Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16.327, Benjamin Brown, N. C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
N.C. Brown, Benjamin S.16.327
Carded
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Georgia 16.942
Benjamin Brown of Elbert in the State of Ga who was a pri [illegible] in the [illegible] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [illegible] commanded by Col. Cleveland in the North Car. Line for 2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of [“North Carolina” is crossed out] Georgia at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Oct 33 and [illegible] Hon Willey Thompson, Elberton, Ga
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar. 3 [illegible]
166.65
 33.33
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$199.98
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 86.
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State of Georgia} SS.
Elbert County} On this seventh day of January eighteen hundred & thirty three (1833) personally appeared in open Court before these Persons the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County now sitting as a Court of Ordinary - Benjamin Brown a resident of the State and County aforesaid aged sixty nine 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated (to wit), 1st tour, I entered to service in the war of the Revolution in the state of North Carolina Wilkes County the year that Charleston was taken - I entered as a volunteer under William Lenoa [Lenoir] Capt.  at Wilkes Courthouse N. Carolina Col. Cleveland commanded us, rendezvoused at Wilkes Court house & marched to rainsowe's [Ramsour's] Mills - from there we marched down to hte Adkin, I continued until I served out my tour, and then was discharged (though not in writing) and went home.
2nd Tour - was from the same [smudge] my Captain was Paul Patrick, Col. Armstrong was our Commander. Col. Isaacks [Isaacs] commanded a [smudge] the time [missing] a substitute for [missing] while under Col. Isaacks [Isaacs} I was in the battle at Fishing Creek.
3rd Tour - I volunteered from the same state & county, David Vias was our Captain, Col. Cleveland commanded, - Lewis as well as I remember was our Majr.  we marched to Kings mountain where the Battle was fought, we then went to the Maravian [Moravian] Town & carried the prisoners and was then discharged ( but took no written discharge, and have no documentary evidence of any of my service - 
4th Tour - I entered as a substitute for William Cochran we rendezvoused at Majr. Lewis and marched to [missing] trading ford on the Yadkin river [missing] at which [missing]
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while under Col. Isaacks [Isaacs} I was in the battle at Fishing Creek.
3rd Tour - I volunteered from the same state & county, David Vias was our Captain, Col. Cleveland commanded, - Lewis as well as I remember was our Majr. we marched to Kings mountain where the Battle was fought, we then went to the Maravian [Moravian] Town & carried the prisoners and was then discharged ( but took no written discharge, and have no documentary evidence of any of my service -
4th Tour - I entered as a substitute for William Cochran we rendezvoused at Majr. Lewis and marched to the old trading ford on the Yadkin river near Salisbury North Carolina at which place we were discharged my Capt. was John Cleveland, my Colonel was Benjamin Hearndon
[Herndon] 
5th Tour - I entered the service as a drafted man under Capt. John Morgan (three months tour, but did not serve out the whole time - was told to go home, and ordered to hold myself in readiness when called upon. - I was born in Virginia the 17th February 1763 Orange County, I have a record of my age which was kept by my father and now in my possession - I was living in Wilkes County North Carolina when called into service every time - shortly after, the war closed, I removed to the state of Georgia Wilkes County, but now Elbert.
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Elbert being formed from a part of Wilkes, and has resided there ever since (except a short time I resided in South Carolina) - All my neighbors can testify to my character for veracity & George Cook Counsellor at Law & many others as to the General belief & reputation of my having been a soldier of the revolution as herein stated - as to the particular dates of entering the service at the different times & the dates or times when discharged, this applicant cannot distinctly recollect, but he served as herein stated - 
And 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. [Signature] Benj. Brown
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.
Attest [Signatures]
Dionysius Oliver J.J.C.
Benjamin Smith J.J.C.
James Oliver J.J.C.

And the said Court now sitting receives the following:
We Phillip Mathews a clergyman residing in the state of Georgia Elbert County, and Jos. M. Tate & Isaac V. Davis citizens residing in the same place, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 opinion - sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court [Signatures] Philip Mathews MG
Isaac N. Davis}
Jos M. Tait} Citizens

attest Job Weston C. C. C. 
Dionysius Oliver J.J.C.
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We Phillip Mathews a clergyman residing in the state of Georgia Elbert County, and Jos. M. Tate & Isaac V. Davis citizens residing in the same place, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 opinion - sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court [Signatures] Philip Mathews MG
Isaac N. Davis}
Jos M. Tait} Citizens

attest Job Weston C. C. C.
Dionysius Oliver J.J.C.
Benjamin Smith J.J.C.
Jasper Oliver J.J.C.

