Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8.041, Thomas Barnett, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.C.

Barnett, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 8041

Borwin N.C.
CONTENTS
carded
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
23.705
North Carolina
Thomas Barnett
of Mecklg in the State of N. Car
who was a pr: & Ser: in the [blank] command
[page damage] Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded
by Col Little in the N.C
line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 55 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Mar 34
and such Hon. H.W.
Connor H. R

Arrears to the 4th of March 1824      165
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   27.50
[total] $192.50

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.       }
Recorded by Nath: Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. [illegible] Page 46

Death not on [illegible]
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Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of
the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
On this 28th day of May 1833 personally appeared in
open Court before the Justice of the Court of pleas
and quarter Sessions for the County of Mecklenburg
and State of North Carolina now sitting 
Thomas Barnette a resident of the above named County & state aged 74 years and after being duly
Sworn agreable [agreeable] to Law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit
of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
I was born in Orange County N Carolina in the year 1759
I Entered the Service of the united states in the
Spring of 1779 as a substitute in place of James
Stuart, we were ordered to Hillsborough & there rende  
zvouzs [rendezvous] in the County of Orange North Carolina
under William Harden Capt Thomas Barnette Lieut
Hugh Barnette Ensign. I was orderly Sergeant Col
Little of Orange County was our Col. Maj Dixon
our Maj. William Saunders ajutant [adjutant], we were
kept there between one & two months waiting for
orders, was then sent home until Called staid [stayed] some
time at home and in the same summer was Called
under the same officers & when Collected was marched
towards South Carolina and when we came to the South
Line three months was near Expired and a number refused
to cross the line & some did not, we were then marched
to the City of Charleston, I served three months & ten days
after we went into South Carolina and was discharged
in the night in a Severe thunder storm to keep the
Enemy from knowing our Regiment was discharged
the Enemy was then in sight But had not stoped [stopped] the
passage by Land into the town, my discharge for this 
tower [tour] I have lost, In the year 1781 I went into Guilford
County N.C. to see two Brothers who lived there. they
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II
were Raising a Company of Horse to suppress the tories 
who were doing grate [great] damage at that time in the County
of Guilford & Chatham N.C I then substituted myself
in place of a man by the name of Michem for three
months, under Capt James Robinson Lieut John Barnet
Ensign William Barnette, Col Literal was our Col. Maj
Knight our Maj, and when the British under Lord
Cornwallis came to Hillsborough I was taken prisoner
by a party of tories under the Command of Col
Piles who commanded about three hundred men, I was
Rescued by [illegible] troop of Horse before the got to the
British Camp. I there Joined Col Malmody on Haw
River who was persuing [pursuing] some tories & served my
tour
out and was discharged. But this discharge
is also
Lost, In June 1781 I turned out volunteer in a troop
of Horse for three months under Capt Harralson, Lieut
Martin Ensign Stephen Stuart, I was orderly Sergeant.
we marched into South Carolina & Joined General Green
marched with him on to the Eutaw Spring & was in
the Battle on the 8th September was sent in the time
of the ingagement [engagement] to Guard about three Hundred
Prisoners we had taken, we Guarded them on
to Salisbury Rowan County NC we there left them
Marchen [marching] on home & was
discharged, this discharge
I have also Lost. I served in the whole some free 
days over twelve months nine months of which
time I was orderly Sergeant, I have no documentary
Evidence to Establish my Claims, having long since lost
my discharges, I hereby relinquish Every claim whatever to
a Pension or annuity Except the present under the act of Cong
ress passed June 7th 1832 and declare my name is not on
the pension Roll of the agency of any
State
Interogatories [interrogatories] put by the Court
Where were you born, I was born in Orange County N.C.
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III
In what year were you born
In the year 1759 agreable [agreeable] to the record kept of my parents
Have you any record of your age, yes in my Bible
When did you Enter the Service. In the County of Orange
North Carolina
Where do you now reside, In the County of Mecklenburg
and State of North Carolina, which I removed to in the
year 1799
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this
[blank] day 
of May 1833
Thomas Barnett

State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
Personally appeared in open Court now sitting for the County
& State above written Isaiah Dewese aged 70 years and after
being duly sworn doth on his oath say he was personally
aquainted [acquainted] with the applicant Thomas Barnette and lived
at his, Thomas Barnetts fathers, during some part of the
time which sd [said] Barnett was in the Service and distinctly
remembers him being in two tours the one to Charleston
the other in the Counties of Chatham & Guilford in
this Last he was taken prisoner by the Tories
Sworn to & Subscribed this 28 day of August 1833
Isaiah Dewese

State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
Personally appeared in open Court now sitting for the County
& State above written Hezekiah Dewese aged 77 years
and after being duly sworn doth on his oath say that he
Saw Thomas Barnette twice in a troop of Horse in South 
Carolina during the war of the revolution in the year
1781 a short time before the Battle at Eutaw Spring
Sworn to & subscribed this 28 day of May 1833
Hezekiah his x mark Dewise
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Thomas Barnett
Hon H W Connor
H R
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We Walter S Pharr a Clergyman residing in the County
of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina and James
Doherty residing in the same hereby Certify
that we are well aquainted [acquainted] with Thomas Barnette who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that
we believe him to be 74 years of age that he is reputed and
believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides, to have been
a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion
And also the two witnesses he has introduced are the age
by apearance [appearance] and verry [very] honest respectable men
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Walter S Pharr
James Doherty
And the said Justices of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for the County
of Mecklenburg & State of North Carolina, do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after
putting the interogatories [interrogatories] prescribed by the war department
that the above named applicant Thomas Barnette was a revolution
ary [revolutionary] soldier & served as he states & the Court further certify
that it appears to them that Walter S Pharr who has signed
the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in
the County of Mecklenburg and State of N Carolina and that
James Doherty who has also signed the same is also
a resident of the County and State above written and
is a creditable person and their statement is entitled
to Credit

I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of pleas &
quarter Sessions for the County of Mecklenburg & State
of North Carolina, do hereby Certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in
the Matter of the application of Thomas Barnette for
a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 30th day of August 1833
Isaac Alexander C.C.C.
By B. Oates D.C.
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8132
Thomas Barnett
[illegible]
3 mo. Cav. [illegible] 12.52
3 " Sergt. do.             22.50
6 " Infy.                      20.
[total]                       $55.00

suspended
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Intg. 1.2.5.7
P. 330

[illegible date stamp]

Hon
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H R
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Barnett
County of Mecklenburg in the State of No Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In open 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 headings: Period. Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.  Rank. As a.  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]

Spring in 1779.  Months, 6.  Substitute for James Stuart.  Col Litle Capt. Wm. Harden

1781.  Months, 3.  Substitute for Joseph [illegible]. Col Literal Capt James Robinson.

[illegible]1781. Months, 3.  Dragoon [illegible] Sergt.  Capt. Harralson.

1st tour orderly Sergt
2d [illegible] Dragoon
3rd [illegible] Sergeant [illegible].

5.  In what battles was he engaged?
Eutaw Springs

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Orange Cy. No. Carolina

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
By living witnesses & by traditionary evi-
dence.

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

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Chas. G Wilcox Examining Clerk.
12. July 1833
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June 28, 1935

Thomas Barnett
S. 8041
BA-J/MCS [illegible]

Honorable William L. Nelson
House of Representatives
Washington, E. C.

My dear Mr. Nelson:

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, S. 8041, based upon the military service of
Thomas Barnett.
He was born in 1759 in Orange County, North Carolina. The
names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted in Orange County, North Carolina, in the spring
of 1779 and served three months as orderly sergeant in Captain Wil-
liam
Harden's company in Colonel Lytle's North Carolina regiment;
Hugh Barnette was the ensign and Thomas Barnette was the lieutenant
but it was not stated that they were related to Thomas Barnett. In
the summer of 1779 Thomas Barnett enlisted and served three months
and ten days as orderly sergeant in Captain William Harden's company
in Colonel Lytle's North Carolina regiment. In 1781 he went to Guil-
ford County, North Carolina to see two brothers who lived there and
were raising a company of horse to suppress the Tories, and there
enlisted to serve three months in Captain James Robinson's company
in Colonel Literal's North Carolina regiment; John "Barnet" was the
lieutenant and William "Barnette" was the ensign but it was not
shown whether they were brothers of Thomas Barnett; during this en-
listment, Thomas Barnett was taken prisoner by the Tories and rescued
by Lee's Troop of Horse before they reached the British camp, then
Joined Colonel Malmedy and served his tour out. In June, 1781, he en-
listed and served three months as orderly sergeant in Captain Harral-
son's North Carolina company and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
Thomas Barnett was allowed pension on his application executed
May 28, 1833, at which time he was living in Mecklenburg County, North 
Carolina, having lived there since 1799.
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The papers in this claim contain no data relative to wife
and children of Thomas Barnett.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
1909. Feby 25 Hist. to Carrie
L. Barnett. V.L.M.

1935 June 28. hist. to Hon.
Hon. L. Nelson. See corres
in Charles Barnett, S.8048-MCS

Rev War
8041
Invalid.
File No. 8041
Thomas ['Barnete" crossed out] Barnett
Sergt. Rev. War
 
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RECORD
FEB 24
1909
DIVISION
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3-079.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER,
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No. Claim, [blank]
Cert. No. [blank]
Claimant, [blank]
Soldier, [blank]
Co. [blank] Reg't [blank]
Revolutionary
ACTION AND ORDER
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FED 23 1900
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For advice through [illegible]

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[handwritten letter]
1123-13th St-NW
Feb 23rd 1909

Hon V Warren:

Dear Sir
Will you 
kindly furnish me
with the military
history of my ancestor
Thomas Barnett
of Mecklenburg N.C.
As he lived near
the state--line his
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record may be with
the South Carolina
troops.  Both history
and tradition state
that he recd a
pension.
of
Thanking you for
and curtesy shown
to this request.
Yours truly
Miss Carri L. Barnett
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
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sion on file in this Bureau.  Thomas Barnett Pen File S8041

[column headings:  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.  STATE.]

Spring 1779.  3 mos.  Orderly Sgt.  William Harden.  [illegible].  N.C.
Summer 1779
 
Summer 1779.  3 mos 10 days.  " [ditto marks].  William Harden.   {illegible].  [blank]

1781.  3 mos.  [blank].  James Robinson.  Literal

1781. Was taken prisoner by Tories and rescued by Lees Troop of horse before they
reached the British Camp there joined Col. Malmady & served this tour out. 

June 1781.  3 mos.  Orderly Sgt.  Harralson. [blank].   

Battles engaged in, Eutaw Springs
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Orange Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, May 28, 1833 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Mecklenburg Co. N.C. since 1799
Age at date of application, born in Orange Co. N.C. in 1759
Remarks: [blank]

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