Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9294, Zachariah Smith Brooks, S.C.
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Service S.C.               
Brooks, Zachariah Smith
Number        S9294

carded
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5616
South Carolina
Zachariah S Brooks
Edgefield Co in the state of SC who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [John] Wallace of the Regt commanded by Col [Samuel] Hammond on the South Carolina Militia for 12 mo.

Inscribed on the roll of South Carolina at the rate of 40 dollars _ cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Feby 1833 and sent Hon Jno R Griffin HR
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 60.00
Semi.anl allowance ending 4 Mch 1833 20.00 = 80.00 
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Henry H. Sylvester Clerk Book D Vol 8 Page 81

Paid at the Treasury under the act of 6 April 1838 from 4th March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837, Agt notified 1 June 1838
Letter to Hon AW Pickens 27 Feby 1839
Paid at the Treasury under Act of 6 April 1838 from $ Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838 Agt notified 30 April 1839
Duplicate certificate issued 27 Feby 1841 and sent to Hon A Burt House of Reps 
Letter to 3rd auditor 30 March 1846
Paid as above from 4th March 1839 to 4 Sept 1844
Agent notified 25  April 1846
Letter to Pen Agt 21 April 1847
[illegible] pension May 28 1848
to Hon A Burt 10 Aug 1848
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State of South Carolina
Edgefield District
On the thirty first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before me Richard Gautt one of the Judges of the said State, now sitting in and for the District aforesaid , Zachariah Smith Brooks a resident of the District and State aforesaid aged sixty seven years on the 18th of May last past, who being first being 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 seventh 1832. That shortly after the evacuation of Cambridge by General Green [Nathanael Greene], he attached himself as a volunteer to a company of mounted militia commanded by Capt John Wallace in the District of Newberry, under whose command he remained in active service for about the space of six months, watching and counteracting the operations of the tories who greatly infested that section of the State. That while under the command of Capt. Wallace, he was often engaged in skirmishes with the tories but none of sufficient importance to merit a  particular narration. That in the winter of 1781 & 1782 he left the company of Capt Wallace and enlisted for a term of six months in the company of State Troops, under the command of Capt. Joseph Towles -That during his term of service under Capt Towles he was employed in reconnoitering the Country and at one time was stationed for about six weeks on the frontier of the State, guarding it against the incursions of the Indians principally in the neighborhoods of the present site of the Village of
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of Greenville. That during this term of service he was engaged in a skirmish with the Tories on the Edisto River near the place called the Pine Log, in which several of the enemy were killed & taken prisoner. This deponent further states that while he was attached to Capt. [Joseph] Towles company, he was detailed as one of a corps called the life guard of Genl [Andrew] Pickens and in this capacity accompanied this officer near to Broad River under his immediate command.  This Deponent feels confident that he was in actual service for a greater period than one year if different periods were added together. He had no written or documentary evidence on which to rely for the verification of this declaration as herein made and set forth but relies upon the testimony of living witnesses, many of whom are at the time residing in this District, who were actors in the scenes of that day.  Sworn to and subscribed  
this day & year aforesaid 
s/ Zah S. Brooks

This Deponent 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 - s/ Zah S. Brooks
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South Carolina
Edgefield District
I do hereby certify that I believe all the material facts in the foregoing declaration are true - that I served personally with Deponent in the same Brigade and under the same officers and further that Deponent was often under my  command - Colonel Samuel Hammond] s/ S Hammond

We, H Burt, a clergyman residing in the district of Edgefield and State aforesaid and Colonel S Hammond, residing and said state and district hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zachariah S Brooks, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be sixty-seven years of age on 18 May last past - 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 signed the year aforesaid.
s/ H Burt   S Hammond

And the said court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories furnished by the war department that the afore named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Harwood Burt who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the District and State  aforesaid  and that Col. Saml Hammond who also signed the same is a resident of the District and State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit
Richard Gautt
P. Judge
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I Jefferson Richardson Clerk of the Court of Edgefield District do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of application of Zachariah Smith Brooks for a pension. In testimony which I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this second day of November-----------A.D. 1832

J. Richardson Clk.

The Declaration of Col. Z. S. Brooks
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South Carolina 
Edgefield District
Before me Hardy White a Magistrate in & for the District & State aforesaid Personally appeared Zachariah S. Brooks, also of the District & State aforesaid, who after being duly sworn deposeth & sayeth that he made application to the War Department for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier under the Act of 7th June 1832. That he rec'd a certificate for a pension entitling him to draw Forty dollars per Annum. that he drew the same from 1831 - up to the 4 March as he believes of 1839, since which time he has never applied for the amount he was entitled to draw, that when the certificate was obtained he placed it in the possession of his son Whitfield Brooks for safe keeping. That recently on making application to the said Whit. Brooks for the said certificate. he the said W. Brooks states as [illegible] & affidavit that he has either lost or mislaid it, so that he can now [not] lay his hand on it. The deponent now makes application to the war department for the renewal of the certificate so that he may be enable to draw the amount due him. and further swears that he has not the certificate in his possession nor has he any idea of what has become of it further than aforesaid declaration.
s/ Zah S. Brooks

Sworn to before me this 14 February 1846
Hardy White (Magt)
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Z. S. Brooks 
of 
South Carolina

admit for 12 mo. as private ----40 per ann
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BRIEF in the case of Zachariah Smith Brooks of Edgefield in the State of South Carolina
                    (Act 7th June , 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before  a  Court or a Judge:  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he?  67
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.  Shortly after the  evacuation of Cambridge by Genl Greene        
1781 &1782                                 
 Duration of Service.  6 Months,                                                      6 months
Rank : as a Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt. [John] Wallace, Capt. [Joseph] Towles, Genl [Andrew] Pickens, Col [Samuel] Hammond    
5. In what battles was he engaged?  skirmishes with the Tories
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Newberry
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?    Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.                                            s/  Jas Wilson, Examining Clerk
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July 26,1935
Elisha Brooks W.9741
Zachariah Smith Brooks S.9294
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. S. C. Kellam
123 E.Parrish Street
Durham, North Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Elisha Brooks and Zachariah Smith Brooks, both of South Carolina. 
The records of Elisha Brooks and Zachariah Smith Brooks are furnished herein as found in claims for pension, based upon their service in the War of the Revolution.
Elisha Brooks-W.9741
The data pertaining to Elisha Brooks which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 9741, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of this solider are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
He volunteered, place not stated, served two months as private in Captain John Wallace's company of South Carolina troops, and served twelve months as lieutenant in the same company; he was in the Siege of Ninety-Six, "afterwards called Cambridge". There are no dates of his service given.
He died November 3, 1804 in South Carolina.
Elisha Brooks married, January 12, 1766 in Edge-
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field District, South Carolina, Nancy Butler; she was born September 22, 1765, place not shown, and was the daughter of James Butler, name of her mother not given.
The widow, Nancy Brooks, was allowed pension on her application executed June 11, 1845, at which time she was living in Abbeville District, South Carolina, where she was still living in 1852.
Elisha Brooks and his wife Nancy, had eight children, the following are the names and ages as shown on the claim:
Obediah, their eldest died in infancy, dates not given
John Wesley    born February 13, 1790
Matilda             " in the spring of 1791
Lavina              " in the spring of 1793
Betsy                " about 1797 or 1798
Stanmore B.     date of birth not given
William Butler, their youngest, born about 1800. Name of their other child not shown.
Stanmore B. Brooks was a resident of Abbeville District, South Carolina in 1845.
The following family data as found in this pension claim are also furnished: Zachariah Smith Brooks, brother of the aforementioned, Elisha Brooks, was born May 18, 1765, his first wife, Elizabeth, was the sister of the abovenamed Nancy Brooks, name of his second wife not stated. Zachariah Smith Brooks was a solider of the Revolution and in 1845 was living in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
The names of the following children of Zachariah Smith Brooks are found in this claim;
Whitfield, son by his first wife, Elizabeth, was born February 3, 1790
Lucinda born October 3, 1791
Behethland " February 20, 1793
Nancy " January 30, 1798
Behethland F. or H. Butler, born December 28, 1764, a
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resident of Edgefield District, South Carolina in 1846, then stated that her husband, William Butler, was the brother of the widow, Nancy Brooks, and that her fourth child, William Butler, was born February 1, 1790.

Zachariah Smith Brooks  S.9294
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, S. 9294, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Zachariah Smith Brooks.
He was born May 18, 1765, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
Zachariah Smith Brooks enlisted in Newberry District, South Carolina, "shortly after the evacuation of Cambridge by General Greene" and served six months as a private in Captain John Wallace's company of South Carolina troops, and was in several skirmishes with the Tories. He served in 1781 and 1782 in Captain Joseph Towles' company, Colonel Samuel Hammond's South Carolina regiment, was in a skirmish on the Edisto River, and was stationed about six weeks on the frontier guarding against the incursions of the Indians, also during this service he was detailed as one of the corps called the Life Guard of Pickens [General Andrew Pickens], length of service six months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 3, 1832, at which time he was living in Edgefield District, South Carolina. He died April, 1848.
His son, Whitfield Brooks, was residing in Edgefield District, South Carolina in 1846. In 1853 one P.S. Brooks was in the House of Representatives; it is not shown that he is related to the family.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington City

[illegible]
Genl Thompson [General William Thomson]
[other markings]
C Brooks
SC roll
5616
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You say that my claim was admitted
without proof. Now in answer to this allegation, let me ask you to refer to my declaration for the statement & proof there given. I submit it to your
judgment, whether I could offer higher quality proof than the testimony of living & respectable
Witnesses, some of them my companions in that perilous crisis particularly the testimony of Col [Samuel] Hammond my commanding officer. can it be possible that the
mere enrollment of a name in the records of an office by the party interested can be regarded as
furnishing higher evidence of merit than the voluntary testimony of living Witnesses in open Court in the very District where the transactions
took place and when the slightest departure from truth could & would have been exposed at the time. Since the receipt of your letter I have
not applied for the payment of my pension, intending through my son to write to you and to vindicate myself against the insinuations contained in your communication that I was receiving unworthily the Bounty of my government before I again applied. my object in writing at present is to refer you to my declaration and to ask you to inform me whether the proofs of my services are still deemed insufficient & whether you have given directions
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to the bank in Charleston or other disbursing agent to withhold my pension. In the event of affirmative
answers being given to these questions, I then beg leave to refer you to Genl Thompson [William Thomson], Col [Andrew] Pickens &
Gaul Griffin in the house of Representatives and to the two Senators Calhoun & Reston for my character in this District not with the view however of strengthening my claim but as some evidence to the
department of Washington how easy it is to do injustice to an honest man. I am frank to confess to you
that I do not seek the pension from the want of it but rather to vindicate myself against the suppositions conveyed by inuendo in your letter that I heretofore did not consider myself as meriting any thing from the
country. My immediate representative Col Pickens will be able to furnish you with information upon the question of any participation in the revolution if the fact universally conceded in this District can furnish any proof corroborated by the testimony of many living Witnesses, with whom he is personally acquainted
Be pleased to let me hear from you with convenient dispatch-
I have the honor to be very
respectfully your obt Serv
Z.S. Brooks by
Whit Brooks
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South Carolina Edgefield District
Before me Allen B. Addison
a magistrate for the District
and State aforesaid, personally appeared Whitfield Brooks, who being duly sworn, deposeth that he had in his possession for many years, the certificate from the War Department, in favour of Zac S. Brooks
entitling him to the payment of a pension of Forty Dollars per annum payable semiannually upon which his Father continued to draw for a number of years, the pension to which he was entitled. That his Father finding it some what troublesome to draw the pension declined for a number of years past to to make application to the department
for the amount. In consequence of which this deponant became careless of the certificate & has either lost or mislaid it, so that he cannot now lay his hand upon it. the deponant further states that his father Z.S. Brooks is still living s/ Whit. Brooks
Sworn to before me this 7 Feby 1846
A B Addison
Magst. ED
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South Carolina Edgefield District 
Tho. G. Baure Bauer of the Court of Common Pleas for the District and
State aforesaid and (as Such Clerk) keeper of the Roll of Magistrates for this District do hereby certify that A. B. Addison and Hardy While whose names appear to the within
affidavits in their own hand
writing are lawful magistrates
for this District and that full faith and credit are due to their attestations as such Magistrates
Given under my hand and
Seal of Office at Edgefield
C.H. the 16th day of February
A.D. 1846
Tho. G. Baure
Clk
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5616
Nuway

JL Edwards Esq
Pension Agent
Washington City

Hon A Burt HR
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5616
Edgefield 15 Feby 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
I foward
you, through our Representation
in Congress the Hon A. Burk, the
affidavit of Col Z.S. Brooks and 
Col. W. Brooks, an application
of Col Z.S. Brooks for a renewal
of his pension certificate. you
will discover from the affidavits 
that the original certificate has
been lost or mislaid, and that Col
ZS. Brooks has not applied for the
amount due him, for the last seven or eight years.
I refer the Department to the
Hon A. Burt, the Hon J.C. Calhoun
Hon. George McDuffin, for information relative to the credibility of the applicant and the deposing witness
I am dear sir Respty yours
B.L. Block
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Pension Agency
Charleston S.C. 17 April 1846
Sir
I herewith forward the voucher of Zacariah S. Brooks a pensioner under act 7 June 1832,
for permission to pay the same
I am respy
Your Ob Svt
Jno C Cochran

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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House of Rep
9 Aug 1848

Sir, Please enable me to communicate
the requisite interrogatory to the writer of the enclosed letter. Send me the form of a paper to be executed
also, and return the letter
very respectfully
your Obt st
Armistead Brooks

JL. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pens.
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To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
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House of Representation
22 Decr 1853.
Sir
Smith Brooks (or as his name may
appear upon the records- Z.S. Brooks) was in the annual receipt of a Pension from this Government for twenty years before his
death, which occurred in April 1848.
His name must of necessity appear upon the Records of your office, as also the line Regiment and Company to which he belonged. By act of Congress an increase of Pension has been allowed
it is with a view to this increase that I do wish the information asked
I have the honor to be respectfully
Yours
PS Brooks 

Commr of Pensions
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Hon. P.S. Brooks
Dec 23/53
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393
Pension Office
December 23, 1853 
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 22d inst.
I have to inform you that Zachariah
S. Brooks was a pensioner, under the act of 7 June 1832, at the rate of $40 per annum from the 4 March 1831.
He was a private in Capt [John] Wallace's company in Col [Samuel] Hammond's Regiment of the
South Carolina Militia for one year
We have no evidence in this office
shewing that the pension of Mr Brooks has been increased

Hon P.S. Brooks,
H of R

Rev
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Sept 13
Dead letter

J. L.  Edwards
Comm. of Pensions

Mr. Zachariah Brooks
Edgefield C.H.
S. Carolina

adv
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                                                  War Department
                                                   Pension Office
                                                   Dec. 30. 1836

Sir,
Upon a review of your case the
Department has determined to resume the payment of your pension.
I am respectfully
Your Obt. Sevt.
J L Edwards


Mr. Zachariah S. Brooks
Edgefield C.H.
S. Carolina
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Feb 27

Mr. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City

FW Pickens
HR
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H R 26. Feby. 1839
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
I enclose the within for your perusal. 
You Can see how far to read by the
Marks. It is for a gentleman of the highest standing. The pension is in favor of Col. Zacariah Brooks.
Do give me the information
denied upon the adjournment.
I have the honor
your obt servant
FW Pickens
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 3d 1846
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, and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Zachariah S. Brooks a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars _ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839 to the 4th Sept. 1844
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Treasury Department
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 28 1838
Sir Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Zachariah S. Brooks a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at
the rate of forty Dollars and -- Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th September 1837-
Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris Comptroller

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Edgefield C. House
22 Nov. 1836 -
Sir Your letter bearing date the 27 Aug
1835 was recd in due course of mail in which you are pleased to make the following remarks. 'It has
been ascertained that the archives in
the office of the Comptroller General at Columbia furnish ample evidence of the military services of such of the militia of the State of South Carolina as deemed their services worthy of pecuniary compensation.' As your claim was admitted without proof and upon the supposition that none could be had, you will now be required to procure from said office such evidence as may there be
found in support of your alleged services & forward the same
to the department. The payment of your pension will be suspended 
In reply to this rather [illegible]
communication, I have first to ask the favor of you to direct me to any law of the State of So Ca requiring its
revolutionary soldiers to enroll their names in the office of the Comptroller General as evidence that
they deemed themselves worthy of compensations.
I am aware that the State has for years made
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provision for two classes of her revolutionary soldiers. The first class embraced those who performed
extraordinary services or sustained great losses in their adherence to the cause of liberty and who had applied by petition to the Legislature for remuneration. The second class embraces a large & worthy class of poor soldiers, who from age & infirmity are unable to support themselves and who have been upon a proper [illegible] placed upon the  pension roll. Now Sir, it is not my fortune to belong to either of
these classes and therefore I never made application to my state for assistance. my services in the war had been no more than every good citizen owed to his country and therefore sought for no compensations. my industry [illegible] placed beyond want, and I therefore did not as to have my named billeted upon the bounty of the State-- But when the Federal government thought proper to pass a law,
offering a pension to the revolutionary soldiers of the
different States, I was induced among others to put in my claim not, sir, that my pecuniary circumstances demanded such assistance but
because I felt myself as much entitled to a portion of this money as any citizen in the state.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
April 26 1839.
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,
Zachariah S. Brooks a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and _ ents
per annum, under the law of the
7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837. to the 4th March 1838,
Repectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.

S.F. 9294
In reply to your request of _ received_
a statement of the military history of Zachariah Smith Brooks
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on
file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. Shortly after evacuation of Cambridge.
1781 & 1782.
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 6 mos. 6mos
RANK. Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. John Wallace, Joseph Towles
COLONEL. Samuel Hammond
STATE. S.C.
Battles engaged in, with Tories on the Edisto River
Residence of soldier at enlistment , enlisted in Newberry District
Date of application for pension, Nov. 31, 1832 His Claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Edgefield District S.C.
Age at date of application, born May 18, 1765. died in April 1848
Remarks: His son Whitfield Brooks was a resident of Edgefield Dist S.C. in 1846. There is no other data on
file as to his family

Respectfully,
ACTING Commissioner.
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Stamped:  (Round)

PENSION OFFICE.
U.S. 
Oct. 11, 1918
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29 Jackson St
Newnan, GA
Oct 8, 1918

Rev Sec.
[stamp] 
 U. S. Pension OFFICE OCT 11 1918

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the record of Smith Brooks, (a probable relative) a pensioner of Edgefield Co, S.C. in 1840?
Respt,
(Miss) Corinne Simril 
Box 466 (on envelope)
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Rev War 9294
INVALID
File No. 9294
Zachariah S. Brooks
Priv. Rev. War

Act June 7th 1832 Vol. 1, Page 46

1918 Oct.31 Hist to Miss Corinne Simril
193_ July 26 hist to Mrs. SC Kellcam
see letter in Elisha Brooks W.9741