Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8385, Joseph Brown, Penn.
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Service Number
Penn.          Brown, Joseph           W. 8385
                               Margaret
CONTENTS 
res. at enl. Mifflin Co. Pa.
In 1833 aged 78 res. of Spencer Co. Ky & died there Sept 15, 1837
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25415
Kentucky
Joseph Brown
of Spencerbo in the State of Kentucky
who was a private on the com commanded
by Captain McHatter of the regt commanded
by Col ------ in the Pennsylvania line
for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Jany
1833 and Hon B Hardin HR
Arrears to the 4th of Sept
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 
58 33
11 67
$70.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by
Ian Boyd Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 7 Page 34.

let to C. H. Trabue Aug 21,1843
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5715.
Kentucky
Margaret Brown
widow of Joseph Brown
who was a private
in the Penn Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
14 day of June 1844
and sent to
Hon J W Stine
Ho of Rep
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 166.
2 Certs: 
1838 & 
1843 repo 14 June 1844
No. 118 I Resolution - sent to 
[illegible] 
[illegible] kfort, 
[illegible] cKy
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State of Kentucky. Spencer County Sch
On this 4th day of June 1833 personally appeared in open Court before
the County Court of Spencer County now sitting Joseph Brown a resident
of Spencer County and State of Kentucky, aged Seventy Eight 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 Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1833. He states that he
entered the service of the United States under the following named offion
and served as herein stated. He served one Tour  under General Watt in the Company of Capt John McHattan whose Lieutenants
name was James Adams, he entered the service the last of
June 1776 the day of the month not recollected and he left the
service the last of September following after having served a
three months tour. He was in no engagements. He resided at
that term in Miflin County in the State of Pennsylvania, where he entered the service and served as a Volunteer, he marched
after he entered the service in Miflin County, through Carlisle County Lancaster County and to Philadelphia, and from that
to Trenton, and from that to the Three Springs, and from that
to Elizabeth town and from that to Brunswick and from
that to New York where he was dismissed there were no continental regiments or companies with which he served during his
tour as aforesaid.-
He states that he served another tour under
General Potter in Capt James Wilsons Company the Lieutenants
and Ensigns names not recollected. He states that he entered
the service in September 1777 the day of the month not recollected  and left the service the last of November following after having
served a tour of two months. He was in no battles or
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engagements. He states that he live in Miflin County and
State of Pennsylvania when he entered the service that he was a
substitute for Samuel Brown who was drafted. He states that he
did not march out of the County in which he entered the service
but was still moving from one point to another for the purpose
of guarding the frontiers of said County, states that there were no continental regiments or company or regular
officers to whom he was attached during said tour
He states that he served another tour in Capt Halladys Company of Malitia as Lieutenant in said Company he states
that he entered the service in the month of January 1779
does not now recollect the day of the month exactly, but is of
impression it was about the first of the month and left the
service the first of March 1779 having served a tour of 
Two months. He was in no Battles or engagements. he states
that he still live in Miflin County Pennsylvania when
he entered the service he states that after he entered the service
in Miflin County he marched to a town called Carlisle from
that to Little Fork, then to Lancaster and then he was dismissed, he has no recollection of any Continental regiments in
Company to which he was attached during said tour, or with
whom he served. He states that he has no documentary evidence that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity 
except the present and declares that his name is not another pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed
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the
day and year aforesaid
Joseph Brown

We William Stout [Phillip W Taylor is stuck through] a Clergyman residing in the County
of Spencer and State of Kentucky and James Huston
residing in the same County and State aforesaid hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Joseph Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to
Seventy Eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in
the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wm Stout ~ seal
James Huston ~ seal
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
William Stout who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the County of Spencer, and that James
Huston who has signed the same is a resident in the County of
Spencer, and is a credible person, and that their statement is
entitled to credit.
State of Kentucky Sct
Spencer County
I Raphael Lancaster Clerk of the County
Court for Spencer County do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Joseph Brown for a pension.
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In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of my County Court Office
this 4th day of June 1833. In the 42d year
of the Commonwealth
Raphl. Lancaster Clk
Spencer Cty Ct
28.955
Joseph Brown
Hon B. Hardin
[there is a circular stamp in the upper left corner ] KENTUCKY 1821 [other illegible]
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9.106
No Oct 43 No 6044
Margaret Brown
Ken
Act 7 July 38
and 7 mo pre
23 33 
from
15 Sept 37 the day of
her husbands death
---
Register & No under
act  3 march '43
23.33
Hon. J.W. Stone
HR
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State of Kentucky
Spencer County ss

On this the 27 day of May 1843
Personally appeared before one Humphrey May an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Spencer and State of Kentucky Mers Margret Brown a
resident of the County and State aforesaid and who is by reason of old age
weakness of Body and sintz [since] prevented from appearing in Open Court
aged upwards of Eighty two years 82 years and who being first duly
sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of an act of Congress passed July
the 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows
that she is the widow of Joseph Brown he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and as for the time that her said husband was in she cannot state
and as for the officers she cannot recollect as her memory has failed her much
but for the Foartuntary of his service she refers to the evidence contained in the
papers composing the matter of his application for a pension which he received
until his death which took place the 15th of September 1837, and the consent of
Pension record by him for his services was  $23.33 per anum  She further states
that she has lived at this place upwards of fifty years, where her said husband
departed this life she further declars that she was married to the said Joseph Brown upwards of sixty years and befor the first day of January 1794
she further declars that she was not married to the said Joseph Brown before he
quit the service but shortly afterwards, and previous to the first day of January
seventeen hundred and ninety four she further states that she declarant has in her
possesian  the servitude of her said Husband conformity with the Law of 7th day
of June 1832 and was [illegible] of which he drew $23.33 per anum which suntified
she will enclose with this declaration the declarant further states that she has
never married since the death of her said husband Joseph Brown but still
remains his widow. Sworn to and subscribed 
the day and year above writen
before me Humphrey May J.P.S.C.
Margaret Brown X her Mark

I the above subcribed Justice of the peace certify that the above declarant is
personally known unto me and I know that she is the widow of Joseph
Brown deceased late of this County who was a Revolutionary
Soldier and Pensioner of the United States who drew a pension
under the act of 7 day of June 1832, also that she is unable to appear
in Open Cort owing to her age and fraility of Bodily infirmity
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto subcribed my name
the day and year above written
Humphrey May J.P.S.C.
State of Kentucky Spencer County Sx
June County Court 1843
At a County Court duly organised being and holden
at the Town of Taylorsville in and for the County and State aforesaid. On Monday the 5th day of June 1843
It is ordered that it be certified and recorded that the
proceedings in the matter of the application of Mrs
Margaret Brown the widow of Joseph Brown Deceased
for a pension under the act of the 7th day of July 1838 before Humphrey May Esquire be and the same and
submitted to the Court and and sanctioned by the Court
and further that the said proceedings and entitled to as
full faith and credit as though they had been made
in Open Court, it is further ordered to be certified that
it satisfactorily appears to the said Court that the
said Mrs Margaret Brown is wholly unable to attend
in Open Court
I Raphael Lancaster Clerk of the County Court of
Spencer County in the State of Kentucky hereby certify
that the above order is truly transcribed from the records
in my Office. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of my
said County at Taylorsville this 10th day
of June in the year of our Lord One thousand
Eight hundred and forty three and in the 52d
year of the Commonwealth
Raphl. Lancaster Clk
Spencer Cty Ct.
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I,  Humphrey May the Subscribing Justice of the peace
In and for Spencer County do certify that I live near
old Mrs Margaret Brown Widow of Joseph
Brown Dec. who drew a pension from the United States
in his lifetime and certify that she is
very old and feeble and unable to attend in
open Court owing to her weakness of body and
that she is upwards of Eighty years old
given under my hand this Seventh day of October
1843
Humphrey May J.P.S. C
State of Kentucky
Spencer County Set.
I Raphael Lancaster Clerk
of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify
that Humphrey May Esquire whose signature appears
to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of
signing the same an acting Justice of the peace
in and for the County of Spencer and state of Kentucky
duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature
aforesaid is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of my said
County at Taylorsville this 14th day of October
1843 In the 52d year of the Commonwealth
Raphl. Lancaster Clk
Spencer Cty Ct
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The deposition of Jane Brown taken at the house of Mrs Margaret Brown in the County of Spencer and State of Kentucky on the 12 day of October 1843 for the purposes herein after set forth.
The deponent being of Lawful age and first duly Sworn deposeth and saith
that she is the oldest child of Joseph Brown and
Margaret Brown and that she is in her sixty first
and that she always lived with her Father and
Mother, while they lived as man and wife until the death of her Father who departed this life on the fifteenth day of September 1837
This deponant further says that she is stil living
with her mother Mrs Margaret Brown and she
is the same Mrs. Margaret Brown Named in a decleration sent on to the War office for a pension
further this deponant saith not
Jane Brown X her mark

Spencer County to wit
The foregoing deposition of Jane Brown was this day taken Subscribed and Sworn to by the said Jane Brown before
the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said County at the time and place stated above 
given under my hand this 12 day of October 1843
Humphey May J.P. S.C.
I, Humphrey May the Subscribing Justice to the above deposition certify that I have been acquainted with
Jane Brown for forty years and she is a
woman of truth and her statement, May
be relied upon
Humphrey May
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State of Kentucky
Spencer County Set. I Raphael Lancaster Clerk
of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Humphrey May Esquire whose Signature appears to the foregoing certificates is and was at
the time of signing the same an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for the County of Spencer and State of Kentucky duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature aforesaid as genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of my said
County at Taylorsville this 14th day of October
1843 In the 52d year of the Commonwealth
Raphl. Lancaster Clk
Spencer Cty. Ct.
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28.955
Joseph Brown
Ken
from 1776 private
7 months


$23.33/100
Hon B. Hardin
N. R.
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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 shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Brown
[column headings] Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
1776 3 [months] Pr. Cap McHatton Genl Potter 78 Pa. Traditionary
1777 2 [months] Pr. Cap Wilson
1779 2 [months] Lt. Cap Holliday
cannot be allowed for services as a Lieutenant, but will be paid at the rate of a privates pay unless he can prove that he was commissioned and served as a Lieutenant.  See also note m. 
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
JAMES 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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.
On this
day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of
and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he 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.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a 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 his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, 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, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
{To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can 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. 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."
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 is 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 on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. }
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June 12, 1931.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
ADY         Ow 1833
                           78

Mrs. Eugene H. Ray, 
The Weissenger-Gaulbert,
Louisville, Kentucky.

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers
in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8385, that Joseph Brown while a resident of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, enlisted the last of June 1776 and served three months in Captain John McHattan's Pennsylvania
Company. He enlisted in September 1777 and served two months as a substitute for Samuel Brown, relationship not stated, in Captain James Wilson's Pennsylvania Company. He also served two months from the first of January 1779 as lieutenant in Captain Hollisday's Pennsylvania Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 4, 1833 while a resident of Spencer County, Kentucky, aged seventy-eight years. 
He died September 15, 1837 in Spencer County, Kentucky.
Soldier married Margaret, her maiden name not given. They were married shortly after soldier left the service. The date of their marriage is not stated.
The widow Margaret Brown was allowed pension on her application executed May 27, 1853 while a resident of Spencer County, Kentucky, where she had lived over fifty years and was then aged upwards of eighty-two
years." date of death not on A.D.
In 1843 their oldest child, Jane Brown, was aged sixty-one years, no other names of children stated.
Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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8474
Kentucky
_____________________
Margaret Brown
widow of Joseph Brown
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 15 Sept 1837
of Spencer Co. in the State of Kenty
who was a pri  in the Co----
commanded by Captain McHatter of the
Reg --commanded by Col.----in
the Penn.---line for 7 mos
____________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents
 per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
[March 1836. - Struck Thru] 15 Sep 1837
____________________________
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838].
Recorded by F. L. Swann Clerk,
Book D Vol. A Page 363

No. 118.
Cerits. issd. Apr16.
1845 under Jt Res.
& sent to 
C. H. Trabue
H. Trabue,
Frankfort
Ky.
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State of Kentucky
Nelson County
On this the 29 day of May 1843 Personally appeared before me Haden E. Stone an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Nelson and State of Kentucky Mrs Margrett Bell
who on her oath states that she was acquainted with Mrs Margret Brown before she was married to Joseph Brown of Penlvany State, Cumberland County she further states that she was at their Marage 
and saw them maried upwards of sixty years back and she further
states that she has bin acquainted with the said Margrate Brown of the County of Spencer State of Ky ever since and she knows she is the
widow of Joseph Brown Deseased late of Spencer County State of Kentucky
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and departed this life about the 15th
of September 1837 for she has seen his surtificate of allowance which entitled
him to draw $23.33 per annum to the best of her rustution she further
states the said Margret Brown is still a living and she have under stoods that 
she was about to make application for a pension under the act of Congress
passed July the 7 day 1838 she further states Mrs Margret Brown lives in the ajoining County not fair distance from her. 
Margret Bell X her mark
Sworn to and subcribed before
me the day and year above written
Haden E. Stone J.P.N.C.
I the above subcribed Justice of the peace certify that the above declarant is
personally known to me and I know that she is a lady of undoubted
Varasity and what she has stated in the above declaration is to be believed and
due wait and tendet paid to it
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subcribed
my name the day and year above written Haden E. Stone J.P.N.C.
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State of Kentucky
Nelson County ⎬ Set
I Nathaniel Wickliffe
Clerk of the County Court for said County, certify
that Hayden E. Stone, whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing declaration and certificate, is a
Justice of the Peace in and for Nelson County aforesd.
duly commissioned and qualified, and that
full faith and credit are due and ought to be
given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
office this 29 day of May 1843
Nathen Wickliff Clk
By Wickliffe D.C.
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Payments to be made
at Lexington
by the Prest. of USA Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners 
in the Agency of Kenty

Recorded in the Pension Office
in Book E Vol 7
Page 34 by Dan Boyd
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Brown of the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Army of
the Revolution
is entitled to receive Twenty-three-dollars and
Thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in
every year
Given at the War Office of the United States
this Eighth day of January one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four
Lew  Cap
Secretary of War.

Examined and}
Countersigned.}

J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
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National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
MRS. LOWELL FLETCHER HOBART, PRESIDENT GENERAL
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
MRS. EUGENE H. RAY, CHAIRMAN
THE WEISSENGER-GAULBERT
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
MRS. GERALD L. SCHUYLER, VICE-CHAIRMAN
1244 DETROIT STREET
DENVER, COLORADO
May 6 - 1931.
Department of Revolutionary Soldiers,
Pension Building,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:-
Will you be so good as to give me some information concerning one Joseph Brown who drew a pension from Spencer County, Kentucky. I find his name in a list of Revolutionary soldiers from that county. He is said to have fought from Penn belonging to the State Troops.
I am so anxious to find his birth, name of his wife with their date of marriage and if possible names of his children - which is sometimes given in the application for a pension
and I am hoping will be in this one.
Thanking you in advance for an early reply, I am
Most sincerely,
Mrs. Eugene H. Ray
(Mrs. Eugene H. Ray.)

[oval stamp in lower left corner] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
MAY 8 1931
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8385
Margaret Brown
Wid. of 
Joseph Brown
Pvt. Pa. line 
Act: Mch, 3,,743
Index: -- Vol. A Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.}
1931 June 12. Hist to Mrs. Eugene H. Ray.910.|
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Margaret Brown-
under joint resolution of 23d
January 1845 & act 
7 July, 1838-
Admd: @$23.33 per ann.
from 4 March 1836,
to 15 Sept: 1837-
C. H. Trabue
Frankfort,
Kentucky._
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Resolution of Congress of the
23 January 1845 where as the act of the 30th April 1844 prohibited
me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my Husband was a pensioner I now make the following statement
under oath to obtain the benefit of the resolution above mentioned
I am the widow of Joseph Brown who was a soldier in the
war of the Revolution I have drawn a Pension at the Rate
of 23 Dollars 33 cent per anum from the 4th day of March 1843 to
the 4th day of March 1844 and now ask for the amount due
me from the 4th day of March 1836 to the day of My husbands death when my former pension commenced sworn
to and subscribed before me on this 13th day of March 1845
Humphrey May J P

Margaret Brown X her mark
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the fourgoing affidavit

Humphery May J P.
I Raphael Lancaster Clerk of the County Court of Spencer County in the other of
Kentucky do hereby certify that Humphrey May Esquire who has signed the foregoing
a Justice of the peace for the County of Spences in the State of Kentucky and
that the above is his signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed my seal of Office at Taylorsville this 13th
day of March 1825. In the 53rd year of the Commonwealth
Raphl. Lancaster Clk
---
Spencer Cty Ct.
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March 20, 1845.
Margaret Brown
Res Jan 23d 1845

[FRANKFORT KY 15 -- Round Postage Stamp]

Free

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Franklin Kentucky
March 14 1845

Dear
Sir
I here with enclose open true Declaration of Mrs Margaret Brown of Spencer County Ky
Please transmit to me at Frankfort Kentucky the Certificate of allowance

I Have The Honour To Be
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
C H Trabue

Hon J L Edwards
Commisioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Frankfort Kentucky
June 16th 1843
Sir
I herewith enclose you the declaration of Mrs. Margaret Brown of Spencer County Ky, and other evidence in favor of her application for a pension under the act of 7 July 1838
Please transmit to me at Frankfort Kentucky
the certificate of allowance

I am Very Respetfully
Your Obt Servant
C H Trabue

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC.
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Frankfort Kentucky
October 16th. 1843
Sir
your letter under date August 1843 returning me the papers in the case of Margaret Brown and notifying me that
it is necessary that the Majorstrate should in his own hand
might certify the particular disability which prevents a Claimant from appearing in open Cort was duly received.
have accordingly caused the Trustee to certify in his own
hand writing the disability which prevented the widow from
appearing in open Cort. By examination you will perceive
that the papers in this case were prepared by myself; also
enclosed herewith is an additional deposition in support of
the Marage of the widow which I hope will be satisfactory
You will please enclose me the certificate of allowance to Frankfort Kentucky
I am Sir Vary Respectf
your Obt Servant
C H Trabue
Hon J L Edwards
Comissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D C
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To Mr
Clerk who sent Mr
Johns to
P Hardin
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Representative  Chamber January 3d
Sir you have enclosed to me this morning [illegible] names of Joseph Brown and say if I will state that e is not the same person [illegible] it is Just [illegible] by me a few days ago and reputed that the same Roll be moved I certify that I am well acquainted with both men and they are not on and the same person and his moreover if you had examined his papers as you should have I am it would have said you the transfer of the [illegible] that I was attempting to [illegible] a record and found on the [illegible] and you will with in
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in the County of  Bullett and the other the County of [illegible] on filed in Virginia when he resent the services and the other Pennsylvania I [illegible] enclose Mr. Johns back to you and I cannot omit to work that of Mr. Johns which I [illegible] sent to the office a [illegible] attention to his contracts is [illegible] with respect to 
Ben Hardin