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 Philip Mathews who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the state of Georgia County of Elbert as aforesaid, and that 
Jas. M. Tate & Isaac N. Davis
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who has also signed the same are resident in the same place and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. Given under our hands in open court this 7th of January 1833 [Signatures]
Benjamin Smith J.J.C.
James Oliver J.J.C.
Dionysius Oliver J.J.C.
Dillard  Herndon J.J.C.
Wm. A. Beck J.J.C.

State of Georgia}
Elbert County} I Job Westone Clerk of the Court of Ordinary (it being a court of record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the whole proceedings had in said court upon the application of Benjamin Brown for a pension as herein stated. Given under my hand & private seal there being no seal offoice at this time. this 7th day of January 1833.
[Signature] Job Westone [seal]

I have known personally the applicant Benjamin Brown more than thirty years, during which time he has been and is now a citizen of the above named county (Elbert) He has always been esteemed and upright honest and worthy citizen. [Signature] Wiley Thompson
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March 16, 1938

Benjamin Brown
S. 16327
BA-J/AWF ow

Mrs. E. C. Brown
116 Forest Avenue
Elberton, Georgia

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein concerning Benjamin Brown were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 16327, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
Benjamin Brown was born February
17, 1763 in Orange County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina, Benjamin Brown enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as
follows In 1780, three months in Captain William Leonir's company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment; in 1780, three months in Captain Paul Patrick's company, Colonels Armstrong's and Isaac's regiments, and was in the battle of Fishing Creek; later in 1780, three months in Captain David Vias' company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment, and was in the battle of King's Mountain in 1781, three months in Captain John Cleveland's company, Colonel Benjamin Herndon's regiment; again in 1781, two months in Captain John Morgan's 
company, under Major Hargrove
He moved, a short time after the close of the
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Revolution to Wilkes County, Georgia.
The soldier, Benjamin Brown, was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1833, then a resident of Elbert County, Georgia which county ha been formed out of Wilkes County. He died February 27, 1846. The papers on file in this claim contain no family data.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 3rd, 1843.

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 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pension from the pension agents, Benjamin Brown Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Sixty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th of Sept. 1841.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 21st, 1840.

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," Benjamin Brown Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Sixty Six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th of Sept. 1839.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K Parris [Signature]
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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1933 - June 27 -hist. to Mrs. Zera Carlton
1933 - June 27 - hist. to Naval Branch all papers returned awf
1933 Apr. 7 - Memorial Branch adv. they Capt. Diety, history furnished & only 2 Big Towns of Ga. M.N.F.
1933 - Oct. 28 - hist. to Mrs. C. H, Richardson w.a.f.
1938 - March 16 -hist. to  E. G. Brown anf

16.327
INVALID.

File No. 16.327
Benjamin Brown Pri. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 32
Index-Vol. A, Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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March 16, 1838.
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BA-J/ady

Mrs. E. C. Brown
116 Forest Avenue
Elberton, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of William Wray, James Wray, or William Brown as described by you, or William Benjamin Brown, all spellings of the names searched.
As a means of identifying the particular record of any other soldier with the surname Wray, in whom you are interested, should it be on file, the full name of the soldier is essential with as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places
of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. The record of the only Benjamin Brown of Wilkes County, North Carolina, is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

[Note - "is furnished you herewith" - found on file in the Rev. War records of this office.]
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October 28, 1938
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Benjamin Brown-S.16327
BA - J/AWF

Mrs. C. H. Richardson
Forrest Avenue
Hartwell, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Brown of Elbert County, Georgia.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16327,
based upon the Revolutionary War service of Benjamin Brown.
He was born February 17, 1763 in Orange
County, Virginia, names of his parents not given. While residing in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Benjamin Brown enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina troops, as follows-
In 1780, three months in Captain William
Lenoir's company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment; in 1780, three months in Captain Paul Patrick's company, Colonels Armstrong's and Isaac's regiments was in the battle of Fishing Creek; later in 1780, three months in Captain David Vias' company, Colonel
Cleveland's regiment, was in the battle of Kings
Mountain; in 1781, three months in Captain John Cleveland's company, Colonel Benjamin Herndon's regiment; again in 1781, John 
Morgan's Company, under Major Hartgrove.
[smudge] time after the Revolution he moved to
Wilkes County, Georgia.
Benjamin Brown was allowed pension on his
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application executed, January 7, 1833, then living in Elbert County, Georgia, which county had been formed out of Wilkes County.
The soldier, Benjamin Brown died February
27, 1846. There are data in this claim relative to the family of Benjamin Brown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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April 7, 1933
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BA-J/MMHFEMLB

