Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1162, John Brasher, N. C.
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(3-1776)

Service	Number
N.C.		Brasher, John	R.1162
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31.723
John Brasher
Alabama
Suspended

Refer Payton + [illegible]
Fayetteville
Alabama
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The State of Alabama}
Layette County}
County Court July Term 1834
On this 21st day of July 1834
personally appeared in open Court before Walter
Harkins Judge of the County Court of Layette County
Alabama John Brasher a resident of said county
aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according
to law- doth on his oath make the following declarations
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Pensions
passed June 7.th 1832- That I entered the service of
the United States in the militia on the 11th day of 
February 1780 under the command of Captain John
Jacobs who was commanded by Col. Maben [Mebane] in Orange
County North Carolina and was stationed in Hillsborough
until I was discharged at said place [illegible two words] about
the middle of May by Major McCawley [McCauley]. Again I
entered the service of the United States as a volunteer
some time in August 1780 in Orange County North
Carolina under the Command of Captain McCawley [McCauley]
Who was commanded by Col. Maben [Mebane] and Gen [John] Butler
and marched from Orange County to the Rock
field ford [or pond] on haw [Haw] River and from thereon we
were marched back into Orange County
thence to guilford [sic] Courthouse and [illegible] in the
battle at Guilford Courthouse from there
we were marched on several Routes after the[?]
Tories below Guilford Courthouse and then back
to Hillsborough when I was discharged by Col
Maben [Mebane] some time in November 1781 During
the last tour I was in actual service about
nine months. Making in both tours of duty
about twelve months and for such services
I claim a pension. I had a regular
discharge for each [illegible] but they were
both burnt in my house about thirty years ago-
I have no documentary evidence and I know of 
no person whose testimony I can procure who can
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certify to my service. There is no clergyman living in
my neighborhood to certify to my declaration. I therefore
refer to the annexed certificate of John G Morris and
Philip May. I hereby relinquish every claim
whatever [or relative] to a pension or annuity except the present
and [illegible] that my name is not on the pension 
roll of the agency in any state. Sworn to and
subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
/s/ John Brasher
We John G Morris + Philip May citizens residing
Within County of Fayette and State of Alabama do hereby
certify that we are each acquainted with John
Brasher who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be a about
74 years of age, that he is reputed and believed 
in his neighborhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur
in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid.
/s/ John G. Morris
/s/ Philip May

Interrogatories
A.1  I was born in Orange County North Carolina
in the year 1760
A.2 My age is recorded in my Father’s Bible
A.3  When I was called into service I was living in
Orange County North Carolina. Since the Revolutionary
War I have lived in South Carolina, Kentucky and now in Alabama.
A.4 The first time I was called into service I was drafted.
The next time I volunteered.
A.5 Gen.l Green, Gen.l Lee, Gen.l Butler, Col. Maben [Mebane] [illegible]
A.6  My discharges were both burnt in my house some 30 years
Ago. One discharge was given by Maj. McCawley. The other by Col. Maben [Mebane]
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
After the investigation of the matter and after [illegible]
the interrogatories subscribed by the War Department 
that the above [illegible] applicant was a revolutionary 
soldier and served in the states and the court
further Certifies that it appears to them that
John G. Morris + Philip May are citizens residing
in the county of Fayette and are credible persons and
that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest
Jas B. Morton [illegible]   Walter Harkins Presiding Judge
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[typed letter]   

October 15, 1937
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Mrs. D. G. Dumas
918 East Maddox
Fort Worth, Texas

JOHN BRASHR
R. 1162
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revol-
utionary War record of John Brashear[sic] who applied for pension in
Fayette County, Alabama, July 21, 1834, the record of Winchester
Elhanon Dumas, his son-in-law, and that of Pushmataha, a Choctaw
Indian, whose near relative was the wife of John Brashear named above.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the
War of 1812 of a Winchester Elhanon (or Elhanon Winchester) Dumas, nor
for service in that war of a Pushmataha (Pooshamataha, etc.) The
record of John Brasher follows as found in pension claim, R. 1162, based
upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Brasher was born in 1760 in Orange County, North Carolina. The
names of his parents are not shown.

After the Revolutionary War, he lived in South Carolina, Kentucky,
then in Alabama.

While residing in Fayette County, Alabama, John Brasher applied
for pension July 21, 1834, and alleged that while a resident of Orange
County, North Carolina, he enlisted February 11, 1780, and served three
months as a private in Captain John Taylor's company, Colonel Mebane's
North Carolina regiment; that he volunteered in August, 1780, served as
1st sergeant in Captain McCawley's company, Colonel John Mebane's North Carolina
regiment (Colonel John Mebane was a cousin of John Brasher),
that he was in the battles of Guilford Court House and Lindley's Mill
and that he was discharged sometime in November, 1781.

His claim for pension was not allowed as he did not furnish proof
of service in accordance with the requirement of the pension law.

