Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 284-100, John Barr, Continental (Va.)
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental (Va.)

Barr, John
or Bahr

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 284-100

CONTENTS
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John Barr
Rev. War
Bounty Land
Warrant No. 284
100 acres.
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Know all men by these present that I John Barr of the county of Frederick and Commonwealth of Virginia have sold unto John Shadley of the same place all my right Title claim and demand to one hundred acres of land which is due me for my services as a private in the first Partisan Legion in the Revolutionary War and further I do hereby constitute and appoint the above named John  Shadley my lawfull attorney to receive in my behalf of the land Warrant that I am intitled to from the United States for one hundred acres due me for my services as aforesaid which said Warrant I will and desire to Issued to the said John Shadley in his own name and I do further appoint the said John Shadley to do and Execute all and every other Lawfull act and acts Needfull for Recovering Receiving and obtaining of the said Warrant as fully and  affectually to all intents and purposes as if I were personally present hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the premise in  Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of Nov. 1804
(illegible names)

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents of
John Sexton
John Duffield
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Virginia
Corporation of Winchester {sct

Before me Lewis Wolfe Mayor of the Corporation aforesaid personally appeared John Barr and acknowledged the within letter of attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned

In Testimony whereof I have here unto put my hand and caused the seal of the said corporation to be affixed this 9th day of November one thousand Eight hundred and four and in the 29th year of the Commonwealth

Lewis Wolfe Mayor

(illegible)
John Lawry came before me a Justice of the Peace for said county and made oath that he knew the said John Barr as a private soldier in (illegible) the fall of 1781 and the spring following and that he believes him to have been enlisted for during the war as he (illegible not discharged untill that was over Given under my hand this 9th Octr. 1805
John B. Tilden

John Lawry is a freeholder and has till lately been a Capt of the Light Infantry and a man against whom no (illegible) could be made to his veracity or oath.
(illegible)
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July 5, 1939
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JOHN BARR
B.L. Wt. 284-100
BA-J/MLB
Mr. Taylor L. Barr
corporation Court for City of Winchester
Winchester, Virginia
Dear Sir:
Tha data which follow in regard to John Barr were obtained from the claim for bounty land based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. No claim for pension was made by anyone on account of his service.
The date and place of birth of John Barr, his age, or the names of his parents were not given.
John Barr enlisted in the State of Virginia, ^and was in service as early as (about crossed out)^ next thing the fall of 1781, served as private in the grenadiers of the First Partisan Legion, commanded by General Armand, and was discharged at Yorktown November 15, 1783.
On account of his service in the Revolutionary War, John Barr applied for bounty land, November 9, 1804, while a resident of Frederick county, Virginia, and was granted one hundred acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 284, which was issued August 9, 1806. He signed Johannes Bahr.
The soldier received land from the State of Virginia, also, on account of his Revolutionary War service, no further details of which were stated. 
There are no family data, whatever, shown in the claim.
If you desire information relative to the location of the land granted by the United States on acco9unt of the service of John Barr, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
Very truly your
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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No. (28 crossed out) 27
John Barr
private
Virginia Line
lodged by himself
Further evidence to be exhibited.
[illegible]
He recd. Land from Virginia [illegible] for the war
Oct. 26 1803
The within is a true copy of the original filed in the office of the Executor of Virginia to Claim a bounty in Land 
atteste
[illegible]
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This to certify that John Barr a private in the Grenadeir in the first Partisan legion under my command has served faithfully & bravely to this day is hereby discharged from the servis of the United States in {can't read} of orders received from the commander in chief bearing date for this instant  I further certify that John Barr a private in the Grenadeir having been inlisted in the State of Virginia is intitled by the Resolution of Congress of the 13th of February 1779 to the benefits that have been or hereafter shall be granted by the said State to the noncommissioned officers and soldiers of the said line  Given under my Hand and seal at Yorktown this fifteenth day of November 1783  {Four words I cannot read} Brigadier General  enter in the Books of the Legion attest

