Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L. Wt. 2139-200, William Brown, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Brown, William
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 2139-200
CONTENTS
res at mtl. Lancaster Co. Pa. and died there in 1838 when it was called Dauphin Co. Pa.

Copy Will
Ann Brown's
Dec 2
W Jan 21. 25

I am intermarried with Joseph W m Day and my daughter Mary intermarried with Samuel Jude and what may yet remain of the whole money of my real and personal Estate shall be equally di- vided between him said son William and my two daughters Jane & Mary and their heirs excepting the legacies and bequests hereinafter mentioned and it is hereby to be understood that altho he my said son William is to receive two parts of the said money aforesaid he shall receive no more out of the whole of my Estate than his equal share with these my aforesaid two Daughters but in respect of her my daugh- ter Mary I make the following proviso if she shall live five Years from the day of her marriage to Samuel Jude and have living Issue she shall then be entitled to receive her part as aforesaid all but thirty pounds which sum I will & bequeath unto my daugh- ter Jane or her heirs and further if she my said daughter dies with- out living issue as aforesaid it is my will and I order it that her part or share of my Estate shall be equally divided between him my son William and her my Daughter Jane all but thirty pounds which I will and bequeath unto Samuel Jude I give & bequeath unto my son John Browns son William the sum of thirty pounds to be paid him out of the first yearly payment of the sale of my lands aforesaid I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Janes son William W m Day the sum of thirty pounds to be paid to him out of the second yearly payment also I give & bequeath unto my son William's son William the sum of thirty pounds to be paid him out of the third yearly payment as aforesaid. I will and bequeath unto my Grandson James Brown the son of my son Charles Brown all the money which the said Charles is indebted to me only there shall no Interest be paid on said money And further if any dispute shall or may happen amongst these my aforesaid heirs and legatees respec- ting the terms of the sale of my lands or in any other matter whatso- ever any two of my Executors agreeing to the terms shall be a final deter- mination of the matter contested and in case that any one of these my Executors shall die or remove from their present living here I order that that the two surviving or remaining executors shall choose one honest and dis- interested person to join with them or any of them in any disputed matter And then the determination to be final as aforesaid

And Lastly I nominate my son in law Joseph W m Bay my son William Brown and my trusty friend Thomas Barnet to be the executors of this my will hereby revoking all other wills legacies & bequests by me heretofore made & declaring this and none other to be my last will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty ninth day of June Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & three (1803)
Signed sealed published pronounced &
Declared by the said Testator as his last will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed as Witnesses
Thomas Wenrick
James W m Creight
W m Brown
N.B. Whereas at the present I am become more frail and inform thee what I have heretofore been and it being my wish not to be burthensome to any of my children without making a recompence in moderation for what trouble I may be to any of them It therefore is my will and I order it that after my decease whatever charges may be laid in against my estate for my support and keeping shall be borne and equally divided in three Shares that is to say between my son William Brown my son in law Joseph W m Bay married to my daughter Jane and my son in law Samuel Jude married to my daughter Mary to be taken out of their respective shares in my real estate when sold all the rest of my heirs and legatees before mentioned in this my last will to be exempted from paying any part of the charges mentioned this Schedule In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the twenty sixth day of May Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and six (1806)
Signed Sealed and pronounced
in the presence of
James W m Creight
W m Brown

Dauphin County ss
I certify the foregoing to be a Correct Copy of the Last will & Testament of William Brownlee taken from and compared with the original remaining filed in the Register Office at Harrisburg for the County of Dauphin
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Office at Harrisburg this 20 th Day of April Anno Domini 1810
For Henry Beader Reg er
J. S. H. N. W. D. D.

From the Hon. Taylor Webster
Send Warrant to W. B. Judd Greenville Dark County Ohio
Rec. Jan. 5 - 1835

State of Pennsylvania County of Dauphin
I Joseph A. Brown Heir at Law of William Brown Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania Line of the Revolutionary Army - do upon my oath declare that I never received a warrant for the Bounty Lands promised to said William Brown Lieutenant on the part of the United States. Nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore know all Men by these presents that I Joseph A. Brown of said do hereby constitute and appoint William B. Friend of Dark County Ohio, to be my true and lawfull Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of Land due me as aforesaid - And my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more Substitutes or Attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed - witness my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1834
State David Ferguson
Joseph A. Brown
Personally appeared the above named Joseph A. Brown Sub- -scriber to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subscribed to be his act and deed witness my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1834
John E. [unclear]
Seal

Pennsylvania Dauphin County
I John Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County do certify, that John Carly Esqr before whom the foregoing acknowledgement of Joseph A. Brown was taken was at the time of the taking thereof a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that to all his acts as such full faith and credit ought to be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at Harrisburg this thirty first day of December A D 1874 one thousand eight hundred of thirty four. John Roberts Party

The Hon. Secretary of War, Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, will please furnish my Agent and Attorney William B. Budd of Greenville Dark County Ohio, copies of such Evidence as your respective records and papers afford in regard to the services of William Brown Lieutenant, who was a soldier of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary war, and to answer such enquiries as he may make touching the same - and Oblige your obedient servant -
Decr 29th 1831 -
Joseph A. Brown

Greenville Ga Aug 6 1863
free
War Department Bounty Land Office Washington D. C.

Greenville July 29 th 1836
Dear sir
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of land Warrant N o Q 139 for two hundred acres of land issued in the name of Mary Judah, daughter, Joseph A. Brown, William B. M c Bay James Brown, Jane A. Barnett Martha A. Brown Mary Brown William C Brown William Brown Thomas A A. Brown Robert B Brown John A Brown George M Brown James E Brown Martha Baldwin Margaret Eskridge grand children being the the only heirs at law of William Brown who was a a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line Wm B Judah

William Brown N. 2139.

We certify that we were well acquainted with William Brown Lieutenant and know that he was an officer of the Pennsylvania line of the Revolutionary army and believe that he served in Colonel Regiment , until the war ended, and we know that he was the same William Brown who was the Grand-father of Joseph A Brown and others-and that he died in the year of our Lord 1808
David Ferguson. Joseph Allen Jr
State of Pennsylvania County of Dauphin } B
This day David Ferguson and Joseph Allen Jr personally appeared before me and made oath to the above certificate - And I certify that they are men of truth and good character - witness my hand and seal as a justice of the peace this twenty-ninth day of December A D 1834 -
State of Pennsylvania County of Dauphin } B
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County Joseph A Brown known to me as a Creditable person and made oath that he is the Grand-son and one of the Heirs at Law of William Brown who was a Lieutenant one of the Officers of the Pennsylvania Line in Regiment No the Revolutionary War, and that said William Brown Lieutenant died in the year A D 1808 leaving his Affiants, Mary Fudd (a Daughter), William B. McBay - James Brown, Jane A. Barnett, Martha V. Crain, Mary Brown, William C. Brown, and William Brown, Thomas M. Brown, Robert B. Brown, John A. Brown, George W. Brown - and, James E. Brown

Martha Baldwin, Margaret Eskridge, who was the Grandfather of this Affiant and others and only Heirs at Law of said William Brown Lieutenant - Joseph A. Brown Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty ninth day of December in the year of our Lord 1834
[Signature]
Personally appeared before me David Ferguson and Joseph Allen the two credible and disinterested witnesses and made oath in due form of Law that they were well acquainted with William Brown in his lifetime who was always reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary Officer in the Pennsylvania Line - That we are also acquainted with Joseph A. Brown, William B. M c Bay, James Brown, Jane A. Barnett, Martha Brain, Mary Brown, William C. Brown, and William Brown Thomas M c Brown, Robert B. Brown, John A. Brown, George W. Brown L. James C. Brown, Martha Baldwin, Margaret Eskridge - Grand Children and Mary Judd a Daughter of William Brown Lieutenant aforesaid who died in the year A.D. 1808 - David Ferguson Sworn and subscribed Joseph Allen Jr before me this twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1834
[Signature]
Pennsylvania Dauphin County
John Roberts prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county do hereby certify that John Early Esq r before whom the foregoing depositions of David Ferguson, Joseph Allen, and Joseph A. Brown were taken, was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace in and for the said county duly commissioned & qualified and that to all his acts as such full faith and credit ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at Harrisburg the 31 st day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
John Roberts Protho

The state of Ohio
Dark county 3 rd Before me John Beers an acting Justice of the peace within and for said county personally came Mary Judd of the county aforesaid who being duly sworn saith that she is the only surviving child and heir at law of William Brown late of Dauphin county in Pennsylvania die d deponent further states that as she was informed and now verily believes her father was an officer in the Pennsylvanian line in the revolutionary war that she cannot speak with any degree of certainty from her own knowledge on account of her youth but deponent states that she has heard heard her father and her mother talking of her father's services in the revolutionary war as an officer and that deponent has heard her father state that he served nearly the whole time of the revolutionary war as an officer in the Pennsylvanian line the first as drafted militia man in the next in what was called the flying camp that some considerable part of the time he served as a Lieutenant but was afterwards promoted to that of Major and that he continued in said service until the peace with Great Britain And deponent further saith that she has frequently seen her father's commissions as such officer but when they now are she does not know That when her father entered the service of the United States he resided about ten miles from where Harrisburgh now is in Pennsylvania and resided there until his death which was near twenty years ago and deponent says that she does not know of any person by which she can prove the said Lieutenant William Brown was her father except James Johnston who now resides in Warren county Ohio who was a near neighbor at the time my father entered the service of the United States in the revolution that deponent left her father's home and moved to Pitsburgh upwards of thirty years ago and from thence moved to Ohio And further deponent saith not Sworn to and subscribed before Mary Judd me this 4 th day of December AD 1834 John Beers Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Dark county 3 rd I John Beers clerk of the court of common pleas of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that John Beers before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time of making the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said county duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I John Beers clerk of the court of common pleas of the county aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenville the 4 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
John Beers clerk

The State of Ohio } Warren County } Oct. 3
On this tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared James Johnson, who on being duly sworn deposes and saith, that he was eighty five years of age on the 17 th day of December A. D. 1833 & that he at this time resides in the County of Warren aforesaid. Deponent states that he was born in the State of Pennsylvania in what was then called Lancaster County, but long since changed to Dauphin in said last named State, about twelve miles from Harrisburg: & that whilst residing there he entered the service of the United States about the middle of August in the year 1776; and he recollects very well that one William Brown, who resided about one mile from this affiant in the same County and State last aforesaid, was the Lieutenant of said Company to which this affiant belonged; that said Brown was the highest officer in command of said Company, its Capt., Timothy Green, having before that time been called out in the "Flying Camp" to serve the United States. This affiant belonged to the same mess with said Lieutenant William Brown, and also had in the same tent with him: Our Company was conducted & marched, from West Donegal Township in said Old Lancaster County - now Dauphin County as aforesaid, to Amboy in the State of New Jersey, under the command of said Lieutenant Brown; and this affiant continued under his command for the term of two months, when he was discharged & returned to his home aforesaid; but Lieut. Brown still continued in the service of the United States as an officer as aforesaid. This affiant was again called into the service of the United States in the month of January 1778, as he thinks, and he recollects that said William Brown was also in the service, and bore the commission of Major as he believes, but of this he is not certain; he is however, confident that he was an officer; this affiant, being a Taylor, & the army being in a suffering condition for the want of clothing, was stopped at Lancaster & continued

for two months making Clothes for the Army, when he was discharged and went to his home aforesaid. The balance of the force to which the affiant belonged together with said William Brown, marched to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. This affiant was very well acquainted with said William Brown, being raised with him in the same neighborhood, & he verily believes that said William Brown was actively engaged in the service of the United States in the Pennsylvania Line from the year 1776 until the close of the Revolutionary war; and that during all that time he was an officer - a Lieutenant a great part of the time, & probably a Major as before stated & that during the time of his service, he was a resident of the same neighborhood aforesaid, when the affiant re- sided. Affiant further states that he is informed & believes that said William Brown is dead; that a long time ago he died in Dauphin County aforesaid: and affiant further states that he is well acquainted with Mary Indd, widow and relict of Samuel Indd dec d , late Mary Brown and he knows that she is the only surviving child of the aforesaid Lieutenant William Brown dec d . Mary Indd, who has sworn to and subscribed the annexed dep- osition, at this time resides in Clarke County Ohio; & the affiant has known her from her infancy; & she always has been reputed & believed to be a legitimate child and daughter of the said Lieut. William Brown now dec d , after she migrated from the State of Pennsylvania to this County she resided one year with the affiant's family; and the affiant saith that also that said William Brown left no widow - his wife died long before he did. This affiant also knows, that said William Brown after the close of the Revolutionary war was one of the members of the Convention that formed the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania; and he also recollects very well that he was very

frequently elected and served as a member of the Legislature of said last mentioned state; and further this affiant saith not. —
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written James M c Ewen PP
James Johnson
Also at the same time and place Mary Johnson being by me duly sworn deponeth and saith, that she is about eighty years of age, and was born and resided until she emigrated to this country, in Lancaster county then, but now Dauphin County Pennsylvania, that she now resides in Warren County Ohio. This affiant states that she was very well acquainted with Lieutenant William Brown, who resided in said Lancaster county, and that she knows he was engaged in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania Line, and she was informed that he was a Lieutenant, during nearly the whole of that period. Affiant also states that she is very well acquainted with Mary Ingle, widow and relict of Samuel Ingle deceased, late Mary Brown, who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed deposition — that she has known her from the time she was born, and that she always has been reputed and believed to be a legitimate daughter of said Lieut. William Brown, who has long since deceased this life. Affiant further saith that said Lieut. Brown left no widows; & she nearly believes that the aforesaid Mary Ingle, is his only surviving child: and further saith not. —
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 10 th day of December 1834. } Mary Johnson
James M c Ewen PP

Also personally appeared before me, William Brown who on being duly sworn deposes and saith: that he is a resident of Warren County in the State of Ohio; that he was sixty eight years of age on the 4 th day of May 1833. Affiant states that he was born in the County of Lancaster then, but now Dauphin County in the State of Pennsylvania; and that he emigrated from that county to where he now resides, about thirty years ago; Affiant also says that he was very well acquainted with one William Brown, of said Lancaster County, that he knew him from his (this affiant's) infancy: that he, the said William Brown, was engaged in the Revolutionary War, and as this affiant, was informed and believed he bore the rank of a Lieutenant in the service of the United States; he also has understood, that he bore the commission of a Major but at what Period of the revolutionary war, affiant does not know: Affiant, however, knows that said Brown was actively engaged in the revolutionary war from its commencement until its close as an officer. This affiant further states, that he is well acquainted with Mary Indd widow of Samuel Indd deceased Mary Brown, who has sworn to & subscribed the annexed deposition, that she has always been reputed & believed to be a legitimate daughter of the aforesaid William Brown; and affiant has been informed & verily believes that said William Brown has long since departed this life leaving no widow; & that said Mary Indd is his only surviving child, and further affiant saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 10 th December 1834.
James M c Ewen J.P.
William Brown
I James M c Ewen the Magistrate before whom the several affidavits above written, were sworn to and subscribed, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Johnson, Mary Johnson and William

Lebanon, the affiants who have respectively sworn to & subscribed the same affidavits above mentioned, & from personal knowledge, I know that they severally and sustain respectively good characters for truth and veracity, & that the statements by them severally made as above are entitled to full credit. Given under my hand and seal this tenth day of December A. D. 1834.
James M c Ewen J.P.
The State of Ohio ss- Warren County } I Jonathan H. Wilds clerk } of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that James M c Ewen Esquire whose name appears above, is & was at the time of signing his name in the several places above an acting justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, & that full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such.
In Witness whereof I hereto set my hand & affix my seal of office at Lebanon this 11 th day of December A. D. 1834.
J. H. Wilds clerk