Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9364, Thomas C Brown, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Brown, Thomas C. Mary
N 9364
B.L.M. 26,362-160-55
CONTENTS
A. Aug. 1761 in Hampshire Co. Va. - there at all. In 1832 Mrs. Floyd Co. Ky. A. Apr. 17, 1854.

papers copied & sent to W.H. Richardson Esq, Rich- mond, Va
duplicate certificate issued 18th September 1841 - and sent to John P. Martin, Prestonburg Ky: on the same month. -
13.985 Kentucky
Thomas C. Brown of Floyd Co in the State of Kentucky who was a cornet in the company commanded by Captain Higgins of the regt commanded by Col Williams in the Vols. was time for 2 yrs. from 1778.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 320 Dollars - Cents per ann to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July 1833 - and sent to H. L. R. M. Johnson. Great Crossings
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $640. Pension allowance ending 4 Sep " 160.
$800.
{ Revolutionary Act June?
awarded by
M c Ellison

Answer of appeal of miles by letter to him, informing him that reductions in Revolutionary cases had been overruled. See Aug. 12/70. F.E. H. Aug. 12.70 Ben. Agent with vouches 70
6215
Kentucky
Mary Brown widow of Thomas C. Brown Va
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Cornet
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853 17 th April 1857
Certificate of Pension issued 9 th day of Sept. 1857 and sent to
David Cooley Prestonburg, Ky.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 129. Vol. H

No. 711.
Not much for Dpl. 20.
H. M. Hatten, Jan'y 30/56
Thomas C. Brown, Pier,
Rev. Bar.
Capt. Peter Higgins
Col. Clark,
Rev. Mil.
Rev. 63
Rev. 63
Rev. Rev.
Now a Pensioner of the A. States,
By June 32 - 13985
at 60th Mch. 22/98
By J. D.
Q
Green M. Witten, Prestonburg
Vol. Bo-69.

State of Kentucky (1) May 10 County
On this 17 day of September 1832 personally appeared two aged men before the Justices of the Floyd County Court now sitting Thomas Brown aged seventy two years a resident of the State of Kentucky and the County of Floyd who being duly sworn according to law took an oath to make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. He states that he entered the service of the United States in the Virginia State Troops, under the following named officers, and served a full term. That he volunteered in the Town of Romney, in the County of Hampshire, in the State of Virginia in the month of October or November in 1778, (the day not recollect- ed nor will he state which of the two months) possibly) in the service, under a Captain Peter Higgins, his Lieutenant, was by the name of Patrick Johnston, He states that he was the ensign, but was called a cornet, their Company was a Horse company, his Colonel was by the name of Benjamin Williams, That the Company was directed by the Col. to remain in the County of Hampshire and to give notice to traverse all that section of country on the waters of the Bull Pasture, the Cow Pasture & on the head waters of the South Branch

(2) of the Potomac River, and in a portion of the County of Augusta Virginia, for the suppression of the Tories - He states that he was born, and reared up, and grew to in the County of Hampshire as; his term of engagement was for three years; under the stipulations, that the Company should not be in the service from the State, the Company as was entirely a volunteer Company They remained in the service during the first winter, chiefly employed in guarding the country, early next Spring, our Company commenced its operations in the district assigned to them, a distance around of a hundred and forty miles, and traversed the district confided to us several times. During the Spring and summer of 1799, during the fall after. The Tories be- gan to be numerous, and our Com- pany was confined to the County of Hampshire, and in the winter following we remained at home but subject to be called out, at any time, on occurrence of importance

or British at the (3) fall, when several severe skirmishes took place with the Tories, the state the Company was in the Baller at Brakes mill on the South Branch, with the Tories, on which occasion several of the Tories was killed, he does not recount the number. He states that he not recited the number either killed or wounded on either side - He states that the men, and himself retired to their homes, & heard them without ever being called out till Spring (some time in May), to perform their usual course of scouting owing to the severity of the winter & being blocked up with ice, snow. The Company as an assembled, & performed two or three tours around the district up; He states that he was the individual who carried the express to Old Town, to be delivered for a reinforcement to join our company. to go against the Tories, no reinforce- ment came to the aid of the Company, The Company took a great many Tories & put them

in Romney Jail, (4) and in any we deposited in Winchester Jail, we took a Major Smith, a very officer & found his commission with signed by the British officer about the 18 th October we was required to go to Little York &c. there remained till Lord Cornwallis surrendered, to the American army, we was then marched back to the Barracks at Winches- ter, and there our company rec d our discharges. He then thinks he rec d his discharge from Patrick Shannon who had charge of the Barracks. He states that he saw. (but was not personally acquainted), Genl. Lafayette Genl. Washington Genl. Stephens I knew personally Genl. Daniel Morgan, he knew Capt. Lightfoot of the horse, Lieutenant South Sanders of the Regular service and Captain Dismann, George Berry, Capt. Robert Higin taken a prisoner, and
235140 Thos Brown

He further states that he has no documentary evidence to establish claim,
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Thos C Brown
Rev.
We James O'Harris and Jeffrey Preston residing in Floyd county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas C Brown who was sworn to and subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
J O Harris Jeffrey Preston
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after finding the interest of the prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary

(66) soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that James P Harris and Jeffrey Preston who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Floyd County and that there both credible witnesses and that their statement is entitled to credit. The court further certifies that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of Tho C Brown.
Harry Strutton (sec)
Samuel J. Brion (sec)
Wilson Moge (sec)
The Affidavit of James Cannon taken before the Worshipful Justices of Floyd County now sitting, who being first duly sworn according to law, states that he knew Tho. C Brown whilst he was in the service of the United States, he was an officer but whether he was a lieutenant or ensign he cannot state, but he saw him uniform frequently in the house of Capt. Higgins where this deponent knew him.

in the winter of 1827 88, and saw him off and on, at various times in the service till the fall of 1799.
In view by the Court an issue laid down as to the validity of Brown's Ins. Jan. and further this Deposition oath not,
The Court hereby certify that James Garrison is a credible witness and his Statement is entitled to credit
Floyd County ss. I Jacob Mayo Clerk of the Court of Floyd County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of James Garrison, for a pension
In testimony wherefore I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 21st day of September 1832
attest Jacob Mayo

88 (8) Hloy a County ssch
I Jacob Mayo clerk of the court of Hloy a County court do hereby certify that the above affidavit made by James Cannon was made in open court, at the time the said Tho. C Brown submitted on oath, to the above declaration for a pension by an examination by said court,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 st day of September 1832
attest Jacob Mayo
James Cannon

Thomas C Brown's
pp. { Original & Amende d Deed & Proof H.
Copy Harris & Camm affidavits
act upon this & send to me
Ph. Johnson

State of Kentucky (9) Floyd County 3 rd { Amended declaration of Geo C Brown }
On this 10 day of June 1833 per- sonally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Commonwealth's Justices at the Peace for said County, now sitting Thomas C. Brown aged seventy two years of age a resident of the state of Kentucky and County of Ohio being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarati- on in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832  - He states that he entered the service of the United States in the Virginia State Troops (for three years ) under the following Officers and served as he states, - That he entered as a volunteer in the town of Ramsey in the County of Hampshire in the State of Virginia in the month of October, or November the day not recollect- ed (nor will he state which of the two months but believes it was the first of November) in the year 1778. under Capt. Peter Higgins and Lieutenant Patrick Johnson and Lieut. Benjamin Williams - and that he (Tho. C. Brown) was the Ensign but was promoted ("Cornet") this company in which this Applicant was in was a horse Company - He states that the Company was directed by Colo. B. Williams to remain in Hampshire and traverse at different periods the County lying on the "Roll Pashines" the Cow Path Rivers, and also on the head waters of the South Branch of the Potomac River as an agent for to keep down the Tories - That his term was for three years, and his Company was a Volunteer one, that he remained in active service during the winter 1778. but was confi- ned to Hampshire - In the Spring 1779 the

101 in Months March. The Company of D started from Hampshire to traverse the district of D a distance of One hundred And forty miles, and traversed the same several times during that Year. The fall of 1779 the Conies became troublesome in Hampshire, Col. Williams gave orders for our Company to remain in Romney all that winter to keep them down, the weather towards January became cold, and Capt P. Higgins permitted us to remain in the Neighbourhood with our families to save Public expense, they in due so. or to save Public expense, they in due so. or the most of them - yet to be ready at a moment, in February they were in 1779. or Jany 1780. in the Month of March all again was assembled at the Place of Rendezvous at Romney and again traversed the district according to the Applicant's description five times, during that Summer, Spring, and fall during this General Skirmish, ensued with the Conies and one that the Applicant into numbers is the one on the 7th day of October 1780. at Brakes Mill on the South Branch of the Potomac, several Conies and some Bulls, & Solons were killed, on Decr 1780 about the 15 th the weather was exceedingly severe and from scarcity, want of provisions they had to quit Romney where they were stationed, and go home and was not called out till the middle of May 1781. The Company was mustered in March, but the snow and ice was so as to prevent the action of the Company till May. and then commenced their Annual trips several times during the Spring Summer & fall of 1781. but started a good deal later than Romney the story that he was the individual that carried the express to old woman to Col. Shelton for a Reinforcement to fight the Conies - none came - The Company gave them a beat in September 1781. in the North east side of Hampshire, and the Conies in this Skirmish

was defeated, many of the Prisoners and we put them all in Runney Jail until it was full, and put the residue in Winchester Jail, this long band was commanded by a long Col. by the name of Smith, but he was but a Major. His Commission found with him signed by the British Genl the Company remained here till the 10 th day of October 1781. and all the Malitia Companies was directed to go to Little Musk to the Army . The Company went and this applicant was there, at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, after this the Company was ordered to the Barracks at Winchester and having now remained here all the first of November to the 10 th 1781 he was discharged by a Man of the name of Patrick Shannon Commander of the Barracks. having now served my time by three years. He returned home to Hampshire shire. He saw that (was not personally acquainted) Genl Lafayette Genl Stephen Washington, and he thinks Genl Lord Howe Genl Morgan he knew him Capt. Dug off of the Horse, Lieutenant Joseph Vancey, of the Regular Service, Captain Matthew Pignan, Geo. Berry Capt Robert Higgins who was taken prisoner and out on parole and Capt Ben. Casey. his whole term up he served as the ensign of Capt Higgins Com. Party. His Commission he left in Hampshire and I suppose the same is lost - And he has no documentary evidence to establish his claim - he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not found on the Pension roll of the agency of any state down to and including the day and year afore said.

