Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,187, William Berry, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Berry, William
NUMBER
S.39,187
CONTENTS
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19,618
South Carolina
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William Berry
of Greenville Dist. in the State of South Carolina, who was a private in the __________ commanded by Captain Fitzgerald of the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall in the Virginia line, for the term of 2 years
from the Spring of 1776 to the Spring of 1778.
_________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2nd day of November 1825.
_________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of May 1826, and sent to J. H. Goodlett, Esqr
Greenville C. H. S. C.
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Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1826 $           32,,23
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1826 48,,00
                                                       $80,,23
{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
Vol. 8 - Pa: 70

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See letter to J. E. Brown Pike Guilford, 31
Oct 1820
Duplicate certificate issued 22d Dec 1829 and sent to J. H. Goodlett Ct Clk. Co. Greenville
CJC Jahal
action to Hon R. Chapman and transfer Cer 20 Feby 1838
Dead
See letter to C. Serris 30th Nov 1838.
Letter to 3d Auditor 8 April 1830.
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 11th April 1838 to Ellender Clements and of the two children of his pension from 4 Sept 1833 to 28 June 1838 the day of his death. Agt notified 18th April 1839
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Paid as above to R. C. Berry Agt notified 2d June 1840
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12.
 2.50

Schedule.

4 large & 5 small hogs - worth: 14.50
1 Heifer                                        3.50
1 Cupboard                                 1.50
2 pot 1 skillet & hooks                2.50
2 pewter [illegible] 4 spoon        2."
knives & forks                             ".25
1 Water pail & rigger & 3 barrels 1.50
1 small plough & diver         -    ".75
1 hoe, 1 ax - 1 iron wedge         2."
4 old chairs & 1 table                 1."
1 Jug & 1 bottle                         ".75
4 tin cups                                   ".25
1 chisel & hammer                    ".50
                                               $31.00

 No debt due
one - Howland $4..
other                  2.25
                           6.25
William Barry

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William Berrys
Declaration
Novr 4 1818.
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South Carolina
Greenville district} To wit

On this fourth day of November 1828 before me the subscriber, one of the associate Justices of the court of common pleas & genl Sessions of the said state personally appeared William Berry, aged Sixty four years resident in the district of Greenville aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law did on his oath declare (in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war") That he the said William Berry enlisted in the town of Hampton in the state of Virginia in the spring of the year 1776, he believes in the company commanded by Captain John Fitzgerald of the 3rd Virginia Regiment commanded by Colo Thomas Marshall; that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States against the Common Enemy for Two years and was then honourably discharged (he supposes in 1778 or '79 he does not remember the time of the year) at some place in the state of recognizing; That he was in the battle of Trenton, white plains, & Brandywine as well as several other engagements
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64
6
70

South Carolina
Greenville district} To wit

On this fourth day of November 1828 before me the subscriber, one of the associate Justices of the court of common pleas & genl Sessions of the said state personally appeared William Berry, aged Sixty four years resident in the district of Greenville aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law did on his oath declare (in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war") That he the said William Berry enlisted in the town of Hampton in the state of Virginia in the spring of the year 1776, he believes in the company commanded by Captain John Fitzgerald of the 3rd Virginia Regiment commanded by Colo Thomas Marshall; that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States against the Common Enemy for Two years and was then honourably discharged (he supposes in 1778 or '79 he does not remember the time of the year) at some place in the state of recognizing; That he was in the battle of Trenton, white plains, & Brandywine as well as several other engagements
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That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support-, And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services
Wm Berry
sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforsd
Richard Garrett}

