Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1707, Hamilton Brown, S.C.

SERVICE
S.C.
NUMBER
Brown, Hamilton Nancy
A. 1707
CONTENTS
1 Oct 1842 in Charleston S.C. son of John Brown & Sarah, S.C. d. Nov 1842 at Port Royal S.C.

Letter to J. H. ... and order to pay 3 d And Dr. to pay 15. May  1844.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1842 to 4 March 1843.  Agts notice 5 June 1844
Alabama 19.803  Hamilton Brown of Greene Co in the State of Alabama who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Sacy of the Regt. commanded by Col. Miley in the So. Lea- line for Full Term
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Sep.  1832 and Sutto H. Snedicker  Comr
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33  $ 200    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M. '34  40     $ 240  
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. So. C. C. C. Clerk, Vol. 8. Page 43.
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 8. Page 43.

Reported
574
Tuscaloosa.
Alabama.
Nancy Brown widow of Hamilton Brown
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
S. C. Service
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of May 1857 and sent to
Wm. S. W. Inge Name of Rep d
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 157 Vol. 1 July Book A
212 523

Hamilton Brown
For 3 Application
Pension

(H Brown's application)
The State of Alabama
Greene County 3 rd On this 21 st day of September 1832 the  petitioner personally appeared in open court before John W. Crenshaw the clerk of the Circuit court now sitting. Hamilton Brown a resident of Greene County, State aforesaid aged about seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated viz. He was in the campaign of 1794 by the name of the Swampy Campaign tho' he thinks was previous to the declaration of the national independence. Under the command of General M'Kinzey he does not recollect what colonel or major but he was under the command of a in the company of Captain Edward Gacey. Lieutenant James Miles & Ensign Patrick McElroy. He entered the service in his immediate neighborhood on a creek called the Long Branch a branch of Broad river in the (District) now called Chester in South Carolina under the above named officers & marched to Rich Creek in a District now called Richland (District) about sixty miles from the place of his departure where we met Gen. M'Kinzey aforesaid - the rest of the army from there we marched for 96 but before we reached 96 we learned that the Tories had abandoned that place and gone into the swamps on the waters of Simoree where we pursued them & took about 30 prisoners as far as he recollects he does not recollect the term of this service but he thinks it was 2 or 3 months after this and as he thinks in Nov  Dec he was sent under Col. Thomas McCall against the Cherokees Indian Major. He was in command under him & something happened that left force did not go but Lieut. Charles Miles commanded his company. We went to Nevers & burnt a town called Sugar Town & another called Castatoe & cut down some corn & went to & burnt several other Towns the names of which he does not now recollect it does not seem to him like he was out long at a time (probably one two or three months) - Soon after this he went

Down to one Major Sumner's in the fork of Broad-river & Saluda killed the dutch Fort under the command of Capt- Smith Col. Myrre commanded this expedition & its object was to secure some place the Dutch had prepared & were erecting for the use of the British after we had secured the place we were ordered out on an ex- pedition to Florida he thinks this expedition was in 1741 tho' it may have been later - under this expedition he was com- manded by Capt Lacey & Ensign O'Brill the lieutenant did not go on this expedition he recollects that they started as well as he now recollects in May & returned in the latter part of the summer or fall. suffered much from heat hunger & thirst & did nothing worth mentioning in the expedition - excepting the routing of an old Tom the name of Brown (he has been called Captain & set fire to & was afterwards after killed known by the name of Burnt-foot Brown) from the time of our return General Williamson an old Scotchman com- manded Col Sumpter Capt Lacey, Pollard, Doggett, Col Taylor & McRaney were in this expedition as officers there was a colonel Jack of North Carolina was in the expedition but I know of this officer he does not know whether said Jack commanded as a colonel. After his return from this expedition he was all most constantly in the service in some expedition during the whole war but more actively from the fall of Charleston until near the close of the war that is he held himself in readiness to obey every order & call either against the Indians or British & I believe the next expedition was to Orangeburgh in Barnwell district on Existo river under the same captain & as well as he recollects Col Lacey commanded & was stationed there about three months soon after this he served on other time For at this same station soon after that again he was stationed at the same place for the same time making in the whole at that station about 9 months of during these 3 times Capt Lacey commanded his (applicant) company one Colonel Lacey commanded part of the time Major John

