Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8102, Issachar Brown, Penn.
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Service                                     Number

Penns.         Brown, Issachar     S.8102

                                                carded
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6324

Virginia

Issachar Brown
of Loudin in the State of Va.
who was a Priv. in the Company commanded
by Captain _____ of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Burton in the Penna Line
for 7 months from 1780.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 
23 dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of February 1853 and sent to George Richards. Present.

Arrear to the 4th of Sept 1832             34.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  11.67
                                                              _______
                                                            $46.66
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book d Vol. 4 Page 124
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Issachar Brown

Continental Soldier
for 7 mos. 10,560.
Pennsylvania Line
and
Bounty Land

aomd
7 mos.  pri.

23.33
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State of Virginia 
Loudoun County } Ss   
On this 10 day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of Loudoun County Issachar Brown, a resident of Loudoun County & State of Virginia, aged seventy one years & 10 months, 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 Congress passed June 7. 1832  That he enlisted with army of the United States in the month of June 1780 upper Dublin Township then Montgomery County, State of Pennsylvania that he was enlisted by Capt John Shellmire, a militia Captain - that at that period the Commander in Chief, requested every Militia Capt to enlist if possible, at least two men to serve in the regular Army - this was one of the modes resorted to by Genl Washington to ensure his effective force. Immediately on his enlistment was placed in a company commanded by Capt. Henry Baker, his Regiment was commanded by Col. Wm Butler  - Adjutant Beatty the General Commanding, was General Wayne the this with first Regt of the Pennsylvania Line but he cannot be certain as to the number his regiment. After remaining in the [unreadable] at Philadelphia a short time, he was marched to the New Jersey shore. He continued to stay in various parts of that State, till with other troops of the parts of that Pennsylvania Line he was ordered into Winter Quarters near Morristown in Decr 1780.  He was at Elizabeth Town soon after it was burnt by the British - for some time he lay with his Regimt about 15 miles west of West Point - but on the day that Arnold escaped from that Fortress he was around to a point within [unreadable] of the place, he did not enter the Fort
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4 mos
but after a day or two he returned to his former encampment.  After serving seven months he was discharged at Morristown N.J. in Jany 1781 and was paid by the Comptroller General in Phil’a to whom he gave his discharge - this Gentlemans name, he thinks, was Rittenhouse.   During the time he was in the service he was not engaged in any battles. 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 
Issachar Brown 
Affirmed to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid  
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served he states. – 
I Charles Binns Clerk of the County Court of Loudoun County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Issacher Brown for a Pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 10th day of September 1832 
Charles Binns Clk
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BRIEF in the case of Iacher Brown in the County of Loudon in the State of Va.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)    1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 71 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. June In 1780 Duration of Service. 7 Months.  Rank.  As a Private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt Shellmire Capt Baker, Genl Wayne, Col Butler 
5. In what battles was he engaged? None 
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   his own declaration 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above Richard Cutts 
Examining Clerk.
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Jovish This information for genealogical purposes   OWN
I.S.C.  
Old War and Navy Division. 3 - 523. 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Washington, D. June 4, 1902 
Madam: 
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes. 
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers. 
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below. 
Very respectfully, 
B. S. Ware
Commissioner
Mrs. H. L. Laskey 
1403 Monroe St.
Toledo Ohio 
Full name of soldier,  Issachar Brown 
Where did he enter service? Montgomery Co. Pa. 
Under what officers did he serve Henry Baker Capt,  Butler Col.
Place of residence after service   Loudoun Co. Va.
Approximate date of death, 1840 
Given name of widow, 
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension Issachar Brown applied for pension Additional information, & rec’d  issued about 1832.   
[unreadable] to Regmt volume & page [unreadable] data is found, also name of Co. & Regt. and the kind of service performed by same Treasury land grant given 
Signature Mrs. H. L. Laskey
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county and State  1403 Monroe St Lucaster Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Topeka, Kansas
March 17th, 1902

H. Clay Evans,

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

    I wish to find out if there is anything on the pension rolls to show that one Issachar Brown, of Louden County, Virginia, ever received pension for service in the Revolutionary War, and if so, in what capacity he served.  His post office address is supposed to have been
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Alexandria 

    Kindly let me know whether or not this man received such pension.

                             Yours very truly.
                              J. B. Brown
                     #1323 Harrison St.
                      Topeka, Kansas.
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8102
revolutionary 
INVALID
File No. 8102
Issachar Brown
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 101, Page 45

{Arrangement of 1870}

Apl 26, 1902
J.B.Brown Topeka

June 30, 1902
Mrs. N.L. Laskey, Toledo