Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,666, Hubbard Brown, Va.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va. 
Brown, Hubbard 
NUMBER
S. 21,666
CONTENTS
[illegible]
[stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

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27.616.
West Tennessee
Hubbard Brown
Gibson Co. in the State of Tenn
who was a Pr in the Company Commanded
by Captain Jones of the Regt command
by Col Lynch in the Virginia
line for Militia

6 M Py $20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of W. Ten
at the rate of 10 Dollars,  Cents per annum,
to commence of the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Sept
and Sent to 34 John Parker, Trenton, Ten

Arresrs to the 4th of Sept '34       70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 10.00
$70.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J.T. Sprague Clerk,
Book 62.   Vol 7.  page 82 

[stamp illegible]

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Declaration [stamp THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress posed June 7th 1832.
On this 20th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open Court of before and Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions in and for said County of Gibson and State of Tennessee now sitting being a Court of record having a clerk Hubbard Brown a resident of the County and State aforsaid aged Seventy three years who being first duly swaorn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the [illegible] made by the act of Congress posed the 7th Jun 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated he enlisted in the Regiment of the Virginia line Commanded by Colonel Charles Lynch under Captain William Jones (as a minute man) and was attached to his company that the day and month of his enlistment he has forgotten but it was in the year 1781. one thousand seven hundred and eighty one a few days after he was promoted to the rank of ensign and served in said Jones Company in said Regiment in that Capacity for three years. the time for which he was enlisted that he entered the Service in the county of Bedford in the State of Virginia and a few weeks after he entered the service Colonel Lynch Regiment was ordered to join General Green in North Carolina to prevent Cornwallis march into Virginia accordingly [illegible] march from a place called Molly creek church in Bedford County Virginia under Colonel Lynch to North Carolina and joined General

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Greens [Nathanael Greene] army at his Camp in Guilford County on a Small River called Haw River about ten days before the Battle of Guilford 
that he fought in the Battle of Guilford under General Green  [Nathanael Greene] in Colonel [Charles Lynch] Lynches Regiment and as an ensign in Captain William Jones Company in Said Regiment  on the day of the Battle .

on that day two of the Captains of Colonel [Charles] Lynches Regiment (To wit) [Jacob] Moon and [Thomas] Helm were killed at the Battle of Guilford. We Served as Cavalry and was under the immediately direction and Command of Colonel William Washington 

that shortly after the Battle of Guilford [Charles] Lynches Regiment to which he was attached returned to Virginia and rendezvoused. after going home for clothes again at Molly's week church, and marched from there to Petersburg from there to Williamsburg where he remained some five or six weeks. that at Williamsburg  Colonel [Charles] Lynch left the Regiment. 

That shortly afterwards the Regiment was marched by General Robert Lawson with other Regiments to Little York [Yorktown] at which place we met with General George Washington the Commander in Chief of the American Army

that he served at Little York [Yorktown] during the memorable Siege at that place his company still commanded by Captain [William] Jones and was on the spot when Lord Corn Wallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] surrendered himself as prisoner of war to the american Army

that he remained at Little York [Yorktown] until the evacuation of that place by the British Troops and his regiment which he accompanied was marched to Glostey [Gloucester] Court House. from there to King and Queen [County] then to Petersburg where he was discharged in the year 1783 as well as he recollects together with the balance of the Regiment 

the said Hubbard Brown states that he received a wound in the Battle of Guilford in the left hand that the pam  [palm] was shot through and 
has ever Since rendered him a cripple injuring the merely

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thereof that he has no documentary evidence
of his Service except that he Supposes his name appears on the roll of the Virginia line as an Ensign in Colonel [Charles Lynch] Lynches
Regiment that his Commission has been lost by the ravages of time or by accident [crossed out: and that he knows of no person testimony he can procure who can Certify he his served.]

the Said Hubbard Brown further declares that he was born in the year 1760. that his age is recorded in family Bible now in his possession taken from his fathers Bible  he was living in Bedford when he entered the Service and was born in Brunswick County in the State of 
Virginia that he enlisted for three years as before Stated and was promoted to an Ensign in a few days thereafter  he received a Commission as Ensign which was Signed by Colonel Charles Lynch and William Jones Captain.

he lived in Campbell County Virginia about 17 years, from there he removed to the State of Georgia Hancock County where he lived about twenty two years, from Hancock County he removed to the County of Putnam in the Same State Georgia from there he removed to Jimson Rutherford County where he lived about twelve years. 

from there he removed to the county of Gibson 
Tennessee where had lived five years and where now resides. that he is acquainted in his neighborhood with William  Bumpsos A regular ordinal clergyman.  Doctor Nelson P. Seal also a clergyman. Thomas Jefferson Caruthers merchant and Hugh D Nielson Postmaster and who can testify as to his veracity and character and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to  pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not upon the pension roll of the agency of any state and did not Compromise and has not compromised and received any pay of whatsoever kind in the lieu half pay during his natural life.

