Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6572, William Barber, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
Service
 Va.  

Barber, William

NUMBER
S.6572
carded
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CONTENT
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1.6.504
North Carolina 
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William Barber of Surrey in the State of N. Car. who was pvi in _____command[ed] by Captain _______of the Reg commanded by Col Rogin in the Va line for one month -
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 20 Dollars ___Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Augt: 33 and sent to In [illeg]Wright -
Rec - [illeg]  
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   40
Semi-anl. allowance ending [4 Sep?]. 10
                                                          $50

{Revolutionary Claim Act of June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nath Rice - Clerk 
Book E  Vol. 6 Page 35
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State of North Carolina} 
Surry County }

On this 2d day of January thousand eight hundred and thirty three personaly appeared before me [Josiah Cowls?] a Justice of the Peace and a member County Court of Surrey State of North Carolina William Barber aged 87 years.  Who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 , That he entered the service of the United States under the following Named Officers
and served as herein stated — 
he was drafted in the month of January in the year 1780 into the company of Virginia Militia commanded by Flemming Bates first Lieut David Bates Sergeant John  -  he served at Cabbin Point below Petersburgh, they were [illeg] into service the 16 Jan.  they were at Babbs Old Field where we joined & were commanded by Col Dix. Our object was to intercept the Traitor Arnold, who was at or near Portsmouth, we were stationed near the Dismal Swamp 2 or 3 weeks, news was brot that the Brittish were Landing at Sleepy- Hole. We raised one comp and marched across the Dismal in the night, we took up quarters & remained till my time of service was out.  this tour was for three months he served out his time & recd a Discharge from David Boles which Discharge is lost. The following Sept say year 1781 he was again drafted into the company of Virginia militia commanded by Capt Jno Forter Lieut Jon Maxey he thinks it was in the first day of Sept they rendezvoued at Bonds Ferry on Dan River. Our Col was Peter Rodgers, he thinks that General Butler commanded. were marched to York-Town here we were under the command of Gen Washington who besieged Cornwallis & took him.we had to guard  25 Torries up to Richmond. this time he was discharged at James-town by Capt Foster this tour was for three months. was on [illeg] duty six months at both tours
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Answers to questions as propounded by the Magistrate - 
1st I was born in Dinwide County Virginia May 17, 1745
2d I have no record of my age nor do I know of any 
3 I was living when called into Service in Halifax County Va. I have lived in the County of Surrey State of NC for the last 28 years. 
4th I was drafted,
5th General Washington, Mulenburgh & Butler at the siege of York-Town which was in Oct 1781
6th I did two for 3 month each signed by David Bates and Capt Fort they are both last 
7th I refer to John Angel John Wright & others for Character & he has no documentry evidence of his service nor does he know of any Person whose testamony he can confirm who can testify to his 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 any State or agency of any state or Territory
William Barber X his mark
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Howles .P.&M.C.C. 


We_______ clergyman residing  in Surry County & John Wright Citizen of said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Barber who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 87 years of age that he . reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed the day & year affirmed 
John Angel
John Wright
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No 25568 

William Barber Surry County 
North Carolina 

Admit as private 
6 m0-$20 


Jno Wright Clk Surry County 
N Carolina 
Rock Ford. C H.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
183_ 

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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of William Barber Surry County North Carolina

Period when the service was rendered. 
Draft Jan 1780 
Draft Sept. 1781 

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years__ Months 3. Days___
Years__ Months 3. Days___

Rank of the claimant
Private
“ 

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Cap Bates, Col Dix  
Cap Fortner Colonel Rogers 

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 
87 years 
Halifax County Virginia 

Proof by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary evidence. paper correct. 

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7,  1832. 

The following regulations have been adopted: 

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the State 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 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, Territory, or District of County of} ss.

On this__ day of ___of personally appeared (a) before ____A.B. A resident (b)of____ in the county of_____ and State, Territory or District of____aged (c)____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___and 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 to 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.

I  _______ of the Court of _______ do hereby
certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter 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____ 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 Revointimiry 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 a 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 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 exexpected . 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 Miltia, 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 now live? And if a substitute, for whom? 

4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? 

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 an 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 enquiry 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 down 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 me 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 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 of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age , and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the time of his recollection, he 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 three or 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, &c. 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 hs certificate in every case.

[i]  The Clerk must fix 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 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 the 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 will 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 [ ] 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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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 

3-525 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 

BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 

Washington, D. C. _______________19 
_________________________________
______________________________
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In reply to your request of_____, _______  a statement of the military history of William Barber a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 6572

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Jan 16, 1781
Sept 1781 

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos
3mos.

RANK. 
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. 
Fleming Bates 
John Fortner 
COLONEL. 
Dix
 Peter Rodgers 

STATE. 
Va

Battles engaged in,__ Siege of Yorktown 

Residence of soldier at enlistment, __Halifax Co. Va.

Date of application for pension, __Jan 2, 1833. His claim was allowed 

Residence at date of application, __Surry Co. N.C.

Age at date of application,__born May 17 1748 Dinwiddie  Co. Va. 

Remarks: ___There is no family data on file 


Respectfully, 

Commissioner,
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1915, Aug 23, History to Mrs Harry F. Noyes. 
M. B. H. 

Rev War 
6572

INVALID.
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File No. 6572

William Barber 
Priv. Rev. War
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Act June 7th, 1832

Index: --  Vol. A[U?]     Page 19  

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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August the seventh, nineteen hundred fifteen

Rev Sec   H,

Commissioner Pensions 
Washington, D.C.  

Dear Sir: Kindly furnish me with copy of the pension of of William Barber.  He was of the Virginia line her but pensioned in Surry Co. N.C. 

Also desire information of Reuben Barber of Newbern  District, N,C.

Very respectfully, 
Mrs Harry F. Noyes 
221 Jones St. East, 
Savannah, Ga.
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Will Barber

Declaration 

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And the said Magistrate does herby declare it to be his opinion after investigating the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  and the magistrate further certifies that it appeared to him that John Angel who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Surry and that John Wright who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County and is a  creditable Person and their statement is entitled to credit 
Howles  J Peace 

The Magistrate further certifies that William Barber is a very infirm cripled old man and is entirely[?]  incapacitated by Bodily infirmity & can not attend Court 
Howles J Peace

I John Wright clerk of the County Court of Surry County do certify that Josiah Cowles whose name appears to the above certificates & attestation is a magistrate of said County. Sworn as such; and that all due faith & credit should be given to his Official acts as such. Given under my hand & seal of Office this 9th day February 1833 - 
John Wright Cle