Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6569, Solomon Barnes, N.C.
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(3 - 1776 )
N.C.
SERVICE n6
Barnes, Solomon
NUMBER
3.6569
carded
CONTENTS
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Mississippi. 19.833
Solomon Barnes of Madison in the State of Mississippi who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pugh of the Regt commanded by Col William in the War
line for 9 Mo

Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Sept 1833 and sent to John W. Cutohem -Present.-

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833,            75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34, 15.00
                                                                 $90.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. Palmer Clerk,
Book 16 Vol. Eight Page 66.
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Declaration by Solomon Borns in order to obtain
the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
State of Mississippi
Madison County ⎬SS.
On this 28th day of January 1833 person appeared in open Court
before Nicholas Callaham Judge of the Orphan & Probate Court
of the County aforesaid now sitting. Solomon Barnes a resident
of the County & State aforesaid aged seventy years now passed
his nearest neighbours are Zackariah Ratliff, John Ratliff
David Hailey John Austin & John Cole, 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 entered the service of the United States when he was very
young being only 17 years of age. Therefore cannot recollect with
precision many thing which have transpired that might be
important here to be declared. Besides though only 70 years of age
he is much broken in constitution and infiled in memory
and the energies of mind he once had yet he will herein 
declare the facts that have made a lasting impression on his mind
and will offer the affidavit of the Revd Henry H Hill a resident
of the said County and the affidavit of David M Fulton who
is now a citizen of this County and from his boyhood was a
near neighbor to her Turner County, State of Tennessee
and he will be able to procure the affidavits of Col Saml Gwin
& Col Anthony Shelby of Hinds County of this State who
were also his neighbours in summer Cty. Tennessee, to sustain
the true of some facts in the Declaration & their entire confident
in the veracity of him Solomon Barnes. That he was born
in the County of Barton State of North Carolina some time in
the month of December AD 1762. The record of which (which
is in his father's family Bible), he has not seen for many years
and where it now is he has no idea. In having fell into the possession
of some other member of the family. That he lived in that County
Estate untill some time in the month of December 1799 at
which time he left & removed to the County of Sumner & State of
Tennessee where he constantly resided untill November
1831 at which time he removed to this county where he has
lived ever since.
He further declares that he entered the service of the United states
late in may or early in June 1780 under the command
& in the company of Captain Frances Pugh in the County of Barter
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State of North Carolina, as a volunteer to serve for the term
of nine months which service he performed for he did not
leave the army untill late in March 1781. Shortly after joining
the service he marched in Captain Frances Pugh's company
with Charles Barber his lieutenant in the second regiment
under the command of Col John P Williams through North Carolina
into the state of South Carolina. A little while after
getting into that state they became scarce of provisions and
were compelled to carry some time at one Dougling or Looslin's
Mill waiting for supplies, after the receipt of which they marched
under the command of Genl Gates towards the enemy during
which time the army was joined by great number of light
horse men which were the only regulars except some Continental
under Col Howard, that he recollects off and indeed he is
not certain they were. He thinks however they were call, two
years men. He don't recollect who they were commanded by
the Army and He with them met the British at Camden South Carolina
about the middle of August and had with them a 
very severe battle on the 14th 15th 16th or 17th of the same month
1780, which contest terminated in our defeat, our Army
reticated. We crossed Peder River at what was then called
the White House and halted & remained some time at the hanging
Rock from this we proceeded to Salisbury North Carolina & thence
to Hillsborough where we received the standing army & done
reinforcement. we then went to Charlotte where we remained
untill late in December or early in January at this place some
time about the last of November or first of December Genl Green
took command of the Army. On leaving this place the Army
was divided, we went to Cheraw Hills where we remained untill
it was understood that the other detachment had fought & gained
Victory at the Cowpens. shortly after this battle & news we joined
with our friends the Victor & went into the State of Virginia where
we were joined with a reinforcement. We then returned to North Carolina
and about the middle of March 1781 arrived & stationed
ourselves at Guilford Court house, at which place a few days
after our arival, we had a desperate fight with the enemy but
were compelld to retreat after a severe strugle. The affiant was
not in this engagement but was a short distance off stationed
to guard the waggons & baggage. The army did not retreat for
Shortly after this battle we were marched to Orange County at
which place this affiant received his discharge from Capt Righand
and returned home. His discharge he supposes he must have lost
he has not seen it since them times. nor did he ever think it
would be of any use to him & therefore may not have taken
the care of it that he should have done. He cannot now
collect any other officers but those already mentioned,
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These are the isolated facts impress upon the mind of the offciant
declared as well as his memory served him in the form of a history
of the events & occurances of his tower of service. 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
in open court 
Solomon Bannes
William McGovern
By Samuel D Livingston Dept

We Henry H Hill a Clergyman residing in the County
of Madison & State Missippi and David M Fulton
residing in the same hear by certify that we
are well acquainted with Solomon Barnes who
has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration
that we believe him to be seventy
years of age that he is reputed & believed
in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed
in open Court William B. (illigible) 
Henry H Hill
David Fulton
By Samuel D Livingston Dept

State of Mississippi
Madison County Orphan & Probate Court Jan Term 1839
the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogation
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 Henry H Will who signed the preceding certifi
is a clergyman resident in the County aforesaid & that said
all Fulton who has also signed the same is a resident in
the same County and is a credible person and that then state
ment is entitled to credit and it further certifies that Col
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Saml Given Col A B Shelly who reside in the County
of Hendre are credible person & that there statements
are entitled to credit
N. Calliham Judge

The State of Mississippi
Madison County
I William Balfour
Clerk of the County
and Probate Court in and for the County aforesaid
do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the
Original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Soloman Barnes
for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of my said office at Livingston this
Twenty Eighth day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty three
Wm Balfourck
By Samuel D Livingston
Dept
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26.487
19.883
Solomon Barnes
Mississippi
Adm 9. Months pri
$30
John McCutcher
Washington City
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
9. September 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 show 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim

A statement, show the service of Solomon Barnes 
Period when the service was rendered: May & June 1780
Duration of the claimant's service: 9 Months 
Rank of the claimant: Priv
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Cap Pugh, Col L. P. Williams 
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service: 70 years, Berdie County (illegible) 
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditianarg 

I am respectifully, 
Your obedient servant 
J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1852.
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:
1. 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 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, Territor, or District
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
aged (.) 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 an 
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.
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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
     { To Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason the recollection, her served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:- For--year--months, and -- --days, I served as a -- --. For-- -- months and -- --days, I served as a -- --; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &e. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department with the declaration.
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6569
INVALID.
File No. 6569
Solomon  Barnes
(illegible) Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 19
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Mississippi
Henry County.
Anthony B Henley & Land
Grand of said State & County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Barnes, in Sum
in County (illegible), for many years and that he
was then considered as a man of (illegible) and
refer utility. Given under our hands this 9th
day of February in the year 1833 & 57th year of
(illegible) Independence 
H. B. (illegible)
Saml Gwin