Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11,332, Jonas Brown, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Brown, Jonas Hoyt, Sarah
N. 11332
(Former widow.)
CONTENTS
res. at end Poundridge, Westchester Co. N.Y. d. Oct. 12, 1806

Repukd
5361 Connecticut.
Sarah Hoyt, formerly widow of Jonas Brown N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private & Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 96 .
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Feby. 1850 and sent to
Hon. T. Smith S. U. S.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 284 Vol. 1

Comptroller's Office Albany April 7 1848.
Dear Sir.
Enclosed you have certificate for service of Jonas Brown, in the U.S. Army, during the war of the revolution. It appears that he served as private, corporal, and sergeant. I have given you the amt of service he performed in the two first named capacities, but owing to the loss of records, I am not able to give you the length of service as sergeant. The index to the records referred to is all that remains.
Please enclose the fee for search & certificate, $0.75 And oblige
Yours Respectfully D. M. Hancock Clerk.
H. L. Ayres Esq. New Canaan Ct.
Service 2 yrs. 9 days as private } " 5 " 25 " " corporal.

At the same time and place came Sarah Ayres of New Banaan in said District of lawful age who being duly contirmed & sworn, doth depose and say, that she knows Sarah Hoyst who hath made the foregoing declaration. that the late Ebenezer Hoyst the last husband of said Sarah who lived in Milton, that said Ebenezer Hoyst died in October Eighteen Hundred and thirty four and that said Sarah Hoyst has ever since been and now is a widow and is reputed to be eighty eight years of age & further saith not Taken Subscribed
sworn to before me in Sarah Ayres open Court as aforesaid the
11 th day of April 1848
The B th Butler Judge of the court of Probate within & for the District of Norfolk do further certify that Sarah Hoyst who made the foregoing declaration is a respectable woman and that the foregoing deponents James Brown, Ruth Brown Peter Hoyst and Sarah Ayres are all respectable people and severally entitled to credit
The B th Butler Judge
I Brian S. Ferry Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do certify that the B th Butler before whom the foregoing declaration was made and deposition was taken is the judge of the court of Probate that his signature is genuine and that said declaration and depositions were taken in open court as above stated In testimony whereof
I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court this 11 th day of April 1848
Brian S. Ferry Clerk

At the same time and place came Peter Hoyt of Lewisboro Westchester County & State of New York aged Seventy five years, who being duly cautioned doth depose and say that he knows Sarah Hoyt the widow of Ebenezer Hoyt late of Milton Connecticut and knew said Sarah when she was the wife of Jonas Brown formerly of Poundridge Westchester county and State of New York. The said Jonas and Sarah lived before the year 1794 and until about the year 1800 within about three miles of defendant and had a number of children - the oldest child of said Sarah & Jonas is now about 64 years of age said Jonas died about the year 1800 and afterwards said Sarah married Ebenezer Hoyt. Since Ebenezer Hoyt died she has been a widow. I do not remember when said Jonas & Sarah were married but it was before 1784 - I further state that Taken subscribed & Peter O. Hoyt Sworn to before me this
11 th day of April 1848 in open court as
affidavit Thos B. Butler judge of said court State of Connecticut and justice of the peace
Herefield County ss I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in & for the County aforesaid & keeper of the seal thereof, do hereby certify that the Commission of the Justice of the Peace for said County, do hereby certify that Thomas B. Butler Esq is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned & qualified as such & duly authorized by the laws of this State & furthermore that his Commission is dated June 19 th 1847 & will expire with the 19 th day of June 1848 and I further certify that the foregoing several signatures to the attached papers are known to me to be his genuine signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County Court in Norwalk this 11 th day of April A D 1848
Thomas Robinson Clerk

