Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,553, Solomon Brown, Continental (Mass.)
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'-- 1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Mass.)


Brown, Solomon

Number S.23,553



Contents

Enlisted at Lexington, Mass.

In 1819 aged 63 years and resident of New Haven, Addison Co, Vt.
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No.273
Vermont
Solomon Brown

of Addison Co in the State of Vermont
who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded
by Captain Eustis' of the Regt commanded
by Colonel Crane in the Massachusetts
line, for the term of three years
from April 1777 to April 1780



Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont Agency
at the rate of 120 Dollars per year to
commence on the 4th day of march 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of August
1832 and sent to E. D
Barber Middlebury Vt

Amount due on the 4th of
March 1832,                            $ 120
4th Sept 1832                               60
                                               ________
                                                $ 180 ~
Recorded
Book D
vol 4 page 48-     7 June 1832

[right side folded page, written vertically]

Died June 6, 1837
See A.B.
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State of Vermont
Addison County ss
On the 4th day of July AD 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of Addison County Court, Solomon Brown of Newhaven of the County and State aforesaid, aged 77 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say, that he was formerly on the previous roll under the Act of Congress of March 18. 1818, as supported by the accompanying certificate dated the tenth day of November AD 1819 signed by J. C. Calhoun and numbered 15.748; and that he was struck from the said pension roll, on account as he supposes, of his property.  He further states that he was a sergeant in Col. John Crane's Regiment and Capt. Benjamin Eustis' Company, of Artillery, in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment, in which company he served three years.  He further states that his peace of evidence, at the time of his previous application, was the same as at present.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Role of any agency in any state


[signed on right] Solomon Brown

Sworn and subscribed open Court the day and year aforesaid [signed] E.D Barber Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court can certify that, from personal acquaintance with said Brown, they consider him a person of veracity and entitled to credit.
[signed] Edward D. Barber Clerk
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section


April, 26, 1926

Mrs. R.W. Demerett
Waterbury
Vt.


Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23553, it appears that SOLOMON BROWN enlisted at Lexington, Massachusetts, in April, 1777, in Captain Benjamin Eustis' Company, Colonel John Crane's Continental Artillery Regiment and served three years as sergeant.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1819, at which time he was sixty-three years of age and a resident of New Haven, Addison County, Vermont.
There is no data on file relative to his family.

Respectfully,


Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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15.768
Vermont.   R

Solomon Brown, of
Addison County,
in the state of Vermont,
who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Crane, of the 01. Reg.t Arty. Mas
line, for the term of three years.

Inscribed on the roll of Vermont,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 3.d of September, 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10.th of Nov.r 1819
and sent to David Edmond, judge
Vergennes, Addison Co.y Vermont

Arrears to 4th of Sept.r 1819..             $: 0.53
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4.th March          118."
1820.                                                   _________
                                                           $.118.53  
2/30

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

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Declaration of
Solomon Brown

London
Office
July 25, 1832
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War Department.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Solomon Brown, of Addison County, State of Vermont, ___,, ______late a Sergeant ____,, ____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont _____ Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen,

J C. Calhoun
Secretary of War,

[seal affixed on left]
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Addison County ss.

I, EDWARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the county Court for the County of Addison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Brown for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 14th day of July A.D. 1832

[seal affixed on left]
[signed on right} Edward D. Barber Clerk
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State of Vermont
Addison County Ss:
On this 3rd Day of September AD 1819 before me the Subscriber Mayor of the City of Vergennes and Chief Judge of the City Court of the City of Vergennes   Personally appears Solomon Brown aged 63 years resident in the Town of New Haven in said county who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" ~
That he the said Solomon enlisted in April 1777 in the Town of Lexington in Massachusetts for three years as a Private Soldier In the company commanded by Col. Crane & that he faithfully served the whole time as a Sergeant in said company & was Duly discharged at Morristown in New Jersey which said discharge has been lost long since
And that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the Assistance of his country for support
Sworn to & dictated before me the day & year aforesaid
[signed] David Edmond Mayor
& Chief Judge aforesaid
I David Edmond Mayor Judge as aforesaid certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Solomon Brown did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy & I now transmit the proceedings & Testimony taken that before me to the Secretary of War pursuant to said Act of Congress.
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And I further certify that the within applicant in consequence of his reduced circumstances stands in need of the Assistance applied for.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Vergennes to be hereunto affixed on the day and year within mentioned
[signed on right] David Edmond Mayor
of the City of Vergennes
and Chief Judge of
the City Court of
said City.

Vergennes October 2. 1819 I return this paper to the War department apprehending there may be some mistakes.  The Mayor of the City of Vergennes is the presiding Judge of the City Court which is a Court of record and within the City however a jurisdiction to the same extend as the several County Courts.  it has heretofore been held at the War office that the Mayor was a proper magistrate to receive the declaration and make the necessary certificates and this in a number of instances.  I refer to a particular case which I presume is sufficient, that of Jesse Ward on the Vermont roll.  This explanation is made without the knowledge of the applicant who really deserves the pension if he is found to have endured the necessary service, and with a view to save him the pension from the date of the application. Should it not prove to be satisfactory he must ultimately apply to another magistrate
[signed] David Edmond Mayor of the City of Vergennes
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January 3, 1938
xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Solomon Brown, S23553
BA-J/MCS


Mr. J. Marshall Kidd
42 East Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio


Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Solomon Brown, a Revolutionary War soldier who died at New Haven, Vermont.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.23553, based upon the military service of Solomon Brown.
The date and place of his birth and the names of parents were not given.
He enlisted at Lexington, Massachusetts, in April, 1777, in Captain Benjamin Eustis' Company in Colonel John Crane's Continental Artillery Regiment and served three years as sergeant.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1819, at which time he was sixty-three years of age and a resident of New Haven, Addison County, Vermont. He died June 6, 1837.

There are no data on file relative to the family of Solomon Brown.


Very truly yours,


A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Adams 35330

J. Marshall Kidd
Real Estate


42 East Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio
December 28, 1937.

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.,
Gentlemen:

Recently, I made inquiry of the War Department at Washington, regarding information concerning an ancestor of mine; Solomon Brown, born January 15, 1757, at Lexington, Massachusetts and died about the year 1817 at New Haven, Vermont.
He fought in the first battle of the Revolutionary War at Lexington, Massachusetts.  Information which I have obtained shows that he fired the first shot at the British on the Lexington green. He was also  one of the messengers, who went ahead with Paul Revere to Concord to warn the inhabitants there, but was captured on the edge of the town. He later escaped. He served in the army during the Revolutionary War.
Any information which you may be able to furnish, will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
J. Marshall Kidd

JMK:M
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Percy G. Smith
Civil Engineer
33 Hubbard Street
Montpelier, VT.

Mar. 9, 1926

Bureau of Pensions - 

Dear Sirs:

will you please send me the war record of SOLOMON BROWN of Lexington, Mass. who was in the Rev. Jan. 15, 1756 died 1838.
He married 2nd about 1804 Eunice Bigelow who, perhaps, drew a pension after his death.  She died 1839.
He was a Quarter Master Sergeant, and lived in Addison County, Vermont, and died at New Haven, Vt.
Please send this record to his descendant, Mrs. R.W. Demerett, Waterbury, Vermont.
(for whom I am writing)

Yours respectfully,

Percy G. Smith
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Left side

2375
Rockford, Ill.
May 14, 1895.

Blake, George M.

Desire a verbatim copy of the declaration and affidavit as to services of Solomon Brown who served in the Revolutionary War,
and applied for a pension Sept. 3rd, 1819, residing then at New Haven, Vermont.

Center

Dept. of the Interior
May 17, 1895.

Respectfully forwarded to the Honorable Secretary of War

William H. ?
Acting Secretary


Right side

Address:  "Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D.C."

Record and Pension Office,

War Department,

Washington,  May 18th, 1895.


Respectfully transmitted to 

The Commissioner 

of Pensions,

to whose office the subject-matter of the within communication appears to pertain. 


By Authority of the Secretary of War,
?
Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief of Office
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George M. Blake
Attorney and Notary
Refer to any Bank in Rockford


Rockland, Ill. May 14th 1895

Dept. of Interior
Washington, D.C.

M.E.C. - O.W. and N. Div.

F.S.

Referring to your letter of February 6th 1895 in the matter of my search of a certain Brown who served in the Revolutionary War - All my information points to Solomon Brown who applied for a pension Sept. 3rd 1819 residing then at New Haven Addison County Vermont
as being the man I want
Will you kindly give me a verbatim copy of this Declaration and affidavit as to services - I ask this because
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Rockford, Ill.


a word, name or date in the file that would be to me a valuable pointer might escape in anything else than a verbatim copy
If a fee is desired I will pay it - If the endorsement of this request by a few "big guns" is needed I can easily get that - but from the courteous replies given me so far I imagine I don't need to display any "pull" on this and hope you will oblige me with copy asked for of Solomon's declaration and if you can glean the name of his wife of any of the family it also will be a favor

Respectfully,

George M. Blake
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23553

INVALID

Revolution


File No. 23,553

Solomon Brown
Sergeant Rev. War


Act:  June 7, 1832

Index:-Vol. 2, Page 50


[Arrangement of 1870]



May 23/95  Hist. George M. Blake Attorney at Law Rockford Ill. 
1926 Apr. 26 Hist. to Mrs. R. W. Demerett
MCS
1938 Jan. 3 hist. to Marshall Kidd MCS