Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,777, Joseph Brown, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Brown, Joseph Sarah
W. 20,777
CONTENTS
res at mil. Litchfield, Litchfield Co. Conn. and died there Mar. 16, 1833 aged about 70 yrs
8

999
Connecticut.
Joseph Brown, private Connecticut line  4 Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April, 1818. or 1 st April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of June 1818 and sent to the care of James B. Gould, Esq; Litchfield, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. $: 41.06 Some and all co-ending
5 months, 24/30  $: 89.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
From 76 to the close of War
* NB. This commencement was marked on the envelope 15 instead of 1 st April, the Book has been corrected & the Agent informed thereof.
Litchfield, Litchfield Co.
Connecticut Notations sent September 21 st 1820 to Maurice Morton, Litchfield, Connecticut In duplicate certificate of Jan 3 rd Feb 1827 and sent to B. C. Vanpelt, Litchfield, Ct.

No 1414 Connecticut
Sarah Brown
widow of Joseph Brown
Conn.
who died on the 16 March 1833
of Dutchfield Co in the State of Connecticut
who was a private in the Conte's com
by Captain Knapp of the regt commu
by Col. Tappan in the Connect.
line for the war
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 80 Dollars 16 March 1833 Cents per
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Sept.
1837
and sent to G. C.
Woodruff Esq. Present
Arrears to the 4th of —
Semi-ann. allowance ending 16 March 1838 $400
{ Revolutionary C Act July 4, 1830 Section the 3 }
Recorded by W. S. Linn Book A Vol. 2 Page 1

Joseph Brown
correct.

State of Connecticut ss County of Farm of Litchfield this 1 st day of April A D 1818. I James Gould a Judge of the Court Superior - our Court for said State, do hereby certify that on the day above- -mentioned, personally appeared before me Joseph Brown now residing in belonging to said town, to me personally known, made declaration under oath that he belonged to, served as a Soldier in the American Army during the War of the Revolution for the continental establishment, that he enlisted into said Army in the fall of the year A D 1776, under capt. Moses Knapp of Col. Dufresne's Regiment in the Massachusetts line - that he first enlisted at a place called Mansfield in Massachusetts for the term of three years, at the expiration of which time he again enlisted to serve during the continuance of the said War - that he served faithfully as a Soldier against the common enemy during the said three years under said capt. Knapp who was afterwards appointed a Major - that during the remainder of the War, until the close thereof he served the principal part of the time under a captain Abbott - that at the close of the War he received an honorable discharge which he has lost. - That he was at Saratoga in said Army when Burgoyne was taken - that he was also at the Battle of Monmouth - that he was on the march from Providence to Fairfield when the latter place was burnt by the enemy. - - - That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is very poor & in need of assistance from his country for support. - I also certify that from the foregoing declaration - from the other testimony before me I am satisfied that said Joseph Brown served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common enemy. -
Joseph X Brown mark.
Sworn April 1 st 1818, before me
James Gould, a Judge of the Sup. Court.

Samuel Waugh of the town of Bantam of the state of Connecticut, of lawful age testify say that I am well acquainted with the aforesaid Joseph Brown from being so acquainted ever since the year 1774, I am acquainted with the fact that said Brown served in the War of the Revolution for the term mentioned in his declaration under oath, & that by reason of his adverse circumstances in life he is very poor & is in need of assistance from the country for support.
Samuel Waugh
I was before me at Litchfield in Connecticut this 11 th day of April A.D. 1818. Amos Gould, a Justice of the Sup. Court.

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, County Court.
On this 4 th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD for said county in said district, having the power to fine and imprison Joseph Brown
aged sixty two years resident in Pittsfield in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows :
That he enlisted for three years into a company commanded by Capt. Mose Knapp of Col. Tappan's Regiment of the Massachusetts line — That his original declaration was dated the first day of April A 1818, & that his pension certificate is numbered 999
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

The Aprisner of Joseph Brown property by E. J. Woodruff & A. Northrop
  2 old Table $. 50   2 old Chairs " 50   1 Iron pot " 15   1 Pail " 12   2 hammers " 12   1 Cow " 15   The use of an acre land " 12   $ 27-74 
The debts that I owe will amount to $50
Joseph his x Brown mark

