Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,888, Henry Briscoe, Md.

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(8-1776)
SERVICE    NUMBER


Md. Briscoe, Henry. S. 30.888


CONTENTS

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6295 Illinois
Kentucky (Crossed out)
Henry Briscoe
of Jefferson the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Lynn of the Regt commanded
by Major Roxford in the Maryland une for 6 months private $20
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Feby:1833 and sent to Hon C.A Wickliffe 
Ho. of Repns. [House of Representatives]
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $30
Semi annl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 $10 
$40
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by
Wm Stewart -Clerk
Book D   Vol. 9   Page 56-
See letter 6 March 1834
to Hon: C. A. Wickliffe
Bardstown [illegible] On
Cer [certificate] to Pen [Pension] Agt Agent D3 Dec 1837

To Illinois from 4 Sept 1835
11. Jany 1838. Notification
sent to J. P. Cooper Marshall
Illinois Clarke County
let: 3d May 1838 Hon. Z Casey,
Letter to 3 Auditor 23d (19 below 23 crossed out) March 1841.
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4 Sep 1837 to 26 Sep 1839.
Agt [Agent] notified 15th April 1841.
Dead.

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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office
March 25th, 1841

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Child of Henry Briscoe a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars (and cents- crossed out) per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837. to the 26th Sept 1839.

Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.

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The Declaration of
Henry Briscoe
20907 (handwritten)
$20 per am
The only objection to the
allowance of this claim is
the failure to affix the seal of
the court. I certify that I am
personally acquainted with
Worden Pope and I know him
to be the Clerk of the Jefferson
county court. I know his hand
writing and the certificate and
his signature is wholly in his true sd [said] Proper handwriting
Feby 22d 1833
C.A Wickliffe
member of (illegible)
From Kentucky
Hon. C. A. Wickliffe
(1)
(The declaration of Henry Briscoe.)
The State of Kentucky

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(1 )
(The declaration of Henry Briscoe)
State of Kentucky
Jefferson set
(On this 3 day December 1832 personally appeared in open court (being a county court of Record in Jefferson County and State of Kentucky and now in sitting) Henry Briscoe a resident of the County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky and aged seventy years on the third day of February next, 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 7, 1832.
States that he entered the service of
the United States as a drafted soldier the
first of June 1781 was drafted at Leonard
Town St. Mary's County Maryland for the
term of six months, but that he continued in the service untill the middle of December following, when he was discharged at Anoplis [Annapolis] Maryland, After being drafted as above named at Leonard Town he was marched to Anoplis [Annapolis] Maryland under a serjeant by the name of John King, And was then put under the command of Capt. David Lynn a regular officer, he states he was then (at Anoplis [Annapolis]) reviewed by Genl Smallwood who was also a regular officer, he was then marched to Georgetown then in Maryland at which place

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(2)
place he was put under the command of
Capt Mangers who was also a regular officer, who after the siege of little York was killed in a duel by Capt Jack Betts of Maryland who was also a regular officer, from Georgetown he was marched to Little York in Virginia, passing a place called the green spot, and Fredericksburgh [Fredericksburg] Virginia, and Williamsburg Virginia untill [until] he arrived at Little York Virginia. He states that he don't remember his Colonels name of his Regiment but remembers his Majors name which was Roxford a Frenchman.
After remaining at little York untill [until]
the siege was over and Cornwallis had surrendered, he was employed some time
in filling up entrenchments, taking care of arms, and demolishing some forts. After which all who had the small Pox (I being one of the number) were picked out to guard & convey the prisoners to a place called Todds bridge in
Virginia (Many of the prisoners also had the small Pox) after arriving at said Todds bridge, he was marched in starving condition to Anoplis [Annapolis] Maryland where he got his discharge, which has been lost or mislaid long since, This deponant [deponent] further states that he was born in Maryland the 3d day of February 1763, and lived in Maryland untill [until] he was 39 years of age. He then removed to Jefferson County Kentucky where he has ever since resided. This Deponant [deponent] further states

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(3)
states that he has no documentary evidence wherewith to establish his services, but states that a certain Capt Eddy Cumpton now of Kentucky (if living) could certify to his services that he has rendered as above stated but that he lives a considerable distance from him if alive, and that it would be a detriment to himself & family to obtain the testimony of said Cumpton even should he yet be living. This deponent further states that he hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present
and that his name is not upon the pension
roll of the agency of any state whatever.
Sworn to this 3 day of December 1832
Henry his x mark Briscoe [handwritten seal]

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(4 )
The Samuel Bray - and George
Hikes both residing in the County of Jefferson
and State of Kentucky do hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Henry
Briscoe who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration; that we believe
him to be seventy years of age; that he is
reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, sworn and subscribed to this 3 day
of December 1832
we further certify and believe that
from what we have heard more than he
twenty years that he was a soldier of
the revolution
[to the right of the paragraph above beginning with "we" there are two handwritten seals that have been crossed out]

Sam Bray [Handwritten seal]
George Hikes [Handwritten seal]
⎬
Interrogatories by the court
just
Question where & in what year were you born?
Ans. This interrogatory is answered on the second page of my declaration,
2d Question Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Ans. I have no record of my age
Where were you living when called into service,
where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?

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(5 )
Ans. When called into service I was living in
St Marys County Maryland near Leonard Town
and continued to reside there until (I believe)
the year 1802 when I moved to Jefferson County Kentucky, where I now reside.
4 Qs How were you called into service were you
drafted did you volunteer or were you a
substitute & if a substitute for whom?
Ans I was drafted.
5 Qs State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect. & the general circumstances of your
service?
Ans General Smallwood Major Roxford (a frenchman) Capt David Lynn Capt Mangers Capt. Jack Betts who killed Capt Mangers in a duel after the siege of little York, I was attached as I now think to the 25 Regiment of continental troops
6 Qs Did you ever receive a discharge from the
service and if so by whom was it given &
what has become of it?
Ans. I received a discharge at Anoplis in
Maryland, but do not now recollect by whom
it was given nor what has become of it
It has been lost or mislaid many years ago,
7 Qs 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?
Ans George Heikes Jacob Hikes John Howard
Major Samuel Bray, Abraham Kellar an David
Lynum Col Joseph Funk, Capt Jno, Murphy and
many others if necessary

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(6)
lbe  and
residing in the County of Jefferson and state of
Kentucky do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Henry Biscoe who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution and that we concur in that opinion,
sworn and subscribed this
day of    1832
(This above is once named)
[This paragraph is crossed out]

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 Samuel Bray and George Hikes
who have signed the above certificate
are both residenters of the County of Jefferson
and State of Kentucky, and that they are
credible persons, and that their statement is
entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I Worden
Pope Clerk of the said Court and keeper of the seal
thereof, have hereto set my hand and
the said Seal on the day and year
first written and in the 41th year of the
Commonwealth
Worden Pope

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The pension - certificate to be granted, under the foregoing Declaration of Henry Briscoe, is requested to be sent under cover, directed to Simon N. Kalfus Esquire.
Post. Master
Jefferson Town
Kentucky"

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August 7, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Henry Briscoe-S.30888
Mrs. Emma D. Martin
118 W. 4th Street
Owensboro, Kentucky
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request
the Revolutionary War records of Henry Briscoe, of Maryland,
who died in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Levin Cooper, of
Virginia, who died in same county.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data
and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with
each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record
of Henry Briscoe is furnished herein, the data for which were
obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension
claim, S. 30888, based upon his military service in that war.
Henry Briscoe was born February 3, 1763, in the state of
Maryland. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing near Leonardtown, Saint Marys County, Maryland, Henry Brisson enlisted in June, 1781, served as a private
in Captains David Lynn's and Mangers' Companies under Major
Roxburg in the Maryland troops and was discharged in December,
1781. He was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Lord
Cornwallis.
In 1802, he moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December
3, 1832, while residing in Jefferson County, Kentucky, post office, Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
In 1835, he purchased a farm in the state of Illinois and
in 1837 had removed to that state to reside.
He died September 26, 1839, place not shown.

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Henry Briscoe was survived by a child: the name was not
designated nor is the name of soldier's wife shown.
In 1837, one Joseph Briscoe made affidavit in Clark County,
Illinois: no relationship to the soldier was stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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30888
(Illegible) INVALID
File No. 30888

Henry Briscoe
Pin Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 54
Arrangement of 1870.}
1908 Oct 3. Hist to Miss Jeannette Briscole
1913. Feb. 17. History to
In Mr. Genl U.S.A. For tombstone (Initials: FW)
1913 Aug 1.  To O'Neal & O'Neal  0
1915 Oct. 23. Hist. to J. W. Swan c 
1918 Apl. 24. To Mrs. Arthur R. Whitehorn
1928 Nov. 12 -"Helen E.  (illegible last name and notes)
1937 - May 28. Hist to Mrs A. J. Berger - EL
1937- Aug 7. Hist to Mrs E.W. Martin - EEL

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3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L.D. L.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant.
Soldier Henry Briscoe
Service Md.
---
Additional Service Rev-war
No. claim, State records, 190
No claim, combination records,  190
REMARKS:
No claim except
Invd #30888

0-8 Chief Division

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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER
State of Illinois
County of Clark ss.
On this 30th day of November 1837, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Clark personally appeared Henry Briscoe, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Na--gers in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rox- reid in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District or Territory,) [lined out] of Illinois where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Kentucky to the state of Illinois, to wit "that he did not own any land in the State of Kentucky and was unable to purchase a farm sufficient for the support of his self and family, this and for that reason removed to the state of Illinois, to purchase one, which he did in the month of October 1835"
Sworn and subscribed to before me, 
the day and year aforesaid
William B Marrs J.P.        Henry Briscoe

-The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, of Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
-The oath must be supported by testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioners identity.  He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit.  The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed. 
-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 be sent with the papers.
-Mode of authenticating papers.- In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

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State of Illinois Set
Clark county Before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said county of Clark, Joseph Briscoe and Joseph Brookhart both of lawful age who being by me duly swore upon their oaths do
say that they are respectively acquainted with Henry Briscoe whose name appears subscribed to the within affidavit, and that he said Henry Briscoe is the real identical person described in the within affidavit.
Sworn and subscribed to   Joseph Briscoe
before me the day and       Joseph Brookhart
year aforesaid 
William B. Marrs
J.P.

State of Illinois Set
Clark County I WIlliam B. Marrs, are acting Justice of the Peace, for the said county of Clark, (unknown word) before whom the (unknown words - 4) were respectively subscribed and sworn to, do certify that I am (unknown words - 2) well acquainted with (unknown word) Joseph Briscoe and Joseph Brookhart whose signatures appear to the above affidavit. Are both persons of (unknown word). Given under my hand and seal this 30th
day of November A.D. 1837.
William B Marrs
J.P.   (seal)

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State of Illinois St.
Clark County ⎬
I Davis Phillips Clerk of the county commissioners
Court in and for the County of Clark in the state of
Illinois do certify that William B. Harris
whose official signature appears to the within two several oaths as having been
taken before him, as also to his certificate of the veracity of
the persons of Joseph Briscoe & Joseph Brookhall now is and was
on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for the said County of Clark, duly commissioned and qualified as
such and that his said signatures thereto are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my note, and affixed the official seal of said
Court, at my office in Marshall this 2nd
day of December Anno Domini 1837.

Davis Phillips Clk

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Marshall Ill
[Illegible]
Free
Mr. Evans
To Dec 1
⎬
Hon. [Illegible] Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Henry Briscoe
Tra to Illinois
You lived when last paid Dec; agents letter in the hospital of Albert [Illegible] Illinois Invalids

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State of Illinois
Clark County ⎬ Marshall 2d Dec 1837.
I herewith enclose to you the application of Henry Briscoe a Pensioner on the Kentucky Rolls, for a transfer of the payment of his pension from the state of Kentucky, to the state of Illinois where he now resides.
If the transfer is ordered as per request. Please have the goodness to inform me thereof as soon as convenient directed to this place, and if convenient please enclose to me a printed form
to draw the pension here for the first time after the transfer with the requisite instructions &c. for that purpose. Mr Briscoe has not
drawn any part of his pension. I believe, for the last two years.
With great respect, I have the honor to be
your most Obt humble servant
J. P. Cooper
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

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[Two Stamps]
Record Division Oct 2 1908
Pension Office P US Oct 2 1908

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Marshall, Illinois.
9 /30 /08
The Pension Dept.,
Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary Period.
Gentlemen:

Will you please give me some information regarding
Henry Briscoe, of Maryland, discharged from the Revolutionary
Army, August 1781 or 83, that is regarding his services as a
Revolutionary soldier.
This is new work for me and if there are any charges,
kindly let me know in advance.
Thanking you for your assistance, I am,
Yours respectfully,
Jeannette Briscoe.
( Miss )

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[One stamp]
Pension Office C U.S. July 31 1913

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MERIT ONEAL
J. T. O'NEAL, JR.
O'NEAL & O'NEAL
LAWYERS
KENYON BUILDING
LOUISVILLE, KY.
GOODLOE ONEAL
EMMETONEAL
July 29, 1913.
Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Com. of Pensions 8 - 1609,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you be kind enough to furnish me with
your Revolutionary War records of the following pensioners.
" Arnold, James, private - Virginia line, Oct. 20, 1832.
$80. 00. Age 79.
Aud. Acct. XXV11 62 B. W.
" Briscoe, Henry, private Maryland line. Feb. 27, 1833.
$20.00 Age 72.
" Wright, Elijah, private Pennsylvania State troops.
Sept. 22, 1833, $28.33. Age 78.
This is with regard to the S. A. R. If there are
any charges, please inform me
Respectfully yours
ONeal & ONeal
Kenyon Building,
Louisville, Ky.
Dic. E/ N. K.

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[One Stamp]
Pension Office U. S. Oct 16 1915

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[Handwritten left side: Revd]
[Handwritten right side: vtoR] 
Thorne Bros.
Oklahoma Farm Loans 
SECURITY TO THE INVESTOR
REASONABLE PATES TO THE BORROWER
OKLAHOMA CITY
October 12th, 1915.  [Stamp: Final OCT 16 1915- illegible]
U. S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: -
Can you furnish me with some kind of a certificate
that Henry Briscoe was a soldier of the Revolution and received a pension from the United States Government?
Henry Briscoe was my great-grandfather and I have
what purports to be a quotation from the Pension Bureau records.
It reads as follows: -
Henry Briscoe, a soldier of the Revolution.
Enlisted June 1781, served till December 1781.
Rank; private. State; Maryland. Lived near
Leonardtown, St. Mary's County at time of
enlistment.
Served under Capt. David Lynn Mangers and
Major Roxburg. Engaged in Siege of Yorktown.
Applied for pension Dec. 3, 1832. Residence
then Jefferson County, Ky.; Pension granted:
Transferred to Illinois in 1837. Paid till
September 1839.
Born Feb. 3, 1763 in Maryland."
I am enclosing self-addressed, stamped envelope for
reply and would appreciate an early reply.
Yours truly,
J.W. Swan
Oklahoma City, Okla. Box 674.

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[Handwritten notes top of page include: check mark, w., Rw8, illegible top center and upper right corner]
Box 534
Downers Grove, Ill. Apr. 19. 1911.
Chief of Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear sir: Will you give me any information that you can about (1) "Henry Briscoe", Revolutionary soldier of Maryland. I wish to know his birth place and date his regiment- also place and date of death and
any information concerning relatives, especially ^name of wife and brother or sisters & parents'.
And if he was pensioned, I should be very glad to have
a copy of his papers.
(2) Also can you tell me if "Philip Benjamin Swan"
borned in Virginia - moved to Jefferson Co. Ky ^and where he died.
W?as he in Revolutionary service and if so, can you
give me his regiment, and birth place & date
Yours truly,
Mrs. Arthur R. Whitehorn
[Stamp: Pension Office U.S. L Apr 22 1918]

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1004 Tenth Street,
Charleston Illinois,
February 3, 1928.
Bureau of Pension
Washington, D.C
Do you have any information
concerning Henry ^only Briscoe, a
Revolutionary soldier, born
in 1762, died 1838?
Yours truly,
Helen E. Redman

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Box 379
Arkansas City, Kansas
March 23, 1937
[Stamp: Partially legible, Received Mar]
Veteran's Administration,
Pension Division,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, DC
Dear Sir:
Will you please advise me of the family data, service claimed anddates of birth, etc, as given in the Revolutionary War pension record of
Henry Briscoe who served from Maryland in the Revolutionary War. I should
also like to learn the certificate number and reference for writing to the
Comptroller General, your city, for information relative to last payment of said pension. I am not certain, but believe the Rev. War pension of Henry Briscoe is filed as #30888.
I shall also greatly appreciate your advising me if you have on file the Revolutionary War pension application, or rejected claim of John Lipe -(Lippe or Lype), who served from North Carolina in the Rev. War. I am unable
to state where this John Lipe died, but possibly in N.Car, or Indiana, I am especially interested in learning of all family data contained in said
record, names mentioned and dates of births etc, and service record claimed.
Thanking you most kindly for any information you may be able to give
me regarding the above and trusting I shall hear from you at an early date.
Respectfully,
Ruth [Illegible] Berger
Mrs A.J.Berger

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[Handwritten top center: 118 88. 4th DV]
Owensboro, Ky.
July 17th, 1937
Veterans Bureau,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:


If you have a Revolutionary War Record of a Henry Briscoe
or Bristow, of Maryland and who died, I believe in Jefferson Co., Ky.
will you please send same to me. I would like any family data you find.
Yours very truly,
Emma D Mastin
Mrs. E .D  Mastin )
[ Black Stamp: RECEIVED July 26 1937 MAIL SUB DIV16 VETS ADM DISABLE illegible, arrow points to 3:15]

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in reply to your request of
received
for a statement of the military history of Henry Briscoe
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's [this text has line drawn through]) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. S [illegible] 30888
[Column headings]
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE. June 81 to Dec 81
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
RANK.
CAPTAIN.
David Lynn and
and Manger
---
COLONEL. Roxburg
herof
STATE.
4th Md.
---
Battles engaged in, Siege of York Town
to
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Near Leonard Town, St Marys, Md.
---
Date of application for pension, Dec 3, 1832
Residence at date of application, Jefferson Co Ky.  Illinois in 1837
Age at date of application,
Remarks -1837 he was resident of Illinois where he purchased a farm in OCT  1835
-1835 His claim was allowed and the arrears of his pension were paid to his child (name no stated) to Sept 26 1839.  [Illegible]
one Joseph Briscoe  us 1837

-
Very respectfully

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Rev.&1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel
November 1, 1928
Helen E. Redman
1004 Tenth Street
Charleston, Illinois
Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.303989 (crossed out)^30888, it appears that Henry Briscoe was
born February 3, 1763, in Maryland.
While residing near Leonardtown, St. Marys County,
Maryland, he enlisted in June 1781 and served in Captains
David Lynn's and Mangers' Companies, under Major Roxburg
in the Fourth Maryland Regiment; he was at the siege of
Yorktown and served until in December 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 3, 1832, at which time he was living in Jefferson
County, Kentucky.
In October 1835, he bought a farm in Illinois and
was residing there in 1837.
He died September 26, 1839, leaving children, their
names are not given. One Joseph Briscoe, relationship
not shown, testified in the case in 1837 in Illinois.

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The above is the history of the only soldier named
Henry Briscoe found on the Revolutionary War records of
this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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May 28, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Mrs. A.J.Berger
Box 379
Arkansas City, Kansas
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you requested the Revolutionary War records of Henry Briscoe, who served from Maryland;
John Lipe (Lippoor Lope), who served from North Carolina; John Lipp.
of York County, Pennsylvania; Nicholas Ridenour, of either Maryland
of North Carolina; Martin Blackwelder, who served from North or
South Carolina; Aaron Adams, of Vermont or Massachusetts; John McLaughlin, of Pennsylvania, and Abraham Hollenbeck, of New York.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the
limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. You are furnished herewith the  record of Henry Briscoe.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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May 28, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Henry Briscoe-S.30888
Mrs. A.J.Berger
Box 379, Arkansas City
Kansas
Dear Madam:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, S.30888, based upon the military
service in that war of Henry Briscoe.
Henry Briscoe was born February 3, 1763, in the state of Mary
land. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing near Leonardtown, Saint Marys County, Maryland,
Henry Briscoe enlisted in June, 1781, served as a private in Capt
tains David Lynn's and Mangers' Companies under Major Robburg in
the Maryland troops and was discharged in December, 1781. He was
at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Lord Cornwallis.
In 1802, he moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3,
1832, while residing in Jefferson County, Kentucky, postoffice 
Jefdersontown, Kentucky.
In 1835, he purchased a farm in the state of Illinois and in
1837 had removed to that state to reside.
He died September 26, 1839, place not shown.
Soldier was survived by a child; the name was not designated
and the name of soldier's wife is not shown.
In 1837, one Joseph Briscoe made affidavit in Clark County,
Illinois: no relationship to the soldier was stated.

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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and
the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary
War pensioner, Henry Briscoe (S.30888), you should address
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, and cite the following data:
Henry Briscoe
Certificate No. 6325
Rate $20 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Issued February 27, 1833
Act of June 7, 1832
Illinois Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.