Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,128, Enoch Berry, N.C.
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Service
N.C.

Berry, Enoch
Barbary

Number
W. 8,128
BLNC- 26820-160-55
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25339
West Tennessee 
Enoch Berry
of Warren Co. in the State of Tennessee 
who was a private int he comp commanded
by Captain Woods of the regt commanded
by Col. McDowell in the N Carolina
line for 6 months and 28 days

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee 
at the rate of 23 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Dec
1833 and [illegible]   gB
Forrester HN

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 5775
Semi- anl. allowance ending 4 March 1150
$ 69.30

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 73

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Letter to Pen Agent 18 April 1838, 
Same person 10.May 1838

paid at the Treasury under the act of the  6 April 1838
from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837. Agt notified 27 June 1838.
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78,900
Act March 3/53
April 18

Barbary Berry Widow of
Enoch Berry Prv

Was in the War of the Revolution
and was a [illegible]

Revolutionary War

Av:160 [illegible] 20/56

Boyd [illegible]

Harrison and Pendleton
McMinnville Tenn



[diagonally written over other entry]
No 26820 iss. May 24/56

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Ci: Harrison and Pendleton, Nov 7 /55

Vol. B.   93.
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5.265
Tennessee Pash:
Barbary Berry
widow of Enoch
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 10 
cents per annum, to commence on the
3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
13th day of June 1853.
and sent to 
Wood and Fare
Woodbury Tenn.

Recoded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 180 Vol. A
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Date of death not on
A.B.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of 3rd July 1833, 
State of Tennessee 
County of Cannon } SS
On this twenty third day of May AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me James L. Pendleton, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County and State and Chairman and Chief Justice of teh County Court of said County, (the same being a court of record) Mrs Barbary Berry, aged 77 years, a resident of Trousdale [illegible] in the County of Warren and State of Tennessee; who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following: Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1855, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Enoch Berry deceased That her said husband Enoch Berry, deceased, as a pensioner of the United States under Act of 7th June A.D. 1832, at the rate of $20= 10 per annum, which was paid to him at the agency in Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, She further states that she was married to the said Enoch Berry in Smith County, State of Tennessee, on the thirteenth day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, by one Henry McWherter, a Justice of the Peace for Smith County State of Tennessee and that her name before her said marriage was Barbary Thomson, that her husband died at his residence in Cannon County State of Tennessee, on the twenty first day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fourteen eight. That she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, and she further states that here is not a public record of her said marriage as she is informed and believes; diligent search having been
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made for the same. But that there is a private record of her marriage made and set forth in the family Bible. That she cannot file herewith her said husbands pension certificate, for the reason that it is lost or mislaid so that she cannot find it; and further she declares that she is now a widow and was on the 3rd February A.D. 1853, She further swears, that this is the first application she has made for pension under this or any other act of Congress.
She hereby appoints Wood and Fare, her true and lawful attorneys, with power of substitution, to prosecute this her claim for a pension, to [illegible] the certificate when issued, and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the [illegible]. Berbary Berry (her mark)
Witness David L Hipp
Anderson Taylor

Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Mrs Barbary Berry, and believe her to be as above stated, and that she is of the age above stated, and that I am not interested in this her claim as attorney or otherwise And further that MRs Berbary Berry, the applicant, from old age and bodily infirmity is entirely unable to attend this court in order to appear therein in open court.
Witness my hand and seal the day and date first above written. James L Pendleton Justice of the Peace and Chairman and Chief Justice of the County court of County; being a Court of Record.
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State of Tennessee 
County of Cannon } ss
On this twentieth third day of May AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths, and Chairman and Chief Justice of the County Court of Cannon County David D. Hipp a resident of Cannon County, State of Tennessee to me well known as a credible witness, and who being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath state that he is acquainted with Mrs Berbary Berry the above named applicant for a pension- that he has known her for twenty four years last past, that he has examined her family record- that he believes the same to be the genuine that it is contained in a Book purporting to be the "Holy Bible", and printed in the year AD 1834; and that the said record, as far as relates to the marriage of the said applicant and the soldier above named, and of his death is as follows and is [illegible] exact and true copy of all the entries in the said record (tow it) "Enoch Berry Married Berbara Thomson, said 2d wife November 13, 1825" "Enoch Berry, departed this life on the 21st day of September A.D. 1848. Supposed to have been in the eighty fourth year of his age" and that the said deponent is not interested in the claim. David. D. Hipp

Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written before me, and I certify that I am in no [illegible] interested.  James L Pendleton Justice of the Peace and Chairman and Chief Justice of the County Court of Cannon County, State of Tennessee the same being a Court of Record
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I will agree to the issue of a certificate to the 
within applicant for the time and [illegible] set forth in his declaration, and for the present [illegible] the [illegible].  John B. Forester
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78900
Bounty Land Claim
Act of 3rd March 1855

Harrison and Pendleton
Attorneys
McMinnville
Warren Co
Tenn
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Woodbury Tennessee
June 1st 1855,
Sir Please find enclosed the application of Mrs Berry widow of Enoch Berry, decd, for Pension. If you should find no error, and that she is entitled to Pension; you will please forward her certificate to us at this place as soon as convenient
Mrs Berrys residence is situate on the County line between Cannon & Warren Counties; yet so as to be included in Warren County
Please acknowledge the recpt of her declaration
Very Respectfully yours &c
Wood & Fare
Hon. L.P. Waldo, Comr. of Pensions, Washington D.C.
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 22, 1831
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Enoch Berry
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of twenty three Dollars and ten - Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837-
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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WOODVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
C. V. COMPTON, SUPERINTENDENT
WOODVILLE, TEXAS
12 - 20 - 36
The Veterans Administration Bureau
Revolutionary Bureau
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am not acquainted with the exact department
of governmental affairs to which I wish to write. If this letter is not addressed to the proper authority for the information I seek I would appreciate you relaying it to the proper bureau.
One of my progenitors by the name of Auguston
Berry served in the Revolutionary War from either Frederick or Rockingham Co. Virginia. He was young man born about 1760 and migrated to Allen Co., Kentuckey where he died about 1809. Do you have in the pension department any information relative to him. I believe Saffell's List of Revolutionary soldiers gives him on his list.
Enoch Berry, the father of Auguston Berry
also served in the Revolutionary War as possibly an Ensign from possibly Frederick Co., Va. Do you have any record of his services and what steps may I take to get an accurate account of his Revolutionary Record.
Abraham Compton served in the Continental
Line from Botetourt Co., Virginia. He was killed in 1779 in the Army. The Auditor Accounts state -- Compton Botetourt Co., Virginia which I believe to be Abraham Compton as in the old court records at Fincastle, County seat of Botetourt Co., Va states that Abraham Compton was killed and his widow Mary and three small children are to receive 100 pounds from the county. Do you have any information on him? His wife Mary married John Brickey and possibly she made claim for her children for a pension. They lived in Russell Co., Va and Blount Co., Tenn.
Any information you may be able to give me
on any of the above Revolutionary veterans will be very much appreciated.
Yours truly,
[signature] C.V. Compton
C. V. COMPTON

[Round seal:]
RECEIVED
Dec 23 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER #26
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State of Tennessee,
Davidson County, ss.
Be it known, That before me, Thomas S. King, - a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Enoch Berry and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical Enoch Berry named in an original certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Enoch Berry of the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Twenty three Dollars and Ten cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this Twenty seventh day of December 1833
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
That he now resides in Cannon formerly Warren County and has resided there for the space of
Nine years past; previous thereto resided in Burke County State of North
Enoch Berry
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 6 day of April 1838
Tho. S. King
Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Davidson County, Sct.
I, Thomas S. King a Justice of the Peace in the county above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz: by the oath of John C. Estes that Enoch Berry who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the Pension Certificate which he has exhibited before me, numbered 25.339 and bearing date at the War Office, the 27th day of December 1833 and signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War. Given under my hand this 6 day of April 1838
Tho. S. King Justice of the Peace.
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State of Tennessee, Davidson County
I Smith Criddle clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that Thomas S King Esq. whose name is signed to the within certificates is an acting Justice of the peace of the county & state aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified & as such full faith & credit are due & ought to be
given to his official acts
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said court at office in Nashville this 7th day of April 1838.
Smith Criddle
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State of Tennessee ⎬ SS.
County of Cannon
I Brinkley Lassiter, Clerk of the County Court of said County of Cannon, in said State do hereby certify that James E. Pendleton, Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavits and power of
attorney were made and acknowledged, and who
has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, (and Chairman & Chief Justice of the County Court of said Cannon County) and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of Cannon
County Court (a Court of Record) for the County
aforesaid this 30th day of May A.D. 1855,
B. Lassiter Clerk