Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12112, Jeremiah Barnhart, New York
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New York Barnhard, Jeremiah S12112
barded
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14862 New York
Jeremiah Barnhart of Marlboro in the State of New York, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by Col [unknown] in the New York line for 9 months and 20 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 20 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1833 and sent A D Soper Milton, NY

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $64.40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 $16.20
$80.60
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Jno Cromwell, Cler
Book E Vol. 4 Page 46
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State of New York
Ulster County SS:

Personally appeared before me the under
signed First Judge of said County, Jeremiah barnhart 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 in the following grades; viz. For three weeks actual service at Nichols point in 1776. I Served as a private soldier for two weeks actual service on alarms in 1777.  I served as a private soldier - For two weeks actual service guarding the Court House in Poughkeepsie.  I served as a private soldier. - For eight months actual service in the year 1779. I served as a private soldier and
for such service I claim a pension. In the last term of service I have not included, several
from the time I was drafted until I commend actual service which was spent in preparation
they have included, the time I spent in getting home after my discharge From Col. Weisenveldt
Jeremiah Barnhart [signature]

Subscribed & sworn March 9th 1833 before me
A.D. Soper [signature] First Judge

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jeremiah Barnhart, that the is the same person who made the declaration for a pension hereunto annexed, and that he is a man of veracity and entitled to credit as a witness. March 9th 1833.
A.D. Soper [signature] First Judge

the signature "A.D. Soper" of the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.

[separate piece of paper placed on top of above page]

State of New York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE: SS.

I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster,
and Clerk of the Court of Common Please of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify = = That Abraham S. Soper - Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, First Judge of the Court of Common Please - in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature "A. D. Soper" subscribed to the Certificate is the same annexed affidavit to be geniune.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this tqwelfth day of March 1833.

Jacob Snyder [signature]
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State of New York
Ulster County SS:

Personally appeared before me the under
signed First Judge of said County, Jeremiah barnhart 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 in the following grades; viz. For three weeks actual service at Nichols point in 1776. I Served as a private soldier for two weeks actual service on alarms in 1777.  I served as a private soldier - For two weeks actual service guarding the Court House in Poughkeepsie.  I served as a private soldier. - For eight months actual service in the year 1779. I served as a private soldier and
for such service I claim a pension. In the last term of service I have not included, several
from the time I was drafted until I commend actual service which was spent in preparation
they have included, the time I spent in getting home after my discharge From Col. Weisenveldt
Jeremiah Barnhart [signature]

Subscribed & sworn March 9th 1833 before me
A.D. Soper [signature] First Judge

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jeremiah Barnhart, that the is the same person who made the declaration for a pension hereunto annexed, and that he is a man of veracity and entitled to credit as a witness. March 9th 1833.
A.D. Soper [signature] First Judge

the signature "A.D. Soper" of the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.

In Testimony whereof; I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this twelfth day of March 1833.
Jacob Snyder [signature]
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State of New York
Ulster County On this tenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and Ninety two,  personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Commons Pleas and for the County of Ulster aforesaid, now sitting at the Court House in Kingston in said county. Jeremiah Barnhart of the town of Marlborough in the County of Ulster aforesaid age Seventy Three years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law ethics on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
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I passed muster my height and a description of my person was taken, from Poughkeepsie I went to Colonel Frears, about one mile off and received some money from thence we marched to Fishkill and were put under the command of Captain Wood, a Captain of Militia after remaining at Fishkill about one week Captain Wood with his Company were ordered on board of a Sloop then laying at the Landing on the river, in this sloop we were transported to Albany, at which place we encamped on the hill, a number of our Company were selected out to go to the West, under Captain North, a Continental officer, I was one of the men selected, we marched under Captain North to Fort Stone Robby, in Schoharie, were we joined Colonel
Weisenveldts Regiment we lay here eight or ten days during which time

