Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6590, Samuel Barrett, Va.
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SERVICE Va
Barrett, Samuel
NUMBER S.6590
carded
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Virginia 12.129
Samuel Barrett
Wood in the State of Va:
Who was a pri in the [BLANK] commanded
Captain [BLANK] of the Regt commanded
Spotwood in the Va
ine for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
t the rate of 80 Dollars [BLANK] Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of March
1833 and S??te J. W.
Stephenson. Parkersburgh [Parkersburg], Va

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833         160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep      40
[TOTAL]                                                          $200

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book O Vol. 6 Page 2

[PERPENDICULAR TO THE REST]
Let 20 Mar 35 Pm Agt?
-	-	-	- J.M. Steed } Cont’d
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 

State of Virginia 
County of Wood } ss

On this 20th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the County Court of Wood County and and State aforesaid Samuel Barnett a resident of said County and State of the age of 74 years on the 21st day of February last 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 the 7th 1832, That he entered in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 or 1777 in the fall of the year with John Melton or Milton a recruiting Officer for the time of three years and served in the Second Regiment of the line of Virginia under the following Officers as well as he Now Recollects; to wit the Company to which he was attached was first commanded by Morgan Alexander 2dly by Marcus Calimus or Calimees [Marquis Calmes] 3dly Captain Thomas Catlett and he thinks the Regiment was commanded by Col's Spotswood and parker during the whole of the three years that he was in the service; and that the Brigade was under the command of Gen. Woodford; that he Enlisted in the County of Shenandoah and State of Virginia, and was discharged from the service (on the Return of the army from the North to the South) in the State of Maryland; that soon after his enlistment he was marched to Williamsburg in Virginia; when he remained until the Spring following; from which place the said Regiment marched to Baltimore). at which place the Company to which we belonged was put on ship board for the purpose of preventing the Tories supplying the English with provisions &c that they Continued at Sea 5 or six weeks, and were then disembarked in the State of Maryland; from where they were Marched to Philadelphia at which place the said Capt. Alexander Resigned and was succeeded by the said Calimen [Calmes]; from thence they marched to the State of New Jersey not far from Amboy, at which place the said Capt. Calimen [Calmes] Resigned and was succeeded by Capt. Thomas Catlett; from thence they marched to the while plains where they Encamped for some time; That he was in the Battle of Monmouth and also at the taking of Stony point under Gen. Wayne in July 1779; that he was Regularly discharged from the Service after the Expiration of his time of service aforesaid; that his discharge was torn to pieces many years ago by some school boys who broke open his house in his absence-- and that he hereby Relinquishes any Claim whatever to a pension or anuity [annuity] Except the present; and he declairs [declares] that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State 

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid 

Samuel Barrett
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Virginia 

At a quarterly Court held for the County of Wood on Monday the 20th day of August 1832 before the Commonwealth's Justices of the Peace in and for said County at the Courthouse thereof 

Samuel Barrett this day Came into Court and subscribed and made Oath to his declairation [declaration] agreeable to an act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 in order to obtain a pension for his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary war - And the said Court do hereby declair [declare] their opinion that the above named Samuel Barrett was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states 

I John Stephenson ? Clerk of the County Court of Wood County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Origin proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel Barrett for a pension 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 27th day of August in year 1832 AD 57 year of the Commonwealth 
J Stephenson ? C??
[SEAL]
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All F

Rev. and 1812 
War Section. 
AM

May 16, 1925.

Ella Clifton 
111 Mulberry Ave 
Weston, W. Va. 

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6590, it appears that Samuel Barrett was born February 21, 1758, place not stated. 

He enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia in the fall of 1776 and served three years as a private in Captains Morgan Alexander, Marquis Calmes and Thomas Catlett's Company, Colonel Spotswood's Virginia Regiment, and was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, while a resident of Wood County, Virginia. 

There is no data on file as to his family. 

