Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,566, Stark Brown, Va.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Brown, Stark.

NUMBER.
S. 31,566

CONTENTS
b. July 6, 1756
res. [residence] at [illegible] Amherst Co. Va.
res. [residence] in 1832 Walton Co. Ga & died there Feb. 5, 1840.
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3770 -
Georgia
Stark Brown of Walton in the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Cabbell of the Regt commanded
by Col. Buckner in the Virginia line for 2 years from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Jany 1833 - and sent to A. S. Clayton. House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33
120.
40 -
$160
 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 8 Page 128

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under Act of the 6 April 1838, from 4 Sep 1839 to 5 Feby 1840 to 1
of the 2 children. Agent Notified 22 June 1841.

Let. to John Bruce, Aug. 31, '44
same Sept. 30 1846
Letter to  How. B Martin 16 Oct '44
Jany 4/48 to Hon. J. H. Thomas H. R.
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Mail
FREE
MONROE Ga
Sept 3

The Hon Secretary of War
or Secretary of the ┃
Treasury
City Washington
District of Columbia
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State of Georgia 
County of Walton Ss.

The Declaration of Stark Brown a revolutionary soldier at Aug. term 1832 of Walton Sup. Court in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832

On  this twentieth day of August Eighteen hundred thirty two personally appeared before the honorable Superior Court of the said County of Walton being a court of Record Stark Brown a resident near the Village of Monroe in the said County of Walton & State of Georgia aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed the seventh June Eighteen hundred & thirty two.

That he enlisted in the regular Army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six some time about the first of March in the year with Captain Samuel Cabbell [Cabell]
& served in the sixth Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line under the following named officers Gen [General Charles]Lee  commanding in 1776,  Mordecai Buckner Col,  Samuel Cabbell [Cabell] Captain,  Alexander Rose first Lieutenant,  Benjamin Tolliafero [Taliafero] second lieutenant, James Barnett Ensign 

 And the said Stark further declares & deposeth that the time he enlisted one Samuel Ayres was orderly Sergeant & Ralph Joblin Thomas Burfett & Cluff [Clough] Shelton were Sergeants & Thomas Dickinson & Edward Cox were corporals And the said Stark further deposeth & declares that he left the service about the first of March seventeen hundred & seventy eight at a village called the white horse about twenty four miles westward of the city of Philadelphia it being two years from  the time he entered the army & having fully served out his term of enlistment (two years) 

he was then and there honorably discharged which discharge the said Stark cannot annex hereto the same having been for many years lost or destroyed

And the said Stark further deposeth & declares that at the time of his enlistment or entering in the revolutionary service he resided in the County of Amherst & State of Virginia And the said Stark Brown also deposeth & declares that he was engaged in the following battles at the battles of Trenton New Jersey in December seventeen hundred & seventy six at the battle of Princeton in the State last
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last aforesaid in January seventeen hundred & seventy seven & at the battle or engagement with Burgoyne at Stillwater in the State of
New York in seventeen hundred & seventy seven & at his surrender in Saratoga in the State last aforesaid
And the said Stark further deposeth and
declares that during his service as aforesaid in the continental Army he marched through following sections of Country First he marched to Williamsburg in the State of Virginia thence to Guyner Island to oppose the Landing of ord Dunmore thence back to said Williamsburg thence to Fredericksburg in Virginia thence to Leesburg thence to Fredericktown in the State of Maryland thence to Little York thence to the city of Philadelaphia in the State of Pennsylvania thence to Trenton in the State of New Jersey thence to Princeton in the State last aforesaid thence to New Brunswick in the State last named thence to Elizabethtown in the last named state thence to Newark in the last above mentioned State where being met by Gen. Washington on his retreat from New York the said Stark marched back the same route upon the retreat aforesaid passing the same towns in New Jersey until he recrossed the Delaware River at Trenton aforesaid
And the said Stack further deposeth & declares that he again recrossed the said Delaware river & was engaged in the aforesaid battle at Trenton & Princeton, that thereafter he marched to the upper section of the State of New Jersey where he was inoculated
with the small pox - that during the early part of the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven he marched from thence & joined
Gen. Washington at Middlebrook near Amboy in the State of New Jersey where some time near the tenth of June in the year last aforesaid the said Stark was detached from the main Army & placed under the immediate Command of Col. Daniel Morgan
Col Butler being second lieutenant  & Morris Major & Cabbell Capt as one of his Regiment of Riflemen Thence the said Stark marched
in various direction & through different portions of the State of New Jersey said Regiment being engaged in scouts & skirmishes with the enemy almost daily from said tenth of June until
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some time in the month of August following when the said Stark marched from the State of New Jersey to a place called Kings Bridge upon the Hudson river in the State of New York where the said Stack went on Sloop board
& sailed thence up said Hudson river to the city of Albany thence the said Stark marched to Stillwater aforesaid where he was engaged in the above named battle with Burgoyne from thence the said Stark marched in pursuit of said Burgoyne to Saratoga aforesaid where
the enemy surrendered on the seventeenth day of October 1777 thence the said Stark marched back to the city of Albany thence by Land back through the State of New York & New Jersey to Trenton aforesaid where the said Stark crossed the Delaware river into the State of Pennsylvania & the said Stark further deposeth & declares that he with the balance of Col. Morgans Regiment of Riflemen were
stationed upon the line until Gen. Washington built his huts at the Valley Forge thence the said Stark was quartered at the said Village called the white horse where he was discharged as aforesaid And the said Stark farther deposeth & declares that at the time he of enlisted as aforesaid he was nineteen years of age being on the sixth day of July 1776 twenty years old
And the said Stark also deposeth and declares that he hereby relinquishes every claim 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. Stark Brown
X
His mark
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
the day & year aforesaid
J. T. Lucas. D. Clk [Deputy Clerk]

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Vincent Haralson Clerk of the Court Walton
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Stark Brown for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office
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The names in this declaration have been splet from pronunciation but it is believe that sufficient is declared to enable the department to be satisfied of the correctness of the claim
Davis & Gunn
Atty for claimant
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Georgia
Walton County

I Vincent Haralson Clerk of the  Superior Court of the County of Walton, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stark Brown for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
Seal of Office this twenty
Ninth day of August in
the year of our Lord 1832
.
V. Haralson Clk [clerk]
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the [blank] entitled an act granting contain pay to officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary war

State of Tennessee
Maury County 
on this 8 day of September Personally appeared before the worshipfull county court of Maury County in the state aforesaid in the presence of Andrew Scott Elias C Frierson and Johmael Stephens esquires members of court aforesaid Dosha Wood a resident of Maury County in the state aforesaid aged 66 years and who being first duly sworn on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed entitled an act grating commutation pay to officers and soldiers of  the revolutionary war. That she is is the child and heir at law of the
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Stark Brown, deceased. That in the year
1777 the said Stark Brown  enlisted and went into the service of the United States as a private soldier in the regular service. That he
enlisted as a foot soldier. That he enlisted during the whole revolutionary war. That he listed in Amherst County in the State of
Virginia And as he believes in the Virginia Line. But he does not at this time recollect his
capture of Major or Colonel names. That after he enlisted and went into service he marched through different parts of the United States
serving against the British and tories, till at
length he came to the place where the Battle of Stillwater was fought, and he was in said Battle and after said Battle was over he continued to march through different parts of the United States till peace was made between the Government of the United States and the Government of Great Britain That Morgan and Washington were his General. He states
that the said Stark Brown ser-
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ved but one to tour, And that was
during the whole revolutionary was
from the time he went into said
service He states that at the
expiration of said tour he received
a written discharge from his proper
officer and he has seen said discharge. But he does not know
where it is at this time. He states
that several years previous to the death
of the said Stark Brown he applied
for and obtained a pension $80 per
annum from the Government of the
United States which the continued
to draw down to the 4th day of September
1839. And on the 5th day of February
1840 he died in Walton County in
the State of Georgia. That when he
did he left no willow. That he
had three children in his life time
to wit this declarant Dosha Wood formerly Dosha Brown. That after declarant grew up and was about nineteen years old she married James
Wood who is now dead. And she
has been a widow ever said his
his death and Meredith Brown who
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has been dead near eighteen years and Matilda Brown who intermarried with John Stokes. But said Matilda Stokes formerly Matilda Brown is dead. she states she has reasons to be [illegible] & [illegible] believes that after the [illegible] Stark Brown enlisted and went into the service as aforesaid he was promoted to receive the office of orderly Sargent which office he continued to hold till he received his discharge and left the service
of the United States. She states that she is advised and believes that every surviving noncommissioned officer musician or private who enlisted for and during the revolutionary war and continued in its service untill its termination is entitled to receive a reward of $80 under resolution of Congress passed 15th of May 1778 and is likewise entitled to receive
his full monthly pay to commence on the 3 of March 1826: and to continue during his natural life. She states that she is advised and believes that an orderly Sargent in the Revolutionary war was entitled to receive for his ser-
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ver twelve dollars per month And she said Stark Brown lived their ten years eleven months, and three days after the 3rd day of March 1826 till the day of his death for which he was entitled to two thousand five dollar
& twenty eight cents commutation, pay from the government of the United States and likewise the said sum of $80 as a reward or bounty as above mentioned making in all
two thousand eighty-five dollars & twenty eight cents Declarant further states that she is entitled and believes, that as the said Stark Brown is decd [deceased], and as she is his only child and heir at law that is yet living that she is entitled to and according to the act of Congress aforesaid and according to the principles of Justice ought to receive the said
sum of two thousand eighty-five dollars & twenty eight cents from
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the Government of the United States
Dosha Wood
X
Her mark

Subscribed and Sworn to in open court on this
8th day of September 1846.
Wm E. Erwin
Questions  as Dosha Wood
1  How long did your father said Th. [Thomas] Brown serve in the revolution state whether six months, nine months, two years, three years, or from 21 of October 1780 to the end of the war. 
Answer  he served from the year 1777 or 1778 , to the end of the war from the best information she received
2  Was the said Stark Brown in supernumerary
officer after the 21 of october 1780 to the end of the war
Answer I not know 
3  what length of service was proved by disinterested witness, when said Starke obtained his pension
Answer  I do not know
4  Did said Stark Brown resign or otherwise 
quit the service during the war 
Answer he did not resign nor quit said service, but
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continued in the same to the end of the war 
5 can you now prove how long said Stark  Brown served by a credible witness 
Answer I cannot. 
6. Did said Stark Brown received his commutation of 5 years full pay in lieu of half
pay for life or bounty land, from the United states, or any one of the States or $80 bounty promised soldiers of the Continental Line, who served to the end of the war
Answer he did not receive his commutation of 5 years full pay in lien of half pay for life nor He did not receive his County land from the United States, or any one of the States, nor he did not receive $80 County promised soldiers of the Continental line, who served to the end of the war as I have re
7  In what company, corpse, or regiment or vessel did Stark Brown serve, what officer
commanded the company,  corpse or regiment
in which he first served, and under whom did
he enlist
Answer I do not know
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in what company, nor she does not know the name of the captain in who command said
company as to the corpse he served as a regular or continental solder. & she does not know what regiment, nor he does not know the colonels name who command the same, nor he does not know under whom he enlisted & when & where did said Stark Brown enter the service, or enlistment he enlisted officer, entered into service in Amherst county in
Virginia. in 1777 or 1778 9 What other officers did said Stark Brown serve under during the war. 
Answer I do not recollect of any others except those above mentioned.
10   What was the name of the officer who commanded at the time of said Stark Brown discharge being given, and when & where was the discharge given.
Answer George Washington was the general who commanded at the time said discharge was given and said discharge was given in 1782 But I do not know at what place said discharge was given
11 Where is the discharge of the
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12  commission of the said Stark Brown 
Answer I have seen a discharge but do not know where it is at this time 
Dosha Wood
X
Her mark
Subscribed and sworn to in open court on this
S.F. day of September 1846
William E. Erwin Clerk

State of Tennessee 
Maury County
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed above that the said Stark Brown was a revolutionary soldier and and did serve as [illegible] in the foregoing declaration and answers. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that said Dosha Wood, the widow [illegible] who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and answers is a person of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit on oath in a Court of Justice. In testimo--
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-ny whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 8 day of September 1846
Elias C Fierson J. P. [Justice of  the Peace]
Andrew Scott J. P. [Justice of  the Peace]
Johmael Stevens  J. P. [Justice of  the Peace]
Justices of the Court
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State of Tennessee
Henry County

At a Court held for Maury county in the state aforesaid on the 8 day of September 1846 satisfactory evidence was addressed in Court
to prove and did prove that Dosha Wood is the
child and heir at law in fee to Stark Brown late an orderly sargent [sic] in the Virginia Continental Line and that said Stark Brown died on the 5th day of February 1840 in Walton County in the State of Georgia.

I  William E. Erwin Clerk of the county court  in the state of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration & answers were subscribed and sworn to in open court. And I do further certify that the foregoing certificate  perporting [sic] to be made by the said court are genuine. And I do further certify that the above evidence
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is taken from the records in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my official seal This  8th day of September 1846
Wm E Erwin Clerk.
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31366
Revy [Revolutionary]

INVALID.
File No. 31.366
Stark Brown
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7"  32
Index:--Vol. 2
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{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Stark Brown Ga. act '32 - died 5 Feby 1840
Arrears paid in June '41 at the
Treasury to one of the children
How much was paid?
To which of the children?
The name of the atto? [attorney]
What arrears are unpaid?
GM

M Hagner

$16.98 paid William Morel
Attorney of Matilda Stokes one of the
children. a like sum
appears to be[illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
December 29th 1847
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Treasury of the U States
September 28, 1846

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
I beg leave to enclose a letter and papers this day received from John Bruce Esq of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, relative to a claim of
Mrs. Dosha Wood, for commutation.
Very respectfully
Your Obt [Obedient] Sert [Servant]
Wm Selden
Treas [Treasurer] UStates [United States]
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Aug 3. 1846
Recd [Received]
Stark Brown
 




Washington City
The Honorable J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

[postmark] TN July 25
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July 25. 1846
Sir
Please to examine the declaration of Mr Stark Brown (which was probably filed 15 or 16 years ago) and ascertain at what time he enlisted and went into the service of the United States, and write me and let me know quick as possible. Write me to Murfreesboro

In haste I am your obedient 
servant
John Bruce

The Honorable J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

P.S. Mr Stark Brown lived in Georgia. Please likewise to ascertain at what time he received the office of orderly Sargent and how long he served in
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What capacity your obedient Servant
John Bruce
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
June 19th 1841
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 Treasury of the United States, One of 2 childn [children] of Stark Brown, decd [deceased] a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia - Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and ---- Certs per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839 to the 5th Feby 1840-
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Washington D.C.
Dec 18th 1847
Dr. Sir,
A man by the name of Bruce obtained, some money from the United States for Docea [Dosha] Wood for the services of her father Stark Brown in the Revolutionary war Bruce lives in Rutherford County Tennessee
It is desired to know how much he got-- Please inform me Mrs. Wood is now a constituent of mine-- & desires this information
Respectfully
James H. Thomas

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com- se

P.S. I desire to call your attention to the claim of R. W. White for a land bank that I forwarded you a few days since & to ask such preference  to its examination
J. H. T.
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Stark Brown $80 Ga  act 7 June 32
How much was paid to John Bruce as atto [attorney]?
M Haynes

Nothing appears to have been paid to John Bruce as atty [attorney] since [illegible] pension [illegible]
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William Selden Esquire
Treasurer of the
United States
Washington City.
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Murfreesborough [Murfreesboro]Tenn
September 18. 1846
Sir
I have transmitted to you the papers in Dooha [Dosha] Woods case You will see that in the two first places, where the clerk has signed his
name, there is no space between his name, and the word clerk. Sir I should be glad if you
would issue a Treasury warrant payable to me as the attorney in fact of Mrs. Dooha [Dosha] Wood as that is her wish, provided you believe it would be prudent to do so. But if you do not
think it prudent so to do please issue it payable to Dosha Wood herself. I hope to
receive a return from you in the course of thirteen days from this time I am very dear in
with every sentiment respect and esteem 
your friend & obedient servant
John Bruce

William Seldon Esq
Treasurer of the 
United States 
Washington City