Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,283, Samuel Brown, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Brown Samuel
812283
carded
CONTENTS
at Chatham, Middlesex Co. born there at night and in 1832, then 71 yrs old.

Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 16 April 1838 from 4 March 1831. to the 8 th April 1833. - Agent notified 5 July 1838.
Connecticut 30.823
Samuel Brown acc d of Littleton in the State of Vt who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Starr of the Reg t commanded by Col. Canfield in the Connecticut line for 3 1/2 mos Private 7 " Musician
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of $44 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Sept 1836 and sent F.C.G. Lemuel Rootford Cr
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $88.00 Gracious allowance ending 8 April - 4.00 1833 day of his death $92.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Abel Atkinson Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. 2 Page 5

No 5308.
dead-
Ymo Musicean 5 1/2 per
adm d
Y mo Musicean 5 1/2 per
11.5 per annum
dis. 8 ap. 1833.
Heirs - Saml Brown - Wm A Brown - Cyrus Brown - Ar- Minda Brown - Clarissa Hale & Sally Bevin -
F. G. Comstock Esq Hartford Conn

State of Connecticut Middlesex County S s .
On this 9 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the district of Chatham now sitting, Samuel Brown a resident of the town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged seventy one years, who being 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 following named officers and served as herein stated viz 1 st . He enlisted into the service under Lieut David Smith in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wolcott that he was stationed at Pekkkill in the State of New York that while stationed there he marched with his Company in connexion with the State troops to Danbury in Connecticut and thence back to Pekkkill after performing said tour of duty which consisted of three months he was discharged. That at the same time some of the continental troops were stationed there under Gen. McDougal. 2 o He was called out with the Militia Company of East Hampton Connecticut under Sergt James Bill, as a musician that he marched with said Company from the Town of Chatham in Connecticut, through Danbury in Connecticut to Fishkill in the State of New York and from thence up the Hudson River to Red Hook and thence back to said Fishkill, that he was in said service the term of two months . 3 o He was drafted in August 1779 and annexed to a com-

pany Commanded by Capt Silas Dunham, marched from Chatham through Middletown, Durham and Guilford to Branford, that he was stationed there until discharged a period of two and a half months . 74 th That he was drafted as a musician in July 1781, marched in the Company Command by Capt Timothy Starr, from Middletown Connecticut, through Danbury in Connecticut, to West Point in the State of New York, and there joined the Regiment Commanded by Col. Samuel Banfield that he was stationed there five months, when he was discharged.
That he has no documentary evidence of service except the annexed deposition of Sparrow Smith and Joshua Bailey, that in the winter of 1779, 80 I was in the service of the United States as a drover, under an engagement with Col Henry Chapman for three months , I took a drove of cattle at Medfield Massachusetts and proceeded through the State of Rhode Island and Connecticut to Fishkill in the State of New York and other towns on the Hudson River. That at another time, the year he does not recollect, he was in the service of the United States as a drover, under an engagement with the said Col Chapman and went with three droves to Newbury, and was out about three months . That at other times he was out as a drover with Amasa Ransom, Eleazar Dunham, Leber Comstock, Samuel Isham and others, the times he cannot state, but is under an impression and belief that in the whole it was more than one year . That he knows of no person living that can testify to the various terms of duty he performed except the persons whose affidavits are annexed.
He hereby 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.
In answer to the interrogatories he says.
1. That he was born in Chatham, Middlesex County Connecticut

 2. That he has in his possession his father's family bible in which his birth is recorded; by which it appears that his age is, or is stated in this declaration.  3. That at the time of entering the service he resided in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, where he has since, and still does reside.  4. That he was called into the service in the manner he has stated in this declaration.  5. He knew Gen Putnam, Maj. Haskell and Gen Wooster.  6. That he never received a discharge from service in writing.  7. That Rev William Welch and Sparrow Smith Esq. are in his neighborhood, who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Samuel Brown
We William Welch, a clergyman, residing in the town of Chatham in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut and Sparrow Smith Esq. residing in the same town, county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one 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 to, and subscribed } William Welch the day and year aforesaid }
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that William Welch who has signed

