Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1294, Elisha Brown, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I. _____
Brown, Elisha _____
R. 1294 _____
CONTENTS
born Nov 2, 1755, at Swansey, Bristol Co. Mass. still living in 1834.

I Josiah Kinnicutt, of Barington in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, of the age sixty nine years, and upward, being sworn according to law, do testify and say, that I have been from my childhood well acquainted with Elisha Brown, of Swansea in the State of Massachusetts, and that said Elisha Brown on or about the 19 th day of March A.D. 1779 joined as a volunteer the Rhode Island State Troops then under the command of General Dzeliel Cornell then stationed at Tiverton in said State of Rhode Island, and that said Elisha Brown served as a volunteer under the command of said General Cornell in carrying dispatches and communications from said General Cornell to General Sullivan and General Gates, and to other officers commanding said State Troops from on or about the 19 th day of March A.D. 1779 to on or about the 22 nd day of March A.D. 1780; and that I resided in the family of said Brown during the whole of said time, and know that he was in said service during said time.
Josiah Kinnicutt
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Bristol County, ss. On this 22 nd day of September A.D. 1834, personally appeared the above named Josiah Kinnicutt before me the Subscriber, and being sworn according to law, made oath to the truth of the above written deposition, to which he subscribed his name in my presence. And I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with said Josiah Kinnicutt, and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.
Levi Horile Justice of the Peace.

I Amy Child, of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations of the age of seventy three years and upward, being sworn according to law, do testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Elisha Brown, of Swansea in the State of Massachusetts for upward of sixty years, that said Elisha Brown on or about the 19 th day of March A.D. 1779, joined as a volunteer the Rhode Island State Troops under the command of General Ezekiel Cornell then stationed at Freetown in said State of Rhode Island, and that said Elisha Brown served as a volunteer under the command of said General Cornell in carrying dispatches and communications from said General Cornell to other officers commanding said Troops from on or about said 19 th day of March A.D. 1779 to on or about the 22 d day of March A.D. 1780; said Brown's wife was my sister, and I was in said Brown's family, and know that he was absent from home on said service during said time. Amy Child
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Bristol County ss. On this 22 d day September A.D. 1834, personally appeared the above named Amy Child before me the subscriber and, being sworn according to law, made oath to the truth of the above written deposition, to which she subscribed her name in my presence. And I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with said Amy Child, and that she is a credible person and her statement is entitled to credit.
Levi Fiske Justice of the Peace. (S)

I Joshua Bicknell, of Barrington in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, of the age of seventy some five years and upward, being sworn according to law do testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Elisha Brown of Swansea in the State of Massachusetts ever since the year 1778, and that said Elisha Brown on or about the 19 th day of March A.D. 1779 joined as a volunteer the Rhode Island State Troops then under the command of General Ezekiel Cornell then stationed at Tiverton in said State of Rhode Island; and that said Elisha Brown served as a volunteer under the command of said General Cornell in carrying dispatches and communications from said General Cornell to the headquarters of the Commander of the Rhode Island State Troops in Providence and to other officers commanding said Troops; and that said Elisha Brown continued in said service until after the British Troops left Rhode Island; and I further say, that my Father was in the same service at the time said Brown entered the service and continued in said service until the British Troops left Rhode Island and the American troops took possession of the Island when my Father left the service on account of his age and ill health; during the time I frequently saw said Brown in said service and conversed with him; and have no doubt that he continued in said service for one year. Joshua Bicknell -
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Bristol County ss. On this 24 th day of September A.D. 1834, personally appeared the above named Joshua Bicknell before me the subscriber and, being sworn according to law, made oath to

the truth of the aforewritten deposition, to which he subscribed his name in my presence. And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Joshua Bicknell, and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.
Levi Hapile Justice of the Peace.

The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Bristol County
Sc.
I William Bradford Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County aforsaid being a Court of record, do hereby certify, that Levi Hailie is a justice of the peace in the Town of Warren in the County aforesaid, was appointed by the General Assembly and commissioned by the Governor of this State bearing date the twelfth day of May A. D. 1834, and is fully authorized to act in his said capacity, and to take depositions in the County aforsaid; and that his signature written under the certificates of caption of the depositions herewith annexed is genuine.
The testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bristol this twenty seventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
W m Bradford Clerk

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. State of Massachusetts,
County of Bristol. } ss. On this tenth day of October A.D. 1834. Personally appeared before the Hon. Asahel Doolittle Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Bristol, being a Court of record, now sitting at Freetown - in said County, Elisha Brown a resident in Swansea in said County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years eleven months and upward, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer, and served as herein stated, and that he, the said Elisha Brown on the 19 th day of March A.D. 1779 joined as a volunteer the Rhode Island State Troops then under the command of General Ezekiel Cornell, then stationed at Swansea in said State of Rhode Island, and that he served as a volunteer under the command of said General Cornell in carrying dispatches and communications from said General Cornell to General Sullivan and General Gates, and to other officers commanding said State Troops from said 19 th day of March A.D. 1779 to the 22 nd day of March A.D. 1780, and that on said last mentioned day he was duly discharged from said service by said General Cornell, having faithfully served for the term of one year and three days; and he further declares, that he was held to military service during the whole of said term of time; that he drew rations and forage for his horse whenever he was in camp, and when he could be supplied from the public stores; and that whenever he was in camp he attended upon said General Cornell on all parades of the troops and in cases of alarm, and held himself at all times in readiness to obey the commands of said General Cornell.

in carrying dispatches and communications from one military post to another, and in attending upon said General Cornwall and carrying his orders in camp; and that he was employed the principal part of said term in carrying dispatches and communications from said General Cornwall to the commanding General at Providence, but was frequently sent with dispatches and communications to other officers in command of said Rhode Island State troops.
And he, the said Elizer Brown further declares, that he was born in Swansey in said County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts on the 2 d day of November A.D. 1755, and that his birth is recorded in the Town's clerk's office in said Swansey, and that a true copy of said record is herunto annexed; and that he lived in said Swansey at the time he entered said service, and that he has always lived in said Swansey from his birth to the present time except when he was in said service, and that he now lives in said Swansey; and that when he was called into said service he volunteered as before stated; that he did not receive any written discharge from said service, but was verbally discharged by said General Cornwall at the end of his said term of service as before stated; and that Josiah Kinnicutt and Joshua Bicknell Esquires, and Mrs. Mary Child can testify to his service, and their depositions are here presented to said court; and that he is known to the following persons in his present neighbourhood, who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution viz.
Jeremiah Briggs William Marray - -
he has no documentary evidence of his service.
Col. Tappan Regt. was stationed at Little Compton a part if not the whole of said term of service -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to

Elisha Brown the son of Aaron Brown and of Catherine his wife was born November 2 d 1755.
A True copy of Record.
Attest.
Joseph Luther Towne of Swaney
Swaney Sep. 20 th 1834. —

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. State of Massachusetts,
County of Bristol } ss. On this tenth day of October A.D. 1834, personally appeared before the Hon. Rodolph Dyer Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Bristol, being a Court of record, now sitting at Brighton - in said County, Elisha Brown a resident in Swansea in said County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years eleven months and upward, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer, and served as herein stated, and that he, the said Elisha Brown on the 19 th day of March A.D. 1779 joined as a volunteer the Rhode Island State Troops then under the command of General Ezekiel Cornell, then stationed at Swansea in said State of Rhode Island, and that he served as a volunteer under the command of said General Cornell in carrying dispatches and communications from said General Cornell to General Sullivan and General Gates, and to other officers commanding said State Troops from said 19 th day of March A.D. 1779 to the 22 nd day of March A.D. 1780, and that on said last mentioned day he was duly discharged from said service by said General Cornell, having faithfully served for the term of one year and three days; and he further declares, that he was held to military service during the whole of said term of time; that he drew rations and forage for his horses whenever he was in camp, and when he could be supplied from the public stores; and that whenever he was in camp he attended upon said General Cornell on all parades of the troops and in cases of alarm, and held himself at all times in readiness to obey the commands of said General Cornell.

in carrying dispatches and communications from one military post to another, and in attending upon said General Cornwall and carrying his orders in camp; and that he was employed the principal part of said term in carrying dispatches and communications from said General Cornwall to the commanding General at Providence, but was frequently sent with dispatches and communications to other officers in command of said Rhode Island State troops.
And he, the said Elizer Brown further declares that he was born in Swansea in said County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts on the 2 d day of November A.D. 1755, and that his birth is recorded in the Town's Clerk's office in said Swansea, and that a true copy of said record is hereto annexed; and that he lived in said Swansea at the time he entered said service, and that he has always lived in said Swansea from his birth to the present time except when he was in said service, and that he now lives in said Swansea; and that when he was called into said service he volunteered as before stated; that he did not receive any written discharge from said service, but was verbally discharged by said General Cornwall at the end of his said term of service as before stated; and that Josiah Nimmicott and Joshua Bicknell Esquires, and Mrs. Mary Child can testify to his service, and their depositions are here presented to said court; and that he is known to the following persons in his present neighbourhood, who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution viz.
John Briggs William Marray - -
he has no documentary evidence of his service.
Col. Tappan Kept. was stationed at Little Compton a part if not the whole of said term of service -
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.
Elisha Brown
Sworn to subscribed the day and year first above mentioned - H. Darylee, Judge of Probate
We Jesse Briggs a Clergyman, residing in the town of Swansea aforesaid and William Mason residing in the same Swansea hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elisha Brown who has subscribed down to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Jesse Briggs William Mason
Sworn to subscribed the day and year first above mentioned - H. Darylee Judge of Probate
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 served in the war of the Revolution as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jesse Briggs who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in Swansea in said County and that William Mason who has signed the same is a resident in the same Swansea & is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
H. Darylee, Judge of Probate.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. I Amos Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Elisha Brown for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this tenth day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty four - A. Barrett

Elisha Town Massachusetts
Rejected 20 Oct 1834 Am J Bangs—
1294

1294
ELECTED
No. Elisha Brown
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Notes: List of rejected claims printed in 1852, shows cause
Re-enlisted: of rejection as follows: "Not military service."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Hon: J. Pungp- Oct 20, 1834 cc
Rec Vol 32 - Page 225 -

Department of War Penna Office Oct. 20 1874
Sir,
I have received and examined the claim of Emma Brown, and find that the sum for which he claims a pension under the act of June 7 1872, does not come within the provisions of that Act.
It appears that her service was voluntary, and confined almost entirely to the carrying of dispatches to the General, a service not extended to military by the Department. The papers are placed upon the files of the Office. I have the honor
Hon
Tristram Burgess Providence R.I.