Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,048, Charles Barnett, Va.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE                          NUMBER

Va.       Barnett, Charles   S. 8048
carded.
CONTENTS

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Virginia 23.178 -
25.178
[crossed out] North Carolina
[typed form with handwritten entries]
Charles Barnett
of service in the state of Maine
who was a pri in the Company commanded by Captain Marks of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Virginia line for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of C. Hawthorn at the rate of 60 - Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Mar and sent Rob B Gilliam 
Oxford  N. Car

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  150-
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 34  30-
$180-
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathl: Rice   Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 46
[right side, different handwriting]


Letter to Hon. James Garland
Dec 1840

James [Illegible] & Cir to Pen agent 
6 Jany 1841
To Virginia from 4 March 1839.
20. Feby 1841 Notification to 
Hon. James Garland H. R.

Paid at the Treaseery under
the Act of the 6 April
1838 from 4 March 1839 to
4 March 1840. Agt notified 
15 April 1841

[stricken out] Letter Thomas Peace 11 Aug' 1849

[faint handwriting]
Death not on A. B.

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State of North Carolina - County of Granville
Court of Pleas at Quarter Session, November Term 1833.
On this 4th day of November A.D. 1833, personally appoint in open court before the  justices of said court now sitting, Charles Barnett a resident of said county, aged about seventy 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 act of congress passed June 7th 1832. 
That he was born in the county of Albermarle in the state of Virginia in the year 1764 or 1765 he does not accurately know in which, having no record of his age and being able to speak on this subject only from tradition & by knowing his age when he went into service - that he continued in the said county of Albemarle until about the year 1800, when he removed to the county of Carter in the state of Tennessee - after remaining there a few years he removed to the state of Georgia, and moved thence to the county of Granville the place of his present residence about twenty five years since; - 
That he entered the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution about the year 1780 at Charlottesville in the county of Albemarle as a soldier in the regular service by enlisting with Captain John Marks of the 7th Virginia Regiment, of whose company Ballard Smith was Lieutenant & William Quachs Ensign - that he marched thence to Richmond where the company was inspected by General Muhlenberg. & thence to Chesterfield Ct. House

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where his company joined the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Davis. - from thence to Point of Fork on James River - thence to [Cob's?] Ferry on one way to join Genl. Greene, but from some cause unknown to the declarant, the troops stopped at [Cob's?] Ferry, & then returned to the siege of York, where he continued until the Capture of Cornwallis - at York this declarant saw Genl. Washington, Steuben, Lincoln and Lafayette & other field officers - after the siege of York they marched to Powhatan Ct. House, where some troops were quartered - Before the expiration of his tour, he was sent to Philadelphia with baggage waggons and received his discharge at Philadelphia from Genl. Steuben - this affiant's service is known to Sabit King & Sherod [Sherard] Going who live in Albemarle Cty. Va & whose affidavits taken at great trouble, are herewith transmitted. The term of this affiant's enlistment was Eighteen months & the whole time was served out faithfully - He has long since lost the discharge from Genl. Steuben. He hereby relinquishes all claim to any annuity or pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  Sworn to in open court. Charles Barnett X his mark

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Aad the So. Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant served as he states as a Revolutionary soldier.
November 9th 1833
Wm. Sneed CW P. T.
Jos. H. Bryan JP
Thos Willie JP
State of North Carolina }
Granville County }
I Benj'n Kettrell clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County & State afores'd do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original of the S. Court in the matter of the application of Charles Barnett for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at office in Oxford the 9th Nov. 1833
Witness
Benj.Kittrell CMC
[seal]

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Oak Hill N.C. #
July 31st
Mr Edwards
Pension Agh
Washington City
D.C.

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Mr Edwards dear sir I force through necessity to trouble with a few lines set viz for which if you will pardon me for [illegible] which is in the [illegible] of a request that is to get you if you please to search your office and see wheather [whether] or not their [they] did or did not find old Revolutionary soldier by the name Charles Barnet a man of couller [color] drew a pension who I think obtained an order to draw his pension from the count [county] court or superior court of Granville County North Carolina some time ago.  There one thing I do know that he lived her [here] about ten or twelve years ago and did deserve a pension and he left her [here] about ten or twelve years ago and left a widow and parcel  of children in a very distressed situation and we want to try to get a pension if we can for his widow for which we need form [illegible]from your offis [office].  All we want you to say what ridgeme [regiment] his papers says he served in and how long it has been sinse [since] he drawed [drew] any pension money.  Write us all the particulars about it and your goodness will not be forgotten.  Attend to it soon as [illegible] court commences shortly

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an we would be glad to have them then excuse all  mistakes and answer this Oak Hill Granville County.  attend to this and your goodness will not be forgotten this 31th day of July 1849
Thos Peace

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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
June 28, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXX
Charles Barnett
S. 8048
BA-J/MCS
Honorable William L. Nelson
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Nelson:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 8048, based upon the military service of Charles Barnett, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Charles Barnett was born in 1764 or 1765 in Albemarle County, Virginia.  The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Albemarle County, Virginia, he enlisted at Charlottesville in 1780 and served eighteen months as private in Captain John Marks' company in Colonel William Davies' Virginia regiment and was in the siege of Yorktown and at the surrender of Cornwallis.
He lived in Albemarle County, Virginia, until 1800 when he moved to Carter County, Tennessee.  A few years later he moved to Georgia and from there he moved to Granville County, North Carolina, about 1808.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1833, at which time he was living in Granville County, North Carolina.
In 1840 he stated that he had lately moved from North Carolina to Albemarle County, Virginia.
In 1849 one Thomas Peace stated that Charles Barnett, a man of color, was pensioned from Granville County, North Carolina, and had left there about ten or twelve years before that time and that he left a "widow and parcel of children in a very distressed situation".  There are no further data relative to this soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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1935 June 28 Hist. to Hon. Wm. L. Nelson by MCS
Rev War
8048
[typed] INVALID.
File No.  [handwritten] 8048
Charles Barnett
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 1st Page 20
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Charles Barnett, Va. Act 7 June 1832 $60.00 Per Anum
To What time was he last paid 
G, C, A

Pension Office
August 1, 1845 

Pd. to 4th Sept. 1848,
BJB [or BTB?]

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Dec 17. 40
Nv Evans
[vertically]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
[horizontally]
Hon. J. Garland H. R.

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Sir
I enclose you the papers on the case of 
Charles Barnett a pensioner and request you to take such order as the case may require.
Very respy
Yr Obt. St.
J. Garland

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State of Virginia  Albemarle County S. S.
On the twenty eighth day of December 1840 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Albermarle personally appeared Charles Barnett of the County aforesaid who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Marks in the [illegible] Regiment Commanded by Colonel Davis in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of North Carolina from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from the state of North Carolina to the State of Virginia because he was raised in the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia and that all his relations and friends reside there.
Charles Barnett X his mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid }
Jno. R. Jones J. P.

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State of Virginia
Albemarle County Court Clerk's office [illegible]
I Ira Garrett clerk of the County Court of said county do hereby certify that John R. Jones whose name is affixed to the within certificate is now and was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court the 2d day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty one, in the 65th year of the Commonwealth
Ira Garrett, CAC
[seal]

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State of Virginia
Albemarle County } SS
I John R. Jones a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Jesse Lewis, aged about eighty years, a Revolutionary pensioner,  personally appeared before me and made oath that he has known Charles Barnett, the person described in the annexed affidavit, for more than seventy years, and that he knows him to be the identical person, named in the affidavit and that he knew him when he was engaged in the Revolutionary service.
I further certify that I have known Jesse Lewis for upwards of thirty years and that he is a man of undoubted veracity.
Given under my hand and seal this 31st day of December 1840.
Jno R. Jones [handwritten seal] J. P.
State of Virginia
Albemarle County Court clerk's office to wit
I Ira Garrett clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that John R. Jones whose name is affixed to the above certificate is now and was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and qualified

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according to law, and that his signature thereto is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 2d day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty one, in the 65th year of the Commonwealth.
Ira Garrett C.A.C.

