Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,062, Jacob Brown, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Brown, Jacob
N. 2,062
Mary
B.L.Wt. 13750-160-55
Polly
CONTENTS
Robert ...
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5561 Jonesborough Agency
Jacob Brown
of Washington in the State of Tennessee who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain Fike — of the Regt commanded by Col. Locks — in the N.C. Ar- tillery for 11 1/2 months from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesborough Agency — at the rate of $ 8 — Dollars 33 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Feby 1833 — and sent Hon. John Blair, H. R.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 57.49 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 33. 19.17
$76.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice — Clerk, Book (D) Vol. 0 Page 203 —
Duplicate certificate issued Nov. 18 th 1836 — and forwarded to William H. Blair Jonesboro Tennessee —
Order to pay 8 th letter to C. M. Meech. 25 April 1840

37-032 act Mar 3/55 April 2/55
Mary Brown widow Jacob Brown, his
N. 6 miles
of farm Registration 13.750 Pensioner
no 160 acres Jan 7 1856 M. B.
Buxton
(M)
A. G. Graham no. 92 Pension Office, Washington
Term.
Rev. A. G. Graham Aug 24/55 let " " " Oct 27/55 Feb 53 - no 92
Vol. B. 59. 2

921 Tennessee Jones. Mary Brown widow of Jacob Brown who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private N.C. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 38 Dollars 38 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of July 1853 and sent to A. G. Graham Joshua L.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1842, Page 180 Vol. A Feb 1853
May 10 - 1856
Reg 3 m 55-37032

James W Anderson clerk of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity for the County of Washington as early that the foregoing contains the original proceeds the matter of the application of
for a pension. I have hereto the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this offici the 18 th day of September 1854
James W Anderson Atty
9828 Jacob Brown
from 1777 print, 11 1/2 months, $38.33 100
By John Blair

State of Tennessee } Washington County }
September term 1832
On this 11th day of September
1832. personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Samuel Powell Judge of the Court of Law & Equity for the County of Washington within the State of Tenn- now sitting, Jacob Brown a resident citizen of said County aged 80. years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of "enrolling" passed the 7th June 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, described as herein stated, That in the year 1777. he resided in Roan County North Carolina. and Volunteered in said County under Capt. Frederick Fisher. and was marched to the Pleasant Gardens on the Cohawba River. where his Company joined General Reethenford and was placed under the command of Colonel Ladd & Maj. Brandon and was marched from thence to the Cherokee Nation against said Indians. on their march they were fired on by the Indians, at the mouth of Swanonee where it unites into French Broad. where the Indians were repulsed, were marched to what was then called the half Moon Mountain where the South Carolina Troops joined the Brigade to which this declaration belonged under the command of the said General Reethenford. and when there was a battle between the whites and Indians. from thence to the over hills Towns where there was a skirmish in which there was some Indians killed & some taken prisoners. from thence returned home by Capt. Fisher was discharged
3 after having served a full three months term. He states that in the year 1789. he was a resident of Roan County North Carolina. on the fall of said year as well as now recalled this declarant was mustered to serve a nine months term. in the army of the United States and enrolled in said County under Major Master Gasherry. In this applicant being a wagon maker by trade was put to making and repairing wagons. at Tiptonville under General Green that being Genl. Greene's headquarters.

