Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21085, Sylvester Brownell, Mass. R.I.

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Mass   
R.I.      

Brownell, Sylvester         
or
Brownwell

S.21085

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21.416
Rhode Island
Sylvester Brown
of Newport in the State of R. Island
who was a Sergt &c in the Comp commanded
by Captain Wilbour of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Church in the R.I.
line for 13 mnths sgt
8 “ Priv} $183.32
45.83
$229.16
$65
2666
$91.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Rh. Island
At the rate of 91 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sep
1833 and sent to Hon. D. J. Pearce Newport
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $229.16
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 45.83
$274.99
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7 1832}
Recorded by Go. C Stiles
Book E. Vol. 2 Page 910 [illegible]

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Declaration

State of Rhode Island
County of Newport, Town of Little Compton

On this fourth day of October, A.D. 1838 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate of Little Compton, in the country and State aforesaid, at an adjourned session thereof, Sylvester Brownwell, a resident of said Little Compton aged seventy four years, who being for duly sworn according [illegible] on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress pass June 7th 1832.

That immediately after the battle of Lexington, which took place April 1775, when the British troops returned to Boston this declarant enlisted as a private in the company of State troops. When recently raised by the authorities of Rhode Island of which Aaron Wilbur of Little Compton was Captain; Nathaniel Church, Lieutenant, and Cornelius Briggs, Ensign. This company composed a part of the regiment in the Rhode Island Army of Observation, commanded by Colonel Thomas Church, of which Miller, of Warren, was Lieutenant Colonel; Sherburne of Newport, Major, and William Bradford of Birstol, Adjutant. Declarant overs, that according to his best recollection, his enlist-ment in said company was for the term of eight months; that immediately thereupon he was marched to Boston; was stationed at Roxbury during the battle of Bunker Hill; after which he was marched to Prospect Hill, where he was stationed during the re-mainder of said service. That in the month of January 1776, he was dismissed from said service (having completed his term of enlistment) but that he received no other discharge than a regular verbal dismissal on the ground by the commanding officer.

Declarant further avers that shortly after the British took possession of Rhode Island, he was draughted and served one month as orderly sergeant, in a company of Massachusetts militia, commanded by Captain William Hicks of Darmouth in side State, during which period he was stationed.

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contiguous [crossed out] at Howlands ferry, contiguous to Rhode Island.

That during the occupation of Rhode Island by the British he was again draughted [drafted], and served as an orderly sergeant in the same company of Massachusetts militia, commanded by the said Captain William Hicks for a period of two years. During this time the company to which declarant belonged, being convenient to the situation, was detailed from the [illegible] of the regiment, and required to act as a guard along shore, and particularly at the mouth of Acoaxset [Acoaxet] River, at which place the guard was stationed of which declarant was sergeant. The arrangement of guard duty was to the following effect, [illegible] that one half of the company should be called up on duty for one month, which was then relieved by the other half the succeeding month, and so on, alternately, so long as the necessity for a guard continued: the whole company, in the mean while, being liable to duty, and ready to be called into service at a moment's warning.

Declarant further avers that he was required to be constantly equipped, and in readiness to march to any part where there might be an alarm: that he was actually marched to New Bedford to repel the enemy at the time of the burning of Fair Haven, and was also marched to Gooseberry neck where the enemy had landed to secure (?) supplies of stock

Declarant further avers, on oath as aforesaid, that he was born in the town of Dartmouth, in that part now called [illegible], in then Colony of Massachusetts Bay, November 20th, 1736 (?).
That he has no other record of his age, than a memorandum which has been continued in his family title (?) for many years: that at the time of his first being called into the service, in 1775, as aforesaid here sided in said town of Dartmouth: that he resided there from the close of the Revolutionary War until the year 1825, when he removed o the town of Little Compton, in the State of Rhode Island where he has resided ever since: that he is unable to fix with more

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precision than he has herein done, the precise day, month, and year when he entered the service, or when he left the same: that he never received any written discharge from either of the companies in which he served as aforesaid, nor was it usual in the Revolution to grant such discharges: that he has no documentary evidence of the services he has sworn to, nor did ever possess any: that as to the [illegible] in which he entered the service, and the names of the officers under whom he served, they are succinctly stated in the preceding part of this Declaration.

Declarant further states as aforesaid that he refers to Abraham Bailey and Mr. (?) William as persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, who can testify to his character for [illegible] and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court, the day and year above written. Sylvester Brownell

[illegible] A. [illegible] Brownell Probate Clerk.

[illegible] Abraham Bailey residing in Little Compton, in the county of Newport, and State of Rhode Island: and Otis Wilbur, residing in the same Little Compton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Sylvester Brownell, who has [illegible] to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we [are ever] (?) in that opinion, and that we believe him to be a person of veracity. 

