Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12971, Thomas Barnet, S.C.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Barnet, Thomas
NUMBER
S. 12971
carded
CONTENTS

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order to pay Nov. 7, 1836
Letter to the 3rd auditor 6th June 1840
Paid at the Treasury under act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1839. Agent notified 18 June 1840
Death date not on Cert

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Alabama 22443
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Thomas Barnet of Perry Co. in the State of Alabama, who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Goin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Pickins in the South Ca. line for six months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 20 Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Novr. 1833 and sent to S. M. Goode, Marion, Perry Co.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833. 50.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34. 10.
[total] $60
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 43.

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The State of Alabama
Perry County
On this sixth day of September 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Dunklin Sullivan Judge of the County Court of the said County of Perry and State of Alabama now sitting Thomas Barnet a resident of the said County of Perry and State aforesaid aged sixty nine 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 the 7th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated Viz,
That he first entered the service of the United States as a drafted man in the Spring of the year 1781 in a company by Captain John Goin and in the Regiment commanded by General Andrew Pickens in Spartanburg District in South Carolina; that he was marched across the Savannah river at the Shallow ford and down to Augusta in the State of Georgia where we remained but a short time being in pursuit of the British army who declined an engagement with us we continued the pursuit. To Charleston in South Carolina. Failing to be engaged with the British we were ordered back for the purpose of guarding the frontiers which was at that time in great danger from the Cherokee Indians; That on his return he was confined for a considerable length of time by sickness so that being unable to perform active military service he was thrown into a Fort where he continued to perform such service as he was able under Captains John Goin and Frances Prince until the fall of the year 1781 when he was discharged having served four months That he again entered the service as a drafted man in the fall or winter of 1781 in a company commanded by Captain Hampton & in a regiment commanded by Col. John Thomas and marched on an expedition into the Cherokee nation and continued in service during this tour two months That he was not engaged in any battle; that he never received a written discharge from the service; that he resided when he entered the service and during the continuance of the war in Spartanburg District South Carolina that he has no recollection of the names of any of the Regular officers who were with the troops when he served nor of the names of any of the Continental or militia regiments when he served that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person by whom he can prove his services.

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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Interrogatory first by the Court
Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born from all that I can learn from my family tradition on the 6th day of March 1764
Interrogatory 2nd Have you any record of your age? and if so where is it?
Answer I have no record of my age
Interrogatory 3d where were you living when called into service? where have you lived since the revolutionary War? and where do you now live?
Answer. when called into service I lived in Spartanburg District South Carolina; from thence I removed into Franklin County Georgia from thence I removed in 1805 to the Tennessee river in the State of Tennessee From thence back to Franklin County Georgia, from thence to Morgan county in the same State; from thence to Montgomery County Alabama and from thence into Perry County Alabama in 1820 where I now
reside
Interrogatory 4th How were you called into service were you drafted? did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer I was drafted at each time I entered the service I was never a substitute nor did I ever volunteer.
Interrogatory 5th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer I do not recollect the names of any of the Regular officers who were with the troops where I served I have no recollection of the names or description of any of the Continental or militia Regiments where I served. The general circumstances of my service was in marching against the British and Indians and in garrisoning forts & stations.
Interrogatory 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? and if so by whom was it given? and what has become of it?

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Answer I never received a written discharge.
Interrogatory 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behaviour and your services as a soldier of the revolution?
Answer I am known to the Revd. John Tubbs Lieut. William Saunders Enoch Chapman Peter Sinclair Esqr., John Saunders and William Tubbs & Robert Carter all of whom now live in my neighborhood and can testify as to my character for veracity and good behaviour I know of no person who can testify as to my services as a soldier of the revolution.
Thomas Barnet his mark X
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
J. B. Nave Clerk

John Tubb a clergyman residing in the County of Perry and State of Alabama and Charles Heard residing in the same county and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Barnet who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John Tubb
Charles Heard
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
J. B. Nave Clerk

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above named Thomas Barnet was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Tubbs Senr. who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and is a resident in the said County of Perry and State of Alabama and that Charles Heard who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Dunklin Sullivan Judge
C.C.

I Jesse B. Nave Clerk of the County Court of the County of Perry and State of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Barnet for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twelfth day of September 1833.
J. B. Nave Clerk
27.356

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Rev War
12971
INVALID.
File No. 12,971
Thomas Barnett
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:-Vol. , Page
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Pension Office
Br of the Bank of the State of Ala
Mobile 21st Oct. 1836

Sir,
Enclosed I hand, for examination, the pension voucher of Thomas Barnet a pr. per Act of 7th June 1832 at $20 per annm. He was last paid 18th Mar 1834 from Mar 1831 to 4 Mar 1834
Very respectfully
your Obt Servt
Geo S Gaines
PA

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 9th, 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," Thomas Barnet, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, Ala. Agency, at the rate of
twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837. to the 4th Sept. 1839, 2 ½ years.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Perry CH Ala
Sept 13th

Free

Honble. James L. Edwards
War Department
Pension Office
Washington City D.C.

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Sept 20
Ala
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Marion 12th September 1833

Honble. James L. Edwards
Dear Sir:
Inclosed I send you the application of three Revolutionary soldiers for a Pension under the Act of June 1832. Agreeably to your request I also inclose the printed letter which was sent with the previously rejected application of Thomas Barnet.
I sincerely hope they are now in proper form the applicants are all very poor and very honest citizens. When they are examined will you have the goodness to inform me of the result.
Direct yours in reply to the subscriber at Marion Perry County, Alabama.
Respectfully
your Obt. Servt.
Sidney M. Goode

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22,443
Thomas Barnet
Alabama
Adm 6. mo $20

S. M. Goode
Marian Perry
Alabama

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your dim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 periods 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." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which such 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 his service. The use of the phrase about three of four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
(j) 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he 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 the seal of office.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.