Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,086, Isaac Brown, R.I.

SERVICE
R. I.
Brown, Isaac
NUMBER
S. 21,086
CONTENTS
Isaac Brown at Liberty Hospital the P. I. son of Abraham. m. at Phil. and in 1800 Liberty, P. I. d. July 22, 1829

21. 11. 1838 Rhode Island Isaac Brown
of Newport in the State of Rh. Island who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Cook of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cook in the Rh. Island line for 19. Mo. H. Dr.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rh. Island at the rate of 61 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sep. 1833 and to the J. Gray Executor.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $ 162 17 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M. 32 43
$194 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Age June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by To 6 (Sils) Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 2, Page 93
Dead Letter to H. A. Manchester 9. May 1838. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March 1831 to 22 July 1837. Age notified 11. Dec 1838

CH 25-137 Isaac Brown Newport Co. Rhode Island
Mar 19 Mr. 14 days
15 4 68 31 217 33 15 4 68 33 6487 124 74 32 41 162 117
Isaac Gray blk Tiverton Newport Co. Ri. Island

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 shew 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.
Rhode Island
A Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Brown & Keaport
   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.     Decr 17 76 died not kept track two weeks Capt Cook Col Cook 76 years Providence Witnesses as to service   76 until Dec 79 time indefinite Capt Dool Capt Cook Newport Col R Island stated credible by Court of traditional Evidence also certified credible   77 Geml Spencer Geml Sullivan   78 he states he was in service from Capt Bely Lieutenant   Dec 76 to Dec 79 left then 8 yrs 11 mo not kept track 8 yrs 11 mo   Sept 80 to 81 1 7 15 1/2  
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) _____, who has 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 enquiry 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 affix 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John C. Calhoun

State of Rhode Island &c. } County of Newport } ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Newport, Isaac Brown of Tiverton in said County an applicant for a Pension, 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 order, viz. In the autumn of the year 1775, (as I think, upon further recollection though stated in 1776 in my Declaration,) I was drafted at said Tiverton and served two weeks as a private under Capt. Dool, and was stationed at the house of one Potter on Rhode Island; in the year 1776 month of December I served as a private under Capt. Isaac Cook one month; In the year 1777 I served as a private under said Capt. Cook, in periods of a months at each tour of service, not less than six months, these tours commenced as near as I can recollect in Feby. April, June August, October, & December: In the year 1778 I served as a private under said Capt. Cook, not less than six months, in six separate tours of one month at each tour, one of his tours this year came in August, & he was then on R. Island in the expedition of Gen. Sullivan; In the year 1779 I served not less than five months, as a private under said Capt. Cook, in five separate tours of one months duration each, these tours of service were performed from January to November; In the year 1781 I served as a private under Capt. Selig Simmons one month stationed near Newport on Rhode Island, in all the aforesaid service he was attached to the Reg. of Col. John Cook, and except when on Rhode Island, was stationed at Arlands Ferry, at Fogland Ferry, on Narragansett, and most frequently at the guard house on Seawall Neck, all on the western shore of said Tiverton opposite to Rhode Island, making in all Nineteen months and two weeks, that I served as a private in the war of the revolution, and for such service claim a Pension; And I further declare, that the

Corps with which I served was called into service by the State of Rhode Island, was an embodied corps, and that during said services I was not engaged in any civil pursuit
Sworn to and Subscribed this 7 th day of August A. 1833 at Tiverton in said County of Newport
Before me, Elisha Hicks Jus t Peace
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Clerk's Office of the Court of Probate for the Town of Tiverton in the County of Newport and State aforesaid I Asa Gray, Clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that Elisha Hicks is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Newport aforesaid duly commissioned under the Seal of said State engaged thereon according to Law, and fully quali- fied to act in his said capacity. And I further certify that the above signature of his name, is the genuine signature of the said Elisha Hicks
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at said Tiverton this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree. And of American Independence the fiftyeighth Asa Gray, Clerk

Isaac Brown
25137

State of Rhode Island v. Providence Plantations Clerk's Office of the Court of Probate of the Town of Tiverton in the County of Newport and State aforesaid I Asa Gray Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that Oliver Simmons whose signature is affixed to the annexed Depositions, is one of the Justices of the Peace for the Town of Tiverton and County of Newport, in the State aforesaid duly commissioned under the Seal of said State, and fully qualified to act in his said office, And I do further certify that the several signatures of his name to said Depositions, are his own proper hand writing.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at said Tiverton, this Sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three. And of American Independence the fifty seventh.
Asa Gray Clerk of Court, of Probate

Declaration
In Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Rhode Island,
County of Newport ss.
On this Sixth day of May in the year 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Probate of the Town of Tiverton, in the County of Newport and State aforesaid, now sitting, Isaac Brown a resident of Tiverton, in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island, aged Seventy Six 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 Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
That is to say. He, previously and during the Revolutionary war resided with his father, Abraham Brown at Tiverton, in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island, and was enrolled in the lower or 1 st Company of Militia in s d Tiverton, of this Company Isaac Cook was Capt. Philip Love Lieut. and Philip Manchester Ensign, and it was attached to the Regiment of Col l John Cook. He in the year 1779, according to the best of his recollection, was marched on upon Rhode Island, and stationed at the house of one Sitter, for the purpose of watching the movements of the notorious Wallace, who was then lying in the river west of s d Island, and to prevent their landing and committing depredations; while he was on this service he was crossed over to the Island of Prudence where they staid one night or longer; and your declarant avers that he was engaged in this service not less than two weeks, and was under Capt. Devel, who commanded a Company of Militia in s d Tiverton but whether he was drafted or volunteered he does not recollect. He again in the year 1778 just before the British took possession of Rhode Island, was crossed over to said Island under s d Capt. Cook, and was engaged in removing the Stock, &c. off to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy, and upon the British

taking possession of the Island he was crossed back to Swanton at Howland's Ferry.
The enemy now having full possession of Rhode Island, which is separated from Little Compton & Swanton, lying opposite on the main, by a narrow river, it became necessary in order to prevent their crossing over to forage and commit depredations, to establish a line of Guards along the shores to repel any marauding parties that should land or attempt to land; and to give an alarm, that the militia not on actual duty, but who were always to be in readiness, might assemble and assist in repelling said parties if necessary; and said Brown declares that from the time the British took possession of R. Island in Decem r 1775 till they left in Novem r 1779. he was drafted from said Lower Company of Militia in Swanton, and was in actual service for at least one half of the time and for periods of a month at a time, stationed at different places on the shores of said Swanton from Scotland Ferry Northward to Vennaguahit neck, generally under the above named Officers of said Lower Company, but at some of the times he thinks under Officers of other Companies; in one of his said drafts he was marched to Fogland neck at the time an attempt was made to drive a Ship out of the river or to take her, when one of the guns burst; he was also attached to the expedition assembled under Gen. Spencer in 1777. He in the year 1778 in one of his said drafts was crossed over to Rhode Island in the expedition of Gen. Sullivan, Capt. Cook commanded the Company, and Col s Cook and Lieut. Col s Pardon Gray the Regiment; and Gen. Cumnell he thinks had the chief command of the Militia or State troops - and said Brown declares that he was in actual service in the militia as aforesaid, including the time he was employed in removing Stock &c. just before the landing of the British on Rhode Island and while they held s d Island viz from Dec. 1775 to Novem r 1779. not less than Eighteen months.
He in the year 1780 or 81, which he cannot now fully

remember was again drafted from said lower company of militia, and marched on to Rhode Island under Capt. Silas Simons, and was stationed near Newport, where he served one month, the time for which he was drafted, and then returned home to Tiverton.
Besides his regular drafts said Brown avers that he was frequently called out in cases of alarm when the enemy made demonstration to land; at one time he was so called out and marched or crossed over to Bristol, at the time they landed and burnt some houses there, but these services he does not compute in the estimate of the time he served. He declares that he well remembers Gen. Linnell who had the direction of the militia, and Col. Barton, that Gen. Lafayette he knew and that he quartered at the house of Abraham Brown, the father of your declarant when he was at Tiverton.
and said Brown declares that he truly served his country in the war of the Revolution in the manner aforesaid not less than Nineteen months and one half of a month & received pay for the same, and all of said services performed as a private soldier.
and he further declares that he was born in said Tiverton on the 17 th day of October 1736, and that he has always resided in said Tiverton, that he hath a record of his age, that he never received any written discharge from any of said services, but was verbally discharged, that he hath no documentary evidence of any of said services, there is no Clergyman in his neighborhood, he therefore refers to Eliza Hicks Esq. and Burdin Brewton, who are his neighbors, who will testify to their belief that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and to his character for veracity, and also to the annexed Depositions; but for the two weeks, under last Draft the 1 month under Capt. Simons, he knows of none alive to testify.
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 Agency of any State State Brown.
In witness whereof he has hereunto set his hand and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Asa Gray Clerk.

Town Clerk's Office, at Tiverton, in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island re. this 6 th day of May 1833. I hereby certify, that Isaac Brown, son of Abraham Brown & Abigail his wife, residents in said Tiverton, was born the 17 th day of October 1756, as appears of record in this office
Asa Gray Town Clerk

remember was again drafted from said lower company of militia, and marched on to Rhode Island under Capt. Silas Simmons, and was stationed near Newport, where he served one month, the time for which he was drafted, and then returned home to Tiverton.
Besides his regular drafts said Brown avers that he was frequently called out in cases of alarm when the enemy made demonstration to land; at one time he was so called out and marched or crossed over to Bristol, at the time they landed and burnt some houses there, but these services he does not compute in the estimate of the time he served. He declares that he well remembers Gen. Canett who had the direction of the militia, and Col. Barton, that Gen. Lafayette he knew and that he quartered at the house of Abraham Brown, the father of your declarant when he was at Tiverton.
and said Brown declares that he truly served his country in the war of the Revolution in the manner aforesaid not less than Nineteen months and one half of a month & received pay for the same, and all of said services performed as a private soldier.
And he further declares that he was born in said Tiverton on the 17 th day of October 1756, and that he has always resided in said Tiverton, that he hath a record of his age, that he never received a written discharge from any of said services, but was verbally discharged, that he hath no documentary evidence of any of said services, there is no Clergyman in his neighborhood, he therefore refers to Eliza Hicks Esq. and Burdin Brewster, who are his neighbors, who will testify to their belief that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and to his character for veracity, and also to the annexed Depositions; but for the two weeks, under last Decr the 1 month under Capt. Simmons, he knows of none alive to testify.
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 Agency of any State State Brown.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Asa Gray Clerk.

We Elisha Hicks Esqr. residing in the Town of Kingston aforesaid and Bordin Brayton Esqr. residing in the same Town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy six 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 to and Subscribed the day aforesaid.
Asa Gray Clerk
Elisha Hicks Bordin Brayton
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 Elisha Hicks Esqr who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Town of Kingston aforesaid and that Bordin Brayton Esqr. who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Kingston, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Asa Gray Clerk of the Court of Probate of the Town of Kingston, in the County of Newport & State aforesaid a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Brown for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office, this Sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
And of American Independence the fifty seventh.
Asa Gray Clerk of Court of Probate

I Godfrey King of Tiverton in the County of Newport & State of Rhode Island, aged Eighty three years, on solemn oath do depose and say, that I am now and have for Seventy years past been well acquainted with Isaac Brown of the same Tiverton aforesaid, an applicant for a Pension under the late act of Congress, after I came out of the States service in the year 1777. I was enrolled in the Lower Company of Militia in said Tiverton, under Capt. Cook, and in the Regiment of Col. John Cook, in this company I did duty till the end of the Revolutionary war, but it was not all the time under Capt. Cook; said Isaac Brown belonged to the same Company, and I have been on duty with him at various times, in the years 1777, 1778 & 1779, in guarding the shores of said Tiverton from Fogland Ferry Northward to Wannaguahet neck, we were together in said Company and both joined the forces assembled in Springfield in 1777, and in Gen. Sullivan's Expedition in 1778 we were both together in said Company on Rhode Island; the drafts from the Militia, according to the best of my recollection were a month at a time, and one half of the Company was drafted at a time and so alternately, one or the other half being always on duty while the British held Rhode Island; and from my recollection of the services of said Brown, I firmly believe he served not less than one half of the time the British held Rhode Island, and further this deponent saith not.
Godfrey King
State of Rhode Island County of Newport } ss
Be it known, that on the 26 Day of April A D 1833 Before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Godfrey King, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him Subscribed. And I do hereby certify that the Deponent is a Credible Person. Alner Simmons Justice. Peace

I Abraham Manchester of Yiverton in the County of Newport and State of Rhode-Island aged Seventy one years do on solemn oath depose and say, that for upwards of sixty years past, I have been well acquainted with Isaac Brown of the same Yiverton, an applicant for a Pension under the late act of Congress, at the time of the Revolutionary war he lived within the precincts and was enrolled in the Lower or first Company of militia in said Yiverton of which Isaac Cook was Captain, to this Company I also belonged, and from the time the British took possession of Rhode-Island in 1776 till they left in 1779. I have known said Isaac Brown to be in actual duty in said Company at divers times, and at different places, along the shores of said Yiverton, opposite to Rhode-Island, stationed there for the purpose of preventing the enemy from crossing over to forage and commit depredations. I cannot state with precision how much said Brown served, but that the one half of said Company was continually on duty while the British were on Rhode-Island is full in my recollection.
State of Rhode-Island County of Newport
Abraham Manchester
Be it known, That on the 6 th Day of May A D 1833
Before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared the above named Abraham Manchester and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed. And I do hereby certify that the Deponent is a Credible Person.
Almer Simmons Justice Peace

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 8 th 1838.
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," The children of Isaac Brown, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Providence, R.I. Agency, at the rate of sixty four Dollars and eighty seven Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, have been paid at this Department, from the 4 th — of March 1837 — to the 22 nd July, 1837 — the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Tiverton May 11 1833.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith are the Declarations of Isaac Brown, and Sanford Mmy, which I hope you will find to be properly made out and authenticated; said Mmy now resides in the Town of L. Compton, which adjoins this Town; but living within a few rods of the line, and having a greater part of his life lived in this Town, where he is more generally acquainted, and his witnesses all living in this Town, he found it most convenient to make his Declaration here. The Certificate, or any communication respecting said Pension claims you will please to enclose to me.
Yours Respectfully Asa Gray

W Evans May 8
Hon. J. B. Dickinson Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Providence May 4 th 1838
Hon J. S. Dickinson Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
The requisite powers for drawing the pension due the late Isaac Brown of Swanton deceased for four months and eighteen days payable on the 4 th day of September last could not owing to the absence of the one of the heirs, be executed until the present week when all the proper documents duly certified were forwarded to me as their Attorney to draw the money and were received in the ev g after business hours at the Pension Office agreeable to their negotiations in the Consequently the papers were not presented until this morn g . Under the recent instructions from your Department the Agent is not authorized to pay over any pensions not called for within eight months of the time of their becoming payable that time was out with yesterday and consequently the agent did not feel himself authorized to pay over the amt. The original Certificate and all the documents are now deposited with the Greene the Pension Office in this City for the inspection of the proper agents not being advised as to what proceedings may be required in the premises I have ventured to ask your direction for those whose Atty. I am as to the requisite steps to be taken in order that they may obtain the money.
With due consideration
I am your W. Serv t
H. A. Manchester

B.
Fall River Mass.
Sept. 23, 1895.
Commissioner of Pensions
At the time of the Battle of Rhode Island, during the Revolutionary War, the residence of my great-great grandfather Abraham Brown at Tiverton, R. I. was used as headquarters by Lafayette, and there is a family tradition that this Abraham who was born in Tiverton in 1735 and died in 1799, or his son

Isaac who was born in 1756 and died in 1737 drew a pension as a result of service in that war. Will you kindly inform me of the facts in the case.
Yours respectfully, Mrs. J. C. Mackenzie 183 Belmont Ave. Fall River Mass.

D. C. his are m. el.
Provisions 21086 INVALID.
Oct. 3/95 Act. to Mass. Mackenzie, 113 Belm Hull River, Mass.
File No. 21,086
James Brown
1812 Nov 10
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I William Cook of Tiverton in the County of Devonshire & State of Rhode-Island aged 77 years, do testify & say that for sixty years past, I have been well acquainted with Isaac Brown of the same Tiverton, an applicant for a Pension under the late act of Congress, in the time of the Revolutionary war, and in the Spring of the year 1775, I returned home to Tiverton out of the 15 Months Service, and was then enrolled in the first Company of Militia in said Tiverton commanded by Captain Isaac Cook, in which Company Isaac Brown was enrolled, from that time until the British left Rhode-Island, in the fall of the year 1779. I have been on duty with him at divers times and places in guarding the shores of said Tiverton, from England Ferry Northward, our periods of service were a Month at a time, and we served one half of the time according to the best of my recollection, and further the Deponent saith not
William Cook
State of Rhode-Island County of Devonshire
Be it known, That on the 6 th Day of May A.D. 1833.
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named William Cook, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed. And I do hereby certify that the Deponent is a Credible Person.
Abner Simmons Justice Peace

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not properly attached
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
H. Minute Man