Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9343, Joseph Billings Barrington, Penn.
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Service Penn. 
Barrington, Joseph Billings
Number W.9343
Tamar
B. L. Wt. 28504 - 160 - 55
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19.902
North Carolina 
Joseph Billings Barrington of 
Edgecomb Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Scull of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cadwalladen in the Pennsylvania line, for the term of one year from December 1775 to 16 November 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina 
at a rate of eight Dollars per month to commence on the 16th day of November 18[illegible] and sent to Clairmont Tarborough, N.C.

Arrears to 4th of March 1828 $19.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 September 1828 $48.-
[total] $77.03

{Revolutionary Claim Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820.}
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Original claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the Act of the 18th March 1818. 
State of North Carolina 
Edgecomb County [initial]
On the 29th day of February 1828, personally appeared before me Robert Joyner a Justice of the Court of Pleas and [illegible] (being a Court of Record) for the county of Edgecomb. Joseph Billings Barrington resident in said county aged about 80 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, with on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 the 1st May 1820; that he the said Joseph Billings Barrington listed, by the name of Joseph Billings, for the term of one year in the beginning of December 1775 in the Town of Reading state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Capt. Scull and was transferred to the company commanded by Cape Davenport (who deserted the company at New York) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Caderwallader in the Line of the state of Pennsylvania, on the Continental  Establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps while they were taken prisoners at Fort Washington near King's Bridge, York Island on the 11th November 1776 or about that time, inconsequence which he never [illegible] a regular discharge. That he herby relinquishes every claim whatever for a pension except the present; that his name is not in the [continued]
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roll of any state except Pennsylvania; and that the following are the reasons for not making application for a Pension, That in the year 1807 he had all his papers and among them his letters and other testimonials of his serving in the Revolutionary army destroyed by fire in the Town of Fayetteville North Carolina, subsequently he removed to Farboro, N.C. Hence eleven miles distant from Forbore in the county, where he was again so unfortunate s to have all his visible property destroyed by fire [illegible] in the year 1814, being reduced to poverty and much afflicted with disease he never [illegible] by [illegible]attention to his trade was badly able to support his family until the year 1818 when the Law allowing pensions was passed, he then resolved to make application for a Pension, but believing that he labored under peculiar difficulties having enlisted by a different name, that it was necessary to procure the testimony of some living person who would identify him, he commenced a correspondence or in other words wrote to several of his old fellow soldiers from when he received no answer, he then wrote to Post Master inquiring for them and received for answer that all the persons named by him were dead - He then determined if be possible to go personally to the State of Pennsylvania to search out some of his old comrades, but disease and the want of funds prevented him from [illegible] until the 18th April 182[illegible] - at which Time by the charitable assistance of Henry Austin Esq of Farborough he was enabled to reach Pennsylvania when after much enquiring he found but one old soldier that he recognized or that recognized him. James Houghy named who served on the same [continued]
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Regiment with this declarant, whose certificate herewith transmitted - That his declarant filed his papers in the Pension office 19th May 1827 which were returned as information - That sickness prevented him from making a regular application with the Testimony of James Houghly until this time - His reasons for enlisting by the name of Joseph Billings were as following That his indegnation was [illegible] against the British Government by the insult and oppression he was desperate to offer to the American people, his [illegible] sense of these wrongs determined him not to be inactive he will know the friendly feeling of all his [illegible two words] towards the British Government and for the American service and escape their vengeance it was necessary to cancel his last name  He was advised as to do by Col. Broadhead an acquaintance of his Father's who, was of opinion that as my Father had ben surgeon in the British Army.
that should the fortune of war place me in the power of the British Army as a Rebel I might confidently expect to graze a [illegible]at Tyburn as [illegible] by Gen,. Howe, His advice [illegible] with me and I accordingly enlisted by the name of Joseph Billings, omitting Barrington - 
And in the pursuance of the Act of the 1May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the marked states on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by fist, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property for any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my self within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain pensions [illegible] the land or naval service of the United States
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in the Revolutionary War [illegible] on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in Trust for me any property or securities or contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is enclosed in the schedule here to annexed and by as described - That since the 18th March 1818, no changes have been made in his property, that he had none then except a few articles necessary for house keeping, the same or as many and now enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed That he is not able to attend personally in court by reason of disease and bodily infirmity - 
[signed] Robt. Joyner (initial) 
[signed] Joseph Billings Barrington
Schedule
Number of my family was three myself, my wife Tamar, aged sixty years, who is much afflicted with Rheumatism complaints, at times of not able to not get on her clothes without help, and Polly Simmons, the daughter of my wife, aged thirty years, who has assisted us in our afflictions otherwise we would not have existed My trade is watches and surveying compass making having had my Tools destroyed by fire, and being incapacitated by old age and scrofulous afflictions am not able to work - The following are the only articles of property I possess 6 Delph plates, 1 Dish, one wash tub, one [illegible], 1 little pot, small skillet, 1 pine table nearly worn out, 4 old knives & forks not,1 [faded] pot, 6 Aprons, Bible, Hymn Book, [illegible two words], wooden clock, 8 [illegible]for Bellows, 4 chairs, old axe, 1 [illegible] Southern seeding hoe, 1 Pitcher [signed] Joseph Billings Barrington
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343
North Carolina 
F. Tamar Barrington, 
widow of Joseph B Barrington 
Pen"
who served in the Revolutionary war as a Corporal, Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96. dollars 00. cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 
Certificate of Pension issued 11th day of May 1853 and sent to 
Hon. J. R. J. Daniels 
Halifax C.H. 
N.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 133, Vol. A

