Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2047, John Barns, Conn. Continental
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Continental
Barns, John
or Barnes
NUMBER
S. 2047
carded
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1323

Ohio Cleve.
John Barnes, Decd

of   in the State of Ohio
who was an Aifl. [?] in the   command
by Captain   of the   commanded
by    in the Rev.y
line for 3 years
Inc.d for $144

Inscribed on the Roll of Cleveland
at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of march 1831.
Ending 12" June 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of
Nov 1851 and sent to
Lin Drury
Canandaigua
N.Y. 

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H.E. Robinson Clerk,
Book E Vol 8 Page 4
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21  
John Barnes
Application for a
Pension

Sworn August 20 1832

Old Case
from 1777, Artificer 
3 years
$144
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss}

On this 20th day of August
A.D. 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the
Supreme Court of the said
State of Ohio now sitting at Warren within
and for said County of Trumbull John
Barnes a resident of Bristol Township
in said County of Trumbull aged Seventy
three years, who being first duly sworn
doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That he entered the Service of the United
States as an Artificer in the year 1777 and
served as such Artificer for a period
of Three years when he was regularly
discharged. That he was placed on the
pension Roll of the Ohio Agency on the
6th Sept 1819 under the Act of March
1818 but was struck from the same
on account of his property.  That the
evidence of his Service is now in the
War Department.  That his present
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place of Residence is now the same that
it was when his first Application was
made.  He relinquishes every claim to a pension or an
annuity except the present.

Sworn and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
John Barnes

George Parsons Clk S.C.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

I George Parson Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio
within and for the County of Trumbull
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original of the proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
John Barnes for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 29th
day of August 1832.
George Parson Clerk
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[illegible]
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Warren Young
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April 27, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. R. Winnagle
285 Washington Street, N. W.
Warren, Ohio

Dear Madam:

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of
John Barns are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

John Burns (the name also appears as Barnes) was in an engage
ment at Turtle Bay and at the battle of The Cedars: no details of 
this service are given: he enlisted June 1, 1776, served six months 
in Captain John Lewis' Company, Colonel Douglas' Connecticut Regi
ment and was at the battle of Harlem Heights; he enlisted December
10, 1777, at Southington, Connecticut, served as artificer in Cap
tain Stephen Osborn's Company, Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Artillery
Artificer Regiment and was discharged December 1, 1780. His dis
charge was signed, James Horton, Captain and J. Baldwin, Commandant
of Artificers.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1, 1818,
at which time he was fifty-nine years of age and resided in Bristol,
Trumbull County, Ohio.

He died June 12, 1834, at Farmington, Trumbull County, Ohio.

He left no widow and only two children survived him, namely:
Fanny Chalkes, who, in 1851, was aged fifty years and resided in
Southington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, and Nancy Dutton. The
name of their mother and the date of her marriage to John Barns, the
soldier, are not shown. There are no further family data.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

He said he 
enl. June I.
1776 at Water
town Conn.
but I omitted
place, as he 
stated he was in battle
of The Cedars
May 19, 1776 
and I did not
believe he 
could have
got from 
that battle
field to Conn in
that short
 a time.
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John Barns
Continental Com
S.F. 2047

Discharge
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First [?] Decr 2th 1780

These testify that John  Barns has faithfully served
three years being the term of time he enlisted
for And he is hereby discharged and allowed
Six days to return home.
 
James Horton Capt
J Baldwin Comr of Artificers
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Rev War  2047

INVALID.
File No. 2047
John Barnes
Artificer Rev. War.

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 17.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 16 99
M.W. Weir
Belleville Ills.

1914, Feb 21. History to
Marshall W. Weir  F.W.

1931 Sept 12 Hist. to
Bertha L. Teegardin
EEL

1934 Apr 27.  Hist to
Mrs R. Winnagle EEL
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1323
Ohio, Pittsburgh Agency

John Barnes
of Trumbull in the State of Ohio
who was an Artificer in the   commanded
by Captain   of the Regt commanded
by Col. Badwin in the 
time for 3 years.

