Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46421, James Barrett, Penn.
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(S-1776) 

SERVICE NUMBER

(Hand written)
Penn.   Barrett, James S46421

CONTENTS
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Cert. 1061
No. 1106
Revy
46-421
Name: James Barrett
Rank; Pri  Comp'y: Robertson
Regt: Pa Line

Allowed, Act 1828

1939 -  June 9 - Hist to Mrs. Geo W Gann -ce
1940 - May 5 - Hist to James D Barrett - jlc
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1978

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled" An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" passed on the 15th of May 1828, I, James Barrett of Jersey Town in the county of Columbia in the state of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the (illegible) line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which (illegible) regiment not recollected of the Pennsylvania Line.  And I also declare that I afterward received certificate for the record of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under the (illegible) of Congress passed the fifteenth of May 1778.  

And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the Pensions List of the United States.

Witness my hand this twenty-sixth day of September in the year eighteen hundred thirty-one.
Signed:  James Barrett

Note.  The most convenient bank of the United States is at Philadelphia.  The most convenient post office is at Jersey Town, Columbia County, Penna.

Before me, Philip H. Schreyer, a justice of the peace, duly empowered to administer oaths in this county of Northumberland in the state of Pennsylvania, personally appeared this day Andrew McReynolds and Henry Frick of the said county, persons known to me as credible witnesses who did verbally make oath that James Barrett by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in (illegible) as therein stated.

Witness my hand this twenty-sixth day of September in the year eighteen hundred thirty-one.
Signed:  P. H. Schreyer
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State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County

I, Edward Y. Bright, prothonotary of the court of common pleas in the county aforesaid in the state of Pennsylvania, do certify that Philip Shreyer, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly empowered to administer oaths. 


In testimony of which I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said court at (illegible) the 27th day of September A.D. 1831.
Signed:  Ed Y. Bright, Prothy.
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name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

James Barrett
Certificate #1061
Issued November 10, 1831
Rate $80 per annum
Act of May 15, 1828
Pennsylvania Agency

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator

Note:  There are Elders of Pa. in our flat file.
The Barretts, Elders, intermarried in letter.T
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Sunbury
Sept 28   Free

Hon. Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City, D C

Revolutionary Claim

Recd Oct 1st
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Recd Oct 1st 1831
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Declaration and evidence copies for  [illegible]  D. Petriken H. R. April 20, 1838
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Recd Nov 7 1831

Treasury Department
Washington City

Case of F. Dickins, [illegible]
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Recd 7 Nov 1831    Copies in its right place - end.

Bath  Nov 2nd 1831

Dear Sir,
I now enclose the affidavit of [illegible] in the case of James Barrett of Jersey [illegible] Columbia County, Pa,  please forward his certificate and pay addressed to him at his residence.
Very respectfully,
Your obt Sevt
John Magee

F. Pickins Esq
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1978
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
No. of orig payt 1106
Allowed Act 1828

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
7 Oct 1831

James Barrett of Jersey Town in the county of Columbia in the state of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution, approved the 15th of May, 1828.
He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued until its termination at which period he was a private in captain Robertson's company, in the ______ regiment of the Penn. line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary. 
F A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Third Auditors Office
8th Octob

er 1831
It further appears that James Barrett is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3 March 1826.
The name of James Barrett cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom certificates for the gratuity of eighty dollars, were issued.
Peter Hagner [illegible]

See #37-5-75 [illegible]
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War Dept, Bounty Land Office
Oct 11th 1831
The name of James Barrett is not returned on the records of the Pennsylvania line on file in this office, as entitled to bounty land from the U. States, nor has a land warrant ever issued in his name.
Wm. Gordon
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[illegible]

#46-421
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Recd 7 Nov 1821

Moses VanCampen of the Village of Landsville in the county of Livingston, state of New York  being duly sworn, sayeth that he was a Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Robinson's company of infantry of the Pennsylvania line in the war of the Revolution and that a soldier was enlisted into said company of the name of James Barrett to serve during the war and did so serve and was discharged from said company and served according to the best recollection of this deponent in the month of November one thousand seventeen hundred and eighty three and as this deponent is informed and believes to be true the said James Barrett now resides at Jerseytown in the county of Columbia, state of Pennsylvania.
Moses Van Campen
Sworn and subscribed Oct 31st 1831 in presence of Martin  Smith of the county to Stuben

State of New York
County of Steuben
I, David Rumsey, Clerk of said county do certify that Martin Smith before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be genuine.  Witness my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of November 1831.
David Rumsey
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Northumberland County

