Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1346 1/2, William Brown, New York.

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Brown William
R. 1346 1/2
CONTENTS
Res at m. Westchester Co. N.Y. d. Oct. 17, 1881 in Broadalbin Montgomery Co. N.Y. aged over 71 yrs -

37.986.
William Brown do New York
declaration of Elizabeth P. Penn of Avondale
Act 7 June 1832

State of New York, } County of Steuben }
On this Twenty Second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared in open court before the Supreme Court for the  Steuben County Court , now sitting in the town of Bath in the County of Steuben and State of New York, Elizabeth Plax , a resident of the town of Avoca in the County of Steuben and State of New York, aged seventy eight years - who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July seventh ~~~~~ eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.
That she is the wife of Jonathan Box of said town of Avoca and is the daughter and only heir at law of William Brown who was a teamster in the Revolutionary war in the service of the Army of the United States, that her father the aforesaid William Brown entered such service sometime in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, at the town of Rye in the County of Westchester and State of New York; That the American Army was then encamped on the farm and near the house of her father the aforesaid William Brown - That being thus situated he agreed with the officers of the Army to assist him in removing his family and effects - his family were employed in preparing and conveying food to the sick of the Army in the hospital; that some of the family were taken sick with the camp distemper and two of them died. The officers of the Army boarded at the house of my father the aforesaid William Brown through the summer and part of the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy six - That the names of some of said officers were Captain Waggoner, Colonel Nevell, Ensign Carney, Sergeant Wordsworth. This deponent further states that her father the aforesaid William Brown was absent from home in the service of the American Army almost continually from the beginning to the end of the war. She further states that after the removal of the Continental Army they were exposed to the ravages of the enemy, and that the British Army marched from New York City to Sniffin's Hills where they encamped, and that previous to this time her father's family were in good circumstances, but that at the time the British marched to Sniffin's Hills they plundered her father's house

and carried away nearly all their provisions and clothing and bedding, and that the property thus taken by the Army of the British as by her stated was at that time worth one hundred pounds. She further states that her father's house was pillaged and stripped in a similar manner some nine or ten different times by the British and Tories through the progress of the Revolutionary War. She further states that sometime shortly after the commencement of the said war a company of Tories or Refugees came and drove away eight of her father's cows which were all in fine order and were worth from thirty five to forty dollars each at that time. That sometime during the said war, but the particular time in this or other matter this deponent cannot now recollect by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, the Tories enticed away and took from her father a negro slave whom her father valued as worth one hundred and fifty pounds and for whom her father never received any compensation. She further states that shortly before the American Army removed as before stated, from her father's place, they pulled down a dwelling house on his farm, belonging to him and worth at that time about two hundred and fifty dollars. That said house was entirely destroyed in pulling it down which was done for the purpose of preventing the British Army from getting a foothold in that place. The house had been occupied by the American Army as a cook house before they tore it down. That a few days after the British Army marched from Griffin's Hill to New York; another Army of British marched up to her father's place. The said last Army seeing a company of American Horse, halted and prepared for battle on her father's farm; throwing down stone wall and breast work the re-building of which resulted in considerable damage to her father's farm. She further says that about the middle of the war, and not far from her father's residence, but the particular place this deponent does not now remember, her father was taken prisoner by a company of Refugees or Tories and was carried to New York and was put in close confinement in a house called the sugar house. That he remained there such prisoner a considerable time, but how long this deponent does not now recollect precisely, but

according to the best of her recollection it was several weeks. That he was taken sick while he was a prisoner as aforesaid and came very near dying. That her mother went to New York and after much difficulty obtained his release. She further states that at the close of the war her father received for his services four hundred pounds in continental money, and that in a short time the said money became worthless and her father lost the whole of it. She further states that her father was in the service of the American Army during the whole period of the Revolutionary War, and that he died on the seventeenth day of October eighteen hundred and one, in the town of Broadalbin, in the County of Montgomery and State of New York, of consumption, being at the time of his death seventy one years of age and upwards. She hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity in behalf of her father the aforesaid William Brown, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed before me The day and year first above written
Elizabeth P. ox
Paul C. Cook Clerk
The said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter that Elizabeth P. ox , the above named applicant is the daughter of the above named revolutionary soldier, William Brown, who served and suffered as she states.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my name & the Seal of the Supreme Court of the County of Herkshire New York this 22 d day of May the 1850.
Paul C. Cook Clerk
The above interlinations and erasures were made before the execution of the above
Paul C. Cook Clerk

William Brown de New York
Rejected 26 th June '50 N.Y. Parsons 346 \frac{1}{2}
died in 1801
Act 7 June 1832

13465
REJECTED
P. O.
William Brown
Service:
Heirs of
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: claim filed too late to
be entered on list of
Re-enlisted: printed rejected claims
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract

Auburn N.Y. June 19 th 1850
Hon Sir
I herewith enclose to you, the proof Sustaining the claim of Elizabeth D. Orr, to the benefit of the act of Congress, approved July 7 th 1838.
Papers in relation to the case, please direct to me at this place.
Yours Respectfully Joseph H. Parsons Atty for Elizabeth D. Orr.
Hon. Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Interior, Washington D.C.

Pension Office
26 June 1850
Sir,
The papers in the case of William Brown died under art 7 th June 1832 have been rec d . From the statement given it does not appear that he served in a military capacity and having died in 1832 and long before the passage of the pension laws providing for revolutionary soldiers his daughter the makes the application has no legal claim. There is no There being no pension law providing for the children of revolutionary soldiers the claim has consequently been rejected and the papers filed.
Joseph H. Parsons Esq r Auburn N. Y.

State of New York, } County of Steuben } p.
On this Twelfth - day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me, Arnold D. Read - a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, James Mc Clary, a resident of the town of Avoca in the County of Steuben and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says - That he is well acquainted with Elizabeth P. Cox a resident of town of Avoca in the County and State first above mentioned, and that he knows her to be a woman of good moral character and one whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief. - Sworn and subscribed before me } James Mc Clary The day and year first above written }
A. D. Read Justice of the Peace }
State of New York } County of Steuben } p.
On this Twelfth - day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, person- ally appeared before me, Arnold D. Read - a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Cornelius Demarest, a resident of the town of Avoca in the County of Steuben and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says That he is well acquainted with Elizabeth P. Cox a resident of the town of Avoca in the County of Steuben and State of New York, and that he knows her to be a woman of good moral

character and one whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
Sworn and subscribed before me } The day and year first above written }
Cornelius Remarist
A. D. Read Justice of the Peace }
State of New York ss
Steuben County ss I Paul H. Cook Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Arnold D Read is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that his signatures to the proceeding two affidavits are genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22 d day of May 1850
P. H. Cook Clerk