Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,460, William Brown, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Brown, William
NUMBER
8.46,460 B.L.Wt. 2245-100
CONTENTS
In 1829 rec of Penna. Co. Pa.

1772. 2 No. of Original papers 1025 Revolutionary Claims.
Allowed Act 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
8 Dec 1829.
William Brown — of Logan Creek township in the county of Venango — in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Fifer — in captain Bowers — 's company, in Col Butler's regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
T. A. Dickinson.
Received more pay than a private 7/1/29
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
10 th December 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to William Brown . . in the Pennsylvania line
It further appears that — is now on the pension list of the — agency, and has been so since the — at the rate of — dollars per month.
It appears from the Revolutionary Pension list of the Pennsylvania agency that a pensioner by the name of William Brown had been on said list, and that he died in June 1822 (see 640575)
Richd Hagner Audt
77. 157

Sixth Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May A.D. 1828, I, William Brown of Sugar-creek township, Venango county, in the state of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a musician (a fifer) in Captain William Bower's company, Colonel Butler's Regiment of the Pennsylvania line. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. And further I declare that I was not on the sixteenth day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States.  Sworn & subscribed in open court 27 th Aug t 1829
William Brown
Andrew Bowman Clerk

Monroe county Pa
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally saw James Daugherty who being duly sworn according to Law deponeth and saith that William Brown by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed was a fifer in Colonel Butler Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line in the Army of the Revolution, that this deponent saw him as such about the year 1779 and that the said William Brown is generally reported and believed to have been a fifer in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated
Sworn & subscribed the — 27 th day of August A.D. 1829 J. Withrop
James Daugherty mark

Mercer County
State of Pennsylvania to wit
Personally appeared before me Alexander Brown Esquire an associate judge of the court of common pleas of said county William Buchanan and David McGeary and having been duly sworn according to law did depose and say that the said deponents somewhere about the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two purchased from William Brown, who they understand is about making application for the benefit of the pension law of the United States in favor of the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army, a certain tract of land granted to William Brown prior in the late army of the United States by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in consideration the services rendered by the said William Brown in the army aforesaid containing two hundred acres in the third district of Donation land measured for him and and thirty five. That the said deponents at the time of their purchase aforesaid had no doubt, from the evidence produced to them, that the present applicant from whom they purchased is the same William Brown to whom the grant aforesaid was made by the said commonwealth that the said deponents have had the uninterrupted possession of the land ever since their purchase aforesaid nor have

They ever heard of any other William Brown or any other person or persons or person setting up any claim to the same
Sworn & subscribed 18th August 1829 before me { William Buchanan David M c Ready
Mercer County
State of Pennsylvania to wit
Personally appeared before me Alexander Brown Esq d an associate Judge of said Coun- ty Samuel B c Foster who being duly sworn According to Law did depose that some years ago (perhaps nine or ten) William Brown who I understand is an applicant for a pension as aforesaid called on me and after stating that he had been a soldier in Col. Bechtler's Regiment Pennsylvania Line in the revolutionary army showed me some official copies from the State offices which satisfied me that he had drawn a tract of donation land from the State of Pennsylvania for his military services He then said that his Patent had been drawn by his Colonel the late General Bechtler Some time afterwards I saw the Patent in the hands of the widow and executrix of the said Gen l Bechtler. The said widow recognized the present applicant as the person for whom the Patent was given and left the same in the hands of Alexander Brown hoping to be delivered to the present applicant

on his settling a certain account which was be- tween him & her late husband that I have the said Patent now before me (still in possession of Alexander Brown Esq) which corresponds in description with the one mentioned in the foregoing deposition of William Buchanan David O'Neely,
Sworn & Subscribed } Samuel B Foster 18 th August 1829 before me } A. BROWN.
I do hereby Certify that I am acquainted with the fore- mentioned deponents, William Buchanan David O'Neely and Samuel B Foster Esq; that they are creditable persons, whose testimony is entitled to full faith and credit. — I also certify that William Brown the per- -son Applicant for Pension, is in my opinion the identi- -cal person, whom Mrs. Butler recognized as the soldier who served for in the Revolutionary Army, (and drew for his services donation lot N o 636 by his son then Colonel. The late Gen l Richard Butler.) The Patent alluded to by Mr. Foster, which William Brown claims as his property is still in my possession.
Given under my hand this 18 th day of August A.D. 1829
A. BROWN.

Ms. 17 Nov 1829.
1106.
Harrisburg Nov. 13. 1829
Dear Sir
I enclose the application of William Brown a Revolutionary soldier for a pension, accompanied with the documents. When his claim is passed upon, please forward to me at Harrisburg.
Very Respectfully your most Obt. Servt John Galbraith
Hon. John H. Eaton. Sec. of War.

1772. 72
No. 1 Original paymt 1025
Revolutionary Claims.
allowed act 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
8 Dec 1829.
William Brown — of Logan Creek township in the county of Venango — in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Fifer — in captain Bowers — 's company, in Col Butler's regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
T. A. Dickinson
Received more pay than a private 7th
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 10 th December 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to William Brown . . . in the Pennsylvania line . . . It further appears that William Brown is now on the pension list of the Pennsylvania agency, and has been so since the 10th at the rate of 7 dollars per month.
It appears from the Revolutionary Pension list of the Pennsylvania agency that a pensioner by the name of William Brown had been on said list, and that he died in June 1822 (see 640575)
Am. Hagner Audt
72,157

William Brown N o . 2245

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up and sworn to by the claimant :
State of Pennsylvania }
County of Venango }
I, William Brown aged 68 years, do upon oath testify and declare, that, I entered the service of the United States on the day of in the year 1780, for the term of During the war and that I served in the company commanded by Captain McLean in the Regiment No. 3, commanded by Col Richard Butler of the Pennsylvania line, and was honorably discharged on the close of war in the year 1783, from the Regiment commanded by Col Richard Butler
I Further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States ; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever : therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, William Brown aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Arnold Plumer of Venango County, to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid ; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, A. McCalment
Wm Brown
I, William Kinneer aged Sixty one years do upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with William Brown who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be ; and further, I do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest, A. McCalment
W. Kinneer
Before me, Alexander McCalment a Justice of the peace personally appeared the above named William Brown subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed ; and, likewise, personally appeared William Kinneer who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this fifth day of January 1839
A. McCalment Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above-written Alex. McCalment was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Pennsylvania at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Franklin this fifth day of January 1839
Asa Dowell C. Clerk, &c. of Venango County

William Brown, the individual to whom these papers refer, was admitted under the act of 15 th May 1828. — the papers in his case on file in the Pension Office, furnish ample proof to identify him as the same William Brown who received donation land from the State of Penns yl a as a Fifer in Col o . Butlers 3 rd Penn a . Regiment — the grade in which he served, is also further established by the Within Certificate of the Surveyor Genl. of Penn a .
It appears that on the 23 rd June 1828. (Warr t . No. 1332) for 100. Acres Sec. 8. 405-445 issued to the heirs of a William Brown, (who was Pensioned under the act of 1818, and who died in 1822) under an impression on the part of M c R. Taylor, that he was the soldier whose name is inscribed on the printed list among those of Col o . Butlers Reg t . — A reference to the Pension papers of this man, will shew that he was not a Fifer, and that he was not attached to Butlers Regiment. Consequently, that land bounty was improperly granted to him.
W. Gordon

July 18, 1933
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William Brown-S.46460
BA-J/AWF Quinn
Mr. W. A. McKay Utica Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Brown, a soldier of the Pennsylvania Line, and a pensioner under the Act of May 15, 1828 from Venango County, Pennsylvania.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 46460, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Brown.
The date and place of his birth are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
William Brown enlisted in 1780 and served as a fifer in Captain William Bower's company, Colonel Richard Butler's Pennsylvania regiment, and was discharged in 1783.
William Brown was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1829, then a resident of Logan Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. In 1839 he gave his age as sixty-eight years and at that time was still living in Venango County.
It is not stated that the soldier, William Brown, was ever married.
One Alexander Brown was in 1829 an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Mercer County, Pennsylvania; no relationship shown between the soldier, William Brown and Alexander Brown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of

pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, William Brown, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
William Brown Certificate No. 1025 Issued December 30, 1829 Rate $88.00 per annum Act of May 15, 1828 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Utica Pa. July 11th 1933
Commissioner of Pensions:-
Dear Sir:-I am trying to get the record of one William Brown a revolutionary soldier who served in the Pennsylvania continental line. I am informed that he was given a pension, placed on the pension rolls December 30th 1829 under the Act of May 15th, 1828. Will you please give what information you as to his service, date of entry and discharge, &c,. This man was from Venango County.
Yours Respectfukky.
W. A. McKay W. A. McKay

16460
Re-Issues.
Rev. Army
No. 1025
1933 July 18 - Hist to W.A. McKay Aug
Name: William Brown Rank: Sifer Comp'y: Bowers Reg't: Pa Line
Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____
Allowed Act 1828.
Act 14th July, 1862 Bk. G., Vol. _____ Page _____
Registering Clerk: _____
Disability. { _____

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#46.460

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 16 Dec 1829.
THE annexed paper relating to the Claim of William Brown — under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed, whether by any records in the War Department, or by any papers filed therein relative to an application heretofore made by the claimant for a Pension, it appears for what term he enlisted and served in the Army of the Revolution, and in what rank, regiment and line.  the applicant is the person represented to have been on the Pension list.
D. Bryan
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Hon. the Secretary of War.
See letter from War Department 23 Dec 1829.

See 37 1/2 p. 12 Mr. Anderson
How. Arnold Pleasure Claim of Wm Brown Fife Penn D

  No. 650 James Dennison Private No. 641 Michael Linden Private No. 625 William Maybury Priv.   No. 46 250 ac v No. 636 William Brown. Fifer. No. 635 Christian Moura Private   No. 47-250 ac John Jones D r Mr Serjt No. 637 Moses Day Private. No. 634 William Harris Priv. 
In testimony that the above is an extract from a general Draught of surveys made in the third Do- nation District, remaining in the Surveyor General's office. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office at Harrisburg, the 13th of Feby. 1839.
John Taylor S.G.
County of Dauphin - State of Penn a - Act of 18 th May 1828 -