Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45243, George Barnet, Penn.
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George Barnet, of Steubenville in the county of Jefferson and state of Ohio, upon oath makes the following declaration.  That the said George Barnet, in the month of June, as he thinks, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, enlisted as a private in Capt. William Borsey's company of foot in Col . Richard Hunston's regiment, it being then the 11th of the Pennsylvania line, to serve three years or during the war.  That the declarant marched with the regiment first to the Brandywine and was engaged in the battle; from then to the River Schuylkill, thence to Paoli, where he was wounded in the hand by buckshot.  That he afterwards marched to Germantown and engaged in the battle of Germantown and wounded by a bayonet in the knee of the left leg; thence he marched to Wilmington where he acted as a recruiting sergeant; thence to Philadelphia; thence to Carlisle; thence on an expedition against the Indians.  That he returned to Carlisle and was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, honorably discharged at Lancaster in Pennsylvania by Col. Richard Butler. 

That the declarant was engaged in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and at the surrender of Cornwallis.

That the declarant received a written certificate of his discharge, which certificate he sent on to the War office about 12 or 14 years since, by Alexander Ogle, for the purpose of obtaining a warrant for land which he did obtain at that time from the general government, and he supposes that his discharge is now in the file of the War office.  

That the declarant, when he made oath to the declaration which was rejected by the War office, did not intend to swear that he enlisted under Col. Richard Humphreys, for he never was acquainted with a man of that name.

That the declarant is fifty-nine years of age, infirm and, from his reduced circumstances in life, is now in need of assistance from his country for {illegible} and that he relinquishes his claim to any pension heretofore allowed him by the United States.  
Signed:  George (his X mark) Barnet
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I, Ephraim Root of Steubenville, on oath do testify that, from conversations held with George Barnet, the aforenamed declarant, it is my firm belief that the name of Humphreys was inserted in the declaration made by said George on the 6th Oct. A.D. 1818, by mistake and through my own neglect in drawing said declaration, further testify that I have examined the wounds which George Barnet says he received at the battles of Paoli and Germantown, and that very evident scars of the same are still remaining.  
Signed:  Ephrain Root

I, John Erwin of Steubenville, do on oath testify that the abovenamed George Barnet is to my knowledge in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his county for support. 
Signed:  John Erwin

On this 12th day of July A.D. 1819 personally, appeared before me, Benjamin Tappan, president judge of the 5th judicial district of the state of Ohio, the aforenamed George Barnet, Ephrain Root and John Erwin and in my presence subscribed and made oath to the afore written declaration and affidavit by the respectively made; and I do certify that the aforenamed persons are men of truth and veracity; and being convinced from my own knowledge that the aforenamed declarant, George Barnet, is poor and needing assistance from his country for support.  I hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings thereto to the secretary of the Department of War.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the aforesaid court to be affixed this 12th July A.D. 1819.
Signed:  Benjamin Tappan
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State of Ohio
Jefferson County

By order of the Honorable Benjamin Tappan, President of the Court of Common Pleas for the fifth circuit in the said state of Ohio, I, John Patterson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Jefferson in said state have hereunder affixed the seal of said court at Steubenville this 12th day of July A.D. 1819.
Signed:  John Patterson, Clk.

Barnet can get no more proof without going to a great distance and as he already has received his land, what objection can be made to granting him a pension.