Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6719, Jesse Brown, N.C.

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Service
N.C.

Brown, Jesse

Number 
S6719

Contents

Carded

B. in Duplin Co. N.C.  Marr. 1763
res at[illegible] 1833 Duplin Co. N.C.

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16.839
North Carolina

Jesse Brown
of Duplin Co in the State of No. Car
who was a private in the ....company commanded 
by Captain Love of the....commanded by .......in the No Car Line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 32 Dollars 50 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March , 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of October: 33
and sent Jas Pearsall
Kenansville, Duplin Co: No Car

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833.       81.25
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 16.25
                                                              $97.50

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 6 1/2  Page 46

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Order to pay 6 April 1839.

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State of North Carolina ⎬ Court of Pleas &                                                                   
 Duplin  County                 Quarter session
 February Term A.D. 1833
on this 27th day of February personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas nd Quarter Sessions of Duplin County now sitting Jesse Brown
a resident in the County State aforesaid aged seventy
Clay
who being first duly sworn according to law ┃
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832-
This applicant was living at the beginning of the war at Muddy Creek in Duplin County. I first was drafted under Captain James Love - with him went to Camden South Carolina - was at that Battle at the time of Gates defeat was gone
six seven months. We were defeated. I had no discharge
on my
return home met another body of men under May
James Forwent with him my service with a
together with that under Capt Love made up the rise of six ┃
months. I got home very much exhausted & after being
recruited joined a Captain name not remembered Twentwith
him to the Big Bridge this side of Wilmington - Was
gone two or three months. Had no fight of consequence
I next after this joined a company of Light Horse and
Captain James Gillespie, Sirit Saml Houston was
with them when the British evacuated Wilmington.
The English were descending the River when we
got in townwas
nearly the months under
Gillespiewas
in a fight under Gillespie
This was
end of my service - not a discharge from
Gillespie
one from Major Fay, the last ┃
received from Major F while near Salisbury
but deeming them of consequence they are long

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since lost.
I remember being in the ranks with Cater
Hanell of this County now living at the Camden fight - The battle began before day-- I remember of seeing two British light horse cutting at Cater Harrell - I myself, after our ranks were broken & disperse escaped beyond a fence which protected me from the pursuit of the British Dragoons - Many of my comrades were shot down by my side - After this I fell in with a Captain Pugh of Bertie & we travelled together several days - when we fell in with Capt Major Fry & we both joined & served under Pugh - I think I served in the whole
at the least ten months

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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above written }                
                    Jesse  {his X mark}  Brown 
                              

James Taylor
We, residing in the County of Duplin, David Sutherland, Cater Hanell, James K Hill, John Sutherland, also residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Brown who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy - years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in the opinion.
                                    
James Taylor,   John {his X  mark} Sutherland,  
                                    
David Sutherland,  JK Hill.

I, Cater Hanell, do hereby certify that I served with Jesse Brown in the Battle of Camden in the war of the Revolution.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
                                      
James Taylor,    Cater {his X  mark} Hanell

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1-  Where & in what year were you born?

Ans-   I was born in Duplin County & am seventy years old next March.

2-   Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it?

Ans-  I have a record of my age & it is at Davy Brown's, my son's house. 

3-   Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?

Ans-   Always lived in Duplin County, North Carolina.

4-   How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?

Ans-   I volunteered twice & was drafted once. Was never a substitute. 

I, John Rigby, hereby make oath that Jesse Brown, the above applicant, was in the Light Horse Company commanded by Capt. Gillespie in the War of the Revolution, & that he served with me in that company.

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid}           John Rigby

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5.   State the names of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served;  & such continental militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service? 

Ans. -  Knows nothing of the Regular Officers - nor of the name of the Regiments - thinks one (officer) from Light Horses was drowned in the North East in consequence of attempting to cross, being pursued by the British - the North East is a branch of the Cape Fear -  After joining Major Foy, we marched to Salisbury, then to Charlotte, then to two other small places - names not remembered - And got my discharge a few miles this side of Salisbury, this side of Yadkin River - we were pursued there by the British. 

6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, & if so, by whom was it given, & what has become of it? 

Ans. - Yes, have received one from Gillespie, one from Foy & one from another (commander) not recollected - All are lost, not having seen one in 30 or 40 years. 

7.   State the names of some of the persons to whom you are at present known in your neighborhood, who can testify to your character, veracity, and belief in your service as a soldier of the Revolution?
 
Ans. -  John Fania, Thomas Canaday, Nicholas Hall & Saml Sandlin -

Sworn to & subscribed this day & year above said }.  J Taylor          Jess Brown [his X mark}

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And the said Court do hereby certify that the forgoing proceedings have been had before them, & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, and an investigation to certify this opinion, that this applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - This Court further certifies that John Rigby, Caster Hanell, James K Hill, David Sutherland & John Sutherland, who have signed the foregoing certificate are respectable residents of Duplin County & entitled to credit -
They certify further that there is no Clergyman residing in Jess Brown's neighborhood, but that his character in every way is entitled to respect,
& his word to belief, & that in testimony of all this, they herewith set their hand & seal.  

(3 signatures illegible)

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J. James Pearsall

Jesse Brown
[illegible]

State of No Carolina
Duplin County }  

I James Pearsall Clerk of the Court of Pleas adn Quarter sessions of Duplin County do hereby [illegible-not copied] that the foregoing contains the original [illegible] of teh Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Brown for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 27th July AD 1833. Jas Pearsall Clk

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State of North Carolina (illegible)
Duplin County August (illegible) AD 1833
On this 21th August 1833 (illegible) Brown came into open Court (illegible) the following amendatory affidavit in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of (illegible) papers since 1832 and in (illegible) of the requisitions of the War Department difficulty - the periods of the war when he served. He does not recollect the years but it was the year of at's defeat, to which event and date he begs to refer.
2nd - The Colonels name - length of service, grade declared - I served always as a private was drafted first went first to Camden (illegible) was there defeated - was gone over six months in all thus month under Cpt. Love - then was under Franks Pugh from Bertie - in the year of (illegible) defeat.  About two months after my return home I volunteered under Capt Cheffield. Had 60 or 70 miles west to the Big Bridges near Wilmington - thinks Kenau was a Colonel then- served three months under Sheffield - one or two months after this served under Cpt James Gillespie as a volunteer, in the Light horse - served three months under Gillespie as a private.
- All the service was in embodied corps - 3000 miles in SoCa at Satz defeat. All my service after returned from Soba was around Wilmington above and below.
1st 3 mos under Love - 2nd three under puch - 3rd or 3 months was under Sheffield and 3 months under Gillespie. Charles Ward was a Colonel when I served under Gillespie. Was marking about all the time during our service.

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The foregoing statement contains specific replies to all the questions required of the Department and although like Brown states two months more service than stated in his foregoing declaration, yet this statement contains the truth as distinctly as he can recollect. He believes it to be true. He has no additional testimony to substantiate his statement.
(illegible)
The Court now sitting hereby certify that this foregoing affidavit and (illegible) to the former (illegible) of Ike Brown was this day provided open of (illegible) and it certifies further that (illegible) Brown's statement is entitled to credit this 26th day of August 1833
JW (illegible) Jr.
(illegible)

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In testimony of all which I John Watkins Clerk of the County Court of Duplin this 26th August 1833 hereby certify that the foregoing is the original proceeding had this day in open Court that the signatures of  (illegible) Richd Miller IV Graham are this persons signatures that they are the present acting magistrates of this county and to allow which I hereunto office any signature seal of office 
(illegible)

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No 25259
Jesse Brown
Duplin Co
N.Carolina

admit as private
9 nos
6 mos inf          20
3. Cav                12.50
                           32.50


James Pearsall Clk
Kenansville
Duplin Co
N. Carolina

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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
N. Carolina
Statement showing the service of Jesse Brown - Duplin Co
(grid below and text is mostly illegible)

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section     MMHF

July 7, 1926
Jesse Brown
$. 6719   om

Miss Josephine Newton
Poplarville, Miss.

Madam: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the

[hand written on left margin]
[illegible] Stokes [illegible]

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MGS
Personal Inquiry
Rev. & 1812 Ware Section

June 22, 1925

Mr. Lewis C. Hendry
1302 Connecticut Ave.
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 0179, it appears that JESSE BROWN was born in March, 1763, in Duplin County, North Carolina.

While a resident of Muddy Creek, Duplin County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops as follows:

From the summer of 1780, three months in Captain James Love's Company, he was in the battle of Camden.

Soon afterward, three months under Captain Frank Pugh and Major James Fey.

Two or three months later, three months in Captain Sheffield's company, Colonel James (illegible) Regiment.

One or two months later, three months in Captain James Gillespie's Company, Colonel Charles Ward's Regiment.

He was allowed (illegible) on his application executed February 27,  (illegible) at which time he was a resident of Duplin County, North Carolina.

In (illegible) he referred to his son, Davy.  There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
 
Wilder S. Metcalf