Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,000, Jeremiah Brown, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Brown, Jeremiah
S. 15,000
CONTENTS
carded
res at end Seabrook, Rockingham Co. N.H. still there in 1832 then 72 yrs old.

Resk...
15.000 INVALID.
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File No. 15.000
Jeremiah Brown Prim. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3202
New Hampshire Jeremiah Brown
of Rockingham in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Mudge in the N H line for 8 mos 8 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 27 Dollars 54 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Dec r 1832 and sent Peter Schadwick Esquire N H
Arrears to 4th of Febr 1832 $41.01 Semi-ann. allowance ending Dec r 33 13.77 $55.08
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 144.

7004
Jeremiah Brown
Pamlico
8 Mos & 8 days
adm
$27.52
J. Chadwick E Execut M H

7004
BRIEF in the case of  Jeremiah Brown of Seabrook  County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire  (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? 72
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.     July In 1776 — x 5 — Private Gen. Cap. Nays. Col. Wingates   '77 — 3 + 8 " " Leavitt " Drake   + per roll of service   x a Roll of Service  
5. In what battles was he engaged? at Surrender of Burgoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Seabrook
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
No
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

7004 Jeremiah Brown
FOR THE YEAR 1844. BY J. BROWN, NEW YORK. Entered, according to the act of Congress, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, by J. Brown, in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. Copyright, 1844, by J. Brown. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1844, by J. Brown, in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. Printed by J. Brown, 150 Nassau Street, New York.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jeremiah 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
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 ?
No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
[Handwritten flourish]
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 ?
[Handwritten flourish]
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 ?
No to 1, 2, 5, 8, 9.
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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham, ss.
ON this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature now sitting at Exeter in said County
Jeremiah Brown - a resident of Seabrook
in the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy two 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 enlisted in the New Hampshire Militia at Seabrook some time in July in the year 1776 - in Capt. Samuel May's company for the term of five months that he marched in said company to Number 4. Now Charleston N.H. from thence to Hanover borough and from thence to Concordia and there joined Col. - Wingates Regiment and continued thence at Mount Independence where he remained until the expiration of the term of his enlistment and was there discharged.
That in the year 1777 he again enlisted in the New Hampshire Militia for the term of three months in Capt. Moses Leavitt's company marched in said company to the vicinity of Stillwater and there joined the Regiment of Col. Nicholas Drake and marched to Saratoga and there remained until after the surrender of Gen. - Burgoyne . - He then marched in said company to New Windsor where he was stationed until the expiration of the term of his enlistment and was there discharged - with the others of the Regiment. That at the time of the aforesaid enlistments and entering into the service he resided in Seabrook in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire - and has resided there ever since, - and that when he was dismissed from the service as above stated he did not receive any written discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Jeremiah Brown
Attest Richard G. Clark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
ON this day of Peter Bradwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Indicative for the County of Rockingham in said State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that the enclosing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Brown for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this fifteenth day of August Anno Domini 1832.
Bradwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County
Jeremiah Brown
He hereby certifies that every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.