Personally came before William Taggart Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid John Adams who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that James Barrett was an enlisted soldier in the Pennsylvania Rangers commanded by Captain Thomas Roberson in the time of the Revolutionary War and served in the same faithfully until he received his discharge at the time I was discharged from the same company,  he was in service in the said company about two years and six or seven months deponent further saith not.
John (his mark) Adams
Sworn and subscribed before me the 5th day of October 1819.
Wm. Taggart

Northumberland County
Personally came before William Taggert Esq one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid David Logan who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that I knew James Barrett as an enlisted soldier in Capt Thomas Robinson's company of Pennsylvania Rangers ad that I was not a soldier in the same company but that I  was living in the town of Northumberland myself and know that the said James  Barrett served in the said company until they all got their discharges.  Deponent further saith not but that he thinks he served in the said company two years and upward.
David Logan
Sworn and subscribed before me the 5th day of October 1809.
Wm Taggert
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Northumberland County
Personally came before William Taggert Esquire, onte of he justices of the Peace in and for the count aforesaid William Hoffman who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that I know that James Barrett was in the service of Captain Thomas Roberson's Company of Pennsylvania Raingers and served until they were all discharged.  I was not a soldier myself at the same time and I think he served in said company for about two years or upwards.  Deponent further saith not.
Wm Hoffman
Sworn and subscribed before me the 5th day of October 1819.
Wm Taggert

This will certify that I have known the within named deponents for upwards of thirty years and that they have always held an unblemished character and men of truth and veracity to the best of my knowledge as witnesses.
Wm. Taggert
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Received Mar 29 1940
Rev & 1812 

751 E 11th Ave
Eugene, Oregon
March 24, 

Chief of Veterans; Bureau
Washington DC

Ddear Sir,

In supplementing a Barrett genealogy (Ms.) left by my Uncle William Allen Barrett, I have run across the name of Col. James Elder Barrett, who served in the Continental Army and [illegible] Genl [illegible} in the Trenton expedition.  From some references it appears that he was in some way connected with our family, but [illegible] is not satisfactory from Tom Jordan, Eugene, Pa. vol 3, p. 1053.  I have this.
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"John Barrett was grandson of John I and great-grandfather James Elder Barrett."  Barretts and Elders are much intermarried.
May I ask which [illegible] in your records anything that will throw more light on Col. Barrett's family history.

Very truly yours,
James Barrett

Received stamp March 20, 1940
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Mrs. George W. Gann
49 East Long Avenue
Du Bois, Penna.

[illegible] 17th, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington DC

Gentlemen,
Did James Barrett receive a pension from the Revolutionary War, he lived in Northumberland Co., Pa., in Derry twp. taxed for 300 [illegible] his war record was 5th series vol. 8, Penna archives, page 685 listed on pay roll of Capt. Thomas Roberson, Pennsylvania Rangers of Northumberland Co., Pa., page 695.  Signed Thos. Robinson Capt. would his record give his wife's name and age
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Would be very glad for the certified record of all, and pension record if he received any for a S.A.R. line for membership.

Yours truly,
Mrs. G W Gann
49 E Long Ave.
DuBois, Pa

Date stamped: Received March 18, 1939
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June 9, 1939

BA-J/CC
James Barrett
s.46421

Mrs. George W. Gann
49 East Long Avenue
DuBois, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Barrett of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.46421, based upon service of James Barrett in the Revolutionary War.
Dae and place of birth of James Barrett and names of his parents are not shown.
James Barrett enlisted, served as private about two years and six months in Captain Thomas Robinson's company of Pennsylvania rangers, and was discharged in November 1783.
James Barrett was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1831, at which time he was a resident of Jerseytown, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.  His age was not shown.
No family data are shown.
In 1819 David Logan stated that "I know James Barrett was an enlisted soldier in Captain Thomas Robinson's company of Pennsylvania rangers and that I was not a soldier in the same company but that I was living in the town of Northumberland myself and know that the said James Barrett served in the said company, until they all got their discharges."
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of James Barrett, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, records Division this city and cite the following data:

James Barrett
Certificate #1061
Issued November 10, 1831
Rate $80.00 per annum,
Act of May 15, 1828,
Pennsylvania Agency

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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The National Archives
Division of Veterans' Card*

Name: Barrett, Jeremiah
Grade: Private
Line: Connecticut

Warrant Number: 5468
Acreage: 100
Issued: Oct. 16, 1789 to Theodosius Fowler