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We Ignatius H. Suckill a Clergyman residing in the County of Floyd and State of Kentucky, and residing in the same, hereby certify that we are acquainted acquainted with Thomas L. Brown, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be sincerely one year two years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution - And that we concur in that opinion J. H. Suckill (S)
sworn to and subscribed the days David M. ... and year aforesaid.
J. Hamilton
Floyd County Court
I Stephen Hamilton hereby certify that the to Brown made oath to the foregoing declaration for a Pension, and I do hereby declare it as my opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above Applicant is a Revolutionary soldier (an officer) and served as he states - And I do further certify that it appears to me that Ignatius H. Suckill who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman, resident in the county of Floyd and has also signed the same as a resident in the County of Floyd and is a credible person, and that their statements are little to controvert -
J. Hamilton
State of Kentucky
Floyd County court clerk's Office etc.
I Jacob Mayo clerk of the court for Floyd County, do hereby certify that Stephen Hamilton is a justice of the Peace for said county, and that the signature above is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office this 19th day of June 1833.
Jacob Mayo (S)

Dec. Nov 1891
Where and in what year were you born Ans — I was, in Hampshire County Virginia on the day of August 1761.
Li. 2 nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? =
Ans. I have not any written record, but know they came from recollections what my mother told me way back as a child.
Ques 3 d . Where were you living when called into service were you here since the Revolutionary war. And where do you now live?
Ans I was living in Hampshire County Virginia when I was called into service, and lived there many years after, and removed to this County thirty five years ago. or more, and I now in this County (Floyd County Kentucky)
2. A. How when you called on the Service were you treated did you remember, or when you a Sub, to take and if a Sub, which for whom
and volunteered for three years in a home company and was Ensign there.
Question 5. State some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you arrived, such Continental Regiments as you can recollect. And the General Officers in command of your Division,

But that he entered as a Volunteer, in least his own Company in November 1778. That he was Commissioned Ensign thereat by Col. Wm. B. Williams. And that the district of the South Part of the County of Augusta, and part of Augusta was assigned to our Company to support the line, that he entered for three years . That he served three years, either in Camp Service, or in the Garrison when he went home, and once for some time from about Christmas or about March - he remained at home, on account of prostration. That he served us all the three years. That during months after Camp Service, that during the service he was in several skirmishes, with the enemy. One at Brandy Mill, and one on the north east side of the County and back of Mayon. South of a way. He was at the siege of York when Lord Cornwallis surrendered to Gen. Washington and that afterwards he was discharged by Patrick Shannon at the March of Barrack. This was in November 1781. The Company of Capt. Higgins also was disbanded at the same time. - There are the General Ensigns, many of his service he served. This whole line of the Ensigns, under Col. B. Williams, Capt. Peter Higgins, and Lieutenant Patrick Johnson.
2nd how did you ever receive a Commission, and if so by whom was it given signed, and what was name of it? Sir, I did receive the Commission of Ensign. It has been forty years since he gave it. Having left it in Hampshire he got his Commission so soon as the Company was reported to the Board of War, at the seat of Govt. in Philadelphia, and that after he came back from the war, he got a second Commission.

This was in the 15th Decr 1747. The first was signed with name of a man then beyond the second I recd was signed by the man by the name of Henry the think. The Capt. Commission was sent to him by Col. Williams who had got it out of the office at the board of war. He was not promised to be a captain on this subject, having never thought it would be important to recollect any thing about my Commission. The great length of time has unpaired my memory so that I cannot recollect. Little particular, he is certain he left the Commission in Virginia. Having no recollection of ever seeing it in this State amongst my papers - and cannot account for it otherwise, than as?
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood. And who can testify as to your character for virtue, and their belief of your holding services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. I refer the War Department to the Honble John Graham (the former Judge of this Court) to H. B. Mayo Esq. P. Master to Col. J. W. Graham and to Messrs D. K. Harris (the present Senator in the Legislature) to Gen. Alex. Lackey to John F. Mudd Esq. and the Rev. Edmund Stone, and the Rev. Dr. Matthias Howard. Suckett -
Hloyd County to wit
I certify to the War Department that the foregoing question was this day put to the Col. Brown ap d and answered by him in the manner above - given from Andrew May's hand this day of June 1833 -
S. H. Garrett

(16) (17)
State of Kentucky
Floyd County court clerks office set.
I Jacob Mayo clerk of the court of Floyd County do hereby certify that Stephen Hamilton is a Justice of the peace for said County, and that his signature above is genuine
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 19 th day of June 1833-
Attest Jacob Mayo C. & C.C.
2

(17) (18) (New Proof) State of Kentucky 8:30 Floyd County
The affiant is James Harris a man of English speech age why they first met room according to the law. Joseph and Smith, that at the close of the Revolutionary war in 1781 at the age of 20th this affiant became acquainted with Thomas C Brown, then an engineer in a horse company in light Riggins horse company from Hampshire County Virginia, he was demobilized the colonel of the same. he was in the state troops and so was his company - this affiant saw him in the service before the siege and after and also at the Winchester barracks he was there in the service as a colonel to this col. this affiant is not 120 years old but remembers him and Riggins and Thomas C. Brown very well. The length of time he served. this affiant cannot state but he understood that he had been in service for some time as a volunteer. And further this affiant saith not. James Harris
Floyd County Court James Harris the day came before me The undersigned a justice of the peace for said County and made oath to the above affidavit. And I certify that he is regarded as a credible witness and that his statement above is entitled to credit. Given from under my hand and seal this 17th day of June 1833 Hudson Marshall

State of Kentucky
Floyd county court clerks Office set.
I Jacob Meayo clerk of the court of Floyd county do hereby certify that Mr Reuben Hornsall is a justice of the peace for said county and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office this 19 th day of June 1833-
Jacob Meayo C. of C.

