Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8380, Henry Brown, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Brown, Henry Frances
W. 8380
CONTENTS
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "List of names" or "List of names 1795"]
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Kentucky.
Frances Brown.
widow of Henry Brown, decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the _____ in 1798 _____ of Mercer Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company: commanded by Captain Howard of the _____ commanded by _____ in the 10th Va. Regt. - line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky _____ at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of June 1839 and sent to Hon: James Harlan, Harrodsburg, Ky.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M. Stewart Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 2 Page 210

5496
Frances Brown Kentucky
abt 7 July 1838
admitted the Inf ty of 180. Capt Wood 10 th Regt
LB
Christopher John Esq
on roll 103 154
Woodslung State of Kentucky
died in 1798.
Non Jans Naden Woodslung Ken

The deposition of Mrs Sally Brown of Mercer County Ky taken this 13th day of June 1839 to be used as evidence in favour of the application of Mrs Frances Brown widow of Henry Brown decd for a pension under an Act passed by Congress the 7 July 1838
Deponent being, Seventy Six years old Deponeth and saith that She is the Sister of the aforesaid Henry Brown Decd and well recollects when her Brother Henry Brown enlisted in the revolutionary War she knows her Brother at that time was bound as an apprentice to learn the carpenters trade and his term of service had not expired but after his enlistment his master could not get him back. The said Henry Brown enlisted in the County of Essex in the State of Virgin- ia for the term of three years under Captain Thomas Hood but what regiment the said Henry Brown served in the deponent does not now recollect. But she well recollects that the said Henry Browns Mother was much dissatisfied at the said Henrys leaving his trade and enlisting and she well recollects that the said Henry Brown faithfully served out his term of three years & was honora- bly discharged. Deponent recollects the said Henry got wounded while serving in the army and returned home for a short time on furlough until his wound until his wound got so as he could perform military service again, and so soon as he got fit for service which was not very long he returned to the army again. The deponent thinks the enlistment of the said Henry Brown took place in the fall of Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six and that his term of service expired in the fall of Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine and that not more than twelve or eighteen months at farthest the said Henry Brown was married in the said County of Essex and State of Va to the aforesaid Frances Brown. This marriage must have taken place sometime in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty or in the fore part of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one the deponent does not now recollect whether she was an eye witness of the marriage or not But she perfectly well recollects of being at her the deponents Fathers house at the affair on the following day after the marriage But the deponents Father was absent at the time of the affair

being out in the army fighting the battles of his country for the war had not closed at the time of the marriage of the said Henry Brown and the said Frances Brown, The said Henry & Frances's Oldest child Polly if now living thinks would be about fifty seven or eight years old the next oldest Betsy if living is now fifty six years old the next oldest John and if living is now about fifty four years and so on down with rest of their children. Say three others in number And further Saith not Sally her Graves Mark
The deposition of Benjamin Daniel of Mercer County Ky taken this 13th day of June 1839 at his own house in said County Deponent being Seventy years old next October Deposith and Saith that he became acquainted with Henry Brown and his widow Frances Brown in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine in Essex County Va They the said Henry & Frances was then living together as man and wife and had at five living children at that time the oldest the deponent supposes was at that time about seven or eight years old, the deponent always understood the said Henry had served in the revolutionary war as a regular soldier and has often been shown by the said Henry a wound in the jaw which he said he had received in the Battle of German Town, The deponent has every reason to believe the said Henry & Frances was lawfully married he never having heard it doubted by any person whatever. The said Henry and family moved in company with the deponent from the State of Virginia to the state of Kentucky in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety four and lived as neighbours until the death of the said Henry. The said Henry Brown died about the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety seven or Ninety eight the deponent was with him when he died And further Saith not Benj. Daniel

The deposition of Mrs Margaret Daniel taken this the 13th day of June 1839 at her own house Deponent being Sixty-eight years old Deposeth and Saith that she is the Sister of Henry Brown deceased and recollects that the said Henry Brown during the revolutionary war returned home wounded on furlough for a short time, the said Deponent Henry always understood that the said Henry enlisted for the term of three years and served out his time faithfully. The deponent was young and does not now recollect whether she was at the wedding of the said Henry Brown & Frances Gipson or not. But she recollects the time when they were married which marriage must have taken place in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty or eighty one. Their oldest child Polly if now living would be about fifty seven or eight years old. They the said Henry and Frances had several other children in regular rotation, and further saith not
Margaret her Daniel mark
State of Kentucky Mercer County Set
The deposition of Mrs Sally Graves Mr Benjamin Daniel and Mrs Margaret Daniel was severally sworn and subscribed to before me a Joseph B. Roach a Justice of the peace for the county of Mercer and State aforesaid on this day, and I certify the said persons above named are each and all persons of good moral character and persons of truth and veracity
Given under my hand this 13th day of June 1839 J. B. Roach J. P. M. C.

State of Kentucky Mercer County ss. Thomas, Allen Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do Certify that Peter Jordan James, Taylor & J. B. Roach Esqrs. whose names are severally subscribed to the foregoing Certificates are acting Justices of the Peace and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given to every of their Official acts as such and that their Signatures are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 15 th day of June 1839 and in the 48 th year of the Commonwealth
Thos. Allen Mercer County Clerk

Virginia. Essex County Court Clerk's Office
As Clerk of said Court, I do hereby certify that after diligent search among the files of my said Office has been made no evidence may be found of the Marriage of Henry (Brown) and Frances Gipson
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my said Office to be hereunto affixed this 18 th day of May 1839
Jammy Roye Nixon
$1: 36 Virginia Currency. $1: Kentucky Note Returned by you.

State of Kentucky Mercer County
On this the 1 st
day of May
1839
Personally appeared before me Peter Jordan a Justice of the peace for the County of Mercer and State aforesaid Francis Brown a resident of Mercer County and State of Kentucky aged about 80 sixty years who being first duly sworn according to law with an oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7- 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, That she is the widow of Henry Brown who enlisted as a private soldier in Essex County Virginia for the term of three years under Captain Thomas Howard as called in the State of Virginia but called Howard in the State of Kentucky and as the declarant has always understood from her deceased husband the said Henry Brown faithfully served out his term of enlistment for three years, during the time the said Henry Brown was in the Battle of Germantown and received in said Battle a severe wound from an ounce ball lodging in his jaw and had to be taken to the Hospital at Elizabeth Town where he lay for some time before he was again fit for service in fact the ball was not extracted for the term of eight years four months and eight days after its lodgement frequently causing great pain before and after it was extracted it having left a running sore which would frequently raise brake and never the declarant is fully of the opinion the wound was the cause of his death. What other battles her husband may have been in she does not now recollect but of the service of her husband for the three years she has no doubt for she had his discharge in her possession from the time of his death until the year Eighteen hundred and Seventeen at which time her husband's Brother Charles Brown got the discharge and as she understood gave it to amass by the name of Sawyer for the purpose of procuring the land which was due for the services of the said Henry Brown But what has become of the discharge or land the declarant does not know. She further declares that she believes her husband enlisted in the fall of Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six. and she thinks he belonged

to the 10th Virginia regiment, but of this she would not speak positive. She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Brown in Essex County in the State of Virginia in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty or eighty one (1780 or 81) That her husband the aforesaid Henry Brown died in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety eight. That she was not married to him Prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four Viz at the time above stated. She further declares she knows of no record of her marriage
Frances his Brown mark
Sworn and Subscribed to on the day and year above written before me Peter Jordan a Justice of the peace for the County of Mercer and State of Kentucky by Mrs. Frances Brown And I certify that she is a woman of good moral character and a person of truth and veracity And in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity she is unable to attend court
Given under my hand this 1 st day of May 1839 Peter Jordan. J. P. M c
The deposition of Mrs. Ester Morgan of Mercer County Ky taken at her own house the 1 st day of May 1839 to be used as evidence in favour of the application of Mrs. Francis Brown widow of Henry Brown for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7-1838 Deponent being Forty Six, 462 years old deposeth and saith that she is the Daughter of Henry Brown deceased and Francis Brown his widow whose name before marriage (as she has always understood) was Francis Gibson. That she always understood from her Father the said Henry Brown and from other sources that he the said Henry Brown was a Soldier in the revolution and she has every reason to believe the report to be a fact for she frequently seen his discharge and read it since her Father's death, it being in her Mother's possession until about the year Eighteen

hundred and Seventeen when her Uncle Charles Brown got said discharge as he alleged for the purpose of procuring the land due for the services of her Father the said Henry Brown. She further declares that her Father the said Henry Brown died in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Eight and that her Mother still remains the widow of the said Henry Brown And further saith not
Esther Morgan
State of Kentucky Mercer County } ss
The above deposition was this day sworn to and subscribed before me Peter Jordan a Justice of the peace for the County of Mercer and State aforesaid by Mrs Esther Morgan And I certify she is a woman of good Moral character and a person of truth and veracity
Given from under my hand this the 1 st day of May 1839 Peter Jordan D.P.M. 6

The deposition of Charles Brown aged eighty six. Taken at his own house in the county of Essex, on the 16th day of October 1888, who being first duly sworn according to law on oath states that his deceased brother Henry Brown enlisted as a private in the fall of 1876 for the term of three years, in the state line of Virginia, under Capt. Thomas Howard or Hoard. that as such said Henry Brown faithfully served until the battle of Germantown in October 1877 in which battle said Henry was wounded by a partially spent ball in the jaw, from the bone of which the ball was not extracted until more than twelve months after the wound. This wound continued to afflict his brother more or less till his death, rising, breaking and running freely when he would take cold, and giving him great pain. indeed it was believed generally, and so witness thinks, that said wound hastened his death, for at the time of his death it was a running sore. until the reception of the wound by his brother he belonged to the 10th. Virginia regiment, he thinks under the command of Col. Stevens; after the said battle, both he and his brother being wounded in it, and belonging to different regiments, his brother being about to be sent to the hospital at Elizabeth Town, deponent being not so badly wounded as his brother, prevailed upon the Colonel, and got him transferred to the same hospital to which he himself was sent, to wit: at Redding. His brother remained at the hospital until about the first of the next spring, when he joined his regiment, he thinks at Valley Forge; but the wound still afflicting his brother he was permitted to return home to Essex County Virginia on furlough, when he remained some time before he joined the army again; nor can witness now recollect at what time his brother again returned to the army from his said visit home, or furlough; but he knows that his brother served faithfully during his term of enlistment and was honorably discharged. for deponent, after the death of his brother, had his discharge, and gave it up to a man by the name of Sawyer in 1817 or 18 to secure the land to which his brother was entitled, and he has no doubt it is now on file in the proper office. He recollects dis-

truly that about the time Sawyer got said discharge, the said writing of Thomas Howard or Hoard, his brother Capt. was proven by Major Williams Hoard, his nephew now residing in Louisville Kentucky. His brother was in several skirmishes during his term of service, but the battle of Brandywine and Germantown were the only serious engagements that he recollects him to have been in. He knows that his brother attracted the particular attention of his Col. in the battle of Brandywine by bearing off a wounded soldier at great peril to himself, which caused the Colonel to send for him to come to his quarters, & there told him he should have a commission, but doesn't does not now recollect whether he got one or not. His said brother Henry moved from Virginia to Mercer County Ky in the fall of 1794, and died some time or from year afterwards; but he can not now recollect whether it was in 1797 or 98. His brother Henry and Francis Brown, his surviving widow, who now lives in the lower part of this county, were married as he now thinks in the year 1780, but he will not speak positively as to the time, though he knows he himself was married in 1784, and his brother, he recollects, at the time of his own marriage had two children. He was not present at the marriage of his said brother, but was in the same county, and he is satisfied that from about the year 1780 till his said brother Henry's death, that he and said Francis lived together as man and wife, and were universally recognized as such, without any question having been made as to the legality of their marriage; and he has no doubt they were lawfully married, though he did not witness it. Sworn and subscribed to before James Taylor Esq d a justice of the peace for the county of Mercer and state of Kentucky the day and year first above written. Charles Brown

By: Mercer County etc.
The foregoing deposition of Charles Brown was taken subscribed and sworn to before me the midwife a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, on this day. and I certify that said Brown is a man of good moral character and veracity - Given from under my hand this 15th day of October 1828 James Taylor J. P.
Charles Brown depon.

Rey  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8380
Frances Brown Wid. of Henry Brown Part on line
Act: July 7/38
Index:—Vol. A , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]