Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,671, John Brocas, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Brocas, John
NUMBER
S 21,671
CONTENTS

N o 11.707 Vermont
John Brocas
of Lower in the United Canada who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Th. Noble of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Bigelow in the Massachusetts line for 6 months, Private $20.00
Pelej Redfield Pen Agent - April 14, 1837.
Inserted on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars Cont per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of June 1833 and sent to S. F. Redfield Derby, Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40.00 Pension allowance ending Sep. 1833 10.00
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 3. Page 53

12,352.
Ms.
John Brocas, Sherbrooke co. Lower Canada.
Both July 1860
Admitted. 6 ms. Private.
S. F. Radcliffe Derby
1860

BRIEF in the case of John Bragas of Shipton in the State of Lower Canada (Act 7th 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? 69 years  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.     July In 1780 6 As a Private Gen. 1 st Marquis de Bigelow Gen. Gage  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shrewsbury Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Testimony  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.
Richard D. Loutts Examining Clerk.

16 John Braces
Declaration
H. K. agent and Alma Deby H
12,352

State of Vermont On the 15 th day of Aug District of Vermont A.D. 1832 in words expressed in open court before the Hon Osmore Roberts court within and for the County & District of Vermont of course Now sitting at the residence of John Brooks of Ship ton in the County of Franklin Peter Fille of Lorrain County aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn According to law doth on his oath Make and subscribe the following deposition in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he was then in the army of the United States in the year 1788 with Nathan Pratt and served in Colonel Bigelows regim ent of the Massachusetts line under the following named officers. In July or June 1780 he landed in Shrewsbury in the State of Massachusetts and then and there remained of course for the term of six months in the company commanded by a Lieutenant Marble; he joined his regiment at the Roderickson farm opposite West Point in New York; he next marched to Kings Ferry & thence into the State of New Jersey and spent most of the summer in New Jersey &

late in the fall he returned to New Bedford where he remained until his said term of enlistment had expired when he was regularly discharged but without writing he believes. At said said time in full; he was  then in Boston in the State of Massachusetts on the 31st day of January A.D. 1763, where there is if any where a record of his age since the revolutionary war he has no data in said shift more than that you, in mounted in said division two years and the rest of the time in said division; he believes the said division was a Voluntary Regiment and was Brigaded commanded during his term of service. He hereby disclaims all claim to any pension or annuity whatever except the pension and allows that his name is not on the roll of the division but of the army of any state.
In witness whereof the above said signature is hereunto affixed.
John Brooks

We Nathan Barlow & Daniel Doyen of said Shipton Revolutionary Soldiers hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Brooks who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be fifty nine 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 this day and year first above written. Nathan Barlow
Daniel Doyen
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

Revolutions
21 671 INVALID.
File No. 21,671
John Breccas
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12,352 John Bracat
S. F. Redfield Derby Vt.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Brocas  Christian Louis Conrad which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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, deposeh 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."

written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper mentioned , 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Derby St. 23. Salem.
Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Mar 30

Sturtevant March 22 nd 1837
Hon L. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I enclose for your inspection two Pension Power of Atty I had exhibited the idea from reading the law on the subject that the Pensioner must ought to draw for a term of time over one year to make it necessary to send the vouchers to Washington and so of course sent them with others to Burlington for payment but they were returned for the purpose for which they are in loss the Pensioners reside some sixty or seventy miles distant from this place and for their accommodation I paid them their money at the time the writings were made and hope sir you will let me hear from you on the subject as soon as convenient
Respectfully yours
Oliver Phelps

New Jersey
Brocaw, Isaac
S. 602
Brokaw
carded.