the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town Chatham and that Sparrow Smith Esqr who has signed the same is a resident in said town of Chatham and is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit.
I William G. Comstock, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Chatham do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Brown, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10 th day of August A.D. 1832
W.G. Comstock Clerk
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In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Samuel Brown a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S.F. 12283
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1, 1777. 3 mos. ✓ Lt. David Smith Molcott Conn.   Sept or Oct. 77 2 mos. Musc. Sgt. James Bill ✓   Aug. 79 2 1/2 mos. ✓ Capt. Silas Dunham ✓   Winter 79 + 80 3 mos. Drover ✓ Henry Champion   July 81 5 mos. Musc. Capt. Timothy Starr Samuel Canfield   At dif. times more than 1 yr. Drover Champion & others  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chatham Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 9, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Chatham Conn.
Age at date of application, 71. Chatham, Conn - died Apr. 8, 1833
Remarks: Under this pns was paid to his children & heirs - Samuel,  Wm A., & Alminda Brown of Conn. Cyrus Brown, Clarissa Hale & Polly  Bevin of New York State.
Very respectfully,

Saml Brown
Aug 23
St.
James L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D. C.

Hartford, Ct. Aug. 17 th 1836.
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir,
In July 1834 I was at your office as the agent of sundry applicants for pensions, and among others for Samuel Brown of Chatham, Middlesex Co. Ct. His claim was admitted; but, before his certificate came on he died leaving several children. I afterwards forwarded you proof of the heirs who were entitled to the arrear due at the time of his death; but, no certificate has been rec d or return made to the agent for paying pensions in this State. Will you look at the file, and if you find all right forward me the certificate as they are very anxious to obtain what title there is their due. If any thing further is necessary please inform me
Respectfully Yours
H. G. Comstock

At a Court of Probate held at Chatham in for the District of Chatham, in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut on the 20 th day of September A.D. 1833.
Present Ira Lee, Esq. Judge of said Court.
This Court find, from satisfactory evidence, that Samuel Brown, late of said Chatham deceased, and who was an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832, died on the 8 th day of April A.D. 1833; and that the said Samuel Brown left no Widow, and further that Samuel Brown, William A. Brown and Arminda Brown of the State of Connecticut; and Cyrus Brown, Clarissa Hale, and Polly Beine of the State of New York, are his children and heirs at law.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of this Court the day and year aforesaid.
Horace Foote Clerk

WILLIAM BREESE
Furniture and Undertaking
Practical Embalmer.
HARRY B. SMITH, Assistant.
SOUTH BROAD AND FRONT STS.
Norwich, N. Y., June 28 th 1907.
To the Bureau of Rev Records,
Will you please give me the Rev Records of Samuel Brown of Conn. I don't know whether he en- listed from Waltham or E. Hampton Conn. He was "a Rev soldier" and served five months in Col. Wolcott's regiment, and at different times 1779-1781. At the age of 71 years he applied for a pension and his claim was allowed, and paid to his children Samuel, William, A., Aminda Brown of Conn and Cyrus Brown, Clarissa Hale and Polly Bevis of New York State.
Mrs William Breese Norwich.
N.Y.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 2.
1838.
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," The children of Samuel Brown deceased, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of forty four Dollars and 11  11  37 1/2  37 1/2 per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 - has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1831 to the 8 th of April 1833, the day of said pensioner's death. Respectfully, yours,
William H. Harrison Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

5318
Suspended
Samuel Brown
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Connecticut
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Hon. J. G. Comstock Present W. G. Comstock Chatham Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Brown which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? — no 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 ? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? † XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no 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? not all XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no 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, deposeth 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.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
+ It does not appear that claimant has made any exertions to procure testimony of his whole service —

THE CHAPMAN & TURNER CO., DRY GOODS
own
NORWICH, N. Y., James Sk , 1907
O W + U Division
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC
Will you kindly give me a statement of the military history of Samuel Brown of East Hampton (Chatham) Conn - He was born Feb 1761 - married Mary Kellogg first wife & Sibyl Cordrey 2 d wife - Received a Pension about 1832 - and died in East Hampton Conn -
Respectfully yours
Mrs W P Chapman
Broad St Norwich
Chenango Co., N.Y.

9.9.03 920823 GEO. A. DAVIS FRUITS...GREEN AND DRIED, MEXICO, N. Y.
STRAWBERRY HILL, R
Mexico, N. Y. Nov 15 th 1904
Mr. Pension Dept Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of
Will you please send me
the Revolutionary War Record of Samuel Brown of Chatham, Middlesex Co or Derby, New Haven Co Conn
Yours truly
Mrs George A Davis
Mexico, Oswego Co. N.Y.

Nov. 22, 1904 Hist. to Mrs. George A. Davis, Mexico, N.Y.
1907 June 13, Hist. to Mrs. W. P. Chapman and Mrs. W m Breese
Perham
12.283
✓ INVALID.
File No. 12, 283
Sammuel Brown of Mason Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: Jan. 1882
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sparrow Smith efficient in the case of Samuel Brown

State of New York
County of Delaware }p. On this 31 st day of July 1832 Person ally appeared before me Seiber Bestwick First Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware age one said Joshua Bailey of the Town of Mer- cith in said County of Delaware aged Sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law oath on his oath say. That he this deponent was born in the town of Chatham East Hampton County County of Middlesex State of Connecticut and emigrated from that place to the town of Meredith State of New York age one said over twenty eight years ago. And that he is well acquainted with one Samuel Brown (from his childhood) of the town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex & State of Connecticut age one said and that the said Samuel Brown was a musician (or Fifer) & was drafted during the Revolutionary War and annexed to a company Commanded by Captain Silas Dunning. Ensign name was Paul & John Ufford was orderly sergeant in the Connecticut Militia & this deponent belonged to the same company & served with the said Brown during that campaign. The said Brown was drafted in the month of August 1779 according to this deponent's best recollection. Marched from Chatham by Middletown, Old Durham Guilford to Branford & was stationed at Branford until they were changed which was in the month of October to wards the middle or latter part of October as this de- ponent believes was at Branford two months. It was about two months or a half from the time he was drafted to the time the said Brown was discharged. The said Samuel Brown was drafted again as a musician in the month of June 1781 & marched

Joshua Bailey Affidavit in the case of Solomon Brown
from Chatham to west point in the State of New York (as this deponent understands) was in a company of State Troops in a company commanded by Captain Timothy Starr Col. Greenfield Regiment about the 1 st of August the same year (1781) this deponent engaged as a substitute for one one Prindle as a private in the same company to which the said Brown belonged at west point and was at West Point with the said Brown three months was under the command of Continental Officer General Mr. Douglass commanded the Station Believes that the said Brown served four months & half from the time he was accepted.
And this deponent further saith that the said Brown was engaged as this deponent understands at the time in the continental service as a driver for General Minter & should say it was in the years 1778.9 1780 & 1781 cannot say for what length of time he was engaged in each year. And this deponent further saith not
Joshua Bailey
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 31. July 1832.
Isaac Bostwick
State of New York
Delaware County SS.
I Crawford P. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do Certify that Isaac Bostwick Esquire before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, which is a Court of records, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Judge, and verily believe that the signature subscribed above is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of August 1832.
C. P. Sheldon Clerk

I Sparrow Smith of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that in Sept or Oct 1777 the Militia Company of East Hampton in the town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut was called into the service of the United States, that said Company was commanded by Sergt James Bill and marched from said town of Chatham, through Danbury in Connecticut to Fishkill in the State of New York and from thence up the Hudson River to Red Hook and back to said Fishkill, that said Company was out in service for the term of two months. And further the deponent saith that Samuel Brown now living in said town of Chatham was a member of said Company and performed two months service therein as aforesaid. I further depose and say I enlisted into the company commanded by Lieut David Smith in the Regiment commanded by Col Wolcott state troops. Some of the first days of March 1777 for the term of three three months, that Samuel Brown now residing in the town of Chatham, County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, enlisted into said company the same day and continued therein until discharged a period of three three months. I further depose and say that said Samuel Brown was drafted, in July 1781 and performed a tour of duty as a musician of about five months at West Point New York. Sworn to & subscribed the 7th day of Aug. A.D. 1832. Before me
Sparrow Smith
J. G. Bousstock
Fort Pierce
I certify that the above deposition is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. G. Bousstock, Justice of the Peace

a term of duty of about five months at West Point New York Sworn to & subscribed the 7 th day of Aug. A.D. 1832. Before me
S. Sparrow Smith
I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Franklin G. Comstock Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Sparrow Smith was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the city of Hartford, in said State, the 28 th day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty- three .
Thomas Day
Sparrow in the c