Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1780-100, Joseph Brown, R.I.
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SERVICE 
R.I.

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Brown, Joseph
Olive

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BL.Wt.1780-100

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CONTENTS
res. of Newport, R.I.
d. Catskill Greene Co. N. Y. about 1813
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State of Rhode Island}
Newport County        } S
Personally appeared before me Eleazer Trevett one of the justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Newport Olive Brown to me known, who being duely sworn, doth depose and say, that she is the widow and relic of Joseph Brown Decd and that the aforesaid Joseph Brown her said late husband enlisted into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary Wary, and that he served in the Rhode Island line until the termination thereof, when he was honourably discharged from the same she believes from the circumstance of his uniform declarations frequently made to this deponent to that effect; and further that the said Joseph her said late husband often informed this deponent that he had Bounty Lands due him from the United States for his Revolutionary services. That soon after the close of the Revolutionary War the aforesaid Joseph returned to this town of Newport, where he married this deponent by whom he had one only child, Viz Catherine, now the widow Catherine Williamson, and that beside the said Catharine this deponent never had any other child, neither the said Joseph any other heir. That this deponent further testifies that the said Joseph her said, late husband on or about the year Eighteen hundred and thirteen, went from this town of Newport and state aforesaid, into New York state for the purpose of seeking employment in his ocupation [sic] of a Mason, and that soon thereafter this deponent received correct information from credible witnesses, that the said Joseph her said husband died in the town of Catskill in Greene county in the aforesaid state of New York. This deponent further says that she is in the sixty fifth year of her age and further this deponent saith not 

Olive her X mark Brown [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed before me this sixth day of October 1831.
Eleazer Trevett Justice of the Peace.
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State of Rhode Island }
County of Newport    } sc.
John Williams Esq. of the said town and county of Newport, aged seventy one years, being duly sworn doth depose and say that this deponent was well acquainted with Joseph Brown of the said town of Newport, previous to the War of the revolution, and that the said Joseph Brown enlisted as a Soldier in the Rhode Island line, in the Army of the Revolution, and that this deponent saw the same Joseph doing duty as a Soldier, as aforesaid, that soon after the termination of said War; said Joseph, returned to this town of Newport. [illegible] there continued to reside and work at his occupation of a Mason, for several years, he at length was absent, and common report says went up the North River, and further this deponent hath no knowledge of the said Joseph, and that this deponent is well acquainted with Olive Brown, and well know her to be the widow and relich [sic] of the said Joseph Brown deceased, and further that this deponent is well acquainted with Catherine Williamson the reputed daughter of the said Joseph Brown, deceased, and further this deponent saith not.
John Williams [signature]
Sworn and Subscribed before me, at said Newport this sith day of October A.D. 1831.
E. Trevett Justice of the Peace
I certify from my own personal         } knowledge, that John Williams Esqr  } subscriber to the above, is a respectable citizen of this town, and of good moral character.
E Trevitt Justice of the Peace -
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Newport Sc
State of Rhode Island Sc
Clerks Office; Court of Probate
Newport September 19th 1831.

Whereas satisfactory evidence was this day adduced to this court to prove that Catharine Williamson is a daughter and heiress, and the only heir at law in fee to Joseph Brown decd, who was a Soldier in the Rhode Island line, in the army of the revolution, and that Olive Brown is the widow and relict of the aforesaid Joseph brown decd and that she the said Olive Brown and her daughter the said Catharine Williamson are residents of this town of Newport, and have been, for many years, and that the aforesaid Catharine Williamson is the reputed daughter and only heir at law of the aforesaid Joseph Brown decd.
[seal] In testimony whereof we have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed the day and year first above written

Signed and Sealed by order, and in behalf of said Court.
Benj B Howland Probate Clerk
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Joseph Brown
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Catharine Williams on
Application for Bounty Land, 
Power of Attorney Executed on
the 20th - Sept 1933
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PRINTED AT THE ENVOY OFFICE, HUDSON, (N. Y.)

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

STATE of Rhode Island
COUNTY of Newport--} SS.
I Catherine Williamson Daughter and heir at Law, to Joseph Brown -- deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, Joseph Brown aforesaid, about, or in the Year, 1777 - entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and, that, he served in Regiment No. [blank] of the Rhode Island Line, commanded by Colonel [blank] and that, he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War, when he was regularly discharged from the first -- Regiment of the Rhode Island Line, commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Olney.  I further testify that my Father the aforesaid Joseph Brown went to Catskill in the County of Greene and and state of New York to seek employment in his profession of a Mason, where he was taken ill and died; and that to the best of my knowledge and belief he never drew a pension from the United States. I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Joseph Brown aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he has ever received it; or transferred his claim, in any manner, whatsoever:-
THEREFORE KNOW All Men, by These Presents, that I Catherine Williamson aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Greeneville, in the State of New-York, to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive, from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as the only heir of Joseph Brown as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twentieth - - - - - day of September - - 1831.
Cathainen Willieson}
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Witness E Trevett}

COUNTY of Newport ss. 
Personally appeared before me Eleazer Trevett - a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid Catherine Williamson subscriber to the above declaration, who acknowledged the power of Attorney therto subjoined, to be her free act and deed; and likewise made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration. Dated this twentieth day of September - - 1831.

Before me E Trevett Justice Peace 

STATE OF Rhode Island} SS.
COUNTY OF Newport
In testimony that the above written Eleazer Trevett  was a Magistrate, duly authorized to administer oaths, and Take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Rhode Island at the above date, and that his name there subscribed, appears to be his usual signature; I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Court and subscribed my name, at Newport R. I. this Nineteenth day of September 1831
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H Y Cranston Clerk