Respectfully, 
WILDER S. METCALF 
Commissioner.
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Rev War
6590
INVALID.
File No. 6,590
Samuel Barrett
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. A, Page 20
[Arrangement of 1870]


[NOTES ON FACING PAGE:]
1925 May 16 Hist to Ella Clifton W?F.
1925 June 29   "     "  Roy B Cook  "
1929 Apr 13 Photos to Maj. J. T. Hains & Fin. Div. ntfd[?]. A.D.Y.
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Samuel Barrett of Virginia
Admit as a private for two years from 1777 under Col’o Spotswood of the V State line $80.00 per annum

J M Stephenson
Parkersburgh [Parkersburg] Va

[PERPENDICULAR]
Hon Lewis Cass
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Parkersburg
Dec 25th 1832 

Dr Sir

The Claim of Samuel Barrett is herewith returned –
He is unable to prove his service of more than one witness & I have however taken the affidavit of some of our most respectable citizens, as to his character, and into his reported service; If they are not sufficient if necessary any reasonable number of the same kind of affidavits can be procured here in this county when he has resided for many years

Respectfully yours 
J M Stephenson

Hon Lewis Cass
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Saml Barrett
Va

J M Stephenson
Parkersburgh [Parkersburg]
Va

BARRETT, SAMUEL (VA)

[RUBBER STAMP:]
The National Archives of the United States [DATE ILLEGIBLE]

Anut[?]
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Virginia
Wood County } ??

??? personally appeared ???  ??? the ???? said county Patrick Brand Jackson County and state aforesaid after having duly sworn aforesaid says that he was well acquainted with Samuel Barrett ??? of Wood County during the war of the revolution that said Barrett entered in the army of the United States in the year 1777 and????? on the term of three years and ???? commanded by Capt Morgan Alexander then said company was attached to the second Regiment of the Virginia Line applicant says that though he did not belong to the service regiment to which said Barrett did yet was often in his company during the three years to which with said Barrett and created?, and knows then he did ???is such term and was regularly engaged ??? service
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 17th day of December 1832
Patrick? Brand?
Clerk

Charles Rector JP
[RUBBER STAMP:] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

I Charles Rector Justice of the Peace ?????????? the aforesaid ???
token do Certify that I am of the opinion that the said Patrick Brand?? Is a credible witness and that full confidence is to be given to his declaration on oath
Given under my hand this ? day of Dec 1832 
Chas. Rector
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Virginia
Wood County to wit }

This day personally appeared before me the ???????????? a Justice of the Peace in and for Wood County Matthias Chapman surveyor in said County, and who being sworn according to and aforesaid says that he has been acquainted with Samuel Barrett of Wood County (& whose declaration to obtain a pension in hereunto annexed) for the past 30 years, that he ??? is into a ?? of ?? upwards of ?? seventy years of age, and ??? in the ???? where he ??????????????
been a soldier in the revolution and that he ???man com??? in the opinion
Matthias Chapman

Sworn and subscribed this 25 day of December 1832
Matthew Cashel

Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions ??? affidavit 
??????????????
???????????? is a credible person and that his statement is entitled ???
Mathew Cashel


Virginia
Wood County 
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Matthew Cashel a Justice of the peace in & for said of Wood and ?????????????????? and he being duly sworn and says that he is acquainted with Samuel Barrett of said county and whose declaration to obtain a pension is ????? annexed?
BARRETT, SAMUEL (VA.)
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??? 30 years and ?
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And that in the said Cashel ????????????????? opinion
Matthew Cashel

??????????? and  
Matthew Chapman JP

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???????? Cashel ????????????????
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Mathias Chapman

Virginia
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I John Stephenson the Clerk of the County Court of Wood County do hereby Certify that Charles Rector Matthew Cashel and Matthias Chapman whose certification appears to the forgoing affidavit are acting Justices of the peace in and for said County of Wood, duly commissioned and sworn into Office and that the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine, and that full faith and Credit are and ought to be given to all their acts and deeds in Courts of Justice in Courts of Justice as well in also wherein Also the Certificate of Charles Rector [?] is hereafter annexed in a Justice of the Peace for said County duly qualified in all respects aforementioned above-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 13th day of Dec 1832
[SEAL}
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Virginia
Wood County } To wit