At the same time and place came James Brown of Poundridge Westchester County and State of New York - Who being duly confronted and sworn doth depose and say - that he is about 80 years of age and a Brother of the late Jonas Brown of the same Place - that he knows Sarah Hoyt the widow of the late Ebenezer Hoyt of Milton, Connecticut, that said Sarah was formerly the wife of his said Brother Jonas Brown. He was present at the Marriage of said Jonas & Sarah and saw them married by Esquire William Poucher of said Poundridge. I do not recollect the exact year but it was during the Revolutionary war. My Brother Jonas some went into the service before he was married and afterward he was in the militia and was an officer but I do not know as I can tell what. After he was married his wife lived with my Mother and he went into the service again. I should think he was in service a year altogether. I have understood he was in the battle of White Plains. Said Jonas & Sarah lived together untill about 1805 and had six children. The oldest child is about 64 years - she was born at my Mother's about the close of the war. There was not any other Jonas Brown that I ever heard of & further says not. James his Brown Mark
Taken Subscribed and sworn to before me in open court as aforesaid this 11 th day of April A.D. 1848
J. B. Butler Judge & Justice of the peace

At the same time and place came Ruth Brown wife of James Brown of Poundridge Westchester County and State of New York Who being duly confirmed and sworn both depose and say that she is in the eighty fifth year of her age. That she knows Mrs Sarah Hoyt widow of Ebenezer Hoyt. Her maiden name was Sarah Brown - she was first married to Jonas Brown of Poundridge Westchester County and State of New York - I was present at the marriage of said Jonas & Sarah at said Poundridge - Esquire Fancher married them - I cannot tell the year, but it was during the revolutionary war - it was in the fall - they were married to his mother and she lived there and had her first child there afterwards. That child is over 60 years old I cannot tell how old. I often heard of his going into the service during the war and have often heard it spoken of since I saw the said Jonas Brown & Sarah married - Esquire Fancher was a justice of the peace when he married them. Further saith not - Am
Ruth Hoyt Mother
Taken, subscribed and sworn to in open court as aforesaid on the 11 th day of April 1848 before me Thos B Butler Judge of said Court & Justice of the Peace

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service, and discharge, as near as can be given]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
  1781 March 27 Jonas Brown private no cert issued 13518 £ 6 02 07   1781 Nov 1 Jonas Brown Corporal " " 39.658 " 17 05 10   £ 23 08 05   2 mos 9 days private 5 " 25 " Corporal
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, April 7 th 1848.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 5 3. 8. ————— now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
  First — under Capt. Samuel Lewis in Col. Thaddeus Crane's Reg't.   Second " " Samuel Lewis " " Thaddeus Crane's "   Third " " " " "   Fourth " " " " "   Fifth " " " " "   Sixth " " " " "   Seventh " " " " "   Eighth " " " " "   Ninth " " " " "   Tenth " " " " "   Eleventh " " " " "   Twelfth " " " " " 
Milled Fillmore Comptroller
172 34850 63 4313 2156

State of Connecticut - Fairfield County
District of Norwalk
At a Probate Court held at Norwalk within and for the District of Norwalk on the 11 th day of April A D 1848 Present Thos B Dutton Esq Judge thereof and holding said Court
Then personally appeared before said Court Sarah Hoyt, the President of New Canaan in said State County and Probate District aged eighty eight years the widow of Ebenezer Hoyt late of Milton in said District, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on her oath in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 d 1837 before said
That she was married to Jonas Brown, then of Poundridge in the State of New York, who was in the service of his country in the year 1781 and she believes afterwards. She thinks and believes that during the greater part of the year 1781 he was in the Company of Capt Samuel Levis whom she knew very well. She does not recollect the month and day when he entered the service as it was before they were married. I think I have heard him speak of Col Thaddeus Brown as his Colonel but do not remember distinctly. I have heard him speak of serving as a private and corporal before an officer and also as sergeant afterwards but cannot state the time. He was absent in the service after the war and I lived in his father's house. I do not remember what employment he was in. He lived in Poundridge Westchester County and State of New York when
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He entered the service and when and after she was were married I believe he was a Militia Man, but cannot tell certain nor do I recollect with sufficient distinctness the particulars of his service to attempt to state them The records at Albany show his service but not all his service, unless they also show that he served as a sergeant -
She further declares that she was married to said Jonas Brown on the 22 day of October (AD 1781) Seventeen Hundred and eighty one and that her husband the said Jonas Brown died in October, and on the 12 th day in the year eighteen Hundred and six - that she was afterwards married to Ebenezer Hoyt as aforesaid who died in October eighteen Hundred and thirty four (1834) and that she was a Widow on the 4 th of July 1835 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed - said Eben Hoyt was a pensioner - Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Then Sarah Hoyt Mark
The foregoing declaration of Sarah Hoyt was made and taken at the court and on the day above stated to wit the 11 th day of April 1848 in open court and being subscribed by the said Sarah Hoyt by her Mark in my presence, where then and there sworn to by me before me
Thos B. Butler Judge of said Court

