Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1271, Jeremiah Brown, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Brown, Jeremiah Abigail
R. 1271
CONTENTS
res. at enl. New Providence (Chester) Berkshire Co. Mass. dk. Apr. 13, 1813.

V 2177 Abigail Brown widow of Jeremiah of Rutland & Vermont
1271

State of Vermont, Rutland County ss.
On this 21 st day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the Honorable Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County of Rutland, Abigail Brown, a resident of Castleton in the County of Rutland aforesaid, aged 78 - years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836:
That she is the widow of Jeremiah Brown late of New Providence, now called Cheshire in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, and last, of Castleton aforesaid, deceased, who was a private, and an Ensign in the American Army of the Revolutionary War:
That in November, 1775, he resided in New Providence aforesaid, and entered the service for the term of six months, as a private, in Captain Reuben Hinman's Company, the Regiment not collected, and in that Capacity marched with the American troops to the siege of Quebec; from whence he returned with the army the latter part of May, 1776.
That early in the month of August, 1777, he was a private of militia, and belonged to the Company commanded

commanded by Capt. Daniel Brown, then of New Providence aforesaid, who marched with his whole company, and was engaged in the battle of Bennington on the 16 th of August of that year. How long the said Jeremiah Brown was in this particular service, this applicant is not now informed, and does not know. She however believes he was out one month.
That in the year, 1779, the said Jeremiah Brown was in  entered the service, again, as an Ensign in Col. Seth Warner's Regiment, and served in that capacity in said Regiment, for the term of three or four years; that she does not know the name of any Captain under whom he served, during this term, except that of Capt. Joseph Briggs, who, she has been informed  has been informed commanded the Company while they lay in the fort at Castleton aforesaid, in the fall of the year, 1781; but this applicant does not know the precise time when he entered the service in said capacity of Ensign, or when he quit the said service, and must refer to the documents in the war office of the United States for more specific details of the same.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Jeremiah Brown on the sixth day of May, in the year, seventeen hundred and eighty one; that her husband, the aforesaid Jeremiah Brown died on the 13 th day of April, 1883; and that she has remained a

widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn and subscribed to, on the day and year first above written, in open Court, before me; and I do hereby certify that the said Abigail Brown is a person of Credibility. Wm Hall Judge
Her Abigail Brown mark
State of Vermont Rutland County }
I, Henry B. Towslee, Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the District of Rutland in said County, do hereby certify, that the Honorable William Hall is Judge of said Probate Court, as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. And I do also hereby further certify that the said Probate Court is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name at Rutland in said District, this twenty first day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. —
Henry B. Towslee

I, Israel Warner of the town of Whitehall in the County of Washington in the State of New York, aged 68 years, do depose, testify, and say, that in the latter part of the summer of 1779, I enlisted into the Revolutionary Army of the United States, as waiter to my father, the late Col. Seth Warner who commanded a Regiment, and that I remained in said service from that time, during the continuance of said War — that before, and after the above date, I was acquainted with Jeremiah Brown, late of Castleton in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, now deceased, who was then an Ensign in said Regiment, and served in said Regiment for three or four years after, and until the close of said War. After I joined said Regiment, it was stationed, a great part of the time, at Lake George, and at Fort Edward in the State of New York, at both of which places said Brown was an Ensign, but I am unable to recollect, to what company in said Regiment he at any time belonged. I well remember, that at one time, after I joined, a Sergeant Jesse Marks had enlisted, for said Regiment, 10 or 12 men on the east side of the Green Mountains in Vermont, and that when the men were sent for, to join the Regiment, which then lay at the south end of Lake George, they refused to march; on which occasion, my father despatched the said Ensign Brown with a suitable force to bring them in; and that on his returning with those men, Col. Warner upon hearing their several excuses, pardoned their delinquency, and afterwards appointed several of them to be non-commissioned officers in his regiment. During the

the time I was with the Regiment, said Brown served as Ensign as above stated for three or four years after I joined as aforesaid. And further this deponent saith not.
Israel Warner
State of New York } Washington County } ss
Be it known, that on this 24 th day of April, 1837, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named Israel Warner, who hath subscribed the preceding deposition in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify, that the said Israel Warner is a credible witness.
D. Jones Justice Peace
State of New York } Washington County } ss
I Edward Dodd, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, hereby certify, that Dennis Jones Esqr. is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. And I do further certify, that said court is a court of record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this twenty ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
Edward Dodd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County

