Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6703, Samuel Brown, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Brown, Samuel
S. 6703
Carded
CONTENTS
A 1755 in Poundridge, Westchester Co. N.Y. res at end New Shawangunk, Orange Co. N.Y. res in 1832 Wallkill, Orange Co. N.Y.

Set to Russia and Russian Agent Sept 9 th 1843 Seller to Fanny Finch Mar 16 th 1842
Let to Hon J G Clinton Ady 3'43
14401
New York
Samuel Brown
of Wallkill in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Griffin of the Regt commanded by Col Livingston in the New York line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars per per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1833 and sent Col Chas Mount Hope NY
Arrears to the 14th of March 33 $160. Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33. 40.
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by McBroomwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 45

Samuel Brown Orange Co - N.Y. - - d 1832
When named attorney of the Brown - -
Capt Stewart

State of New York } Orange County }
Whereas all men by these presents shall know that I Able Browne of Orange County some of Samuel Browne deceased late of said County a Pensioner at the time of his death at the time of his death do this day nominate and appoint Joseph Ellis - of Bloomingburgh Ulster Co. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead to examine any papers that may be on file in the pension office or office of the United States in relation to the said Samuel Browne deceased or in relation to any pap- ers on file in relation to Sarah Browne the widow of the said Samuel Bro- wne deceased my mother hereby making all other powers herein to given by me null. also for my said attorney to have power of substituting another person attorneys under him if he shall deem it necessary - and further if he shall deem it proper to prosecute my claim for any increase of pay for the services of my said father Samuel Browne - or for any other purpose dated Sept. 4 th 1853
Witnesses
Able his Browne mark
Ebenezer Woodruff
John N. Hutchinson

H. Brown Open of Attorney
I do hereby authorize Thomas Lumpkin in To examine the papers now on file in the office of the commissioner of pensions which contain the application of Samuel  Brown and his widow Sarah Brown now both deceased Joseph Ellis the within named attorney of H. Brown - -
Samuel Brown Orange Co - N.Y. - Oct 1832
Capt Steward

State of New York Orange County
On this 7 th day of Sept. 1853 personally came before me Able Brown to me known to be the person named in and who executed the within Power of Attorney and acknowledged he executed the same.
G. H. Houston Justice of the Peace

State of New York. } ss: Orange County Clerk's Office, }
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk, of the County of Orange, do hereby certify, that G. Houston ..... whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace, dwelling in said county, elected and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine; and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged or proved according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the first day of November 185 3
Jno. R. McConnell, Deputy Clerk.

20347
Samuel Brown Orange County New York
Bunker 37 n° 15
12 m. in Co. Orange Res
adm d
Joseph Chatte Mount Hope Orange Co. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 shew 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: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Brown Orange City N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. July 1775 1 6 pr. Capt Brown Col. H. Cuyler N. York 177 Minink Living Witness   Apr. 1776 1 " Capt Griffin Col. Livingston Conn. Orange Co. N. York   Apr. 1780 10 20 " Capt West   1 6 20 fall   1 6 20  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 } ss. County of }
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 _____ A. B.
Sworn to 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 (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 if 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 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 he 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 traditional 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 his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months 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 an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[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 affix 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 [i] 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 traditional 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.
R. Newman

Samuel Brown
20347
admd
24 mo. pri
80 $

Ulster County N.Y. On the fourth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before Samuel Seward John Walloch Nathaniel P. Hill Gilbert O. Foerster to  of the  court  W. Elliot  judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Orange being at court of sessions now sitting Samuel Brown of Wallkill in the county of Orange and State of New York aged seventy seven 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he entered the service of the United States in the continental service for six months at Minervine in the county of Orange and State aforesaid in July in the first year of the Revolutionary war under Captain Brown (whose christian name he cannot now recollect) in Col. Hauerbrook's Regiment in Genl George Clinton's Brigade, and after he entered he marched to Ecorus in Ulster County in said State and from thence to Albany in said State and from thence to St. Johns on the Canada line and that he was in the battle when St. Johns was taken from the British and served until the suc- ceeding winter and then received verbal furlough -ion to return home at Haverberg in said State and that the succeeding April he again enlisted in the State Troops of the State of New York for one year at Long Island in said State under Captain Daniel Griffin Jonathan Lieut. Genl H. H. H. H. Livingston's Regiment and stationed at Shelter Island until the British took New York and then he was marched to New Haven in Conn. and from thence he was marched to Fishkill in Dutches County N.Y.

