Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6728, Willis Brown, N. C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N.B.
★ Brown, Willis
S. 6728.
Carded
CONTENTS
h. in Statesboro Ga. N. to institutional end of m. 1834 then 86 years old,

North Carolina 29.596
Willis Brown of Yates in the State of N.C. Co. who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Readick of the _____ commanded by _____ in the N.C. Mil a time for 9 months _____
Inscribed on the Roll of N.C. Carolina at the rate of 30 - Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Dec r 34 and S r H. Wheeler Present _____
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 34 105.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb y 1835. 15.00 $120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath D. Lee Clerk Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 46

Revtran
6728.
INVALID.
File No. 6728
Willis Brown
Pr. Rev. W. A.
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of North Carolina
Gates County ss. On this the 19 th day of May, 1834
Personally appeared in open court before the court of pleas & quarter sessions Willis Brown resident of the state & county aforesaid in his 86 th year. Who first being duly sworn according to Law each on oath make the following declarant in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed on the 7 th day of June 1832 That he intends the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated That he entered the service in Gates County under Captain Stephen Eane for six months & marched to Charleston South Carolina & was there during a riot of the residents of that town. That after his regular time of service had expired he returned home to Gates. That he then volunteered in Gates County under Captain Christopher Reddick & marched to the great bridge in the State of Virginia where after serving three months he was regularly discharged by his capt. Christopher Reddick. That he then entered the service as a substitute under Captain Simon Stallings & marched from Gates to Wilmington etc. where he was at the time when came that Lord Cornwallis had surrendered to Genl. Washington at Yorktown. That he was then marched back to Gates Co. & there discharged by his capt. Stallings. That this service lasted three months. That he was hired by Stallings & he thinks the man for whom Stallings hired him was named Moore. That this made his service
Witness Wm P. Pugh J. H. Gilliam A.B.
his Willis Brown Mark

When & in what place were you born?
Answer. I was born some  in  the  county of Yates & State of North Carolina
Where were you living when called into the service
Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, &
when do you now live? Answer at the time I was
called into the service I lived in the County of Yates
NC Carolina I have lived in the same place since
the revolution & still reside in the same county
Have you any record of your age? Answer Yes
I am ready to produce it at any time
How were you called into the service, were you
drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute
& if a substitute for whom?
Answer. The first & second times I volunteered & the
third time I entered the service as a substitute
& I think the man for whom I substituted was named
Moore
State the names of some of the regular officers who
were with the troops where you served, such as Col-
onels, & Brigadier Generals as you can recollect
& the general circumstances of your service
Col. Harker Major Hoggins Genl. Ash (a Hark) Genl.
Gregory & Capt. Ream Ballard who was taken a
prisoner at Charleston
Willis Brown
mark
Witness
Wm E Pugh
William D.C.
Wm E Pugh
William D.C.
mark
Wm E Pugh being duly sworn upon oath & object that he has heard the statement above made by Willis Brown & believes it to be true that he of his own knowledge knows that the said Brown was in the service of the Revolution for a part of the time he & the said Brown were together in the service
Wm E Pugh mark

We. Reuben Harrell a clergyman residing in the county of Yates of our said & Colonel comt. Barner Goodman of Yates Militia do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Willis Brown who has subscribed the above de- claration, That we believe him to be 86 years of age that he is respected & believed in his neighbour- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Brown & subscribed to the aforesaid
W. Gilliam D.C.
Reuben Harrell
B. Goodman
In the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the in- vestigations prepared by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Reuben Harrell who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Yates County & that Barner Goodman who has also signed the same is a resident of the county aforesaid & is a highly respectable gentleman & that their state- ment is entitled to credit
Harry Castin J.P.
Simon Walter J.P.
John Walton J.P.
I William W. Sherman clerk of the court of pears se of Yates county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origin- al proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Willis Brown for a pension - In testi- mony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 19 th day of May A.D. 1834
Wm. W. Sherman Clk
W. Gilliam D.C.

State of North Carolina
Gates County 3 This day 23 rd June 1834
Personally appeared before me Willis Brown who informs me that he cannot appear in open court & first being duly sworn makes the following his amended declaration to his declaration made on the 19 th day of May 1834 before the court of Pleas & oyer held for the County of Gates That his service under ensign Stephen Egan was only three months instead of six months as stated in his original declaration & that this mistake must have occurred from the mistake or misunderstanding of the scribe who penned it, & not from any desire on his part to make his service more than it actually was That in this service and also in the of three months under Capt Christopher Bracken he was an orderly sergeant. That this was omitted in his original declaration because he did not know that it was necessary. That Ensign Egan is the only person now living within his knowledge by whom he can prove any part of his service & that his deposition is in his original declaration
That his first term of service was in the year that Charleston was taken. That his second term he does not recollect & his third beginning at was the time Lord Cornwallis surrendered up at Yorktown but as to dates he cannot recollect. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the one  one provided in  in the act for  for the service of the Revolutionary War
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23 rd day of June 1834 J. Watson J.P. Willis Brown my clerk

This day personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of Giles county Willis Brown who is my inform in body & mind from age & sanity & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration & I further certify Edmund Dunn, Reuben Harrell & Barnes Evers who have testified to the movings of Willis Brown are all more entitled to credit & I further certify that I know what they have stated to be true & have under my hand as a justice this 23 rd June 1834
John Walton J.P.
State of North Carolina
Giles County } I William W. Stevenson clerk of the court of Pleas &c for Giles county etc do hereby certify that John Walton who has signed the above certificate is an acting justice of the law and commissioned for the county aforesaid & that due faith & credit is & ought to be given to his official acts & that the report & support to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 25 th day of June 1834
Wm W. Stevenson Clerk
By William D. H.
State of N. Carolina
Giles County } Noah Evers being duly sworn deposed & said that when he was with Willis Brown in South Carolina and the negroes were he rememb er ed of hearing him call for sergeant Brown. That he saw him again & was with him at the first Brigade in Virginia & he then was first sergeant
Noah Evers
his Mark

This day Uriah Eames personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices for Gates county & on oath swore to the truth of the foregoing affidavit & I cer- tify that the words in that affidavit (in the revolutionary war) was uttered before before it was sworn to or signed given under my hand & seal as a Justice this 1 st October 1834
A. W. Parker J.P.
State of Massachusetts Gates County ss.
I William M. Stearnes Clerk of the County Court of Pleas for the County of Gates do hereby Certify that Abraham W. Parker whose signature is subscribed to the above affidavit is & was at the time a Justice of the peace in & for said & that full faith & credit is due to his official acts. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 13 th day October 1834.
Wm. M. Stearnes Clerk
By J. Williams D.L.