I also declare that my occupation is that of a day labourer but owing to a lameness in my hand am unable to labour but about half the time. — I have a wife about 53 years of age who is unable to labour & no property. — I have no other family residing with me except two grandchildren one of three years of age, the other four years. — I also declare that I am bona fide entitled in the sum of about fifty Dollars & that all my estate is not worth exceeding twenty eight Dollars. —

Sworn to and declared on the 4 th day of July A. D. 1820 before said Court
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
Joseph Brown
499
Sept. 1820
I, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty Seven dollars and 24 cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 17 th day of July , 1820
Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

V774 Sarah Brown Connecticut
admitted 1880
admitted
1880
1880
Stated in Schedule under 1820 to be 54 years of age which would make her age at this time about 69, instead of 75 as stated in the within declaration.

State of Connecticut } To Bethlehem County of Litchfield }
On this 28 th Day of November 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff Associate Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid (said Court being a Court of Record) Sarah Brown a resident of Bethlehem in the County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy five 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 th 1836; That she is the Widow of Joseph Brown late of Litchfield in the County aforesaid Esq. who was a private in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution That according to her best knowledge & belief the said Joseph Brown enlisted into the service of the United States in the fall of 1776 in a company commanded by Captain Moses Knapp, Col Tiffins Regiment to serve for three years and at the expiration of three years the said Brown again enlisted to serve during the War and remained in the service of the United States until the close of the War & was then discharged, that she cannot say what was the date of the discharge, the discharge having long since been lost or destroyed, but is strongly impressed with the belief that his discharge was dated in June 1783. She however is confident that the said Brown returned home from the service in the summer or fall of 1783. That the said Joseph Brown was placed on the Pension List of the Connecticut Agency under the Act of the 18 th March 1818. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Brown at Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut by Jacob Woodruff Esq. (who was then a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid) On the 7 th Day of October 1782 That the said Jacob Woodruff has long since deceased, & his Widow & all his children are dead unless it be a daughter who removed from Connecticut many years since of whose death she has never heard, that there is not nor ever has been

any record of her said Marriage upon the records of the Town of Litchfield as will appear by the Certificate of the Town Clerk herunto annexed neither has there to her knowledge been any record whatever of the same, unless the sd Jacob Wood- ruff Esq made a record thereof. That the papers & records of the said Jacob Woodruff Esq are lost or destroyed as will more fully appear by the Deposition of W m Frederick Whittelsey who is a grandson of the sd Justice. That her late husband Joseph Brown never kept any family record, being an illiterate man & unable to write & never caused any record to be made of his marriage or of the birth of his children and that she does not know of any person living who was present at the time of her marriage aforesaid & that at the said marriage she offers the Depositions of Bezalel Em- Nathanial Goodwin & Simon Sanford herunto annexed.
She further states in relation to her marriage with the Joseph Brown, that her first acquaintance with the Brown commenced in the winter next succeeding the hard winter as it was called, the sd Brown came to Litchfield with horses which belonged to the Army & took care of them & returned to the Army in the spring, in the winter of 1781 & 2 the said Brown came again to Litchfield with horses to be kept for the Army & we then agreed to be married & in the month of April 1782 the bans of marriage between us was published, immediately after we were published the sd Joseph Brown was taken sick with the fever & ague and remained sick until the June following at which time & before he had entirely recovered from the effects of his sickness Captain or Major Knapp under whom the sd Brown served called upon him while sd Knapp was on his way from Boston to the Army & the sd Joseph Brown then left Litchfield & accompanied said Knapp to the Army & consequently our marriage was then deferred - In the month of September 1782 the sd Joseph Brown came to Litchfield on furlough & we were on the 7 th day of October 1782 joined together in marriage by the sd Jacob Woodruff Justice of the Peace at the residence of the sd Woodruff as before stated, that she is confident that she is not mistaken as to the time of her marriage That

She knows that her first born child (twin), Richard Brown was born Eleven months & one Day after her marriage with the sd Joseph Brown & that the said Richard Brown was fifty three years old on the 8 th Day of September 1836, she further states that she was Twenty one years old the 10 th Oct r next after her marriage with the sd Joseph Brown a fact which she has always distinctly retained within her recollection - She further states that the sd Joseph Brown died on the 16 th Day of March 1833 suddenly he had been unwell for a long time & the immediate cause of his death supposed to be a fit of apoplexy - She further states that she was born on the 20 th Day of November 1761 & was seventy five years of age on the 20 th Day of the present month that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband Joseph Brown that she cannot from bodily infirmity appear in or attend court
all of which will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed -
Subscribed by the said Sarah Brown by making her mark in our presence
Sarah Brown mark
Frederick C Crane - Morris Woodruff
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me
Morris Woodruff Associate Judge of the County Court for the County of Litchfield
And the said Judge doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter that the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration of Sarah Brown are true and doth further certify that by reason of bodily infirmity she cannot attend the court
Morris Woodruff Associate Judge of the County Court for the County of Litchfield

I Sarah Brown of Bethlehem in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut Aged Seventy five years, being having been first duly sworn according to law Opose & say that I was born on the 20 th Day of November 1768 & if I live until the 20 th day of November next I shall then be seventy six years of age This fact I state from my own recollection from what was told me by my parents while they were living I have not in my possession any Record of my age & do not know of any Record of the time of my birth unless there be a Record of it on the Town Records of the Town of Litchfield in the County & State aforesaid, I have recently been informed that my Father caused a Record to be made of the birth of his children on the Town Records of the Town of Litchfield should that prove to be the fact a copy of the Record of my birth will be forwarded herewith I am the daughter of Arthur Emmon & Sarah Emmon Dec d of Litchfield aforesaid & that Town was I have always understood the place of my nativity I recollect perfectly well that I was married on the 7 th day of October 1782 that I was twenty one years of age to Joseph Brown who was then a private in the Revolutionary Army of the United States & furthermore I have ever since the time of my marriage recollect that I arrived to the age of seventy one years on the 20 th Day of November next after my marriage to the said Joseph Brown There is not to my knowledge any documentary evidence or family record showing that my husband was in the service after my marriage, but I do know that the said Joseph Brown left Litchfield the next morning after our marriage to join the Army on or near the Hudson river I think at West Point & that he continued in the service until some time in the year 1783 I am confident that my said husband continued in the service of the United States several months I should think eight months at least after our marriage aforesaid he was then discharged & returned to Litchfield - and further the deponent saith not -  Witness my hand at Bethlehem this 6 th Day of September 1837  I presume
Sarah L Brown marker
Betsey Myers Morris Woodruff
State of Connecticut } So Bethlehem - Litchfield County }
Be it known that on this 6 th Day of September 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in said County personally appeared Sarah Brown of Bethlehem to me well known to be the person described in and who executed the above affidavit by making her mark in my presence & made Oath to the truth of the same & I further certify that the said Sarah Brown sustains a fair character for truth & integrity and is fully entitled to credit  Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace

I Samuel P. Bolles Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield in Litchfield County & State of Connecticut, hereby certify that the following Record, appears upon the Ancient Records of said Town (viz)
"Sarah Daughter of Arthur & Sarah Emmons was born November 20 th 1761 Witness my hand at Litchfield aforesaid this 9 th Day of September 1837 — Sam t P. Bolles. Town Clerk"
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Litchfield 9 th September 1837
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Samuel P. Bolles, Town Clerk for said Town of Litchfield & made oath to the Truth of the above certificate by him subscribed —
Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield Litchfield County }
I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Morris Woodruff Esq. is & for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified. And that the signatures annexed to the above & within certificates which purport to be his are genuine
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 9 th day of September A D 1837
Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk

Sarah Brown Connecticut
Suspended Oct 27 March '37 to G. C. Woodruff Litchfield do. 19 Sept 1837

LITCHFIELD N.Y.
FREE
Hon. John C. Calhoun Sec. of War Washington City

Richfield Oct. 6. 1818..
Sir, An application has been made at the Branch Bank of the United States at Middletown to obtain payment of a Pension granted to Joseph Brown under the Act of the 18 th of March 1818. Payment was refused the papers return d . with the following answer.
(vii) "I enclose you Joseph Browns papers. The Office here " is directed to pay him from the 15 th of April - his " warrant says from the 1 st - It will be necessary " for the Judge who obtain d . the warrant for Brown " to write to the Sec y of War to have the error " rectified here. — A B Macgill " Cash t "
Inherin enclose the Warrant. Request you wou d .. as early as possible give the necessary instructions return the Warrant to me.
I am respectfully Yours &c Seth S. Beers
Hon: Jno. Calhoun Sec y of War —

Joseph Brown for new certificate
Dr. C. Sanford, Litchfield, Conn:
Recd. 3 Feb. 1827
3 F.R.
Joseph Brown
D. Sanford Agent - Litchfield Conn.

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield town of Litchfield ss On this 19 th day of January 1827 - before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said County of Litchfield personally appeared Joseph Brown of said town, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to a company commanded by Captain Moses Knapp in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Asahel Tupper in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Connecticut, that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature & seal of the Secretary of War which certificate he lost on or about the 10 th day of March last, as he supposes & verily believes, on his way from the office of Elihu Harrington Esqr to his own residence , a distance of about four miles; - That on the or about the day last above mentioned he received said certif- icate from the hands of said Harrington, & supposes that he put the same in his pocket; but on arriving at his own residence, it was gone from his pocket & he has never since seen or heard of the same though he has made diligent search & inquiry for the same without effect Sworn & subscribed to before me his Joseph X Brown the day & year first above written mark
David C Sanford Justice of the peace

Sitchfield bounty off on this 10 th day of January 1827 - personally appeared Abner Northrop and made solemn oath that he is well acquainted with Joseph Brown who hath subscribed & sworn to the affidavit on the preceding page hereof & well knows him to be the identical Joseph Brown in the body of said affidavit described - and also that to the knowledge of this deponent the said Joseph Brown had previous to on the 14 th of March last a Pension Certificate from the Department of War which this deponent verily believes the said - Brown has lost as stated in his said affidavit Abner Northrop
Subscribed & sworn to the day first above written -
Before me David C Sanford Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Abner Northrop is a man of undoubted veracity
David C Sanford Justice of the peace

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that David C. Sanford, Esq. now is & for more than one year last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for said County legally commissioned & qualified, that the sign attines to the preceding Certificates which purports to be his hand & seal and his right hand writing, & that full faith & credit are due to his official certificates &c. Attest.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 29 th day of January A. 1827. Frederick Wolcott.

War Department Pension Office
September 19, 1837
Sir
The additional testimony in the case of Mrs Sarah Brown widow of Joseph Brown has been examined and filed with her other papers. It would appear that the Banns of marriage were published in April 1782. The Town Clerks affidavit should be exhibited shewing what proof thereof the records in his office affords, before a final decision can be had.
I am, Very Respectfully Yr Mo. Obt. St.
J. L. Edwards
George C. Woodruff Esq of Connecticut Now Present

It is not necessary by the Laws of the State of Connecticut that the publication of the banns of marriage should be made a matter of Record in the Office of the Town Clerk. And so far as my observation extends I never knew that such publication was in any case made a matter of such Record nor did I ever hear of any such record in said State.
Washington D.C. Sept 19 th 1857
Geo. C. Woodruff

aw tu 305
Will you please give me the Royal Royal Charter of Joseph [illegible] who was a [illegible] from [illegible] [illegible] as [illegible] in the [illegible] of the [illegible] as [illegible] the [illegible] [illegible] name of his wife [illegible] Yours very truly
[Handwritten signature: Joseph [illegible]]

Rev George F. Newcomb, Real Estate and Loans, Room 32, Exchange Building, Cor. Chapel and Church Sts.
New Haven, Conn.
August 8 1896
Hon B.F. Goochren
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please give me the Revolutionary service of Joseph Brown who was a pensioner from Conn. under the law of 1818; is described in the Conn. Men of the Rev. as of the Mass. line also name of his wife if possible
Yours very truly
George F. Newcomb

Aug 20 96 paid to Y Newcomb New Haven Ct. J.W. B.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Good Yes
File No. 20777 Sarah Brown Widow of Joseph Brown Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1836
Index: Vol. 11 Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Frederick Whittelsey of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged forty four years who having been first duly cautioned & sworn according to law Depose & say that my mother Ann Whittelsey late of Litchfield and was the daughter of Jacob Woodruff Esq who was formerly a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid, now deceased, that a number of years after the death of the said Jacob Woodruff, & when I was a youth the Widow of the said Jacob Woodruff came to & resided in my Father's house & lived in his family, she brought with her old Books and papers of the said Jacob Woodruff which I recollect well to have seen when I was a boy, the hand writing in the Books being of a style different from what I had been accustomed to see attracted my attention, there was one Book among them which had considerable writing in it which I was told was the hand writing of my Grand Father, the said Jacob Woodruff, but I cannot say whether it was a Book of records or an account book or what were the entries in the Book, being at that time a young lad my attention was attracted to it merely on account of the (to me, singularity of the hand writing & being told that it was my Grand Father, my Grand Mother Lucy Woodruff, Widow of the said Jacob Woodruff resided in my Father Roger Whittelsey's family until her death which occurred about twenty one years ago last, in the fall of 1815, my Father Roger Whittelsey Esq died in the month of March 1835, his Books & papers came into my hands as Administrator on his Estate, all of which I have examined & there is not among papers of the said Jacob Woodruff Esq to be found among them excepting only the cover of the Book above alluded to, this cover is of skin or parchment & is the same which contained the writing of my Grand Father, but there is not nor was there a leaf or part of a leaf left in it when my Father died & I am fully satisfied that all the records Books & papers of the said Jacob Woodruff are lost or destroyed all the children of the said Jacob Woodruff Esq have long since been dead unless it be that a daughter of his who removed many years ago into the State of New York is living at which death the Deponent hath never heard. The Deponent further saith that he has for many years past

resided near the Sarah Brown the Widow of Joseph Brown late of Litchfield Died & that she is now his Widow & has remained unmarried from the time of the death of Joseph Brown until the present time of further the Deponent saith not
State of Connecticut } Frederick Whittelsey Litchfield County } ss Litchfield -
On this 28 th Day of Nov r 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the Peace within for the County of Litchfield. Frederick Whittelsey a Deponent aforesaid to me well known to be a Gentleman of respectability & who is entitled to credit and subscribed the foregoing Deposition in my presence and made Oath according to law to the Truth of the same
Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace
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I Know that Emerson of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged Eighty four years who having first been duly cautioned & sworn before me say that Sarah Brown of Bethlehem in the County aforesaid is the Widow of Joseph Brown late of Litchfield in the County Dec'd that the said Joseph Brown died at Litchfield on or about the 16 th Day of March 1833 of a lingering complaint & that the said Sarah Brown has remained single & unmarried from the death of said Brown to the present time - She further states that the said Sarah Brown is the sister of her late husband Thomas Emmons & that at the time of the said marriage to the said Brown she the Deponent lived within about forty five or fifty rods of the residence of the father of said Sarah at whose house the said Sarah then lived, that some time in the fall of the year 1782 & according to her best recollection & belief in the month of October 1782 the said Joseph Brown (then a soldier in the Army of the revolution) who had previously been at Litchfield with horses (which it was stated belonged to the army) for the purpose (as she understood) of getting them kept & of taking care of them & had become acquainted with the said Sarah Brown) was married was married to the said Sarah (as was reported) Jacob Woodruff Esq. of Litchfield who was then a Justice of the peace within the County of Litchfield, She further states that although she was not present at the marriage yet she recollects the said Joseph & Sarah having home with a view it was said of going to the residence of the said Jacob Woodruff Esq to be married & it was stated the next morning that they were married the evening previous & it has always been understood that they were married at the time & place aforesaid & that she never heard any doubt expressed to the contrary & that she fully believes that they were married as aforesaid in the month of October 1782 & that she is strengthened in her recollection from the fact, of remembering that her the Depon-