Godfried Swartz
adjutant of the Legions
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(same as page 6)
No. (28 crossed out) 27
John Barr
private
Virginia Line
lodged by himself
Further evidence to be exhibited.
[illegible]
He recd. Land from Virginia [illegible] for the war
Oct. 26 1803
The within is a true copy of the original filed in the office of the Executor of Virginia to Claim a bounty in Land 
atteste
[illegible]
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John Shadley
Order
for his Warrant
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July e9th - 1806 City Washington Major Rogers
Sir/ Pls. to send me ^my Land Warrant by the Bearer Samuel Rogers your complyance (compliance) will Much Oblige
yours A:G
         his
John   X  Shadley
        mark
it is entered on whitewomas Creek
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No. 6
Barr to Shadley} letter of attorney HC
Lodge by a W. Rogers
Issued W. No. 284
It is incumbent on the applicant in the present case to prove satisfactorily that John Barr enlisted for the war.
War Office
10th April 1805.
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Corporation of Winchester Sct
John Barr came before me Lewis Wolfe Mayor of the said Corporation and Made Oath that he is the same John Barr to whom the original discharge was given of which the following is a copy (This is to Certy that John Barr is a Resident in (my crossed out) the Grenedier on the final Partisan legion under my command . and served faithfully and bravely to this day is hereby discharged from the service of the United States in Pername of orders Received from the Commander in Chief hearing date the third Instant I further certify that John Barr a private in the Grenadier having been inlisted in the State of Virginia is entitled by the Resolution of Congress of the 13th of February 1779 to the benefits that have been or hereafter shall granted by the said state to the Commissioned officers and Soldiers of the said line Given Under my hand and seal of York Town this fifteenth day of November 1804
O Warranty Mr. Gohisdicory(?) Buy clue
General Entered in the Books of the legion
attest
Godfrey Swatz
Adjutant of the legion
that he served in the said legion untill he was discharged Given Under My hand this Ninth day of November 1804
Lewis Wolfe Mayor
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(emblem) SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
Corporation Court
for City of Winchester
Winchester, Va.
Hon. Philip Williams, Judge
Clark M. Smith, Clerk
Corinne Barnett, Deputy Clerk
Taylor L. Barr, Sergeant
January 3rd, 1939
Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: 
Will you please be kind enough to furnish me with the Revolutionary War record of the following:
William Barr ^ O-- of [illegible] of Frederick County, Virginia, who  went West in 1781 with the Clarke Expedition.
James Barr, ^no pen. Va. O--, of Frederick County, Virginia, who served in the war of 1812 under Captain Thomas Roberts.
John Barr, of Frederick County, Virginia, who ^one only whose? not Va. troops served in the Virginia Continental Line.
John Barr, of Frederick County, Virginia, who was commissioned as a second Lieutenant of a Company in the 3rd Regiment of Artillery, 16th Brigade and 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia, on the 18th day of June, 1932.
If there is any cost connected with the record search, please advise and i will remit at once. 
Very truly yours, Taylor L. Barr.
TLB:BK.
(stamp) RECEIVED JAN 4 1939 MAIL SUBDIV [illegible] (numbers 1-12 around the circumference with an arrow pointing at 3)
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July 5, 1939
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JOHN BARR  OM
B. L. Wt. 284-100
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mr. Taylor L Barr
Corporation Court for City of Winchester
Winchester, Virginia
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Barr and John Barr, the war of 1812 record of James Barr, and the record of John Barr who was commissioned June 18, 1932, second lieutenant, 3rd Regiment Virginia Artillery, all of Frederick County, Virginia.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a William Barr of Virginia, nor for service in the War of 1812 of a James Barr of Virginia.
For information in regard to John Barr, the officer named last, it is suggested that you apply to the custodian of the Virginia military records of that period, Richmond Virginia.
The Revolutionary War record of one John Barr, only, of Frederick County, Virginia, has been found. His record is furnished you herewith, as shown in the papers on file under B.L.Wt. 284-100.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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War. 284
100 acres
Rev.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Name Barr, John         Grade Private      Line 
Hazen's Regiment

Warrant Number 12800  Acreage 100 Issued                    December 15, 17??
                                    to----not shown----
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.