No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Suspended

See letter to

Maj.r Peyton G. Morrow,  [illegible: Fayetteville?] [entire line crossed out]
19 Feb. 1835 [entire line crossed out]
Lt 6 May 1835 David Payton [entire line crossed out]

1162

10111
Elizabeth Canfield
[illegible]

Let to J.J. Harding, Aug 4. 43
Act. July 1838
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[printed form, mostly blank]

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [entire line crossed out]
1162

P.O. John Brasher

Service: 
1852 List of Rejected + Suspended
Claims shows following cause of
Suspension:
Enlisted:___________, 18   .
“For further proof + explanation”
Discharged: ________, 18  .
Application filed ______, 18  .
Alleges:_________
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.   Searched for _______, 18   .
[written in left margin, from bottom to top of page]
1937. Oct 15-I to Mrs. G.D. Dumas
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printed form]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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.

[table]

A Statement, showing the Service of [no name is listed]
[columns as follows, all blank]
Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service (Years Months Days)
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[TYPED INSTRUCTIONS AND TEMPLATE FOR PENSION PETITION: TWO PAGES]

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REGULATIONS 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[sic:musicians?] 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	}
County of			} ss.
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 (c)          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 serv-
Ed 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 per-
sons 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 revolu-
tionary 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 beena[sic] 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 Rev-
olutionary 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 commis-
{sion; 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 ser-
{vices 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. <u>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, <u> or of detecting the imposition, if one be at-}
tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-
pected. 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 Soldier.{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
en, 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 become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can test-
Ify 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
inquiry 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 pro-cure, 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.
[FOOTNOTES IN FINE PRINT]
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol-
low 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, &amp;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 provision the person 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, &amp;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 embodied corps called into service by competent au-
thority; 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 pub-
lic 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 con-
tains 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 wit-
nesses, 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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State of North Carolina
Secretary’s Office

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the
State aforesaid do certify that the name of John
Brasher does not appear on the musterrolls
of the Continental line of this State in the
revolutionary war or any other document in
this office affording evidence of service in
said line.
Given under my hand
This 14th day of February 1835.
/s/ W. Hill
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Payton G. Morrow
19. Feb. 1835
O.C.

Record. Vol 26. P.3
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War Dept. Pens. Office
Feb 19. 1835

Gentlemen.

The paper in the case
of John Brasher has been [illegible]
+ filed with suspended cases in this
office. He alleges that after
serving one tour of three months
in the spring of 1780 then in Aug 1780
he entered the service and was not
discharged until the summer of 1781. The appli
=cant served as a militia man and
They [word crossed out] were [word crossed out] called out to
some [“so long as is” crossed out] in short
tours under one engagement. Unless
a more full and satisfactory statement
[“be given” crossed out] of his service be given, a favor
able decision cannot be expected. See
the enclosed points regulation.
Maj.r Peyton G. Morrow
Fayetteville
Alabama
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[appears to be an envelope. Most text written in landscape orientation]

May 6	
Ala

Fayette Cty. Ala
22nd April

[illegible] J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Fayette Court House, Ala
April 18th 1835

Dear Sir
Enclosed is the amended declaration
of John Brasher should any thing
further be required in support of said
claim please inform me at the above
place[?]
I am respectfully
Your Obt Servant
David Peyton
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David Payton
[] May 1835
O.C.

Record Vol 28, P.14
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[illegible]
P.O.
May 6, 1835

