Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,294, James Brown, S.C.
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( 3-1776 ) 
SERVICE S.C. 
Brown, James 
Livina 
NUMBER W. 25,294 
B.L.Wt. 39.473 - 160- 55 
CONTENTS b in 1759 in Cumberland Co. Pa. res at enl. Ninety Six (Abbeville) District S.C. res in 1833  Anderson District S.C.  d. August 31 , 1846 Anderson District S.C.
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23,896 South Carolina James Brown of Anderson in the  State of South Carolina  who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [James Jamieson] Jamison of the regiment commanded by Colonel [Thomas Neel] Neale in the South Carolina militia for 4 months 20 days  Inf, 11 months  6 days Cav,  Inc'd from $ 45.11 to  present amt. 
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 62 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued  the 11th day of July  1836  and sent to Joseph N Whitner, Anderson , S.C.  Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1836 $311.10 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1836 $31.11 = $342.21 Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by D. McCurdy Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6 Page 71
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No. 4387 South Carolina Livina Brown widow of James Brown  who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private SC  Washington City agency 
Rate 96 Dollars 00 cents per annum  commencing July  27 / 68 deduct payments made since  
Certificate dated Apr. 28 / 69  and sent to Claimant  care of WW Boyce 355 H St Present 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners  under act February 3, 1853 , Page 348 Vol. H  July 27/ 68 DN Smith  sent _

1887 Aug 7  Agt reports paid to date of death  Sept 20  1835 & living in [illegible] Habersham Co. Geo ( then aged 73 years )  
[stamp] Reimbursement  Sec. 4718 , R.S.  Requisition for $22. 93/100 to the Secretary as requested by the Auditor No. 8872 Jan 28th  1887]
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240.490 [illegible] of Mar 55 
Livina Brown  April 2nd , 56  
Livina Brown widow of James Brown decd Priv.  
Capt. [William] Hilhouse
Capt. [Edward] Lacey  
Enl 
Dis  
War of the Revolution 
Rev. Pension No.  4387  
Feby 53 - 4387 
Ad : 160 AG Aug 22 of 57 
Boynton 
Claimant Anderson S.C.  
No. 39473 pos Sept. 1/56 

Aug 31 / 03  Wm J. Brown widow rec'd  160 acres no person entitled to any additional land.  G. 
Vol. B 2=79
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application of James Brown  pension 7 June 1832  24265
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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District
On this 5th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas of said State for said District now in Sessions James Brown of the State and District aforesaid who being duly Sworn according to Law, doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
This deponent was born in Cumberland County Pennsylvania, in 1759, and removed to Abbeville
District then 96 - South Carolina in 1771 or 72.
1. He entered the service against the Cherokees, in 1776 under General [Andrew] Williamson , Colonel Neale [Thomas Neel] & Captain John
Brandon who was killed. Served a tour of six weeks -- as a volunteer. 
2. Served two months under General Williamson in protecting the frontiers -- the forces assembled at White Hall, some were sent to Georgia and some to South Carolina. 
3rd He attached himself to James Wilson's company under General Williamson & General [Benjamin] Lincoln, Served on a tour of five months during which time he was at the battle of Stono [Ferry]. 
4th He attached himself to Captain James Jamieson, Colonel Andrew Neale [Neel] & General Thos. Sumter  in 1780. went on a tour to Rocky Mount, present at the battle
of the Hanging Rock at which engagement the Colonel was killed.  he served on this tour 40 days 
5th Marched to Congaree Fort under Captain William Hilhouse, General
Sumter, served in this tour 32 days -- during which time
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he was in five skirmishes with the
British & Tories. 
6th He was under Captain Hillhouse, Colonel [Thomas] Brandon & Colonel [Wade] Hampton near Orangeburg -- went on a tour to the Six Mile House and routed the British and took 40 or upwards prisoners in Service one month .
7th -- Under Captain Wood [Thomas Woods], Major [William] Hanna, General [William] Henderson for
two months principally foraging for General [Nathanael] Greene 
From the commencement to the close of the Revolution he was ever liable to be called on.  Cannot
recollect the time he was in actual service but feels confident it would exceed two years. he knows of no proof he can make unless the testimony of William Armstrong of this District and of John Craig of Pickens can be procured other than from his general reputation. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares his
name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State except that he has been a Pensioner of the State of South Carolina for three years --
S/ James Brown
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court day and year aforesaid.
S/ Van A. Lawhon, CC

We Sandford Vandiver and James Thompson residing in the State and District aforesaid hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with James Brown who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, we believe him to be of the age he has stated. He is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion.
s/  Sanford Vandiver, J Thomson Tes
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court day & year aforesaid In Open Court
March 1833 s/ Van A Lawhon CC
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I Josiah J. Evans Judge of the said Court do
hereby declare my opinion after investigation the
substance of the interrogatories prescribed by the War
department, answered as far, it is said as in the power
of the applicant, from his general appearance,
reputed character, and preceding certificate
that he was a revolutionary soldier, and served
as stated. Sanford Vandiver who has signed
the preceding certificate is a clergyman and
together with James Thompson both reside in said
District, are each credible and respectable persons
as represented by those in whom I can repose
confidence having no personal knowledge of any
of the parties myself
Josiah Evans ( signed ) 
presiding Judge
5 March 1833

I Van A Lawhon Clerk of the Court of Sessions &
Common Pleas for Anderson District do certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the application of James Brown for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have set my
hand & seal of office this fifth
day of March 1833
Van A Lawhon ( signed / sealed ) 
CC
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The State of South Carolina 
Anderson District  James Brown by way of  amending his declaration made in open Court  at March Term  1833  appeared personally before me and makes oath to the following facts.  He has no record of his age,  but from a comparison of age with another Brother now dead who had a record of his age he is satisfied that he is now in his seventy fifth year. He never has had any written discharge
having been usually discharged with the officer under whose immediate command he served. His tours of service were so various and often in such quick succession & having kept no journal of each he finds it difficult to comply with the requisitions of the Department as to the precise time
of each tour. He cannot and will not swear to a day unless some peculiar circumstance has fixed it in his mind if he never gets a pension.
The first tour set forth in his Declaration was in the latter part of July 1776.
The second was commenced in December 1777.
The third was commenced on this 17th March 1778.
The Fourth was in June 1780 & until April 1781.
The fifth was in January & February in the year 1782 immediately after which the tours numbered sixth & seventh followed - the three last tours being against the Indians. He sends the affidavit of William Hillhouse of Alabama. S/ James Brown
Sworn to & subscribed January sixth 1834 S/ Joseph N. Whitner, NP
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{ The State of South Carolina ] I Van A Lawhon  clerk of the Court of Sessions and Commons for  Anderson District certify that Joseph A Whitner is and was at the foregoing date an acting  Notary Public  for said District, that full faith is due to his official acts and  that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have set my hand  & seal of office this fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred & thirty four . Van A Lawhon ( signed / sealed ) C.C.
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the pension law of the United States passed in Feby 1853.  State of South Carolina 
Anderson District  On this the 1st day of July A.D. personally  appeared before Herbert  Hammond  Judge of the Court of Ordinary in open Court in and for the District and State aforesaid Mrs. Livina Brown a resident of Anderson District  & State aforesaid aged forty one years last February  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 act of Congress at its last sitting passed in Feby last. That she is the widow of James Brown  who was a private in the  War of the Revolution  against Great Britain . That as she intermarried with him many years after the service was rendered she is unable to set forth  with accuracy  or in detail the services he rendered but has often heard him speak of having served in the revolutionary War. She does know however that he was enrolled a pensioner of the United States and continued to draw his pension from the agent  for paying  pensions in Charleston S.C. semi- annually up to  the period of his death. She believes the pension sum he drew  was sixty two dollars & eighty four cents per annum or thereabouts , and the original certificate she is informed & verily believes was returned  to the pension office after the death of her late husband  the said James Brown. She further states that she was married to the said James Brown in Anderson District on the __ day of December in  year 1826. by the Rev. Sanford Vandiver a Baptist minister now deceased, that she  has no  private record of her marriage and no public records of marriage is  required to be kept  by the laws of South Carolina ,  neither is any license or publication of bans required bylaw in the  State. That she was a very young woman  at the time and her maiden name was Livina Felton  - she lived with the said James Brown as his wife from  her said marriage till his death which took place on the 31st day of August A.D. 1846. That she is now a widow  and has so
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remained ever since the death of the said James Brown and that she has made no other application to be placed on the pension roll but the present . The declaration of the said James Brown  this deponent's late husband  as well as proof of service and his original certificate will doubtless be found on file in the pension office which will be sufficient  evidence of his service to entitle  this deponent to be placed on the pension roll.  Livina Brown her mark X   
Attest James L Orr. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me  on the day  & date before mentioned and I hereby certify that the above declarant  whose genuine signature  appears by her mark is the widow of the aforesaid James Brown, and that I am full satisfied as to the truth of her declarations. Given under my hand and seal of office at Anderson Court House  this 1st day of July 1853. 
s/ Herbert Hammond Judge of the Court of Ordinary  Anderson District  [

State of South Carolina Anderson District  Personally came James L. Orr  M.C. for Anderson District  this  Congressional District before me  and deposed on oath that he was well acquainted with the late  James Brown that he knew said Brown  was reputed  to be a Revolutionary soldier  and that he drew a pension from the Genl. Government  up to his decease which took place in  1846 , that he is acquainted with  Mrs. Livina Brown his widow . That he knows  they lived together as husband and wife and raised a family of two children  that they were reputed to be husband & wife   & were so received in society and by their acquaintances  and that Mrs. Livina Brown
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is now a widow and has remained so since the death of her late husband . He further deposes that he is  entirely satisfied that James Brown  and Livina Brown were married by said  Vandiver now deceased, as stated in her foregoing declaration. 
s/ James L. Orr 
Sworn to  & subscribed before me this 1st July  1853. 
s/ Saml. M.  Wilkes  Magistrate  Anderson Dist. S.C.   
South Carolina Anderson District  Personally appeared before me  the  undersigned Magistrates Joseph Y. Fretwell  and Amariah Felton and depose on oath that they knew  James Brown in his lifetime and Mrs. Livina Brown  his widow who is now living unmarried, that thy lived together as man and wife in respectability  and raised a family of children as such and were reputed and regarded in  society as man and wife. s/ J. Y. Fretwell, Amariah Felton Sworn to  before me 3rd Oct. 1853 
s/ S. M Wilkes J.P. M.A.D.  
State of South Carolina 
Anderson District  I, Elijah Webb  clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Anderson District  do hereby certify that  Samuel  M  Wilkes Esquire  before whom the foregoing affidavit was made as appears by is  name  in his own handwriting  attesting the  same was at the date thereof a Magistrate in and for Anderson District
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 duly appointed and qualified signed the  Roll kept according to law  in my office . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 3rd day  Oct. 1853 . 
s/ Elijah Webb CCAD
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State of South Carolina Anderson District  On this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared Livina Brown  before me Joseph G. Whitefield a  Magistrate for said District and State aforesaid who being duly sworn  and saith that she is the  widow of James Brown  deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Capt. [William] Hilhouse  and Col. [Edward] Lacey in the War of the Revolution that he said husband served and  continued in actual service for over one year. That she was married to the said James Brown  in the year of our Lord  1826 and that the said James Brown and  Livina Felton was married as above stated in the District of Anderson and State of South Carolina, and lived together as man and wife during his natural life and the said James Brown departed this life on or about the 31st  August 1846  in Anderson District. I have since made application to the  War Department for a pension and my name is enrolled  on the pension list  No. 4387, and I am now and have been since the death of my husband a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land which I may be entitled under the act of Congress  approved  March 3rd, 1856. She further declares that she has not received any bounty land under any other act of Congress. Levinia Brown  her mark X
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We Elijah Webb and W J Brown residents of Anderson District  and the  said State  upon oath swears that the foregoing declaration  was signed and acknowledged in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is  the identical person she represents herself to be . March 19th 1856. Elijah Webb ( signed ) W.J. Brown ( signed )  The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written , and I certify that  I know the affiants to be credible persons. That the claimant is the person she represents herself to be  and that I have no interest in this claim. J. G. Whitefield ( signed ) / sealed ) M.A.D. [ State of South Carolina Anderson District ] I  Elijah Webb clerk of the Court of Anderson District  in said State do hereby certify that  Joseph G Whitefield Esquire before whom the foregoing  declaration was at the date thereof  a Magistrate for Anderson District and that his signature is genuine & all faith should be given him as such Magistrate. Given under my hand and seal of office this 19th March  1856. Elijah Webb ( signed / sealed ) CCPs
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[stamp]  OLD WAR & NAVY FILES USPB AUG 26 1903
160.55  br 39473
Plumb Ga August 21st 1903 
Hon Pension Commissioner Washington D.C.  
I am a son of a  Revolutionary soldier. I learn that the old soldiers or their widows  or heirs are entitled to a Bounty land warrant of 160 acres or it they have had a warrant for a less amount of acres, that they can now get a warrant for whatever amount of acres they lacked of getting the 160 acres. my father name was James Brown, he was a private soldier in General [Thomas Sumter] Sumpter's command in the  Revolutionary War. he drew a pension for a few years before he died which was in August  1846 and my Mother (Lavinia Brown) began to draw a pension some few years after his death and continued  to get the pension up to the time of the  War between the States, then it stopped until some few years after that War closed and then she commenced drawing again, and continued to draw until she died which was in 1885. She got a Land Warrant for (I think it was 40 acres)  some time between the death of Father, and the commencement of the Confederate War. I have lost or destroyed all of the papers in reference to the matter. I know my Mother had a pension certificate during her life time and I kept it for
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several years after her death , but not thinking it worth while to keep it , I have lost or destroyed it  the same as I do with all other papers. I write you now to ask of you to please send me a copy of her certificate  or anything that will enable me to  put in a claim as an heir of James Brown. I can identify myself as his son as there is still living witnesses who knew him in his lifetime and who knew my Mother to be his wife and knew me to be their son, and that Mother drew a pension as his widow to the time of her death. Please give me any information that you can , in reference to the matter  for I am now old and need anything that I may be entitled to . I herewith  enclose stamp to pay postage on any communication that you send me. I am Respectfully yours  
s/ Wm J. Brown [stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 24 1903
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24265
James Brown
SC

Rev
  4 16
45 76
      83
15 54
_____
62 13
22 mo 16 days 
$75.10

[illegible]
 4 mo 20 days for July
11  "      6     "       "   [illegible]

13 32
   2 22

Joseph A Whitner
Anderson C. H.
S C
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
May 16 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and 
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what 
is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, showing the service of [Name not included on this document,  In the file for: James Brown W.25294]

Period when service was rendered.    Duration of the claimant's service         Rank of Claimant     
Names and rank of Field officers under whom he served   
Age at present, place of abode when entered the service.                       Proof by which the declaration                                                       is supported
1776 volunteer 1 mo 14 da Private   Capt [John] Brandon 
Col [Thomas Neel] Neale    
73 years Born in Cumberland Pa                                                                    2 mo Gen [Andrew] Williamson 
intered at  Abbeville Dist S C.   
5 mo    Capt [James] Wilson
Gen [Benjamin] Lincoln
 now lives in Anderson Dist S C.                                                                                                                                                                   
1 mo 10 da Capt [James] Jamieson 
Col [Andrew Neel] Neale   
March to Congaree 32 days  
[Capt William] Hillhouse   
Gen [Thomas Sumter] Sumpter                                                                                      One surviving Witness proves generally 
vlr under 1 mo Col [Thomas] Brandon                                                         
vlr under 2 mo Cp [Thomas] Woods Maj [William] Hanna one other they served from time to time 6 years
Confident he served 2 years and more
Certificate of Clergyman and a citizen
I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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                                                      REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extent, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual
military service.  Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
On this             day of                                personally appeared (a) before  
          A B. a resident (b) of                              in the county of                        and State, Territory, or District of           aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with.        and served in the                (e) regiment of the line,                under the following named offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                           A. B.
        (And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                                                                     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                                                                       for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and seal of office (i) this 
                         day of                                          &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the name of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and the State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 

(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                             and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Clerk of Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal
 of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the orginal discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath and will then procure, if possible , the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all material facts, which can be used in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, it one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 

All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. 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 services.
6.
(To a Soldier.)  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
(To an Officer. ) Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. 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 of the Revolution.  

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir acquaintance with him; that they believe he is of the age he represents,and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened very important, in the absence of any direct proof except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general or whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.  

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of ofice, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genine signature.

No payments can be made upon account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto,and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and theopinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so , he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  

In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____days, I served as a ______ for _______ months and ______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a Pension "It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant. served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed n any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.                                                  
                                                                     Proof of Service
(j) In case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must verify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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1854
South Carolina Anderson District
July the 8, 1854
Hon. J.L. Orr
Dear Sir
Pleas to inform me what is the cause of Mothers Pension not being granted or if granted what is the reason of its being delayed, I have never bin able to hear one word from it sence it was sent off you will please to inform me of what has become of it or what has bin done with it and oblige 
yours most truly and sincearly
W.J. Brown

Widow of James Brown to com
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(Left)
4mo 2d July
1d 6
--------------
15.26

$50 =
     333
----------
46.33
13.33
   2.22
-------------
$71.88
--------------------------------------
Int 13.33
        2.22
Cav  45.84
            .83
------------------
$62.22
Send to Agent, & John  ___

_________________________________________________
(Center)
South Carolina No 23.596
James Brown
of Anderson Dis in the State of S. Carolina who was a private in the ____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Neale in the S. Carolina Troops line for 22 Months & 16 days
13 mo & 16 days
J Pc. New certificate for $45.11
-----------------------------------
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 75 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
--------------------------------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of April 1834 and sent to Jos, N. Whitner
Anderson C. H. S.C.
-------------------------------------
Arrears to the 4thof March 1834
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep "

225.30
37.55
---------
$262.85

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 6   Page 63
---------------------------------------------___________________________________________
(Right)
"
"
"Inf                    Cav
1.22                     2.7
1.26                     2.21
------                    3.26
3.18                      ----------
1.02                       8.24 
--------                     .18
4.20                       ----------
                                 9.12
                                 3.18
                               ----------
                                13.
                                    .21
                                    .10
                                    .23
                                 --------
                                   1.24
                                    9.12
                                    ------
                                   10.36

Tutner, April 23d 35 day & [illegible]
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James Brown's
[illegible] for
Revol. Services

Stamp
Fee $2
Page 26

The State of S. Carolina
To James Brown Dr.
For 52 Days duty as a private footman in Capt Jno.Thomas Jun. Company from 1st May 1778 to 16 July 1779 alty at 10pr        £26
56 Days Do. as Do. under Lt James Lee at Georgia & Stono (No date or year) 10pr  28
67 Days Do. as Horseman in Capt Henry Whites Company from 4 June to 10 Aug.t 1780 - 20pr  67
81 Days Do. as Do. in Capt John Lawsons Company from 8 Oct. 1780 to 3 April 1781 alty - 20pr  116
= Curr.y   £318. .
= Stg.      £ 45.8.6¾
The above in Col. Roebucks Regt & taken from Pay Bills

State S. Carolina
To James Brown Dr
For Militia Duty in Roebucks Regt before the Fate of Charleston pr Andersons Return Amtg. to Currency £18 or £2.11.5 Stg.
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State of S. Carolina Let.
To James Brown

1782 
From the 11th May to 1st June 1782  Let.
To 21 Days as Horseman at 20p old cur. £21.0.0
Included in Capt. Mapps Pay Bill

 State of S. Carolina Let.
To James Brown
1782 
From the 1st to 10 May 1782 Let.
To 10 Days as a Horseman at 20p old cur. £10.0.0
included in Capt Mapps Pay Bill

State S. Carolina
Let to James Brown
For 23 Days Militia Duty as a Private
on Horseback pr Capt John Cowans Pay Bill, commencing May 12th 1780 & ending 20 February 1783 @ 20p  £23.0.0

The State of South Carolina
To James Brown for duty done in Col. Laceys Regt of Militia from the Twelfth day of July 1782 to the Twelfth day of the next August & both days included, in the Chart 32 days, @ 10p is £16.0.0
    £2.5.8½ Stg.
John Steel Capt
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Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia 24 May 1836

I certify the foregoing to be true copies of the original accounts of James Brown, for services rendered in the War of the Revolution, as
settled and filed in this office and for which Six Indents were issued.
William Laval Compt Genl
per
s/ John T. Seibels
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Restoration.  4.387
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, 
Livina Brown widow of James Brown
who was a Private in the Revolutionary War,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Sixty two  dollars and Twenty two cents per annum, commencing on the 4th September 1860, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry: in which case the Pension is not payable after the time 
of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this Twelfth day of June
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty-Seven
s/ W. T. Otto
Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned.
Joseph H Barrett.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District
On this Eleventh day of February Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and Sixty Seven personally appeared before me John W  Daniels Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions in said State and District, the same being a Court of Record John B. Watson and Jasper Hembree respectable and credible Citizens and residents of Anderson District and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law depose that they have been until recently neighbors of, and are well acquainted with Mrs Lavinia Brown and that she is the identical
Lavinia Brown who was a pensioner of the United States prior to the year 1860, and these deponents have known her (the first John B. Watson on the public square at Anderson
Court House in the district aforesaid during the late rebelion and the 2nd Jasper Hembree at his residence in the aforesaid District, during the late rebelion)  to express herself as opposed to the said rebelion and in favor of the Union, and they further swear that they have ever reason to believe and do believe that she has ever been and still is entirely loyal to the goverment of the United States and that they never knew her and dont believe she ever did encourage or give any sympathy to the late rebels.  And that judging from her age and poverty she is now unable to exercise but little influence in political matters, and that such influence as she may & have exercised are and have been loyal to the United States of America and that they are enabled to make the above affidavits from an acquaintance with her actings and doings for the past thirty years. And they further swear that they have no interest either directly or indirectly in the prosecution of her claim
to be restored to the United States pension Roll
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and they further swear that they are loyal to the government of the United States. 
John B. Watson
Jasper Hembree
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first aforesaid. 
John W. Daniels
C.C. & Ex=off M.A.D.
I, John W. Daniels Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions in and for the District of Anderson, in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John B. Watson and Jasper Hembree the above deponents are respectable and loyal and are entitled to credit in their statements, as above and foregoing, And that I have no interest directly or indirectly in the prosecution of this claim, and I further certify that the contents of this affidavit was made known to the above deponents before swearing them to the same and I further certify the this above affidavit was made in due form before me. 
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court at Anderson Court House, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 11th day of February A.D. 1867, and 91st year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
John W. Daniels C.C. P.V. G.S.,A.D. So: Ca;
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State of South Carolina
Anderson District
Personally appeared Lavina Brown and makes oath that she has
lost or mislaid her original Pension certificate which was issued to her as widow of James for services rendered by him as a soldier in
the Revolutionary War, sworn to and Subscribed Before me this November 22nd 1860 s/ J. C. Whitfield M.A.D.
Lavina Brown X her Mark

I ELijah Webb Clerk of the Court of Anderson District and said State Do hereby certify that John C Whitfield
Esquire before whom the foregoing certificate was made as appears by his name in his own handwriting attesting the same was at the date thereof a Magistrate for Anderson District duly appointed and Qualified according to Law
I also certify I am well acquainted with Lavina Brown and that she is a pensioner of the United States
Given under my hand and seal
of office this 30 day November 1860
s/ Elijah Webb C.C.A.D.
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Mrs Levina Brown
Application for
increase of pension

Stamp
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[illegible] 1869
[illegible]

Address care of 
W W Boyce
355 26 Street
Washington City 
D. C
Page 34

State of South Carolina
County of Anderson
On this fifth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine personally appeared before
Me John Wilson a Magistrate
within and for the County and State aforesaid Levina Brown a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to
law, declares that she is the widow of James Brown deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that as such widow her name was inscribed on the pension rolls of the
United States for the State of South Carolina as is manifest from her pension certificate which
accompanies this application, which said certificate is numbered 4387. Re-issue dated June 18th 1868 and signed by W. F. Otto Acting Secretary of the Interior, and James A. Morgan
Acting Commissioner of Pensions, which said certificate certifies that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853 Lavina Brown widow of James Brown who was a private in the Revolutionary War
is inscribed on the Pension List at
 the rate of Sixty two Dollars and
twenty two cents per annum, commencing on the 4th day of March 1861. and continuing for life uless she should again
Page 35

marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage which said certificate was issued in lieu of certificate dated June 12th 1867, to correct date of commencement of pension, deducting all payments made since Sept 4th 1860. that the the said Lavina Brown still continues the widow of said James Brown never having intermarried since his death
that this declaration is made
for the purpose of obtaining an increase of her pension to eight dollars a month from July 25th 1866 under and by virtue of the 13th Section of the act of Congress
approved July 27th 1868
Levina Brown X her mark
s/ John Wilson Magistrate A.C.

We John B Watson and Jasper Hembree residents of Anderson County in the State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the
foregoing declaration was signed and
acknowledged by the said Levina Brown in our presence, that we are well acquainted with her the said Lavina Brown and know that she is the person she represents herself to be and that she continues the widow of the said James
Page 36

Brown, never having intermarried since his death. And we further say we have no interest in this claim
s/ John Wilson M. A.D.
s/ John B. Watson
Jasper Hembree

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and further I certify
that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and is still a widow and that I have no interest in this claim. s/ John Wilson Magistrate

The State of South Carolina
Anderson County 
I, John W. Daniels Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the County aforesaid
hereby certify that John Wilson Esquire who took the foregoing affidavits, as appears by his name
in his own hand writing attesting the same was at the date thereof and still is a Magistrate in and for the County of Anderson, in the State aforesaid, that he had been duly appointed
and qualified and had signed the magistrates roll kept according to law in my office. I further certify that John B. Watson and Jasper Hembree the witnesses and Deponents to
said declaration and affidavits are well known
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to me, and are gentlemen of high standing and unimpeachable character. And that I have no
interest either directly or indirectly in this applicants getting her Pension
Three words on third line of this page between the words either and directly" erased before signing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of office at Anderson Court-house
this Fifth day of April in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and Sixty nine
and in the ninety third year of the
Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America
s/ John W. Daniels C.C.P. G.S.
Page 38

Restoration Review

W Lavinia Brown
Add Evidence
Rcd.  Dec 16/66

Rcd. by
Wallace
DC
Washington 
DC
Feb. 21/67.
Page 39

From CHARLES F. McGILL,
Military & Naval Agency,
WASHINGION, D. C.
APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION TO THE PENSION ROLLS BY PERSONS WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN DROPPED UNDER THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 4, 1862.

State of South Carolina 
District of Anderson 
On this Fifteenth day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and
Sixty Six personally appeared before me, Clerk, of the Superior Court in said State and District, the same being a court of record, Lavinia Brown
aged Fifty four years, a resident of Pickens Dist, in the State of South Carolina who, being duly sworn, according to law, declares that She is the identical Lavina Brown who was  a pensioner on the Roll at the Agency at and whose pension certificate was destroyed by the raid in  May 1865 that she has resided, since the first day of January, A. D.1861, as follows: in Pickens District -  PO Pickens C. H.
(Here name the place or places at which the applicant has resided.)
that during this period her means of subsistence have been by her own labor and the
(Here name the employment or other means by which a livelihood has been gained.)
Charity of her friends
and that She has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or She has not in any manner 
encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that She was last paid her pension on or about the fourth day of September, A. D. 1860.
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the Pension Rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as She may be entitled to under existing laws; reference being made to the evidence heretofore fled in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim.
I, Lavinia Brown, do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) in the presence of 
Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder; that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves: So help me God. Livonia Brown X her mark

And, for the purpose of prosecuting her claim, hereby appoints Charles F McGill of Washington, D.C., Attorney with power of substitution, to prosecute her claim, and with authority to receive the pension  certificate, and to do all other acts necessary in the premises.

Also personally appeared Elijah Webb and John C. Whitefield, residents of Anderson, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw
Lavinia Brown sign her name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear, that they  have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person She represents herself to be; and they further swear, that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
John C. Whitefield 
Elijah Webb 
(Signatures of Witnesses)
Page 40

after being read to her The foregoing oaths of applicant and witnesses were sworn to and subscribed before me, this the Fifteenth day of September A. D. 1866; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
John W. Daniels C.C. & Ex off M. A.D.
(Signature of judge or other officer.)
INSTRUCTIONS.
If the declarant, or any witness, sign by mark, the officer must certify that the contents of the paper were
made known to the affiant before signing.
In every case the declaration or affidavit must either be signed by the affiant's own hand, or else by mark
Signing by another hand, when the party is able to write, or without a mark, when the party is unable to write, is
he allegations made in the applicant's declaration must be sustained by the testimony of two credible and disinterested witnesses, to be certified as such by the officer before whom the testimony is taken.
If the applicant be an invalid pensioner, he must be examined by an army surgeon, or by a surgeon duly
appointed by the Pension Office, as to the continuance of his disability. If a widow, she must prove by two credible witnesses, her continued widowhood. If the guardian of a minor child, newly appointed, he must file evidence of his appointment as such.
State of South Carolina Anderson  District Personally appeared before me Jno W Daniels clerk of the court for said District in the State aforesaid, Elijah Webb I am a Clerk of the Court in and for District and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth that when Livina Brown Widow of James Brown Decd, drew
pension to the 4th of September 1860. She left in possession of this deponant her Pension certificate
which remained in his deponants care until the aid of Genl Brown in 1865 upon the Town of Anderson, when said certificate, together with other papers of deponant got lost or destroyed so that the same cannot now be found . sworn to and subscribed before me this fifteenth day September 1866 s/ Elijah Webb
John W. Daniels C.C.P& Ex Off MAD

APPLICATION
Restoration to Pension Rolls
filed by CF MCGILL
ATTORNEY.
WASHINGTON, D.C
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE DEC 18 1866
Page 41

issued to Livinia Brown widow of James Brown in full satisfaction for the latters' since in the Revolutionary war, and there is no person entitled to any additional land for said service
W R DC
Mr. Wm J Brown 
Plumb, Ga.
Page 42

War with Spain
3--442.   _____Ex'r.
(Old No. 3--514.)

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C_______, 190___


O W and N Div. Div.    
______ No.________
Co._____, ___ Reg't _____
P.O.__________
Enlisted _____, 18____
Discharged ____, 18____
Disability incurred ______, 18___

Chief, Record Division:
Please furnish the names and post-office addesses of officers and comrades of Co. ____, _____ Reg't._______
Page 43

39473-160-55
Livinia, widow of
James Brown
Bounty Land  Aug 31 /03
Sir
In response to
your communication
of the 21st instant
you are advised that the
records of this
Bureau show that
a military bounty
land warrant for
160 acres was
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issued to Livinia
Brown widow of
James Brown in
full satisfaction for
the latters service
in the Revolutionary war, and there is
no person entitled
to any additional
land for said service
MR ac
Mr. Wm J. Brown
Plumb
Ga.
Page 45

Pension Office
Oct. 24 /53
Sir 
Please report time of last
payment to or death of
within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
S Cole for Commr
F. Burt Esqr 3 aud Present

James Brown Act 1832
$62.22 p. annum.
Died 31st August 1846,
paid to his death.
F Burt
Auditor
Page 46

Revy WIDOW &c
file no 25294
Livina Brown wid of James Brown 
Pri Rev War
act Feb 3d 53 & July 21
Vol A Page 93
arrangement of 1870
Page 47

39.473

Rev War
Page 48

South Carolina 23.896
James Brown of Anderson Dis in the State of So C who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _
of the Regt commanded
by Col Neal [Thomas Neel] in the So. Carolina line for 13 months & 16 days
Increase to $71.88
Reduced from $75.10
Inscribed on the roll of So Carolina
at the rate of 43 Dollars 11Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st
day of April 1836 and sent Jos. N
Whitner Anderson CH. SC.
Arrears to the 4th March 1836 $225.55 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 22.55 = $248.10
⎨ Revolutionary Claim, ┃
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by DD Addison, clerk
Book C Vol. 6 Page 71

See let to Pension Agent
Apl 12, 1836
Let. Comp Gen SoCa May 12 1826
" Jos N Whitner May 31 "
Page 49

1860 Dec 8
Duplicate issued and sent to Hon AD Ashmore Ho Reps

4387
South Carolina
Livina Brown widow of James
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 62 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
28th day of July 1854 and sent to
Hon James S. Orr Ho. of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 141 Vol.A
Sep 4, 1860
Page 50

Re-issue 4.387
South Carolina
Livina Brown widow of James Brown
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Washington City Roll at the rate of 62 dollars 22 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th March 1961. Deduct all payments made since Sept 4.1860
Certificate of Pension issued 10
day of June 1868
and sent to John W Daniels
Clerks office, Anderson Dist
South Carolina
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 342 Vol.H
JN Smith Clk
1868 Aug 15. Pension Agent
removing suspension
[Illegible] returned to Hon H Boyce Wash DC
Page 51

Restoration 11387 [Illegible]
South Carolina Livina Brown widow of James Brown who served in the Revolutionary war as a Private

Inscribed on the Washington City Roll at the rate of 62 dollars 22 cents per annum to commence on the 4th Sept 1867

Certificate of Pension issued 12th day of June 1867 and sent to Chas T McGill Washington City DC

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3 1853 Page 348 Vol 76
JN Smith clerk

1868 March 14 Pension Agent to suspend until certificate can be corrected
1868 May 9 JW Daniels for return of certificate
1868 May 12 Wm W Boyce
Page 52

State of Alabama Marengo County: Personally appeared before me James Pickens a Justice of
the peace for said County William Hillhouse who made oath that he knew James Brown of York
District South Carolina and that the said James Brown entered the service as a volunteer in the
revolutionary war in the year 1777 in December under Captain Thomas Kirkpatrick in Colonel Thomas [Neel] Neil's Regiment and served one tour of two months and ended in March afterwards and served two months in said company & Regiment on the 1st July 1780 he joined Captain [James Jamieson] Jamison's Company this deponent was Lieutenant of said company and about three weeks
afterwards Captain Jamison was wounded at the Battle of the Hanging Rock and this deponent took command of said company and said Brown served under him until about the last of April 1781 and served as a faithful soldier in the cause of the freedom. S/ Wm Hillhouse
Sworn to & subscribed before me the 16 of November 1833
S/ James Pickens, JP
Page 53

I do hereby certify that William Hillhouse who has made the foregoing deposition is a
Gentleman of grate Respectability and is reputed to have been a faithfull solder of the Revolution
s/ James Pickens JP

The State of Alabama Marengo County  I Thomas Anderson Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Pickens whose name
is affixed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of of assigning the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace in said County and that full faith and credit is of right due and should be given to all of his official acts as such In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and official seal this 3d day of December A.D. Eighteen
hundred and thirty three and fifty Eighth of the Independence of the United States of America the
fifty Eighth year
s/ Thomas Anderson Clerk
Page 54

Personally appeared in open Court William Armstrong and being
Sworn declares that he was well acquainted with James Brown
during the war of the Revolution
although they belonged to different Regiments they frequently met together, were together
at the battle of the Hanging Rock
and this Deponent often heard of Brown by one of another during that time of his being off on various expeditions and tours of Service-
This Deponent always has believed and still does that the said Brown
was an active faithful Whig during the
War. s/ Wm armstrong
Sworn to day and year aforesaid 6th
March 1833 s/ Van A Lawhon C. Co

John Craig makes oath in open Court that he was acquainted with James Brown during the war of the Revolution. They served together from time to time for six years were commanded by the same officers often. has known him intimately ever
since knows him to have been a respectable man and a good whig during the whole struggle
John Craig X his mark
Sworn to day and year aforesaid In open Court
s/ Van A Lawhon CCo
Page 55

James Brown
6.255
Capt. Kilpatrick; Jamison & others
Infantry
Col Bratton
Anderson 30 yr  in 1834
Before Abbeville & York
to March 4 - 1835
Payments to be made
at Charleston
by the First U.S. Br. Bk.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of S. Carolina

Recorded in the Pension Of=
fice, in Book E. Vo. 6
Page 63 by D. Brown
Clerk.
Page 56

CANCELLED
WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Brown, of the  State of South Carolina who was a Private in the War of the Revolution 
is entitled to receive - Seventy five  dollars and Ten cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and  payable  in semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States this 19th day of 
April one thousand eight
hundred and thirty = four
s/ Lewis Cass 
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
s/ J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 57

Washington DC
Dec 16th 1866
Hon. J.H. Barrett
Com of Pensions
Sir,
As Atty  I file herewith claim restoration of Mrs L. Brown
Resp, H. McGill
Page 58

Increase     4387
Brief in Case of Livina Brown Widow of James Brown
Private Rev.
Anderson County and State of South Carolina
D.C.
Act 2d Sec Feb. 3. 1853

Claim For New Pension Certificate,
Proof Exhibited,
Pension of $62.22 per annum Certificate returned.
Claim increase as provided by 13th Sec Act. July 27, 1868.
Pension identity and continued widowhood Shown.
Admitted April 16, 1867 to pension at $96 per Annum to Commence July 27, 1868 deducting pay since.
W.E. Trask Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant
Care W.W. Boyce
355 H St.
Washington, D.C.
Page 59

Honobl (Honorable)Jno D Ashmore
Washington  D C
Page 60

Dr. Cal
I send you a certificate of old Mrs Brown she has sent her original certificate to Taylor who was to get her an additional pension and her Certificate is lost or mislaid and She cant draw her pension. If you will send to the war Department and get her a duplicate Certificate I can draw her money, or if you can obtain the number of the certificate I have a duplicate misses all but the Number of her certificate and that I failed to insert. 
R McClelland Signed her certificate as Secretary of the interior we are told. I have her side ever since Pendleton meeting no news Cesession
all the word, let it come live or die we cant live with a people, who puts a negroe on Equality with us, our father did not So intend and if we submit to what they did not allow we are Bastards and not sons cursed be the man or set of men who will say that our negroes are regarded under the constitution as equal with us.
Your friend 
Elijah Webb
Clerks office
Anderson District
Nov 30th 1860
Do let me hear from you. EW
Page 61

Payment to be made
at Charleston So. Ca.
by Fleetwood Lenneau
Agent for paying Pensioners, 
in the Agency of
South Carolina
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CANCELLED
WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Brown of the  State of South Carolina who was a Private in the war of the Revolution 
is entitled to receive Forty five  dollars and Eleven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and  payable  semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year. 

This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated April 19th 1834 for $75.10 which has been cancelled.
Given at the War Office of the United
States this first day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty six

s/ Lewis Cass 
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned.
s/ J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Brief in to case of Livina Brown widow of James
Anderson District state of South Carolina
act February 3rd 1853 2nd  Section

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
Proof Exhibited,
Affidavit of loss of original certificate dated July 28th 1854

Hon J D Ashmore
Name and residence of Agent.
House of Reprs

Henry C Lauck
Examining Clerk.
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Washington April 11, 1868
281 G Street
Sir
On presentation of the enclosed Power of Attorney, Mr Clark pension agent informed me Mrs Brown's case was suspended.
As attorney for Mrs Brown who is represented to me as being very poor and old, I beg leave most
respectfully that you will be so kind as to inform me of the cause of the
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suspension of the payment of her pension in order that if practicable any deficiency in her case may be supplied.
I would also respectfully ask that the within inclosure may be returned
to me.
With great respect
William W. Boyce
Hnb
The Commissioner of Pensions
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Brief in the case of Livina Brown. Widow of James
Anderson District State of S.C.
Act Feby: 3d 1853

Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioner under the Act of 7Jan. 1832.
General reputation of married & cohabitation proven by affidavits of Hon. Jas. L. Orr & two other witnesses.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
s/ Hon. Jas. L. Orr Ho of Reps
s/ Boynton Examining clerk
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Restoration  D.C.   4.387
 Brief in the Case of Livina Widow of James.
Revy. Pickens Court House
Pickens County and State of So. Carolina
2d hc Act 30 Feb. 1853

Claim for New Pension Certificate,
PROOF EXHIBITED, 
A Suspended Pensioner on the Roll of So. Carolina at $62. 22 pr annum & paid to Mch. 4 1861. She alleges loss of Old Certificate & claims restoration.
Proof of Identity - Loyalty. Sustained by two witnesses Certified and entitled to credit.
Restored June 7, 1867 to a Pension at $62.22 pr annum commencing Mch 4 1861
Pension Office June 6. 1868
A certificate will reissue to correct date of commencement of pension to Mch 4. 1861 Deduct payments made. Send to John W. Daniels, Clerks Office, Anderson Dist. South Carolina.
Senior Clerk W.E. Trask
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
Charles F. McGill
Washington
D C.
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Washington, D.C.
Reg No. 1107
Hon. J.H. Bowell
Com. of Pensions
I'll rework Proof of loyalty in Certificate of Pension claim of Mrs. Livina Brown
Claim filed Dec. 10/66.
Resp. C.F. McGill
Clerk
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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
February 24, 1868
Sir,
The pension of Lavinia Brown
formerly a pensioner on the South Carolina roll was reported in
June 1867 Washington D. C. roll for
restoration to commence 4 September 1860, act 3 February 1853, 2nd section.
On the books of this office her pension appears to have been last paid to 4 March 1861, in 2 quarter 1861.
Please make the necessary
correction and inform this office
of the fact.
Very Respectfully
John Wilson Auditor
Hon. Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
. J.H.
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Mr Baxter
Please reissue to correct date of commencement of pension to March 4/61
Deduct payments made
send to John W. Daniels, Clerks Office
Anderson Dist South Carolina
Cooke
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STAMP
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
APR 28 1869
PENSION OFFICE

Hon The Commissioner of
Pensions
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Washington April 12th 1869
35526.
Sir
I beg leave respectfully
to submit to you the application of
Mrs Lavinia Brown for increase
of pension
With great respect &c
William W. Boyce
Hon The Commissioner of
Pensions
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Clerks Office
Anderson Dist. S. Car
To Secretary of Interior
Enclosed please find
Pension Certificate of
Mrs Livina Brown - sent on
for correction in date of
commencement as
directed in your communication
of May 9th 1868
Respectfully
John W. Daniels
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Washington May 8, 1868
281 G street
Sir
I addressed a communication
about ten days since to the Hon Commissioner of Pensions, inclosing power of attorney to me in regard to the case of Mrs Lavina Brown.
not receiving any reply fear
the same may have miscarried
therefore beg leave again to
lay her case before the Department.
Mrs Lavina Brown widow of
James Brown of Anderson County
State of South Carolina received a
restoration certificate. But Mr Clark
Pension Agent on whose books in
this city her name is inscribed informs me, that her case is suspended
They leave therefore to inquire
the cause of the suspension
in her case, so that the proper steps
may be taken to remove the suspension
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With great respect
William W Boyce

The Hon Commissioner Pension

Stamp
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MAY 19 1868
PENSION OFFICE
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Clerks Office
Anderson District S.C.
April 29th 1868
Hon: Joseph M Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Dear Sir
Robert Clark Agt for paying Pension
in D.C. writes me that you have
suspended the payment of the Pension of Livina Brown widow of James Brown Private in the Revolutionary War, in consequence of an error in the date of the commencement of her pension; please inform me of the
error that I may correct
it or take the necessary steps to
correct it. The claimant is an aged
lady and is in absolute want of
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her pension-- having no other
means of support.
Her Certificate is headed
Restoration 4.387 &
Signed 12th day of June 1867
(signed) W T Otto
acting Secretary of the Interior
Examined & Countersigned
(signed) Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
It is put down at $2262 22/100 per annum, commencing
on 4th September 1860
Please give me the necessary
instructions to the end that I may
assist the Lady in obtaining her
pension
Very Respectfully &c
John W Daniels
C.C.P.
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Anderson S.C. June 16 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Enclosed herewith you have
the certificate of James Brown
for the purpose of providing
another [Illegible]
I feel much gratified that
evidence has been proved to justify
this increase
I understand correctly when I
Construe your letter of 31 ult as declining any further
allowance to David Sadler
than for service indicated in the
Comptroller Genls office of this State 
will not direct positive proof of living witnesses satisfy the Department of his having rendered the Service
than that returned in that office
with great respect &cCS/ Joseph N. Whitner
the amended certificate of Fowler has come to hand since my last I suppose started before it reached
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4387  Reissue
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the  act of February  3, 1853, Livina Brown widow of James Brown who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Thirty two
dollars and Twenty two cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1861 continuing for life, unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.  Issued in lieu of certificate dated 12th June 1867 to correct date of commencement of pension. Deduct all payments made since Sept 4th 1860.
Given at the Department of the Interior this Tenth day of June
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Eight.

W. T. Otto [signature]
Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards [signature]
Commissioner of Pensions.