resided near the Land & ... next to Daughter Aseneth was, at the time of the marriage of the B d Brown to the B d Sarah about the time of eighteen months old & that the B d Aseneth will be Fifty Six years old on the 28 th Day of March 1837. She further states that she recollects that soon after the said marriage the B d Joseph Brown left Litchfield for the purpose, it was said, of joining the Army & in the next summer (twelvemonth) in the summer of fall of 1783 the B d Brown was reported to have been slain & he returned to Litchfield & from that period the said Joseph & Sarah lived together as husband & wife until the time of his death & she further states that she does not know of any person living who was reported to have been present at said marriage, it was stated at the time when the marriage took place that a man by the name of Reuben Hall & his wife were present but they are, she believes, both dead -  Her Hezekiah I. Emmons mother
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Litchfield
On this 3 rd Day of December 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Litchfield Hezekiah Emmons of said Litchfield who subscribed the foregoing Deposition by making her mark in my presence and who is to me known to be a woman of good character & is entitled to credit and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by her signature -  Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace
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I Simson Sanford of Litchfield in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged Sixty one years being first duly cautioned & sworn before say that I am well acquainted with Sarah Brown late of sd Litchfield now residing in Bethlem in the county & State aforesaid & have been acquainted with her from my earliest recollection I knew her well when I was a child & have known & resided near her most of the time from my birth she is the widow of Joseph Brown late of said Litchfield deceased & has remained a widow from the time of his decease until the present time I cannot state the time of the marriage of the sd Joseph Brown with the sd Sarah but I know that they were reputed to be man & wife that they lived together in this town within one mile of my residence as man & wife raised a family of children & they were reputed to be man & wife as long ago as I was a youth and I also know that the sd Joseph Brown died about three years ago last spring I was at his residence at the time of his death but cannot state the month or day of the month but recollect it was in the spring of the year I also know that the sd Joseph Brown was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution & have understood that he was placed on the Pension List as a Revolutionary soldier & ever then the Deparment saith Witness my hand at Litchfield this 14 th Day of October 1836
Simson Sanford
State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield 14 th October 1836 Litchfield county
On this 14 th Day of October 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the peace within & for the county aforesaid Simson Sanford the person aforesaid to me well known to be a gentleman of respectability & entitled to credit and subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence and made oath to according to law to the truth of the same
Morris Woodruff Justice of the peace
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I Nathaniel Goodwin of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged Seventy Six years being first duly cautioned as before & say that I am well acquainted with Sarah Brown Daughter of Arthur Ennos late of said Litchfield Deceased & the Widow of Joseph Brown late of said Litchfield Deceased & now of Bethlehem in the County & State aforesaid I was born in said Litchfield & have always resided within about two Miles of the said Sarah Brown until since the decease of her husband Joseph Brown and distinctly recollect that the said Joseph & the said Sarah were reported to have been married previous to the close of the Revolutionary War they always resided in Litchfield from the close of the War to the time of the death of said Joseph lived together as man & wife & raised a family of Children & although I was not present at the marriage yet I have no doubt they were married previous to the close of the War but the month or year I cannot state The said Joseph Brown was reported to have been a Revolutionary Soldier & I believe he was a pensioner I have under my hand that he received a pension from the United States Government & he died according to my best recollection in the Spring of 1833 & the said Sarah Brown has remained & still is the Widow of the said Joseph Brown & further the Deponent saith not
Nathl Goodwin
State of Connecticut } Litchfield 14 th October 1836 Litchfield County —
Be it remembered that on this 14 th Day of October 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the peace within & for the County aforesaid Nathaniel Goodwin the Deponent aforesaid to me well known to be a gentleman of respectability and entitled to credit & subscribed the above Deposition in my presence and made oath according to law to the truth of the same
Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace
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I Enoch J Woodruff of Litchfield in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged Fifty years being first duly cautioned & sworn @p re & say that I have been acquainted with Sarah Brown the Widow of Joseph Brown late of Litchfield Connecticut & have resided most of the time for the last Twenty five years within about half a mile of her residence & I know that the s d Joseph Brown died on the 16 th Day of March 1833 This fact I know from entries I have on my Books of articles charged for his funeral expenses & the s d Sarah Brown now resides in Bethlehem in Litchfield County & is a Widow & has remained a Widow from the time of her s d husband Joseph Brown's decease The said Joseph Brown was a soldier of the Revolution & received a pension from the government of the United States, The immediate cause of the s d Brown's death I understand to be an apoplectic fit, he had been out of health some time previous to his death & had become almost entirely blind further the Deponent saith not — Witness my hand this 14 th Day of October 1836 — Enoch J. Woodruff
State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield 14 th October 1836 Litchfield County On this 14 th Day of October 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid Enoch J Woodruff to me well known to be a gentleman of respectability and entitled to credit & subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence and made oath according to law to the truth of the same — Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace

I Samuel P. Bolles Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, hereby certify that I have carefully examined the Records of said Town and I do not find any record of the marriage of Joseph Brown late of Litchfield (deceased) to Sarah Brown of Bethlehem in the County of Bethlehem the widow of Joseph, whom named I understand to have been previous to her marriage to the said Joseph, - Sarah Emmons , neither do I find any record of the said Sarahs marriage with any person whatever & I am well satisfied that there is not any record of the marriage of either of them upon the Records of said Town of Litchfield
Sam. P. Bolles Town Clerk
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County of Litchfield }
On this 3 rd Day of December 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff Justice of the peace in & for the County of Litchfield Samuel P. Bolles Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield, to me well known to be entitled to credit and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed
Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace
(Signature)

