Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6731, Francis Browning, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
16
Browning, Francis
S. 6731
B.L.Wt. 26187-160-55-
CONTENTS

12.238
or 12258
Virginia see agency book
Francis Browning
of Russell Co in the State of Vir who was a Pri - in the Com commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg commanded by Gen. Ashe in the V A time for 20th Troops 6 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Vir at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. day of April 1833 and sent James P. Carroll, Subanon Vir
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $ 10,00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 33 10,00
$ 50 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. A. Bullock Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 34
See letter 14 Dec. 1835 to Hon. G. W. Hopkins L. P. Agt Same pers on 16 Feb. 1839. Hon G. W. Hopkins 19 Feb. 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt Notified 14 March 1839.
Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agt noti- fied 19 Dec 1839
Paid as above from 4 March 1839 to 4 Sep 1839. Agt notified 9 June 1840
Let to Hon. G. W. Hopkins June 22. 1840
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt notified 26 Dec 1840
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agt notified 16. June 1841.
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1840 to 4 March 1841. Agt notified 24 Feb 1842
Reg 3 m 55-51023

State of Virginia.
Russell County to wit
On the 2 d day of October 1832, personally appeared before the County Court of Russell County, and State of Virginia Francis Browning a resident in the County of Russell and State of Virginia, aged about seventy nine 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was entered the service of the United States in the State line of North Carolina in the month of October in the year (he thinks) of 1778 at Hillsborough in the said State, under Captain William White, and as he now thinks, Lieutenant Lawson, and Ensign William Hance, and was attached to the State Regiment commanded by Colonel James Saunders, and Major Moore for a term of six months, and from Hillsborough, the place of rendezvous, he, with the said Regiment marched to Salisbury, where they joined the Salisbury Regiment under the command of Col Lock, and were then placed under the command of General Rutherford, and marched from there to a place then called Pine Tree, the same perhaps which is now called Camden in the State of South Carolina, near the junction of the rivers Congaree and Wateree, and from thence marched to the Ten Mile house, it being about ten miles from Charleston in the State of South Carolina; and from thence to a little Town called Dodgeville, and from thence took up their line of march for Savannah in S.C, where they joined the main Army under the command of General Lincoln, at a Town

called Pinesburgh upon the Savannah river. From which place the Regiment to which the said Francis Broning belonged, marched up the said river to a place called the Two Sisters, where they remained nearly in sight of the enemy for about one month; and then marched to the place called Briar Creek, where they joined General Ash in the time of the battle fought at that place, and took part in that engagement and from thence he and his Regiment were ordered to make a forced march back to Pinesburgh, to protect the Magazine left there, which they effected by a most severe and fatiguing march; and remained there and in the vicinity of that place, watching and following the varied movements of the enemy upon the border line of Georgia from Savannah to Augusta, which was exposed to the depredations of the British there in the said State of Georgia, and was there incessantly engaged, until about the 10 th of April in the year he thinks of 1779 when he and the Regiment to which he belonged were discharged, at a place called Black Swamp, about 500 miles from home; and obtained a regular discharge in writing, which has been since either lost or mislaid, so that he cannot now produce it. The said Broning, although nominally belonging to the State line, performed Continental service during the time aforesaid; and out of the nominal compensation received from the government for his services he afterwards paid $100 thereof for one bushel of salt. The said Francis Broning further states, that sometime after his return home from the town aforesaid, he removed with his family from Caswell County in the State of North Carolina, near Jonesborough then N. Carolina, but now State of Tennessee, where he was again in 1781 drafted to go to the State of South Carolina, under the command of General Col Stevens for a three months tour, when the situation of his affairs was such as to render it exceedingly inconvenient

for him to leave home, and he imployed one (name not recollected) a substitute whom he paid a bond valued at fifteen pounds in genuine currency, and also allowed him the wages of the said town and that the said substitute was received as such by the proper officer and performed the duties of the said town.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension, or an annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Francis Browning
We Nathaniel Murray a clergyman, residing in the neighbourhood of Francis Browning in Russell County, in the state of Virginia and William Price a justice of the peace in the neighbourhood, County and state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Francis Browning, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be about seventy nine years of age; that he is respected, and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Nathaniel Murray William Price
And the Court do hereby further certify, that Ipeu Vermillion personally appeared before them this day in open court, and made oath, that he was personally acquainted with Francis Browning who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration, and that the said Browning

Served in the war of the revolution, and that he believes that the foregoing declaration sworn to and subscribed as aforesaid, contains a correct recital of the services of the said Francis Browning in the war of the revolution.
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jesse Vermillion
And the said Court as hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, and hearing the testimony of Jesse Vermillion, who hath sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the said Comf further certifies, that it appears to them that Nathaniel Mumsey — who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Russell County in the state of Virginia, and that William Price who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county, and Jesse Vermillion who has signed the preceding affidavit, are all credible and respectable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I, James P. Carrell, clerk of the Court of Russell County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Francis Browning for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 18th day of October 1832.
James P. Carrell
Francis Browning 1775/

15447 Francis Browning Russel co. Virginia
Adm't for 6 mos. a. private from 1778. $20.00 for Ash. N.C.
James A. Carrill, Clk. Lebanon Virginia

BRIEF in the case of Francis Browning of Accomack county in the State of Virginia (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? 79  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1778 1777 6 3 As a Gen. Rutherford, Gen. Ashe Capt. M c Whorter  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Brier creek  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hillsborough N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Perfect 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
F. B. Bradford Examining Clerk.

