Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10412, Daniel Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brown, Daniel
S. 10412
carded
CONTENTS
July 20, 1764 res at mt. Sandisfield Mass. res in 1832 Cones, Cortland Co. N.Y.

New 20.708 G. 2
Daniel Brown
Continued in the State of N. York who was a Piper &c. in the Comp. commanded by Captain Molett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Semonds in the Mass line for 8 mo. Piper
12. Private } $29.28 26 $69.28
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 69 Dollars 28 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. day of Sept. 1833 and due to S. Hatchiss (Homer)
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $87.84 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 mo. 24 29.28 $117.12
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by No. C. Miles Clerk Book C. Vol. 4. Page 48

Daniel Brann 14526
and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and know that his signature to the said Certificate is genuine - in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this 28 th day of October 1832 Edward Fletcher Jr. Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
State of New York
Cortland County ss on this Second day of October Eighteen hundred and Thirty two - personally ap- peared in open Court, before the Judges now sitting of the Cortland County Common Pleas, which is a Court of Record - Daniel Brown a res- ident of the Town of Homer, in the County of Cortland and State of New York - aged Sixty Eight 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 passed by Congress June 7 th 1832 - That on or before the twelfth day of August Seventeen hundred and Six- ty Six, he volunteered as a Piper in Captain Sam- uel Woodcock's Company of Militia of the State of Massachusetts in the Army of the Revolution for the term of three Months - Colonel Simonds, commanded the Regiment & General Benjamin Lincoln the Brig- ade - Lieutenant Layton of the Town of Newmarket in said State belonged to the Company Captain Sergeant from Stockbridge belonged to the Regiment - he went from Sandisfield, Berkshire County in said State through Sheffield, Salisbury, Cornwall. Kent, & to Fair- -field in the State of Connecticut, the Company staid at Fairfield a Fortnight, then went directly to the City of New York, from there to Kingsbridge, from there to Valentines Hill, where we commenced building a Fort staid there for or Six Weeks, from there we Retreated to White Plains, we joined General Bell's Brigade of Riflemen before we got to White Plains he was in the action at White Plains aforesaid, - he, there recollects seeing & knowing General Washington
I am Fifer

57 & General Lee there - General Lee he says, saved Colonel Simonds Regiment from being taken Prisoners, at a place between Valentines Hill and White Plains, there called Suckey Hole - he was Discharged after the Six -teenth of November at White Plains aforesaid, by Captain Woolcott aforesaid, he says he was at White Plains when Fort Washington was taken - he did not have a Written Discharge - That on or before the Middle of December after he again went as a Volunteer as a Fifer for the term of three Months in Captain George Kings Company of Militia of Massa- -chusetts Troops of the Army of the Revolution - Solomon Demming, was Lieutenant & Ensign Eli Harman belonged to the same Company, Colonel Simonds commanded the Regiment, and General Anthony Wayne the Brigade from said Sandwich aforesaid he went, through New Marlborough, Great Barrington, Germantown, Noble Tavern, Kinderhook, Albany, then up the North River in the State of New York, to Scituate in said State, he remained there till the Fifteenth day of March Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, when he was hon- orably discharged, by Col Simonds aforesaid, the whole Regiment marched home, - having served the full term of three Months, honestly & faithfully, for which he Volunteered - Colonel Robinsons Regiment of Massachu- -setts Troops was along - he knew Captain Coe, Captain George Rowley of Col Robertsons Regiment - he knew Cap- -tain Ropiter, Captain Kyle, Captain Sergeant, of Col Simonds Regiment - General Wayne commands the Army thinks, there were but two Regiments, & a Battalion of Artillery, & Riflemen, the Riflemen were from Virginia, the Artillery from Boston -
That on or about the first of May, Seventeen hun- -dred and Seventy Seven he again Volunteered under Captain Elijah Demming, and Colonel John Ashleys Regiment of the Militia of the State of Massa-

character in the army of the Revolution - for the term of six Months, Lieutenant Josiah Stillman & John Par- sons of said Sandisfield, belonged to the Company some of the time - he went from said Sandisfield the direct route to Albany in the State of New York then up the North River to Fort Ann - we retreated back from Fort Ann to Stillwater, was in the first and second days Battle, when General Burgoyne 's Army, was there, with said Army - after the sec- -ond days Battle, he was in the Detachment, along with General Fellows, that crossed the River and went round to Saratoga, where he remained til after the Surrender of General Burgoyne's Army - he was in the Battle of Kingsbury, above Fort Edward with Genl Burgoyne's Army, before the Battle of Stillwater, General Sizer Commanded our Troops - he was under Captain Samuel Mosblee & Captain Enoch Noble (some of the time) who both belonged to Colonel Ashley's Regiment - General John Fellows commanded the Brigade - he was honorably discharged by General Gates Terry, at Saratoga, who discharged all the Militia about that time as he thinks, on or about the first days of November after, having served honestly and faithfully the full term of six Months for which he Volunteered - he knew General Schuyler, Genl Arnold General Lincoln, there, Arnold & Lincoln were wound- -ed at Stillwater the first days Battle, Colonel Warren's Regiment of Vermont Militia, he knew there - Colonel John Brown's Regiment from Pittsfield Massachusetts was there - That in the Month of May Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight he again Volunteered under Captain Elijah Derr- -ming, of the Militia of Massachusetts, in the Army of the Revolution, for the term of two Months Lieutenant Hale belonged to the Company - he went directly from said Sandisfield to Albany in the State of New York, to guard Military Stores -

2 nd He went as a Fifer - he went to Schenectady while there a short time, he was Discharged by Captain Dunning at Albany aforesaid Honorably, Verbally, having served the full term of two Months, honestly & faithfully for which he volunteered - That on or before the Battle of July after he again volunteered for the term of Six Months, in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts of the Army of the Revolution, under Captain George Rawley of Springfield in said State, Lieutenant Baucum & Ensign Enoch Leonard belonged to the company, - He Marched with said Company from Springfield, to Providence in Rhode Island, to Bristol, to Swanton where we were stationed Most of the time, he went from Swanton back to Swanton, where he was honorably Discharged by Captain Rawley aforesaid, Verbally, in the Month of January Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine - having served honestly the full term of Six Months for which he volunteered - he knew General Glinn at Providence, & Colonel Brown, who belonged to the Town of Tyringham, Captain Soals, Captain Noah Allen the two last of New Marlborough in said Massachusetts who belonged to the Continental Troops, General Sullivan commanded the Troops at the time he says - he says he served the whole of the above times as a Fifer and went every time from the Town of Sandisfield in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts, - he knew Colonel Webb, of the Continental Troops, while at Rhode Island - he was born in Seventeen hundred and Sixty four, on the twentieth of July - he has a Record of his Age in his Family Bible at Homer, Cortland County & State of New York, where he now resides he was called into the service as a Volunteer, every time - he never had a Written Discharge - he has no documentary evidence, of his Service - he says Sanford Brown, Josiah Harmon, Enos, Sage, & Jonathan Smith, who live in Massachusetts & Connecticut, can testify to some of his Service as above stated -

He says Peter Alfred Bennett and George W. Bradford can testify as to his character for truth and veracity & their belief as to his services as a Soldier in the Revolution — He hereby relinquishes — as every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State — from Sandisfield he moved to Durham in the State of New York, from there to Hambleton, where he now resides Daniel Brown Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Samuel Hotchkiss Jr Clerk
We Alfred Bennett a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Hambleton, County of Cortland & State of New York, and George W. Bradford residing in the same — hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty Eight Years of Age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion — Alfred Bennett, Pastor of the Baptist Church Hambleton Geo. W. Bradford
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 Alfred Bennett who has signed and sworn to the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Hambleton and that George W. Bradford, who has also signed and sworn

to the same is a resident in the Town of Horns and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit —
William Nallings Richard Dickson } Justices of Aaron Brown } Cattle Joseph Reynolds } County Court Oliver Huggins } Common Pleas
I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in, and for the County of Cattle and State of New York do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Brown for a Pension — and that Lewis H. Canfield Esquire, before whom the foregoing Certificate of Eldon Alfred Bennett and George W. Bradford is sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Horns, in the County of Cattle and State of New York and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and know that his signature to the said Certificate is genuine — in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official seal this 28 th day of October 1832 Samuel Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk

L Brown P.M. Fra New Boston N.H.
Col. Daniel Brown Home (New York)
PAID

State of Massachusetts } ss County of Berkshire
I Sanford Brown of Sandisfield in said County of Berkshire aged Seventy four years do hereby say that in the month of August of Seventeen hundred and Seventy six Daniel Brown a Brother of this deponent then of Sandisfield aforesaid and now of Homer the County of Cortland and State of New York went from said Sandisfield as a piper in a Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Wolcott of said Sandisfield and Col. Simon the Regiment of Massachusetts Troops and said Daniel Brown marched in said Company to Kings Bridge near New York and retreated with said Company from thence to White Plains and that he was discharged at said White Plains in the latter part of October or the first part of November Seventeen hundred and Seventy six and that the said Sanford Brown left said Sandisfield with said Daniel Brown in said Company and served with him as a piper soldier in the same during the term of time aforesaid and knew that the service as aforesaid and that in the month of May Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven said Daniel Brown left said Sandisfield as a piper in a Company Commanded by Captain Elijah Dening and Col. John Ashley Regiment of Massachusetts Troops and about the first of October in the year last aforesaid I left said Sandisfield in a Company Commanded by Capt. Samuel Wolcott aforesaid and went to Stillwater and there saw said Daniel Brown serving as a piper in a Company by whom Commanded your deponent does not recollect and soon after that I left the service and left said Daniel Brown serving as a piper as aforesaid - and that the deponent and the said Daniel Brown were both in the service at the taking of Burgoyne of July  June and the deponent further saith that in the month of July Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight Capt. George Rowley of Hot Springsfield applied to said Daniel Brown to go into the service with him as a piper in the Company Commanded by said Rowley in a six months Campaign at Rhode Island and that the said Daniel Brown left said Sandisfield in said month of July aforesaid to serve in said Company Commanded by said Rowley as a piper as aforesaid and that he returned to said Sandisfield in the month of January following and further this deponent saith not
Sanford Brown
Sworn and subscribed this
23 rd day Dec r 1832
Before me - Eliakim Hall Justice of the Peace.
And I Eliakim Hall a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Berkshire aforesaid do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the att d person named Sanford Brown and that he is a person of truth and veracity.
Eliakim Hall Justice of the Peace

23 May 1832
Before Me — Eliakim H. ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss:
I Charles Sedgwick a Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, being a Court of Record, in the County of Berkshire do hereby certify; That Thomas Pruing & Eliakim Hull Esqrs are Justices of the Peace for the County of Berkshire aforesaid, duly commissioned & qualified as such Justices under the authority of said Commonwealth —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this 22 d day of February
A.D. 1832.
Chas. Sedgwick Clerk.
255
23 May 1832

No. 14536
Daniel Brown
Portland 6. N. York
5 P 388 Admitted Finger 8 mo Pmote 12 "
under whom he served. Number of Command and Field Officers
Samuel 29 th Sept 1875 Barnes NY
3. How old is he? 4. Where is he? 5. Before a judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
1. Has the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
(THE END OF THE VOLUME)
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BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Brown  of  Wiltshire Co  in the State of  N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68  4. State his service, as directed in the Act. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     White Plains In 1776 Aug 22 3 Sergeant Gen. Clinton Lt. Gen. Taylor  Gen. Howe   " " 1777 May 3 " Capt Samuel Mole   " " 1778 May 6 " Capt Simon as Capt Sergeant   " " 1778 July 2 " Gen. Howe   " " 1779 6 Capt Capt  Bedling Company St. Lawrence   Capt Capt  Bedling Company St. Lawrence   Capt Capt  Bedling Company St. Lawrence   Capt Capt  Bedling Company St. Lawrence   Capt Capt  Bedling Company St. Lawrence   Capt Capt  Bedling Company St. Lawrence  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? San Andreas Berkshire Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Geo. B. Whiting Examining Clerk.

Know all men by these presents that I Daniel Brown of Horn in the County of Cortland & State of New York do hereby constitute & appoint Lewis H. Canfield of Horn, County and State aforesaid, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me & in my Name to demand & receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, or any other person authorized to grant, or pay the same, a Pension for me, according to the act of Congress passed June Seventh Eighteen hundred & thirty two M c Ed. C. Reed Daniel Brown

for J. L. Edwards Esq. Superintendent of Pension Office Washington

Homer Cortland Co N.Y.
Aug r 13. 1833 -
Dr Sir
Col d Daniel Brown a neighbor of mine, who is an applicant for a pension for Revolutionary services, has just called on me & requested me to drop you a line stating what his character is. I do so cheerfully. He states that he has had some difficulty on account of his papers or a part of them having been lost, miscarried, or mislaid in your office. I hope he will not be turned aside on this account as he tells me the proof he furnished you at first in relation to his services was considered by you as satisfactory. I would state that I have been personally & intimately acquainted with Col d Brown for the last fourteen years, he having moved into this place in the year 1819, during all which time he has resided within a few rods of house  mine and I have been in habits of intercourse with him daily. He is a worthy, honorable upright man and possesses a character without reproach. His word in this community where he is best known would not be questioned by a single individual. He has always been reputed here to have been a soldier in the Revolution. He has shown me a copy of the declaration he made & sent to your office (not including the proofs) and I have the utmost confidence that he has stated his services correctly. Had I have known last March when I was at your office last that

the old gentleman had not then succeeded in obtain- ing his pension I should certainly have made it my business to have assisted him, & obviated any objections that might have existed in your mind as to the correct- ness of his claims, which I might have had it in my power to do. I hope when his present papers reach you, you will find no difficulty in awarding him his pension.
I am yours respectfully
Ed. C. Reed
J. L. Edwards Esq —

State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire } ss. of Enos Dyer of Colebrook in the County of Franklin & State of Connecticut aged seventy four years do hereby depose and say that in the month of August seventeen hundred and seventy six Daniel Brown then of Sunderland in the County of Berkshire to me well known to be of the same in the County of Connecticut & State of Ohio left me from said Sunderland as a fifer in a company commanded by Captain Samuel Wolcott of said Sunderland & Col Simons Regiment of Massachusetts troops & that said Daniel Brown marched in said company to Kings bridge near the east & retreated with said company from thence to White Plains for & that he was discharged at said White Plains in the latter part of October or forepart of November 1776 - and that the said Enos Dyer left said Sunderland with said Daniel Brown in said company & served with him as a private soldier in the same during the term of time aforesaid and further the Deponent saith not
Enos Dyer
Sworn and subscribed This 14 th day of Feby 1832 Before me Wm Dorr Esq. Justice of the Peace
I Wm Dorr Esq. Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Berkshire aforesaid do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Enos Dyer & that he is a person of truth and veracity Wm Dorr Esq. Justice of the Peace
[Handwritten signature]

State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire } ss
I Josiah Hlimon of Housatonic in said County of lawful age do testify and say that in the month of December 1776 Daniel Brown then of Sunnyside in the County aforesaid and now of Housatonic in the County of Berkshire and State of New York, went from said County of Berkshire to Housatonic as a fifer in a Company commanded by Captain George King of Great Barrington in the County aforesaid of Colonel Simons Regiment of the Massachusetts Troops - and that the said Daniel Brown served in said Company and Regiment at said Housatonic for the term of three months and that the said Daniel Brown was honorably discharged at said Housatonic in the month of March 1777 - and that the said Josiah Hlimon left the said County of Berkshire in said Company with said Daniel Brown and served with him as a private soldier in said Company during said term of three months at said Housatonic and knows that he served in the same as fifer during said term and that he was honorably discharged as aforesaid - and further the Deponent saith not
Josiah Hlimon
Sworn & Subscribed this 1 st day of February 1832
Before me Thomas Jennings Justice of the Peace
I Thomas Jennings a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Berkshire aforesaid do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Josiah Hlimon and that he is a person of truth & veracity
Thomas Jennings Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss
I Jonathan Smith of Housatonic in the County of Berkshire aforesaid of lawful age do testify and say that in the month of December 1776 Daniel Brown then of Sheffield in the County aforesaid and now of Homer in the County of Cortland and State of New York went from said County of Berkshire to Snodgrassia as a fifer in a Company commanded by Captain George King of Great Barrington in the County aforesaid of Colonel Simons Regiment of the Massachusetts Troops - and that the said Daniel Brown served in said Company and Regiment as a fifer at said Snodgrassia for the term of three months and that Daniel Brown was honorably discharged at said Snodgrassia in the month of March 1777 - and that the said Jonathan Smith left said County of Berkshire in said Company with said Daniel Brown and served with him and served with him as a private soldier in said Company during said term of three months at said Snodgrassia and knows that he served in the same as a fifer during said term and that he was honorably discharged as aforesaid and further the Deponent saith not Jonathan Smith
Sworn & Subscribed this 17 day of February 1832
Before me. . . . Eliakim Hull Justice of the Peace J. P. Eliakim Hull Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Berkshire aforesaid do hereby Certify that I am acquainted with the above named Jonathan Smith & that he is a person of truth and veracity Eliakim Hull Justice of the Peace

N.Y. May 25. U.S.
FREE
Genl. J. P. Collins, Commissioner. Washington City - District of Columbia -
Revolutionary Slave -

Homer May 18 th 1833
Dear Sir - there appears to be some mistakes occasionally, in regard to the Pension Applications, of which I have the care - Daniel Brown's Declaration is returned, but none of the Affidavits - I recd it from our County CLK - enclosed, I send you a letter, dated Oct r 31 st 1832 which you sent me, - I have forwarded to the Secretary of War, four Affidavits, relative to his claim which were taken in Massachusetts - one was Sanford Brown, of Sandisfield, Berkshire County in said State - one was, Josiah Harmon and one was Jonathan Smith, both of New Marlborough, who served in the same Company with him, they live in the aforesaid County & State one was Enos Sage of the Town of Colebrook, Litch- -field County & State of Connecticut, who also served in the same Company with him, as did Sanford Brown - , if you find these Affidavits, there can be no objection to his Papers, as appears from the enclosed Brief - please to direct, his Papers to me - and do attend to them, as soon as possible - yours respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esq
D. B. Campfield

James L. Edwards Esq - City of Washington

Hoover August 6 th 1833
respected Sir -
your Letter relative to the claim of Daniel Brown & Isaac Belluce were duly Rec d this day - enclosed I send you my Affidavit, stating the substance, of the Affidavits, in favor of Daniel Brown's claim, as near, as I can recollect - Eld r I. Belluce now lives in Amadago County - I will endeavor to see him before long, & endeavor to obtain further evidence - Yet, I enclose you a Letter which you wrote me Nov r 24 th 1829, on the subject of an Application for a Pension for him at that time - I believe there was some Affidavit forwarded, then, in proof of the service you require - which I should think, from your Letter are filed in your files, if so, please find them, and perhaps, it will be satisfactory, without further Proof - I think , Eld r Belluce told me, that he had written to some person in the State of Connecticut, for Proof, of his service - and that he had received an answer, which stated, that there were Master Rolls, of his service which would be forwarded to the War Department, to support other claims, and it was supposed, they would supersede the necessity of any further Proof - the Claims of William Houghton, Jonah Wakus, Matthew Harriman, Romuald Holmes, Richard Swenson, Seth Snowbridge, Amos Steel, Ezekiel Sparks & Benajah Story - were forwarded, the second time about the same time, of D. Brown & I Belluce's - please give me information about them as soon as possible.

I recd a Letter from Geo W m Crump Esq r dated the 5 th of June, 1833 stating that he had the charge of the Sher iff's Cores, and that he should be able, as he thought, to examine the Returned Cores in two Months from that date — Yours with sentiments of respect —
Logan B. Canfield
James L. Edleards Esq r Washington City

The evidence which is acknowledged within to be satisfactory has been mislaid see letter 7 Aug. 33 -

War Department Pension Office
Octr. 31 st 1882
Sir,
I return you the papers in the case of Daniel Brown - The Surrogates Court of New York is not recognized by the Department; such a Court of Record as is contemplated by the regulations - The evidence from Massachusetts which accompany the application is satisfactory.
I am, Respectfully Yr. Ob. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
L. B. Canfield Esq. Honorable, N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Brown which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes
Proof of service required where it can be procured by the party.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ 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 accompany the papers.

Frank Lewis Capen
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Washington

Hammer Nov 14 th 1832
Your Package and Letter relative to Daniel Brown's Papers, is duly Re- enclosed is the Affidavits, which you returned. I took his Declaration agreeable to the Instructions of the Secy of War, in October last before our County Court, for fear, that the Surrogate's court was not sufficient - and his Declaration was forwarded to the Department, in October last, in addition to what had already been sent - presume you have not seen it yet. E. C. Root an Member of Congress, has returned the Power of Attorney, which you returned - he lives in our Village - & is expecting to return to Congress next week. I would refer you to him for any information, on the subject of the App- licants, for Pensions, which I have forwarded you with sentiments of respect - L. B. Canfield Head Genl's Genl Secy of War on J. L. Edwards Esq

add. proof Daniel Brown Nov. 21. N.Y.
N.Y.
sent Lewis Baps Sunday of Mar
FREE
Revolutionary Pension Class
Washington, District Columbia -

War Department
Pension Office J. L. Edwards
L. B. Canfield Homer N.Y.

Resh
10412 INVALID.
File No. 10412
Daniel Brown Tifer Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 46
[Arrangement of 1870.]

St. Canfield's Affidavit - dated August 12 th 1833
for Daniel Brown
Summons - Chapman - Brown

Town of Harn Berkshire County State of Massachusetts
I, Levi N. Canfield, of the aforesaid Berkshire County & State, being of lawful age, do depose and say that in the month of July 1832 as near as this depo- -nent can now recollect, this Deponent forwarded to the Secretary of War of the United States of America by Mail, four Affidavits - to wit / Enos Sage's, Jonas Hann Smith's, Josiah Harmon's, & Sanford Brown's, stating, the Amount of services, they, each, and separately were personally knowing, to Daniel Brown, of the aforesaid, Town, County & State / did serve as a Soldier in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts, in the Army of the American Revolution, together with the said Daniel Brown's Declaration, taken before Jeremiah Root Esquire Surrogate of the aforesaid County and State, in order to obtain a Pension under the Act passed June 7 th 1832 - & that some time after, this Deponent received by Mail, the aforesaid Declaration, & Affidavits back / as near as he now recollects, accompanied by a letter from the Honorable J. L. Edwards, stating in substance, that the Surrogate Court, was not considered, by the War Department, a Court of Record, under the Regulations - agreeable to the aforesaid Act, and that the Proof, from the State of Massachusetts, was satisfactory - that in Septem- ber after, or the first County Court, which sit in the said County of Berkshire aforesaid - said Daniel Brown, did make his Declaration, & this Deponent forwarded the same to the War Department, by Mail soon after, together with the aforesaid Affidavits - that some time after, this Deponent received, through Samuel Hotchkiss Jus County Clerk, of the said County of Berkshire by Mail, the said Daniel Brown's Declaration, with

a Brief stating objection, to his said Daniel Brown's application for a Pension, among which was, that no Proof, existed at the War Department, and this deponent says, that the said Affidavits, have never been returned to him since the first time as above stated, & this deponent further says according to his best recollection and belief - that Sanford Brown and Enos Sage, of Massachusetts both swear, to the identity and first service of three Months, under Captain Samuel Maclellan, Colonel Simonds Regiment, & Brigadier General Lincoln's Brigade, of Massachusetts Militia in the Army of the Revolution, they both stated that they were out as soldiers with him, in the same Company, Regiment & Brigade, and that said Daniel Brown was a Fifer, the above time, it was in the Year 1776, as stated in his, said Daniel Brown's Declaration, taken before the aforesaid County Court and that, Josiah Harmon & Jonathan Smith, both in their Affidavits, swear, that in the Year 1776 & 1777 as stated in said Daniel Brown's Declaration, that they were with him under Capt. George King three Months, & that he served as a Fifer honorably and faithfully the full term of three Months, & that they served with him and went from the State of Massachusetts, Solomon Dunning was a Lieutenant and commanded the Company as part of the time - and this deponent says that Sanford Brown of Massachusetts swear to the service of six Months in the Year 1777 as stated in the said Daniel Brown's Declaration as aforesaid In the said Sanford, being in the same Company a part of the time, under Captain, Elijah Dunning, Captain Samuel Maclellan & Captain Enoch Hobble, and this deponent says that he does not recollect as said Daniel Brown had any testimony to prove

his service, as stated in his Declaration for the term of two Months in the Year 1778 under Capt. Elijah Dunning, except it was, that said Sanford Brown stated in his Affidavit, that he said Daniel, Enlisted, or volunteered as a Fifer for two Months & went from home, and did not return til at least two Months after, as stated in his Declaration - also this deponent states that said Sanford Brown stated in his Affidavit, that the said Daniel Brown Enlisted or volunteered, under Captain George Rawley for the term of Six Months & did not return home til after Six Months, as stated in the said Daniel Brown's Declaration in the Years 1778 & 1779 and that the said Daniel was a Fifer and went every time from the Town of Sandisfield Berkshire, County & State of Massachusetts, in the Militia of the Army of the Revolution - this deponent says, that said Sanford Brown is reputed to be a Brother of the said Daniel Brown and is at least Six Years the oldest - this deponent has been acquainted with them both upwards of Forty Three Years - this deponent says, that he verily believes the Affidavits were taken & certified to, agreeable to the Regulations of the War department -
sworn and subscribed before me this 12 th
day of August 1833
Ed. C. Reed Justice of Peace
Lieut. B. Canfield
I certify that Lieut. B. Canfield who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a Man of truth and Morality, & reputable in his Neighbourhood August 12. 1833 -
Ed. C. Reed Justice of Peace

State of New York Cortland County Clerk's Office Ys.
I certify that Edward O. Reed Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in for said County of Cortland & that
I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature Ed. O. Reed is the proper hand writing & signature of said Justice of the peace. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 12th day of August 1833 In the absence of Saml. Hotchkiss Jr.
Clerk Gardner Knapp's Dep. Clk
Index 1833 vol. 1