[signed] Abraham Bailey, Otis Wilbur

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Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, the day and year above written.
[signed] [illegible] A.R. Brownell Probate Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation, and after putting the interrogatories forescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that Abraham Bailey who has signed the foreceding certificates is a resident of Little Compton, and that Otis Wilbor, who has also signed the same, is also a resident of the same Little Compton: that both are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The certificate of the nearest clergyman having been requested, if convenient to obtain it the Court think [illegible] to state that the Reverend Ernest (?) Paine having been recently settled in this parish, was not sufficiently acquainted with the declarant to be used as a witness.
I, Alexander R. Brownell, Clerk of the Court of Probate, in the Town of Little Compton, in the county of Newport, and State of Rhode Island, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Sylvester Brownell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this fourth day of October 1832
[signed] A.R. Brownell Probate Clerk

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O. W. and N. Division
3-525
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., 190
S.21.085

In reply to your request of _. received _ for a statement of the military history of Sylvester Brownell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [(or his widow's)] [crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
pensioned as Brownell

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
Length of Service
Rank
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain
Colonel
State
May 1775 | 8 mos. | Pvt | Aaron Wilbur | Thomas Church | RI
Dec. 1776 | 1 mo. | Ordly Sgt | William Hicks | Thomas Kempton | Mass.
1777 + 1778 | 1 yr. | " " | William Hicks | Thomas Kempton | " "

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dartmouth, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 4, 1832 - et al
Residence at date of application, Little Compton, Newport Co.
Age at date of application, b. Dartmouth, Mass. Nov. 20, 1757.
Remarks, --

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

31793b6m1C-07

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F R Brownell Esq 
& Leslie Combs 

[illegible]
Providence R.I.

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[left of Invalid] Revolution
21085
INVALID.
21085
Sylvester Brownell
Sergt. Rev War
Act: June 7” 32”
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Jan. 4/94 write Hist. to
Little Compton, R.I.
Feb. 17/94 write hist, to 
Lexington, Ky C
Feby 7 of 1900 
Edwin J. Brownell 
1911 - Feb. 27. Hist. to 
Mrs. Louise H. Handy 
1917 Nov. 14 Hist. to F. R. Brownell

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22168
Sylvester Brownell

Sergt 13 Months
Private 8
_______________
21

5 & 16 of 
July 16 1833
P.424

Hon D. J. Pearce
Newport
RI

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BRIEF in the case of Sylvester Brownell 
Co of Newport in the State of R. I.
 (Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [null]
3. How old is he? 74 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[column headers] Period. | Duration of Service. Years. | Months, | Days | Rank. As a  | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.
State Troops in 1775 enlisted shortly after the eney took R.I. | - | 8 | - | private | Cap Wilbour Col Church
| - | 1 | - | Orderly Sergeant | Cap Hicks
| - | 12 | - | Orderly Sergeant | “

5. In what battles was he engaged? None 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dartmouth Mass 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary two living witnesses

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I Benjamin Cory of Westport in the County of Bristol and State of Massechuetts [Massachusetts] on Oath do testify and say that I served with Sylvester Brownell then residing in Westport in said State of Massechusetts [Massachusetts], but now residing in Little Compton in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island, whom I well remember, at the time [at the time] [crossed out] that the British took possesion [possession] of the Island of Rhode Island for the term of one month and stood guard at and near Howlands ferry in Tiverton in said State of Rhode Island the persise [precise] time that we went or came from said Howlands ferry I do not now positively recolect [recollect], said Brownell [illegible] as Sergeant in Capt. William Hickses [Hicks'] Company of Militia and in Col. Thomas Kemptons Redgiment [Regiment], dureing [during] that time. After which I well remember that he was detached from said Regiment to Stand guard at Dartmouth Harbour now Called Westport in the State of Massechusetts [Massachusetts] and continued to Serve as a Sergeant in Capt. William Hickses [Hicks'] Company of Militia Commencing in the month of March or April in which of the months I am not certain, in the year 1777 and continued to stand guard as aforesaid for the term of fifteen months or more at said place, except for a few days that we were absent [illegible] Company being ordered to march to New Bedford at the time that the British burned a part of New Bedford and a part of Fairhaven and after that he returned to said Dartmouth Harbour to stand guard dureing [during] the time aforesaid.

