Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 531, Sion Barnett, N.C.
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SERVICE                                   NUMBER

N.C.          Barnett, Sion           R. 531
                              Frances

CONTENTS
[nothing entered[
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Georgia N. 23.658

Sion Barnett
Jasper Co. in the State of Georgia
who was a Pr. & Cprl, in the company commanded by Captain Medway of the Rigt. commanded by Col. Bland in the N. Carolina Troops line for 18 months Corpl.      66.00
                           6    "        Pr.            20.00
                                                          ______
                                                         $86.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 86 Dollars [Cents crossed through] per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of March
1834 and sent to Hon. W. Schley
H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834      258.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep. "       43.00
                                                          $301.00
                          Revolutionary Claim,
                          Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. Brown       Clerk,
Book E.    Vol. 6    Page 86
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Ho. Wm. Schley

Sion Barnett
29.396


[illeg.]

Hon. W. Schley
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832

State of Georgia
County of Jasper
On this twentieth day of January in tye year Eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared Sion Barnett a resident of the County of Jasper and State of Georgia, aged Seventy three years the fourteenth day of June next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832--
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Eight or Seventy nine, but he thinks in Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine with Captain Medary at Halifax in North Carolina to serve in the Cavalry the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bland, but neither Captain Medary or Colonel Bland every commanded deponent, for a short time after his enlistment a Captain Edmond or Edward Gamble came and took command of the Company of Cavalry in which this deponent served, & marched us from Halifax to Kingston & from thence to Purisburgh [sic] in South Carolina-- from that place the said Company escorted General Lincoln over to Georgia & back again to several places & particularly to Stons' [sic]-- after leaving Ston[sic] deponent was discharged at the Quarter House about six miles from Charleston, after having served upwards of Twelve months under Captain Gamble.  This deponent then went to Warren County N.C. after a short time, he enlisted in the army
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of the United States at Halifax in North Carolina under Colonel Nicholas Long who this deponent believes was at that time (79 or80) Quarter Master General of the Army in North Carolina--  this deponent enlisted in Warren County No. C for twelve months under Colonel Long,-- during this period, he served sometimes as Waggoner [sic] & at other times in riding expresses from one Military post to another; he passed from North to South Carolina several times; & at one time he marched with General Woodford from Halifax to Charleston;-- during this trip he drove a baggage waggon [sic]-- after the Twelve months had expired he was discharged by Colonel Nicholas Long at Halifax North Carolina.--  This deponent afterwards enlisted in Warren County where he then lived to serve Eighteen months in the Continental line of the army of the United States--  the rule was that every 20 men were to furnish one, & this deponent served as the man of the 20,--  this deponent first rendesvoused [sic] at Warrenton North Carolina where he enlisted in 81 or 82--  he marched from Warrenton to Hillsboro under Major Hogg, not being yet mustered regularly into Company, & from Hillsboro to Charlotte, when this deponent was regularly mustered into Captain Benjamin Cart[illeg.] Company of Infantry; the Battallion commanded by Major Redding Blount; & the Regiment by Colonel Archibald Little of the North Carolina Continental line;--  this deponent was marched from Charlotte to Ashley Hill in South Carolina where General Gist Commanded.  he was afterwards marched from Ashley Hill to James' Island near Charleston, & afterward received his discharge
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at the ten mile spring, from Charleston; having been discharged two or three months after peace was published, by his officer,--  this deponent knows of no one in Georgia by whom he can prove his services; & his discharges, he has long since lost--
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid, in open Court
James Whitfield JJC.        Sion Barnett
Chair

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
James Whitfield J.J.C.
Harris Cooley J.J.C.
Wm [illeg.] JJC

Georgia
Jasper County
I Robert Kellam Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Sion Barnett for a pension--  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 23rd day of January 1834
Robert Kellam Clerk
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11708

Frances Barnett
widow of Sion
Ga
3 March 1843

J L Edwards Esq-- Comm
Washington City
D.C.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843.  Granting pensions for one year to Certain Widows who has received pensions under the act of July 7th 1838--

State of Georgia ) SS.
Jasper County     )
On this 10th day of October 1844 personally appeared before me David A. Rease a Justice of the Inferior Court for the County andState aforesaid Mrs. Francis Barnett a resident of said County and State aged Seventy Seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, and the act of 17 June 1844 entitled an act Continuing the Pensions of Certain Widows--  That she is the widow of Sion Barnett who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832 at the rate of $86.00 per annum in Jasper County State of Georgia  That the said Sion Barnett was private and Corporal and served in the War of the Revolution in the Northcarolina [sic] Malitia [sic] and for proof of his services she refers to the evidence on which he drew his pension And this deponent further states that the said Sion Barnett died on the 23 day of March Eighteen hundred and forty three in Jasper County Georgia  And this deponent further declares that She was married to the said Sion Barnett on the 18th day of January Seventeen hundred and Eighty Six in the County of Mecklenburg. and State of Northcarolina and that her husband died on the day aforesaid  That she has remained a widow ever since the period of her husbands death  That she was not married prior to her husbands last service but was married prior to the 1st day of January
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1794 Viz [sic] at the time above stated all of which will more fully appear by refference [sic] to proof here unto assumed
Frances X Barnett
her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and date above written before me
D A Reese JIC
I further Certify that Mrs. Frances Barnett (who is the widow of Sion Barnett) is personally known to me that from Bodily infirmity She is unable to attend Court  Given under my hand officially this 10th Oct 1844.
D A Reese JIC

Oct   1844
State of Georgia  )  Special Court
Jasper County      )

The Declaration of Mrs. Francis Barnett widow of Sion Barnett who was a pensioner in Jasper County Georgia under act of Congress of 7 June [illeg.] for a pensison under the act of Congress of 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 duly Certified by D. A. Rease on the 10th day of October 1844 haveing [sic] been submitted to the Court it doth approve his acts and proceedings
Attests  John A Dillard Clk

D. A. Reese  JIC
Wiley Phillips J.I.C
A W Lane JIC

State of Georgia Jasper County )  SS
I John A Dillard Clerk of the Inferior Court for said County Certify that David A Reese is an acting Justice of said Court duly commissioned and legally qualified and the the foregoing signatures purtorting [sic; "purporting"?] to be his is genuine and that the foregoing is the original order of said Court
In testimony hereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this    day of October 1844.
John A Dillard Clk
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Care of Thomas Green Esq.
Richmond
VA
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State of North Carolina
Micklenburg [sic] County

I Brady Oates Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have made Search among the records of my Office for evidence of the marriage of Sion Barnett to Frances Lefvre, and that no proof of such marriage can be found in said Office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed by seal of Office at Charlotte this 16th day of June A.D. 1847.
B. Oates, C[illeg.]
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Ex'r.         INALID
No. 531     REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 [this line crossed through]

Frances Barnett
P.O.   wid. of Sion
Service:
Enlisted: ___ , 18
Discharged: ___, 18
Application filed: ___, 18
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No 6708
Frances Barnett
Ga

Set to Thos Green Decem 13 '44
  "   "   Hon A. H. Stephens Dec. 24 [illeg.]
Set to Tho Green Dec. 4. '47
531
act 3 March 1843
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To remain until Called for.
W Green is not the agent--
who is, is not known
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Nov 9 47
Certificate Clerk [illeg.]
of Frances Barnett

Col. Jas. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Washington
D C.
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Richmond 7 Nov. 1847

