Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,649, Obadiah Brown, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Brown, Obadiah
S. 44,649
CONTENTS
Enl. at Ashford, Conn. In 1818 aged 64 yrs & res. of Thompson, Sullivan Co. N.Y.

Notifications sent 23 Sep. 1820 to M c A. Thompson in Manhattan NY
An enrol of the name ret d Dec 30-
Transferred with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883 N.Y.
6635 4
New York.
Obadiah Brown N o 2 Capt Allen Private Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of Dec r 1818 and sent to M c A. Thompson Esq. Thompson N York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 $ 40.52 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
88.52
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
2 Sep 24 his years
continued Thompson, Sullivan Co.

State of New York New York Sullivan County } On this third day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Sullivan County personally appears Obediah Brown of the Town of Thompson in Sullivan County Aged 64 years who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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 during the war that he the said Obediah Brown enlisted at Ashford in the State of Connecticut on or about the first of May 1777 in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Allen in Col. Samuel Wyllefs Regiment in the Connecticut line and continued in Col. Silas Hildreth Company in the Regt of afterwards in Col. Samuel Bleets Company in Col. Groveners Regiment untill he was Discharged at West Point at the close of the Revolutionary War when he was discharged from service at the place last afore- said he further says that he Discharge has been missing about 24 years and he never has seen it since he does not know where it is at this time, that he was at the Battle of the Lake of Lord Cornwallis beside a number of others and that he is in Reduced circumstances and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services Sworn to & Declared before me The day and Year aforesaid
Obediah Brown
Wm J Thompson first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Sullivan County

I Wm Thompson first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Sullivan County Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Obediah Brown Did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy and I Do further certify from my own personal knowledge that the said Obediah Brown is poor in form and in very Indigent Circumstances and that he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. and I Do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Capt Samuel Claft and that the Signature of Samuel Claft to the certificate hereunto annexed is the proper hand writing of the s d Claft and I do further certify that the said Claft and the s d Brown are the persons meant and intended in the foregoing affidavit. I having known them both for a Great Number of Years and I now transmit the proceedings and the Testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the War Department pursuant to the aforesaid act of Congress. Dated at Thompson in Sullivan County the 13 th of October 1818 Wm A. Thompson
Obediah Brown Declaration for Pension Apr 3. 1818

State of New York
Sullivan County 3/8: on the 14 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas held within and for the County of Sullivan in the state of New York the same being a Court of Record Obediah Brown aged 65 Years Resident in the Town of Thompson in said County in said state of New York who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows That in the month of May 1777 he listed at Ashford in the state of Connecticut in Capt Daniel Allens company in Col. Samuel Willis Regiment in the Connecticut line as a soldier during the war after that was transferred to Capt Daniel Clifts company in Col. Grommers Regiment and continued in the same to the close of the Revolutionary War when he was discharged at West Point and that he made his original declaration on the 3 rd of Ap r 1818 before W m A Thompson first Judge of said County to obtain his pension and that he has received his pension of eight Dollars per month since that time and that he has a certificate for a pension No 6635 Dated 30 th of Decem r 1818 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have 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 provision of an act of Congress entitled to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval services of the United States in the revolutionary War passed on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not nor any person placed any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than which is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed —

A. Schedule of the Estate of Obadiah Brown
Real Estate none
Personal Property Three Sheep
Debts due to me. Daniel Schoonmaker 3 Doll!
Debts from me to Richard Childs 15 Doll!
To Anthony Hasbrook 9 Doll!
Obadiah Brown
And the said Obadiah Brown further says he is a Farmer that his family consists of himself and two children that his two children are males and named & aged as follows Hiram aged 13 Years in good health & Abram aged 11 Years in good health and I Obadiah saith that he is very infirm and habbled with the Rheumatism and able to do but little labour —
Obadiah Brown
sworn in open court this 14 th day of May 1820
Wm A. Thompson first Judge of said County
State of New York
Sullivan County ss I John P. James Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing Oath and the 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 of value of 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 on this eleventh day of August A.D 1820
John P. James Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Sullivan

State of New York
Sullivan County ss
Obediah Brown of the Town of Thompson in the sd County of Sullivan on this Twentieth day of January 1819 before me Wm A Thompson post-Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Sullivan County personally appeared and being by me first Duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following Supplementary Declaration - in addition to the one heretofore sent to the Pension Office - That he the said Obediah Brown never has applied for a Pension of any kind before he applied to the sd Wm A Thompson and that he the said Obediah Brown does not now receive a Pension - from the United States, or elsewhere, and that he is the same Person that served in the Revolutionary as set forth in his former Declaration, and the Deponent further saith there was no other person of his Name in the Brigade or Regiment that he knows of and further saith not
Obediah Brown
Sworn to and declared before the 20 th day of Jan y . 1819 Wm A Thompson post-Judge of the Court of Com. Pl. S d Sullivan County.
Wm A Thompson
State of New York Sullivan County ss I John P. Jones Clerk of the County of Sullivan and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that Wm A Thompson above named and before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same still is duly Commissioned & sworn as post Judge of said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the sd Wm A Thompson and verily believe above Certificate to be his proper hand writing In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the day of Jan y 1819
John P. Jones

