JACKSON COUNTY, TN - MILITARY - Jeremiah Brown, Circuit Court Declaration for Pension ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Raichle KarenRai@aol.com ==================================================================== State of Tennessee Jackson Circuit court September Term 1834 On this 15th day of September 1834 personally appeared in open court the same being a court of record before the Honorable Abraham Caruthers circuit judge in and for the third judicial circuit in said State now presiding and holding said court, Jeremiah Brown a resident citizen of the County of Jackson in said State aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to the laws of the land doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States in the war of the revolution, and served as heriein after Stated - He volunteered i the County of Wilks in North Carolina for a tour of three months afd joined a company commanded by Captain Clark thinks his christian name Elijah nd marched in his company to Ninety Six and there joined the army under command of General Gates and was shortly thereafter in the battle of what is called Gates defeat and refers to this fact for a date to this tour of service. After the defeat marched to a place called Saluda and there remained for about ten days and was there discharged by Captain clark - He thinks the Leutenant in his company was called Whitesides and that the company to which he belonged formed part of a regiment commanded by Col. Cleveland and Major Doolin or Dooly and joined the regiment in Wilks county On their march to Ninety Six crossed the Catawba - Saluda & Rocky Rivers He states he served out his full tour and was in no other engagements Next he was drafted for a tour of six months in the county of Berk of North Carolina (his father having removed his ther) and joined a company commanded by Captain Patrick Kerr Leutenant Samuel Griffin - Insign not recollected marched to a point on Saluda river and there the company of Captain Kerr joined a company commanded by Captain Clark. The two companies then marched through the mountains passing through a little indian town called Cain Creek to Wilks County i the State of Georgia. At Cain Creek town was fired on by the indians they instantly fled. some were killed he saw three indians killed - In wilks County joined a regiment commanded by Col Dooly or Doolin the majors name not recollected the regiment then marched on directly to Augusta in Georgia and joined the army. He recollects the weather was warm Captain Kerrs company to which he belonged was sent out as rangers and he marched through the adjacent county sometimes as much long as two weeks out from the army. recollects several places which they were at while out -towart Ebenezer, Midway, Beach Island Williams Swamp. While performing this service the company to which he belonged killed several tories - He was in no battles or engagements. The company to which he belonged while serving consisted of about one hundred sixty privates - And states he served out his full tour of six months and was discharged by Capt Kerr. when they went to Augusta the British had possesion of the town but before he left that place,they marched out and surrendered. he recollects that a British commander by the name of Grayson was killed while he was there. This ended his service as a soldier of the revolution which amounted to nine months He states that he does not know of any witnesses by whom he can prove his service or any part of it. nor has he any documentary evidence of said service or any part thereof. Owing to old age and infirmity his recollection has so far failed as to put it out of his power to orate in minute details His discharges were left in his fathers home. and he has Knowledge of what was done with them He hereby relinquishes all and every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name in not on the pension roll of the agency of any State his Sworn to and subscribed Jeremiah x Brown in open court this 15th day mark of September 1834 James T Quarles clerk by OB Hubbord Deputy Answers to interrogators Inscribed by the War department I was born i North Carolina on the Adkin river near the shallow ford. I have forgotten the name of the county As appears from the record of my age in my old family bible I was born on the sixth day of May 1753 I cannot read myself. I have the bible in my own possession I was called into service in Wilks Bounty North Carolina, moved from there to Berk county same State - After the revolution moved to Georgia, Wilks County From there to East Tennessee from there to Jackson County where I now live From Jackson county to Bledsoe from Bledsoe to roan and then back to Jackson County again. First time I lived in Jackson about fourteen years moved back fifteenth of last month I first went out as a volunteer next I was drafted I cannot state none of the officers & circumstances of my service than I have already stated I recieved two discharges and lost them as above state I believe my neighbors will testify as to my character for veracity and my reputation as a soldier of the revolutin and their concurrens therein. I will name John Burris Thomas Gaw, Nimrod Johnson, Daniel Johnson Sworn to and subscribed his in open court this 15th day of Jeremiah X Brown September 1834 mark James T Quarles clerk By O B Hubbord Deputy We Jonas Griffith a clergyman & resident citizen of said Conty of Jackson and Arthur Dill a resident citizen of the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Brown, who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years old, at least we can say he is a very old man. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion He is entitled to full credit on his oath in a court of Justice Sworn to and subscribed in open court September Jonas Griffith 15th 1834 Arthur Dill James T Quarles clerk By O B Hubbord deputy And the said Abraham Caruthers circuit Judge as aforesaid presiding as aforesaid doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter. and after putting the interogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states. And that it further appears to his satisfaction that Jonas Griffith who has signed the foregoing affidavit is a clergyman and resides in said county of Jackson and that Arthur Dill who has also signed and sworn to the above affidavit resides in Jackson and is a credible person. and that their statement is entitled to credit Ab Caruthers Judge Circt Court Tennessee Presiding in Jackson county I James t Quarles clerk of the circuit court in the County of Jackson in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Brown for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Carthage 19 September Anno Domini 1834 Jas Quarles (at the bottom side of the document) 32.077 Jeremiah Brown Tennessee I will acept six months and relinquish the balance for the present John B Forester clr c for 1780 ?? 6 mo $20 Hon J.B. Forester R R also included in the file West Tennessee 29.581 Jeremiah Brown of Jackson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Clark of the Regt commanded by Genl. Gates in the N. Carolina line for 6 months Inscribed on the roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834 Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Dec 1834 and sent to Hon J.B. Forrester H.B. Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1834 70.00 Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March'35 10.00 $80.00 Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E-2 Vol. 7 page 82