Rev WIDOW, &c.  Am
File No. 11332
Sarah Kooyt Wid -
Jonas Brown Prisoner Reo War
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 345
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10,851
Connecticut.
Sarah Noyt, formerly
Widow of Jonas Brown who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 12 Oct r 1806 of in the State of Conn. who was a pr. Corp in the Company commanded by Captain Lewis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Crane in the N.Y. troops time for 2 mo. 9 days private 5 mo. 25 " Corp.
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 28 Dollars 96 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of February 1850 and sent to Hon. J. Smith U. Senate
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Chase Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 91

8767 Connecticut.
Sarah Moyo, formerly widow of Jonas Brown who was a Pri. & Corporal in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 96. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Feby 1850 and sent to
Mem. T. Smith, S. U. S.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 53

Sarah Hayt
Act 4 th July 1836
Pension should be allowed under the Act of 1838 - for 2 Mo. 9 days service as private 5 " 25 " " " Corporal
J. L. Coombs

No 7058 13 Sarah Hoyt At Conn.
Let. to Mr. C. Ayres April 14th 1848
Let. to Hon. T. Smith, May 11th 1848
Let. to Mr. C. L. Ayres June 30th 1848
Let. to Mr. J. Smith August 8th 48
Hon. T. Smith Dec 28, 48
Act # July 1836

7858 14074 act 7 July 1838 Sarah Hoyt formerly wife of James Brown Connecticut
admitted Pa 2nd qd = $7.66 Copy 5.25 - 21.30 $28.96 On 4 men 1836 to 40 - 43 to 48 - 48 for life h. d., 12 Oct 1806 Act 7 July 1838 Capt Lewis A. Crane N. Y. hosp.
Rev J. Smith, D. U. S.

House of Reps
Jan 5 th 1849
Hon Thomas Ewing Sir
My attention has been called to an application of Sarah Hoyt for a Pension pending before you by appeal
The point which labored with the Commission appears to have been whether Mr Drown was in service after the marriage
I have never engaged in the business of procuring Pensions and have had no connection with this case, except that of Judge of Probate and in taking the testimony of witnesses -
The witnesses to the marriage and his service afterwards were before me in open court. I never saw more honest conscientious candid witnesses and so far as their appearance and intelligence would entitle them to credit

they are eminently worthy of it
They testified, two of them at least, unequivocally to the fact that the Soldier left his wife with his Father and went into the service after the marriage and if it does not clearly appear from their depositions - the fault is mine and committed in drawing them up. I should have found the fact on their testimony whatever amount may have been involved.
They were unwilling to state the length of time he remained with his wife after the marriage before reentering the service but thought it was about three months. It appears there were three periods of service ending on different days of different years, one in 80, one in 81, and the other unknown, because a figure is lost. I have no doubt that if that figure could be found it

Should make the year 1782 and the survive down to the witnesses after the marriage
I know the applicant personally. She is a most exemplary and needy woman. Doubtless there are costs of imposition, but this is not one of them; and I trust your Honor will not require of her any proof which the lapse of time and the mutilation of a record has rendered it impossible for her to obtain
Very Respectfully Yours O.W. Smith Thos B. Butler

Mr. Cummins Cl.
Mr. Ames
July 6/48 New Bedford Mr. Cummins Esq. Washington City D.C.
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Mr. Danaen Am July 3 rd 1848 J. L. Edwards Esq Washington City
Dear Sir, Please find enclosed certificate of Lyman Clorton Esq who took the deposition of John Slawson in April last in case of Widow Sarah Hoyt. which certificate having been omitted at the time of taking the deposition. Please attach to the deposition and consider my case with as little delay as possible. The old Lady has on all occasions when speaking of her husbands being in the service stated the same facts as set forth in her declaration on file. Prior to her having any knowledge that record evidence could be obtained of the services of her husband & when solicited to look into the merits of her case I done so with a benevolent motive she being in very indigent circumstances. and when I found the evidence to be clear both as regards the service or marriage & corroborating testimony to strengthen facts. I believe her case so clearly sustained by respectable witnesses. I did not hesitate in rendering my services in a pecuniary point

of view to Mosquito in claim and which has been to considerable extent. I have attended the taking of depositions & would here remark that the witnesses are persons of respectability & in no case have I suffered anything to be stated in their depositions but what was clearly & distinctly stated by witnesses.
I am my Respectful Servt H. L. Ayres

Mr. Ings attended to-day July 29 Pensions Office Washington City J. A. B. - C. Edwards Esq. J. L. FROM WILLARD'S CITY HOTEL WASHINGTON D.C.
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Washington City June 28 th 1848 J. L. Edwards Esq; Sir
Permit me to call your earliest attention to the consideration of the additional testimony left at your Office this morning in the case of the Widow Sarah Hoyt, which case has been delayed in consequence of my absence for two or three weeks. The Pay Roll of Capt Samuel Lewis Company, I offer as evidence that Abram Jones and John Slawson were members of Capt Lewis Company & in the service of their Country. Mr Slawson is now on to the Department as a Petitioner and he identifies in his Deposition of 26 April last Jonas Brown as the soldier of Capt Samuel Lewis Company & the husband of your Petitioner.
I offer the communication from the Comptroller's Office at Albany to show that Jonas Brown was in the service after his marriage to Sarah Brown.
In your last communication addressed to Hon Freeman Smith, which I left at your Office this morning, you state that if his marriage took place on 22 Oct 1781 he must have left the service before that time & that

It does not appear that he was afterwards in the service as set forth in Mrs. Hoyt's declaration. I would here remark that Capt. Lewis Company & the Regiment to which he belonged Col. Crans. were in defensive duty as Minute Men or Coast Guards in repelling the enemy that were incessantly plundering and distressing the inhabitants of that part of Witchita County . the service to which the Militia were called upon to perform was perplexing to them so much so that they could not pursue any regular business under all the circumstances of this case I think it can not be urged that he had left the service & was not afterwards in the service.
I offer the testimony of Samuel Dean and of Hannah Dawson to show that they were well acquainted with Jonas Brown & his Wife Sarah & that they knew no other person by that name. In behalf of the widow I would urge as early attention to her case as will comport with your convenience.
I remain your most obed. S t
H. L. Stephens

Washington city.
House of Reps April 13 th 1848
Dear Sir, Permit me to make you acquainted with H. L. Agnes Esq a highly respectable gentleman constituent of mine who has business to transact at your office If you will have the goodness to attend to it as soon as practicable (so that he may return) you will greatly oblige
Your friend
Truman Smith

1 Case of Sarah Hoyt of Court
2 This case is sustained by record evidence of the services of Jonas Brown filed in Pension Office on 13 April and the evidence of John Swanson and of Abram Jones who were in the service with him. The evidence of marriage is by James Brown and Ruth Brown who present at the marriage ceremony and their deposition stating that there is no record of the marriage. The evidence of Samuel Dan & Hannah Swanson that there was no other person known to them by that name. This family were coast guards or minute men whose service that of repelling the enemy from Abundant, the inhabitants of their property. In presenting the case I refer you to the testimony & my letter to you Truly Yours
Washington city July 25 th 1848
J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir Sir I respectfully invite attention to the case of Sarah Hoyt presented for consideration of the Office by H. S. Ayres Esq. of New Canaan Court in the hope that the additional evidence

Which he has produced will under the case clear & satisfactory
Your old son Freeman Smith
Hezekiah Smith Washington City
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Evidence in case of Widow Sarah Hoyt Proof of marriage James Brown & Ruth Brown v. of service Pay certificate from Comptroller state of New York John Lawson & Alvan Jones who members of same company & identify the Soldier as the husband Pay roll of Capt Samuel Lewis - certificate from Comptroller's Office showing that he was in service after marriage Peter Hoyt - Samuel Dan & Hannah Lawson that they were well acquainted with Jonas Brown & never knew any man by that name etc

June 21 st 1862 Pocahontas Co. W. Va.
Dear Friend
Sarah Kayt 1862
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H. L. Ayres New Canaan Conn.
My dear Friend I have been thinking of you and your kindly words and how much I should like to see you again after the war is over. I am sure you will be successful in all your work and will bring us good news. I am Yours truly H. L. Ayres

Pension Office, May 11th, 1848.
Sir,
I have the honor to return, herewith, Mr. Ayres' letter, and to inform you that the additional evidence in the case of Sarah Hoyt, widow of Jonas Brown, does not furnish satisfactory evidence of the date of their marriage, nor of her husband's identity with the soldier of Col. Orange Regiment bearing his name.
It does not appear that Abraham Jones, who states that Brown served with him in Capt. Lewis' Company, is a pensioner. He has not, therefore, shown by having asserted a claim for a stipend that he was a soldier in the Revolution, and John Hawson, the other witness, is not certified to be credible. If these two witnesses were in service with Brown, their names should be found upon the records at Albany. Mrs. Hoyt asserts a claim to a pension under the Act of 4th July, 1836, and alleges that her marriage with her first husband took place on the 22nd October, 1781,

and that he was in service after their marriage. The records at Albany show that Jonas Brown, for whose service this claim is made, recd a pay certificate on the 10th November of that year. His services, therefore, must have terminated on or before that date. If he was with his Regiment until the 10th of November, the date of his pay certificate, it would show very clearly that he was not the husband of claimant, to whom she had been married on the 22nd October, but eighty days previous; or if the soldier of Crane's Regt. be her husband, he must have left the service before their marriage. In that case, she would have no claim under the Act of 4th July, 1836, which law provides for those widows only who were married to Revolutionary soldiers prior to the termination of their husband's service.
Clear and direct testimony, both as regards the date of their marriage and the identity of her husband with the soldier of Crane's Regt.

will be required before a pension certificate can issue to claimant. If Mrs. Waugh was married after the termination of her husband's service, and before 1794, her claim should be asserted under the Act of 7th July, 1838.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, P. M. Van Ness J. L. Edwards
Wm. Freeman Smith House of Representatives.

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Dear Freeman Smith Washington City D. C.

Mr Lanean Com Aug 5 1849 Deon G Smith Washington City Dear
I am in receipt of yours of the 29 th Ult o accompanying a communication from Pension Office. In his report dated 8 August last he refers to a communication made to me on 30 th June which I have never read. is it in your possession. It will not however avail anything I suppose.
The objections now seem to rest upon two points viz. the date of marriage & the identity of the husband & soldier who rec d pay certificates from Comptroller of the State of New York. I claim on the first objection that the two witnesses viz. Agnes Brown & Ruth Brown depose that they were present when the ceremony was performed by whom and on what day of the month & year & an credible witness. I claim on the second point that John Stevenson & Abram Jones do identify the husband as the soldier who rec d pay certificate from Comptroller of the State of

Sept 19 th R. M. Dawson the most clearly in having lived in the immediate neighbo- -rhood & intimacy acquainted with him & his wife. I do not expect to be able to furnish any more clear & direct testi- -mony upon these points than what is already advanced & then I must rest the final issue. If I had known where to have found the second evidence of the service this claim would have been presented years ago. In your letter you suggest putting the case into the hands of some thorough Pension agent to prosecute. I have no objection to that course if it can be done at a moderate compensation & to receiving his pay if successful in obtaining the Pension which I believe is a common way of taking claims & would esteem it a favor if you would give the subject your early attention. The old Lady being now Eighty Eight years old.
Your attention will confer a special favor I am Sir yours truly
H. C. Lupton " "

P.S. You hold several letters expounding of this subject which may be of service I enclose the names of the several witnesses My Geo. Ayres

Geo M. Phillips July 25/49
Appeals from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of Mrs. Sarah Hoyt, an applicant for a Pension. under Act of 4 th July 1836.
W. All.
Refer to Comt. for Report Comt. of Pensions for a Report.
Dept. of the Interior } July 27 th 1849 }

Washington, July 25, 1849.
Sir,
H. Le. Ayres, Attorney for Mrs. Sarah Hoyt of Connecticut, (formerly widow of J. Brown, a soldier of the Revolution,) an applicant for a pension under the Act of 4th July 1836, has, through the Hon. Truman Smith, requested me to attend to the prosecution of the claim of Mrs. Hoyt.
M r . Ayres requests me to take an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case. I therefore respectfully appeal from the decision of the Commissioner to the Honorable Secretary of the Interior.
I enclose herewith a letter from M r . Ayres to Hon. Truman Smith, in which some few points in the case are mentioned.
I have the honor to be, With respect, Your Ob t serv t . Geo. M. Phillips
Hon. Thomas Ewing Secretary of the Interior.

State of New York } Onondaga County } §
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Lawson of Synder, the same person who was sworn before me at said town on the 26 th day of April last, that he is a man of high standing in the vicinity in which he resides, that he is a man of truth and respectability, and that he is a credible witness. Witness my hand this 16 th day of June 1878.
Lyman Norton Justice of the Peace

State of New York Westchester County ss
Hannah Slawson of the town of Pound Ridge in said County being duly sworn doth on her oath depose and say she is now aged eighty eight years old that she is the widow of Nathan Slawson deceased who was a pensioner of the United States, that she was well acquainted with Jonas Brown and his wife Sarah Brown that she lived in the same neighborhood with them in the fall of the year 1781. That she was credibly informed and firmly believes that they were married in the month of October of that year, and has no reason to doubt that they were then married, the fact that they were married about the same time that this deponent was tended to make her recollect it and this deponent further says that after they were married they lived for many years within about one mile of this deponent, and this deponent further says that she never knew or heard of any other man by the name of Jonas Brown residing in this town or vicinity and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me This 26 th Day of May 1848 William Lockwood Justice of peace for Hannah Slawson Mark
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Hannah Slawson and that she is a person of good character that her statements are entitled to the fullest credit
William Lockwood Justice

State of New York Westchester County.  ss
Samuel Dan of the town of Pound Ridge in said County being by me duly sworn does on his oath depose and say that he is a prisoner of the United States that he was well acquainted with Jonas Brown and Sarah Brown during and after the Revolutionary war that he lived within about one mile of them, that he was very credibly informed and verily believes that they were married - and (W.L.) this deponent further says that he knows no other Jonas Brown during the Revolutionary war in this town or vicinity.
Sworn and subscribed May 26 th 1848 before me 
William Lockwood
Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Samuel Dan that he is a man of good moral character and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit
William Lockwood Justice

I hereby certify that I have searched the records records kept in this Office and have not been able to find any records of Marriages previous to the year one thousand eight hundred
Joseph Siliman Pound Ridge April 22 d 1848 Town Clerk
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I do hereby certify that I am Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Poundridge West Chester Co. N.Y. and that I have ex- -amined the Records of said Church and do not find any Record of Marriages on the Church books, and if any such Record is in existence of as early a date as 1787 - or any year during that Century I am unacquainted with the fact
I keep a private Record of Marriages performed by myself which is the only one that I have in possession
William Patterson "
Poundridge April 24 1848

State of New York Westchester County
Thaddeus S. Fancher of the town of Pound Ridge in said County being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is the son of William Fancher Esq. late of the town of Pound Ridge deceased. That this deponent is in possession of the Records of marriages as kept by his said father and this deponent further says that he has examined the said records and cannot find any record of the marriage of Jonas Brown to Sarah Brown, and this deponent further says that front part of the said book of records appears to have been torn and destroyed all previous to the year 1791 and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 20 th day of April 1848
Thad s S. Fancher
William Lockwood Justice of the peace
State of New York, County of Westchester, } ss.
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, CLERK of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Lockwood
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And, further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said JUSTICE, and verily believe that the said Certificate is genuine.
Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said
the 21 st day of April 1848
Munson Lockwood Clerk.
ten with and that full endor seal of peace

State of New York Westchester County
Shaddacus S. Fancher of the town of Pound Ridge in said county being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is the son of William Fancher Esq. late of the town of Pound Ridge deceased that this deponent is in possession of the Records of marriages as kept by his said father and this deponent further says that he has examined the said records and cannot find any record of the marriage of Jonas Brown to Sarah Brown, and this deponent further says that the front part of said book of records appears to have been torn and destroyed all previous to the year 1791 and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 20 th day of April 1848
Shadd S. Fancher
William Lockwood
Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Shaddacus S. Fancher and that his statements under oath is entitled to full credence
William Lockwood
Justice of peace

State of New York Washington County
Abraham Jones of the town of Pownal Bridge in the said County being by me duly sworn does on his oath depose and say that he is now aged eighty-eight years that he served in the Revolutionary war in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Lewis in Col. Shaddack's Regiment that he was well acquainted with Jonas Brown when in the service that the said Jonas Brown served in the same company with this deponent, and this deponent further says that he never knew any other person by the name of Jonas Brown - and further this deponent saith not -
Sworn and subscribed this 23 rd day of April 1848 before me William Lockwood
Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Abraham Jones that his statements under oath is entitled to full credit and belief William Lockwood
Justice of the peace

State of New York Onondaga County } } John Slawson of the
town of Lynden in said County, being by me duly sworn does on his oath depose and say that he is now eighty four years of age, that he served his Country in the Revolutionary War, in the company of Capt Samuel Lewis of the town of Pondridge (Wrochester County in Col Thaddeus Cran's Regiment, That he was well acquainted with Jonas Brown of said town when in the service, and that said Jonas Brown served in the same Company. as aforesaid with this deponent, and was a corporale of said Company And that this deponent lived in the immediate neighbourhood of said Jonas Brown during the Revolutionary War and for many years afterwards until he removed from said town This deponent further saith that said Jonas Brown was reputed to have married Sarah Brown of Pondridge during the Revolutionary War and and that they lived together and raised a family of children, deponent has no reason to doubt their marriage a legal marriage.
Deponent further says that he never knew any other person by the name of Jonas Brown, and further deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 th day of April A.D. 1848 Lyman Norton
his John X Slawson Mark
Justice of the Peace
Not allowed for bond under Bails

State of New-York, Onondaga County, { ss: Clerk's Office,
I certify that Lyman Morton, Esq. before whom the within Deposition purports to have been sworn, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, residing in the said County, duly elected and qualified, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his offi- cial acts in that capacity, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe that the signature within, purporting to be his, is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 26 th day of April 1848.
V. M. Smith Clerk.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Grown, Jonathan GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5414 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 22, 1789
to Theodosius Fowler
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.