That he was discharged or disbanded after the Close of the war &

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peace proclaimed
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Hubbard Brown
Test 
Thomas Fite clk

State of Tennessee
Gibson County
March Term 1834
Personally appeared in open court Hugh D Neilson Post Master. Thomas J Caruthers Thomas Fite clerk of the County Court and John Parker Citizens of the County of Gibson & State of Tennessee in the town of Trenton, and after being duly sworn according to Law. deposeth and says that they are well acquainted with Hubbard Brown the petitioner for a pension under the act of Congress of Jun 7h 1832. that they believe him to be of the age he represents.

that he is a man of truth and veracity and is believed in his neighborhood  where  he resides to have been an officer of the Revolution and served as he states and that we concur in that opinion and further that they believe he was wounded in the hand as set forth in his declaration. 

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Fite clk
Tho. J. Caruthers
John Parker
Thos. Fite 
H D. Neilson

[round  black ink stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

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Hubbard Brown
Pennifecer

f 1781 P 6
$20.

can only allowance

John Parker
Trenton
Tennepar

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,
(Stamp of THE NATIONAL ARCHIVESOF THE UNITED STATES)
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 the 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. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (this: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Hubbard Brown
Period when the service was rendered.
1781
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Capt Joness Col Lynch
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 73 Va
Proof by which the declaration is supported. (illigible)
(handwritten) It is only for the actual service that our allowance can be made. the battles of Guilford took place in March 1781, and the Surrender of Cornwallis in Oct. 1781. The applicant performed no service after the latter period. It is believed that he was not in actual service of [crossed out] service against the enemy for a greater length of time taken altogether than six months, and unless it can be proved by direct testimony that he was commissioned and served as an Ensign an allowance can only be made at the rate of a privates pay.
I am respectfully, Your obedient servant, JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions. April 12, 1834

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, 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 and who 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, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits 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 this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory of District of County of } 88.
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 officers:      
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular 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. (symbol of hand pointing right) 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 to 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 named applicant 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 names 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 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 believe him to be        years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have beena 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the    and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,       Clerk of the Court of      do hereby certify 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, this    day of     &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original 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 his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in hi declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, not 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, 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 Militis 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 the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their 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 se certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed 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, and 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 a 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 a 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 office, 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 genuine signature.
No payments can be made on 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 the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so my 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 or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom her 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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -For ---year -----------months, and ---- 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 his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps 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 in 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 affix 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 certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate 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 a 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 must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
(illegible) the notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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 declarations.

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State of Tennessee 
Gibson County 
March Term 1834

This day personally appeared in open Court Nelson J Hess A Practicing Physician and Clergyman in the County 
of Gibson. who after being duly sworn according to Law makes oaths that he 
is well acquainted with Hubbard Brown the petitioner for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 and that
after examing [examining] the hand of the said Hubbard Brown says that he believes he was wounded by a Ball or Shot as he represents in his declaration and that he believes him to be the age he represents and that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier & officer of the Revolution and he concurs in that opinion - and that he is a man of truth & veracity 
Nelson J Hess
Sworn to and Subscribed in open court
Thomas Fite clk

State of Tennessee
Gibson County
March Term 1834
And the 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 Nelson J Ness is a Practicing Physician and Clergyman in Gibson County & State of Tennessee, and that Hugh D Nielson Post Master  Thomas J Caruthers, Thomas Fite clerk of the County Court and John Parker are Citizens of Gibson

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County in the State of Tennessee that they are all 
Credible persons and that their Statements are entitled to credit and the said Court further certifies that they have examined the wound of the said Hubbard Braun received by him as he has declared at the Battle of Guilford [Guilford Court House] and believes the same to have been made by a Ball and that it has consequently disabled his hand.
Given under the hands and seals of the Justices of said Court the 20th day of March 1834.
AS Davidson [hand drawn seal]
J.B. Dibrell [hand drawn seal]
William P Seat [hand drawn seal]

State of Tennessee
Gibson County 
March Term 1834
Hence the Court further Certify that this declaration is a Copy of a former declaration. drawn at December Term of this Court 1832, except the addition of the words (as a minute man including in Brackets with words and that he knows of no person he can procure who can testify to his service, stricken out this declaration.) which former declaration has been sent to the war department & sent back and [crossed out words: filed in the Clerks office of this Court]
the same being nearly worn out, and the Court do further certify that John A Wilson whose name appears to the deposition of John Marshall was  at the time of signing the same the acting clerk of Henderson County Court which deposition is hereto amended.
Given under our hands and seals this 20th day of March A.D. 1834
AS Davidson [hand drawn seal]
J B Dibrell [hand drawn seal]
William P Seat [hand drawn seal]

State of Tennessee
Gibson County
I Thomas Fite Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for the County of Gibson 
State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of 
Hubbard Brown for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twentyeth day of March 
A. D. 1834
Tho Fite CLk

[illegible seal with ribbons attached]

State of Tennessee
Gibson County
I Thomas Fite clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarters sessions in and for the County of Gibson State of Tennessee do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hubbard Brown for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 30t day of May 1834
Tho Fite clk

[illegible seal attached]

[round stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED 
STATES

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Hubbard Brown

Declaration
for a pension




Mr. Tustoralli

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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7h. 1832.
On  this 20th day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions in and for the county of Gibson & state of Tennessee now sitting being a court of record Hubbard Brown a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged Seventy three years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 7h. June 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here is stated. He enlisted in the Regiment of the Virginia line commanded by Colonel Charles Lynch under Captain William Jones and was attached to his company; that the day and month of his enlistment he has forgotten but it was in the year one thousand seven hundred and eigthty one (1781) a few days after he was promoted to the rank of Ensign and served in said Jones Company in said Regiment in the capacity for three years the term for which he was enlisted. 

That he entered the service in the county of Bedford in the state of Virginia and a few weeks 
after he entered the service Colonel Lynch's Regiment was ordered to join General [Nathanael] Greene in North Carolina to prevent 
[General Charles Lord Cornwallis] Corn Wallis 
 march into Virginia, accordingly we marched from [illegible] [illegible] Mollys [illegible] church in Bedford County Virginia under Colonel [Charles] Lynch to North Carolina and joined General [Nathanael] Greenes army at his camp in Guilford County on a [illegible] river called Haw River about ten days before the Battle of Guilford: 

that he fought in the Battle of Guilford under General [Nathanael] Greene in Colonel [Charles] Lynches Regiment and as an ensign 
in Captain William Jones Company in said

[round black ink stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed ┃
June 7 1832

On this 20th day of
December in
the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty 
two personally appeared in open court before the Justices
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County
of Gibson & State of Tennessee now sitting being a court of record
Hubbard Brown a resident of the County and State
aforesaid aged Seventy three years who being first duly 
Sworn according to law doth make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act 
of Congress passed the 7th June 1832. That he entered the
service of the United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated. He enlisted in the Regiment of
the Virginia line commanded by Colonel Charles Lynch, under 
Captain William Jones and was attached to his company;  that the day 
and month of his enlistment he has forgotten but it was in the year 1781
one thousand seven hundred and eighty one
a few days after he was promoted
to the rank of Ensign, and served in said Jones Company in said Regiment in that capacity for three years 
the term for which he was enlisted. That he entered the service in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia
and a few months after he entered the service Colonel Lynch's 
Regiment was ordered to join General Greene in North Carolina 
to prevent Cornwallis march into Virginia, accordingly
we marched from [illegible] Mollys [illegible] in
Bedford County Virginia under Colonel Lynch to North Carolina
and joined General Greenes army at his camp in Guilford County, on a [illegible] river called How [Haw} river
about ten days before the Battle of Guilford. That he
fought in the Battle of Guilford
under General Greene in Colonel Lynch's Regiment and 
as an ensign in Captain William Jones Company in said

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Regiment on the day of the Battle; On that day two of the Captains of Colonel [Charles] Lynches Regiment to wit, [Jacob] Moon and [Thomas] Helm were killed. At the Battle of Guilford [Court House] we served as cavalry and was under the immediate direction and Command of Colonel William Washington.

That shortly after the Battle of Guilford [Court House] Colonel [Charles] Lynches Regiment to which he was attached returned to Virginia, and rendezvoused after going home for clothes again at Mollys Creek Church and marched from thence to Petersburg from thence to Williamsburg where he remained some five or six months,

that at Williamsburg Col. [Charles] Lynch left the Regiment; That shortly afterwards the Regiment was marched by General Robert Lawson with other Regiments to Little York [Yorktown] at which place we met with General George Washington the Commander in Chief of the American Army-

that he served at Little York [Yorktown] during the memorable siege at that place his company still commanded by Captain [William] Jones and was on the spot when Lord Corn-Wallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] surrendered himself as prisoner of war to the American Army

That he remained at Little york [Yorktown] until the evacuation of that place by the British Troops; and his Regiment which he accompanied was march to Gloster [Gloucester] Courthouse; from thence to King and Queen [County] thence to Petersburg 
where he was discharged in  the year 1783 as well as he recollects to gether with the balance of the Regiment. 

The said Hubbard Brown states that he received a wound in the Battle of Guilford
[Courthouse] in the left hand; that the pame [palm] was shot through and has ever since rendered him a cripple by injuring the muscles thereof: 

That he has no documentary evidence of his service except that he supposes his name appears on the role of the Virginia line as an Ensign in Colonel [Charles] Lynchs Regiment That his commission 
has been lost by the ravages of time, or accident; that he knows of no person whose tes

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[tes]timony can be procured who can testify to his service the said Hubbard Brown further declares that he was born in the year 1760, that his age is recorded in his family Bible now in his possession taken from his fathers Bible. 

He was living in Bedford when he entered the service, and was born in Brunswick County in the State of Virginia. That he enlisted for three years as before stated and was promoted to as Ensign in a few days thereafter. He received a commission as Ensign, which was signed by Colonel Charles Lynch and William Jones Captain.

He lived in Campbell county Virginia about 17 years from thence he removed to the state of Georgia Hancock County where he lived about twenty two years, from Hancock County he removed to the county of Putnam in the same state Georgia, from thence he removed to Tennessee
Rutherford County where he lived about twelve years from thence he removed to the county Gibson Tennessee  where he has lived five years and where he now resides.

That he is acquainted in his neighborhood with William Bumpess a regularly ordained clergyman Doctor Nelson J Hess also a clergyman Thomas Jefferson Caruthers Merchant
and Hugh D Nelson Postmaster and who can certify as to his veracity and character, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim Whatsoever to a pension or annuity  
except the present, and declares that his name is not upon the pension role of the agency of any state and did not compromise and has not compromised and received any pay whatsoever Kind in the lieu of half pay during his natural life.

That he was discharged or disbanded after the close of the war & peace proclaimed.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Test. 
Tho. Fite clerk
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Mr Nelson J Hess a clergyman; Hugh D. Nelson Postmaster at this county town of said County, and William Bumpess also a clergyman all residing in said County of Gibson Tennessee hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Hubbard Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; 

that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed And believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been an officer and served in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. And further that he was wounded in the hand as set forth in said declaration.

Sworn and subscribed the day and  year aforesaid. 
Tho. Fite Clerk
Nelson J Hess
William Bumpass

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 Nelson J Hess and William Bumpess are clergymen residing in the said county of Gibson, and that Hugh D. Nelson Postmaster who has signed the same is a resident in the same County, that they are all credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit and the 

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do hereby] 

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said Court further states that they have examined the wound of the said Hubbard Brown received by him as he has declared, at the Battle of Guildford  [Guilford Courthouse] and believes the same to have been made by a Ball and that it has measurably disabled his hand. 
Given under the hands and seals of the Justices of said Court the 20h. day of December 1832.
J. B. Dibrell [hand drawn seal]
John F. Raines [hand drawn seal]
William P Seat [hand drawn seal]

I Thomas Fite clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions in and for the County of Gibson State of Tennessee
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hubbard Brown for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office the twentieth day of December 1832.
Tho. Fite Clerk

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21666
INVALID.
Revolution 
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File No. 21,666
Hubbard Brown
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 50

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Hubbard Brown which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?   Yes

II. Did the applicant make the declaration in  the country where he resides?   Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the country where he resides,
is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war he served?   Yes

V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?   Yes.  Not on the rolls of the Va. line & should therefore prove his service- He should state how long after the 
surrender of Cornwallis he was in active service.

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [No answer]

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?   Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the clerk  given his certificate?  Yes

 X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?   Yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollelection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___ year _____ months and ____ days, , I served as  ___; and for such service I claim a pension.

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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 his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps 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
in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a 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 claimants 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 certify 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
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.
in every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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Sept 8
Tenn. 

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The Honble. J. L. Edwards
Commissionmer of Pensions
Washington City

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Trenton Augst 24h 1835

Dr Sir
Inclosed I send you back the papers of H Brown.  I have detained them for some time but cannot make any further proof respecting his being an ensign.
You will please act upon this case as soon as possible and give him  just such pay as the nature of the case will allow and send me the return to Trenton, Ten as soon as practical and Ably

Your. Respectfully
John  Parker

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State of Tennessee 
Gibson County 

This day personally appeared before me A. D. Davidson an acting Justice of the peace for said County of Gibson, Hubbard Brown a petitioner for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7h 1832 who after being duly sworn according to Law deposes as follows.

That he entered the service of the united States about three weeks before the battle of Guilford [Courthouse] and was elected Ensign between the time he entered the Service & the Battle of guilford [Courthouse], he states that after the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis]. 
he was not discharged but detained for the purpose of guarding garrisons [illegible]. untill he was discharged finally as he believes about the months of September October or November in the year (1783) 17833. Making about two years & eight months instead of the three years as put down in his declaration presuming that being discharged a few months before his three years inpend [impend] would make no difference & that he was entitled  to credit for a three years towor [tour]. 

He states he was in no engagements after the Surrender of Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis]. 
but thought he was entitled to pay for being detained after the

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Surrender of Lord Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] as much as if he had have been in actual Service He knows of no other evidence whereby he can prove his Service
Hubbard Brown [hand drawn seal]

Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 25th dy of Jun 1834
AS Davidson 
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Gibson County
I  Thomas Fite Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarters sessions for said County Do certify that A S Davidson whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit was an acting Justice of the peace for said county at the time of signing the same and is now and his signature is genuine and full faith and credit is due to his official acts  [illegible words]

In testimony of which I have set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 25th day of August 1834
Tho Fite Clk

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State of Tennessee
Henderson County 
February 24th 1834

This day personally appeared before me 
William D Carrington an acting Justice 
of the peace for said county of Henderson, John Marshall of said County aged Sixty nine years who after being duly sworn according to Law. makes oath that he has been acquainted with Hubbard Brown the petitioner for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 for about fifty five years.

That he was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War, That he entered as a minute man in said war of the Revolution for three years under the command of Colonel Charles Lynch and entered the Service at Molly Creek Church in  the State of Virginia and then the County of Bedford and now Campbell county from there he went to Long Island [town in Campbell County, Virginia] on Staunton River.

from there he went as always understood into North Carolina and Joined General [Nathanael Greene] Greens army and that shortly after he Joined General Greens Army he was in the Battle of Guilford [Guilford Court House] as I always understood.

from the Revolutionary soldiers of those days and particularly from my Brother Daniel Marshall, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and in the Battle of Guilford [Guilford Court House] who all later told me that he [Hubbard Brown] was as brave a man as ever fought in the defense of his country

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and  I have always understood that he was wounded in the Battle of Guilford [Courthouse] in the left hand as he represents in his declaration which now causes him a stiff hand, and unfit for services nearly entirely, 

This deponent says that he knows that said Hubbard Brown started to the Siege of York, and always understood from the soldiers that he engaged during the Siege in the service of the united states and was present at the surrender of [General Charles] Lord Cornwallis.

This deponent also knows that he was in the Service from the time of his enlistment untill the expiration of the war unless absent on furlough or permission a few days from his officers and he also recollects seeing the said Hubbard Brown return home from  the service after he was discharged.

This deponent also states that the said Hubbard Brown is a man of truth and veracity and that his statements in his declaration is entitled to credit, and this deponent verily believes every statement that he has made respecting his services.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and day above written 
Test
John  Marshall
W. D. Carrington JP

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State of Tennessee
Henderson County

I William D Carrington an acting Justice of the peace for said County do hereby certify that John Marshall whose name appears to the within deposition is a credible witness and that du faith and credit is and aught to be given to all his statements
24th Febry 1834
W. D. Carrington J. P. [hand drawn seal]

State of Tennessee 
Henderson County

I do hereby certify that William C. Carrington Esqr whose name appears to the above certificate, and within deposition is and was at the time of signing it thereto an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid and that full faith and credit is and aught to be given to all his official acts as such;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office 
Feby the 24th 1834
Jno A Wilson 
Clerk of the County Court 
of Henderson County

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