Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L. Wt. 8940, Bartholomew Barry, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
PENN.

Barry, Bartholomew
Berry

NUMBER

B.L.WT 8940, issued 1793
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Record of Locations
No. 8940
Dated May 22, 1793.
Bartholamew Barry
Private Berry
Pennsylvania Line
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Certificate of David Zeigler
relative to the Military Service 
of Bartholomew Barry.

Deposited by the Hon.bl
Jeremiah Morrow
Noted on [illegible]  Nov."30th.1811.
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I do certify that Bartholomew Barry, was a soldier in the Pennsylvania Line [illegible] Revolutionary War, was after the Arrangement of the Army, transferred from Regt. to Regt. by the reduction of Regt's. assigned to the first Penn. Regt. to which I belonged. Since June 1775 then filled the first continental Regt. I being also inspector of the (illegible) Army, was particularly acquainted with said Barry and returned from S. Carolina with the Regt. to Philadelphia in July 1783 and all those returned where returned during War as (next page) as 


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as appeared from the Auditor Office in witness I have put my hand and seal - Cincinnati April 24"1809.
David Zeigler

The State of Ohio}
Hamilton County }  SS
Before me John Mahard a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared Major David Zeigler who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the foregoing statement in his handwriting is just and true.  
Sworn and subscribed}
before me the 4th day}     David Zeigler
of  May  A. D.   1809.  }       [signature]

John Mahard
[signature]
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The State of Ohio,
Hamilton County  SS:

I John S. Gano Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hamilton aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named John Mahard esquire, by whom the foregoing oath is stated to have been administered is a justice of the peace legally commissioned with and for the County aforesaid and was at the time the said oath was administered and full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all has official act as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid the fifth day of May A. D. 1809.

John S. Gano Clk.
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Memo.  April 27th, 1812 

On an accurate investigation of the claim of the named Bartholomew Barry at the Office of the Accountant of the War Department the within evidence of his military services is fully corroborated.  

It is found, however, that the name of this Claimant is sometimes written Barry and sometimes Berry, designating the same Identical Person.  It is further found by the Record of Locations of M. Barry Land made at the Treasury Department, that a Warrant to satisfy this Claim was issued and located under the number 8940 dated May 22d 1793.
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Barth. Barry - 21st Jany1811.

D.  30th Nov.

D.  ?  Feb#1812
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  I certify that all those men belonging to the Pennsylvania Line and returned with the Regt. where all returned for during the war as was specified by me, being then inspector of the [illegible] Army. Given under my hand,  Cincinnati Aug 17"1809.

David Ziegler

To whom it may concern
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Deposition of Joseph McKinney relative to the Military service of Bartholomew Barry. --

[mostly cut off writing, upside down, can make out 'seph McKinney']
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State of Ohio Green County} November 7th 1811 SS
This Day personally came Joseph McKinney before me and after being sworn as the law directs Deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Bartholomew Berry in the Continental army Captain Langs Company tenth Pennsylvania   Regiment Commanded by Col. Hampton and that the said Bartholomew Berry enlisted during the war in said Company and saith the said Berry never deserted to his knowledge. But in all things behaved himself as a trusty good soldier sworn before me [illegible] [illegible] and further Depo saith that  Iillegible] 7th1811}Joseph McKinney [signature]

The  State  of  Ohio}
Green County Ohio} I Josiah Gover clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do certify that Nimrod Haddix Esq before whom the above deposition (of Joseph McKinney) was taken and who subscribed his name thereto as a Justice of the Peace "was at that time a Justice of the Peace for the County of Green + state aforesaid Lawfully commissioned and sworn into office and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Com. Pleas afix at [illegible] this 9th day of November 1811.  

Josiah Grover
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The  State  of  Ohio  }
Montgomery County}   SS

Before me John Folkerth a` Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid personally came Dennis Loghery of Cedars Creek Warren County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven in the city of Philadelphia he saw Bartholomew Barry enlist for during the war in Captain Lang's company of the tenth Pennsylvanian regiment commanded by Colonel Hampton.  

              His
Dennis    X    Loghery
            Mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and ten.  

John Folkerth J. P. 

The  State  Of  Ohio  }  SS
Montgomery County}   
Benjamin Van Cleve clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do certify that John Folkerth before whom the above deposition was made was at the me of making the same and is now a Justice of the Peace for + within said County Ohio official acts  entitled to credit as such.  

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at  at Dayton on the fifth day of November One thousand eight hundred and ten.  

B. Van Cleve