Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,693, Isaac Brownson, Continental (N.H.) Green Mt. Boys.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental (N.H.)
Green Mt. Boys.

Brownson, Issac
Huldah

NUMBER
2.23693.
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[left hand page]
see letter 28 Sep 1833?
to Pen agt at Albany
Dead, wid let. to agt. Aug
22d 1833


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13,738

New York 4
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Isaac Brownson
of Gainsville [Gainesville] in the State of N York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Warner of the
[illegible] line, for the term of 7 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 4 of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of July 1819
and sent to Elizur Webster
Esqr. Judge, Gainsville [Gainesville] Gennessee [Genesee]
New York

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Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $88.23
Semi-anl, all'ce ending       $48

10 mos 27/30 4/31            $136.23


{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}


[handwritten and not part of original document]
Certification sent Oct 28th. 1820 to
[illegible] Lake Batavia, New York

Continued
18 July 32
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State of New York }
Genesee, ss } 

Isaac Brownson of Gainesville in the County aforesaid being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that this Deponent sometime in the month of January in the year 1776 enlisted as a musician into a Regiment of Continental Troops raised in that section of country then called the New Hampshire Grants (now Vermont). That said Regiment was commanded by Colonel Seth Warner, and that the Deponent was attached to a company in said Regiment commanded by Captain Gideon Brownson. That this Deponent  enlisted for and during the war there existing between the United States & Great Brittian [Britain] and served his country faithfully against the common enemy until the close of the Revolutionary war, at which time he was Discharged, but being on Furlough at the time the Regiment were disbanded. The Deponent did not receive a written discharge from the officer commanding the Regt aforesaid

That this Deponent is unable to ascertain the Line to which the afsd. Regiment belonged, but believes that sd. Regt. was not annexed to the line of any State, but served as a distinct and separate corps during the war aforesaid. This Deponent further declares that he
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knows of no person to whom he can apply who is acquainted with the facts necessary to substantiate his claim to a Pension from
his country except those in relation to his circumstances in Life.

The Deponent further declares that he is a resident of the United States, and that from his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.

And further the Deponent saith not.

[signed: Isaac Brownson]

Sworn & subscribed before me this 4th day of April AD 1818.

Before me Elizur Webster one 
of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas Genesee County
State of New York-
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Genesee ss

James Pratt of Gainesville in the County of Genesee being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the circumstances in life of the applicant in the foregoing Deposition. That the sd. applicant is not in possession of any Estate his necessary, wearing apparel, Bedding & Household furniture excepted That the said Applicant has no trade or occupation by which to subsist himself, & that from his age & infirmities of Body, he is wholly unable to support himself by labor, - and further that the said
Applicant is from his poverty & reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support.

And further the Deponent saith not-- [signed: James Pratt]


Sworn & Subscribed the 4th day of April AD 1818.
Before me, Elizur Webster
one of [the] Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County


Genesee ss.
Warsaw, April 4th 181. This day personally appeared before me Elizur Webster one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County afsd. Isaac Brownson & James Pratt, whose names are subscribed to the several foregoing Depositions, and having been examined as to the truth of the facts, set forth therein and answered such questions as appear necessary to substantiate the same. I have considered the same as will authenticate and have caused the same to be forwarded to the Honorable the Secretary for the Department of War -

[signed: Elizur Webster Esqr.]
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State of New York }
Genesee County } I Simeon Cumings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Elizur Webster before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and that the within are his signatures.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 16th day of April AD 1818 Simeon Cumings
By Ralph Affin, Dep.


Application
of
Isaac Brownson
for
A Pension
Under the
Law
Act
of the
18 March 1818

[written upside down]
Isaac Brownson
priv
Warner's Regt.
1776 to the close
of the war
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At a court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee, in the State of New-York; on the fourteenth day of June of the term of June 1820, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has limited jurisdiction, keep records of its proceedings, and has immemorially exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.

Present, the Hon.
John H Jones Richard Smith Moses
Hayden. Isaac Wilson Judges

GENESEE COUNTY, SS. -- On this fourteenth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record, Isaac Brownson aged fifty eight years, resident of the town of Gainesville in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:-- during the war from the year 1776 served in [^Capt.] Gideon Brownsons Company in Col. Seth Warners Regiment of the Connecticut line, that he was discharged at the close of the war, that his Declaration was dated the 4th of April 1818 & his certificate is numbered 13,738 And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed."

