Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 270-300, William Barret, Va.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Barrett, William

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 270-300
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Va.

Barret William

B.L.Wt. 270-300- Capt.
Issued May 28, 1789-
No papers.
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LOWTHER HALL
CLINTON JONES COUNTY.
(VIA GRAY,)
GEORGIA 

March 1st, 1933

Department of Interior,
Rev. War Section
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
  May I ask that you send me the Revolutionary War
record of Captain William Barret, John Merrel or Merrell? [handwritten note in margin: "o who serv or ap Va"] and Meredith Price, all of Virginia?
  Does the Department of Interior have a Colonial
Wars Section?
Thanking you for any information, and for former
courtesies, I am

Very Truly yours,
Mary Callaway Jones
(Mrs. Frank F. Jones )
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April 12, 1933
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William Barret- B. L. Wt. #270-300.

Mrs. Frank F. Jones
Lowther Hall
Clinton (via Gray)
Georgia

Dear Madam:

  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War records of Captain William Barrett, John Merrell, and
Meredith Price, all of Virginia.
  A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no
claims for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that
War of a John Merrell (variously spelled) who served in the Virginia
Troops or who applied for pension while residing in that state, or
of a Meredith Price. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War
data furnished by this office.
  The records show that Warrant number 270 for three hundred acres
of bounty land was issued May 28, 1789 on account of the services of
William Barret, Captain of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
  There are no statements recorded in his application for the land,
because of the destruction of papers in such early bounty land claims
when the War Office was burned in 1800.
  For information in regard to the location of the land, you should
apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city, and
cite the number of the warrant, the date of issuance and the acreage.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1934.