and remained at Salisbury until Lord Cornwallis's Army marched through that place, and drove General Greene's Army across the Yadkin. This applicant being separated from his Army at Salisbury, and not joining the same again until he met with them at or near the mouth of Rocky River, in North Carolina, was then marched down near Camden South Carolina to a creek called Sutton's Creek where there was a Battle between General Greene's Army, and Lord Cornwallis's Army, in which General Greene had to retreat on the opposite side of the creek and formed a line of Battle but the British did not make a second attack. This applicant states that he was in said Battle, he states that when he joined the Army at the mouth of Rocky River he was placed under the command of Colonel Reece who was a Regular officer. He states that after said Battle he was put to guard some British Prisoners and forced up to Salisbury, which duty he performed and when he arrived at Salisbury after the said Prisoners, he was put again to guarding wagons by the order of Colonel Galloway. This applicant further states he bore the title of Master-mate or company officer at that time. He states that he bore the title of Master-mate or company officer at that time. He states that he remained until peace was made, and was discharged by the said Galloway after having served Eight months and two weeks, peace being made about one or two weeks previous to the expiration of his said Nine months term of service. He states that some time after the said war, he sent his discharge to the Legislature of North Carolina by A. M c Fadden of Salisbury to receive his pay which discharge was never returned to this applicant. His discharge for his first three months term has been cancelled. He states that he served Eleven months and one half month in the war of the Revolution, as aforesaid states, he states that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can prove who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Army of any state, that there is no vacant Minister of the Gospel in his neighborhood who can testify to the facts set forth in the directions by the war Department sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present at declaration that his name is not on the roll of the agency of any state as a pensioner
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 11 th day of September 1832 Dist Jas T Anderson Clk
his Jacob Brown mark
We John Murr & George Brown residents in the county of Washington & state of Tennessee, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Brown who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court at Dept 7 th 1832 Dist Jas T Anderson Clk
George Brown Henry Salls
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after propound- ing the interrogatories prescribed by the war depart- ment, that the above named applicant was a revolution- ary soldier and served as he states; and the court fur- ther certifies, that it appears to him that George Brown and Henry Salls who, have signed the above certifi- cate are resident citizens of Washington county, and are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
S. Morris Judge of the Court County of the state of Tennessee

James V Anderson clerk of the Circuit Court of Law & Equity for the County of Washington do hereby testify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings the matter of the application of for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 18 th day of September 1832.
James V Anderson Clerk
David Brown
9827
From 1777 pension
11 1/2 months
$38.33 100
By John Blair

Polly Brown's claim Rev: Pen: Act 3 d Feb 1842
addressed - A. J. Graham, Jonesboro, Tenn.

State of Tennessee § on this 29th of March 1853, before Washington County - § me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Mary Brown, aged about 58 years, a resident near Jonesboro, in said County, and who being duly sworn according to law, with an oath make the fol- lowing Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of act Feb. 5 th 1853, to wit:- That she is the widow of Jacob Brown, dec d who was a soldier of the Revolution, & who drew a pension on ac- count of services in said war, of $38. \frac{33}{100} per annum, at the Jonesboro, Tenn. Agency, and who drew up to the 4 th of March 1841, and survived until the tenth of May 1841, when he died, when she, as his widow, drew the arrear of his pension up to the date last mentioned; as may be seen from the papers on file in the pension office, to which she refers as part of this Declaration, & as evidence of her said hus- band's death, & widowhood. - She states further that she was married to her said husband in said County, on the 23 rd day of January in the year 1810, by one W m Baylefs, Esq., a Jus- tice of the Peace, that her husband died on the day and year aforesaid, & that since then, and at the present time, she has remained, & is a widow; & she further states that this is her first application for a pension -
her Mary X Brown mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year first above written. - And I certify that I well knew the fore- going Jacob Brown, & Mary Brown to live together as law- ful husband & wife, & that the above named Mary Brown is the identical person who is the widow of said Jacob Brown, (who died several years ago,) & that she is a widow at the present time. -
H. C. Collins Esq.
Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee, Washington County:—
On this 31st day
of March 1853, before me, as aforesaid, personally came Jesse Starnes and Wm B Smith who are citizens of said County, well known to me, and credible witnesses, and who being duly sworn according to law, both on their oaths depose & state that they well knew the foregoing Jacob & Polly Brown, who lived together as lawful husband & wife until the tenth day of May eighteen hundred and forty one, when the former, who, was a Revolutionary pensioner, died in said County, leaving said Polly, a widow, who has remained such to present time, and is now a widow. — They state further that they are disinterested witnesses —
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid — And I state that I am not the agent in the foregoing claim, nor concerned in its allowance.
A. C. Collins (Appl) Justice of the Peace
his Jesse X Starnes mark his Wm B X Smith mark
State of Tennessee } J. W. H. Smith clerk of the County Washington County } Court of said County do certify that A. C. Collins Esq whose name appears to the foregoing affidavits is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures of his are genuine.
And I further certify that it appears from the Records in my office that the foregoing Jacob Brown and Polly Salts were lawfully married in said County on the 23rd day of January

in the year 1816. by William Bayles a Justice of the Peace for said County -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Offrica in Jomshborough this 1 st day of April 1833 W H Smith Clerk

Declaration of Polly Brown, widow of Isaac Brown, a Rev. Pen. for the benefit of act 3 rd Feb. 54.
see other papers on file.

State of Tennessee } p. Washington County, } ss. On this 6th day of June 1853 Personally appeared before the Comtee herein, in and for the Tenn. State aforesaid, Polly Brown, aged about 88 yrs, who being first duly sworn according to law in open Court, both on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the act of Congress, passed 3d Febry 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served, during the Revolutionary war; That she is the widow of Jacob Brown, decd who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U. States, payable at the Jonesboro, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of $38. 33 100 per annum, & who died on the 10th day of May 1841, and that as to the proof of his service &c, she refers to his papers on file in the pension office.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Brown, on the 23 d of Jan y 1816, that her husband died as aforesaid, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January 1800, but on the day above stated. She further de- clares that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration supplemental to one made in March last, & to which the Commissioner of Pensions is resp- ectfully referred as to proof of her marriage, & the continuance of her widowhood. —
Polly D Brown mark
The foregoing declaration was sworn to & subscribed in open Court, by the sd Polly Brown, on the day and year above written, the sd Court being a Court of record.
In Witness whereof, J. W. H. Smith, Clerk of sd Court, here hereunto set my hand, & official seal, at office in Jones- borough, on this 6 th of June 1853. J. W. H. Smith clerk

37032 Mary Brown
New Liberty Point Land claim, act 3d March 1878
Sketch
A. G. Wabano
Jonesboro
Tenn

State of Tennessee,            On this 29 March 1855, before me an Washington County } acting justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally came Mary Brown, aged 59 yrs, a resident of the said County, & who, upon oath, duly & solemnly testify states that she is the widow of Jacob Brown died, who was a soldier of the Revolution, in the South Carolina Militia, or State service, & for his services therein, he applied for, & obtained a pension under the act 7 June 1832, at the rate of $38 33 per annum, which was paid up to the 10 th day of May 1841, when he died in said County; that, under the act 3d Feb. 1853, she applied for, & received, and is now drawing at the Pension Agency the same pension which her said husband drew; and for the proof of her said hus- band's services, and of his death, then marriage, and her not remarrying, she herewith refers to the proof of her husband's papers, and her own, in their several applications for pen- sion, heretofore, now among the files of the Pension Office; & also to the proof hereto annexed.
States further that she married the said Jacob Brown in said County on the 23 rd Jan y 1816; ceremony was performed by Esq. W m Bayle; name before marriage was Mary Satter- & since the date of her husband's death as aforesaid she has remained a widow, as may be seen from the proofs hereto annexed. States further that the best proof, & the only proof of her said husband's services in the Revolution is to be found in his application for pension before referred to & this declaration is made to obtain the law bounty which may be due her as such widow under act 3d Feb. 1853; & that this is her first, & only application for such bounty. Law, & that neither she, nor her said husband ever applied for, or obtained, any land bounty under any prior act of any gov- t whatsoever.
Attest: David E. Griffith
Mary Brown Mark

We Jesse Harness & Wm B. Smith, resident citizens of the aforesaid County & State, hereby certify in our oaths, that the foregoing declaration of Mary Brown, was signed and acknowledged in our presence; and that we know, from our personal acquaintance with the said declarant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in the said declaration.
We state further that we know the aforesaid Jacob & Mary Brown, formerly Sells, to be together in said County as lawful husband & wife, & now known, and reputed & received, into society as such; that the said Jacob Brown died in the said County in May 1841, since which time the said Mary Brown has remained unmarried, & she is now present; and is the identical person who now draws a Revolutionary Pension at the Pension Agency at the residence of the deceased Brown, and the same who has made her mark to the foregoing Declaration, & that we are not interested in her claim for said Pension in any manner. afterst S. G. Griffiths
William B. Smith his mark Jesse Harness mark
The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me in the State aforesaid; And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the declarant is the identical person she represents herself to be, & that I am not interested in the foregoing claim.
Samuel G. Griffiths Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee, } I Henry Keo, Clerk of the County Washington County. } Court of the said County hereby Certify that Saml E Griffith Esq whose genuine official signatures appear to the foregoing was, at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in for said County duly elected &c,
I certify further that it appears from the Records of Marriage in my office that the above Saml Jacob Brum & Mary Satts were lawfully married in said County on the 23d Jan 1816 by Wm Bayle Esq an acting Justice of the Peace in for said County, & that I am not interested in the same.
In witness whereof I have used official seal at office in Jonesboro this 30th day of March 1835. Henry Keo Clerk.

May 1, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jacob Brown-W.2062 BA-J/AWF aw
Miss Bertha Brown 2207 Pine Street Cairo, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Brown, who in 1840 was a pensioner living in Washington County, Tennessee.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2062, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Jacob Brown.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given.
While residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, Jacob Brown enlisted and served with the North Carolina troops, as follows: in 1777, three months in Captain Frederick Fisher's company, Colonel Locke's regiment, marched against the Cherokee Indians and was in several skirmishes; he served under Commissary Yarberry, was employed in making and repairing wagons, was in the second battle of Camden under Colonel Reed, after which he returned to the Commissary and was again employed in repairing wagons, length of this service eight months and two weeks.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 11, 1832, then aged eighty years and living in Washington County, Tennessee. He died in Washington County, May 10, 1841.
The soldier, Jacob Brown, married January 23,

1816 in Washington County, Tennessee, Mary (Polly) Salts, Satts or Lotts.
The widow, Mary (Polly) Brown, was allowed pension on her application executed, March 29, 1853, then aged about fifty-eight years and living in Washington County, Tennessee. She died May 10, 1856.
There is no reference to children.
One George Brown in 1832 was a resident of Washington County, Tennessee; his relationship to the soldier not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Ph. act 153, Lem,
69/10/15

No. 1333 App. of Mary Brown widow of
Jacob Washington County Tenn 5561
Oct 3 rd Feb y : 1853
Rev.
Adm. $38.33 1 / 3 per annum Commencing 3 rd February 1853
A. G. Graham Jonesboro Tennessee
Commissioner.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Jacob Brown Pri. £38.33 per Annum - Act June 7: 32 Jonesboro, Tenn. -
For what time was the last paid?
3- Auditor.
Pension Office
Nov 18: 36
R. B.
To the 20th March 1836.
- the last payment to 20 March '36 suspended for some informality.

U.S. Coast Survey Chart No. 5270 SOUNDINGS IN FEET Reddes 1855

N o 872 Mary Brown widow of Jacob Penn
Let to A. G. Graham June 6/53.
Act February 3/53
(eir)

13.750
Hot Amis

State of North Carolina Comptroller's Office
Geo W. Brooks Comptroller of the Public Ac- -counts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made by the said State to sundry persons for Military Service in the Rev- -olutionary War as follows—
Jacob Brown
  Book No 1 Page 10. £9.0.0. Washington & Sullivan June 1783   " " " 3. 22.12.0. ditto " " "   " " " 4 4.19.0 ditto " " "   " " " 23 10.5 4.12.0   33- 479. " 26. 16. 10. Hill's or S. firm   Nov 10. 1778. to August 1779 — 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of my office at Raleigh N.C. this 11 th day of December 1858 — Geo W Brooks Comptn

Brief in the case of Mary Brown, widow of Jacob Brown Washington County and State of Tennessee act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832
Marriage proved by Certificate of Clerk of County Court, and parol testimony Certified to be credible.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
H. G. Graham Esq. Pursborough
Name and residence of Agent
Tennessee
R. D. Dyer
Examining Clerk.

Pension Office, June 25 th 1853.
Sir
Please certify the time & which Jacob Brown, a revolutionary pensioner, was last paid; or (if the information be in your possession) the date of his death. He was pensioned, as a private, under the act of June 7. 1832 at $38.33 1 / 3 per annum - payable at the Jonesborough (Ponnsylvania) Agency.
Very respectfully, Your Ob t . Servant, S. Cale
For the Commissioner.
Died 10 th May 1841. Paid to his death.
Francis Burt Esqr Third Auditor, Treasury Department.
F. Beck Auditor.

Polly or Mary Brown, (widow of Jacob Brown, a Rev. Pms.) claim for the benefit of the act 3 rd Feb. 1853, was made out before you published Regulations in regard to as act as generally circulated. Seeing them sometime afterwards, I got the old lady to make a supplemental Dec. in open court, which I enclose; I presume will be sufficient to supply the defect pointed out in yours of the 6 th June, just recd.
Inverness, Dec. 16 June 53 —
Yrs, &c A. G. Graham

apl 23. 1840
Inverness
James B. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Revenue Washington City D.C.
me ion for recording Stephen's special name. personnel as inform me that me vent

1. Painesborough Apr. 17 th 1840 J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I have to request that you instruct the Pension Agent at Painesborough & Kennebec to pay the amount due Jacob Brown a Pensioner under the Act of June 1832. who has not applied for his Pension for more than one year. and cannot according to the Comptroller instructions of 27 th September 1836. be paid by the Agent. without a special order authorising the payment of the same. Or does not the act of 11 th April 1838. supersede the necessity of an order. you will please inform me on this subject. you will also observe that this claim is made out. and qualified to before W. H. Blair Agent. according to the Act of 22 nd February 1840. if it is not made out in per- -fect form. you will please enclose me the form required
Respectfully Your obedt servant
C. H. Merrill
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

FREE
James M. [unclear] Nov 10 1836 James M. Edwards Esq. Commr of Revenue Washington City
The Comr. seems to have been sufficient
Just Brn Effraat Seal of Life Jack Brown Brooklyn New York

I Jacob Brown one of the Pensioners of the United States, on the Pension list of Jonesborough Tennessee do solemn- ly swear that I am the identical person to whom a pension certificate issued under the act of June 1832 for thirty eight dollars which certificate of pension was feloniously stolen from my house together with all my papers, & about eighty dollars some time in the last month, & which certificate he prays may be renewed sworn to & subscribed before me this 29 th July 1836.
Wm H Blair
his Jacob Brown mark
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee, I John Ryland clerk of the Circuit Court of Washington County do hereby certify that William H Blair whose name appears to the above, is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, and was at the time of the date above, and full faith & credit is due to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand & seal of office 7 Oct 1836 John Ryland clk

Mr Edwards will be pleased to forward the instructions for the payment of V Light & the duplicate certificate to J. B. Smith to William K Blair agent J. V. Smith Blair

Mary Brann - Rev. B. Chm Aug: 24, 1838
Rejichd
37.032
Address the Agt now in this office - or Mr. Hutchinson's room. E. M.

Mr Crafts etc & Sept 155, & search records,
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Aug 24
1855.
Sir:
The claim of Mary Brown for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 37032 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Jacob Brown the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
A. G. Graham Esq Jonesboro Tennessee

M.E.E. copied from letter of M.C.S. of Apr 11, 1928
July 10, 1928
Robert L. Seelser 5734 Broadway Indianapolis, Indiana
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2062, it appears that Jacob Brown, while residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops as follows:
In 1777, three months in Captain Frederick Fisher's Company, Colonel Locke's Regiment, and marched against the Cherokee Indians, and was in several skirmishes.
He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served under Commissary Yarberry, was in the second battle of Camden under Colonel Reed, after which he returned to the Commissary and served until peace, having served eight months and two weeks.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Washington County, Tennessee, aged eighty years. He died there May 10, 1841.
Soldier married January 23, 1816 in Washington County, Tennessee, Mary or Polly Salts, Satts, or Lotts. She was allowed

pension on her application executed March 29, 1853, while a resident of Washington County, Tennessee, aged fifty-eight years.
There are no data on file relative to children.
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the Bureau is unable to make prompt reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution.
Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in the order of receipt.
Respectfully,
B. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Miss Folsom Letter - copied by Miss DeToung
W.C.S.
April 11, 1928.
Honorable Joseph W. Byrns, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Byrns:
In response to your letter of April 9, 1928, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2062, it appears that Jacob Brown, while residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, as follows-
In 1777, three months in Captain Frederick Fisher's Company, Colonel Locke's Regiment, and marched against the Cherokee Indians, and was in several skirmishes.
He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served under Commissary Yerberry, was in the second battle of Camden under Colonel Reed, after which he returned to the Commissary and served until peace, having served eight months and two weeks.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Washington County, Tennessee, aged eighty years. He died there May 10, 1841.
Soldier married January 23, 1816 in Washington County, Tennessee, Mary or Polly Salts, Satts, or Lotts. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 29, 1853,

while a resident of Washington County, Tennessee, aged fifty-eight years.
There are no data on file relative to children.
This is the only Jacob Brown who was receiving a pension in 1840 while living in Washington County, Tennessee, that is found on Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Ans
November 24, 1926
Lillian Reddick 1398 Jefferson St Knightstown, Ind
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 3062, it appears that Jacob Brown, while residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, as follows-
In 1777, three months in Captain Frederick Fisher's Company, Colonel Locke's Regiment, and marched against the Cherokee Indians, and was in several skirmishes.
He enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served under Commissary Yarberry, was at the second battle of Camden under Colonel Reed, after which he returned to the Commissary and served until peace, having served eight months and two weeks.
He was allowed pension on his application ex-
This battle as described by him was in Apr. 1781. therefore he must have enlisted in 1780. Cited by Miss Wilson

cuted September 11, 1833, while a resident of Washington County, Tennessee, aged eighty years. He died there May 10, 1841.
Soldier married January 23, 1816 in Washington County, Tennessee, Mary or Polly Salts, Satts, or Lotts. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 29, 1853, while a resident of Washington County, Tennessee, aged fifty-eight years.
There is no data on file relative to children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
There is another Jacob Brown also was pensioned from Washington Co. Tenn. but he died before 1840. There fore I sent this Jacob Brown.

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April 16, 1934.
Mr. A. D. Miller, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I have your letter of the 7th instant, BA-5/edv, enclosing data in the case of George Brown (W. 22074), Revolutionary soldier, and want to thank you for the complete record you have given. It has been a great help to me in my research.
Now, I am wondering if you could furnish any information concerning Jacob Brown , Revolutionary soldier, who, in 1810, was a pensioner and living in Washington County, Tennessee. Besides his service record and data filed with application for pension, I should like to know whether he was a brother to the George Brown whose record you have given me. I shall greatly appreciate whatever you can furnish.
2207 Pine Street.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Bertha Brown

R. L. SMELSER 5734 BROADWAY INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
June 29. 1928.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D. C., Gentlemen:
Last December I wrote you regarding a copy of the Service Record of Jacob Brown , a Revolutionary War soldier. His pension claim was W 2062 and was filed from Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee. He enlisted at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina.
I have taken the liberty of writing again for said record thinking possibly my letter might have gone astray.
Thanking you in advance for this trouble and hoping that you can favor me in this request, I am,
Yours very truly,
Robert L. Smelser.

MAJORITY MEMBERS MARTIN B. MADDEN, ILL., CHAIRMAN DANIEL R. ANTHONY, JR., KANS. WILLIAM R. WOOD, IND. LOUIS C. CRAMTON, MICH. EDWARD H. WASON, N. H. GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM, MASS. BURTON L. FRENCH, IDAHO MILTON W. SHREVE, PA. L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA FRANK MURPHY, OHIO JOHN W. SUMMERS, WASH. HENRY E. BARBOUR, CALIF. ERNEST R. ACKERMAN, N. J. GUY U. HARDY, COLO. JOHN TABER, N. Y. MAURICE H. THATCHER, KY. FRANK CLAGUE, MINN. ROBERT G. SIMMONS, NEBR. WILLIAM P. HOLADAY, ILL. ROBERT L. BACON, N. Y. GEORGE A. WELSH, PA.
MINORITY MEMBERS JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN. JAMES P. BUCHANAN, TEX. JAMES A. GALLIVAN, MASS. EDWARD T. TAYLOR, COLO. WILLIAM B. OLIVER, ALA. ANTHONY J. GRIFFIN, N. Y. THOMAS W. HARRISON, VA. JOHN N. SANDLIN, LA. WILLIAM A. AYERS, KANS. THOMAS H. CULLEN, N. Y. ROSS A. COLLINS, MISS. WILLIAM W. HASTINGS, OKLA. FRED M. VINSON, KY. JOHN J. CASEY, PA.
MARCELLUS C. SHEILD CLERK
JOSEPH W. BYRNS 6TH DIST. TENNESSEE
MRS. MARGARET M. PERRY SECRETARY
House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Seventieth Congress Washington, D. C.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
Will you please advise me whether there is in your office any record of one Jacob Brown who resided in Jonesboro, Tennessee in 1840. It is alleged that he was a pensioner at the time of his death and I have been requested to secure any information available. Will you also please advise me whether one Benjamin Spurlock who married in Orangeburg, South Carolina, in 1754 ever received a pension for his service as a Revolutionary Soldier.
Very truly yours,
April 9, 1928

JACOB BROWN;- Pensioner,-
Claim, No. - W-2062;-
Born, about 1750, or 1752;-
Resided, Rowan County, North Carolina;-
Removed to Washington County, Tennessee, after 1790;-
Married, Jonesboro record;- Janusry 23, 1816, to Polly Salts;-
This was evidently a second marriage, as he was reported in census of 1790, as having six males in the family, sixteen years or more, of age.
His will, probated in 1841, mentions his wife, Mary, (Salts) Polly doubtless being a nick-name.
Information desired,-
Does the Pension, or War Record, show a Revolutionary soldier, or soldiers, named Spurlock, probably in Virginia? See William Spurlock R. 10023
Name and service record desired.
Do the official records show a Christopher Irwin or irvin, in Revolutionary army, from North Carolina, or Virginia, besides Christopher Irvin of the Fifth Virginia Regiment?
Record and names in full desired.
This came in with a letter from Cong. Joseph V. Payne, also letter from Charles Courtwright Crossville Tenn. addressed to Cong. Byers, asking that this additional information be placed in Jacob Brown's case W 2062
See William Spurlock R. 10023

R. L. SMELSER 5734 BROADWAY INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Bureau of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D. C., Gentlemen,
Would you kindly send me a copy of, or any information on Revolutionary War Claim W2062 regarding one Jacob Brown of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina?
This gentleman was born in said city and state in 1752 and died in Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee on May 10, 1841. A record of his services in the War of the Revolution is desired very much to facilitate admission into The Sons of the Revolution by the writer.
Thanking you sincerely for your courtesy in this matter and assuring you that it will be appreciated, I am,
Yours very truly,
Robert L. Smelser.

Box 548
Niagara Falls, Oregon.
October 28 - '26
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Kindly send me a copy of the pension drawn by Jacob Brown in Tennessee 1840.
Arelie powder horn bears the date 1776. He is my great-great- great-grand father and I am anxious to trace the line as a prospective member of the D. S. R.
Sincerely yours,
(Mrs.) Vanda Brown Shaw
P.S. Any information concerning his date of or wife's death or their marriage would be of very great value to me!

Would you kindly send me a copy of Revolutionary services of Jacob Brown who was living in Washington Co. Penn. in 1840. drawing a pension.
Lillian Reddick
1398 Jefferson St.
Knightstown,
Ind.

Rev Mas WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2062
Mary Brown, Widow Jacob Brown, Pro. Rev. War.
Act: Feb 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1926. Nov. 28-1720 to William Reddish Esq. 1927. Jan. 12. " " Mrs. Maria B. Shaw Esq. 1978. Apr. 21. " " to Mrs. Maria B. Shaw Esq. Original 1978. Feb. 10, " " to Robert F. Snell Esq. 1934. May 1. " " Miss Martha Brown acc.