Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S, 14995, William Brown, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Brown William
S 14995-
carded
CONTENTS
A 1760 in 10th Reg Va. 4 res there at m. In 1832 res Shelby Co Ky

Dead
Date of death not on AD.
3516
Kentucky
William Brown
of Shelby in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bowles of the Regt commanded by Col. Richardson in the Virginia line for 9 1/2 months from 1776-
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of $1- Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Dec r 1832 and sent to G. P. Mills, Shelbyville, Ky.
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  47.49    Pension and allowance ending Mar: 33  15.83     $63.32  
{ Revolutionary Claims Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Book 2 Vol. 9 Page 3

State of Kentucky
Shelby County Set
On this 17 day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Shelby now sitting William Brown President of the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky aged 73 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 th 1832 that he entitled the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated. That he volunteered in Sept 1776 in Henrico County Virginia in the company commanded by Capt David Bowler, and Lieutenant V. Heat commanded by Col, many in the 33 rd Virginia Regiment Col. H. Richardson, he served in said company in winter and after marching to Little York from Williamsburg, was discharged which discharge is lost. In the said William Brown again volunteered in the company commanded by Capt Michael Johnson in the said 33 rd Regiment and served two months, at Williamsburg Virginia. He next volunteered in the company commanded by Capt John Price and Lieutenant John Spratt, in the same

Regiment and served two months at least and was then discharged. He again volun- teered under the same officers and served four months, and until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and was discharged at Little York, all of which discharge are lost. He the said Brown further states that he served for short periods at different times which are not enumerated above. He is confident that he served longer than is above stated but as much time has elapsed since that period, and as he being on oath has rather come under than over the time he served, he only swears to the time he knows he did serve. He the said William Brown here by 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 or Territory.
Given to and subscribed in open Court, the day and year aforesaid. William Brown mark
He Reuben Collins a clergyman residing in the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky and Samuel Davis residing in the County and State

affirm, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and we believe him to be 73 years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Ruben Cottrell James D. Drenn
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 application was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Reuben Cottrell who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky, and that James McDavid who has also signed the same is a Resident in the County and State aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. Kelly Presiding Judge Shelby County Court
I James D. McDavid Clerk of the County Court of Shelby County Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of William Brown

for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of September 1832
All ga S. Whitaker
4339 XXXX
Shelly in 1833 Sept 28
Revolutionary claim
By Rev. John McLane
Secretary of the Treasury
City of Washington
Respectfully referred to the War Department.
Sept 29 at 10 AM
Sept 26 Sept 1832

Bro D. Miller
1927 1927
return card
1532 1756

Additional interrogatories put to and answered by William Brown an applicant for a pension, under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832
1 st When and in what year were you born? Answer In Henrico County Virginia in 1760
2 nd Have you any record of your age, if so where is it?
Answer No it got burned in my father's house
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer In Henrico County Virginia until removed to Shelby County Kentucky where I now live.
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, Did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom? I was a volunteer each time
5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were with the troops, when you served, such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Answer Col Richardson Major Dick Col Nicholas, General Lafayette General Wayne

and General Washington, As to the particular Regiments which served with us I have no distinct recollection, and the general circumstances of the service I have given above as well as I recollect them.
his Wm Brown mark
State of Kentucky Shelby County Set I George P. Miller a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid do certify that William Brown this day personally appeared before me, and gave the answers annexed to the above interrogatories, he being first duly sworn by me according to law to speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace in and for said county at my office in Shelbyville this 21 st day of Nov 1832 Geo. P. Miller J.P.
Commonwealth of Kentucky Shelby County Set I James I Whitaker Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Geo. P. Miller Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was made now is and was at the time of doing the same one of the Commonwealth's Justices of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified

according to Law and that full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Saias County this 21 st day of November 1832 in the 41 st year of the Commonwealth
At James T. Whitaker By Geo H. Robinson Sec

7339
William Brown

7339
BRIEF in the case of  Wm Brown of  Shelby County  in the State of  Kentucky (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Sept In 1776 1 15 Gen. Capt David Bowles   again volunteered 2 — Private Col A. Richardson in the 33 d Va. Regt. (2 d tour)   do do 2 — Same Regt. to apt Johns   do do 4 — ton (3 tour) Same Regt.   He is confident that he served longer than is stated above Capt John Price & 4 th Same Officers  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Little York  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Henrico Spotsylvania County Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

September 24, 1937
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Mrs. Louis C. Buschman 6424 Jefferson Street Kansas City, Missouri
WILLIAM BROWN S. 14995 BA-J/MLB Can
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Brown who was pensioned for service December 26, 1832, while residing in Shelby County, Kentucky.
The record of William Brown follows as found in pension claim, S. 14995, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
William Brown was born in 1760 in Henrico County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Henrico County, Virginia, William Brown volunteered in September, 1776, and served six weeks as a private in Captain David Bowles' company, Colonel H. Richardson's Virginia regiment. He again volunteered, date not given, and served two months as private in Captain Michael Johnston's company, same regiment, stationed at Williamsburg, Virginia. He next volunteered and served two months as private in Captain John Price's company, Colonel H. Richardson's Virginia regiment. He again volunteered and served four months as a private under the same officers and was discharged at Yorktown after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He stated that in addition to the above service, he served for short periods at different times, no details of which were given.
William Brown moved from Henrico County, Virginia, date not stated, to Shelby County, Kentucky, where he was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832.
It is not stated whether the soldier ever married. In 1832, he appointed one William Brown, Junior, of Spencer County, Kentucky, as his attorney, but did not state the relationship between them.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier,

you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Brown Certificate #3516 Issued December 26, 1832 Rate, $31.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

N o 3516-
BROWN, WILLIAM (VA) S-14995

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, William Brown of the state of Kentucky, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution Thirty one is entitled to receive Thirty one dollars and Sixty Six — 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 — 26 — day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
John C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Payments to be made at Lexington, Ky. by the Presd: U.S. Dist. Dist. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Kentucky
Deed
Recorded by C. Rice Clerk, in Book D Vol. 9
ms. apys page 32 -
BROWN, WILLIAM (VA) S-14995

Know all men by these presents that I William Brown, of the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky, do hereby make known and and appointed and by these presents do hereby nominate and appoint William Brown Junior of the County of Spencer and State of Kentucky my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my use and benefit to ask demand sue for recover and receive of and from the Agent for paying pensioners at Lexington Kentucky all monies coming to me on the pension that is allowed me by the United States Also to receipt in my name for all money received as witness my hand and Seal This the 27 th day of February 1833
William T Brown this mark
This day William Brown Jun appeared before me Richard Birdland a justice of the peace in and for Shelby County and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney for the purpose in the therein mentioned given under my hand as justice of the peace in and for Shelby County this 27 th day of February 1833 B Birdland J.P.

19.785
Inverness
Wm Brown
100 60 Khy.
Robert
Robert Matheson,
100 60 Khy.
Recd 18 Nov: 1825
Scenbach
Rejected - In letter
18 Nov: 1825
Mace
1825 - 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829 - 1830 - 1831 - 1832 - 1833 - 1834 - 1835

6424 Jefferson St. Kansas City - Mo Sept 14th - 1937
Veterans Administration - Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In Hartman's Pension records - appears the name of so you  William Brown - Shelby Co Kentucky - He was pensioned for Revolutionary Service Dec 26 - 1832 - Will you be so good as to give me all family history contained in his papers.
Thanking you for this assistance, I am
Very truly yours -
Mrs. Louis C. Buschman

Pleasants
14995 INVALID.
1937, Sept. 24 - Hct. to Mrs. Davis C. Buechman ————— M.H.B.
File No. 14,995
William Brown Rev Boer War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: — Vol. / , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]