Personally appeared before me the ??? in aforesaid county ???Application ?????? and being sworn according to ??? deposition ??? that ??? acquainted with Samuel Barrett of Wood County ????? obtain a pension is hereunto assured?/annexed? 40? 70? Years that ??? him to be upwards to 70 Years of age; then he is reported and ?? in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that in the said ??? the said deposition? concurs in that opinion
John Stephenson

Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of December 1832

H C??tess JP

?????? Justice before whom the said applicant ??? the said John Stephenson his??? The ???? and in ???? and that his statement  is entitled ??? under my hand this 11th day of December 1832

F C Pe?ss

[RUBBER STAMP:] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
BARRETT, SAMUEL (VA.)
[UPSIDE DOWN:]
Virginia
Wood County to wit }

This day personally appeared before me ???
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Weston, W. Va
Mar 16th 1925
 
Bureau of Pensions 
Department of the Interior 
Revolutionary War Records Section 

I am trying to trace record of Samuel Barrett placed on pension lists on March 26th 1833 as then aged 76 yrs. for service as a private in the “Virginia, Continentals” - This much I have found out is listed in the third report, Department of Archives and History etc. of West Virginia at Charleston, W. Va enclose stamps and hope if you can you will help in this search for information about this Samuel Barrett 

Respectfully 

Miss Ella Clifton 
111 Mulberry Ave. 
Weston W. Va
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[LETTERHEAD:]

KRIEG, WALLACE & MCQUAIDE
DRUGGISTS

ARCH KRIEG PRESIDENT 
MARK A. WALLACE, SECRETARY 
ROY B. COOK TREASURER 

THREE STORES 
No. 1……923 QUARRIER ST. 
No. 2 ….108 CAPITOL ST. 
No. 3…….1600 WASHINGTON ST. CHARLESTON, W. VA. 

April 30, 1925. 

Bureau of Pensions, 
Department of Revolutionary War Records, 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: - I would like to secure from the records in your department any available information relative to the services of Samuel Barrett, a soldier of the Revolution . 

This Samuel Barrett, was a private in the Virginia Continentals, was enrolled on the Pension list on March 26, 1833, the pension to date from March 4, 1831. In the Report of the Pension Department at that time, or near, he was residing in Wood County, then Virginia, now West Virginia, age 76.

Respectfully,

Roy B Cook [Signature]
Roy B. Cook 
Box 582,
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 
1-681 
PHONE Branch 476 

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 31290
Rev. & 1812 

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WASHINGTON 
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137. Please furnish work specified below. 

April 6, 1929 XX 

Bureau ordering: PENSIONS 
Deliver to Room No.: 5033 

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.) 

Title and description of job: photostat copies of six pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Samuel Barrett, S. 6590. 

No. of copies: 1 of each 
Shall form be kept standing? [BLANK] days

For further information see: M. M.H. Finch, Room No.: 5033, Phone No.: 541

Approved:
A.D. Wilkinson [STAMPED SIGNATURE] 
Chief Clerk of Bureau. 

Margaret M H. Finch [STAMPED SIGNATURE]
Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 

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April 6, 1929

Acting Commissioner
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

I desire photostat copies of six pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Samuel Barrett, S. 6590.

Recd. Payment
90 cents
Antonia W. Ford
Rec. & 1812 Wars Section.

[HANDWRITTEN ON THIS TYPED DOCUMENT:]

appl. each on yellow paper [INDICATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SIX PAGES]
Cash – 90 cents

Mayor J. T. Hains QMC.
Room 2144
Munitions Bldg 2
City.

[RUBBER STAMP]
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPERS DESK
APR 6 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS