Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1309, James Brown, S.C.
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SERVICE  S C
Brown James
Mary 
NUMBER  R.1309
CONTENTS
b.Nov 9 1761 in Chatham Co., N C son of Thomas
Inl in S C
In 1842 res of Orange Co Ind
d June 4, 1850
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35,527
James Brown
Indiana

not on roll
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State of Indiana Orange County
On this thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty two, personally appeared before me Michael Mavity one of the
associate judges of the circuit
court in and for the County of Orange and State of Indiana, (said
court being a court of Record, having a Clerk and official seal &
so declared by the laws of the state of Indiana.)  James Brown
a resident of the said County of Orange and State of Indiana, aged
eighty years, on the ninth day of November in the year 1841, last
past, who being first by me duly sworn upon his oath, according to
law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed 7 June 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers; and served as herein stated.
That in the month of April, and he thinks on the 14th day of that
month in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
when in the nineteenth year of his age, he enlisted in the state
troop of South Carolina, to serve during the war, under Capt.
John Williams, and took a bounty of five quineas, gold pieces, & eight dollars in silver, from the said Capt. Williams, and was mustered into service, at Camden, on Wateree River, in South Carolina, under the said Capt. Williams about the next day
after his said enlistment, that at the time he was enlisted as aforesaid, the said Capt Williams, told him he should have a further bounty
he thinks in land and that he then signed a paper called
an article of enlistment, and was measured, & a description of
his person complexion stature, size, age, color of his hair &c. was taken, & set down by the said Captain Williams, who was then and there recruiting soldiers to same under General [Francis] Marion. Col. [Daniel] Horry, he thinks was the colonels name, or same such name as he was then told by said Capt. Williams.
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he further states, that he had resided in Orange and Chatham counties in the State of North Carolina, previous to his said enlistment, and that he had left his father Thomas Brown
in Orange County North Carolina, about three weeks previous to his enlistment, on account of a difficulty he had got into with a young lady in that county, and was travelling in South Carolina, and fell in company with the said Capt. [John] Williams
at what was then called the Dutch Butchers near Camden in South Carolina, and then and there enlisted as aforesaid.
That after he was mustered into the service of the said Capt Williams Company at Camden as aforesaid, the Company was marched by said Capt. Williams, from Camden to
Orangeburgh [Orangeburg] on the Granby Road to Charleston, where the
company joined the Regt commanded by Col. [Daniel] Horry, and he thinks of the 17th Regt of the state troops of South Carolina, then
under the command of General [Francis] Marion: That he was a
private in the company commanded by the said Capt. William
And that the troops remained at and about Orangeburgh for about one month, & then were marched up to near Abbeyville [Abbeville] Court House, in pursuit of a Tory party, & when the troops arrived near Abbeyville, Col. Horry ascertained the Torys had left; The troops were then marched to near Augusta, & from
there back to Orangeburgh, & staid there about six weeks & then were marched up to Granby on the Congaree River, & expected an engagement there with the Tories & British, but they had left the place, & gone to Camden, as we heard, the
troop, of which this declarant belonged to pursued the British & Tories, to the high hills of Santee, when information was read that the enemy had vacuated [vacated] Camden, the troop was some time about here divided into companies of small squadron, under Captains command & some time under
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the Sergents & at other times under the command of Col. [Daniel] Horry, & that they reconnoitered, from Granby, to Camden, & on the Waters of Congaree, Wateree, Santee, Cooper & Ashley Rivers, for some three or four months, he thinks, & were some times sent out up the Alligator & Cane Swamps, in small companies, in pursuit of the tories & British, who lurked round there. And afterwards
the troop returned to Orangeburgh, & remained there during the winter, and a part of the time, was out in companies, from Orangeburgh, on small tours, And after having
remained at Orangeburgh, the troops were marched to the Utaws [Eutaw Springs] (a part of it by Major _ (he 
forgets his name) staid there about a month, from there we marched
toward Georgetown, & to the Sawcaw hills on the Peedee River, & Back to
 Camden. From there we were marched & crossed the
Congaree River, to attack a fort, of Tories & British on Cooper or Ashley River, East of Charleston, & were advised by Genl [Francis] Marion to return to Orangeburgh which was done & there Genl Marion ordered about eight hundred men under command of Col. Horry to take the Fort on Cooper or Ashley River. That this declarant was then under the command of Capt. [William] Copeland, under Col. Horry, which marched for the purpose of taking the Fort, and when the troop reached within some six or eight miles of the Fort, it was ordered by Col. Horry, that if a road was cut through, on a near route, for the purpose of conveying the cannon to the place of attack, that it would be the most expeditious 
And accordingly this declarant and others of the troop under Col Horry's orders were engaged in cutting
out the road for the transportation of the cannon & while engaged in cutting the road this declarant got his leg cut with an axe, on the fore part of the leg
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a little above the ankle joint; which cut the main leader of his leg thereby was rendered unable for service.
That the next day afterwards an attack was made on the Fort
by Col. [Daniel] Horry, the Fort was taken by our troop, & the Tories
& British made prisoners, & the troop returned to Orangeburg. that in the engagement in taking the Fort. Capt
[William] Copeland, was wounded by a ball in the leg. And that Capt. Copeland and this declarant were both taken; thus injured, & wounded, to Orangeburg, & put into a house
called an Hospital, where they remained under a Surgeon's
care and attention for about three months; the Surgeon's name is not now recollected. This declarant says, that the cut in his leg as aforesaid, made his ankle joint stiff and rendered him unable to perform further duty in the line and rank, as a soldier. But that he continued in the
service of the United States, & remained with the baggage Waggons, belonging to the same troop, sometimes, he drove the waggons, and attended the waggon business, went to Charleston after liquor, with the waggons & hauled it out to Granby, & from there they went to Orangeburg. that he had continued in the service from the time of his
said enlistment until some time in June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two, he recollects, that it was about the middle of June after Cornwallis had been taken by
General Washington. And that he was discharged by Capt Copland at Orangeburg, in June 1782. that
he was in the twenty first year of his age when he was discharged and that he was discharged on account of his ankle being stiffened from the cut in his leg as aforesaid which still renders him unable to walk with ease or be capable to serve in the line. And that his ankle still remains stiff, & is unable to use it. & that he
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has since he left the service, been ruptured & had his other leg broke which is now stiffened; and is wholly
unable to procure a living for himself by labor & that he needs the assistance of his country.
That he recd a discharge in writing from Capt [William] Copeland aforesaid, at the time he was discharged. That he lost said discharge in Newbury County in South Carolina, about two years after he was discharged; he was then yet unmarried & unsettled, and must have lost it out of his pocket. he was
working in a Blacksmith shop & has never seen it since. That he was careless about preserving the said discharge, not supposing then, that it would ever be of use or service to him
as the war was then won, that said discharge specified the
fact of service he thinks, under an enlistment, and that he had served under Capt. [John] Williams & under Capt Copeland in the states troops of South Carolina for two years & two
months, & was discharged on account of having a stiff ankle
from a cut Rec'd in the leg while in the service.
That he has since his said discharge from the service as aforesaid, resided in Newbury County, South Carolina
next in Greenville County next in Pendleton County, in South Carolina, next in Burke County North Carolina
next in Washington County Indiana, next to Gibson County. next in Pike, next Dubois, & last in Orange County in the State of Indiana, where he now resides, & that he has resided in the State of Indiana since May 1815. then
Indiana Territory.
That he messed while in the line of duty in service of aforesaid
with Savage Littleton, Shark Littleton & Charles Littleton, who were all relatives & served in the same troop, & occasionally messed with a Henry  Gray, who belonged to the continental
line under Genl [Nathanael] Greene & had been wounded at the
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Battle at the Utaw's [Eutaw Springs], in both calves of his legs. that one night while the troop to which he belonged were camped 
near the Chawraw [Cheraw] hill , one of the Sentinels (his name is forgotten) while at his post was seized by the arm by a mad Wolf, whose head was cut off before he could be pried loose, which
produced death to the Sentinel the next day, he thinks.
That some other men of the troop discharged at the same time
he was that had served out their terms of enlistment, Volunteer service & drafts.
That he does not know now any living witness, who served with him, in the war, by whom he can prove that he
served as he states. he believes, those who knew of his service
have all removed to parts unknown, now, or have died. that a few years ago, he knows some by whom he could have proved his service, he thinks, viz. Capt. [William] Copeland
the three Littletons' aforenamed, the said Henry Gray, by William Woody, Samuel Loggins, Mashac Green &
Thomas Green (who served in the same troop) Joseph Dawkins, Cladeus Gorey, & Isaac Pugh, who are all now dead & that he has never had any knowledge of his first Captain [John] Williams, since the war. If there is any person now living, who knew of his service, in the  war, he is ignorant,
of their names & Residence.
That he is an illiterate man, & has always resided in remote parts of the counties, ever since the war & more particularly for the last 25 or 26 years since he removed to the West. and remained ignorant o any provision, or laws of Congress having been made by which he was entitled to a Pension
for his said services, in the Revolutionary war, until lately, he
heard that he could, if a proper application was made in his behalf; he had always been told, when he made
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an enquiry about a pension, among his neighbours, that he
could not get a pension, unless he had been wounded by the enemy. He further declares that he hereby relinquishes any claim to a Pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or of the aging of any state, Territory of the United States.
as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
James Brown X His Mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me
at the residence of the said
declarant in said county this 30th day of March A.D. 1842. 
s/ Michael Mavity
Associate Judge of Orange County

And I Michael Mavity the associate
Judge above named before whom the above declaration of James Brown was made on this 30th day of March
A.D. 1842. proceeded to propound to the said declarant, the following interrogatories to which the annexed answers thereto respectively were given viz. 
1st Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born about 7 miles above Redfield ford on Haw River, in Chatham County in North Carolina, on the 9th day of November in the
year 1761 as informed by my parents
2nd Have you any record of your age & if  so where is it?
Ans. I have no record of my age neither do I know of any having been kept, unless my father kept one & if he did, I could not read, having no learning
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3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Ans. I lived in Orange County North Carolina with my father Thomas Brown & left my father and
went into South Carolina, near Camden and was travelling when I enlisted with Capt. [John] Williams, in the State troop of South Carolina,
And I have lived since the Revolutionary war in South Carolina, next in North Carolina next in Washington county, Indiana, next in
Gibson, next in Pike & next in Dubois County in Indiana, and lastly in Orange County in the State of Indiana, where he now resides.
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Ans. I voluntarily enlisted under Capt. Williams, in the State troop of South Carolina, & served about two years & two months, under the command of Col. [Daniel] Horry & Genl [Francis] Marion in the Revolutionary war principally in South Carolina
5th 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 service
Ans. I can state the names of two of the captains under whom I served, viz. Capt. Williams, & Capt [William] Copeland
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the latter discharged me at Orangeburg, in the month of
June 1782. the Majors name of the Battalion who had frequent charge of some of the troop I cannot recollect, the Principal officers who had
the Command were Col. [Daniel] Horry & General [Francis] Marion.
I do not recollect the No. of the continental or militia Regiments, who occasionally, were attached to the troop under the command of General Marion, I can only refer you to the general history of my services
as I have above in the body of my declaration set forth which I hereby refer to, for more certainty and
that there were other officers who occasionally had charge of the troop in small squads under whom I served
for short tours, their names however are not now recollected
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given; and what has become of it
Ans. I did receive a discharge given by Capt [William] Copeland to
whose company I had been transferred or who succeeded
Capt. [John] Williams, under whom I enlisted in the South Carolina
State troop, and I am not certain which; which discharge I lost about the year 1784, I think in the
County of Newburg in South Carolina, while at work at a Blacksmith shop
7th 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 the Revolution?
Ans. I can state the names of John Martin,
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and Lewis McDaniel and John T. Branham & Nancy Branham who
reside in my neighbourhood, who can testify to my character for veracity, & Revolutionary services.

We Lewis Mc Daniel John Martin, John T. Branham & Nancy Branham
residing in the neighbourhood of James Brown, the above named
declarant, in the County of Orange & State of Indiana, after
having been duly sworn according to law, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said James Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that
we believe him to be eighty 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, Lewis McDaniel X his mark
s/ John Martin John Branham
Nancy Branham X her mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 30th day of March A.D. 1842
s/ Michael Mavity Associatee Judge of Orange County

And I Michael Mavity the judge of the circuit court, before whom the above declaration and proceedings were had, do hereby certify and declare my opinion, after the investigation
of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that James Brown the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as
he states. And I do further certify, that it appears to
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me satisfactorily, that the above named Lewis McDaniel John Martin, John T. Branham & Nancy Branham
who have signed the preceding certificate of service, are credible persons, residing in the neighbourhood of the said
James Brown the declarant, and that their statements are entitled to credit, And that no Clergyman resides near him. Given under my hand this 30th day of March A.D. 1842. at the county aforesaid Michael Mavity associate
Judge
I, Michael Mavity, the associate Judge before whom the above declaration and proceedings were had, in the matter of the application of James Brown above named for
a Pension, do certify that I have on the day of the date thereof, attended at the Residence of the said James
Brown in the County of Orange & State of Indiana for the purpose, of his making the above declaration before me as such judge; That I am of the opinion, that the said James Brown, is unable to attend in person, at and before a court of Record in and for the said County of Orange, on account of his advanced age present decrepidness and bodily infirmity, & from his situation & circumstances in
that he is of the age he states, that he served as he States, in the Revolutionary war, and that from his indigent circumstances he needs the assistance of his county.
Given under my hand at the County of Orange aforesaid this 30th day of March A.D. 1842.
s/ Michael Mavity associate Judge.
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State of Indiana Orange County 
On this 30th
day of March A.D. 1842
personally appeared before me Michael Mavity, one of the
associate Judges in and for the County aforesaid, John T. Branham aged seventy nine years old part, and Nancy Branham aged seventy four years, past, both residents of said county, who being by me duly sworn according to law, upon their oaths, say, that they have been
acquainted with James Brown, the declarant named in the declaration for a Pension, hereto annexed, made
before the above named Judge Mavity, on this day.
for about forty nine years past, that they have repeatedly heard him tell of  his services in the revolutionary war
that they have heard his statement made & set forth in his said declaration made as aforesaid; and that the statement therein respecting his said services, is about the same, and corroborated with his history of this said services, with what we have repeatedly heard him relate about the same, that we believe he served as he states, and that he formerly resided
in North Carolina & that he served in the state troop of South Carolina, and that he now resides in the County of Orange and State of Indiana, that we
have been acquainted with the said James Brown personally, for the last twenty one years past, in the State of
Indiana, in the Counties of Dubois, and Orange. That we know the said James Brown, and his father Thomas Brown in Orange County, North Carolina, who was a Baptist preacher,
in the settlement where we then lived, and have
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often heard his father say that his said son James Brown, had left home on account of a scrape he had with Delila Little that the said James his son had went into South Carolina
& enlisted in the Revolutionary war, & served in it better than two years, & did not return to that country for a long time afterwards; That we seen the said James Brown in North Carolina got back to his fathers, & heard him & Mack Littleton, tell one
the same story about James Brown having served until he got his leg cut.
s/ John T Branham
Nancy Branham X her mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 30th day of March 1842.
s/ Michael Mavity associate Judge
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State of Indiana Orange County 
On this 30th day of March A.D. 1842 personally appeared before me Michael Mavity, one of the
associate Judges of the circuit court, in and for the County of Orange & state of Indiana, John Martin a resident of said county, aged eighty seven years past, who being by me duly sworn upon his oath, says, that he was personally and intimately acquainted with Thomas Brown a Baptist Preacher, in Orange County in North Carolina, from about the year 1771 up to the year 1799. And that this affiant also knew, his son James Brown from the time he was a
little boy, until he was about eighteen or nineteen years of age, which was in the year of about 1780, when the said James Brown had a difficulty with a girl, Delila Little of that neighborhood, and the said James Brown about that time, left his father, & went off, into South Carolina, about
the year 1780, in the Spring of that year; that this affiant understood that the said James Brown had been in the Revolutionary war in South Carolina. That he has often heard the said James Brown, tell over about his
service in the war there. That he never seen the said James Brown after he left his father in North Carolina
as aforesaid, until about eighteen years ago, he again seen & became acquainted with the said James Brown in Dubois County, in the State of Indiana, that this affiant has known the said James Brown, ever since that time, viz since the year 1824 & that the said James Brown has since that time resided in the said County of
Dubois, until about four years ago, the first of this
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month,March, he removed from the said County of Dubois, to the County of Orange and State of Indiana, &
that the said James Brown now resides in this county.
That the said James Brown is the same identical person who is now an applicant for a Pension, in the
Declaration hereto annexed, & is the same identical James Brown & son of Thomas Brown who is first above
spoken of herein, as having been known by this affiant in Orange County North Carolina, who left his
father, & went into South Carolina in the year 1780, aforesaid.
That the said James Brown, had repeatedly told this affiant that the said James Brown, had been in the service in the Revolutionary war in South Carolina troop & had been
cut on his left leg, with an axe, while in the service, cutting out some road & that it made his ankle stiff & that this affiant knows his ankle is stiff
& believes it was caused from that cut in the leg Recd. while in the service aforesaid. That he has often
heard the said James Brown relate on his service in the war as he states it in his said declaration & that his statement & history of his service as stated in his said declaration, corresponds with the statements
& history of his services, as always related to this affiant.
And that he believes the said James Brown served as he states that he believes the said James Brown to be of the age of eighty years as he states. And that this affiant resided in Orange County in North Carolina from
about the year 1768 to the year 1811 or 1812, and [illegible] the neighbourhood & acquaintance of the said Thomas Brown & James Brown his son aforesaid & had an opportunity from his acquaintance personally with
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the said Brown, to know certain, that they are the same persons above spoken of by the name of Brown
And that he has heard his father the said Thomas Brown, often talking
about his son James having gone into the war on account of his
difficulty with that girl, & that his said father told this affiant that his
said son James, had been in the war in South Carolina troop better
than two years before he come back, & that he got his leg cut & could not serve any longer. And that this affiant heard one Mack Littleton, who said he had served in the war with the said
James Brown, say that Littleton and him had served he thinks over
two years together in the war, that they had messed together, & that
James Brown got his leg cut, while cutting out a road in the service
and was afterwards discharged, said Littleton was a man of credibility
and so was Thomas Brown; they are both dead, he believes, & died
in North Carolina a number of years ago, further saith not.
s/ John Martin
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 30th day of March 1842.
s/ Michael Mavity associate Judge
I, Michael Mavity, the associate Judge
in and for the County of Orange & state of Indiana, that the above Depositions of John Martin, John S.
Branham & Nancy Branham in the matter of the application of
James Brown for a Pension, were taken, subscribed & sworn to before
me at said county on this day at the county aforesaid, and that the
said Deponents, and persons of truth, veracity & credibility which I certify from my own personal knowledge, and that they are of the age they respectively state therein
Given under my hand this 30th day of March 1842.
s/ Michael Mavity associate Judge
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State of Indiana Orange County,
I Thomas V. Thornton Clerk of the Circuit court in and for the County of Orange and State of Indiana, do certify that Michael Mavity, (whose
official signatures appear to the foregoing Declaration of
James Brown for a Pension in to the certificate of veracity.
of Lewis Mc Daniel & others, and to the certificate of the opinion
of the said Michael Mavity as to the infirmity of the said James Brown, and to the Depositions of John S. Branham & Nancy Branham one of John Martin, and to his certificate
of credibility of the Deponent thereto, as having been made, taken, subscribed and sworn to, before the said Michael Mavity, on the day of the date thereof respectively was on the day of the dates thereof respectively, one of the associate Judges of the circuit court, in and for the said County of Orange, duly commissioned and qualified as such judge; that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such judge, and
that his said signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said court, at my office
in Paoli, this 30th day of March
Anno Domini 1842.
s/ Thomas V Thornton clerk
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State of Indiana Orange County.
On this the twentieth day of April
1853 personally appeared
before me Edward D Carthart an acting Justice of the Peace, in and
for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Brown aged about _ years, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed _ to wit: that she is the widow of James Brown deceased who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution
have often heard him speak of his service in the Army of the Revolution. Have heard him frequently State he entered the service in the State of South Carolina in the 1781 under Capt John Williams for the war. have also heard him speak of others
but do not recollect, think he was from Orange County State South Carolina. She married the aforesaid
James Brown in the County of Dubois State of Indiana in the year of _
about the _ of _. was married by a Mr Richard Kirby an acting magistrate who is still living thinks that he has sent the [illegible] to the County seat (Jasper) the aforesaid James Brown died about the fourth of June 1850
and left his widow
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she further declares she has never made any application for a pension as she never thought it could be obtained until lately, she has been informed that some new act of Congress has been passed
and as other widows are obtaining pension she thinks she is entitled to one also. she further swears she is still living a widow And has lived a widow since the death of
the said James Brown.
she Most respectfully asks the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, that her
aforesaid claim or claims may be allowed under the aforesaid Acts, and that the Certificates evidencing the same may be enclosed to her Attorney. Mary Brown X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
on the day and year aforesaid
s/ Edward D Cathcart JP

I, the just subscribed magistrate, do certify that the above Declarant
is personally known to me, and that she is a lady of truth and respectability, in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name on this the twentieth day of April 1853
s/ Edward D Cathcart JP.
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State of Indiana Orange County
On this the 20th day of April 1853 Personally appeared before me Edward D Cathart a Justice of the Peace John Mickler aged about
32 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath makes the following deposition 
To Wit that he was well acquainted with James Brown decd a soldier of the Revolutionary Army have
often heard him speak of his service in the Army of the Revolution, the aforesaid James Brown die on the 4th day of June 1850 and left
Mary Brown his widow. And further declares she has remained a widow up to the present time.
s/ John Mickler
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20 day of April 1853
s/ Edward D Cathcart JP
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State of Indiana Orange County
I Wm Morrow Judge of the Court of Common pleas for the County and State aforesaid do certify that it has on this day satisfactorily appeared to me that James Brown a soldier in the Army of the Revolution died on the for
day of June 1850 and left Mary Brown his widow who is still a widow and has been since the death of the
aforesaid James Brown up to the present time
Given under my hand and seal of
Office on this the 26th day of April 1853
s/ Wm Morrow

State of Indiana Harrison County I Hugh Newly Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas within and for the County of Harrison Certify that William Morrow whose genuine
signature appears to the above certificate is and was at the date thereof Judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas for the district composed of the Countys of
Washington, Harrison Orange and
Crawford In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of our said
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Court at Corydon this 26th day of April AD 1853
s/ High Neely CCCP of Harrison County
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State of Indiana Orange County
I Asa M. Black Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Orange County
in and for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that Edward D. Cathcart is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures above written are genuine
InTestimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
Seal of Office, on this the 21st day of April 1853
s/ Asa M. Black Clerk
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James Brown Rev soldier Act 1832
State of Indiana
Pow Atty
Jno T Neely
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Cynthia Ann Brown of the County of Orange and State of Indiana and one of the children and legal representatives of James Brown decd a Revolutionary soldier, and
his wife, who is now deceased, do hereby irrevocably, constitute and appoint John T Neely of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim that may
be due, or found to be due, the children and legal representatives of James Brown and who is entitled to a Pension in virtue of said Revolutionary service
in the Revolutionary war, and the several acts and resolutions of Congress relative thereto, and that
might have accrued to either of the said parties, and not drawn during their lifetime, and now due
to their legal representatives, and to receive the certificate of Pension, &c., when issued by the Department: I hereby confirming whatsoever my said attorney may do or cause to be legally done, either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim, except drawing money on the said claim, I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the
premises whatsoever.
s/ Cynthia A Brown
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 17th day of December 1852.
Signed in presence of
s/ A. J. Simpson

STATE OF Indiana County of Orange
On this 17th day of December
in the year 1852, personally
appeared before me, John H. Campbell a J.P. and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
s/ John H Campbell J.P.
State of Indiana Orange County act
of Asa M Black Clerk of the Orange Circuit Court do hereby certify that John H Campbell whose name appears to the
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foregoing acknowledgement is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due to all his
official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 18th day of December 1852
s/ A.M. Black clerk

James Brown Rev soldier Act 1832
State of Indiana
Pow Atty
Jno T Neely
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James Brown Indiana suspended 
See let of April 1842 JR Cooper
1309
act of June 1832
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James Brown Ind.
act 1832 suspended
JJ Coombs
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Know all men by these presents, That I Mary Brown Widow of James Brown
who was a Soldier
in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint
JJ. Coombs my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims that have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States,
especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848 -- as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th May 1828, and 7th June 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching upon my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer on him or them all the powers therein conferred upon himself hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 20th day of April 1853
Mary Brown X her mark
Two witnesses s/ Candey Taylor
Leslie Taylor

State of Indiana Orange County,
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 20th day of April 1853, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared Mary Brown widow of James Brown who was a
soldier in the Army of the Revolution
the subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and  cknowledging the signing, sealing and delivering
the same to be her own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein set forth. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name, s/ Edward D Cathart JP
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Marshall Ills June 11th 42 Free
Hon JL Edwards Comr of Pensions 
Pension Office Washington City DC
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State of Illinois, Clark County
Marshall 10th June 1842
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
sir
In the further support of the claim
of Mr James Brown for a Pension of Orange Co. Ia. now on file with suspended cases, heretofore presented by me, I herein enclose a certified statement from W Laval Compt Genl of S. Carolina, at Columbia, of some service of the
said Brown: you will see that it is the only service of the said Brown, which that office affords, which is from the pay Roll or pay bill of Capt [George] Cowan, the Paymaster for Horse service.
I suppose the remainder of the service over the 23 days was neither audited nor issued for: He certainly
must have served in some other capacity than on horse, or else the words "commencing May 12th 1780. & ending 20th February 1783" in the certified copy, would have no meaning to them.
The time of commencing & ending as is certified very near correspond with Mr Browns declaration, if I recollect right. Mr Brown told me at the time I think about a few weeks horse service, & that Capt. Cowan paid him for it, which I thought not necessary to specify in his declaration.
I preume the certificate, is evidence of Mr Brown's entering the service May 12th 1780, & ending the 20th
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of Febmary 1783 & that 23 days of the time of service was
for Horse service, for which he was paid as per account.
I think however, if the certificate should not be regarded as evidence in Mr Browns favour, then that his claim is otherwise sufficiently proved by the testimony already submitted with his declaration, it is as strong & definite
as is now in his power to produce to which I again beg leave to refer you in order to establish the claim
under the rules of the Department in such cases.
Please let me hear in reply to this place on the receipt of this
very Respectfully
Obt. Servant
JP Cooper
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Pens Office April 7. 1842   107
Sir
The papers in the case of James Brown have been examined
and filed with suspended cases. He
alleges to have served as an enlisted
soldier of the South Carolina troops
under Captain Williams and Copeland
and Col Horry.
W. Saval, Esq. Comptroller General of South Carolina at Columbia has record evidence in his office of
those who served in South Carolina
to whom application should be made
for such proof of his service as said record may afford
J. P. Cooper, Esq
Marshall, Ill

OV 35.327 act 32 entd
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Apl 6 1842
free
Hon JL Edwards Comr of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City DC
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State of Illinois, Clark County
Marshall 30th March 1842.
Hon. J. L. Edward
Comr of Pensions
Sir
I have the honor, to herein enclose & present to you the application, and annexed proof of James Brown, of Orange County, Indiana, for a Pension
Please enclose to me at Marshall, Clark County, Illinois, all correspondence upon the subject of that claim, or when a certificate of Pension is issued on the claim, enclose it to me at same place I am his attorney, in the matter.
I hope your Honor will give this claim, as made out, a liberal & just view & construction, the means of positive & direct proof, have all passed out of
his power to procure it. But it is a meritorious claim I have no doubt, & is a needy case.
I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your most Obt. Servant
J. P. Cooper
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[stamp] COLUMBIA SC MAY 27
JPC
JP Cooper Esquire
Marshall Post Office
Illinois
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Indent Book I
No 569
No 1 Issued 28th December 1784 to Mr James Brown for Three pounds 5.8 ½ Sterling for Militia duty, pr Captain [George] Cowans return and account audited L3.5.8 ½ sterling
No 2 State of South Carolina
Dr to James Brown
for 23 days Militia duty as a private
on Horseback pr. Captain Cowans
pay bill commencing May 12th 1780
& Ending 20th February 1783
Currency 20/ is L23.0.0
in Sterling L3.5.8 1/2
Comptroller General Office
Columbia S.C. 26th May 1842
I do hereby certify that the above memorandom marked No 1 in the Margin, is a true copy taken from Indent Book I No 569. And that the above account marked 2 in the margin is a true copy of the account for which said Indent was given
William Laval Comp. General
pr Ben. Hart
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Columbia 26 May 1842
Dear Sir
Yours of the 27th April was received
at this office two weeks since, at which time I was very ill, and have just now sufficiently recovered, to attend to the duties of the office
I have diligently searched the office
to ascertain the amount of services performed by James Brown.
There were two persons served
named James Brown the latter served in Captain Mapps Company in Col. Roebucks Regiment.
I therefore send you a certificate for James Brown the former, which is all that appears in this Office
very Respectfully
your Humble servant
Den. Hart
decount
You will please observe, that the account rendered and audited
does not correspond with Mr Brown's Statement, he Served 23 days. the
latter Brown 31 days
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REJECTED
1306
James Brown Widow Mary
List of suspended claims printed 1852 shows cause of suspension as follows: for proof from the South Carolina records