Sir
If John Basher was enlisted and served in the Regiment of
Col. Mebane his name would undoubtedly appear 
on the Rolls of the North Carolina line to which that
officer belonged. As his name is not [illegible: borne?] thereon
and as no constant service of nine months duration was
performed at one time[or tour] in the militia of that [illegible:state?]
the claim must be regarded as very doubtful.
If Mr. Brasher was appointed a sergeant as he [illegible] for the first time [word crossed out]
[illegible] from [illegible] he received that appointment and what
was the evidence of his rank further means of in-
[illegible] his claim may be furnished[?]. [words crossed out]
[words crossed out] The narrative in his last statement
Leads to an opinion that Mr. Brasher did not
belong to any embodied [illegible words] services are
provided for by him. The papers remain on file
awaiting further explanation[?]
Daniel Payton, Esq.
Fayette Coty Ala
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The State of Alabama}
Fayette County}
Before me William Thompson an
acting Justice of the peace for
said county personally appeared John Brasher 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 present time of his entering the service
and the time of his leaving the same but according
to his recollection, he entered the service in the militia under
Captain John Taylor and Col. Mabene on the 11th day of 
February 1780 and was discharged in May thereafter after being
In active service full three months and he also entered the
Service as a volunteer under the command of Captain McCawley
and Col. Mabene in August 1780. and was in actual service
under his command full nine months or more although
we were not discharged from his command until some
time in August 1781 but during that time the whole
company was on furlough as well as [illegible] about three 
months at the time that a Tory Col. by the name of Fannan[sic;Fannin?]
was wounded [illegible] in both tours full Twelve months
and for such service I claim a pension. Sworn to and
subscribed before me this 3rd day of January 1835
/s/ William Thompson JP}	
/s/ John Brasher
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The State of Alabama}
Fayette County}
I James B. Morton clerk of the county
Court for said County do hereby certify
that William Thompson whose name appears within is
an acting Justice of the peace for said county duly
commissions and qualified and the same is
his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and official seal
of office this 9th day of January
in the year 1835
Jas. B. Morton clk
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John Brasher
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The State of Alabama}
Fayette County}
Personally appeared before
me the undersigned a Justice 
of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid John
Brasher a resident of said county who being duly
Sworn deposeth and saith that in his first tour of duty
under Captain Taylor he served under said Captain near
two months and at Hillsborough we supposed that if we
should be attacked by the enemy he would [illegible:desert?] his
post and one night we raised a false alarm in order
try him at which time he left the camp and for 
such conduct he was broken of his commission [illegible]
McKee was then appointed in his stead and I served
under his command the remainder of the time which
was full three months from the time I entered the
service and after I was discharged I returned home and
remained there until August thereafter and the tories
became so troublesome in the neighborhood where
I resided that I was compeled[?] to leave home and
at that time my cousin John Mabene commanded a
Regiment I went and joined a Company in his
Regiment under the command of Captain McCawley
at a quaker Meeting house about 4 miles from my res-
=idence and then marched to Luttrell’s Barracks from
thence[?] to the seven Islands at Browns Mills on Haw river
where the army was stationed for some considerable 
time during said time the Col detached myself with
Thos Ward, Caleb Williams and Jacob Black for the purpose
of taking a Tory by the name of Holloway from
which place we went to Cole’s Bridge on drowning
creek and then took him and returned to
the mill with the prisoner and was then sent
as a guard over him to Hillsboro (at which place
he was afterwards hung) I then returned to the troops
at said Mills and in a short time after my arrival
I was again detached with Thos Ward and Abner
Sherdon in search of another Tory by the name of
Simon Lindy who we took on deep[?] river[?] below
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Ramsour’s Mills and started to carry him to Gen.l
Butler at Hillsboro who had offered a reward for
him but within about 18 miles of Hillsboro he attempted
to make his escape and I shot him so that he died in
a few minutes. I then returned to the army at said
Mill and after I arrived I was again detached with
Others to go in search of one McCaul, who was then
Acting in the capacity of Major under Col. Fannin
Whom we took on the east side of Haw river and
On [word crossed out] the way with him to Hillsboro one evening,
After dark he made his escape. (said McCaul was
In a few days retaken and hung at Hillsboro)
I then returned to the army at said Mill and
in a short time after my arrival we were mar-
=ched to Hillsboro, during the tour the army was
at Hillsboro I was detached as sargeant of the guard
over the wagons to go in search of provisions about
forty miles from said place and after we returned
the army was marched to Whitesells Mill on the Alamance
from which place we were marched to Lindley’s
Mills at which place we had a battle against
the Tories (under the command of Col. Fannin.
from there we were marched to Ramsey’s
Mill thence to Brewer’s[?] Mill thence to Hillsboro
and remained there until some time in the
summer of 1781 and was discharged at said place
after being in service full nine months or more
during the whole of said time I acted as first
sargeant in the company and for such services
I claim a pension My discharges were both burnt
In my house some time after the war, and
I have no documentary evidence and I know of
No person living whose testimony I can provide
who can testify to my service and he has no reason
to address why he was continued in service for so
long a time as nine months only at the time
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he volunteered it was for the purpose of serving a
twelve month tour but was discharged previous to
that time. Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 21st March 1835.      /s/ John Brasher
B. W. Wilson, J.P.

The State of Alabama}
Fayette County}
I James B. Morton clerk
of the County Court 
for said County do hereby certify that B.W. Wilson
whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing 
affidavit is and was at the time of subscribing
his name thereto an acting Justice of the peace 
for said county and the foregoing signature pur-
-porting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and official
seal of office this the 18th  day of 
April 1835
Jas. B. Morton clk
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918 East Maddox
Fort Worth, Texas
August 23, 1937
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen;-

I am compiling material for a book and wish further informa-
tion.

John Brashear made a statement in Fayette County, Alabama
on July 21, 1834 relative to his Revolutionary service. He stated he
was born in 1760 in Orange County, N.C. and[crossed out] Presumably was the father
of several children, -- among them Elizabeth Brashear who married Win-
chester Elhanon Dumas.   It is a matter of tradition that John Brash-
ear had married a Choctaw Indian an close relative of Pushmataha,--
who is buried in the Congressional cemetery in Washington,--
and who did signal service for the Colonies in settling Indian dis-
turbances. He was a friend of Jackson and was buried with full military
honors.
              Please send me all available information concerning these people; --
Elhamon Winchester Dumas, -- John and Elizabeth Brashear, and Pushamat-
ahaha.
              I could get this query submitted by Jesse Jones, -- but whats
the use? --
	Thanking you sincerely, I am
		/s/ Bess L. Dumas
	Mrs. D. G. DUMAS
			918 East Maddox
		Fort Worth Texas

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