Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R, 569, Andrew Barry, N.C.
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(S-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.

Barry, Andrew
Ruth

NUMBER
R.569

CONTENTS
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12.168 _
North Carolina

Andrew Barry
of Meckg. in the State of N. Car. who was a Pr. in the -- commanded by Captain -- of the Regt commanded by Col Locke in the N.Car. line for 6 mo 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 21 dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of April 1833 and Sent to Isaac Alexander, Charlotte _ NC
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 42.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. _ 10.66
$53.32
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 34
a a

[Right column cut off but continued on far left]
Sub Pension Agent April
1. 1834 _ G.C.
Cert. corrected and returned
to Beverly Bond for [illegible]
Order to pay 5th April 1838
Order to pay 3 April 1841
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of 6th April 1838 from
March 4th to Sept 4th 1841
notified June 3d 1842
Order to pay 6 April 1844.
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Andrew Barry
N. Carolina
Admin. for 6 months
12 days from 1778
Col Lock NC
$21.33
10926
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BRIEF in the case of Andrew Barry
Co. of Mecklenburg in the State of N.C.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 73
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1778 enlisted
1781 [illegible]
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months, 5
1
6 
Days 12 
12
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap Groomfield. Col. Lock
Cap Poth Col Lock
5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary two living witnesses
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.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
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State of North Carolina
Iredell County
Know all men by these presents that Mr. Andrew Berry and David Beaty in the State aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto the Governor of the State of North Carolina for the time being, in the just and full sums of Five hundred Pounds Current Money of this State, to be paid to the said Governor or his Successors as assigned. To the which payment well and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators
Sealed with our seals, and dated this ninth day of August Anno Domini 1804.
The Condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas the above bounded Andrew Berry hath made application for a License for a marriage to be celebrated between him and Ruth Batie of the County aforesaid. Now in case it shall not appear hereafter, that there is any lawful Cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above Obligation to be void. Otherwise to remain in full force and Virtue
Sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Andrew Berry (Seal)
Capt. D. Beatey (Seal)
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State of North Carolina
Iredell County
J. F. Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the within is a true and perfect Copy of the Marriage Bond of Andrew Barry to Ruth Beatie as found on proper file in my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at office in Statesville this 10 day of August A.D. 1833
J.F. Alexander, Clk of Iredell County Court
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10,926.
Andrew Barry
Sep 25
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County ⎬
Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions August Term 1832
On this 29th day of August 1832 personally
appeared before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid opened and held for said County on the 4th Monday of August 1832 which Court is now sitting
Andrew Berry a resident of said County and State aged seventy three years October 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 was born in the County of Mecklenberg and State aforesaid in the year 1759 _ that he has no record of his age and if there is any he knows not where it is  _ that he has always lived in the neighborhood where he was born  _ that when he first entered the service of the United States he was a resident of Mecklenberg _ that he was drafted as militia man in the State of North Carolina and for five months - that his captain was John Brownfield _ Fracis Locke the Colonel and General Rutherford the commanding officer that he marched from Charlotte by way of Camden in ten miles of Charleston and from that place turned off towards the Savannah River that territory being then in the possession of the British _ that he served the whole of the period and that he returned to North Carolina under Colonel Francis Locke and was by him verbally discharged _ that the tour was made [illegible] in the year 1778.

That he again entered the service of the
United States under General Davidson who
was killed at Cowandford on the Colomba _
Davidson made proclamation that all
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all who would volunteer for six weeks that they should be entitled to pay for a three months tour _ that he volunteered under Captain Jonathan Potts and was under Colonel Francis Locke after the death of General Davidson that he was verbally discharged by his Captain
Jonathan Potts after the expiration of six weeks
which was in the year 1781 _ in the month of February. Some short time before the Battle of Guilford that he has no documentary evidence of having served as he has above declared _ that as to his character for veracity that to the
after set forth and that he did serve as he has herein stated he also defers to the certificate of Robert Kerr and Geo Graham and James Conner the Certificate of Graham and Conner [illegible] as to his character for veracity and the certificate of Robert Burris Conner as to his service in the revolutionary war _ his discharges being verbal he has no evidence of
the fact _ he hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension in any vicinity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of any agency in any State, that the whole time that he belonged to the States Troop of North Carolina during the Revolution was six months and two weeks _

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
Andrew Barry

We, Joseph Graham James Conner and Robert Kerr residents of the said County of Mecklenberg with the exception of Joseph Graham who resides in the County of Lincoln hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Andrew Barry, who has sworn to and makes the above declaration _ that we believe him to be seventy three years of age as stated _
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that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - James Conner and Robert Kerr further swear _ the said Kerr certifies that he was with the said Andrew Berry in both tours as declared by him in the five months tour under Locke and Rutherford _ the other at Cowans Ford about the time that  Davidson was killed _ and the said Conner certifies that the applicant served in the last tour mentioned -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. Graham
James Connor
Robert Carr
and the said Court do further 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 Joseph Graham James Connor and Robert Kerr are who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for Mecklenberg County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Berry for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Charlotte. this 29th day of August 1826 -
Isaac Alexander Clerk
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State of North Carolina
Mecklenberg County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
July Term 1853 _
On the 27th day of July 1853 _ personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid in open Court, Andrew M. Barry a resident of Hopewell in Mecklenberg County N.C. aged about Forty Years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d. day of February _ A.D. 1853 _ granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that he is the son of Ruth Barry who was the widow of Andrew Barry decd _ who was a Revolutionary Soldier (a private) and drew a pension from the U. States at the rate of $21.33. ct per annum _ He further declares that his said Father and Mother were married on the  day of August 1804 _ That his Father, said Andrew Barry, died on the 28th day of March 1844 _ and that his Mother said Ruth died on the 6th day of September 1852 _ that his Mother & Father were not married prior to the Second of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated _ That his Mother never married again after her said husband died _ 
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above written in open Court before _
R.D. Alexander P Justice
A.M. Barry
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And the said Court do hereby declare that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration they believe to be true, they are personally acquainted with Andrew M. Barry who is the reputed son of Andrew Barry decd _ and that he is a respectable Citizen of this County _ The siad Court further certify that they know that Andrew Barry and his wife lived together as man and wife until parted by death _ leaving said Andrew M Barry _ Mary Barry and [Maury?] Barry _ their only surviving children _ Signed in open Court _ this 27th day of July 1853 _
R.D. Alexander P Justice
And I further certify that Ruth Barry died in 1852 _ never having married again after the death of her husband Andrew Barry.
R.D. Alexander P. Justice

State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
I Brady Oates Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in said Case & I further Certify that R.D. Alexander is one of the special Court for said County & that the Signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed my seal of office This 27th day of July AD 1833
B. Oates C.C.C.
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January 28, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Andrew Barry, R. 569
Mrs. J. H. Franklin
259 14th Street
Atlanta
Georgia
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, R.569, based upon the military service of Andrew Barry.
He was born in October, 1759, in Mecklenburg County, North Caroline
. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Mecklenburg County he enlisted in 1778 and
served five months as private in Captain John Bromfield's company in
Colonel Francis Locke's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted in 1781
and served six weeks in Captain Jonathan Potter company in Colonel
Francis Locke's North Carolina regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29,
1832, while living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
He died March 28, 1844.
Andrew Barry married in August, 1804, Ruth Beatey, Beatie or Batie,
of Tredell County, North Carolina. The marriage bond was dated August 9,
1804, and was signed by Andrew Beatey and Captain David Beatey, relationship of Captain Beaty to Ruth not shown.
Ruth Barry died September 6, 1852, and was survived by the following
children: Andrew M. Barry who was living in Hopewell, Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, July 27, 1853, aged forty years; Mary [illegible]
Nancy Barry.
There are no further data relative to the family of Andrew Barry.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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No 3074
Mrs Ruth Barry
Andrew W Barry
&
Son of A Barry
Revy Pensions
N.C.
Request
Let to W. F. Davis
Gray
369
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Pension Office
Oct 8 /53
Sir Please report time of
last payment to or death
of within named pensioner
F. Burt Esqr
3 and Present
Respectfully &
S. Cole for Commr.

Andrew Barryor  Berry
Act 7th June 1832
---
$21.33 p. an.
Paid to 4th March
1844 - no date of death
on our Books
F Burt
Auditor
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1881 Jany 12 C.L. Hunter, giving military
History, for Historical purposes
 Jany 26"99,
Jos. K. Nicholls
Phila, Pa
1924 Jan. 29 - Hist.
Jack Prophater Sec letter
filed in case of Hardy
Matthews S. 2746
1929, Nov. 12 his to Mrs. J.
E. Dance See case of James
Scales S.7459 NCS
1937, Jan. 28, First to
┃ Mrs. J. H. Franklin NCS

Ex'r.
INVALID.
No 569 
Rejected 
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3 1873

Ruth Barry
P.O. wid. of Andrew
Service:
Enlisted: ____, 18
Discharged: ____, 18
Application filed: ____, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
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Mar. 6 1844
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Person
Washington.
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Pension Office
Fayetteville  April 2, 44
James Edward Eqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
[illegible] direct the pay to
Andrew Berry act of 1832. 12 mo. Ending
in March 1844 $21. 33 per [illegible] making
I [illegible] join me [illegible]
Jms. Huske
H
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Charlotte N.C. Augt 16th 1853
Hon. S. P. Waldo
Com. of Pen.
Sir

Enclosed I send
you the application of A.M. Barry under the
act of Congress passed Feb 1853-
Please place it on file for investigation

Your Obt Servt
W. Davidson
Hon L. P. Waldo
Com. of Penn
Washington City
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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
Andrew Berry
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? yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his 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
1
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2

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 relative to his revolutionary service? yes as to others
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. 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? yes
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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 mentioned 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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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite
, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 19th 1849.
Sir
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled ""An act directing
the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,
Andrew Barry
---
a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina
Agency, at the rate of Twenty one
Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832
has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1841
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Allanta, Ga.
Dec. 29. 1936.
United States
Bureau of Pensions
Washington
Dear Sir
Please send data found
in pension records of Revolutionary
war giving information regarding John
and James Houston (Hewston or
Huston) and John and
Andrew Berry all of North Carolina

Respectfully
Mrs. J.H. Franklin
259-14th J. N. E.
Atlanta, Ga.
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Alfred S. Gillett,  James B. Alvord,  Edwin F. Merrill
President.                 Treasurer         Secretary 




The Girard F.J.M. Insurance to
Office N.E. cor. Chestnut & Seventh St.
Philadelphia, January 11th 1899

To the Honorable Secretary of the Interior
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly furnish
me with any information your department may
possess in regard to the following persons,
┃ 1. Barry Andrew (South Carolina) Captain South Carolina
Partizan Rangers. Wounded at Musgrove
Mills August 18, 1780
2. Williams - Otho Holland. (Maryland) First Lieutenant
of Cresap's Company, Maryland Riflemen, 21st. of June 1775. Major of Stephenson's Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment 27th of June 1776. Wounded at Fort Washington 16th of November 1776. Colonel of the Sixth Maryland 10th of December 1776, Transferred to first Maryland 1st of January, 1781. Brigadier General, Continental Army, May
9th 1782, Retired 16th of January 1783. Died 16th of July 1794

3. James Crook who took part in the Battle of
Bunker Hill, where he was wounded. After the war
the went to Virginia and married Gen. C. H.
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Williams's daughter, (whom I have mentioned) or sister In giving information kindly
give references etc. as I want it for the purpose
of
Joining the Sons of the Revolution who require
a certified copy of all unpublished records etc.
and if you will let me know cost of certifying
the references I ask for, I will send it to
you kindly give any reference to Histories
etc. which may occur, I respectfully remain

Your Humble Servant
Joseph R Nicholls

P. S.
Can I get any information from the War Department
\
PENSION
U Jan S
     12
     1899    
OFFICE.

OLD WAR & NAVY
Jan 12 1899
[illegible]
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON January 16, 1937

IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. J. H. Franklin
259 - 14th Street, N. E.,
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Madam,



Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
relative to John and James Houston (Hewston or Huston ) and
John and Andrew Berry, all soldiers of North Carolina serving in
the Revolutionary War.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon
service in the Revolution of an Andrew Berry, under any spelling. here under Berry
Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard
to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
In order to identify the records of the particular soldiers named
-
John and James Houston and John Berry in whom you are interested,
should they be on file, as much as possible of the following data in
regard to each should be furnished: approximate dates of birth and
death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given
name of widow.
Please return these letters with your reply.
,
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

Received 
Jan 25 1937
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm. 16
[illegible]
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259 - 14th Street,
Atlanta Georgia,
Jan. 20, 1937.

A. D. Hiller,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -

In reply to letter enclosed, I send the following
information:
In "The State Records of North Carolina " Vol. 22, (Clark)
under " North Carolina Revolutionary Pensioners under the Acts
of 1818 and 1832, as reported by Secretary of State to Congress in [illegible] " is mentioned Andrew Berry, private
In " Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military
Services, with their names, ages and Places of residence as
returned by the Several Judicial Districts under the Act for
taking the Sixth Census " under Mecklenburg County, N. C., is
listed Andrew Berry, age 81.
The above is my reason for thinking that Andrew Berry
was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
John Berry was born 1759; died Feb. 13, 1833 wife Frances.
He lived first in Tryon County, North Carolina, later in Lincoln
County, N. C., where he died. He had service in Revolutionary War.
John Houston, the father of John and James Houston, was
living in Newberry County, South Carolina, when John and James
enlisted in Revolutionary War, James being little more than a
boy. John married Mary Wilson and while living in Coweta
County, Georgia, his pension money was paid to his widow, $80. 00
a month, beginning March 4, 1836. His pension was signed by
William Wilkins, Secretary of War, according to one of his descendants
.
James Houston married Mary Hughey lived at one time in
Greene County, Georgia, and died in Morgan County, Georgia, in
1837.
I seek this information entirely for the purpose of
learning the place of birth of Andrew Berry and brother, John
and the time and place of birth of John and James Houston and
hope that you can assist me.
Regretting that my first communication was not only incomplete
but incorrect, and thanking you for the trouble you
have taken, I am,

Very truly yours,
Mrs. J. H. Franklin
Mrs. J. H. Franklin.

Received
Jan 26 1937
Main Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm. 16
[illegible]
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SERVICE                             NUMBER
N.C.   Barry, Andrew            R.569
                    Ruth
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MC
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MOS/HAM
November 12, 1929.
Mrs. J. E. Dance
509 Langhorn Street, S. W.
Atlanta
Georgia.
Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, R. 569, it appears that Andrew Barry was born in Mecklenberg
County, North Carolina, in  Oct.1759.

While residing in Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, he
enlisted in 1778 and served five months as private in Captain John
Bromfield's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's North Carolina Regiment.
He enlisted in 1781 and served six weeks in Captain Jonathan
Potts Company, Colonel Francis Locke's North Carolina Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August
29, 1832, while a resident of Mecklenberg County, North Carolina.
He died March 28, 1844.
He married in August 1804 Ruth Battie, Beatie or Beattey, of
Tredell County, North Carolina. She died September 6, 1852.
Their children were Mary, Nancy and Andrew M. a resident
of Hopewell, Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, July 27, 1853, aged
about forty years.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford
any information relative to an Andrew Berry, and the above noted is
the only soldier of similar surname found on said records.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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M.C.A.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
January 29, 1924
Jack Prophater
414 Trenton St.
Harriman, Tenn.
Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, R.569, it appears that Andrew Barry was born in
Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, in 1759.
While residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted
in 1778 and served five months as private in Captain John Bromfield's
Company, Colonel Francis Locke's North Carolina Regiment.
He enlisted in 1781 and served six weeks in Captain Jonathan
Pott's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's North Carolina Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29,
1832, while a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He died
March 28, 1844.
He married in August 1804 Ruth Batie, Beatie or Beatey, of Iredell County, North Carolina. She died September 6, 1852.
Their children were Mary, Nancy and Andrew M., a resident of Hopewell, Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, July 27, 1853, aged about
forty years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner