Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,858, James Brewer, N. H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Brewer, James
S 17858
CONTENTS
Carded!

10.605. New Hampshire
James Brewer
of Chester in the State of N H who was a Lieut in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Reed in the N H line for 8 Mos
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 106 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Apr 1833 and Lieut Levi Chamberlain Fitzwilliam N H Arrears to the 14th of Apr 1833 $213.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Sep " ... 53.33 $266.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book No. _____ Vol. 1. Page 73.

Declaration fs 13.104 James Brew Troy N.H.
Please return to Levi Chamberlain Fitzwilliam N.H.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 — State of New Hampshire — Cheshire County ss — On this sixth day of September 1832, personally appeared before the Hon. Aaron Watson Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Cheshire —
James Brewer a Resident of Troy in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged eighty seven 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 p. j. d. June 7. 1832.
That he was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts in the year 1745. That he has no record of his age. That at the commencement of the Revolutionary war he lived in Marlborough New Hampshire and at that time held a Lieutenants com- mission in the company of militia there. That as soon as the news of the Concord Fight reached Marlborough the said Brewer rallied as many men as soon as he could who went with him to Cam- bridge and joined the Americans there. He thinks about the 25 th of April 1775. A company was soon formed for the eight months service. B. Mann was Captain. The said James Brewer Lieutenant , and Samuel Pitkins Ensign. and the company was attached to the Regiment of New Hamp- shire troops commanded by Colonel James Reed of Fitzwilliam. The said Brewer was a Lieutenant in said Company and Regiment until the close of the year 1775 and was discharged on the fourth of January 1776 having been declared there to make up the Roll

of the company his Captain having re- turned home. He said Bremer was in the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17 th of June 1775. He did not retain his commission and has forgotten by whom it was signed. He recollects that General Washington joined the American troops he thinks in September but his memory is so impaired by age that he cannot state the chain of events connected with his service.
He has lived since the Revolutionary war in said Marlborough, in Fitchburg New Hampshire and now lives in Troy aforesaid.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of his the Agency of any State.
James X Bremer mark
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
And I do hereby declare my opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court and that the proceedings aforesaid were had out of court at the dwelling house of the applicant
Aaron Watson Judge of Probate

I Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- =ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Brewer for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office, this eight tenth day September A.D. 1832 -
Asa Parker { Reg r of said Court of Probate

James Brewer N Hampshire
Private Term 8 Months
$106.66.
13104
L Chamberlain Fitzwilliam NH

BRIEF in the case of  Sammy Branner  60 of Cheshire  in the State of  N.H.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 84  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.     25 April In 1775. Milicia 8. Lieut. Col Marm, Col Reed  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Marlborough. N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Dutton
Examining Clerk.

17 858 INVALID.
File No. 17 858
James Brewer Lieut Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 4 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10.605. New Hampshire
James Brown
of Chebor in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col Reed in the N H line for 8 mos.
Canceled
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Apr 1833 and sent to Chamberlain Fitzwilliam N H
Arrears to the 14th of Jan 1833 $ 53.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept " 1833
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H Blair Clerk, Book 20. Vol. 1 st Page 73.

Payments to be made at Portsmouth On 76 by The Pay m t B t Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mr 76
cancelled
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book No. Vol. 1 st Page 73, by J H McBlain Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Brown of the State of New Hampshire who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution.
is entitled to receive Twenty Five — dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Fifteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. H. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

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

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 ?
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 ?
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? 441
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? 441
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 441
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 ? 441
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? 441
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.

Joshua Harrington's Affidavit
(James Brewer)

I Joshua Harrington of Troy in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years on oath say that I have been well acquainted with James Brewer now living in said Troy since the year 1774. The said Brewer then lived in Marlboro' & etc. adjoining Fitzwilliam where I then lived. and the farms whereon we both then lived now constitute a part of Troy - At that time said Brewer was Lieutenant of a company of militia in Marlboro' - In the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, said Brewer went to Cambridge, and joined the American Troops & was a Lieutenant in Capt. Manns Company of Col. Reed Regiment of New Hampshire Troops - in the eight months service and according to my best recol- lection and belief served as a lieutenant in said Company thro' said service - I recollect well that on the day after the Bunker Hill battle, the said Brewer was present and assisted in dealing out rations to our troops -
I was a private soldier in the same Regiment in Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb's Company. Joshua Harrington
State of New Hampshire } September 29. 1832 County of Cheshire ss. }
Joshua Harrington Esquire, who

is well known to me and whom I certify to be a man of truth personally appeared and made oaths to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me
Levi Chamberlain. jus. Peace
Gresham J. October 2 d 1832.
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Judicial Court in said county certify that Levi Chamberlain Esqr is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the foregoing is his signature In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale, Clerk