Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3652, John Brewer, Va.

SERVICE
Continental
Va.
Brewer, John Mary
NUMBER
N. 3652.
B.L. Nt 29,460-160-55
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania.
John Brewer dec d
of Fayette Co in the State of Penn Y who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Denny of the Reg t commanded by Col Jas. Willis in the Virginia line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & end 12 January 1848, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Oct r 1849 and sent to Hon. A. Stewart, Union Town Pa.
years to the 4th of annual allowance ending
Pay to his widow
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book E 2
J. S. Chase Clerk, Vol. 5 Page 5

D 5386. Ph. 7. Pennsylvania Mary Brewer widow of John Brewer Va. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Mar. 1850 and sent to
Hon. A. J. Ogle House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2
Date of widow's death not in a B
Reported
Certificate Corrected & sent to, Hon. A. J. Ogle
March 23. 1850
Let to Hon. A. Stewart Sept 20/50
Pay 3 m 55 - 2417 243
2 No C

247. 243
Oct Mar. 3. '55 June 2. '56
June 19/56
Marg Brewer, ind. John Brewer, pri.
29
Guar.
ad: 160 a/c from 7/56 BDF/ton Revig. war.
Pens d Vol. 2. p. 204. Special S. Cole Acting Court
Penn July 48 5386
Special by Adg. Comm. June 6. '56
Hon. J. Knight. H. R. -
Handwritten initials
Hee. 2/76 In re Mrs. St N. Ausbaugh - many numbers of not rec'd
Vol. Box-71. D

State of Pennsylvania ss. Sayre County } On this 22 nd day of December 1849
personally appeared before the subscriber, James Fuller, one of the judges of the several courts of Sayre County. Mary Brewer, a resident of Jefferson Township, in the county of Sayre, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed June 17 th 1844, and February 2 nd 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of John Brewer a revolutionary soldier in the Virginia line, and for whose services aforesaid a pension was granted by the United States, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. She further declares that she was married to the aforesaid John Brewer on the twenty second day of November, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety; that her husband, the aforesaid John Brewer, died on the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and forty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz; at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me James Fuller, one of the several judges of the said courts.
Attest Isaac Gurnee
I James Fuller, one of the judges of the several courts of Sayre County, do certify that the above named Mary Brewer is unable to appear in open court, by reason of infirmity. James Fuller

State of Pennsylvania } Fayette County } ss
on this 31 day of, May
AD 1856 personally appear
ed before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county & State aforesaid Mary Brewer Aged Eighty four years a resident of Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Brewer deceased who was a private in the company commanded by Captain in the Regiment of commanded by in the Revolutionary war with great Britain declared by the United States. That her said husband Entered the service at or near Winchester in the State of Virginia and was honourably discharged. She further states that she now receives a pension and that reference being had to the roll of Pensions in the Pension Office vol 2 page 204 it will appear She further states that she was married to the said John Brewer in Winchester in the State of Virginia (The precise time she cannot now recollect) by the Reverent George Passon a minister of the Gospel in the Baptist church. and that she has not any Record of her said marriage and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Martin. That her said husband died at Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania in January AD 1847 and that she is now a widow she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855.
Mary (signature) Brewer residents of
we Isaac Gure and Henry Brewer Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania upon the declare that the foregoing declaration was

Signed and acknowledged by Mary Brewer in our presence and that we was personally acquainted with the said John Brewer and Mary Brewer in his life time and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife and to be so reputed and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents her self to be
Henry Bremer
Isaac Gause
the foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents her self to be and that I have no interest in this claim
J S Goe J P
Pennsylvania, Fayette County, SS.
I R J Galloway of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that
J S Goe Esquire
before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit, etc -
appears to have been made, was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court, at Uniontown, this 30 th day of June A. D. 1856.
R J Galloway
Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } ss. Sayre County }
On this the 12 th day of November 1847 personally appeared before me James Fuller one of the associate judges of the several courts of Sayre County. John Brewer, a resident of said County, Perry Township, aged eighty five the 25 th of last March, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose and speak the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 1832. That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven or, nine, or thereabouts. He entered the Virginia Continental line, as a substitute for his father Richard Brewer, and served eighteen months and was discharged. He then enlisted for eighteen months longer. To the best of his recollection at the present time he served in companies commanded by Captains Kenney and Summerell, in a regiment commanded by Col. Willis. He states also that he was a resident of the county of FREDERICK Virginia. He also states that after being honorably discharged from the above service, he with some of his comrades Isaac Arlitt and others, sometime about the year 1781, he enlisted and served in the Pennsylvania line, and served during the war. The names of the Colonels, to the best of his recollection were Armond and Mayland; And at the time he entered the service was near the time of the revolt at Morristown New Jersey. He also thinks that he was under a Captain by the name of French, and that the division was commanded by General Wayne. He thinks he continued to serve in said service.

but was an no general engagement until in October in the same year, whenhand the said troops was ordered to Yorktown in the State of Virginia, and he states that he was engaged there during the whole of that siege, and that he was afterwards discharged. He states that his memory has become very much broken by old age and sickness, but that he distinctly recollects that for many years after he left the service, he had three different discharges for services rendered in the revolutionary war, all of which have been destroyed or lost. He states for sometime after he left the service he was able to obtain a livelihood by his own labor, and that some five or ten years since he employed a man by the name of Sutton to obtain his pension, who entirely neglected to attend to the business properly, and he further states that he is much in need of some pecuniary assistance. He further states that he has an indistinct recollection of being at the battle of Princeton during the time he was in the Virginia Continental line. He was in some battle and he thinks that was the one.
John at his Brewer mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this Nov 12 th 1847.
James Miller
From an acquaintance with John Brewer for upwards of twenty years, I do certify that the aforesaid John Brewer is a man of good moral character, and has always here the reputation in his own neighborhood of being a revolutionary soldier.
James Miller

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County ss
Personally appeared before me James Fuller one of the associate Judges in and for the County of Fayette State Pennsylvania the B. Adams, a resident of aforesaid County who being duly sworn, doth depose and say that I have an acquaintance with the aforesaid applicant for a number of years past. I do certify that he is a man of good moral character and has always been the reputation, since my knowledge of him, of being a revolutionary soldier.
Rev. Josiah Adams.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 12 th Nov 1847 James Fuller
I do certify that the aforesaid John Brown owing to bodily infirmities is unable to appear in open court. James Fuller
Fayette County ss:
I Daniel Raine Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, certify that the Hon. James Fuller is an associate Judge in and for the County of Fayette as above stated duly Commissioned and sworn that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court at Uniontown the 22 nd November 1847. D. Raine Prothonotary

