Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27388, Benjamin Brown, N. H. 11" M.S.Inf War 1812
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.H. 
and
11" M.S. Inf War 1812.

Brown, Benjamin  Betsey

NUMBER
W. 27388
B.L. Wt. 770_100_ (Rev)
and
B.L.Wt. 22981_ 160-50_ (1812)
Old War Inv. File 20655"
CONTENTS
In 1818 aged about [illegible] of [illegible] he died Feb [illegible] [1887?]
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14.849
New Hampshire.
Benjamin Brown of Wakefield in the state of New Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Cillery of the New Hampshire line, for the term of four years
Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28th of April, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of Sept. 1819 and sent to Jeremiah H. Woodman Esq. Rochester, New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819. 16 mos. 1/30 129.86
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1820   48.00 $177:86
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Arrears to 4th Sept. 1819. [illegible]  129.86 DoD  -  -  Do  43.22 [illegible] $86.64 48.00 
$134.64
Continued
Notification sent to A. Pierce Esq Dover New Hampshire 5th Sept 1820
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4754
New Hampshire [illegible] 
Betsey Brown widow of Benjamin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private InadfromH80
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st of July 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24the day of Feby 1837 and sent to Hon. A. Tuck [illegible] 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 54 Vol. 1.
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-770-
Benjamin Brown priv: New Hampshire line - 
General power of Substitution for the Warrant Nos 770- 772 - 773 - 774. 775 - & 776 - to N. B. Vanzandt in this file -
Warrant iss March 12th 1819
N B Vanzant atty
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N. 152. 336. Sept. 16/52
Betsey Brown, Wid of Benjamin Brown, Privt
Capt Jona. Stark
Capt. Moody Beedel
Aug 1811 U. S. Army
Enlist July 1812
Dis Jany. 1814} Feb 18
__________War 1812
3 acres/52 Taylor
3rd and office 18 Nov. 1852
Benjamin Brown served under Capt. Stark from 18 August 1812 to 18 February 1814 honorably discharged. wrong sees soldiers discharge certificate 
(Admitted) 
R Grame 
FW 3rd auditor
Warrant 22.981 Issued and sent February 24/[18]53
Joshua G. Heall Union New Hampshire
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Benja Brown - Private Col. Cilley, Regiment - New Hampshire Line 1779 - 4 years
28. April 1818.
on rolls
The claimant must return his original certificate before he can be placed on roll under the act of the 18 March 1818.
March 1818
John S: Sherbume, Judge, Portsmouth, N:H:
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Benjamin Brown of Wakefield in the County of Strafford, & State of New Hampshire, late a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Amos Morrill in the regiment commanded by Col. Cilley in the New Hampshire Line, on the Continental Establishment, declareth, maketh oath, & saith, that in on about April 1779, he enlisted in said Capt. Morrill's said Company, in said Regiment and Line, on the Establishment aforesaid, in the war of the Revolution, to serve the United States during said War. That he continues in said Service, and Faithfully served the United States, in said war, until the seventh day of June in the year 1783, at which time he was honourably discharged, by General Washington at Fish Kills [Fishkill] in the State of New York, but has lost his discharge, it having been consumed by fire in his house, which hath been burnt. and the said Benjamin Brown further says that being on the Pension list of the United States, as a disabled soldier, he hereby relinquished all claim to every Pension heretofore allowed him by the Laws of the United States, on his being admitted to the Provisions of the act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United Sates in the Revolutionary War." - and the Deponent further declares, that that he is and always hath been a resident citizen of the United States, and is of Wakefield aforesaid. and that by reason of his reduced Circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his Country for support. 
Benjamin Brown 
[illegible]
Sworn to before me This 28th of April 1818-
M S. Sherbume [illegible] New Hampshire
And I do further certify - That it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Brown did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and I now transmit  the proceeding and testimony taken before me to the Secretary of War - and also that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from the country for support.
I N S. Sherbume district judge U.S. New Hampshire District
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United States New Hampshire District ss
Be it known that John S. Sherburne
Esquire who hath subscribed the within
Certificate is one of the Judges of
the Circuit Court and Judge of the
District Court of the United States for said District
Witness the seal of said Circuit Court the 9th day
of December A.D. 1818-
Peyton R Freeman Clerk
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This may certify that Mr Benjamin Brown enlisted into the
first New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Cilly and first company commanded by Captain Amos Morrill in the year 1778 and continued in the Continental service, Two years
James Cromett
Strafford ss. October 27th 1818 The above named James Cromett made solemn Oath that the above mentioned Certificate by him subscribed is a true statement before me
John Pike Justice Peace
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Ss. Portsmouth
I Daniel Humphreys Esquire Notary Public
duly commissioned and sworn certify that the
above named and signing
John Pike is a Justice of the Peace for the County
of Stafford and was at the above date Witness
my notarial firm and seal
November 17. 1818
Daniel Humphrey Notary Public
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I Daniel Cook of Lawful age depose
And say that I am well acquainted with
Benjamin Brown of Wakefield and
that I am knowing to said Brown's serving
as a private in the Revolutionary War.
he entered the service in the year AD.
1779 and continued in said service untill
the year AD 1783 he and myself belonged
the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cilley
Daniel Cook

State of New Hampshire
Strafford SS. 
on the 3d day of October AD 1818
then the above named Daniel Cook
personally appearing made solemn oath
that the above affidavit by him subscribed
was just and true before me
William Sawyer Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire Portsmouth  Ss.
Be it Known, and I the Subscriber, Notary
Public, and a Justice of
the Peace of Quorum, Do Certify, That William
Sawyer Esquire, who has subscribed the above
Caption is a Justice of the Peace for the County
of Strafford, in said State of New Hampshire
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
Notarial Seal on this thirteenth
day of October A.D. 1818-
Daniel Humphreys Notary Public
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20861
Benjamin Brown 
New Hampshire 
July 27 1818
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Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin
Brown of Wakefield in the County of Strafford
and State of Newhampshire [sic] Husbandman have constituted and made and by these presents do constitute
ordain and make and in my stead and place put
Ira Fish of Milton in the County of Strafford and
State of Newhampshire Clothier to be my true suffient and lawful attorney for me and in my name
and stead to my use to ask for and receive in my
Name from the Government of the United States
of America a warrant for one Hundred Acres of
land granted to me as a bounty for my services
as a soldier, in the Newhampshire Line of the
American army during the war of the revolution giving and hereby granting unto my said
attorney full power and authority in and about the
Premises and to pursue and use all due means and process
in law for the full and complete execution of the business
aforesaid and in my name and stead to make and seal and execute due acquitance and discharge and for the
premises to appear and the person of him the constituted
represent before any Governor Judges Justices Officers
and Ministers of the law whatsoever in any court
or courts of Judicature and there on my behalf to
answer defend and reply unto all actions causes
Matters and things whatsoever relating to the
premises with full power to make and substitute
for the purposes aforesaid one or more attorneys under
my said attorney and the same again at pleasure
to revoke and generally to say to act and transact
and finish all Matters and things whatsoever relating
to the premises as fully and amply to all intents
and
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purposes as he the constituent aught might or
could do hereby ratifying allowing and holding
firm and valid all and whatsoever my said
atorney [sic] or his substitutes shall lawfully do or cause
to be done in and about the premises by virtue of
of these presents
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day
June AD 1818
Benjamin Brown
Signed sealed and delivered
in presents [sic] of us
Daniel Cook
Timothy Sawyer
State of Newhampshire Strafford Ss.
1818 June 2nd then Benjamin Brown personally appeared and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney by him subscribed to be his voluntary act and deed before me
Jonathan Copp Justice of the Peace
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Strafford ss
State of New Hampshire
Daniel Waldron Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for said
County within the first District.
Do hereby certify that John Fish and
Jonathan Copp Esquires whose signatures
are affixed to the papers hereto annexed
are Justices of the peace acting under the
authority of said State
In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of said
Court this sixteenth day of June Anno Domini 1818
Daniel Waldron
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83
Benjamin Brown
[illegible]
March 1820
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To the justices of the court of common pleas now sitting at Wolfborough within and for the county of Strafford 
and State of New-Hampshire, on the second Tuesday of July, 1820.
Benjamin Brown aged 57
resident in Wakefield in said County, comes
into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his
proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income--his
necessary clothing and bedding excepted--as follows:--
1 Iron pot 1-3 pail Kettle - 1 frying pan- one shovel and tongs,
3 knives and forks one spoon 5 old Chairs - one old Chest-one
pine table 1 ax 1 hoe 1 Rake 1 pitchfork 1 drawing knife
1 nail hammer 2 spinning wheels 1 meet [meat] barrel
N.B. the above articles like their owner are nearly worn out in
the service
Benjamin Brown
And the said Benjamin Brown in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed: -- viz.[namely]

I, Benjamin Brown do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the
18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my
property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act
of Congress, entitled ""an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
in the revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in
trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Benjamin Brown
And the said Benjamin Brown both here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz.
that he enlisted in the year 1779 I think in the month
of April in Captain Amos Morrills Company in the first
New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph
Cilley and served as a soldier from the year 1779 to the
year 1783 and was regularly discharged on the 7 of June
1783 -
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That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 28, 1818 and the number of
his pension certificate is 14849
that his occupation is that of a laborer is unable to support
himself he use of his left arm for which he received a pention. that the number and names of
his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz. his wife
aged 57 - 2 daughters one aged 19 the other 15 years one
Son aged 21 years a cripple and one son aged 9 years
neither of the 2 last is able to support themselves.
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule,
that the same, together with a copy of the premises be duly certified to the Secretary of War
Sworn and declared before the said court the
11th day of July-
1820.
Benjamin Brown
Attest J. Peirce, Clerk.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. STRAFFORD SS.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Wolfborough within and for the county of Strafford and state of
New-Hampshire, on the 11th day of July
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH and
SAMUEL QUARLES,
Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Benjamin
Brown having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the Court, and the same being seen and
considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is Eight
dollars twenty five cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the
proceedings thereon be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest A. Peirce, Clerk
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. STRAFFORD Ss:
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the
County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule
and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the
court thereon are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court, the 11th day of July
1820.
A. Peirce, Clerk.
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W13819
Betsy Brown
hw of Benjamin 
NH
Act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794
regretted husband
Died 3 December 47
Admd. act 17 June 44
+ 2 July 48
$80.00 per annum
[illegible] 4 December 1847

Amasa Copps
Wakefield 
NH
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I Betsy Brown of Wakefield in the County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire and late wife of Benjamin Brown who was a Pensioner of the United States of American under the act of Congress of the 18th of June 1818, do make this affidavit for the purpose of drawing a pension under the late act of Congress and further state that according to my belief and knowledge, my late husband Benjamin Brown entered into the Army of the revolution in the spring of year 1779 and marched with general John Sullivan into the Indian Country in and about the Genesee River and returned with him sometime in October or November of the same year that afterwards my husband was stationed in the State of New York in and about the highlands was present when Mr. Andre was hung as I have often heard him relate that my husband continued forth the army till the close of the war in 1783. That I was married to Benjamin Brown the 9th day of August 1784 at Wakefield NH by the revd. Avery Hall Esquire. That I am at this time in my eighty four year. I am inform and much debilitated that my late husband Benjamin Brown died at Wakefield NH on the third day of December 1847.
Betsey her X mark Brown
in presence of 
Amasa Copp
Thomas Rust
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State of New Hampshire
Carroll County SS
Be it known that on the sixteenth day of May AD 1848 before me Thomas Rust, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Carroll aforesaid personally appeared the above named Betsey Brown and made oath in due form of law, that the above affidavit by her subscribed is just and true
Thomas Rust


The State of New Hampshire
Carroll SS
Court of Common Pleas
Clerks Office May 18th 1848
I Frances R Chase Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county hereby certify that Thomas Rust Esquire was on the 17th day of May AD 1848 a Judge of said Court written and for said county as afore mentioned., That I am well acquainted with his signature and the above I am reporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and year above named.
Francis R. Chase Clerk
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State of New-Hampshire
County of Carroll ss.
On this twenty eighth day of August AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Betsey Brown aged eighty eight years, a resident of Wakefield in the state of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Brown, deceased, who was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Stark in the 11th Regiment of the United States commanded by Col. Moody Beedel in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18 day of June 1812. That her said husband enlisted for the term of 18 months and continued in actual service, in said war, for the term of eighteen months and was honorably discharged at Burlington on as [illegible] early in January 1816 AD as will appear by the roll of said company. his discharge is lost. She further states that she was married to said Benjamin Brown in said Wakefield [illegible illegible illegible] on the -- day of --- AD --- by one Avery Hall a minister of gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Betsey Fisk that her said husband died at Wakefield on the third day of December AD 1847 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act passed September 28, 1850.
Betsey her x mark Brown

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Joshua G Hall Justice of the Peace
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Betsey Brown
N. 152.336
Sept 16/52

State of New Hampshire 
County of Carroll ss.
I Francis R. Chase Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said county hereby certify that Joshua G Hall before home the written declaration was made was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of said court this sixth day of September AD 1852
Francis R. Chase Clerk
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The State of New Hampshire
Carroll ss.
I Francis R. Chase Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certifies that Amasa Copp within named is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County that his commission is dated on the 23 day of December AD 1845 and will expire on the 23 day of December AD 1850 and that his signatures to the annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine.
For testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Courts + subscribed my name this 30th day of August AD 1848.
Francis R. Chase Clerk
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The State of New Hampshire
Carroll ss.
I Francis R. Chase Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certified that Amasa Copp within named is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County that his commission is dated on the 23 day of December AD 1845 and will expire on the 23 day of December AD 1850 and that the signatures to the annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony where of I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Courts + subscribed my name this 30th day of August AD 1848
Francis R. Chase Clerk
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Wakefield N.H. August 28th 1848
This certifies, I have examined the Records
of Town of Wakefield, Benjamin Browns
Marriage is not recorded in said Records
Samuel Yeaton
Town Clerk of Wakefield
State of New Hampshire
Carroll County  ss
August 29 1848
Subscribed and sworn to
Before me Amasa Copp Jus. Peace
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I Jonathan Copp of Wallefield
in the County of Carroll and State of
New Hampshire, aged Seventy three years old, depose and on Oath say, that I have been acquainted personally with Benjamin Brown
of Wakefield in the County of Carroll
aforesaid and was a Revolutionary
pensioner since the year 1818, that
said Benjamin Brown died in Wakefield aforesaid on the third day of December 1847 leaving a Widow with whom he lived for the space of near Sixty years as man and wife
during which time they had as many
as twelve or thirteen children that the
Mother (Betsy Brown) of these children
and the Widow of said Benjamin Brown
is now living in Wakefield old and infirm, I further depose and say that
William Brown and oldest child of
said Benjamin and Betsy Brown
lived with me from the year 1798 or 1799 till he was twenty one years old
that he has resided in Wakefield nearly
all his life and is now living in said
Wakefield and has been taxed in
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said Wakefield a great number of years and is the only person by the name of William Brown, who has been taxed in said Wakefield
to my knowledge or belief, I have
been a Selectman in Wakefield a number of years heretofore.
Jonathan Copp

State of New Hampshire
Carroll County  ss
Be it Known that on the fourteenth day of August 1868 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County of Carroll the above named Jonathan Copp and made on Oath in due form of Law that the above affidavit by him signed
is just and true.  I further say that the said Jonathan Copp is entitled to full credit and
is a man of truth and veracity
Amasa Copp
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I Avery H. Gilman of Wakefield in the County
of Carroll and State of New Hampshire aged
fifty eight depose and on oath say, that
am the grand son of Avery Hall Esquire
of the same Wakefield, deceased, that said
Avery Hall in his lifetime solemmel 
[solemnized] Marriages in the old County of Stafford in state that after said Avery Hall's house was destroyed by five about forty years ago, some of the papers of said Avery Hall fell into my possession & among the purposes of said Hall that came into my hands are an 
old desk and book case I recollect of finding a number of certificates from town Clerks.  I found one from the town Clerk Certifying that Benjamin Brown and Betsey Fisk had been duly
published in the town of their intended
Marriage - I found no other writing
touching the marriage of said Benjamin 
Brown-- I also found a great number
of other town Clerks certificates of a like
tenor to Brown's - that my children had
these papers to play with and the whole
were destroyed by them. I considered them
wholly worthless that I have known Benjamin 
Brown and his wife for a great number of
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years, that they have lived in Wakefield the
principal part of the time since I been
acquainted with them. they have had a
number of children, William Brown
is the oldest son of Benjamin Brown
and wife and I should judge that said
William Brown is over sixty years old
the said Betsy Brown is still living
the widow of said Benjamin Brown that
Avery Hall deed twenty one or
two years ago his wife is also dead every one of said Avery Hall's children are dead.  I know of no papers or records that belong to said Avery Hall except those above mentioned which were all destroyed by my children.
Mr Hall had a son who moved into the Northerly part of the State of New Hampshire a number of years ago and if there was any more he may have had them but he is long since dead But the Son's wife was living the last account I had of her

Avery H Gilman
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State of New Hampshire
Carroll County  ss
Be it Known that on the twenty eighth day of August 1848, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of
Carroll Avery H. Gilman and made Oath
in due form of Law that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is just and true
Amasa Copp
-
I further certify that the above named
Avery H. Gilman is entitled to full credit
and belief
Amasa Copp
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To whom it may concern
This certifies that we have examined the records of the town of Wakefield and find that William Brown (eldest son of Betsey Brown widdow [widow] of the Late Benjamin Brown Deceased) was taxed in this town for the first time in 1808 being at that time as we suppose twenty one years of age and is the only person taxes or known in town by that name.
Aug 28 1848
Chs.  H Sawyer  }   Selectmen of
John Copp         }   Wakefield

State of New Hampshire
Carroll County  ss
August 28th 1848
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Amasa Copp    Jus. Peace
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I Moses Perkins of Wakefield in the County.
of Carroll and State of Newhampshire 
[New Hampshire] of lawful age depose and say that I have been acquainted with Benjamin Brown late of said Wakefield and Betsey his wife for more than twenty years previous to his death which death took place more than four years past.  The precise time I do not recollect but I assisted in making his grave and was present at the time of his burial.  The said Benjamin Brown and Betsey lived together to my knowledge as husband wife & she the said Betsey is now living and is a Widow.
September 1st 1852
Moses Perkins

State of Newhampshin [New Hampshire]
Carroll ss
On this first day of September 1852 personally appeared the above named Moses Perkins and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
Before me.
Joshua G Hall Justice of the peace
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I Avery H. Gilman of Wakefield in the
County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire
of lawful age depose and say that I have known Benjamin Brown and Betsey his wife who resided in said Wakefield for more than thirty years and that they during that time lived together as husband and wife until the decease of the said Benjamin which has been several years leaving his wife & widow now living in said Wakefield.  I further state that I knew one Avery Hall Esquire a minister of the Gospel that lived and died in said Wakefield who was qualified in law to solemnize marriages further state that since his death I have been authorized to settle his
estate & had all the papers which he left but into my custody and among them I distinctly recollect of seeing a paper in which there were the names of a few couple which he certified he had married.  One couple of which was Benjamin Brown and Betsey Fisk of said Wakefield.  I have not known any others of that name as Husband and wife
September 3 1882
Avery H. Gilman
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State of Newhampshire [New Ham[shire]
Carroll  ss
On this third day of September 1852 personally appeared the within named Avery H. Gilman and made oath that the within affidavit by him Signed is true.  Before me
Joshua C Hall Justice of the Peace

State of N Hampshire
County of Canaan
I Francis R. Chase Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas for said County
hereby certify that Joshua G Hall before whom this within & annexed affidavits
were made was at the date thereof as 
Justice of the Peace for said County
duly commissioned & qualified
and that his signatures thereto and
genuine.
Witness my hand and
seal of said Court this sixth
day of September AD 1852
Francis R. Chase   Clerk
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I Wm. Sawyer, Jr. of Wakefield, in the County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire, of lawful age, depose and say: that I have known Benjamin Brown, and his wife, Betsy
Brown, of Wakefield aforesaid, for more than thirty years, and during that time, until the time of the decease of the said Benjamin Brown, they lived together as husband and wife.
Said Benjamin Brown died, I think, December 3 1847 in said Wakefield, and the said Betsy Brown, has ever since resided in said Wakefield, and remains, and has ever since
the decease of the said Benjamin Brown, remained the widow
of the said Benjamin Brown
Wm. Sawyer. Jr.

State of Newhampshin [New Hampshire]
Carroll  ss
On this third day of September 1852 Personally appeared the above named William Sawyer Jr. and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him signed Before me
Joshua C. Hall  Justice of the Peace

(Written on side of paper:  152.336)
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Benjamin Brown
Pensioner act 1818
N. H. Roll
Sa letter to Hon. S. Cushman
H.R. April 11. 1838
file March 1820

[Illegible] to Benj Brown
pri  N.H. line
[Illegible]  No 770
[Illegible] Give Power of Substitution 
is in this file.
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Apl 11
[Illegible]

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Benjamin Brown N.H. act 18 March 1818 $96.00
To what time was he last paid
G.C.A.
Died 3d Decr 1847
pd to his death.
B.B.
Pension Office
April 26 1849
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 27388
Betsey Brown ┃
wid of
Benjamin Brown
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 1848
Index: - Vol. A, Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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War
1812
20655
INVALID.
File No. 
20,655
Benjamin brown
Pri.  H, S. J
Act:
[Blank]
Index: -- Vol. 2
Page  49
[Arrangement of 1870.)
(Written on side of paper: Consolidated with D. W. Wild File 27388, N. H. Line Rev. War)
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We the Subscribers Selectmen of the
Town of Wakefield in the County of Strafford
for the year of Our Lord, One Thousand eight
hundred & Eighteen, do depose and say that
Mr. Benjamin Brown is a resident citizen
of the Town of Wakefield aforesaid, and that
he is old, poor and reduced in his circumstances and we think stands in need of
assistance from his Country for support
Wakefield September 12th 1818
George W Copp
Henry L. Wiggins
Elias Wentworth

State of New Hampshire
Strafford SS
On the twelvth [twelfth] day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred & Eighteen. Then the above
named George W Copp, Henry L Wiggins
& Elias Wentworth personally appearing
made solemn oath that the above
affidavit by them subscribed was just
& true before me
William Sawyer
Jus. Peace
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This certifies that the within named Judges,
W. Copp, Henry S. Wiggins & Elias Wentworth
were duly chosen & qualified to the office
of Selectmen for the Town of Wakefield
in the County of Strafford for the year of
our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
Eighteen
Wakefield September 12th 1818
Attest
Porter R. Wiggin 
Town Clerk         

State of New Hampshire }
Portsmouth                     }   ss
Be it known and I the Subscriber Notary Public, and a Justice of the Peace & Quorum, Do hereby Certify that William Sawyer, who has subscribed the within Caption is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Strafford
in said State of New Hampshire.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office
this 13th day of October 1818
Daniel Humphreys Notr Pubs
& Jus Pcs & Quorum
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New Hamshire
Benjamin Brown,
private,
Cap. Storks Co. 11th reg. U.S. Inftry
Ratio of Disability, One third
Date of discharge 17th March, 1813.
Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire
at $2:66/100  per month, to comc.
18th of March, 1813
Artificates of pension issued the 2nd of January, 1818 and sent to 
James Ladd, Esqr Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.
[Illegible] to 4th Sept 1817.  53 15/29 mos. 
$142.76
[?] moths ending 4th Mar 1818. 
$16.00
______
$158.76
Revl Pens #2
Vo. 14,8/19 Page 42
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593
Ports
New Hampshire
Betsey Brown
widow of Benjn Brown
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband  died 3 Dec 1847
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars ---Cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd day of Decr. 1847.
Certificate of Pension issued the
30th day of April, 1849
and sent to
Amasa Copps, Esq
Wakefield, N. H.

(Act of JUNE 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2  Page 13.
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Military Department No 2
Fort Constitution
Novr 26th 1807
It is hereby certified that Benjamin Brown
late a private in the Company of Capt
Jonathan Stark of the 4th Regt Infantry
is rendered incapable of performing the duty
a soldier by reason of wounds or other 
infirmaries inflicted while he was actually in the
Service aforesaid and in the line of his duty.
By satisfactory evidence and accurate 
examination, it appears that on or about the twentieth of November in the year eighteen hundred and twelve being engaged in the line of his duty at a place called Platsburgh [Plattsburgh] in the state of New York he was taken [Illegible] attended with a lameness in his left arm in consequence of which he received a discharge the month following, his hand still continues lame and he is thereby not only incapacitated for militia duty, but in the opinion of the undersigned is one third disabled from obtaining his subservience by manual labor.
Jos Goodhue
Port Surgeon
Adj. & Resp. James [Illegible]
Genuine
G. Bender
[Illegible]
(Addition on side of signatures with total being $142.70 and a notation that reads "but no land')

James Ladd
Portsmouth, N.H.
New Hampshire Roll
Adam Goff
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V.
Payable on the 4th of March
and 4th Sept, in each year by
the Agent for paying Invalid
Pensioners U.S. Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Laws of the UNITED STATES, relative to their existing Military Establishment Benjamin Brown late a Private
in the Comp commanded by Capt. Stork of the 11th Regiment U.S. Infantry, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of New Hampshire Agency,
at the rate of Two dollars & 66 cents per month,
to commence on 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this 3rd day of January one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen.
1
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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Pension
UNITED STATES.
BY THE COMMAND OF
Major Generall Dearborn
COMMANDING THE Northern DEPARTMENT,
To all who shall see these Presents Greeting:
Know ye  that Benjamin Brown a private Soldier of the 11th Regiment of United States Infantry 47 years of Age, 5 feet 8 Inches High, Dark Complexion, Brown Hair and by Profession a Farmer Is hereby DISCHARGED from the Army of the UNITED STATES,
Being disqualified to perform the duties of a Soldier by reason of perished hand received in service.
Enlisted 19 August 1812 
for 18 months, Mustered
for exchange.
[Ilegible] Acc. # ----
3rd Au[Illegible] office
E.l.
Given at Headquarters Camp, Burlington, this 17th day of March 1813
[Signature Illegible]
Capt U. S. [Illegible]
(Written on side of document: Ady & [Illegible]
G Bender Adj 9th)
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Recd of the United States all the 
[Illegible] Ration &  clothing due me up to this date
Burlington March 21st 1813
Triplicate
Benj Brown
Witness
Wm H. Judd
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4759   Report
Potz
New Hampshire
Betsey Brown
widow of Benj'n Brown
who served in the Revolutionary war,  as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
 80 Dollars ----Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued the
30th day of April, 1849
and sent to Amasa Copp Esq.
Wakefield  N.H.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 53  Vol. 1.
Page 51

I William Sawyer Jr. of Wakefield in the County of Carroll in the State of New Hampshire
of  lawful age depose and say that I have been acquainted with Mr. Benjamin Brown late of the same Wakefield deceased and Mrs Betsy Brown wife of the said Benjamin Brown for more than twenty years prior to the decease of
the said Benjamin Brown.  That the said
Betsy Brown was known as the wife of the said
Benjamin Brown and that the said Benjamin
Brown died on or about December 3d 1847
and that the said Betsy Brown still remains
the widow and has ever since the decease of
the said Benjamin Brown remained the widow
of the said Benjamin Brown and that I
am a disinterested witness in the application of
the aforesaid Mrs Betsy Brown.
Wm. Sawyer Jr.
Carroll  ss
February 8th 1853
Subscribed and sworn to Before me
Joshua G Hall  Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named William
Sawyer Jr.  to me well known & a man of 
[Illegible] veracity & I have no doubt entirely disinterested in this pension are 
Joshua G Hall Jus Peace
Feb 8, 1853.
Page 52

I Thomas W. Mordough Wakefield in
the County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that I have been acquainted with Mr. Benjamin Brown late of Wakefield deceased and Mrs. Betsy Brown wife of the said Benjamin Brown for more than twenty years prior to the decease of the said Benjamin Brown.  That 
Mrs. Betsy Brown has ever since the decease and is still the widow of the said Benjamin Brown and that I am a disinterested witness
in the application of the said Mrs. Betsy Brown, I do not now recollect the precise time of the decease of the said Benjamin Brown, but I know he was alive in March 1847 and was deceased in September 1848.
Thos. M. Mordough
Carroll ss  February 8th 1853
Subscribed and sworn to Before me
Joshua G. Hall  Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
the above named Thomas W. Mordough that
his moral charity is good that his veracity is
undoubled & I have no belief that he
has any interest in this transaction.
Feb 8th 1853
Joshua G Hall Jus Peace
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I Francis R Chase certify that I am personally acquainted with William Sawyer + Thomas W. Murdough the within affiants that they are persons of good moral character and entitled to full credit and belief.
Francis R. Chase Jus Pea + of this [illegible] throughout the states

State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll ss.
I Francis R. Chase clerk of the court of common pleas for said county hereby certify that Joshua G Haer [illegible] [illegible] the within affidavits are made [illegible] as the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County duly authorized to administer oath, + that his signatures thereto are genuine.
witness my hand + seal of said court this 10th day of February AD 1853
Francis R Chase Clerk
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I Benjamin Brown of Wakefield in the county of Strafford + State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. and that I was a soldier in the late war and that while in the late war I was disabled + discharged + placed on the invalid pension list. That since 1818 I survived my pension certificate agreeable to the provisions of the pension laws and was placed on the Revolutionary pension Roll and that I am the same Benjamin Brown to whom both pension certificates have been granted.
Attest Jonathan Copp  Benjamin Brown's mark
[illegible illegible]

Strafford ss. State of New Hampshire
Wakefield March 30th 1838
Then personally appearing the above named Benjamin Brown made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed.
Before me Jonathan Copp Justice Peace.
Thereby that certify I have been well acquainted with the above named Benjamin Brown for forty five or fifty years well knowing him to be a Revolutionary Pensioner and that he was a soldier in the late and last war. that he is the identical Benjamin Brown that then papers allude to.
Jonathan Copp
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I Richard Russell of Somersworth in the County of Strafford in the State of New Hampshire Physician depose & say that I have been acquainted with the forgoing Benjamin Brown of Wakefield since 1813 that then he was a soldier of the late war.  That that about 18 years ago I examined said Brown as an Invalid pensioner agreeable to the pension regulations.  Said Benjamin Brown is now before me and his hand is now [Illegible] and the same disability exists which has existed in 1813 and to the same amount.
Wakefield March 30, 1838.
Richard Russell M.D.
Strafford ss
State of New Hampshire
Wakefield March 30th 1838
Then the above named Dr Richard Russell
personally appearing made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed
Before me Jonathan Copp Justice Peace
Page 56

I Benjamin Brown of Wakefield in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire
testify and say that some time in the spring of the year 1779 I enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States of America to serve during the War of the Revolution and served in the first New Hampshire regiment until June 1783 when I was honorably discharged.
and I further say that my house was burnt and my discharge in it and that I have this day executed and delivered unto [illegible] a power of attorney to procure in my name the land which was granted one as a county for my served as aforesaid.
Benj. Brown

State of New Hampshire Strafford ss. 1818
June 2d. then Benjamin Brown personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true before me
Jonathan Copp Justice Peace
Page 57

I Daniel Cook of Wakefield in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire testify and say that some time in the spring of the year 1779 I enlisted as a private soldier in service of the United States of America to serve during the war and served until 1783. That I am well acquainted with Benjamin Brown of Wakefield aforesaid who enlisted in the New Hampshire line of the American Army to serve during the said war and served unto June 1783 when he was honorably discharged on the north river near West Point
Daniel Cook

State of New Hampshire Strafford ss.
1818 June 2d. Then Daniel Cook who subscribed the above personally appeared and made oath that the same was just and true before me
Jonathan Copp Just. Peace

I hereby certify that the deponent Daniel Cook is a man of truth and verasity
Jonathan Copp Justice Peace
Page 58

I Jotham Nute of Milton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire testify and say that some time in the last part of the year 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States of America to serve during the war and served in the second New Hampshire regiment until the close of the war. that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Brown of Wakefield in said county who enlisted in the service of the United States of America to served during the Revolutionary War and served in the New Hampshire line until the close of the war and to the best of my knowledge and belief he was honorably discharged
Jotham Nute

State of New Hampshire Strafford ss.
1818 June 11th then personally appeared the deponent Jothan Nute Esq and made oath that the foregoing deposition by. him subscribed was just and true before me.
John Fish Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the deponent Jotham Nute is a man of truth and verasity
John Fish Justice of Peace
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Union NH Feb 15 1853
Hon. E Heath Esq
Sir
In reply to your notice of the 3d. Just to furnish two certificates of distinguished witnesses I relation to Betsey Brown claim for land + [illegible] the enclosed which if I was did go up to the [illegible] of the requirement + I [illegible] of the law if it here [illegible]. I hope you be ready to forward her [illegible] for 160 acres on receipt of the [illegible] depositions
Respectfully your Obed. Sert
J.G.Hall

ps. if it is possible that I have mad an omission please advise me
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April 22/49
Apl. 18. 1849

Amasa Copp
Encloses this appl. of Judith Chamberlain for a pension
Cole attended to Mrs. Chamberlain's Claim

Call attention to the case of Betsey Brown forwarded some time since to Pension Office
W. Cole

To be answered by the Comm. of Pensions
Dept of the Interiors
April 23 1819


Hon T Ewing
Sec. Interior
City Washington
DC
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Wakefield N.H.
April 18 1869
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the application of Judith Chamberlin for a pension [unintelligible)
Sometime last fall I sent to 
Pension Office the application of Betsey Brown the widow of Benj [?} Brown of Wakefield for a Pension which time I have had no return- The papers are I presume, in the office- would you confer the favour on the poor old Lady so far as to let one of the Clerks look up her papers and let her have your decission on the merits of her application that she deserves.
I am Sir your with much respect Amasa Copp
Hon {T?} Ewing
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Wakefield NH
Sept 23, 48
Betsy Brown, widow of Benj Brown dead. app {?} app
Amasa Copp Wakefield NH
JS Edwards Esquire Pension Agent
City of Washington D.C.
Page 63

Dear Sir
Enclosed are the Papers that Widow Betsy Brown forwards to your department for a pension under the Acts of Congress as the Widow of Benjamin Brown who was a pensioner under the Acts of Congress of 18th of June 1818 - Mrs. Brown is very old and very poor. is now Supported by Charity - She and her friends are great Supporters of the present administration and are all very poor - and believing the Law will give Mrs. Brown a pension that begins six years back - hope you will make returns as soon as your earliest convenience will allow
I am sir very respectively your humble servant
Amasa Copp
Wakefield NH
September 20 1848
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
December 10, 1914.
OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 2nd instant.
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Portsmouth, N. H. the records of this office show last payment to have been made to
Benjamin Brown, Priv., War 1812,
certificate No. none, at $2.66 2/3 per month, to Sept. 4, 1819, to the pensione.  Said pensioner resided in Wakefield, Strafford Co., N. H., for thirty years, but the date of his death is not shown.
The information relative to Benjamin Brown, certificate No. 14849, War Revolution, will be furnished to you as soon as his voucher can be
located in the files of this office.
Letter herewith returned.
.
Respectfully,
R. W. Woolley
Auditor
[Illegible]

Form 8577
Ed. Jam. 24-11-2,000
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
December 14, 1914.
OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 2nd instant (Rev. War Sec.) you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Portsmouth, N. H.,
the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Benjamin Brown, War Rev.,
certificate No. 14849, at $8.00 per month to Dec. 3, 1847, the date of his death.
Said pensioner resided in Wakefield, N. H., for sixty years, and previous thereto he resided in Epping, N.H. T he name of the person to
whom payment was made cannot be given as the voucher containing it is missing from the files of this office,
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
J. W. Worlly
Auditor.
Form 3577
Ed. Jan. 24-11-2,000
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20.861
Know all men by these presents, that I Ira Fish of Milton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, [Clothier?], Attorney of the following persons, by their several powers of attorney duly executed and bearing the following dates, to wit, by power of attorney of James Worster dated May 2nd 1818, of Daniel Cook dated                        of William J. Smith, dated June 6th 1818, of Daniel Grant dated 27th June 1818, of Phinchas Wentworth dated April 25, 1818, of Sarah Pinkham dated 24 April 1818, of George Fall dated May 27, 1818, of William Randall, dated June 15, 1818, of Stephen Meder, dated May 23, 1818, of Joseph Young dated June 10, 1818, of Nath [e] Brown, dated May 16, 1818, of Benj. Brown dated June 2, 1818, of Joseph Ricker dated May 8, 1818, of William Burnham, dated June 17, 1818, of John P. and Sally Wendell dated June 6, 1818, of Deborah Torr, dated June 16, 1818, of Moses Ferran, dated May 15, 1818, of Ichabod Horn, dated May 25, 1818 and of Thomas Young dated June 9th 1818. Do by virtue of the power of substitution with which I am in and by said several powers of Attorney expressly invested, make, constitute and appoint Nicholas B. Van Zandt of the City of Washington, my lawful substitute and Attorney for the purposes mentioned in said several powers, and do hereby authorize him to do and perform all acts and things necessary in and about the premises so as that the said substitute shall and may lawfully receive all sum or sums of money, due from the United States and give receipts therefor and ask and receive all Land Warrants to which the before mentioned persons are entitled for their services, as largely and amply as I might do were I personally present.      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this eighteenth day of August, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.        Ira Fish
Signed Sealed and acknowledged the day and year aforesaid
Before me Moses L Neal Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford  ss
I Daniel Waldron Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County within the first District Do hereby certify that Moses L Neal Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within paper is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority
of said State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court,
this nineteenth day of August Anno Domini
1818
Dan Waldron
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Feby
Cate
all
Inc to$9/11 de.d $80
Coing 1 July 1848,
Amos tuck
Ho Ref
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
Secretary of State's Office.
I, JOHN L. HAULEY, Secretary of State aforesaid
do hereby certify that Thomas W. Mordough is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Carroll duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the 
acknowledgment of Deeds, &c.
His Commission was dated on
the 22d day of June 1849 and will expire on the 22nd day of June 1854.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State
this first day of January 1851.
John L. Hadley Secretary of State
(SEAL)
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Before Me Thos W. Mordough a Justice of the Peace for the County of Carroll, in the State of New Hampshire, appeared Betsey Brown, 
and on oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Joint Resolution of the 1st of July, 1848.  That she is the widow of Benjamin Brown who was a Pensioner under the Act of 18th March, 1818, at ninety-six dollars per annum.  That she has received a pension under the Act of February 2d 1848, at the rate of Eighty dollars ___ cents 
per annum, and she asks an increase of her
pension to the same amount receivedby [received by] her husband, with arrearages.
Witness
[Illegible] 
Betsey (Her X Mark) Brown
Wakefield November 13th 1850
I CERTIFY THAT Betsy Brown, is personally known to me to be the person she represents herself to be, and is a credible person.
Thos Willard Justice of the Peace

of the Clerk of a Court that _____is a Justice of the Peace duly
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Washington D.C.
11th April 1838
Sir,
I have the honor, herewith, of transmitting to you, for consideration, an application of 
Mr. Benjamin Brown
of Wakefield, New Hampshire for ]Illegible] of pension.
I am well acquainted with Justice Copp and also with Dalton Russell, and am persuaded that the
attestations as well as declarations are entitled to full credit.
With Great respect,
your obedient Servant,
Samuel Cushman
J. L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C
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Free

Hon' ble J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Rochester N.H. Sept. 6. 1819
Honble J C Calhoun
Sir
Rochester N.H. Sept. 6. 1819
The Honorable Judge Sherburn having sent me my declaration [Illegible] evidence, for the purpose of adding my original certificate of pension, I enclose them desist to
your office, as it would be more convenient.
that my certificate should be forwarded to the post office in this town under cover to Jeremiah
H. Woodman Esq. Judge Sherburne told me
that as I was a pensioner for a disability
received in the last war and not in the war of the revolution, it would not be necessary to forward my certificate.
Your most obed Servant
Ben'jm Brown
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Union Mt Septem 13, 1832
Dear Sir
Enclose you have the application of Betsey Brown for land Bounty with such testimony as could be promised & I believe it to be of that description to come within the Rule of law & the inheritance of the Pension department.
It has been impossible to obtain a certificate from the record of the Magistrate.  It has been a long time since it took place & it is now destroyed but I believe it is plainlly [plainly] shown that they lived together a long as
husband & wife and if necessary I Shall
be proved by arranging other Witnesses but
onward to the point.  This Betsey Brown
is the identical person that obtained a
pension for 96 dollars a year as heir to her
husband commencing about one or four 
years past & that the evidence of her
marriage is now in the pension office
of the Attorney to me that negotiated the
business 
I hope I shall they be able to afford the requisite proof without further trouble
to the department of myself
Respectfully yours
J. E. Heach & Joshua G. Hall
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Payment to be made at Portsmouth, by
Richard [Illegible], Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Portsmouth  N. H.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March 
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848
Page 53 Vol. 1
H. Lumpkin
Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Betsy Brown, of New Hampshire, widow of Benjamin Brown, who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, 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 30th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
D. C. Goddard
acting
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned, 
J L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.