Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,905, Phinehas Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Brown Phinehas Huldah
NUMBER
W.5,905
CONTENTS
b. 1756 at Sandisfield, Berkshire Co. Mass. there at enl. (son of Thomas) res. in 1832, Logand, Lenawee Co. Mich. ch. Jan. 31, 1812.

Dead
Letter to Samuel Gordan. 23. Nov '44
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6. April 1838 from 4. Sep 1841 to 31. Jan 1842 Age Notified 25 April 1845
20
Michigan. 19641.
Phineas Brown
of Kalamazoo Co in the State of Michigan who was a Sergeant in the Co commanded by Captain Powell. of the Regt commanded by Col. Fellows in the Mass. - time for 21 days.
$105.
Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan at the rate of 105. Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Aug t 1833 and sent to C. W. Ormsby. Adrian. Lenawee Co.
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 210.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4. Sep. 33. 52.50
$262.50.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M ss R. Palmer Clerk, Book } Vol. 8. Page 92.

7494.
Michigan.
Huldah Brown, widow of Phineas Brown, who was a private, in the Massachusetts line.
21 Jan 42,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27- Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. day of Dec: 1845 and sent to Samuel Jordan, Adrian, Michigan.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June, 1844 -
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 239.
Dead. let to S. Jordan Jan 26 42
Refo 20 Jany 46

Certificate from Candisfield of Marriage

I Anna Balch of Sandisfield in the county of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose Say that I am the daughter of Eleazar Storrs late of Sandisfield deceased. That the sd Storrs was a Congregational Clergyman for a long period in sd Town. & I the said Anna have in my possession the Records of the Church in sd Town and also my sd Father's record of Marriages &c and an sd Record of Marriages is the following entry in the hand writing of sd Eleazar Storrs.
March Twenty Eighth. Seventeen hundred ninety three. Phoebe Brown & Huldah Paine were married That the above is a true transcript of the Record. Expt the date of sd record which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows. 1793. March 28. Anna Balch Oct r 5 th 1844
State of Massachusetts } Berkshire County } ss Oct r 5 th 1844. Then personally appeared the above named Anna Balch sworn cath to the truth of the foregoing affi- davit by her subscribed. Before me J. K. Stickland Justice of the Peace
and I certify that the sd I am well acquainted with the sd Anna Balch & that she is a person of truth and veracity J. K. Stickland Justice of the Peace

Service under Brown allowed by letter of 24 Feb 45 - viz
In 75- 75- Secy.
2 mo. 45 3 - 3 - 9
8. 4
14/11/45

Territory of Michigan Court of Probate County of Lenawee 35. Before the Honorable Musgrove Evans On the fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judge aforesaid now sitting in special term Phineas Brown, resident of Logan in the County aforesaid aged Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June Seventh, Eighteen hundred and Thirty two to wit, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was born in the State of Massachusetts in the town of Sandisfield in the County of Berkshire in the year 1755. That the time of his birth was put on the record of the said town of Sandisfield, and that he has no other record of his age. That at the time he entered the service of the United States as aforesaid he was living in the said town of Sandisfield, and that he removed from thence to the town of New Durham in the State of New York and from thence to the town of Palmyra in the same State and that he now lives in the town of Logan in the Territory of Michigan - That when first called into service he he volunteered in Col. . . . Fellows Regiment of Massachu- setts militia, in a company commanded by Capt. . . . Sawle, in April 1775 immediately after the battle of Lexington. that he volunteered for no definite period. That Thomas Brown father of deponent was Lieutenant Col of the same Regiment - that he marched to Roxbury in Massachusetts where he continued in service for six or eight weeks, when he enlisted, with most of the militia for eight months service that he remained in service under the said enlistment until about the middle of July then following, when his father hired Asa Manly as his substitute, & he (deponent) returned home being out of health. The said Manly remained in service for only about two weeks when he died - That during the aforementioned time of service he

was engaged in no principle battle - that on the night previous to the battle on Breed's hill he was stationed on Dorchester hill entrenching; under the command of Col. Smith of Connecticut - that in the fore part of that night he was dispatched by Col. Smith with 30 men to search about the foot of the hill for British property. The party discovered 39 cattle yarded near a British guard house filled with soldiers; they succeeded in releasing the cattle from the yard and driving them some distance before they were discovered. They were then fired upon and pursued by the British he thinks in number from 60 to 80. After they had exchanged several shots they were reinforced by Col. Smith in person with about 100 men - That in the afternoon of the day of the battle on Breed's hill at about 4 O'clock that part of the Army under the command of Col. Smith was removed from Dorchester hill to Roxbury village. The next day the army was removed from Roxbury village a short distance to the rear of it, and the army were engaged in drawing several small houses from the village to the place of encampment for the accommodation of the officers - That in the after part of that day he was engaged in a scouting party of about 70 men under the command of Major Tupper. They marched out of camp in a South-eastwardly direction for about five miles when it became dark they then returned by another road to near the point from whence they started; they then marched secretly in the direction of a British guard-house which they surrounded and set on fire with the assistance of tarred ropes - That in Jan 1776 he volunteered to march to Quebec after the defeat and death of Montgomery. He marched to Quebec in company with from 150 to 200 men and according to the best of his recollection they marched under the command of Col. John Brown who was subsequently killed at Fort St. John.

1 - that Col Jacob Brown (uncle of deponent) was in Montgomery's Army. that he died of small pox near Quebec soon after deponent arrived there. that he was buried with the honors of war. that during the funeral ceremonies a detachment from the British Army arrived in view, and remained stationary until the ceremonies were passed, when they fired into the American camp. The militia above mentioned returned by permission of the officers but without any written discharge about the first of April - On August 1776 he again enlisted in Sandisfield in Col. . . . Simons Regiment in a Company commanded by Capt George King for four or five months he does not remember which, with the expectation of being solicited to remain longer, unless relieved by the arrival of new troops within that time - that he marched to Ticonderoga by way of Albany and Saratoga, and remained at Ticonderoga during the term of his enlistment; when that expired, he with about half of the troops, whose term of service then expired, consented to remain at the Fort, but for no definite period. Capt King died about a week after his arrival at Ticonderoga, the command of the company then devolved on Lieut Demming - that he continued with the American Army until the battle of Saratoga and Stillwater, where he was engaged though not in the heat of the battle, being engaged on a Scout when the action commenced and it being nearly passed before his party were able to join the main army. While at Ticonderoga he was sent on a number of scouts; on one occasion, with about 30 men ordered out by Gen Wayne they were attacked by 60 or 70 Indians and Tories. he (deponent) was knocked down and made prisoner, he remained with his captors two days and made his escape that he continued with the American Army in service from the time of his enlistment in August 1776 for

about fourteen months - That he (deponent) never received a written discharge during the war, and never received but eight dollars pay for the last mentioned term of service - That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose evidence he can procure who can testify to his service And that he 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
Subscribed & sworn to Phineas Brown
the day & year aforesaid
before me
C. W. Ormsby J Peace
WD William Barrass a clergyma a clergyman residing in the County of Lenawee and Jonathan Fessenden residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Phineas Brown residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid before me
Wm. Barrass Jonathan Fessenden
C. W. Ormsby J Peace
And the said Judge of the Court of Probate does hereby declare his opinion that after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War. De. partment, that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.

And further Certifies that it appears to him that William Barras who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman - resident in the Township of Logan & County of Lenawee, and that Jonathan Pessenden who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Township of Logan and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Musgrave Evans Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the Co. of Lenawee
I, Michael A. Patterson Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Lenawee in the Territory of Michigan do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Phineas Brown for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Probate Office this fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty two,
M. A. Patterson Register of Probate, Len. Co. M. T.

4 Territory of Michigan I David Pittman Lincoln County Clerk for the County of — Clerks Office I do hereby certify that — Caleb N Ormsby whose sig- -nature appears to the annexed Certificate of Thomas Brown, and also of Wm Barras & Jonathan W Simpson was at the time the same purports to have been executed an acting Justice of the Peace for the said County of Lincoln, and that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said Justice and truly believe the same to be his and no other. — In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature & seal of office at Pensylvania the Nineteenth day of December A.D. 1832 D Pittman County Clerk
Wapagee Forest

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Lenawee in the Territory of Michigan, Phineas Brown, who, being duly sworn, deposeth & 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 period mentioned below, in the following grade - For One year and nine months I served as first sergeant, and for such service I claim a pension - That I am known in my neighborhood to Geo Crane, Patrick Hamilton, E. C. Miller, A. G. Comstock, C. N. Ormsby, Allen Hutchins & others. Subscribed & sworn to this 7 th day of June A.D. 1833 before me. Phineas Brown. Allen Hutchins a justice of the peace in & for the County of Lenawee.
We the undersigned do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with the above named Phineas Brown, that we believe him to be of the age he represents, that he is of good moral character, & sustains a fair reputation for truth & veracity - that he is reputed & we verily believe him to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war.
E. C. Miller A. G. Comstock P.M. Allen Hutchins J.P. C. N. Ormsby
Territory of Michigan Lenawee County Clerk's Office I, Samuel Pittman Clerk of the said County of Lenawee do hereby certify that Allen Hutchins whose signature appears to the above certificate of the affidavit of Phineas Brown, was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace within, and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified. And further that I am acquainted with the signature of the said Justice and truly

believe the same to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Germantown the eighth day of June A.D. 1833.
D. P. Thompson County Clerk

State of Michigan } County of Lenawee } ss
I do hereby certify that Huldah Brown signed the above Declaration by making her mark for the reason that she never learned to write as she declares
Given under my hand this 18 th day of November A D 1844 Richard M. Whitney Justice Peace

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7 th 1838
State of Michigan } County of Lenawee } ss.
On this thirteenth day of November A D 1844 personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County Huldah Brown a resident of the town of Koyalton in the County of Lucas and State of Ohio aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th A D 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7 th 1838 that she is the widow of Phinehas Brown who was a sergeant in the army of the revolution that he resided when he entered the service in the town of Sandisfield County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts that the said Huldah Brown knows nothing of the Captain's name under which he enlisted nor the name of his Colonel The the said Huldah with her parents were living at the time in the town of Hardwick County of Barnstable Commonwealth of Massachusetts She further declares that she was married to the said Phinehas Brown on the twenty eighth day of march A D 1793 seventeen hundred and ninety three that her husband the aforesaid Phinehas Brown died on the thirty first day of January A D eighteen hundred and forty two and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn and subscribed on the day } her and year above written before me } Huldah X Brown Richard W. L. H. Tracy } mark Justice Peace Sibel Jordan

State of Michigan } Lenawee County }
Richard W. Whitney a justice of the peace of Lenawee County Michigan do hereby certify that the within named Hulda Brown is to the best of my knowledge & belief a person of unimpeachable character, and entitled to full credit & belief. I have examined several persons of character & responsibility in relation to her. They have been acquainted with her for eight years last past and they all declare that her character for truth & veracity & every other virtue is above suspicion. That she is a member of the Presbyterian Church of regular standing, & has been since they first became acquainted with her.
Given under my hand this 13th day of November 1844.
Richard W. Whitney Justice Peace Lenawee Co Michigan
11. 4. 42 See her father.
Hulda Brown
Michigan
Oct 7 Feb 38
h. d. Jan 7 31 42
Hulda
x

Family Record.
Phoebe Brown was married to Stephen his wife March 28 th 1792 Hannah Brown was born in the town of New Durham November the 3 rd 1794
Sarah Brown was born in the town of New Durham July 5 th 1797
Reuben Brown was born in the town of Brown March 5 th 1800 & Died May 23 rd 1800
Samuel Brown was born in the town of Windham April 13 th 1801 and Died October 3 rd 1818.
Elizabeth Brown was in the town of Windham September 13 th 1803. and Died March 18 th 1806
Thomas Boston Brown was born in the town of Windham November 17 th 1806
Louisa Brown was born in the town of Mansfield March 25 th 1815

Record Division.
November 18, 1911.
Mr. J. J. Jordan,
R. D. # 1,
Newberg, Oregon.
Sir:
In addition to the military history of Phinehas Brown, Wid. File No. 5,905, Rev. War, you are furnished the following true copy of a Family Record on file in said claim.
Family Record.
Phinehas Brown was married to Hulda his wife March 28th 1793.
Hannah Brown was born in the town of New Durham November the 3rd 1794.
Sarah Brown was born in the town of New Durham July 5th 1797.
Reuben Brown was born in the town of Broom March 5th 1800 & Died May 23rd 1800.
Samuel Brown was born in the town of Windham April 13th 1801 and Died October 3rd 1818.
Elizabeth Brown was in the town of Windham September 13th 1803 And Died March 18th 1816.
Thomas Norton Brown was born in the town of Windham November 17th 1806.
Louisa Brown was born in the town of Harpersfield March 25th 1815.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Phinehas Brown a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Wid. File 5,905
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 75 to middle July 1 st Serjt. Soule Fellowz his father Lt. Col. Thomas Brown Mass.   Jany. 76 to Apl. 76 " ✓ Col. John Brown   Aug. 76 14 mos. " George King Simonds  
Battles engaged in, Stillwater Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sandisfield  Berkshire Co  Mass. Date of application for pension, Dec. 15, 1832. Residence at date of application, Logan, Lenawee Co., Mich. Age at date of application, born in 1756 at Sandisfield, son of Lt Col. Thomas Brown. Remarks: Col. mar. at Sandisfield, Mass., Mch. 28, 1793. Hulda Paine; he died Jany. 31, 1842, & she was kins. on her appl. executed Nov. 13, 1844 while 75 yrs. of age & a res. of Royalton, Lucas Co., Ohio (taken off Lenawee Co., Mich.). She died Jany. 11, 1846.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
The Pension Office reported one Phineas Brown as having received a pension from the government while residing in Lenawee Co. Michigan. Will you be so kind as to tell me what state the row service from.
We have found his grave, and wish to plan. Love

Phineas Brown
Received pension while a resident of Lenawee Co., Michigan
Revolutionary Dept.
He is buried in Ohio in the strip contested between the state of Ohio & Mich. if you care for this record.

Newberg Oregon
Nov. 7 th 1891
Commission of pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir. I am seeking a copy of the family record of Phineas Brown or his father's family, I believe it was cut out of the Bible to help prove his claim for a pension he having been a soldier in the Revolution (1776). He died in 1841 in now Fulton Co Ohio. He served as a private in Harnans and Bonds company 4 th New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin. He moved to eastern New York and Palmyra N.Y. and 1880 to Senamee Co Ohio.
J J Jordan
R.D.*1 Newberg Ore.

1911 Nov. 18. Hist. to J. J. Gordon 1923 Aug. 27 Tombstone data to Mrs. H. C. Clark.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5905
Hulda Brown
Widow
Thineas Brown
Pot. Mass. line
Act: March 3 rd June 17 th 1911
Index: — Vol. A , Page 63
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11.462p
Huldah Brown Michigan
Rejected
Lt. Genl. G. D. G. Jan'y 17. '45
" Same 24 Feb 1845.
" Same Sept 18 1845.
Act July 7 1st 38

State of Michigan } Lenawee County }
I the undersigned a justice of the Peace in & for Lenawee County State of Michigan do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of an entry in the family Bible said to have belonged to the late Phineas Brown, deceased and now in the possession of Huldah Brown his widow Viz "Family Record"
"Phineas Brown was married to Huldah his wife March 28 th 1793."
The record continues down to the bottom of the page containing the Births & Deaths of several children and appears to have been written a long time
Given under my hand this 13 th day of November 1844
Richard H. Whitney
Justice Peace
State of Michigan } Lenawee County }
Louisa Gourdou being duly sworn says that the Bible above mentioned was the family Bible of the late Phineas Brown that the "Family Record" in the same of which the above is a true copy was therein entered by Thomas Selby in the year 1824 in the town of Palmyra County of Wayne & state of New York that the said Selby now lives as the deponent has been informed in the town of Revere Portage County Ohio

The Record aforesaid was made at the house of Phineas Brown, who was then present as was also his family, and further deponent saith not Subscribed and sworn to before } the this 13 th day of November 1844 }
Louisa Jordan
Richard H. Whitney Justice Peace
Transcript of the family Bible

County Court Certificate

State of Michigan The Circuit Court for the County of Lapeer ss
I John Barstow Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence to the Court was exhibited in Open Court, at the October term of said Court, in the year 1844, that Phineas Brown and in the County of Lucas in the state of Ohio on the thirty first day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty two, that the said Phineas Brown was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States at the rate of One hundred and five dollars per Annum; that he left a Widow whose name is Huldah Brown, and that the said Phineas and Huldah were intermarried on the twenty eighth day of March in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Given under My hand and seal of Office at Adrian this fourth day of October A D 1844
John Barstow Clerk

Adrian 14 th Nov r 1844
Dr Sir
I send you some papers as dictated by E. P. Hastings pension agent at Detroit for the purpose of having Huldah Brown (the Widow of Phinehas Brown who was a pensioner of the United States) receive the pension due to said Phinehas Brown at his death and also to receive all that is due her at this time agreeable to the Laws of Congress. If there should be any thing more wanting or if there is any error in the papers please to write me and I will forward them or correct any error if in my power.
Yours with due respect
Sam l Jordan, attorney for said Huldah Brown

Feb 11. 1895
Hulda Brown Ind. Place
Washington City D. C.
of Hermon
Edward Commissioner
He
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Adrian 3 rd Feb y 1845. Michigan
Dr Sir
Having received your line of 19 th Jan y 1845 with the enclosed blank forms wherein you require
1 st A declaration made in open court before a Court of record and the claim to be arrested under the act of March 3 rd 1843 (a supplement to the act of July 9 th 1838) 2 nd The certificate of the Court of the County of Berkshire Mass attesting the genuineness of the record (said to be) in the possession of Anna Balch,
3 rd The original of the family record to be sent to your office Now Sir I would respectfully enquire if there could be procured and properly authenticated whether there would be a probability that the said Huldah Brown would or could be placed upon the pension roll or draw any pension for the time past or future
Why I make this request is the Widow Brown is very poor and living entirely at the expence of her daughter's husband who is in poor circumstances and would hardly know how to spare the means or necessary expence
I do not wish to trouble you with this business if there is no prospect of the widow's receiving any benefit but I will merely state to you the truth as I think can be proved to your satisfaction and then you will know whether to continue this correspondence or not
1 st Phinehas Brown the deceased U. S. Pensioner was her husband 2 nd He died in Jan y 1842 and left the said Huldah his widow who is 75 th years old, that they lived together as man and wife from 1799 untill 1842 that she is still a widow and has been ever since the death of the said Phinehas Brown. That she is personally known and has been for many years to many people of the County of Lenawee Michigan and she now lives with her youngest daughter in that part of the County of Lucas, Ohio which was taken a few years since from the County of Lenawee Michigan

I shall be pleased if you will answer this as soon as convenient. If I have to write to Berkshire County I shall have but little time to spare before the sitting of the Court
Yours &c.
Saml. Grendan
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington City D.C.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 11. 11. 1871

Adrian 28 th December 1844
Dr Sir
I received the papers which you returned and the forms for my information for which you have my thanks they have been made out as correct as we are capable of doing it and not according to your directions
Mr Hastings of Detroit informed me by letter that if the Widow of Phinehas Brown could prove herself to have been married unto Phinehas Brown the revolutionary Pensioner previous to the 1 st day of January 1794, she would be entitled to be placed upon the roll &c. or as he writes in another letter he says. (Mrs Brown having been married previous to the year 1794 is entitled to draw a pension of 108, \frac{3}{4} per annum for 8 years under the law of July 7 th 1838 and of one year more under the law of Mar 3 rd 1843 and for 4 years from the 4 th March last if she should live so long and remain unmarried.) Thus he writes to me.
If it is true that Huldah Brown the Widow of P. Brown can draw said sum, or cannot; I wish you would be pleased to inform me. If there should be any thing more on her part to perform we should like to be informed by you
Yours very respectfully
Sam l . Gendurn
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Hulda Brown widow of Phinehas Michigan
July 1843
Act 3 March 43
m. 28 March 1793
d. 31 Jany 1843
75.276
76 277 Capt King 3.9
mo 8.9d
Adm. of 27.66
Act 3 March 1843
17 Jany 1844
Saml. Jordan
Ag.
Adrian
Michigan

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 30 1845.
3 200 904 I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Phinehas Brown is borne as a private upon a pay roll of the "late Capt n George Kings Comp y . in Col. Benj a Simonds' reg t . raised in the county of Berkshire, service at Ticonderoga, from Dec r . 16, 1776 to March 24, 1777, allowance for 160 miles travel being included, 98 days: — his name is not found upon any rolls of Col. Brown, — and the preceding is all the evidence of the service of any one of the name who can be identified with the individual for whom it is claimed in the annexed application. There is but one other roll of Capt n George King, (under whom said Brown is found as above described,) among the records in this office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Packer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan 22 d March 1848
Dr Sir
Having been engaged for some time past in trying to have a poor old Widow of a Revolutionary Soldier placed upon the pension list and when about accomplishing it as I expected J. L. Edwards Esq t Commissioner of pensions at Washington in his last instructions require that I as Attorney for said Widow should procure evidence of her husband's actual service in the war of the revolution although he has been a pensioner for many years and received his pension up to the time of his death. Mr Edwards admits in his letter that Phinehas Brown (who lived in the town of Sandersfield Berkshire Co. Mass. upwards of 80 years past) enlisted under Col. Brown on the 1 st day of Jan y . 1776 and went to Quebec and that he also enlisted in the 8 months service served five or six weeks and employed a substitute. The said Phinehas Brown also asserts as Mr Edwards writes that in August 1776 he again enlisted and remained in service for about 14 months under Capt King, Col Simmons. of this last enlistment Mr Edwards says, it was not learned that the records in the Office of the Secretary of State at Boston, Mass. furnishes proof of the Mass. service.
Mr Edwards says the service of Phinehas Brown under Capt King and Col. Simmons must be established by the certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts, and then Mrs Brown may probably obtain a pension.
If you will be pleased to examine said records and if you find that Phinehas Brown did serve in the war of the revolution agreeable to the assertions above expressed and send me a certificate soon it will be gratefully acknowledged. Most respectfully &c.
Sam l Jordan

PAID 10
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City.
Walter Brown Mackinack
Jan 26th

Warren 17th Jan'y 1846
Dear Sir
On the 10 th inst I received a Certificate dated 30 th ult. Granting a pension unto Hulda Brown of the sum of 27 Dollars 66 cents per annum &c I immediately prepared the writings necessary and with Esq r Whitney hastened to her place of abode but before reaching her residence we were met by a messenger with the news of her death as I write above I received the certificate on the tenth she died on the 11 in the morning I do not know perhaps all the steps necessary for the heirs to proceed and to save a long correspondence (which no doubt is of considerable trouble to you) I merely write to inform you of the event writing that you would take the trouble to write and inform me what you will require and I will do all as soon as possible
Yours with much respect
Samuel J. Jordan
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Jan 20 1846
Mr. J. L. Edwards Washington City

Jan 15, 1846
Recd
Anna Beth
PAID
J. L. Edwards. Commissioner of Pension Washington City.

Duan 2 th June 1846
Dear Sir
According to your requirement in yours of 17 th I have received and enclosed to you some months since a certificate from the Pastor of the Church in Mansfield certifying to the genuineness of the record of which Anna Bales sent a copy respecting the marriage marriage of Huldah Brown. I should think by examining your letter that the certificate would be sufficient to entitle the widow to a pension. I have waited until the present time expecting to receive a line from you. I wish you would write as soon as convenient and let me know if any thing more is wanted.
Yours with respect,
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm ee of Pensions
Samuel Gordon
Please give me such information as is necessary
J. L.

18 Samuel Jordan Esq. Adrian Michigan

I Platt S Holley of Manchester in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby say that I am the present Pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in said Manchester of which the Rev. Eleazar Storrs late of said Manchester deceased was formerly Pastor. That I have from time to time examined the records of said Church kept by said Storrs which said records are now in the hands and possession of Anna Bales daughter of said Storrs and said records contain the Covenant of said Church as read by said Storrs at the time of his installation as Minister of the Gospel by said Storrs and on page 253. of said records is the following entry "1793 March 28 th Phoebe Brown & Huldah Paine were married and I certify that the said records in every particular have an ancient appearance and I sincerely believe them to be genuine.
R. T. Holley
Berkshire County ss State of Massachusetts ss On this day personally appeared Rev. R. T. Holley and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit before him subscribed
Before me L. K. Strickland Justice of the Peace

Saunderfield Oct 31 1845. I have forwarded to you the affidavit of Rev. P. I. Holley the present Pastor of the Church here in this place in a form which I think will be satisfactory to the Department. He commences by saying a Certificate from the Clerk of Superior Court of this State that I am a Methodist but I think not as my name has been many years printed in Wapacut . and the Department is already in possession the evidence of they will take the trouble to examine it.
Truly yours J. H. Strickland

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
January 23 d , 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Phineas Brown, deceased, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Michigan Agency, at the rate of One hundred and five Dollars and and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 31 st January 1842,
Respectfully, yours,
William L. G. 225
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Hanover N.H. July 16
O. H. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington

No. 2 nd Adrian July 13. 1853
Sir - Enclosed I forward you. the Declaration &c of Phineas Brown (an applicant for a pension) which have been examined at your Department & returned with the accompanying objections.
The delay in forwarding the papers has been occasioned by a wish to forward them together with those of another applicant, who have not yet been completed
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Your Obedt Servt
C. V. Ormsby

Pension certificate of Phoebe Brown, no. 19,641, dated 9 August 1833, at $105:00 per annum sent with the Voucher for balance of pension due to the day of husband's death - to Mr. Wacy Nov 22 o 1844
J. D. Wilson

These papers came to the Office with Indian claims under act 1838. No letter accompanied them, but you will see the Attorney's name in the papers. The package bore the Postmark of Adrian, Michigan.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3rd of March, 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7th, 1834
State of Michigan } County of Lenawee }
On this nineteenth day of August 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned Judge of the Circuit Court
for the County of St. Clair Huldah Brown a resident of the town of Royalton in the County of Lucas and State of Ohio aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; That she is the widow of Michah Brown who was a Sergeant in the army of the revolution in the regiment of Col. Brown, also a private in the Company commanded by Capt. King, Col. Simmonds Regiment and has received a pension of one hundred and five dollars per annum up to the time of his death
She further declares that she is still a widow and has been so since his death and has been and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Jonathan Berry one of the Judges of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Lenawee I certify that the above named Huldah Brown appeared before me making her mark because she is not able to write her name by reason of the day above written Jonathan Berry one of the Judges
I certify that in my opinion the above named Huldah Brown is not at the present time able to travel to and attend Court for the purpose of making the above declaration and is therefore signed the day above written Jonathan Berry one of the Judges

State of Michigan County of Berrien J. John Barber Clerk of the Circuit Court of the present time of said County, being a court of record, do hereby certify that Jonathan Berry whose genuine signature is affixed to the several foregoing certificates, was at the date of said certificates associate judge of said Circuit Court duly commissioned and qualified. The testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Saun- ton this twenty third day of August A.D. 1846 John Barber Clerk By Thomas M. Cooley Deputy Clerk
Whereas the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof, the same is hereby certified to be such a true and correct copy. In witness whereof, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and the seal of said Court is hereunto affixed this 23rd day of August 1846.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 23rd day of August 1846. John Barber Clerk By Thomas M. Cooley Deputy Clerk

Adrian 28 th August 1845
Dear Sir After long delay I have been able to receive the inclosed Certificate which I send you with a declaration as you require also the original family record, the certificate from Berkshire County Mass. I have not sent for (grate knowing that these papers will suit you) it will cost the widow considerable to get one if you could be satisfied without it she would be relieved from expense and trouble
Please write if these papers suit and if more are wanted we will try and procure them
Saml Groom