Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1749, Stephen Brown, Va.
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[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.
Brown, Stephen 
NUMBER
S.1749
carded
CONTENTS
b. 1756 in Cumberland Co. Va. res. [illegible] Buckingham Co. Va. res. in 1833, Bledsoe Co. Tenn. d. Aug 31, 1837.
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[left side] Pen. Agent May 2[7?] 1837 
Paid at the Treasury under of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 31. Aug 1837, the day of his death. Agt [Agent] Notified 16th March 1841.

[right side] 13,570
East Tennessee
Stephen Brown
of Bledsoe Co. in the State of East Tenn. who was a private in the Compy [Company] commanded by Captain Redd of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bluford in the Virginia line for 9 months & 10 days

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 31 Dollars 11 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of May 1833 and sent to James A Whiteside Pikeville Tennessee

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833 $63.22
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Sept. 15.55
$77.77

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 37
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State of Tennessee} S.S. 
Bledsoe County, County Court} 
On this eleventh day of February A.D. 1833 personally appeared Stephen Brown a resident of the county of Bledsoe and State of Tennessee, in open court before the worshipful justices of this county court of Bledsoe county now sitting, the said Stephen Brown aged seventy seven 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 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He entered the service in Buckingham county State of Virginia as a drafted militia man under the command of Captain Redd and was stationed at Albermarle Barracks in guarding Burgoynes prisoners [Burgoyne’s army captured at Saratoga on 17 Oct 1777 and kept at Albemarle Barracks Jan 1779 - Apr 1781] for the term of one month. Declarant cannot remember the year, but recollects distinctly that he was employed in guarding Burguoyne’s prisoners. He was discharged at the end of the month. Sometime after this term of service, he believes in the year 1780 he entered the service again in Buckingham County Virg’a. [Virginia] but is unable from loss of memory to state the names of his officers. He was drafted and was marched to Petersburg, Hillsboro [sic: Hillsborough] North Carolina, Camden, & Cheraw hills in S. Carilinia [South Carolina] at which place he was stationed for a while [Jan 1781] under Col Bluferd [sic: Abraham Buford] & General [Nathanael] Greene. From Cheraw hills he was marched to Salisbury & from
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here to near Guilford where he was discharged about a week before the battle at that place [Guilford Courthouse, 15 Mar 1781]. Declarant remembers that he heard of that battle before he reached home. He had this tour been in the service eight months and some days, not less than ten, making declarant’s services in the war in all nine months and ten days. He has no documentary evidence of his service but can prove it by Charles Thurman [pension application R10582] a citizen of this county, who was declarant’s neighbour [neighbor] in Buckingham and who was with him in the same company at Albemarle Barracks, and in the same mess until a very short time before the close of declarant’s second tour, in which he and the said Thurman were under the same officers & in the service together.
He was born in Cumberland county State of Virginia in the year 1756 but has no record of his age. He was living in Buckingham County Virginia when called into the service and continued to live there about thirty years after the war. from there he moved to this (Bledsoe) county where he has lived ever since, say about twenty years, and where he still resides. He was a drafted militia man. He was under Col Dudly [Colonel Guilford Dudley], General Greene & was along with General [Daniel] Morgan. He received a written discharge which he kept about twenty years when his house was burnt, and with it all his other papers destroyed. He is known in his present neighbourhood [neighborhood] to William Nail a clergyman and Johnson Parham who can testify as
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to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state. 
Stephen [his X mark] Brown

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 

We William Nail a clergyman residing in Bledsoe County State of Tennessee and Johnson Parham residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
William Nail 
Johnson Parham

The State of Tennessee, 
Bledsoe County, County Court, Feby [February] Session 1833. 
And the said Court do hereby declare their oppinion [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 the states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that William Nail
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who has signed the preceding certificate is a he Clergyman resident in the County of Bledsoe, and that Johnson Parham who has also signed the same is a resident of the County aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit – 

