Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,265, Joel Berry, Va.
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SERVICE
Va

Berry, Joel

NUMBER S.30,265

CONTENTS
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19.333

Kentucky

Joel Berry

of Pendleton Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Rogers of the reg't commanded by Col Lewis in the Virg'a Mil. line for 2 yrs from 1775

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of August 1833 and sent to Hon R. M. Johnson Gt + ings 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep  40-
				$200

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm L Allison Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 4

Letter to Hon. C H. Smith 3 Decr 1838.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838 Agt notified 1. July 1839

Paiad as above from 4th Sep 1842 to 28 Feby 1843 Agt Notified 25 April 1845

Dead
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Joel Berry

24040
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State of Kentucky
and Pendleton County} &amp;ct.

On this 4th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the justices of the county court of Pendleton now sitting Joel Berry a resident of the county of Pendleton and State of Kentucky aged Seventy nine 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 June 7th 1832

That he was drafted into the militia of King George County Virginia as a minute man and entered the service of the United States as a minute man some time in the early part of the year 1775 the month in the year not recollected and served as a private with the minute men when ever called on until the close of the Revolutionary war that is to say he
served by holding himself in readiness to march at a moments warning and did march as often as called on to do so. While in actual Service he was engaged in marching from one place to an other say to any place where it was apprehended that the enemy would attempt to commit any depredations

Early after he was drafted as aforesaid 

[he marched to a place on the Potomac River he thinks called Molden just below where Brents house had been burnt his company officers as recollected was Captain Parrell no other] and while his officers were [illegible] all their [illegible] to desiplin the minute men by [illegible]
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calling them together and drilling of them and teaching them camp duty his officers who was Captain Joseph Rogers and Lieutenant William Berry this declarants Brother his Ensign he does not recollect published to their men that there was wanting at the Public armory at Fredericksburgh Virginia all the men that could be had who understood how to work at any part of the arms which was necessary for the use of the troop arms being at that time very much needed and that volunteers were wanted to go there who would be considered in actual Service, and receive additional pay and that their Services would be more acceptable to the public than in the ranks as they could not fight without armes he does not recollect the number of the Regiment to which he belonged at that time nor any Colonel or Major unless Colonel Stith of Stafford commanded them He however volunteered to work at the armory and immediately in the latter end of the year 1775 went to the armory and worked at filing Gun locks and received from the public in continental money thirty six dollars per month and was not called on during his services there to perform any militia duty except when there was eminent danger when he would volunteer to go his services in the armory being by the public deemed of two much value to be interrupted as the arms was more wanted than men He remained in the armory working except when he volunteered from the time he entered there in 1775 until about the middle of the year 1779 say about four years the armory was managed or commanded principally by
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Colonel Lewis (perhaps his Christian name was Fielding but he is not certain) assisted by Alexander Dick who usually [illegible] of the honors imployed no other managers now recollected. during his stay at the armory he considered himself in the actual service of his country and did several times during his stay volunteer and go out to meet the enemy when they would ascend the Potomac River or cross the country so as to threaten the country with danger during his stay at the armory he marched as a volunteer to a place on the Potomac River called Molden just below where Brunt's house had been a short time before burnt. His captain on this occasion was named Garret no other officers now recollected. He at another time volunteered and marched to Harpers Ferry on the Potomac River to reach the enemies shipping then in the Potomac River his captain on this occasion was William Barry Brother to the declarant and the same before spoken of as Lieutenant he having in the meantime been promoted no other officers recollected He thinks that he served other [illegible] at the armory but cannot give the particulars nor name any of his officers he however served frequently during his stay but as he was closely confined when at work in the armory he recollected but little of the officer as he had nothing to do with them except when out nor does he recollect the exact length of time he served on any of the occasions that he went out
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Soon after he retired from the armory he removed
to the County of Hamshire Virginia and
resided there one year during which time
he was still held a minute man and
marched some time in the year
1780 under the command of one Captain
Brunty and one Ashbrook who was either
Lieutenant or Ensign no other officers now
recollected. he does not recollect the
precise time of this expedition but he
marched towards the head waters of the
South Branch of the Potomac river
to disperse a parcel of tories that was
said to be collected high up on the said
South branch they dispersed however
before he came up with them
he always understood and did believe
that he was in the actual service of
the United States during his stay at
the army as well as when he was in the
camp and is he is right believes
that he served at least five years and
if he is not right in that he believes
that he did serve in the camp in his
Many expeditions at least twenty four
months He having been engaged so long
and closely in the armory he does not
recollect any of the General officers
who passed and repassed through the
State of Virginia but he does recollect
the have seen General Washington and to
either to have seen or heard of Generals
Lafayette Steuben Gates, Green Stevens
and Ennis but never was as he recollect
with any of them or does he recollects with any of them nor does he recollect the number of any of Regiments in which
he served he never received any discharge
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in writing but was as was then common discharged by word of mouth from the Captain he was not in any battle during all his service He was born some time in the year 1754 in the County of King George and State of Virginia which then run up the Rapahanack  River above Fredericksburgh but on the opposite side and lived in King George until he moved up the country as before stated say until 1780 and remained one year where he then moved and then moved to Frederick County Virginia and remained there about two or three years and then removed to Mason County Kentucky where he resided about fifteen or twenty years when he removed to Pendleton county State of Kentucky where he has resided ever since and does now reside say about 25 or 30 years in Pendleton County There was a record of his age in an old family bible of his Fathers in Virginia but he does not know what has become of it he has not seen it for thirty or forty years and thinks it is lost as he left it at his Fathers in Virginia which is the reason he cannot say what day or month he was born he not recollecting any thing except the year He has no record evidence of his Services nor does he know of any living person that
has any knowledge of his Services by whom
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by whom he can prove them they having all died or removed to parts unknown to this declarant and refers to the certificate below.
The best evidence he can at this time offer