Errors in origl. Papers. Notes: E. i K. M.
The printed letter with the papers are herewith returned, letter E. see amended Decon - letter i. see the authentication of the Clerk. The letter K, see the Clergyman's T. certificate - letter M. interrogatories forwarded with answers annexed to the declaration - Additional proof as required by the Rpt. forwarded -
Respectfully H. C. Harris.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office -

State of Kentucky County of Floyd 3 rs
On this 14 day of July 1857 Personally appeared before me Lundry Layne Judge of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid Mary Brown A resident of Floyd County and State of Kentucky aged 52 years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions made by the Act of Congress Passed on the 3 d February 1853 Granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary Wars that she is the Widow of Thomas C Brown who was a Cornett in the Army of the revolution, and she further declares that she was married to the said Thomas C Brown on 15 day of December 1831 and that her Husband Died on the 17 day of April 1857 that she was not married to him Prior to the 2 d of January 1800 but at the time above stated she further declares that she is now a Widow and she refers to the former declaration for of her Husband under which he was Allowed A Pension under the Act of 7 th June 1832 of $320 In Annuity during his life and also refers to A Copy of the original Certificate here with filed under which her Husband drew his Pension No 13985 she refers to her marriage Certificate which is herewith filed to prove her marriage she further states that she has not made any other Declaration for Pension Except the one she now makes
Mary her Brown mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me by Mary Brown in Open Court this 14 th day of July 1857
Lindsay Layne P.D.F.C.
and I Certify that the said Mary Brown is the Identical Person she represents her Self to be and that Thomas C Brown her Husband is Dead and that she is now A Widow Given under my hand this 14 th day of July 1857
Lindsay Layne P.D.F.C.
Duplicate war department
Revolutionary Claim
I Certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 June 1832 Thomas C Brown of the State of Kentucky who was a Corporal in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive three Hundred and twenty dollars per Annum during his Natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831 and payable Semi annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year this Certificate is issued in lieu of one dated the 19 th July 1833 which has been lost or mislaid and which if presented at the agency the agent will return to the Pension office
Given at the war office of the United States the 18 th day of September one thousand eight Hundred and forty one
Examined and Contested
Commissioner of Pensions
Abel Lewis Secretary of War

No. 711
Claim of Tho: C Brown To Bounty Land Act of March 3 rd 1855
War of the Revolution

State of Kentucky } County of Floyd } ss:
In this 31 st day of March 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and State aforesaid Thomas C Brown aged 95 years a resident of the County of Floyd and State of Kentucky who being duly sworn according to Law declares that he is the identical Thomas C Brown who was a Cornet in the Company commanded by Capt Peter Wiggins in the Regiment of Co commanded by Col Dark in the war of the revolution; he states that he volunteered at Rumley Romney Hampshire Co, in the State of Virginia on or about the 21 st day of October 1778 for the term of three years and actually served in the said war for the term of three years and was honorably discharged at Winchester Barracks in or about the day of Oct or Nov. 1781 as will more fully appear from the muster rolls of the said Company: he states that for the above service he was made a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $320.00 per annum; his certificate of pension bearing date the 19 th day of July 1833, as will more fully appear from the copy of his pension certificate herewith presented: he refers to the evidence now on file in the pension office upon which he was pensioned as a part hereof.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act of Congress passed the 3 rd of March 1855; he having never received Bounty Land or knowing that he was entitled except for the above services; and he hereby revokes any

application for Bounty Land previously made or may have been heretofore presented in his name at the department; and he does by these presents constitute and appoint Green M Miller his true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the within mentioned claim and to receive for the benefit of this deponent the Bounty Land Warrant to which he may be entitled
T. C. Brown
Sworn to, Subscribed and my acknowledged before me this 31 st day of March 1853; and on the same day and year above written personally appeared before me Preston Hall and Nimrod Hall Citizens of Floyd County and State of Kentucky, and to me known as reliable witnesses who being duly sworn declare that they are personally acquainted with Thomas C Brown who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration and know that he is the identical person who performed the military services therein mentioned and they further swear that they are disinterested
Nimrod Hall Preston Hall
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace; and I certify that I am not interested in the result of the above claim or concerned in its prosecution.
Jacob H. Patrick J.P.

State of Kentucky County of Floyd Set Set
I certify that Jacob Fitzpatrick, Esq., before whom the within declaration, affidavit and Power of Attorney, were made and executed and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of the County Court for the county aforesaid, this 11 th day of April 1855 James Trimble CLK

State of Kentucky Floyd County Set These Shall license and permit you to join in marriage according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church to which you belong. Thomas A. Brown and Mary Brown and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand this 14 th day of December 1831.
At Jacob Mays A. S. W. Jacob Mays Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid Do hereby Certify that the said Thomas A. Brown hath entered into bond with security in my office according to Law. J. Mays A. S. W.
To any person legally authorized to solemnize matrimony Upon which license is endorsed the following Certificate viz. The within executed the 13 th of December 1831. (the fifteenth day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty one) By me J. Hamilton J. D.
State of Kentucky
Floyd County Set
I James Noble Clerk of the County Court for the County Aforesaid Certify that the above contains a true copy.

of the Marriage License and Certificate of the Marriage of Thomas C Brown and Mary Brown As taken from the records in my office
Given under my hand this 16 th day of June 1857 and Seal. office
Jas. Trimble (S)

23040
Thomas C. Brown Floyd Co Kentucky.
from 1778 Corral. 2 years. #320.
E. see page 9. 10. 11. L see page 12. 16. 18. K. see page 12. M. see page 13. 14. 15. Proper Corral see 7. 17.
H. C. Harris Esq Prestonsburg Floyd Co Kentucky.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 10 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas C. Brown Floyd 60 Kentucky
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Nov. 1778 { Scouting particular common in summer only 3 " " Ensign Col. B. Williams Capt. Higgins Lieut. P. Johnson 72 years Hampshire Va. One Witness. Should prove more satisfactorily that he was commissioned and served as a Ensign or Cornet.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen Brack

December 28, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. Orus R. Sutton, Central High School Gainesboro, Tennessee.
BA-J/CC Thomas C. Brown W.9364
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas C. (Cowan) Brown, who drew a pension in Floyd County, Kentucky.
The data which follow were obtained from papers found in pension and bounty land claims on file under W.9364, based upon service of Thomas C. Brown in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas C. Brown was born in August, 1761, in Hampshire County, Virginia. Names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Hampshire County, Virginia he volunteered in Romney, that county, in October or November 1778, served three years as ensign and cornet in Captain Peter Higgins' company, Colonels Benjamin Williams' and Dark's Virginia regiments, was in an engagement at Brake's Mill, in several skirmishes with the Tories and in the Battle of Yorktown at the surrender of Cornwallis. He carried the express to Colonel Mitchell for reenforcement.
After the Revolution he lived in Hampshire County, Virginia, until about 1827 when he moved to Floyd County, Kentucky, where he was residing when allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832.
March 31, 1855, Thomas C. Brown, while still a resident of Floyd County, Kentucky made application for the bounty land which was due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. He was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 26562 under the Act of March 3, 1855.

Thomas C. Brown died April 17, or 19, 1857, in Floyd County, Kentucky.
He married December 15, 1831, in Floyd County, Kentucky, Mary Brown. Date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. No reference was made to a former marriage.
His widow, Mary Brown was allowed pension on her application executed July 14, 1857, at which time she was aged fifty years and a resident of Floyd County, Kentucky. She was still living there in 1877, her post office address Prestonsburg.
In 1877, one Willson Brown and M(?) .G(?) . Brown (initials not clearly written) witnessed Mary Brown's signature by mark, in Floyd County, Kentucky, no relationship stated.
No further family data are shown.
For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under which said warrant was issued.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Mary Brown, widow of Thomas C. Brown, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Mary Brown, widow of Thomas C. Brown Certificate No.6215 Issued September 9, 1857 Rate $320.00 per annum Commenced April 17, 1857 Act of February 3, 1853 Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

BOARD OF EDUCATION
C. M. KIRKPATRICK, Chairman Gainesboro, R-2 S. A. CASSETTY, Gainesboro H. B. ANDERSON, Gainesboro, R-3 W. B. MAYBERRY, Gainesboro, R-4 W. T. HAILE, Gainesboro, R-3
MISS ELIZABETH SUTTON Supervisor
Department of Education
JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOLS
A. C. WHITEFIELD, SUPERINTENDENT
GAINESBORO, TENNESSEE
December 9, 1939
Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please send the Revolutionary War Record of Thomas C. (Cowan) Brown to me. He drew pension from Floyd County, Kentucky..
I thank you for your kindness.
Very truly yours,
Orus R. Sutton
Orus R. Sutton Central High School Gainesboro, Tennessee
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43(86)

These papers Keep taken have not been sent to a Mr. Walter Neville. Two orders have been sent. If he wants rest of file this would be it.

13/77 files informed that arrears off as due. white
July 23/97 W. J. Elston, Bureau of Pensions.
1939- Dec 28 - sent to Census R. Sulton Co.
Reimbursement Sec. 4718, R. S. $ 48.89 to the as requested by the Auditor # 5742. Aug. 25. 85. R.M.
By  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9364
Mary Brown Wid Thomas B. Brown Sermet Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3?  1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov 20

Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents that I Mary Brown widow of Thomas C Brown do hereby constitute and Appoint David Cooley of Prestonsburg Floyd County Kentucky my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my name to prosecute and receive from the united States the Pension Certificate due me by virtue of my Deceased Husbands service as a Corrett in the revolutionary War allowed me under Laws granting Pensions to the widows of revolutionary officers and Soldiers and generally to do all acts for me pertaining to said Pension in all things wherein I have herunto set my hand and Seal this 14 th day of July 1857
Mary C Brown mark
acknowledged and Subscribed before me this 14 th day of July 1857
Lindsay Layne H.S.B. 6
State of Kentucky County of Floyd ss I James Mumble clerk of the County Court for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Lindsay Layne whose genuine signature appears to the within Declaration of Pensions and Power of Attorney and Pension Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same the Judge of the County and State of Kentucky Court in the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn and all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record Given under my hand and Seal of said Court this 14 th day of July 1857 James Mumble CLK

I certify that the within Duplicate Certificate is a true Copy of the original Certificate now in the hands of Mary Brown the widow of Thomas C Brown man which he drew at Penton Gun in my hand this 14 day of July 1857
Lindsey Layne P.S.F.C
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of the County Court for the County of Floyd and State of Kentucky John P Martin and Barmell Vaughan after being duly sworn state that they are personally and well acquainted with Mary Brown and said her make her mark to the within Declaration and know her to be the widow of Thomas C Brown as described by her in her Declaration and know that the said Thomas C Brown her husband is now Dead and that she is at this time a Widow
John P Martin
B. Vaughan
Sworn to and subscribed by John P Martin and Barmell Vaughan before me this 14 day of July 1857 and I certify that the said John P Martin and Barmell Vaughan are credible and respectable Witnesses and residents of Floyd County. Given under my hand this 14 day of July 1857
Lindsey Layne P.S.F.C

Department of the Interior.
Received July 29 th 1870
Dated July 29 th 1870.
From Sam l V. Niles Wash g D.C.
Subject.
Appeals in case of Mrs. Mary Brown, widow of Thos. C. Rev. War, whose pension has been reduced.
Action.
July 29/70 Resp y rep t to the Comm. of Pensions. Geo. T. Metcalfe Chief Clerk.
Registered Pens. Docket 7. Filed

No 6.816
Mary Brown, widow of John S. Brown Floyd Co - Kentucky
Lt. S. Cooley, Aug 28/51 Lt. David Cooley, Aug 10/51
- Rec Feb. 3. 1853

Very Respectfully, James H. Davis.
June 18/98 Cert returned as requested, L. B. M.

Samuel W. Niles, ATTORNEY, No. 1733 I St., bet. 17th and 18th.
9364 6215
Washington, D. C., June 15 th 1878
Hon J. A. Bentley. Comm'r of Pensions. Sir:
In the matter of the Claim of Mary Brown, widow of Thos. C. Brown, who was a Cornet in the Revolutionary War, for Restoration to the Pension Rolls, I will be obliged if you will return to her at Prestonsburg, Ky., her original Pension certificate filed in the case Nov 3/77 , as she has written me upon the subject, stating that she desires to draw her quarterly pension, and it is ne- cessary for her to have the said certificate for the same.

Very Respectfully, Minnie K. Dins.
June 18/78 Cal returned as requested, A. G. M.

Mary Brown widow of Thos. C. Brown Kentucky - Floyd Co Act Feby 3 rd , 1853
Admitted
at $320 per annum, from April 17 th , 1857, when he died.
Pay to Claimant
Atty
David Cooley Prestonburg Floyd Co. Kentucky

Restonburg Ky April 1/62
Paid 6
L. P. Waldo. Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Samuel W. Niles,
ATTORNEY,
No. 1733 I St., bet. 17th and 18th.
Washington, D. C., Nov 3 rd 1877.
Hon J. A. Bentley. Comm ee Pensions.
Sir:
I present herewith the application for Restoration to the pension roll of Mary Brown, widow of Thomas McBrown, who was a Cornet in the Revolutionary War, together with her original pension certificate, and Contracts as to fees.
Very Respectfully.
Samuel W. Niles.

Prestonsburg Ky April 12 1855
Mr L P Waldo:
Dr Sir:
Enclosed is
Send Thomas C Brown's Declaration for obtain Bounties Land under Act of Congress 3 d March 1855. You will find some blanks, which he was not able to fill up, but on refering to the evidences on file in the Pension Office you will find the evidences upon which he was made pensioner I also send a certified copy of his Pension Certificate, which you will find recorded in the Pension Office, Book E- Vol 7- page 44 You will please send his warrant to my address
Respectfully
Green M Witten

Hon J C Whiting Preston Ky
I send you the attached Ordinance in the case of Mary Brown widow of Thomas Brown for Preston
David Cooley

3 d Auditor's Office July 30. 1837.
Sir:
Thomas C. Brown, Kentucky roll, Act June 7. 1832, at $320. per annum, appears to be paid to Sept. 4. 1836. As far as accounts have been received from the Agency the arrears to the date of his death appear not to have been paid. The 2 d q r ap c is not received.
W. H. Harrison and the
No. 6. Whiting Esq. Comm d of Pensions
Common Office, July 30. 1837.
The 3 d Auditor's will please certify the date to which within six months previous was paid, and the out of his pocket of course should be on file in his office
Very respectfully, J. C. [?] Chief Clerk
(Bates)

DECLARATION FOR RESTORATION TO THE ROLLS.
Under Section 3, Act of July 27, 1868.
State of New York COUNTY OF Fla. } ss.
ON THIS 24 day of October A. D. 18 77 , personally appeared before me, a Deputy Clerk within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Brown , aged 70 or 80 years, a resident of Gray County, in the State of Kentucky who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that She is the identical Mary Brown to whom was granted Pension certificate No. not numbered , payable at Louisville, Ky. , dated the 17 th day of April , in the year 1837 ; that having failed since the year  day of 1861 or 2  18 , by reason of the  fact  she  was  failed to know her pay  for  1 or 2 years to apply for the payment due upon said certificate, and thereby been deprived of the same, under the third section of the act of July 27, 1868 She makes this declaration in order to secure her restoration to the pension rolls and a new certificate, returning herewith the original.
My Post Office address is as follows:
My Post Office address is as follows: Responburg Kentucky And she hereby constitutes and appoints Samuel V. Nelson of Washington D.C. Attorney, to present and prosecute this claim, and authorizes him to receive and receipt for any certificate that may be issued for the same, and to do any other act or thing necessary or that she might do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
Signature of Claimant:
Also personally appeared Wilson Brown and Steven Hall , residents of Floyd Co., Ky. , persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mary Brown  sign  name (make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents her self to be; and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Signature of Witnesses.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 day of October A. D. 18 77
and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Signature of Judge or other Officer: Solomon Stratton
Signature of Judge or other Officer:
Salomon Straton D C for H H Fitzpatrick C Z C C

No. _____
CLAIM OF
_____ _____ _____
For PENSION.
Agreement as to Fees.
FILED BY
Samuel W. Niles Washington D.C.

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
[To be executed in duplicate.]
WHEREAS, I, Mary Brown ....., late a
.....in Company.....of the.....Regiment of ..... .....Volunteers, War of 18....., having made application for Pension under the laws of the United States:
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH, That for and in consideration of services done and to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my Attorney Samuel H. Williams of Washington D.C. the fee of $25.00 dollars, or such sum as the Commissioner of Pensions may direct, .....dollars, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any service in furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be demanded by or payable to my said Attorney, or others, in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of Pensions, and then the same shall be paid to her in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved July 8, 1870.
Mary Brown Signature of Claimant.
P. O. Address Austinburg County
Two witnesses' signatures:
+ William Brown + M. P. Brown
Be it known, That on this, the 9 day of Oct , A. D. 187 7 , personally appeared the above-named Mary Brown , who, after having had read over to her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses, the contents of the fore- going Articles of Agreement, she voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
A. J. Conley J.P.F.C.
[IN DUPLICATE.]
NOTE.—This agreement should be executed before a Clerk of a Court of Record; or, if executed before a Notary or Justice of the Peace, the signature and official character of such Notary or Justice must be certified to by Clerk of Court. Leave the back of the form blank for the Attorney to execute. (OVER.)

I certify that John D. Sleeper , before whom the foregoing agreement was executed, was at the date thereof a justice of the peace and that his signature is genuine.
John D. Sleeper Clerk.
And now, to wit, this 3rd day of Nov , A. D. 187 7 , d accept the provisions contained in the foregoing Articles of Agreement, and will, to the best of my ability, endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises.
Witness my hand the day and year first above written.
Witness Chas. Dorrance
John D. Sleeper
[IN DUPLICATE]
John D. Sleeper
STATE OF ..... } ss. County of .....
Personally came....., whom I know as a member of the firm of....., and who, having signed the above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same as his free act and deed of the said (firm.)
I am not interested.
[Faint handwritten text, possibly bleed-through from the reverse side: "John D. Sleeper" and "Chas. Dorrance"]

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
[To be executed in duplicate.]
WHEREAS, I, Mary Brown  late
.....in Company.....of the.....Regiment of ..... .....Volunteers, War of 18....., having made application for Pension under the laws of the United States:
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH, That for and in consideration of services done and to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my Attorney Samuel V. Stiles the fee of..... 25 .....dollars, or such sum as the Commissioner of Pensions may direct, .....dollars, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any service in furtherance of said claim; and said fee shall not be demanded by or payable to my said Attorney , or others, in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of Pensions, and then the same shall be paid to h.....in accordance with the provisions
of the Act "to add to the list of Pensions," approved July 8, 1870.
x Mary Brown Signature of Claimant.
P.O. Address..... Hustingsburg Ky
Two witnesses' signatures:
x William Brown x M. S. Brown
Be it known, That on this, the 9 day of Oct , A. D. 187 7 , personally appeared the above-named Mary Brown , who, after having had read over to her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses, the contents of the fore- going Articles of Agreement, the voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
x A. L. Corley J.P. etc
[IN DUPLICATE.]
NOTE.—This agreement should be executed before a Clerk of a Court of Record; or, if executed before a Notary or Justice of the Peace, the signature and official character of such Notary or Justice must be certified to by Clerk of Court. Leave the back of the form blank for the Attorney to execute. (OVER.)

I certify that A. J. Conley , before whom the foregoing agreement was executed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace and that his signature is genuine.
H. H. G. Hale Clerk.
And now, to wit, this 3rd day of Nov , A. D 187 7 , I accept the provisions contained in the foregoing Articles of Agreement, and will, to the best of my ability, endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises.
Witness my hand the day and year first above written. Witness Chas. Dorsey , Samuel P. Lewis . [IN DUPLICATE.] Geo. D. Hodges
STATE OF ..... } ss. County of .....
Personally came....., whom I know as a member of the firm of....., and who, having signed the above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same as his free act and deed of the said (firm.) I am not interested.
  No. ....  CLAIM OF  For PENSION.  Agreement as to Fees.  FILED BY  Samuel P. Lewis  Washington  D.C.       

110.711
Recorded in Pension office Book E - Vol 7 Page 4

(A Copy) Duplicate
War Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832, Thomas C Brown of the state of Kentucky, who was a Cornet in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Three hundred and twenty dollars per Annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and payable Semi-annually, on the 4 th March and 4 th September, in every Year. This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated the 19 th of July 1833, which has been lost or mislaid, and which if presented at the Agency the agent will return to the Pension Office. Given at the War Office of the United States this Eighteenth day of Sept. One thousand Eight hundred and forty one.
Albert M Lee Secretary of War
State of Kentucky Floyd County Sec
I James Frinble Clerk of the County Court for said County Do hereby Certify that the above is a true Copy of a Duplicate certificate shown to me bearing the seal of the United States in witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Prestonburg on the 11 th day of August 1855. James Frinble Clk

31 March 1834
Pension Office
To Emma by Pension Office Dept War Washington

Executive Dept
Richmond 27 March 1834
for I am requested to ask the favour of you to cause to be forwarded to this Dept - a copy of the papers upon which Thomas C Brown's claim, was placed on the Pension list - These are wanted in support of his claim to some Pensions.
Very respectfully Yours
W H Richardson Secy Comt
Dr Edwards
13.985

26.362
160 acres

Washington City, July 29 th , 1870.
Hon Jacob D. Cox, Secretary of the Interior Sir:
I submit herewith for your consideration the application of Mary Brown , the widow of Thomas C. Brown , who was a Coronet in the Revolutionary War , and who was inscribed on the Pension Roll of Kentucky at the rate of $320, per annum, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of July 4, 1836, for her semi annual payment, and which claim was rejected by the Pension Agent, on the ground that the 13 th section of the Act of July 27 th , 1868, subjected all pensioners, by special Act, to a reduction to standard rates (according to rank) as fixed by the Act of July 14, 1862, and supplemental Acts.
The 13 th Sec of the Act of July 27, 1868,

declares that the act of July 25 th 1866, shall be so construed as to place all pensioners whose right thereto accrued subsequently to the war of the Revolution, and prior to March 4 th 1861, on the same footing as to rate of pension, as those pensioners since the latter date, and as the claimant is the widow of a soldier of, the war of the Revolution, and the right accrues to her for the services of her husband during, and not subsequent to said war, it is claimed that the provisions of the act of July 25, 1866, do not apply to her case.
With great respect, Flora Black Smith
Respectfully

Mary Brown widow of Thomas C. Brown Kentucky
Act Feb. 3, 1853
Pref
Dodge

Brief in the case of Mary Brown - widow of Thomas C. Brown Floyd County and State of Kentucky 2 d See. act February 3 rd 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Thomas C. Brown was pensioned on the Ky roll, act of 1832 at $320 per annum - is proved by two witnesses to have died on the seventeenth day of April 1857.
Marriage - Dec r 15. 1831 - proved by records of Floyd & Co.
Identity and widowhood proved.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
David Cooley Prestonburg Floyd Co. Kentucky
S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

I Jacob Mayo Clerk of the County Court of Floyd & State of Kentucky certify that Daniel D Jones whose name is subscribed to the foregoing oath of the identity of Thomas C Brown by Wm P Martin is an acting Magistrate in & for said county of Floyd & is duly commissioned as such in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this 27 Aug 1841 & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
Jacob Mayo Clerk of Floyd County Court
Floyd County Kentucky Personally appeared this 27 August 1841 Wm P Martin before me Daniel D Jones an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county & made oath that the certificate of Thomas C Brown Thomas C Brown was placed in the hands of himself & partners in business and that he believes said certificate was stolen from the drawer of their store house with other things some time in May last past sworn to and subscribed the day & date above written Daniel Jones J.P.F.C. Wm P Martin
I Jacob Mayo Clerk of the County Court of Floyd county & State of Kentucky certify that Daniel D Jones whose name is signed as an acting Magistrate to the above affidavit is such & has duly received his commission as such & full credit should be given to his acts as Justice of the peace, in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office the day & date above written & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
Jacob Mayo Clerk of Floyd County Court

Application for a new certificate
6 county of Floyd State of Kentucky SS
On this 27 day of August 1841 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said county of Floyd personally appeared Thomas C Brown who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Peter Higgins who commanded a volunteer company taken from Col. Hite's Regiment in which volunteer company he was a corner in the service of the United States Army, that his name was placed on the pension roll of Kentucky State that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature of the Secretary of War which certificate on or about the 1st May 1841 was lost or stolen from the house of J P Martin & Co in the Town of Prestonsburg Floyd County Kentucky he having employed Martin as his agent to draw up his papers & attend to the drawing his money he further states that the reports of his company were made to Colonel McGill of Ky but no Colonel was in immediate command of said company he also states that Col Benjamin Williams was in command part of the time and date above written
Daniel Jones J.P.F.C
Thomas C Brown
(D)
I Jacob Mays Clerk of the county court of Floyd County Ky certify that Daniel Jones whose name is signed above is an acting magistrate of for said county and is duly commissioned as such & full reliance should be placed in his official acts as magistrate & I hereby attach my name & seal of office Aug 27 1841 & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
Jacob Mays Clerk of Floyd County court
This 27 August 1841 personally appeared Jno P Martin before me an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of Floyd & State of Kentucky and made oath that he knows that Thomas C Brown whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit & knows him to be the same person described in the above certificate or affidavit sworn to & subscribed day & date above written in presence of me
Jno P Martin
Daniel Jones J.P.F.C
I certify that the above named Jno P Martin is a man of truth & full reliance should be placed in his oath
Daniel Jones J.P.F.C

State of Kentucky County of Floyd
This day Personally appeared before me James T. Ford A Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid John Pettartin and John J. Harkins and after being duly sworn by me State that Thomas C Brown the Husband of Mary Brown and who was a Soldier of the revolutionary War Died in the County of Floyd on the 19 th day of April 1857
John J. Harkins John P. Martin
Sworn to before me in my presence 1857
Good Subscribed This 19 day of August
James T. Ford J.P.
and I certify that John Pettartin and John Harkins are credible and respectable witnesses and citizens of Floyd County August 19 1857
James T. Ford J.P.
State of Kentucky Floyd County ss I James T. Ford Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid certify that James T. Ford whose genuine signature appears above now is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned qualified in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Prestonsburg Ky this 20 day of August 1857 James T. Ford Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brown, Timothy GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8117 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 19, 1790 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.