Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3333, Oliver Brown, Mass. Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.
Vt.

Brown, Oliver
__, Esther

NUMBER
W. 3333

CONTENTS
(too faded to make out clearly)
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111067
Pennsylvania
Oliver F Brown
of Bradford Co in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the Company
commanded
by Captain Hill of the Regt commanded
by Col Daggett-- in the Pennsylvania
line for
23% [illegible] Private $78.34
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 78 Dollars 84 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of March
1833 and Bradford Co: Pa
[illegible] S Robinson Esq Standing Stone P.O.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 156.68
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 39.17
$195.85 ┃
⎨ Revolutionary Claim, ┃
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by John S. Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol. 5 Page 3
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1353                                      
Annylo Philado
Esther Brown
widow of Oliver Brown
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Merchant Line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 78 Dollars
34 Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
22 day of August 1848 and sent to
Hon. J. E. Brady
Chambersburg
Pension
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2

Reported
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Oliver Brown Son of Nathan Brown on
January 3rd, 1760. As of record in the town
Clerk's Office in the Town of Rehoboth
Attest James Blanding Town Clerk

Rehoboth November 17th 1832-
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22212
Oliver Brown
Pennsylvania
Adm.
Private
23 1/2 mo's
$78.34
J Robinson Esq
Standing Stone PO
Bradford Co
pa
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BRIEF in the case of                Oliver Brown
Co of Bradford                     in the State of P.A.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge Court Common Pleas
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.                      Duration of Service  Days
In 1776 enlisted                        8
Dec. " drafted                           3
Fall. 1777 "                                 2    
Aug 1776 enlisted                     1......              15
Fall   1779     "                            1
1780  drafted                             8
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Rank                     Names of General and Field                                                           
                           Officers under whom he served 
_________________________________________
As as                  Gen.
Private               Capt. Beading Col. Thomas
      "                   Capt. Hill Cot Daggett
      "                   Capt. Bullock Col. Carpenter
      "                   Capt. Ide Col. Daggett
      "                   Capt.  Blakely Col. Fletcher

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of R.I.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bristol Map
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? four living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

*Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

George Tayton
Examining Clerk.
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Oliver Brown
Pensioner
22212
When the Department have acted upon this application, the decision may be communicated to Jonathan Stevens Esq at Standing Stone
P.O. Bradford County, Pennsylvania
J. P.  Bull

Brown
Rev. W. Soldier
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Pennsylvania}
Bradford County }Ss.

On this 1st day of January 1833 Personally came before the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas 86 of the said County of Bradford, Oliver Brown resident of the Township of Orwell in the said County of Bradford, aged Seventy two years, who being duly sworn by me according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the bene of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1833 that he was born in the Township of Rehoboth in the State of Marather set on the third day of January 1760. That in the Township
aforesaid in the first of April 1779 he Enlisted into the service of the United State as a soldier in a Company commanded by Capt Zebedee Reading in the Regiment Col Whitney for Eight
months, and served near & about Boston the term for which he enlisted & was discharged at Chilton the 30th of November following. Again on the first of December the same year (1776) by an arrangement made among the had served he was Drafted to stay serve three month longer. In this service Capt James Will Commanded the Company, and Colonel
John Daggett Commanded the Regiment in which he served at the Expiration of the three month say the first of March 1777 he was discharged at Livertown in the State of Rhode Island, In the fall of the year of 1777 he was drafted, and served two month this was at the time General Prescott had possession in Rhode Island & the service was at Livertown of said owing to the length of time which has since elapsed, he cannot recollect the time precisely when he was Drafted, or when discharge
but remember that he served two months again in the month of August 1778 he was drafted & sound Sullivans Expedition into Rhode Island, & was in the battle with the British which
took place at that time be saved in that our Month an half in the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Bullock, and Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Carpenter In the fall of the year of 1779 he enlisted in a Company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Ide in the Regt Commanded Colonel John Daggett, & served one Month, & was discharged
(that is dismissed, He then removed to Halifax in the State of Vermont, in that place he was again drafted the first of April Not for eight month, & joined a Company Command by-
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Captain James Blakely in the Regt Commanded by Col. Samuel the Father Marchell, Lived at Fort Warren in the same State the eight month aforesaid, & was charge. his whole services amount to twenty three months and a half to Claims so far as he at this time is able to do,
he has herewith Enclosed the Deposition of Nathaniel Vial of Joel Bowen, Moses Walker, Peter Whitaker all of Seckhank. He has also enclosed a copy of the record of Rehoboth Township where he was born to prove his age besides which he has no other evidence in his power and the above (being very Infirm he has procured through the agency of others from a distance of more than three hundred Miles
And he hereby relinquishes every claim to pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State
N B The never had a matter or printed discharge but was all way dismissed publicly on the parade Seckhank is a Township since the Revolution} Oliver Brown 
Set of from the Township of Rehoboth the above Declaration was Sworn to
Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Jonathan Stevens  Associated Judge
In addition to the foregoing I Jonathan Stevens Judge aforesaid, do hereby certify that on the first day Jany aforesaid by request I visited the above named Oliver Brown at the house of his son in the Township of Orwell, which as I am told is Courteen Miles from Lowander the seat of Bradford County, he is very infirm, & in my opinion unable to appear before the Court.
This Complaint as I am told commenced some three year since with Inflammatory Rheumatism, which has at last settled in his limbs and joints, and render him unable either total or ride any considerable distance and he appeared to rise up & sit down with considerable difficulty. From the correct manner in which he made his statement
and his answers to the required questions put to him, and from the several deposition, herewith sent, as well as from his reputation for truth and respectability in his own neighbourhood, I am satisfied that he said
in the revolutionary war twenty three month & an half as by him above stated in his declaration

Jonathan Stevens
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Bradford County ss
I James P. Bull, Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby
that Jonathan Stevens whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time one of the Judges of said Court. Witness my hand and official seal this 21st day of January A.D. 1833
J. P. Bull Prot.
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6790

Esther Brown
of Oliver
Pennsylvania

Declaration of
Esther Brown
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State of Pennsylvania ⎬
Bradford County}
On this 27th day of January AD 1840 before
the Subscriber an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Bradford Personally appeared Esther Brown resident of the Township of Cowell in the said County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy years the 15th day of December last who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath on her Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836, and the Court resolution of July 7th, 1838, That she is the widow of the late Oliver Brown resident of said Dewell Township who was pensioner on account of his services as a private in the army of the Revolution, she further declares that she the said Oliver Brown on the first day of January (1789) one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine and that her husband the aforesaid Oliver Brown Deed on the tenth day of June last (1839). And that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear
 by reference to the people hereto annexed to the deposition of Elizabeth Bowen an Extract or Copy of Record from their family Bible shewing the Birth of their Children which will be proven the deposition of William S Brown and Ann P.
Brown she not having been able to record of her said Mariage.                                 Esther Brown 

Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year first above written before me
Jonathan Stevens Associate Judge

I Jonathan Stevens Judge aforesaid do hereby further Certify that I am acquainted with the above named Esther Brown and that her declaration entitled to belief. And I further Certify that by reason age & debility and the distance she resides from the County seal and at this inclement season she is unable to attend
Court.-                             Jonathan Stevens A.J.
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Copy of Bible record alluded to in the foregoing declaration
"Oliver Brown Born Jan. 3rd 1760
" Esther Brown Born December 15, 1769
" Kezia Brown Born Oct 11th 1789
" [Lower] Lorey Brown Born December 24, 1791
"Alfred Brown Born June 3rd 1794,
"Maria Brown March 22nd 1796
"Benjamin F Brown Jan. 20, 1798
" Wm. L. Brown Born Jan. 22, 1802
"Fanny A. Brown January 23rd 1804
"Ann T Brown Born April 11, 1807
"Thomas Brown Born December 11th 1809

State of Penna}
Bradford County} Ss

On this 29th day of January AD 1840 Before the
Subscriber an Associate Judge of the Court of Common of the said County of Bradford William Brown and Ann P Brown who being severally duly sworn according to law do on their oath declare that the foregoing list of name
and account of Borths is a true Copy of a record from the family Bible of the said Oliver Brown deceased where include the Names of himself, his wife Esther and their eight children of which themselves are two, and that the said Oliver died on the 9th day of June 1839. and that the said Esther has remained a Widow ever since that period.                                 
Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.                            W. T. Brown 
                                                      Ann Brown
Jonathan Stevens Associate Judge

I Jonathan Stevens Judge aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named William of Brown and Ann P Brown & that they are reputed as persons of truth and veracity and that they are in like to belief.-

Jonathan Stevens A.J.
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State of Pennsylvania ⎬
Bradford County}Ss

I, David Cash Prothonotary of the  Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County State of
Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Jonathan
Stevens before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an Associate Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting
to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 11th day of February A.D. 1840

David Cash, Prothonotary
for J.M. Wattles atty
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Esther Brown
of Oliver
Pennsylvania
Rejected
(illegible) 22 June
1840 Jon Stevens
do to HS Mercur June 24 1841
do to A Ray May 4 1842
was not a widow
until after passage
of the act of 7 July
1838
Act of July 1838
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$78.34 per annual
Act 1838
==============
Penn - [cale]
Send cent to A. Ray-Present
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State of Pennsylvania}ss
Bradford County}

On this thirty first day of July 1848
Personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths Mrs. Esther Brown a resident of Orwell in the County of Bradford State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the poor vision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Oliver Brown who was a Private in the Massachusetts Militia under Colonel Fletcher, Whitney, Daggett & Carpenter, in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Seventy Eight dollars and thirty four cents, per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. The further declares that she is still a widow.

In presence of}
Shubael Wells}
Esther Brown}
John M Cross}

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before- Z.  Frisbie Justice of the 
                                        Peace

I certify that the declarant is personally known
to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing
affidavit.
Z. Frisbie Justice of the Peace,
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Bradford County} ss

The commonwealth of Prothonotary I A. Mc Kean Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County do certify that Z. Frisbie,
before whom the within proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified & commissioned & that the signature thereto affixed and purporting to be his are believe to be genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Towanda this the 1st day of August AD 1848
A. McKean, Prot
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State of Pennsylvania}
Bradford County} Ss.
On this Twenty fifth day of March
1843 personally appeared before me James D Humphrey a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County Mrs Esther Brown a resident of Orwell in
the County aforesaid, aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 and the 23d of August 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who
served during the eve of the revolution. That she is the widow of Oliver Brown deceased who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and late a pensioner of the United States act 7 June 1832. Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of $78 39/100 per annum.
The also declares that she was married to
the said Oliver Brown in the year A.D. 1791 as will satisfactorily be shown in the papers filed in her late application for the benefit of the act 1838.
That her husband the aforesaid Oliver Brown died on the 9th day of June A.D. 1839 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but previous to the 1st January 1794 to wit on the day and year above stated, and that she was not intermarried since the death of her husband the application is made through her Agent Mr Alexander Ray of Washington.
Esther Brown
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written before me
J D Humphrey J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania}
Bradford County} ss

I Aaron Chubbuck Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas in aforesaid County do certify
that James D. Humphrey Esqr whose name is sub scribed to the within instrument is and was at the date hereof an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn & that his acts and entitled to credit as such and that I am agreed with his hand writing and verily believe the within signature purporting to be his to be genuine.

In Testimony whereof I  have hereto set my hand and seal of office at Towanda the 27th
day of March AD 1863

A Chubbuck Prothy
Ped & DNY

Previously Registered, See  of 6790.
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Rev. WIDOW, &c.

File No. 3333
Esther Brown
Widow
Oliver Brown
Pri. Rev. War

Act: Feb 2, 1848
Index:- Vol. A, Page 8D

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1731
Pennsylvania Phil
Esther Brown
widow of Oliver Brown
who was a Private
in the Penn line
for 23/months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
78 Dollars & 34
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1863.
Certificate of Pension issued the
2nd day of Sept, 1843
and sent to 
A Ray
Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 130
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I Moses Walker of Leehank in the County of
Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy two years, being duly sworn, deposeth, and saith, that, Oliver Brown now a resident in the Town of Orwell, County of Bradford, and State of Pennsylvania, during the period of the Revolution, lived in the Town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts and in the month of December was drafted as a Soldier and served in the Company with me for the term of three months from the 28th day of December in the year AD 1776 at Bristol and at Howlands Ferry in the State of Rhode Island in the Company commanded by Capt. James Hill Lieutenants John Davis & Samuel Brownin Col. John Daggett's Regiment.
                                                    Moses Walker
State of Massachusetts}
Bristol County} ss.

Sworn Nov. 26th AD. 1832 Personally appeared Moses Wather who made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him
Subscribed; And I further certify that the said
Moses W. when is a man of truth and a credible
Witness in the premises
Allin Hunt, Just. of Peace
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I, Peter Whitaker of Seckon in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy nineyears, being duly sworn, do testify and say that Oliver Brown now resident in the Town of Orwell, County of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania, in the year AD 1777,
in the month of September was drafted and served one month with me in the expedition against Rhode Island in the  Company Commanded by Capt James Hill Lieutenant
Jaber Bullock, Samuel Brown, and Ezra Pete and was dismissed on the 30th day of October AD. 1777 having served the time for which we were drafted.                     Peter Whitaker, Esqr

State of Massachusetts
Bristol County} ss 
Sworn Nov. 26th 1832 Personally appeared Peter Whitaker who made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him
Subscribed Before me. Allin Hunt Just of Peace

and I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the above name Peter Whitaker, that he is a mom of truth and. a credible witness.
Alin Hunt, Just. of Peace
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I Nathaniel Viall of Sukonk in the County of
Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy years being duly sworn do testify and say, that Oliver Brown now resident in the
Town of Orwell County of Bradford & State of
Pennsylvania, in the year AD 1776 enlisted as a
Soldier and Marched to Boston, but how long
he served I do not now recollect, but should
think he served four or six months or more.also
that in the month of August in the year AD 1778
said Brown was drafted and served one and a half months at Liverton & on the Island of Rhode Island and at Greenwich I at the same time served as a volunteer in the States Service,
Also that said Brown in the year AD 1779 served
one month with me at Providence in the State of
Rhode Island in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Ide                  Nathaniel Viall

State of Massachusett
Bristol County }ss 
Sukonk November 16th 1832
Personally appeared Nathaniel Viall who made
oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him
Subscribed before me Allin Hunt Just of Peace
And I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the above named Nathaniel Viall, that he is a man of truth and a credible witness
Allin Hunt Just. of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts-
Bristol} ss
I Anselm Bassett, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Bristol, hereby certify that Allin Hunt is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the signature which is affixed to the within affidavit purporting to be his is his genuine signature-
-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate this seventeenth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty two--
Anselm Barrett
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I, Joel Bowen of Sechank in the County of
Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged twenty two years being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that Oliver Brown now resident in the Town of Orwell County of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania,
during the period of the Revolution lived in the Town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts until I think in the year AD. 1780 when he removed to the State of Vermont, and on the first day of August
in the year AD. 1778 was drafted and marched to Liverton in the State of Rhode Island, was on the Island of Rhode Island on the 29th day of August in an engagement with the British, afterward marched to Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island, and served one and a half
Months in the Company with me, commanded by Capt. Stephen Bullock, Lieutenant John Dry6jah, Ensign Noah Allin in the Regiment of Col. Thomas Carpenter and General Lavall's Brigade-
Also early in the spring of the year AD 1779 there was a Regiment raised from the Town of Rehoboth and the adjoining Towns and stationed at Providence in the State of Rhode Island, and in the month of August another
Company was raised in which I enlisted and served one month as a soldier at said Providence, during which time I frequently saw said Brown on duty as a soldier, but how long he served I cannot say-
Joel Bowen
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State of Massachusetts
Bristol County}Ss.

Sukonk November 16th 1832 Personally appeared the within named Bowen, and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed
Before me Allin Hunt Just of Peace
I further certify that, I am will acquainted
with the within named Joel Bowen that he is
man of truth and a credible Witness
                                        Allin Hunt Just of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol Ss. 

I Anselm Bassett, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Bristol,
do hereby certify that Allen Hunt is a Justice of
the Peace within & for said County of Bristol
and that the signatures above purporting to be
his is his genuine signature-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate this seventeenth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty two-
Anselm Bassett
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See
Towanda June 18

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Towanda Pa. June 18, 1841

Dear Sir.
Something more than a year since application
was made to the War Department for a Pension by Esther Brown of Orwell Bradford Co. Penna, Widow of Oliver Brown deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner. She has not received a certificate and has not learned whether her petition was granted, will you
therefore please inform me whether a certificate has been issued and if so to whom it was sent, if not whether she is entitled to one - by answering above queries without delay you will much oblige the widow-

Very Respectfully &c
Henry S. Mercur

Regt. act 1838
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Apl. 22. 1840
Standing Stone April 18th 1840

Addl. proof
Esther Brown
The Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, Rev. of War
James L. Edwards Esquire Commission of  Pension
Washington
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Standing Stone Bradford County Pa. 18th April 1840
James L Edwards Esqr}
Commissioner of Pensions}

Sir:
some time in the latter part of January or forepart of February last, an application of Cather Brown, Widow of the late Oliver
Brown of Orwell Bradford Co. Pa. Deceased who was a Pensioner of the Revolution was made under the Act of Congress of 4th July 1836, and Join Resolution of July 7th 1838 for the purpose of obtaining the provisions made for widows of Pensioners, by the said act, and Resolution. 
In Addition to the proof enclosed with her Declaration sent. She has sent to
the Town of Rehoboth Massachusett her place of Nativity and obtained some corroborating testimony which is herewith enclosed, But no Record of her man age could be found. It seems that, that generation that knew her in the
day of youth have passed away,- she hopes that the corroboration of the said relative to the births of her children and the attention of her name as the mother will remove every doubt on the subject. She further request you to enclose the result whatever it may be to me
Direct to Standing Stone Post Office Bradford County Pa-

Very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Jonathan Stevens
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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Bradford}Ss.

On this tenth day of June 1843 personally appeared on me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said Mrs. Esther Brown a resident of Orwell in the County of Bradford aged Sixty three years who being first duly sworn,according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary. That she is the widow of Oliver Brown, who was private soldier in the war of the revolution, and the annual amount  of the pension she received under the act of July 7, 1835 was seventy eight dollars and thirty four cents, She further declares that she is still a widow.    Esther Brown

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
And I hereby certify that the declarant
who signed the above declaration
is personally known to me as the widow of
Oliver Brown deceased.

James D Humphrey J.P.
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2048
State of Pennsylvania}
Bradford County} ss
Aaron Chubbuck Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bradford do hereby certify that James D Humphrey Esquire before whom the within affiant was taken was at the time of taking & yet is an acting Justice of the duly qualified and authorized as such that full faith and credit are given to his acts as such, and that I am acquainted with his signature and believe the within purporting to be his genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my
hand and seal of of at Towander the 12th
day of June 1843.

Aaron Chubbuck & Prothonotary
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State of Pennsylvania}
Bradford County }SS
On this 25th day of January AD 1840 before the subscribed a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Bradford personally appeared Elisbeth Bowen, who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say she is now seventy nine years of age that she was born, and brought up in the Town of
Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts
that she was well acquainted with Oliver Brown
and with Esther Vial now Esther Brown that
they was married together about the first day
of January 1789 as near as he can make
that she has known and lived near them confirm with the exception of four or five years the Dippran of the time of their moving into Pennsylvania.                                D Burbank
Sworn and subscribed before me
the day and year above written
Elisbeth Bowen

And I the Justice aforesaid do hereby certify that the said Elisbeth Bowen to me well known is a person of that and veracity and her is entitled to belief
J.D. Burbank  J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County
I David Cash Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that
J. D. Burbank is an acting Justice of the peace in and
for said County, duly commissioned and qualified
and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are
genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed the seal of said Court and
subscribed my name this 10th day
of February A.D. 1840
David Cash Prothonolay
By John M Wattles
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for act 3 March 1893
204.8
June 17 1843
Mar 3d 1843
$78:
Esther Brown
34 per and
L. Edwards
commissioner of
Pensions
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Washington
June 17, 1843
I enclose an application from Mrs Esther
Brown for the benefit act 3 March 1843. Mrs Brown case has
recently been admitted under act 7 July 1838, on the Pension
J. L. Edward E
Com of Pensions
I am your servant
respectfully
Alex Ray
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, March 11th 1840
hereby Certify, That Cyrus M. Wheaton
is now and has been for the three months
last part Justice of the Peace for the
County of Bristol
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned;
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Asaph L. Bliss depose and say that I hold the office of
Town Clerk of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and
State of Massachusetts and by virtue thereof have the
custody of the Records of said Town for Recording Births of
Children, and on examination thereof I find the following Record in
The Children of Oliver Brown Recorded as follows
Josiah Brown Daughter of Oliver Brown and of his wife Esther Born August ye 11th 1789
Lorey Brown Son of Oliver Brown and of his
wife Esther Born Decr ye 24 1791
Alford Brown Son of Oliver Brown and of
his wife Esther Born June 3 1794
Maria Brown Daughter of Oliver Brown and of
his wife Esther Born March 23
Mass Bill Town Clerk of Rehoboth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol SS. March 5th, 1840. Personally, came before me
Asaph L. Blies subscriber to the foregoing Deposition and made
oath to the truth of the same, I further certify that said Araph
L. Bly is known to me as Town Clerk of the Town of Rehoboth
aforesaid & is a credible witness

Cyrus M. Wheaton Justice of the Peace --
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I Asaph L. Bly depose and say that I hold the
Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Rehoboth in
the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts and by
virtue of said office have the custody of the Records
of said Town for Recording Marriage, that I have
carefully examined said Record and do not find the
Marriage of Oliver Brown to Esther Real Recorded
therein Asaph Bliss Town Clerk of Rehoboth
Commonwealth of Massachus
Bristol J. March 5th 1840. Personally appeared Before
me Asaph L. Bly Subscriber to the aforegoing Deposition
and made oath to the truth of the same, I further certify
that said Asaph L. Blip is known to me as Town Clerk
of the Town of Rehoboth aforesaid & is a credible witness
1
Cyrus M. Wheaton Justice of the Peace
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Pennsylvania 7270
Esther Brown
widow of Oliver Brown
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 9th June 1839
of Bradford Co. in the State of Penna
who was a Private in the company
commanded by Captain Hill
of the regt. commanded by Col. Daggett
the Pennsylvania line for 2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia
at the rate of 78 Dollars 34
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of
May 1843 and sent to A. Ray
Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $391:70
Semiannual allowance ending
Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D. Brown
Book.
Clerk,
Vol. 2 Page 145.
Reported
Page 43

6790  Grand
Feb of July 1838
Brown
See at War
or J L Edwards Esquire
Commr of Pensions
Washington
Page 44

Bradford County Pa 13th February 1840
H
J R Poinsett 
Suly at War
Sir Enclosed is the declaration Esther Brown
widow of the late Oliver Brown of Orwell Township in Coun
ty of Bradford Pae aforesaid, deceased who was a Pensioner
of the Revolution Together with the But evidence at present in ┃
her power to obtain. When an investigation of her claims shall pay
ended Mr Brown desires that the result may be communicated 
to me directed to standing Stone Post Office Bradford
County Pa
sometime last fall I think in November I enclosed
and directed to the Secretary of War, The declaration of Margaret
Woolcott, Widow of Silas Woolcott, late of Litchfield Town
ship in the County of Bradford Pennsylvania, Deceased who while
living was a pensioner before me for the purpose
of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of 4th July 1836
and of the joint resolution of July 7th 1838, requesting to have
after the examination of her claims the result made known
to me for her, by directing to me to Standing Stone Post the
Bradford County Pa - Since enclosing the said Declaration
leading from it Mrs Woolcott is in needy circumstances
and sent to inquire of respecting it several times although the disagreements
between us is 26 Miley Iron write at her particular requests
 communicated by her son, with whom she resides
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
J. R. Poinsett supper
Jonathan Stevens
Ken
or J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
Westcott
Will & be so good as let Mrs know the fate of her
application - and if any thing is wanting what can
yet be done