Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1320, Richard Brown, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
SC Brown, Richard R 1320
Judah

CONTENTS

res at enl either Wilks or Burke Co NC
d Mar 15, 1828 in Franklin Co NC
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AM Jenkins
sep 11/54
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Pension Office
Sept 11 1854
Sir
The claim of Mrs Judah Brown for a pension as the widow of Richard has been received & examined
The claimand should file evidence of her husband's service which if of record she could obtain by addressing the proper authority of North Carolina 
Until evidence of service is filed & the claimants alleged husband identifying therewith the claim will remain suspended
I have & cr & c
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Application of
Jude Brown for a pension for the services of her husband Richard Brown in the Revolutionary War
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State of Illinois
Jackson County} SS
On this 7 day of September AD 1833 personally appeared before Judge of the county court of Jackson in the state of Illinois in open court court  being in session in the town of Murphysboro in said county Judah Brown a resident of said State of Illinois in the county of Randolph aged 63 years who after being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress passed February 3 AD 1853 that she is the widow of Richard Brown who was a private soldier in the company of Stateton men commanded 1st by Captain Godfrey Adams 2nd by Captain Moor to whose command he was transferred after the Battle of Eutaw Springs during the Revolutionary War in the segment of troops commanded by Col Middleton in Genl Sumpters brigade in the division of the Revolutionary army under the command of General Greene in the Revolutionary war (whether he was a regular soldier, drafted man or volunteer she cannot tell) Said Richard Brown resided in the state of North Carolina in either the county of Wils or Burke at the time when he entered the service which he did about 1st March 1781 and continued in the service for about the space of ten months and was discharged (at what place she can not tell) about the 1st December 1781 was in the battles at Dorchester and Eutaw Springs She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Brown in said Jackson County state of Illinois in the month of Marach in the year 1822 and that her said husband the aforesaid Richard Brown died in Franklin county in said state on the 15th day of March AD 1828 that she was married to him at the time above stated She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and
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and that she has never before made applicatoin for a pension she further says that she knows of no documentary evidence by which she can prove any thing about the services of her said husband since the rolls of the army She further swears that she is unable to obtain any record evidence of her marriage with the said Richard Brown The clerks office in said Jackson County having been distroyed by fire in 1843 the record of their marriage was burned and they never had any family record } Judah Brown
X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me in open court
Jefferson Allen} Judge Co Court Jackson Co Ills
Witness Cyrus Thomas 
State of Illinois
Jackson County } SS I hereby certify that Jefferson Allen Esq before whom the foregoing declaration was made in open court and who has theerinto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing Judge of the county court of said Jackson County duly elected, commissioned and sworn and that said county court is a court of record having general jurisdiction
I Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of the aforesaid county court of said county at Murphysbror this 1st day of May AD 1854
Thos S Hall clerk
By A M Jenkins Deputy clk
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State of Illinois
Jackson County} SS On this 1st day of May AD 1854 personally appeared before me in open court PC Hall aged 56 years and George Butcher aged 60 years both residents of Jackson county in the state of Illinois who being severally sworn upon their oaths say that they were personally and well acquainted with Judah Brown and Richard Brown her husband during his lifetime and know that they were married in said county some time in the year 1822 know that they lived together as man and wife from that time until his death knew that said Judah Brown was known to be the wife of said Richard Brown deceased, knew that the said Richard Brown her husband is the same person whom she says served in the Revolutionary War as she has in her declaration stated and that he is dead and that he died in Franklin county in said state in the month of March 1828 as they are informed and believe and that she has remained a widow from thattime until the present They also know that the clerks office in said county of Jackson was destroyed by fire in the year 1843 and all the public records of said county burned up and they swear they are disinterested witnesses
Geo Butcher
PC Hall
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court and I certify that the said PC Hall and George Butcher who made the foregoing affidavit are credible & disinterested witnesses and their statements therein entitled to credit and that the witnesses and  [illegible] that were made before signns William Bradley G [illegible]}

William Bradley Judge co court } Jackson county 
State of Illinois
Jackson County } SS  I hereby certify that William Bradley Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing the judge of the county court in and for the county aforesaid
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duly elected commissioned and sworn and that said county court is a court is a court of record having general jurisdiction
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of the aforesaid county court at Murphysboro in said county this first day of May AD 1854
Thos S Hall Clerk
By AM Jenkins Dpty clk

Application of Jude Brown for a pension for the services of her husband Richard Brown in the Revolutionary War
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1320 
EJECTED
PO Judah Brown
wid of Richard
Service
nlisted 18
ischarged 18
pplication filed 18
lleges
Filed too late to be entered 
e-enlisted on printed list of 1852 
Attorney
PO
Recognized Contract
Cert of Dis Searched for 18