Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45240, Robert Barnse, Continental Penn.
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Continental
Penn.
CONTENTS
Barnse, Robert
NUMBER
S. 45240
CONTENTS
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8744
Ohio
Robert Barnse
of Champaign Co in the state of Ohio
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Hand of the Pennsyl
line, for the term of one year
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 15 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 of April '19
and sent to Judge McBeth
Urbana, Champaign Co. Ohio
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 9 mos 21/31 77.41
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819. 48.-
$125.41
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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State of Ohio
Champaign County Ss
Personally appeared before me Alexander
McBeth of Urbana Township one of the associate Judges of the
Court of common pleas of the County of Champaign in the
State of Ohio Robert Barnse who upon his solemn oath according
to law deposeth and saith that he did faithfully serve
in the capacity of a private soldier one of
full year at one
period of the American revolutionary War. That he the said Robert Barnse did on the Twenty fourth day of June
in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred Seventy
five Enlist for and during the term of one year as a private
Soldier in Captain Dowdells rifle company at the Town of
Little York in Pensylvania. That said rifle company join
the first regiment belonging to the Pennsylvania line
commanded by Colonel Hand, and the aforesaid Robert
Barnse further saith. That he faithfully served as a private Soldier in said rifle Company under the command of the
afo Capt Dowdell until he the afo. Capt Dowdell degraded himself by absconding from his company during the
first Skirmish the afo rifle company had with the British
near to Boston Massachusetts and the said Robert Barnse further
saith that Captain Miller was then appointed to the
command of the aforesaid rifle company and that he the said
Robert Barnse remained faithfully to serve in the afo rifle
company under the command of Capt Miller during the full
Term of his enlistment until he was honourably discharged
at Long Island some time in the month of July in the year of
our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy six which said
discharge he has since lost by time and accident and the sd
Robert Barnse further saith that he is a resident of the Township of Jackson in the County of Champaign and State of
Ohio and is Seventy four years of age and from his reduced circumstances in life needs the assistance of his
country for support.

Robert Barnse X his mark

Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 15th day of May A.D. 1818
Alexander McBeth a Judge
Ass. Judge
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The State of Ohio Champaign County
I, Samuel Gibbs, clerk of the court of Common please of the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that Alexander M. Bett, Esquire, before whom the within deposition of Robert Barnse appears to have been taken is, and was at the time of taking the former, an associate judge of the court a foresaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and to all his official acts as such full faith and credit are due In testimony whereof I have hereto set and my hand and affixed the seal of our said court, as of Urbarra, this nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Samuel Gibbs, Clk


Robert Barnse
Deposition
15 May 1989 - private
Harding Pennsylvania
June 15 One year
Warranted the judges certificate of the reduced circumstances of the claimante
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Robert Barnse
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I do certify that I am well satisfied that the within named Robert Barnse did serve in the American Revolutionary War against the common enemy of the United States and from his XXX deplorable situation having been confined in a recumbent position for three years past with a sore left and rheumatism together with his reduced circumstances in life I do believe he is justly entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress approved March the 18th 1818 XXX an act to provide XXX persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.
Given under my name the 15th of May 1818
Alexander McBeth
afso Judge
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Champaign Co. State of Ohio 7th of May 1819.
   I do certify that the within names Robert Barnse died about one month after I had taken his deposition for a pension.
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Alexr McBeth
Associate Judge

Payable semi-annually, The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th September next, Chilicothe, at the U.S. Branch Bank.
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War Department.

Revolutionary Claim.

    I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,

Robert Barnse late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 15th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen hundred and nineteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this first day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
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45240
Rev INVALID
File No. 45240
Robert Barnse
Priv Rev War

Act: 18 March 1818
Index:-Col. 3, Page 25

{Arrangement of 1870}