Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,097, Jacob Brown, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Brown, Jacob
S. 2,097
carded
CONTENTS
1st Oct 1777 at Brandywine Hills by Pa. 26th Nov 1777 Lancaster by Pa. 19th Dec 1777
1st Oct 1777 at Brandywine Hills by Pa. 26th Nov 1777 Lancaster by Pa. 19th Dec 1777

Rev War
2094
INVALID.
File No. 2097
Jacob Brown
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1841.
In letter to Sam l Dale
Oct 29. 1832.
Chyr 11, 12, & 13.
Lancaster Penn a .
P- 11
admitted Private 31 mos $ 80.00
J. Dale Esq
Lancaster Penn a

BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Brown of Mannheim  of Lancaster Co in the State of  Pennsylvania  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In age.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
It does not show any disability
3. How old is he?
74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Aug In 1776 to 1781 5 Soldier  Gen.  capt Heister Col Haller  " Bower, Col Baker  " Craig Col Chambers  & discharged by  Genl Sinclair   
5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island. White Plains. Trenton. Brandywine. Germantown & in the attack on the Red House in New Jersey.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Reading. Bucks Co. Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Living Incidental Proof
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas Wilson Examining Clerk.

Jacob Brown
11 o 1841.
of Pennsylvania
for his

State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County
On this twenty first day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo, personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Walter Franklin Esq. President and his Associate Judges of said County of Lancaster Jacob Brewer a resident of the Town of Lebanon said County aged 74 since October last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he first enlisted in the service of the United States in the latter end of July or beginning of August 1776 with Capt n Joseph Keittler in Reading Berks County Penns yl a for six months and served in the Regiment of commanded by Col l Henry Haller Penn- sylvania line called the Flying Camp and in his time of enlistment mentioned before pro- perly discharged (tho' his time of service being expired) he enlisted under Capt n Jacob Bower at Corrells Ferry on the Delaware for 18 months (but was continued longer) in the 6 th Regiment Pennsylvania line commanded by Col l Henry Baker, was during his first six months enlistment, in the Battles of Long Island White Plains and at Trenton on the memo- rable 26 th of Decem r 1776. — and in his second enlistment at the Battles of Brandywine & Germantown and in several skirmishes after which he returned home to Read- ing and again enlisted for seven months under Capt n Samuel Craig in the first Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by

by Col. Chambers was in the attack on the Block House in the Jersey North River and was discharged on the 14 th of January 1781 at Battle Hill in the Jerseys by Gen. Clinton, that the said discharge was obtained by him through carelessness of same were lost. And he hereby declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, only on that of the agency of the State of Pennsylvania being Forty Dollars yearly as an annuity granted by Act of Assembly.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court. Attest
Jacob Brown
Wm. Packman pro. b.
We Henry Miller and John Thorne of the Borough village of Manheim, in Lancaster County ten miles distant from Lancaster City in the said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Brown, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, Henry Miller
Henry Miller
John Thorne
affidavit subscribed in open court August 21 st 1832. Attest Wm. Packman pro. b.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry Miller and John Thorne esq. who has also signed the preceding certificate are residents in the village of Manheim that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Sam d Dale Walter Frankden John Lightner

I Christian Bachman Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Brown for a pension —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord 1832 —
Christ. Bachman Protho.
I Henry B. Shaffner clergyman residing in the Borough of Marietta hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Brown who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration, that I believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion. Sworn & Subscribed before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County Dec. 29 th 1832.
Henry B. Shaffner
Jam D Ale
I certify that Henry B. Shaffner who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Borough of Marietta and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. Also that he was sworn before me, no Court being in session at that time and he stating that it would be inconvenient for him to come in again being thirteen miles from the City of Lancaster
Jam D Ale
State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County ss: I Christian Bachman Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Daniel Dale Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Henry B. Shaffner was made, and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time, and now is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified; and that the signatures annexed are his genuine signatures — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Lancaster this second day of January Anno Domini 1833 —
Christ. Bachman Protho.

4247 Pennsylvania
Jacob Brown
of _____ in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hirst — of the Reg t commanded by Col Haller in the Pennsylvania line for Private 31 months — $ 80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 — Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of January 1833 and sent to J. Dali Esq. Lancaster, Penn a .
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 — 40.00 $160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
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