Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,579, Bartholomew Barritt, Conn.
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
Conn. 
Barritt, Bartholomew 
or Barret
NUMBER
S. 44,579
Contents
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596
New York Roll
Bartholomew Barritt Barret
Connecticut
March 77 March 90
line Sergeant
4
Capt Woodbridge
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 15th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of May 1818
and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq
Canandagua, N.Y.

Arrearages to 4th Septr 1818
4 months 2/30
$37.33
{ Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818,}

[illegible] Swift
[illegible]
Ontario

Notification sent to
Stephen Phelps Esq
by [illegible]
[illegible]
New York
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State of New York
Ontario County}Ss.
Bartholomuel Barrett at the town of Menfield in the County of Ontario and state of New York and formerly of the town of Salsbury County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being duly cautioned and sworn doth on oath solemnly depose, say and declare that he is a native citizen of the United States and that he served this country in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy and that he the deponent enlisted for three years the 27 March 1777 in Colonel Heman Swifts Regiment in Captain Theodore Woodbridge Company and that he received a Sergeant Warrant in the aforesaid Regiment and Company in the Connecticut Line in the Continental Service and that he received an honorable discharge the 25th March 1780 which together with his Sergeants Warrant are herewith transmitted and that he is in indigent circumstances and is 62 years old and is in need of assistance from Government for his support. He therefore prays that his name may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an act of Congress passed the 18th day of March 1818 entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War and further the applicant saith not.
Bartholo. Barritt

Sworn and subscribed this fifteenth day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Ontario in the state of New York.
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Ontario County, ss.

I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Bartholomew Barritt did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the preceding and testimony had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the [illegible] of the [illegible] act of Congress

Canandaigua     )          Stephen Phelps
April 15th 1818  )
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In the matter
of Bartholomew Barritt
Barret
596
19 May [illegible]
Dep "18
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, SS.
On this nineteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a
Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the
course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Bartholomew Barritt, aged sixty five years, resident in the town of Penfield in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
Under Captain Theodore Woodbridge Col Heman Swifts regiment for the term of three years as a [illegible] in the Connecticut line commencing in March 1777 and
received my discharge in 1780

and that he made application for a pension on the fifteenth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 596. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 29th 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.


One Cow 15.00 one horse 30 1 kettle
one half of an act waggon $6.00 5 Sheepone
pot. 50 1 Kettle 50 tea Kettle 7th
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1 Spider 25 1 tea pot 30 1 peate 37-
1 Chest 50 shovel & tongs-50 4 Chairs 1.00-
Let tea cups & Saucers 25 Knives & forks-75
Drabeth 2.00 1 chain 50
ax 50 1 old hoe 25
-
his
Bartholomew & Barrett
mark
and that the
United
that time,
inish it as
engaged in
to, and
or have I
54.00
---
1.75th
87
2.00
1
2.50
13.87
I do further swear and declare that I am by
occupation a farmer and that by a cratick on
plant and unable to do any work and that my
family consists of my wife aged sixty years
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nearly gone with the Consumption and my daughter aged thirty six years and in consequence of her having fits when young is perfectly unable to take care of herself--

                                        his
                        Bartholomew Barritt
                                          mark

Sworn & declared this 19th day of August 1820 in open Court before me
                 Wm Rogers a Judge of Ontario County

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.

I, John Van Fossen, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is seventy three dollars and 87 cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this 19th day of August, 1820.

J. Van Fossen, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.
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44579
INVALID.
Revy-
File No. 44579
Bartholomew Barret
Sergt, Rev. War
Act: 18" March 1818
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Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Bartholomew Barritt
S. F 44579
Conn,
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Sargt. Bartholomew Barritt of the 7th Connect. Regt. having served with reputation in the Army of the United States three years the term for  which he inlisted [sic] is discharged.
the [illegible]--

Springfield 20th March 80
                   Josiah Starr Comp. Commander


Barrit [sic] is to receive pay and rations until the 28th [illegible]
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Bartholomew Barritt
S.F. 44579
Conn
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By Virtue of the Power and Authority to Me given by the Deligates [Delegates] From the Sd. States in Congress Assembled, I do by these Presets Deposing Especial Trust and Confidance [Confidence] in your Loyalty Courage and good Conduct Constitute and appoint you the Sd. Bartholomew Barritt to be a Sergeant in a Company Commanded by Hezekiah Holding Esqr Lt. Colo., you are therefore Carefully and Diligently to Discharge the duty of a Sergeant in Ordering and [illegible] sd. Company in the Service Aforesaid, Commanding them to Obey you as their Sergeant and you are to Observe Such Rules and Instructions as you shall from time to time Receive from Me or others your Superior Officers according to the Military Rules and Discipline of War.  Persuant [pursuant] to the Trust Reposed in you For Which this Shall be your Sufficient Warrant
Given under my Hand at Arms the 1st Day of August 1779
Heza. Holdridge^Comdr. Lt. Col.
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claims if Sergt. Bartholomew Barrit
April 15th 1818
on role
For Honorable Secy of War
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The honorable the Secretary of the war department will please forward my Certificate (if allowed) to Stephen Phelps Esqr Canandaigua who is my agent
April 15th 1818
Bartholomew Barritt
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State of New York
Bartholomew Barrett
April 15th 1818
For Honorable 
Secy. of War
State of New York}
Ontario County} ss
Clerks office--}
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificat [certificate] was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ontario ^and that the same is his signature.  I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this 24th day of April AD 1818.
Hu. McNair Clk