Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1816-300, Windsor Brown, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va. 

Brown, Windsor

NUMBER
B. L. Wt. 1816 - 300

CONTENTS
enl. from Alexandria Va ) & an Irishman, died at Alexandria Va in 1785
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BOUNTY LAND
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES - CLAIM OF HEIRS.

(No. 1)
District of Columbia  }
County of Washington } ss.
I, Mary Elizabeth King, grand niece and the only heir at law of Windsor Brown  late of the County of Fairfax and State of Virginia but now deceased, do upon oath, testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said Windsor Brown was a Captain in the first
Regiment of Infantry belonging to the Virginia line, on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary War. I do further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity of land due the said deceased from the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.

THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Mary Eliza King as aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON my true and lawful attorney, for me, in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, for the time being, a warrant for the quantity of land due in right of said deceased. And my said attorney I do hereby fully authorize and empower to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose herein expressed, and the same to revoke at will.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this second day of March A. D. 1832,
Mary  E King
In presence of James Ord }

(NO. 2. )
PERSONALLY appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the above named County, the above named Mary E. King signer and sealer to the foregoing
declaration and power of attorney, and made oath in due form of law to the one, and acknowledged the other, as his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named.
Sworn, subscribed, and acknowledged before me, this Second day of March A.D. 1832 }
James Ord J Peace

(No. 3. )
STATE OF _____ } 
County of ______ } ss.
PERSONALLY appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, _____ and _______ both credible and disinterested persons, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say, that they verily believe that ____
named in the within declaration, signed by _____ 
served in the ______  line, during the 
Revolutionary War: That they have understood that he died about ____ year since, viz. on or about the ____ day of _____ 18 ___ at _____ within the _____ of ______ leaving _____ widow, and that  _______ are the reputed and only heirs at law of him, the said ______
Sworn and subscribed before me, this _____ |
day of ____ A.D. 18 ___ }
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(No. 4)
STATE OF ____ }
County of _____ } ss.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day, to wit: the ________ day of ________ Anno Domini, 18___ , there has been adduced satisfactory proof ____
by the deposition of ______ and  _______  two credible witnesses, and other explanations and information submitted, that ______ who has made the  declaration on oath, and has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is a _____
and one of the heirs of _____ late a ______ in the Continental army of the Revolutionary War, and that the other heirs of the said ______ are ___ 
in number, viz. _____ who is a _____ of the said _____ and resides, or is supposed to reside at ____ within the ____________  and that the above named persons are the only heirs of the said ____
known to be living.
IN WITNERS OF ALL WHICH, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official, in my capacity of a ____ this ____ day of ___  Anno Domini, 18__

(NO 5. )
STATE OF ____ }
County of ____ } ss.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That ______  Esquire, before
whom the declaration, power of attorney, and deposition hereto annexed appear to have been signed and made, was, at the time of signing and making the same, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of _______
aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and to all his official acts as such, due faith and credit should and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at _____
this _____ day of _______

(No. 6.)
INSTRUCTIONS.
It is only requisite that one of the heirs should sign the declaration and power of attorney.
Although in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, and Vermont; the Judge of Probate, in New-York and New-Jersey the Surrogates in South Carolina 
and Georgia the Ordinaries in Virginia, 
North-Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the other Western States, the Court of Record are considered as authorized to certify heirship; yet it is deemed expedient to accompany their certificates (which must be under seal, or its absence accounted for0 with the evidence on which they may grant them, and hence the deposition No. 3, herewith, which is indispensable as to the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina, where it has been considered that no particular officer is authorized to certify heirship, yet even in these, it is advisable to cause the certificate of heirship No. 4, to be signed by the officer charged by law, with the granting letters of administration, and receiving the proof of wills.

DIRECTIONS AS TO FILLING OUT THE BLANKS.
In the declaration, after the name in the first line, place the degree of relationship - After regiment
in the 5th line, place infantry, artillery, dragoons, invalids, sappers, and miners, Hazen or Congress, as the case may be, the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied.
In deposition No. 3, previous to the word widow, place the word a or no; as the case may be; and in the blank which follows, place the names of all the heirs, having care after the name of each, to
state, his or her degree of relationship to the deceased; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied. In the certificate of heirship, No. 4, after the word proof, insert the words to me, or the court of ____ holden at ___
as the case may require; and previous to the words and one, insert the degree of relationship of the person who signs the power of attorney. In the large blank, insert the names of all the other heirs, designating their relationship and residence; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied.
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Windsor Brown
Warrant No. 1816
300 acres
Issued Mar. 8, 1832.
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District of Columbia }
County of Washington } ss:
I Margaret Miller of the City of Washington
do upon oath, testify and declare that the named Mary Elizabeth King now the wife of William H. King, mentioned in my joint affidavit with Mrs
Martha McClish of the 29th Feby 1832 hereto annexed is my neighbor and the only surviving child of my first husband Robert Dougherty who was the nephew and only heir of Windsor Brown, who was an Irishman by birth and who I have understood but from many old persons and from documents which I have seen relative to his land and other claims in the State of Virginia, was a Captain in the first Virginia regiment under the command of Col. Geo Gibson; but information
which Mrs King has of her relationship to Capn Windsor Brown is derived from this affiant and other sources in affording her a positive 
personal knowledge of the fact. -
Margaret Miller 

