Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,879, William Brown, Va.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832
State of Virginia
County of Culpeper
On this 17th day of September 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the Justices now sitting William
Brown a resident of the said County and State aged 71 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 June the 7th 1832,  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers
as herein stated
That he was born in the County of Essex Virginia on the 3rd of May 1758, and removed to Culpeper when a small boy - That he entered the service in the Summer of 1776 in what was called the minute service under command of Capt Clauchan, Lieut Gillerson, and Ensign Nalle - That he was in service about old James Town in garrison, and marching about the country very little - that he was then in service three months, and was discharged with the company.
That he was again in service in 1781 being drafted
soon after Christmas under command he thinks  ofCaptain Gage
That he marched to Norfolk, and though not in a regular Battle
was skirmishing about for some time, and after serving three
months was discharged in April -That in the summer of the same
year he was again drafted and marched to Yorktown
and was at the siege of that place, - that he does not recollect
the name of his officers, but Barber[?], Riddle and Rice were captains
and he was commanded by one or more of them - That Wayne
commanded the division he belonged to at the siege, and that he [???] Lafayette Washington Sc. - That he served till after the
capture of Cornwallis, and said him and his army march out
between the French and American formed into Lines - upon
Reflection, recollects that he was transferred in this tour to Captain
Kelley's Company from Culpeper - he having marched from
Rockingham -This tour was for three months - That he
was not given [illegible]in the service- That he can prove the above
service by Respectable Witnesses
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
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and date first written ⎬
Lightfoot
William Brown
Randolph Holland resident of Culpeper County Virginia
do certify that I Know William Brown of said County and State [?]
a tour of three months in the minute service in the summer
of 1776 at old James Town, and that said Brun served out
faithfully the full Term
Fish
Randolph Stallard
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

State of Virginia
Rappahannock County SS

On this 6th day of April 1844 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said county was lucy Brown a resident of the aforesaid county of Rappahannock aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."  That she is the widow of William Brown decd, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and who was a pensioner to the day of his death, and in [illegible] to the service he performed, she [illegible] respectfully to the declaration made by her deceased husband, the said William Brown, when he applied for a pension which declaration was filed in the pension office, she