Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 40,033, Henry Brim, Continental (Penn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Penn.)
Brinn, Henry
S 40,033
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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Pennsylvania. 17884 Henry Brim, 17. 88 3/4 Franklin Co: Penn a
Serg t . in Col o : Patton's reg t Pennsylv a . line, 18 mo.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30. of June, 1820.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14. of Oct r 1820. and sent to David Fullerton, agent, Green Castle, Penn a .
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820. $ 17. 33. Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st March, 48 " 2 mo s 5 / 30. } 1821. } $ 65. 33.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 } and 1 st May, } 1820. }
5. Jan 14, 1825
43

David Fullerton, agent, Green Castle, Penna. 2 d Octr. 1820.
Admitted.
Worth $1.28
Certificate for Henry Brim for services
17, 171.
Henry Brim, Franklin Co. Pa. 30. June, 1820. Sergt. in Col. John Patton's regt. Penn line, 18 months. April, 1777.
rec. d. 92. Sept. 1820
It is required, that the testimony, on oath, of two or more disinter- ested and credible persons, certified as such by the judge, should explicitly prove the applicants' service, or 9 months in continuance thereof, on cont. Estab. David Fullerton, agt, Green Castle, Penna. Rec. d. 26. July, 1820.

District of Pennsylvania. Franklin County Gs.
On this thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty- personally appeared in court, being a bond of Records for the aforesaid county of Franklin in the district or state aforesaid, Henry Brim, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820. That he the said Henry Brim, enlisted for the term of three years on the day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the state of Pennsylvania, in the Company commanded by Capt. Baker, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Patton, in the line of the state of Pennsylvania, in the continental establishment, That he continued to serve in the said Corps for about seven months, when he was transferred into the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Prowel, when he was appointed a Sergeant, and continued in the said Company in that capacity for eleven months or there about, when becoming incapacitated for military duty, he at his own expense enlisted two men to wit, Michael Dewalt, and Adam Miers, to serve during the war, paid their Bounty from his own private funds, for which he has never received any satisfaction, when by reason of his incapacity (becoming ruptured) and furnishing the two recruits he was discharged by Maj. Prowel formerly Capt. Prowel (Maj. by appointment) at Brunswick in the State of New Jersey sometime in September 1778. That he was in the Battles of Piscataway (skirmish) Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, & Whitehorse, & White Marsh, and that he has lost his discharge and has no other evidence to prove his service except the depositions hereunto subjoined -
And In pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty, I 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-

not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner, 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 18 th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. And that I have not, nor has any persons 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. And also that he has no property but the following, to wit - One Cow - One old Bellows, one Anvil & three Hammers & two Tongs, that he follows making wrought nails. That he is not able to pursue the said business constantly by reason of his rapture, to any extent so as to maintain himself & family - That he has one child living with him Elizabeth aged twenty seven years, and his wife upwards of fifty years, and the said Elizabeth's time are chiefly taken up in taking care of us her parents -
Property valued by the Court as follows -
One Cow - Sixteen dollars
Bellows & Smith tools twelve dollars
Sworn & Subscribed in
open Court - 13 June 1820.
John Findlay proth
Henry Brim
Pennsylvania.
Franklin County ss. I John Findlay Notary of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copies from the records 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 twenty eight dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have here set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Chambersburg this 15 th day of June A. D. 1820.
John Findlay proth

No. 9
Bank U. States,
: Sept 12 1835
RECEIVED of C. S. Biddle Agent for paying Pensions, Richd. Jones Dollars 34 58 Cents, being for 11 10/31 Months' Pension, due to Henry Brown from the 4 day of Sept 1834 to the 14 day of January 1835 for which
I have signed Duplicate Receipts.
Dolls. 34 58/100
John G. Park Att.

Received from GAO FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
One year's worth of the work of the agency
12/29/1981 No. 37/1

Franklin County ss. The Franklin District Court of the County of Franklin State of Kentucky do hereby certify that on the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty five at a Court of Common Pleas held at Frankfort in and for the County of Franklin proof was made that the my Bro's file of Washington Township in said County does was a pensioner of the United States that since Mary Brim died on the seventeenth day of January last past about three o'clock in the morning that Mary Brim who is still living was married to the said Mary Brim and that the evidence adduced to prove the above facts was satisfactory to the said Court.
John L. Duggan Clerk
Be it known that I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Frankfort on the twenty first day of July A.D. 1835 at eight o'clock in the forenoon.
John L. Duggan Clerk
84 58

Know all men by these presents that I Mary Brim, widow of Henry Brim late of Franklin County State of Pennsylvania deceased a pensioner of the United States Do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph G. Parke of Philadelphia My true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania the portion of the Pension of the said Henry Brim deceased which accrued from the fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty four to the fourteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and which is due to me as the widow of said Henry Brim deceased -
Witness my hand and seal the fifth day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty five
Sealed and delivered in presence of John Still
John Stillert
Mary her Brim
State of Pennsylvania } Franklin County }
Be it known, that on the fifth day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty five before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Mary Brim above named and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year last above mentioned.
John Still 

Pennsylvanico Franklin County ss. I Paul J. Hotchkiss Recorder of Deeds do hereby certify that John C. Hill Esquire before whom the within power of attorney appears to have been acknowledged is at the time of the signing thereof a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and with respect is an agent to be given to all his acts as such
With my hand & official seal at Chambersburg this 13 th day of August A.D. 1835.
Paul J. Hotchkiss Recorder
Phila Penn Oct 11 th 1818 3 rd Quarter 1835 Bumble # 70
[Handwritten signature]
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from BAO

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Brum a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. File 40,033
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1777 7 mos. r Baker John Patton Continental   11 mos. Sergt. David Powell   disch. Sept. 1778 at Brunswick, N. J.  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Red Bank, Red Bank, Red Bank, Red Bank, Red Bank  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pa. in Pennsylvania.  Date of application for pension, June 13, 1820. His claim was allowed.  Residence at date of application, Pa. in Pa.  Age at date of application, sixty-seven yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 he returned to his home at upwards of 50 yrs. and his dau. Elizabeth at 27 yrs. to other family estate.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1913 June 6. History to Mrs. W. F. Price
40.033
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 40,033
Henry Brim
Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, } ss. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, }
Be it known , That on the second day of September A. D. 188 5 before the subscriber, an Alderman, and ex-officio Justice of the Peace, in and for the said City, personally appeared Joseph G. Farlee the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made oath that the said Power of Attorney was not given to him by reason of any Sale, Transfer, or Mortgage of the Pension, or arrears of Pension, therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year } above mentioned, before }
John D. Lewis Alderman.
Joseph G. Farlee

Henry Bain
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by the Bank of the U.S. in the city of Philad a .
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
Registered, by Clerk, in book II, volume of page 50
J. C. Henshaw

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, and 1 st May, 1820, Henry Brim, of Franklin Co: Penn a _____ // _____ late a Private — _____ // — in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania — Agency, at the rate of Eight — dollars per month, to commence on the thirtieth — day of June , — one thousand eight hundred and twenty .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth day of October , one thousand eight hundred and twenty .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

The testimony of two or more disin- terested and cre- dible persons, cer- tified as such by the judge, is required to prove explicitly, from their own knowledge, the service of the appli- cant, designating the Col os name of the regiment, and line in which he served.

Pennsylvania. Franklin County ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate Justices of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin Daniel Walker , who being duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Henry Brins who is now applying for a pension that he the said Henry Brins served in the Continental same Regiment with deponent in the Regiment with deponent in the Revolutionary war, to wit, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Patton, that he said Deponent saw the said Brins saw the said Brins in the service in the spring of 1777. and for sixteen or eighteen months afterwards and also that he saw the said Brins bring two recruits into camp at Valley Forge in 1778. and that he saw him some time afterwards, but from appearances which deponent took notice to and the general report in camp it was thought he said Brins had become unfit for service in consequence of his and service having become ruptured.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 st day of August 1820 at Chambersburg in the the said County Daniel Walker
Isaac Eaton

Pennsylvania } Franklin County ss }
Personally appeared before me the subscribed one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Michael Peewalt who being duly sworn was well acquainted with Henry Brim according to Law doth depose and say that he deponent enlisted by the said Henry Brim some time in the month of April 1778. in Abbeys Town York County in the State of Pennsylvania. That he said Brim took deponent on to Valley Forge where he joined the army in the same month, That he saw the said Brim in the service for some months afterwards and when he left the army deponent understood that the said Brim had been Honorably discharged.
Sworn to and subscribed at Chambersburg this 21 st day of August 1820 Michael Peewalt before Isaac Eaton
Pennsylvania } Franklin County ss }
I John Findlay Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County. Do hereby certify that Isaac Eaton Esquire before whom the within & foregoing depositions appear to have been taken was at the time of doing thereof one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof the same I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court at Chambersburg this twenty first day of August 1820.
For John Findlay Proth y D. Spangler

Archibald Barr one of the Associate judges in and for the County of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that I have for many years past been known Daniel Hill one of the within deponents and that he is a person of integrity and of good reputation. I have read his last will and testament and I am satisfied that I feel authorized in certifying that Michael Barr the deponent is the person who is the person entitled to the bequests both pecuniary and specific mentioned in that it the last refused to certify as above until satisfied on the subject of the testimony, in hereof hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th day of September 1820
Archibald Barr
Pennsylvania Franklin County ss }
I John Findlay prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that Archibald Barr Esq. who appears to have made & signed the above certificate was at the time of doing thereof one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County duly commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Chambersburg. This eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
For John Findlay prothonotary D. Spangler

State of Pennsylvania
Franklin County ss
Personally appeared before the Sub- scribers one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the aforesaid County of Franklin Daniel Welker who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Henry Brim who is now applying for a Pension, that he the said Henry Brim served in the said Re- giment with deponent in the Revolutionary war. to wit in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Patton Pennsylvania Line and that he saw the said Brim in the service in said Regiment in the spring of 1777 and that he saw him in the said service and that he continued therein for upwards of nine months - and also that he saw the said Brim being two recruits into Camp at Valley Forge in 1778 deponent further saith that he does not know at what time said Brim was discharged, but believes he was discharged from the service in consequence of his having become Ruptured
Sworn to and Subscribed by you me this 27 day of September 1820
A. Baird
Daniel Welker
I do certify that I have known the above named Daniel Welker for many years, I believe him to be a noble and disinterested witness
Sept 27 th 1820
Archibald Baird

State of Pennsylvania Franklin County ss
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County affirming Michael Dewalt who being sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Henry Brim who is now applying for a pension. That (he) deponent was enlisted by the said Henry Brim sometime in the month of April 1778 in Abbot's Town in York County & State aforesaid. That he the said Brim took deponent on to Valley Forge where there joined the army in the same month. town in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Patton in the Pennsylvania line and that the said Brim did continue in the service of his country for nine months and upwards and when he the said Brim left the army as deponent understands that he had been Honorably discharged
Sworn to and Subscribed before me This 17 day of September 1820
Archibald Burns
Michael his X Dewalt mark
I do certify that here evidence to me produced & I am no less satisfied that the above matter Michael Dewalt is a true and well-remembered of 27 years of age
Archibald Burns

Pennsylvania Franklin County ss.
I John Findlay Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that Archibald Barr Esquire before whom the within depo- sitions appear to have been taken, and who also appears to have signed the within certificate, was at the time of doing thereof one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Chambersburg this twenty eighth day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
For John Findlay prothonotary J. Findlay

Mapton, Missouri, May 26 1913- The Records & Pensions Office -
Will you kindly furnish me the with the pension number, & age of Henry Brum a soldier of the Revolution. He was a private in Capt. Walter Bicker's Company, Col. John Patton's Regiment. He enlisted on March 19- 1777 and was transferred to Capt. Joseph Prowell's Company same regiment in Aug. 1777 as a sergeant. Can you furnish any data concerning his wife? Mrs. Brumbaugh Genl. Registrar of the N. S. H. A. R. says that the names & records of these people are on file at your office and I would be greatly obliged for the data I have asked for.
Very Sincerely
(Mrs) Sarah B. Price Mrs M. F. Price