Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1300, Holsey Brown, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Brown, Holsey
R. 1300
CONTENTS
[Faint handwritten text, possibly bleed-through from the reverse side]

See letter to John McFadden, Esq.
Sterling - N. York.
30 April 1823-

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Cayuga - County, } ss.
ON this thirtieth day of January - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twentythree before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga - in said state, personally appears Holsey Brown  in  his  age  sixtyfour years, resident in the town of Sterling - in the county of Cayuga and state aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War:"
That the said Holsey Brown enlisted in the Month of March in the year 1781 - in the state of New York - in the Company commanded by Captain Hunt in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wisenvelt - and joined said Regiment at West Chester about ten Miles from White Plains in the said State of New York
that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until the Month of September following, and then hired Eli Nelson to take his Place as A Substitute and that his said Substitute served the Remaining Part of the nine Months for which he, this Respondent was enlisted and he the said Eli Nelson his Substitute when he was discharged from service in the month of December 1781 at Bedford - state of New York - that he was in the battles of  Several Skirmishes When in Service and is informed that his said Substitute never Applied for a pension which he declines to be true and is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Holsey Brown
Sworn to and declared before me, } the day and year first aforesaid. }
John M c Fadde
I, John M c Fadde , Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Holsey Brown  in  his  age  sixtyfour did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated this thirtieth - day of January - 1823
John M c Fadde
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Cayuga County, } ss.
I certify that John M c Fadde before whom the foregoing declarations under oath were made, and by whom the foregoing certificate was made, was on the day of the date thereof, and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and know the foregoing signature to be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and my name subscribed. This
Seventh day of February A.D. 1823.
Lockhart Clerk

State of New York Greene County p 3
Eli Nelson of the Town of New Baltimore in the County aforesaid being duly affirmed, saith that he is well acquaint- ed with Holsy Brown, that he knew him during the Revolutionary War, that towards the close of said War and believes, and believes the last of the Summer or the begin- ning of the Fall of the year 1781, this deponent, took the place of the said Holsy Brown as a Substitute in Cap t . Joseph Hunts Company of Infantry in Col. Wisenwells Regiment in the Line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment. That at the time this Deponent took the place of said Holsy Brown, he was accepted as a Substitute by the said Captain Hunt, and it was understood at the time that the said Holsy Brown had enlisted in said Company, for the term of Nine Months, and served about six months, and that this deponent served out the remainder of the said term of Nine Months and was discharged in the Town of Bedford in the State of New York, which discharge by time or accident is lost or mislaid —
Eli Nelson
Affirmed and Subscribed This 9 th day of September 1822 before me — Ambron Kirtland Justice of the peace,

State of New York Greene County p m
I Dorrance Hirtland Surrogate of the County of Greene do hereby certify that Ambrose Hirtland was a Justice of the peace of the County of Greene at the time of taking the foregoing Affidavit, and that he is an Officer duly, qualified by the Laws of the State of New York, to take Affidavits. I further certify that I am well acquainted with Eli Nelson who subscribed, and made affirmation to the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible witness —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 9 th day of September 1822 —
Dorrance Hirtland
Halsey Brown
Rejected
1300

J. M c Fadden, Sterling, N.Y.
War Dept., Pension Office, April 30, 1823.
Sir:
The papers in the case of Halsey Brown have been duly examined. It appears by his own statement that he served only about seven months in person .
The residue of the term for which he enlisted was completed by a substitute . The law requires that an applicant for pension should have served personally nine months under one term of enlistment. This claim, therefore, cannot be admitted. The papers will remain on the files of this Office, according to the regulations of the Department.
I am re
J. L. E.
Copied from old letter book

1300
RECEIVED
P. O. Halsey Brown
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges:
claims filed prior to 1853
Re-enlisted: not entered on printed rejected lists of 1853
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New York Ontario County ss
Be it remembered that on the tenth day of January in
the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty one. came personally Lemuel Morse Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. Personally known to me the said Justice, as a credible Witness - And being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, deposes and says, that he is personally acquainted with Halsey Brown. That they were near neighbours, in the Town of North Cast in Westchester County in said State. During the war of the Revolution, that he knows that the said Halsey Brown, was an enlisted Soldier in the Continental establishment, at one time under a Captain Hunt, but for how long a time, he does not recollect, that he knows him to have been in the said Service for the greatest part of the time during the war under different Officers but does not now remember their names, nor does he know that he served nine months at any one time but thinks that he did, under the said Capt Hunt - and further this deponent saith not.
I hereby certify that the above affidavit was sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me
Sylvanus Webb his mark
Lemuel Morse Justice Peace

State of New York
Ontario County ss. In testimony that Samuel Morehouse signature appears to the within certificate in his proper hand writing was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly Commissioned and sworn I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 12th day of Jan. 1821
John Van Riper Clerk