Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3058, Jonathan Brown, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Brown Jonathan
S 3058.
✓ Carded
CONTENTS
b. June 13, 1748 at Norwalk, Fairfield Co. Conn. d. 1830 son of Ebenezer, Orange Co. N.Y. 1836 in Warren Co. Pa. 1837 in Warren Co. Ohio. d. May 13, 1841

Rev. Transf. June 20 '36 Transf. fr. Albany to Penna. fr. 4 th Sept. 1835 - June 28 '36.
Cir to Pen Aged 7. Nov '37 Letter to D. & H. Hamilton 7. Nov 1837. —
To Ohio Pittsburgh from March 1837 - 24 Nov 1837 information sent to D. & H. Hamilton Penna. Rev. to Ohio
Paid at the rate of $8.40 per annum under the act of 8 th March 1838 from 4 th March 1840 to 15 th May 1841. Agent notified July 28 th 1842.
Paid as above from 1. of 2 children. Age notified 24 Feb 1843.
Ship 20 544 Pigs Ship 20 544 Pigs
Jonathan Brum of Chenango in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corp. commanded by Captain Pett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Webb in the Cont. line for Full Term
Ohio Pittsburgh.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Sept. 1833 and to Mrs. P. Brum Monroeville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '33 $ 200 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mo. '34
$ 240
5 Revolutionary Claim Not June 8, 1833.
G. C. Miller Clerk
Recorded by Book 8. Vol. 11, Page 118

Jonathan Brown
[Faint, mirrored cursive handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter or record.]

State of New York Chenango County ss:
Amended Declaration
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jonathan Brown to me known, who being sworn said, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state precisely the length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grade to wit:
2 yrs, 10 mo. & 15 days. } For two years, ten months & 15 days I served as a private in the Company of Captain Stephen Betts, in the regiment under Colonel Samuel B. Webb, in the third Regiment of the Connecticut Line in the Continental Army of the United States. And for such service I claim a pension —
I was not employed during the above service, in any civil occupation or pursuit and the corp. in which I served was an embodied corp. called into the service by competent authority, of the Continental Congress.
This deponent has produced the affidavits of two witnesses, whose veracity and credibility are duly certified to — these affidavits accompany this affidavit and his Declaration.
Answers to interrogatories —
1. He was born in Norwalk, Fairfield Co. Connecticut, on the 13th day of June 1748. 2. He has no record of his age except on the town Records of the town of Norwalk, in

the State of Connecticut
3 - Resided in Norwalk aforesaid in Connecticut aforesaid - since the War he resided in Norwalk Connecticut; Ulster Delaware County in New York Franklin, N.Y.; and in Sherburne where he now resides
4 He volunteered in to the Continental Army
5 saw Genl. Washington at Westpoint; Genl. Montgomery : Genl. Knox at Westpoint - 2nd Regiment of Continental troops of lay next to him - The general circumstances of his service are as stated in his declaration
6 He received a written discharge from Genl. Knox, which he has lost
7 Rev. Isaac N. Sprague, Rev. Lyman S. Resford, Deacon William Avery; Deacon Stephen Benedict. Cyrus Dow, Milo Hunt, Mills Sandon, Joseph Williams Justice of the Peace; Harry N. Fargo Postmaster; Joshua Pratt, Elias Balesock, Samuel Wheeler, Alexander Holmes, Samuel H. Williams, Merchant Doctor White & Cabri, all of Sherburne, in said County -
And further saith not - Jonathan Brown
Subscribed known to this 31. day of May 1833 before me
Milo Hunt Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Cchenango County ss: I Sawir H. Pike Clerk of the said County certify that Milo Hunt before me known to be
DEC 1833

preceding affidavit or supplemental declaration purporting to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe his name subscribed to the said declaration or affidavit to be his genuine handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 1 st . June 1822
R. B. Pudde Dep Clerk

No 18288
Jonathan Brown Chenango County New York
5
Admitted
Parole 2 years, 10 mos & 15 days
P. B. Prindle Storch Chenango County New York
Watt

