Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21,705, Knight Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Brown, Knight Priscilla
NUMBER
W 21,705
CONTENTS
S. res of Scituate Mass. & East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co. Mass. d. Apr. 2, 1832

Massachusetts 1032
Priscilla Brown
widow of Knight Brown dec d
who died on the 2 d April 1832 of Plymouth in the State of Mass a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sparrow of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tupper in the Mass a line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of June 1837 and Serial No. Lord Plymouth Mass a
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $120.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 10.00
$130.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by W. H. Addison Clerk, Book A . Vol. 1 , Page 46

V947 Declaration of Priscilla Brown

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss
On this thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & sixty six personally appeared before the Court of Probate of the County of Plymouth aforesaid Priscilla Brown a resident of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged eighty nine years who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of benefit passed July 4 th 1836 - That she is the widow of Knights Brown who served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution according to the best of her recollection as follows viz in the year 1776 two months at Hull or Nantasket - in the year 1778 two months at Castle William near Boston - the same year six months at Rhode Island don't recollect the Cap- tains names under whom he served - in the year 1779 six months at Rhode Island in Capt Sparrows company & Col Dylans Regt
She further declares that she was married to the said Knights Brown on the fifteenth day of seventeenth day of January 1771 that her husband the aforesaid Knights Brown died on second day of April 1832 and she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed N.B. The words "Witnes Wood Judge of Probate" were interlined before the execution hereof
Priscilla Brown mark
* Vol 23 p 113
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss December 20 th 1886 Personally appeared Priscilla Brown and made oath to and subscribed the above declaration before me and certify that the said Priscilla Brown is a credible person but is unable from bodily infirmity to travel to any location - Wilber Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that Honble

Wilkes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the foregoing is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirty first day of December 1836. Jacob H. Lord
Sept 1837
Dec.
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

Certificate of clerk of banns
Knight Brown
Marriage

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss Clerk's Office Sep 2 1836
I Mr. Morris Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office that Knight Brown and Priscilla Beals both of Scituate in said County of Plymouth were married on the seventeenth day of January in the year one Thousand seven hundred and seventy one by the Rev David Barnes Minister of Gospel
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office on the day & year aforesaid
W. Morris

Ref
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21705
Priscilla Brown Widow of Knight Brown His Res. was
Act: July 4 th 36
Index:—Vol. A , Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Priscilla Brown wid of Knight Brown Mass
At Hon N B Borden July 14 1837
Adm d private bond $20 per ann. comm d March 4 1837.
Mass State troops Col Tyler } Capt Sparrow } died Apr 1837
Ad 4 July 1837

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Charles Breyer Deportation
Charles Breyer Deportation

I Elisha Briggs of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy five years do testify, that about the first of May Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight I went on to Castle William in Boston harbor as an artificer, and the morning I left Scituate for said Castle William, I called Knight Brown at his house who went with me; we walked to Hingham, and from there to the Island in a boat. I think said Brown had been there before I went, as he did not enter his name at the time when I entered mine, I do not know how long said Brown served, but do know that he was there Elisha Briggs
State of Mass ts } Plymouth County } ss November 8 - 1830 Then personally appeared before me Elisha Briggs and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed, and I further certify that he is a credible witness. Samuel H. Turner Just e Peace

Nathaniel Alden Deposition
December 1839
James H. Jones
That in the year 1839 Nathaniel Alden was in the town of Barnstable in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the within is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.

I Nathan Alden of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts aged eighty six years do testify & say that I was acquainted with Knapp Brown formerly of this town & am acquainted with his widow Priscilla Brown & know that she has remained a widow since his decease
Nathan Alden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss November 25 th 1836 Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Alden and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and further testify that the said Nathan Alden is a credible witness
Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Isaac Alden & Samuel A. Turner Esquires & Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the several signatures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be signed by them are their true & genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirty first day of December 1836
Jacob H Lord

Thomas Charnelun Deposition
James Lockhart Robert

I Thomas Chamberlain of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts and seventy-eight seventy-eight years of age do testify & say that Francis Brown formerly of Dartmouth who afterwards settled in this town was a soldier in Capt Sparrows Com- pany (in Col Nathan Gyles Regiment in 1779) of which I was one of the Serjeants we were stationed part of the time at Providence Rhode Island part of the time at at Bristol & part of the time at New Bedford was at Bristol when the British fleet left New Bedford & that said Francis Brown was with me during the time of six months in said campaign
Thomas Chamberlain
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss October 31 st 1836
Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Chamberlain & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and I further certify that I am well acquainted with him and that he is a credible witness
Frederick Alden Justice of the Peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Grown, Levi GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3742 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 1, 1790
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*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.