[signed] Benjamin Cory

Newport [illegible], Little Compton September 8th AD 1832

Personally appeared before me the above [illegible] Benjamin Cory, and made made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him Signed - And I further Certify that the said Benjamin Cory is well known to me and that he is a credible witness in the premises -

[signed] Sylvester Gifford Justice Peace

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[crossed out: Benjamin Corys Deposition]

State of Rhode Island &c 
Clerk's office of the Court of Probate for the Town of Little Compton in the County of Newport and State aforesaid 
I Alexander R. Brownell, Clerk of said Court of Probate, do hereby certify that Sylvester Gifford, whose signature is affixed to the within deposition is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Little Compton in said County of Newport, duly commissioned under the seal of said State and sworn according to law, and qualified to act in said capacity. And I do further certify that the signature of said Gifford affixed to said deposition is in his own hand writing, which to me the said Brownell is well and familiarly known 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Little Compton this fourth day of October, A.D. 1832 
A. R. Brownell Probate Clerk 
Court of Probate - Little Compton R. T. October 4th 1832. 
Read in open Court, and directed to be attached to the Declaration of Sylvester Brownell, an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 
A. R. Brownell Probate Clerk

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Supplementary Declaration 
State of Rhode Island &c 
County of Newport, L. Town of Little Compton Sc. On this seventh day of August, A.D. 1838 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate of Little Compton in the County and State aforesaid at a special session thereof, Sylvester Brownell, a resident of said Little Compton, and being the same Sylvester who made his declaration to this Court on the fourth day of October, A.D. 1832 (in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832) & having been duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following Supplementary Declaration, to be annexed to his original declaration and duly authenticated 
That with regard to his first term of service as specified in his original declaration, he enlisted in the State troops of Rhode Island early in May 1775 (the exact day he is unable to recollect, but his belief is that it was on the first day of that month or very near to the first) for a term of eight months that, as stated in his original declaration, he served out the whole of the term of said enlistment and consequently was discharged from the State troops, on the first day of Januany 1776, or immediately thereafter. In addition to the officers of this corps, already mentioned, he will remark, that the celebrated Nathaniel Greene was the General of the Brigade. 
That with regard to the second term of service specified in said original declaration, this declarant swears on oath as aforesaid, that the day after the British landed and took possession of Rhode Island to wit December 8th 1776 he was draughted and served as orderly sergeant in the compy of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Captain William Hicks, referred to in the declaration aforesaid, and after serving

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^Therein a month at Howlands Ferry in Rhode Island, he was discharged 8th January 1777 of this company Pardon Brownell was first and Robert Banks second Lieutenants. Thomas Kempt on of Dartmouth, Massachusetts was the Colonel 
That with regard to his third period of a time duly as specified in his original declaration, he was draughted (and served as an orderly sergeant every other month of two years) in the same company of Militia of Massachusetts commanded by Capt William Hicks, during the occupation of Rhode Island by the British. He was draughted and entered on duty in this company March 1st 1777 and was discharged March 1st 1779 having performed at this period one year actual duty. Thomas Kempton of Dartmouth Ms was Colonel of the regiment and the scene of our duty was on the shores of Massachusetts near the Acoaxset River, and in the neighbouring territory of Rhode Island-- with a view specifically to protect the property of the country from the incursions of the enemy by land and water. Pardon Brownell and Robert Earle Lieutenants of said Company during the service aforesaid That as to the fourth and last class of duties specified in his said original declaration, to wit his tour of service at the burning of Fair Haven and at Gooseberry Neck declarant states that both said services took place, during his third period of service aforesaid in the company of Captain Hicks in Col. Kempton's Regiment: and while stationed near the Acoaxset River as herein before stated 
Declarant further states that in his original & in the present supplementary declaration, he has set forth to the best of his ability and memory, each part a tour of active service, the length of each tour, when and where performed, and the names of all the officers under whom he served, agreeably to the requisition of the Commissioner 
Sylvester Brownell
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this day and year above written 
Witness.  A. R. Brownell Probate Clerk

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Sylvester Brownell
22163

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an application for pension under the act of June 7th 1832
A. R. Brownell Probate Clerk.

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I Parigreen White & Tiverton in the County Newport State of Rhode Island &c of the age of Eighty three years being duly sworn on solemn oath deposition That I was well acquainted in the time of the Revolutionary war with Sylvester Brownell of Little Compton now an applicant for a pension Whom I will remember in year 1775. Soon after the Battle of Lexington enlisted as a soldier in the Company of Aaron Wilbour, in Col Thomas Churches Regiment, of State Troops, and served with me Eight months, was stationed most of the time at Prospect Hill, where we received a regular verbal discharge in the month of January following by the commanding Officer – 
Parigreen White 
State of Rhode Island Newport S.C. Tiverton this 17th day September AD. 1832. Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the & Court of Common Pleas for said County of Newport the said Perigreen White to me known to be a man of credit, and was duly sworn according to law to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed in my presence – 
Oliver H. Almy Just. of the Court Common Pleas County of Newport

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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Newport ss   Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas, 17th Sept 1832
I certify that Oliver H C. Almy Esq. whose signature, in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the within attestation is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and otherwise qualified as such 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court the day and year aforesaid H. Y. Cranston Clk
Court of Probate, Little Compton R.I.
October 4th 1832 
Read in open Court, and directed to be to the attached to the declaration of Sylvester Brownell an applicant for pension under the act of June 7th 1832 
A. R. Brownell Probate Clerk

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Sylvester Brownell
22163

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I Alexander R. Brownell, Clerk of the Court of Probate of the Town of Little Compton, in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island do hereby certify, that the foregoing papers (attached together by one ribbon which passes under the seal hereunto set) contain all the original proceedings of said Court (in the matter of the application of Sylvester Brownell for a pension) held October fourth, A.D. 1832, also the deposition of Benjamin Cory taken before Sylvester Gifford Esqr a Justice of the Peace, and duly certified by the clerk of this Court; and the deposition of Peregrine White taken before Oliver Almy Esq. one of the Justices of the court of Common Pleas and duly certified by the clerk of that court-- both taken in the same matter of the application  ^of said Sylvester Brownell for a pension- together with the supplementary declaration of said Brownell to this court made on the seventh day of August, A.D. 1833, and now for the first time to said papers annexed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this seventh day of August A.D. 1833. 
A. R. Brownell Probate Clerk

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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 Sylvester Brownell which require further proof or explanation. 
I.	Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II.	Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 
III.	If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [null]
IV.	Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no Colonels mentioned 
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 amount of pension he is entitled? No. He must set forth each particular tour of service, the length of each tour, when & where perform & the names of all the officers under whom he served
VI.	Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
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.	 as 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 or inscription 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? Certificate of Citizens 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
yes
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? [null]
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? [null]
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
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 recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___year ___months and ____ days, I served as a _____ ; and for such service I claim a pension.

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22163
Sylvester Brownell

Ameded agreeably to the directions of the Commissioner in the supplementary declaration attached to the original declaration and documents

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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 objectionable. 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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Long Island.
Authentic information will be my gratifying to me and his descendants 
Very respectfully yours 
F R Brownell

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F. R. BROWNELL, 
Counselor at Law, 
Town and Probate Clerk.
Little Compton, R. I., Dec 5 1893 
Dear Sir 
My grandfather, Sylvester Brownell, was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army, his pension certificate dated Sept 18, 1833. signed by Lewis Cass Sec of War, and by J L Edward Com of Pension, Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol 2 page 103. 
Can you inform me by examination of his application for pension, or otherwise, what services are alleged to have been rendered 
My Father told me that his Father was under Prescott at Bunker Hill, also at Battle of

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[circular ink stamp] US PENSION OFFICE FEB 10 1894
[rectangle ink stamp] [illegible]
Compton
Feb 7th 1894
Hon Com Pensions
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me the particulars upon wh the pension paid my great grand father Sylvester Brownell was allowed. His certificate was dated 18 Sept 1833 & Recorded in Pension Office Book E Vol E page 103. Pension was for service in Rev. war What I wanted particularly was Regiment &c. with any other partic
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ulars of service rendered. Also kindly let me know if there is any record of pension paid Benj Combs of Maryland or Virginia or service in Rev. war.  He was a capt at Yorktown.
Trusting you can have this information sent to me. I am [illegible]
Leslie Combs

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EDWARD I. BROWNELL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG, ROOM 511.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.

Jan. 19th, 1900.
Revolutionary Desk,
Pension Bureau,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
Being desirous of filing an application for admission to
the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution,
and tracing my descent from Lieut. Jonathan Brownell, who
fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and also from his son Sylvester
Brownell, who fought at the same battle, I respectfully
request copies of any records you may have concerning the above.
Lieut. Jonathan Brownell died in the following year of wounds received in that battle.
Sylvester Brownell drew a pension.
Very respectfully,
Edward I. Brownell

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[ink stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
FEB
28
1911

by 210 85 SB.
if no other

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139 Rock Street
Fall Rivers, Massachusetts
U. S. Pension Office. 
Dear Sir: 
Will you please tell me if Sylvester Brownell of Little Compton, R.I. had a pension. He served in the Revolutionary War, and I believe he was born about 1706 -
Also William Brownell -
Any information on the records of these men will be gratefully received. 
Thanking you for your trouble and time.
Yours respectfully 
Louise H. Handy 
Registrar [illegible] Chapter D.A.R.

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Rev W H
OFFICE OF
TOWN TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR
LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. 11/8th. 191?
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I am making out the papers
to join the Sons of the American
Revolution, and want a certificate for
the services of Sylvester Brownell,
born Nov. 20 - 1757 died Mar. 21. - 1840
Also for Thomas Church Born Sept 1st
1727 died 1791
Thanking you for the favor,
Yours respectfully,
F. R. Brownell