Sworn and subscribed to, before }
the undersigned Justice of the peace, }
this Eighth day of March 1832. }
James Ord J. Peace.
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District of Columbia
County of Washington to wit
Be it remembered that on this twenty ninth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appears Mrs. Mary Elizabeth King before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and makes oath in due form of law and saith that she is informed and verily believes that she is the grand niece and sole heir at law of Windsor Brown late a captain in and paymaster of the first regiment of infantry of the Virginia
line commanded by Colonel George Gibson and that the said Windsor Brown died intestate in the Town of Alexandria in this District sometime
in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty-five leaving at his death his nephew Robert Dougherty the father of this deponent
a Citizen of the State of Virginia his sole heir at law by and through whom this deponent claims and without leaving a widow child father mother brother sister or any other relative except the above named Robert Dougherty in America
Mary E King
Sworn to and subscribed before me }
the day and year first above written }
James Ord J. Peace

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mrs Martha McClish and Mrs Margaret Miller credible and disinterested witnesses and made oath in due form of law that they are acquainted with the above mentioned Mrs Mary Elizabeth King the daughter and sole him of the above named Robert Dougherty and reputed grand niece and sole heir at law of the above named Windsor Brown (late a captain and paymaster of the first regiment of infantry of the Virginia line commanded by Colonel George Gibson) who died intestate  in the Town of Alexandria, in this District, sometime in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty five, without leaving a widow child, father, mother, brother sister or any other relative except the above named Robert Dougherty in America
Martha McClish -
Margaret Miller - 
Sworn to and subscribed before me }
the day and year first above written }
James Ord J. Peace. }
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See a reference to this office in Wm Spencer, Va Half Pay - MMH

FW
Rev. War Section

August 26, 1915. AW

Miss A. L. Jarvis,
2105 N. Nevada Avenue,
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Madam:
In response to your letter of the 17th instant,
you are advised that from the papers on file in this Bureau, it appears that Windsor Brown, an Irishman by birth, served as Captain in Colonel George Gibson's 1st Virginia regiment, and died at Alexandria, Virginia in 1785, leaving as his heir at law, and only relative in America, his nephew, Robert Dougherty.
On March 8, 1832,  a Warrant, numbered 1,816 for 300 acres of bounty land, on account of the services of the said Windsor Brown, issued to his grand niece, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth King, daughter of the above named Robert Dougherty and his wife Margaret.
There is no pension claim on file for said soldier,
and therefore this Bureau has no further information concerning him.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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Com. Pensions
Washington D.C.

U.S. Pension Office.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
OCT 18 1920

McRAE GA.
OCT 15. 20
11 - AM

RECORD DIVISION
OCT 18 1920

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
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Have you record of Revolutionary Pension application from Captain Windsor Brown (Va)
William Alsobrook (Va and N.C.)
and oblige
Mrs. W. S. Mann
Regent D.A.R.

McRae Ga
10/14/20.

Rev Sec
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Colorado Springs, Colo.
Aug. 17th 1915.

Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen; -
Will you kindly tell me if Windsor Brown, captain in the 1st Virginia State Regiment in the Revolutionary War, drew a pension. He was commissioned Feb. 28th 1777.
Also if John Rodgers, (private) born on  Conecocheague, Pa. Oct 12th 1747, drew a pension. Later he moved to Virginia and I don't know whether he inlisted in Pa. or Virginia. Both these men were with Genl. Washington at Valley Forge.
Your kindness will be appreciated
Yours truly,
(Miss) A.L. Jarvis
2105 N. Nevada Ave.
Colorado Springs, Colo.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
AUG 21 1915
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D. of Columbia }
County of Washington } Sct
Sworn & subscribed to
On this 16th Sept 1831
before
C H Wharton J P
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I certify that I knew Windsor Brown, as a Captain
in the first Regt. commanded by Geo. Gibson; having been a Captain in the said Regt. myself; he was an Irish man by birth & entered the service with Cap. T. Hamilton from Alexandria on the first organization of the said Regt & I have no doubt he retired under the resolves of Congress of Octr 1780 at the same time & in the same manner with Caps Chs. & Tho. Ewell & Lt.  Churchill Gibbs, Elliot & Angus Rucker George
Triplett & Peter Foster
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Washington City 1831 Sept 16
John Nicholas Cap & Lt. Col
Revoly. Army