South Carolina
Greenville district} Personally appeared before me the following persons to wit Peter Edwards Esq. Nathaniel Clement Esq James Magness & R Lister who being duly sworn do on their oaths say that they are well acquainted with the within named William Berry that they have no reason to doubt the proceedings of the foregoing declaration, that they knew the said William Berry to be indigent in reduced circumstances and that he Stands in need of the assistance of his country for Support. And that they believe him to be entitled to a pension under the late act of Congress
Peter Edwards
Nathaniel Clements
James Magness
A R Lister
Sworn to before me this 5th of November AD 1818}
G W Earle CC 22
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The State of South Carolina.
I Richard Garett one of the associate Justices of the Court of Common pleas & Genl Sessions of the said State do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said William Berry did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration in the continental line, against the common Enemy, And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support: And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress November the 5th 1818.
Richard Garett

State of South Carolina
Greenville District ss} I George W. Earle Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for the district aforesaid do Certify that Richard Garett Esquire who signed the above Certificate & proceeding declaration in my presence, is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for the said State:
and that full Faith & Credit is due & ought to be given to his said Certificate &c-
In testimony thereof I have signed my name and affixed the Seal of Office of the said Court hereunto, at Greenville the 5th Day of November AD 1818
G W Earle C.C.
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Original Claim

Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the Act of the 18th March 1818.
__________
The State of South Carolina
Greenville District ss} On this seventh day of April 1825. Personally appeared in Open Court being a court of record of General Sessions and Common  Pleas for the district of Greenville in said state: William Berry aged about Seventy or Seventy one. Resident in said district being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his Oath, make the following declaration in order to Obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the 1st May 1820. that the said William Berry enlisted in the Town of Hampton in the State of Virginia in the Spring of the year 1776 he believes in the Company commanded by Captain John Fitzgerald of the 3rd Virginia Regiment commanded by Col Thomas Marshal in the line of the State of Virginia on the 3rd Virginia Regiment Continental Establishment that he continued to Serve in the said corps until 1778 or 79 when he was discharged from the Service in the State of New Jersey; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension Except the present. that his name is not on the roll of any State Except the State of Virginia the one above mentioned and that the following are the reasons for not making Earlier for a pension. I reside in a remote part of Greenville District South Carolina near the mountain in a neighbourhood that are uninformed and was often informed that I could not get my pension without my discharge from the Commanding Officer whom I was discharged by which discharge I had lost some years ago until about the year 1818 when I was informed I could get my pension & about that time made application to George W. Earle Esq then Clerk of the Court of Greenville District who made out a schedule &c which has been returned as it appears informal-
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it or to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on
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the 18 day of March 1818 that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities, Contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me Subscribed to wit
First of Real Estate none
Second of personal Estate as follows-
One Sow and six pigs supposed to be worth $7.00
One cow and yearlin - - - - - - - 8.50
One Cubboard - - - - - - - - - - -1.50
Pewter ware very old worth - - -2.00
Some few old Knives and forks - .50
Water pails & Tin Bucket - - - - 1.75
one old plow & Clevir - - - - - -   75
one hoe 50 one ax 1 dollar - - -1.50
two or three old tin cups - - - -   .25
one old chisel - - - - - - - - - - -   .25
___
$24.00

Wm Berry
debt owing to me none that I can recollect of at this time, I owe to Rolly Ginkin $5.00
Pike and middows - - - - - - - - 10.00
Debuts I owe - $15.00
Also a wife and three children to wit
Sary Berry my wife aged about seventy or there abouts
my two sons James & Robert Berry & Elner, who has all left me
Sworn to in Open Court the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five
Wm Berry
J. H. Goodlett
C.C.P.
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August 1, 1939.
BA-J/ILL
William Berry
S. 39187

Mrs. McCallister Pearce
P. O. Box 61
West Memphis, Arkansas.

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 39187, based upon service of William Berry in the Revolutionary War.

William Berry enlisted in the spring of 1776, "in Hampton," Virginia, served as private in Captain John Fitzgerald's company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's 3rd Virginia regiment, was in the battles of White Plains, Trenton and Brandywine, and was discharged at the expiration of service of two years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 2, 1825, at which time he resided in Greenville District, South Carolina, also his home in 1818. In 1825, the soldier gave his age as about seventy-one years, but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents. His wife, Sarah, was aged then between sixty-five and seventy years; her maiden name was not given, nor the date and place of their marriage. She died sometime before December 1829.

