Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,708, Charles Brown, S.C.
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S. C.   Brown, Charles   W.21,708
Susannah  B.L. Wt. 2137-200
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Date of widow's death not on A. B.
No:2635  Repr
South Carolina
Susannah Brown  S.C.
widow of  Charles Brown, Deceased.
who died in 1819
of Charleston in the state of South Carolina
who was a Lieutenant in the company 
 commanded by Captain [William] Hext of the Regt commanded by Colonel [Charles] Pinckney in the So. Carolina line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 320 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of April 1839 and sent to the Hon
J.R. Poinsett, Secty. of War Present
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 $2560.00
Semi-annual allowance end 4 Sept $  160.00 = $2,720.00                                            

{Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3d }
Recorded by WM Stewart -Clerk
Book A Vol.2 Page 173.
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V 4630
Susanna Brown
Wid of Charles
So Ca
Act July 7 1838
& Feb 15. 1839
See July 4 1836
No. 3993
Allowed under that act
Robt Elfe
Charleston So Ca
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the Law of Congress of July 4th 1836
The State of South Carolina
Charleston District
On this Twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred and thirty Eight before
me Rob Elfe a magistrate for the District of Charleston and State aforesaid personally appeared
Susannah Brown a resident of the City of Charleston, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress passed the 4th day of July 1838-
That she is the widow of Charles Brown who was a Lieutenant in the
South Carolina Continental line during the War of the Revolution. This Deponent further declares that her Husband the said Charles Brown Entered the army when quite a young
man, at an early period of the war, and that he served to the end of the war, that he was engaged and rendered important service at the Siege of Savannah was in the battle of Beaufort, and was in service at the siege of Charleston when it capitulated to the British forces 
This Deponent is unable to
State particularly the nature and extent of
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the services performed by her said Husband but craves reference to the record of the War Department, for more authentic testimony on this point. Deponent further says that a warrant for military Land Bounty was a few years past awarded to the heirs of the said Lieut. Charles Brown
by the government of the United States for his military services.
This Deponent further swears that she was married to the said Lieutenant Charles Brown in the City of Charleston South Carolina on the thirtieth day of October in the year seventeen Hundred and Eighty three (1783), as will more fully appear by the annexed certificate of Marriage from the Parish Register of Saint
Philip Church. This Deponent further
deposes that she is now in her seventy second year. that her husband the said Charles Brown died in the year Eighteen hundred and nineteen and that she has never married but remains his widow
s/ Susannah Brown
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me
Rob Elfe         
M

The State of South Carolina
Charleston District
I Rob Elfe a magistrate for the District and State aforesaid Do hereby
certify that Susannah Brown above named
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widow of Lieutenant Charles Brown of the Revolution, did this day appear before me in her own person and made oath in due form of Law to the foregoing affidavit. I further certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Brown and know her to be a lady of strict veracity and that her Declarations are entitled to be fully believed
Given under my hand this
27th day of August A.D. 1838
Rob Elfe
M
Charleston District
office of Com Pleas
I Charles C. Strohecker
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the district of Charleston aforesaid
Do hereby certify that Rob Elfe is one of the Justices of the Quorum for the
district aforesaid, that full faith
and credit are due to his acts as
such and that the above signature
purporting to be his is genuine-
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 17th day of October 1838
Charles C. Strohecker
Clerk
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The State of South Carolina
District & City of Charleston
Saint Philips Parish
I Chistopher E Gadsden Rector of Saint Philip Church in the City of
Charleston and State aforesaid, Do Hereby Certify that the following is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date of the Marriage of Charles Brown and Susannah Tenant, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows
"Charles Brown and Susannah Tenant
were married on the 30th,  Thirtieth of October 1783, Seventeen Hundred and Eighty three"
Given under my hand as Recor of
said Church this fourth day of
February One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty nine -
Christopher E Gadsden
Rector of Saint Phillip Church

