Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,300, Stephen Brigham, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 26
Brigham, Stephen
S. 12.300
carded
CONTENTS

Utica 14701
New York
Stephen Brigham
of Oneida in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Whitecomb of the Reg t commanded by Col l Root in the Mass. line for 3 Months 10 days
W. H. Lins.
Records corrected Sept 18/65.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 27 Dollars 76 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1833 and since J. H. Collins Ternon Oneida N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 55:59 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 13:88
$ 69:47
{ Revolutionary & Act June 7,
G. B. Whiten
Recorded by Book E Vol. 4 Page

State of New York
Oneida County ss. On this Fifth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two, Personally appeared before me Nathan Kimball Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Oneida aforesaid the said Court being a Court of Record of the State of New York aforesaid Stephen Brigham, a Resident of the Town of Vernon, in the County of Oneida and State of New York Aged Seventy Eight, 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 on the 20th day of April A. D. 1775 he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer and joined the Camp at Cambridge and served as a volunteer under General Ward until about the 30th day of the same month in the Year last aforesaid, when he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Whitcomb in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Reed in the New Hampshire Troops belonging to the First Continental establishment or enlistment; That the term of his enlistment was until the last day of December in the Year 1775; that he served as a soldier in said Company & Regiment until the First day of January 1776, when he was regularly discharged, but whether he received a written discharge or not deponent cannot recollect; that if he ever received such written discharge the same is lost - That he was in the Army at its first organization under General Washington - That he was in the

battle at Bunker's Hill in June 1775 And in some other slight Skirmishes in the same Neighborhood; that he was Stationed during his term aforesaid in the vicinity of Boston: That at the time he entered the Service as herein before set forth he resided in the Town of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire - That the regiment in which he served was attached to the brigade Commanded by General Sullivan. & that his Subaltern officers were Lieut. Colys & En. Cantor He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a Pen- sion or an Annuity except the present, And he declares that his Name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to & Subscribed, the day Stephen Brighouse And Dea. aforesaid
Nathan Kimball Esq. Judge of Oneida common pleas And I, the said Nathan Kimball one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Oneida aforesaid, the said Court being a Court of Record of the State of New York, do hereby declare My opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, And served as he states - And I do further certify that the said Applicant cannot, in My opinion, attend in open Court to make his declaration aforesaid, from bodily infirmity: -
Nathan Kimball Esq. Judge of Oneida common pleas
State of New York
Clerk's Office Oneida County ss: I George Brown Clerk of the said County do certify that Nathan Kimball Esq. before whom the above proceedings were had, was on the date of the same a judge as above, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his name

Subscribed thereto to be his proper hand writing and Signature and further that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Stephen Brigham for a pension Witness my hand and Seal of office this 10th day of September A.D. 1832
Geo Brown Clerk Joseph D. Read Dep Clerk.
State of New York } On this Twenty Fifth day of February A.D. 1833. Oneida County ss. Stephen Brigham, the person mentioned in, and who subscribed the foregoing declaration taken before the Hon. Nathan Kinsdall, personally appeared before me John Sherwood Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Oneida aforesaid (the said Court being a Court of Record) and one of the Justices of the peace of the said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose and say that he served as a private soldier from the Twentieth day of April A.D. 1775 to the First day of January 1776 inclu- sive, a period of Eight Months and Ten Days, in the Army of the United States in the following manner as near as deponent can recollect, to wit as a volunteer Ten days; and Eight Months as a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Whit- comb - That Elijah Clowes was the Lieutenant of said Company and one Carter, the Ensign, his Christian Name deponent believes was Stephen, but deponent cannot be positive - That said Com- pany according to deponent's best recollection was for a few days and as near as deponent can recollect, a week, attached to Col. Stark's Regiment, the Staff officers deponent cannot now recollect - That the time while said Company was so attached to said Stark's Regiment was in the early part of the month of May A.D. 1775 - That afterwards, and as near as deponent can recollect, from the 6 th

on 7 th day of May aforesaid to the First day of January 1776 said Company was attached to the Regiment Commanded by Col. James Barr of the New Hampshire Troops belonging to the First Continental establish- ment, and belonged to said Regiment during its several periods of service; That deponent recollects that the following persons were officers in the Staff of said last mentioned Regiment, to wit, Gilman, (Christian Name deponent cannot recollect) Lieut. Colonel, Nathan Hale Major, and one Peabody was, adjutant; That the said Regiment was composed of Ten Companies including Capt. Whitcomb's, that some of said Companies were commanded by the following named officers, Capt. Hutchins, Capt. Spaulding, Capt. Mann, Capt. Miley Capt. Himes - deponent cannot mention the names of all the Captains in said Regiment: That Genl. John Sullivan commanded the brigade to which said Regiment belonged & Genl. S ea commanded the Division That during the Ten days life which deponent served as a volunteer he did duty under Lieut. Col. Cloyes above named who was elected by the volunteers with which deponent was associated but deponent does not recollect that the Company was attached to any Regiment until the first day of May when the said volunteers including deponent enlisted were formed into a Regiment under Col. Hake as above set forth - That deponent was born in the year 1754 in Shrewsbury, State of Massachusetts; That if there is any record of deponent's age it must be in said town that deponent has no record of his age except a Memorandum made in his Family Bible in his possession - That when deponent volunteered as he has set forth in his declaration hereunto annexed he resided in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire; That since deponent left the service he resided in Fitzwilliam about fourteen years then removed to Whitstown Now County of Oneida & has resided in said County ever since & now resides in the town of Vernon in said County: - That deponent
Respond in this Application of Stephen Brigham for a Pension

Can give no other answer to the question whether he received a written discharge than, than the one given in his declaration annexed - That he has no particular recollection upon that subject, but supposes he was discharged from the service in the usual manner - That he has no documents by which he can prove his service - That there are no persons or persons who served with him in the Revolutionary Army residing in the state of New York to deponent's knowledge or belief but that there may be persons residing in New Hampshire by whom deponent's service may perhaps, be proved but such proof cannot be obtained by deponent without inconvenience and expense - That deponent is well known in the community in which he resides; but there is no clergyman residing near deponent who has had any long acquaintance with deponent or who deponent could certify as to the reputation of deponent having been a soldier of the revolution, but deponent is acquainted with the Hon. John P. Sherwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of Herk Co. N.Y. a resident of the Town of Vernon, Doct. Salmon Cale, Edward Allen Esq. Counselor at Law Benjamin Mute Esq. Post Master at Vernon other persons of respectability who can testify as to character & reputation - That deponent claims a pension for eight months and ten days service as a bold private soldier
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before Me John P. Sherwood Judge of Ordinary Court Pleas.
Stephen Brigham
We Benjamin Mute Post Master at Vernon Doct. Salmon Cale residing in the Town of Vernon County of Oneida & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with

Stephen Brigham who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration and deposition that we believe him to be Seventy Eight Years of age upwards; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the 25 th day of February A. D. 1833. Before John P. Sherwood Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas Benjamin Mott Almon Base
And I the said John P. Sherwood, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Onondaga aforesaid, the said Court being a Court of Record of the State of New York, do hereby declare my opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states And I do further certify that the said Applicant in my opinion cannot attend in open Court to make his supplemental Declaration or deposition by reason of bodily infirmity
And I do further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said Applicant for ten Years and upwards, that he is a respectable Citizen of said town & has always been reported to have served in the Army of the Revolution & I concur in that opinion
John P. Sherwood Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas

State of New York } Onondaga County ss: }
Syman Brigham of the Town of Augusta County of Onondaga and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is Seventy Years of age and upwards - that Stephen Brigham whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration & disposition is a brother of Deponent and well known to him - That the father of this Deponent, and the said Stephen removed with his family from the town of Shrewsbury State of Massachusetts to the town of Fitzwilliam State of New Hampshire in the Month of March in the Year 1775 - That this Deponent remained in said Shrewsbury after the removal of his father as above mentioned until about the last of May or first of June in said Year 1775 when he this Deponent joined his father's family in said Fitzwilliam and remained at home in the family of Deponent's father during the remainder of said Year 1775 - And this Deponent further saith, that at the time this Deponent joined the family of his father as above mentioned, he this Deponent was informed, and wisely believing that his brother, the said Stephen went into the Service as a volunteer with the Militia on or about the 20 th day of April in said Year 1775 - And this Deponent further saith, that the said Stephen was absent until on or about the first day of January in the Year 1776 - And this Deponent further saith that it was well understood in the family to which this Deponent belonged that the said Stephen was with the army at or near Boston - That this Deponent

well recollects that letters were frequently received from his brother by different members of the family dated at the Camp at Winter Hill near Boston during the absence of the said Stephen, and that the family had information from the said Stephen by letter or otherwise almost every week during his absence as above mentioned - And they Deparnt further saith that he has no doubt but that said Stephen was with the army from about the twentieth of April 1775 till the first day of January 1776 and served as a private during that period. -
Lyman Brigham
State of New York
Onondaga County ss:- On this twenty sixth day of February A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Commissioners appointed to take the proofs and acknowledgment of Deeds &c. of the town of Syracuse in said County. Lyman Brigham of said town to me well known and who is a respectable citizen and entitled to full credit as a witness, and subscribed the foregoing affidavit or deposition and made oath to the same -
Subscribed and sworn before me this 26 th day of February 1833
Lyman Brigham
Samuel Tubbs Comm r of Deeds &c

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 12300.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 3, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Stephen Brigham, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 5, 1832, at which time he was 78 years of age and residing at Vernon, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for eight months and ten days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Whitcomb and Col. Reed. He enlisted at Cambridge, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. S. R. Maclaren,
2313 Madison St.,
Toledo, Ohio.

Apr. 3. 1894. History Mrs. S. R. MacLaren 2313 - Madison street Toledo, Ohio.
1910 Large 24 Hist. to Mrs. W. W. Conger. V. 3. M.
Rev. man
12.300 ✓ INVALID.
to
File No. 12,300
Stephen Brigham Phil. Rev. man
Act: June 14th 1852.
Index: — Vol. a , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. Lewis C. Chap.
Secretary of War
Washington
March 18.
File
Pension Office
Pension Application No. 10622 } Returned

Vernon Ulida County New York Feb. 28. 1833
Sir - I return the Pension papers of Stephen Brigham the Brief furnish by the War Dept. I believe that all the objections are fully answered by Mr Brigham's Supplemental Declaration or Depo- sition, And all the testimony of his services has been procured which the circumstances of the Pension will admit of - There may be evidence in New Hampshire but of this we have no certain knowledge If this evidence is not satisfactory I do not know how we can furnish more - I have supposed from the instructions or directions issued by the War Dept. that no evidence of service was certificate of Clergymen was required when the soldier served on the Continental establishment; but that reference would be made by the Pension officers to the Muster Rolls & In case the name was not found that, then, further directions would be given - Under this belief, I did not in the first instance procure the traditional proof or affidavits in support of the Pensioners declaration - It does not appear from the brief whether Capt. Brigham's name was found or not - The papers I believe are properly authenticated The affid. of Stephen Brigham was sworn before a Commissioner of Peace who is also by the laws of New York Authorized to take affidavits the same being all over Certs of service 2 d vol Revised Statutes 284 Sec. 49. I am Sir Your obedt. Servt. James H. Collins Hon. Lewis Cass

Clerks Office Oneida County ss I Geo. V Brown Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John P Sherwood Esq before whom the annexed affidavit of Stephen Brigham and the affidavit of Benjamin Nute & Salomon base purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County and that Samuel Tubbs before whom the annexed affidavit of Lyman Brigham purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of deeds in & for said County duly authorized by law to act as such And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said John P Sherwood & of the said Samuel Tubbs and verily believe the signatures "John P Sherwood" & "Samuel Tubbs" to be genuine
Witness my hand & Seal of office this 27 th day of February 1833.
Geo Brown Clerk W. B. Read Dep Clerk

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No Jan 17, 1910.
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Stephen Brigham.
Service N.H. _____ Res.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.M.I. W or R. as above except S.F. 12300

11,622
Stephen Bringham
Am
8-10
Joseph Whitcomb Co. Clerk
$27.76

11622
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Stephen Bringham which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did
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? He has
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? He has not
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has not
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? He has
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has
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? It is, & is so distinguishable.

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? He has not
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? none
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? He has not
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? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1st 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7 are not
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.

2313 Madison Street.
JB
Toledo, O., Feb. 27, 1897.
Commissioner of Revolutionary Pensions -
Will you kindly give me any informa- tion which may ap- pear on your records, in regard to Stephen Brigham , who received a pension for services during the Revolution .
At the time of enlist- ment , his home was at Fitzwilliam, N. H., but he removed in 1790

to New York State, and I do not know just when the pen- sion was granted. I enclose stamp for reply.
Please address
Mrs. S. R. MacLaren 2313 Madison St.
Toledo
Ohio.

423 Woodville St.
Toledo O.
Jan. 11, 1910.
Commissioner of Pensions:-
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you
please send me the war record of "Capt. Stephen Brig- ham" son of Major Asa Brig- ham and Mary Newton Brigham, who was born in

Shrewsbury Mass. May 13, 1704 and died in Vernon N. Y. in 1849 (Oct. 11).
He was in the Revolutionary War at Bunker Hill in Captain Whit- comb's Company, from New Hampshire.
Very truly yours
) Mrs. W. W. Conger (Helen Brigham Conger).

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Stephen Brigham. Sur. File 12300
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 20, 1775 10 days volunteered under Lieut. Col. Oliver   Apr. 20, 1775 July 1, 1776 Pvt. Jonathan Whitcomb Stark N.H.   Lamson Reed  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill Residence of soldier at enlistment, Williamsville Co. N.H. Date of application for pension, Sept 5 1892 His claim was al. Residence at date of application, Turner Oneida Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, at Shrewsbury Mass. in 1754 date of death not stated Remarks: Names of parents not stated
had a brother Lyman