[written 90 degrees on opposite page] 
Reg 3 Mar. '55 162844
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No 397 
Tamar Barrington 
Widow
of 
Joseph B Barrington died
Declaration for Pension 
N.C. 
Act 3 Feb 1853
$96 per annum, 
[illegible] 3 Feb 1853
Fayetteville 
Hon J. R. J Daniel 
M.C. 
Halifax, N.C.
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State of North Carolina 
County of Edgecomb
 Court of Pleas and (illegible) for said County
February Term A.D. 1853

On this the 28th day of February A.D. 1853 personally appeared in open Court at the same
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death, which was paid to her as his widow that her husband, the said Joseph B., and herself came to this County (Edgecombe) to reside in the year 1808, and that she hath rested here ever since, and the greater part of the time in the Town of Farling - that she has no family or private record of her marriage, and never had, nor is she aware of the existence of any public record of the same.
She further swears that she was a widow at the
passage of the act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for pension, and this she now makes this under the act of 3 July 1853, or of any other act or acts under which she may be entitled
Tamar Barrington
Her mark X
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written, before me as Clerk of said Court.
John Norfleet, Clerk

State of North Carolina
County of Edgecombe
I, John Norfleet, Clerk of the County of pleas
granted in and for said County, hereby certify
that the foregoing declaration of Mrs. James Barrington, subscribed and sworn to by her in open Court at the February Term 1853 of said Court, that said County is a Court of Record, and that the following is a true and perfect copy of an entry which appears in the record of county of Said City at the February term aforesaid.
(Copy 1)
Personally appear in open Court, Mrs. Tamar
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Barrington, Widow of the late Joseph Barrington of said County, a soldier of the Revolution by reputation, and subscribes and makes oath according to law to a Declaration in writing in order to "obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed the 3d of February 1853, allowing pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers -
At the same time, Coffield King and William Peel, two citizens of the County of
Edgecombe, who are personally known to the County and who are worthy of belief, come into Court and subscribe and make oath to an affidavit in writing in support of her declaration aforesaid, and in Court being personally acquainted with the said Tamar & declaring her to be worthy of belief, it is ordered that the Clerk of this County certify her formally to the Commissioner of Pensions.
In Testimony Whereof, I, the said John Norfleet, 
Clerk of aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal of Office (the seal of said Court at Office) this the 12th day of March A.D. 1853
John Norfleet, Clerk
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Copy of Marriage
and C

Joseph Barrington
to
Tamar Simmons
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State of North Carolina. Cumberland County SS
Know all men by these Presents, that we. Joseph Barrington and Samuel Manleby, are held and firmly bound unto James Turner Esquire, Governor &c or his successors in office, in the sum of Five Hundred Pounds Current Money, to be paid to the said
Governor, his successor or assigns, for the which payment well and truly to be made and
done, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors,
and Administrators jointly and severally
firmly by these presents.  Sealed with our
Seals, and dated this 6th day of June Anno
Domini 1803.
The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the above bounded Joseph
Barrington hath made application for a License
for a Marriage to be celebrated between him and Tamer Simmonds of the County aforesaid:
Now in case it shall not appear hereafter,
that there is any lawful cause or impediment
to obstruct the said Marriage, then the above
obligation to be void: otherwise to remain
in full force and virtue.
Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of Robinson Munford
Joseph Barrington, Seal
Samuel Manleby, Seal
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State of North Carolina, Cumberland County SS
I, John McLaurin, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County, North Carolina, do hereby certify the foregoing
to be a True Transcript of a Marriage Bond, Joseph Barrington to Tamer Simmons, copied from the original on file in the Office of said Court.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my
name and affix the seal of said Court at Office in Fayetteville, North Carolina, this 19th day of
February AD 1853
J McLain
Clerk
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162.844. June 8
act of March, '55
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Tamar Barrington
widow
Joseph B Barrington
corp
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May 27, '56
Rev Pensioner
No. 28504
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Widower, May 24, '56
Blyton
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John Norfleet
Farboro


Clerk John Norfleet, Apr 8, '56

Vol. B. 23,
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Declaration of Tamar Barrington, widow of Joseph B. Barrington, decd
Corporal in the War of the Revolution
affidant of widower
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Claim for County land
12.844
Presented by
John Norfleet
Farboro, North Carolina
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his office under which he obtained a pension
Certificate for thirty-six Dollars per annum, payable semi-annually at Fayetteville, N.C.
died the 11th day of May 1853, numbered
243 and Signed by R McClelland, Secretary of the Interiord, which certificate is here exhibited
She makes this declaration for the purpose
of Obtaining the County land to which she
may be entitled under the Act of March 30. 1855
Tamar Barrington
Her mark X

W. Robert H. Austin and Henry Hyman,
residents of Edgecomb County in the State of
N. Carolina, upon our oaths declare the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs. James Barrington in our presence; and that We have both lived within five miles of her for the last twenty-years and
know her to be the identical person she
the represents herself to be. At least, we know
that she is by common reputation and wife
of Joseph B. Barrington who died in this
County many years ago-- that he was by
reputation a Soldier or officer in the Revolution, and that she has not married again, and further this we have no interest whatsoever in this claim.
Henry Hyman
R.H. Austin
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The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the
Claim
L.C. Pender, J. P.

State of No Carolina
County of Edgecombe
I, William S. Pitt, Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter chain of said County, hereby certify that Louis C. Pender Esq. before whom the following Declaration and affidavits have been made, and who has certified the same by subscribing his genuine signature to the above certificate, is now & was at the time of taking said Declaration & aforesaid, a lawful acting
Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, duly sworn a Justice aforesaid. In Testimony Whereof I have hereto subscribed
& affixed my seal of office at Fsrline the 5th of June 1858
W. S. Pitt, Clerk
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Barrington,
Joseph Billings
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Revy WIDOW, & c.
File No. 9343
Tamar Barrington
Wid.
Joseph B. Barrington
Corpl. Rev. War

Act: Feb 3rd 1833
Index-Vol. A, Page 32

(Arrangement of 1870)
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Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.