Revolutionary War Pension Application, William Brown, 1834 - Bedford Co., VA

William Brown's declaration for pension was made in Lincoln Co., MO May
1834.

State of Missouri
County of Lincoln

 On the nineteenth day of May 1834, personally appeared in open court
before the Judge of the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, now sitting
WILLIAM BROWN a resident of said county and state, aged seventy eight
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 Act
of Congress passed June 7th, 1832

That he enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United
States for the term of three years in the Spring of the year 1776,
according to the best of his recollection, in the town of Jonesborough,
now in the State of Tennessee in the company commanded by Capt. James
Robinson, that he served three years under the first enlistment, most of
which time he was engaged against the Indians, and was in eight battles
with them-that he was during that time a while under a Capt. Fane, and
was with him when he was killed by the Indians on the Tennessee River,
at the place called the Orchard Defeat - that he recollects that he was
during this enlistment under Capt. James Robinson, Capt. Fane, Col.
Christie and Col. Charles Robinson, that at the expiration of the three
years he was discharged in the aforesaid town of Jonesborough, and then
within a few days enlisted for during the war, he thinks in the company
commanded by Capt John Sevier, that he was under him a part of the time
during the last enlistment, if not at first, and a part he thinks most
of the time in the 4th Regiment commanded by Col. Campbell, or Col
Shelby, and in the 2nd or 3rd battalion, that he continued in the
service under the last enlistment four years three months and nine days,
making in all a little more than seven years- that he has no education
and can neither read nor write- that he can recollect but a few of the
officers he served under, but that he was at the battle of the Look Out
Mountain, and was then under Col. Joseph Martin and he thinks under
Capt. J Buller, that he well remembers that he was standing near and on
one side of Capt. Buller when he was killed and his brother JOSEPH BROWN
was standing on the other side, that he WM. BROWN made the litter to
carry the captain to the foot of the mountain where he was buried - that
he was at the battle of King's Mountain, and then under Capt. Sevier,
and he thinks Col. Christie but was not in the engagement, they heard
the reports of the guns and hurried on for several miles and arrived at
the foot of the mountain just as the guns cease.  That he arrived at
York Town, Virginia, about the time the town was surrendered to the
Americans and thinks he was then under Col. John Sevier, that he was
discharged at the close of the war in or near Richmond, VA, he further
states that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no
person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services,
except his brother, JOSEPH BROWN, who is a twin brother and was with him
all the time during the Revolutionary War and likewise Mrs. Mary
Thurmon, who is now absent from this county, he is informed.  That he
the said WILLIAM BROWN does not know whether he belongs to the regular
troops, state troops, militia, or volunteers.

Question by the Court:  Where and in what year were you born?

Answer:  I was born in Bedford County, Virginia, in the year 1756.

Question by same:  Have you any record of your age, and if so where is
it?

Answer:  I have no record of my age but the time of my birth was let
down in a Bible, which was burnt together with the house it was in
thirty or forty years ago, but well recollect my age from hearing it
from my mother

Question by same:  Where were you living when called into the service,
where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now
live?

Answer:  I have lived since the Revolutionary war in North Carolina, now
East Tennessee, and came to Lincoln County, MO about twenty years ago,
and left this county the 10th of May 1832, and went to the Arkansaw
Territory to reside with a son and have lately returned to Lincoln
County aforesaid to reside with Levi Brown another son, who lives in
this county.

Question by same:  How were you called into service, were you drafted,
did you volunteer, or were you a enlistante?

Answer:  I was never drafted, but enlisted voluntarily both times.

Question by same:  State some of the names of the regular officers who
were with the troops where you served, such continental and militia
regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your
service.

Answer:  Most of my services were against the Indians on the frontiers
and sometimes against the British and Tories, was in a skirmish against
and with the Tories at Ramson's Mill in S. Carolina was not marched to
Virginia till near the close of the war.  I do not recollect
particularly any officers more than I have already mentioned except Col.
Tipton, and was under him two or three tours... There were others that I
have some recollection of, but do not remember particularly when and
where I served with them, but have a distinct recollection of the battle
at Guilford Courthouse and was in the battle but am not sure who was my
captain or col.

Question by same:  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and
if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?

Answer:  I received a regular discharge at the expiration of the first
three years service given, I believe, by Col. Charles Robinson, and
another at the close of the war given by Col. John Sevier, who was
afterward Governor of Tennessee and they were both burnt with the house
they were in a few years after the war in E. Tennessee, the house was
Peter Parkerson's.  I am well aquainted with many persons in this county
having lived here for some years, and am acquainted with several
clergymen, The Rev. Mr. Bowen and the Rev. Mr. Hubbard and some others.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid in open court                         (his)
Francis Parker, Clerk                              WILLIAM  X  BROWN
                                                         (mark)

Submitted by Betty Wendell <bjwendell@earthlink.net>
A Descendant of William Brown of Bedford Co., VA.

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