Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17291, Joseph Brown, N.C.

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N.C.     Brown, Joseph     S. 17291

contents                          carded
b, 1756 in Bedford Co. Va, 
res at enl, East Tennessee
res in 1833 Lincoln Co. Mo.

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Missouri 22. 340

Joseph Brown
Lincoln Co. in the State of Mo.--
who was a Private in the  Co. commanded
Captain Robinson of the Rgt commanded
Col. Christie in the N.C.
line for two years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Oct.
1833 and Sent to Charles
Wheeler Trans. Lincoln Co. MO.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $200.
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 May 34. $40.
                                                                   $240.
                                              
 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by E Wm R Palmer           Clerk,
Book 6                   Vol. 8            Page 79

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State of Missouri
County of Lincoln
                             On this 8th day of May A.D. 1833 personally
appeared in open court before the Justices of the Lincoln County
Court in the State of Missouri now sitting (it being a court 
of record) Joseph Brown, a resident of said county of Lincoln and
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 That he enlisted as a private soldier in the service
of the United States for the term of three years in the spring of the
year 1776 according to the best of his recollection in the town of
Jonesborough now in the state of Tennessee in the company commanded
 by Capt James Robinson that he served three years
under the first enlistment most of which time he was engaged
against the Indians and was in eight battles with them that
he was during that time a while under a Capt Fane and was
with him when he was killed by the Indians on the Tennessee
river at the place called the orchard defeat that he recollects
that he was during this enlistment under Capt James Robinson
Capt Fane, Col Christie and Col Charles Robinson that at the
expiration of the three years he was discharged in the aforesaid town
of Jonesborough. and then within a few days enlisted for during the war
under him a part of the time during the last enlistment; not at first
and a part of the time in the 4th Regiment commanded by Col Campbell or Col Shelly that he continued in the service under the last enlistment
four years and some days making in all a little more than seven years
that he has no education and can neither read nor write that he
can recollect but a few of the officers he served under but that he
was at the battle of the look-out mountain and was then under col
Joseph Martin and he thinks under Capt Isaac Buller that he well 
remembers that he was standing near Capt Buller when he was killed
that he was at the battle of King's Mountain and then under Capt. Sevier

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and he believes Col Christie, that he arrived at York Town Va.
just as the town was surrendered to the Americans and thinks
he was then under Col. John Sevier, That he 
was discharged at the close of the war in or near Richmond,
Virginia. he further states that he has no documentary
evidence and that he knows of no pension whose testimony
he can procure, who can testify to his service. that he has 
a brother William Brown, who was with him all the time
during the revolutionary was, but that said William is now
living somewhere in the Arkansaw Territory, best he knows not
where--. that he the said Joseph does not know whether he be-
longed to the regular troops, state troops, militia, or volunteers
Question by the court - where and in what year were you born?
Answer-- I was born in Bedford County Va. in the year 1756
Question by same-- Have you any record of your age and if so, where
is it?
Answer-- I have no record of my age, but the time of my birth
was set down in a bible, which was burnt with the house it
was in thirty or forty years ago, but I will recollect hearing
my mother say that I was born the year Braddocks was--
Question by Court - Where were you living when called into service,
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do
you now live?
Answer - I was living when called into the service in what is
now East Tennessee, to which place I returned after the war
and under there several years, and have since lived in North
Carolina, Arkansaw, and came to Lincoln County Mo. eight or
nine years ago, where I now reside.--
Question by Court. how were you called into service: were you
drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Ans. I was never drafted, but enlisted voluntarily both times-
Question by the Court-- State the names of some of the regular officers
who were with the troops, where you served: such continental and
militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service--

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Ans. Most of my service was against the Indians  on the frontier
and sometimes against the tories was in one skirmish against and
with the tories at Ramsour's Mill in S. Carolina-- was
not marched to Va. till near the close of the war-- - I do not recollect particularly any officers more than I have already
mentioned, except Col. Tipton, and was under him two or
three tours-- and was likewise in the battle at Guilford Court house-- 
Question by Court-- Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. I received a regular discharge at the expiration of the first
three years service given by Col. John Sevier, who 
was afterwards Governor of Tennessee, and they were both
burnt with the house they were in a few years after the 
war-- the house was Peter Parkerson's in East. Tennessee-- 
Question by the Court--  State the names of persons to whom you are known
in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character
for veracity, and their belief of your service as a soldier of the
revolution-- 
Ans. I am well acquainted with but few persons in this state, being
poor, illiterate, and infirm, I but seldom go from my Nephew's
Levi Brown's, where I make my home, I am not well acquainted
with any clergymen in the State as no one lives within several miles of my home-- that I am some acquainted with Col. Besser, one of the members
of this court, and many others-- 