I, Charles Brown of Castleton in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 55 years, do depose testify and say, that Jeremiah Brown late of Castleton aforesaid, deceased, was my father - and that Abigail Brown, now residing in the same Castleton was his reputed lawful wife, and is now his widow, and has not intermarried since his decease. And I do further depose testify and say, that the said Jeremiah Brown died at said Castleton on the 13th day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. And further this affiant saith not.
Charles Brown
State of Vermont, } Rutland County } Be it known, that on this 28th day of April, 1837, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named Charles Brown, who having subscribed the preceding affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify that the said affiant is a credible witness.
R. P. Spooner
Justice Peace

I, Elias Hall of Castleton in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 82 years, do depose, testify and say, that about sixty nine years ago, I first became acquainted with Jeremiah Brown late of Castleton aforesaid, deceased; that the first of January, 1776, I marched as a private from said Castleton to the siege of Dubee, and there saw the said Brown doing duty as a private in some company (what one I cannot recollect) in Col. Seth Warner's Regiment. Mr. Brown then resided at New Providence, now called Cheshire, in Massachusetts, and had left home, on his march to Dubee, some little time before I did. I got home to Castleton on the 27th of May, 1776; and Mr. Brown came along with the troops about the same time. He must have been in the service, at that time, a little over five months. I was well acquainted with him, until the time of his death, which took place about 23 ago. And further, this deponent saith not.
Elias Hall
State of Vermont, } Rutland County, } Be it known, that on this 6th day of March, 1837, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named Elias Hall, who hath subscribed the preceding affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify that the said affiant is a credible witness.
H. Ripley Justice Peace

State of Vermont } Rutland County }
I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Rutland, certify that Robert Pierpoint is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures subjoined to the verifications of the preceding depositions of Elias Hall, and Charles Brown, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County Court, and subscribed my name, this 21 st day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
R. Pierpoint

Russell Brown Esq. Deposition
Hm W. Slade H R

I Russell Brown of Cheshire County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age being duly sworn, depose testify and say, that the Town of Cheshire was incorporated in the year 1793, by taking some part of Lansborough Adams Windsor and what was called New-providence Grant, that I am the Town Clerk of said Cheshire and have acted in that capacity seven years since said Town was incorporated, being called on by Ethan A. Rix to give my deposition, on the subject of the marriage of Jeremiah Brown to Abigail Lincoln wishing me to examine the records of marriages consummated by Elder Peter Warden, which I have carefully done and find none by that name, since said Town was incorporated, I find the number of couple married by Elder Warden previous to his death which took place I think about 1806 or 1807 to be between forty and fifty, I have seen no records of marriages by Elder Peter Warden prior to the year 1793- further the deponent saith not
Russell Brown
In presence of Ethan A. Rix Dallas J. Dean
Berkshire ss 19 th Sept r 1837 personally appeared Russell Brown who signed the above affidavit and made oath that the facts therein stated are true, before me Ethan A. Rix Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss: I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Berkshire County do certify that Ethan A. Rix Esq before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is, & was, on said nineteenth day of September a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1731, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
  1782 Decem 26 Jeremh Brown - Pri. No. of Cert'e issued, 3984 £ 20. 19. 6   1780 Decem 1 Jeremiah Brown. " do do do 2877 £ 3. 5. 9   1781 Novem 3 Jeremh Brown " do do do 9591 £ 1. 10. 02   1780 Oct 30 do " do do do 11736 £ 8. 7. 01   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do 
State of New-York,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany,
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I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books No. _____ now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
   1st under Capt. in Col. Regiment.     2d " " Abm. Westfall " " F. Overseufels "   3d " " Silas Childs " " Alexander Webster "   4th " Lieut asaph Cook " Major Thos Armstrong "   5th " Capt Thos. McKinstry " Col Wm Malcolm "   6th " " " " "   7th " " " " "   8th " " " " "   9th " " " " "   10th " " " " "   11th " " " " "   12th " " " " "   13th " " " " "   14th " " " " "   15th " " " " "   16th " " " " "  
I have examined the records for the service of _____ and find entries, as above, amounting to £ _____
Examining Clerk.
Comptroller.