And from thence he was marched to Peeks hill in the same County and was there when the British burnt the Storehouse then returned to Fish hill and had the mass- sacre, and from thence he returned home on furlow where he stayed about four weeks and then returned to the Army at Fish hill and marched from thence to Albany and was at Albany when Burgoyne was taken not in the battle, and was sent with some of the Prisoners to Orange County, there he left them, the prisoners were to be conducted to Philadelphia and he returned home his term of service having expired four or five months previous and he stayed at home from that time until April 1780, when he again enlisted for nine months under Capt Westfall and was employed during that season in protecting the frontier settlements of the State of New York against the Indians and this claimant says that the different terms of his services for the United States during the war of the Revolution exceeded two years and a half, and that all of his services were by voluntary enlistments and he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no man living who was in the service with him, he was born at Poundridge Westchester County N.Y. in 1755 he has a record of his age in his Bible taken from his mother's Bible when he first entered the service he was living with James Trickle at New Shawangunk (now Accord) in Orange County N.Y. he little lived in Orange County most of the time since the Revolu- tionary war, and is acquainted with the principal part of the people in the western part of said County the Hon John Wallack

How James French and many others, that there is no clergyman in the immediate vicinity of this place - sent, the hereby advised wishes ever claim to a position of authority except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State or the agency of any State. Subscribed to the this 4th day of September 1832 Samuel X Brown Asa Dunning Clerk mark
Orange County ss James Green of Clinton in said County being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that he was acquainted with the said applicant during the Revolutionary war and that he has known since the war said Samuel Brown several times during the Revolution in the service of the United States for France protesting the frontier settlements of the State of New York and served as a soldier against the Indians that he hath been acquainted with the said Samuel Brown ever since the Revolutionary war and knows that he served as a soldier of the Revolution and believes he is of the age above stated.
Subscribed to the 4th day of November December 1832 James Green Asa Dunning Clerk of a Com. Pleas

Allowed (P. 6th) Orange County ss James Finch of Calhoon in the County of Orange and State of New York being duly sworn saith that as he well acquainted with Samuel Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration that he knew him during the Revolutionary war, he lived with him and Father about the commence- ment of the Revolution, and this deponent saw the said Samuel Brown enlist in the United States services near the commencement of the Revo- lutionary war and knew he was absent and frequently heard that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. This deponent was then only a boy he cannot recollect the officer under whom the said Samuel enlisted, but believes he was a soldier of the Revolution that he is of the age above stated, but cannot say as to the wage he thinks he received. James Finch
Subscribed & sworn to in New Court
The Win A Story of September 1852 before you
Adams Dunning Clerk
Brother said Court as hereby declared this opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after hearing the interrogatory prescribed by the court declaration, that the above named defendant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Green and James French who have signed and sworn to the preceding affidavit are both residents of our County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. That the said James French hath been many years a judge of this Court.
I Asa Dunning clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains

the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel Brown for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this fifth day of December 1832. A. A. Dunning Clerk

124.404 NEW YORK
9 May 1834
cont Nov 6
Samuel Brown in the State of New York & Orange who was a mil. in the County comm. na. by Captain Griffing of the reg. commanded by Col Livingston in the State of New York time for 18 mo 21 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York City , at the rate of 62 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March 1831 . Sept. 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 May day of 1834 and sent to Her D. G. Clinton H. R.
Arrears to the 14th of Pensionant allowance ending
Revolutionary Claims Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. L. Grant Book E2 Vol. 4 Page 7

State of New York Orange County } For as on this 23 rd day of January 1844 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county Samuel Brown - a resident of the town of Goshen in said County aged sixty years and upwards and makes the following declaration as a supple- -ment to a former declaration made by him before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange under the act passed in 1832 granting half pay and pensions to certain officers and soldiers in the war of the Revolution That in the Spring of the year 1776 he enlisted into a company of men raised by Capt Daniel Griffin for the term of one year and that he served in said com- = pany from the first of April of said year un- = till about the middle of November of the said year when he with most of the company of whom David Hawkins one of the sergeants was one enlisted into a company of regulars for the term of five years commanded by Capt Titus in the Regiment under Col Henry Livingston in which company he served until after Burgoyne was taken when on account of ill health he was discharged after a service of at least one year in the regular army - That in the month of April 1780 he volunteered from Col Newkirks Regiment into a company of Levies raised by Capt Abraham Westfall for the term of eight months to serve on the western frontiers of the Counties of Orange and Ulster against the Indians and Tories who were continually infesting the said frontiers and destroying the lives and property of the frontier inhabitants

State of New York Orange County } To be on this 23 rd day of January 1844 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Samuel Brown - a resident of the town of Goshen in said County aged sixty years and upwards and makes the following declaration as a supple- -ment to a former declaration made by him before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange under the act passed in 1832 granting half pay and pensions to certain officers and soldiers in the war of the Revolution That in the Spring of the year 1776 he enlisted into a company of men raised by Capt Daniel Griffin for the term of one year and that he served in said com- = pany from the first of April of said year un- = till about the middle of November of the said year when he with most of the company of whom David Hawkins one of the sergeants was one enlisted into a company of regulars for the term of five years commanded by Capt Titus in the Regiment under Col Henry Livingston in which company he served until after Burgoyne was taken when on account of ill health he was discharged after a service of at least one year in the regular army - That in the month of April 1780 he volunteered from Col Newkirks Regiment into a company of levies raised by Capt Abraham Westfall for the term of eight months to serve on the western frontiers of the Counties of Orange and Ulster against the Indians and Tories who were continually infesting the said frontiers and destroying the lives and property of the frontier inhabitants

2 The said company rendezvoused at Capt Westfalls fort early in April of said year and after remaining a short time together the said company was divided into four parts one was stationed at Westfalls fort one party at Kirkendolls block House an other at Brants fort and a fourth at a place called Bashaws lane. This deponent was stationed at Westfalls fort and served the whole time of his enlistment of eight months at that place and was discharged on or about the first day of Jan- =uary 1782 but did not receive a written dis- =charge This service was done in the Regiment commanded by Col Pouching from his great age and the consequent loss of memory he is unable to state who were the rest of the officers in said company except two of the non commissioned officers John Womans and Samuel Reed for proof of his services he refers the commission of Pensions to his former declaration and the proof thereunto annexed now supposed to be on file in the Pension office That from the time he enlisted into Capt Griffins company in the spring of 1776 until he enlisted in Capt Titus company was at least seven months and from the time he enlisted into Capt Titus company until he left it was at least one year and in Capt Westfalls company he served eight months That for some cause unbeknown to him his pension was suspended about two years since and he now makes the foregoing declaration in order that the same may be renewed and he receive what is justly due to him for the services he rendered to his country in the Revolutionary war He further declares that he never deserted

and that his Pension was most unjustly suspended That he does not now know of any one living who served with him and he now relies on the proof already on the Pension office and the last trip of his claim for its renewal Samuel his X Brown Sworn to and subscribed the mark day and year last before mentioned before me Charles H. Smith Justice of the Peace
Orange County ss I certify that the statements made by the foregoing declarant should in my opinion be believed Figure one made on figure two before signing Charles H. Smith Justice of the Peace
State of New York ss William Coleman of the town of Orange County Goshen in said County age sixty four years being duly sworn deposit and saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Brown and has been for about fifty years who made the foregoing declaration and he has never heard any one dispute his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and knows him to have been a Pensioner of the United States and that his Pension for some cause unknown to the deponent has been suspended. That he believes that the said Samuel Brown is at least ninety years of age and further saith not William Coleman Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23 day of January 1844 and I certify that he is a credible witness Charles H. Smith Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Orange County 3 d J. John C. Wallace, Clerk of the County of Orange Do hereby Certify that Charles H. Smith whose name is subscribed to the attest of the foregoing affidavit, and also to the certificates thereto subjoined, was at the time of taking such affidavit, and making such certificates, a justice of the Peace in and for the said County, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authori- zed to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Charles H. Smith, and verily believe his signatures to the aforesaid affidavit and certificates are genuine. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of the said County this 25 th day of January in the year of our Lord 1844.
John C Wallace Clerk

Revahan
6703 INVALID. am
File No. 6703
Samuel Broom Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

14.401.
Samuel Brown
N.Y.
Act y June '32
Restored
18. m 21 a
priv
$ 2.23 per
Deduct any overpay ments.
Hon. J. G. Clinton H of R

and that as agent for the claimant in this case I have made diligent search and inquiry for the said affidavit and record and that they cannot be found

Hc. of Rep s -
March 2. 1843
Sir
Will you oblige me by giving me the information within desired by Mr McEwen
Yours Respectfully D. C. Clinton
Col. J. S. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

Richville N.Y.
June 20th
free
May 21st 1852 John N. Edwards
G. K. Hulse Dept P. 10
Samuel Brown
Comt. of Sensory Washington City

Finch-Ville, Orange County, N.Y. April 29 th 1842
Hon J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
It appears from a letter rec d by me from a friend of Samuel Brown a Revolutionary Pensioner of the State of New York, that his pension certificate of the 24 th of May 1833, was suspended the 9 th of Sept r 1841, p r letter, Mr. Brown's friend thought it strange that his pension should be suspended after having been so long continued and paid, and why suspended p r letter, I know that Mr. Brown was a Soldier of the Revolutionary war, and have every reason to believe that he served much of the time of the war as Mr. Brown lived in the same Neighbourhood with me, I do not call in question the suspension of his pension perhaps it is all right - Dear Sir if you would be so kind as to give me information on what objection his pension was - suspended, I will accept it as a favour, I have no interest in this thing, excepting the cause of humanity, as Mr. Brown is a very poor man,
with sentiments
with sentiments of respect & Esteem
Your Obedt. Servt.
James Finch

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 services 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:
  30 th Nov 1780. Sam l Brown Jr. £ 17 17 4      \begin{array}{r} \$2.50 \\ 2. \\ \hline 44.50 \end{array}   6.21 days pri  \begin{array}{r} 49.44 \\ 20.90 \\ \hline 3960 \\ 198 \\ \hline 6.18 \end{array}  
STATE OF NEW YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Feb y 22 d . 1844.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2, 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. Abraham Westfall in Col. Albert Pauling Regt.   Second " " " " "   Third " " " " "   Fourth " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth " " " " "   Seventh " " " " "   Eighth " " " " "   Ninth " " " " "   Tenth " " " " " 
Philip Schuyler Ex Comptroller

Ho. Reps. U.S.
April 12, 1844.
Sir
At the request of John W. Martin Esq of Orange Co. N.Y. I enclose for your decision a deposition of Samuel Brown accompanied by a certificate from the Comptroller of New York. The object is to have Brown names replaced upon the Pension Roll from which it has been stricken
Yours Respectfully, D. H. Morton
Col. J. L. Edwards Com t of Pensions

Pension Office Mechanics Bank New York 11 th Sept 1841
Sir
Samuel Brown, a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 at $80 per Annum, whose pension is suspended by your letter of the 9 th Inst, was paid to the 4 th Inst on the 8 th September Inst.
I am Very Respectfully Your obed Servt S. Knapp Pnt by Sylvester Opine Chf Clk
James L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington.