Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3059, Thomas Brown, N.C. S.C.

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Service NC, SC
Brown, Thomas 
S3059
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Contents

B. Feb 28, 1753 in Augusta

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ctf - 25496

2549 [document torn]

West Tennessee

Thomas Brown

Warranted[?} in the State of Tennessee

who was a private in the [inelligible] com.
[y] Captain [inelligible]  of the reg [inelligible] com

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Date of death
not [inelligible]

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from 1776 [inelligable]
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Thomas Brown Declaration for a Pension

$46.66/100

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State of Tennessee
County of Warren} S.S.
On this the 8th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Warren aforesaid now sitting there being present the worshipfull William McGrigor Samuel Denby & Aaron Higgenbotham Esqs. presiding justices of said Court Thomas Brown a Resident in the County of Warren and State of Tennessee aged Eighty years some time last February; 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 the 7th 1832;
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated:
In the early part of the year of 1776 it was apprehended in North Carolina that the British meditated an attack upon Wilmington in that state it was said that a large number of Scots who resided in that state were embodying themselves under a Scotch Col. by the name of Mcdonald with a view of marching against that Town and with the expectation of joining the British forces who were expected - there about that time, to oppose which and defend the Town the North Carolina malitia was called into the service and perhaps come from the adjoining States, applicant who was them a resident in Tryon County in that State (now Rutherford) entered the service some time about the first of the second week in March 1776, he volunteered and joined a company commanded by Captain James Mcfadgin. he attached himself to this company at a Town called Gilbert Town, on Cathis Creek a branch of Broad river and in Tryon County State of North Carolina, of which company Adam Hampton was Lieutenant and Andy Mcfadgin insign his company was attached to a Regiment commanded by James Grimes Col. Commandant and by Andrew Hampton Col. Lieutenant ^He does not recollect the names of the Majors

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He rendezvoused and was mustered into service at Gilbert Town - various other companies did also, and in a few days was marched in in the direction to Wilmington, they passed Salisbury crossed the Catauba river, from there they were marched a cross the Adkin river crossing at Stones ferry. his understanding is that so soon as they crossed the river at Stones ferry that they entered Surry County N.C. not far from the ferry his Regiment joined a Junction with a large Army commanded as he thinks by General Rutherford consisting all together of upwards of more than Nine thousand man all destined to the same place and for the same purpose, They were there marched to a little Town on Cross Creek now called Fayateville, from there to Campell town not far from Cross Creek, there they found Col Caswell and were informed that the Scotch Col Mcdonald had been attacked by Col. Caswill and others and that he was taken prisoner his forces defeated many of them killed and others captured, some of them were then confined in Campel town: Hearing nothing of the british and the Scots having been defeated, the Army was marched back from Campell Town, to Cross Creek, where they remained for something like a week. from there they were marched back to the place of rendezvous and went with a few exception the same route that they did in their march towards Wilmington, in in returning they crossed the Catauba at Tuckasige ford They were detained on their return home several weeks in receiving the submission and parolling of Tories. He arrived at Gilbert Town in Tryon County State of North Carolina some time in the month of April 1776 and was then and there verbally discharged by his Captain James Mcfadgin in this Tour he served seven weeks: from there we went to one Haye's in Tryon with whom

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he had learnt the hatters trade. he worked with him at the hatters business untill he earnt and received from him two five dollar hats. he then went to the residence of his father William Brown who lined in the Waxaw settlement in South Carolina upon his arrival there he was informed by his father that he his father was drafted into the service and the in consequence of him having a large family and harvest being near at hand he was disinclined to serve and requested applicant to serve his tour which was six weeks for him as a substitute which applicant agreed to and did so. He rendezvoused as he now thinks at Camden South Carolina, does not know what County it is or was in, he was there mustered into the service in the first of June 1776, was attached to a company commanded by Captain John Barkley the Insign of which was Robert Harper does not recollect the name of the Lieutenant. His company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col's Joseph and Ely Cashaw ^Kersahw as he now thinks. he does not recollect the names of the Majors either of this or the former Tour, from Campden he with his Regiment was marched pretty briskly to Charleston South Carolina, crossing the Santee River at Nelsons ferry upon his arrival in Charleston his Regiment was attached to the Army then commanded by General Lee. When he got to Charleston he saw the British shipps at anchor, he was detained in Charleston and imployed as a sentinel he witnessed the attack of the British upon Sullivans Island which he thinks was in the latter part of June he saw one or more of the British ships burning on the day of the attack. the Island to the best of his recollection is about three miles from Charleston, he remained in Charleston untill his Tour expired which was some time in July 1776. he can not state the precise time when and where he was verbally discharged by his Captain John Barkley. In this Tour he served Six weeks.
Immediately or at least in a day or two he cannot state the precise time after the expiration of his last above mentioned Tour, he again entered the

