Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1707, Hamilton Brown, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERV
S. C

Brown, Hamilton
               Nancy

NUMBER
W. 1707

CONTENTS
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[illegible] to J.H. [illegible] 
and order to 3d Audr to pay 15. [illegible] 
1844.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6th April 1838 from 4 Mar 1842 to 4 Mar 1843. Agt notified 5 June 1844

Alabama 19.803
Hamilton Brown
of Greene Co in the State of Alabama
who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain [Edward] Lacey of the   Regt. commanded by Col. Neile [Thomas Neel] in the So. Ca. line for full term
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 80 Dollars _Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Sep.1833 and Sent to H Snedicor Erie
Arrears to the 4th Sep '33 $200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34      40 = $240
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Go C Stiles
Book E Vol. 8.  Page 43.
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Reputed
212 523

574  Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Nancy Brown
wid of Hamilton Brown
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private S.C. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
29th day of May 1850 and sent to Hon. S. W. Inge House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29 1848, Page 157 Vol. 1 
Book A
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           √
Hamilton Brown
For}  Application
Pension
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The State of Alabama, Greene County
On this 22nd day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before Anderson Crenshaw the Judge of the Circuit court now sitting, Hamilton Brown, a resident of Greene
County & State aforesaid aged about Seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the
following named officers & served as herein stated, viz: he was in the Campaign known by the name of the Snowy Campaign [Snow Camps], this he thinks was previous to the declaration of the national
Independence, under the command of General Richardson [Richard Richardson], he does not recollect what Colonel or Major but he was under the command of & in the Company of Captain Edward Lacey – Lieutenant Charles Miles & Ensign Patrick McGriff – he entered the service in his immediate neighborhood on the creek called Turkey Creek a branch of Broad River in the District now called Chester in South Carolina under the above named officers & marched to Rice
Creek in a District now called Richland District about sixty miles from the place of our departure
where we met our General aforesaid & the rest of the Army; from thence we marched for 96 [Ninety Six District] but before we reached 96, we learned that the Tories had abandoned that place & had gone into the Canebrakes on the waters of Inoree [Enoree River] where we
pursued them & took about 30 prisoners as well as he recollects – he does not recollect the term
of this service but he thinks it was about two or three months. After this and as he thinks in 1776 he was out under Colonel Thomas Neille [Neel] against the Cherokee Indians,
Major Poke [Lt. Col. Ezekiel Polk] was in command under him & something happened that Captain Lacey did not go but Lieutenant Charles Miles commanded his company. We went to Keowee & burnt a Town called Sugar Town & another called Eastatoe & cut down some corn & went to & burnt several other Towns the names of which he does not now recollect.
 It does not seem to him like he was out long this time, probably one, two or three months – soon after this
he went
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down to one Major Sumruch’s in the fork of Broad River & Saluda called the dutch Fork under the command of one Captain Smith [Garret Smith], Colonel Wynne [John Winn] commanded this expedition & its object was to secure some flower [flour] the Dutch had prepared & were secreting for the use of the British. After we had secured the flour we were ordered out on an expedition to Florida; he thinks this expedition was in 1777 though it may have been later. Under this expedition he was commanded by Captain Lacey & Ensign McGriff the Lieutenant did not go on this expedition. He recollects that they started as well as he now
