miami Jane Brandon
a credible witness who being by me first duly
Sworn says on Oath that she has been personally intimate 
with Polly (Mary) Brandon who now makes
application for a Pension as widow of Benjamin
Brandon deceased who was in his life time Pensioned
for service by him rendered as a soldier in the War
of the Revolution and who died on or about the 5th day
of May in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty seven
That she is a native of the State of North Carolina
and the County of Rowan and was acquainted with
Polly Brandon there before her marriage with the
said Benjamin Brandon having been brought up
in the same Neighborhood [in the same: crossed out] and when 
arrived at maturity was married to brothers.
That she knows that the said Polly Brandon
was the lawful wife of the said Benjamin Brandon 
and that she was married to him in the State 
of North Carolina Some time in the year Seventeen 
hundred and Ninety and ever after continued
to reside with him until his death at the time aforesaid 
and has never married since his death
That at the time the said Benjamin Brandon secured 
his Pension he resided in the County of Miami
and State of Ohio where he continued to reside until
the time of his death and that his wife or Widow
the said Polly Brandon Still continues to reside
where her deceased Husband Last dwelt
That she is now of great age and very infirmed
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That there is no one acquainted with the fact of said marriage
now living to the knowledge of this deponant
but herself
Jane Brandon herXmark

Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year above written
Daniel Hay JP
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J Jacob Landes-- who administered the oath to
Jane Brandon in the foregoing affidavit do hereby certify that
I have been personally acquainted with hir for a great number 
of years and that she is a very aged and reputable person
and that from my own knowledge of her character I think
there is the utmost credit due to her declaration herein
made and I also certify that I myself believe the same
to be true,
Jacob Landes J P

State of Ohio
Miami County ss
I John G Tilford Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for
said County of Miami do hereby certify that Jacob
Landes before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and
who made the above certificate of credibility was at the
time the same purport to have been done an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected
Commissioned & qualified and that full faith and
credit are due to all his official acts as such and I also
certify that his signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Troy this 17th day of June AD 1850
Jno G Telford Clerk By Wm. Powers Dep
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State of Ohio
Miami County ss
I John G. Gifford Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the said County 
of Miami do hereby certify that M. G. Mitchell
before whom the Declaration of Polly Brandon was
made and who signed the certificate thereunto attached
was at the time the same was made one of the associate
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said
County of Miami duly appointed and commissioned and
I also certify that Daniel Hay before whom the affidavit
of Jane Brandon was had was at the time the 
same purport to have been done an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for the County of Miami duly Elected and qulified[sic] and that full faith
is due to both this official acts as such and I also
certify that their signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at
Troy this 29" day of January A D 1851
John G. Telford Clerk
Miami Com Pleas
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Piqua, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1833

J.L. Edwards, Esqr

Dear Sir,
I have written and prepared the
Declartion[sic] of Mr Benj. Brandon which you
find accompanying this note, and if there be
any thing in the form unsatisfactory to the Department
you will do me favour, if you have licence, to say
in what particular point. I understand that his
former declaration (written in Shelby County,) was
returned merely for want of form. I have therefore
been particular in preparing this. I hope it may
be satisfactory in all points.
I have been for
13 years acquainted with Mr. Brandon, the
applicant, and have no doubt as regards the truth
of the assertions made in his Declaration: and
the facts, as set forth in the affidavit of Jas. Grimes
Jas. Patterson, Benj. Knox, T. Griffin & Wm Lackey
of N. Carolina. I believe to be the truth, and
nothing but the truth.
Respectfully
Your
WM. R. Barrington
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10722/Cin
Polly Brandon
widow of Benjamin
Ohio
Act 7. July 38
& Joint Resolution of 23 Jany 45

Married 1788
Husband died, 5 May 1832
Adm $80 p ann
from 4 March 1836 to 4
March 41, Also
act 3 March 43
17 June 44
2 Feby 48 $80.00 pa
from 4 March 1843.
Hon M.B. Corwin
House of Reps