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Brown Chenango County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Jan'y 1781 3. - - private Capt Bitt Genl Washington Genl Webb No battle Sent to Danbury, to Connecticut Huts, to Hopkank's Point, at Puck's Hill was discharged at West Point by Genl. Rugey after the war closed 84 years Norwalk Fairfield County Connecticut 3. Regt Continental line traditional, no Court's opinion no Clerk's name, papers not properly attached  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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 _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
No. Brown

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
# The declarant being a continental soldier, and his name so appearing on the rolls, it is that there is no necessity, under the regulations of any witness as to his services - and of course no need of Clerk's Certificate to Judge Isaac's official rank - P.B.P.

Oct 30
State
Mr Evans,
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

State of Ohio Huron County } ss: On this 18 th day of October 1837 before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Huron personally appeared Jonathan Brown who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Bick — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Webb — in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there (Pittsburgh) payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Pennsylvania to Ohio, It was to gain a more comfortable living and support, and to be in the neighborhood of his son and other friends, Sworn and subscribed to before me } Jonathan X Brown (LB) the day and year aforesaid his mark
Levi Wilson Justice of the Peace
Huron County ss: Be it known that on the 18 th day of October 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid personally appeared Jonathan Brown Esq and made oath in due form of law, that he has been long acquainted with the Pensioner above named, and well knows him to be the person he represents himself to be in the above affidavit.
Sworn and subscribed to this } day of October 1837 before me }
Levi Wilson Justice of the Peace
Jonathan Brown (LB) Esq
I Certify that the Witness Jonathan Brown Esq is a person of veracity I also Certify that the Pensioner cannot write his name in consequence of old age and infirmity. — Levi Wilson Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Norwalk County ss
I David Gibbs Jr Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Norwalk do certify that Levi Wilcoxson is a lawful magistrate as above, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof Whereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Norwalk this 21 st day of October A.D. 1837 D. Gibbs Jr. Dep Clerk H.C.P.

J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
Hewith the we forward Jonathan Brown application for a transfer of his Annuity from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and we wish that the last six months Expiring on the 1 st of Sept r . last, might be paid at Pittsburgh as his papers have been forwarded there sometime ago for payment, under the impression that as he had been a resident of Penn a near Erie for sometime that his name had been heretofore transferred to that Agency. The Pensioner is old and infirm and does not recollect with sufficient accuracy at once about his affairs, he was questioned by us at the time as to where he had heretofore drawn his money, but could not give us a satisfactory answer in that particular, we concluded from his residence having been near Erie that it must have been drawn at Pittsburgh, but we have learned since from his friends that Philadelphia is where he last drew. Your early attention to the above request will confer a favour on the applicant, as he is in need of the money to provide himself with the necessaries of life.
Very Respectfully Your obedient Servant, D. H. Hamilton. Formerly J. Frank, Hamilton Ho.

Application for a transfer
County of Warren on this 4 day of March 1836 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County of Warren personally appeared Jonathan Brown who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Com- =pany commanded by Captain Stephen Bell in the Regiment commanded by Col Saml Webb in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Penn a where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future the following are his reasons for removing from the State of Vermont, being old and infirm he came to Penn a to obtain the aid and assistance of a son who had previously removed to said State of Penn a
Jonathan Brown D. O. M c N l H a Brown
Sworn and subscribed to before me this day and Year aforesaid Elyah Smith J.P.
Warren County ss be it known that before me Elyah Smith Esq r a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Silvanus Tillotson and made oath in due form of law that Jonathan Brown who has taken the above oath is the identical person therein named in said affidavit Sworn and subscribed this 4 th day of March 1836 before me Elyah Smith J.P.

Warren County Tilottson
I certify that Sylvanus who has taken the oath of Identity as to Jonathan Brown - is a man of veracity Elyah Smith Jr
Common Pleas of Pennsylvania
I William P McDowell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Do certify that Elyah Smith who appears to have taken & certified to the foregoing acknowledgments, was at the date thereof and is now an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County - duly Commissioned and sworn. and that all due faith and credit ought to be given to his Official acts. I also certify that the subscription to the foregoing of said Elyah Smith is in the proper hand writing of said Justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the Eighteenth day of April Eighteen hundred & thirty six
William P McDowell Protho
1536 - Pa

Jonathan Brown
18288
Direct to
B. B. Rind
Storrs
Chautauqua
N.Y.
On Rolls Webb Recd 3 years from 1 Jan '81

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832
State of New York Chenango County ss: On this Sixteenth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Oyer and terminer now sitting at Norwich, in and for the County of Che- nango, being a Court of Record,
Present
Hon Robert Howell, Circuit Judge
Ino: Tracy Saml Bigelow Charles York } Judges Nathan Taylor
Jonathan Brown, a resident of the town of Sher- burne in the County of Chenango and State of New York, aged Eighty four years and upwards, who being first duly sworn, accord- ing to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he enlisted in the army of the United States, in the year 1781 upon the first day of January, with Captain Stephen Betts - Lieutenant Isaac Keeler - Ensign Aaron St. John - in a Regi- ment under Col. Samuel B. Webb, at Nor- walk, Fairfield County, Connecticut - in the said Regiment of the Connecticut Line in the Continental Army, for the term of three years - at the time he enlisted he resided at the now town of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Some time in the spring he with others was despatched to Danbury to guard the town and stores - remained there a while

and then went to a place termed the Connecticut Butts at that time - and joined the Regiment - stayed there till the next spring or season when they went, he thinks, to Verplank's Point where he recollects Genl Washington was.
He does not now, in consequence of the decay of his memory, recollect the different places he was in, or all the countries through which he marched - he recollects of being once at Peek's Kill -
He continued in the service under this same enlistment, until the close of the war when he was discharged at West Point, by General Knox, who gave him a written discharge, which he has since lost -
He was not engaged in any battle during this enlistment -
He does not remember the precise time of the year when he was discharged by General Knox at West Point, but it was late in the season when his wound was frozen and he knows that it lacked but a few weeks of his three years being expired - He herewith annexes and subjoins the affidavits of Stephen Bell & Ebenezer Hoxie. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and 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
P. B. Prindle
Dep Clerk
Jonathan Brown
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant

was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as the states
Charles York John Tracy Nathaniel Mead
Judges & Justices of the Court of Chancery Co. Oyer & terminer.
State of New York
Chenango County p: I Davis H. Pike clerk of the Court of Oyer and terminer in and for the County of Chenango, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Brown for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and my seal of office this fifteenth day of October A. D. 1832.
J. P. Mundle Dep. Clerk

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Probate Court District of Norwalk on the 31 day of July 1832 before said Court Personally appeared Capt. Stephen Betts aged seventy six years of New Canaan in said County being duly sworn according to law in open Court doth depose and say that on examining of a Revolutionary Life Roll in my possession. I find Jonathan Brown formerly of said New Canaan enlisted into my my Company on the first day of January 1781 Col. Samuel B Webb Regt Continental Army in the Revolutionary War and to the best of my knowledge served in said Company to the close of the War and Rec d an honorable discharge. Furthermore I well remember that said Brown was a faithful Soldier and a good man for his Country and further saith not.
Step n Betts (Capt)
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court The day and year aforesaid Benj t Isaac Judge At the same Court. Ebenezer Hays aged seventy four years of Wilton in the County of Fairfield being duly sworn in open Court depose and say that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Brown formerly of New Canaan in said County and now of the town of Shindler in the State of New York that he enlisted into the Continental Army in Capt. Stephen Betts Company Col. Samuel B Webb Regt. and served upwards of two years in said Company and that he was discharged at the end of the War that I saw his discharge -
Ebenezer Hays
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court in Witness whereof I have set my hand and cause the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed. Benj t Isaac Judge
July 31

This may certify that I am acquainted with the within named Cpt. Stephen Butts and Eliza Lloyd and know them to be laudable and respectable Witness - Brigs Isaac Judson

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan 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.
S. 3058
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jany. 1, 1781 2 yrs. 10 mos. 15 days. Pri. Stephen Betts Samuel B. Webb 3 d Conn.   discharged at West Point.      
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 16, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, born June 13, 1748, Norwalk, Conn.
Remarks: In 1836 he resided in Warren Co. Penn.; in 1837 he resided in Huron Co., Ohio, where he died at Norwalk May 15, 1841 leaving two sons, Jonathan Jr. of Norwalk, Ohio and Lewis S. Brown of Columbus, Warren Co., Penn.
Respectfully,
6-2866
son Jonathan of Norwalk, Huron Co. Oh. } Lewis S. . . . Columbus, Warren Co. Penn. }
Commissioner.

August 7, 1934.
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BA-J/MNHF/ady
Mr. L. R. Brown 2141 Hawthorne Avenue Toledo, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you cite the record of Jonathan Brown, W.5229, as reference, whose record was furnished you April 13, 1934, through Hon. W. J. Duffey, and further request to know whether or not either of the four soldiers with the name Jonathan Brown, whose pension file numbers were S.3058, S.17294, S.17295, and S.40751, ever lived in Tolland County, Connecticut.
A very careful examination of the papers in the above noted pension claims has been made and it is not shown that either of those pensioners ever resided in Tolland County, Connecticut.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

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Veterans Administration,
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Dear Sir:
eel Jonathan Brown W. 5-229
Can you give me information of one Jonathan Brown if he came from Tolland County 1st Connecticut Line Regiment, Enlisting April 12, 1777 served three years discharged April 12, 1780. Mrs. Drape's Index of Connecticut Pensioners shows that fine men of this name received pensions. The numbers being as follows: S. 3058. S 17294 S. 17295, S 40751 did any come from Tolland County Connecticut give records.
Yours sincerely, L. R. Brown

W.W. Reserve
December 6 th 1915 Pension Department Washington D. C.
Gentlemen
I would like to join the D. A. R. but cannot find out anything about my Great grandfather who was in the Revolutionary war. His name is Jonathan Brown and he enlisted in New England, I think in Conn. my mother's family are all dead and my generation know nothing about him. My mother remembered that he lived with them and drew a pension in Milan Ohio, when she was a little girl. The following is what I know of

his son's family - taken from the Humphrey Tiffany Branch.
Phebe Tiffany, b. N. Adams Mass. m. in Chenango Co. N.Y. Jan. 8 - 1807 to Jonathan Brown Jr. who died Milan O. Apr. 28 - 1839 (Phebe is buried in the Bluffton Cemetery - Green Lake Wis. died in 1852, I think) My mother Sarah Ann Brown, b. Milan Ohio. Feb. 12 - 1825. m. there to Willis Gardner. Ida M. born Berlin Wis. Jan. 23 1863. m. to George W. Poynton - Dec. 18 - 1889. Omaha Neb.
Any information you can give me concerning the Revolutionary Jonathan Brown will be much appreciated by Yours sincerely,
Ida G. Poynton, 413 E. Milwaukee Ave., Fort Atkinson Wis.

227-16th St. W
Toledo, Ohio,
Feb. 27-1904
Please send to the above address any and all information which you have of Jonathan Brown who served in Revolutionary War - He lived at that time in Connecti- cut, but I think the family later moved to New York state - Of this I am not sure. Jonathan's wife's
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13 Name was Hannah. We do not know what her maid or name was, however. If she applied for a pension (which we think she did) you would have that information - and we would be glad to get that.
If more than one of this name - Jonathan - received a pension, etc - please send us all facts -
Thanking you in ad- vance - Sincerely
Yours truly Emma Brown Leidy.

1. 24, 1904 - His, to na Brown Leidy Toledo Ohio
1915 Dec. 16. History to Ida G. Poynton. $
1934 Aug. 7. L. P. Brown adv. no rec. of resi. in Tolland Co. Conn. MM. H. 2
Rev War ✓
3058 INVALID.
File No. 3058
Jonathan Brown Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 27.
W. B. Menden
James L. Adams Esquire
Penwick & Penwick The Department City of Washington.
Jonathan Brown

Mech. s & Farmer's Bank Albany Pension Agency June 23. d 1836.
James L. Edwards Esquire Council. s Pension Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 20 th inst. I have to state that Jonathan Brown (of Churruca) prints at $80 per annum, was last paid to 4 Sept. 1835.
Very Respectfully Your ob. t Serv. t
Thos M c Clusky President

June
Dr. Burdum
S. Edward Esq.
Free
Prisoners of Liberty
Commissioner of Prisons New York City Washington City

Watford Erie County Penn a 13 June 1830
J. S. Edward Esq c Commis r of Pensions Sir
I herewith
Enclose Jonathan Brown's Application for a transfer of his name as a pensioner from the New York Agency to that of Penn a - upon examination I observe that the Applicant has signed the affidavit of Tiltotson. I suppose by mistake but it being also signed by Tiltotson, and Mr Brown living in an adjoining County some 20 miles distant. I have concluded to send it but if it will not answer the purpose for which it is sent Please advise me and another will be made in form +
Respectfully
Sam l Hutchins

Nov 23 rd
Mr Evans
Shore
FREE
J. S. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Melam Huron County Ohio
November 14 th 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
Enclosed is Jonathan Brown Pension voucher which you wished forwarded to you before his name can be transferred to the Pittsburgh Agency, also a transfer formerly granted from the New York to the Pennsylvania Agency. — May we ask your early attention to this matter.
Yours Respectfully
D. H. Hamilton

Heo
Mr Evans Nov 11
W. S. Edwards Esq
Commission of Sensins Washington St.

Girard Bank Phila November 9th 1837
Sir
Your letter of the 7th Inst. is received. Jonathan Brown. a Pensioner under act of June 7th 1832. at 80 dollars per Annum was last paid to March 4 1837 .
No further payments will be made him at this Agency & his name is now noted on the Books as transferred to the Pittsburgh Agency From & after that time viz 4 March 1837
I am Sir very respectfully Your Obedt Servant Jas Schott Post
Herman Orme
Jas Schott Clerk
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 25 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
One of the 2 children of Jonathan Brown, deceased, late a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840, to the 15 th May 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Tatham
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 29 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, One of two Children of Jonathan Brown, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of — Eighty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 —, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840, to the 15 th May 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

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Norwalk Huron Ohio Oct r 1842.
J L Edwards Esq. Commissioner Sir
I am obliged to trouble you with a difficulty as follows - Jonathan Brown a red aged Man has lately died - in this Town who was a Pensioner of the United States. He left two Sons - one living here named Jonathan Brown another named Lewis Brown now living in Columbus Warren County State of Pennsylvania. I have lately made out the Pension papers. For the one living here for his half of the arrearage due his Father at the time of his death and received it at the Treasury of the United States. I also made out the papers for Lewis Brown living in Pennsylvania. I sent them to him. I am informed since by him or rather the Magistrate who was appointed to to have the papers rejected. That he could not safely swear in the usual form that he & Mr Brown the Pensioner was the identical person named in the Pension Certificate. The Certificate not being in his possession. I having been sent to the Treasury in Washington. on the application of his Brother Jonathan.
I have since the above information - written to Thomas Jackson my agent for Pensions at Pittsburgh. Not knowing but the Certificate was at the Pension Agency at Pittsburgh - Mr Jackson writes me as follows "Your best J. L. Edwards write to J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City informing him of the facts and requesting him to inform you what form will be necessary in this case the Pension being payable there."
Will you please to inform and send me a form or the original Certificate if preferable.
Yours very respectfully Lewis B Sturges