Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,533, Lewis Barrett, Va.
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SERVICE Va

Barrett, Lewis

NUMBER S.31533

CONTENTS
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12.257

Georgia

Lewis Barrett
of Wikes [Wilkes] in the State of Geo: who was a pr: in the [BLANK] commanded by Captain Dabner of the Regt commanded by Col: Meredith in the Va line for 6 months -

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cants per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of April 1833 and sent to Andrews & Chandler, Washington - Geo

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833    40 -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep   10
I				                          50 -

[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book # Vol. 6 Page 86
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State of Georgia
County of Wilkes }

Personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Inferior court for said county now sitting for ordinary purposes Lewis Barrett a resident of said county and State aged eighty years the seventh day of last June 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 the seventh [CROSSED OUT: of June.] eighteen hundred & thirty two. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated, to wit, under the command of Col Meredith, Col. Charles Dabney & Captain James Dabney that Col. Meredith took the chief command that they all resided then in the state of Virginia Col Dabney (& as he thinks Col. Meredith also) resided in Hanover county and that Capt Dabney resided in the county of Louisa in said state. That he entered the service in the  year seventeen hundred & seventy six (& as he thinks early in the Spring of that year) and that he continued
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in such service for six months and was discharged, to the best of his recollection, in the fall of that year.

That at the time he entered the service he was a resident of the State of Virginia & county of Hanover. That he volunteered to six months as "a minute man" according to the name given to the service. That he marched from Hanover county to Hampton in the State of Virginia when his service was rendered - guarding the citizens and their property near the Hampton roads from predatory incursions by the British enemy where Dunmore, the [CROSSED OUT: for] same man of Virginia had committed many depredations. That he has no recollection of having any connection with any continental troops or officers during his service. That he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can certify to his service.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state

Sworn to in open Court this 5 Sepr 1832

Lewis Barrett

Attest 

J H Dyson C Com
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Questions propounded by the court to the applicant.

1st Where & in what year were you born
Ansr In Hanover County State of Virginia on the seventh of June seventeen hundred and fifty two as reported to & handed down to me by my [CROSSED OUT: father] parents

2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ansr I have no record of my age but have the [CROSSED OUT: part] time of my birth age only by reputation, as above.

3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live?
Ansr I lived in Hanover country when called into service. When I came from the service I remained in Hanover county a few years, then removed to Louisa county, in Virginia, where I lived until after the war, some few years. I then removed to Wilkes County State of Georgia, where I now reside, & have been residing for upwards of forty years.

4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Ansr There was a dire need for men to go towards the Sea board to protect the
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citizens in the lower part of the state from incursions of the enemy: and as this applicant now recollects a draft was about to be made but all those who should volunteer were to be exempt; when he volunteered & served or above declared?

5th 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 & the general circumstances of your service.
Ansr I recollect of no regular officers neither can I give any names to any regiment at the time in service. I recollect that Col. Meredith was the commander in chief at Hampton. I also recollect that while I was in service a vessel came into the Hampton roads laden with west India commodities; and ran aground, when the British tenders were about to take possession of her but were prevented, by the commander (Meredith) placing on board said vessel, men sufficient for her deffence (one of which men was this applicant) Applicant cannot now recollect any other circumstance that is likely to have been preserved by history or memory, even if the above part should have been noticed or recollected by others.

6th Did you ever received a discharge from the service, & if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it
Ansr I do not recollect ever to have recv'd any written discharge












6th
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7th 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 good behavior, your services as a soldier of the Revolution

Ansr. Among others in my neighborhood James Donaugh, Luke Turner, James D. Willis, & Nicholas Pa[illegible] (a clergyman) [CROSSED OUT: also] can certify to every thing contained in the seventh interrogatory except as to my actual services in the revolution

Lewis Barat

Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 5 day of August 1832

Attest John H Dyson C. Com.

[CROSSED OUT: We, Nicholas Pamers[illegible], a Clergyman residing in the county of and Luke Turner]

We Richard J Willis & James D Willis residing in the county of Wilkes hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Lewis Barrett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; and 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 - And we have often heard our father who was reputed a revolutionary soldier, but now dead, speak of being in service with the applicant

Richard J. Willis
James D Willis
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And the said court do hereby declare this opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above names applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Richard J. Willis, & James D. Willis, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Wilkes County & said State - (the one a Justice of the peace in and for said County the other one of the Judges of this Court) and are credible persons and that there statements are entitles to credit -

Thomas Wooten J.J.C.
Richard J. Willis J.J.C.
William Killgore J.J.C
Lewis S. Brown J.J.C.

I John H Dyson clerk of the Court of ordinary of the County Wilkes do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceeding on the matter of the matter of the application of Lewis Barrett for a Pension

In testimony whereof I now hereunto set my hand & the seal of office this 7th day of September 1832

John H Dyson CCt. WC

[PAPER SEAL AFFIXED]
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BRIEF in the case of Lewis Barrett, County of Wilks [Wilkes] in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 80

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. Spring In 1776
Duration of Service - Years, 6 Months, - Days.
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Cap. Dabney Col. Meredith

5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned -

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hanover State of Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are not attached agreeable to the regulation

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

:1: as a minute man

George Taylor
Examining Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

June 26, 1924.

Mrs. Frank F. Jones,
Clinton, GA.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.31533, it appears that Lewis Barrett was born in Hanover County, Virginia, June 7, 1752. While a resident of said County he enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served 6 months as a private in Captain James Dabney's Company, Colonels Charles Dabney and Meredith's Virginia Regiments. He was allowed pension on the application executed August 5, 1832, while a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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31533
Revy INVALID.

File No. 31,533

Lewis Barrett
Pri Rev. War

Act: June 7" 32"

Index: - Vol. 2, Page 26

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1916 Aug. 25: history to Miss. Wilmarth Gamble M.13th

1924, June 26 - Hist to Mrs Frank F. Jones.

1926 July 14. Hist to W. E Barrett um aw
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12,770

In the Matter

Lewis Barrett

Application for a pension
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Lewis Barrett
Georgia

Admit for 6 mo. as private
from 1776 $20
Capt Dabney
Col. Mereidth } Va

Andrews & And Chandler
Agent Washington
Wilks [Wilkes] Co
Ga
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BRIEF in the case of
of
in the State of
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. In 17

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.

Rank.
As a

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Lewis Barrett which require further proof or explanation.

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No as to Clergyman as to others

XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes

XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes Except 2

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V. 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 best 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.
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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 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 shewn 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.

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.

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 claimants 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.

‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Rev Sec
Enc 
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Atlanta, G.a.
Aug. 15, 1916.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C

Dear Sir:

Will you please send me the record of the Revolutionary Pensioners "Lewis Barrett of Wilkes Co. G.a. in 1833," -and
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"Abraham Blankenship of Bedford Co. V.a. 1835," and oblige.

yours Very Truly,

Miss Wilmirth Gamble
791 W. Peachtree St.

[STAMP]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
AUG 18 1916
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Clinton, Ga.
May 26th 1924

To the

Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

Please send me the record of services in the Revolutionary War of Lewis Barrett, a pensioner in 1832.

Please make date of birth very plain.

I have the following in copy, only, and I want a
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certified record of it from your office. Won't you please send it to me?

"Record & Pension Office
War Dept.,
Washington, D.C.

"The records of this office show that Christopher Irvin served as a private in Capt. William Fowler's company known also as Capt. Henry Ferrell's company, & as Capt. Samuel Colston's company, 5th ba. Regt. Revolutionary Ward. He enlisted Feb. 15th 1776, and the company payroll for Feb. 1778, shows that he was discharged, Mar. 5th 1778 
(over)
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Signed -
F. C. Ainsworth
Col. U.S. Army
Chief of office."

Does your record name the Colonel of the 5th Va. Regiment, and did Christopher Irvin enlist in Fairfax Co.?

Thanking you most cordially, in advance, I am.

Very truly yours,

Mrs. Frank F. Jones
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Richmond, Virginia.
May 8th, 1926.

To the Secretary of the Interior
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Please give me an account of any and all papers concerning Lewis Barret or Barrett, serving from Virginia, shown in report of the Secretary of War for 1835 pension 3 (Ga) page 58, and greatly oblige,

Yours very truly,

W E Barret [SIGNATURE]
W. E. Barret
P.O. Box-1614
Richmond, Va.

[STAMP]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE G
MAY 10 1926
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., 19.......
In reply to your request of
received
for a statement of the military history of Lewis Barrett
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.F.31.533
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Spring 1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
6mos
RANK.
Pvt..
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
James Dabney
COLONEL.
Charles Dabney
Meredith
STATE.
Va
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hanover Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Aug 5 1832 this claim was allowed 
Residence at date of application, Wilkes Co. Ga.
Age at date of application, born in Hanover county Va June 7 1752
Remarks: there is no family data on file
3 -- 2856
Respectfully,
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Commissioner.