44649
INVALID.
Ref
Rev
File No. 44649
Obadiah Brown No 2.
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818.
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New York Sullivan County -
I John P. Jones Clerk of the County of Sullivan and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Do hereby Certify that William A. Thompson within named and before whom the annexed affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same and still is Duly Commissioned and Sworn as first Judge of said County. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said William A. Thompson and hereby believe the Certificates to the annexed affidavits to be his own proper hand writing and Signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this twenty first day of December June term 1818
J. P. Jones Clerk

Sullivan County } State of New York } P
John Tappan of the Town of Thompson in the County of Sullivan being duly sworn — according to law upon his oath saith that he has been a near neighbour to Obadiah Brown of the Town of Thompson for many years last past, and that he personally knows that said Brown is a very poor man possessed of little or no property and that he is very feeble & broken down and unable to do but little labour of any kind and that he has subsisted of late years by the indulgences of Wm Thompson of said Town on whose estate said Brown lived — Sworn the 4 th of Aug t 1820 before me Wm Thompson — Pres. Judge of Sullivan County — John Tappan
Sullivan County } P
John Simpson of the Town of Thompson aged 55 being sworn according to law upon his oath saith that he has been one of the nearest neighbours to Obadiah Brown for a number of years last past and personally is well acquainted with said Brown and his affairs, & says that said Brown is feeble man and incapable of doing hardly any labour and is a very poor man having little else besides a few sheep — Sworn the 4 th of Aug t 1820 before me Wm Thompson Pres. Judge of Sullivan County John M. Simpson

I do certify that Obadiah Brown is a very poor man. That he has lived on my Estate for many years past, and that he could not have maintained his Family if it had been for the charitable Assistance he occasionally received from me. Will Thompson Thompson Aug 11 1820 -
Obadiah Brown Certificate for Pension 6635 - 10 Dec r 1818

W. F. To be numbered.
Nonville
Dec 22/1888
c/o the Honble
Secretary for Rail
W. Dept. of Public Works, or George B. Bell
Pension Office
Washington
Adm. =

The Hon ble Secretary for the War Department
will have the goodness to inform the subscriber of the Result of his Application for Obediah Brown & Direct. to Wm A Thompson of the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County State of New York & Oblige him Humbly!
Wm A Thompson

State of New York } Sullivan County ss }
David Dorrance of the Town of Mamakating in the County of Sullivan being duly sworn according to law on his oath doth declare and say he served and served in the Connecticut- line of Troops in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War as a Captain in a Regiment commanded by Thos Grosvenor and Samuel Clegg Commanded a Company in the same Regiment. and that he personally knew Obadiah Brown of the Town of Thompson in Sullivan & that the s d Brown served as a Soldier in the Company commanded by s d Capt. Clegg in s d Grosvenor Regiment, for an year or more and that said Brown was a Soldier in the Con- tinental Establishment in the Connecticut line for a number of Years and further saith not. Sworn the 12. day of October 1818 David Dorrance before me
Wm A. Thompson Just. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Sullivan County

This may certify that Abadiah Brown, of the Town of Thompson, County of Sullivan, State of New York Served in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army for a number of Years, & that he was in a company that I commanded, in a Battalion commanded by Genl Hamilton at the Taking of Cornwallis; at York Town in Virginia and afterwards in my company of light Infantry, in Col l Thomas Grovers, Reg t , and I verily believe continued to the end of the War and was Discharged at West Point in the Year 1783 -
Southeast, County of Putnam & State of New York July 13 th 1818 James M c Clintock in Col l Thomas Grovers Reg t of the Revolutionary Army

11 Obediah Brown:
Soldier in
Gap: Lamed Cleft's Comp
Co. H. 10th. Penna. Res.
Ref.
a man of this
name is already
on the Roll - He
must have been
This claimant
must swear
that he does
not know now
receive a pension
from the U. States

State of New York Sullivan County
Timothy Childs and Abner Seeley both of the Town of Thompson in said County who being Duly sworn according to Law Depose and say that they have lived for a great number of years in the neighbourhood where Obadiah Brown of the said Town lives, and that they each personally knew that the said Obadiah Brown is very Indigent, poor and in want of the common necessaries of life, and that he is unable and unable to labour for the support of himself and family, that for a great many years he has been considered one of the old Continental soldiers -
Abner Seeley
Timothy Childs
Sworn this 12 th day of Oct r 1818
before me John A. Thompson post-master of the branch of Gen. Post for Sull n County