Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9364, Thomas C Brown, Va.
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State of Kentucky
Floyd County (1 )
On this 17 day September 1832 personally appeared
open Court before the Justices of the 
County Court now sitting Thomas
Brown Seventy two years a
resident of the state of Kentucky and
the County afsd. who being 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-
HE states that he entered the service of the United States in the Virginia
state troops, under the following named officers and 
served as he stated. That he Volunteered in the Town of Romney in
the County of Hampshire in the State of Virginia, in the month of October or November in 1778, (the day not recollected nor 
will he state which of the two months positively) in the service, under a Captain Peter Higgins, Lieutenant, was by the name 
of Patrick Johnston, He states that he was the ensign. but was called
cornett - their company was a horse company,- 
their Colonel was by the name of Benjamin Williams and that the
company was directed by the Col. to a remain in the county of
Hampshire and at given periods to traverse all the section of the county
on the waters of the Bull Pastures, the Cow Pastures & on
the head waters of the South Branch
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of the Potomac river, and in a portion of the
County of Augusta Virginia, for the
suppression of the Tories - He states that
he was born, and reared up, and resided
in the County of Hampshire; his
term of engagement was for three
years, under the stipulation, that the
company should not be withdrawn
from the state, - the company
was entirely a volunteer company -
they remained in the service during the
first winter, chiefly employed
in guarding the country - early
next spring our company commenced
its operation in the district assigned
to them a distance around of a
hundred and forty miles and traversed the district confided to us several times during the
spring and summer of 1779 - during the 
fall after the Tories [had?] gotten to be numerous and our company was confined to the county of Hampshire and in the winter following we remained at home but subject to be called out at any time -  no occurrence of importance
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or British [illegible] the fall, when
several severe skirmishes took
place with the Tories, - he states
the company was in the Battle
at Brakes Mill on the south
Branch, with the Tories, on which
occasion several of the Tories
was killed, - he does not recollect 
the number either killed or wounded on either side
He states that the men, and himself ┃
returned to their homes & stayed there
without ever being called out till spring 
(sometime in May,) to perform their usual tour of
scouting - owing to the severity of the winter & being
blockaded up with ice snow. The company
again assembled & performed two or three tour around the
district afsd; He states that he was the individual who carried
the express to Old Town to Col. Mitchel for a reinforcement
to join our company to against the Tories - no reinforcements
came to the aid of the company,- The company took
a great many Tories & put them
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in Rumney Jail and many we deposited
in Winchester jail - we took a Mayor Smith, a Tory
[illegible]& found his commission with signed by the British officers - about the 18th October, we was
required to go to little York & there remained 
till Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the American
Army - we was then marched back to
the Barracks at Manchester[?] and there our company 
received our discharges -He thinks he received his
 discharge from Patrick Shannon who had charge of
the Barracks,- He states that he saw (but was not personally
acquainted a Genl Lafayette  Genl Washington Genl Stephens
I knew personally Genl Daniel Morgan he knew Capt Lightfoot
of the horse Lieutenant Joseph Sanders the Regular service and [insert "Mathew"] Captain Digman George [illegible] and Capt. Robert Higins [illegible] taken a prisoner and