Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6718, James Brown, Va.
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SERVICE
Va

Brown , James

NUMBER
S 6718
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12650
Virginia
James Brown
of Lewis Co in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Parsons of the Regt commanded
by Col Gibson in the Va Militia
for 2 yrs

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May
and sent J. Wamsley
1833 Weston Virginia

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $160:00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33 40.00
200.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 2

Let 16 Mar: 35 Pen: Agent
----- W Hoffman} Pff
Let J. Bennet, April 16/51
Agency book showed dropped
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The original papers
in the Case sent to
W.G. Singleton US
Dist Attorney Va
Aug 9 1834
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State of Virginia
Lewis County} SS.
On this 7th day of
August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Lewis County now sitting James Brown a resident of 
the County of Lewis in the State of Virginia 
aged 76 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 act of Congress passed 7th June 1832, that he entered the service of the United States as a private in Captain James Parsons company Virginia militia in the year 1778, in the month of March, Robert Cunningham Lieutenant Baldwin Parsons Ensign, marched from that part of Virginia which is now Hardy County to Pittsburgh there was joined the forces under the command of Genl. McIntosh, descended the Ohio river to the mouth of Big Beaver, there erected a Fort proceeded from thence to the Forks of Muskingum river now in the State of Ohio, on a branch of that river called Tuscarawas erected Fort Lawrence left Col. Gibson with some troops to guard Fort Lawrence and Genl. McIntosh with the regulars and militia returned to the Fort of McIntosh at the mouth of Big Beaver. Affiant was one of those that returned to the Fort McIntosh, continued there through the Winter of 1778 and 1779, and in the Spring of 1779, he thinks September, the fort was abandoned and affiant discharged does not know who discharged him as his Captain and subattins had all gone home. Affiant having been drafted for six months, continued
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twelve months longer as a volunteer, under different officers whose names he cannot now recollect, he distinctly recollects Genl. McIntosh and Col. Gibson, returned to what is now Hardy County in Virginia and continued there till the Spring of 1781.
On the 1st of March of the year 1781 he volunteered in the Virginia militia for a tour of six months under Captain Michael Stump, marched to Fredericksburg in Virginia where the troops were received by General George Weeden, from thence to Richmond Va was there placed under Major McPherson a Pennsylvanian attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Darke commanded by Genl. Peter Muklenburg, were stationed at Richmond on the Still, continued there three weeks or thereabouts, were driven from there by the enemy and retreated up the country to Racoon ford in Culpeper County, was joined by the forces under Anthony Wayne, the enemy returned towards Richmond, and the americans then again returned towards Richmond, encamped on or near a water called Bacon Branch, lay there about one week preparations were made as affiant then understood and believed to attack the enemy but they escaped in a thick fog one morning, affiant then understood that those troops were commanded by Lord Cornwallis, they marched towards New Kent Court House, where at the fork of some road near said Court House we had a skirmish wtih them for two days-
Genl. Marquis De La Fayette then commanded the Virginia troops, From New Kent the enemy proceeded towards their fleet and the Americans went to Williamsburg, from thence to a place called York or Yorktown. He was there discharged a short time before the surrender of Lord Cornwallis -
having when he returned home been seven months
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in the service as a volunteer militia man a private. He returned home to Hampshire (now Hardy County) where he again forthwith entered the service of the United States in the Virginia militia as a private soldier substitute for one Cornelius Westfall, started from home under the command of Captain Isaac Parsons returned forthwith to Yorktown, arrived there just in time to witness the capture of Cornwallis, served three months & seven days and was discharged by Captain Parsons. Returned home and again forthwith entered into the service as a substitute for James Parsons under Captain Simmerell with Vincent Williams as Major, was marched to Winchester, attached again to Col. Darke's command, guarded British prisoners at or near Winchester for six months returned home and removed to where he now lives in what is now Lewis County, was ordered out as an Indian Spie in the Fall of the year 1782 by Col. Lowther, continued to spie under Captain James Tanner and different other officers (sometimes without any subattan officers) not less than three years, not less than two and a half years after the close of the war with Great Britain and not less than three years and four months during the Revolution, to wit. Eighteen months the first tour before he was returned home. Seven months the next, three the next, six the next, and then as an Indian Spie at least six months before the treaty with England. Affiant does not remember that he got any discharge the first tour or rather it may be regarded as two tours one as a drafted militia man for six months, the other as a volunteer served in the militia for twelve months. The tours in 1781 & 82 he recd. three different discharges, one from Captain Michael Stump, one from Captain Isaac Parsons, the third by Captain James Simmerell; He took no care of those discharges thinking them of no further use when the