Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,753, James Brown, N.C.

SERVICE
N.C.
★ Brown, James
NUMBER
S. 40,753
CONTENTS
In 1895 aged 73 yrs and a resident of Chester Co. Pa.

40 753
Ray INVALID.
File No. 40, 753
James Brown Wm. H. H. H.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

19.488 R
See letter 14 Dec. 1827 to Hon. C. Miner H.R. respecting reg. & co.
Pennsylvania
James Brown 3 c
Chester Co. in the State of Pen- was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain White of the regiment commanded by Colonel in the North Carolina for the term of three years from 8 May 1776 to 10th May 1779
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of February 1825
certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of July 1825 and sent to J. D. Barnard West Chester, Pa
arrears to 4th of March 1825 $8.74 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1825 $4.8
7. 71 1. 3 8. 74
856.74
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
March 1. 1823
Check

State of North Carolina Secretarys Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that James Brown a private in Capt. Whites Company of the 6 th Regiment, was mustered on the 8 th of May 1776, for three years, and discharged on the 10 th of May 1779.
Given under my hand at Office in Raleigh this 18 th Dec. 1824.
W. Hill

copy Declaration of James Brown a revolution- ary soldier.
Chester County
Pa.
J. D. Barnard Esq. West Chester Pa

In the Common Pleas of Chester County Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Chester County ss.
On the thirty first day of January 1825 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas held and kept at West Chester in and for the County of Chester in the Commonwealth of Penn a being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings.
James Brown resident in said County aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820.
That he the said James Brown enlisted during the war in the year 1776 (as well as he can now recollect) in the State of North Carolina in the first Company Sixth Regiment in the line of the State of North Carolina on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the end of the war when he was discharged from the service in Reading in the State of Pennsylvania; That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present. That his name is on the rolls of the State of North Carolina And that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension are that living at this time in Pennsylvania he was not aware till lately that he could make application as he served in the North Carolina line and as he was not aware that he could make proof of his service till he got a letter from the honorable Isaac Wayne member of Congress enclosing the accompanying certificate from the war department.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May

1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, That since the 18 th of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property to wit two cows in addition to the property now returned both of which have since died.
One Table, 3 Chairs, 1 pot & Skillet 1 tea kettle, One sett of Cooper tools, one bed & Bedding, a few plates, dishes Cups & Saucers Knives and forks, Andiron, Shovel & tongs, and a few other articles of household furniture of little value.
Present J. D. Barnard
his James X Brown mark.
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court Feb. 2. 1825 Wm Williamson
Clerk.
The deponent saith that he is by occupation a Cooper and is 73 years of age has a wife living with him aged 82 years infirm and bedfast has one daughter who is not able to contribute to his support. That this deponent is now indebted to divers persons to the amount of two hundred dollars which he is totally unable to pay and further that he is infirm and wholly

unable to support himself by his labour Petitioner's family consist of himself and his wife named Mary.
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court Feb. 2. 1825
his James X Brown mark
M m Williamson
Proth.
War Department Pension office 24 th Dec. 1824
Sir,
It appears from a certificate of the Secretary of the State of North Carolina that the rolls of the North Carolina line of Continental troops furnish evidence of James Brown's service, but before a decision can be had on his claim to a pension, he must make a declaration agreeably to the blank form herewith enclosed, and the instructions thereunto attached. I would particularly direct his attention to the reference marked (g.)
I am respectfully y r obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
Hon: J. Wayne House of Rep.
A true Copy taken from the Record the twelfth day of July A. D. 1825.
M m Williamson Proth.

Whistler Pa July 16
1945. 1947 James Brown Chester Co. Pa.
Tree J. D. Barnard West Chester, Pa Rec. 25 July 25
H. H. Hon. James Bayard Secy of State Washington
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West Chester July 16. 1825
Sir at the request of James Brown I herewith enclose his application for a Pension under the laws of Congress. —
It will be seen by the note from J. L. Edwards to Isaac Wayne (Copied) that Brown belonged to the North Carolina line.
Be pleased to direct his Pension Certificate to this place to my care
very respectfully
Yours &c.
J. D. Barnard
Hon Secy of War

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brown, James GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 8947 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 16, 1789 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.