Real Estate I have none
Personal property
1. Swine
1. 2 Gallon Iron Kettle
1. Do. pot
1. Spider
1. Tea Kettle
2. Flat Irons
2. Barrels
1. Wooden pail
6. Cups & saucers
6. Common plates
7. Knives & Forks
3. Common Iron Spoons
1. Candle Stick

I have debts due to me from the following persons
viz. From Mr Parnell of Warsaw - $13.00
From John Gillet Gainesville $6.75
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6. Cups & Saucers
6. Common plates
7. Knives & forks
3. Common Iron Spoons
1. Candle stick

I have debts due to me from the following persons
viz. From Mr Parnell of Warsaw - $13.00
From John Gillet Gainesville $6.75
From Gideon Brownson Do.- 40.00
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$59.75

I am owing debts to the following persons viz:
To John Howell of Gainesville - $12.00
To William Bristoll, do. - $2.00
To W. Reed of [illegible] - $8.00
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$22.00
To Samuel King - Pike - $12.00
---
$32.00 [correction: $34.00]

And the Deponent further says he is a farmer by occupation, but is not able to do any labor being troubled with the dropsy, and he also has a severe rupture,  that he has a wife named Huldah aged forty seven years, that previous to his receiving his pension he was assisted by his children, that he lives in a house belonging to Samuel King a son in law, that
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he could not live without assistance from the public if his pension should be discontinued, and that his necessary wearing apparel and Bedding does not exceed fifty Dollars in value-

Sworn & subscribed this 14 day of June 1820. Before me } Isaac Brownson
S. Cuminngs 
Clk of Genesee Common Pleas
in open Court
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Genesee County
Clerk County ss } I  Simeon Cumings Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Genesee do hereby certify that the within Oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of said
Court, and I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nine Dollars & Fifty Cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Eleventh day of September 1820
[signed: S. Cumings Clk]


[right hang page]

Isaac Brownson
Inventory

[several handwritten lines are faint and illegible]
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Court of Common Pleas for Genesee County in the State of New York of the Term of September 1820-

On Examining the Inventory presented to this Court at the last June Term by Isaac Brownson a Revolutionary pensioner, it appears that the Court certified the property of the said pensioner to be worth nine Dollars and fifty cents, and that Debts due to the said pensioner to the amount of fifty nine Dollars 75 Cents were not included in said Estimate.-

It is hereby certified that the property exhibited or set forth in the said Schedule presented by the said Isaac Brownson at the last time of this Court, including the debts due him, (admitting them to [^be] collectible) is worth Sixty nine Dollars 25 cents. [illegible]
September 8th 1820-
[signatures: John H. Jones
Isaac Wilson
M Hayden
Ralph Parker]
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State of New York
Genesee County SS. } I Simeon Cumings Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County certify that the signers of the within certificate viz. John H. Jones Isaac Wilson Moses Hayden & Ralph Parker were at the date thereof & now are Judges of said Court, and presided at June Term, and that the names signed to the within certificate are their respective signatures.-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official Seal at Batavia September 11th 1820-
[signed: S Cumings Clk]
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403

New York Albany
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Huldah Brownson
Conn
widow of Isaac Brownson who was a Private in the Connecticut Line for two years

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of June, 1843. and sent to Mason G. Smith, Agent Perry, New York

==========
[Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1
Page 101
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1250
Declaration of Huldah
Brownson to obtain
the benefit of the act
of Congress of July 7, 1838.

Mason G. Smith, Agent
Peny,
Genesee Co.
N.Y.
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Declaration of Huldah Brownson, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"

State of New York,
County of Genesee, } ss.
On this 27th day of August, 1838, before me, Rufus H. Smith, a Judge in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Huldah Brownson, a resident of the town of Gainesville, in said County aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Isaac Brownson, who was a drummer in the army of the Revolution, and served as such for seven years in the Company commanded by Captain Gideon Brownson in Colonel Warner's Regiment, to the best of her knowledge and belief; - for which service, his name was inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, under the
act of Congress of March 18, 1818, [crossed out: and] that he resided in the town of Sunderland, in the County of Bennington, and State of Vermont when he entered the service aforesaid and that she has no documentary proof of the same
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She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Brownson, on the fourteenth day of October, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, as appears by the family record of the said Isaac Brownson, now, and for many years past, in her possession; that the marriage took place at Sunderland before mentioned, and that the marriage ceremony was performed by Gideon
Brownson, Esquire; - that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Brownson, died on the 18th day of July 1832, at Gainesville, in said County of Genesee; - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.

Sworn to and subscribed
on the day before written,
before me Rufus H Smith
A Judge of Genesee County } [signed: Huldah Brownson]


I certify that the residence of the before named Huldah Bronson [Brownson] is twenty eight miles from the Court house, and that her age and infirmities render it inconvenient for her to attend in open Court.
[signed: Rufus H. Smith]
a Judge of Genesee County Courts
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State of New York,
County of Genesee, } ss.
John F. Howell, of the town of Gainesville in said County, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he was well acquainted with Isaac Brownson, mentioned in the foregoing declaration; that this [^deponent] was present at the house of said Isaac Bronson [Brownson], during his last sickness, several times, and saw him after he was dead; - that he died at Gainesville aforesaid, in the month of July, 1832; that this deponent is well acquainted with Huldah Brownson, widow of the aforesaid Isaac Brownson; and that she has not been married since the decease of her said husband; and further says not.

Sworn to and subscribed }
this 27th day of August,  }
1838, before me } [signed: John F. Howell]
[signed: Rufus H. Smith]
A Judge of Genesee County Courts

I certify that I am acquainted with John F. Howell, the before named deponent, and that he is a person of credibility.

[signed: Rufus H. Smith]
a Judge of Genesee County Courts
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State of New York
Genesee County } ss. I certify that Rufus H. Smith was at the time of taking the within affidavit or declaration a Judge of Genesee County Courts and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and believe the signature, to the within Certificate to be genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 30th August 1838
[signed: [illegible: TWSoper], Clerk]


[written vertically]
V 1250
Declaration of Huldah
Brownson, to obtain
the benefit of the act
of Congress of July 7, 1838


Mason G. Smith, Agent
Peny,
Genesee Co.
N.Y.
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Mr Isaac [illegible: Brownson?]
Born,
March, 22nd
Mrs. Elizabeth
Meigs Born,
March, 4th 1765
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And were Married
March 26th
1785

Elizabeth [illegible: Brownson?]
Born February 21st. 1786
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Ms. Huldah
Sears Born October
9th 1767.
And were Married
to Mr. I B
Oct. 14th 1787.
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Sophronia Brownson 
Born August
11th 1788.
Gideon Brownson
Born, March,
24th 1790.
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Thirza Brownson
Born Aug. 11th 1792
Richard Brownson
Born Sept. 8th 1795
4th 1804.
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James Brownson
Born Nov. 19th 1802
Cornelia W. Brownson
Born Nov.
4th 1804.
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Isaac Brownson Jun^1
Born, July 12th 1809
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Mrs. E. Brownson.
Deceased
March, 6th 1786
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Thirza Brownson
Deceased.
April, 17th. 1793.
James Deceased
Dec. 25th 1803.
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Isaac Brownson's
Family Record
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ILL 

Mrs. C. J. Reed
6 East Main Street
Falconer, New York.


Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23693, that Isaac Brownson
was born March 22, (1762). [parentheses added by hand]

[handwritten: "(record torn?)"]

While a resident of Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont,
he enlisted in January, 1776, served as drummer and drum major in
Captain Gideon Brownson's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment
and was discharged at the close of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4,
1818, while a resident of Gainesville, Genesee County, New York, [handwritten: "thru 1820
he was aged 58 yrs."]

He died July 18, 1832 in Gainesville.

Soldier married October 14, 1787 at Sunderland, Vermont,
Hulda Sears, his second wife, who was born October 9, 1767. They
were married by Gideon Brownson, Esquire, no relationship stated.

She was allowed pension on her application executed August
27, 1838, while a resident of Gainesville, New York.

The record of the children of Isaac Brownson and Hulda, his
wife, is as follows:

Sophronia Brownson born August 11, 1788
Gideon " " March 24, 1790
Thirsa " " August 11, 1792, died April 17, 1793.
Richard " " September 8, 1795
James " " November 19, 1802, died December 25, 1803.
Cornelia " " November 4, 1804.
Isaac, Junior, " " July 12, 1809.
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On the family record also appears -
"Mr. Isaac Brownson was born March 22, (record torn)
Mrs. Elizabeth Meigs " " March 4, 1765, and were married March 26, 1785.
Elizabeth Brownson " " February 21, 1786.
Mrs. E. Brownson deceased March 6, 1786."

