Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,497, Joel Barns, Conn. Continental.
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Conn Continental

Barns or Barnes, Joel
Dolly

W 3,497
B.L.Mt, 3611-160-55
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[illegible]

Joel Barns and Dolly was married
June the 3, 1794
Samuel was born April the 22, 1795
Rawsell was born September 6, 1800
[illegible] was born April [illegible] 1802
Chancy was born January 16 1804
Gordon was born December 12, 1805
[illegible] was born December 2, 1807
Eliza was born February 2, 1807
Dolly was born April 16, 1812
[2 illegible lines]
Almon was born November the 1, 1821
[illegible April the 19, 1820

This is the [illegible] referred to in my affidavit as near Recd - "A" [illegible] also by my signature

Garden Barns
John Bayles, Associate Judge

Barnes, Joel
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32.35
Pennsylvania
Joel Barns of Susquehanna in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the -----
commanded by Captain -- ---- of the Regt commanded by Col Butler in the Connecticut line for 16 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia, at the rate of 53 dollars 33 cents per annum to commence of the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued 29. day of August
1845 and A. Joy, [illegible] N York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1845 /746.6
Semi annual allowance ending 4 Sept 26.6

773.2[]
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by WM Stweart, Clerk
Book E 2 Vol 5 Page 5
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County SS
on this tenth day of September
in the year of our Lord AD 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the honorable
William Thompson and James Dimock Associate Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas of Susquehanna County now sitting Joel Bonns a Resident of Gibson township in the County of Susquehanna and
State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy years 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 7th 1832
that he was drafted into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after
mentioned he joined the Militia under Captain John Porter Lieutenant Samuel Root & Seth Hadworth of the State of Connecticut forth
County and town of Farmington and marched to new live not the time the British burnt the stores on the many who the year
cannot tell and served there three months and then was sent home with a sick brother and he further states that he again entered the Service as a substitute for Moses Borns under Captain Judd and Lieutenant Samuel Richards and Marchedon Farmington in Connecticut
to Bristol and Hovington Litchfield Kent and from there to West point and Joined Colonel Willis Regiment under his command & Major
Samage and continued fortifying the place for two years and eight months and in that time I injured my self by lifting and have suffered from it ever since and was regularly discharged by Capt Jud and time have had my packet book states with my discharge he further states that he has no documentary evidence and he
knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pention or annuity except the intent and declares that his name
is not on the pention roll of the agency of any State to his knowledge.
Sworn to and subscribed
in applicant September
10th AD 1832-
Joel Barns
Asa D {illegible]
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Joel Barnes 
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania
(illegible)
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War Department
Pension Office 
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjcined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A statement, showing the Service of Joel Barns Susquehanna County Penn
Period when the service was rendered: Drafted
Duration of claimant's service.
Years- 2
Months -3 8
Days -
Rank of the claimant. Priv
Names and rank of officers under whom he served.
None mentioned
Colonel Willis Maj Tomage
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Age 70
Farmington Hartford Co. Connt
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line" "State troops", "militia" and "volunteers", all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to the military service, but not those who were occasionally, employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to the Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night,  and were not recognized  as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court  of Record of the County where such application resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk considered a Court of Record.
Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of County of 
On this day of     personally appeared (a) before A.B. resident of    in the county of     and State, Territory or District of aged     (c)     years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make , passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the      (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belong to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency on the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states,
[   of the Court of      do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office (i) this day of       &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue   of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the           and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be      years  of age; 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.
Sworn and subscribed in the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to then that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the   and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the     and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,     Clerk of Court of      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of   for the pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of     &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neithe4r of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at east one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person