Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11,217, John Barr, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                              NUMBER
Penn.            Barr,John        W 11,217
Hand, Patsy                      B.L.Wt.91,087-160-55
or Polly
or Martha
(Former widow)
CONTENTS
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Kentucky
John Barr
of Shelby [crossed out illegible] in the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Lee of the regiment commanded
by Col Lewis on the Pennsylvania
line for Two years, Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars [unknown symbol] Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of September 1833 and sent A. H.
Rennich Frankfort
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $200 00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 31 40.00
$240.00
 {Revolutionary Claim,}
Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by Ian Boyd    Clerk,
Book 6 Vol.1 Page 4
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26. 671.
Transfered to Pension
office by request
of the Hon. R M
Johnson.
Treasury Department
31 Augt 1833
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2084
State of Kentucky
Franklin County S. [illegible]

On this 14th day of August 1833
personally appeared before James Shannon
a Justice of the peace in for said County,
John Barr, a resident of Shelby County
Kentucky aged seventy seven years, who being
first duly sworn, according to law doth
on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of
Congress passed this 7th
of [scribbled out] [scribbled out] 
May 1828 That in the year 1777 a short time before
the battles of Brandywine & German Town,
this affiant enlisted as a regular soldier,
in the war of the revolution for and during the
war, under Captain George Lee, and
Served in said Company under Lieutenant
Hawkins & Ensign Draper, in the 3rd PennSylvania Rigment, commanded by Col-
Lewis, that some nine or ten months
Capt Lee was promoted to Major & soon
promoted to Col. that Hawkins was
made Captain [scribbled out] in the place of Lee promoted
& Draper Lieut of said Company, that some
time about sixteen months after he went into
said Lee's Company, that company was broke
up, and he was placed under the command of Captain George Porter, Lieut Massie, & Ensign Hawkins,
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still a member of the 3rd Pennsylvania
Rigment, under the command of Col
Lewis, the aforesaid, Rigment was arranged
to the Brigade commanded by Anthony
Wayne, Genl That ten days after he enlisted
as a regular soldier as aforesaid,
he was appointed a duty Sergent in said
Company and Continued to act in that
Capacity during the war, that he was
during his time of service in [crossed out] he was in the battles of German Town Brandywine
the Cow Penns, & lastly at the Surrender of
Lord Cornwallis in Oct 1781. That he
served as a Sergent in the companies aforesaid
untill the close of the war in June 1783
some year or two after the battle of
Little York, and was discharged in June
1783 by Captain Porter, with honor, having
served out faithfully his time of enlistment
his discharge he has lost or mislaid.
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension
or annuity, but the present and
declares his name is not on the Pension
roll of any agency in any of the United States
. Sworn to & subscribed the day year
aforesaid. John Barr
his x Mark
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We, James Davidson and George Robertson, resident citizens of Franklin County, Kentucky, state that they have for many years been acquainted with John Barr, who has made the foregoing affidavit in order to get the benefit of the act of Congress of 1828, and they know him to be the man he represents himself to be, and seems to us to be upwards of seventy years of age, and we think said John Barr a credible man from long acquaintance with him. 
Sworn to this 14th day of August 1833
Signed:  James Davidson, George A. Robertson

State of Kentucky
Franklin County Set.

I, James Shannon, a justice of the peace in and for said county, do hereby certify that John Barr came before me on the 14th day of August 1833, and made oath to the statements contained in the foregoing declaration, and authorized me to sign his name and made his mark.  I further certify that James Davidson and G. A. Robertson are both citizens of the county of Franklin, and that they are both persons of the first respectability and credibility and that the foregoing is their genuine signatures. 

Given under my hand this 17th day of August 1833.
Signed:  James Shannon, JP
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State of Kentucky
Franklin County

I, Alexander H. Rennick, clerk of the county court in and for said county, do hereby certify that James Shannon, whose name is signed to the preceding certificate, is now and was at the time of doing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace aforesaid county, duly commissioned as such.

 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name as clerk and affixed the seal of my said office this 17th day of August 1833.
Signed:  A. H. Rennick, C.F.C.C.
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26.671
John Barr
Franklin Co
Kentucky
from 1777 private
2 yrs $80
on Role
A. H. Rennick
Clk Franklin Co
Frankfort
Ken
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Barr
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.
1777
to
1783
5
Private
App to
duty
Regt
Capt Lee
Col Lewis
3rd Penn Regt
77
Penn
Traditionary
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.