Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,315, William L Barnard, Md.
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Service
MD

Name
Barnard, William L.

Number
S.16315

carded
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6309
Kentucky
William L Barnard
of Ohio Co in the state of Kentucky
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Mainey in the Regt commanded
by Col Griffith in the Maryland line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feb 1833 and sent to A G Hawes Ho. Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $30.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar '33 $10.00
$40.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

recorded by Jno Cromwell - Clerk
Book D Vol 9 Page 56
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William L Barnard
declaration

Admi'd
6 mo. Pri
$20
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

State of Kentucky & County of Ohio

On this 3rd day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before James M Rogers, Henry Stevens, Jonathan Rogers & Samuel Paxton the justices composing the Ohio County Court now sitting William l Barnard a resident of said county and state aged 73 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 June7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

It was in the month of June 1776 to the best of my knowledge that I William Barnard then residing in Frederick County in the state of Maryland was enlisted by William Beatty a commissioned officer in that part of the country in the troops in the service of the United States then denominated "The Flying Camp". The captains name under whom I service was Philip Maroney and the first Lieutenant was Elisha Bell under them we marched from Frederick to Philadelphia under the command of General Bell our Col was as well as I recollect was Griffth and the Lt Col was by the name of Skyrock or Shyrock from Philadelphia we went to Trenton and from thence to New York where we joined the main army. We remained sometime on York Island during which time we had several severe skirmishes one of which in the Buck
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wheat patch where we were successful from the Island we marched after the main army which had preceded us and joined them at White Plains where we expected to have had a general engagement from hence, we marched to Fishkill and crossed the North River & came thru the Jersey state. At the White Plains we had several skirmishes and continued with the army until our term of six months expired and we were then marched to Philadelphia and discharged which discharge is long since lost. And the said applicant hereby states he believes he can prove his services by James Tannehill who served with him in the same company he the said William L Barnard 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. The said applicant is 73 years of age, he removed from the state of Maryland in the year 1797 or 1798 to the County of Ohio where he has resided ever since.

Wilm L Barnard
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We the undersigned, John Phipps a clergyman residing in the County of Ohio, and William Cooper & Ladourek Davis, late of said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William L. Barnard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 73 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion the said William Cooper states that he has known the said Barnard for upwards of 52 years & that he was at the residence of his mother during the revolutionary war and then saw the widow and understood that the father of said William L. Barnard had died with a fever which it was said he caught when he went to bring his son the present applicant home from the army.
  Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

John Phipps
William Cooper
Lodowick Davis
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I James Tannehill do hereby declare that I as a soldier in the revolutionary army. That I served in the Flying Camp and in the same company with the said Barnard under Captain Philip Maroney & Elisha Bell and do declare and make know that the said Barnard is a revolutionary soldier and did perform a tour of six months as stated by him in his annexed declaration. And that I saw him at different times and places as stated in the army performing duty as a soldier and I now see him in open court sign and swear to this declaration.

Signed James Tannehill

Sworn to in open court.

Kentucky - Ohio County Court September Term 1832.

William L Barnard came into court and presented this petition and declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 and the said Barnard and other persons signing the several certificates to said declaration having sworn to the same in open court. And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigating of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary
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soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Phipps who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman of said county and that William Cooper who also signed the same is a resident of Ohio County and that they together with Lodourck Davis and James Tannehill are creditable persons and their statements as made and sworn to are entitled to credit.

James C Rogers
Jonathan Rogers
Samuel Paxton
Henry Stevens

Justices

I Charles Henderson clerk of the court of said county of Ohio the state of Kentucky do certify that the foregoing is the original declaration as presented. Sworn to in court by William L Barnard and also that the foregiong is a true copy of the order of court made at the time of the presentation of said declaration.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of September 1832 and forty-first year of the commonwealth.

Ch Henderson
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Kentucky Ohio County Set

I Mosby James presiding Justice of the County Court of said county do hereby certify that Charles Henderson whose signature is affixed to the preceding certificate is clerk of said court, duly qualified as such. That his attestation is in due form of law and that due faith & credence are due to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand & seal as presiding Justice of said court - this 2 October 1832.

Mosby James JP OC - SEAL

I William L Barnard do hereby constitute the Hon'ble Albert G Hawes & William R Griffith or either of them my attorneys or agent to procure the pension claimed with authority to use my name & act fully as my agent for the obtaining & receiving whatever may be allowed me as a pension - October 1832.

Wilm L Barnard
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Wm L Barnard

adm'd 

Hon Albert G Hawes
H.R.
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Brief in the case of William L Barnard
County of Ohio in the state of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? - In Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? - BLANK

3. How old is he? 73

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.

Period - Enlisted June 1776
Duration of Service - 6 mos.
Rank - Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - Col Griffith
Lt. Col Shyrock
Capt. Philip Maroney

In the Flying Camp of Maryland Troops

5. In what battles was he engaged? - BLANK

6. Where did he resided when he entered the service - Frederick Co Maryland

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence or by the rolls? - Traditionary evidence & by a living witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? - Not properly attached

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Chas G Wilcox - Examining Clerk
21 June 1833
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16315
INVALID

File No 16315
William L Barnard
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7, '32
Index Vol A Page 432

[Arrangement of 1870.]