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service in the month of July 1776, he volunteered for a Tour of Six weeks in Charleston South Carolina. He volunteered in a company commanded by Captain John Kenedy of which he thinks Hugh White was the Lieutenant he does not recollect the name of the ensign. This company constituted a part of Col's Joseph and Ely Cashaws Regiment consequently he remained in the same regiment it was commanded by Col's Joseph and Ely Cashaw he does not now recollect which of them was the Col. Commandant or Lieutenant nor does he recollect the names of the Majors, at this time, during the greater portion of this Tour he remained in Charleston and was employed most usually as a watch & sentinel once in the time he was marched to the Savana river and back to Charleston where he remained untill some time in September ^1776 he does not remember the precise day, when and where he was verbally discharged by his Captain John Keniday. In this Tour he served Six weeks. 
On the same or in a very few days after the expiration of the last mentioned tour he does not recollect the precise day but it was as he believes in the month of September 1776, applicant again entered the service for a Tour of Six weeks he volunteered and entered the service in Charleston South Carolina he attached himself to a company commanded by Captain George Dunlapp, he does not recollect the names of the Insign or Lieutenant, this company also belonged to the Col's Cashaw Regiment to which he was again attached He does not remember the names of the Majors who were attached to the regiment during this Tour he was marched to a place called the Turkey Hill in the direction to Savana river from Charleston with all his Regiment to give security to the inhabitants in those parts from the attacks of the scouting parties of the Tories and British and was again marched back to Charleston and there remained untill his Tour expired when and where he was by his Captain George Dunlapp verbally discharged. he

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does not recollect the precise time but thinks it was in the month October A.D. 1776 Tour he served Six weeks-
On the same or in a very few days after the expiration of the last above mentioned Tour Applicant again enlisted the service for another Tour of Six weeks he volunteered ^in Charleston South Carolina and attached himself to and joined the company he come to Charleston in it was commanded by Captain John Barkley he does not recollect the precise time but thinks it was in the month of October 1776 of this company Robert Harper was the Insign. He does not now remember who the Lieutenant was this company still belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col's Joseph and Eli Cashaw and to which He again attached himself, he does not recollect the names of the Majors of the Regiment. Shortly after applicant entered upon this Tour. He with his entire Regiment was marched to a place as he thinks called Beaufort or Blueford Island for the purpose of assisting in the defence of the Country against the attack of the British which was constantly expected. There he with his Regiment remained for some time does not recollect the precise time and was then marched back to Charleston South Carolina where re remained untill his tour of Six weeks expired which he thinks was about the first of December 1776 when and where he was verbally discharged by his Captain John Barkley during the time he was at the place he how thinks was called Blueford island the insign of his company Robert Harper died. he does not recollect whether the vacancy occasioned by his death was filled or not or if so by whom. In this Tour he served six weeks
Immediately upon the expiration of the last above mentioned Tour applicant left Charleston for the residence of his father in the Waxaw settlements of S.C. he traveled he now thinks one day on his way to his fathers, where he met a considerable number of the five and nine months North Carolina Malitia under General Rutherford and commanded by him, among whom applicant found his brother William, who had entered the service for five months but one of the five months men William Houston being tired of the service

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proposed to give applicant $40.00 to take his place and serve out the ballance of his five months which was to expire on the 10th day of the succeding March, which applicant consented to and did do applicant entered the service this time as he thinks in the first of December 1776 and in the road leading from Charleston towards the Waxaw settlement and about as he supposed Thirty miles from the former place. He was attached to a company commanded by a Captain William Houston. he does not remember the names of the Lieutenant or Insign One Campbell was a Corporal in the company. he and his company were attached to a Regiment commanded by a Col. Locke does not recollect his given name, nor does he now recollect any of the other officers of the Regiment nor does he now remember whether Locke was a Col. Com, or Lieut; From the place where he entered the service he was marched to a Little Town on the Savana river called Purisburg ^or Purry's Burgh which was opposite to a place on the Georgia side of the River called the Two Sisters here they remained for some time inactive and were then marched by General Rutherford up the Savana River for the purpose of assisting the forces under General Nash in the State of Georgia in defending three sisters against an attack of the British which was expected. They crossed the river Savana at Matthew's Bluff, and near that place met General Nash. he had been attacked by the British on Bryer Creek in the state of Georgia vanquished and as many thought fled with more precipitacy than was done. it was said that his troops fought bravely after he left them. he came to the camp of Rutherford almost a lone, from here applicant with the balance of the army was marched back to Purrisburge, about that time the five months for which he entered expired, at this time great fears were apprehended that the Country would be in a short time

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overcome by the british on or about the 10th day of March 1777 applicant demanded his discharge but was informed by his officers that he would not be discharged untill new levies or troops were procured. this was not effected untill some time in June 1777 about that time applicant does not recollect the day. he was verbally discharged by his Captain William Houston he thinks Purrisburge or Purrysburge in North Carolina tho he is not certain that it is so. he does not recollect what district or County. he was then at the time aforesaid discharged and served in that Tour at least Six months; shortly after he returned to the residence of his father in the Waxaw settlement South Carolina. 
Some time in the Spring or summer of 1780 the Waxaw settlement as well as the greater part of South Carolina was over run and some settlements desolated by the British those who were affraid of their coming left their homes with all of their portable effects and generally went into North Carolina from the Waxaw settlement the line being but a small distance off applicant had remained in that settlement from 1777 untill that time he then fled to McLunburg County North Carolina. his father left home and carried with him the most valuable of his portable effects applicants brothers Alexander, Robert, and William joined the army of the U.S.
About this time he does not recollect the precise day or month applicant again entered the service he volunteered for Twenty seven days he entered service in Mclenburg County North Carolina he joined a company of  Cavaldry commanded by Captain Olliver Wily of which Thomas Shelly was Lieutenant, and Thomas Wray Insign he entered the service at Gilberts Mill in Mclenburg County North Carolina and was there stationed with Wily & company and so remained untill his Tour expired when he was verbally discharged at the same place he entered the service

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he does not recollect the day or the month it was in the year 1780 and in mild weather as he now thinks. he was not this Tour attached to any Regiment. This ended his military service. He received pay at the rate of Ten dollars a month for the six first Tours he served. for the last and seventh he never received any thing altho he understood his Captain received the money. In this Tour he served Twenty Seven days
He served in all and claims pension for at least fourteen months

1. He was born in Augusta County State of Virginia in the month of February and he thinks the 28th day in the year A.D. 1753.

2. He never had any record of his age his father had in a Bible when he fled from the Waxaw Settlement he understands it was left there. He knew his age at the time of the attack of Clinton upon Sullivans Island that day Twenty three years of age and now ascertains his age by that date

3. When first called into the service he was living in Tryon (now Rutherford) County North Carolina. whilst ^he was a youth his father moved from Augusta Cty Va. to Roan North Carolina not far from the Adkin River. From there he moved whist applicant was a boy to Waxaw Settlement in South Carolina not far from the N.C. line he does not recollect the County or district it was about a quarter of a mile from the Catauba river and about forty five miles from Camden, and about three miles from the Widow Jacksons the mother of General Andrew Jackson thinks her given name was Betty. He is older than Andy Jackson knew him when he was a boy. whilst the applicant was a boy his father bound him to one Henry Hage a hatter to learn the hatters trade at that time Hage lived in the Waxaw Settlement S.C. but shortly afterwards moved to Tryon County North Carolina and carried the applicant with him. In the year of 1780 when he left the army he moved to Holston River and settled in what is now Sullivan -

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County State of Tennessee he there remained for several years. He then moved to Clinch River to a place now in Roan County in the same state from there he moved to Smith County in the same State lived there untill he made one cropp. he then moved to this Warren County State of Tennessee where he now and for the last Twenty four of five years resided: during the revolution and at the time he first entered the service he considered his settled residence with his father in the Waxaw settlement South Carolina altho he was there but a small portion of his time. he does not recollect what County the Waxaw settlement was in.
4. The first Tour applicant served he volunteered into the service. The second he was a substitute for his father William Brown who as drafted into the service. The third Tour he served he volunteered into the service. The fourth Tour he served he volunteered into the service; The fifth Tour he served he volunteered into the service. The sixth Tour he served he volunteered into the service and served as a substitute for William Houston, does not know whether he was drafted or not but from the circumstances of his imploying a substitute he supposes he was; and the Seventh Tour he served he volunteered into the service.
5. He saw General Lee at Charleston S.C. during his service there he also during his service there became acquainted with a Lieutenant by the name of Charles Barnet as he thinks. he also heard of Col Moultrie there thinks he saw him is not certain. he also heard of a sergeant Mcdonald did not see him thinks he was killed by a cannon Ball all of whom he thinks belonged to the regular army. he frequently saw General Lincoln during his service thinks he saw him once at the Turkey Hills. Does not recollect any of the continental regiments either by name or number. nor can he say any thing now of malitia regiments there he was in the body of his declaration.   
6. Never did receive a written discharge for any of the Tours he served he was always verbally discharged by the Captains under whom he served.

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7th. He is known to William F Luck, General William C Smartt & others all of whom live in the neighborhood where he now resides or at present resides and will testify as to his character for veracity and of their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
He has no documentary evidence of his services.
He knows of no person living that he can procure by whom he can prove all of his services. He can prove By Robert Brown that he was in the service at Charleston at the time it was at least Sullivans Island was attacked by Clinton. he cannot make any other positive proof.
Applicant further states that many years ago he received a severe hurt upon his head by the fall of a tree which together with extreme old age has greatly impaired his memory indeed he feels confident that many of the important incidents attending his service have escaped his recollection at best his recollection is so faint of them that he cannot give a detail of them. he is then more induced to believe this from the circumstance that he is confident in his own mind that he served a much longer time than he is by memory able to demonstrate. his impression has always been since the revolution that he served about three years. he is confident that he saw and knew more of the regular officers that by memory can state. he is induced to believe this. from this that he now well knows that he was once or [illegible] stationed with or near them. but his recollection of the time and places is so faint that he can not with any certainty attempt to state them. The various Tours he served may not be correct as to the time when served. that is a Tour or Tours, that is stated to have been served prior in time to an other may have been served subsequent to it. But he is certain that he served all the Tours stated and for the time stated and he believes very confidently others that are not stated. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension except the present and declares that his name is not upon the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Thomas Brown his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court.
Jos. Colville Clerk
By L Colville

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We William F Luck a clergyman residing in the present neighborhood of Thomas Brown the above named applicant in the County of Warren and state of Tennessee and William C. Smartt of the same residence hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about Eighty 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. He has a good character for veracity as any man. his memory and mind are both much [illegible] by old age. 
William F Luck
W. C. Smartt
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid.
Jos Colville clerk
By L Colville 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion. after the investigating of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution, or a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. The Court further certifies that said applicant proved to their entire satisfaction by the affidavit of Robert Brown regularly [illegible] and duly sworn to before a Justice of the [illegible] this County and State (He the said Robert being too infirm from old age and entire blindness to appear in Court) that he the said Robert was in the service at Charleston South Carolina at the time that the British attacked Sullivans Island and that at the same time and place the above named applicant was in the service said Robert saw the applicant there.
And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the present neighborhood of said applicant at [illegible] in the County of Warren and state of Tennessee and that [blank] who has also signed the same is a resident in the same neighborhood and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. this the day and date above written
Wm. McGregor J.P.
Samuel Denby J.P.
A Higgenbotham J.P.

I Joseph Colville Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Warren in the state of Tennessee do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Brown for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal there being no seal of office to said Court. [illegible] at office this the day and year aforesaid
seal
Jos Colville clerk
By L Colville DC

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I certify that Joseph Colville whose signature is attached to the foregoing certificates is Clerk of the Warren County Court in the State of Tennessee. I am ackquainted with the hand writing of Lusk Colville, he acts as deputy Clerk in said Court and the foregoing signatures are in his hand writing. I also believe there is no seal of office yet provided for said Court this the 16th October 1833
H. Isacks

from 1776 private
14 months
Thomas Brown Declaration for a pension
$46.66/100

Return A. J. [illegible]
Mcminnville
Tennessee

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Pension Agency
Nashville, 24 January 1820
RECEIVED of Joel M Smith Agent for Paying Pensions, Twenty three dollars and twenty cents, in full for Five months and thirty days pension, due me as Administrator of Thomas Brown decd. late Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the act of the 7th June 1832 from the 4th day of March 1849 (the time to which he was last paid) to the 3d day of September 1849 the day of his death. For which I have signed duplicate receipts. George Savage Admir by his 
$23.20. Atts in fact Saml. Seay

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STATE OF TENNESSEE
Warren County. } SS.
BE IT KNOWN, That on the 12th day of January 1850, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared George Savage above named, and acknowledge the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned:
[signed] Philip Hoodenpyl J.P.

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Davidson County;} SS
BE IT KNOWN, That on the 24 day of January 1850, before me Joel W Smith Pension Agent in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Samuel Seay the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made oath that the has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing Power of Attorney either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
[signed] Saml. Seay
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year last above mentioned, before me
[signed]J M Smith Pension Agent.
[stamp]FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

STATE OF TENNESSEE
Warren County.}
I, Richmond McGregor Clerk of the County Court of said county, holden at McMinniville in and for said county on the 7th day of January 1850, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Thomas Brown Ded. was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Forty six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum was a resident of the county of Warren in the State of Tennessee and died in the county of Warren and state of Tennessee in the year 1849, on the 3rd day of September that he left no Widow but the following Children and only heirs viz: William Brown, Alexander Brown, Rebecca Brown, Margaret Hall & Nancy McGregor and that George Savage is the Administrator of Thomas Brown dec. duly qualified as such according to Law - I further certify that Philip Hoodenpyl is a Justice of the Peace in and for said, County duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 21st day of December 1848 and will expire on the 7th day of April 1854 and that his signatures above written are genuine.
[seal of County]
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this 14th day of January 1850
[signed] Richmond McGregor CLERK
of Warren County Court

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STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Warren County,}
BE IT KNOWN, That before me Philip Hoodenpye a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared George Savage and made oath in due form of law, that he is the Administrator of Thomas Brown Decd. the identical person who was a Pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued, which is herewith surrendered:
That the deceased Pensioner resided in Warren county, in the State of Tennessee for the space of about Thirty-Two years before his death, and that previous thereto he resided in Smith County same State
George Savage JC
Administrator 
Sworn and subscribed, this 12th day of January 1850
Before me:
Philip Hoodenpye J.P.

Know all men by these presents, That I George Savage in the county of Warren State of Tennessee Administrator of Thomas Brown Decd. who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Seay my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Nashville, State of Tennessee, the balance of said Pension, from the 4 day of March 1849 to the 3rd day September of 1849, being the day of his death.
Witness my hand and seal this 12th day of January 1850
Sealed and delivered in presence of 
George Savage
Administrator JC 
Two witnesses
Wm. White
F K Bell
[stamp] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

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August 25, 1938

Mrs.Alyce Brown Wood
Woodbury
Tennessee

BA-J/EEL
John Brown-S.1748
Thomas Brown-S.3059
[handwritten]This corres. belongs in [arrow pointing to name Thomas Brown]

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Brown, of Rutherford County, Tennessee and Thomas Brown, of Warren County, Tennessee, both of whom received pension on account of their services.

The records of those soldiers are furnished you herein.

John Brown
S.1748
The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in pension claim, S.1748, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of John Brown.

John Brown was born January 25, 1761, in Lunenburg County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown. 

While residing in Lunenburgh County, John Brown enlisted May 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Sylvanus Walker's Company, Colonel Holt Richardson's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Camden(Gates' Defeat), August 16, 1780 and was discharged November 30, 1780: he enlisted June 15, 1781, served in Captain Mackay's Company, Colonel Beverly Randolph's Virginia Regiment and was discharged October 1, 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 11, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Lunenburgh County, Virginia.

In 1836, he had moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee, where, he stated, a part of his children were living and that the remainder of his children moved with him to said Rutherford County. He did not give the names of his children nor are there any data in regard to his wife.

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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Brown(S.1748), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following data:
John Brown,
Certificate No.12602
Issued May 13, 1833
Rate, $34.88 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Thomas Brown
S.3059
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3059, based upon the military service in that war of Thomas Brown.

Thomas Brown, the son of William, was born February 28, 1753, in Augusta County, Virginia. The name of his mother is not shown. When Thomas was a youth, his father moved from Augusta County, Virginia, to Rowan County, North Carolina, thence to the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina, and was a neighbor to Mrs. Jackson, mother of General Andrew Jackson, whom Thomas Brown knew as a boy. While residing in the Waxhaw Settlement Thomas Brown's father apprenticed him to a hatter, who moved to Tryon County, North Carolina taking Thomas with him. 

While residing in Tryon(that part which was later Rutherford) County, North Carolina, Thomas Brown enlisted in March, 1776, and served seven weeks as a private in Captain James McFadden's Company, Colonel James Grimes' North Carolina Regiment: after this service was concluded, he went to the home of his father in South Carolina, enlisted there June 1, 1776, served as a substitute for his father for six weeks as a private in Captain John Barkley's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment, marched to Charleston where he was employed as a guard or sentinel and witnessed the attack on Sullivan's Island: in a few days after the expiration of 

[handwritten right margin]Only Capt I could identify in [illegible] [line pointing to name James McFadden]

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this term of service, Thomas Brown volunteered in Charleston, served as a private in Captain John Kenedy's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment and was discharged in September, 1776, having served six weeks: he volunteered again, at Charleston in September, 1776, served six weeks in Captain George Dunap's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment, and in October, 1776, reenlisted and served six weeks at Charleston in Captain John Barkley's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment: after the expiration of this tour, he started for his father's home in the Waxhaw Settlement, and while on the road, met some troops from North Carolina, among whom was his brother, William, and decided to enlist with these North Carolina troops and served in Captain William Houston's Company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment and was discharged in June, 1777, having served six months. He again returned to his father's home, where he remained until the spring of 1780, when, the settlement being threatened by the enemy, he and his brothers, Alexander, Robert and William Brown joined the army of the United States. While residing in said Mecklenburg County, Thomas Brown again enlisted and served about twenty-seven days in Captain Oliver Wily's Company of Cavalry, North Carolina troops. 

After he left the army, Thomas Brown moved to Holston River, in what was later Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he remained several years, then moved to Warren County, Tennessee, where he had resided for about twenty-five years when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1833.

There are no data as to wife or children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Thomas Brown(S.3059), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Thomas Brown
Certificate No.25496
Issued January 17, 1834
Rate, $46.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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No4
Thomas Brown decd.
Revolutionary 7 June 1832
From 4 March 1849
To 3d September 1849
$23.20

[stamp]FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

5 months 30 days

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Brown Payments to be made at Nashville by [illegible] of [illegible] Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of West Tennessee

[stamp]FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 7 Page 73 by Danl. Boyd Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States if the 7th June, 1832, Thomas Brown of the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this Eighteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
[signed] Lew Cap
Secretary of War.

[stamp]FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

Examined and Countersigned.
[signed] J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions. 

1835 this county 26 years, from Smith County Tennessee

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May 12, 1926

Dr. Thomas J. W. Brown
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 3059 it appears that 
Thomas Brown, son of William, was born February 28, 1753
in Augusta County, Virginia.

While temporarily residing in Tryon County, North
Carolina he enlisted in March 1776 and served seven weeks 
as a private in Captain James McFadden's Company, Colonel 
James Grimes' North Carolina Regiment. 

He then went to his father's home in the Waxhaw 
Settlement, South Carolina, enlisted June 1, 1776, served six 
weeks, as substitute for his father, in Captain John 
Barkley's Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's South Carolina 
Regiment, immediately after which he enlisted and served six 
weeks in Captain John Kenedy's Company in the same regiment; 
he enlisted in September 1776, served six weeks in Captain 
George Dunlap's Company and immediately re-enlisted and 
served six weeks in Captain John Barkley's Company, both last 
named services also in Colonel Joseph Kershaw's Regiment.

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Upon his return to his father's home,he enlisted on December 1, 1776 and served six months in Captain William Houston's Company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment, and then returned home.

In the spring of summer of 1780 he went to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina,enlisted and served twenty-seven days as a private in Captain Oliver Wily's North Carolina Company of Cavalry.

He was allowed pension on this application executed October 8, 1833 while a resident of Warren County, Tennessee. 

It is not stated whether he was ever married.

Respectfully,
[handwritten]Sol. had bros. Alexander, Robb. & Wm in service in 1780.
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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1926 May 12 - Hist to Dr. Thos. J. W. Brown personal call - MMHF
1938 Aug 25 - Hist to Mrs Alyce Brown Wood Letters in cl. John Brown S1748 - EL

Certificate No.25495 
Rev War
3059
INVALID.
File No. 3059
Thomas Brown
Pvt. N.C. line
Act: June 7/32
Index:-Vol. A, Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N.C. and S.C. Line. Records corrected. Feby 18 '04