Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3092, Thomas Drown, N.H.
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Drown, Thomas
R3092
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[blank] Ex'r. OLD WAR
No. 3092 [initials: own]
['Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.' crossed out]
Thomas Drown
P.O. NH
Service: Revolutionary 
Enlisted: ENLISTED , 18[blank]
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank]
Application filed: [blank], 18[blank]
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
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6648
Thomas Drown
Return to himself
Newmarket NH
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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 Thomas Drown 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? [blank] 
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 amount 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 other 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? No
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? [blank]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]
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? [blank] 
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? 4th & 6th only answered
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; For ______year______months, and______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 too 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 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.
↕QUERE XVI. 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 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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on Roll Capt. Drown's Co Col Peabody's Reg't enlisted 23 July 1778 - discharged 6 Jany 1779. 5 Mo & 15 days
Rejected 
Return to Applicant
New market NH
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6648
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Drown New market County of Rockingham in the State of New hampshire 
(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? [blank]
3. How old is he? 75
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank As a|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.|]
In 1778|(1|[blank]|[blank])|Private|Cap Drown. Col Peabody|
[end of columns]
5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island 29 Aug't '78
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? don't say
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? opinion of the Court only
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. 
/s/H. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham, ss. 
ON this tenth day of August AD 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting in Exeter in said County Thomas Drown a resident of Newmarket in the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire, aged seventy five 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 entered into the service of the United States in the war of the revolution early in the year 1778 to serve one year ending on the 21st day of December the same year and enlisted into the company commanded by his brother Capt Peter Drown in the Regiment commanded by Col. Stephen Peabody of the New Hampshire militia; that he marched with said Company with Exeter New Hampshire to Providence in Rhode Island where he was stationed till the first of August when he was marched in said Company to the Island; was in the battle of the 29th of August and left the Island with the army, went with them to East Greenwich and to Kingston, and continued in said service in said Company & regiment till the term for which he enlisted expired on the 31st December 1778; - that his brother's papers being destroyed in the great fire of Portsmouth in 1813 he cannot ascertain & does not recollect the precise time of his enlisting; but knows that it was soon after the said Peter Drown was appointed to command a company; that General Glover commanded the Brigade & Gen. Sullivan the army; that he (the applicant) resided in Stratham when he entered in the service and since he left the service here - resided five years in Pembroke & all the rest of the time he resided in Newmarket aforesaid
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. 
/s/Thomas Drown
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
Attest /s/P Chadwick
to Mr Drown
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the before 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 aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Drown for a pension.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this tenth day of August Anno Domini 1832
/s/P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court, Rocking'm County 
Thomas Drown sworn [illegible]
No 6648
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES  Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Drowne, Philip GRADE Private LINE Rhode Island
WARRANT NUMBER 3083 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 15, 1800 to -not shown-
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.