Wallace commanded one Troop Major Palmer commanded part of the Line one Pierce was adjutant part of the time Captain Cooper commanded that place part of the time in our return from Orangeburgh the troops were dis- charged at Goose Creek by Col Joseph Brown he was at this time Lieutenant Col of Wayne's Regiment as well as He recollects this was not long before the defeat of Charleston after which he joined Gener- al Sumpter and was in many engagements though he cannot recollect the dates he recollects being at the Battles at the fish dams he thinks McEntire at this time was Captain & Hacey was promoted to Col. he does not recollect who his Lieutenant or ensign was at that engagement. Col Dixon was also at this en- gagement he was also at the engagement at Friday's Friday's Ferry Fort at this place the British received a reinforcement & drove Sumpter & his men off at this engagement night He recollects Col. Harkness received a wound in his shoulder He also was  recalled being in a battle at a fort called Bellville During the time we besieged Bellville we understood that a reinforcement of British were coming & we immediately left Bellville & met them & they surrendered to Sumpter without a fire from their side It turned out to be a small force of British who were guarding some Baggage wagons they took with them 18 wagons loaded with cloth- ing goods etc. & it is said there was some specie this force was put on board an American Keel boat but it was soon after retaken at a place called Nights Bluff on the Congarees river after this he crossed the river Seneca & was in an en- gagement near Nights Bluff where the British put us to flight & killed a good many & took some prisoners amongst whom was a bro- ther-in-law of the applicant & Captain James Dill received a wound in his right arm & this appli-

4 Can't now  be sent home with him. The next town that Spies Heets was under General Greene in a campaign to against Orange-Burgh after drawing near to Orange- burgh General Greene sent out Spies & examined the strength of the place & after some days scouting about that place General Greene withdrew his forces & passed on up to the High Hills of Santa Rita General Sumpter went on with his forces down near Charleston & this applicant was in an engage- ment at Briggins church on Ashley river where we whipped the British horse & killed & wounded some of them at this place Lacey commanded Col McGriff as Major Lieutenant Col & one John Adair was Major at this place Thomas Fice was captain & James Ramsey Lieutenant & Capt Granger Ensign This same Adair he says afterwards became a Gen- al & Governor of the State of Kentucky & if he is now alive would know him (This applicant) well, for they were neighbors until long after the war - This applicant thinks it is unnecessary to state the balance of his services as he was in no other engage- ment of note until the close of the war he however states that he was with General Sumpter in all his unsuccessful as well as his successful attempts against the British & Tories from the Battle of the Fishdam until the end of the war end of the war the reg- iments before mentioned were in such quick succession & so many changes were made in officers that this ap- plicant cannot recollect many of the company or regimental officers below Lacey - Patton & Beck were Gene- rally with the applicant Captain Adams - Pagan got killed one at the Hanging rock & the other at Sumpter Defeat This applicant was born in in Chester County Pennsylvania in the year that Braddock was defeated he has no record of his age but recollects to have heard his mother say that she was pregnant with him at the time that he was wounded from Braddock's Defeat just from Can- ceter to Philadelphia & she was advised not to leave

At the wounded he was as informed by his parents, born in October after that defeat which was as he is informed the 9th July 1758. He states that his father moved to Virginia & remained about six months from thence to Turkey Creek a branch of Broad river in Chester District about Nine miles from Chester court in South Carolina where he made a permanent settlement at this time the applicant was about 12 years old & on this settlement except when in service he was raised alive until as well as he can recollect until 1805 when he removed to Pendleton District where he remained until February 1823 when he removed to the County of Greene & State of Alabama where he settled on the Black Warrior River & has resided ever since — he states that in all his service he was a volunteer or minute man. If ever he had a written discharge he does not know where it is or what became of it he states that he can prove his actual service for a great portion of the time by Captain James Hill who lives but about ten miles from him but who is now in court he can also prove by one William Stone his services to Flodades probably some other services this Stone has lately moved to this county but he could not find him he believes he can prove by Col. Col. Major Taylor & all of his neighbors his character for veracity & good behavior & their belief as to his services as as a soldier in the service Revolution. He believes that he is entitled to a pension to him but the court are now hearing the ongoing statement he has in his possession  the  fact or three first campaigns the country, with in so much as to the position of the latter in quick succession all the movements of the army precipitate, so many changes in officers that he is not certain that he has the the he thinks he has stated the battles in their regular succession & he believes what officers he has named commanded at the times he mentioned the others superior may at times have been in command — He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not