Benjamin Coman's Deposition
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I Daniel Coman of Cheshire in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age being duly sworn depose testify & say that I was acquainted with Jeremiah Brown of Newp Providence Grant (now called Cheshire) for a number of years and was at his wedding when he was married to Abigail Lincoln by Elder Peter Worden, in the meetinghouse (in said Newp Providence Grant) where he preached in the Spring of the year 1781, we were members of Elder Worden Church together
I further testify & say that there was a book kept by Elder Worden in which was recorded the proceedings of said church also the marriages consummated by him and that he used to keep them in a small trunk which which he used to bring to church meeting with him which happened to be left in a school house where the church meetings were sometimes held which house was burnt a number of years ago and said records was burnt therein as I was informed and this deponent is in the eighty fifth year of his age and further this deponent saith not
In presence of Ethan A. Rife
his Daniel J Coman Mark
Richard Coman
Berkshire ss 10 th May 1837 personally appeared Daniel Coman who signed the above affidavit and made oath that the facts therein stated are true.
Before me Ethan A. Rife Justice of the Peace I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the above deponent for 37 years and that he is a credible witness & the reason of his making his Mark is on account of blindness
Ethan A. Rife Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that Ethan A. Rife Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures

Purporting to be his
To the foregoing certificate, are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court at Leeds This twentieth day of May 1837. Chas. Sedgwick Clerk

Hartford Conn.
March 1 st 1843
Sir
I have been applied too, to render assistance in the case of Abigail Brown the widow of Jeremiah Brown of the Town of Castleton Vermont for a pension under the act of 1832
I am informed that Jesse Gove of Rutland Vt. made an application for the said Abigail some time in the Spring of the year 1839, for the services of her husband the s d Jeremiah, as an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and the claim was rejected on the ground of deficiency in satisfactory proof of the Marriage.
I am informed that the old Lady is Now living, at the advanced age of 83 or 4 y rs old, and is extremely poor and in destitute circumstances and that there is but little doubt but that she is justly equitably entitled to a pension —
Jesse Gove the agent that acted for the old Lady is Now dead, and of course I am not able to obtain any information from that source the particular reasons given for the rejection of the claim, Nor to ascertain the point in the case that might be satisfactorily met. You will therefore do me a favor to examine the papers in your Dep t and state to me the substance of the proof of the services & Marriage, and the proof Now required to authorize you to allow the claim —
Your early attention to this will be esteemed a favor.
I am Very respectfully y r Ob t Serv t
J L Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington
Benj m Colton

Comptroller's Office Hartford July 18 1839
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 14 was duly received - I have examined the records of settlement with Col. Seth Warner Regiment - Jeremiah Brown's name is not enrolled - It appears that Col. Seth Warner Regiment commenced with the Connecticut Line in 1777 and ended Jan'y 1 1781 or Dec't 31 1780 - few in numbers - in other respects perfect - I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your O bt Servant
Henry Wilbourn Comp.
Hon William Slade House of Representatives

Sir
I received yours dated the 4 th Instant in which you requested me to take the deposition of Daniel Corran of Cheshire to be used by the Widow Brown for getting A. pension which she has A. claim for I attended to it the day after I recd. your letter and forwarded the same to the Clerk of the Court at Lenox according to your directions I perceived by your writing that Mrs Brown says the marriage took place on the 6 th of May and was on Election day which I think she must be mistaken in, as our Election for Governor at that time took place on the last Wednesday in May the bill you sent will compensate me for my services Cheshire May 14 th 1837      Yours in haste Ethan A. Rip Yrsr Gove Esq Rutland, Vt

OW 14 1271 March 25/57
Rel. to Evi. of Jeremiah Brown's Captioned Deplet
Abigail Brown to Frank Gay Ovid
Chas. to Miss
Oct 16-50 Motor fuel Pension Washington

Ovid N.Y. March 17. '51
Sir
Since I inclosed to you on the 15 th the Compt. Certificate of New York, of the service of Jeremiah Brown (Abigail Brown of N.Y.) I have discovered that of 2 other Certificates rec d . at the same time neither are signed by the Compt. - I have no recollection as to the one I inclosed, whether it is, or is not signed therefore if it should turn out to be not signed you will pardon me, & accept of this as my apology
Most Respectfully Your Ob d Servt Abad Loyo
Hon Jas. E. Heath Compt. of Pensions