William Berry moved from South Carolina sometime after December 1829, to Benton County, Alabama, to live with his married daughter, Ellender (Elener), the wife of Salathiel Clements. He died at her home June 27 or 28, 1838.

In 1825, the soldier referred to three children, none of whom lived at home; namely, Robert, James and Elener (Ellender), referred to above. Only two children survived their father, Robert C. Berry, and Mrs. Ellender Clements, of Benton County, Alambama.

In 1838, Salathiel Clements, Ellender's husband, referred to
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his own family, but did not state any of their names.
Very truly yours,

G. H. SWEET,
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.


2.
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O. Claim
Wm Berry
Recd March 14 18[illegible]
J. H. Goodlett
Greenville S. C.

[Vertical]
Greensville S.C.
28 Feby 1826

To The Secretary of War.} free
Washington City
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Greenville Court House S.C. 28 Feby 1836

Sir
Enclosed you the Schedule and declaration of William Berry in order to obtain a pension from the United States, as to the change on his property since his first application under all the existing circumstances it will be impossible to obtain all the circumstances & facts.
Relative to the chance has been made, Owing to some deaths & removals from the state.
We have weighted sending on for a considerable time in order to get some Certificates but the pensioner not coming to the county as expected, we send them on it is all the information we can ever get
also Berry being entitled to a pension there can be no doubt [illegible] he certainly needs it as much as any [illegible] United States, as was [illegible] to Support him or he must suffer
You will please to examine his declr & report as Early as possible
Yours truly &c
J. H. Goodlett

BERRY, WILLIAM (VA.) S. 39187
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South Carolina
Greenville district} I do hereby Certify that on the 29th day of October 1824 I Sold a Saw & five Jugs one hammer and a weeding hoe The property of William Berry by Virtue of an Execution issued in Favour of Green P Pool for or to the amount of four Dollars, twenty five Cents
Sworn to and Subscribed this 7th day of September 1825 before me Salathiel Clements JP
John P Pool
LCGD
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feather bed & Bedsheets
1 Cotton Wheel
1 Table
2 Water vessels
4 Chairs
1 Washing Tub
3 old Barrels
1 Coffee pot
2 Boxsor bottle Cases
I do hereby Certify that Salathiel Clements has Bought the above named property Sold at the seat of Elias Earl he has Bought it & paid me for it
Daniel Pike
April 24th 1824
South Carolina
Greenville District} Salathiel Clements makes Oath that the above certificate signed by D. Pike a lawful constable is true as therein Stated to the best of his knowledge and the Statement or inventory -
Salathiel Clements
Sworn to this 16 Sept 1825 before me J H Goodlett CCPSJP
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South Carolina
Greenville district} I do hereby testify that Some time between the fall fall of the year 1822 and the Spring of the year 1823 that I Sold William Barry three Barrels of Corn & twenty five Bundles of fodder Seven dollars and Seventy five Cents for Which I obtained an Execution & has had property sold 
But the Execution not Satisfied I have no reasons to Believe but the Corn was for his familys own use Sworn to and Subscribed this 14th day of September 1825
Green P. Pool.
Before me
Salathiel Clements JP
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So Carolina
Greenville Dist} I do hereby certify that I sold Goods & Groceries to William Berry to the amount of Twenty Dollars & Fifty cents by misfortune I had my Books & Act. Burnt & am not able to state each particular article but having taken his note for the amount I can correctly state the amount for the Note is now before me for which I obtained a Judgement for a part of sd Debt
I believe the debt was contracted after the 15th March 1818 the Note was taken on the 24th Nov. 1820
I also believe that the articles were principally for his own Familys use
Sworn to & subscribed this 16. July 1825 before me
W. Howland
Salathiel Clements JP
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The State of South Carolina
Greenville District