It is not stated that Mrs. Elizabeth Meigs was soldier's
first wife.

Samuel King is referred to as a son-in-law, the name of
his wife not designated.

Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.

Sol. was 58 in 1820
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[right hand page]
1930 - Aug. 11. Hist. to
Mrs. C.J. Reed-ILL
Her letter Paul Nelson - W 19914 -

[left hand page]
Red
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23693
Huldah Brownson
wid. of 
Isaac Brownson 
Priv Conn. line

---

Act: March 3d 1843
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 91 
Arrangement of 1870.
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Albany N. Y.
Isaac Brownson on roll act 1818 to what time paid?
[illegible initials]

John Harry Esq
Died 18th July 1832 [illegible]

[initials: J H]
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N. York
Huldah Bronson [Brownson]
let. to M.G. Smith 10. Oct 1838
Papers returned

Act 7 July 1838
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Albany 2372
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Huldah Brownson
widow of Isaac Brownson
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 18 July 1832
of Genesee Co. in the State of N York
who was a Private in the ---
commanded
by Captain ---
of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Warner in the Conn.
line for 2 years

===============
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

===============
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April
1839 and sent to Mason G
Smith, Perry, Genesee Co. N.Y.

===============
Arrears to the 4th of March '39   240.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep "  40.00
=====
$280.00
=====

{Act July 7,
1838.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 67
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2372

Declaration of Huldah
Brownson, in order to
obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress of July 7 1838.

E


Admitted?
Drummer 2 years


Mason G. Smith Agent
Peny,
Genesee Co
N.Y.
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Declaration of Huldah Brownson, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

State of New York
County of Genesee, } ss.

On this 4th day of December 1838 before the Court of General Sessions in and for said County, now sitting at Batavia being a Court of Record, and having a seal personally appeared Huldah Brownson, a resident of the town of Gainesville, in the County aforesaid, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" -

That she is the widow of Isaac Brownson, who was a drummer in the any of the Revolution, and served as such, for seven years, in the company commanded by Captain Gideon Brownson, in Colonel Warner's Regiment, to the best of her knowledge and belief; for which service, the said Isaac Brownson's name was inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency under the act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818,-
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That he resided in the town of Sunderland in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont, when he entered the service as aforesaid; and that she has no documentary proof of said service.

She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Brownson, on the fourteenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, as appears by the family record of the said Isaac Brownson, for many years past in her possession, and now, as she believes, in the Pension Office at Washington;- that the marriage took place at Sunderland, aforesaid, and that the marriage ceremony was performed by Gideon Brownson, Esquire; - that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Brownson died on the 18th day of July, 1832, at Gainesville before mentioned; - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated.

[signed: her X mark, Huldah Brownson]


Sworn to and subscribed in }
open Court, on the day }
before written before }
[signed: H M Toper, Clerk]


State of New York }
Genesee County } ss.

Horace M. Toper, Clerk of said Court and County do certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings in the matter of the application of Huldah Brownson for a Pension and that she attempted to write her name and could not from debility and made her mark as above.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 4 December 1838.

[signed: H M Toper Clerk]
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[this is a duplicate of page 35]
2372

Declaration of Huldah
Brownson, in order to
obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress of July 7 1838.

E


Admitted?
Drummer 2 years


Mason G. Smith Agent
Peny,
Genesee Co
N.Y.
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State of New York
Genesee County } ss.

I Isaac Wilson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County aforesd. Do Certify that Isaac Brownson the Claimant in the annexed application is in need of the assistance of his country for support and that I am satisfied that the said Isaac Brownson, served for the term of nine months under one Period of enlistment in the Continental Army During the Revolutionary War.

Given under my hand at Middlebury in the County of Genesee the 11th day of May, A.D. 1819 -
[signed: Isaac Wilson Judge of aforesaid]


State of New York
Genesee County } ss. I Simeon Cumings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Isaac [Wilson] was on the 11th day of May A.D. 1819, and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, and that the name subscribed to the above certificate is his signature in his own proper handwriting.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Batavia this 27th day of May A.D. 1819.
[signed: Simeon Cumings]
by Ralph C. Smead Dep. Clk
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Declaration of Huldah
Brownson, in order
to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress
of March 3, 1843.


Adm $80
Albany Agency


Mason G. Smith, Agent,
Peny
N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Wyoming, } ss.

On this third day of April, 1843, before me, Mason G. Smith, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared Huldah Brownson, a resident of the town of Gainesville, in said County, aged seventy-five 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. of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of  persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Isaac Brownson, who was a drummer and drum major, in Colonel Warner's Regiment, in the Company commanded by Captain Gideon Brownson in the army of the Revolution. That she was pensioned under the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.

[signed: Huldah Brownson]


Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me, and I do hereby certify that the said Huldah Brownson is personally known to me.

[signed: Mason G. Smith]
Justice of the Peace.
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State of New York
Wyoming County, } ss.
I, Nelson Wolcott, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Mason G. Smith Esquire, before whom the within declaration or affidavit purports to have been taken, was, at the time of taking such declaration or affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same;  and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe, that the signature to the within certificate purporting to be his is genuine.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Official Seal at Warsaw in said County this 6th day of April 1843-

[signed: Nelson Wolcott Clerk]
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Huldah Brownson
wid of Isaac
NY act 1843

-------
Genesee Co
in
New York
Act 1818

-------
[crossed out: Vermont
Act 1832]

-------
Nov 29 1852

-------
[illegible]
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*

State of New York
County of Allegany } 

Be it known that before me William H. King a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Gideon Brownson aged Sixty three years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Isaac Brownson who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of New York and that he died on the [blank] day of [blank] 18 [blank] and that his mother, named Huldah Brownson died on the [blank]  day of [blank]  18 [blank] and that they were  married on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year 17 [blank] and that they were residents of Sunderland in the State of Vermont and that they resided there [blank]  years, and that they resides in Gainesville [^then] County of Genesee, now Wyoming NY and that his father was a drummer & served through the whole war and that he was a poor man at [in?] 1818. And continued poor through life.

And that furthermore BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes appoints and fully empowers and authorizes irrevocably and with powers of substitution Philips & Powell of Livonia, Livingston County, N. Y., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the United States Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as son of Stephen Powell [possible clerical error, should be Isaac Brownson?] who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled, and for good and sufficient reasons do
hereby revoke and countermand any and all other Power of Attorney or other authority that may have been heretofore given by me.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF he has on this 30th day of July 1852 hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.

[signed: Gideon Brownson] [illegible: L.S.?]

Witness: W H King
Witness: W Bradley }
Signed, sealed, acknowledged and sworn to before me, on this 30th  day of July 1852

[signed: William H. King] J.P. (L.S.)

The dates of the deaths &c are recorded in the Pension office


At the same time personally appeared before me [crossed out: Samuel H. King & William Bradley] W H King a Justice of the Peace  two credible and disinterested witnesses named Samuel W. King and William Bradley residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Isaac Brownson was a Revolutionary Soldier and that Gideon Brownson was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the son of the said Revolutionary Soldier.

[signed: L.W. King] [illegible: L.S.?]
[signed: W Bradley] [illegible: L.S.?]

Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
[signed: William H. King] J.P. (L.S.)

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*If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage and date of death of her husband."
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Allegany County Clerk's Office, } SS. I, John J. Rockafellow, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof do hereby certify, that William H. King Esq. before whom the annexed Instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment [^"or affidavit"], a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected sworn and authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment [^"or affidavit"] is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.

IN WITNES WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at Angelica, in said County, this 31st day of July 1852

[signed: J. J. Rockafellow] Clerk of Allegany County
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V 1250-
Huldah Bronson [Brownson]
Isaac Bronson [Brownson]
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Peny, Genesee Co. N.Y.
September 1, 1838.

Sir,

I herewith enclose the Declaration of Huldah Brownson, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7, 1838, together with the family record of her husband, Isaac Brownson, deceased, referred to, in her Declaration. Mrs. B. was Mr. Brownson's second wife, and their marriage will be found on the third leaf of the record.

If not incompatible with the rules of the Department, Mrs. B. wishes to have the record returned.

Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
[signed: Mason G. Smith]

Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Peny, Genesee Co. N.Y.
December 10, 1838.


Sir,

Enclosed I send the Declaration of Mrs. Huldah Brownson, made in open Court, as required by your letter of the 10th of October last. I also return her original declaration, made before Judge Smith to which is added the testimony of John F. Howell, relative to the decease of the claimant's husband, &c.

Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Sevt.
[signed: Mason G. Smith]

Hon. J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.