Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17298, Isaiah Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brown, Isaiah
S. 17298
CONTENTS
carded
marked in 1820. When 17. Lived in Boston until 1832

21.617 Massachusetts Isaiah Brown I hereby certify that in the State of Mass he was a Private in the Com. commanded by Captain Chapin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Fellows in the Mass for 11 Mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass the at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct. 1833 and Ruth E Alvord Greenfield
Arrears to the 4th of Sep'33 $91.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th 1833 18.33 $109.99
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } Col. S. Allen Clerk, { App. June 7, 1832. } Book E Vol. 2, Page 12

Isaiah Brown Whately
22302

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE  Franklin }
ON this fourteenth  sixteenth day of august 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas now sitting, Isaiah Brown a resident of Whately in the County of Hampshire  Franklin , and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the autumn of 1774, he enlisted as a minute man in Whately and when he returned - On the 21st April 1775, immediately after the battle of Lexington and Concord, he marched in obedience to orders to Cambridge. He remained there a short time, and marched to Roxbury, where he remained several months. He then marched to Dorchester, where he remained until he was dismissed near the first of January 1776 having served about eight and a half months, including furloughs which were allowed him to return home. The officers of his Regiment were Col. Follen, Lt. Col. Agassiz and Major Dyer - Officers of his Company were Chaplain of Hatfield, Captain, Peter Brattle of Whately, Lieutenant and John Beckman of Hatfield Ensign - Said Company was ranked in the lines of Boston and Whately. The troops in the vicinity of Boston were commanded by General Washington, Col. and Ward - In January 1777, being not re-enlisted, he enlisted in the militia for the term of three months - he was then a resident in said Whately - was dismissed to rendezvous in January term. His officers were Col. Elijah Williams and Major Charles Williams, Capt. Nathan Murray of Hatfield, Lieut. and Ensign not recalled. Brigade was commanded by Gen. Cushing of Northampton. Marched from Brattleboro to Peshkill in the State of New York, where he remained a few weeks - crossed the Hudson River at King's Ferry and went to Morristown in New Jersey where his three months expired and he was accordingly dismissed -
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 Massachusetts .
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk Isaiah Brown
We, [blank] residing in the town of [blank] and [blank] residing in [blank] hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that  Attest E. Alvord Clerk  who has signed the preceding certificate, is  resident in  and that  who has also signed the same, is a resident in  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaiah Brown for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.

No 22502
Isaiah Brown Franklin County Massachusetts
Rate 11 Marks
16 06 July 3 1833
E. Alvah Greenfield Massachusetts

BRIEF in the case of Isaiah Brown County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  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     Enlisted In 1774 1775-1776 1 8 - Minute man private Gen. Washington, Lee, Ward, Col. Fellows, Col. Agar, Major Tuppen Capt. Chapin Capt. Kim, Barnwell   Enlisted - 1777 - 3 - private Col. E. Williams, Major C. Williams, Capt. S. Muny, Lt. Pomeroy  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Franklin County Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Writings not stated as credible 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richd. H. Lyman
Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaiah Brown a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Autumn 1774 minute man no officers Stated Mass.   Apr. 21, 1775 July 1, 1775 Israel Chapin Fellows   June 1777 3 mos. Leah Murray Blanch Williams        
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Whately, Franklin Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, was to be His it was at Residence at date of application, Whately, Franklin Co. Mass. Age at date of application, 80 years.
Remarks:
There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Isaiah Brown Eden M rs Scott's Aff
M rs Scott's Affection for Isaiah Brown

I, Abiel Scott of Whately in the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I enlisted in the autumn of 1774 as a minute man and in April the 21 st day 1775 I marched to Cambridge and from there to Roxbury and from there to Dorchester in the vicinity of Boston and served until the first of January next after in the company of Capt. Chaplin Col. Fellows Reg. and I think that we were allowed five days to come home in which would make 8 1/2 months and I am well acquainted with Isaiah Brown of Whately County and State aforesaid and do know that the said Isaiah Brown did serve all sd time as a private soldier in said company and Regiment Abiel Scott
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. Aug. the 7 th 1832 then personally appeared the above named Abiel Scott and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contained nothing but the truth before me Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace

Elazar Frye's deposition for Isaiah Brown
Isaiah Brown Elazar Frye att

I Eleazar Frary of Conway in the County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I enlisted in the autumn of 1874 as a minuteman and in April the 21 st day 1875 I marched to Cambridge & from there Roxbury and from there to Dorchester in the vicinity of Boston and served until the first of January after, in the Company of Capt. Chapin Col. Follen's Reg. and I think that we were allowed five days to come home in which would make 8 1/2 months and I am well acquainted with Isaiah Brown of Whately County and State aforesaid and do know that the said Isaiah Brown did serve all at time as a privet soldier in said Company and Regiment Eleazar Frary Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin ss. July the 18 th 1832 then personally appeared the above named Eleazar Frary and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contained nothing but the truth before me (Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace)

I Elazar Frary of Conway in the County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I enlisted in the autumn of 1874 as a minute man and in April the 28 th day 1875 I marched to Cambridge & from there Roxbury and from there to Dorchester in the vicinity of Boston and served until the first of January after, in the Company of Capt. Chaplin Col. Fellows Reg. and I think that we were allowed five days to come home in which would make 8 1/2 months and I am well acquainted with Isaiah Brown of Whately County and State aforesaid and do know that the said Isaiah Brown did serve all at that time as a private soldier in said Company and Regiment Elazar Frary Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin ss. July the 18 th 1832 then personally appeared the above named Elazar Frary and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contained nothing but the truth before me Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace

I Graves Crafts of Whately in the County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I enlisted in ——— January 1877 to serve three months in the army at Danbury in Connecticut we marched from there to Pelskills in the State of New York we then marched to Morristown in New Jersey under the Command of Capt Tith Murray Col. Elijah Williams Reg and did serve all said time and I am well acquainted with Isaiah Brown of Whately County and state aforesaid and do know that the said Isaiah Brown did serve all said time as a private soldier in said company and Regiment
Graves Crafts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. June the 28 th 1832 then personally appeared the above named Graves Crafts and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contained nothing but the truth before me
Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace
BB. This may certify that I have been acquainted with Graves Crafts the above named witness about thirty years and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Daniel Brown
We the undersigned residing in the town of Whately in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaiah Brown who has made application for a pension that we believe him to be eighty 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 of Graves Crafts the above named deponent
Emerson Horton Seth Chase
Sworn and subscribed this 16 th day of July 1833 before me Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace
This may certify the above named deponents are credible witnesses and the reason why we called on them for witnesses is there is no Minister in the town but one who is old and superannuated
Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace

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 hereby certify that Daniel Brown Esq. before whom the three annexed affidavits were made and sworn to as a Justice of the Peace for the said county; and that the signature of his name to the said affidavits respectively appears to me to be in his proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Greenfield on the sixteenth day of August A. D. 1832.
E. Alvord Clerk
I Daniel Brown, the Justice of the Peace before whom the three annexed affidavits of Gravis Crafts, Eleazar Frary and Abel Scott were made and sworn to, do hereby certify that the said several deponents are known to me to be credible witnesses
Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that the name of Daniel Brown subscribed to the above certificate is his genuine signature; and that he is the same Justice of the Peace before whom the three annexed depositions were verified.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield, this fifteenth day of July A. D. 1833
E. Alvord Clerk
Isaac Brown. Mostly Gravis Crafts Aff
Francis Crafts. Oppositus Isaac Brown. Witness

We The Subscribers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Daniel Brown Esq. before whom the within certificate of Consider Morton and Seth Crafts was sworn to is a justice of the Peace for said county - and that his name to the same. subscribed is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greenfield, this fifteenth day of July A. D. 1833
E. Alvord Clerk

22302
Sarah Brown Whality
E. Alvah Eng Greenfield Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaiah Brown 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? no clergyman certificate. We have
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? We have not
Certified to be credible
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?
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? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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.

17298 INVALID.
1918 Mar. 27 Hnd. to F. A. Wright. Letter in W. 1374 Robt. Brown
File No. 17298
Benjamin Brown
Pa. Geo. War.
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]