House of Reps Feb. 1. 1839
Sir
I send herewith a letter from Isaac Goov Esq. together with the affidavits of Isaac Warner, & Russell Brown, touching the case of Abigail Brown, widow of Jeremiah Brown.
I observe that reference is made by Mr. Goov to the Hon. Mr Briggs of the H of R. U.S. for proof of the credibility of one of the witnesses whose testimony is in your office. If the credibility of that witness is not sufficiently vouched by the authority taking his testimony, please send me the affidavit or affidavits & I will get Mr. Briggs' certificate.
Very respectfully your ob. Servt William Stude
J. L. Edwards Esq

House of Reps. Feb. 20 1839.
Sir
I have m d . the inclosed in reply to one addressed by me to the Comptroller of Connecticut, agreeably to the suggestion in yours to me of the 13 th instant, relative to the case of Abigail Brown, widow of Jeremiah Brown. I do not know whether the alleged service of Mr Brown for Weavers Reg t . falls within the period from 1777 to Jan y 1. 1781. mentioned in the Comptrollers letter.
If the pension cannot be granted, please inform me why - If otherwise please send me the certificate
Respectfully William Slade
J. L. Edwards Esq

Qvid N. T. March 15. '51
Sir Inclos Certificate of Service, It will be for you to judge and determine whether the Service was performed by the husband of Abigail Brown an applicant from Vermont - Please report to me the result
Most Respectfully Your Ob d Servt Abad L y
Hon Jas E Heath Com d of Pensions Washington DC

War Dept, P.O. Box 90. March 6. 1839
Sir,
The letter of Henry Kilburn Kilburn Comptroller of Connecticut has been filed with the papers of Mrs Abigail Brown. It would appear therefrom that the records in his office afford no proof of the alleged service of her husband Jeremiah Brown as an Ensign in Col. Sth. Warner's regt. The widow mentions in her declaration Captain Joseph Briggs, as having commanded a company to which her husband belonged. That officer did not com- -mand a company in Col. Warner's regt. C. S. Knapp but a company of Vermont State Troops. C. S. Knapp Esq. Sec- -retary of State of Vermont, at Montpelier, has roll of Captain Briggs.

company in his office. I would respect- fully refer you to him for such proof as the records in his office may afford.
March 6 th 1839
66
Hon. William Slade Middlebury Vermont
2177 at 4 July 1836

Pension Office April 17/1850
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 13 th inst. I have to state in the case of Abigail Brown that her husband Jeremiah Brown is alleged to have served in the Connecticut troops; The certificate of the Comptroller of that state has been required showing what evidence the records in his office afford. Service as Ensign in Col. S th Warner's reg t is also alleged, which is discredited by the rolls.
In the case of Lucy Raymond service widow of Daniel Raymond under act 4 th July 1836, service is alleged in the New York troops in 1777, and under Col. S th Warner and Col. Whiting. The service is not set forth as the regulations require, nor sustained by satisfactory evidence. The proof of the period of the marriage is also insufficient.
In the case of John Graves, there does not appear to be any papers on file in this office from New York in support of his claim. from New York In the case

of John Merrill under act of June 1832 who alleged service in the New York line his claim was rejected because the records of service show that he deserted thereby having forfeited all claim to the bounty of his country.
In the case of Abigail Gillett widow of Asa Gillett my letter to J. A. Johnson of the 2 nd Sept r 1846, a copy of which is herewith enclosed will show particularly what objections exist in her case copies of the papers in these cases cannot be given, consistently with the regulation of this office.
Hon. W. T. Jackson
April 17/60
Hon. W. T. Jackson N.Y.

