Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R, 1216, John Brisban, Penn.
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Service                                               Number

Penn.            Brisban, John                R.1216
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27754

John Brisban




Direct to H. Petrikin
Bellefonte
Centre Co.  Pa.
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State of Pennsylvania
Centre County

On the 28th day of August in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Centre County aforesaid, John Brisban, a resident of Potter Township in said county aged upwards of 70 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.

That on or about the first of June 1780 the aforesaid John Brisban entered the service of the United States under the following circumstances and served as herein stated.  He was called upon the General James Bailey, Waggonmaster General of the militia of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and was requested by him, on a commission granted for that purpose, to have full force and effect for one year, to raise fifteen teams by ____. to aid and assist the French army then he believed encamped in Rhode Island.  The applicant in furtherance of his commission of aforesaid Waggonmaster General aforesaid proceeded and raised fifteen teams principally all by ____.  The Wagonmaster General then directed the applicant to take charge of the teams and proceed to Philadelphia.  The applicant complied with said directions and or about the first of July 1780 started from Lampeter Township Lancaster County and went to Philadelphia with said teams. He remained at Philadelphia about ten days, at the expiration of which time the applicant was ordered to proceed with ten wagons loaded with ammunition and provisions to Trenton where six thousand militia were encamped.  The applicant joined and remained with the militia (the teams under his command) until they were discharged and sent home.  On the discharge of the militia, the applicant with the teams under his command proceeded to Head Quarters, by order, and joined the army at Kingsbridge on the North River commanded by General Washington about the beginning of October.  From then the applicant returned to Philadelphia, according to and in conformity with the order.  About the latter end of November or beginning December the applicant in conformity with orders did--
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changed his teams, and from that time until the expiration of time for which he was commissioned he was not called upon to do active duty.  The commission has been long since lost or mislaid & is not now in the applicant's possession.  The pay allotted to the applicant was ten shillings per day & three rations.  He received eighty dollars in continental money which was all he ever received in renumeration for his service.

    In the year 1779, about the first of November, by order of General James Bailey, Waggonmaster aforesaid, the applicant joined the Army of General Washington at Morristown in New Jersey, with a team of four horses, and continued to do duty in the service of the United States until about the 20th of December following, when he was discharged and returned home.  He was paid by the Waggonmaster (a certain John Brisban) for services.  The applicant has no documentary evidence to support his declaration except the testimony of Thomas Henderson and Dr. John Watson of Lancaster County, Pa.  Colonel Samuel Milas was the Paymaster when the applicant conducted the teams as aforesaid.  He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency or any state.
                                             //s//
                                        John Brisban
Sworn & subscribed 
the day & year aforesaid
The words or beginning 
of December in the first 
page last line underlined
before signing.
                 //s//
   Jas Gilliland Proth'y.

The court being satisfied that the clergyman to whose church the applicant John Baldwin belongs, cannot from age & infirmity appear in court, have received the following testimony:

We William Kerr and Joseph Gilliland residents of Potter Township, Centre County de hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Capt. John Brisban who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age as he states; we know him to be a man of unimpeachable words
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religious character, and believe in the matter of his declaration he states the truth.  We are not aware of his services in the Revolution.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Jas. Gilliland, Prothy. 

Signatures:  Wm Kerr, Joseph Gilliland

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it is known to them that William Kerr and Joseph Gilliland, who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to full credit.

Signed: _________, Issac McKinney, Jacob Kryder

State of Pennsylvania
Centre County 

I James Gilliland Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Centre do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Brisban for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of the Office at Bellefonte this 28th day of August A.D. 1833.
Signed:  Jas. Gilliland, Prothy.
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27.754

John Brisban 
             Penna.







H. Petrikin
     Bellefonte
          Centre County
                     Penna
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War Department,
Pension Office,
14 November 1833

Sir,

    The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exists, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The needs and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These 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 compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement showing the Service of John Brisban

Period when the service was rendered/Duration of the claimant's service/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 service/Proof by which declaration is supported.

1 June 1780/-/-/Gen Bailey/7 years/-/

       I am respectfully, Your obedient servant,
                              J. L. Edwards
                              Commissioner of Pensions
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March 5, 1940

Mr. William C. Brisbin         BA-J/MCS
114 Susquehanna Road      John Brisban, S.44026
Abington, Pennsylvania      John Brisban, R.1216

Dear Sir:

   Reference is made to your request of February 29. 1940, for information relative to John Brisban, S.40026, and John Brisban, R.1216, Who rendered services during the Revolutionary War.

 The data which follow were taken from papers in the pension, S.40026, based on the Revolutionary War service of John Brisban.

  While living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, John Brisban was commissioned captain in March 1776 of Colonel Athur St. Clair's Pennsylvania regiment and was in the battle of Three Rivers, Canada, where he received a wound in the left leg; in 1777, he raised a company and joined Colonel Wood's Pennsylvania regiment but in the fall of same year, due to the condition of above wound, was unable to perform active field service and was placed in the forage department as captain and wagon master and served until close of the Revolution. 

  John Brisban was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, while a resident of Swarata township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

   John Brisban stated in 1820 that he was receiving $75 a year from the state of Pennsylvania.

    John Brisban stated in 1820 that he was then aged about ninety one years, that his wife had died many years before and that he was living with his youngest daughter but he did not give name of wife and daughter.  The papers in this claim contain no further data relative
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the family of John Brisban.

   If you wish to obtain the date of last payment of pension of John Brisban, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Jphn Brisban, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. giving the following date:

    John Brisban certificate 1808, issued June 30, 1818, rate $20 per month, commenced April 6, 1818, Act of March 18. 1818, Pensylvania Agency.

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John Brisban, R.1216

   The data which follow taken from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 1216, based on Revolutionary War service of John Brisban.

    The date and place of birth of John Brisban not given.

   About the first of November, 1779, by order of General James Bailey, wagon master, John Brisban drove a team of four horses to Genral Washington's army which was then in Morristown, New Jersey, and he "continued to do duty in the service of the United States until about the 20th of December following when he was discharged and returned home."  He was paid for his services by the wagon master, John Brisban, (who was his father probably), About the first of June, 1789, John Brisban was called upon by B=General Janes Bailey, wagon master general of the militia of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on a commissioner granted for the purpose, "to raise fifteen teams by press" for the use of the French army; about the first to July, 1780, he started from Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with fifteen wagons loaded with ammunition and provisions, went to Trento, from there to the army at Kingsbridge and from there he returned to Philadelphia and late in November or early in December of that year John Brisban discharged his teams and performed no more active duty.
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John Brisban applied for pension August 28, 1833, at which time ne was living in Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, aged "upwards of seventy years."  His claim was not allowed as the service as wagoner and wagon master was performed under a civil contract and did not come under the provision of the pension law.

    I was stated that John Brisban's father (name not distinguished) marched in 1776 from Lancaster towards Quebec as captain of a company of regular troops.

    The papers in this claim contain no further data.

                         Very truly
                          A.D. Hiller
                          Executive Assistant
                           to the Administrator
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REJECTED

1216

P.O. John Brisban

Service:_____
Enlisted:______
Discharged:_____

Application Filed:_____
Alleges:______

Re-enlisted:_______

cause of rejection not in 1852 kist of rejected claims.

Attorney:______
P.O._________

____________Recognized.   _____________Contract.
_____Cert. of Dis.    Searched for ______

1940 - March 1 - hist to Wm C. Brisban see request in John Brisban S.400.26,
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John Brisban
Act 7th June 1832

Rejected

See letter 14th Nov. 1833.

Waggon Service in the Militia



H. Petrilkin
Bellefonte, Centre Co, Pa.

 Cert 31 Jan 37
Hon. J Henderson
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This man appears

to be the son of

John Brisban

S. 40. 026.


Fm.  Aug. 10, 1911
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Hon. J. Henderson
Jan 30, 1837







recorded Vol 41 Pg. 79.
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War Dept. Pen. Office
Jan. 30, 1837

Sir,

   I herewith return the letter from this office to H. Pettibence Esq dated 14 Nov. 1833 and have to state that since that pension law has passed by congress embracing his case.  His alleged service was a Wagon Master & Wagoneer attached to the militia.  Said services were performed under a civil contract for which no provision is made by the act of 7 June 1832 under which his claim was made.



Hon. Joseph Henderson
                      H.R.
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Nov. 14th 1833

H. Petrickin Esq

Penna.

Copy








Recorded vol 25, Pg. 218
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War Department
Pension Office
14 November 1833

Sir,

    The evidence in support of the claim John Brisban has been examined.  The services alleged to have been performed are not provided for by the act of the 7th June 1832.  The claim is therefore disallowed, and the papers will remain on the files of this office.

                                   I remain
                                   very respectfully
                                   your servant

                                          J.L.B.


H. Petrikin Esq
Bellefonte
Contre County
Penna.
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Lancaster County

Before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county personally came Thos. Henderson Esq. of the township of Sadsbury in said county and upon his solemn oath according to law saith that at some time in the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred eighty I was employed by J. Bresben to drive a ___ which composed part of a brigade of wagons that was  ___ by the said Capt. Bresben as a Wagon Master to supply as I then understood, the French army which had arrived to assist the Continental army in obtaining their independence.  I do not recollect the precise time that I was out under Capt. Bresben but recollect that our engagement was for one year.  I also distinctly recollect that the compensation we were to receive for our services was four dollars per day, payable in ____.

Capt. Bresben commanded our brigade and remained with us until our final discharge.

Signed: Thomas Henderson

Sworn and subscribed before me the 12th day of June A.D. 1833.  Signed: Henry Slaymaker
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I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within name Thos. Henderson Esq. as long as I have been acquainted with any person in this neighborhood and believe I have always found him to be a man of truth and honesty and in whom would I depend as much as any other man I know.  Given under by hand this 12th day of June A.D. 1833.

Signed: Henry Slaymaker

State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County

I Christian Jackman Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas foresaid county do certify that Henry F. Slaymaker before me when the within affidavit was made was at the time and now is a Justice of the Peace for said county of Lancaster and qualified; and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.  In testimony whereof I have here set my hand and the seal of said Court at Lancaster this thirteenth day of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

Signed:  Christ. Jackman, Prothy.
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Lancaster County

Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in aforesaid county personally appeared Dr. John Watson of East Donegal township in said county and upon his solemn oath deposed and saith in the year one thousand seven hundred eighty, I was a student under Dr. James Hutchinson who was Sargeant General of the Militia of the State of Pennsylvania.  I was with him as a junior sergeant in his staff from the City of Philadelphia to Trenton in the months of July, August in some years while at Trenton I often saw Capt. John Brisben in his brigade and always understood he was the Commander of the brigade.  Capt. John Brisben and I were born within a few miles of each other.  I knew him ever since and he has sustained during a long life a good and unimpeachable character and further I knew his father in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six to march a large company of   ____ as sworn and subscribed the 17th day of June A.D. 1833 before me.

Signed: Peter Albright

Signed":  John Watson
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 I do hereby certify that I have known the within named Dr. John Watson as far back as my recollection goes I believe I have always found him to be a man of truth & honesty in whose word I would defend as much as other men I know.
 Given under my hand at Maytown in the county of Lancaster the 17th day of June 1833.

                                          //s//
                                   Peter Albright

State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County

    I Christian Backman Prothonotary of the Cort of Comm on Pleas for said county, I certify that Peter Albright Esquire before whom tat in this affidavit and made whom name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, and at the time and now is a Justice of the Peace for said county of Lancaster, duly commissioned and qualified.
    In testimony whereof I have honestly set my hand and the seal of said county at Lancaster this nineth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

                                            //s//
                                      Christ. Backman
                                             Prothon'y.