I Christopher Gadsden above named depose and say that I hold the office of Rector of Saint Philip Church in the Parish City and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church with the exception above named
as certified by me -Chistopher Gadsden Rector of St. Philip Church
Sworn to before me this 4th day of February A.D. 1839-
Rob Elfe
M
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The State of South Carolina
Charleston District
I Charles C. Strohecker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for
the district aforesaid do hereby certify That Robert Elfe is a Magistrate for the District & State aforesaid, and that the foregoing signature purporting to
be his is genuine-
In Testimony whereof I
I have hereunto set my hand as
Clerk of said Court, and affixed
my seal of Office this fourth
day of February one thousand
eight Hundred and thirty nine -
Charles Strohecker Clerk
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Comptrollers Office
Charleston So Ca November 1st 1838
I certify that on the eleventh day of July one Thousand Seven Hundred eighty three was issued to Lieutenant Charles Brown of the first South
Regiment an indented Certificate for the principal sum of Five hundred & Seventy four [illegible] Shilling & 21 being the amount of his pay and subsistence to the 1st day of January 1782 and for his additional state pay to the first day of May 1783 a certificate from the Auditor General
which indented Certificate has since been settled and filed with others that have been paid
Wm Ed Hayne
Comptroller Gen
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Charles Brown
No 2137
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR. 
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers who
engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died
of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the
proper authorities:
State of South Carolina
Parish of [illegible]
E. B. Brown& SC Brown heirs at law of the late Charles Brown
do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the said Charles Brown
did enter the service in 1778, for the term of the war 
and served as a Lieutenant in the Regiment No. one
under the command of Colonel [Charles Cotesworth Pinckney] the
of the South Carolina line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the war.
We further declare that we have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the late Chester Brown
on the part of the United States; nor do we believe that he ever received
it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,

Know all men by these presents, That we EB Brown & SC Brown aforesaid,
do hereby constitute and appoint Henry S. Pinckney Esq to be our true
and lawful attorney, for us and inour names to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the
United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to us as aforesaid; and my said attorney is
hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys
under him, for the special purposes above expressed. s/ E. B. Brown
SC Brown
Attest, Benj Salomon to EB Brown's signature, ME Keith to Mrs Brown's signature

Personally appeared the abovenamed E B Brown & SC Brown subscribers
to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of
attorney thereto subjoined to be the free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest, ME Keith
James Smith Justice of the Quorum & NP

In testimony that the above written James Smith was a magistrate
authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of South Carolina at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto
affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Georgetown S.Ca this Tenth day of
1836
Thomas Shaw
C. Clerk, &c.
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 RESOLUTION
For the relief of the heirs of Charles Brown, deceased
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War cause to be issued a duplicate of bounty land warrant number two thousand one hundred and thirty-seven, for two hundred acres, issued the twenty-fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to Susan C. Brown, Sarah C. Brown, Charles T. Brown, Anna E. Brown, William
T. Brown, E. Boudinot Brown, Sarah B. Keith, wife of John A. Keith, and Eliza Hopkins, surviving daughter of Susan Hopkins, they being the legal heirs of Charles Brown, deceased, who was a lieutenant in the South Carolina line;
which said warrant has been lost to the said heirs; and the said duplicate shall be located and proceeded upon in the same manner as if it were the original warrant; and the said original warrant is hereby declared void.
Approved March 2 nd, 1839

