Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1319, Joseph Brown, Penn. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn. Va.
Brown, Joseph
R. 1319
CONTENTS
A. Jan. 18, 1757 in Bucks Co. Pa. res. during Rev. London Co. Va. + Fayette Co. Pa. In 1833 res. of Bullitt Co. Ky.

28.804 Joseph Brown
Kentucky
Rejected, served at several different periods with his second  first  unit and three months only on a spy. rank in all 10 mths. See letter 26 Dec 33 to Hon. B. Hardin. N.R.
Hon. B. Hardin

State of Kentucky Bullitt County
By J. G. L.
I Isaac Taylor a Clergyman Residing in the County of Nelson State of Kentucky hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Brown an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832: That I believe him to be seventy six years old on the 18 th day of Janu- -ary 1833 and that B. Brown is in his neighbourhood reported to be a man of credibility and from my knowledge of said Brown I concur in that opinion
Sworn subscribed to before me a Justice of the peace of Bullitt County Ky this 8 th day of October 1833 M rs H. C. J. P. D. B.
State of Kentucky Bullitt County
On this Eighth day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Bullitt Circuit Court now sitting, Joseph Brown a Citizen of Bullitt County Kentucky aged seventy six years on the 18 th January 1833. 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 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the follow- -ing named Officers and served as herein stated. That in the month of April 1776 in Loudoun County Virginia he was employed by Col. Francis Peyton to have flour

with his waggon & team from Loudoun County aforsaid to Alexandria & also where for the use of the Revolutionary Army in which service he was engaged for one month & obtain- ed from Col. Peyton a Certificate for his services rendered to the Army which Certificate has been lost or mislaid. At the time of his discharge in Alexandria a Capt. Moore of the Army as well as he now recollects who had the care of the sick Soldiers pressed him & his waggon & team into the service to haul the sick Soldiers & their provisions to the Army under the command of General Washington in which service he was engaged one month In the month of April 1777 or 1778 as well as he now recollects a Col. Etude who was called a Quarter Master of the Army who lived near Martin's burg, Virginia, engaged & employed him with his waggon & team to haul flour and other provisions for the use of the Army from Martin's burg of Potomac place to the foot of the Allegany Mountains. a man by the name of Henry Mahan was Waggon Master. He was engaged in said service from about the 1 st of April 1777 or 1778 to the last of October in the same year when he was discharged but he does not recollect the name of the person who discharged him signed his discharge - he gave his discharge to Thomas Lewis Esq. of Loudoun County Virginia - He, in the year 1780 or as well as he recollects, moved to Fayette County Pennsylvania and in the spring of the year 1781 in the month of April he was

drafted as a spy to guard the frontier for three months & placed under the command of a Sergeant named Sulcer & stationed at Evansport near the forks of Cheat River. he served two months and was discharged but home but received no discharge in writing. He states that by reason of old age 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 as a private not less than the following periods. In the first service two months; in the second service six months; in the last service two months, making in all ten months for which he claims a pension. He has no documentary evidence in his possession & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure proving positively his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. To the Interrogatory propounded by the Court he answers. To the 1 st He was born in Bucks County Penna on the 18 th day of January 1757. To the 2 d he answers that he has a record of his age & has it now at his home. To the 3 d . He was living in Loudoun County Virginia when he performed his first & second tours of duty and in Fayette County Pennsylvania when he performed the last tour - he lived in Fayette County p d until about thirty four years ago he moved to the state of Kentucky the now lives in

Buckingham County. To the 4 th He says he was employed for the two first terms as before stated & for the third he was drafted -
To the 5 th He does not recollect any more of the officers of the Army than what he has stated. and he does not recollect the Continental or Metical Regiment. he has already stated the General Circumstances of his Service. To the 6 th He states he did receive discharges for his first & second terms of duty. he has already stated what became of them. for his last Service he obtained no discharge in writing.
To the 7 th He states that is known to William Hill Esquire & Glandon Grindly and Wilford Lee Esquires of his neighbourhood who can testify as to his character for veracity & the belief of my Services as a Soldier of the Revolution. I own to have subscribed the
day of year aforesaid.
Joseph Brown
State of Kentucky I here with a Citizen of Nelson County Kentucky do certify that in the year 1776 I moved to the neighbourhood of the father of Joseph Brown in Loudoun County Virginia that S d Brown was then absent at the report of the neighbourhood was that he was in the Army. S d Brown returned home about the last of May in S d year. About the first of April 1777 or 1778 the said Brown went into the Army with his Waggons & team and returned

home the last of October in said year.
He knew that S d Joseph Brown was drafted to guard the frontiers in the year 1781 and went out from Fayette County Pennsylvania in April and returned home in June following
Sworn Stubsinick to the day of year aforesaid.
in Jesse T. Mills mark
Mr Alfred  Guardam Grundy & McKee Citizens residing in Bullitt County State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Brown who has subscribed and known to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reported to have lived, 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 day and year aforesaid.
Ann Hice Guardam Grundy
And the court do declare it as its opinion after investigating the matter that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served

as he states And the court further certifies that Isaac Taylor who signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in Nelson county And that William Hill & Gardum Grundy who signed the certificate immediately preceding certificate are resident in Bullitt county and are creditable persons & their statements are entitled to credit
A. H. Churchill
sole Judge of the
Bullitt circuit court
I, Noah C. Summers Clerk of the Court of Bullitt State of Kentucky, do hereby certify that the contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Brown for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of office, this 8 th day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Noah C. Summers. " "

Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the previous entry.
Power of Attorney
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Know all men by these Presents, That we the under- signed, Hannah Kennedy, W m . W. Brown - Joseph Brown - and Martha Brown -
in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint who was a Soldier  Geo S. Mearns true and lawful Attorney for us and in our name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3d March, 1843, 17th June, 1844, 2d February, 1848 and 29th July, 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March, 1818, 15th May, 1828, and 7th June, 1832.
Said Attorney moreover authorised in our name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching our interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due us and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon Geo S. Mearns hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS our hands and seals this 18th day of October 1852
Attest. J. W. Ramsay W. Ramsay.
Hannah Kennedy Wm W Brown Joseph Brown Martha Brown
State of Kentucky  Meade County, set:
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 18th day of October 1852 before the subscriber, the Judge of the County Court — in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Hannah Kennedy, Wm W Brown, Joseph Brown and Martha Brown subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing and de- livering the same to be their own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe, my name.
James Mearns Judge of the Meade County Court

State of Kentucky } ss. Mead County
Joseph Brown of said County being duly sworn according to law, declares and says - That he is now in the 51 st year of his age and is a son of Joseph Brown deceased, late of Mead County Kentucky and formerly of Bullitt County Kentucky, That his said father died in Mead County afore- said on the 20 th September 1849 - in the Ninety second year of his age - having no widow, but the following named sur- viving children, which are his only surviving children, all of whom are still living and are upwards of twenty one years of age - To wit - Isaac Brown - Hannah Kennedy - William W. Brown, Martha Brown - Frances Armstrong, Joseph Brown and Abigail Wilson - He further states that he has always understood and believed that his said father Joseph Brown was in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, that he has frequ- ently heard his father describe his services in the war and say that he served as a teamster and soldier for a period of nine months if not longer in the state of That his said father made application for a pension in his lifetime, which pension was never received, but he died without obtaining it - He also remembers to have heard his father say - That the Government was indebted to him about three hundred doll

of his wages which was never paid - He makes this declaration on behalf of himself and the other surviving heirs for the purpose of obtaining the pension which is justly due them, and whatever else may be indebted to them by the Government of the United States, Joseph Browne
State of Kentucky } ss. Meade County }
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18 th October 1852 - And I hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Browne the above affiant - and that he is a credible witness and a person of good moral character and known respecta- bility - given under my hand this 18 th Day of October 1852. James Murray Lickell
State of Kentucky. Meade County } ss
I, William Fairleigh Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and state above- mentioned, do hereby certify that James Murray (whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit, declaration and power of Attorney) is and was at the time of signing the same the presiding Judge of the Meade County
Court -
Given under my hand and Seal of office at Brandenburg this 18 th Oct 1852.
W m Fairleigh CLK By Meade County Court

No 28804 Joseph Brown
14 1319
Set to Rev B. Harding Under Libt No 6.2. Marine line May 1848 1848 J. S. C. English Copy
Act 7 June 1832

Wm L. D. Maclure
May 13. 48

168 Pension Office May 13 th , 1848
Sir,
I have the honor to return herewith Joseph Brown's letter, and in reply to the enquiry contained therein to inform you that his claim to a pension under the act of 7 June 1832 for an alleged employment at several different times with his wagon and team in hauling flour for the Army and also for Quarters Service as an Indian Spy was presented by Hon B Hardin in 1833, and was rejected upon the ground that his employment with his wagon was not Military Service within the means of the Law and that as a Spy if admitted would not be sufficient to bring his case within the purview of the act above set under which his application was made.
His Service as set forth in his declaration does not entitle him to a pension
Hon C. S. Morehead House of Reps

Nov 22 d 1852
App d of Joseph Brown dech. Ky.
Act 7 th June 1832
J. F. C. Diplett Present
Heath Ky. born of Pius Pius

Washington, Nov 22. 1882
Sir,
I transmit the papers in the case of Joseph Brown, of Kenton Ky, injected under Act 7 June 1832.
Very Resp'y
Yrs at w
J. H. C. Infante

Washington May 4 th 1808
Dear Sir,
I have rec d the enclosed letter from Gov r Drosley with the request to obtain the necessary information and transmit it to him. Will you be good enough to examine the letter, and have it answered as soon as practicable.
I am waiting anxiously for the other letter promised.
Very respectfully y rs obed t B s Morhead.
Col. J. L. Edwards

H. H. H.
May 2. 1833

3 Pension Office May 2/53
Sir
I herewith enclose to you a copy of letter of Mr. J. L. Edwards dated May 13 th 1848 setting forth the grounds upon which the claim of Joseph Brown of Ky to a Pension was rejected. The claim is clearly inadmissible -
Capt. H. L. C. Tripplett Present -

1317
REJECTED
✓ P. O. Joseph Brown
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of rejected claims printed in 1852, shows cause
Re-enlisted: of rejection as follows: "Team service."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Wm B. Harding
Dec 26. 1833
OC
Received on 25
No. 269

War Department Pension Office Decr 26, 1833
Sir,
The papers in the case of Joseph Brown of Bullett County, Ky, has been examined. He alleges to have been employed with his wagon & team, several small skat  time teams in hauling flour etc., and to have been engaged as a spy for a term of three months. The service performed by him excepting that as a spy is not provided for by the act of June 7, 1832, and as that agreement  act provides for none who did not serve in a military capacity for at least six months, his or a pension can  be allowed . His claim has therefore been rejected. The papers will be filed on file in this office.
Copied
Hon. R. Manders N. R.

State of Kentucky } County of Mead } set.
Satisfactory proof has been presented before me James Moway Judge of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, That Joseph Brown late of Mead County Kentucky and formerly of Bullitt County Kentucky, who in his lifetime was reputed to have been a Teamster and Soldier in the Revolution, died in said County of Mead on the Twenty eth day of September, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Forty Nine, being in the Ninety Second year of his age — That he left no widow — But the following named surviving children, which are his only surviving children — To wit — Isaac Brown Hannah Kennedy — William W. Brown — Martha Brown — Frances Armstrong — Joseph Brown and Abigail Wilson, all of whom are still living and are upwards of Twenty one years of age —
Given under my hand at Brandenburg this 18 th October 1852.
James Moway J.M.C.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Meade County Set
I William Fairleigh Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that James Murray Esq whose genuine signature appears to the within instrument of writing is and was at the time of signing the same Judge of the Meade County Court duly qualified and Commissioned as such. and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit. And I do further certify that said within instrument is a true copy from the records in my Office
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & seal of Office at Brandenburg the 18th Oct 1852
W m Fairleigh Clerk Meade County Court