On this second day of November 1825 personally appeared in open court being a 
court of record of General Sissions and common pleas for the district of Greenville in said State William Berry aged about seventy or Seventy one or there abouts. Resident in said district being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in  order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 

that the said William Berry enlisted in the Town of Hamilton in the State of Virginia in the spring of the year 1776, he believes in the Company commanded by Captain John Fitsgarrets [Fitzgerald] of the 3rd Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall in the line of the state of Virginia on the 3rd Virginia Regiment Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until 1778 or 79 when he was discharged from the service in the State of New Jersey. 

that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present one that his name is not on the roll of any state except the state of Virginia the one above mentioned and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier aplication for a pension, 

I reside in a remote part of Greenville District South Carolina near the mountains in a neighborhood quite uninformed upon matters of this kind and was frequently informed I could not get anything from the government without producing my regular discharge from my commanding officer whom I was discharged by, which discharge I have lost or got the same distroyed some years before there were any provisions made by Congress for pensioners of this kind and about the year 1818 I was informed I could get paid for my services.

Which time I applied to George W. Earle Esquire then clerk of the court of Greenville District S.C. who made out a Schedule, which have been returned from the war office in formal for which I gave the said Clerk my promissary note for twenty five dollars for which all my property was sold but a few articles to satisfy the said debt & which ballance have been since sold to pay some small debts as will more fully appear by reference to the vouchers hereunto anexed, and in pursuance of the act of st1 May 1820
 
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day March 1818. And that I have not since that time
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by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with in tent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in  the revolutionary war' passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities contracts or debts due to me; 

nor have I any in come other than what is Contained in the Schedule hereunto anexed and by me subscribed to wit. 

I have no property of any discription more then my few wearing clothes & some few old bed cloths the ballance of my property have been sold by virtue of several Executions which certificates will show hereunto annexed.

I have a wife and three children which the children have left me namely (Ellenner)
my daughter, Robert Berry, & James Berry who have all left me and moved away from the State except my wife Sary Berry, aged about 65 or there a bouts, and that my ocupation is a farmer, and that I am not capable of supporting myself by any manual Labor and cannot not support my self & wife without some assistance from my county and that I am all most entirely dependent upon my neighbors for a support and that all my property which was in my posesion in the year of 1818 have been taken from me and sold to pay my debts and that I have procured all the evidence of the said debts and the certificates respecting the sale of any property that was in my posesion
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in the year of 1818 or since that time and from old age and infirmities I cannot Recollect prisisely [precisely] all the articles had in my posesion or exactly in what manner they were disposed of but have obtained all the information I can get as I am not able to travel a bout the country to find my former creditors or the officer who sold the property every article but I do declare that I have not disposed of it or any part of it so as to bring myself under the acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 or any other act to enable me to obtain a pension,

I further more do State that some of my creditors have died since the first application I made to the war department & that the officer which sold some of my property has moved away and therefore I cannot obtain  their evidence and my own recollection is not sufficient to give no accurate account of the whole of the perticulars as the law may perhaps require
William Berry [his mark] X
Sworn to & declared in open court the second day of November A.D. 1825 
J. H. Goodtite c.c.p

The State of South Carolina
Greenville District
I J. H. Goodtite clerk of the court of Sessions and common pleas in and for the district of Greenville in said state do hereby certify that it appears to the Satisfaction of the court that the said William Berry did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common Enemy for the Term of nine months
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[un]der one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, or affirmation and the Schedule there to annexed are truly copied from the record of the Said Court; and I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in  the aforesaid schedule is not more then ten dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court on this second day of November A.D. 1825.
J.H. Goodtite 
clerk of the Court 
of sessions & common pleas
[hand drawn seal]