Sir
Pen H March 14 Ht
I have the honor to return you the letter of Mr Howe respecting the case of Abigail Brown & in reply to state that the alleged service in the Conn t troops in 75 has not been by the certificate of the Compt. of Fornt's supported as required, and that as 79 PVT as Ensign in Seth Warner regt is contradicted by the rolls in this office - Her claim therefore is not allowed & awaiting further proof from the Books at Hartford.
I also return you Mr Clark's letter & inform you that his certificate under the act of 7 July 38 was sent to him at Middletown on 29 March 43 & also her certificate under the act of 3 March 43 on 25 July 43 - I do not comprehend the object of his letter -
In the case of Hannah Peck the deposition of Bullenworth to the effect that Levi Peck served as a substitute for Josiah Allen in Crary's regt of the R. I. Brigade

is not availing against the records of that service - Josiah Allen did not serve as much as  more than six months & Levi Peck is not found at all upon the records - She certainly can not be allowed to controvert the records by pa- ral proof
Wm H Stock 14 Mark Way
Hon Solomon Foot N.R.

29. March 1848
Stow J. H. Treedy.
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Pension Office March 29 th 1849.
Sir,
I have the honor to return herewith the letter of Mr Fay, and to inform you that it would be contrary to the regulations of this Department to comply with Mr Fay's request.
Hon John H. Trevelyan House of Rep.

run: 11. made.
Feb: 26. 1841.
A.C.

Pension Office 276 July 26 1841
Sir
I return herewith the letter of Mr Colburn upon the subject of the claim of Mrs Abigail, the widow of Jeremiah Brown deceased. In reply I have the honor to inform you that the proof offered in the support of her claim has been deemed as in complete as Col Warner's Ref. from 1779 to 1781, & wholly insufficient as described by the rolls of the Regt. remaining in the Office of the Comptroller of accounts at Hartford Conn.
For Mr Glavin H R
I have the honor Oct 19 4 1836 277

Ovid Sept 20th 45
Sir
I would not dare to ask for a history or to ask for the objection to a pension in the case of Abigail Brown, widow of Jeremiah Brown, who applied for a pension from the State of Vermont, through her agent Mr Gove, (as the widow informs me), that he is dead, & that no one can be got to the State of the case, short of troubling you, under such considerations, may I not request you to please inform me of the situation of the case, & the objection to a pension that I may have a proper understanding of it, I am her agent, under her own hand
Respectfully I Am Your Ob t Serv t Abad Joy
Hon J L Edwards Com d of Pensions Washington D.C.

War Dept. Pen Offic Feb 13. 1889
Sir
As herewith return the letter of Jesse Gove Esq and have to state that the additional evidence in the case of Mrs Abigail Brown widow of Jeremiah Brown has has been filed with the and  case her other papers in this office. The proof of the dis- sertation of the service of her husband as an Ensign in Colth Waught 1st and of his being com- missioned as such, is still insuffi- cient. From a letter recently received at this office from Henry Killburn Comptroller at Hartford, Conn. it appears that he has rolls in his office of Col Warner's regt Appli- -cation should be made to him for such proof of the service of Jeremiah

Brown as said rolls may afford. If his name does not appear thereon the comptroller should state whether said or are perfect and if not, what part of thereof they embrace.
13 Febry 1839 86
It is William Slade N. R.
2177 at # July 1836

War Dept, P.M. Office July 26, 1887
The papers in the case of Mrs Abigail Brown widow of Jeremiah Brown have been sent & filed with my record cases in this office. The proof of the service as an Ensign is not satisfactory, as there is no evidence is and Capt Joseph Briggs under whom it is alleged the service was performed in Col Warren's reg. did not belong to that reg. He was a militia officer, and the under him towns should be specified by witnesses who had a personal knowledge of said service. It should be shown by the affidavit of the person having charge of the Town records when

The claimant was married when proof said second cousin.
11 April 26, 1837 Vt.
Yours Love &c Rutland. Vt.

B. Bolton Mar 20 th 1843

Pension Office March 20 1843
Sir:
In answer to your letter of the 1 st inst t respecting the case of Abigail Brown I enclose the copy of a letter addressed by me to the Honble Mr Gladie and dated Feb 7 26 th 1841. in which the objections to the claim are fully stated. If Jeremiah Brown ever rendered the services for which as previously claimed the Comptroller's Office from state must contain recorded evidence of the fact and unless such testimony be produced the claim cannot be admitted.
N o 2177.
Benjamin Cotton Reg d to Act 4 th July '36 Hartford Conn

A. Joy.
Sept. 26, 1848.

486 Pension Office Sept 26. 1845
Sir,
I enclose herewith an extract from a letter addressed to Hon. J. Root on the 14 th of March 1844, so far as it relates to the case of Abigail Brown. No evidence in support of the claim has since been received at this office.
Andray, Esq. Ovid N. York
2177, Ab Brown Vt. 36 yrs

Washington
March 28. 1868
Hon J. L. Edwards Lower Penns.
Sir.
Will you, if convenient with your duties, communicate to me the information requested in the enclosed letter return therewith this letter.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
J. H. Twining

g New Pomerania Mass. (Chesterme) Jeremiah Brown d 1813
Abigail m May 1781
No 75. 6. Rachel Ammer Co m J. Durbak
Aug 17 Dan Brown
79 3 yr. Es. Stillwater Rge
1781 under leg for Briggs

Rutland P.O. 21. June 1837.
Sir—
I transmit you, herewith, the declaration for a pension, of Mrs Abigail Brown, widow of Jeremiah Brown, deceased; and, together with it, the depositions of Israel Warner, Charles Brown, Elias Hall, Daniel Read, Daniel Brown, and Benjamin Coman, as proofs of her claim.
The testimony in support of the particular service set forth at Castleton, is either lost or mislaid by Mrs Brown's son who procured it; but, as that term is covered by the deposition of Mr Warner, I have advised, that it might not be required. The Commissioner, however, will please direct on this point; and if the testimony is still desired, the depositions must be looked up, or taken anew.
As to the proof of the marriage, it may not be practicable to obtain other or more definite proofs. The record seems to have been burnt; and young Mr Brown, who took a journey into that part of the Country to obtain evidence, informs me, that of the members who were present at the solemnisation (and, as it took place at a church meeting, none but members were present— they being close- communion baptists— ) he could find in that town or vicinity, none of the ancient members living, save old Mr Coman.
It is proper to observe, too, that Mrs Brown may be mistaken in her statement, as to the particular day of the month on which the ceremony took place. She stated it to me, to have been "on election day," which, on turning to some modern calendar, I found to be the 6 th of May, and wrote it down, accordingly, in her declaration. I am, however, indebted to

to the Justice, Ethan A. Rip Esq., who took Mr. Cornan's deposition, for a sort of quasi tho' I believe not very material correction in this particular. He states in his letter to me of the 18 th of May last, that the election in Massachusetts at that time was held on the last Wednesday in May. I send the letter herewith.
I am very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Levi Cook
Hon ble James L. Edwards Comm te of Pensions City of Washington

Daniel Read's Disposition
Disposition of Daniel Read
James Read

Washington County } State of New York } ss Daniel Reed of Greenich in said county and state of lawful age being duly affirmed doth testify that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Brown of New Providence and was with him in the year 1778 at Quebec in the province of lower Canada and that he saw Jere- miah Brown was then and there in the service of the continental army and was in such service about three months and verily believes for a longer time, and further saith that Reuben Hilmann was the captain, and this deponent is in his eighty third year of his age Daniel Reed
State of New York } Washington County } ss Be it remembered that Daniel Reed who signed the above personally appeared before me and affirmed that the above affidavit was true the tenth day of April 1837 before me Thos Cottrell justice of the peace
And I do hereby further certify that the above deponent is a credible witness  Thos Cottrell justice of the peace
State of New York } Washington County } ss I, Edward Dodd, clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county, certify that Thomas Cottrell Esq. is a magistrate, as above, and that the foregoing certificate, signature purporting to be his, is genuine. And I do further certify that said court is a court of records.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven Edward Dodd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County N.B. The word "certificate" erased and the word "signature" interlined by me Edward Dodd Clerk

I, Israel Warner, of Whitehall in the County of Washington and State of New York, age 70 years, do depose, testify and say, in addition to the deposition I made on the 24 th of April, 1837, at said Whitehall before Dennis Jones Esq r . a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Washington, that I was well acquainted with Ensign Jeremiah Brown who served in that capacity in my Father's regiment. I know him as well I did any of my said Father's family. At one time, while the Regiment lay at Lake George, Brown was sent in command of a party of men to Bennington in Vermont; and one part of their business was, to collect a quantity of white and yellow ochre, for the use of the regiment. The ochre lay at the foot of a mountain in that town; and, as I was acquainted with its locality, I was sent with the party, under said Brown's command, as pionner to point out the place. The party returned with Brown, all heavily laden with the ochre. I do not remember how long we were absent from the regiment. Many other incidents might be related; but, I have no doubt, that he served in the Regiment, until it marched to West Point, & as an Ensign. —
Israel Warner
State of Vermont } Be it known that on the 28 th day of Rutland County } September, 1838, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named Israel Warner, who hath subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth, and nothing but the truth: and I do hereby certify, that the said affiant is a credible witness.
B. Rice
Justice Peace.

State of Vermont } Rutland County } ss
I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court in, and for said County, do hereby certify that Robert Pierpoint is a Magistrate in and for said County, as above written, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and to take acknowledgements of affidavits, as above written; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County Court, at Rutland in said County, this 28 th day of September, 1838. —
R. Pierpoint

Daniel Brown's Deposition

I Daniel Brown of Cheshire in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age being Duly sworn before testify & say that I commanded A. Company of Militia which went to Bennington in the Revolutionary war and that Jeremiah Brown was A. private in my Company at the Battle of Bennington August 16 th  17 Seventeen hundred & Seventy seven 1 st Deponent is in the 90 th year of his age
Daniel Brown
Berkshire ss April 5 th 1837 personally appeared Daniel Brown who signed the above affidavit and made oath that the facts therein stated are true
Before me Ethan A. Rife Justice of the Peace
And I do hereby further certify that the sd deponent is a creditable Witness
Ethan A. Rife Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Judicial Courts of said Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire do certify that Ethan A. Rife Esq. was on the fifth day of April Current a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the above signature, purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this twenty fourth day of April 1837.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk

COPY.
Arad Joy, Esq.
May 9, 1851.
Ovid, N. Y.
Sir:
The soldier named Jeremiah Brown credited with service on the books of the Comptroller of New York was not the husband of Abigail Brown whose claim the certificate of that office was intended to sustain. Her husband it was alleged served in the Connecticut Troops and she has been repeatedly requested to produce the certificate of the Comptroller of that State to sustain it. We are at a loss to determine what object was expected to be accomplished by meeting those requisitions with the certificate from the records of New York .
signed, F. Evans for Comr.
Niles.

Common Council Chamber
COMMON COUNCIL.
TERENCE KENNY, PRES. MATT JENSEN, CLERK. E. E. McCREA, ASST. CLERK.
ASSEMBLY.
W. T. KIRKE, PRESIDENT GEO. F. DIX, VICE PRESIDENT A. ALBRECHT, CHAS. S. BENSON M. GORDON CRAIG, H. R. DENNY CHAS. J. NELSON, J. R. THOMPSON F. G. WARNER
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
W. J. DONAHOWER, PRESIDENT ERNEST L. ALLARD, VICE PRESIDENT MATHIAS BANTZ, M. J. BELL JOHN BLOMQUIST, TERENCE KENNY B. F. KNAFFT, E. L. MURPHY SIDNEY H. REEVES, EDWARD P. SANBORN J. W. SHEPARD
St. Paul, Minn. Jan'y 31 st 1900.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
My Dear Sir:
I have received a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Brown of the Revolutionary War, but regret to say that he is not the person of whom I make inquiry - I have ascertained that my ancestor was born Mch 16 1756 - died Mch 13 1813 - his widow's name was Abigail - I cannot give the date of her application for a pension, but a descendant states that it was refused, because she had no record of her marriage; the church in which the marriage was recorded having been burned and records destroyed. My ancestor Jeremiah Brown, was a resident of Pouneke, Vt. and later of Castleton Vt. If you have her papers I should be very grateful for his military record, and the name of his birthplace etc. I thank you for the attention you have given the matter, and am sorry to have to trouble you a second time.
Respectfully
Address Mrs. M. J. Bell - Margaret R. Bell 633 St. Paul, Minn.

Feb 14-1900 Mil History Co Mrs M. J. Bell - St Paul Minn
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RECORDED
Agnes Brown widow Jeremiah Brown
Service: _____
Issued: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Notes: List of suspended claims printed in 1852, shows cause of suspension as follows: Suspended for further proof.
Attorney: _____
Pay _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18