37,469
John Brewer Jr
Act 7. June '32
John Brewer on points left in Comms - as entitled to land

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County
On this the 6 th day of February eighteen hundred and forty seven. Personally appeared before me James Fuller one of the associate judges of the several courts of Fayette County. John Brewer a resident of said county Perry tow- nship aged eighty five 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 in the year 1828 may the 15 th and also to obtain benefit land in accordance with the provisions made by the Continental Congress: That in or about the year seven- teen hundred and seventy eight he resided with his father about three miles from Winchester Virginia and at said time his father was draughted to serve in the Virginia line and that he John Brewer the deponent being then about sixteen years of age took the place of his father as his substitute and served nine months in said line the time for which his father was draughted. My Officers in that service were General Morgan, Colonel James Willis, Capt Samuel Irney, and Lieut James Dunbar paymaster Jas Cimmeral. We first marched into South Carolina I was in no battle during said nine months at the expiration of which time my father being draughted a second time for the length of eight- een months I continued to serve as his substitute under the following Officers viz General James Morgan, Colonel George Zeigler, Capt Aaron Mefer, Lieut John Darlington during which eighteen months I was in two battles the battle of Cowpens and the battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina after which battles the second term for which my father

was draughted being expired I then immediately enlisted for during the whole war which was in the fall of Seventeen hundred and eighty one under the following named Officers General John Mullenburgh the name of my Colonel I think was a french name and I cannot now mind it my Capt also I now at this time disremember. After I enlisted I was only in one battle the battle of Yorktown the time of the surren- -der of Cornwallis which was my last engagement. I received my regular discharge the July following which discharge is now lost. The pay master who last paid me was Andrew Dunbar. The above is all true to the best of my recollection.
I never have and do not now receive any pension Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid } John his Brewer before me James Fuller } mark
I do hereby certify that Mr Brewer is very infirm and not able to appear in open Court and I do further hereby declare my opinion and belief that he was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states above. I have known him personally for a grate many years and he has always been known as a revolutionary Soldier James Fuller

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County
On this the 6 th day of February 1847 personally appeared also before me James Fuller Samuel Brewer a resident of Perry township said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the brother of the applicants above named John Brewer and that to his personal knowledge John was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war in the Virginia line, that he saw him stationed a guard at the Winchester Barracks some six or seven miles from Winchester and he knows that he was away from home some three or four years and came home when the revolutionary war was over.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me James Fuller
Samuel his Brewer mark
I certify that I have known Samuel Brewer for many years and he is a very respectable man and of good reputation for veracity
James Fuller
Fayette County, ss
Daniel Kaine Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Pennsylvania, certify that the Hon James Fuller is an associate judge of the several Courts of Fayette County as stated in the foregoing affidavits duly commissioned and sworn and that the signatures to the same purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Union Town the 8 th day of February A.D. 1847.
D. Kaine Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette ss.
Personally appeared Joseph Whipple
aged about 83 years a credible witness, long a resident in said County and late a Revolutionary & Continental Soldier of the Virginia line, who after being duly sworn doth declare on his solemn oath that he has been long acquainted with John Breuer, and after hearing said Breuer's statement, relative to his continental services, as a regular enlisted soldier of Captain Demey's company, also of Captain Simmerell's company, & in the Regiment commanded by Colonel W. H. Flagg for the term of three years as a private soldier of the Virginia line, & deponent further states that he and said Breuer both resided in the same neighbourhood, in the County of Frederick in the State of Virginia aforesaid, and that he is the same identical, same John Breuer, whom he represents himself to be, and that deponent verily believes that he the said Breuer did well and truly serve, as appears to be set forth in his preceding declarations, and that he knew him to be honorably discharged, and after which the said Breuer and Isaac Artist enlisted in Col d Myles's & Armond's Regiment in 1781 of the Pennsylvania line for one year though attached to other troops of said line, & was honorably discharged &c. by Col. Armond.
Sworn and subscribed before me
a Justice of the peace in and for said County the 10 day of March A.D. 1832.
Joseph Whipple (Seal) mark
James Lindsay S.P.
Fayette County ss. I Daniel Kane Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Fayette in the State of Penn- sylvania do certify that James Lindsay Esq before (now dec d ) before whom the above affidavit of Joseph Whipple was made was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & Sworn - & that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have here affixed my hand & the seal of said Court at Uniontown, the 26 th day of July A.D. 1837.
D. Kane Prothonotary

State of Penn s } County of Fayette } I certify that I have been long & well acquainted with the said Joseph Whipple a respected soldier of the Revolution, of the Virginia line, & who I well know draws a pension from the United States, & was under the general character of a person of strict veracity & truth, & also is the said John Brener, of known M. Gregg Wm C Stevens respectability, but in very unfortuitous circumstances
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in said County given under my hand this 31 day of March A.D. 1846
Wm C Stevens J. H. Miller Esq. J.P.
W. H. Sturtevant J.P. } I certify that the above named J. H. Miller Esq. is a person of known respectability, & also Gen. E. M. Gregg, B.H. Stevens Esq.
R. Y. Galloway Esq. } Dear Sir, your request from the Hon. Committee that Joseph Whipple's credibility might be certified by two Justices of the Peace
There is no Justice of the peace in office at this time, who knew the said Joseph Whipple, at the time & date of the above testimony, the credibility of witnesses, was perhaps not required, as I am informed, otherwise it would not have been neglected, if then requested by the Honorable House of Representatives I beg leave to state, at the request of Col. Robert Patterson (late a member of) that this affidavit may be returned, in order to aid the said old John Brener, in support of his pension claim from the U. States to which it is presumed that he is justly entitled, & for want of which, but this
W. H. Sturtevant J.P. Daniel Smith J.P. J. H. Miller Esq. J.P. B.H. Stevens Esq.
I certify that I was long & well acquainted with the said Joseph Whipple, whose Statement I sincerely believe to be just & true. He was also a respectable soldier in my Regiment in the late war. He was of truth & veracity. Robt Patterson
paper could never be found before this present session, which has, as he states, produced the long deferred justice of both of his pension claims ever since his application. Two other witnesses knowing to Brener's services, but unacquainted with any of the new justices to certify for them. Brener is a cripple, as I am informed, & has not been abroad for the last nine years - he was previously advised to attend personally to his own business at Harrisburg, but this has not been done, thro' the aid of his friends as had been expected. } I have the honor to be Yours respectfully R. Y. Galloway Esq. J. Fulton
That I have also been acquainted with the said John Brener for at least 50 years, & who bore the general reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolution. That he is a person of respecta- bility & truth
Robt Patterson Apr 13th 1846
89. The above is the outlines of which I was requested to state. So. Many claimants cannot succeed, as their witnesses, whose credibility can not be certified, other than by their near acquaintances, but few appointed with new Justices & their acquaintance with them are very much limited in this late period of life. The Secretary of War requires the certification of but one Justice of the Peace, to the credibility of a witness, & your requirement in S. J. J. all cases whatever, as stated by S c Col. Patterson - All applicants has been advised to attend personally at Harrisburg as most of their papers has been lost & at Harrisburg newer witnesses dead. also prevents their claiming from the U. States, in which the most of their many of their said claims breachers in support of their said pensions & found to be due them and heirs from the State & U. S. being first obtained with great trouble & expense. This affidavit, & John Brener's petition which you have particularly found, had been lost since 1835 but the other last papers are since that date This paper you'll please to return, it is the only voucher in support of John Brener's claim from the U. S. which has been lost since 1835 long deferred, not having sufficient to support it. I am that I R. Y. Galloway Esq. holding you too much with these poor applicant's many requests.