Ans to Mr. McElhenney, Sept. 18/55 let " " Oct. 18"
Sept. 21/59 Your duplication to be sent to J. F. McElhenney Lebanon Original cancelled
Ans to Sept 18/55 to be sent to J. F. McElhenney Lebanon Office - conclusion
Vol B 2, page 68.
1.023. Set March 3/55
April 7/55
Francis Browning Rev. Pensioner
Capt. D. White } N.C. Col. K. Sanders } Mil.
Ent. Oct. 17/77. Dis. April 6/78.
Star of the R.
ba. Div. 32 - no 12238
Will 6000 May 17/56
[Handwritten signatures and initials]
J. F. McElhenney Lebanon, Va.

State of Virginia County of Russell 355 On this 28 th day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a justice, within and for the County of State aforesaid Francis Browning aged 101. - years, a resident of Russell County in the State of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Francis Browning who was a Revolutionary soldier in the Company com- manded by Captain William White in the Regiment of North Carolina militia commanded by Col. Samuel Banderas, that he was drafted on or about the day October A.D. 1777, as he now thinks for the term of six months and continued in actual service for the term of more than fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at Lunenburg South Carolina on the 10 th day of April A.D. 1778 He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled, under the act passed March the 3 d 1853 2 . He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor, that he is now receiving a pension from the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832
Francis his Browning seal We Granville Gilmer and Samuel Mark H. Belcher residents of Russell County in the State of Virginia, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged, by Francis Browning in our presence, and that we believe, from the affidavits and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be
Granville Gilmer seal The foregoing declaration of Samuel H. Belcher own

Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first therein written & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim, Wilson Elliott J.P.
Know all men by these presents, that I Francis Browning of Russell County State of Virginia, do hereby make, constitute and appoint J. H. McElhany my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or warrants to which I am entitled for my military services as mentioned in the foregoing declaration, being satisfy- ing and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney may do in the premises, by virtue hereof. In testi- mony whereof, in office my hand and seal this 28 th day of March 1855. Francis his Browning (L.S.) mark
Attest Granville Gilmer
Samuel H Belcher State of Virginia County of Russell ss.
On this 28 th day of March 1855, personally appeared before me Wilson Elliott a justice duly authorized by law, to take acknowledgments in and for the County aforesaid, Francis Browning subscriber to the foregoing; and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed for the purposes therein described Wilson Elliott (SS) J.P.

July 26, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Francis Browning, S. 6731 BA-J/MCS Am
Mrs. Sarah T. Lovell 1544 Ruth Avenue Cincinnati Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Francis Browning, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 6731, based upon the military service of Francis Browning.
He enlisted at Hillsborough, North Carolina, in October, 1778, served as private in Captain William White's company in Colonel James Saunders' North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Brier Creek and was discharged about April 10, 1779.
After his return from service and not later than 1781 he moved to a place near Jonesborough, North Carolina, which was later Jonesborough, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, at which time he was seventy-nine years of age and was living in Russell County, Virginia.
In March, 1855, he was living in Russell County, Virginia. In October, 1855 it was stated that he was dead.
His wife (her name not given) did not survive him.
Reference was made to children but no names were given.
The names of this soldier's parents were not given in the papers of his pension claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Rec'd history page 209, 9, 0, 2
Date of death not in Agency Book

A33. July 20. hist. to Mrs. Sarah T. Lovell, M.C.S.
Reuben
6731. INVALID.
File No. 6731
Francis Browning Pr. Rev War
Act: June 14 th 32
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

26/87/160
J Browning
MR M
FREE
J Minot Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

26,187
160 acres

26187 - 100
FREE
To the Commission of Pensioners Washington City D.C.

FREE
Frederick Douglass
W.C.G.
J. Minot Fournier Compt. Pennant Washington City D.C.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bounty
Land
Department
(of the Interior)
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
It is hereby certified, that under the Act of March 3rd 1855, entitled, "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States."
Francis J. ... Private
Revolutionary War,
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES, at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Department this 20th day of May 1886
W. H. 187
J. H. ... Commissioner
Note: You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it, with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application. To the Register of the Land Office I locate this Certificate, in the ... quarter of section ... in Township ... of Range ... at ...

57023 Oct 55 Francis Browning
Rev. War
Warrt. 26187 for 160 acres cancelled Nov. 24/56 Grant lapses.
M

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 2 d , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Francis Browning, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1839, to the 4 th Sept. 1839,
Respectfully, yours,
Edward G. Lattig Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Francis Browning of Russel co. Virginia 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 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?
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?
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?
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? yes
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? 12.
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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 15 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Francis Browning, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
W. B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 30 th , 1841,
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Francis Browning, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841,
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 4 th 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Francis Browning — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840,
Respectfully yours,
Edward B. Tarris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

June 20. 1840
Mrs. Browning Dear
Rev. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions War Department.
H. H. G. W. Hopkins H. H.

Ms of Paps. June 19th 1840.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Leon of Pensions
I will thank you to send me an extract from the declaration of Francis Brown- =ing of Russell county Va, in bearing what he says in relation to the continental money which he received for his revolutionary services, and paid for one bushel of salt.
I am Sir
with great respect your obt Servt.
W. Stephens

Lebanon Russell Co. Va.
August 29 th 1859
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Some years since a land warrant was issued in the name of Francis Browning a Revolutionary Soldier for 160 acres of land, the warrant issued after the death of the said Browning and was returned by me as the Atty. in fact for said Browning to the Department.
My object is to en- gage that the warrant if not satisfied should either be sent to me or to the executor of said Browning. He left no widow and the claim I suppose is now the property of his children.
If the warrant has been cancelled, will it be necessary to take any steps on the part of the Ex. or the heirs, to set the warrant? By attending to the above you will much oblige
Yours respect.
J. H. McElhenny

Libonon Russell C. H. Va. Oct. 20 1886
Mr Sir
Some time since as the Atty, in fact of Francis Browning a private in the Revolutionary war, I received a warrant in his name for 160 acres, this warrant issued some time after his death, but he died some time after he had made his application to the Department, I wish to know if his heirs who are adults, can run the said warrants, or in other words can they sue or locate the same, he left no widows or minor heirs.
By answering the above inquiry, at your earliest convenience,
Very Respect,
J. Minot Lyle Comr of Pensions
J. H. Willingham
Warrant was for 160 a. Sold May 20th 1886
J. H. W.

Libonon Russell Co Va. Nov. 10th 1856
Dr Sir
According to the request of the Department. Under Capt. H. S. Bannings Womens for beauty law. he having died before the Womens fund.
Yours resp't. J. H. McWhorter
Camp of Purnian. } }

State of Virginia
County of Russell to wit
I Richard H. Lynch clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify, that Wilson Elliott whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificates, is and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court, is a court of Record, having general jurisdiction - Given under my hand and seal of office at Lebanon this 30 th day of March A.D. 1833
Rich d H. Lynch C.C.

51823 Francis Browning
May 1888 NEW BEDFORD MASS.
Revolutionary Ms. A. 9. 2. 32-12258 Boston
Henry James Esq. Library of Congress Washington D.C.
FREE

Lebanon Rufus C.H. Va Oct. 3 rd 1855
Sir,
Yours of the 18 th Sept. last has been received. The application referred to, in your letter was by Francis Browning, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and not by the wife of said Browning. Reference is made to the Pension list of Revolutionary soldiers. To establish his claim, he drew a pension for many years, before his death. If it is necessary I can send to the Department, his certificate.
Since the application of Francis Browning for Bounties Land, under act of March 3, 1855; he has departed this life, please inform me, if the fact above stated, will preclude his heirs from still prosecuting his claim.
Very Respectful
J Minot Esq.
J. H. McElhinney
N.B.
You will oblige me, by sending me a form, to enable me, to draw the back pay or pension of a deceased pensioner.
Yours &c.
J. H. McElhinney

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 29 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Francis Browning, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. , Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 4 th March, 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, February 13 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Francis Browning, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Cin Ohio 1
June 24 1933.
Veterans Administration.
Prefering to your letter in regard to John Browning and his son Francis Browning whose military record I wish. John B- was the son of Francis B- he was born in Culpepper Co Va 1725 died 1803. Married Elizabeth Wenercast 1744. Francis Browning was the son of John Browning and Elizabeth Wenercast. Born Nov 24 - 1753. Culpepper Co Va. Died July 15 - 1855. Married a Miss Vernilliam. His home was in Russell Co Lebanon, Va. Thank you.
Most resp. Sarah Louise.
end 16 PM

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
June 10, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
IN REPLY REFER TO: BA-J/MCS
Mrs. Sarah T. Lovell 1544 Ruth Avenue Cincinnati Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of John and Francis Browning.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of a John Browning of Culpeper County, Virginia.
In order to make a search of the Revolutionary War records for Francis Browning it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data as means of identification of the particular record desired: approximate date of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
The War Department report enclosed by you is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator