Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12048, William Barrett, Conn.
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SERVICE                                              NUMBER
Conn.                Barrett, William         S.  12048

                                                           Carded
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CONTENTS
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Connecticut
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William Barrett
of Brooklyn in the State of Connt
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Abbot of the Regt commanded
by Col Williams in the Connect
["line for" Crossed out] State Troops for 6 mo
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Nov
1832 and Sent to Pensioner-
Brooklyn Cont
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832                            $30
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1835 -         10
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                                                                         $40
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 3--  Page 33--

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[Written up the right margin] Date of death [Illegible]
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William Barrett                          William Barrett
Application                                 2260
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT}  SS.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM, }
On this 14th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of the County
of Windham aforesaid, now sitting, William Barrett a resident of the town of Brooklyn in the
County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 81 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 7, 1832.
    That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: Viz --"--
About the first day of September 1776 he was called out
together with this whole company of militia to which
he belonged under Capt Joseph Abbot to perform a
tour of military duty in the State of New Jersey
that he accordingly proceeded about the time
aforesaid with said militia to a place called
Bargain in said State of New Jersey and remained
there and at the English Neighborhood so called
until about the first of December making three months
Col Ebenezer Williams was commander of the regiment to which
said applicant belonged and William Davidson was lieutenant
Colonel. The Division of the army at that [Illegible] then
the command of General Green in the month of October 1777
said applicant enlisted for one month under Capt Seth [Illegible] then of Brooklyn and performed under him at Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island on a tour of duty for said term of one month Col Saml. McClellan was commander of the regiment and General Douglass commanded the Brigade to which sd Company belonged - In the latter part of the month of August 1779 said applicant was again called out with the
militia upon a tour of duty at Groton under Captain Stephen Lyon regiment  and remained there on duty two months - Col Abbot commanded the regiment to which he belonged and Col Ledy and had command of the fort at Groton,

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
    The following interrogatories were by said Court propounded to said applicant, viz:--
1    Where and in what year were you born? And . In Woodstock in the County of Windham in the year 17587
2    Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? Ans.  I believe there is a record of my age on the records in the town of Woodstock,
3   Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Ans. I lived in [Illegible] Brooklyn when called into service and have lived there ever since.--
4.    How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  Ans. The first tour -  [Illegible] [Illegible] the whole [Illegible] to which I belonged was called out -- the next tour enlisted, and the third time I was Drafted.-
5.    State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.   Ans. I do not recollect the names of any officers except beside there above mentioned except
Genl. Spencer, and no other circumstances except those above alluded to
6.    Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
I never received any written discharge
7.    State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character your veracity, and their belief in your services as a soldier of the revolution.  Rev Samuel J. May and Mr
Nathan Williams.--
                                                     William Barrett
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
Attest Armin Bolles Clerk
We Samuel May a clergyman, residing in the town of Brooklyn in said Windham County, and Natha
Williams residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Barrett
who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing 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.
Samuel J. May
Nathan Williams
Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
           Attest [Illegible] Bolles Clerk

We Samuel J. May a clergyman, residing in the town of Brooklyn in said Windham County, and Nathan Williams residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Barrett who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 81 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

                                 Samuel J. May
                                 Nathan Williams

Sworn, and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State  of Connecticut.
                  Attest [Illegible] Bolles Clerk
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 them that Samuel J. May who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Brooklyn and that, Nathan Williams
 who signed the same is a resident in the
said town of Brooklyn and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit

                      Attest [Illegible] Bolles Clerk
[Illegible] Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Barrett for a pension.
                                In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my 
                                 hand and affixed the seal
                                 of said Court, this 18 day of May A.D. 1832
[ Illegible] Bolles Clerk


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Brief in the case of William Barrett
    of Brooklyn in the State of Connct
                       (Act 7th June, 1839.)

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

2.    If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.    How old is he? 81 years

4.    State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period.      |      Division of Service.        |   Rank.  |  Names of General and Field officers
                 |                                            |              |           under whom he served.
___________|___ __________________________|_________|_________________________________________
                 |      Years,  Months,  Days     |  Private | Col. Williams's Regt
In 1776     |                      3                     |              |  Cap Abbot's company    
        77     |                      1                     |              |  Col: Grosvener;s company
         79    |                      2                     |              |  Col: Abbot's Regt
                 |                                             |              |  Cap: Lyon's Company

5.   In what battles was he engaged?

6.    Where did he reside when he entered the service?    Brooklyn

7.   Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
          incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living Witness Testimony

8.    Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?

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

His Service of [Illegible]                           E.D. Bullock Examining Clerk.
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                                                                   October 12, 1937


                                                                    William Barrett
                                                                    S. 12048
                                                                    BA-J/AWF

Mrs. W. H. Welch
1230 W. Grand River Avenue
East Lansing, Michigan

Dear Madam:

    Reference is made to your letter in which you 
request the Revolutionary War records of William
Barrett of Windham County, Connecticut, and of Joseph
Barrett of Connecticut.

    Because of the great demand for Revolutionary 
War data and the limited trained clerical force
available for furnishing such information, it is not
possible to comply in full with each request.

    The record of William Barrett as furnished
herein as found in papers on file in pension claim,
S. 12048, based upon his service in the War of the
Revolution.

    William Barrett was born in the year 1751 in
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. The names
of his parents were not stated.

    While a resident of Brooklyn, Windham County,
Connecticut, William Barrett enlisted September 1,
1776, and served three months as a private in Captain
Joseph Abbott's company, Colonel Ebenezer Williams'
Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in the month of
October, 1777, and served one month in Captain Seth
Grosvenor's company, Colonel Samuel McClellan's
Connecticut regiment. He enlisted late in August, 1779,
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and served two months in Captain Stephen Lyons'
company, Colonel Abbott's Connecticut regiment.

    The soldier, William Barrett, was allowed
pension on his application executed August 15, 1832,
then a resident of Brooklyn, Connecticut.

    The papers on file in this claim contain no
reference to the family of the soldier.

    In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly
the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply
to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the
following data:

William Barrett
Certificate #2172
Issued November 21, 1832
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Connecticut Agency.                                           

                                 Very truly yours



                                  A. D. HILLER
                                  Executive Assistant
                                  to the Administrator
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                   12048
                 INVALID.
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[Text written up the left margin: "Rev War"]

File No.    12,048
William Barrett
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7" 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 21

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1930 - Mar. 29.  Hist. to
Leon R.P. Freeman
for Mrs Mary B. Bishop. EEL [Illegible]
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1937 - Oct 12 - hist to Mrs. W. H. Welch
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Abel Staples
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I Abel Staples of Brooklyn in the County of Windham
of lawful age do testify and say that Mr. William
                             in the dall of the year 1777
Barrett of Brooklyn served one month^as a
militiaman at Trenton in the State of Rhode 
Island under Capt Seth Grosvenor  I was a
soldier in the same company at the same time.
Col McClellan commanded the regiment to
which we belonged, and Gene Douglas the
brigade. -- I also remember that said
Barrett performed two months service as a
militiaman at Groton according to the best
of my recollection in the latter part of the
summer of 1779 - I served as a substitiute for
one Moses Warren at the same time.  Capt
Stephen Lyon commanded the company to which
said Barrett belonged and Col []Illegible] co0mmanded
the fort - I do not remember the name of the captain of the company in which
I served and further the deponent saith not
Dated at Brooklyn this 14th day of 1832.__
                                            Abel Staples

State of Connecticut }
County of Windham  }  Brooklyn Aug 14th 1832

    Then Abel Staples who subscribed the form
giving definition personally appeared and made solemn
                                       before me
oath to the truth of the same^.  And I do hereby certify
that Abel Staples is a man of faIr character for
truth and veracity --
                                  Thomas Backers, Justice of the Peace
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I Joseph Davison of Brooklyn in the County of Windham
of lawful age do testify that in the
month of Sept 17769 I was called out together
                                       regiment
with a ["company" Crossed out]^ of militia to which  I then
belonged to perform a tour of militia duty in
the State of New Jersey __[Illegible Crossed out] said regiment
were at first ordered to Powler's Hook but upon
moving there, we found the garrison coming out
from the fort, it having been thought best
owing to its exposed situation, to abandon
the same__ We then proceeded to a place
called Bargain about a mile and a half
from said Powler Hook, where we
remained until I was taken sick and was
                where I was confined by sickness
carried to Newark^a number of months
and did not again join the regiment.
Mr William Barrett of Brooklyn was a
                                                    to which I belonged
private in ["said" Crossed out} this company^ and was with
me until I left the regiment as above
mentioned and supposed that he remained
on duty until said regiment was [Illegible]
which was ["about" Crossed out] at best three months, and
I believe some longer from the time of being called
out as aforesaid__The company, to which the said Bennett
and myself belonged was commanded by Capt Joseph
Abbott and the regiment
 by Col Ebenezer Williams
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William Davison was lieutenant Col of the
same regiment__.__ ["and for the the Deponent saith" Crossed out]
                                           ["Joseph Davison" Crossed out]

I do further testify and say that I served
on month in company with the said Barrett
at Trenton in the State of Rhode Island in
the month of October 1777 -- The company to which
we belonged was commanded by Capt Seth Grosvenor
the regiment by Col McClellan -- and the troops
generally by General Spencer. --We were under
enlistment during said months service -- and
further the deponent saith not.
                             Joseph Davison

Windham County for Brooklyn Aug 16th 1832

Then Joseph Davison who subscribed the
foregoing affidavit personally appeared
and made solemn oath to the truth of
the same before me --  I do also certify that
said Davison is a man of fair character
for truth and veracity and his testimony
entitled to full credit --
       Thomas Backer Justice of the Peace
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I [Illegible] Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and
for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, do
hereby certify that [Illegible] Backer [Illegible] before when the
foregoing affidavit annexed herewith made is duly
enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham
County.  That the foregoing signatures of his name
are in his hand writing, and that full faith and
Credit ought to be given to his acts as such--

In testimony where I have herewith
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 18" day of Aug A.D.
1832
                                 [Illegible] Bolles
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Elisha Cady
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 I Elisha Cady of Killingly in the County of Windham
of lawful age do testify and say that in
the month of September of the year 1776
whilst I was with the American army
at Westchester in the State of New York
Mr William Barrett of Brooklyn in the 
State of Connecticut [Illegible] through that
place in company with a body of Connecticut
militia to which he belonged, on
their way to New Jersey -- that I do further
say that according to my best knowledge
and belief the said Barrett was in
service at that time about three months
When I arrived home in December, the
said Barrett had been at home or I was
then informed but a few days-- We 
[Two lines of text Crossed out] were both
then inhabitants of said Brooklyn and
lived near each other. -- In the latter part
of August in the year 1779 as near as I can
recollect I was discharged at roton after
two months service in the militia at that
place and at ["that" Crossed out] the time I was discharged as
aforesaid, the said Barrett arrived there
with other militia to supply [Illegible Crossed out] the place
of us who then left -- I do not know how
long he remained there but according to
 best
my ^ recollection he was gone about two
months.-- The above is all the service of the
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said Barrett of which I am knowing but
recollect that he was gone from home
in the fall of the year 1777 and was informed
that he was then on a tour of duty as
a soldier somewhere in the State of Rhode
Island and further the deponent saith not,

Dated at Killingly the 1st day of August 1832.
Witness,
   Jonathan Cutler                        his
                                        Elisha    X    Cady
                                                 mark

Windham County     }
State of Connecticut } [Illegible] Killingly Aug 1. 1832
Then Elisha Cady who subscribed the
foregoing deposition personally appeared and
made solemn oath to the truth of the same
before me -- that I do also certify that
said Cadey is a man of truth and veracity
and his testimony entitled to full credit

          Thomas Backer Justice of the Peace
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                                            Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution

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MISS EMELINE A. STREET                                                                                          MISS JENNIE LOOMIS
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PUTNAM

                                                  Putnam, Conn. Mar. 25, 1930

Hon. Richard F. Freeman,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Freeman; -
                                                 May I ask you to kindly obtain the
pension records for the following men who served in the Revolution;-
        
                             S-12048      William Barrett,
                             W-26187     Thomas Hinge,
                             S-31775       Nathan Jennings,

Pension of Sergt. Benjamin Weaver, born Oct 23, 1752
                         at East Greenwich, R.I. and died
                          Feb. 2, 1785 at Pomfret, Conn.  In 1847, his sons
                          John Weaver and Caleb Weaver applied for a pension
                          on the service of their father and it was allowed.
                          Weaver Genealogy, page 123.

                                             Very sincerely,

                                                      Mary B. Bishop
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Stamp:
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MAR 27
12 - M
1930

Stamp:
[Illegible
CORRESPONDENTS
OF CHANGE
OF ADDRESS

House of Representatives U.S.
                                                                    Richard P. Freeman
                                                                                   M.C.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS -- FREE

This letter contained letter of Mr
Mary B. Bishop to Congressman Richard
P. Freeman & forwarded to this [Illegible]
without letter from him -- said letter returned
to Congressman Freeman, with letter
dated Mar 29 1930 -- giving histories of
Wm Barrett, W.12048, Nathan Jennings P. 31175
Thomas Ringe.  W.26187  --Benj [Illegible] W. 17707

                                 Pension Department,
                                 Revolutionary War Division.
                                 Interior Department.
                                 Washington, D.C.
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                                               1230 W. Grand River Ave.,
                                                East Lansing, Mich.,
                                                August 12, 1937.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the pension records of these two soldiers
in the Revolutionary War:

WILLIAM BARRETT, of Windham Co., Conn., aged 83, on pension roll
21 Nov. 1832; served in Conn. militia.

JOSEPH BARRET, private in Major Skinner's troops of Conn. militia
in 1776, as per Conn, in the Revolution, p. 476.

Thank you.
                                                Yours truly,
                                                 Sylvia P. Welch   
                                                 Mrs.  W. H. Welch
                                                

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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
REL

                                                                                  March 29, 1930


Honorable Richard Freeman
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Freeman:

    In response to a letter herewith returned, from Mrs.
Mary B. Bishop, which you forwarded to this bureau, I have
the honor to advise you as follows:

    From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, S.12048, it appears that William Barrett was born
in 1751, in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut.

    While residing in Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut,
he enlisted about September 1, 1776, and served three
months in Captain Joseph Abbott's Company, Colonel Ebenezer
Williams' Connecticut Regiment.

He enlisted in October, 1777, and served one month in
Captain Seth Grosvenor's Company, Colonel Samuel McClellan's
Connecticut Regiment.

He enlisted late in August, 1779, and served two months
in Captain Stephen Lyon's Company, Colonel Abbott's Connecticut
Regiment.

    He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 15, 1832, while residing in Brooklyn, Connecticut.

    There are no data concerning his family.

[Written in left margin]
Date of
death not
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