Revolutionary War Pension Application, Joseph Brown, 1833 - Bedford Co., VA (Pension File # S17291) State of Missouri County of Lincoln On the 8th day of May A.D. 1833 heard in open court before the Justice of the Lincoln County Court in the State of Missouri, now sitting it being a Court of Record, JOSEPH BROWN a resident of said County of Lincoln and State aforesaid aged seventy six years, in his 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 Jun 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. Fame. 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 with 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 of the time in the 4th Regiment commanded by Co. Compbell or Col Shelby. That he continued in the service under the last enlistment four years and some 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 Lookout Mountain, and was then under Co. Martin and he thinks under Capt. Isaac Buller, that he well remembers that he was standing near Capt. Buller when he was killed. That he was in the battle of Kings Mountain and then under Capt. Sevier, and he believes Col. Christie, that he arrived at York Town just as the town was surrendered to the Americans and thinks he was then under Col. Shelby or Col. John Sevier. That he was discharged at the close of the war in or near Richmond, Virginia. 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 service, that he has a brother WILLIAM BROWN, who was with him all the time during the Revolutionary War, but that said WILLIAM is now living somewhere in the Arkansaw Territory, but he knows not where. That he the said JOSEPH does not know whether he belonged 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, VA 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 set down in a Bible, which was burned with the house it was in thirty or forty years ago, but I will recollect hearing my mother say that I was born the year after Braddock's War. Question by Court: Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer: I was living when called into service in what is now East Tennessee to which place I returned after the war and reside there several years and have since lived in North Carolina, Arkansaw and came to Lincoln County, MO eight or nine years ago where I now reside. Question by Court: How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? Answer: I was never drafted, but enlisted voluntarily both times. Question by the Court: State the names of some 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 Tories, was in one skirmish against and with the Tories at Ramson's Mill in S. Carolina. Was not marched to VA till near the close of the war. I do not recollect particularly any officers more than I have already mentioned except Co. Tipton, and was under him two or three tours, and was likewise with the battle at Guilford Courthouse. Question by Court: 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 by Col. Robinson, and another at the close of the war given by John Sevier, who was afterward Governor of Tennessee, and they both burnt with the house they were in a few years after the war, the house was Peter Parkerson's in East Tennessee. Question by the Court: State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. Answer: I am well acquainted with but few persons in this state, being poor, illiterate, and infirm, I but seldom go from my nephew's Levi Brown's where I make my home. I am not well acquainted with any clergymen in the state as no one lives within several miles of my home, but I am some acquainted with Col. Besser one of the members of this Court and many 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 and subscribed in open Court, (his) this 8th day of May A.D. 1833 JOSEPH X BROWN Francis Parker, Clerk (mark) John Robinson, Richard H. Woof, and J. Tritten residing in the County of Lincoln, MO, hereby certify that we have been several years acquainted with JOSEPH BROWN who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that his is .........?(end of document) Submitted by Betty Wendell A Descendant of William Brown,twin brother of Joseph Brown of Bedford Co., VA. **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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