Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12317, Shadrach Brooks, Mass.

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Brooks, Shadrach Brooks
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New York 8783
Shadrach Brooks
of Onida in the State of NY who was a private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Gitts of the Reg t commanded by Col Brown in the New York line for 10 months and 15 days
Shadrach Brooks Mass. Line. Records corrected July 6/65.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 35 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of April 1833 and sent to Archibald B. Brady Clinton New York.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 70. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep r 1833. 17. 50
87. 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4 Page 43.

12.423
in human affairs and future events.
Joseph Jones.

Declaration Of Shnerick Brooks - of the Town of Vernon - in the County of Onondaga - made in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress - passed June 7 th 1832 -
State of New York Onondaga County - ss. In this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one - thousand eight hundred & thirty two - personally appeared on oath before the Court of Common Pleas of the State of New York at a Court held before the Honorable William H. Williams Esquire - one of the one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onondaga and State of New York - being a Court of Record now sitting at the City of Utica in the County of Onondaga & State aforesaid - Shnerick Brooks - aged seventy four 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 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. That in the year eighteen hundred & seventy seven he was enrolled - or enlisted in the Company of Infantry comprehended in Captain Ephraim Gilt of the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Brown - in the Brigade commanded by Genl John Bell - of the  Reserve Corps  Reserve Corps Militia - as a private - at New Marlborough - in the County of Pulaski State of Mass ts
said Revolutionary war and in

That in the year last aforesaid - (at the time of Burgoyne's invasion) said Regiment was ordered to Fort Ann - in the State of New York - That said regt marched to Bennington, from thence to Saratoga - thence to Fort Ann and at Fort Ann aforesaid joined the Army afterwards commanded by Genl Gates - then under the command of Genl Schuyler - That after Genl Gates took the command of said army - he ordered those regiments of Militia that had commenced the campaign - to return to their homes - That this respondent returned - to his place of residence - the first of October 1777 - That he was then  then in said service it was honourably discharged at Bennington - between White Hall & Albany
That in June or July - of the year seven-teen hundred & seventy eight, this respondent was a private in Captain Elijah Dennon's company of Colonel John Brown's Regiment of Genl John Fellows' Brigade - That he marched to Albany (New York) and was stationed at Albany about two weeks - That he marched as a private in said company - from Albany to Coek-hanaga - thence to Schenectady - That the said company - remained in Albany - except the detachment aforesaid - That on their return the said Detachment returning to Albany they were informed that that part of said company which had been left at Albany had after said Detachment had marched from Albany been dismissed - & the said Detachment was immediately after its return

to Albany - ordered home - : That this disponent was in said service - as a private as aforesaid - two months - and was honorably discharged at Albany.
That in the year nineteen hundred and seventy nine - said company - then comman- -ded by captain John Colles - of the Regiment & Brigade aforesaid - volunteered for one month - in the defence of New Haven - That this disponent - served in said service - in said company - one month - at New Haven & in going to & returning from - New Haven as herein - stated - That at the expiration of said - term he was honorably discharged at - New Marlbury aforesaid - the tenth of Aug of the year last aforesaid.
That - in the year nineteen hundred & eighty - at New Marlborough - aforesaid this disponent volunteered as a private in Captain Samuel Warner - company of Colonel John Brown's Regiment - com- -manded by Col Brown - for four months - That he this disponent, marched to Albany / New York thence to Fort Plain - at Fort Plain - said Regt was attached to Genl Van Curen's Brigade - on the 11 th of Oct. That the enemy / That is to say Tories, Indians - bowboys &c / had gone south - & the said Brigade - marched to Stoneville - That Col Brown's Regt crossed the river Mohawk the 19 th of October - & joined the main Army under Genl Van Buren - That they had two engagements the day last named

in that of the morning of 20th of Oct. Col. Brant was killed. That they had a second engagement in the evening - that they following they recovered the broken & dispirited of the enemy - & having driven them off - returned having about 300 prisoners - a number of which were taken from the enemy's camp - & that they did duty as a mounted corps during the year - seventeen hundred & sixty seven - & seventeen hundred & sixty eight - that the duty of said Company was to be at all times in readiness - to take the field at every alarm - to guard against surprise - that they were very frequently called into active service during that time - that they were engaged in battle once a week - except in winter -
That he was born in Killingly in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut - in the year - seventeen hundred & fifty eight -
That he has no record of marriage.
That he lives in New Marlborough when called into said service - that he will be the 71st year old in June - and came to his present place of residence in eight hundred & seven - & has lived in Tazewell County of Illinois since that time - to the date hereof -
That - in 1777 - he was ordered into
The above is a true copy of the original - as shown to the undersigned - who is not related in any way to the family of the deceased -

said verdict after that returned. That he does not now distinctly recollect any officers, regts. - or circumstances worthy of note - connected with said service - not above named.
That no written discharge were given -
That Seth Holmes of Vernon in the County of Oneida, and Thomas Barnes - of the same place County aforesaid are persons - to whom this deponent is known in his present neighbourhood & who can testify as to his character for veracity - their belief of his services & their general report of his having been a soldier of the Revolution -
That this deponent knows of no evidence not herein & herewith exhibited -
He hereby relinquished 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 & Subscribed - } Shadrach Brooks This 7 th day of Augt 1832 }
Nathan Kimball } Judge of Oneida common pleas

State of New York
Onondaga County — ss:
We Seth Holmes —
a clergyman residing in Vernon in said County — and Thomas Barnes of Vernon in the County aforesaid — hereby testify that we are well acquainted with Shadrach Brooks — who has subscribed hereto to the above declaration — that we believe him to be seventy four years of age — that he is respected & beloved in the neighbour- -hood where he resides — to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
In witness whereof This 24th day of Augt 1832 —
Seth Holmes Thomas Barnes
Nathan Kimball } Jdg of said common pleas
Nathan Kimball
And the said Court hereby certify its opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories proposed by the War Department — that the above named applicant was a revo- -lutionary soldier & served as he states.
And the said Court further certify — that it appears to the said Court that Seth Holmes who has signed the foregoing affidavit is a respectable person the Town of Vernon, County of Onondaga & that Thomas Barnes who has also signed the same

is a resident in the Town of Vernon County aforesaid - and is a credible person and their statement entitled to credit.
Nathan Kimball } Judge of Concida Cabinman pleads
George Brown Clerk of the County of Onondaga -
do hereby certify that the proceedings - contain the original proceedings of the Court of Sessions the matter of the application of Shadrach Brooks for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office - This day of Aug 1832 -

State of New York Oneida County ss
I George Brown - Clerk of the County of Oneida - do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings - before Nathan Kimball Esq - one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas - of the County of Oneida - in the matter of the Apprehen- -sion of Shadrach Brooks - of the Town of Vernon - for a fornication.
That said Nathan Kimball Esq - was at the time said proceedings were had - & bear date, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas - of the County of Oneida. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Nathan Kimball Esq - and that his signature affixed to the annexed affidavits of declaration - & certificate - are genuine - & his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas - of said County - this 20th day of Sept - 1832
And I do further certify, that Henry Jones - before whom the annexed affidavit was subscribed & sworn - was at the time thereof a justice of the peace of said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing - that his signature to said affidavit is his proper hand writing & genuine. Witness my hand & seal at office - the day & year aforesaid.

Onida County }
Joseph Story of Amherst in
said County being duly affirmed
according to law deposeth and saith, That this deponent was well acquainted with Shadrach Brooks some time previous to the war of the Revolution, that some time in the month of June 1778 the said Shadrach Brooks resided in the town of New Marlborough Berkshire County, Massachusetts together with this deponent to join the American troops stationed at Albany State of New York and were to stay at Albany one month after we arrived there that we marched and joined said troops at said Albany that after we had been at Albany about two weeks there were forty volunteers of the Militia called for to go with an equal number of Continental troops to Cherry Valley, to protect the inhabitants from the Tories and Indians that the said Shadrach and this deponent volunteered and went, Capt Ballard of the Continental troops commanded the detachment Lieut Powell of Militia also went with said detachment, that we staid at said Cherry Valley until our term of engagement had expired when we claimed of said Capt Ballard the promise of General Stark that we should not be kept beyond our term of engagement but Capt Ballard refused to dismiss us until about twelve days after said expiration when we returned to Albany and found our Company had been previously disbanded and we returned to the aforesaid New Marlborough having from the best of the recollection of this deponent been absent two months or thereabouts, that the said Capt Ballard belonged to Col. Hens Continental Regiment, that the Company in which the said Shadrach and this deponent enlisted and marched from said New Marlborough was a Militia Company commanded by Capt Demming of Sandfield, that General Stark commanded at Albany that this deponent has been acquainted with said Shadrach ever since said Revolutionary war and that he now resides in Amherst aforesaid, and further saith not.
Joseph Story.

Providence County } ss
I Certify that the within name Joseph Jones is known to me and that he is a person of credibility, truth, and veracity and that he duly affirmed to the truth of the within affidavit according to law and subscribed the same before me at Benson the 13 th day of August 1832
W. May Justice of the Peace

N o 12,423 Shadrack Brooks
Arch l C. library
Clinton
N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Shadrack Brooks  County of Onondaga  in the State of N.Y.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? bodily infirmity  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1777 — 3 15 drafted Col. Brown, Capt. Gitts   "78 — 2 — d o — Same Col. Capt. Demmon   "79 — 1 — Volunt ry Same — Capt. Colten   "80 — 4 — d o Same, Capt. Warner  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Marlborough Ct  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition & tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell  Examining Clerk.

Pickman
12317 INVALID.
File No. 12,317
Shadrach Brooks ★
Pris Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Shadrach Brooks ★

S. F. 12317
Shadrach Brooks
Mass not
N. Y.
Continuait
June 28, 1905.

No 12423 Shadrack Brooks
Arch a L. Gray Clinton N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Shadrach Brooks which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? Supplied 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? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 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 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 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 shewn 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.
†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 authenticates 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 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brooks, Silas GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5416 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 28, 1792 to Moses Sill
*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.