Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1133, Isham Browder, Va.
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Service   VA  Browder, Isham    Elizabeth    Number W1133  B.L.Wt. 30,598-160-55    Contents are blank
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[illegible] 2693 
-ucky [Kentucky]
[illegible] Elizabeth Browder widow of Isham Browider who served in the Revolutionary war as a private   Va

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 

Certificate of Pension issued on 28th day of Octr 53 and sent to L. G. Gordon 
Madisonville, Kentucky
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 172 Vol. A  
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Vol B = 2= 72   

182 223 Act March 28 55

Elizabeth Browder July 22 

Elizabeth Browder and Isham Browder Private 

[illegible]Woodford

 Va. Militia  

Revolutionary War 

16 July 53-72 693 
[illegible] 160Ac, [illegible]

L. G. Gordon 
Madisonville, Ky
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Elizabeth Browder’s Declaration
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State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins} Set
	On this fourteenth day of September A.D One Thousand and Eight Hundred and Fifty Three personally appeared before the county court of Hopkins County in the State of Kentucky Elizabeth Browder a resident of the county of Hopkins and state of Kentucky aged Seventy Seven years who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed on the 3d day of February 1853, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That ^she is the widow of Isham Browder who was a private in the company commanded by Captain William Taylor in the Second Regiment of 
Virginia Continental line commanded (as she has been informed and believes) by Colonel Spotswood in the American Revolutionary War. She does not know when he volunteered or enlisted but she believes that he volunteered or enlisted in Virginia in the year One thousand
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Seven Hundred and Seventy Six (she does not know for what length of time) and continued in actual Service in said War for the term of three years and was honorably Discharged in the year 1779, that the said Isham Browder while in said service received a wound in the arm by a gun shot. She declares that Isham Browder never received a pension on account of his said service. That the only written evidence which she has of his said service is contained in
the certificate of Wm Taylor the Captain of the company in which He served dated Nov. 5 1824 and hereto attached, the affidavit of Moses Johnson taken before Abraham Herring Justice of the Peace for Hickman County Kentucky on
the 3d day of February 1830 and here to attached, the letter from James L Edwards late Commissioner of Pensions to Hon RM Johnson dated December 31, 1828. She further declares that she was married to the said Isham Browder in the County of Woodford in the state of Kentucky on the 20 day of December AD 1810, as will appear from
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an authenticated copy of the accord of her said marriage hereto attached and from the accompanying affidavit of witnesses, that her said husband died in the county of Hickman in the state of Kentucky on the 19th day of February AD 1830. That she was not married to him [redacted] the 2nd day of January AD One thousand Eight hundred. She further declares that she has not married since the death of said Isham Browder and that she is now a widow. She declares that she knows of no person now living who was in the service with her Husband. She does not know where said Moses Johnson & Capt W. Taylor are, nor does she know whether they are alive 

Elizabeth [her X mark] Browder

Subscribed & sworn to by Elizabeth Browder before the Hopkins County Court in open court September 14th 1853

Orlean Bishop [signature] clerk
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time he frequently visited them About the year AD 1828 they moved away from Hopkins county, and a few years afterwards Elizabeth Browder returned and it was reported amongst the neighbors & relatives of the family that he died of the tenth of which report affiant has no doubt, Affiant states that said Isham Browder was reported to have been a revolutionary soldier, and he believes he was,  
Sam Morton
Orlean Bishop

	The foregoing declaration and affidavits were subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written And I certify that I am well acquainted with the claimant and affiants, That they all reside in the county of Hopkins and State of Kentucky, That I know the affiant to be credible persons, that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself
to be, and that she knows she is the person Who draws the pension under the certificate Recited in her declaration that I have no Interest in this claim, that she words “in our Presence” following the word “declaration” and the words “Isham Browder” following “said” were underlined in Morton of Bishop affidavit before it was subscribed & sworn to, Given Under my hand this 25 June 1855
JM Compton
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State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins } Set

I, Orlean Bishop Clerk of the County Court of said county, do certify that JM Compton Esqr [Esquire] when named is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the peace for said county only commissioned and qualified. That his signature is genuine. That said court is a court of record so declared by the revised statutes, given under my hand and the seal of my office at Madisonville Kentucky This 25th day of June 1855,

Orlean Bishop clerk
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State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins

	On this twenty fifth day of June AD One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before one a Justice of the peace in and for said county Elizabeth Browder [illegible] about seventy Eight years a resident of the County of Hopkins and state of Kentucky who being duly Sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Isham Browder who was a private soldier in the Virginia Service in the Revolutionary War under the command (to the best of her recollection and belief) of General Woodford. Her said husband continued in said
Service about the term of three years And was in several battles in one of which he received a wound. To the best of her recollection and belief he was in the battle of the Cowpens, and at Guildford Courthouse and was honorably discharged from the service, She declares that she was married to the said Isham Browder in the county of Woodford in the state of Kentucky on or about the 20th day of December AD 1810 by the Reverend Thomas Wallen a Baptist Clergyman, and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Scarce
That her said husband died in the county of Hickman and state of Kentucky on or about the 19th day of February AD 1830 And that she is now a widow. She declares that she applied for a pension under the 2d
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Section of the Act of Congress passed February 3 1853, For the said services of her husband and received a certificate now in her possession which is in the words and figures following to wit Department of the Interior. Widow’s pension, I certify That in conformity with the Second section of the set of February 3, 1853 Elizabeth Browder widow of Isham Browder who
was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the Rate of Eighty dollars and no cents her annum commencing on the 3rd of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the pension is not payable
after the time of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty eight day of October One thousand Eight hundred and fifty three

[SS] 

R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior


Examined and counter
Signed LP Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

She refers to the correspondence Affidavit Records and certificate accompanying her application for said certificate for Evidence of her husband’s service and Death and of her marriage and identity 

She makes this declaration for her Purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress passed March 3d 1855. She declares that she has not
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Applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress any bounty land warrant whatever.
Elizabeth [her X mark] Browder

Witness Orlean Bishop
Permelia Brown
Sam Morton

I, Permelia Brown declare that I reside in the county of Hopkins and state of Kentucky That I became acquainted with Elizabeth Browder who made the foregoing declaration about forty years age. That she subscribed & acknowledged said declaration in my presence That when I first became acquainted with her she lived in Hopkins county with Isham Browder as his wife, That for more than fifteen years after the commencement of her Acquaintance with said Isham & Elizabeth Browder she was accustomed to visit them and lived a part of the time a neighbor to them. They were visited & received and appeared in public places as husband & wife and were reported to have been lawfully married. That she said Isham & Elizabeth Browder moved to Hickman county Kentucky where Isham Browder died about the year 1830. and the said Elizabeth afterward returned to Hopkins County, and is now a widow. She also declares that the said Elizabeth is the identified person who applied for and received the certificate recited in her declaration. That affiant has frequently 
heard Isham Browder say that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and he was reputed to have been a revolutionary
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soldier, and she declares that she is not interested in this claim, 
Permelia Brown

We Samuel Morton and Orlean Bishop upon our oaths declare that we are acquainted with Elizabeth Browder who made the foregoing declaration that we reside in the county of Hopkins and state of Kentucky that the claimant resides in the same county and state that she subscribed and acknowledged the foregoing declaration ^in our presence that she is the identical person to whom the certificate recited in her declaration was granted. That Samuel Morton is and was at the time the presiding judge and Orelan Bishop is and was 
at the time, the clerk of the county court of Hopkins County before which she made her application for said pension That she is now a widow and that we have no interest in this claim
Samuel Morton declares that he became Acquainted with said Elizabeth Browder more than forty years ago in Hopkins County. That she was then the wife of Isham Browder. That she and the said ^Isham Browder were visited and received as husband and wife, appeared in public places as such an [and] were reported to have been lawfully married. That his acquaintance with them continued about  fifteen years or more during which
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time he frequently visited them. About the year AD 1828 they moved away from Hopkins County and a few years afterwards Elizabeth Browder returned and it was reported amongst the neighbors & relatives of the family that he died of the tenth of which report affiant has no doubt. Affiant states that said Isham Browder was reported to have been a revolutionary soldier, and he believes he was.

Sam Morton
Orlean Bishop

	The foregoing declaration and affidavits were subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written And I certify that I am well acquainted with the claimant and affiant. That they all reside in the county of Hopkins and State of Kentucky. That I know the affiants to be credible persons. That the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she knows she is the person who draws the pension under the certificate recited in her declaration. That I have no interest in this claim. That the words “in and Presence” following the word “declaration” and the words “Isham Browder” following “said”
were underlined in Morton + Bishops affidavit Before it was subscribed + sworn to. Given under my hand this 25 June 2855

JM Compton
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State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins} Set
	I, Orlean Bishop, clerk of county Court of said county do certify that JM Compton Esqr [Esquire] whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the peace for said county only commissioned and qualified. That his signature is genuine, that said court is a court of record so declared by the revised statutes. Given under my hand and the same of my office at Madisonville Kentucky

This 25th day of June 1855,
Orlean Bishop clerk
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State of Kentucky
Woodford county } Sch. 

	I, Herman Brown as clerk of the county
Court by said county do certify that upon an examination of the records of my office, I find the following why 1810 Viz ____ Parties naming ____	By Whom marriage [Date of Marriage] 1810 20. Dec. Isham Browder to Elizabeth Scearce  

E. Walley 


Know which it appears that Isham Browder was 
united in marriage to Elizabeth Scarce, on the 20th day of December 1810 by the Rev. Edmund Walley. In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affined this seal of the said courts, at Versailles this 20th day of July 1833 Herman Brown by der by Culco
	By James Whetton
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April 10, 1940
BA–J/MOS 
Isham Browder 
W. 1133

Mrs. Mabel B. Gibson
 145 Dillos Street 
Houston, Texas 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Isham Browder who enlisted in Captain William Taylor’s Company of the 2nd Virginia Regiment. 

The data furnished herein were taken from papers on file in pension claim, W. 1135, based on the military service of Isham Browder. 

The date and place of birth of Isham Browder and the name of his parents are not shown. 

Isham Browden enlisted in 1776 in Virginia, county not given, and served as private in Captain William Taylor’s Company in Colonel Spotswood’s Second Virginia Regiment. During the Battle of Monmouth he received a gunshot wound in his arm. He was discharged in 1779, having served three years. Herbert Claiborne was one of his officers, rank not given. 

	He died in Hickman County, Kentucky, February 19, 1830, age not shown.

	While a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, this soldier married December 20, 1810, in Woodford County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Scearce or Scarce.

	She was allowed pensions on her application executed September 14, 1853m while living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, aged seventy-seven years.

	Elizabeth Browder also applied for bounty land June 25, 1855, at which time she was living in Hopkins County, Kentucky. She received
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Warrant $30598 for 160 acres under the Act of March 3, 1855.

For information relative to the location of this land, it is suggested that you address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, giving the warrant number, the acreage and the act under which the warrant was issued.

Isham Browder had by a former wife (her name and date of this marriage not given) a son, John, who was living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1853 and was then sixty-three years of age. It was stated that Isham Browder named one of his sons after Herbert Claiborne who was an officer under whom he served in the Revolution.

There are no further data relative to soldier’s family. 

Very truly yours
A. D. Miller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Subscribed + sworn to by James Hicklin before the Hopkins County court in open courtSeptember 14, 1853 

Orlean Bishop
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No. 3442
Kentucky

Elizabeth Browder
Widow of Isham Browder
Private

Act 3 Feb 1853

Admd $80 pr. ann. 
From 3 Feb 53

LG Gordon
Madisonville, Ky
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House of Representatives Feb 18th 1825

Dear Sir,
	I now enclose a copy from the journal of what was done by the committee on the judiciary, on your petition. The report was verbally made by the chairman of the committee, who states that Congress
had no power to review the final decision of the Supreme Court. That it was the principle of the government to presume that a final decision of that court is right and that it could not be the policy of the government to indemnify the losing party in contests for land. They, therefore, moved to have leave to be discharged from the further consideration of the petition
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and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw his papers; which leave was granted by the House. I have taken much pains. Since the report was handed in to feel the sense of the House upon the subject; and I am convinced that the House will not comment to reverse the report of the committee. I am sorry, indeed, that there is no remedy in our power that can be applied to your case. It is a pity, that if your lawyer had not filed his petition for a re-hearing at the same term at which the opinion of the court was given. That was the fatal blunder. Many of these, with whom I have talked say, that the negligence of the party, or of his
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Council can never be a ground of Legislative relief.

	Be assured, my Dear sir, of my sincere regret on account of your heavy and unexpected losses. Such calamities have been but too common in our country, and when they fall upon a man who like you fought for liberty by the side of Washington the heart must be hard indeed whose
sympathy is not excited.

	May Heaven enable you to bear the blow, and assist you in extricating yourself from its consequences.

	Believe me gratefully. 
	Your friend, 
	Robt [Robert] P. Henry
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1919 July 28 Mrs. Lewis Raichle
Farmes the history
1926 Dec. 9 Hist [History] to Mrs. Addie B
Paschall MMF
1931 Feb 11 hist to her Albert Andrew
1932 Feb 2, hist to Miss
Maddie M. Massie
1936 July 9, hist to Ella M. Crow
1940 April 10 hist to Mrs Mabel B. Johnson

Widow, &C
Ile No. 1133
Elizabeth Browder.
Widow
Isham Browder
Priv. Rev. War.
Act. Feb 3, 1853
idex:-Vol. A Page 81
[arrangement of 1870]
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[Inked stamp reads "FREE"]

[Inked stamp reads "MADISON [Illegible Jun 26?] Ky"]

LP Waldo Esqr
Comms of Pensions
Official Business } Washington City
				DC
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						July 9, 1936
						XXXXXXXXX
						
						BA-J?MCS
						Isham Browder, W.1133

Ella M. Crow
99 Cayuga Street 
Santa Cruz, California

Dear Madam:
	Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Isham Browder.

	The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.1133, based upon the military service of Isham Browder, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary 
War records of this office.

	Isham Browder enlisted in 1776 in Virginia, county not given, and served as private in Captain William Taylor’s company in Colonel Spotswood’s Second Virginia Regiment. During the battle of Monmouth 
he received a gunshot wound in his arm. He was discharged in 1779 having served three years.

	He died February 19, 1830, in Hickman County, Kentucky.

	His age was not shown.

	While a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, this soldier married December 20, 1810, in Woodford County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Scearce or Searce.

	She was allowed pension on her application executed September 14, 1853, while living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, aged seventy-seven years.

	The soldier had a son, Herbert Claiborne. He also had by a former marriage a son, John, who was living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1853, aged sixty-three years, but the name of John’s mother was not shown. There are no further data relative to the family of Isham Browder.


			Very truly yours

			A.B Miller
			Executive Assistant
			to the Administrator
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	February 2, 1932

BA-J?MCS

Miss Maddie M. Messie
631 Kentucky Avenue
Padacah
Kentucky

Dear Madam:

	Reference is made to your letter of January 24, 1932, requesting information in regard to Isham Browder, a soldier of the Revolution.

	The data furnished herein are obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.1133, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Isham Browder.

	He enlisted in 1776 in Virginia, county not given, and served as private in Captain William Taylor’s company in Colonel Spotswood’s Second Virginia Regiment. During the battle of Monmouth he received a gunshot wound in his arm. He was discharged in 1779 having served three years.

	He died February 19, 1830, in Hickman County, Kentucky.

	His age was not shown.

	While a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, this soldier married December 20, 1810, in Woodford County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Scearce or Searce.

	She was allowed pension on her application executed September 14, 1853, while living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, aged seventy-seven years.

	The soldier had a son, Herbert Claiborne. He also had by a former marriage a son, John, who was living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1853, aged sixty-three years, but the name of John’s mother was not shown. There are no further data relative to family.
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This is the history of the only soldier by the name of Isham Browder that is found in the Revolutionary war records of this office. 

Very truly yours, 

A.D. MILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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February 11, 1931

Rev,& 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLB

Mr. Albert Andrews
200 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W.,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1133, that Isham Browder enlisted in 1776 in Virginia, served as private in Captain William Taylor's company, Colonel Spotwood's Second Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, in which he received a gunshot wound in his arm, and was discharged in 1779, having served three years. 

He died February 19, 1850 in Hickman County, Kentucky. 

His age is not shown. 

While a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, the soldier married December 20, 1810 in Woodford County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Scearce or Scarce. 

She was allowed pension on her application executed September 14, 1853, while living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, aged seventy-seven years. 

The soldier had a son, Herbert Claiborne. He also had by a former marriage a son, John, was living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1853, aged sixty-three years, but the name of his mother is not shown. There are no further data relative to family. 

Very truly yours 

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section       [handwritten "MMHF"]

December 9, 1926

Mrs. Addie B. Paschall
Fulton, Route 6 
Kentucky

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1133 it appears that Isham Browder enlisted in Virginia, place not stated, in 1776, served as a private in Captain William Taylor's Company. Colonel Spotwood's Second Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth in which he received a gunshot wound in his arm, and was discharged in 1779, having served three years. He died February 19, 1830 in Hickman County, Kentucky. His age is not given. 

Soldier married December 20, 1810 in Woodford County, Kentucky (he then of Hopkins County, Kentucky), Elizabeth Scearce, or Scarce. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 14. 1853 while a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky aged seventy-seven years. 

Soldier had a son Herbert Claiborne, and a son John who was living in Hopkins County, Kentucky in 1853 aged sixty-three years, and was a son by a former marriage, name of his mother not given. No further data on file as to family.

In order to make a proper search of the War of 1812 records
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3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

of this Bureau for any particular soldier named Browder, in addition to the full name, as much as possible of the following data is essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and given name of widow. 

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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W.F. 1133

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Washington, D. C. _______, 19__

In reply to your request of ____, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Isham Browder a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[table with columns: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.]

1776 | 1779 | Pvt. | William Taylor | Spotwood | Va. 

Battles engaged in, Monmouth where he was wounded in arm 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Sept. 14 1853 Her el. was al. 
Residence at date of application, Hopkins Co. Ky. 
Age at date of application, She was 77 years old. Dec [illegible] 
Remarks: The war. Dec 20 1810, in Woodford Co. Ky. Elizabeth Scearce or Scarce and died Feby 19 1830, in Hickman Co. Ky. She was al. pension on an app. ex. Sept. 14, 1853 whole a les of Hopkins Co. Ky. Children: Herbert Claiborne and John who was 63 yrs old & a res. of Hopkins Co. Ky in 1853 & who stated that he was son by a former marriage, name of other wife is not given. 

Battles of Camden (1780) & Guilford (1781) not pat in as they were not fought during soldier's service
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145 Dillon Street, 
Houston, Texas, 
March 16, 1940. 

Office of The Veterans Administration, 
Washington, 
District of Colombia. 

Gentlemen: 

Will you please give me the official War Record of one Isham Browder which you may have in your office?

Our Family Record reads: 

"Born in Virginia in 1762. Enlisted in Capt. William Taylor's Company of the 2nd Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Spotwood, on June 3rd 1776. He fought in the battle of Monmouth where he was wounded in the arm. He was discharged in 1779. He was later granted land for Revolutionary services in Christian, Muhlenburg, Hopkins, and Henderson Counties, Kentucky." 

Any further information you may be able to give me, will be greatly appreciated. 

Very sincerely, 

[signature]
Mrs. Mabel B. GIbson

[black stamp that reads "RECEIVED MAR 19 1940 [illegible]"]
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Santa Cruz, June 14th 1936

The Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: 

I have been advised by Major Gen. E.T. Conley of the War Department to write you for the Revolutionary War record of my ancestor, Isham Browder. Please give me as complete a record for the above information 
remain

Sincerely 
Ella M. Crow
99 Cayuga St. 
Santa Cruz, Cal. 

[black stamp that reads "RECEIVED JUN 19 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM [illegible]"]
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Paducah, Ky
June 24, 1932

Bureau of Pensions 
Washington, D.C. 

Sir: 

Will you please send REv. War record of Isham Browder (only one, and any items) probally of Halifax Va. of his record or family

also wish record of William Farris of Va. and name of wife and children or any other inf. concerning hm. 

I am enclosing stamp for reply and thanking you in advance for any inf. 

Very truly
Miss Maddie M. Massie

631 Ky, Ave. 
Paducah, Ky.
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Albert Andrews 
200 Mass. Ave N.W. 
City

Called in person Feb 10. 1921. 
and requested that history of Isham Browder W. 1133. be furnished.
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Supt. of Pension Bureau 
2 & stamp ref MMHF
Washington DC. 

Dear Sir:

My ancestor, Isham Browder, a Virginian by birth, and an early settler of Hopkins County, Kentucky had three sons in the war of 1812, two of whom were killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe. Can you tell me if Isham Browder rendered Revolutionary service? Did any by the name of Browder have pensions granted, in Virginia? 

Have you the records
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of the war of 1812 that I may learn the names of the Browder men who were in the battle of Tippecanoe?

Thanking you for any favors. I am

Sincerely yours, 
Mrs. Addie Browder Paschall 

Route 6
Fulton, Kentucky
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111 Woodland Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
July 14, 1919

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir: 

I have been told that Mrs. Rachel Slayton Browder, widow of Isham Browder of Virginia, a Revolutionary soldier, was a pensioner of the government for many years. 

If the records of your office show either name, I shall be very grateful for any information concerning them which the records may contain. 

Very truly yours,
Flora Slayton Reichle 
Mrs. Lewis Reichle
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Madisonville Kentucky
June 25th 1855

Sir

I send you Mrs Elizabeth Browder declaration for Bounty Land under the Act of Congress passed 3d March 1855. When you issue her warrant please send it to me 

Very respectfully
Lysander G. Gordon

L.P. Waldo
Comm. of Pensions 
Washington City
D.C.
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Act 3 Feb 1853

Eliz^th Browder as widow of Wm 
Hopkins Co. Kentucky

Before Court
Claims for Revolutionary service of her husband Isham Browder in Captain William Taylor Co. 2. regt. Col. Spotswood Contl. line. 

Believes he enlisted in 1776 (for what time day not know) & continued in service 3 years 

Proof of Marriage 

Affidavit of James Hickins who knew the parties, was present at the marriage in Woodford Ky 1810, testifies to Browders death in 1830 & his widow Elizabeth's removal back to Hopkins Co. & to her present widowhood

Hickins certified by Cot [court] to be credible

Jno Browder also credible & a son of Isham by a former marriage testifies to the reputed marriage & Co = habitation of the parties until Isham's death, in 1830

Proved also by record of Co. Cot. [court]  of Woodford Co.
Clks Certificate

[written in left hand margin "Proof of Marriage sufficient"] 

Proof of Service

Jno Browder the son testifies that he has heard his father frequently fight battles over again but is too old to remember details. He however recalls the fact that he was wounded he thinks at
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Service contd.

Monmouth (mem. fought June '78) which corresponds with widows supposed time of service. He also rememberd the names of officers whom his father spoke of; Spotswood, Taylor and Harbert Claiborne - named a son after the last. 

That his father received land in N.W. Territory which he lost in a suit. - [illegible] affidavit

Certificate of Capt William Taylor Va Regt Col Spotswood that Isham Browder served as "private" from 1776 to 1779

Certificate of Moses Johnson that Isham Browder of Hickman County served on Taylors Co. & was discharged by Gen. Woodford

Letter from Col Edwards Comr. of Pensions in 1828 produced recognizing him as in the Contl. line

Found also on the depreciation payroll in Col. Niles' room

Identity

Proved be same evidence as marriage
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Brief in the case of Elizth Browder wid: Isham
County and State of Kentucky
Act 3. February 1833

Claim {"original" or "for increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 

Husband's service as presented moved by certificate of Captain William Taylor who served in the Va Continental Line, more than 2 yrs service

Also confirmed by the Depreciation payrolls in Col. Niles' room; inscribed as having been paid L 48, 4.0. sufficient to insure more than 2 years service

Also by affidavit of a comrade

(If for increase)

Has additional service been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

[cont. from "comrade"] who alleges service with him. Finally by the recollections of his son, now Co. - add year who recalls & details various particulars as names of officers [handwritten note that reads "spoken of by the old soldier in his life,times"] His [crossed out "father's"] worried & connected with this revolutionary service [crossed out "of his father's"] marriage of record & copy certified by Clk. of Court marriage also & identity established by said proof. Identity confirmed by the fact that she possesses the documentary evidence bearing in the service of Isham Browder.

Name and residence of Agen
L.G. Gordon Esq.
Madisonville, Ky. 

McRae  Examining Clerk.
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Madisonville Kentucky
September 26 1853

Sir

I enclose you a declaration of Mrs Elizabeth Browder widow of Isham Browder deed for a pension for his revolutionary services and also affidavits & other evidence to establish her claim. 

When you have acted upon the application please inform me or Mrs Browder of the result. 

Very Respectfully,
Lysander G. Gordon

L.P. Waldo Esqr [Esquire]
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Certificate of Wm Taylor
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William Taylor formerly a major in the Virginia continental line of service during the Revolutionary War deposeth and saith that Isham Browder according to the bet of my knowledge and belief was a private in my company whilst a captain in the second Regiment of the Virginia Continental Line in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid; that he entered the service in the year 1776 and continued therein until the year 1779.

Wm Taylor Senr late Capt of the 2d Virg. Regt
Nov the 5th 1821
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War Department
Pension Office, 
December 31, 1828

Sir, 

In answer to the enclosed letter respecting Isham Browder, I have to inform you that he was in the service of W. States. In order to obtain a pension, he must make a declaration according to the enclosed form, and produce such proof in relation to the disposition of his property as the instructions annexed to said form require. 

I have the honor to be, 
Very respectfully,
Your Obt. [obedient] Servt. [servant].
James L. Edwards


Hon. R. M. Johnson, 
Senate W.S.
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Personally came before me Abraham Herring a Justice of the Peace for Hopkins County Mr Moses Johnson of Davis Co Ky and made oath that Isham Browder now resident of the County aforesaid in the identical man who served under Captain William Taylor and was discharged by Genl. Woodford in the Continental Service in the 2d Virginia Regiment commanded by Col Spotswood. Sworn to before me the 3d day of February one thousand Eight hundred and thirty -----

Abraham Herring Clk
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V. 30598

Now annum
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State of Kentucky
 County of Hopkins 

I, Samuel Morton, Presiding Judge of the Hopkins County Court do certify that the foregoing declarations of Elizabeth Browder widow of Isham Browder decd. James Hicklin and John Browder were severally subscribed +sworn to in open court by the said Elizabeth Browder, James Hicklin, and John Browder and I further certify that said county court is a court of record So declared by Statute and that it has power to fine Jim Jerison for contempt , I also certify that said James Hicklin + John Browder are well known to the court to be men of good character. And I also certify that  Orlean Bishop whose name is subscribed to the form foregoing certificates is clerk of said court and keeper of the seal thereof witness my hand this 21 day of September 1853.
Sam Morton
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State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins (squiggle line) Set
On this Fourteenth day of September AD. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the county Court of Hopkins in the State of Kentucky James Hicklin a resident of the County and State ( unknown word) who is well known to the court to be a person of good character, who being duly sworn according to law declares that he became acquainted with Elizabeth Browder who made the foregoing declaration about the month of March AD before her marriage with Isham Browder, that her maiden name was Elizabeth Scarce by which name she was known and called (smudge) ntil she was married to said Isham Browder, (unknown word) further declares that he became acquainted with the said Isham browder in the county of Woodford in the State of Kentucky about the month of September AD 1810, that in the month of December AD 1810 he witnessed a celebration of the rites of matrimony between the said Isham Browder and Elizabeth Scarce in Wood
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ford county Kentucky, that immediately after their said marriage the said Isham and Elizabeth Browder started to Hopkins County which was then the residence of Said Isham Browder, That in the year 1813 affiant moved to Hopkins County Kentucky and re???ved his acquaintance with said Isham and Elizabeth Browder, who continued to live together as husband and wife, and visit as such, to appear in public places as such and to sustain the relation of husband and wife as long as they lived in Hopkins County that about the year 1927 the said Elizabeth and Isham Browder moved to Hickman County Kentucky, that said Isham Browder died in Hickham County Kentucky in the year 1830 and that a year or two afterwards the said Elizabeth browder moved back to Hopkins County, that she has continued to live here ever since, that she has not married since the death of Isham Browder and that she is still a widow  James Hicklin
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State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins (squiggle line) Set
On this fourteenth day of September AD 1853 personally appeared before the county court in ana for the county of Hopkins and State aforesaid John Browder of said county who is well known to the court to be a man of good character, who being duly sworn according to law, doth (unknown word) his auth(unknown) that he is acquainted with Elizabeth Browder who made the foregoing declaration, that he became acquainted with her in said county about the month of January AD 1811.  That he has been acquainted with her ever since and that ever afterwards until the death of Isham Browder she and the said Isham Browder cohabitated as husband and wife were reputed to be as such and to have been lawfully married, that they were received into society and appeared at public places as husband and wife, affiant states that he is a son of said Isham Browder by a former marriage. That he is sixty-three years of age, that in the year AD 1810 he lived with said Isham Browder in Hopkins County, and that during that year the said Isham was married to the said Elizabeth, whose name before said marriage was Scarce as
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he has been informed by them both
that he continued to live with
said Isham a short time after
his last marriage aforesaid, He
states that a few years before his
death the said Isham Browder moved
from Hopkins County to Hickman
County and died in Hickman
County Kentucky on or about
the 19th day of February 1830 That said
Elizabeth afterwards to returned
to Hopkins County where she continues
to reside, and that she is still a widow,
He states that he has frequently heard said Isham say he was a soldier in the Virginia
Continental line in the Revolutionary War
and that he served three years
in that war, That he was wounded in the arm according to affiants best recollection & belief he was wounded in the battle Monmouth, that
he has heard said Isham frequently
relate the incidents of his service
but is getting too old to enable him
to repeat them accurately, that
he has heard him speak of having
officers whose names were Spotswood, Taylor and Harbert Claiborne
and he also states that said Isham
named a son after Harbert Claiborne
who was an officer of the company
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or Regiment in which he served that he heard said Isham Say that he received land in the North West Territory (now the State of Ohio) for his services and that he lost that in a Suit with McArthur, That he carries the suit to the Supreme Court of the United State where it was decided against him. That he afterwards petitioned Congress for an indemnity for his loss in that suit and that his petition was refused as will appear from a letter from Ben Harain to Colonel Alorey McLean, and a letter from Robt P Henry to said Isham dated 18th Feb 1825 and hereto attached
John Browder
Subscribed + sworn to by John Brower before the [illegible] County Court in open court on the 14th of September 1853
Orlean Bishop Clk

State of Kentucky
[illegible] County Sct
I Orlean Bishop clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do certify that at a court continued and help for said County at the Courthouse in Madisonville on the 14th day of September 1853. Samuel Morton Esq being presiding judge on entry was made in the minutes of the
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proceedings of said court in the words figured following trial "This day Elizabeth Browder widow of Isham Browder, dec. who was a soldier in the revolutionary war appeared in open Court and made oath to and subscribed her declaration to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress paper 3rd February 1853. And James Hicklin and John Browder who are known to the Court to be persons of good character also appeared in Court and made oath to and subscribed their separate affidavits or depositions in support of said Elizabeth Browder's declaration All which is  ordered to be certified to all whom it may concern.
I further certify that the papers hereto attached are the same referred to in said entry.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto surrendered my name and affixed my Seal of Office the 21st day of September 1853.
Orlean Bishop clk