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--

Joseph Brown
his   X mark

Sworn to and subscribed in open
court this 8th day of May A.D. 1833

Francis Parker Clerk

We John Chandler, Richard H. Woolfolk & J. Snelton residing in the County of
Lincoln, Mo. hereby certify that we have been several years
acquainted with Joseph Brown, who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration that we believe him
to be seventy six years of age that he is reputed and

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believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and we would further certify that said Brown is an honest inoffensive man, and that we have never heard of his character being impeached as to truth and veracity nor for any thing else.

Richd H. Woolfolk

John Snethen

John Chandler

Sworn and subscribed to in open court, the day and year aforesaid

Francis Parker  Clrk



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 Richard H. Noolfolk, John Snethen, and John
Chandler, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the County of Lincoln, Mo. and are creditable persons,
and that their statement is entitled to credit

John S Bessor P.C.C.L.C.
Geo. H. Zimmerman T.C.C.L.C.
Caleb M Farlan J.C.C.L.C.

I Francis Parker, Clerk of the County Court of Lincoln County Mo. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Brown for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Francis Parker
Clerk

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I, Thomas Bowen, a clergyman, residing in the County of
Lincoln Mo. do hereby certify that I have been for eight or
ten years, some acquainted with Joseph Brown who has subscribed
and sworn to the above and foregoing declaration, that I live
about four miles from him, have frequently seen him, and
have never heard of his character being impeached as to truth
and veracity-- and I believe him to be seventy six years of
age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of revolution, and that I
concur in that opinion--

Thomas Bowen

Sworn & subscribed to in open Court
in the Lincoln County Court, Mo. this
10th day of June A.D. 1833.

Francis Parker Clrk

And the said Court do hereby certify that it appears to them
that Thomas Bowen, who has signed the preceding certificate
is a clergyman, resident in the County of Lincoln, Mo and is a 
creditable person and that his statement is entitled to credit.

John S Besser P.C.C.J.C.
Geo. H. Zimmerman J.C.C.L.C.
Caleb M Farlan J.C.C.L.C.

I, Francis Parker, Clerk of the County Court of Lincoln County Mo. do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the additional proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Brown for a
pension in open Court June 10th 1833.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this tenth day of June
in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three--

Francis Parker Clerk

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State of Missouri
County of Lincoln  Ss

Be it Remembered that on this Seventeenth
day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three personally
appears before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County of Lincoln aforesaid, Isaac L. Thurmon
of said County, who being first duly sworn, on his oath, says
that he is thirty eight years of age-- that he has been
acquainted for seven or eight years with Joseph Brown, whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing Declaration for a pension
that he has often heard his father, John Thurmon, in his
lifetime say that the said Joseph Brown was a revolutionary
soldier, that he was personally acquainted with said Brown
in the revolutionary war, where he the said John Thurmon,
was a soldier himself-- that the said John Thurmon has
been dead about two years-- and this affiant further states
that he believes said Joseph Brown was a revolutionary soldier
that he has ever been considered so in his neighbourhood and
among his acquaintances since this affiant became acquainted
with him, and that he has never heard any person express
any doubt to the contrary--

Isaac L Thurmon

Sworn and subscribed to the day
& date above written--

Charles Wheeler Justice of the Peace


State of Missouri
County of Lincoln Ss

I do hereby certify that Isaac L. Thurmon
who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing certificate is a
creditable person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand this 17th day of June A.D. 1833.

Charles Wheeler  J.P.L.C.

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State of Missouri
County of Lincoln Ss.

Be it remembered that on this nine-teenth day
of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty three, personally appears, before me the undersigned,
one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Lincoln
Mrs. Mary Thurmon, who being first duly sworn on her oath
says that she was born in January 1760 four miles from a
town called Woodstock, in the County of Frederick, in the State
of Virginia, that in the year 1770, her father, Jonas Little, removed
to within nine miles of Jonesborough then in North Carolina.
Brown, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration for
a pension, and likewise of her brother William Brown, that
they then lived about four miles from her father's and were 
in the revolutionary war say that both of the Browns, Joseph &
William were excellent soldiers-- her brothers names were George,
John, & Benjamin Little, and were all in the war and now dead, that she first heard
of Joseph & William Brown in March in the year 1776-- and recollects
of seeing William Brown then, and hearing her brothers say that
the two Browns, who are twin brothers, were always together, but does not
recollect of seeing Joseph at that time-- that Col. Johnathan
Tipton, whose name is mentioned in said Joseph Browns declaration
was her uncle, and she recollects hearing him, Col. Tipton, during
the revolutionary war speak very highly of the said Joseph Brown
& William as being as good soldiers as any in the world-- that she
does not recollect of seeing Joseph Brown till since the war-- that
she has not doubt from what she heard at the time of the war and
since, from her uncle, and brothers, and many others, that the said
Joseph Brown served as a soldier as he has stated in his declaration
or as long as he has stated if not exactly as he has stated-- she thinks

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that he is mistaken, where he says in his declaration, that he served
under Capt John Sevier, and that it was Capt. Robert Sevier--
and from what she has heard her husband, John Thurmon in his lifetime, say
and likewise heard from her brothers, she thinks Joseph Brown if
two or three years older than what he has stated-- that she
never heard a word against the character of the said Joseph Brown,
that he has ever been considered very poor & very honest-- and
she believes from what she has ever heard and known of him, that
if he has made, in his declaration, any mis-statement, that it was owing
entirely to the want of recollection, that his character always stood fair
as to truth and veracity-- and she further states that she lived in
Tennessee about fifteen years after the Revolutionary war, then moved
to Kentucky & resided then twenty years, and came to Missouri about
fifteen years ago, and now lives about with her children in Lincoln
and Pike Counties Mo. that she has lived in this Lincoln Co. several
years--

Mary Thurmon

Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 19th day of June A.D. 1833.

Charles Wheeler J.P.L.C.


State of Missouri
County of Lincoln Ss.

I do hereby certify that Mary Thurmon
who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing certificate is a
creditable person, and that her statement is entitled to credit.

Given under my hand this day of July A.D. 1833.

Charles Wheeler J.P.


State of Missouri
County of Lincoln Ss.

I Francis Parker, Clerk of the County Court
within and for said County and State do certify that Charles
Wheeler, whose signature is officially affixed to the foregoing
certificate is and was at the time of affixing his signature
thereto an acting Justice of the Peace within and for  said County,
that the signature annexed is his genuine signature, and that
full faith and credit are due his official acts as such.

In Testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office
this first day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred
and thirty three

Francis Parker Clerk

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26. 844

22. 840

Joseph Brown

Missouri

Adm  2 years $80


Charles Wheeler
For
Lincoln County
Missouri

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: therefore). You will, when
you return you papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Brown

| | | | | |
| Period when the service was rendered | Duration | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the services | Proof by which the declaration is supported. |
| Spring 1776 | 3 Years | Cap. Robinson | 76 years | Traditionary and |
| | | Cap. Fane | Jonesboro | living Witness |
| | | Col Christee | Tennessee | |
| | | Col Robinson | | |
| | | Cap. Sevier | | |
| | 4 Years | Col. Campbell | | |
| | | Col Shelby | | |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. Edwards
Commisioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, 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 Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. 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, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, 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 County of }ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of 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 provision 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 served 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 entered 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 persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an 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 revolutionary 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 &c.
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, Volunteers 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 preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has 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 &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it 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 services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he 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

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 attempted; 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 with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your 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 testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the 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, if 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 reputed 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 Clergyman, 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 before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by 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 procure, 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 services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow 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 conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 bis 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 ; For mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."
{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 that 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 shown 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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No. 17,291

Joseph Brown

Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7 '32
Index:-- Vol 1, Page 437

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Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

No. 26844
July 4th

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Troy Lincoln Co. Mo. July 3d 1833

Dear Sir

enclosed are the papers of Joseph Brown for
a pension-- no one here doubts of his being a revolutionary
soldier, but his memory is so frail, that he is doubtless
incorrect in some particulars in his declaration-- he thinks
he belonged to the regular troops, but cannot tell certainly
he is quite illiterate and poor, but honest-- the old lady
whose deposition is annexed, was going to a distance on  a visit
& could not stay till the next court to make her statement,
and Brown did not know she was in the State till since
the last Court-- which is the reason her deposition was
not taken in open Court-- she is a woman of good character--
and respectable connexions.

I am Respectfully Yours &c

Charles Wheeler


J. L. Edwards Esqr.