some of us were out on Scouts against the Indians, others were employed in cutting a road throught to Otsego Lake, one Regiment marched to the lake taking with us some boats which had just been built, we went down the Lake and encamped at Cooperstown 
at this place we joined General James Clintons
Brigade, I remember Col. Weisenveldt, Col. Dubois, Col Gansevoort, and Col. Butler with their regiments. I was transfered for a short time to Captain Sackets Company and then into Captain Fowlers Company in Col. Butlers, Regiment from Cooperstown we went down the Susquehannah River to Tioga Point in Pensylvania, where we joined the army of General Sullivan, and in a few days there after we marched under General Sullivan in pursuit of the Indians we had a battle with them at a place called Newtown, after pursuing the Indians for some time we returned to Tioga Point again from thence we marched to Wyoming; thence to Easton on the Delaware River, at this place I was transfered from Colonel Butlers Regiment to Colonel Weisenveldts Regiment again. - from Easter we marched to Sussex Court house in the State of New Jersey thence to Pumptown, thence to Morristown, and the to Bearskin ridge in New Jersey where the Regiment
built huts and went into winter quarters, at the
place deponent having served out his term of time was Honorably discharged by Colonel Weisenveldt in the month of January one thousand seven hundred and Eighty. The winter being very severe and the snow deep I was three weeks from the time of my discharge before I returned home. Colonel Weisenveldt gave  an order to let us draw provisions on the way home at the public stores, but none were to be had until we arrived at New Burgh.

Deponent further says that he does not know of any person living who was with him as a soldier in the last mentioned service, who can
testify to the same. The best evidence of this term of service which this deponent has been able to procure is the affidavit of his brother
Peter Barnhart hereunto annexed
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Deponent further says in answer to the questions put to him by the said Court in the County of Ulster - He was born of Hackensack  in the County of Durchess - he was  and State of New York on the fifth day of November one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight.  He has a record of his age in his family bible.

Deponent lived in the Town of Marlborough aforesaid at the time of his first and second term of service, and at Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess aforesaid at the time of his third and fourth terms of service. - and ever since the Revolutionary war he has lived in the towns of Marlborough and New Paltz in the County of Ulster aforesaid, and that he now lives in the said town of Marlborough.

Deponent first term of service was as a substitute for Elnathan Foster, the second and third time as a volunteer, and the last time he was drafted, as above set forth.

Deponent recollects Lieutenant Hunt in Captain Fowlers & Company in addition to the officers above named. He does not recollect
any other Regiment, or circumstances of his service than above contained in this declaration

Deponent received a written or printed discharge and a bill to draw Provisions from Colonel Weisenveldt at the expiration of his nine months service- these papers were burnt
with the house of his mother about two years thereafter

Deponent is known to the Reverend Joseph Winslow, and Allen Lester Esqr in his neighborhood, who can testify to his Character for veracity and their belief of his serving as a soldier of the Revolution -

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.

Jeremiash Barnhart [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

A.D. Soper [signature] First Judge
Abm G Hardenbergh [signature]
Abm. A. Deyo [signature]

We Joseph Winslow, a Clergyman, residing in the town of New Paltz, and Allen Lester residing in the town of Marlborough in the County of Ulster and State of New York, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Barnhart, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a solider of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion-

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

AD Soper [signature] First Judge
Abm G Hardenbergh [signature]
Abm. A. Deyo [signature]
John Jansen [signature]
Joseph Winslow [signature]
Allen Lester [signature]
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogationes
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 Winslow who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of New Paltz, Ulster County, and
that Allen Lester, who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Marlborough in said County, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.-

Judges [noted collectively to the right of below signatures]
A D Soper [signature] First Judge-
Abm G Hardenbureh [signature]
Abm A Deyo [signature]
John Jansen [signature]

I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New York do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Barnhart for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of September 1832

Jacob Snyder [signature]

[round seal on bottom left of page]
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Jeremiah Barnhardt
of
N York

5. 16.

Feby. 12 33

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Hon J. B. Brodhead
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BRIEF in the case of Jeremiah Barnhardt, County of Ulster in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.0

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

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[no response]

3. How old is he? 73

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headers]
Period.
in 1776
1777
1778
1779

Duration of Service.
Year, Months, Days
[1776] 21 [days]
[1777] betwen 2 & 3 weeks
[1778] 2 Weeks
[1779] 9 [months] 

Rank.
As a
[1776] Private
[1777]      "
[1778]      "
[1779]      "

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
[1776] Capt Turpening
[1777] Capt Woods
[1778] Capt Conklin, Capt North
[1779] Col Weisenveldt, Col Butler, [illegible]

5. In what battles was he engaged: Tories & Indians

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service: Ulster County N York

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [S???ing]

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Cannot except papers not properly attached

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

J. V. Wilson [signature]
Fby 16 1833

Examining
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

May 24, 1926

F. A. Chappell
White Plains, Box 235
N. Y.

Sir:

I have to advise you from the papers in the 
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 12112, [S12112 is underlined] it appears that Jeremiah Barnhart [Jeremiah Barnahrd is underlined] was born November 5, 1758 at Hackensack, Dutchess County, New York.