Col. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions

D Sir:
In your letter to me of 13 Decr. 1844 you suspend the application of Frances Barnett of Ga (widow of Sion Barnett) under act 7 July 1858 for proof of marriage the service being admitted as Corporal
Parol [sic] evidence had been filed that they were married in Mecklenburg Co. No Ca. & until the clerks certificate was filed, the parol evidence could not be admitted
I wrote repeatedly [illeg.] various efforts to get the certificate of the Clerk, but all in vain, till recently a friend sent in the enclosed certificate of 16 June last, of the Clerk, that his records contain no evidence on the subject.
This higher source of evidence failing, the affidavits of the witnesses will be received & as they are positive I give reasons for their statements
I hope all difficulty to the allowance will be removed.
I am Y. Obe sevt
Thomas Green
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Admit.
18 mo Crpl.      hh
6 June              20
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Hon
W. Schley
H R
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the muster rolls of the Continental of this State in the revolutionary War that Sion Barnett a Corporal in Capt. Carter's Company of the 10th Regiment enlisted in 1782 for the term of 18 months, nothing more is said of him on said rolls--  It also appears from a list of statements of the revolutionary army accounts that he was allowed for his services the sum of forty one pounds, fifteen shillings and one penny ([pound sign]41.15.1) by a board of commissioners.
Given under my hand this 11th day of February 1834.
W,, Hill
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State of Georgia
Baldwin County

Be it Known that on the 15th day of Feb. 1844 personally appeared before me John R Anderson a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the [Coun]ty and State aforesaid Mrs. Frances Huson a resident of County and State aged Seventy two years who being firs[t] duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following states--  That Sion Barnett, who is a pensioner of the United States in Jasper County Georg. and Frances Barnett were married the ____ day of ____ [illeg.] -teen hundred and Eighty Five in Mecklenburg Co. Northcarolina [sic]  That she did not witness the marriage, [ceremony?]  That she was invited as a guest and in consequ[ence] of bad health did not attend  But was creditable--  [illeg.] that they were legally married at the appointed
That they have lived together peaceably as man and    and were always respected and believed in their neighbourhood where they have formerly resided to have been legally married  and she concurs in that opinion  And this deponent further states that the afores[aid] Sion Barnett died in Jasper County Georgia leav[ing] France Barnett as his widow
Frances H[illeg.]
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and state above written before me & I further Certify that Francis Huson is a respectable person and a Cre[dible] witness  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of February 1844.
JR Anderson
JICB.C

State of Georgia
Baldwin County
Be it Known that on the 15th day of February 1844 personally appeared before me John R Anderson a Justice of the Inferiour Court in and for the County and State aforesaid Mr. John Little resident of said County and State aged sevent[y] who being first duly sworn according to law [illeg.] on his oath makde the following statement  Th[at] he was personally acquainted with Sion pensioner of the United States in Jaspe[r]Barnett who was a
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sper [sic; Jasper] County Georgia and Francis Barnett a resident of said County and State last named before they were married and was ceditably informed that they were legally married in Charlott [sic] Mecklenburg County Northcarolina [sic] on the ___ day of ___ Seventeen hundred and eighty six  That they have lived together peaceably as man and wife since and were always reputed and believed in their neighbourhood where they have formerly resided to have been legally married and he concurs in that opinion   John Little
                                        his X mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date first written before me.  I further Certify that Mr. John Little is a respectable person and a creditable witness
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of February 1844
J R Anderson
JJC
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House of Representatives
18 December 1845

Sir:
I have received a letter from D. A. Russ of Monticello Georgia inquiring after the papers of Mrs. Francis Barnett widow of Sion Barnett a Revolutionary Soldier claiming a pension which he says he forwarded to your office some time ago--  and about which or from [illeg.] he has heard nothing since.  Will you let me know what has become of it--
Respectfully.
J L. Edwards                  A H Stephens
Com. Pen.
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Dec 28th
X Fra Barnett

Co. J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Wilmington
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Rich[illeg.] 26 Decr. 1844

Col. J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Sir:  
Your letter of the 13th inst. in regard to the case of Frances Barnett, widow of Sion Barnett, is before me.  But I am at fault, as I see among my letters & papers no evidence of my having filed the claim.
Possibly some other person may have forwarded the papers to you, and requested you to correspond with me.  If so, please to inform me, who was the person 7 by [illeg.]
Thomas Green