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State of Virginia
Albemarle County } to wit:
This day Sabrit King, (a pensioner in the United States for services in the Revolutionary War) personally appeared before me William A. Bibb, a Justice of the peace for said county, and made oath, that Charles Barnett (an applicant for a pension under the act of June, 1832 & now a resident of Granville Co., N. Carolina) was a soldier of the Revolution & that the said Ch. Barnett marched from Charlottesville under Capt. Jno. Marks - to Richmond he thinks in the year 1778 & that they were in the same regiment & from Richmond they removed to Chesterfield C. H. in Va. & from thence they were removed to Cumberland Old C. H. - where he the said King was discharged leaving the said Charles Barnett still in the service and that he believes him to be a faithful and dutiful soldier and at the same time, Sherod Going also a pensioner personally appeared before me, and made oath, that Charles Barnett (alluded to in the affidavit of Sabrit King) was in the service of the U. S. in the Revolutionary War, that he first became acquainted with said Charles Barnett at Chesterfield C. H. in Va. both being then in the service - from thence they were removed to Point of Fork & from thence to Cole's Ferry - & from thence the siege of York & after the capture of Cornwallis they were removed to Powhatan Old C. H. where the troops were quartered & from thence the said Charles Barnett was sent to Philadelphia as a waggoner by Gen. Steuben - and that he was a dutiful & faithful soldier as far as he knows & believes.  Given under my hand and seal this 19th day of January 1833.
William A. Bibb [handwritten seal]

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State of Virginia
Albemarle County, to wit:
I Alexander H. Arthur, deputy clerk of the County Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that William A Bibb Esq whose name is annexed to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of the said affidavit, an acting Justice of the peace for said county - duly commissioned and qualified - and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts, as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Charlottesville, this 19 January 1833, in the 57th year of the Commonwealth
Alex. H. Arthur

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Jan 6 1841
No. Evan
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Hon. J. Garland
HR.

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Ho. Reps. Jany 5th 1861
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I enclose you the affidavit of Charles Barrett seeking a transfer of his pension.  
Please make the necessary direction and send to me.
With great respect
Your Ob'. S'.
J. Garland

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 17th, 1841

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," Charles Barnett -- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Sixty Dollars [[strikethrough] and cents]] per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839, to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,

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Jan. 16 .41
Mr. Evans
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

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Pension Office
Fayetteville Jany 11 1841
H. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
Charles Barnett a pensioner under the Act of 1832 a [illegible] was paid at this Office to the 4th of March 1839.
Your letter of the 6th making the inquiry did not reach me until to day.
[illegible]
J. M. Huske
Agt.

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Thomas Peace Esq
August 10th 1849

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Pension Office
August 11th 1849

Sir,
Your letter Post marked 30th hllo asking to be furnished with the names of the Company and field Officers under whom Charles Barnett a pensioner formerly on the North Carolina Rolls served in order to enable his widow to make another claim to a pension has been received and in reply I have to inform you that Bamett has transferred from North Carolina to Albemarle Co in Virginia in 1841. And that it appears from the returns in the Third Auditors Offer that his pension has been paid to the 4th of September last. There is no evidence of the death of Barnett, consequently could we consistently with regulations furnish you with the information you desire it would be unnecessary

Thomas Peace Esq
Oak Hill
Granville Co
N.C.

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LLB
WILLIAM L. NELSON
SECOND MISSOURI DISTRICT
WASHINGTON ADDRESS:
225 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
HOME ADDRESS:
COUMBIA, MISSOURI
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
MEMBER:
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

June 20, 1935

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:   Attention of Mrs. Finch

Kindly advise me concerning the records of Revolutionary War pensions of Charles Barnett, private and Thomas Barnett private of North Carolina. this is found in North Carolina Revolutionary pensions under the act of 1818 and 1832, reported by the Secretary of State in Congress in 1835.

Thanking you, I am

Sincerely yours,

W. L. Nelson
WS Received A. G. O. JUN 21 1935
round black date stamp
RECEIVED JUN 26 1935
CONGRESSIONAL
Mail Sub. Div.

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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
June 28, 1935

ba-j/mcs

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

My dear Mr. Nelson:
 Your letter of June 20, 1935, addressed to the 
Adjutant General, Was Department, Washington, D C., and requesting the records of Revolutionary War pensioners, Charles and Thomas Barnett, has been referred to this office for consideration and reply.
You are furnished herewith, the records of Charles Barnett as shown by papers ion file in pension claims, S. 8048, and that of Thomas Barnett as shown by papers on file in pension claim, S. 8041.

Very truly yours
 A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator