Source: National Archives
Records from Revolutionary
Pension Applications W8384 Vol. 11
BROWN, Arabia (Elizabeth) W.8384
"13 Sept. 1832,
Garrard,
KY Arabia Brown of said county, aged 76 since 27 Nov 1831, declares he enlisted for six months in 1777 in
Bedford Co., VA, under
Capt. Charles
Watkins. The company was raised to assist the inhabitants in struggles with the Indians and consisted of fifty men. They were promised 40 shillings per month. They marched immediately to
Kentucky and arrived at Boonsborough. He was stationed there under Col. Daniel
Boone. Boone was taken prisoner by the Indians on Licking River where the thirty men were making salt, but shortly afterward got away and returned to the fort and again commanded. Brown served for eight months instead of six. He was allowed but one single pint of corn per day for three months and had to grind it himself on a hand mill. The balance of the time he had nothing furnished him but meal (probably meat), and there was nothing else to give them. He served eight months because they could not get back to
Virginia until
Squire Boone, a brother of Daniel
Boone, was dispatched to
Virginia to get more men. His captain remained in
Kentucky until the fall of the year and then returned to
Virginia and paid him and the others their wages in Continental money. He moved to
Kentucky upwards of forty yeard ago and lived in
Garrard County before it was a county, and on the same place where he now lives more than forty years."
"13 Sept. 1832.
Garrard Co., KY
Ansel Goodman of
Russell Co., KY, aged 80, declares he has known Arabia Brown since the period of his enlistment. They enlisted at the same time under
Capt. Charles
Watkins. Every fact stated by Brown up to the time
Goodman left the station to go to Blue
Licks where he was taken prisoner by the Indians."
14 Aug. 1848.
Garrard Co., KY Elizabeth (X) Brown declares she is a widow of Arabia Brown who served on the frontiers many months and likewise served some time under
Capt. Dooley and went toward
Portsmouth between nine and twelve months before Cornwallis surrendered. She was married in May 1778 and he died 13 March 1844. Her oldest child Stephen Brown was born 24 Jun 1779. After that her husband served under
Capt. Dooley who was her brother."
"Arabia Brown of
Garrard Co., KY, private in the company of
Capt. Watkins in the
Virginia line for eight months from 1777, was placed on the
Kentucky pension roll at $26.66 per annum under the Act of 1832. Certificate 4709 was issued 26 Jan 1833."
"Ellizabeth Brown of
Garrard Co., KY, widow of Arabia Brown who died 13 March 1844, private in the company of
Capt. Watkins in the
Virginia line for eight months, was placed on the Louisville,
KY roll at $26.66 per annum. Certificate 10787 under the Act of 1838 and
Joint Resolution of 23 Jan 1845, 8704 under the Acts of 1843 and 1844, and 5259 under the Act of 1848 were issued 12 Dec 1849."