The State of Tennessee, 
I Scott Terry, Clerk of the County Court of Bledsoe County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Brown for a Pension. – 
{L. S.} In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal Not having a Seal of Office, this 11th day of February 1833. 
Scott Terry Clk [Clerk]

State of Tennessee 
I James Standifer, member of Congress from the third congressional district in the State of Tennessee, certify that Scott Terry Esquire whose the signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, Clerk of the County Court of Bledsoe County - that the same is his genuine signature, that all his official acts are entitled to due faith and credit, and that his certificate is in due form of law and that there is no seal of office for said Court
Given under my hand this 16th day of March 1833
James Standifer
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24,417
Stephen Brown
Bledsoe Co. Tennessee

from – private 9 months 10 days $31.11/cts. [cents]

James A. Whiteside Pikeville Bledsoe Co. Tennessee
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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 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 Stephen Brown Bledsoe Co.
[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.]
Not recied [received] 1 [month] Priv. Cap. Redd [Age] 77 years Buckingham Co. Virg. [Proof[ Witness Chas. Thurman

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.

[handwritten] Joseph Rowen
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller’s Office,
January 12th, 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,” The child of Stephen Brown, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville Ten. Agency, at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and 11 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1836, to the 31st August 1837, the day of his death.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County.
BE IT KNOWN, That before me, Andrew Lowe a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Stephen Brown and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical Stephen Brown named in an original certificate in his possession, of which I certify the following is a true copy: 
War Department. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I CERTIFY, THAT in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th of June, 1832, Stephen Brown of the State of Tennessee who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty one dollars and eleven 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 Twenty fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Thirty three 

Lew Cass 
Secretary of War.
Examined and counter signed.} 
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions. 
That he is entitled to a pension of Thirty one Dollars per annum, on account of wounds and disabilities received, or of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War; that he served Captain Thomas Redd company of Militia in the regiment; that he now resides in Bledsoe County and has resided there for the space of twenty three years past; and that previous thereto, he resided in Buckingham County Virginia 
Sworn and subscribed this 15th day of October 1836 before me,} 
Andrew Lowe Justice of the Peace for Bledsoe County 
Jas Schoolfield
Stephen [his X mark] Brown
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Know all men by these Presents, That A, Stephen Brown of Bledsoe County and State of Tennessee, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint James Spring my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions, in East Tennessee, my pension from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th day of September 1836 Witness my hand and seal, this 15th day of October 1836
Stephen [his X mark] Brown {L. S.}
Sealed and delivered in presence of} 
Andrew Lowe Justice of the Peace 
J. L. Schoolfield 
State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County.
Be it known, That on the 15th day of October 1836 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Stephen Brown above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. 
James L Schoolfield
Andrew Lowe Justice the peace {L. S.}

State of Tennessee, Knox County. 
Be it known, That on the 27th day of March 1837 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared, James Spring the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of pension therein authorised [authorized] to be received by him. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me,} J P Spring
Wm Lindsay Justice of Peace Knox County} 
State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County 
I, John Bridgman Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the county and State aforesaid, do certify, that Andrew Lowe Esq. whose name appears to the within power of attorney, is now, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing. 
Given under my hand and Private seal of office, at office, in Pikeville the 22nd day [day] of March A.D. 1837 
{L. S.} J. Bridgman Clk [Clerk]
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State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County.
BE IT KNOWN, That before me, Andrew Lowe a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Stephen Brown and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical Stephen Brown named in an original certificate in his possession, of which I certify the following is a true copy: 
War Department. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I CERTIFY, THAT in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th of June, 1832, Stephen Brown of the State of Tennessee who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty one dollars and Eleven 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 Twenty fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Thirty three 
Lew Cass 
Secretary of War.

Examined and counter signed.} 
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions. 
That he is entitled to a pension of Thirty one and Eleven Cents Dollars per annum, on account of wounds and disabilities received, or of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War; that he served Captain Thomas Redd company of Militia in the regiment; that he now resides in Bledsoe County Tennessee and has resided there for the space of twenty three years past; and that previous thereto, he resided in Buckingham County Virginia 
Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of April 1837 before me,} 
Andrew Lowe Justice of the Peace for Bledsoe County {another witness}
Stephen [his X mark] Brown
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Know all men by these Presents, That A, Stephen Brown of Bledsoe County and State of Tennessee, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint James P. Spring my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions, in East Tennessee, my pension from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th day of September 1836 Witness my hand and seal, this 4th day of September 1836 to the 4th day of March 1837 Witness my hand and seal, this 27th day of April 1837
Stephen [his X mark] Brown {L. S.}
Sealed and delivered in presence of} 
Andrew Lowe
Jams. L. Schoolfield 
State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County.
Be it known, That on the 27th day of April 1837 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Stephen Brown above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. 
Andrew Lowe Justice the peace {L. S.}

State of Tennessee, [blank] County. 
Be it known, That on the [blank] day of [blank] 183[blank] before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared, [blank] the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of pension therein authorised [authorized] to be received by him. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me,} [blank]

State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County 
I, John Bridgman Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the county and State aforesaid, do certify, that Andrew Lowe Esq. whose name appears to the within power of attorney, is now, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing. 
Given under my hand and Private seal of office, at office, in Pikeville the first day of May A.D. 1837 
{L. S.} J. Bridgman Clk [Clerk]
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Pikeville Bledsoe County Ten. 
March 17th 1833 

Sir
I herewith transmit sundry application for Pensions under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. They have been delayed, waiting for Col. Standifer’s certificate, who has just returned from Congress - There will be three other applications from this county, which are yet to make out – 
Very respectfully 
Your Obt Sert [Obedient Servant]
James A. Whiteside

J. L. Edwards
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State of Tennessee} 
Bledsoe County.} 
April 27th 1837 
Conformably to the Regulations of the War Department of the 19th of June, 1824, I, Andrew Lowe a Magistrate in the county above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz: from the oaths of William Tinsly and of and James L. Schoolfield and of my own Knowledge that Stephen Brown who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which he has exhibited before me, numbered 13570 and bearing date at the War Office, the 24th day of May 1833; that the said certificate was originally issued for him; that he now holds the same in his possession, and claims all the benefits arising therefrom . 
GIVEN under my hand, at office on the day and year above written. 
Andrew Lowe 
Justice of the Peace. 

I, John Bridgman Clerk of the Court of Bledsoe County certify that Andrew Lowe is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Private Seal having no public seal of office, and subscribed my name this 11th day of May in the year 1837 
{L. S.} J. Bridgman 
Clerk of the Court of Bledsoe County.
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The State of Tennessee 
I James Standifer, do hereby Certify that John Bridgman, whose name is assigned to the within Identity - is the Clerk of Bledsoe County Court – 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12 day of May 1837 – 
James Standifer 
member of Congress
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Rev War 1749 
INVALID Own

File No. 1749
Stephen Brown
Pri [Private] Va. Line

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 42

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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East Tennessee Agency 
Knoxville May 14th 1837 

Sir
you will please find herewith enclosed the following application for Pensions Viz – 
John Dass due from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1837 for $30. as per year 
Stephen Brown " . 4. " 4. " " to 4 " " . 31.11 " "
Danl Broyles " . 4. “ 4. " " to 4 " " . 23.36 " "
Charles Thurman " . 4. “ 4. " " to 4 " " . 70.00 " "

On Examination of my Books I find that the claimants Claims stand due as per above statement and the Amount annexed to each name per annum; I have retained the original Certificate in my possession - all of which is submitted for your inspection and further Instructions. The funds in my hands are becoming quite Scarce, 
I am respectfully your obt Sert [Obedient Servant]
A. Thrus Agent 

James L. Edwards Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City -
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East Tennessee Agency 
Knoxville May 8th 1837 
Sir 
You will please herewith find enclosed the following applications for pensions. 
Viz –
Solomon Geren due from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 March 1837 at $120 per annum
Richard Allen Due from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 March 1837 at 73.33. "
Edward Wiette Due from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1837 at 30.00. “
Benjamin Chapman Due from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 March 1837 at 33.33. “
William Edgman Due from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 March 1837 at 43.33. “
John Cor due from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1837 at 40.00. “
John Harramon Due from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 March 1837. at 60.00. “ 
Edmund Love Due from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 March 1837 at 27.72. “
William [Cryewed?] Due from 4 March 1835 to 30 Augt. 1835. at 29.16. “ 
Geo Bushong Due from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1837. at 4.50 per month

Say Ten in Number and on Examination of my Books I find that the claimants claims stands due as per above statement and Amount annexed to each name per annum & I have in my possession the original certificates of pensions, all of which is submitted for your inspection and further instruction.
I am respectfully your obt Sevt. [Obedient Servant]
A. Thurs Agent 

James L. Edwards Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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24417
Declaration
Stephen Brown
for a Pension
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State of Tennessee} 
Bledsoe County} February the 12th 1833
Personally appeared before me, Elisha Kirklen an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of Bledsoe aforesaid, Charles Thurman [pension # R.10582] a citizen of the said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Stephen Brown a citizen of the said county who has made out a declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. - That he and the said Brown resided in the same neighborhood in Buckingham County State of Virginia previous to, and throughout the whole of the revolutionary war, that affiant and the said Brown were in the service of the United States together stationed at Albermarle Barracks & employed in guarding the prisoners taken at Burguoyne’s [Burgoyne’s] defeat, under the command of Capt. Thomas Redd. Affiant cannot state the length of the said Stephen Brown’s service at the Barracks nor the year in which it was performed. Affiant further states that he and the said Stephen Brown in August 1780 entered the service of the United States in Buckingham County, together, and together were eight months in the service under the command of Captain Ewell, they marched together from Buckingham to Petersburg, from there to Hillsboro, from Hillsboro to Salisbury – from there,
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to Charlotte & from there to Cheraw hills where they were stationed for sometime. from there they fell back to Dan river under General Greene when he rallied on our bank & Cornwallis on the other [14 Feb 1781]. Affiant was not discharged at the same time the said Brown was - owing he supposes to the fact of his having that tour served nine days over his time, which he did. - Affiant further states that he and the said Stephen Brown were together another tour of three months in the service in the company commanded by a Captain [John] Graves of Culpepper [Culpeper] county, and were stationed principally at Hillsboro where they were discharged together, when affiant made his own declaration he could not remember the name of this Captain. - Affiant knows that he and the said Stephen Brown served together eleven months, beside their services together at the Barracks in Albemarle, the length of which he cannot recollect. - Affiant states that he is seventy three years of age, and that he believes the said Stephen Brown is older than he is. –
Charles [his X mark] Thurman

Subscribed & sworn to before me the date above –
Elisha Kirklen J P

And I the said Elisha Kirklen a justice as aforesaid, do hereby certify that the said Charles Thurman who subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a resident citizen of the
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said County of Bledsoe, that he is about the age he represents himself to be, and that he is a man of credibility - and I do hereby declare my opinion that his statement is true and entitled to credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the same day and year last aforesaid 
Elisha Kirklen 
Justice of the peace for Bledsoe County 

State of Tennessee 
I Scott Terry Clerk of the County Court of Bledsoe County do hereby certify that Elisha Kirklen 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 Bledsoe aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, that the same are his genuine signatures, and that all his official acts are entitled to due faith and credit. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (not having a seal of office) this 12th day of February 1833 
Scott Terry Clk [Clerk]

State of Tennessee 
I James Standifer, member
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of Congress from the third congressional district in the State of Tennessee, do certify that Scott Terry Esquire, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, is now, and was at the time of making the same, Clerk of the County Court of Bledsoe County that the same is his genuine signature, that all his official acts are entitled to credit, and that his certificate is in due form of law, and that there is no seal of office for said Court
Given under my hand this 16th day of March 1833 
James Standifer