Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37711, Jeremiah Barrett, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE

Conn.

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Barrett, Jeremiah

NUMBER
S.37711.

CONTENTS
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477 [check mark]
Connecticut Roll

Jeremiah Barrett
Capt Catlin

Private

Connecticut line

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Jonathan Brace
Hartford, Con.

Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1818
5 months 4/30

$41.6

Dead--

{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,}

From June 77 til 83
6 years
Continental

Notification sent to Thomas Chester
19 Oct. 1820. Hartford Con't.
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Jeremiah Barrett

April 

Correct
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To the Hon. Jonathan Brace Esq. Judge of the County Court for Hartford County in the State of Connecticut

The Petition of Jeremiah Barrett of Hartford in said County humbly showeth that he served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war. He went to New York with & in the Militia of Connecticut in the summer of 1776, in the company commanded by Ensign Joseph Bruce of said Hartford, in the Reg't commanded by Major Roger Newbury of Windsor in said County. Then entered into Capt. Gilbert's company in the Reg't commanded by Col. Gay or Major Mott, where he served till 25th Dec. 1776--on the 1st June 1777, enlisted into Capt. Eli Catten's company in the fifth Connecticut Regiment & commaneded by Col. Phillip B. Bradley where he served till transferred to the Reg't commanded by Col. Heman Swift where he served till the year 1783 and was honorably discharged--which discharge is now lost or mislaid. He has never received any Pension from the United States & is resident & citizen of the U. States. Your applicant is now reduced to poverty and needs the assistance of his country for support
Dated Hartford April 1, 1818.

Jeremiah Barrett
State of Connecticut Hartford April the 1--1818
Personally appeared Jeremiah Barrett the signer of the above writing or petition and made Solemn Oath that the facts therein stated are true
Before me Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County & Hartford in said State--
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford --

I Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court within and for said County, the same being a Court of record, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Jeremiah Barrett who sore to and subscribed the within affidavit served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy and on the continental establishment for more than nine months, and is a resident Citizen of the United States in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his Country for support, his discharge he also swears is lost.

In addition to the proof contained in the foregoing affidavit, and in support thereof, I further certify that it is proved to me by the testimony under oath of John Steel who is a credible witness that said Jeremiah Barrett served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid, And from the like testimony of Potter B. Gleason, Esq. that the said Jeremiah Barrett is in reduced circumstances, is poor and in need of assistance from his Country for support.

In testimony whereof, I have ordered the Seal of the said Court to be hereto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford in said County this 18th day of April AD 1818.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid--
Sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Hon. Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court
Thomas Chester Clerk

April 18 1818.
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Jeremiah Barrett

477

Sept 1818
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.

On this 1st day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jeremiah Barrett aged sixty years, resident in Windsor in the County of Hartford, in said State who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz. that in June AD 1777 he enlisted under Capt. Catlin in the fifth Connecticut Regiment to serve during the war & that did serve during the war--
Original declaration dated 1st day of April 1818
Number of Certificate (477)--

"And I do solemnly swear, __________ that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled " An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
viz. my necessary wearing apparel
That I went as a sailor after the revolutionary war which business I am not & for many years have not bee able to pursue. That I have no family & am unable to provide for my own support & for more than three years next previous to receiving my pension I was supported at the expense of the Town of Hartford in said County & I am by infirmity disabled from earning a subsistence
Dated Hartford August 1st 1820
Jeremiah Barrett
X his mark
Witness Alfred Smith
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Sworn to and declared by said Jeremiah Barrett on the 1st day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that said Barrett has no property--

I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 19 day of August 1820

Th. Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Hartford.
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37711
Revy INVALID

File No. S7,711
Jeremiah Barrett
Pri Rev. War

Act: 18 March 18
Index:--Vol. L, Page 29

[Arrangement of 1870.]