Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 461-100, David Brown, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Brown, David
B.L.Wt. 461-100
CONTENTS
In 1809 res. of Pittstown, Luzerne Co. Pa.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Brown, David
B.L. Mt. 461-100
CONTENTS
In 1809 res. of Pittstown, Luzerne Co. Pa.

No 261.
David Brown
Private.
Penn Line.
W. of 2 nd June 1809 by widow to P. Bradley adm. to P. Brown.
1929-May 21, visit to Miss Fannie B. Hancock. See her letter in cl. of James Brown, W-3219, m.E.E.

Pittston 19 th April
Paid 25
Phineas Bradley Esquire
Washington City
Pittston 24 th May Paid
15

Know all Men by these Presents that I David Brown of the Township of Pittstown County of Somersetshire altho' of Pennsylvania been Made Constituted & Appointed My Place & Stead and by these Presents do Make Constituted & Appoint in My Place & Stead and Depute My trusty and believ- ing friend Phineas Bradley Esquire of Washington City the Seat of Government for the United States of America My Lawfull Attorney for Me & in My Place & Stead to Call on the war Department of the United States of the United States aforesaid & obtain in My Place & Stead the warrant & title Papers for all such Lands as I the said David Brown am intitled to by the Government & authority of the United States of America agreeable to the within closed list Certifying My services as a Privatized Soldier during the Revolutionary war & Make such other arrangements you think necessary Reserving the same for the purpose of the well Securing all & singular the said Lands with the Privileges & appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining as I Myself could do: & in your wisdom what do Provided the Property was completely Vested in you & to transfer the same to Me for My use & Benefit with paying you for your necessary trouble & Expense: I Ratifying all & singular your Transaction therein in all Respects whatsoever My said attorney shall Lawfully do in and about the Premises by Virtue hereof: In witness whereof I have hereunto set My Hand & Seal the Eighteenth Day of Aprill in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & Nine -

Sealed & Delivered In presence of us Peter Beckford David Brown William Robert
Be it remembered that on the Nineteenth Day of 1809 before Me William Slocum Esquire one of Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Luzerne came David Brown acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to Phoebe Bradley Esq. to be his free act Done the same day be Recorded as such if necessary In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed My Seal the Day & year above written
Wm Slocum Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
I certify that William Slocum the above
Subscribing justice of the peace was at the time of subscribing and now is an authorised acting justice of the peace in and/or said County of Luzerne as appears of Record in my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 23 rd Day of May A.D. 1809
Benjamin S. Berthoff Recorder of Deeds in and for said County

I hereby certify that David Brown was an Enlisted Soldier in one of the Independent Companies raised at Wyoming for and during the Revolutionary War - and that he served faithfully in my company until he was regularly discharged, and is intitled to the privileges and emoluments belonging to a soldier of the Army serving in said revolutionary War -
Dec 10 th 1808
Simon Spalding
Capt. Captain in the Continental Army
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County ss -
(Seal)
I personally came before before me The subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county Simon Spalding the subscriber to the above written certificate and on solemn oath declared the same to be just & true - sworn and subscribed before me on the day of the date thereof - Witness my hand and seal -
Joseph Kimmey

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MRE/cel
B.L.Wt. 461-100
May 21, 1929
Miss Louise B. Hancock 1435 Poinsettia Place Hollywood, California
Madam:
I advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that David Brown served as a private in one of the independent companies raised at Wyoming for and during the Revolutionary War; at the time of his discharge he was in Captain Simon Spalding's Connecticut Company. No dates or further details of his service are given.
Warrant No.461 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued by the United States June 8, 1809, in full satisfaction for services rendered.
In 1809, he was a resident of Pittstown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
The names of the soldier's parents and the dates of his birth and death are not given. It is not stated that he was ever married and there are no data concerning his family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.