Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,787, William Barnes, Md.
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SERVICE
Md.

Barnes, William

NUMBER
S. 1,787

carded

CONTENTS
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State of Tennessee
Sullivan County Court Sessions 1832.
On this 21st day of 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the Justices of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Session for said County
now sitting William Barnes a resident and
Citizen of the County and State aforesaid aged
about eighty 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 entered the service of the United 
States under the following named officers and
served as herein Stated towit that in the month
of July at the announcement of the Revolutionary
was the year not recollected
he being an apprentice bound to
William Grover and when of about
the age of fifteen he left the harvest
fields and enlisted into the Army
under Col Barnes company of Baltimore
his master [illegible] within fifteen
miles of Baltimore Maryland, said
entistment was for six months under
General Putman, and was with
the army marched from Baltimore
to New York, where a battle was
fought at York Island with the British
and the British were repulsed, that he
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[Note: fidelity of this transcription is doubtful; the writing was very faint, and even Photoshopped, it was very hard to read]
served [illegible] was discharged at New York and 
returned home through Philadelphia, which 
discharged he has served [illegible] that he returned again to his [illegible] mother and after remaining with him some time again substituted himself a substitute for James Bozby, who had been drafted for a two month tour in the Maryland [illegible], and was placed under Captain William Harvey and marched to Philadelphia and served out his two month tour and obtained his discharge at Philadelphia on the completion of his service, which he did also [illegible] shortly after which he was drafted in his [illegible] for two months and was placed under the militia officers there is [illegible] in one whose name he has forgotten and was marched into the State of Pennsylvania and discharged without any engagement. In addition to [illegible] after his removal to Tennessee he served against the Indian [illegible] said so under and subsequent to the Revolutionary war--that his whole service in the Revolution amounted to ten months but being very young & inexperienced as well as untitled[?], he is incapable of giveing names & dates with perfection[?]

BARNES, WM. (MD.) 2, 1787

[inverted] He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, accept the [illegible] and discloses that his name is not on the pension Roal of the agency of [illegible] state that he has no documentary proof by which
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, accept the [illegible] and discloses that his name is not on the pension Roal of the agency of [illegible] state that he has no documentary proof by which to establish his services, nor does he know of any person by whom & whose testamony he can at this state may establish his said services.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court this day and year last before written.

William Barnes his mark

We James Bates & James Hott -- citizens in the county of Sullivan and state of [illegible] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above William Barnes that we believe him to to be Eighty years of age, that he is He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, accept the [illegible] and discloses that his name is not on the pension Roal of the agency of [illegible] state that he has no documentary proof by which  and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to and subscribed this 21st day of August 1832

James Bates his mark
James Hott his mark
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Maryland he thinks, in the year 1752 but has no record of his age, and is destitute of letters- that James Bates & James Hott are persons known to him & residents of his vicinity by whom he can establish his veracity & also afford bc (because) of his reputation as to his having served in the Revolutionary war, which he again states he did perform to the full extent of ten months.

(signature) William Barnes his X mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me this date above.
 Test (signature) Samuel Rhea
Justice of the Peace

I know Samuel Rhea, Esq to be an acting Justice of the peace for Sullivan County
Feb 13th 1833.  (signature) John Blair
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after [illegible] the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named aplicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and the Court further certify that James Bates & James Hott are citizens of said county and their statements are entitled to credit they being credable witnesses persons, it further appears to the Court that there is no resadent clergiman in the [illegible] of the aplicant

I Richard Netherland clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the fourgoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the aplication of William Barns for a pension

In Testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21st day of August 1832

Richard Netherland Clerk
By G.W. Netherland D [illegible]
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[sideways] 5672.
William Barnes
Pension claims under act of 1832 [/sideways]

State of Tennessee
Sullivan County

On this 4th day of Feby. 1833 Personally appeared before me Saml Rhea one of the acting justice of the peace in and for said county William Barnes and after being first duly sworn by me made [illegible] to the following affidavit in explanation & amendment of his original declaration for pension herein, and [illegible] to the objections on the beef herewith. That as stated in his said declaration being very young he cannot with certainty state the precise record of the Revolution in which he served but is very confident that it was in the early stage thereof & to the best of his recollection 1776 but is certain it was in July as stated from the fact of being in the harvest field when he first enlisted -- That he cannot produce any [illegible] to establish his said services. That he was born in the County of Baltimore state of
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5927
Jonesboro Agency

William Barnes of Sullivan in the State of Tennessee, who was a Private in the company, commanded by Captain Young, of the Regt. commanded by Col. Putnam, in the Md. line for ten months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro Agcy. at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate issued the 18th day of Feby 1833, and [illegible] to Honble. John Blair.

Arrears to 4th of September, 1832. 49.99.
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 1833. 16.67[?]
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$66.66

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk, Book D, Vol. 9, Page 203
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5692
William Barnes
from 1776 private
10 months
$33.33 [illegible]

4.13.
Int[?] 1.2.5.6.7.

[illegible]
Decr 17
John Blair
Jonesboro Ten
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5692
BRIEF in the case of William Barnes
County of Sullivan in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

[table]enlisted
Sub.
Drafted

Period.
not stated

Duration of Service.
6
2
2
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10 mos.

Rank.
As a private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Capt. G. Young
Gen. Putnam
Wm. Henry [/table]

5. In what battles was he engaged? York Island

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Near Baltimore Md.

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? not properly attached to the seal

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

F. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
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1787

INVALID.

Rev War.

File No. 1787
William Barnes.
Priv. Lines.

Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 17

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Md. Line.
Records corrected, Dec. 5, '03
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Wm. Barnes
Amended & retained
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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 William Barnes which require further proof or explanation.

I. 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? No
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of 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 to his revolutionary service? 2 citizens

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes

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? No

XIV. [dagger] If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? [blank]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper office under his seal of office? [blank]

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? [blank]

XVI. [double dagger] Are the papers authenticated  as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 12 6-67

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 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 the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

[dagger] 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.

[double dagger] QUEER DVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.