Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1322, Arthur Brown, N.C.

SERVICE
Nb.
Brown, Arthur Lucy
NUMBER
R. 1322
CONTENTS
4 13
A Jan 1959 ... at ... N. ... ...

6938
Lucy Brown
M. C.
Act 4 July '36 -

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sampson County } Sessions November Term 1845
Personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the said County of Sampson. Arthur Brown a resident of the aforesaid County and State aged 48 years who being sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the fourth of July 1836 for the benefit of certain Widows. That he this declarant is a son of Arthur Brown deceased who served the United States in the war of the Revolution as a volunteer in the Cavalry and Infantry. As this declarant has often heard him say, that he the said Arthur Brown lived in North Carolina when he was called into the service. That this declarant cannot tell who was his Father's commanders, but that from the best of this declarant's information and belief his father the said Arthur Brown served off and on through the said war as above stated both in the Horse and Foot companies as a volunteer.
That the said Arthur Brown was married from the best of the declarant's information in the year (1780) Seventeen hundred and eighty in the month of June to Lucy Butler. That the said declarant Arthur Brown died in the month of November (1831) Eighteen hundred and Thirty-one, leaving Lucy Brown his Widow surviving.

who died on the 22 d day of February (1844) Eighteen hundred and forty-four, leaving surviving her seven children to wit The declarant Arthur Brown Arin who intermarried with John Newman, Caleb Brown Mary who intermarried with Benjamin Bowden Dicy who intermarried with Redman Adorn Sarah who intermarried with Harry Brewer, and Margaret who intermarried with Reuben Reynolds the only surviving heirs of the said Arthur and Lucy Brown and all of lawful age. In further evidence of the said marriage the declarant herewith sends his Father's original Family record, and that he believes it is in his Father's own hand-writing, and contains the events as they transpired.
Sworn to and subscribed on this the 17 th day of November 1845 in open Court Arthur Brown A. W. Broy. A.
I Thomas J. Faison Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the said County of Sampson do hereby certify that it has been shown to the satisfaction of the said Court that Arthur Brown Senior did die in the month of November (1831) Eighteen hundred and thirty-one. That Lucy Brown did die on the twenty-second day of February (1844) Eighteen hundred and forty-four and left surviving her seven children - viz. Arthur

Brown, Ann Newman, Caleb Brown, Mary Bowden, Dicy Adorn, Sarah Brewer and Margaret Reynolds. The only surviving heirs of the said Arthur and Lucy Brown and all of lawful age.
I also certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the said court that the declarant (Arthur Brown) is a man of truth and respectability.
In testimony whereof I Thomas I. Garrison have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Office at Clinton on this the 17 th day of November 1845.
Thomas I. Garrison Clerk
July 21. 1836
6.938 May 12/41 Witness to be made To John Morrison J. H. Green Garden Orange Co N.Y.

State of North Carolina Sampson county Personally appeared before me John Colwell one of the acting Justices of the Peace for the said county Travis Butler a resident of the afore said county and State Aged Seventy three years who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statements in regard to the revolutionary services and marriage of Arthur Brown to Lucy Butler. That he the said deponent has a brother in Law of the said Arthur Brown decd and that he the deponent lived at the said Arthur Browns in time of the war and well recollects of the said Arthur Brown going off and that it was said that he was gone in the service that he this deponent staid with his sister who was the wife of the said Arthur Brown when he the said Arthur Brown was gone in the said war Sworn to and subscribed before me on this the 17 of November 1845
John Colwell J.P.
Travis Butler
I certify that Travis Butler is a man of truth given under my hand on the above date
John Colwell

State of North Carolina Campson County,
I Thomas D. Faison
Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the said County do hereby certify that John Caldwell whose name appears signed to the foregoing Affidavit and Certificate is & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for the said County and that the signature purporting to be his an Denomin
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name on this the 18 th day of November 1845: and affixed the seal of office
Thomas D. Faison (Clk)
A large, stylized signature of Thomas D. Faison, featuring a prominent 'T' and 'F' with decorative flourishes.

Henry Brown the son of Edward Brown and Prudence his wife was born January 27 th 1752 Arthur Brown and Lucy Butler married June 1750 Anna Brown Daughter of Arthur Brown Brown and Lucy his wife was born February the 16 th y 1761
Edward Brown son of Arthur Brown and Lucy his wife was born February the 5 th day 1788
Robert Brown son of Arthur Brown and Lucy his wife was born June the 29 th 1785
Caleb Brown son of Arthur Brown and Lucy his wife was born March the 25 th 1788
John Brown the son of Arthur Brown and Lucy his wife was born 23 rd June 1790
Mary Brown was born December 28 th 1792
Dicy Brown was born March 29 th 1795

Arthur Brown son of Arthur Brown and Lucy his wife was Born July 17 th 1797
Sarah Brown was Born December 29 th 1799
Margret Brown was Born July the 20 th 1802
Henry T Brown was Born February the fifth 1812 of Lucy Brown
Henry was born in the year 1812 at August 18 17 in the year our Lord

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6938
Lucy Brown m. 6
Set to John Morrow
May 24 th '47
M. Thompson July 23/53
1322
Act 4th July '56

✓ 322
aw EJECTED
P. O. Lucy Brown
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of suspended claims printed in 1852, shows cause
Re-enlisted: of suspension as follows: For proof of service and marriage.
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of North Carolina
Duplin County, I James H. German the common clerk of the County Court of the said County certify that I have made diligent search in my office for the License bond of Arthur Brown and cannot find any such bond in my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of office on this 16 th of Dec r 1845.
James H German Clerk

Pension Office
July 23, 1833
Sir
The additional evidence in the case of Lucy Brown, widow of Arthur, filed May 24 th last, has been examined in connection with the other papers, and I have to say, that it is not sufficient to establish service. The additional evidence consists of an affidavit made by Francis Butler, who now professes to know that Arthur Brown did perform certain Military services in the revolution; but unfortunately for the credibility of this witness, he made an affidavit, in Nov 1845, in which he swears "Arthur Brown left home and it was said , that he was gone in the service". When the testimony as it stands the case must be rejected
Very Respectfully
Col M Thompson Present

No 6.9.38.
May 12, 1884)
le of May Brown,
July 4, 1896,
J. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office, Washington City
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As the Broom
A H Markland Esq is authorized to make any necessary Examinations for me in the Apartments at Washington
J. M. Rose, Newport News (Oct 8 1855)
24th July 1836 Sep'd 1836
A. H. Markland

State of North Carolina }
Sampson County }
Know all men by these presents that I Arthur Brown Miss as Law of Arthur Brown Decd
do hereby constitute Mr Rose & B Blount my irrevocable Attorneys for me and in my name concerning all other attorneys to prosecute a claim for the Revolutionary Services of Arthur Brown Decd and his widow Lucy Brown Now Decd and I hereby authorize my said Attorneys to examine all Papers or Documents at Washington or else where in relation to said claim and to file Affidavits and receive any certificates that may be found for said claim and appoint one or more substitutes under them and in all things to do or act as I could if present Witness my hands and seal this 9 day of May 1855 Witness Arthur Brown (Seal) Attest Mrs. H. Brown

(in)
Jan 9 th
May 24 th A.T.
In the case of allilly channel no service whatever is detailed as the rules require & no evidence adduced as to the date of the marriage -
The pension is a pro rata allowance to be computed by the half pay while in service. Hence it is necessa- ry to ascertain it with reasonable exactitude & therefore the rules require in order to adjust the pension under- standing that each term should be distinctly set forth as to period, length & grade names of Officers - Stations - Marches - Battles &c - Unless the rules are complied as well in relation to the production of the best attainable proof as to the specification of each term no pension can be allowed - The witness Rich gives no details so as to make his testimony available -

In relation to the date of the marriage or relation of husband & wife, prior to the expiration of the husband's ser- -vice proof of a very high grade will be necessary in order to esta- -blish it with the requisite certainty. In the case of Lucy Brown the same re- -quisitions are made as to the specifi- -cation of each term of service and to the necessary proofs from the records at Raleigh & testimony of surviving comrades. —
The family register is deemed sufficient to show that she was married in June 1780. & in order to bring her case within the act of April 36 it will be necessary to detail & establish a term of service which terminated subsequently to that date. —
Jas. Morrow Esq. Bloom Garden Orange Co. N. C.

Addl. ev. case of Lucy Brown widow of
Arthur Brown
Susp?
Act July 4. 1830.
Proof of marriage and service in case of Arthur Brown Application for Pension
Col. M. Thompson Present.

State of North Carolina
County of Sampson
On this the 12 th day of April AD 1853 Personally appeared before me William M c Roy a justice of the peace for the county of Sampson & State of North Carolina. Travis Butler a disinterested witness who declares after having been duly sworn according to law that Arthur Brown served as a minute man in the county of Duplin during the war of the Revolution & that he did actual service as minute man aforesaid and that he died about the year 1831 leaving a widow named Lucy Brown.
(And there being no public or private record of said marriage) the said Travis Butler further declares that the said Arthur Brown & was married to Lucy Brown & that he was witness to the marriage ceremony which was legally Solemnized & that said widow died in the year Eighteen Hundred and forty five leaving her child Arthur Brown the applicant for his father & Mothers pension and for the

in case of Same - And the said Travis Butler further swears that the said Arthur Brown was married to the said Lucy Brown before his service as minute man aforesaid - And the said Travis Butler swears that he remained with said Lucy Brown deceased widow as aforesaid while her husband Arthur Brown minute man was in service during the war of the revolution declared by the United States against Great Britain 4 th of July 1776 -
Sworn to & subscribed by Travis Butler day & date above written L. M. Cridley J. H. Gowerse Butler
And I further certify that Travis Butler the witness whose deposition is above recorded is a man of highly respectable character & undoubted veracity day & date as above
M. Cridley J. H. Beale

State of South Carolina W. M. Beman Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for the County of Nelson do hereby certify that William McRae at the date of the foregoing certificate was an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & the signature purporting to be his is in his own proper hand writing I further certify that I am well acquainted with Francis Butler the witness & I have no hesitation in saying he is a man of good character &c
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at office this the 13 th 1853 & 7 th year of American Independence
W. M. Beman Clerk
Entered

Revolutionary Pension Claim of Arthur Brown of South Carolina
pr. to M. Thompson Present File Mar. 8. 1852
Papers Cal d for
W. B. [?] Apr. 9/52

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I,* Arthur Brown
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Arthur Brown heir of Arthur Brown decd for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 26 th day Feb y
A. D., 185 3 .
Arthur Brown 
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Almond A McKnight
STATE OF North Carolina
COUNTY OF Sampson } ss.
On this 26 th day of February
A. D., 185 3 .
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Arthur Brown and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
W. C. Wray
J. Peace.
*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name, (stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power. If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.

STATE OF North Carolina COUNTY of Sampson
day of February  Be it Known, That on this 26 th A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty three , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Arthur Brown a resident of Sampson in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical Arthur Brown who executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before J. Peace.
M. C. D'Arcy
Arthur Brown
I, _____ Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Arthur Brown who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. J. Peace.
I, John R Beaman Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William McKay  William McKay before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is _____ signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 26 th day of February A. D., 185 3 .
J. R. Beaman Clerk.

STATE OF North Carolina COUNTY OF  }
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me. John R Brannen
that Arthur Brown was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States at the rate of $  per annum, and that  of the  day of  died on the leaving surviving A widow who died a eighteen hundred and and that Arthur Brown is the only surviving child of the aforesaid. Arthur Brown
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 21 st day of  one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
NOTE.—If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow. If there be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear; and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children. If, he, or she, (as the case may be) was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely, state that fact.
The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.