I Frederick C Cram of Bethlehem in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged thirty one years who being first duly cautioned & sworn Depose & say that I am acquainted with Sarah Brown of said Bethlehem & know that she is the Widow of Joseph Brown late of Litchfield in the County aforesaid & that the sd Joseph Brown died on the 16 th March 1833 & that the sd Sarah Brown has remained his Widow & unmarried from the time of his the sd Joseph Brown's death to the present time of further the Deponent saith not - Frederick C Cram
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss Bethlehem 28 th Nov r 1836
On this 28 th Day of November 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Frederick C Cram to me well known & who is entitled to credit & subscribed the foregoing Deposition in my presence & made Oath according to law to the truth of the same Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace 11 10 11
I Alexander H Harrison of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged thirty two years who being duly cautioned & sworn according to law Depose & say that I am acquainted with Sarah Brown of Bethlehem in the County & State aforesaid who is the Widow of Joseph Brown late of Litchfield in the County aforesaid & have resided near her for several years past & that her husband Joseph Brown died in the month of March 1833 & that the said Sarah Brown has remained his Widow & unmarried from the time of his death to the present time of further the Deponent saith not Alexander H Harrison
State of Connecticut ss Litchfield 28 th November 1836 County of Litchfield ss On this 28 th Day of November 1836 personally appeared before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Alexander H Harrison to me well known & who is entitled to credit & subscribed the foregoing Deposition in my presence and made Oath according to law to the truth of the same Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace 11 10 11

State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield Litchfield County }
I George C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that said Court is a Court of Record; and that Morris Woodruff Esq. is an Associate Judge of said Court duly commissioned & has been such Judge for more than one year last past, duly commis- sioned & qualified; and that the signatures ap- subscribed to the certificates annexed to the foregoing declaration of Sarah Brown which purport to be his are genuine And I do further certify that said Morris Woodruff Esq. is for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified. & that the signatures to the cer- tificates annexed to annexed to the forego- ing depositions which purport to be his are genuine
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 3 rd day of Dec r 1836
Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk
774. 3. Dec.

Dec 8
4 July 1836 B Sec.
Rev. L. Peir
J. L. Richards Esq. Comm te of Pensions Washington City D.C.
FREE
H.H.H.

Litchfield Conn Dec 5 th 1886
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I enclose to you Sarah Brown's application for a Pension Please send her certificate if granted to me
Respectfully Yours she
Geo. C. Woodruff

Josephs Brown's Connect. Act March 18. 1818 to what time paid? To the 4 March 1833
Pen offin
March 25. 1837
JH

Sept 14
Adolph Sarah Bonny
J. J. Edwards Esq Comm re of Pensions Washington City D.C. J. C. Woodruff Pst.

Litchfield Conn Sept 9 th 1837 J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Yours of the 27 th March last was duly rec d in which you require further evidence of the marriage of Mrs Sarah Brown the widow of Joseph Brown. Notwithstanding Mrs B. is very poor & inclined unable to defray any expenses in this matter she has sent to Vermont & also into the State of New York for evidence of the time of her marriage, but has entirely failed, all the witnesses who were present being dead. She has however obtained Record of evidence of the time of her birth which is enclosed. She can procure no further evidence of the time she was married, & hopes that the evidence heretofore forwarded with the enclosed will prove sufficient. She particularly relies on the Affidavit of Keziah Emans now in your office as proof of the fact as claimed by her in connexion with the other evidence in corroboration of her statement.
Although I have not personally seen Mrs Brown in relation to her application for a Pension, yet from information communicated to me by others I have no doubt her statement may be relied on as true. Her character for integrity, morality & piety I have been informed & fully believe to be exemplary. & should you grant her a Pension it will be bestowed on one who I have no doubt deserves it & who greatly needs it for her support.
I remain Respectfully Yours
Geo. C. Woodruff

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brown, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3748 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 15, 1792 to Jonathan Suttle, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brown, Joseph, Jr. GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts Joseph Brown, heir-at-law of deceased
WARRANT NUMBER 3837 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 7, 1790 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.