FROM
JESSE BRIMER'S PENSION APPLICATION FILE of
his widow for benefits:
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1. The National
Archives Bounty Land Files – ACT of 12-160 WT 21254
VETERAN: Jesse BRIMER – 1812 – Grade PVT – SERVICE: CPT
Doherty 7th Infantry
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2. Warrant
No. 21254 – 160 Acres - WAR OF 1812 - Act of Dec 24th,
1811 and Jan 10th, 1812
WARRANTEE: William BRIMER, Son and other heirs of
Soldier: Jesse BRIMER, Private - 7th Inf
Nature of Claim: Bounty Land Single
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3. JESSE
BRIMERS HEIRS – Land Claim as a Regular Soldier dec'd. -
ILLINOIS TERY. SEPT. 15th, 1818
JESSE BRIMER'S HEIRS – No. 21254 - 7th –
Locate the land in Illinois Territory – Sept. 15th 1818
{Signature mark X} Eleanor BRIMER
Guardian
{Signature mark X} William McCARTER
{Signature mark X} Abel McCARTER
Witness Pryorheal
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4.
JAMES MONROE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COM, GREETING:
KNOW YE, That, in pursuance of the Acts
of Congress appropriating and granting Land to the late
Army of the United States, passed on and since the sixth
day of May, 1812, William BRIMER son and the other heirs
at law of Jesse BRIMER deceased, having deposited in the
General Land-Office a Warrant in their favor, numbered
21254, there is granted unto the said William BRIMER,
son and other heirs at law of Jesse BRIMER deceased –
late a private in DOHERTY'S Company, 7th Regiment
of Infantry, a certain tract of land, containing 160
acres being the South East of Section 35 – of Township
57 North- in Range 21 West – in the Tract appropriated
(by the Acts aforesaid) for Military Bounties, in the
Territory of Missouri North.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said quarter
section of Land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto
the said William BRIMER, son and the other heirs at law
of Jesse BRIMER dec'd, and to their heirs and assigns
forever as tenants in common and not as joint tenants.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused these
Letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the General
Land-Office to be affixed. Given under my hand, at the
City of Washington, this 18th day
of MAY in the Year of our Lord 1819 and of the
Independence of the United States of America the 43rd.
By the President [ Signature appearing to
be J M ]
S. MEIGS Commissioner of the General
Land-Office --- Number at bottom of page: 1948354
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5. Land
Office Copy with letter
STATE OF TENNESSEE --
Jefferson County
At a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now and holding
for the County aforesaid at the court-house in Dandridge
for said county on the second Monday fifteen of 1818,
personally appears, in open court, Elizabeth BRIMER, of
full age, resident in said county and makes oath, that
she was well acquainted with Jesse BRIMER and his wife
Eleanor; that she was not present when they were married
but she believes that they were married about 29 years
ago, that from about that time they lived together as
man and wife, that they were known and confident by
their neighbors to have been married and that the faith
was not disputed by any person within her knowledge;
that they had nine children: namely Rebecca, now
intermarried with James McDANIEL, about 28 years old;
Sally about 26 years old, now intermarried with William
McCARTER;
Nancy, about 22 years old, now intermarried with Abel
McCARTER;
Ruth, about 20 years old, now intermarried with Hezekiah
RENEAU;
Margaret, about 18 years old;
William, about 16 years old;
Sabra, about 13 years old;
Elizabeth, about 10 years old;
and John, about 8 years old,
all of them were born in lawful wedlock according to the
law of this country and belief and the reputation of
this country; that she has been informed and believes
that said Jesse BRIMER enlisted as a regular soldier and
died in the service, that he was a citizen of Jefferson
County aforementioned when he enlisted and that his
wife, who is yet a widow, has been a resident in the
same one since.
Sworn to in open Court this 15th of
Sept. 1818 for Hamilton NOBLE
Elizabeth ( X her mark ) BRIMER
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6-7:
In open court as above,
personally appears James DOHERTY, of full age, late a
Major of the 28thRegiment of Infantry of the
United States and maketh Oath, that Jesse BRIMER
enlisted as a regular Soldier of the 7th Regiment
sometime in the month of May or June 1813, from that
time for five years, and that he died while in the
service of the United States and in said enlistment at
Highwassee Garrison on the 11th day
of February 1814; that said Jesse was enlisted at
Dandridge in said Jefferson County by myself, then a
Captain of the 7th Regiment;
and that by the laws of the state of Tennessee, the
children of the said Jesse, born in lawful wedlock are
his legitimate heirs at law; and that he has reasons to
believe the statements in the preceding affidavit to be
correct and no reason to believe the contrary.
Sworn in open court this 15th of
September for Hamilton NOBLE
Jas DOHERTY { His signature }
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8. INSPECTOR
GENERALS OFFICE May
7th 1819
I certify that it appears from the muster
rolls of Captain DOHERTY'S Company, 7th Infantry,
that Jesse BRIMER, a Private of said company enlisted
June 14th 1813
for five years and died February 10th 1814
in the service of the United States.
D. PARKER
Nathaniel CUTTING, ESQ.
N4BG
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