Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1350, William Brown, Penn.
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Service                                         Number

Penn.           Brown, William         R. 1350
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Contents
S. 1757 in Guilford Co., N.C.
res. at enl. Little York, Pa.
after Rev. res. in N.C., S.le. & Lieut
res in 1832 Greene Co. ,Tenn.
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William Brown
Tennessee
Act 7 June 1832
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Rejected see letter
to Hon. Fitzgerald
January 4th 1833.
1350
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War Depart.
Pension Off.
Jany. 4, 1833.

Sir: 

  I have the honor to inform you of the decision of the Department in the following applications for pension under the Act 7 June -

  The services alleged by Wm. Brown is only 5 1/2 months and is insufficient to entitle him to the benefit of the act.

Hon, Wm. Fitzgerald,
Present.
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William Brown

5 1/2 months

Rejected
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BRIEF in the case of Willaim Brown Co. of Greene in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832,)

1.  was the declaration made before a Court r Judge? Justice of the Peace.

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does.

3.  How old is he? 75 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and filed Officers under whom he served.

Abt. 1 June in 1776/'till abt middle of November '76/As a Private/Capt. Bailey Col. Swope

5. In what battles engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Little York, Penna.

7. Is his statement by living witnesses, by documentary proof, be traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary 

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication and if so, in what respect? 

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

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                                        W. Fawcett
                                           Examining Clerk.
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________Ex'r.                          INVALID.
REjeCted
1350
P.O. William Brown

Service: __________
Service: __________

Enlisted: _______,18__.
Discharge: _____, 18__.

Application Filed: _____, 18 __.
Alleges: List of rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause of
Re-enlisted: rejection as follows: "Not six months service"

Attorney: _______
P.O. ___________
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William Brown

alleges only 5 months service.

REJECTED






V Servjce
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

State of Tennessee
County of Greene} ss

    On this 16th day of October 1832, personally appeared before me Henry Earnest a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene aforesaid, William Brown, a resident in the county of Greene and State of Tennessee, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
    That he entered the service of the United States under the following named militia officers and served as herein stated.  Col. Swope, Captain Bailey, afterwards Major Bailey, and Ensign Stake, afterwards Captain Stake.  that he entered the service at Little York in Pennsylvania about the first of June 1776 (the particular date not recollected) as a volunteer, in the Division denominated "the Flying Camp".  That he continued in service until taking of Fort Washington and Lee by the British about the middle of November 1776, after which, he was no more called into active service.  That at the taking of said Forts, he was at the hospital something like three miles (about North) from Fort Lee, when he was attending a sick soldier (having himself bee sick a considerable time, and then so weak as scarcely to be able to attend his charge).  That he was not engaged in any battle.  The he marched from Little York to Philadelphia, thence to Trenton, Princeton and Brunswick and Hackensack, at which latter place, he remained with the troops about two weeks, thence near to Staten Island where they remained about another two weeks, and thence to Fort Lee opposite Fort Washington on the North River about sixteen miles above N. York.  That almost all the troops with whom he marched, crossed over to Fort Washington, after which he saw but few if any of them.  That he remained at Fort Lee after arriving there about one month or six weeks and was taken sick and sent to the Hospital above named.  That he does not recollect the names of any officer under whom he may have served, except those above mentioned and those he supposes were either killed or taken prisoner at Fort Washington.  The he recollects, while at Fort Lee, of seeing the British Vessel of War pass the forts and received their fire.  That his officers being killed or taken prisoner as above supposed and no person that he knew authorized to give a discharge, he obtained none, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person (next page)
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whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.  That he was born in Guilford County, North Carolina in the year 1757, was taken to Little York, Pennsylvania by his father and bound apprenticed to the saddling business.  That he returned to his father's after he left service, afterwards removed with him to South Carolina, thence back to Tennessee (then part of North Carlonia) where he remained, nearly in the same neighborhood going on forty five years.  That he has a record of his age in his possession and a reference for his character for veracity, gives the names of the Rev. Felise Earnest, Lawrence Earnest, Jacob Earnest, Col. Henry Earnest, Peter Earnest, Abraham G. Fallers, Esq.. Ephraim Broyles, Jacob Broyles (illegible). 
    He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state. 
    Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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                           William Brown

    We Felise Earnest a clergyman presiding in the county of Greene and state of Tennesse and Peter Earnest residing in the same county and state, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: And we believe him to be seventy five 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 16th day of October 1832.
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                                  Felise Earnest
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                                   Peter Earnest

    And I the said Henry Earnest the examining Justice as aforesaid, do hereby declare my 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 I do further certify that Felise Earnest who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Greene and State of Tennessee, and that Peter Earnest who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County of Greene and State of Tennessee, and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit; and that they live in the immediate vicinity of the applicant, and that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court of his county.

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                                    Henry Earnest
                                    Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee ss.

   I Andrew Patterson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Greene, do hereby certify that Henry Earnest before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and whose opinion so is annexed, was at the date of said proceedings and yet is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene aforesaid, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of October 1832.

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                              A. Patterson
                               By E. Swiers, Clerk