Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 546, Philip Barnhart, Penn.
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[notecard]
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SERVICE
Penn.
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Barnhart, Philip
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NUMBER
R.546
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State of Pennsylvania
Centre County

On this 21st day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Aug.(?) Barnside, and his associate judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Centre in the state of Pennsylvania, Philip Barnhart, a resident of Boggs Township, Centre County, state of Pennsylvania, aged seventy-five years, who being 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 on the seventh day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

That he entered the service in the month of August A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six under the following named officers and served as within stated.  He volunteered in Captain Prentyman's (?) company of which Benjamin Brooks was lieutenant under Col. Potto and Lieut. Col. Autis in Montgomery County in the state of Pennsylvania, and marched to Philadelphia and from thence to Trenton in New Jersey, from thence we marched to New Brunswick and to Amboy, where we remained till we were discharged. In this tour I served two months.  

In the month of October A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven I was drafted in the militia under the command of Captain Loyer, Col. Fred Autis in General  Ivin's(?) brigade.  This tour occupied two months making four months service in both tours.

That he has no documentary evidence of his services and never had a written discharge and has no knowledge of any persons now living whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services.  And I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  

Questions by the court.

1st.  When and in what year were you born?
Ans.  I was born on the 24th day of July A.D. one thousand seven hundred and fifty-six in Montgomery County, state of Pennsylvania, when he was born it was Philadelphia County (afterwards Montgomery).

2nd.  Have you any record of your age and where is it?
Ans.  I have a record -here it is (record exhibited to the court).
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3rd.  Where were you living when called into service and where have you lived since, and where do you live now?
Ans.  In Limerick Township, Montgomery County, state of Pennsylvania.  I moved from Montgomery County about forty-one years ago.  I lived several years in Lycoming County, state of Pennsylvania.  From there I moved to Howard Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.  Howard Township has since been divided and the part I live in is now called Boggs.

4th.  How were you called into service, were you drafted, or a volunteer?  Were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Ans.  The first tour I volunteered.  The second tour I was drafted in the militia. 

5th.  State the names of some of the regular officers with the troops where you were, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans.  I do not recollect the names of any of the regular officers.  When at Philadelphia we were annexed to the (illegible) under the command of General Washington.  We were formed in line near to Philadelphia expecting an engagement, a short time after the battle of Germantown, but the engagement did not come on.  Although in no engagement he had much hard and severe service.  The officers under whom I marched are given in the body of the above declaration.

6th.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans.  We were discharged and permitted to go home but have no written discharge.

7th.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can certify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
Ans.  William Pettit, Esquire, a justice of the peace and registrar and recorder of Centre County and James Crawford, Esquire, a justice of the peace of the district in which I live, know me well and can give the requisite certificates.
Signed:  Philip (his X mark) Barnhart

Sworn and subscribed in open court this twenty-eight day of Jan. A.D. 1833.
Signed:  Jan. Gilleland, Prothy.
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No 24094
Philip Barnhart
Centre Co - Pennsylvania
546

Rejected
Did not serve 6 months
See let. 13 May 1843

James Gilliland Clk
Centre Co
Pennsylvania
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[upper right corner - handwritten]
M.E. E.
copied from CC of A.W.

[typewritten letter]
Rev. & 1812
Wars Section

June 13, 1928

Cora E. Mitchell
549 Lincoln Ave.
Toledo, Ohio

Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War Pension Claim R. 546 it appears that Philip Barnhart was born July 24, 1767 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in August, 1776, served two months as a private in Captain Prutsman's Company, Colonel Potts' Pennsylvania Regiment. In October, 1777 he enlisted and served two months as a private in Captain Joyce's Company, Colonel Frederick Antis' Pennsylvania Regiment.
There are no data on file regarding his family.
He applied for pension January 28, 1833, while a resident of Boggs Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. His claim was not allowed as he claimed only four months service and the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, under which he applied for pension required that six months military service should have been performed.
The history herewith furnished you is that of the only Revolutionary War soldier named Philip Barnhart. Said records fail to afford any
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information in regard to Ensign John McGee as described by you, or to any Colonel John Henry Antis.

Respectfully, 

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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[letterhead]
Form No. 275.
Office of 
The Western Union Telegraph Company
(incorporated)

[handwritten letter]

Omaha, Neb. April 5th 1905

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

[stamped] Apr 8 1905

Dear Sir: - 
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension papers of the Revolutionary soldier Philip Barnhart (my grandfather's grandfather) who was pensioned by an act of the legislature in 1833 for use in making out papers for admission to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
He was from the State of Pennsylvania (Center Co. I think)
Thanking you in advance
I am very truly yours, 
Iona Barnhart,
3416 Hawthorne Ave.

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office A Apr 7 1905
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[stamped] U.S. Pension Office C Jul 19 1900
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July 18, 1900

NKW (monogram stamp)

[stamped] O.W. & N. Division Jul 21, 1900 Received

The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions -

Sir -
I wish to inquire into the record of Philip Barnhart (private) who fought in the Revolutionary War for seven years I believe - afterwards drawing a pension
His birth place was
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1014 Ridge Ave.
Allegheny City
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Germany. but he joined a Pennsylvania regiment and spent the remainder of his life in this state so far as I know.
Will you kindly forward papers proving his identity and charge the cost of the same to me?
Respectfully
Nellie Rose Wheeler (Mrs C.V. Wheeler)
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[stamped] U.S. Dept War & Navy May 6 1905
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Omaha Neb May 2d 1905
Mr V Warner, Commissioner Pensions

Dear Sir
Referring to correspondence with Iona Barnhart relative to matter of pension of Philip Barnhart.
The information we have relative to his Revolutionary service shows that he enlisted three times during the Revolutionary war and that he was pensioned - together with many others - under an act of the Legislature of 1833. This information is contained in a letter from the said Philip Barnharts' grandson, who states that he has personal knowledge of this fact having "seen him draw his money on his pension papers." You show that his application of Jany 28th 1833 was rejected account shortness of service; was there not another filed later that was granted.-
Hope you will excuse our persistence in this matter; we are anxious to get all the information possible covering it.-
Very respectfully
J.P. Barnhart
3415 Hawthorne Ave 

[stamped] U.S. Pension Office A May 5 1905
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Dec 31st 1905
4919 South Atlantic Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Honorable Secretary of the Department of the Interior;
Washington, D.C.

Sir:-
I beg to request the usual copy of the records of the Department in the matter of the Revolutionary War services of Philip Barnhart, a soldier of the Pennsylvania Line who was present in the battles of Valley Forge, Brandywine
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and Germantown.-
It is not known what company or regiment he belonged to but he was a Pennsylvania State pensioner under the Act of 6th April 1833 - see Journals of Penna. House of Representatives 1831-2&3 and Laws of Penna p 1832&3 page 185.-
Phillip Barnhart enlisted twice and was once drafted. 
He died in 1843.-
He lived after the war at Trapp, Montgomery C0. Penna. and later in Jersey Shore, Pa and the Bald Eagle Valley Pa.
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It is not known the he received a pension from the U.S. Government but I would like to have this reported upon.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy I remain
Respectfully
Nellie Rose Wheeler
4919 So. Atlantic Av.
Pittsburgh Pa
(Mrs. C.V. Wheeler)