He enlisted and served as a private in the
New York Troops, as follows -

While residing at Marlborough, Ulster County,
New York, in the summer of 1776, three weeks in Captain Terpenning's Company,

In the fall of 1777, two or three weeks in Captain Jacob Wood's Company.

He moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, and in the fall of 1778, two weeks guarding the Court House at Poughkeepsie, no officers stated.

From April 1779, he went to Albany under Capttain Wood, where he was selected to go to Fort Stone
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Arabia under Captain North, where he joined Colonel Weisenfels' [Weisenveldt's] Regiment, was transferred to Captain sackett's Company, then to Captain Fowler's Company in Colonel Butler's Regiment, and marched under General
Sullivan against the Indians, and was in the
battle of Newtown, after which he returned to Colonel Weisenfels' [Weisenveldt's] Regiment, by whom he was discharged, having served nine months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, while a resident of Marlborough, New York.

It is not stated that soldier was married.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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12.112
INVALID.

[written vertically on left side]
Records

File No. 12,112

Jeremiah Barnhart
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index: - Vol. A, Page 23

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[handwritten on top of page, right side]
Dear 4 - 1900
Jno. H. Burnhart
Jemmine Fla

1926 May 24 - Hist to
F.A. Chappell aty.
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Jeremiah Barnhardt of N York

720 [underlined]
9 - 9
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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
Jeremiah Barnhardt which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? and

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? and

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? [no response]

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 amout of pension he is entitled? No [yes was crossed out]

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
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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? [no response]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [no response]

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? [no response]

XIV. [cross symbol]  If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has

Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [no response] 

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? [illegible]

XVI. [double cross symbol] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? Are

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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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.

[cross symbol] 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 be 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.

[double cross symbol] QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.
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State of New York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE: SS.

I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster
and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify That Abraham D. Soper Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, First Judge - in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature "A.D. Soper" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 14th day of September 1832.
Jacob Snyder [signature]

State of New York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE: SS:

I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster,
and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify That Abraham D. Soper Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, First Judge in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature "A. D. Soper" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 14th day of September 1832.

Jacob Snyder [signature]
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State of New York
Ulster County SS:

Joseph Dayton iof New Paltz [New Paltz is crossed out] Marlborough in the said County of Ulster, being duly affixed says that he is sixty nine years of age, and is well acquainted with Jeremiah Barnhart now present before this deponent, and has known him ever since the time of the Revolutionary war .  That in the year 1777 in the month of October deponent saw the said Jeremiah at Nichols Point in the County of Orange in the service of his country, he then belonged to a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Jacob Wood when the British went up the Hudson river the said
Jeremiah was in said company guarding the shore of the river, but for how long a time deponent can not say.  deponent further says that the said Jeremiah is a man of truth and entitled to credit as a witness.

Joseph X his mark Daton

Subscribed and affixed September 8th 1832 before me

A D Soper [signature] First Judge of Ulster County

Ulster County SS: I certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Dayton who subscribed and affixed to the above affidavit that he is a man of veracity, and entitled to credit as a witness - September 8th 1832

A. D. Soper [signature] First Judge

State of New York
Ulster County SS:

Peter Barnhart of Marlborough in the County of Ulster aforesaid, being duly affirmed day, that he is in the sixty seventh year of his age, taht Jeremiah Barnhart his brother is now present before this deponent, after they had a
moved from Marlborough aforesaid near to Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess, deponent recollects that the said Jeremiah was engaged about two weeks in guarding the Court house in Poughkeepsie, in which several Tories were confined - the next spring deponent remembes the said Jeremiah was drafted for eight months as he thinks deponent was with him when the said Jeremiah passed mustervat Poughkeepsie and also with him when he drew money at Colonel Frears, - the said Jeremiah then started for Fishkill, and as this deponent heard at that time the said Jeremiah went to Albany and then to the west after the Indians. Deponent further says that in the next Winter which was called the year Eighty, the said Jeremiah
returned home again, the snow was very deep, deponent well remembering that the said Jeremiah when he came home had on an Indian coat, made out of a woollen blanket
that time told of his service, and of the battle with the Indians