A true copy compared with the Roll
in this office.
Dept. of State March 11th 1839  
s/ K Vail Chief Clerk
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October 5, 1936
CHARLES BROWN
W. 21708
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. J. W. Sessums
603 Ocean Boulevard
Daytona Beach, Florida
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Robert Alexander, of Bedford County,
Virginia, who served as a 1st Lieutenant and Captain, married in
1774 and died November 20, 1820, also, of Charles Brown, who served
in the Revolution from South Carolina, and on account of whose services bounty land was granted.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon
service in the Revolution of the Robert Alexander described by you.
Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by
this office. The record has been found of only one Charles Brown who served from South Carolina and it is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W.21708, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth, age and names of the parents of Charles Brown are not shown.
Charles Brown entered the service in 1778 for the term of the war;
he was commissioned Lieutenant December 8, 1779, in Colonel Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney's 1st South Carolina Regiment, under whom he served, was in the battle of Beaufort, in the siege of Savannah and the siege of Charleston, all in South Carolina, was taken prisoner in the latter siege, and was discharged in May, 1763.
Charles Brown married October 30, 1783, Susannah C. Tenant, in
Charleston, South Carolina, where their marriage was recorded in the
Parish Register of Saint Philip's Church. The date and place of her
birth and names of her parents are not given. He died in 1819. He was a
member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
On account of the Revolutionary War service of Lieutenant Charles
Brown, Warrant No. 2137, for two hundred acres of bounty land, was
issued March 24, 1836, to Susan C. Brown and the following named heirs
atlas of that officers Sarah C. Brown; Charles Tenant Brown; Anna R. Brown, William Tenant Brown, E. Boudinot Brown; Sarah B. Keith,
wife of John A. Keith, and Eliza S. Hopkins, surviving daughter of
Susan Hopkins.
Charles C. Brown's widow, Susannah C., was allowed pension on her
application executed August 27, 1838, at which time she was aged
seventy-two years and a resident of Charleston, South Carolina.
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The date and place of birth, age and names of the parents of Charles Brown are not shown.
Charles Brown entered the service in 1778 for the term of the war;
he was commissioned Lieutenant December 8, 1779, in Colonel Charles Cotasworth Pinckney's 1st South Carolina Regiment under whom he served, was in the battle of Beaufort, in the siege of Savannah and the siege of Charleston, all in South Carolina, was taken prisoner in the latter siege, and was discharged in May, 1783.
Charles Brown married October 30, 1783, Susannah C. Tenant, in
Charleston, South Carolina, where their marriage was recorded in the
birth and names of her parents are not given. He died in 1819. He was a
member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
On account of the Revolutionary War service of Lieutenant Charles
Brown, Warrant No. 2137, for two hundred acres of bounty land, was
issued March 24, 1836, to Susan C. Brown and the following named heirs
at law of that officer; Sarah C. Brown; Charles Tenant Brown; Anna E. Brown; William Tenant Brown, E. Boudinot Brown; Sarah B. Keith,
wife of John A. Keith, and Eliza S. Hopkins, surviving daughter of
Susan Hopkins.
Charles C. Brown's widow, Susannah C., was allowed pension on her
application executed August 27, 1838, at which time she was aged
seventy-two years and a resident of Charleston, South Carolina.
Dr. E. B. Brown, son of Charles Brown and his wife, Susannah C.
was the only child whose name was designated as such in the claim,
his age and place of residence was not given.
In 1836, one M. E. Keith witnessed the signature of Susannah C.
Brown, his relationship to her or to John A. Keith and his wife, Sarah B.,
not shown.
For information in regard to location of the land granted on account
of the services of Lieutenant Charles Brown, you should apply to the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city,
and cite the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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603 Ocean Blvd.
Daytona Beach, Fla
Sept. 1st, 1936
Veterans Administration Bureau
Washington, D.C

Dear Sirs:              [stamped] Received 
                                     Sep 4 1936
                                    MAIL
 
Will you please give me any data
you may have on the two Charles
Browns who served in the Revolutionary War in So Carolina?  I am particularly interested in the Charles Brown who received a land grant in Maury (or Murry)
County, Tenn. The grant of land was
225 acres, I think. His relatives or perhaps should say "wife's folks" lived in Fishing Creek York District, S.C
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours
(Mrs. J.W.) Mary Little Sessums
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1936, Oct 5 Hist to Mrs. J. W. Sessums &SB
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
 
File No. 21708
Susannah Brown
Wid of
Charles Brown
Lient Rev. War
=
Act: July 4th 1836
Index:--Vol. A, Page 91

[Arrangement of 1870.]
deed
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Sir I have employed Mr Robbert Elfe to get the pension that is due me
as the widow of Lieut. Charles Brown. It appears as if I was no
nearer receiving it, than when I first employed him 18 months since, I heard a letter read from you Sir by Mr Elfe where you say there is nothing wanting but positive proof to enable me to get the Pension by the Act of 1831 or two. I will thank you Sir, to write a few lines to me in answer to this to inform me what other proof
than the following I can procure. All that I can gather from record is
that Major C Brown Commission is recorded in the City of Washington Lieut C Brown. I have a coppy of it, the last lines was thus. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned or a Committee of the States-- it is signed by
John Hanson President of Congress & by Ben Lincoln Secretary of War

The discharge of the Continentals took place in 1783 Congress then
declared it to be their pleasure, that such part of their armies, as stood
engaged to serve the war, should from & after the third day of November 1783 be absolutely discharged. Lieut Charles Brown was at the Siege of Savana [Savannah]
under Colonel C. Pinkney [Charles Pinckney] & was captured in the City of Charleston with the South Carolina line, first Continental Regiment, commanded by Colonel C.C. Pinckney & Prisoner with them, till the conclusion of the war
No farther opportunity was afforded Colonel C.C. Pinckney of serving his
Country in the field. Lieut Charles Brown's name is enrolled in the [Society of] Cincinnati as belonging to the south Carolina Line. He received his Commutation pay in 1785, 2nd of June
SC Brown
March 31, 1839-
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House of Reps 3d March 1839
Sir
I request that you will forward
to me the duplicate bounty
land warrant directed by a joint
Resolution of Congress 
passed at this session to be found in favor of the heirs of Charles Brown
deceased, in the place of one
that has been lost
Vry Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt
John Campbell
Wm Gordon Esq
c/o Bounty Land  Office
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Duplicate

Charles Brown

No. 2137

To file next to Number 2248
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Marlborough S.C. Apl 20 1839

Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of the duplicate Land
Warrant directed by a joint resolution
of Congress to be paid in part
the heirs of Charles Brown.
very Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt
John Campbell

W. Jordan Esq
Bounty Land Office
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May 11
[CANCELLATION STAMP]
May 6
Georgetown  S.C.

SC
 [Illegible] Proof
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Charles Brown
July 4,630
4 July alloted
[illegible]

2635 

Mr. J.L. Edwards
Mail { Commissioner Pension
Washington City
District of Columbia
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May 6 1839
Dear Sir,
Inclosed you will find
a copy of the Original commission 
of my father Lieut C Brown of
continental army, Certified to by a
Notary Public, which I hope
may assist you in adjudicating his
widows claim to her pension
My mother received your favour of 10.00 bill enclosing a copy of your
letter to Mr Elfe, who says some time since, he sent you the information requested of the Comptroller Genl Mr W. E. Hagan, in the form of a certificate, to have & gave evidence
of my father receiving pay up
to May 1783 as a continental
officer. The commission as you
will observe is dated 8th December
1779, making three years & five months.
If there be any one justly entitled
to her pension it is the widow of
Lieut Brown whose estate suffered
much from the fact of his father
dying during the war & fighting them
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May 6th 1839
Dear Sir
Inclosed you will find a copy of the original Commission of my father Lieut. C Brown of Cont army,
Certified to by a Notary Public, which I hope may assist you in adjusting
his widows claim to her pension
My mother received your favour of 10.00 bill enclosing a copy of your
letter to Mr Elfe, who says some time since, he sent you the information requested of the Comptroller Genl Mr W. E. Hagan, in the form of a certificate, to have & gave evidence
of my father receiving pay up
to May 1783 as a continental
officer. The commission as you
will observe is dated 8th December
1779, making three years & five months.
If there be any one justly entitled
to her pension it is the widow of
Lieut Brown whose estate suffered
much from the fact of his father
dying during the war & fighting them
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battles of his country, in one of which
(viz)the battle of Savannah the
was nearly killed. I hope we may be
able to hear from you at an early
period & that my mother may
receive her pension at the same time
which she is much in want of.
If any further evidence is required
we will be glad to know, as we are
desirous that the matter may be
closed as soon as possible
Respectfully
your Obt servt
E. B. Brown, MD
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner Pensions
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Comr May 4
Susanna Brown

mail   Free

JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Charleston 29th April 1839
Hon J.L. Edwards
Sir
I was this day furnished by Mrs
Susanna Brown with a copy of a letter which you wrote to me on the 29th March past . I have never received such a letter, although I have been daily expecting some communication
from you on the subject of Mrs B's
claim from the time I sent it on,
I sent you with Mrs Browns last  application a certificate from our Comptroller General stating that Lieut Brown recd his pay as a
continental officer up to May 1783
and among the first papers which I sent you of Mrs Brown, viz, for a pension under the act of July 1836. the testimony of Dr Reid if I remember right, proved three years service of Lieut Brown - And
the same affidavit I thought would serve the present application, if as I think it contained the statement of service
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Mrs Brown has the Commission of her Husband giving him rank from the 8th December 1779 dating his service from this period up to the time he was paid off in May 1783, as appears by the Comptroller generals certificate in your possession
would prove service for three years and five months or thereabouts, If the testimony of Dr Reid with the Comptrollers certificate
is not sufficient I will send you on the
Commission of Lieut Brown
I am with great respect
your Obt Sert
Rob Elfe
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3993
E793 Octo 23 /38
Pension Office SC Oct 1836

on final settlet [illegible]

Hon JR Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Charleston 17th Oct 1838
Hon J. R. Poinsett
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Mrs Susannah Brown 
widow of Charles Brown of the Revolution for a Pension under the act of July 1836. Mrs Brown relies upon the Records at Washington to show that her Husband was in the
service to the end of the war
She unites with me in asking
your friendly attention to the
matter for her
Very Respectfully
your obt servt
Rob Elfe
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Robt Elfe
Octo 25. 1838
SC
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War Dept. Pen Office
Oct. 25, 1838
 The papers in the case of
Mrs Susannah Brown widow
of Charles Brown decd have
been examined and filed with
suspended cases. If unable to appear
in open Court it should be so certifed
by the magistrate before whom her declaration was made as required in rule five in the enclosed printed sheet
The rule number two should also be
complied with relation to the record
of the marriage. It should also be clearly shown that the claimants husband performed actual service in the army after her marriage
Perhaps some evidence may be obtained on application to William E. Rayne Esqr for the records in
his office as comptroller Genl of S. Caroline, unless this is established the claim count be admitted
under act 4 July 1836,
Robert Elfe Esq
Charleston
S.C.
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Susanna Brown
South Carolina
suspended
Act 4 July 1836
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Hon JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Charleston 11th Feby 1839 
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commiss of Pensions

Dear Sir
I send you the Declaration of Mrs Brown for a Pension
under the act of July 1838. I have
not been able to find any thing
in the Comptroller General office
in Charleston which could prove
that her husband Charles Brown
was in service at the time of her
Marriage to him-
I think the office shews that he had left the service
I send you a certificate from the Comptroller  Be pleased
to forward me the certificate
of Pension under the
present application
with great respect
Rob Elfe
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E793 V3993
Susanna Brown
widow of Charles
South Carolina
Mar 1783 died 1819
Act July 4 1836
recd Land in final settlet certificate
[illegible]132 vol 4
on roll Captain
Wm Hexts C.o 1st S. Carolina 
from January 1780 as 1st Lieut See new bound Rolls. S. Carolina
not on Roll for Nov or Dec 79
Lieut Inf. $320 pr ann from Mar 4 1831. Capt Hext. Col. Pinckney 
S.C. line
Hon JR Poinsett
Secy of War
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The State of South Carolina
City of Charleston
Parish of St Philip

I do hereby certify that Charles Brown and Susannah Tenant
were married on the thirtieth day of
October in the year seventeen Hundred and Eighty three, and that the same is duly recorded in the Parish Register of St Philip's Church
Given under my hand as Rector of St. Philips Church aforesaid this fifteenth day of October in the
year of our Lord one thousand
Eight Hundred & Thirty Eight
C.E. Gadsden
Rector of St Philips Church
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of July 1838 Entitled "an act granting Half pay & pensions to certain widows
the State of South Carolina On this fourteenth day
of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred & Thirty Eight personally appeared before the Hon Jacob Axson Recorder of the City of Charleston and Judge of the City Court of Charleston
Mrs Susannah Brown aged (72) Seventy two years, a resident of the City of Charleston who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
that she is the widow of Charles Brown who was a Lieutenant of Infantry in the South Carolina
Continental Line, during the war
of the Revolution. That her Husband the said Charles Brown entered the army when quite a young man, and at an early period of the war. That she is certain that he was in the service for more than three years. that he rendered important services at the siege of Savannah, was in the Battle of Beaufort and was
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engaged in the defense of Charleston when it fell.
she further declares that
she was married to the said Charles
Brown on the 13th thirtieth day of October 1783 seventeen Hundred & Eighty three as will more fully appear by the annexed certificate of Marriage. That her
Husband the aforesaid Charles Brown
died in the year Eighteen Hundred
and nineteen, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and ninety four. Viz, at the time above
stated s/ Susannah Brown
Sworn to and subscribed
before me on the day and year first above written
s/ Jacob Axson Recorder of the city of Charleston and Judge of City Court
State of South Carolina
City of Charleston
I Jacob Axon Recorder of the City of Charleston and Judge of the City Court of Charleston
Do hereby certify that Mrs Susannah Brown above named the widow of Lieut Charles Brown of the Revolution did this day appear before me in her own person and made oath in due form of Law
to the foregoing affidavit I do also
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certify that Mrs Brown was unable
from bodily infirmity to appear in open Court, and that I attended at her
residence for the purpose of swearing her to said affidavit. I further certify that the aforesaid Susannah Brown in the widow of the said Charles Brown and that she now resides in Charleston and that her declaration is entitled to be believed
Given under my hand this fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Eight s/ Jacob Axson Recorder of the City of Charleston and Judge of the City Court of Charleston

The State of South Carolina
City of Charleston
I Frances S. Ward Clerk of
the City Court of Charles in, Do hereby certify that
Jacob Axson is the Recorder of the City of Charleston
and Judge of the City Court of Charleston. And
that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his
are genuine-
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court this fourth day of February in the
year one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty nine
FS Ward
clk
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The United States of America in Congress Assembled
To Charles Brown Gentleman Greeting. The reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism
valor conduct and fidelity do by these presents consitute and appoint afor to be Lieutenant in the first South Carolina Regiment in the Army of the United States to take rank as such from the eighth day of Decr 1779
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing
all manner of things thereto belonging And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and soldiers under your command to be obediant
to your order as Lieutenant. And [illegible] observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in Chief
for the time being of the Army of the United States of any other your superior officer according to the rules
& discipline of War in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until
revoked by this or a future Congress the Committee of Congress before mentioned or a committee of the
States 
Witness His Excellency John Hanson Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America at
Philadelphia the 12th day of April A.D.
1782 and in the sixth year of our independence
(Signed) John Hanson President
By order of Congress (signed) B. Lincoln, Secretary at War
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South Carolina
George town District  
I hereby certify that Mrs SC Brown widow of the late Major Charles Brown has exhibited to me the original commission of the said C Brown as a lieutenant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment during the Revolutionary war and that the above is a true and literal copy of the same.
s/ James Smith 
Notary Public

State of South Carolina
Georgetown District
I Thomas L Shaw Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District of Georgetown in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Smith is a Notary Public in and for the district aforesaid
Given under my hand and Seal of Office the Six day of May 1839
s/ Thomas L Shaw
C.C.P
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[illegible]
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State of South Carolina
[indecipherable] County
Ordinarys Office 10th Feby- 1836
I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me to prove that Susan C. Brown, Sarah C. Brown, Charles Tennant Brown, Anna E. Brown, William Tennant Brown, E. Boudinot Brown, Sarah B. Keith wife of John A. Keith and Eliza S. Hopkins surviving daughter of Susan Hopkins are the heirs and only heirs at law in fee to the late Charles Brown who was a Lieutenant in the first Regiment of the South Carolina line commanded by Col. Charles Colesworth Pinckney.

Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this tenth day of February 1836.
Eleazer Waterman
Ordinary D

The above form will answer for the following States, viz.
Maine,
Massachusetts,
New-Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
(Judge of Probate)

New York,
New Jersey
(Surrogate)

South Carolina
Georgia
(Ordinary)