The State of South Carolina
Greenville District
To wit -
I J.H Goodtite clerk of the court of sessions and common pleas do hereby certify since the death of George W Earl
the former clerk of the court of this district that I have been acquainted with the before mentioned William Berry and that he is a very old in firm man and from 
every circumstance do believe him to be entitled to a pension from the united states and that of my own knowledge he was sued and every article of his property taken and sold to satisfy a Debt which George W. Earl and others had against him but inconsequence of the death of the said Earle and the removal of the said officers from this State and the infirmities of the Old man Berry we cannot be able to make out such records as may be required to obtain his pension but further do certify that he must be entirely thrown upon the public for maintinance if he does not get a support from the government and that this has been an old man for the last three or four years to my knowledge & rather an objet of pity. and it is entirely out 
of the power of any person to make out.  such a records as the war department might require under the present circumstances 

Given under my hand and seal of the court the 2nd Nov. 1825 
J. H. Goodtite clerk of the court.
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Wm Berry 19,423
William Berry 
Oath & Schedule &c
[illegible text too faded]
on Role page 103

[illegible] those papers he returned with the same Declaration

J.H. Goodlett, Es
Greenville, C.H.
S.C.
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Schedule & Original cla
District of South Carolina, to wit

On this day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight and twenty one, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, of General Sessions of the peace and Common Pleas held for the district of Greenville in the State of South Carolina by and before Daniel Elliott Huger Esquire one of the associate Judges of the said State - William Berry aged Sixty Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and 1st of May 1820, 

that he the said William Berry enlisted for the time of two years, on the ___day of ___ in the year of 1776. in the State of Virginia in  the company commanded by Captain Jno. Fitzgerald in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall in the line of the State of Virginia, on the 3 Virginia Regiment 
Continental establishment Woodfords [illegible]; 

that he continued to serve in the said Corps until 1778 or 1779, 
when he was discharged from the said Service, in the State of New Jersey, that he was in the Battles of Trenton, White Plains & Brandywine, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service.

And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 1820, I William Berry do solemnly Swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on  the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by Gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with the intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has
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no one in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; 
nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me Subscribed.

And the said William Berry further swears that his family consists of himself and his wife Sarah Berry aged about 63 years, and that she very infirm and incapable of her own support; that the said William is [illegible] age & other in families, being often subject to rheumatick [rheumatic] pain unable to maintain himself by manuel labor farming being his principal occupation; he is unable to support himself without the aid of his Country, except by private or public charity.

[group of illegible words due to faded ink]

Wm Berry 19,423
William Berry 
Oath & Schedule etc

[illegible faded words]
on Roll page 103
[illegible] those pages he returned with the same Declaration 

J. H. Goodlett, Es
Greenville, C.H.
S.C.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
April 11th 1834

Sir:

Under the act 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,"  Ellender Clements, one of the two children of William Berry, a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the eight of eight Dollars and - cents per month, under the law of the 18th March, 1818, has been paid at 1/2 of his pension at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1833, to the 28th June, 1838, the day of his death.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Jacksonvile Benton County [Alabama]
November 1st 1833

J.L.Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Dr Sir
Through some mismanagement  of the gentleman employed by William Barry [William Berry] an old Revolutionary Pensioner - His pension has remained unpaid, as I am informed since September 1833 - For the purpose of ascertaining the time to which he was paid and also the Bank (as a [illegible]) for the purpose of drawing what may yet be due. I have to trouble the Department again - 

Although the Pension will never benefit him, as he died on the 28th June last, yet it may & will be of great benefit to his daughter & only child (Mrs Clements) [Ellender Clements] who has supported clothed & fed him like a child , since his removal to this county from South Carolina

The application is now made by the Husband of Mrs Clements [Ellender Clements]. He has been appointed administrator of the Estate of Wm Barry [William Berry] for the sole purpose of Drawing the amount up to the day of his Death as to such time was allowed by Law- not a Dollar of other Estate was left by himself.

His Son-in-law [Salathiel Clements] is 
an old man & equally poor- has few questions is their answers
1st up to what time he has been paid
2nd whether he will be paid up to the day of his death or to what time. If the proper proof is made.
3d for as form of making application & what proof must be made

I have in my posesion his certificate (or rather Duplicate) the first Certificate having been lost Given by General [John] Eaton when Secretary of War & countersigned by yourself. I have also the Letter of administration properly authenticated by the Clerk & presiding Judge.

I have also letters of instruction to Col W. B Martin as to how the money should be drawn in as changes of residence from S. Carolina to this state together with his affidavit to Identify the old man. Also the affidavit of the old man before his Death
Includes several affidavit of persons who knew the old man in South Carolina & who can prove his Identity & removal, beyond any question- But having no further
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& in fact, not understanding how to proceed. I thought it would be saving time, to ask Instructions & retake the Evidence in open Court -& have the same proof authenticated - you will confer as great favor by giving an answer as soon as convenient- J. L. [J.L. Edwards] asked for the purpose of having them ready to put them under the case of our Representative the Hon. Steuben Chapman

Very Respectfully 
Yours Tr 
Chat Lewis

NB the Certificate year & date 
22nd decem. 2 1829 signed by J.H. Eaton countersigned J.L.Edwards 
payable at Charleston J. C. given 
under act of march 18- 1818 - may 1 1820 & march 1. 1823 -$8.00 per month 
commencing on 2nd november 1825 
Registered Book (D) Vol (S) page (81) 
by Wm S Allison Clerk
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Nov 14th
10 May 1826
C 1814 Nov 14 1838
Pension office.
JWEvans,
[black stamp]FREE
Hon. Joel R Poinsett
Secty of War
Washington  DC

[illegible round black ink stamp]
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Alabama State 
Benton County
October 27th 1838.
The Honorable Secretary of War 

We we have through the agency of an attorney made application for the pension Money allowed to William Berry in the Revolutionary Soldier ever since September 1833. If I am not mistaken Records will show and we have never had any answer. I would be highly satisfied to know the reasons for he still isn't [illegible] on the fourth of March and stated his until as he had done from the year 1825 but never had the least kind of answer

he is dead and he died on the 27th of June 183? I now desire to know if there is any chance for the honourably to receive what money was due him up to his death. I supported him every day of the time. I had to pay his debts in South Carolina
before they would let him go with me to Alabama his reasons for going with me was my wife was all the living Child that he knew of and his wife had died the year before as I have said before I had the whole trouble of him in his helpless years 

if it be fair and honest that I should have what is due him I would thankfully since I am an old man with with an Expensive family and am actually now indebted for clothing that I have furnished him with [illegible] because any thing that may be [illegible] but little acquainted with business.

William Berry served Virginia line Regulars John  Fitzgerald Capt Thomas Marshal Colo. 3rd Regt.

I entirely rely on the advice you will 
give answer soon if you please I am Your obt Servt [obedient Servant]
Salathiel Clements
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William Berry 
Declaration & Schedule etc.
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District

I J H Goodlett Clerk of the court of Sessions & Common pleas for said District do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said William Berry did serve in  the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of two years or there a bout, under one engagement, on the continental establishment.

I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule there to anexed are truly copied from the Records of the said court. and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in  the a foresaid schedule is twenty four dollars. 

In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 13 day of April A.D. 1825
J.H. Goodlett
clerk of the court of 
Greenville district S.C.

[illegible seal affixed]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 16th, 1840.

Sir:
Under the act 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," Robert C. Berry one of two children of Wm Berry a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and ----- Cents per month under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1833, to the 28th June 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K Paris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Pension Office
18th Dec 18[illegible]9

Honorable F. H. Eaton
Secretary of War
Washington City

[STAMP  PAID]
23


Pension
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE

County of Greenville SS. of South Carolina

On this fourth day of December 1829, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Greenville personally appeared William Berry who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Fitzgerald in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall in the service of the United States:  that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of South Carolina that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary pf War:  which certificate, on or about the fourth day of March 1829, at or near the house of Wm. Fuller's Esq he was making application to have his power of attorney executed at which time and place it was lost or mislaid further the deponent knows not
Wm. Barry  SS

Sworn and subscribed to, before me,
the day and year aforesaid.
William Fuller
J.P. SS
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South Carolina
Greenville Dist
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for said district John E. Brown Eqr. who on his oath declares that he well knows William Berry who signed the above affidavit to be the identical William described in said affidavit who was actually in possession of a certificate from the War office of the United states entitling him to a pension of eight dollars per month.
John E. Brown

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of December 1829
William Fuller
J.P. [handwritten seal]

South Carolina
Greenville Dist.
I certify that the above deponent is a person of veracity 
day and date as above
William Fuller J.P.
[handwritten seal]
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The State of South Carolina

I J.H. Goodlett Clerk of the court of General Sessions & Common Pleas in and for the District of Greenville in said State do certify that William Fuller Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing afidavit is and was an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the District of Greenville in said State at the time the same was Executed, Sworn and acting as such and that due faith and credit is and aught to be given to his official attestations as such - 

Given under my hand and seal of the said Court at Greenville Court House this 8 day of December A.D. 1829.
J.H.Goodlett
C.C.P

[illegible seal attached]
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District

I do hereby certify that I bought one cow & calf of William Barry about October 1821 and I understood that it was to pay a debt to William T. Boland
I gave eight dollars for the cow 7 calf  I have no reasons to believe but that it was exclusively applyed to the use of his family  Sworn to and subscribed this 16th day of July 1825 before me
John Bates

Salathiel Clements JP

The State of South Carolina
Greenville District
To wit
I J.H. Goodlett Clerk of the Court of Session & Common Pleas for the district of Greenville in said State do hereby certify that Salathiel Clements is and was an acting magistrate of the above certificate or affidavids and that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this the second day of November A.D. 1825
J.H. Goodlett
C.C.P.
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30th Nov 1838
Charles Lewis
L.C.
Record V 47 page 396
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War Department 
Pension Office
30th Nov. 1838.
Sir
In  answer to your letter of the 1st ins, I have to inform you, William Berry decd late a pensioner under the Act of the 18 March 1818 was been paid up to the 4th Sept 1833. The stipend from the 4 Sept 1833 to the period of his death, is payable to the Widow if there be one, if no widow to the child or children of the deceased.

The enclosed printed instructions should be strictly complied with. When the vouchers are prepared you will please forward them to P. [Peter]Hagner Esq 
3 Auditor of the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838. I am etc

Charles Lewis Esq
Jacksonville 
Benton County
Alabama
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20 Foley 1838
[illegible] R Chapman
G. C.
Record V 46 Page 297
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War Department
Pension Office
20 Feby 1838.

Sir
I herewith enclose the regulations and forms in relation to transfers as requested in your letter of the 17 inst.  Mr. Martin's letter is also returned.
I have &c


Hon. R. Chapman
Ho of Reps.
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Suspended per letter 
18 May 1825 to 
J H Goodlitt Esq
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Pension Office FREE
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Dist Columbia

Wm Evans

[illegible black ink stamp]
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William Berry S. Carolina 18th March 1818
To what time last paid
Pension Office 
30th Nov 1838 
pd to 4 Sep 1833 JH
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19,423
pension app
Wm Berry,
Greensville, Co. S.C.
J.H. Goodlett
Greensville, C. H. [Court House]
Recd. 18 May 1825

FREE
Greenville C.H. S. C. 
[Court House South Carolina]
4 May 1825
To the Secretary of War
Washington City
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Greenville S.C. 3 May 1825.

Sir
In closed you the Oath & Schedule
for William Barry [William Berry] an applicant for a pension etc.
which you will please to examine & 
paper you will please forward his certificate to me
Yours truly
J.H. Goodlett
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[left hand side]
1935 - Aug. 1 - Hist to D. Berry Glenn
Dumas - ILL
1939 - Aug 1  Hist to Mrs McCallister 
Pesace - ILL

[right hand side]
39187
INVALID 
Revy
File No. 39187
William Berry
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:- Vol. 3, Page 22

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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The Georgia Home Insurance Company
Columbus, Georgia

E.B. Crawford & Co., Inc.
West Memphis, Arkansas

[STAMP]
Received Jul 19 1939
Mail Sub-Div
Reader No. 10
VETS ADM

July 17 1939

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Please let me have the Rev. pension records of William Berry [inserted S 39187] he drew pension while a resident of Greenville District South Carolina.

Also the record of John Berry [inserted Barry - S.39163] who drew pension while a resident or Richland County, S.C.

Thanking you for this information, I am

Cordially yours,
Mrs. Pearce
Mrs. McCallister Pearce
P.O. Box 61
West Memphis, Ark.
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3320 South Carrollton Ave.,
New Orleans, La.

Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
William Berry, a private aged 79, having served in the Virginia Continental, --was placed on teh rolls May 10, 1826.  Please send me the records you have of this man, and oblige, ----
DeBerry Glenn Dumas

He probably died near Greenville, S.C.


[STAMP]
Received Jul 26 1935
Mail Sub-Div
Reader 12
Vets Adm
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August 1, 1939

BJ/MLB

Mrs. McCallister Pearce
P.O. Box 61
West Memphis, Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Mrs. Mary Baker who was born in North Carolina, in 1850 was aged eighty-eight years and living with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Cone, in Washington County, Georgia;  Jonathan or John Baker, of Franklin or Washington County, Georgia;  William Berry, a pensioner of Greenville District, South Carolina, and John Berry who drew pension while living in Richland County, South Carolina;  also the War of 1812 records of John Elkins who served from Tennessee, later lived in Illinois and died in 1838 in Arkansas, and John Damron who served under Captain J.W. Shirley in the Kentucky militia, later lived in Illinois and died in 1831.

The pension records of both the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 have been searched and no Revolutionary War claim for pension could be identified as that of the Mary Baker in whom you are interest, nor was any claim for pension found based upon service in the Revolution of a Jonathan or John Baker of Georgia.  The War of 1812 pension records of this office fail to show a claim for pension on file based upon service in that war of a John Elkins as described or of any John Damron who served in the Kentucky militia, later lived in Illinois and died in 1831.  [handwritten in margin  See [illegible] file for ltrs rel to negatives]

The records of William Berry (S. 39187) and John Barry or Berry (S. 39163), soldiers of the Revolutionary War, are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours


G.H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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August 1, 1935.

BA-J/ILL
William Berry
S. 39187

DeBerry Glenn Dumas
3320 South Carrollton Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Berry, who was pensioned from May 10, 1826.

The record of William Berry is given herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 39187, based upon his service in that war.  His pension certificate was issued May 10, 1826.

William Berry enlisted in the spring of 1776, in Hampton, Virginia, served as private in Captain John Fitzgerald's company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's 3" Virginia regiment, was in the battles of White Plains, Trenton and Brandywine and was discharged at the expiration of service of two years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 2, 1825, at which time he resided in Greenville District, South Carolina.  He was then aged about seventy-one years;  the date and place of birth and names of his parents are not shown.  He was living in said Greenville District in 1818.

At the time the soldier made application for pension, his wife, Sarah, was aged about seventy years;  the date and place of her birth, her maiden name, and the date of their marriage are not shown.  William Berry stated that his three children, Robert, James and Elner, or Ellender, were all living away from home then.

Sometime after December 1829, the soldier moved from South Carolina, to Benton County, Alabama, to live with his daughter and her husband, Salathiel Clements;  his wife had died shortly before he moved to Alabama.  His daughter cared for him until his death, on
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June 27, or 28, 1838. His son-in-law, Salathiel Clements, referred to his own family in 1838, but did not state any 
names.

Only two children survived their father, William Berry; Robert C. Berry, and Ellender Clements of Benton County, Alabama.

Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
2.