recollects in May & returned in the latter part of the summer or fall. Suffered much from heat, hunger & thirst & did nothing worth naming by this Expedition excepting the routing of one old Tory by the name of [Thomas] Brown (he had been tarred & feathered & set fire to & was always after called & known by the name of Burntfoot Brown). General [Andrew] Williamson, an old Scotsman, commanded & a Colonel Sumpter [Thomas Sumter], Capts Pollard, Doggett, Coile, Taylor & McKenzie were in this expedition as officers. There was a Colonel Jack of North Carolina in the expedition who bought a horse of this applicant. He does not know whether said Jack commanded as a Colonel. After his return from this expedition he was almost constantly in the service in some expedition during the whole war but more actively from the fall of Charleston - until near the close of the war. That is he held himself in readiness to obey every order & call either against the Indians, British or Tories. The next expedition was to
Orangeburg in Orangeburg district on Edisto River under the same Captain as well as he recollects & was stationed there about three months. Soon after this he served another tour at this same station & soon after that again he was stationed at the same place for the same time making in the whole at that station about nine months. During these three tours Captain Lacey commanded his (applicant's) company one Colonel Sent commanded part of the time, Major John
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Wallace commanded one Tour
Major Parmer [Joseph Palmer] commanded part of the time one Pierce was adjutant part of the time
Captain Cooper commanded that place part of the time. In our return from Orangeburg, the troops were discharged at Goose Creek by [Lt.] Colonel Joseph Brown; he was at this time Lieutenant Colonel of Winn's Regiment as well as he recollects. This was not long before the defeat of Charleston after which he joined General Sumter and was in many engagements though he cannot recollect the dates. He recollects being at the Battle at the Fish dam he thinks [Patrick] McGriff at this time was Captain & Lacey was promoted to Col. He does not recollect who his Lieutenant or Ensign was at that engagement. Colonel Nixon [Lieutenant Colonel John Nixon] was also at this engagement – he was also at the engagement at Friday's Ferry Fort at this place the British received a reinforcement & drove
Sumter & his men off at this engagement if he recollects right our Colonel Hawthorne [Lieutenant Colonel James Hawthorn] received a
wound in his shoulder. He also recollects being in a battle at a Fort called Belleville. During the
time we besieged Belleville we understood that a reinforcement of British were coming & we
immediately left Belleville & met them & they surrendered to Sumter without a fire from their side. It turned out to be a small force of British who were guarding some baggage wagons. We
took with them 18 wagons loaded with clothing, goods &c & it is said there was some specie.
This prize was put on board an American keel boat but it was soon after retaken at a place called
Right's Bluff [Wright's Bluff] on the Congaree River. After this he crossed the River Santee & was in an engagement near Wright's Bluff where the British put us to flight & killed a great  many & took some prisoners amongst whom was a brother-in-law of this applicant & Captain James Gill received a wound in his right arm & this applicant
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was sent home with him. The next
tour that he recollects was under General [Nathanael] Greene in a campaign against Orangeburg. After drawing near to Orangeburg, General Greene sent out spies & examined the
strength of the place & after some days scouting about the place General Greene withdrew his forces & passed up to the High Hills of Santee but General Sumter went on with his forces down near Charleston & this applicant was in an engagement at Biggin's Church on Ashley River where we whipped the British horse & killed & wounded some of them at this place Lacey commanded as Colonel, McGriff as Lieutenant Colonel & one John Adair was Major at this place Thomas Gill was Captain & James Ramsey Lieutenant & Jesse Granger Ensign. This same Adair he says afterwards became a General & Governor of the State of Kentucky & if he is now alive would know him (this applicant) well for they were neighbors until long after the war – this applicant thinks it is unnecessary to state the balance of his services as he was in no other engagement of note until the close of the war; he however states that he
was with General Sumter in all his unsuccessful as well as successful attempts against the British & Tories from the Battle of the Fish dam until the end of the war the engagements before mentioned were in such quick succession & so many changes were made in office that this applicant cannot recollect many of the Company or regimental officers Colonel Lacey – Patten & Major Dickson  were generally with the applicant & Captains McClure & Pargan got kill[ed] one at the Hanging
Rock & the other at Sumter's defeat. This applicant was born in Chester County Pennsylvania in the year that Braddock was defeated.  He has no record of his age but recollects to have heard his mother said that she was pregnant with him at the time the wounded from Braddock's defeat
passed through Lancaster to Philadelphia & she was advised not to look
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at the wounded; he was as informed by his parents born in October after that defeat which was as he is informed the 9th July 1755. He states that his father moved to Virginia & removed about six months & from
thence to Turkey Creek a branch of Broad River in Chester District about 9 miles from Chester Court house in South Carolina where he made a permanent settlement at this time this applicant was about 12 years old & on this settlement except when in service he was raised & lived until as
well as he can recollect 1805 when he removed to Pendleton district where he remained until February of 1822 when he removed to the County of Greene & State of Alabama where he settled on the Black Warrior River & has resided since – he states that in all his service he was a volunteer or minute man. If ever he had a written discharge he does not know where it is or what became of it; he states that he can prove his actual service for a great portion of the time by Captain James Gill who lives but about 10 miles from him but who is now in court; he can also prove by one William Stone his services to Florida & probably some other services; this Stone has lately moved to this County & but he could not get him here. He believes he can prove by Colonel Long, Major Taylor & all of his neighbors his character for veracity & good behavior and their belief in his services as a soldier of the revolution. He believes all the other questions
propounded to him by the court are answered in the foregoing statement; he however here repeats that after the two or three first campaigns the country was in so much confusion &
foment the battles in quick succession all the movements so sudden and precipitant; so many
changes in office & so that he is not certain that he has, though he thinks he has, stated the battles in their regular succession & he believes what officers he has named commanded at the time as
he mentioned, the other superiors may at times have been in command – he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not
on
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(6) ( Brown's application  )  on the pension rolls of the agency of any State ( or Territory in the  Union ) Sworn to  & subscribe the day  & date  afore mentioned in open Court .  Hamilton Brown ( signed )  Attest James  Yeates ( signed ) Clerk  [ State of Alabama Greene County ] James Gill being duly sworn  in open Court  in due form of law saith that he has known  Hamilton  Brown  whose name appears to the above declaration  for a  pension  ever since this affiant was a small boy at least  sixty years & he states that he was with said  Brown in the service  of the United States at the engagements at  Friday's Ferry  at , Belleville at the taking of the wagons in  said declaration   mentioned  &  at the engagement near Wright's Bluff  and at Biggin's Church  & he  verily believes the said Brown  served as long as he has stated  & in the manner he has stated, he this affiant was also with said Brown  in the  Dutch fork - this affiant had the  assistance of said Brown in  getting home from the  Battle near Wright's Bluff  where this affiant got a severe wound in the right arm , he further states that said Brown has ever since the  war been an industrious honest  man  &   he believes worth of full faith  & credit on his oath. Jame Gill  ( signed ) Sworn to in open Court the day & year aforesaid in  open Court . Attest James S Yeates ( signed ) clerk  We John H Gray a clergyman  residing in the  County of Greene  & immediate neighbor of Hamilton Brown  & John N Thompson residing (  in the same)  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Hamilton Brown  who has subscribed & sworn to the  above declaration , ; that we believe him
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to be seventy   seven years of age ; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution , & we concur in that opinion.  Sworn to and subscribed  the day  & tear aforesaid in open Court. J H Gray ( signed ) L.D.M.  John N Thompson ( signed )  Attest James Yeates ( signed ) clerk  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 & the Court further certifies that it appears to them that   John H. Gray   who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy man resident in the  County of Green  and is a credible person,  and that his statement is entitle to  credit. And the Court further certifies that  James Gill who has signed the preceding deposition  is a resident of the  County of Greene and a credible person  & that  his  deposition is entitled to  credit . Anderson  Crenshaw ( signed ) Judge presiding  I , James Yeates clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Greene  aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hamilton Brown for a pension. In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my  hand and seal of my said Office this 22nd day of  September in the year 1832. Jams Yeates ( signed / sealed ) clerk
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[ The State of Alabama Greene County ] Personally appeared before me  the undersigned  a Justice of the peace in and for said County  and who  being duly sworn   deposeth & saith that  by reason of old age   & the consequent loss of memory  he  cannot swear positively  as to the  precise length of his services but according o the best of his recollection  he served not less than the period mentioned  .. ( illegible ) and in the following grades.  for three years and five months  I served as a private soldier in the service of the United States  in the war of the revolution  and for such service I claim a pension . Sworn to  and subscribed  before me this  8th day of June 1833 . Hamilton Brown ( signed ) Wm. M Murphy ( signed )  a Justice of the peace
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[ The State of Alabama Greene County ] To the Commissioner of Pensions  The Memorial of the undersigned  Nancy Brown  the widow of the late Hamilton Brown , who was a private in the  South Carolina  Militia ,  in the  Revolutionary  War, with  Great Britain  and who in his life time  drew a pension  from the United States  as is attested by the appended Warrant issued  September  17th  A.D. 1833  from the office of the Secretary of War,  Lewis Cass and  countersigned by  JL Edwards Commissioner of Pension s under the seal  of the Department ; Respectfully    shows that her late husband the said Hamilton Brown entered the service of the United states   at the time  and di such service as the papers  now on file  in the  Department will show, which were filed by him for the purpose oof obtaining  the said Pension on the said  27th day of September A.D.  1833.; that the said Hamilton Brown  being a Pensioner as aforesaid  , departed this life  on the   __ day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and  forty three  at  Eutaw in the County of Greene and State of Alabama . That the undersigned was married to the said Hamilton Brown on the twenty fifth day of  December in the  year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight A.D. 1798 , and in proof thereof   she exhibits the appended affidavit of John McShan and Catherine Keaton , two reputable  witnesses. She therefore   claims the benefits  of the acts of Congress approved the 29th day of Jul A.D.  1848  , granting pensions to the widow of all officers , non   commissioned officers , musicians, soldiers, marines or  marines and  Indian spies who shall have served in the Continental line, State troops ,  volunteer Militia  , or in the naval service in the   Revolutionary  War with  Great Britain ; and she requests that her name  may be inscribed on the Roll of Pensioners under that Law, who are paid at Mobile in the State of Alabama . Sworn to and subscribed to before me on this  the  30th day of November  in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred  & forty nine. Nancy Brown ( her mark X ) S. J . Chapman ( signed / sealed )  J. P.  for Green County
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[ The State of Alabama Greene County ] Appeared  personally before me  Simon J. Chapman  a  Justice of the Peace in and for said County  Moses Hubbard, Catlin Wilson  & William Scarbrough  there reputable persons of said County  who being duly sworn  according to law depose and say that they  were well acquainted with  Hamilton Brown late of said County  who died   in the spring of  A.D. 1843  and who drew a pension for  Revolutionary services , and  they are acquainted with Nancy Brown  who subscribed  and swore to the foregoing  statements ;  That she   is the widow of said Hamilton Brown  is still a widow, and lives in  Greene County  in the  State of Alabama. Sworn to  & subscribed  before me this the first day of December  A. D.  1849  Moses Hubbard ( signed ) Catlin  Wilson  ( signed ) Wm. Scarbrough  ( signed ) S.J. Chapman ( signed / sealed )  J.P. Greene County  [ The State of Alabama Green County  ] I, James R. Evans  clerk of the County Court  of Greene County  in the  State of Alabama  do herby certify that John Hall  , who certified the affidavit of John McShan  attached , was at the time of certifying the said affidavit  was at the   time of certifying the same , and is now
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562
Nancy Brown
Wo of Hamilton
Ala
act 29 July 1848
married before 1800
husband decd March  43
Allowed $80 pri-
[illegible] 4 March 48

