Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,067, John Brown, Continental (Mass)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass)
Brown, John
S. 34,067
CONTENTS
In 1821 aged 66 yrs & res. of Salem, Essex Co. Mass.

34 067 Pay INVALID.
File No. 34067
John Brown Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 55-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
There is another John Brown S34103 Cont. of Mass - with very similar service he was in Hutchinson's regt in 1775 & Nunez's in 1776. see memo. in that class

Massachusetts Roll.
1114
John Brown, 1st Capt Brown Private
Mass Line. 1 Year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818, and sent to Sam d Putnam, Esq. Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
Service ending
4 months 31/30. $ 40.26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Salem, Essex County
Notification sent July 29th 1820 to Deborah Tucker, Salem, Mass.

I John Brown Junior, of Salem, in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massa- chussets, on solemn Oath declare,
That in the month of December 1775 I enlisted in the Cambridge Company commanded by Capt. Nathan Brown, in Colonel Israel Hutchinson's Regiment, and served a soldier, on the Conti- nental establishment, in the War of the Revo- lution until January one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven - I afterwards served three months, in the northern Army, and was present when Genl. Burgoyne's Army sur- rendered -
I further declare, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my Country for support - And I hereby relinquish every claim to a Pension, heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States. - †
John Brown his mark -
Signed in presence of S. Putnam J.S. Gout,

I David Boyce of Salem, in the County of Essex, on solemn Oath declare, That John Brown jun r served in Capt Nathan Brown's Company, on the Continental establishment, in the year of the revolution from January 1776 to Janu- ary 1777 - and was honorably discharged; That I belonged to the same Company during the whole of the year 1776.
David Boyce
Additional Affidavit.
I Francis Benson of Salem, aged 65, on oath say that I know John Brown Junior now of Salem, now present, served all the year 1776 as a Soldier in Capt. Brown's Company in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment - he was discharged at the end of the year about 12 miles this side of Philadelphia.
Francis Benson
Subscribed: June 13. 1818 The abovenamed Francis Benson subscribed to the above affidavit before me.
Benjamin Merrill Just. Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. On this seventh day of April A D 1818, before me Samuel Putnam, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth, personally appeared John Brown Junior, and David Bayce, and severally made solemn Oath to the respective Declarations, here to annexed, by them subscribed; and it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Brown Junior served more than nine months, on the Continental establish- ment, in the War of the Revolution, against the Common Enemy - and I hereby certify and transmit the testimony in the case to the honorable Secretary of the War depart- ment -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & cause the seal of said Court to be affixed, the day and year above written.
S. Putnam Just
S. J. Court of Mass ts
June, 15. 1818
I further certify the abovenamed David Bayce and Fra s Benson are credible and disinterested witnesses: That I am satisfied said Brown served more than nine months at one period and that he is very poor
S. Putnam Just
S. J. Court of Mass ts } 3

Mr. Brown Jr. 2 d
There are two Mr. Brown Jr. of Salem
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not on both
General
General
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial courts of said state in or for the county of Essex, do hereby certify that Hon. Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial court that the within signature is his proper hand writing that the seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court Salem April 20 1818
Attest Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
June 15. 1818 I further certify that the above named Benj- amin Merrill is a Justice of the Peace qualified to administer oaths and his signature is under the deposition of Francis Benson
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
Small, faint text at the bottom of the page, possibly bleed-through from the reverse side.

John Brown 1 st
11/14. June 1818
Sep 1818. [Signature]
fraught
on this the 10th of the said Court, in Session, in said County of Essex, A.D. in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal in the presence of the said Court. the opinion of the said Court, that the said warrant in nature of the from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is that the foregoing Order, and the whole thereof, is a true and ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the said Court.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Brown 1 st resident in _____ in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1,114 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Brown 1 st — — — — — late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight — — — dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of April — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
***** * L. S. * *****
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of June — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen . J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
No real estate and only the following articles of personal property . one pine table, small chest, flat iron, small lot of crockery ware, and irons, shovel & tongs. The whole may be worth . . . . . $3.00
The said Brown is aged sixty six years, has a wife about the same age, has no mechanick trade, is infirm and rheumatick, has no children with him, no income but his pension, has been for many years a pauper supported by publick charity in the Alms-house at Salem, where he now resides.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, John Brown do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
John Brown.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed John Brown took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
Three dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July , — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk.

The said Brown enlisted into Capt. Nathan Brown's Company in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment in 1775 on Winter Hill, Boston, marched with the army to New York, and was discharged in 1776, having served a full year.
John Brown