Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1748, John Brown, Va.
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[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.

Brown, John

NUMBER
S. 1748

carded
CONTENTS
b. Jan. 25, 1761 in Lunenburg Co. Va. & lived there to 1833 thence to Rutherford Co., Tenn.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.

Brown, John

NUMBER
S. 1748

carded
CONTENTS
b. Jan. 25, 1761 in Lunenburg Co. Va. & lived there to 1833 thence to Rutherford Co., Tenn.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] 12.602
[crossed out – Virginia] W. Tenney [Tennessee] 12/602
John Brown of Lunenburg Co. in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Walker of the regt [regiment] commanded by Col. Richardson in the Virginia line for 10 months & 14 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 34 - Dollars 88 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of May and sent to Jno Brown Brydies [Brides] Stone Lunenburg, Va. 

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 - 69.76
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4th Sept. 17.38
87.14
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Rush Newnan, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 6 - Page 2

[right side] See Rept. Secty [Secretary] – as to transfer – mar [March] 5 1836
See let. Pensr. [Pensioner?] Apr. 25 1836
[Illegible] May 16 - 36
Transferred to W. Tennessee from 4th Sept. 1834 - May 21:36
Letter 20 April 1837 – Pen Agt [Pension Agent] & Wm Ledbetter 
New certificate issued Sep. 20, 1843 & sent to the Pensioner at Murfreesborough [Murfreesboro], Tennessee 
Date of death not on AB
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State of Virginia Lunenburg County (towit) 
On this 11th day of March 1833 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record for the County of Lunenburg and now siting John Brown Resident of said County aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he was drafted in the United States service for seven months on the first day of May 1780 and marched under Capt’n [Captain] Sylvanus Walker from the County of Lunenburg State of Virginia to Hillsborough State of North Carolina and there was attached to the first Virginia Regt commanded by Colo Holt Richardson and in a short time was marched from there to Deep River and was marched from there to Masses Ferry [also known as Mast’s or Mask’s Ferry] on peedee [Pee Dee] River and marched from that Place to Rugeleys Mills [SC] where we joined the main Army commanded by General [Horatio] Gates - 
And on the 15th of August we started from that place in the night in order to attack the British at Camden But unexpectedly we met them on the way and some skirmishes took place Between the Armys [armies] and on the next day being the 16th of August the battle took place and we were defeated in what is called Gateses [Gates] defeat we afterwards collected together at a place called new garden [in present Greensboro NC] and were marched from that place to Hoganses Creek [Hogans Creek in present Rockingham County] to surpress [suppress] some Tories that had collected there and were marched from that place to Gilford [Guilford] Courthouse North Carolina where he was discharged on the 30th November by Major Boid [probably William Boyce] But have since lost my Discharge
And on the 15th day of June 1781 he was drafted in a Militia tower for three months and marched from the County of Lunenburg under Liutenant [Lieutenant] Tomlinson to the Morban Hills [Malvern Hill in Henrico County VA] and then was attached to a company commanded by Capt. Mackey of the 3rd Virginia Regiment Commanded by Col. Beverly Randolph and were marched and stationed at different places untill [until] the first day of October when
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we were discharged by Col. Randolph haveing [having] served the tower of three months and two weeks but for what cause he was kept in service longer then his tower he at this time does not recollect in this case he received no Written Discharge and that he never served in any other capacity than that of a common soldier
And in Answer to the different Interrogatories prescribed by the War department he Answers thus
Question 1st Where and in what year were you born
Ans’r. [Answer] Agreeable to a Register kept by my Father I was born the 25th January 1761 in the County of Lunenbg [Lunenburg] State of Virginia
Question 2 Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it
Ans’r [Answer] The book in which my Father Registered his children’s ages was sold at his sale and I do not know what has become of it
Question 3 where were you liveing [living] when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Ans’r [Answer] I were [was] born in the County of Lunenburg State of Virginia have lived there ever since and live there now
Question 4 How were you called into service were you drafted did you Volunteer or were you a substitute
Ans’r [Answer] I were [was] drafted in Each Tower
Question 5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served sutch [such as] Continental and Militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the General Circumstances of your service
Ans’r [Answer] I can only say that I were [was] commanded by Col. Richardson of the first Va. Regiment; By Gen’l [General] Gates in my first tower and that I was in in the Engagement called Gateses [Gate’s] defeat and that I was Honourably [honorably] discharged by Maj’r [Major] Boid but have since lost my discharge
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And in my second tower I were [was] discharged by Col Beverly Randolph but did not receive any written Discharge
Question 6 did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans’r [Answer] In my first tower I received a discharge which was signed by Major Boid and in my second tower I was discharged by Col. Beverley Randolph but did not receive any written Discharge
Question 7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood [neighborhood] and who can testify as to your carrector [character] for Veracity and their Belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans’r [Answer] I am known in my neighbourhood [neighborhood] by the Rev’d. [Reverend] Henderson Lee Captn [Captain] John Knight & Capt. Wm Stokes
He hereby Relinquishes every claim to a pension or anuity [annuity] Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Role of the Agency of any State
[signed] John Brown

We Henderson Lee a Clergiman [Clergyman] residing in the County of Lunenburg and Wm Stokes & John Knight - Residing in the same County hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Brown who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighberhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion 

Henderson Lee 
John Knight 
Wm. Stokes
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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 John Brown was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that the Revd [Reverend] Henderson Res. --- who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergiman [Clergyman] resident in the County of Lunenburg and that Wm Stokes & John Knight -- who has also signed the same are residents in the same County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit 
Teste Wm H. Taylor 

Virginia Lunenburg County Clerk’s office Sct: 
I, William H. Taylor Chart of the Court of Lunenburg County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application John Brown for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 day of March 1833 in the 57th year of the Comeh [Commonwealth]
Wm H. Taylor 

Any communication respecting the above declaration please direct to the applicant at this post office at Brydies store Lunenburg County Va.
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Pensioner’s application for a transfer May [6 or 16]
[Jno Brown?]

[circular stamp] MURFRE MAY 4

[written sideways] Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
[written sideways] John Brown Va. to W. Tennessee
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State of Tennessee} 
County of Rutherford} SS
On this third day of May 1836, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Rutherford, personally appeared John Brown who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Walker in the Regiment commanded by Col. Glenn or by Col. Richardson (affiant cannot state which) in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Virginia, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Tennessee in said County of Rutherford where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Virginia Lunenburgh [Lunenburg] County to the said County of Rutherford in the State of Tennessee, to wit: First that he owned a tract of land in the State of Virginia which had been much worn & exhausted from tillage, & he had previously visited Tennessee & discoved [discovered] he could sell out in Virginia & buy land in said County of Rutherford much to his advantage, and secondly part of his children were living in said County of Rutherford in the State of Tennessee, and the ballance [balance] of his children agreed to move & did more with him to the said County of Rutherford in said State  of Tennessee.
[Signed] John Brown
Sworn & subscribe to}
before me the day & year} 
aforesaid} 
H. Trott Justice of the Peace}
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State of Tennessee} 
Rutherford County} SS
On this third day of May, 1836, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Rutherford, personally appeared Thomas Pulley and made oath that he is well acquainted with John Brown who has taken the oath in the proceeding affidavit, that he knew said Brown in the State of Virginia, & that he (said Pulley) knows that the said John Brown described in the proceeding affidavit is the same person who subscribed & sworn to the said proceeding affidavit. 
[Signed] Thomas Pulley
Sworn to & subscribed} 
before me this day &}
year aforesaid}
H Trott Justice of the Peace}

State of Tennessee, Rutherford County, 
I, Henry Trott a Justice of the peace for said County of Rutherford, hereby certify that I am acquainted with Thomas Pully who has sworn to & subscribed before me the above affidavit & I further certify that he is a person of veracity.
H Trott Justice of the peace 

State of Tennessee}
Rutherford County} SS 
I Robert S. Morris, Clerk of the County Court of said Rutherford County, hereby certify that Henry Trott is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine; both his signatures to the two affidavits and his signature to the above certificate as to the veracity of the said Thomas Pulley. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this third day of May eighteen hundred and thirty six 
Robt S Morris Clerk 
of the County Court of Rutherford County
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Murfreesboro Ten. May 3d. 1836.

Sir,
Please forward the certificate of transfer to the applicant or to myself at this place. Reference to the Hon. A.P. Maury. Yours &c 
A. J. Hoover
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No 24082 
Jn. Brown Lunenburg Co Virginia 

Admit as private - 10 months and 14 days- 
34.88

Jno Brown 
Brides Stone P. Office 
Lunenburg Co. Virginia
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

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 these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). 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.
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of John Brown Lunenburg Co. Virginia

[column headings: Period when the service 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.]

drafted May 1780 [months] 7 [Rank] Private Captain Walker [Age] 72 years Lunenburg Co. Virginia [Proof] Wm. Braggs evidence a living witness May 1780 for 7 mo. & 1781 – 3 mos. - & also traditional evidence

Aug. 15 1780 Col. Richardson 

Discharged Nov 30 80 General Gates

Drafted June 15th 81 until 1st Oct 81 [months] 3 [days] 14 Majr. [Major] Boid – Captain Mackey Col. Randolph

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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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, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, 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} ss.
County of}
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 served 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 persons 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. 
[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 revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
1               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 been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day 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 Revolutionary 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 commission; 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 services 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 bis 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 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.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 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 testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he 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 enquiry 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 trans nit such evidence as they can procure, 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. 
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity in which case the declarant will follow 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. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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." 
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 that 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 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 authority; 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 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. 
Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers in not written on the same sheet of paper which contains 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 in 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 witnesses, and the official character and signatures 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 to [illegible] 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.

[hand written] John N Ashton
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

August 25, 1938
XXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL Own 
John Brown S.1748 
Thomas Brown S. 3059

Mrs. Alyce Brown Wood
Woodbury Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Brown, of Rutherford County, Tennessee  and Thomas Brown, of Warren County, Tennessee, both of whom received pension on account of their services. 

The records of these soldiers are furnished you herein. 

John Brown 
S.1748 

The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in pension claim, S.1748, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of John Brown. 

John Brown was born January 25, 1761, in Lunenburg County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown. 

While residing in Lunenburg County, John Brown enlisted May 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Sylvanus Walker’s [written on the side - could not find a Capt. of this name for Va. in Heitman nor Capt. Mackey or McCory of Va.] Company, Colonel Holt Richardson's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Camden (Gates’ Defeat), August 15, 1780 and was discharged November 20, 1780; he enlisted June 15, 1781, served in Captain MacKey’s Company, Colonel Beverly Randolph’s Virginia Regiment and was discharged October 1, 1781. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 11, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Lunenburg, Virginia. 

In 1835, he had moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee, where, he stated, a part of his children were living and that the remainder of his children moved with him to said Rutherford County. He did not give the names of his children nor are there any data in regard to his wife.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Brown (S.1748), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following data: 
John Brown, Certificate No. 12602 Issued May 13, 1833 Rate, $34.88 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency, 

● ● ● ● 
Thomas Brown S.3059 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3059, based upon the military service in that war of Thomas Brown. 

Thomas Brown, the son of William, was born February 28, 1753, in Augusta County, Virginia. The name of his mother is not shown. When Thomas was a youth, his father moved from Augusta County, Virginia, to Rowan County, North Carolina, thence to the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina, and was a neighbor to Mrs. Jackson, mother of General Andrew Jackson, whom Thomas Brown knew as a boy. While residing in the Waxhaw Settlement Thomas Brown's father apprenticed him to a hatter, who moved to Tryon County, North Carolina, taking Thomas with him. 

While residing in Tryon (that part which was later Rutherford) County, North Carolina, Thomas Brown enlisted in March, 1776, and served seven weeks as a private in Captain James McFadden's Company, Colonel James Grimes' North Carolina Regiment; after this service was concluded, he went to the home of his father in South Carolina, enlisted there June 1, 1776, served as a substitute for his father for six weeks as a private in Captain John Barkley's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment, marched to Charleston where he was employed as a guard or sentinel and witnessed the attack on Sullivan's Islands in a few days after the expiration of 

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this term of service, Thomas Brown volunteered in Charleston, served as a private in Captain John Kenedy's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment and was discharged in September, 1776, having served six weeks, he volunteered again, at Charleston in September, 1776, served six weeks in Captain George Dunlap's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment, and in October, 1776, reenlisted and served six weeks at Charleston in Captain John Barkley's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiments after the expiration of this tour, he started for his father's home in the Waxhaw Settlement, and while on the road, met some troops from North Carolina, among whom was his brother, William, and decided to enlist with these North Carolina troops and served in Captain William Houston's Company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment and was discharged in June, 1777, having served six months. He again returned to his father's home, where he remained until the spring of 1780, when, the settlement being threatened by the enemy, he and his father fled to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and his brothers, Alexander, Robert and William Brown joined the army of the United States. While residing in said Mecklenburg County, Thomas Brown again enlisted and served about twenty- seven days in Captain Oliver Wily's Company of Cavalry, North Carolina troops. 
After he left the army, Thomas Brown moved to the Holston River, in what was later Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he remained several years, then moved to Warren County, Tennessee, where he had resided for about twenty-five years when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1833. 
There are no data as to wife or children. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Thomas Brown (S.3059), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 
Thomas Brown Certificate No. 25496 Issued January 17, 1834 Rate, $46.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency. 
● ● ● ● Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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War Department Free 
Pension Office 
Washington DC

[written sideways] Brydies Store Va. March 21 1833 Va. 24082
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May 20
[Jno. Brown?] 
[circular stamp] RICHMOND MAY 18 VA.

[written sideways] John Brown

[written sideways] [stamped] FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Bank of Virginia 
May 18. 1836 

Sir,
The last payment to John Brown, private, a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 at thirty four 88/100 dollars per annum was to the 4 day of September 1834. 
I am, very respectfully, 
your obedient Servt [Servant]
Anty Robinson 
for J. Brockenbrough.
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Pension Office 
Nashville Tenn. 
28th March 1837 

Dear Sir,
John Brown, who resides at present in the County of Rutherford in this State, is a Pensioner of the U. S. under the act of 7th June 1832, at the rate of $34.88/100 per annum. He was originally placed upon the pension roll at Richmond Va. but has since been transfered [transferred] to this Agency. He is now entitled to a Pension at the above rate from the 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1837, being 12 months; and the enclosed affidavits are sent to you, under the late regulation of the department, for your examination, and to the end that the Agent here may be ordered to pay him the amount. 

Yours respectfully 
Wm Ledbetter

J L Edwards Esq. 

[written sideways] Direct to me at Murfreesborough [Murfreesboro] Tennessee Wm Ledbetter
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Sept. 20 ‘43

[circular stamp] MURFREESBORO TN SEP 12

Com
John Brown 
Tenn, roll 32 
Issue a New Certificate & send it to the Pensioner at Marfreesborough [Murfreesboro] Tenn.

[stamped] FREE

[written sideways] James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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State of Tennessee} 
Rutherford County} This day personally appeared before me William D. Hicks, an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, John Brown a citizen of said County, and with whom I am personally acquainted, and made oath in due form of law, that he is a Pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th of June 1832 at the rate of Thirty four dollars and eighty eight cents per annum, commencing on the fourth of March 1831, and that he has rec.d [received] his pension regularly at the above rate, up to the fourth of March last. That he was originally placed on the Pension roll at Richmond, Va. and was afterwards transfered [transferred] to Nashville in this State. That since the last payment (4th March 1843) he has lost or mislaid his Pension certificate, so that the same cannot now be found. He prays that the duplicate may [be] issue[ed] from the Pension Office at Washington, to enable him to draw his pension semiannually as heretofore. 
John [his X mark] Brown
Sworn to & subscribed before me 11th Sept 1843 
Wm J. Hicks Justice of the Peace 
Witness Wm. Ledbetter
Robt S Morris
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State of Tennessee}
Rutherford County} I Wm. D. Hicks, a Justice of the Peace for sd [said] County, do certify that I have the most satisfactory testimony, viz; from the evidence of Thomas Pulley and Wm. Ledbetter, that John Brown senr. [Senior] who makes the forgoing affidavit, is a Pensioner of the United States as stated by him in the foregoing affidavit, and that his name is on the Pension list at Nashville in this State. 
Thomas Pulley 
Wm. Ledbetter
Sworn to & subscribed before me, 11th Sept. 1843. And I further certify that Tho. [Thomas] Pulley & Wm. Ledbetter are both men of good character, and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit, 
Wm D. Hicks Justice of the Peace 

State of Tennessee}
Rutherford County} I Robert S. Morris, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify that Wm. D. Hicks, is a Justice of the Peace as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, this 11th September 1843. 
Robt S. Morris Clk [clerk]
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I William Bragg [pension application W.2517] of the County of Lunenberg and State of Virginia do hereby certify that John Brown now applicant was drafted in the United States service for seven months On the first of May 1780 and marched in Company with me in a company commanded by Capt. Sylvania Walker from the County of Lunenburg State of Virginia to Hillsborough North Carolina and there was attached to the first Virginia Regiment commanded by Col Holt Richardson and were marched from there to Deep River and Marched from Deep River to Mosses Ferry on Peedee River and were Marched from that place to Rugeleys Mills where we joined the main army commanded by [blank] 
And we started from Rugeleys Mills on the night of the 15th August to Supprise [surprise] the British at Camden but with the British on the way and had some skirmishes with them that night, but on the next day We had an Engagement but got defeated in what is called Gates defeat. We afterwards collected at a place called New Garden and were marched from that place to Hoganses Creek to suppress a parcel of Tories that had collected at that place and marched from that Place to Gilford [Guilford] Courthouse North Carolina and on the 30th Nov. we were discharged by Majr. [Major] Boid 
And in the year 1781 in the month of June I think about [the] 15th - We were drafted in A militia tower for three Months and marched from the County of Lunenburg under Lieut. [Lieutenant] Tomlinson to the Mortan hills and there was attached to a company commanded by Capt. Mackey of the 3d Virginia Regt Commanded by Col Beverly Randolph
And on the first day of October as were discharged by Col. Beverly Randolph having served three months and two Weeks Given under my hand this 11th day March 1833
Wm. Bragg
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State of Virginia Lunenberg County ([record?])
This day William Bragg an old Revolutionary soldier and a credible witness whose statement is entitled to Credit came before me one of the Commonwealths Justices of the peace for the County of Lunenburg and made Oath to the within Certificate given under my hand this 11th day of March 1833
Geo L Bayn JP

Lunenburg County Sct 
I, William H. Taylor Clerk of the County Court of Lunenburg County, do hereby certify that George L. Bayn whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace for the said County duly commissioned and qualified that his signature is genuine, 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 11th day of March 1833 in the 57th year of the Comwt [Commonwealth]
Wm. H. Taylor clk [Clerk]

[written sideways] John Brown 24082
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Woodbury, Tennessee 
July 26, 1938

Veterans Bureau, 
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen:

I shall greatly appreciate it you if will send me the family record of John Brown [written above 61] from, Rutherford County Tennessee - and Thomas Brown [written above NC] of Warren County Tennessee - I am a descendant of John Brown - our county (Cannon) was cut from the above two counties. History says both these men received pensions as Revolutionary soldiers, 1776 -83 

Yours truly, 
Mrs. Alyce Brown Wood

[circular stamp with Numbers 1 -12 around the outside] RECEIVED JUL 28 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV, VETS. ADM. READER #3
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] Apr. 4 - 1928. See [carren?] file for letter to Hon Robt G Simmons in behalf of Mrs. Geo. E. Mark MMS & [cut off]
1936 - Aug 26 Hist to Mrs. Alyce Brown Wood EEL

[right side] Rev War 

1748
INVALID

File No. 1748
John Brown,
Pri [Private] Va. Line

Act: June 7th, 1832

Index: - Vol. A, Page 42

[Arrangement of 1870.]