Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12325, Thomas Brown, Vt.

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VT.               Brown, Thomas.         S.12325 
A. 1758 at Nine Partners, Dutchess Co. N.Y. 
[illegble] Bennington, Vt.
res. in 1832 Sennett, Cayugula, N.Y.

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14423
19796 New York
Thomas Brown
of Cayugala in the State of New York who was a  private in the Company commanded by Captain Hutchins of the Resh: commanded by Col Allen in the VT: [illegible] line for [illegible].

Insowed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per [annual?], to commence on the 4th of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May 1833 and [illegible] to A. Gould Amburn

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 16.66
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                                   $83.32
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                 {Revolutionary Claim, }
                 { Act June 7, 1832.      } 
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 4    Page 45

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State of New York
Cayuga County   On this 24th day of November AD 1832 personally appearance before me the subscriber a judge of the Court of Conemere Pleas in and for said County & State Thomas Brown of Sennett afers will aged seventy four years who being duty sworn according to law loth on his cath mark the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entrusted the service under the following named offices and served as herein stated That he was born in the town of [illegible] nine partners in the County of Dutchess State of New York AD 1758, but has no [illegible] of his age- that where he was about ten years of age his father semoned to the tours of Stockbridge in the State of Massachusetts, where he continued about there years and semoned from there to spences town years adjoining said town of Stockbridge when he continued to reside until the beginning of the Revolutionary War. That on the year 1777 he semoned to the town of Williams town in said State. that about the year 1778 he semoned to the town of Bennington in the State of Vermont- that in the Vermont State [illegible] cermmandic by Caf _ _ Hutchins & Ensign Nathanil Spencer as he believes in the Regiment commanded by Col Allen for a time of ten months that he marched with said company to Pittsfad in [illegible] State where he was stationed during the whole of said time - and assisted in building a fort at that place - that said Regiment was stationed at that place to guard the functions against the [illegible] of the enemy from the month - and scouting parties

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was frequently sent out to [illegible] the northern frontiers, that he continued to serve during the whole of said time of ten months where he was discharged. that he never received a written discharge from social service and has no proof thereof document or otherwise.
That he never served [illegible] any continental office or write any continental regiment, or written any militia regiment a [illegible] any other of==fices there those belonging to the [illegible] and Regiment above mentioned. that after the close of the was he removed to the town of Granville in the County of Washington & State of New York where he resided about seven years, when he moved to Schaticke in the County of Albany in said State where he continued to resided about four years- from there he  removed to the town of [illegible] in the County of Cayuga where he continued to reside until the month of February  AD 1831 when he was removed to the County poor house of said County where he resided ever since and where he now resides supported wholly by the charity of his fellow citizens. that it was custom any to keep bodies of [illegible] stationed at different places on & near the northern frontiers from  the time of the first opening of the spring until it became so cold in the face on winter that no inclusions from Canada could he expected- which course was considered absolutely necessary for the safety of the inhabitants and that during his time of service he served as such [illegible]- that he was not the proof of a [boring?] witness to said services [illegible]

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No 19796
Thomas Brown
Cayuga Co. N. York



[illegible]


Admitted.
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10 mo. Private








A. Gould [ago?]
Auburn N. York

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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 receive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a tension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Thise 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 daim.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
this law has been construed to extent, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerk to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, et cetera Teamsters, Boatmen, et cetera. 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, claim-ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in-stances, 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, or District of } ss.
County of 
On this          day of         personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of       in the county        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 provion 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 serv-ed 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. --> This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, et cetera.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                           A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolu-tionary 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                et cetera.
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, Voluteers 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 been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day 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 same resident in the                and that C.D., who had also signed the same is a resident in the                  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                 Clerk of 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     et cetera. 
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 ser-vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the [illegible].
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the service of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at-tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of you 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 tes-tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he 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, of 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 repute 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 Clergymen, the Court will so 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 enquiry 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 be-fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of 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 pro-cure, 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 service, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless revealed from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol-low 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 comforniming to the role.

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                  12325
                   INVALID.
[illegible] _________ [illegible]

             No. 12325
         Thomas Brown
[illegible] [illegible] War
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[illegible] 7th 3'2
Vol. [illegible], Page 48

{Arrangement of 1870.}

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Thomas Brown
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 19796

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Daniel Sennett Judge
of Cayuga County [illegible]
We [illegible]        Wilcox Rucker of the County poor
house in and for the said County of Cayuga & Sylvester Willard a physician to said poor house a resedint in the said town of Sennett in said County do certify that we are well [illegible] with Thomas Brown a pauper in poor house that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concern in that opinion.
Sworn + subscribed the 24th day of November AD 1832 be/one me Daniel Sennett Judge of Cayuga County Courts
And I the said judge do hereby declare my opinion after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war [illegible] that the said Thomas Brown was a Revolutionary soldier and serve as ge state and I [illegible] certify that [illegible] Wilcox who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding certificate is the keeper of the County poor house in said county and that Sylvester Willard        who has also signed the same is a physician to said poor house                  resident in said town of Sennett and is a credible person & that this statement is entitled to full credit
I further certify that said Thomas Brown is unable to attend Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity 
                                         Daniel Sennett Judge of 
                                         Cayuga County Courts

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State of New York
Cayuga County I Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court
of Common pleas in of said County do certify that the forgoing contains the original proceeding of the Hou Daniel Sennett in the matter of the application of Thomas Brown for a pension.  I further certify that the said Daniel Sennett before whom the forgoing declaration & certificate were made and by whom the forgoing certificate was made was on the day of the date thereof are the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County that I am well acquainted with hand writing of the said declaration & certificates to be genuine. Witness my [illegible] and seal of office the Twenty fourth day of November AD 1832
M.S. Myers C