Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,140, Uriah Brown, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

Brown, Uriah

NUMBER
S.32,140

CONTENTS
b. Apr 10, 1760 in Salem Co. (which was afterwards Sumpter District, S.C.)
and lived there at enl.
res in 1833 Baldwin Co. Ga.
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Georgia 23.815
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Uriah Brown
Baldwin in the State of Ga:
who was a pr: in the ___                   commanded
by Captain Armstrong of the Regt commanded
by Col Richardson in the S0 Ca:
line for 2 years _ 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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rtificate of Pension issued the 9- day of Apl 34
and Sent John A 
Cuthbert.   Milledgeville___ Ga:
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rrears to the       4th of March 34
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept   "
240-
  40
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$280-
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⎨ Revolutionary Claim,⎨
⎨Act June 7, 1832.        ⎨
corded by Nath: Rice - Clerk,
ok   E.    Vol. 6   Page 86
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27.647
Uriah Brown

Application for
Pension

Act of June, 1832

[illegible] was alt militia
Service ____

St of S C
not found

Jno A Cuthbert
Milledgeville
Ga
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[ State of Georgia County of Baldwin ] ON tis third day of June 1833  personally appeared in open Court , before  John A Cuthbert, Wm.  Grigg, W.W. Carnes, Wm F. Scott & Thomas H Kinan  Justices of the Inferior Court for said  County , now sitting  Uriah Brown a resident of Hansel's  District in said County aged seventy three years  on the  10th day of  April 1833 , 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 7 1832. He was born in  Salem County , now Sumter  District S. Carolina. He joined  the  army  of Gen. Marion  at Snow's Island , on Big Pedee , his officers  were Capt. John Armstrong ,  Major Wm. B. Gamble, Col. Rich'd  Richardson , & Col. Arch  McDonald. He remained there three months, & then marched with the army  to  Georgetown, where he remained  six weeks. He then went with the Brigade to Stono landing , &  was there engaged in a skirmish wit the  English, wo he thinks were commanded by Prevost.  After remaining there eight days  he marched to Bacon's Bridge on  Edisto  & was there engaged in a slight skirmish withe  English. While stationed  at  Bacon's Bridge he was part of a small detachment  sent out to  hunt beef cattle & while on this service , was wounded in the leg by a buck shot  from the enemy. He then went  with the company to which he was attached to Ebenezer  in  Georgia & remained there fourteen days & then went to  Beaufort in S. Carolina , at which place he remained  about four months . The whole tour occupied about  eighteen months after which he was relieved by another division  of his company going into the service. At Coosawhatchie , he afterwards  entered the service as a substitute for Allen Turner in a small regiment of  regulars commanded by  Col. Keaton  Simmons . Major ash Bee & Capt. Arch.  Huett . This was a detached  corps  & was  under the command of Gen. Marion , generally but  sometimes under the command of  Gen. Ch. C. Pinckney. Major Green
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was his  Brigade inspector. While  in this service he was engaged in a small skirmish . He was afterwards  , as a  militiaman  in the battles of the Eutaw Springs & of Fort Scot, under the  command of Col. Richardson , Major Gamble, James & Nelson , Capt. John Armstrong , Lieut. Em . Lewis & Ens.  Jas. Gordon. He afterwards marched towards  Georgetown & was in the battle at Sand pit  bridge. He then went to Georgetown  & was engaged in its capture by the forces under Genl. Sumter , Marion  & Pickens. He remained there six months  & then went to  Horry's Plantation  on  Santee , where he remained until peace was proclaimed. He was discharged on  Christmas day 1784. In his removals  he has lost his written discharges & he  has no record of his age.  He removed to Georgia in  1816 & has since resided  in the aforesaid County of Baldwin .  He does not know any person  within  reach of the  Court , whose testimony he can procure to prove the foregoing statement. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension  roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to  & subscribed the day & year  aforesaid. Uriah Brown (signed ) Ransom H. Smith ( signed ) clk   I, William Grigg  residing in the  same hereby certify that  I am well acquainted with Uriah Brown  who has subscribed and sworn to the  above declaration , that I believe him to be seventy 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 I concur in that opinion. Sworn to  & subscribed  the day  & year aforesaid  Wm.. Grigg ( signed ) Ransom H Smith ( signed ) clk
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The said Court does hereby declare their opinion  after  the investigation of the matter   & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department  , that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that  William Grigg , who has  signed the  same  is a resident in said County of Baldwin, & is a credible person  & that his statement is entitled to credit. Em E. Carnes  ( signed ) J.I.C.  W S Scott (  signed )  J.I.C. Wm. Griggs ( signed ) J.I.C.  [ Georgia Baldwin County ] I Ransom H. Smith  Clerk of the Inferior Court  for the County of Baldwin  and State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said  Court in the matter of the application of  Uriah Brown for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and seal of office this 3rd day of June 1833. Ransom H. Smith ( signed ) Clk  Inferior Court  Baldwin Count  Georgia
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Question 1st. Where & in  what year were you born ? Answer 1st. I was born in Salem County  , now Sumpter District S. Carolina in the year 1760 . Question 2nd.  Have you any record of  your age? & if so where is it ? Answer 2nd. I have no record of my  age. it was entered in my father's Bible , which went into the possession of my  elder brother. Question  3rd. Where were you living when called into the service ??, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live ?  Answer 3rd.  I was living in the County of Salem above mentioned  when called into the service: since the revolutionary war  I resided in the same  County, now Sumpter  District  until the year 1816  at which time  I   removed into the  County of Baldwin  & State of Georgia & have continued to  reside there to the present time.  Question 4th . How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ? Answer 4th . When I   first  went into the service I volunteered.  After a long  term of service I was a substitute for  Allen Turner. Question  5th . State the names of  the regular officers , who were with the troops  where  you served, such Continental  & Militia regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your services. Answer 5th. I remember Capt. William Keith, Lieut. John Scott, Major Ash Bee, Maj. James Huger, Col. Keaton  &  Simmons etc. the circumstances are detailed in the preceding declaration . Question 6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service ? If so  by whom was it given and what has become of it ? Answer 6th . Capt. Keith  gave a written  acknowledgement of my services under  him ,  when I was discharged & I don't know what has become of it.
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Question 7th. State the names of person  to whom you are known in your present neighborhood  & who can testify as to your character for veracity  & their belief of you services as a soldier of the revolution. Answer 7th. Col. G. E. Park, William Grigg Esq., John Hall , Wm. Matthews, Nathaniel Nichols, Neil  Murphy , John Smith, besides many others  . Sworn to  & subscribed before me this 12th day of June 1833.  John A. Cuthbert ( signed ) J.I.C.  Uriah Brown ( his mark X )  [ Georgia Baldwin County ] Before me  a Justice of the Inferior Court  of said Count y personally appeared Uriah Brown  , who being  duly sworn , deposeth  & saith that he served as a revolutionary soldier  during the last four years of the war of the revolution , except four months  that he served as a militia man ,  twenty six months  & as a substitute  in the regular service  eighteen  months  being a private  all of the time & for which  he  claims a pension & for the time during  which the services was performed , he was not employed in any civil pursuit. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 12th day of June 1833. John A. Cuthbert ( signed ) J.I.C.  Uriah Brown ( his mark X )  [ Georgia Baldwin County ] I Ransom H. Smith Clerk of the Inferior Court  for the County of Baldwin  in the  State of Georgia do hereby certify that John A. Cuthbert  is one of the presiding Justices of the Inferior Court for the County of Baldwin , and that the foregoing signature purporting to  be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th July  1833. Ransom H. Smith ( signed ) Clk
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Georgia
Baldwin County. ⎬
I, Ezekiel E. Park, residing in said state & County, do hereby certify, that I have been acquainted
with the applicant, Uriah Brown, for four a five years, that I believe him to be about seventy three years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood in which he resides, so far as I know the opinion of that neighborhood, to have been a soldier of the revolution that I concur in that opinion
[signed [Ezekiel E. Park

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 22 day of July, 1833.
John A. Cuthbert, ( signed ) J.I.C. 

The applicant, Uriah Brown, is a very poor & Obscure old man, & he was not able, during the sitting of the court, in which he made his declaration, to find at the place of court, more than one person acquainted with his character & reputation: but has witness was one of the judges of the court. The affidavit of Col. E. E. Park, who was then absent, & who was a delegated from Baldwin in our late State convention, has since been added. - John A. Cuthbert ( signed )
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In reply  to your request of             received
for a statement of the military history of  Uriah Brown                                 
 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pen-
son on file in this Bureau.   S. F. 32,140
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DATES OF  ENLISTMENT OR  APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK                                        
√                   18 mos.            Pri.

√                   18   "                    "

√                     8   "                     "

Dischaged Dec 25, 1784.
 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM    SERVICE  WAS RENDERED.  
Captain                               Colonel
John Armstrong                Richd Richardson
                                               Arch Mc Donald
Arch Huett                          Keaton Simmons
John Armstrong                Richd Richardson

STATE
S.C.
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Battles engaged in,  Stono, Eutaw Springs, Fort Scott, Sand Pit Bridge, Georgetown.

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Salem Co., S.C.

Date of application for pension, June 3. 1833  His cl. was al.

Residence at date of application,  Hansel's District. Baldwin Co., Ga.

Age at date of application,  B. Apr. 10, 1760, Salem Co. { which was afterwards              
                                                                                                         { Sumpter Dist., S.C.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner
6-2856
[notes]
.........sep 8, 1781.
Eutaw Springs.         Sand Pit Bridge  √
Ft. Scott √                   Georgetown √
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32 140
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 32,140
Uriah Brown
Pri Rev War
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Act. June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page  55

[Arranhement of 1870.]
[right side]

1912. Oct. 22. History to
Mrs. C. P. Glover.
Letter with Cl. W. 5147,  Wm. Morris.
__________________________________
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Uriah B Brown

Georgia

Admit a private
2 years $80

Jno A Cuthbert
Milledgeville
Ga
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

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 a 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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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 
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Period when the service was rendered.         

Duration of the claimant's service  
 Year           Months          Days                
                        18
                          8
                      _____
                        26

Rank of  the   Claimant    

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.   

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

Proof by which the declaration is supported

  

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

JAMES  L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATION 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
in 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 claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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} ss.
County of                                 }

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_______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 the 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid._______________A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named 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 applicants, making such declaration, 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 make 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 days 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.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the___________
and that 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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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 be 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 is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, 
and where do you now live?
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 services.
6. 
To a Solder.     } 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 be come of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you 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 the 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 or 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 such 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 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:--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 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 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 officers, 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 place 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 the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is 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 from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 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 all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Additional affidavit of Uriah Brown
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[ Georgia Balwin County ] Before me John A. Cuthbert  a Justice of the Inferior Court of said County  personally appeared Uriah Brown who being duly sworn deposeth & saith  that in his first tour of service , stated in his accompanying declaration  he was at times under the command of Col. Rich'd Richardson , & at times under the  command of  Col. Arch . McDonald, those officers relieving each other  & that said tour of service this deponent is confident  occupied eighteen months. During those eighteen months he  never was out of service . Ehen the deponent  entered the service as a substitute  for Allen Turner he was in a regiment commanded by Col. Kraton Simmons & he  is confident  that tat this time he  underwent a tour of service of eighteen months. When he again entered the service as a militia man  under Col. Rich'd Richardson  & awas in the battle of Eutaw Springs & at other places mentioned in his declaration, by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory   & on account of the great length of time elapsed , he cannot swear positively  to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less that eight months  as a private. During the  whole of this last tour of service he was under the command of Col. Richard Richardson. Sworn to  & subscribed before me this 6th day of January  1834. John A. Cuthbert ( signed ) J.I.C. Uriah Brown ( his mark  X )  [ Georgia Baldwin County ] Clerk's Office Inferior Court. I Ransom H. Smith clerk of the Inferior Court for the  County of Baldwin in the State aforesaid   do hereby certify that John A. Cuthbert  is a presiding Justice of the Inferior Court  of said County and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand &  the seal of  .. ( missing text)  this 10th January 1834. Ransom H. Smith ( signed / sealed ) Clk
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January 30th  1834 Pension Office Georgia returned (post mark ) [ MILL  GA. JAN 22 ] ( vertical on page ) ( Hon. Lewis Cass  Secty of War  Department  Washington City D.C.  FREE  ( upside down on page ) ( John A. Cuthbert Milledgeville  Additional papers  in Pension case )
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Milledgeville , Jany 16th 1834 Hon. Lewis Cass Secty of War, Dear Sir, I enclose an additional  affidavit of Uriah Brown  to  .. ( illegible ) as well as I can understand  them the defects in his application for a pension. He states that from the great distance of his residence from any persons  cognizant  of the facts he us unable to prove his service as a substitute for a regular & if needs be must  rely on his services as a militia man  for a pension. For the case of William Anderson , I enclose a certified copy of documents of file in the  Executive office of Georgia, which no doubt  apply to the individual applicant. With high regard etc. John A. Cuthbert ( signed )