(6. Brown's Application)
on the pension roll of any agency in any State (or territory in the Union) now or hereafter to be subscribed Hamilton Brown
The day & year aforesaid in open court James M. Smith Clerk
Greene County 3 James Gill being duly sworn in open court in due form of law saith that that he has known Hamilton Brown since whose nature appears to the above declaration for a pension ever since this applicant was a small boy at least sixty years & he states that he was with said Brown all in the service of the United States at the engagements at Shiloh & Perry at Bellville at the taking of the magazines in said declaration mentioned & at the engagement near Wright's Bluff and at Biggen's Church & he very believes the said Brown served as long as he has stated & in the manner he has stated he the applicant was also with said Brown in the Dutch Fork . this applicant had the assistance of said Brown in getting home from the battle near Wright's Bluff where this applicant got a severe wound in the right arm he further states that said Brown has ever since the war been an industrious honest man & one he believes worthy of full faith & credit on his oath.
Sworn to in open court 3 James Gill the day & year aforesaid in open court Clerk James M. Smith
We John H Gray a clergyman residing in the County of Greene & immediate neighborhood of Hamilton Brown & John D Thompson residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are acquainted with Hamilton Brown who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him

to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier of the revolution & are concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid in open court
H. Wm. D.M. John N. Thompson
Attest Samuel Yeates Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. & The court further certifies that it appears to them that John H. Gray who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Greene & that John D. Thompson who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Greene, and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. And the court further certifies that it further appears to them that James Hill who has signed the preceding deposition is a resident of the county of Greene and a credible person & that his deposition is entitled to credit.
Anderson being had Judge presiding
of James Yeates, Clerk of the circuit Court of the county of Greene aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Hamilton Brown for a pension;
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said office this 22 nd day of September in the year 1832.
Samuel Yeates Clerk.

The State of Alabama, I respectfully represent before me the undersigned Died a citizen of the United States of America, and was at the time of his death a resident of the county of Mobile and State of Alabama , and was at the time of his death by reason of old age & the subsequent loss of memory, he was not so much positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned in law and in the following service for three years and five months. I served as a private soldier in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution and for such service I entitled pension.
Sworn to me subscribed before me this 24th day of June 1833
Harriet Brown
Wm M. Murphy a notary public at the time

The State of Alabama Frank County } ss.
To the Commissioners of Pensions
The Memorial of the undersigned Nancy Brown the Widow of the late Hamilton Brown, who was a private in the South Carolina Militia, in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and who in his life time drew a Pension, from the United States, as is attested by the appended Warrant, issued September 17 th A.D. 1833. from the Office of the Secretary of War Louis Cap. and countersigned by J. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, under the seal of the Department; Respectfully Shows: That her late husband the said Hamilton Brown entered the service of the United States, at the time, and did such service as the Papers, now on file in the Department will show, which were filed by him for the purpose of procuring the said Pension on the said 17 th day of September A.D. 1832. That the said Hamilton Brown being a Pensioner as aforesaid, departed this life on the  day of March A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three at Eutaw in the County of Greene and State of Alabama. That the undersigned was married to the said Hamilton Brown on the twenty fifth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, A.D. 1798. And in proof thereof she exhibits the appended affidavits of John McShane and Catherine Keaton, two respectable witnesses. She therefore claims the benefits of the acts of Congress, approved the 29 th day of July A.D. 1848, granting Pensions to the Widows of all officers, noncommissioned officers, musicians, soldiers, marines, or marines and indian spies, who shall have served in the Continental line, State Troops, volunteer Militia, or in the naval service, in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain; and she requests, that her name may be inscribed in the Roll of Pensioners under that Law, who are paid at Mobile in the state of Alabama.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me on this the 30 th day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred forty nine
S. J. Chapman J.P. Seal for Greene County.
her Nancy Brown mark

The State of Alabama Greene County } Affiant personally before me Simon J Chapman a Justice of the Peace for said County Moses Hubbard, Leath. William Scarborough three reputable persons of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, depose and say that they are acquainted with Hamilton Brown late of said County, who died in the Spring of A.D. 1843, and who drew a pension for Revolutionary services, and they are acquainted with Mary Brown who subscribed and swore to the foregoing statement - That she is the widow of said Ham- ilton Brown, is still a widow and lives in Greene County in the State of Alabama. In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set his hand the first day of December A.D. 1849 - S. J. Chapman Esq. J. P. Greene County. } Moses Hubbard Leath Wilson W. Scarborough
The State of Alabama Greene County } I, James R Ewing, Clerk of the Court said of Greene County in the State of Alabama do hereby Certify unto all whom it may concern, that John Hall, who certified the affidavit of John McShan, attached, was at the time of certifying the said affidavit, was at the time of certifying the same, and is now

Nancy Brown wd of Hamilton Ala
ad 29 July 1848
Maria before 1800 husband died March 43
Adm. $80 00 p a- In 4 March 48
Gen. W. Inge Home of W. Inge

The State of Alabama Frank County } ss.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
The Memorial of the undersigned Nancy Brown the Widow of the late Hamilton Brown, who was a private in the South Carolina Militia, in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain And who in his life time drew a Pension, from the United States, as is attested by the appended Warrant, issued September 17 th A.D. 1833. from the Office of the Secretary of War Van Buren Esq. and countersigned by J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, under the seal of the Department; Respectfully Shews: That her late husband the said Hamilton Brown entered the service of the United States at the time; and did such service as the Papers, now on file in the Department will show, which were filed by him for the purpose of procuring the said Pension on the said 17 th day of September A.D. 1833.: That the said Hamilton Brown being a Pensioner as aforesaid, departed this life on the            day of March A.D One thousand Eight hundred and forty three at Wetula in the County of Greene and State of Alabama: That the undersigned, was married to the said Hamilton Brown on the twenty fifth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, A.D 1798. And in proof thereof she exhibits the appended affidavits of John McShane and Catherine Keaton, two respectable witnesses: She therefore claims the benefits of the acts of Congress, approved the 29 th day of July A.D 1848, granting Pensions to the Widows of all Officers, non-com- missioned officers, Musicians, Soldiers, marines, or marines and Indian Spies, who shall have served in the Continental line, State Troops, volunteer Militia, or in the naval service, in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain; and she requests, that her name may be inscribed on the Roll of Pensioners under that Law, who are paid at Mobile in the state of Alabama-
Sworn to and subscribed to before me on this the 30 th day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred forty nine
her Nancy Brown mark
S. J. Chapman J.P. seal for Greene County.

The State of Alabama Greene County
Appraised personally before me Simon J Chapman
a justice of the Peace in and for said County Moses Hubbard, Leutlin. Wilkey + William Scarborough three reputable persons of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, depose and say that they were acquainted with Hamilton Brown late of said County, who died in the Spring of A.D. 1843, and who drew a pension for Revolutionary services, and they are acquainted with Nancy Brown who, subscribed and swore to the foregoing statement - That she is the widow of said Ham- ilton Brown, is still a widow and lives in Greene County in the State of Alabama.
Subscribed before me this the first day of December A.D. 1849 -
Moses Hubbard Leutlin Wilson W. Scarborough
S. J. Chapman Esq. J. P. Greene County
The State of Alabama Greene County
I, James R Evans, Clerk of the Court
and of Greene County in the State of Alabama do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern, that John Hall, who certified the affidavit of John McShan, attached, was at the time of certifying the said affidavit, was at the time of certifying the same, and is now

An acting Justice of the peace in and for Grant County, in the State of Alabama - and that John McShan who made the said affidavit, is a reputable man - and that Simon J. Chapman who took the affidavit of the Police Jury Board, and also the affidavits of Moses Hubbard, Cattle Wilson, and William Scarborough, annexed, was at the time of taking the same, and is now an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Grant and State of Alabama and that Justices of the Peace in and for said County, are duly authorized by law, to administer oaths - and that the witnesses, Moses Hubbard, Cattle Wilson and William Scarborough, are all reputable men Given under my hand and seal of office at Gadsden, Alabama, this the first day of December A.D. 1849. Attest, J. H. Stevens. Clerk.
The State of Alabama ) I, Wiley Coleman, sole presiding Brooks County ) Judge of the County Court of said County. Do hereby certify that James H. Stevens, whose genuine signature is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now as was at the time of signing the same, Clerk of the County Court of said County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts. Such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law.
Given under my hand and seal this 1st day of December A.D. 1849. Wiley Coleman Judge of Co. Ct. of Grant

No. 1.
To the Honorable the Commissioners of Pensions, and to the proper officer of the United States to allow Pensions -
The Petition of Nancy Brown, of the County of Greene and State of Alabama, Respectfully showeth, that she was born in Chester District South Carolina on the year seventeen hundred and eighty one that she was married, to Hamilton Brown, who received a pension as a Revolutionary soldier, on Christmas day in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight in Chester District South Carolina, that the marriage ceremony was performed by Col Joseph Brown, of Chester District South Carolina - that a number of people attended the wedding, that she does not know that any record of the marriage was ever made or kept, that at the time of the marriage, no license to marry was required by law, and no license was got, that she lived with her husband, the said Hamilton Brown, in said District for fourteen or fifteen years, that they removed to Pendleton District in South Carolina, and lived there a number of years - that they then removed to the County of Greene and State of Alabama, about one year before the sale of public lands, by the Government of the United States - at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and that ever since that time she has continued to live in the County of Greene and State of Alabama, that her said husband Hamilton Brown did near future in the County of Greene in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three, the year in which there were two snows here in March - That she was married nearly four years before the birth of her first child Betsy, and her next child Alexander, was born almost four years after Betsy, and there was then three years between Alexander and James her next son - Betsy was born just at the end of the year 1802 - and Alexander in 1806 - she cannot, and, is not mistaken in this, fact.
That she is still a widow and resides in Greene County in the State of Alabama -
Sworn to and subscribed in { open Court April 10 th 1850 } J. H. Hale County Clerk
her Nancy X Brown mark

At a Term of the Circuit Court of Coosa County in the State of Alabama, begun and held on the second Monday, and eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, at Easton the Court House, in and for said County, the Honorable George D. Huntledge, Judge of said Court, presiding appeared personally in open Court, Catharine Keaton who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that she was well acquainted with Hamilton Brown, late of the County of Coosa and State aforesaid, who drew a pension, as a soldier of the Revolution that she is a daughter of the said Hamilton Brown, by a former wife, and that she is acquainted with Nancy Brown the widow of said Hamilton Brown who is applying for a pension, as the widow. That she is the stepmother of the deponent, having married her, (witnesses) father - That Hamilton Brown, and Nancy Brown aforesaid were married in the State of South Carolina, in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight - That deponent is now sixty years old - She is positively certain, by the age of Mrs. Nancy Brown's first child, that she was married to Hamilton Brown before the year, 1799 - That in South Carolina, no records of marriage are preserved or kept - and she knows of no records of the marriage that was or is now in existence - Witness was present at the marriage law, Hamilton Brown and Nancy Brown married, lived with them several years after, and until she was married, and cannot be mistaken as to the date of the marriage - and that the person applying, is the same person referred to above sworn to in open Court
April 10 th - 1850
A. H. Salomon Clerk
Catharine her Keaton mark

The State of Alabama
No. 3
Greene County } at a term of the Circuit
Court of Greene County, in
the State aforesaid, began and held at the Court House of said County, being the town of Eutaw, on the second Monday being the eighth day of April A.D. 1880, the Honorable George D. Shybridge presiding, appeared personally in open Court, John W. Shaw who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that he was acquainted with Hamilton Brown late of the County of Greene and State aforesaid, formerly of Chester District South Carolina and he is also acquainted with his widow Nancy Brown who is now applying for a pension - Deponent, when a young man, when in Chester District South Carolina, at the house of Bob Owens, who died, and with whom deponent was setting up, says that Hamilton Brown and his wife Nancy, the present petitioner, came to the house of said Bob Owens, and staid all night - Deponent is now sixty eight years old. He was himself married about four years afterwards - They were married about the last of the year 1798 - and it was in March following that Deponent saw them, at Bob Owens, in Chester District South Carolina, in March A.D. 1799, and they had then been married for a short time - Deponent was himself married in the State of South Carolina, and no license was required of him, nor any public record made of the marriage. Deponent knows Catharine Keaton, the daughter aforesaid of Hamilton Brown, by his first wife who has testified in this case, and he fully sustains what she has said - in relation to the marriage, and the time of the marriage of said Hamilton & Nancy Brown - Deponent further states, that said Hamilton Brown, in his life time drew a pension - Deponent, from the fact of seeing Hamilton & Nancy Brown at Bob Owens, which was within three quarters of a mile of the place he was then at work at the house Carpenter's trade - and his own marriage, cannot be mistaken in the time of the marriage -
Sworn to & subscribed in } open Court -
J Shaw W. Shaw
C. H. Falconer - Clerk. }

The State of Alabama Greene County
I, Alexander H. Falconer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Greene County in said State, do hereby certify that Nancy Brown, widow of the late Hamilton Brown, appeared in open Court, and swore to and subscribed the petition hereto attached, marked number one, and that Catharine Keaton, also appeared in open Court, and swore to and subscribed, the affidavit hereto attached, marked number two, and that John McShan also appeared in open Court, and swore to and subscribed the affidavit hereto attached marked number three, and that both the said Catharine Keaton, and John McShan are reputable witnesses. Given under my hand and official seal at Eutaw, in the County of Greene, in the State of Alabama, this the ninth day of May A.D. 1880-
allse A. H. Falconer Clerk

Hamilton Broom Alabama
Adm. 2 years
H. Smedicar Erie Green County Alabama

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 August 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Hannibal Brannan
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 2 priv Capt. Sacey 77 years   2 Col. Miles Chester   Capt. Miles Dist. Scho.   1777. Capt. Smith   Col. Wynn   Capt. Vay   Sum up 3 years & 5 months  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I,                      of the Court of                      do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                      years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department with the declaration.

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

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
See oponte page
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
See oponte page
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
See oponte page
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
See oponte page -
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must give to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
I beg leave to inform you that the original check to the original application of Henry Brown. I made out the application for Brown & Captain Dick each for a pension. I have the honor to 8 In support of the claim for a pension of which the negative answer is in the same attached to the application and I presume the application is now the trial was concluded for some time all cases well. Brown's name was not inserted in the examining all the papers being so some and sent back to this court dissonance but this was mistake or misunderstanding I beg from your papers to my papers

Kindly let any communications to Capt. E. A. or S. Brown be made to me as their agent or to them directed to (Enid Greene Com.) (As) the amendments are made to the H. L. ... - Yours very respectfully H. L. ...
Hamilton Brown
BROWN, HAMILTON

The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Greene aforesaid, do hereby certify that William H. Humphrey whose signature appears to the above affidavit of William Brown (who is a Justice of the Peace ) to which affidavit this authentication is appended, is now is and at the time of his certifying was an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, qualified, and commissioned, ; and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law. his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the Eighth day of June 183 3 and of American Independence, the 57th year.
ATTEST,
Isaac C. Snedecor CLERK.
The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, THOMAS F. MOODY, Presiding Judge of the County Court, of said County, do, hereby certify, that Isaac C. Snedecor , whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, now is, and was, at the time he signed the same, Clerk of the County Court of said County, and that his certificate is made in due form of law.
Given under my hand seal this 8th day of June 183 3
Thomas F. Moody
Judge of said Court.
The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk, of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify, that Thomas F. Moody, whose signature appears to the above certificate, now is, and at the time of his signing the same, was Judge of the County Court of said County, duly qualified and commissioned, and that due faith and credit are due to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law. his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the Eighth day of June 183 3 and of American Independence, the 57th year.
ATTEST,
Isaac C. Snedecor CLERK.

Payments to be made at Mobile by Mrs. U.S. M. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Alabama
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 8.
Page 13, by C. C. Stiles Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Camillon Brown of the State of Alabama who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 17 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
L. P. Taylor
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Brody  WIDOW, &c.
File No.
1702 Nancy Brown, Widow, Hamilton Brown Dms. Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 562 Nancy Brown Ala
Letter Hon. S.W. Inge 12 th Dec r 1849.
ans 29 July 48

Pa
I beg to call your early attention to this case & that I may be some advantage of the determination thereof
Col. J. L. Edwards } Comm of Jurors }
Respectfully yours M. G. ...

Hon. S. W. Inge Washington City

Outaw Alabama May 11 th 1850
Honble Saml. M. Inge
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the petition of Mrs Nancy Brown, for a pension - you will recollect that a petition was sent before, and that it was returned, because the evidence accompanying the petition was taken before a justice of the peace and not in open court. The evidence of her marriage, before the year 1800, is, I think conclusive, and the services of Hamilton Brown, are admitted by the department. I hope you will attend to this matter promptly, as Mrs Brown is a deserving and worthy old lady.
I am, Yours truly - Ally. Graham

Washington Dec 8 th 1849
Sir
I herewith submit the application of Mrs Brown for a pension. If the papers are not regular or any thing additional is required please advise me thereof.
Com d of Pensions Washington Dec 3
Very respectfully Mr Inse

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 18 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Hamilton Brown , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pascagoula , H. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1842, to the 4 th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

The State of Alabama } | Greene County — |
Personally appeared before me John Hall an acting justice of the peace in and for said County John McShan who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Nancy Brown the widow of Hamilton Brown deceased was married to the said Hamilton Brown in the State of South Carolina in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight or thirty nine according to the best of my recollection Sworn to and subscribed to before me this Sixth day of August 1849 John Hall J. Peace } John McShan

The State of Mississippi Lowndes County
Appeared personally before me
Harper Copeland Justice of the Peace in and for said County Catherine Keaton, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that Nancy Brown, now of Greene County in the State of Alabama, was married to Hamilton Brown, late of said County of Greene, in the State of South Carolina in the year 1798 or 1799, and before the first day of January 1800. That the said Hamilton Brown, with his said wife Nancy continued to reside in the State of South Carolina until about the year 1822, about which time they removed from the State of South Carolina, to the County of Greene in the State of Alabama, that they continued to live together as man and wife, until about March 1843, at which time the said Hamilton Brown, died, leaving the said Nancy Brown his widow still surviving him, and that the said Nancy is still living in said County of Greene. Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 17th day of August A.D. 1849 Catherine Keaton
Harper Copeland (Seal) Justice of the Peace
The State of Mississippi Lowndes County I Daniel Williams Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County do hereby certify Harper Copeland whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is now and was

at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such
Given under my hand and Seal of said Court at Columbus the 20 th day of August A.D. 1849 Daniel Williams Alt By, J. M. [?]

Hamilton Brown Ala. Green County Tuscalusa Agency, act 7 June 32 $80 p ann.
*
To what time was he last paid? H.C.G.
Pension Office May 25 th 1858
Ans. March 11, 1843

Nancy Brown's Est Application.
Revolutionary Case of Nancy Brown Alabama Allowed, act 1848
Filed 23 rd June 1857 F. E. Hassler Washington

The state of Alabama } On this the 23 day of Greene County, - { June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three per- sonally appeared before me John Hall a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Nancy Brown aged seventy years, a resident of Greene County in the state of Ala- bama who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Hamilton Brown deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and was receiving a pension therefor up to the time of his death, which occurred in the county and state aforesaid in the year 1843 - that she was married to the said Hamilton Brown in the year 1799, and that her name before her marriage was Nancy Purnelle, and that she is a widow, and is now receiving a Pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum from the General Government under the act of Con- gress of July 29. 1848. - Sworn to & subscribed before me } on the day & year above written - }
Parney had X Mark seal Brown
John Hall J.P.
The state of Alabama } On this the 23 day of Greene County } June A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me John Hall a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Zachary M. Childs & Williamson Meriwether thoroughly  known  to  me residents of the state of Alabama, and county of Greene who being duly sworn according to law declare that the above named Nancy Brown is the widow of Hamilton Brown deceased, who died in the county and state aforesaid some time in the year 1843 - and that

The said Nancy Brown is now a widow - and seems to be about seventy years of age - Sworn to & subscribed before me { J. H. Miles on the day & year above written. {
Wm. Lawrence
John Hall J.P.