Hon L. W. Inge
House of Rep
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Identical to page 14
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[ The State of Alabama Greene County ] Appeared  personally before me  Simon J Chapman  a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Moses Hubbard, Carlin Wilson  & William Scarborough   three reputable persons of said County   who being duly sworn  according to law  depose and say that they were well acquainted with Hamilton Brown  late of said county  who died in the spring of  A.D.  1843  and who  drew a pension for  Revolutionary services , and they are acquainted with Nancy Brown   who subscribed and swore to the foregoing statement - That she is the widow of Hamilton  Brown , is still a widow and lives in Green Count  in the State of Alabama . Sworn to & subscribed before me  the first day of December  S.D. 1849  S.J. Chapman ( signed ) J. P. Greene County  Moses Hubbard ( signed ) Catlin Wilson ( signed ) Wm. Scarborough ( signed ) [ The State of Alabama Greene County ] I, James R Evans clerk of he County   Court of Greene County  in the  State of Alabama  do hereby certify t unto all whom it may concern that John Hall who certified the affidavit of John McShan  attached , was at the time of certifying the said affidavit, was at the time of certifying the same and is now
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an acting Justice of the  peace in and for  Greene County  in the  State of Alabama  and that John McShan  who made the  said affidavit is a reputable man and that  Simon J. Chapman  who took the affidavit  of the Petitioner Nancy Brown  and also the affidavit of Moses Hubbard, Catlin Wilson  and William Scarborough   annexed was at the time  of taking the same  and is now an acting Justice of the peace in and for the  County of Greene and State of Alabama   and that Justices of the Peace is and for said County are duly authorized by law to administer oaths  and that the witnesses , Moses Hubbard, Catlin Wilson, and  William Scarborough  are all reputable me  .  Given under my hand and seal at office at  Eutaw Alabama  this the first day of December A. D.  1849 . Attest J R Evans ( signed / sealed ) Clerk [ The State of Alabama Greene County ] I , Wiley Coleman  sole presiding Judge  of the County  Court  oof said County do hereby certify that James R Evans  whose genuine signature  is subscribed to the  foregoing certificate  is now and was a the time of signing the same  Clerk of the County Court of said County duly elected, commissioned and qualified and that  full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such and that his said certificate is in due form of law. Given under my hand and seal this 1st day of December A.D. 1849 Wiley Coleman ( signed / sealed ) Judge of Cty Co. of Green
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No. 1 To the Honorable the Commissioner of Pensions , and to the  proper officer of the United States to allow Pensions. The Petition of Nancy Brown of   the County of Greene  and State of Alabama  respectfully  showeth  that she was  born in  Chester District South Carolina  in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one , that she was married to Hamilton Brown  who received a pension  as a Revolutionary soldier , on  Christmas day in the year one thousand seven hundred  and ninety eight in  Chester District  South Carolina  - that a  number of people  attested the wedding,  that she does not know that any record of the marriage was ever made, or kept , that at the time of the marriage  , no license to marry  was required by law,  and no license was got, that she lived with her husband  , the said Hamilton Brown in said District for fourteen or fifteen years, that they   removed to Pendleton District in  South Carolina  and lived there  a number of years - that they then removed to the  County of Greene  and Stateofo Alabama  about one year before the sale of public lands , by the Government of the United States - at Tuscaloosa  Alabama  and that ever since that time she has  continued  to live in the  County of Greene  and  State of Alabama . That her said husband Hamilton Brown died  near Eutaw  in the  County of Greene  in the  year one thousand eight hundred and  forty three , the year in which there were two snows here in March - That she was married  nearly four years before the birth of  her first child Betsy, and her next child Alexander, was born almost four years after Betsy, and there was then three  years between  Alexander and  James her next son, - Betsy was  born just at the end of the year 1802  and Alexander in  1806   - She cannot and is no mistaken in this fact. That she is still a widow  and  resides in  Greene County  in the  State of Alabama  . Sworn to and subscribed in open Court  April 10th  1850. Nancy Brown ( her mark X ) A H Falconer ( signed ) clerk
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No. 2 At a term of the County Court of Greene County in the  State of Alabama  , began and held on the second Monday and eighth day of April  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty . at Eutaw the  Court House in and for said County  the Honorable George D. Sturtridge, Judge of said Court, presiding  appeared personally in open  Court  Catharine Keaton  who being duly sworn  according to law , deposes and says that she was  well acquainted with Hamilton Brown , late of  the County of Greene and State aforesaid  and who drew a pension as a soldier of the Revolution , that she is a daughter of the said Hamilton Brown , by  a former wife, and that she is acquainted with Nancy Brown the widow of said Hamilton Brown, who is applying for a pension , as the widow - That she is the step mother of the deponent , having married  her ( witnesses' ) father- That Hamilton Brown  & Nancy Brown  aforesaid were married in the State of South Carolina in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight - That deponent in snow sixty  years old - She is positively certain  by the age of Mrs. Nancy Brown 's first child , that she was married to Hamilton Brown before the year 1799  - That in South Carolina, no records of marriages are preserved or kept, and she knows of no record of the marriage that ever was or is  now in existence. Witness was present at the marriage, saw Hamilton Brown  and Nancy Brown  married, lived with them  several years after and until she was married, and cannot be mistaken as to the date of  the marriage and  kept the person applying  is the same person referred to above. Sworn to  in open Court  April 10th  1850 . Catherine Keaton ( her mark X ) A H Falconer ( signed ) clerk
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No. 3 [ The State of Alabama Greene County ] T  at a term of the Circuit Court of Greene  County in the  State of Alabama aforesaid, began and held at the Court House  of said County , being the town of Eutaw on the second Monday  being the eighth day of April  A..  1850, the Honorable George D. Sturtridge  presiding , appeared personally  in Open Court  , John McShan  who being first duly sworn  according to law deposes and says that he was acquainted with  Hamilton Brown  late of the County of Greene  and formerly of Chester District South  Carolina  and he is also acquainted with  his widow  Nancy Brown who is now applying for a pension - deponent when  a young man  ,  when in  Chester District South Carolina at the house of Bob Owen , who died and with whom deponent was  setting up says that Hamilton Brown  and his wife Nancy , the present petitioner  came to the house of said Bob Owen's and stayed all night - deponent is now sixty eight years old. He was himself married about four years afterward - They were married about the last of the year 1798  and  it was in March following that deponent saw them , at Bob Owen's , in  Chester District  South Carolina , in  March A.D.  1799  and they had then been married  for a short time. Deponent was himself  married in the State of South Carolina  and  no license was required of him, nor any public band made of the marriage . Deponent knows  Catherine Keaton , the daughter of said Hamilton Brown , by his first wife who has  testified in this case, and he fully sustains what she has said  in relation to the marriage , and the time of the marriage of said Hamilton  & Nancy Brown -Deponent  further states that Hamilton Brown in his life time drew a pension  - Deponent from the fact of seeing Hamilton Brown  & Nancy Brown at Bob Owen's  which was within three quarters of a mile of the place he was then at work at the house Carpenters trade  and his own marriage, cannot be mistaken in the time of the marriage. Sworn to  & subscribed in open Court.  John McShan ( signed ) A H Falconer ( signed ) clerk
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[ The State of Alabama Greene County ] I , Alexander H. Falconer clerk of the Circuit Court of Greene County  in said State do hereby certify that Nancy Brown , widow of the late Hamilton Brown appeared in open Court  and swore to and subscribed the petition  hereto attached, marked number one , and that Catherine Keaton  also appeared in open Court  and swore to and  subscribed the affidavit hereto attached , marked number two, and that John McShan  also appeared in open Court , and swore to and subscribed the affidavit hereto attached marked number three, and that both the said Catherine Keaton  and John McShan  are reputable  witnesses. Given under my hand  and official seal at Eutaw in the  County of Greene  in  the State of Alabama  , this the ninth day of May  A.D.  1850. Attest J H Falconer ( signed / sealed ) clerk
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Hamilton Brown
Alabama
Adm. 2 years
H. Snedicor
Erie
Green County
Alabama
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office  
19 August, 1839

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 show 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 Hamilton  Brown
========================================================
Period when the  service was  rendered.   
1776
1777.                                                                                                                                              
Duration of the  claimant's service. Year. Months. Days.

21 Months
1776 
21 Months
1777.

Rank of the Claimant.   
[illegible]
 
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.   
 21 Months               Cap Lacey
1776
21 Months                Col Neiles
                                     Cap Miles

1777.                           Cap Smith
                                     Col Wynn
                                     Cap Lacey 
                                   
[illegible] 3. years & 3 Months

Age at present,  and place of abode when he entered the service.
77 years
Chester
Dist
So Ca

Proof by which  the declaration is supported.                                                                                                                               


I am,  respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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2

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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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                 Hamilton Brown                                                             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? 

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 amout of pension he is entitled? 

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 one 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?               See  oposite page

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?     See  oposite page

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?  
                                    See  oposite page                               

XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

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?    See  oposite page

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  

XVll. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so 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_____ For_________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 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 pension merely state 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 places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 [illegible]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 paper  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 oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

[the text on the lower half of this page is extremely light, illegible and therefore impossible to transcribe]
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done  
any communications to Capt. Gill
or H Browne may be made to me as the
agent  or to them directed to ( Eric Greene County Ala) the amendments are made to the last year he lived.  

Yours
very respectfully

H. Snedicor ( signed ) 


( vertical notes ) Hamilton Brown BROWN, HAMILTON
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The State of Alabama, Greene County,
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of the County of
Greene aforesaid, do hereby certify that William M Murphey
[illegible] now [illegible]  and at the time of [illegible] certifying [illegible] an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, qualified, and commissioned, and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all [illegible] acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law [illegible]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the Eighth day of June 1833, and of American Independence, the 57th year. ATTEST, C Snedecor, CLERK.

The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, THOMAS F. MOODY, Presiding Judge of the County Court of said
County, do hereby certify, that Isaac C. Snedecor, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, now is, and was, at the time he signed the same, Clerk of the County Court of said County, and that his certificate is made in due form of law.
Given under my hand seal this 8th day of [illegible] 183 [illegible] 
Thos F Moody         SEAL
Judge of said Court.

The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do
hereby certify, that Thomas F. Moody, whose signature appears to the above cer-tificate, now is, and at the time of his signing the same, was Judge of the County Court of said County, duly qualified and commissioned, and that due faith and
credit are due to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law & his signature thereto is genuine In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and
caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the Eighth day of June  1833 and of American Independence, the 57th year. ATTEST.
H Snedicor  Clerk.
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Payments to be made
at Mobile
by [illegible]
Agent for paying Pension=
ers, in the Agency of
Alabama
Recorded in the Pension Of=
fice, in Book E. Vol. 8
Page 43 by Go. C. Stiles
Clerk.

Mobile Ala

[left side illegible]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Hamilton Brown
of the State of Alabama
who was a private in the Revolutionary
Army
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars
per annum, during his natural life, com= 
mencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-
annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in
every year

SEAL

Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this 17 day of
September one thousand eight
hundred and thirty=three 
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and   }
Countersigned. }

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
---
File No.1707
Nancy Brown
Widow,
Hamilton Brown
Pri.  Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index:--Vol. A   , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 562
Nancy Brown
Ala
Letter Hon. S W Inge 12th Decr 1849

act 29 July 48
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Sir

I beg to call your early attention to
this case & that I may be soon advised of
the determination thereof.

respectfully your
S W Inge ( signed  ) 

Col J L Edwards ⎬
Com of Pensions⎬
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Hon. S. W.  Inge
Washington City
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Eutaw Alabama May 11th 1850
Honble. Saml. W. Inge

Dear Sir

Enclosed I send you the
petition of Mrs. Nancy Brown, for a pension.-You
will recollect that a petition was sent before, and
that it was returned, because the evidence, accompanying the petition was taken before a Justice of the peace and not in open Court. The evidence of her marriage, before the year 1800, is, I think conclusive, and the service of Hamilton
Brown, are admitted by the department. I
hope you will attend to this matter promptly
as Mrs. Brown is a deserving and worthy
old lady

I am, your respy. 
Alex Graham ( signed )
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Washington Dec 8th 1849

Sir

I herewith submit to application of Mr.s Brown for a pension.
If the papers are not regular or any
anything additional is required  please
advise me thereof.

Very respectfully
S W Inge ( signed ) 

Comm. of Pensions
Washington DC
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GIDEON PRINTER.
_______________
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 18th 1844

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen=
sion agents, Hamilton Brown
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuscaloosa Ala.
Agency, at the rate of. Eighty Dollars
per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March 1842, to the 4th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris, 
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Present.
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[ The State of Alabama Greene County ] Personally appeared  before me John Hall an acting  Justice of the peace in and for said County   John McShan  who being duly sworn  deposeth and sayeth that  Nancy Brown the widow of Hamiton Brown  deceased was married to the said  Hamiton Brown   in the  State of South Carolina  in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight or ninety nine according to best of my recollection . Sworn to   and subscribed  to before me this sixth day of August 1849. John McShan ( signed ) John Hall ( signed ) J. Peace
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[ The State of Mississippi Lowndes County] Appeared personally before me Harper Copeland  Justice of the Peace in and for said County  Catherine Keaton  , who being duly sworn  according to law deposes and says that Nancy Brown  now of Green County  in the State of Alabama    was married to  Hamilton Brown  late of said County of Greene in the State of South Carolina  in the year  A.D.  1798 or 1799  and before the first  day of January  1800  - that the said Hamilton Brown  with his last wife Nancy   continued to  reside in the State of South Carolina  until about the year  A.D.  1822  about  which time they removed from the  State of South Carolina to the  State of Alabama , That they continued to live together as  man and wife until about March  A.D.  1843   at which time the said Hamilton Brown died  leaving  the said Nancy Brown his widow , still surviving  him , and that the said  Nancy is still  living in said County of Greene. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the  17 day of August  A.D. 1849 Harper Copeland ( signed ./sealed ) Justice of the peace Catherine Keaton ( signed ) [ The State of Mississippi Lowndes County ] I Daniel Williams clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County do hereby certify Harper Copeland  whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is now and was
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at the time of signing the same an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned
and qualified and that full faith and credit are
due to all his official acts as such

SEAL

Given under my hand and
Seal of said Court at Columbus
the 20th day of August A D 1849
Daniel Williams Clk
By [illegible]
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Hamilton Brown,  Ala, Green, County
Tuscalusa Agency. act 7 Jnue 32
$80 P Ann

To what time was he last paid?
G O A
Pension Office}.   Ans. March 11. 1843
May 25th 1850}
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Nancy Brown's

Application-
______

Revolutionary
Case of
Nancy Brown
Alabama
Allowed, act 1848

Filed 23 June 1854
F. E. Hassler
Washington
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[ The State of Alabama Greene County ] On this the 23 day of June A.D.  one thousand eight hundred and  fifty three personally appeared before me  John Hall a  Justice of the Peace  within and for the  County and State aforesaid  Nancy Brown   aged seventy  years a resident of Greene County  in the State of Alabama who being first duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Hamilton Brown  deceased  who was a private in the  Revolutionary war, and was receiving  a pension  therefore up to the time of his death, which occurred in the  County and State aforesaid in the  year 1843 - that she  was married to the said  Hamilton  Brown in the year 1799 , and that he name before marriage was Mancy  Purnelle and that she is a widow and is now receiving a pension  at the rate of eighty dollars per annum from the general Government  under the act of Congress of July 29  1848 . Sworn to & subscribed before me  on the day & year above written . Nancy Brown ( her mark X ) John Hall ( signed ) J.P. .  [ The State of Alabama Greene County ] On this the 23 day of June A.D.  1853 personally appeared before me  John Hall  a Justice of the Peace within  and for the Conty   and State aforesaid Zachary  M Chiles  & Williamson  Meriweather  residents of the State of Alabama and County of Greene  who being duly sworn  according to law  declare that the above named Nancy Brown  is the widow of Hamilton Brown  deceased, who died in  the  County  and State aforesaid some time in the year  1843 and that
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the said Nancy Brown is now a widow - and
seems to be about seventy years of age-
 Z. M. Chiles ( signed /sealed )                                     Wmson. Meriwether ( signed / sealed ) 

Sworn to & subscribed before me}
on the day & year above written.   }
John Hall ( signed ) J.P.