Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6697, William Brown, Continental N.C.
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Continental 
North Carolina

Brown, William


S.6677



Contents

B. Aug 27, 1760 in Pittsylvania Co. Va.
res. at enlistment Guilford Co. N.C. (after Rev. in Ga.)
res. in 1831 Franklin, Ala. 
res. in 1833 Monroe Co., Miss
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Left hand side of document
See cir Tc - July 11, 1835
To Decatur from 4 Sept '84 - 2 Sept 1835
Dup cert of May 7, 1850 and sent to Benj. T. Moore
Huntsville, Ala.

Right hand side of document
Mississippi 22
Wm Brown
Columbus in the State of Mississippi who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Bethel of the Regt. commanded by Col. Kennedy in the North Carolina (star) line for 22-1/2 months
18 mos Infantry $60
4-1/2 Cavalry $18.75
                      $78.75

NC and VA June 13/04
Records completed 

Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi at the rate of 78 dollars 75 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Nov.  1833 and sent to Stephen Cocke Columbus Mississippi

Arrears to the 4rh of Sep 1833 - 196.87
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March - 39.38

$236.25

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by William R. Palmer, Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Page 66
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William Brown of 
Monroe County Missippi

27.340
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The State of Mississippi
Monroe County  On this 25th day of August eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared William Brown in open court before the Probate Court of said county now sitting aged seventy three years the twenty seventh of this present month and a resident citizen of said county of Monroe 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 the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
Then said William Brown states that he entered the services of the United States in the revolutionary war as well as he now recollects in the month of October 1777 as a volunteer n the militia of North Carolina in the Company commanded by Capt. William Bethel Col. Kennedy whose given name he has forgotten in the county of Gilford State of North Carolina where he then resided he marched to the Cross Creek on Cape Fear River and was at the battle of Cross Creek, that he continued on to the Cherokee Nation down the French Broad River into the Cherokee country against the Cherokee Indians under General Rutherford that he continued on in the service the rise of six months and got leave to come home.
He states that in about a week after his arrival at home and in April or May as well as he remembers 1778 he substituted for his brother John Brown who was drafted a three months tour of duty under Capt John Clearland Col. Smith whose given name he has forgotten in the army of General Rutherford in an expedition to Wilmington and served out this tour of three months - that he came home and staid about a week and then volunteered under Capt. William Bethel about the first of September of that year and
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went on expedition down on Pedee river [Pee Dee River] in South Carolina under Col. Smith in the army of General Rutherford. This detachment consisted of volunteers and drafted men the period entered for was for three months but he continued with Capt. Bethel [William Bethell] for three months longer without coming home which made a period the rise of six months he was in the service this tour 

He states that he volunteered in the month of March
or April 1779 as well as he recollects in a horse company commanded by Capt. Williams [Otho  Holland Williams] whose given name he has forgotten in the regiment of horse from Virginia commanded by Capt. William Washington. That whilst with Capt [Otho Holland] Williams and Col. [William] Washington. he was in the battle of the Eutaw Springs [South Carolina] and the battle of Cowpens [South Carolina]

He states that he was induced to join the horse company by his brother Samuel Brown who belonged to the company and that he was engaged in the service this tour the rise of four months and a half -

He states that after the Battle of the Cowpens [SC] he and his brother got leave to come home where we met with an old friend Capt. Bethel [William] Bethell] who was about starting an expedition against some tories and the British down at the raft Swamp [Battle of Raft Swamp, North Carolina, October, 1781] on  pedee river [Pee Dee River] in South Carolina. 

That his brother returned to the regiment of horse commanded by Col. [William] Washington and this affiant went into the company of Capt. [William Bethell] Bethel. The above mentioned expedition to pedee river [Pee Dee River, SC] and was continued in this expedition The rise of three months 

This affiant states that he had got home about ten days before he heard of the battle of gilford [Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, 1781] after which he states he did not go in the service any more during the revolutionary war -

He states that he was in the Battles of crop creek [Cross Creek, NC], George Town [Georgetown, South Carolina], Utaw Springs [Eutaw Springs SC] , and in the battle of the Cowpens [SC] - 

that his memory in his old age has greatly failed him and he is not able to be particular in dates and that those
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has ? is only from the best of his recollection and further that by reason of old age and the subsequent loss of memory he cannot swear precisely as to the precise length of his service but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period men would be ? and in the following grades, that his grade was that of  a private and that in the first expedition as related above he served as above stated not less than six months that in the second expedition as above stated he served as a substitute for his brother John Brown not less than three months that in the third expedition as was as stated above he served not less than six months that in the fourth  expedition as stated above he served under Capt. Williams in the horse company not less than four months and a half and that in the sixth expedition as stated above he served not less than three months - and for the terms above stated he claims a pension - He states that the period of the war where he served was in the Revolutionary war and as well as he remembers from 1777 to 1780, 81, or 2.
And in answer to the question propounded by the court in conformity to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he states he was born in Pittsylvania County State of Virginia and on the 27th of August 1760. as he was informed by his parents and as was contained in his family Bible that he got his house burned and with it his bible and his discharges from the services as above stated.  He states that he was living in the County of Guilford state of North Carolina when he was called into the service and that he has lived since the revolutionary war in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and now lives in Monroe County state of Mississippi and has resided there for the space of five years last past.  He states that he volunteered
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and was a substitute for his uncle John Brown as above stated He states that he received a regular discharge signed by his captains respectively as above stated that he kept them for many years that when his house got burned up they also got burned - He states that he was only a militia soldier and was not permitted to mix with the regulars and that he has no perfect recollection about the regular officers, that there were so many of them and that as they were only talked of by their title, he is not now able to speak satisfactorily of them or their names. He thinks that Col. Litle of North Carolina, Col. Henderson of South Carolina and Col. William Washington of Virginia  were regular officers.
He will state the names of the resp. William Cook, ? John Wilson, Col. Abner Prenell, Nathan L. Morgan Esq. and Benjamin Owen Esq. to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his character of veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. This applicant states that he has no documentary evidence of his said services and that he knows of no person who can testify to his service as aforesaid - He hereby relinquishes every claim  whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

William Brown

Sworn to and subscribed in open court
D.H. Morgan Clerk

The state of Mississippi
Monroe County

We William H. Cook a clergyman residing in said County and John Wilson residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him
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to an twenty three 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.

William H. Cook
John Wilson

Sworn to in open court


And I Richard Delworth presiding Judge of the Probate Court of said County that I propounded the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to the above named William Brown, that I am well acquainted with him personally and have been for five or six years that he is reputed and believed in his present neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the examination 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 they are well acquainted with Reverend William Cook who has signed the preceding certificate that he is a clergyman resident in the county aforesaid and also with the above named John Wilson of said county who also has signed the same and that both of them are highly credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit.

26 August 
Richard Delworth
Presiding Judge


The State of Mississippi
Monroe County

I Davis H. Morgan clerk of
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the Probate Court of said County that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of William Brown for a pension - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at office this 26 August 1833.


D.H. Morgan Clerk
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Application for a Transfer

The State of Alabama
County of Franklin


On this sixteenth day of June 1835 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Franklin personally appeared William Brown who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Bethel in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Smith in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Mississippi from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Alabama county of Franklin near Russellville where he inteds to remain and wishes his pension to be payable in said State of Alabama in future - The following are his reasons for removing from Mississippi to Alabama - To wit most of his connexions and friends reside in said county of Franklin
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and State of Alabama and it is as ? is important and personally convenient to be with them at his advanced age.

William Brown 
(his mark)

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid

Philip Gates
J.P.


The State of Alabama
County of Franklin

On this 16th day of June 1835 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county of Franklin personally appeared Gregory D. Stone whom I certify to be a person of veracity and made oath that William Brown who has taken the above oath is the person therein described 

Gregory D. Stone


Sworn and subscribed to before me
the day and year aforesaid

Philip Gates J.P.


The State of Alabama
Franklin County ss.

I Michael Dickson Clerk of the County Court of said
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County of Franklin certify that Philip Gates is a magistrate as above and the this foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my seal of office and subscribe my name this 16th day of June 1835.


Michael Dickson Clerk of the 
county court of Franklin County
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Application for a new Certificate

The State of Mississippi
Choctaw County ss.


On this 15th day of April 1850, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Choctaw, personally appeared  William Brown who on oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Bethell, in the Regiment commanded by Cols. Smith and Kennedy in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Mississippi; that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature of the Secretary of War (Lewis Cass) and seal of the Department of War, dated on or about the seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, and numbered 22465, which said certificate on or about the first day of January 1850 he lost (and was examined for the same without success) at or near the residence of his sons and sons in law in the County of Choctaw Mississippi where he has resided for several years last past 

William Brown
(his mark)

Subscribed to and sworn before me
this 15 day of April 1850
C. Calhoun (J.P.)

State of Mississippi
Choctaw County ss.

Before me Charles Calhoun a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Choctaw in the State of Mississippi this day personally appeared Edward Johnson of the County aforesaid, who upon oath declares that he well knows William Brown, who has made the foregoing affidavit onto the top of this Pension Certificate to be the same person who was and is a revolutionary Pensioner, and the identical person named in the said Pension Certificate. 

Edward Johnson

Subscribed and sworn before
me this 15th day of April 1850
C. Calhoun J.P.
And I Charles Colhoun a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do hereby certify that the said Edward Johnson
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who has this day depose that he well knows William Brown to be a Revolutionary Pensioner and has on the preceding page, a man formally known and is a person of veracity.
Given under my hand in said County of Choctaw and State of Mississippi this 15th day of April 1850

C. Colhoun J.P.

I Thomas N. Davis Clerk of the Probate Court of the County of Choctaw in the State of Mississippi certify that Charles Cohloun is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission ? on the 6th day of April 1850 and will expire on the 6th of April AD 1853.

In Testimony whereof I hereunto submit my name and affix the seal of said Court, at officer in Greensborough, in said County, this the 15th day of April eighteen hundred and fifty.

Thomas N. Davis Clerk
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22465



William Brown

Mississippi



Admitted 1 year 10 months 15 days - 4 months 15 days Cavalry

Stephen Cocke
Columbia 
Mississippi
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

Pension Office,

30 October 1833


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 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 show what is necessary to be done.  These 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 complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.


A STATEMENT, showing the Service of William Brown

Period when the service was rendered - 

Oct. 1777
1778
1778
1779
1779


Duration of the claimant's service - 

6 months
3 months
6 months
4 months and 15 days
3 months


Rank of the claimant - 

Private
Private
Private
Cavalry
Infantry


Name and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served - 

Capt. Bethel/Col. Kennedy
Capt. Clearland/Col. Smith
Capt. Bethel/Col. Smith
Capt. Williams
Capt. Bethel

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service - 

73 years

No. Carolina
Guildford Co.


Proof by which the declaration is supported - 

Traditionary



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 un 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, musicians 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. State, Territory, or District of County of } ss. On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the 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 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 Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of the applicants, making such declarations, 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 made and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , 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 day 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. and C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &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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of his 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 can attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 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 if it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now? 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 service. 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 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 he 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 of 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 his 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 the 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 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 served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to 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 officer, 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 places 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 relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court if 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. --> The notes [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required 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 be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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April 20, 1939

BA-J/AWF
William Brown
S. 3697

Mr. Hugh Brown
1516 Sweetbrier Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Brown, soldier in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina, and a pensioner in Monroe County, Mississippi. 

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 6697, based upon service of William Brown in the War of the Revolution. 

William Brown was born August 27, 1760 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not stated. 

While residing in Guilford County, North Carolina, William Brown volunteered sometime in October, 1777, served six months as private in Captain William Bethel's company, Colonel Kennedy's North Carolina regiment, was in a battle at Cross Creek, and out in pursuit of Cherokee Indians. He served from sometime in April or May, 1778, three months as substitute for his brother, John Brown, in Captain John Cleveland's company, Colonel Smith's North Carolina regiment, in an expedition to Wilmington. He served from sometime in September, 1778, six months in Captain William Bethel's company, Colonel Smith's regiment, in an expedition to South Carolina. He served four and one half months in Captain Williams' company, in Colonel William Wash-
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-ington's Regiment of Cavalry, and was in the battles of Cowpens, Georgetown, and Eutaw Springs. He served three months in Captain Bethel's company, dates of this service not given. 

The soldier, William Brown, lived after the Revolution, in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 26, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Monroe County, Mississippi. In 1835 he was living in Franklin County, Alabama, where his friends and connections were residing. 

The soldier was living in 1850 in Choctaw County, Mississippi, and at that time referred to his sons, and sons-in-law who were then living in said Choctaw County, but he stated no names. 

Samuel Brown, brother of the soldier, was in the service with him in Captain Williams' company in Colonel William Washington's Regiment of Cavalry. 

One John Brown was living in 1831 in Dickson County, Tennessee; it was not stated that he was related to the soldier. 

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data - 
William Brown
Certificate #22465, issued November 7, 1833
Rate $78.75 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832, Mississippi Agency. 

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Stamped - Decatur 
Jun 27


J. L. Edwards Esq.

Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington



Al. Agency
11 July 1835




William Brown


Mississippi
to 
Decatur, Alabama
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Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama
Decatur 25th June 1835



J.L Edwards Esq.

Dear Sir


I enclose Mr. William Brown's application for a transfer from the Natchez Miss. agency to this one, and beg that you will instruct me to pay him as soon as the proper services can be interchanged - for he is very aged, poor, and needy.

Very Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
St. Grand pension agency
P.W. Keyes
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William Brown
Alabama
Act 18 March 1818
26697


Rejected 7 January
1832 see letter
Hon. W. Mardis
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Greensboro Miss.
April 19

Hon. J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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The State of Tennessee
Dixon County 


Personally appeared before me William White an acting Justice of the peace for said County John Brown who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that William Brown during the revolutionary war was a resident of the county of Guilford and state of North Carolina that the said William Brown served as a soldier under the command of Captain William Bethel and other captains in the North Carolina militia commanded by General Rutherford General Butler and Col. William Washington for the term of near four years which  service was rendered in tours of three and six months, that the said William Brown as he is informed and believe fought at the Battles of Eutaw Springs - The Cowpens, besides several other battles.
Thus came John Brown before me William White Justice of the peace and made oath in Due Form of Law that the above Certificate is Just and True.  Sworn to and subscribed before em this 1st day of August 1831.

John Brown (his mark)

William White J.P.
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State of Tennessee 
Dickson County

I Certify that Field Farrar is Clerk of our Court of Pleas and quarter sessions and all Due faith and credt is and ought to be given to his official acts as such.

Given under my hand August 6th 1831

Daniel H. Williams Chairman of our Court





State of Tennessee Dickson County  I Field Farrar clerk of the court of please and quarter sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that the within named William White Esquire is and was at the time of signing his name officially to the within affidavit of John Brown one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified as such and that all legal faith and credit is and should be given to his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal there being no seal of office - done at office in Charlotte this 6th of August 1831.

Field Farrar
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Hon. James L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, 
D.C.
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Greensborough, Miss.  April 1850



Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,

Sir,

I here enclose my application for a new pension certificate, my old one having been lost.  My Pension is payable at Huntsville, Alabama, where I will wish it to be payable. 
You will please ? my new certificate to my friend Benjamin Moore, at Huntsville, Alabama.

I am Sir,  very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
William Brown
(his mark)
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William Brown

act April 229 35


To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
Page 30

Russellville, Alabama Franklin County
April 14th 1835


Dear Sir:

I am placed on the pension list Roll of the Mississippi Agency. I have received my pension twice at Natchez to wit on the 4th of September and March of last year 1834. I have lived in Monroe County  - State of Mississippi.
I have since removed to Franklin County State of Alabama for reasons personal to myself - say that is a pension agency established at Decatur in my neighborhood and I wish to be transferred to that place as it will operate greatly to my convenience. I wish you to have everything requested to that and affected myself ?

William Brown 
(his mark)

James L. Edwards Esq.
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J.C. Wilkins

July 30 1835


William Brown
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Plantation Bnak
July 30 1835


George ? Crump Esq.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

I have received your letter of the 11 inst.
William Brown has been paid his pension till the fourth day of September 1834. 

Very respectfully,

your obedient servant,

?
Pension Agent
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21997   No. 9


William Brown
application for a 
Pension



William Brown
affidavit for a Pension

1347

Hon. W. Mardis
H.R.
17 Dec. 1831
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The State of Alabama
Franklin County


Circuit County for August Term for 1831

This day personally appeared in open court William Brown a petitioner for a pension under the laws of the United States and made oath that he is the Identical person named in the affidavit of John Brown made before William White an acting Justice of the peace for Dixon Tennessee certified by the Clerk and presiding Justice of said County and hereunto annexed. That this deponent was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war and served in the North Carolina Militia for near four years under the respective commands of Generals Rutherford, Butler and Col. William Washington that this deponent is poor and unable to support himself by labor that he is Seventy two years of age. That this deponent has in possession the following property worth about fifty Dollars the only property which he possesses

This deponent further states that he has not since the passage of either of the acts giving pensions to the Revolutionary soldiers changed or to difference of his property as to entitle him to receive a pension. That he has not for many years borrowed or possessed more than fifty dollars worth of property.  that the services rendered by this deponent was at different places. This deponent fought at the Battles of Eutaw Springs and Cowpens besides others
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this deponent resides in the county of Franklin and State of Alabama and removed last from the state of Georgia.

William Brown 
(his mark)


Sworn and subscribed to in open court this day
August 25th 1831

State Court Clerk cc
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ANF/ILL


September 4, 1930.


Miss Bessie H. Brown
c/c Mr. Edgar D. Brown 
Clint, El Paso County
Texas.


Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6697, that William Brown was born August 27, 1760, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. 

While residing in Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private as follows:

From in October, 1777, six months in Captain William Bethel's Company, Colonel Kennedy's North Carolina Regiment, was in a battle at Cross Creek and was out against the Cherokee Indians: from April or May, 1778, three months as a substitute for his brother John in Captain Cleveland's Company, Colonel Smith's North Carolina Regiment; from September 1, 1778, six months in Captain William Bethel's Company, Colonel Smith's Regiment; four and one-half months in Captain Williams' Company, Colonel William Washington's Regiment of Cavalry and was in the battles of Cowpens, Georgetown Eutaw Springs.  His brother Samuel was also in the same company and regiment at this time. After this he served three months in Captain Bethel's Company.

After this Revolution, he lived in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 26, 1833, at which time he was living in Monroe County, Mississippi, having lived there about five years.

In 1835, he was living in Franklin County, Alabama, and in 1850, he was a resident of Choctaw County, Mississippi. At this time he referred to his sons-in-law as living in Choctaw County, Mississippi, but did not give their names.

Very truly yours,

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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1516 Sweetbrier Ave.
Nashville, Tennessee
February 28, 1939



Veteran's Administration Bureau
Washington, D.C.


Gentlemen:

I am a descendant of William Brown, a soldier of the Continental Army, serving in the North Carolina branch, and applying under the Act of 1833 for pension from Monroe County, Mississippi, at the age of seventy four years.

I would appreciate any information in your files concerning this soldier with respect to his birth, parents, children, and death.


Very truly yours,

Hugh Brown

Hugh Brown


HEW/k




Stamped - 
Received 
Mar 3 1939
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Sent history of William Brown S.6697



To Mr Edgar D. Brown
Clint, El Paso Co. (use county)
Texas


also to Miss Kate J. Brown
Miss Bessie H. Brown
Miss Ona Brown


(All in c/o of Edgar D. Brown as above who made request for 4 histories



Aug. 14, 1930
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6694


Rev War INVALID


File No. 6697

William Brown

Priv. Rev. War


Act:  June 7th 1832

Index:-Vol. A, Page 44


[Arrangement of 1870]

1930 ?  
1930 Sept. 4   Kate J. Brown
1930 Sept. 4 - Bessie H. Brown
1930 Sept. 4   Ana Brown
1939  Apr. 20   Hugh Brown
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1347


Rejected


William Brown