he 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 }

Joel Berry

We Andrew M. Keith a Clergyman residing in the county of Pendleton and State of Kentucky and George McLaughlin & Braxton Pollard
residing in the same county and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Berry who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy nine years old; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
And M Keith
Braxton Pollard

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Andrew M. Keith who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the county of Pendleton and State of Kentucky and that George McLaughlin Braxton Pollard
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who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Pendleton and State of Kentucky and is a credible person and that their statement is intitled to credit

State of Kentucky
Pendleton County } &ct.

I, W. C. Kennett, Clerk of the Court of the County of Pendleton, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joel Berry for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set set my hand and seal of Office, this fifth day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

W. C. Kennett, Clk.

[PAPER SEAL AFFIXED]
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Forward any communication in relation to the within application of the certificate of pension to Will. H. N. Drake at Falmouth Pendleton county Kentucky and he will attend to it

[PERPENDICULAR]
Joel Berry
24040
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office,
May 8 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Joel Berry Pendleton County Kentucky

Period when the service was rendered
draft 1775

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
Days.
time not stated

Rank of the claimant.
Minute Man

Names and rank of the Filed officers under whom he served.
Capt. Rogers
Col Stith
Col Lewis

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
79 years
King George County Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary Evidence 
papers not Authenticated

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[HANDWRITTEN IN MARGINS PERPENDICULAR TO PRINTED TEXT]
Joel Berry
from 1776 private 2 yrs $80
W. H. N. Drake 
Falmouth, Ken

[PRINTED FORM]

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State Territory, or District of County of      } ss.

On this     day of      personally appeared (a) before        

A.B. a resident (b) of      in the county of      and State, Territory or District of       aged (c)      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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)      , with       and served in the       (e) regiment of the       line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. > This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I                 of the Court of             do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of         for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of            & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the         and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with         , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be      years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the       and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the            and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I,              Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of           for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this        day of      & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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State of Kentucky
Pendleton County } &ct

On this first day of July 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justice of the county county court of Pendleton Joel Berry a resident of the County of Pendleton and State of Kentucky aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth for the purpose of of amending his declaration made before this court on the 4th day of March 1833 and which declaration has been on to the war department and returned for amendment deposeth and Saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot positively swear as to the precise length of his services; but according to the best of his recollection he service not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: In the year 1775 he was drafted in the Militia of Virginia as a minute man and served as such in camp and as a private in the year 1776 three months under the command of Capt Garrett and a short time stationed at Molden in Virginia on the Potomac River In the year 1777 he served as aforesaid three months under the command of Captain William Berry (brother to this declarant) and a part of the time stationed at Howes ferry on the Potomac River Virginia in the year 1778 he served as aforesaid and under the same Captain three months does not recollect any station In the
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year 1779 he served as aforesaid and under the Same Captain three months and was stationed at King George Court house to guard prisoners of war In the year 1780 he served six months and was under the command of Captain Brunty  and one Ashbrook who was either Lieutenant or Ensign he marched this time [CROSSED OUT&gt; under the command &lt;] in pursuit of some tories said to be collecting high up on the south branch of the Potomac River and was stationed some time at a Blakes Mill in Hamshire County Virginia to keep the tories and In the year 1781 he served six months under the command of Captain Davis and Capt. Redman no other officer recollected and was stationed at Winchester Virginia to guard prisoner of war in all of the above Service he was a private Soldier and in all that he can now state two years in camp regularly called out and in actual service in the Revolutionary army. But in addition to the above Service in camp he was in the latter part of the year 1775 and soon after he was drafted as a minute man detailed with his own consent as an artizen to work in the public armory at Fredericksburgh State of Virginia and did go there and work at filing or making gun locks for the use of the army in said year four months and in the year 1776 he worked as aforesaid and at same place nine months and in the year 1777 he worked as aforesaid and at same place nine month and in the year 1778 he served as aforesaid and at the same place nine months and in the year 1779 he served as aforesaid and at the same place six months so that it will be seen that he served in the armory as an artizen and in the action service of his country three years and one month and two years in camp making in all five years and one month while at the armory he received thirty dollars per month in continental money and was commanded by
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Colonel Lewis at the armory and in camp he does not distinctly recollect but think he was commanded by Colonel Stith The above statement together with the statement of his original declaration is all that he can now recollect owing to his age and consequent loss of his memory as before stated and for such services as the aforesaid I the said Joel Berry claim a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }

Joel Berry

State of Kentucky
Pendleton County } &ct.

I, W.C. Kennett, Clerk of the Court of the County of Pendleton do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application (by an amended declaration) of Joel Berry for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of July A.D. 1833.

W. C. Kennett, Clk.

[PAPER SEAL AFFIXED]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 6th 1845.

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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the Daughter of Joel Berry, dec'd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars [CROSSED OUT> and Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1842, to the 28th Feby 1843.

Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris

Comptroller.
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May 1, 1933
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Mrs. J. Frank Brown
6253 Van Buren Street
Hammond, Indiana

Joel Berry-S.30265
BA-J/AWF OM

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joel Berry.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.30265,
based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joel Berry.

He was born in the year 1754 in King George County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not stated.

Joel Berry, while residing in said King George County, served from in 1775 as private at various times in the Virginia troops, under Captains Joseph Rogers, Garrett, William Berry (soldier's brother), Colonel Stith. He also served at various times in the Armory at Fredericksburg, Virginia, under Colonel Fielding Lewis, served until in 1780, when he moved to Hampshire County, Virginia, and served under Captain Brunty and Captain Davis. He served in all five years and one month.

He moved from Hampshire County, Virginia to Frederick County, Virginia and lived two or three years and moved to Mason County, Kentucky, lived fifteen or twenty years, and then moved to Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Joel Berry was allowed pension on his applica-
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[applica]tion executed March 4, 1833, then a resident of Pendleton County, Kentucky.

In 1838 the soldier, Joel Berry, had moved to the state of Indiana. He died February 28, 1843, leaving a daughter, her name is not given. The name of his wife is not shown and there is no other reference to children.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[applica]tion executed March 4, 1833, then a resident of Pendleton County, Kentucky.

In 1838 the soldier, Joel Berry, had moved to the state of Indiana. He died February 28, 1843, leaving a daughter, her name is not given. The name of his wife is not shown and there is no other reference to children.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Fee O A Smith 

J L Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
Washington

[STAMP]
WASHINGTON CITY D.C.
DEC 2

[PERPENDICULAR]
Senate
JW Evans
Dec 3.

Hon O A Smith
Senate US
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Washington City
2d Decr 1838.

Sir

Joel Berry of the State of Ky a private in the Army of the Revolution whose certificate bears date on the 26th of Augt 1833, and who had been paid at the Agency at Lexington Ky. has removed to Indiana, and wishes his name transferred for pt. to an Indiana Agency. Will you please forward to me such blanks as will enable the old Soldier to have the desired Change

Respectfully
O H. Smith

L Edwards Esq }
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Falmouth Ky. July 4th 1833

Sir

The amendment required to the declaration of Joel Berry has been made in open court supposing that the defect intimated in relation to the authentication of the original paper would thereby be cured I now presume that all the requisitions of the department has been complyed with, the printed letter forwarded by you I cut so as to retain a portion of instructions which I believed would be usefull to me without any inconvenience to you as I send the statement made out at the department The applicant has now stated possitively that he served two years in camp and has given some of the incidents which occured in the time of his service His memory I know to have much failed him and I am confident that he would not for any consideration make a statement of any kind unless he was sure that it was correct his caracter is to fair and unblemished to do so As he is poor and cannot according to present appearances
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live long to enjoy the bounty of his country it would be doing him a kindness to dispatch his case as soon as possible. I know the labour of your office must be great but trust you will give as early attention to Mr Berrys case as your duties will permitt His service in the armory I think should be taken in to the general service of said Berry as he was then engaged for the Public Any communication in relation to the above address me as before Yours with respect.

J. L. Edwards
W. H. N. Drake

[UPSIDE DOWN]
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 19th 1839.

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," Joel Berry a Pensioner on the Roll of the Lexington, Ken: Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars [CROSSED OUT> and   Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1838, to the 4th Sept. 1838.

Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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30265

Revy INVALID/

File No. 30,265

Joel Berry
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 32

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1913 Mch. 11 Hist to Mr. E. H. Edwards. V.L.M.

1913 June 10 Hist to Mrs. Daisy E. Long.

1917 Mch. 28 Hist to Martha B. Kimble

1925 Apl. 16 Hist to Blanche M. Ellis amf

1933 May 1 hist to Mrs. J. Frank Brown amf
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aws

Rev. and 1812 War Section.

April 16, 1925.

Blanche M. Ellis
Waynetown,
Ind.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30265, it appears that Joel Berry was born in 1754 in King George County, Virginia.

While residing in said county in 1775 he was a Minute Man and served as private at various times under Captains Joseph Rogers, Garrett, Brunty, Davis and William Berry (soldier's brother) and Colonel Stith in the Virginia Troops, he also served at various times as artisan in the Public Armory at Fredericksburg, Virginia, under Colonel Fielding Lewis; he served until in 1780, amounting in all to five years and one month.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-

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[exe]cuted March 4, 1833, while a resident of Pendleton County, Kentucky.

In 1838 it is stated that soldier had moved to the state of Indiana.

He died February 28, 1843.

A daughter was alive in 1843, her name is not given, nor is the name of soldier's wife on record.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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RECORD DIVISION.
S. F. 30.265

3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,......, 19...

In reply to your request of....., received.....for a statement of the military history of Joel Berry a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1775

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Served at Various times 5 yrs. and 1 mo. in all

RANK.
Minute-Man + Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Joseph Rogers, Garrett, Wm Berry*, Brunty, Davis
Also served as an Artisan in the Public Armory at Fredericksburg Va under Col. Lewis

COLONEL.
Stith

STATE.
Va.

*his brother

Battles engaged in,

Residence of soldier at enlistment, King Georges Co. Va.

Date of application for pension, Mch 4, 1833 His cl. al

Residence at date of application, Pendleton Co. Ky. Co.

Age at date of application, b in King George Co. Va. in 1754

Remarks: A daughter was alive in 1843 no name is Stated
In 1838 it is stated that Soldier had removed to the State of Indiana

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-2856
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, April 17, 1933
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IN REPLY TO:
BA-J/EEL

[VET. ADMIN. SEAL]

Mrs. J. Frank Brown
6253 Van Buren Street
Hammond, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joel Berry.

Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension based upon military services of soldiers of those wars.

The data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records: as a means of identifying the particular record in which you are interested, should it be on file, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, given name of widow and war in which the soldier served.

It will expedite the matter if you will return this letter with your reply.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Hammond Ind
April 24-'83

Dept Revolutionary Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

I am unable to furnish date of birth of Joel Berry. He was born in Virginia. After the war some time, he moved to Kentucky, and afterwards to Rushville Ind. where he died. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Virginia and a pensioner. He served four enlistments and in one of them his captian was his Father William Berry. The record of Wm Berry would serve my purpose as well.

Very truly yours-

Mrs J. Frank Brown
6253 Van Buren St
Hammond Ind.
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Waynetown Ind.
Feb. 28 - 25 

Commissioner of Pension-

I have been trying to get the Revolutionary War record of Joel Berry of Virginia. He drew a pension and at one time his father was his Captain.

The record has been obtained one time but I have been turned down both by the War and pension Dept.

Would be pleased to receive any information.

yours Resp

Blanche M. Ellis

[STAMP]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
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Brookville. Indiana
March 22-1917.

Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D. C.

To whom it May Concern:

Some time ago I wrote you concerning one Joel Berry, Revolutionary soldier. The letter must have failed to reach you since
I have heard nothing from it.

Joel Berry lived in Rush Co. Ind. and drew his pension at Brookville, Ind. for several years either before or after 1840. It is known that
he received his pension in in Rush Co. in the year 1840. Whether he was transferred to Rush Co, prior to or after the above date, is not known. He died not long after 1844, but no record can be found of the exact date

The Regent of the D.A.R. of Rushville Ind. was influential in securing markers for the graves of the

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Revolutionary soldiers of Rush Co. Ind. and Joel Berry received a marker.

The records of both the pension and marker should be found in your department.

I am very anxious to secure this information to prove my eligibility to membership in the D.A.R.

Trusting that I may hear from you at your earliest convenience, and thanking you,

I am,

Yours very truly,

Martha B. Kimble.

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Brookville, Ind,
Mar. 11, 1917.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

To whom it may concern.

Would you please look up the record of one Joel Berry, Revolutionary soldier, who lived in Rush Co. Ind, after the war and drew his pension at Brookville, Franklin Co, Ind.

The County Recorder was unable to find the records, they having been misplaced or destroyed. However I have

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the testimony of the granddaughter of the old soldier, that he came to Brookville several years to get his pension. Unfortunately I am not able to give you any dates.

A few years ago the D.A.R. of Rushville Ind sent to Washington for markers to put at the graves of their Revolutionary soldiers and Joel Berry received one. There should be a record of this in your department.

I hope it will be possible to find the desired information.

Trusting that I may hear favorably from you at an early date, 

I am very truly yours,

Martha B. Kimble
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Rev. 1 CMH.

Brookville, Ind.
Mar. 13 - 1917

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

To Whom it May Concern:

The Regent of the D.A.R. of Rushville. Ind, was able to find that Joel Berry, Revolutionary soldier, of whom I wrote you a few days ago, drew his pension in Rush Co. Ind. in 1840. Whether it was previous to this date that
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he came to Brookville Ind. for his pension, or afterward, I am not able to say; or whether he was transferred to Rush Co. Ind. in the above year, is not known.

He was still living in 1844, but it is thought he died not long after this date.

Trusting that this bit of information will help a little.

I am,

Very truly yours,
Martha B. Kimble.
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Crawfordsville, Ind. 5/31/13-

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Will you kindly give me the military record of Joel Berry, of Virginia, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, and oblige,

Yours Respectfully
(Mrs.) Daisy E. Long
1103 W. Market St.
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J. J.BIRDCELL, PRESIDENT
BENTON SWITZER, VICE PRESIDENT

INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY $400,000."
DIRECTORS
J. S. Zuck, GEO. W. BRATTON, OLIVER SCHENCK, JAMES CLORE, W. E. ETTER

E. H. EDWARDS, CARHIER
J. J. BIRDCELL, ASS'T CASHIER

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000.00
WAYNETOWN, INDIANA. 

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February 27 1913

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you please send me a certificate of the military service of Joel Berry who was a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia and a pensioner.

Yours truly

E. H. Edwards