Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,277, Peter Brown, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 26
Brown, Peter
S 12277
carded
CONTENTS
5 Parkersfield, Cheshire Co. N.H. res. at enl. Temple, Hillsborough Co. N.H. res. in 1832, Perrine Grant, Franklin Co. Mass. aged 79 yrs. res. in 1837, Milne, Jefferson Co. N.Y.
This Envelope Includes
72 - 300 FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Trans - Cin - Mar. 23: '37 Trans d to Albany from 4: Sept '36 - Albany 1: '37
81
25 - -
Franklin
Albany 10.618.
Massachusetts
Peter Brown
of Tisbury in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col Pierce in the _____ time for 15 May 12 Days
★ N. H. Line. Aug. 15/05. Records corrected. S
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 51 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Apr 1833 and sent George Greenell & Green for Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $102.64 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 25.66
$128.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Blair Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 2. Page 75

Peter Brown
Earnings Grant
23082
Peter Brown
Doc. papers - see also I can know this the Dennis.
Peter Brown

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS twenty ninth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Richard E. Newcomb Judge of Probate Court of Common Pleas of the County in the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Peter Brown a resident of Erving Grant in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I first entered the service of the United States as a soldier of the revolution in April A. D. 1775, and served twelve days. On the evening of the day of the battle of Lexington was fought I with a few others left home residing at that time in Temple in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire, and went direct to Concord Mass in Massachusetts. We were volunteers. We had no regular officers. We chose Mr. Byram as our commander who had been a Lieutenant in the French War. The British having retired into Boston I with others went home. The next day I think I enlisted into the State of New Hampshire State Service for eight months, and served my full time out. When I was discharged I had a written discharge & when I rec. my pay. I gave my discharge to the then Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire. I resided at this time in Temple aforesaid when I enlisted. I enlisted under Capt. Ezra Town. The Sgt. of our company was Josiah Brown & John Hookness was our ensign. We marched direct through Graton Ms. to Cambridge & then to Charlestown where we joined our Regt. under command Col. James Reed. It was in this period of my enlistment that Bunker Hill battle took place. I was present & engaged in the battle. It was a severe & desperate battle we drove back the enemy twice but we were obliged to retreat. After our retreat we took station on
Winter Hill. While we were on our retreat I heard that Gen. Warren was mortally wounded. I saw Charlestown burnt at this time. I saw the enemy from their boats with torches in hand when the town was set on fire. My time of enlistment having expired I left Winter Hill & returned home. I have no documentary papers. Nor do I know of any living witness by whom I can prove this term of service.
I also again entered the service of my country as a soldier of the revolution as a volunteer in the New Hampshire State Service, and served four weeks or more I think. The officers who commanded us was Capt. James Bancroft. I received at this time in Parkersfield in the County of Cheshire State of New Hampshire. We marched direct from S d Parkersfield to Providence Rhode Island. Then we crossed over onto the Island, where our company joined Col. Thomas Hale's Regt. I think. Gen. Sullivan had the command. I recollect a dreadful storm which I was on this time of duty which did great damage to our shipping. We were obliged to retreat from the Island. After which I was dismissed and came home.
I also again enlisted as a soldier of the revolution in the New Hampshire State line about the latter part of May or first part of June A. D. 1780 for six months, and served that time. I returned home some time in November following. I resided at this time in Temple aforesaid when I enlisted having removed back to said Temple from Parkersfield. We passed muster at Winchester N. H. before Col. Whitcomb. From thence we marched as we could & joined the army at West Point. Capt. Isaac Fry was our Captain. Col. Hazen had the command.
We were taken to fill up the continental regiments. My name will appear on the continental rolls at the War Department for this my term of service. From West Point we went down through Fishkill into what was called the English-neighborhood when my time having expired I was dismissed & I came home. I had a written discharge at this time but I left it with the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire when I received my pay. I have no doc. papers. nor do I know any living witness by whom I can prove this term of service. Peter Brown

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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
R. S. Mearns Judge of Probate
WE, Samuel Bardwell residing in Montague in the County of Franklin and Earl Abbee
residing in S d Ervins Grant Peter Brown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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 the day and year aforesaid.
R. S. Mearns
Judge of Probate
Sam l Bardwell Earl Abbee
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
Samuel Bardwell who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Montague near Ervings grant and is a credible person and that Earl Abbee who has also signed the same is a resident in said Ervings Grant an unincorporated place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit - Also that there is a clergyman resident either in said Montague or Ervings Grant.
R. S. Mearns
Judge of Probate
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Brown for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this 29 th day of August in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.

Peter Brown
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4 Sult t
10 Dec. 43
3 mo 6 q
51.32 $13.68 oth  25  13.43
12-72
10 1/2 18 1/2
Albany, N.Y.
$13.67
Adm. Nat. Soc.
Peter Brown
121
12-83 85 68

State of New York
Jefferson County
Surrogate's Office
Watertown February 8. 1844
I John Clarke Surrogate of the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that Peter Brown of Wilna County and State aforesaid has been duly appointed Administrator of the Estate of Peter Brown late of the said town of Wilna deceased. I also do hereby further certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to me that Peter Brown deceased was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Fifty one Dollars and Thirty-two Cents per annum; was a resident of the County of Jefferson, in the State of New York, and died in the town of Wilna in the State of New York, in the year One thousand eight-hundred and forty three, on the tenth day of December; that he left no widow but the following named Children viz. Sally Graves wife of Jonas Graves a resident of Sandy Creek Oswego County New York, Peter Brown and Sibbell Rawson wife of Edmund Rawson, residents of Wilna Jefferson County New York; Mary Gunn wife of Winthrop Gunn a resident of Champion Jefferson County New York - Joseph Brown a resident of Irvine Massachusetts - Asa Brown a resident of Hadley Massachusetts - Ruth Wethee wife of Wethee a resident of Mason New Hampshire and Clarissa Russell wife of Russell a resident of Peterborough New Hampshire and that these are the only children of the said Peter Brown deceased and are all of lawful age
In testimony whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Watertown this 8 th day of February 1844
John Clarke Surrogate

Know all men by their presents
That I Peter Brown of Ulster Jefferson County New York, administrator of the Estate of Peter Brown who was a pensioner of the United States and died on the 10 th day of December 1843 do hereby constitute and appoint Roger M. S. Pease of Albany my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying Pensions in the City of Albany State of New York the arrears of the Pension of the said Peter Brown deceased from the fourth day of September 1843 to the tenth day of December 1843 that being the day of his death
Witness my hand and seal this Eighth day of February 1844 Sealed and delivered in presence of
Peter Brown
John Clarke Adrian Ely State of New York
Jefferson County ss Be it known That on the eighth day of February 1844 before the subscribers Surrogate of the County of Jefferson personally appeared Peter Brown of Ulster above named to me known as the administrator of Peter Brown deceased and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
John Clarke Surrogate

RECEIVED OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
for which I have claimed duplicate receipts. from the _____ day of _____ 184____ _____ months _____ days Pension due to _____ Dollars and _____ Cents being for _____ Agent for paying Pensions 184____
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from _____

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK.
(1832)
Albany, February 12 th 1844
Wirtum RECEIVED of the President of said Bank, Agent for paying Pensioners, Dollars and Sixty Seven Cents, being for
3 months 6 days Pension, due to the Administrators of Peter Brown from the 4 day of Sept 1843, to the 10 th day of Dec r 1843, for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
$13.67
RECEIVED OF THE PRESIDENT OF SAID BANK
13.67

Peter Brown
Mapsto to Alby.

State of New York
County of Jefferson ss On this fourth day of March 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County aforesaid personally ap- peared Peter Brown, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Ezra Towns in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be then payable in future - The following are his reasons for removing from Ervington in the State of Massachusetts to Wilna, in the County of Jeff- erson & State of New York are, That being of Eighty years of age - that his children had all removed from the State of Massachusetts and that his son Peter had removed to Wilna and that his son in Law Edmund Rawson lived in Wilna and that he wished to live and die with his children, that he now lives with his son in Law Edmund Rawson Sworn and subscribed to, before } Peter Brown me the day & year aforesaid }
Isa Munn Justice of the Peace

23082 Peter Brown Mass
Paid 15 Mr - 12 days all
$51.32
Mr Geo Grennell Jr
E. Alvord Greenfield Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Peter Brown Franklin C. Mass
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1775 12 priv Capt Byrum Col Reed Bunker Hill Concord Mass 79 years   Enlist 8 Corporal Groton Hillsbor Traditionary   Vol 1 Bancroft Hale Charleston Evidence   1780 6 Boylston Sullivan Winter New St Swamp   Boylston Whitcomb Stell Amherst nest   Providence   Rhode Island   Westport   Fishkill  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In at Apr. 1. Mr. Budm
J. S. Schwardt Esq. Comm. of Tensions Washington 20. e.

Commonwealth Bank, Pension Office,
Boston 27 th Mar. 1837
Sir,
Your letter of the 23 rd inst. is rec d . — Peter Brown. Private, during the Revol y . War and now a pens n . on the roll of this Agency, under the act of 7 th June 1832 at $51.32 per a annum had been paid up to 11 th September 1836 .
I am, very respectfully, Your ob t serv t .
John R. Simpson President L. Deane Secy.
J. L. Edwards Esq r . Com r of Pensions } Washington } D. C.

State of New York
Suffolk County. On this 7 day of March 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Asa Munn, who on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with Peter Brown formerly of Ennisgroat Massachusetts now of Wilma in the County and State aforesaid and that he is the identical person named in an original Certificate from the War Department dated April 16. 1833 and numbered (10618) and signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War - and that the said Brown is the same person who has this day made an affidavit in order to procure his transfer to the Pension Roll of the State of New York.
Sworn and subscribed to Asa Munn before me this day a year aforesaid sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day of March 1837 I know the foregoing to be true
March the 4 1837
Alfred Pande Reasonably appeared before me and on oath says that Asa Munn well knowing him is a man of truth and veracity
Sworn & subscribed before me this 7th March 1837 J. A. Babcock Justice

State of New York Jefferson County
I Peter Burchard Clerk of said County do certify that Alson Holcomb, Joshua A. Babcock and James Eagines were, on the several days mentioned in the depositions purporting to have been taken before them, Justices of the Peace in and for said County commissioned and sworn, and that I am well ac- quainted with their several handwritings and verify their signatures are genuine; Witness my hand and the Seal of said County this 14th day of March 1837
P. Burchard Clerk
In Munn's name according to the attached copy

Perman
12.277 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 12.277
Peter Brown
Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1882
Index:—Vol. a , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Watertown 15 March 1837
Sir
Mr Peter Brown requests you to make his pension payable at Albany - for this purpose I send you the enclosed papers
Yr obed Servt
Admiral Ely
J. L. Edwards Esq Comg Purser Washington

In- at. Mar 23 rd Mr. Burdine.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Pensions Washington

STATE OF NEW YORK ALBANY COUNTY The H. BROWN THOMPSON before me, a Commissioner of the Court, personally appeared the Attorney named in the annexed Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any SALE, TRANS- FER, or ENCUMBRANCE of the Pension, or Annuity of Pension, therein authorized to be received by him.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAD

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. ALBANY COUNTY, }
Be it known, That on the 12 th day of February 184 4 before the subscriber, a Commissioner of Deeds, in and for the said county, personally appeared R. M. D. House the Attorney named in the annexed Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any SALE, TRANS- FER, or MORTGAGE of the Pension, or Arrears of Pension, therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year } last above mentioned, before me. }
L. Van Ruy
A. M. Ferriss
Com. of Deeds.
Notary Public

1.25
Payments to be made at Boston Mass by the Pres Mr J B Bauld Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book No. V. 1. 2 Page 5, by J. H. S. Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Peter Brown of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution.
is entitled to receive Fifty One dollars and Thirty Two 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 Sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lewis
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. {
J Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Wilma 5 years previous in Montague Massachusetts Sept 4. 1841.

I, John French of Northfield, in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age do testify and say, that in August, one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, — according to the best of my recollection, I then lived, and resided, in Dublin, in the state of New Hampshire, and County of Cheshire, and that Peter Brown, then lived, and resided, in Packerfield in the State, and County aforesaid, and word then came to us, stating that Soldiers were wanted immediately to repair to Rhode Island. Whereupon, Cap t . Samuel Twitchel of Dublin aforesaid, called his Company together, and stated to them the immediate want of Soldiers, to repair with their Arms, to Rhode Island, and the I. marched under, Cap t . Twitchel to Providence, and there. I saw the aforesaid Brown, who was a Soldier in Cap t . James Bancraft's Company, of Packerfield, and at Providence I was selected to attend upon Cyrus Taylor, of our Company, who was sick, and there left, and Peter Brown, under his Captain, James Bancraft, marched on to Rhode Island, but how long he staid there, in the service of the United States, I do not know. — John French
Franklin ss. August 14 th 1832 Then personally appeared John French signer to the above deposition, by him subscribed and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same according to the best of his recollection, knowledge, and understanding.
Before Obad h Dickinson Justice of the Peace
Franklin ss. Aug st 14 th 1832. I hereby certify that I have for many years, known and been well acquainted with John French, the aforesaid deposent, and have ever esteemed him, as a man of strict Truth, and veracity. —
Obad h Dickinson Jus. Peace

Peter Brown
att.
Aug 14 th 1832
Hopkinton
John French Esq
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of Franklin do certify that the within named Obadiah Dickinson Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Franklin and his name subscribed to the within certificates appears to me to be his true and proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Greenfield on the twenty ninth day of August A.D. 1832
E. Alvord Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brown, Peter GRADE Drummer LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8097 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 21, 1789 To not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.