To be enveloped & returned to
S. Cole
247.2113
Official business
Hon. J. Cole
Acting General Pensioning
Washington
D.C.

Mary Brewer wife of John Pennsylvania
Suspended
let to it of Ogle Jan'y 28/50
Act 7 July 1838

of Let Hon A Stewart May 14. 49 to Same May 21. 49
Hon. A. Stewart June 19. 49 Million Forge Pa
Ed to Hon. A Stewart June 24. 49. to same 26 Oct 49 to S. H. Parker Register D r office Richm Oct 26 49
N 37 469
John Brewer Pr act June 7. 1832
Papers copied & sent to Hon A Stewart. 26. April 1848.
Let to Hon. J. H. Ewing Feb 19/47 " Same May 15, 47
" " J. H. Ewing Aug 1. 30/47
" " Same Decm 21. 47
" " Hon A. Stewart Jan'y 22. 48
to Same March 3rd 1/48.
to Same March 31. 48
as of June 30 th July 1838

✓ 29.460
5 Nov 1892

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 29 th day of April 1781 , in the name of John Brewer as a Soldier of Infantry for £ 56. 17. 3 , which Certificate appears to have been delivered to James Jenkins and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
p 108. { No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 7 th day of January 1848.
11
Jas E Heath AUDITOR. Va.

File
Mary Brewer of Pen.
Shep. ? Dickinson & Combs wish to see her papers.
M Cole
Feb 27 1837
Exh. the above march 37

DeKens & Co. Esq.
Has to examine the records in the Pension Dept. I inform you whether I am not entitled to $96. per annum instead of $80. the amount I receive at present
Yours Mary Brown Mark
Attest A. Patterson

Newark Oct-30 th / 1876 Mr. J. H. Bently Sir
I wish to get some information about some land, to John Andrew Brewer, at no land that came to him at the time of the revolution ary war. He is my Mother's father and she saw the deed in his possession, and as none of them thought worth while to see after it - I thought I would. Some of his children not understanding their business tried at Huntington Pa (their home) to get the pension for him but was told that he could get no pension for he had got land, that he never lost it. I think quite

his name will be in Gesman you will please see if it is recorded I don't think it has been yet as by any of the families for we have received no share of it. - The land laid in the Mississippi, in the county of Warren, if I mistake not.
Please give me all the information as soon as convenient
And Oblige
Mrs M. W. Arbaugh Newark
Ohio
Sebring County
P.S. Please do not over look this

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
3652
Mary Brewer
Widow
John Brewer
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: _____
Feby. 2. 1848
Index: — Vol. _____
2
Page _____
82
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Pennsylvania Lehigh County
On this fifth day of May A.D. 1849 before me Wm G Patterson a Justice of the Peace in and for said County person- ally appeared Samuel Brown a resident of said County, who being first duly qualified according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with John Brown deceased late of Perry Township, in said County, an appli- cant for a Revolutionary Pension, that deponent per- sonally knows that the said John Brown was a Soldier of the United States during the Revolutionary War, in the Virginia Continental line and did actually serve in that capacity some three or four years at least - whether longer than that deponent cannot now say. Deponent further states that he cannot now now trust his memory to give a statement in detail of the services of the said John Brown. Deponent further states that the said John Brown died on the sixth day of January A.D. 1848 and for some years before his death his mind and memory had failed and he was unable to make an intelligible statement of the details of his Revolutionary services. Deponent further states that he has seen said John Brown's discharges from the service of said
Sworn and subscribed this 5 th day of May 1849 before me
his Samuel X Brown Mark
Wm G Patterson Nancy Jane Brown
J.P.
I certify the above deponent is a man of good credit for truth and veracity.
Wm G Patterson

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County } P.
On this 6 th day of May A. D 1849 before me Wm G. Patterson a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Daniel John and Syrus Lynn, who being first duly qualified according to law doth depose and say that they were well acquainted with John Brewer deceased late of Perry Township, in said County, an applicant for a Revolutionary Pension and that they believe that for some years before his death his mind and memory had failed and he was unable to make an intelli- gible statement of the details of his revolution- ary services. That they believe he was a revolution- ary soldier, and that he always bore the repu- tation as such, and that he was a man of good moral character and his reputation for truth and veracity was unquestionable.
Deponents further state that the aforesaid John Brewer deceased left six children as follows, viz. Sarah married to Abner Lacey, Elizabeth married to Abram Geary, Sarah married to Isaac Geary, Richard, John, and Mary (who is still single,) And that all the afore- mentioned children are very poor and stand in great need of aid, and that said Brewer was very poor.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 5 th day of May A D 1849 before me Wm. G. Patterson J. P.
Daniel John Syrus Lynn
I certify that the above deponents are men of good credit for truth and veracity, & that I believe the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit are true, from my personal knowledge Wm G. Patterson

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County } ss.
On this sixth day of May
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty nine before me W. W. Stump a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Amzi Fuller and Oliphant Patterson Esq. who being first duly qualified according to law depose and say that they have been long acquainted with John Brewer, late of Perry Township in the County aforesaid, now deceased, who had been applying for a Revolutionary pension prior to his death, that said Brewer had for some years before his application almost entirely lost his memory, whereby he was rendered incapable of giving intelligible, or reliable statements of the details of his Revolutionary services; that deponents have no doubt of the truth of his declarations, so far as he declares himself therein to have been a Revolutionary soldier, but are satisfied that at the time they were made his mind and memory had failed so as entirely to unfit him for giving the detailed statement of his services, his officers, dates &c. &c. therein attempted, which he, himself acknowledged to be the fact in his declaration. Deponents further say that the said John Brewer has always been, without any cavil, doubt or dispute, a reputed Revolutionary soldier, and that that repute has been universally credited.
Deponents further say that the said Brewer always lived in abject poverty, & has left a widow Mary Brewer still living.
A. J. Fuller Oliphant Patterson
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7 th day of May A.D. 1849.
W. W. Stump

I certify that the foregoing deponents are men of good credit for truth and veracity W. H. Sturtevant J.P.
State of Pennsylvania Fayette County ss.
I Richard Huskins Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Penn. do hereby certify that William G. Patterson Esq. Wm H Sturtevant Esquires are Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Courts of said County at Uniontown the seventh day of May A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty nine Richard Huskins Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County } ss.
On this eight day of March eighteen hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me Wm G Patterson a justice of the peace in and for the County of Fayette, Mary Breum, widow of John Breum late of this County, deceased, and after being duly qualified according to law, doth depose and say that she is the widow of John Breum, deceased in whose right a pension was granted for services in the Revolutionary war, and that she is an appli- cant for a pension in right of the services of her said deceased husband, & that there is no record of her marriage to said husband to the best of her knowledge, that the record of said marriage has been lost or destroyed upwards of thirty years ago.
Sworn & subscribed before me, this eighth day of March 1850
} Mary Breum Mark
Wm G Patterson J. P.
Attest
Harbom Jones
Isaac Gurnee

Pension Office, March 3rd, 1848.
Sir, I have the honor to inform you that agreeably to your request, the papers in the case of John Brewer, have been again very carefully examined, with the benefit of your certificate of his good character as a Christian and citizen, and as to his reputation as a Revolutionary soldier; and to state, that however high his standing in these respects may be, his narrative of his service, as appears in his declaration, conflicts so essentially with the known course of the service of the Virginia Line, that I cannot admit that he is the John Brewer to whom the certificate of depreciation for service in that Line was issued. If his claim has not been properly set forth, he should, in a supplemental declaration, give such a statement of his service and specifications of his Officers, as will enable us to identify him with the John Brewer of the Virginia Line, by the Muster and Pay rolls of that service in this Office. The specific grounds of objection to the admission of this claim are set forth in my letter to you of the 22nd January, and to John H. Ewing Esq., of the 21st December last. These objections must be removed before claimant can be allowed a pension.

Have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Dear Col. Dev. P. G. M. [unclear]
I want an abstract of all that appears in the [unclear] [unclear] refer to the [unclear] for the [unclear] As there are [unclear] 27 [unclear] [unclear]
Wm. Andrew Stewart, House of Representatives

1. L. Edwards Esq
Inclosed I send you evidence (conclusive) in support of the claim of Mr. Brewer for a pension. Please send me the certificate when issued.
Yrs. &c A. Stewart
- H of R
14 July 48

Executive Department Washington Jan'y 7 1848
Sir
You will receive enclosed, a certificate of the Auditor in relation to John Brown the soldier mentioned in Mr Ewing's letter to you - being all that I can supply relating to the subject
Very resp. &c.
Yours &c.
J. H. Richardson
The Hon. A. Olney

I hereby certify that John Brewer the within named applicant lives in my county that he has always sustained the character of a good Christian & a man of undoubted honesty & truth that he has always been reported to have been a Revolutionary Soldier that I am perfectly satisfied he was so & is justly entitled to the pension for which he applies which was defeated when he first applied by the bungling stupidity of his agent Sam Sutton. The old man's hearing as well as his memory is greatly impaired & he says himself he cannot now depend on the accuracy of his memory - having got a State pension from Penn a accounts for his not having pushed his claim here supposing the pension he got was all he could receive. I hope you will give this case an early & favorable consideration. The Certificate of the Auditor of Virginia of the services of John Brewer recently obtained with the further Certificate thereon endorsed "that there is no other John Brewer on either of the registers of the continental or State lines of the army of the revolution" ought it seems to me to be satisfactory & conclusive in his behalf.
A Stewart
M. C.
July 27 1748

Wilmington Pa Jan 3 d /185
Dear Sir,
I have been endeavoring to procure a pension for John Brewer a soldier of Virginia during the Revolutionary war. A statement was obtained from the Auditor of Virginia, Thronk st Hon W m H. Richardson secy. of the Commonwealth, certifying that "John Brewer a soldier of Infantry in the Virginia Continental line had received" so much for his balance of pay. The difficulty lies in proving the identity of the present claimant with the person mentioned in the Auditor's statement. My man can prove that he was a soldier of Virginia during the revolution, but cannot prove the length of his service. He can also prove one years service in the Pennsylvania Troops. My present object in writing to you is to request you to write the Secy. of Virginia and learn from him whether the records show that there was more than one John Brewer in the Virginia service, either

in the continental or other lines. It appears that there was but one then the identity of the persons will be established. The amount of money mentioned in the auditor's state- ment spoken of above is I think £56, 17s. 3d., which would show that his services had been of more than two years duration would enable him to procure a full pension under the act of June 7 th 1832.
I, myself think that the evidence already on file in the Pension office should be sufficient to obtain the pension, but Mr. Ed- wards thinks differently.
Oblige me by attending to this matter at the earliest possible moment.
Perhaps also if you could find time to examine the papers on file in the case you would be able to make some suggestions which would be of service
very respectfully,
Hon. A. Stewart.
Jno. K. Ewing

Executive Department Redmond Oct 28 1887
Sir
No evidence exists here, in regard to the sons of John Brewer, except that he was a son of Infancy (an) occurred a certificate for Paloma of P.M. The Customs statement is enclosed
Yours sincerely
W. H. Richardson Secy Com.

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 29 th day of April 1781 in the name of John Brewer as a Soldier of Infantry for £ 56. 17. 3, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to James Jenkins and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.
p 108. { No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 27 th day of October 184 7 .
J. H. Heath
AUDITOR.

[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the paper]
Aug 16 1847
Adm J. John Brewster
Rev. J. Edwards Sayer Presbyterian Church Washington D.C.
5

Union Town
August 12 th 1887.
Dr Sir,
Enclosed I send you the evidence of Joseph Whipple in the case of John Brewer. This deposition you will perceive was taken several years since & was sent to Harrisburg to procure a pension; it was however mislaid there & was not found again until the session of 1826.
It then came to light and was sent back to procure the certificates of two Justices to the credibility of Whipple.
Upon being returned to Harrisburg, an annuity of $40 per annum was obtained for Mr Brewer at the last session, which however he will relinquish if necessary.
You have here the positive testimony of one witness to the revolutionary services of Mr Brewer, which fully meets the utmost requirements of the department in revolutionary cases.
It is hoped that the department will delay no longer in doing justice in this case but will speedily come to a favorable conclusion. Very respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Jno. K. Ewing

658.
Phil.
Pennsylvania Mary Brewer widow of John Brewer who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 87 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848
7th January Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Mar. '50 and sent to
Hon. A. J. Ogle House of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2
Page 104
J. P. Chase CR

Wilmington April 13 th 1847.
Dr Sir;
I learn by your letter, of Feb. 19 th , to the Hon. Geo. N. Ewing, "that the claim of John Brewer under the Act of 15 th May 1828 has been examined & disallowed."
The person who drew the declaration informs me that on account of the partial failure of the old man's memory he was unable to give any very satisfactory account of his services — that Mr Brewer himself, conscious of this, desired that it should be said in the affidavit that the statements were according to the best of his recollection — that the same was accordingly done. — One chief objection to the claim appears to be the fact that his name is not borne upon the returns of the War's men of the Va. line. If you will refer to the declaration you will find that it is not there stated in what state troops he enlisted: it was not mentioned for this reason — Mr. Brewer was impressed with the idea that he had served also in the Penn a . line, and his agent, supposing it probable that his enlistment had been in that line, left the matter open. Please examine therefor  inform  me whether his name is not upon the rolls of the War's men of

the Penn a Troops. If it be not found there, the old man has probably been deceived in his supposition of having enlisted for the war by the fact that he did actually serve until the war was over.
At the time the declaration was shown to me I thought the statement of his father's having been draughted twice in succession rather too remarkable to be true & concluded at once that it was a mistake: I trusted however, that as he appeared to have given a pretty extended list of his officers that you would be enabled to make out from the rolls & other documents in the Department a better account of his services than he himself had done. — You state that "there were no nine months drafts in Va." — that "there were eighteen months drafts in that state in 1779; but there were no officers of corresponding names in the Va. line, or State troops in which those drafts served." If I recollect aright, the declaration states that he first entered the army in 1779, as that is the year in which the eighteen months draft was made, it is probable that his first tour was with those troops: and although they may not have served under the officers respectively named by Mr. Brewer, yet did they not serve under some of the officers named throughout the declaration; and cannot his name be found upon the rolls.

It is not unlikely that the old man has forgotten some of his officers & that he has confused & jumbled together those whose names he has given — the officers of different companies perhaps even of the two different states in which he served, commingled. But if the persons named were officers at all, either of the Va. or Penn a troops, cannot the Department arrange them properly & then ascertain whether the name of John Brewer is upon their rolls.
There can be no doubt that Mr. Brewer was a revolutionary soldier: — any amount of traditional evidence can be had to that effect. The Department already has the positive testimony of his brother, Sam l Brewer, to the fact. By your regulations, I believe the evidence of one witness is deemed sufficient to establish Revolutionary services; that too even in the absence of all documentary proof. Any quantity of certificates & proof as to the credibility & good character of both Sam l & John Brewer can be obtained. The only difficulty then appears to be with regard to the capacity in which Mr. Brewer served & the length of time he was engaged. If his name is borne upon the returns of the War's men of the Penn a line these two points will both be settled — if not, it will doubtless be found upon the rolls of some of the Penn a troops & that too, not improbably under some of the officers whom he may have

named as of the Va line. If it be not among the War's men please inform me whether it will be necessary for him to make another declaration in order to obtain a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832. Inform me also what evidence of his services, in both the Va. & Penn a troops, is contained in the Department?
You state that Mr Bruges could not have been both at the battle of Eutaw the and the siege of Yorktown. If it be at all proba- ble that he could have been , I believe I would credit it; but if the matter be impossible, he is of course mistaken. It is not wonderful that an old soldier who has often heard his comrades tell over the battles in which they have been engaged - their various incidents - who has partaken during the relation of the very feelings of the combatants themselves - and who has doubtless related them over soon again himself, should finally imagine him- self to have been there. Such is the na- ture of mind of man.
As early an answer as possible will much oblige yours Very respectfully
Frank H. Ewing
Gen. L. Edwards Esq. Washington

Feb 12, 1847
to I Bruner
Set May 15, 1828. E. B. Lane D.C.
J. L. Brown Penn. Washington D.C. The L. H. Loring W. H. Brown

Hon. D. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Will your department please examine enclosed papers and give me an answer —
With much respect
Yours &
H. H. Baring
Dec. 10 th 1847
Lowpens 17 Jan y 88 Ex. Taw. 8. Sept.

House Reps Washington D.C. 6 th June 1856
Hon S. Cole
Acting Comm r Pensions
Respected Friend
I have now the honor to enclose for your official action, an application for a Land Warrant, by Mary Brewer, widow of John Brewer, a private, or soldier, in the War of the Revolution. She is represented to be now receiving a pension on account of his Revolutionary services. She resides in my Congressional District, and I also enclose a note from Jacob Wolf, to me, in relation to it.
This widow is infirm and 84 years old; and her case would seem to call for early action, if she is to enjoy the bounty now asked for, and provided for her by a grateful Country. May I not, then, ask that you make it a special case for your early attention.
Be so kind as to inform me, by mail, of the result of your action in the premises.
With regard
Your friend
Knight

House of Rep
22. Mar. 1850
Sir
I enclose herewith a Pension certificate granted to Mary Brewer widow of John Brewer a Revolutionary soldier - The certificate is I think erroneously filled up. The time from which the Pension is to commence is not very clearly stated
Yours &c A. J. Agle
Col. Edwards Comm. of Pensions

ipse certificant de puerorum moribus, in parvulis libris H 80 cum 7 Januarius 1824.
ADRIE

I certify that I am well acquainted with William G. Patterson Esq. who is an acting Justice of the Peace in Fayette County Penn a . He is a gentleman of high character for truth & respectability. Any statements he may make are entitled to full faith & confidence.
A. J. Gyle
16. Mar. 1850
House of Rep.
To
Col. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions

Mar 2/50
Mrs Mary Brewer's case
W. Allen

House of Rep 1 Mar, 1850
Dear Sir
I desire to call your attention to the case of Mrs. Mary Brewer widow of John Brewer who was a Revolutionary soldier. The evidence I think is sufficient to establish her claim & I want a decision upon it Respectfully W. J. Gile
Col. J. L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions

House of Rep 18 Jan'y 1880
Col. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
to Sir
Enclosed I send you papers in relation to the claim of Mrs. Mary Brewer widow of John Brewer Dec d (who was a pensioner of the U.S.) for a pension - Will you give the case your attention at the earliest possible moment
Yours respectfully A. J. Ogle

Payment to be made at Philadelphia by James R. Snowden Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Vol- ume Page by
J. Chase Clerk.

copy
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832 John Brewer dec d late of Pennsylvania, who was a private in the Revolution and died on the 7th January 1848, is inscribed on the roll of pensioners at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum Commencing on the 4th day of March 1831, and ending on the 7th day of January 1848, when he died.
The amount is due & payable to his widow Mary Brewer
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 31 st day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Vernontown Penn a Oct 19. 1849
J. S. Edwards Esq r Com. of Pensions
Sir,
Believing the pension claim of the heirs of John Brewer dec d to be perfectly just. I cannot abandon it, and therefore once more call your attention to it.
1 st We prove by Sam l Brewer, his brother the fact of his absence three of four years or more in the service during the revolution in the Virginia line, who saw him in the service &c. Joseph Whipple a revolutionary soldier & Pensioner swears to his identity, that he knew him well, & that he knew of his having two discharges one in Virginia, the other in Penn a .
2 d We produce a final settlement certificate for $56. 17 s 3 d from Richmond Virginia given to John Brewer & a further certificate that there was but one John Brewer in the Virginia service.
3 d The testimony of Judge Fuller, the Rev d Mr Adams, Col. Patterson & many others proving that he always was respected in the neighbourhood where he lived & have been a revolutionary soldier.
4 th Proof by his declaration filed & the testimony of many respectable citizens that his memory at the time of taking his declaration was so much impaired by old age (slightly impaired)

and distress as to render him altogether incapable of giving a reliable narrative of his services, Officers V.L.
5 th No other Mr Brewer has ever made claim to this certificate, or a pension under which is a strong circumstance proving the justice of the claim of this the only John Brewer who was ever in the Virginia Service.
Now it is clearly proved by witnesses & an official certificate, that this Mr Brewer was in the Virginia Service, which certificate as you say in your letter of 22 nd July 1868 "would cover a period of service for nearly the whole war" & Mr Heath the Auditor of Va certifies that there was but one Mr Brewer in the Virginia Service & no other has ever applied, upon this you offered to grant a pension for six months service - upon what grounds? Either this Mr Brewer served in the Virginia Service as claimed or he did not - & if he served as you say "for nearly the whole war" he is therefor entitled to a full pension or nothing.
In your letter of the 30 Aug 1867 you say "If Brewer served as stated, evidence should be found at Richmond & unless he can produce such evidence his claim cannot be admitted" The evidence was then produced viz. the final settlement certificate for $6.17.3 4 to Mr Brewer, then it is objected that there might have been another Mr Brewer in Virginia Service, then

another certificate is obtained that there was but one Mr. Brewer in the Virginia Service - Then it is objected that the applicant's statement does not agree with the history of the war, we then show by the statement of three good & substantial witnesses that owing to age & infirmity the applicant was incapable of making a reliable statement. When every objection is thus met & answered a pension for six months service is offered.
By the enclosed letter, I send one lately recd from Mrs. Heath at Richmond, it appears that several of the officers named by the applicant were in the Service which please file with the other papers.
From a review of the whole case. I hope you will be satisfied of the justice of the claim & grant a full pension. If not I will try the Sec. of the Interior (if necessary) & if I fail. I will then try Congress as I am satisfied perfectly satisfied that the claim is just & should be granted.
Yours respectfully
A. Stewart

Winnitown
Oct 20 th 1849
Jas L Edwards Esq -
Dear Sir,
In my last communication to your department. I mentioned a letter that I had recd from Mr Heath of Virginia, & which I requested to be put on file but neglected to enclose the same at the time. Finding it upon my table this morning I enclose it to you
Yours respectfully
A. Stuart

W th L. Office, Richmond, Oct. 29 th 1849. J. L. Edwards Esq:
Sir:
Yours of the 26 th Inst. was received to day.
In reply to your enquiry, I beg leave to say that no warrant appears to have been issued to John Brewen or his Heirs, for Bounty Land; nor is there on file in this Office, any certificate of allowance for his services in the Revolutionary war.
Very respectfully, Yr Ob st .
S. H. Parker

J. E. Hebble's letter as to officer named in Genl Brewin's declaration

Auditors Office
July 13. 1849
Dear Sir
I am in receipt of yrs of the 9 th inst. General Morgan, Col Willis and Captain Denny are the only officers named in your letter who were officers of the Virginia Continental line but there is no evidence whatever that John Brewer served under either of them. Only we know is that such a person in the Virginia line settled his account and received his final settlement certificate. The regiment or caps or company to which belonged is not given.
I am with high respect
Yrs &c
J. E. Heath and V m
Hon A. Stewart

37469
John Brewer
Penn.
at 7 June 1832
admitted P 2 yrs fin $80 Com 4 March 1831, At 7 Janus 1848, when he died, Payable to Mary Brewer his widow
Hon: A. Stewart Union Town Pa,

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County } p.
Court of Common Pleas.
On this seventh day of June A.D. 1849
Personally appeared in open Court Abraham Geary, who being duly qualified according to law, doth depose and say that she is well acquainted with Mary Brewer widow of John Brewer, late of Fayette County, deceased, who was an applicant for a revolutionary pension, and that she is still living and has not intermarried with any one since the death of her aforesaid husband. Deponent further saith that he knows the aforesaid Mary Brewer to be the widow of John Brewer, deceased. Deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with John Brewer and he always had the reputation of being a revolutionary soldier and that he died on the seventh of January eighteen hundred and forty eight. Deponent further saith that at the time of the death of the aforesaid John Brewer he made a record of it and cannot be mistaken in reference to the time.
Affirmed and subscribed before me on the day and year above mentioned Richd H. Kinns, Prothg.
Abraham Geary
Fayette County } p.
I Richard H. Kinns, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, certify that Abraham Geary appeared in open Court, at a Court held at Uniontown in said County, the seventh day of June, A.D. 1849, and being duly affirmed according to law did depose and say that the contents of the above written affidavit are true. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of said Court at Uniontown the same day & year.
Richd H. Kinns Prothg
I certify that I am well acquainted with Abm. Geary above named & that he is a respectable man & credible witness.
A. Stewart 7th June 1849

Wm. Brown
June 16 th 1849
Dear Sir
Yours of the 14 th Inst t in relation to the case of Mr d Brown Rev. Soldier etc s is rec d in which you say "The Evidence in support of the claim is not sufficient to identify him with the person who rec d the disprecat n pay Certificate for his service". —
How it is possible to produce in any case more conclusive Evidence of identity I cannot imagine.
It is proved that he was in the Virginia Service during several years by his brother Samuel's Post oath & by Joseph Whapfield an old soldier in same service that he obtained his discharge from said service —
In addition to this it is proved by the Records at Richmond (Official) that Mr d Brown rec d a Settlem t Certificate showing several years service and then to fix the identity beyond all question it is certified officially by Mr d Heath that upon examination it appears there was but one "Mr d Brown" in the Virg a Service State or Continental — & finally it is proved by many that the Mr d Brown now claiming was always

know & considered when he resided as a Revolutionary Soldier of Virg a - And to make it still more conclusive it seems no other John Brown of the Virginia Service has ever been heard of or known or has ever made claim for the Service -
Now throw away what the claimant has said in support of the claim altogether & his claims evidently are completely established - Surely the deluded old man's statements which he himself & all his acquaintances say owing to old age & infirmity are not to be relied on at all, his memory & mind having entirely failed - surely his want of memory & of accuracy of narrative under such circumstances will not be seized on to prejudice a claim officially & clearly established.
You say "upon the testimony exhibited a pension may be allowed for six months service" - why for six months & not for the whole period proved by the depreciation certificate?
I am so fully satisfied of the justice of this claim that I cannot give it up until it is finally rejected by every department or tribunal before which it can be carried.
I will write (if necessary) to the to Mr Heath the Aud r of Virg a for further evidence of

his service & identity.
It is clearly proved that this John Brown did serve in the Virg a line & that no other John Brown ever served in that line. How then can the claim be fairly rejected? I have no doubt of your disposition to do right & I therefore cannot doubt that upon a full & careful review of the new or additional testimony furnished in this case it will be allowed.
When originally rejected the proof of identity was insufficient but when it was proved that there was no other John Brown in the Virg a Service - And that this man's memory & faculties were destroyed by age &c. so as to remove all objection on account his inaccuracy of narrative I think you will see the justice of allowing this claim.
Yours Respectfully A Stewart
J. L. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions
P.S. Please let me know from what time the claim for six months or longer will be allowed in this case.

Union Town
June 7 th 1849
J. S. Edwards Esq
Com: of Pensions
I herewith send you the proof required by y r letter of the 21 ult. taken in open court and before this in the case of J n Brown a Revolutionary Soldier & I hope this just claim will now be granted
Yours very Respectfully
J. Stewart

Union town
May 18 th 1849
Sir
Yours of the 10 th inst is rec d - on enquiry I found that the Original papers on which the State pension was granted to John Brown were withdrawn from the files, at New Bedford and transmitted to your office where you will find them filed with the other papers & of which you furnished me copies before last.
I hope you will take up the long deferred claim which I think is now sufficiently established & of the justice of which I have the most conclusive evidence & give it an early & favorable consideration
Yours very respectfully
A Stewart
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions

247.243

Sippeanne Fayette Co Penna June 2 nd 1886
Dear Sir Enclosed please find an application of Mary Breuer for a land warrant which if you please present to the proper department for its action you will please inform me whether the application will do or not
Yours with high regard &c
Hon Jonathan Knight
Jacob Wolf

Union Iron
May 9 th 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq Com: of Pensions.
Dear Sir
Since my return upon enquiry I am perfectly satisfied that John Brown now deceased was entitled to the pension as a revolutionary soldier in the Virg a line for which he applied some two or three years ago. The delay of his application is accounted for by his owing to the fact that he employed a very ignorant & incompetent agent by the name of Sutton who applied for the pension State of Penn a  granted  obtained for him a State pension of $40 per ann: this the old man was informed was all he could get & he knew no better (living in a retired place & a cripple unable to walk) until he was otherwise informed about the time he made his application to the U.S. pension office dated Feby 1807.
Several affidavits have just been handed to me with a request that I would forward them to you showing that at the time John Brown made his declarations and for some time before his mind & memory had so failed from old age & infirmities as to be incapable of giving any reliable or very intelligible statements of past events & therefore his statements

of the particulars of his revolutionary services, officers plans, dates &c. that should not operate to defeat his claim which might otherwise appear to be just & right. Indeed he states himself in his last declaration that his memory was "lost & dishonored" by age & sickness so as not to be relied on
The other evidence in support of his claim is as follows viz
1 st The certificate certificates of Mr Heath Auditor of the State of Virg a in 1847 & 1848 that John Brewer received a certificate as a soldier in the Virginia Continental line dated 29 th ap l 1784 for $56. 17. 3 3 The said Auditor further certifies that there is but one "John Brewer" to be found in the registers of the State or continental lines of Virginia -
2 d It is in positive proof that by several credible witnesses that this applicant way in the revolutionary service in the Virg a line. Sam l Brewer who I know personally & have for many years as a man of good character for truth & veracity, says he knows his brother John Brewer the applicant was in the service in the Virginia line three or four years at least - he saw him in the service of a Joseph Whipple a pensioner & credible witness (known to be so by me), also swears that he lived in the same neighbourhood with Brewer that he believes he rendered the services as stated by the applicant & that he knows that he "was" honorably discharged & that afterwards "he & artist entered in Col Mayhew & Armond's regt in 1781 of the Pa a line for one year" the attached to other troops of Gen

line, & was honorably discharged by Col Arwood!" -
It is also in proof by the oaths of the Rev. J. Adams, the Hon. James Foster Judge of the Com. Pleas. Col Robt Patterson late in 1854 seen John Ayres Lynn. O Patterson by J. Ayres Lynn by W. G. Patterson by R that the applicant John Brown was a man of truth & veracity and that he always sustained in the neighborhood where he lived the character & reputation of a revolutionary soldier. The character of his brother Samuel Brown who swears positively to their service of Mr. Brown is also amply sustained as a man of truth & good character.
Thus it is clearly proved that this John Brown the applicant was a soldier in the revolutionary war in the Virginia line, by several credible witnesses to the fact. It is then proved by official records that there was but one John Brown in the Virginia lines (continental & state) & that he received a certificate for £56. 17. 3 - It seems to me a stronger case could not well be made out than is here presented - besides no other John Brown of the Virginia line has ever set up any claim for their services for pension or his heirs for land - showing that there is no other claimant. & that this is the true man of which I am perfectly satisfied beyond a doubt.
To all this the only objection urged is the inconsistency of the applicant's statements with the history of the war - his officers names, dates & being incorrect. The evidence now furnished completely obviates these objections by showing that owing to the decayed state of his mind & memory no reliance could be placed on his narrative made at the age of 85 years in feeble health & long confinement to his house & bed - with these new & important facts in addition to other proofs now before you, it is confidently believed that this claim, so clearly & conclusively established will be allowed.

nothing but the strongest conviction of the truth & justice of this Claim could have induced me to trouble you & myself with this long letter; besides, the parties claiming are meritorious and indigent. - Should the claim be allowed it would be discreditable if consistent with your rules, that the Certificate should issue to one of the sons Richard or John Brewce in trust for the rest of the Heirs & his wife. - but if you
your early attention to the case will very
Much oblige
your. obd. Servt
A. Stewart
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions

Uniontown
November 23 d 1847.
Dr. Sir,
Enclosed is the evidence which has been obtained from Richmond in the case of Geo. Brewer and also an amended declaration.
The amount which he received as shown by the Auditor's certificate viz £ 56. 17. 3 proves that his service in the Va. Continental line alone must have been of longer duration than two years, would therefore entitle him to a full pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832.
Due to the failure of Mr. Brewer's memory also a partial deafness with which he is afflicted it is difficult to obtain any very full & satisfactory account of his services. I think however the present declaration is more nearly correct & less inconsistent than the former one. His mind has been agitating & somewhat excited on the subject since that time & thus excited it would now the more readily & correctly recall the events of that period. When interrogated by the person who drew the present declaration as to whether he was in the battles of Cowpens & Eutaw, he said that he was in neither also that his

first period of service in the Va. line was for eighteen months. Upon being informed that the first application stated that he was in both those battles also that his first service in the Va. line was for the period of nine months, he said that he either misunderstood or was himself misunderstood by the person who drew it. He still adheres to the assertion that he enlisted served for during the war after his service in the Va. Can. line expired. If however there is in the Department a full list of the War's men of Pennsylvania and Mr. Brewer's name so  does not appear therein he is willing to accept a pension under the Act of 1832.
How then stands the evidence now before the Department to substantiate a claim under that Act.
The certificate which is now transmitted would it is presumed be sufficient of itself to obtain a pension in case the identity of the persons were shown. There is in addition the positive testimony of Samuel Brewer that his brother was a revolutionary soldier in some of the Virginia Troops. And there is also the evidence of Joseph Whipple which I think has been somewhat misunderstood. It is true that he states his belief only with regard to Brewer's service in the Va. line but he states positively also that

he (Brewer) served one year in the Pennsylvania troops.
What is the evidence also of the identity of the person mentioned in the Auditor's certificate with the present applicant. The secretary of Virginia was written to for evidence to substantiate the claim of John Brewer to a pension without stating in what part of the Va. troops he served because that was not then positively known. In return the enclosed answer & certificate were received; from which it would appear that there was but one John Brewer in the whole Virginia service. The positive evidence then of Saml. Brewer that the present applicant was in that service at once identifies them. Again, the statements of Mr. Brewer in his first declaration were such as to induce the Commissioner in his letter of May 15 th 1827 to remark that the service "if rendered at all must have been in the Continental Army ". His own accounts then, made before any evidence was thought of or obtained from Richmond, confirm the fact that he is the same person mentioned in the certificate as having served in the Va. Continental line . The fact of the names being spelled precisely in the same way is also another evidence. In addition to all there is also the evidence that Mr. Brewer is seriously reputed to be a Revolutionary soldier. — As the case

has now been a long time before the Department it is hoped that his claims will immediately  now receive a speedy favorable consideration.
Very respectfully Jno. K. Ewing

15 15 3 732 B'
Mary Brewer widow of John Pennsylvania, 
Died 7 Jan 1848
$80 per annum
At 17 June 1844
Am 2. 7 Jan 1848
ending 4 Mar. 1848-
& from 4 Mar. 1848
for life-
Henry J. Ogle
Act 7. July 1838

State of Pennsylvania Layette County } p.
On this fifth day of May 1849 personally appeared before the Sub-Scrber, William G. Patterson, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Fayette, Samuel Brewer a resident of said County, aged seventy four years, who being first duly qualified according to law, doth depose and say that he was a brother of John Brewer late of this County, deceased, an applicant for a pension, that he well remembers when his brother John was married to Mary Martin, that it was on the 22 d day of November in the year 1790, in the town of Winchester, Virginia, that they were married by the Rev. George Ayres, that he was present and saw them married, that Mary Brewer the present applicant for a pension is the widow of the said John Brewer, deceased, who was married at the time and place aforesaid.
Samuel his Brewer mark
Sworn & subscribed before me this 5 th day of May A.D. 1849.
Wm. G. Patterson J. P. W. G. Patterson
I certify that Samuel Brewer , the above deponent, is an intelligent & respectable man and a credible witness.
W. G. Patterson

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County, ss.
I Richard H. Jenkins Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Penn. do certify that the Hon. James Fuller is an Associate Judge of the Several Courts of said county and that William G. Patterson Esq. is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County both duly sworn and Commissioned according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Union Town the 12. day of January A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty
Richd H. Jenkins Prothonotary