Mary Brignac, Brief of Claim for a Widow's Pension, War of 1812
Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue




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From the French Settlement Historical Register, published by the French Settlement
Historical Society, French Settlement, Louisiana 70733. The LaGenWeb Archives thanks 
them for contributing this information.

Vol. 2, December 1977

                         WAR OF 1812

                  ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1874

             BRIEF OF CLAIM FOR A WIDOW'S PENSION

In the case of Mary Brignac, widow of Alexander Brignac, of Captain William
Watson Company, Reg't. La. Mil., Residence, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Post Office Address, Bayou Barbary, Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
Soldier enlisted December 28, 1814, Discharged _________.

Declaration and identification in due form filed December 23, 1873.

SERVICE FOR SIXTY DAYS SHOWN AS FOLLOWS:

"B.L. Div. Reporte" Service by two witnesses from about 28th day of Dec. 1814,
for two months and 17 days.
Total service, 2 month & 17 days.  Soldier died July 1922, date and
fact established by the Declaration and report from B.L. Div. "Warrant" issued to
widow".
Continued widowhood since his death established by testimony of Sylvian Brignac 
and James Vickner.  Married to soldier prior to February 17, 1815,
established by report from B.L. Div. "Marriage by two witnesses who were
present at ceremony, November 27, 1811" and affidavit of Sylvian Brignac and
James Vickner, now on file.  Maiden name of claimant was "MARY CONRAD".
Date of marriage now alleged September 1810.

Oath to support the Constitution of the United States subscribed.  Non-receipt of
pension declared.  Loyalty established by affidavits of L.P. Lobell and A. Lobell.
Their credibility certified by W.C. Opdenmeyer.  Admitted February 18, 1874, to 
a pension of eight dollars per month, from February 14, 1871.

                                   s/A.F. Kingsley
                                          Examiner

               Approved:
s/James A. Morgan
Washington, D.C.                   s/A.W. Fisher
                                          Reviewer

Source:  Copied by Clark Forrest, Jr., from the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
         20408 on June 9, 1976








State of Louisiana
Parish of Livingston

     On this the 15th day of December 1873, personally appeared before me a
Clerk of Court of Record in and for the Parish and State aforesaid SYLVAIN BRIGNAC
age 69 years, and JAMES VICKNER aged 75 years, residing at French Settlement,
Parish of Livingston and State of Louisiana, who being by me duly sworn according
to law depose and say that they know from their own personal knowledge that the
said Alexander Brignac and mary Conrad were married by a Catholic Priest (name
forgotten) at St. Michael Church in the Parish of St. James, on or about September
1810, and that from that time until the death of the said Alexander Brignac, they
lived together as man and wife and were so recognized in the community in which
they resided.  That the said Alexander Brignac died at his plantation in the
Parish of Livingston and State of Louisiana on or about July 1822, and that he
is the identical Alexander Brignac who was a soldier in the War of 1812, that
the said Mary Brignac has remained his widow, and that she is the identical who
makes this application for Pension under the Act of Feb. 14, 1871.  That their
knowledge of these facts are derived from having been raised together and having
lived on same plantation while children, and their constant intimate acquaintance
with the claimant and her disceased husband, and that they have no interest in 
this claim.

witness

A. Lobell                            Sylvain Brignac
                                         x - his mark

L.P. Lobell                          James Vickner
                                         x - his mark

     Sworn to and Subscribed to before me this the 15th day of December 1873
and I certify the above witnesses are personally known to me, and that they are
respectable and entitled to belief, that the foregoing declaration was carefully
read over and explained to them before swearing, that they are of sound mind,
and not impaired by old age, and I have no interest in the prosecution of this
claim.

                 B. Spiller
         
                 Clerk 6th Judicial Dist. Court
                 Parish of Livingston 
                 State of Louisiana