Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,984, Noah Barrell, Continental (Mass.)

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Printed top left (8-1776)
Frist Line Printed SERVICE  Ink Stamp (Black Star) NUMBER
Handwritten Under SERVICE: Continental(mass.)
Handwritten Under Stamp: Barrell, Noah
Handwritten under NUMBER: S. 33,984
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Bold double line CONTENTS  printed on left side beneath line.
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Left hand document 
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Massachusetts
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Noah Barrell
of Scituate in the state of Mass.
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts ne, for the term of One Year.
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'nscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the Rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of June 1819
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Certificate of Pension issued  the 15 of July 1819 and sent to Nathan Mitchell Esq. east Bridgewater, Mass
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Arrears to 4th of semi-anl. All'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 $24.26
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Left Side of Document handwritten 
Top Line: [Illegible] Esq.
Second Line: January 1821 [Illegible]
Third Line: Died May 27. 1838 [Illegible} O.B.

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Seal of Court or Clerks certificate has been omitted. Majistrates offc. Character has not been authenticated N. Mitchell is known  as known to the Pension Office as a Judge adm?

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASACHUSETTS (Printed)
Plymouth 1819 ( Handwritten)
On this 4th day of June --1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Noah Barrell of Scituate aged 60 years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war."
[See his said Declaration enclosed] (Handwritten)

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And I the said judge am Satisfied the said Barrell from his [illegible] examination needs the assistance of his country as has none --

Printed: And I, the said Judge, do (inserted writing) also certify, that appears to my satisfaction, that the said Noah Barrell did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, the the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Faint Stamp seal followed by signature Nathan Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ss. 1818.
I hereby Certify, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Sothern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said commonwealth-- that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record -- that the signature tot he above certificate is the true signature of the said judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
}Clerk of the judicial Court for the County of

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Noah Barrell
Mass Line
2. Col. Bailey
1776 1 year
admitted upon

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I Noah Barrell of Sciutate in the county of Plymouth  Mass. aged sixty years do  do depose set forth and declare that I was a private soldier in the war of the revolution
during the whole of the year 1776 being the first year in service of the continental establishment. - that I enlisted in
December 1775 for the said years service in Captain Joshua Jacobs Company and Col. John Baileys Regiment in the the Massachusetts [Illegible] line and continued to serve faithfully [Illegible] January 1 1777 and was honorably discharged at Trenton in New Jersey,
but had no [illegible] discharge. I had [illegible]

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Noah Barrell 
Scituate 
12. 113 
Sep 19

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SCHEDULE. 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. County of Plymouth SS. 

On this seventeenth day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Noah Barrell aged sixty five years, resident in Scituate in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of Twelve months in Capt Joshua Jacobs company Col John Bailey, Reg" and that he has received a pension certificate dated 15th day of July 1819 and numbered 12,413 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 4th day of June AD 1818n and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.  

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 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 income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 

My real estate consists of a small house corn house wood do & barn & 15 acres land, consisting mowing Orchard, Tillage pasture, wood &c

Personal is 2 Cows, hogs. 11 pigs  2 tons Hay 1 Scythe, bake pitchfork iron crow - axe draw shave -  I 1 large maple table 2 small do 12 chairs 2 chests iron crockery ware Wooden earthen ware. I owe about 150 dollars & my family consists of myself & wife 62 years old & 2 daughters one of my daughters is out of health between 9 to 10 years & is now confined to the house. 

Sworn to, and declared, on the 17th Seal Barrell before day of July A.D. 1820 
Nahum Mitchell Justice of sd Court 

I, John B Thomas clerk of [blank] do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto 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 exhibit ed in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred twenty [inserted: eight]  dollars and seventy three cents. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the on this 16 day of Dec 1820 
John B. Thomas --- 
Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

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This may certify that Noah Barrell was a soldier in Capt Joshua Jacobs Compy in Col. John Bailey Regt and served in said Regt in the year 1776.

togather with his Father, and two other Brother viz William & James Jun which will appear by Capt Joshua Jacobs Roll, of said Company. - Adams Bailey late a Lieut of U.S. Marine Hospital & the Quartermaster of said Regt 
June 5th 1819 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. 

June 5th 1819. Then personally appeared Adams Bailey and made Solemn Oath, that the above statement, by him subscribed, is true in all its parts. Before me Chas Turner, Justice of this Peace, this the Commonwealth 

This certifies that the above named Adams Bailey, has for about Nine years past been keeper or represintendant of the Marine Hospital in Charleston Massachusetts, & is, and has been esteemed, thought life, a Gentleman of the most undoubted veracity Chas. Turner

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33984 
Revy INVALID 

File No. 33984  
Noah Barrell 
Pri Rev War 

Act: 18th March 18 
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 27 
(Arrangement of 1870.) 

1931 Sept. 28, Hon. A. Piatt Andrew furn full name & last address of sold Sec correspondence in rev claim Jacob Barral, 25267, recd

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12 - 5 - 41 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 

Barrell, William, Private  New Jersey

WARRANT NUMBER 8155 
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED September 2, 1789 to in not shown-- 

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.