Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3064, Ezekiel Brown, Penn.
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P-1776 
Service  
Number
Penns.
Brown, Ezekiel
S 3064.
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No 7716
Ohio
Ezekiel Brown
of Delaware County in the State of Ohio
who was Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Long of the Regt commended 
by Col Potter in the Penn Militia
line for 2 years from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 80. dollars cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March,1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of March
1833 and sent to T. Reynolds
Clerk of Delaware Co Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sept 40.00
$200.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by F. L. Evans Clerk,
Book E Vol. 8. Page 2.
Dead.
Paid at the Treasury under the act
of April 6th 1838 from 4th Marach to 24th April 1841.  Agent notified April 21th 1842
letter to Henry [illegible] May 31/50
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Ezekiel Brown
Application for Pension
________________________
20115
of the application of Ezekiel  Brown for a  pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal the nineteenth  day of November A.D.1832
J. Reynolds Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Delaware County. B. Be it remembered that on this nineteenth
day of November in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally
appeared in open court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas
for the said County of Delaware, now in [illegible], Ezekiel Brown
a resident of Berkshire Township in the said county, aged Seventy
two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth [illegible]
his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress, [illegible] June 7. 1832.
I, the said Ezekiel Brown on my said oath state that
I entered the services of the United States, and served therein under
the following named officers, and under the following circumstanus,
to [illegible] I was born in Orange County New York on the 13th of  
March 1760.  About 5 years before the revolutionary war I moved
with my father to Northumberland Co. Penna.  About the commencement
of the revolution I was enrolled in the militia of Penna.  About
the first of December 76. orders were received in Northumberland to 
raise a certain number of militia for 3 months either by
drafting or volunteering.  I volunteered to serve that time.  There 
were a Regiment raised in that part of the country.  I served under
Capt. Cooksey Long, Col. James Potter. Lieut. Col. James Morrow.
We were mustered and rendezvoux at Northumberland.  We marched 
in the fore part of December through Reeding to Philadelphia,
where we remained 3 or 4 days and were reviewed by Genl.
Lords Sterling.  The next day after the battles of Trenton and
Princeton, we marched from Philadelphia to join Washington's
army in New Jersey.  On our way to Trenton we met the corps
of Genl. Messer, who was killed at the battle of Princeton.  We
crossed the Delaware River on the ice.  From there we went to 
Princeton. At Princeton when we arrived there were there no troops
except our Regiment, who were reviewed by Genl. Putnam; and
by him ordered to join Washington at Morristown.  We marched 
to Morristown where we found Genl. Washington and the whole of 
the American army. We were reviewed by him and put under the 
command of Genl. Marfist.  We remained at Morristown only a
day or two when our Regt. marched to Raway Neck about 5 or
6 miles from Morristown, where Genl. Marfist was stationed. We
were in advance of Genl. Washington's army, between him and 
the enemy. We remained [illegible] station untill about the time I was
discharged. During this time I was in four battles or skirmishes.and rounds
The first was at Quibblestown, where we had 11 killed, in our 
company, and we were driven from our ground by the enemy,
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who has a considerable pack of artillery; we had none. The next
battle was at Raway Bridge. The enemy marched upon us from
Amboy at sun rise and took us almost by surprise. After considerable
hand fighting our Regiment was forced to retreat about 2 miles,
when we were reinforced by a Battalion of regulars under Col.
Cook, and the Brigade under Genl. Maxfield. The British then retreated
into Amboy. A number of the American troops were killed on that day,
but by far greater number of the British.  I was next in a skirmish
at Bonums town Meeting house; and the next battle I was in was at
Carman's hill near to the British lines. There our Regt. was
engaged some time, when we were reenforced by Maxfields Brigade.
We were engaged in fighting, retreating and gaining ground, for
5 or 6 hours. About the last of March I was discharged with the
rest ; of my company at Morristown by orders of Genl. Washington.
I was retained in the service this time four months; and when I was discharged
we were paid a bounty of $10 by the express orders of Genl. Washington on 
the account of our extra services. I then returned home to Northumberland Co.
About one year after that in the spring of 78. I was called out into actual
services with the militia to guard the country against the indians. Served this time under Capt. Wm. Hayburn and Col. James Morrow our head
quarters were at Willis Station, since called William's Port. There I en
gaged to serve as an indian spy for six months. I had served about
four months, when one day on 24th of May I was out scouting for
the indians with two other spies, when we discovered signs of indians
about 5 or 6 miles from our head=quarters at Willis station. We can=
tously endevoured to discover them, when we unexpectably came
upon them while they were watching a house. They first discovered 
 
and immediately fired upon us 5 or 6 guns. One of the men who
were with me, was killed dead upon the shot. I and the man who 
was left with me fired upon the indians and wounded one of them.
We then ran and endeavourd to make our escape. The man who
was with me made his escape, but I was made prisoner by them after
running about 80 rods. The indians consisted of a party of about 15 of
Delaware and Cayuga indians. They took me immediately to an indian 
villiage called Chemoung on the Tioga River in NewYork. They there
in their usual manner compelled me to run the gauntlet. There usual
custom was compel me to run from the bounds of their towns
to the counsel house where if I arrived I was safe. During the time I 
was running the indians [illegible] be beating me with whatever might
be in their hands, sticks, stones or hatchets. At Chemoung one gave
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me a very severe wound on the head with a tommahawk, and by the
time I succeeded in getting to the Counsel house, I was in a [illegible]
of blood running down my back and into my shoes.  In the
same manner I [illegible] through the other towns. At Mantour's town
at the head of Leneca Lake I saw Col. John Butler with his
band of Rangers, and the whole of the indians forces on their way
to Wyoming. The tories who were with them informed me where they
were going and what their intentions were against the settlement
at Wyoming. They have also compelled me to run the gauntlet, and
[illegible] very severely beaten and finally knocked down by a blow with
a club on the bridge of my nose before I arrived at the Counsel
house. I was next taken to a town on the Cuyuga Lake called 
Labouna; and there also compelled to run the gauntlet, but was not
at this time much injured as all the warriors were away with Butler.
I was next taken to this great Indian villiage of the Cuyugus
where their Chief resided, where Lipio now stands. I was here
adopted into an indian family and was not afterwards beaten.
I was adopted in the place of a young man, a son, who was
killed at Ft. Stanwix. I then [illegible] through the Gennepee Country,
to Niagara in Canada, where I was kept a prisoner of war untill
the end of the war. I was atlength exchanged and released in 1783,
when I received a map from the British Genl. Mcblane, the 
commandant at Niagara to return home. I returned through the
Gennessee Country on my return, to my home in Northumberland
County after an absence of about 5 years. In 1800 I removed
from that part of Penna. to the state of Ohio, and in 1808 I
settled where I now reside in Delaware County. I have no
documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony
I can prove who can testify to my services. I hereby relinquish
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension
role of the agency of any state.
Sworn and Subscribed to, this day & year aforesaid.
X Ezekiel Brown
We James S. Gregory of Berkshire Towp, & William Budd
Harlem Township in Sara County and
residing in the neighbourhood of the above named Ezekiel
Brown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the
said Ezekiel Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the
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above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two
years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood 
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed to the year and day aforesaid.
Wm Budd
Jas S. Gregory
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 applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And
the Court further certify that it appears to them that William 
Budd and James S. Grergory who have signed
the above certificate are residents in the aforesaid Township
of Berkshire and are creditable persons, and that their
statement is entitled to credit.
I, Thomas Reynolds clerk of the court of Com.
Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said court in the matter
of the application of Ezekiel Brown for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and official seal this nineteenth
day of November A.D. 1832.
J. Reynolds Clerk
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20115
Ezekiel Brown
Ohio

