Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34103, John Brown, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Brown, John
S. 34103
AG 69 in 1820
CONTENTS
In 1820 aged 69 yrs and a res. of Salem, Essex Co. Mass.

Massachusetts Roll.
1,121
John Brown, j r 2 d Capt Barnes Private, 4 Mass. Line 1 Year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818 and sent to Sam l . Putnam, Esq. Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
Semi-annual allowance
4 months 28/30. $39.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Salem Esqr. Com r
26th 1820 to July 1820 Salem Esqr. Com r
Levied 5 July 1820

1121
M c Brown Nov. 2 d . June 1878
Salem
cm
age 69 labors dis abt? worth $14.-
Apr 1878
on this the test of the word in testimony with any exhibited in the the opinion of the from the record of the that the foregoing HENRY D. HUCKLE took and subscribed then the above was

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Brown Junr 2 d resident in Salem - - - - - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1.121 - - - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Brown Jr. 2 d - - - - - late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight - - - dollars per month, to commence on the seventh day of April - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
***** L. S. *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirtieth day of June - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
(no real estate)
Two old desks - five chairs looking glass, andirons, pot, skillet, two old tables, crockery - - $ 13.10
He is sixty nine years of age - a laborer - but is now and has long been confined to his bed by the consumption. - A wife aged above sixty is all his family.
He served as a year's man all (1776) in Capt. [?]'s company in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment in Mass ts Line.
his John x Brown Jr. 2 d mark. see note on blue jacket.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, John Brown Jr. 2 d do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
his John X Brown Jr. 2 d mark.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed John Brown Jr. 2 d took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore - - - - - Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fourteen dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, the

Sworn to and declared, before
W m Wetmore, Judge within named.

I John Brown of Salem, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby Declare -
That in the year 1775, I enlisted in Capt Barnes Company - and served in the war of the revolution eight months; That immediately after my time was out, I enlisted again in said Barnes's Company for one year and served that time in said Company, in Colonel Nixon's Regi- ment - in the Massachusetts line - on the Continental establishment, in the war of the revolution against the Common Enemy.
And I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I need the assistance of my country for support - And I hereby relinquish all claim to every Pension heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States. -
Signed in the presence of S. Putnam J.S. Gout of Mays } John F Brown Jr his mark

I Thomas Barnes of Salem in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath declare - That John Brown served in the war of the Revolution from the summer of 1775 to January 1779. in the Company under my command -
April 4 th 1818
Thomas Barnes
Additional Affidavit -
I, Giles Burroughs, of Salem, on oath testify that I know John Brown Junior now of Salem served as a Soldier one year in Capt. Barnes' Company in Nixon's Regiment all the year 1776. He is now very poor - Giles Burroughs
Efsefs: June. 9. 1818 Then said Giles Burroughs subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me Benj. Merrill Just. Peace.
Efsefs. I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of Massachusetts in said County certify that Benjamin Merrill Esq. whose Signature is above, is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths.
Attest
Ichabod Tucker Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex Jr. fourth On this day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Samuel Putnam one of the justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth personally appeared John Brown & Thomas Barnes and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declarations by them subscribed. And it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Brown served more than nine months in the War of the Revolution on the continental establishment against the Common enemy; And I hereby certify & transmit the testimony in the case to the secretary of the War Department.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand. & cause the seal of said Court to be affixed the day & year first above written
S. Putnam Just.
S. J. Court of Mass ts .
June, 15. 1818 I further certify that Maj. Thomas Barnes and Giles Burrows aforesaid are credible and disinterested Witnesses and that John Brown Junior is very poor and served nine months at one period as aforesaid
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass ts

Mr. Brown.
4th Apr.
Attorney
Counsel
Esq. for Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth aforesaid in and for the County aforesaid, hereby certify to all whom these presents may concern, that the aforesaid Samuel Putnam is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid, that the seal here- to affixed is the seal of said Court, and the signature aforesaid is his proper hand.
Attest J. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk.

INVALID.
Recy 34103
File No. 34,103
John Brown Jr.
Prv Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 55-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
There is another pensioner of Salem named John Brown, cont (Mass) 834067.1 He served in Col. Hutchinson's regt for 1 yr. 1776.
On this man's schedule is a statement that he served in that regt in 1776. This is not correct, he does not so state on his declaration and his Capt. Thomas Barnes who testifies for him was in Mansfield's and Hutchinson's regt. in 1775- and in Mison's in 1776. see Mass Records. Vol. 1. p644 for Thos. Barnes records.