Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 533, Jesse Barnett, N.C.

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Service - N.C.
Barnette, Jesse
Number - R 533

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State of North Carolina
County of Granville

On this 9th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the worshipful Justice of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid now sitting Jesse Barnett a resident of said county, aged 83 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 Goochland State of Virginia, in the year 1749. That he removed to this County at the age of fourteen years, & has been a citizen thereof ever since. That the only record of his age is an the entry in the family Bible, which is preserved in the family and that shows that he was born on the 4th day of July 1749 ? ? [2 illegible words]. That he entered the army in the war of the Revolution as a volunteer at Granville Court House under Captain Richard Harrison in February 1789. And about the 10th of that month joined head quarters on Flat river in Orange County where Genl Butler was in command. Joseph Taylor was Colonel & William Gill was Lieutenant Colonel. That not long before the Battle of Guilford his regiment joined Genl Greene at a place called High Rock. That he was in the Battle of Guilford under the Capts above named. His other company officers not recollected. That after the Battle he was marched to Ramsey’s mill, which place Cornwallis had left the morning before his company reached there. That in the latter part of April Genl Greene having set out for South Carolina, this affiant? [illegible] with two hundred others

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were ordered to go out with Genl Greene to South Carolina. That he was placed under Colonel Read a continental officer, and Captain Cowan. That almost immediately after joining this company he was very badly scalded, and after marching eighty miles he was ordered back to Ramsey’s Mill where he rec’d his discharge. But he does not recollect now from whom. That his tour would have expired on the 10 of May but in consequence of the scalding rec’d as above mentioned, he lacked five days of serving out the whole time. That in the course of the Summer he volunteered for three months, & he was ordered to attend & perform duty at a publick tannery at Williamsborough in Granville County, which was then used for the publick service & by consent of the commandant one of his negroes was allowed to perform this duty?[illegible] in his stead. At the end of three months he received a discharge regularly from the commandant but he has not presented it. He hereby relinguishes all claims whatsoever to any pension or annuity except the present. And he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day above named.
Jesse “X” his mark Barnett

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State of North Carolina
County of Granville
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions - August Term 1832
At this Term personally appeared in open Court Thomas Jordan a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth & saith as follows -
That he has known Jesse Barnett who subscribed the forgoing declaration - sixty years that he knows he was in the war of the Revolution about the time of the Battle of Guilford, but he does not know of his own knowledge how long said Barnett served. Said Barnett has always borne an irreproachable character & any statements made by him is intitled to the fullest credit.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court.
Thomas “T” his mark Jordan
And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states - and the said court further certify that the above deponent Thomas Jordan is a credible witness.
??? [illegible signature] Clk
?[illegible first name] H. Bryan
Will. Webb
Members of the Court

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We Thomas T. Hunt & James Gresham Sen both citizens of Granville County do certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Barnett who subscribed the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be upward of eighty years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. We further certify that said Barnett is a man of irreproachable character & entitled to the fullest credit.
T. T. Hunt [signature]
James Gresham [signature]
And the Court further certifies that it appears ?[illegible] that Thomas T. Hunt & James Gresham Sen who have the preceding certificates are residents of Granville County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. Witness our hands this 9th day of August A.D. 1832
?? ? [illegible signature]
? H. Bryan
Will. Webb
Members of the Court

I Stephen K. Sneed Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the County of Granville and State of North Carolina solemnly certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Barnett for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Oxford this the 11th day of August A.D. 1832.
Step. K. Sneed

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Jesse Barnett
North Carolina
No. 6266 [353 appears before this # but might be a bleed through]
Rejected, did not serve 6 months.
See letter 13 Dec ‘32
To W. M Sneed [crossed out]
S. K. Sneed - Oxford N.C.

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Brief in the case of Jesse Barnett of Granville County in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June 1832)
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
How old is he? 83 Years
State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period - Volunteered 10 Feby In 1780 - Duration of Service 2 months & 26 days - Rank As a Private - Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served Genl Green & Butler, Col Joseph Taylor & Col. William Gills, Capt Richard Harrison.
Period Same Year - Duration of Service 3 months - Rank As a Private - Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served working in a Public Tannery by consent of Commandant one of his negroes was permitted to do the duties in his stead.
5.   In what battles was he engaged? Guilford
6.   Where did he reside when he entered the service? Granville County North Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living documentary proofs by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? Defective but 5 months, & 26 day services, 3 months of which was performed by one of his negroes. 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk

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D. H. Wood
Present
Meet ? Henderson at ? the Monday after ?[upside down 3 sentence notation that is difficult to decipher]

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State of North Carolina
Henderson County
Know all men by these presents, that I Polly Megahy, do hereby constitute. D. H. Wood of Washington City my true and lawful agent to prosecute a pension claim for me as an heir of Jesse Barnett Decd who was a Soldier in the revolutionary war and served about seven years & served under Capt. Hampton was in the South Carolina line & fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain & Brandywine had two killed at Kings Mountain and he never made application for pension and never drew any land or money for services & I hereby authorize the said D. H. Wood to ?[illegible] all papers & documents which he may think proper in the prosecution of my said claim. Sworn to and subscribed this 28th day of July 1853.
Polly “X” her mark Megahy
Attest
John ?[illegible signature]

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Ex’r 533 INVALID
REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 [crossed out]

Jesse Barmett
P. O.
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed”
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jesse Barnett which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
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?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or period of the war when he served? Yes
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? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

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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? No
XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. 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?
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 have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B.. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ___ year ___months and ___ days, I served as a ___. For ___months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension,”

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached there to by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.