Peter Barnhart [signature]

Subscribed and affixed
the 8th September 1832 before me

A D Soper [signature] First Judge of Ulster County
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Ulster County SS: I certify that I am well acquainted with Peter
Barnhart who has subscribed and affixed to the within affidavit, that he is a man of veracity and entitled to credit as a witness - September 8th 1832

A. D Sopher [signature] First Judge

Jeremiah Barnhart

On Roll in Weisenveldtd Regiment
10 May 79 to 1 Jany 80
7 mo. 20 dy

Admd
9 mo 20 ds pri
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FRANKLIN A. CHAPPELL
95 LORIMER STREET [underlined]
BROOKLYN. N. Y. [underlined]
Box 235,
White Plains, N. Y.

March 25, 1926.

The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

[round received stamp top right side of page]
PENSION OFFICE 
[month illegible]
26
1926

Dear Sir:

I hold the original Pension Papers, dated July 23, 1833, of Jeremiah Barnhart who was a private in the Revolutionary Army. These
were recorded in the Pension office in Book E. - Volume 4 - page 46.

[handwritten above first paragraph]
This is an error of statement, He probably has the original pension certificate which was issued last day & recorded as, [arrow pointing to below line]
The original declaration is in the files

The original service or discharge papers have been mislaid, and my wife, who is one of Jeremiah Barnhart's descendants, is desirous
of obtaining the names of the regiments in which he served during the Revolution and his original pension application would doubtless give these facts. 

The records show that he enlisted on three or four occasions, and for your information, he was a resident of Ulster County. The Adjutant
General's office of the War Department states in the records of It's office that one Jeremiah Barnhart served as a private in Captain Philip
Swart's Company, Snyder's Regiment (Ulster County Militia) N. Y. 1781, and the name also appears in Captain Theodosius Fowler's Company of Light Infantry, 4th New York Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Weissenfels [Werisenveldt's]. He enlisted May 1, 1779 for nine months and was discharged January 1, 1780.

The department further suggests that there is a possibility of obtaining additional information by making application to your office.

Trusting you will find that the records of 1833 will give this information and with thanks in advance for your kind attention.

Yours very truly,
F. A. Chappell

FAC:SAM
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JOHN HENDLEY BARNHART, M. D.
WINDLE PARK,
TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON.
WINTER AND SPRING ADOPESS.
JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.

[round received stamp top right of page]
US PENSION OFFICE
K
NOV 24 1900

November 22, 1900.

[rectangle received stamp belowletters date]
O, W, & N DIVISION
NOV 28 1900
RECEIVED

Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs: -

I am very much interested in the family history of Barnharts.  My great-grandfather was a solider of the Revolution, but I cannot from the published New York State records after the regiment in which he was enrolled, not the company.  I have heard of people addressing your office for such information and learning through you the desired facts; so I venture to write you, mindful of the proverb "nothing ventured, nothing have'.

My great-grandfather's name was JEREMIAH BARNHART [name is underlined].  He served under General James Clinton, in Sullivan's expedition against the indians (this expedition was in 1779, I believe).  He probably enlisted in Orange Co., N.Y., as his father's family lived there at that time.  At the close of the Revolution, however, he settled at Marlborough, Ulster Co., N.Y., and here he died.  He was a pensioner, having to go to New York for his pension money: in fact, it was on one of these trips to the City, in the summer of 1834, that he contracted the attack of cholera of which he died.  

I am gathering information for a general history and genealogy of all the Barnharts of American, and would be glad to secure a copy of all your records of Revolutionary pensions issued to persons named  Barnnard, Barnhardt, Barnhart, Bernnard, Barnnardt, Bernhart, etc. if you records are well enough indexed so that it would not be too great an effort to secure such a copy.  Of course I am willing to pay a proper sum for such a copy, and if there is no one connected with the Pension Office who is authorized to make such searched, and the records are accessible to outsiders, I would be obliged to you if you would designate some relaible person or persons, who could be willing to make such a search, for a consideration.

Yours truly,

John Hendley Barnhart. [signature]

Present address:  JESSAMINE, Pasco Co. FLORIDA.