Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12130, William Barrett, New York

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[form] (3-1776)

Service New York

Barrett, William

Number  S 12130

Carded

Contents [blank]

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New York 14807

William Barrett
of Putnam Co in the State of N.Y.
who was a priv in the comp commanded
by captain Delevan of the Regt commanded
by Col Cortland in the Militia
line for 
6 mo. 22 days

Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. 
at the rate of 22 Dollars 44 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of June '33
and sent to Carmel
J. Morehouse, Clk Com Please Carmel Putnam Co

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.  44.88
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  11.22
$56.10

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Franciori Clerk,
Book E Vol 4 Page 46

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William Barrett -
Pension Papers


Undefined service
disallowed

adm'd
6 mo 22 os - pri

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State of New York
Putnam County   On the 11th day of September in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas of the said county of Putnam William Barrett a resident of the town of Kent in the county of Putnam & state of New York aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of congress passed June 7, 1832  That he entered the service of the United States in the month of August 1776 he enlisted in Fredericksburg into Capt William Clark's company for three months & served the time within the county of Dutchess in the state of New York  Melanchton Smith was captain of another company and commandant of both that in or about 1780 he went as substitute for John Russell. John [illegible] Travis for three months & served under Capt Delevan & John Brown was a lieutenant, the Colonel was VanCourtaudt the service was performed in New Jersey & the service was performed in the light infantry which the said Barrett had enlisted into soon after he got into the service That he served at several times on alarms and one time in January in some year of the revolutionary war he served twenty two days an alarm and under Captain Hezekiah Mead & Colonel Ru[illegible] Ferris.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

& further declares on his oath aforesaid in answer to the interrogatories propounded by the court that he was born in Bedford now purchase westchester County & state of New York in or about the year one thousand seven hundred fifty two that he has no record of his age only from memory - that he lived in what was then called Fredericksburgh when he went in to service at the same place where he now lived. The town is now called Kent in the state of New York   The first term of service was as a volunteer the second term he was a substitute for John Russell John Wing? & Titus Traves but afterward enlisted - when served on the alarms [?] he was called out by the Militia officers that he was under Colonel Henry Ludington principally as Colonel

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That he cannot recollect that he ever received any discharge service

[signed] William his X mark Bennett

sworn in open court before me  illegible Gilbert Dpty Clk


Putnam County  I Jabez Berry being duly sworn doth depose & say that he was well acquainted with William Barrett who has signed the above declaration in the revolutionary war. I know that he was then a soldier in the service of the United States, that for three months he was a soldier in the company in which the deponent was a sergeant in the company commanded by Captain William Clark. This was in the year 1776 - said Barrett performed his duty as a soldier the said time.
         [Signed] Jabez Berry 
Sworn in open court before me. illegible Gilbert Dpty Clk

Putnam county John Russell of the town of Kent in the county of Putnam being duly sworn doth depose & say that in the revolutionary war he belonged to a company of militia commanded Capt George Pape [?] in Dutchess County. that the company was [illegible] & each those men comprised a class for the [illegible] a soldier that the deponent John Weng & Cletus Laars were in a class & the deponent for the class [illegible] Willliam Barrett who had signed the preceeding declaration to do a tour of duty for three months, that this said Barrett left the neighborhood & was absent so this deponent [illegible] in thie services. & after he released [illegible] 

[signed] John his X mark Russell

Sworn before me in open court

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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier who served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jabez Berry & John Russet who have signed [word illegible] the preceeding certificates are residents of the town of Kent in said County of Putnam and that their statement is entitled to one d
Lordence Sloan four Judge
Samuel Harthburn Judge
Bennet Boyd, Judge

I Jonathan Morehouse clerk of the court of common place in [word illegible] Putnam County do hereby certify that the [word illegible] contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Berrell for a pension and they are now in the condition they were when [word illegible] to the court & on which their decision was founded.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
J. Morehouse Clk

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11340

William Barrett
Kent
[illegible]
N.York

5.614.16

JMorehouse
Clk Co Com Pleas

Putnam Co NY

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[form]

11,346
BRIEF in the case of William Barrett - Kent, Co of Putnam in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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?

3. How old is he?  80 years

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

[chart]  
Period. / Duration of Service. / Rank./ Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Augst in 1776 / 3 mo / private / Capt Wm Clark, Capt Smith

1780 / 3 mo / substitute / Capt Delevan, Col Van Cortland

1780 several times on alarms, & at one time 22 days"

[end chart]

5. In what battles was he engaged?  [blank]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Fredericksburg, now Kent, New York

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Witnesses for the two first terms.

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

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

W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

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State of New York
County of Putnam   Personally appointed before me & assigned a Justice of the Peace in for said County William Barrett, who being duly sworn deposeth & sayeth that by reason of old age & the consequent lapse of memory. He cannot swear particulity as to the precise length of his service but auorany to the best of his recollection he served not up than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades for three months as a private in the company commanded by Captain William Clark & served as a private for three months in a company commanded by Capt Delavan, In one [illegible] twenty two days as a private and in [illegible] during the war I served as a private not less than three months, and for such service I claim a pension
The declarent in explanation of his declaration says that he does not remember who commanded the company to which Russell Travis & Wing belonged & for whom he served three months. It was very soon after he was [illegible] by them that he joined a company of light infantry. commanded by Captain Delavan, I served under him about one month when he left the company & Leut Jonn [erased] took command & kept it about a month when Delavan returned & continued command of the company until the were dismissed.

[signed] William his X mark Barrett

Sworn & subscribed February 4th 1833
before me Jonathan Morehouse
Justice of the Peace of said County

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L.W.B.
I. 12130.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
January 25th, 1899.

Madam: -

In response to your recent communication you are advised that there are several Daniel Rogers upon the Revolutionary War pension records but neither corresponds with the data furnished in your letter.

William Barrett made an application for pension of September 11th, 1832, at which time he was 80 years of age and residing at Kent, New York, and his pension was allowed for six months and twenty-two days' actual service as a private in the New York troop's Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Fredericksburgh, N.Y. and served under Capt. Delevan and Col. VanCourtland. 

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mrs. Harriet E. Lathe,
Erie, Whiteside Co., Ills.

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Jany W '99
Mrs. Harriet E. Lathe
Eril, Ills

[form]

Putnam

12130
Invalid.
File No. 12,130
William Barrett
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7' 1832

Index:- Vol. A Page 23

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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State of New York
Putnam County  I Jonathan Morehouse clerk of the county of Putnam as hereby certify that William Barrett subscribed & sworn to the annexed explanatory affidavit before one a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid county & that I am such a Justice; and I do further certify that the other papers hereto annexed, one the original papers on which he said William Barrett made his application to the court of common pleas of said county for a pension. The [illegible] of the court therein.

In testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this fourteenth day of February 1833.
J. Morehouse

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11.346

William Barrett

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11,346

brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Barrett which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides.  It does

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

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?  [blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  He has

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 amount of pension he is entitled?  No   Each term claimed for should be specially fully set forth

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulation?  No

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  He has

VIII. Has the court given their opinion?  Has

IX. Has the clerk given his certificate?  He has

X. Is the clerk's seal affixed and if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can distinguished from any other seal?  It is & is so distinguishable.

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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?  [blank]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit ha not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  [blank]

XIII. 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?   No the court house 
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to hae a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  It does

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direction   No

[Explanatory notes blank]

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[regulations

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[stamp]  US Pension Office Jan 14 1899

[remainder of page blank]

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[stamp] Old War & Navy Jan 17, 1899 Filed


Eric Whiteside Co Olls
1-11-99

H. Clay Evans
Der. Sir, 

Will you kindly write me what you can learn of Wm Barrett who was a Rev Sol. and a pensioner. He enlisted from the State of New York. and I think from the village of Cold Spring. Also Dan'l Rogers who lived in the State of New York from near the same place and
Greatly - oblige

Mrs. Harriet E. Lathi
Eric Whiteinde Co.
Ills.

Lathis Island.