Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8098, Henry Brown, Va.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
(3-1776)
SERVICE					NUMBER
Va		Brown, Henry			S.8098
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					Carded
CONTENTS
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Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 March to 4 Sept 1837 [illegible]
notified 26 June 1838

at the rate of [blacked out]
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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16870
Henry Brown’s
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declaration for a pension
En
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State of Virginia County of Bedford St
On this 22nd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of Bedford and filling Henry Brown [illegible] resident of the County of Bedford & State of Virginia aged 72 years the 10th day of August last who being sworn according to law cloth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed the 7th day of June 1832
That in the year — he was drafted as a Militia
man to go against the British who had landed at PortsMouth in the State of Virginia he belonged at that time to a company of Militia commanded by Captain Robert Alexander of Bedford he thinks his number on the muster Roll was 7 he fixed [illegible] his knapsack and marched to near the place when the men were & Kendegrous. When order came for them to return home all those that proved that they marched got credit for a tour of duty and that he got credit for a tour of duty by a Court Marshall which said new [illegible] and of which Col. James Callaway was one, who was then the Col. Commandant of the County of Bedford that in the year — he was called out again to stand guard over a number of Tories who were taken up and confined in Page and in other houses in the Town of New London the Captain of the guard was one John Collerall How long he served he does not now remember but recollects he was then for a very considerable Time and has no doubt got credit for a Tour of Duty, That afterwards he helped guard the British prisoners who were taken at the [illegible] as far as Lynchburg on their way to the Barracks in Albemarle, but thinks this was only an occasional service.
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and not a regular tour of duty — That in the year he (with a number of his neighbors who are now mostly dead) was drafted as a militia man to go against the British who
who were then in North Carolina and had driven General Greene [illegible] Dan River into Virginia before he joined Greenes army he with a number of his neighbors sisted as volunteers in a company of which Jacob Moon was Capt.
Benjamin Rice Lieutenant and Thomas Lumpkin Ensign
He was then attached to Col. Lynches Regiment of of Rifle men and was with Col. Washington’s Corps of Light horse Through different parts of N Carolina mostly between Greenes army and the enemy until the Battle of Guilford at which battle he was wounded being Shot through the thick part of the thigh he was carried from the [illegible] pound to a house about 3 miles off and Captain Moon under whom he served was brought to the same House and died there of his wounds He was afterwards carried to the Iron works were gen. Greenes army lay and then to the hospital on Dan River where he remained until his Father and Brother brought him home in a horse [illegible] he is confident he was confined to the house by his wound for more than 12 months and suffered from it considerably for several years afterwards this was the end of his Revolutionary services, Cornwallis having been captured the ensuing Fall and peace soon after Restored to the Country. He cannot remember with any degree of certainty the length of any of the tours of duty above mentioned, but it is the current opinion in this Quarter that were mostly for three months according to this Statement which he believes to be correct, he is entitled to nine months actual service and if in addition to this the
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period of his disability from his wounds be added it will make the aggregate duration of his services and disabilities in the service twenty one months. He has no documentary evidence of his services and if he ever had any written discharges they are lost or mislaid. He cannot prove any thing about the first tour he got credit for, unless there is some evidence of it on the old muster rolls or in the records of the Court Marshall (if their be any now in existence) he believes every person who knew any thing about it is dead, or long since removed from this part of the Country  he can prove his services at New London by John Teass[?] and Henry Adams [W5595] whose affidavits are hereunto annexed. he can prove his services and his wounds by many, but more partiular by Henry Adams and Genl. Joel Leftwich [S8830] whose affidavits are hereunto annexed. he was born in the County of Bedford and State of Virginia on the 10th day of August 1760, and has resided there ever since. there is a register of his age in an old Church Book now in possession of Major Samuel Mitchel of Bedford he never asked or received any compensation for his services and of course his name is not on any pension roll in the United States. 
S/ Henry Brown

We Thomas R. Clayton of the County of Bedford and Thomas Andrews residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the aforegoing declaration and believe him to be as he states 72 years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he was wounded in the Battle of Guilford and that we being neighbours to him concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
S/ Thomas R. Clayton
S/ Thomas Andrews
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Virginia Campbell County to wit

I John Teass[?], residing in the town of New London in the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that I remember to have seen Henry Brown, a resident of Bedford County in service, as a militia man, guarding some tories at New London who had been brought in as prisoners during the Revolutionary war. Capt. John Collerall[?] was in command at the time; how long the said Henry Brown remained in service, I do not now recollect.
S/ John Teass[?]

I Alexander Austin, a justice of the peace for the County of Campbell, in the state of Virigina, do hereby certify that the above certificate was subscribed and worn to, by John Teass, who is a respectable citizen of the town of New London, before me on this 18th day of September 1832.
S/ Alexander Austin

Virginia Bedford County to wit
I Henry Adams of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry Brown, a citizen of the same county and state served a tour of duty as a militia man during the Revolutionary war in guarding some tories who were confined as prisoners in New London under the command of one Captain Collerall. I also certify that the said Henry Brown served in Genl. Greene's army in N. Carolina and was wounded in the Battle of Guilford and disabled thereby for a long time afterwards. I have lived all my life in the same neighbourhood with the said Henry Brown and served with him in both of the above mentioned. Yours
S/ Henry Adams his x mark 

I Robert Campbell a justice of the peace for the County of Bedford in the State of Virignia do hereby certify that the above certificate was subscribed and sworn before me by Henry Adams who is a respectable citizen of said County on this 24th day of Sept 1832.
S/ Robert Campbell
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Virginia Campbell County to witt
I Joel Leftwich of the County of Campbell in the State of Virginia late[?] of the County of Bedford in the said State do hereby certify that I have been been well acquainted with Henry Brown, a citizen of the County of Bedford in the said State, during the greater part of my life and he is generally reputed and known to have been a Revolutionary soldier and to have been wounded and disabled at the Battle of Guilford in N. Carolina during the Revolutionary war and that such was the fact I have no doubt.
S/ Joel Leftwich

I Thomas Rudd a justice of the peace for the County of Campbell in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that General Joel Leftwich of the County and State aforesaid subscribed and made oath to the above certification this 12th day of October 1832.
S/ Thomas Rudd, J.P.

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 revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court do further certify that Thomas R. Clayton and Thomas Andrews, who have signed the annexed certificate are residents of said County of Bedford are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

And I Robert A. Dickinson, deputy for Robert C. Mitchell, Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
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the application of Henry Brown for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at office the 2nd day of November 1832 in the 57th year of American Independence

S/ Robert A. Dickinson, J.P.B.C.
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section
AWF/ee1 [?]

May 14, 1939

Moncure C. Carpenter
67 Nichol Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersy

Sir: 

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, [underlined] S.8098, it appears that [underlined] Henry Brown was born, August 10, 1760, in Bedford County, Virginia. 
He enlisted and served with the Virginia Troops as follows:
Three months in Captain Robert Alexander's Company, Colonel James Calaway's Regiment; three months in Captain John Cotterall's Company, dates of these services not given; in 1781, three months in Captain Jacob Moon's company, Colonel Lynch's Regiment, was wounded in the thigh at the battle of Guilford, and kept in the hospital twelve months when his father and brother, names not given, came and carried him home. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 22, 1832, at which time he was living in Bedford County, Virginia, and was referred to as Henry Brown, Senior.
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There are no further family data.

Respectfully,

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of ______ received ____
[illegible] information as contained in his [crossed out] (or his widow's) application for pension file in this Bureau.

[table start]
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service | Rank | Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered | Statf. | } 
[checkmark] | 3 mos | Pvt | Capt. Robert Alexander | Col. James Colloway | Va | } 
[checkmark] | 3 | [underneath] guarded the prisoners taken at [illegible] Capt. John Coltson | [blank] | } 
[checkmark] 1781 | 3 | Capt. Jacob Marx | [illegible] | [blank] | } 
[blank] | 12 mos in hospital with wound of thigh [illegible[ at Bat. Guilford- | } 
when his father V Bro (marriage not stated) [illegible] | } 
[end of table] 

Battles engaged in, Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible]
Date of application for pension, Oct. 22 1832 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Bedford Co., Va.
Age at date of application, b. Aug 10. 1760 in Bedford Co., Va.

Remarks: ______ no further data

Very respectfully,
_______.
31793b5m1C-07
Commissioner.
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Moncure C. Carpender
67 Nichol Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Nov. 4. 1928

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington .D.C
[affixed seal; PENSION NOV 6 1928]

Dear Sir:-

I have been endeavoring to get the military record of my great grandfather, Henry Brown (1760-1841) who fought during the Revolution on the American side and was wounded in the battle of Guilford .C.H. In the Virginia State Archives I found a record of Henry Brown, Bedford Co. Va, having been placed on the pension lists in 1835 as No.2,114. Can you give me the record of this Henry Brown. Have you a record of who his parents were, where he lived, etc. Did he receive a commission, etc. 
I have found references to a number
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of Henry Browns but this is the only one from Bedford Co. where my great-grandfather lived. 

Very truly yours,
Moncure C. Carpender
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Huntington, Ind., Oct 20. 19[?]

Dear Sir:

I thank you very much for a recent favor from your department and as "one grid turn deserves another" will ask you to please give me the Revolutionary record of [underlined] Henry Brown [S.8098] of Bedford Co., Va. He was a volunteer in Capt. Moons Co. of Virginia Militia in Greene's army.
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He was wounded at Guilford Court House, North Carolina in battle with Cornwallis 1781. 
He is my grandfather-three times removed and I want the record for the D.A.R.

Respectfully,
May C. Baker,
Huntington, Ind. 

S8098
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Rev War 
8098

INVALID.
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File No. 8098
Henry Brown
Priv Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
Index :-  Vol. [illegible], Page 45
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1911 Oct. 30 Hist. to Mrs. May C. Baker
1929 May 14 "" Moncure C. Carpenter
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[?]870
Henry Brown

Adm. for 9 mo-

Claiborne[?]
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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 Henry Brown which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?    Yes

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

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?    No 

V. *Has he 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 amou[n]t of pension he is entitled?     No

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

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?    No

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?    Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?    Yes 

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?     Yes
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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 obtaining 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? 
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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?      Yes
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?     No 

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?      No 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?       No - to 3, 4 & 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 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 months is too
definite, 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 objectionable. 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 in the field or in garrison applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in any civil pursuit of the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed 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 attached to the certificate, under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
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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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office, 
June 20, 1838

Sir:
Under the act 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 Treasure of the Unite State," Henry Brown, a Pensioner of the Roll of Richmond Va Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and " " cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837.

Respectfully Yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.