Captain Charles W. Dietz
Memorial Branch
Office of the Quartermaster General
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of March 31, in which you request information in regard to a Benjamin Brown, other than the one whose record was furnished you on January 27,
1933, whose file number is S. 16327,
You state that the one whose record you desire applied for pension prior to 1832, while a resident of Knoxville. Tennessee, died in 1871, and was buried in Clover, Georgia
The records of this office show only two soldiers with name Benjamin Brown who seem to have lived in Georgia. The file number of one is S. 16327, the other is S. 31654; both
records have been furnished you, the last named, on July 23, 1932; that soldier had moved to Fayette County in which is
the town of Clover), Georgia, in 1852, and was still living in 1855.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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January 27, 1933
EXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Benjamin Brown - S. 16327
BA-J/AWF

Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the
Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Brown of Elbert County, Georgia. The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16327, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Benjamin Brown.
He was born February 17, 1763 in Orange County, Virginia, the names of his parents not given. While residing in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Benjamin Brown enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina militia, as follows-In 1780, three months in Captain William Lenoir's company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment; again in 1780, three months in Captain Paul Patrick's company , Colonels Armstrong's and Isaacs' regiments, and
was in the battle of Fishing Creek; later in 1780,
three months in Captain David Vias' company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment, and was in the battle of King's Mountain; in 1781, three months in Captain John Cleveland's company, Colonel Benjamin Herndon's regiment; again in 1781, two months in Captain John Morgan's company, under Major Hartgrove.
A short time after the Revolution he moved to
Wilkes County, Georgia. The soldier, Benjamin Brown, was allowed pension
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on his application executed, January 7, 1833, then living in Elbert County, Georgia, which county had been formed from Wilkes County.
Benjamin Brown died February 27, 1846.
The application for headstone for Benjamin
and all slips pertaining to same are returned herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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January 27, 1933
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Benjamin Brown-S. 16327
BA-J/AWF

Miss Zora Carlton
Elberton
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Brown of Elbert County, Georgia.
The data furnished herein were obtained
from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16327, based upon the Revolutionary War service of based upon the Revolutionary War service of Benjamin Brown.
He was born February 17, 1783 in Orange County, Virginia, the names of his parents not given. While residing in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Benjamin Brown enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina militia, as follows-
In 1780, three months in Captain William
Lenoir's company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment; again in 1780, three months in Captain Paul Patrick's company, Colonels Armstrong's and Isaacs' regiments, and
was in the battle of Fishing Creek; later in 1780,
three months in Captain David Vias' company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment, and was in the battle of Kings Mountain; in 1781, three months in Captain John Cleveland's Company, Colonel Benjamin Herndon's regiment; again in 1781, two months in Captain John Morgan's company, under Major Hartgrove. A short time after the Revolution he moved to Wilkes County, Georgia.
The soldier, Benjamin Brown, was allowed pension
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on his application executed, January 7, 1833, then living in Elbert County, Georgia, which county had been formed from Wilkes County. He resided a short time in South Carolina, but did not state at what time he lived there.
Benjamin Brown died February 27, 1846.
There is no reference to wife or children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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March 2, 1938
Elberton, Ga.,

Director of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs,
Please give me a full and complete copy of he declaration for pension of William Wray, who served in the Rev. war, a private in Captain John Johnsons Co. Col. John Colliers Regiment of North Carolina Militia. I do not know from which county he served, possible
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near what is now Cleveland County. I hope you can give me this information. Also please give me the full declaration for pension of James Wray and any other Wray from N.C. - Rev. War from N. C. Also the declaration for pension of (William) Benjamin Brown who served in the Rev War from Wilkes Co. N.C.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness in helping me, I am, Sincerely
Mrs. E. C. Brown [Signature]
116 Forest Ave., 
Elberton, Ga.
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Hartwell, Ga.
Oct. 18 1933

The War Dept.
Washington, 
D.C.

Dear Sirs:
I would greatly appreciate any information you could give me concerning the military Career of Benjamin Brown, Elbert, County, Ga., A soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was buried in Elbert, County, Ga., in the year 1849.
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. C.H. Richardson
Forrest or Hartwell Ga.
[stamp- RECEIVED MAIL SUB.-DIV. READER 12 VETS. ADM. OCT 21 1933 12:00]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-M
Brown, Benjamin
March 31, 1933.

Subject: Verification of military service.
To: Veterans Administration,
     Washington, D.C.
1. Reference is made to letter of your office of
January 27, 1938, your file: Benjamin Brown - S.16327 - BA-J/AWF, in which you furnish a statement of the military service of one Benjamin Brown, Revolutionary War veteran.
2. It is requested that this office be advised whether or not your records show another veteran of this name, who died in 1871 and is buried in Clover, Georgia. This decedent is
alleged to have applied for a pension prior to 1832, while he resided in Knoxville, Tenn.
3. Further information concerning the service record of the second Benjamin Brown is not available,

For the Quartermaster General:

CHAS. W. DIETZ.
Captain, Q. M. Corps,
Assistant.

[stamp - RECEIVED MAIL SUB.-DIV. READER 14 VETS. ADM. APR 1 933 12:00]
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Elberton, Ga.
Jan 17, 1933.

Director of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir

If you will please furnish me with the information you have of Benjamin Brown Revolutionary Soldier who fought under the captions of Major David Dobb's Battalion.

Elbert [illegible]
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Elberton, Ga.
Jan 17, 1933.

Director of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir

If you will please furnish me with the information you have of Benjamin Brown Revolutionary Soldier who fought under the captions of Major David Dobb's Battalion.

Elbert Co. Ga.,
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Capt. Blackwell's District.
Thanking you,
Very truly,

(Miss) Zora Carlton.
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State of Georgia}
Elbert County} SS.

On this nineteenth day September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in Open Court before his Honor William H. Crawford, Judge of the Superior Court now sitting in and for Elbert County State of Georgia, Benjamin Brown a resident of Elbert County and State of Georgia aged Seventy years and a few months, 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 7th 1832.
That he entered into the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and Served at different periods as herein stated. That he Volunteered into the service of the Untied States for three months in the County of Wilkes State of North Carolina, then the place of his residence, in the    day of   in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, under Captain William Lenoir, Commanded by Colonel Cleveland, rendezvoused at Wilks Court House in the State of North Carolina marched from there to Ransom's Mills, from thence down the Yadkin River in the State of North Carolina, where he was discharged after having served three months as a private in the United States Service, that he served with no other Troops except the Militia during the tour of duty and that he does not recollect the day and month he was discharged That also he substituted into the service of the United States for three months as a private for one John Wall in the County of Wilkes State of North Carolina, then the place of his residence, on the     day of     in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, under Captain Paul Patrick, sometimes commanded by Colonel Armstrong and at other times by Colonel Isaacs, marched from Wilks County to Fishing Creek in the State of South Carolina, and there was attacked by the British Commanded by Colonel Tarlton, (the American Troops was under the immediate command of General Sumpter) in the month of August Seventeen hundred and eighty. the whole of the detachment was either killed, captured or dispersed that from thence to Hillsborough North Carolina he was discharged in the year seventeen hundred and eighty but does not recollect the day or month, after having served, three months in the service of the United States, and that he was not recollect that he served with any other Troops except the Militia
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State of Georgia}
Elbert County} SS.

On this nineteenth day September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in Open Court before his Honor William H. Crawford, Judge of the Superior Court now sitting in and for Elbert County State of Georgia, Benjamin Brown a resident of Elbert County and State of Georgia aged Seventy years and a few months, 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 7th 1832.
That he entered into the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and Served at different periods as herein stated. That he Volunteered into the service of the Untied States for three months in the County of Wilkes State of North Carolina, then the place of his residence, in the day of in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, under Captain William Lenoir, Commanded by Colonel Cleveland, rendezvoused at Wilks Court House in the State of North Carolina marched from there to Ransom's Mills, from thence down the Yadkin River in the State of North Carolina, where he was discharged after having served three months as a private in the United States Service, that he served with no other Troops except the Militia during the tour of duty and that he does not recollect the day and month he was discharged That also he substituted into the service of the United States for three months as a private for one John Wall in the County of Wilkes State of North Carolina, then the place of his residence, on the day of in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, under Captain Paul Patrick, sometimes commanded by Colonel Armstrong and at other times by Colonel Isaacs, marched from Wilks County to Fishing Creek in the State of South Carolina, and there was attacked by the British Commanded by Colonel Tarlton, (the American Troops was under the immediate command of General Sumpter) in the month of August Seventeen hundred and eighty. the whole of the detachment was either killed, captured or dispersed that from thence to Hillsborough North Carolina he was discharged in the year seventeen hundred and eighty but does not recollect the day or month, after having served, three months in the service of the United States, and that he was not recollect that he served with any other Troops except the Militia
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during the Tour of duty.
That he also Volunteered as a private for three months into the service of the United States, in the County of Wilks State of North Carolina t hen the place of his residence on the     day of      seventeen hundred and eighty under Captain David Vias in a Regiment commanded by Commanded by Colonel Cleveland, marched form Wilks County to Kings mountain in the State of North Carolina, and in the seventh October Seventeen hundred and eighty, attacked the Loyalists commanded by Major Ferguson on the top of the mountain, after the battle marched the prisoners taken at that place, to the Moravian Town in the State of North Carolina where he was discharged after having served three months as a private in the service in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty, the month or day of his discharge he does not distinctly recollect, and that he served during this Tour only with the Militia and Volunteers commanded by Colonels Cleveland, Lacy, Campbell, Shelby, Sevier, McDowell, Hathhorn and Hill. That he also substituted into the service of the United States as a private for three months for one William Cochran, in the County of Wilks State of North Carolina, then the place of his residence on the    day of    Seventeen hundred and eighty one under Captain John Cleveland, commanded by Colonel Benjamin Herndon, rendezvoused at one Major Lewis in the state of North Carolina, marched from thence to the old trading ford on the Yadkin River near Salisbury in the State of North Carolina, when he remained stationed until the expiration of his service and was discharged at this place in the year seventeen hundred and eighty. after having served three moths as a private in the service of the United States. the day or month when he was discharged  he does not at this late date recollect and that during this Tour he served only with his own Regiment. That he also was drafted into the service of the United States as a private for three months in the County of Wilks State of North Carolina thence the place of his residence, on the    day of   in the year seventeen and eighty one under Captain John Morgan in a Regiment commanded by Major Hartgrove marched from Wilks County to Hillsborough N. Carolina where he remained two months, then was disbanded and sent home with orders to hold himself in readiness when called on , and that during this time of duty he served only with his Regiment, making in all at the different periods fourteen months service as a private in the service of the United States during the Revolution
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That he has no documentary evidence, and  that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Service as a soldier of the Revolution. That he was born in Orange County Sate of Virginia on the seventeenth day of February & the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and sixty three and has a record of his age now in his possession which was kept by his Father. That when called into service he lived in Wilkes County State of North Carolina, and that he lived in Wilkes County State of North Carolina a short time after the Revolutionary  War then removed to Wilkes County State of Georgia now Elbert County, formed out of Wilkes County, and has resided there ever since, and now resides there. That he entered the service the first time as a Volunteer, the second tour he substituted for one Lincoln Wall, the third tour he volunteered into service, the fourth time he substituted for one William Cochran, the fifth tour he was drafted into the service of the United States. That he served with the Regular officers , or Continental Regiments only with the Militia Regiments, which has been before stated in this declaration, the general circumstances has already been before stated in the foregoing declaration, That he received no written discharges for any of his services during the Revolutionary War, they were all verbal or disbanded from service. He states t hat the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, the Honorable Wiley Thompson late a member of Congress, George Cook, Larry Upshaw, Benajah Houston, George Wyche, and General James M. Tait.
He hereby relinquishes any 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.
[Signature] Benj. Brown
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court.
[Signature] Benajah Houston Clk S. C. E. C.

We Peter P. Butler a Clergyman, residing in Elbert County State of Georgia, and Benajah Houston residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we belie him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed
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in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[Signatures] Peter P. Butler
Benajah Houston
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Test. Benajah Houston Clerk, in open Court.
 And the said Court do hereby declare his 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 Peter P. Butler who has signed the proceding certificate , is a Clergyman, resident in Elbert County and State of Georgia and that Benajah Houston who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[Signature] Wm. H. Crawford J.S.C.N.C.

I Benajah Houston Clerk of the Superior Court in and for Elbert County state of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Brown for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the office this nineteenth day of September 1833.
[Signature] Benajah Houston Clerk Supr. Court. Elbert County Ga.

[seal]

Amended declaration of Benjamin Brown for a Pension
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Please return this.

4.5.6.10.13.17-

March 8 1833

P. 284

Admit as Private
20 mos. 66.66

Hon. Willey Thompson
Elberton Ga.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Benjamin Brown which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the periods of the war when he served? No
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under who he served, in conformity with the regulations? NO
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no seal
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XI. has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, as he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*Quere V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____year _____months, and _____days, I served as a ______ For ______months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; 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.
(+) QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
(++) QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
[hand pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.