[illegible] for 2 years 
from 1776.
$80.
Th Reynolds Clk
Delaware Ct 
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Ezekiel Brown
County of Delaware in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Years, Months, Days, As a Gen.
Vol In 1776 4 Private Capt Long, Col. Potter
1778 Called out in the Spring & taken Prisoner of the Indians on 24 May 1778. & kept a prisoner till the close of the War
Capt Hayburn, Col Monroe
5. In what battles was he engaged? Raway Bridge,
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northumberland, C Pa
7. Is his statement supported by living witnessed, by documentary proof, by 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? no [illegible] anx
I CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Charles Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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March 20, 1935
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mr. Frank C. Gross
1662 Race Street Denver Colorado
RA-J/EEL
Ezekial Brown- 3.3064
John Brown - R. 1277
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of a soldier with the surname Brown, who living in Licking County, Ohio, also the records of Esekiel Brown, of Delaware County, Ohio, and John Brown, of Pickaway County, Ohio.
The records of the two soldiers last named are given herein as found in the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War. In order to identify the other solider in whom you are interest, his full name is essential because that surname is borne so many times on the records.
Ezekiel Brown
S.3064
Ezekiel Brown was born March 13, 1760, in Orange County, New York, and about five years before the commencement of the Revolution, moved with his father to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown.  While living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, Ezekial Brown was enrolled in a company of militia, and when orders were received to raise troops for the army, he volunteered about December 1, 1776, served in Captain Cookson Long's Company, Colonel James Potter's Pennsylvania Regiment and was discharged the latter part of March following: he stated that he was in the battle of Quibbletown (Quibbletown was in June 1777 and he states he was dis. in  March, so I need it this may): no details of this service given: also in skirmishes at Rahway Bridge. Bonumstown Meeting Hause and Carman's Hill: he enlisted in the spring of 1778, served in Captain William Hepburn's Company, Colonel James Morrow's Pennsylvania Regiment, was stationed at Willis' Station and served as an Indian Spy: while out scouting on May 24, with two other soldiers, they came upon a party of Delaware and Cayuga Indians, had a skirmish with them, in which one of his party was killed and the other escaped but he was taken prisoner: was carried by the Indians to New York to several of their villages
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and compelled to run the gauntlet three times, received a severe out on the head from a tomahawk, and numerous bruises, he was next taken to the great Indian village of the Cayugas where their chief resided and here he was adopted into an Indian family in the place of a son who had been killed at Fort Stanwix and was not afterward beaten: he was finally taken to Niagara where he was held as a prisoner until 1783, when he was exchanged and returned to his home in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
About the year 1800, Ezekiel Brown moved to the state of Ohio, and in 1806, settled in Delaware County, that state.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 19, 1832, while residing in Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio. 
He died April 24, 1841, place not shown. 
Children survived him but their names and the name of his wife are not stated, and there are no further family data

John Brown 
R. 1277
John Brown was born August 25, 1763. The place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. 
While residing in Westmoreland County, Virginia, John Brown enlisted in the spring of 1779, served as a sergeant in Captain John Hasarett's Virginia Company of Artillery, marched to Hampton, Virginia, and was stationed at the fort at the place for some time: than went to Williamsburg, served in Captain Thomas Marshall's Virginia Regiment: thence he marched to Petersburg, Virginia, in Captain Christopher Roane's Virginia Company: Thence to North Carolina, where he was in the battle of Camden or Gates' Defeat, returned to Virginia under Captain Roane and was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Lord Cornwallis after which he received his discharge.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1818, while residing in Hampshire County, Virginia.
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     In March, 1837, John Brown was residing in Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia: and in August of that year, had moved to Pickaway
County, Ohio.

      He died February 10, 1843, place not shown.  He signed John Brown, fourth.

     The soldier married in November,1792, at Westmoreland Court House, Virginia, Anne, who was born September 10, 1765.  In 1843, she was residing in Pickaway County, Ohio, and signed Anne Murphy Brown, but did not state that Murphy was her maiden name. 

    The following are designated as children of the soldier and his wife, Anne:

Corbin Brown                         born   September 13, 1793.
Frances H. Brown                        "      January      10, 1795.
Eliza M. Brown                           "      September 14, 1800.
William and Margaret Brown     "      March          1, 1803.
John and Nancy Brown              "           "            10, 1804. 
Richard Brown                            "      May           16, 1808.

     Listed with these children are the following names:

Peggy Hustin(poor writing) born  March          1, 1803.
Fanney McCullough                "     January      10, 1795.
F. Brown                                  "     March        10, 1704 or 
                                                             1784(illegible).     
Eliza M. Hansbrough               "     September 14, 1--- 
                                                                     (illegible).   

     In 1837, John Brown, Junior, made affidavit in Pickaway County, Ohio:  no relationship to the family was shown.  

     In 1843, William McColloch was clerk of the court for Picka-
way County, Ohio: no relationship to Fanney McCullough, noted above, is shown.

     There are no further family data.

                              Very truly yours

                              A, D. HILLER
                              Executive Assistant to the Administrator.


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                           TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
                                     Second Comptroller's Office,
                                [handwritten] March 25th, 1842.

Sir:
     Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States" [handwritten] the Childn ... of Ezechiel Brown, decd a Pensioner on the Roll of the [handwritten] Ohio Agency, at the rate of [handwritten] Eighty Dollars [strike through "and [blank] Cents"] per annum, under the law of the[handwritten]  7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the [handwritten] 4th of March, to the [handwritten] 24th April 18(illigible).

    Respectfully, 

[handwritten] Albion K. Parris
                           Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions.
                      Present.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [handwritten]Ezekiel Brown   
     which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V.  *Has the mentioned 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 amout[sic] of pension he is entitled?

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV.
If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? 2.6.7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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, &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.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period 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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not em-
ployed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. 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 contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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3064
INVALID.

File No. 3064

Ezekiel Brown
Psy. Dauph
Act: June 7.1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right page]
Mar 8'98
Miss Lenna H. Young
Muskegon Mich
1912 Apr. 9 Hist. Likes. Chas
E. Brown V. L. [illegible].
1914 Jan. 27. Hist. to Frank B
Willis M.C. see letters in
Azariah Root. 817659) and
1935 - Mar 20. Hist to
Frank C. Cross Est
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Muskegon, Mich.
Feb 22, 1898

Pension Bureau.
Washington D. C.

     I wish to obtain information regarding Ezekiel Brown who was enlisted in the Revolutionary War. I think he was from Pennsylvania. He received a pension, and lived in Delaware Co. Ohio, at the time he drew his pension. He also lived in Franklin Co. Ohio, but think he drew the pension after removing to
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Delaware Co. Am not positive as to that, but am positive that he was in the Revolution, and that he received a pension when living in Delaware Co. O.  I wish to obtain information with a view to becoming a member of the Society, “Daughters of the Revolution.” The Mich. State Regent told me I would have no trouble in obtaining the desired information by writing to the Pension Bureau.
     Yours truly,
         Lenna H. Young
            141 Terrace St.
                  Muskegon.
                        Mich
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Frank Clay Cross
1362 Race Street
Denver, Colo.

Feb. 11, 1935

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly let me know whether any Revolutionary soldier by the name of Brown who later lived in Licking County, Ohio, claimed a pension' and if so, will you kindly give me an abstract of his application?

If not, I should much appreciate an abstract of the application of Ezekiel Brown of Delaware County, Ohio, and of John Brown of Pickaway County, Ohio.
I shall be grateful for your kindness in giving me this information.

Sincerely yours.
Frank C. Cross
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington

Dear Sirs

     Will you please look up the record of service of Ezekiel Brown 
     He was born in Oraneg[sic] Co. N.Y.
March 13, 1760 and
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died april 23, 1841 in Galena Ohio.
     He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in 1776 and joined forces under Washington just after Battle of Trenton
     He married Jane Smith Feb. 22, 1786. She was born Sept 15, 1766, died Aug 19, 1821. The given name of widow was Mrs. Ezekiel Brown
     He came to Birkshire[sic] Township Ohio in 1808
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a little northeast of where Galena now is
     Will appreciate very much if you look this up for me. His widow received a pension.
     Resp.
     Mrs Chas E Brown
     Box 473 Onawa Ia
Apr 1, 1912
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau. Ezekiel Brown S.F. 3664

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Dec 12 1776
1778

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
4 mos.
4 mos
Lakes
of the war

RANK.
Cap
Spy[not sure about this]
prisoner

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Booksey Long
Hon. Hayburn
Feb 24 1778
by Indians
and exchanged

COLONEL.
James Potter
James Harrison
was wounded in head by then
such

STATE
Penns
in 1783

Battles engaged in, Luibble Town. Rahmay Bridge. Renuzntown. Michigan House

Residence of soldier at enlistment Northambuland Co Penn
Date of application for pension Feb 19 1832 [illegible]
-
Residence at date of application Berkshire Twp. Delaware Co. Ohio
Age at date of application Born in Orange Co
N. York. Feb 13, 1760
Remarks: ChildrenX of Ezekiel Brown dec'd were paid then for their and thereof this pension to Apr 24 1841. 
1841 No names are stated or other family data.