Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2353-150, Alexander Brownlee, Continental

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(3-1776)
Service Continental, Brownlee, Alexander Va. residence of heir in 1845
Contents

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Alexander Brownlee
No. 2353
Hon. A.A.Chapman
Ho. of Rights. 
April 11th. 45. Sent warrant to
W James Brownlee
Case of Inv. Nilson Esq. 
Fincastle
Va.

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State of Virginia
At a court held for Botetourt county, February 10th 1845
Satisfactory evidence was adduced in court, to prove that James Brownlee is
The son and only heir at law in fee to Alexander Brownlee [illegible] late an ensign in the 
Regiment. Virginia Line

I, Ferdinand Noltz Clerk of the county court, do certify, 
That the above evidence is taken from the records in my office. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my official 
Seal, this tenth day of February, 1815
F. Noltz clerk of Botetourt
County Court

The above form will answer for the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mayland, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and other western States.

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[illegible] for Declaration and
Power of Attorney
This [illegible] be made by one of 
The [illegible] at law

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DEPARTMENT OF WAR

Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who
Were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received
Land from the United States. 

By and act of Congress of the 16th September 1776, it is provided that the Offices and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank. 
N.B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty are not entitled to land from the United States. 
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:

State of Virginia
County of Botetourt
I, James Brownlee heir at law of Alexander Brownlee [illegible] 
Do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Liam Alexander Brownlee did enter the service in 1777, for the term of the war and served as an ensign in the Regiment No. - under the command of Colonel Grayson, of the Virginia line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until March 1781
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Liam Alexander Brownlee on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore, 

Know that all men by these presents, That I, James Brownlee aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Augustus A Chapman to by my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under hum, for the special purposes above expressed. 

Attest, James Brownlee, John Wilson

Personally appeared the abovenamed James Brownlee subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned,

Attest, John Robinson Elisha T Walker Justice of the Peace John Wilson

In testimony that the above written Elisha T Walker was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Virginia at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at [illegible] this tenth day of February 1845.
Ferdinand Noltz C. Clerk, &c.

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By the Act of Congress, approved the 9th Feb of 1833. The “Seven years half pay, was granted to James Brownlee, son and an only heir of Alexander Brownlee, who was an Ensign in the Virginia Line, and killed in the battle of Guilford. 
Land was granted by the State of V. to the heir of the aforesaid Alex. Brownlee

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[illegible] April 24 1845

Hon F. L.  Edwards
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of a land warrant from the pension office of the [illegible] late for the United States for the claim of my absent father Alexander Brownlee who was an Ensign in the Virginia Line-
With [illegible]
[illegible]
James Brownlee

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Oen
1915, Aug. 25. History to 
Jurs. Albert S. Gand.
Letters with claim {William Brownlee B.L.W.T. 224 - 200 Rev. War