Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,129, Daniel Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Brown, Daniel
W 22,129
Russell, Betty
B.L.Wt. 36,544-160-55.
(Former widow)
CONTENTS
res. at Yarmouth, Cumberland Co. Me. died in Oct. 1997

144.
Stearns
Betty Russell widow of Daniel Stearns who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private .
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Five Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension granted the 1 day of July 1848 and sent to Wm. A. Clarke Dept. B
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848. Page 37 Vol. 1
2492
Stearns

216906 Oct Mar 3 ✓ per 5/35
former Betty Russell, wife of Daniel Brown
Rev
hagar aug
Nun 360 H 1/2
Very Clear
Resigned Set May 2 1848
Me July 48-644
M: 1600 July 31/56 R. D. D.
Rufus Prince former
Vol. Bo-76. 5

State of Maine } Oxford County } ss.
On this twenty first day of May AD 1844, Personally appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court held at Paris within and for said County, Betty Russell a resident of Hartford in said County of Oxford, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declara- -tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Daniel Brown who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that she believes her late husband the aforesaid Daniel Brown served some four or five years in all, - during the Revolutionary war, that she is not able to state the names of the officers under whom he served during the whole time of service but that he did enlist and serve (as she has frequently heard him say.) Three years in Capt. Hancock's company, and Col. Vose Regt. She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Brown some time in the month of December 1785, and that the Rev. Mr. Gilman Solemnized the marriage, that previous to her marriage with said Brown her name was Betty Russell, That her husband the aforesaid Daniel Brown -

died (as she is satisfied upon reflection) in the month of October 1797, that in March 1800 she married Jeremiah Russell of Hartford, and that the said Jeremiah Russell died on the thirtieth day of November 1843, that she was not married to the said Brown prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated and that she is still a widow and unmarried. She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Brown at North Yarmouth, but she is not able to state whether her husband the said Brown resided at Yarmouth or North Yarmouth at the time of his enlistment both of which places were then Massachusetts
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Betty
Respect mark
Signed and sworn to the day & year before written Esdrick Whitman C.J. of the S.J. Court of the State of Maine
State of Maine
Oxford ss. Supreme Judicial Court May Term 1844
I hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings on the application of Betty Russell for a Pension, had in open court at this Term and that the above is the genuine signature of Esdrick Whitman Clerk of Justice of said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto

216.906
Rufus Prince Esq. Turner Maine

State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
AUBURN, October 1 185 } 5.
I, JOSIAH D. PULSIFER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Job Prince
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE , within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed — that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer CLERK.

State of Maine County of Oxford } ss
On this twenty eighth day of September At one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Betty Russell aged eighty seven years, a resident of Hartford in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Daniel Brown who was a private in the Revolutionary War - that after the death of said Brown she married Jeremiah Russell and since the decease of the said Russell, she made application for, and obtained a Pension for the service of her first husband the said Daniel Brown that she is now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of February 20 1848 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum The Certificate of which is numbered 644 - and dated the 10th day of July 1848 And for proof of the service of her late husband, the said Daniel Brown as well as for their Marriage - his death and the death of the said Jeremiah Russell. She

refers the Department to the evidence accompanying her declaration her declaration upon which she obtained said Pension -
She further declares that she is now a widow and has never received a land warrant under this or any other Act nor made any other application therefor -
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3 rd 1835 -
And for the purpose of this Application I the said Betty Russell, do hereby constitute and appoint Rufus Prince of Turner in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior a warrant for the quantity of land due as aforesaid
Betty her Russell Mark
We Thomas C Russell and Eunice Russell of Hartford in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Betty Russell in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person

She represents herself to be - And we further declare that we were present when the said Jeremiah Russell died and that his widow the said Betty Russell has resided in the family with us ever since his death and that we are disinterested
J. C. Russell
Eunice Russell
The foregoing declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Job Prince Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss.
I Joseph G. Loble Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Job Prince whose genuine signature is annexed to the deposition of Hopestill Bisbee, William Dawes, Thomas L. Rapsdell, Abigail Gooch and James Rapsdell attached to this certificate is a Jus- tice of the Peace throughout the State of Maine duly commissioned and qualified as such & that full faith and credit is to be given to his doings as such in each and every County of the State
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty first day of May 1844.
Joseph G. Loble Clerk as aforesaid

I James Russell of North Yarmouth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine age Seventy two years, testify and say, that I am the Brother of Betty Russell, widow of Jeremiah Russell, late of Hartford deceased, and formerly widow of Daniel Brown, that I was present at the Marriage of the said Daniel Brown and Betty Russell at my Fathers house in this town, about the year 1785 or 1786. That the said Daniel Brown was killed, by an Op Cast in the year 1797, that I was present at the inquest of the Coroner on said deceased, that I was also present at marriage of the widow of the said Daniel Brown to Jeremiah Russell of Hartford which marriage ceremony was also performed at my Fathers house in this town, and that the said Jeremiah Russell died at Hartford aforesaid last November or December and that he left a widow by the name of Betty Russell, who still remains a widow & unmarried, and is the widow of the aforesaid Daniel Brown and now resides in said Hartford James Russell
State of Maine } Cumberland County } On this 17 th day of May 1834, Personally James Russell a credible witness & made oaths to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed Before me John Prince Justice of the Peace

I, Hopestill Bisbee, of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged forty eight years, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Jeremiah Russell late of said Hartford deceased, that he died on the thirtieth day of November 1843 and that he left a widow by the name of Betty Russell who still remains a widow and unmarried and now resides in Hartford aforesaid Hopestill Bisbee
State of Maine Oxford County ss.
On this Thirteenth day of May 1874 personally appeared Hopestill Bisbee, a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before Me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

"Marriages by the Rev. Tristram Gilman" "December twenty second seventeen hundred eighty five, Daniel Brown and Betty Russell" "Recorded by David Mitchell Town Clerk"
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of the town of North Yarmouth in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Decemr 22. 1785" William Daves Town Clerk
I William Daves Depose and say that I hold the Office of town clerk in the town of North Yarmouth in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me William Daves
State of Maine } Cumberland county } ss.
May 17 th 1844. Personally appeared William Daves Town Clerk of the town of North Yarmouth and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed. Before me Job Prince justice of the Peace

I, Thomas C Russell of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged forty three years, testify and say, that I am the son of Jeremiah Russell late of said Hartford deceased, that he died on the thirteenth day of November 1843 and that he left a widow by the name of Betty Russell, who still remains a widow and unmarried, and now resides in Hartford aforesaid Thomas C Russell
State of Maine } Oxford County }
On this thirteenth day of May 1844, personally appeared Thomas C Russell and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed, he being a credible witness Before Me - J. P. Prince Justice of the Peace

I Abigail Gooch of North Yarmouth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged eighty four years, testify and say, that I moved into this town about sixty four years ago, and that soon after that time, Daniel Brown who was then reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, was married to Betty Russell of this town and I was present at the wedding, that about ten or twelve years after their marriage, the said Brown was killed by a cart, and that some two or three years after the death of said Brown, the said Betty married Jeremias Russell of Hartford.
Witness
Pratt B. Gooch
Abigail her Gooch Mark
State of Maine Cumberland County
On this 17 th day of May 1844 Personally appeared Abigail Gooch a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by her subscribed
Before Me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

admitted
Hon F Clark Hobbs

State of Maine County of Oxford
On this sixteen the day of June 1878, Personally appeared before me Job Prince a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Betty Russell of Hartford in the County of Oxford aged seventy nine years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the second day of February 1878, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she was the widow of Daniel Brown who was a Private in the Revolution, and for proof of the service of her late husband (Daniel Brown) she would refer the Department to the declaration and accompanying papers on which she obtained a pension under the Acts of July 7th 1838 and June 17th 1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars per Annum And she further declares that she is still a widow
witness
Emmice Russell
by Betty Russell Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, by the above named Betty Russell (with whom I am personally acquainted) on the day and year first above written
Before Me
Job Prince Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Job Prince whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Betty Russell is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this twenty seventh day of June A. D., 184 8
Charles Andrews
CLERK.

Betty Russell 6431 acts 43 & 44 119.
$80 per acre
Han. A. K. Parris 2 d Comptroller
8. N. 80° E. 100 yds

State of Maine } ss Hancock County } ss
On this sixteenth day of August, 1884 personally appeared, before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said County, Betty Russell a resident of Hartford in the County aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Daniel Brown, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and for proof of the period of service of her late husband as well as the Regiment of troops in which he served etc. She would refer the Department to the evidence accompanying her application, on which she obtained a pension of Eighty dollars per annum under the Act of July 7. 1838, the certificate of which was numbered 8557. - She further declares that she is still a widow and unmarried. Betty Russell witness { Thomas C Russell { Eunice Russell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before the subscriber, who hereby certifies that the Declarant is personally known to him as the person above represented. Job Prince Justice of the Peace.

United States Maine District
Circuit Court Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that Job Prince Esquire is a Magistrate duly ap- pointed, authorized and commissioned - -that the signature to the foregoing de- position purporting to be his is his genu- ine signature and that full faith and credit are due his official attestations.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and forty four
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Cir. Court

Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court this twenty first day of May 1844 Joseph Goble Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22129
Betty Russell formerly  widow of Daniel Brown Pris Rev War
Act Feb 24 48
Index: Vol. 46 , Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Marines

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Maine 6124
Betty Russell, who was widow of Daniel Brown who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of Sept. 1844 and sent to Hon. A. K. Parris 2 d Comptroller
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2, Page 8.

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Betty Russell formerly widow of Daniel Brown M c Act July 7 th 38
~ add 2 years prior
$80
died Oct 1797.
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Howe F. H. Moore M c

Washington May 25 th 1846
Sir
With this you will receive the application of Betty Russell & I trust for a pension & I trust the necessary evidence to make that application successful You will oblige me by giving this case an early examination
Very respectfully your obt servt
F. H. Morse
H. R.
Genl J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Rep?
Maine 8557.
Betty Russell, who was widow of Daniel Brown who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the — October 18 37 of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hancock of the regt. commanded by Col. Vose in the line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 1844 and sent to Hon. F. H. Morse, Turner, Maine
Total amount, $ 400 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 15.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 18 1844
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Daniel Brown of Yarmouth is borne upon the books of Col Vose's Regiment, in the Company of Capt Hancock, as a private from March 25. 1777 to February 25. 1780 - 35 months

State of Maine
County of Oxford, Town of Hartford
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office, of the service of my late husband, Daniel Brown. He served some two or three short campaigns but I am not able to state the names of the Officers under whom he served during those short campaigns but I am satisfied that he (at some period of the Revolutionary war ) enlisted for three years, and served that time in Capt Hancock's Company and Col. Vose's Regt, as a private soldier. I am not able to state the name of the town from which he enlisted but am confident it was from Yarmouth or N. Yarmouth then Massachusetts.
We were married about the year 1785. He died I think in the year 1796.
I married Jeremiah Russell in the year 1800 and he died Nov 30th 1873.
I am presently five years old, and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required —
I have empowered Job Prince of Turner, in said County to act in the premises as my Attorney. Witness my hand this 27th day of March A.D. 1874. Betty Russell mark
Signed in my presence by said Betty Russell —
William Thompson Justice of the Peace

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm. Tuttle Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.