Continental and Conn Lines. Records corrected Nov. 5 1906 and Nov. 24 '03

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh
at the rate of 144 Dollars   cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d Day of Nov. 32
and sent to Pensioner
Bristol Ohio

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  216 --
Semi0ant, allowance ending 4 Nov 33  72 --
               $288 --

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832,

Recorded by Nathan Rice clerk
Book D Vol. 2 Page 127
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11,535
John Barns
of Bristol in the state of Ohio
who was a private in the regiment commanded b
Colonel  Baldwin of the
line for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on
the 1st of June 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Sept 1819
and sent to the pensioner at Bristol, Trumbull Co Onio
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819   $120.26
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820   $ 48.00                          
15 mos 4/30                        $168.26

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March 1818}
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John Barns, 
due to $240.  ILL
[illegible] 4 March 1831
and ending 12 June 1834
Payable to
Fanny Chalker and
Nancy Dutton, only
surviving children


Cleveland


L M Drury
[illegible]
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cases
J C Calhoun
Secretary for the War Department
City of Washington

Two cases -
Judge  Quinley
[illegible]  June 16 1819
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The State of Ohio Trumbull County
On this first day of June Anno Domini eighteen hundred  , before me the subscriber one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas forsaid county personally appears John Barns aged fifty nine years, resident in Bristol in the count and state aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth o his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States i the Revolutionary War.  That he the said John Barns first enlisted June 1, 1776 for six months in the company commanded by Captain John Lewis in the regiment commanded by Colonel Douglass at Watertown in Connecticut and was discharged at White Plains in the state of New York in the month of December then following.  That he was in the battle of [illegible] Bay, Harlem Heights and the [illegible] so called  and that he again enlisted in the Army of the United States on about the tenth day of December 1777 in Southington in the state of Connecticut for three years in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Osborn, Lieutenant James Horton, Ensign Chapman in the regiment commanded by Col Jeduthan Baldwin that he continued to serve in said corps until the fourth day of December 1780.
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when he was discharged from service in Fish Kill
in the State of New York, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance
of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid -
I Ephraim Quinly one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Barns did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and
testimony taken and had before me. together with the
discharge of the said John Barns from the service to the
Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress Eph Quinley
The State of Ohio Turnbull County 

George Parson Clerk of the Court of Common as for said County do hereby certify that he Eph. Quinley whose signature is affixed to the forgoing certificate which certificate is in his own and proper hand writing is one of the appointed Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and
and sworn agreeably to the Laws of said State and as such he official acts are entitled to full faith and Credit in Court and Country  of testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Treasurer the 5th day June 1818
George Parson
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The State of Ohio Trumbull County before me the unto enter one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio personally appeared John Barns aged Fifty nine years resident
in Bristol in the County of Trumbull and State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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 the said John Barns first enlisted in 1776 for six months in the company commanded by
the Regiment commanded by Colonel Douglass at Watertown in Connecticut and was discharged at White Plains in the State of New York in the month of December then following that he was
in the Battle Turtle Bay, Harlem Heights and the bodies so called
and that he again enlisted in the Army of the United States on or about the tenth day of December 1777 in Southington in the State of Connecticut for three years in the Company
commanded by Captain Stephen Osborn Lirntenoss, James Horton & Ensign Chapman in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Baldwin
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that he continued to serve in said corps until the fourth day of December 1780 When he was discharged from the service in Fish Kill in the State of New York and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. Aforesaid John Barns
[following is  x out on original documentation]
J. Calvin Rose one of the Supreme Judges of the State of Ohio do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Burns and did serve in the revolutionary was as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common enemy, and that he is in needy circumstances and stands in need of assistance from
his Country - and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me together with the riches of the said discharge of the said John Being from the service to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress State of Ohio. Trumbull County [END OF X OUT PARAGRAPH]
Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of said State personally came John Barns and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth. In testimony whereof I have hereto
subscribed my hand this 22d day of January 1819
Calvin Peate
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I Lyman Potter of Bristol and County of Trumbull and State of Ohio Being personally acquainted with the within named John Barns, and with his circumstances as to property I do hereby certify that he stands in need of assistance from his Country
Lyman Potter
I Lyman Richards of Bristol and County of Trumbull and State of Ohio Being personally acquainted with the within named John Barns and with his circumstances as to property.  I do hereby testify that he stands in need of assistance from his country
Lyman Richards
Before me the subscribed one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio personally came the above named Lyman Potter and Lyman Richards & each made solemn oath to the above depositions by them subscribed contain the truth -
January 22d A. D. 1819
Calvin Pease
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Lyman Potter and know him to be a gentleman of respectability and is entitled to full credit - The foregoing is all the evidence which I possess upon the subject, if it is sufficient to satisfy my conscience of the truth of the facts contained, it ought to satisfy the Secretary's
Calvin Pease
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The State of Ohio Trumbull County I George Parsons Clerk of the
Supreme Court of the State of Ohio within & for said County
do hereby certify that the Hon Calvin Pease whose signature
is affixed to the foregoing certified which signatures are in his own proper hand writing is one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of said State duly commissioned and sworn agreeable to the Laws of said State and as such his official acts are
entitled to full faith and credit in and out of Court his testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Warren the 22d day of January 1819 George Parsons

I further certify that Ephraim Quimby Esqr formerly one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas for Turnbull County Ohio has Resigned his office he being the person who wrote the former deposition of John Barnes which was taken on the 1st of June 1818
Geo Persons
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Hon. J L Edwards
War Department
Pension Office
Washington City
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Sir
Bristol Trumbull County OH July 26 1819 
I Rec’d your letter of the 7 of July in answer to mine of the 16th of June. 
The frankness with which my letter was attended to affords incontestable evidence to my mind that the few remaining fathers who contributed the Mill to the Shaking off of British tyranny
in the Revolutionary War are not forgotten by those who are [illegible]  the business of our free and independent Nation. 
I forgot to mention one thing the perhaps Heedless -  Comdr.
Baldwin whose name is Set to my discharge and mentioned and in my declaration. held the office of Engineer in the Artillery this may help to elucidate the subject and render it still more
Evidential that we were Artillery artificers you understand sir that I have sent forward two declarations the first dated June the 1 1414, and was sent back for want of the Judges certificate as to evidentiary I thought it might be proper to inclose them both
that you might readily see when I made my first Application-
Now Sir with full confidence I submit these concerns to your office waiting with patience for a Result which I hope and trust will help smooth the Rugged Road of old age.
I am Respectfully Your obedient servant
John Barns

Hon. J. S. Edwards
War Department
Pension office
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Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of March
next in Chilicothe Ohio
at the United States
Branch Bank
Recorded
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War Department

Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818.
John Barns, 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 first day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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John Barnes
Ohio
Act 7th June 1832
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[body of paper too light to decipher]

State of Ohio
County of Trumbull
I Warren Young 

April 15th

Warren Young, Clerk of said county certify that I hereby certify that in a court office of  county of Trumbull judiciary[illegible] made in open court stated John Barnes was of the town of Farmington  in the County of Trumbull, State of Ohio,
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Brief in the case of John Barnes, decd late of Trumbull County and State of Ohio act 7 June 1832 
Claim, (original, or for increase.) 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificer Increase from $144 to $240 per annum 
Name and residence of Agent. L.M. Henry Canandaigua S. Cole Examining Clerk.
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Fanny Chalker
Daughter of John Barnes
Power of atty
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Ohio
County of Trumbull 
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Fanny Chalkers  Southington Township State aforesaid hereby authorize, constitute and appoint Leander M Drury of Canandaigua New York my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on my behalf all and singular claim or claims I may have against the General Government of the United States on account of the services of my Father John Barnes deceased in the war of the Revolution.
And the said Leander M. Drury as is hereby authorized to take all
necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th day of Jan 51

Signed in my presence.
Elizabeth Chalker
Fanny Chalker
[seems there is another signature below Elizabeth’s but too faint to read]
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[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. D FEB 16 1914
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Oklahoma City, Okla. Feb. 12th 1914.
Bureau of Pensions,
Dept of Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me certificate stating, as I understand the records show, that John Barnes of the Connecticut Troops, Revolutionary War, enlisting at Watertown Conn., serving under Capt. Keys & Douglas, made application for & was granted pension June 1st 1818.  Any fee for this service will be glad to forward.
Thanking you for same, I am
Very truly yours,
Marshall W. Weir
416 Colcord Bldg.
Oklahoma City
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[stamp] OFFICE BUREAU OF PENSIONS THE CHIEF [illegible] 20 1931
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Circleville, Ohio
416 South Court St
Sirs,
Will you please inform me of John Barnes, born 1760 died Nov. 19 - 1834 is on the pension list of the Revolutionary soldiers from Ohio.
I also have the name of Abraham Argo, born 1764 died May 1st 1813.
I am trying to get this information for the Pickaway Plains Chapter Circleville, Ohio.
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D.A.R. as we would
like to mark the graves
of these two men of
they were Revolutionary
soldiers
Sincerely,
Bertha L. Teegardin
416 S. Court St.
Circleville, Ohio.
March 24 - 1931
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Warren, Ohio
April 16 1934
Bureau of Pensions
Dept of Rev Sold and War of 1812
Gentlemen;
The undersigned will much appreciate any information contained in the records of your office on the following soldiers who were Revolutionary pensioners from Trumbull County; *John Barnes of Farmington
**Joseph Allen (wife Mary Jacobs) of Braceville.  He applied for a pension through the Trumbull County Courts.  I find no record of its having been granted.  Was it refused?  Do your records show on what grounds, refused, if so.
Thanking you for the favor of a reply I am
Very Sincerely
Grace M Winnagle
Grace M Winnagle [signed]
Mrs. R. Winnagle
285 Washington St N. W.
Warren, Ohio

*OK
**no as a J. A. who applied while res of Ohio
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In reply to your request of ____________, received __________ for a statement of the military history of John Barns or Barnes a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's struck through) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. F. 2047
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.  
RANK.
June 1, 1776  6 mos  Pri.
Dec. 10, 1777 to Dec. 4, 1780  Artificer
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Lewis
Stephen Osborn
COLONEL.
Douglass
Jeduthan Baldwin 
STATE.
Conn.
Battles engaged in, The Cedars, Turtle Bay, Harlem Heights.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓Enlisted at Watertown, Conn
Date of application for pension, June 1, 1818.  His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Bristol, Trumbull Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, 59
Remarks:  Soldier died June 12, 1834, leaving no widow, and only two children:  Fanny Chalker, aged 50 yrs. in 1851 and a resident of Trumbull Co. Ohio, and Nancy Dutton.
There is no other data relative to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6—2856
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April 27, 1934.
BA-J/ILL

Mrs. R. Winnagle
285 Washington Street N.W.
Warren, Ohio.
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of John Barnes and Joseph Allen, both of
Ohio.
The record of John Barnes, a pensioner of Trumbull County,
Ohio, is furnished herewith. A search of the Revolutionary War records
has been made and there is no claim for pension or bounty land on file
based upon service of a Joseph Allen who applied for pension while
residing in Ohio. Such pension and bounty land claims made to the
United States are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by
this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
Rev John Barnes
Cl.-S.- 2047 - Hist Miss Luke
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Washington September 12, 1931
BA-J/EEL
Bertha L. Teegardin
416 S. Court Street
Circleville, Ohio
Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2047, that John Barns (the name also apears as Barnes) was in an engagement at Turtle Bay and at the battle of
The Cedars, no details given.
[hand written on side] Turtle Bay July 20, 1779 The Cedars May 18, 1776

He enlisted June 1, 1776, at Watertown, Connecticut, served six
months in Captain John Lewis' Company, Colonel Douglas' Connecticut
Regiment and was at the battle of Harlem Heights.
He enlisted December 10, 1777, at Southington, Connecticut, served
as artificer in Captain Stephen Osborn's Company, Colonel Jeduthan
Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment and was discharged December 4,
1780. His discharge was signed James Horten, Captain and J. Baldwin,
Commandant of Artificers.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1, 1818,
at which time he was aged fifty-nine years and resided in Bristol,
Trumbull County, Ohio.
He died June 12, 1834 at Farmington, Trumbull County, Ohio.
He left no widow surviving him and only two children, namely:
Fanny Chalkes, who in 1851, was aged fifty years and a resident of
Southington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, and Nancy Dutton. The
name of their mother and the date of her marriage to the soldier are
not stated.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a
claim for pension on file on account of the services of any soldier
named Argo.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.