Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,000, Jeremiah Brown, N.H.
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(3-1776) SERVICE N.H. Brown, Jeremiah NUMBER S.15000 carded CONTENTS Res at Enl Seabrook, Rockingham Co. N.H. Still there in 1832 then 72 yrs old.
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Rev War
15000
INVALID.
File No. 15.000
Jeremiah Brown
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 1832
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 48
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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3402
New Hampshire
Jeremiah Brown
of Rockinghm in the State of NH
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain of the Regt commanded
by Col Noys in the NH
line for 8 Nos 8 days

Inscribed on the Roll of N H
at the rate of
27 Dollars 54 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Decr 1832 and sent Peter
Chadwick Exeter NH

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $4131
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 13.77
$55.08

(Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.)

Recorded by J.H. McBlair Clerk
Book D. Vol. 1st Page 144.
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7004
Jeremiah Brown
Private
8 mos & 8 days
adm

$27.54
P.Chadwick 
Exeter NH
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7004
BRIEF in the case of Jeremiah Brown of Seabrook County of Rockingham in the State of Newhampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
 
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Chart]
Period.
July In 1776
77
-
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
5
3
Days.
-
+8
+ pr roll of service
x a roll of service

Rank.
As a
private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap Nays Col Wingates
Leavitts a Drake
 
In what battles was he engaged? at Surrender of Burgoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Seabrook
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
No
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
right
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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7004
Jeremiah Brown
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jeremiah Brown which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension
he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Nov
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
Note 1.2.57
and --
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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: Fordays
, I served as a . For months
days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he 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 to
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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State of New-Hampshire
County of Rockingham, ss.
On this fifteenth
day of August AD 1832 personally
appeared, in open Court, before the Justices of the Supper Court of Judicature
now sitting at Exeter in said County
Jeremiah Brown
a resident of Seabrook
in the County of Rockingham and State of
New-Hampshire, aged Seventy two --
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 7, 1832.
That he enlisted in the Newhampshire Militia at Seabrook
some time in July in the year 1776 in Capt Samuel
Nay's Company for the term of five months that he marched in said company to Number 4 now Charleston N.H. from
thence to Skenesborough and from thence to Ticonderoga
and there joined Col. Wingates Regiment and was stationed at Mount Independence where he remained untill
the expiration of the term of his enlistment and was there
discharged.
That in the year 1777 he again enlisted in
the Newhampshire Militia for the term of three months
in Capt. Moses Lewells company marched in said Company
to the vicinity of Stillwater and there joined the Regiment
of Col. Abraham Drake and marched to Saratoga and there remained untill after the surrender
of Gen. Bengoyne.-[Burgoyne]
He then marched in said
company to New Winsor where he was stationed untill
the expiration of the term of his enlistment and was
there discharged with the others of the Regiment
That at the time of the aforesaid enlistments and entering
into the service he resided in Seabrook in the County of Rockingham and State of Newhampshire and has resided there
ever since, and that when he was dismissed from
the service as above stated he did not receive any
written discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and
he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Jeremiah Brown
Attest [Signature] P. Chadwick Clerk
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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he states
 
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of
Judicature for the County of Rockingham herein in said
State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that the
foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Jeremiah Brown for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court this fifteenth day of August
Anno Domini 1832
[Signature] P Chadwick Clerk of the
Court Rocking County