Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,605, Smith Barret, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Barret, Smith or Barrett
S 29,605
CONTENTS

10574
Massachusetts
Smith Barrett
of Belchertown in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain Converse of the Regt commanded by Col McClelland in the Spa  Con n line for 6 Mo. 21 Days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Spa at the rate of 22 Dollars 33 Cents per annum; to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Aprie 1833 and Smith Barrett Belchertown Spa
Arrears to the 4th of Spa 1833 $ 44.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 per " 11.16
$55.82
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H Sp d Blair Clerk, Book E , Vol. 2, Page 5.
69 Hampshire

Smith Barrett

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this fifteenth day of August 18 32 personally appeared in open court, before Honorable Timothy Hyde the court of Probate now sitting, Smith Barrett a resident of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 66 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
For the year 1781 I went to Newport in Rhode Island as a substitute for Samuel Paine, now deceased, and served in Capt. Peter Keeth's Company three weeks, and Samuel Paine was sent for the latter part of September 1781 soon after New London was burnt, I enlisted for two months as private Capt. Paine's Company, and marched from Thompson in Conn where I went to Fort Griswold and served two months all the time at Fort? Col. Laurence McLean's Commandment. For January 1782 I enlisted at Thompson as a private Capt. Christopher Hough and Lieut. Burnham of Ashford and Ensign Gillece of Mansfield and was again stationed at Fort Griswold Col. McLean's Commandment and served two months - For August 1782 I served two months as a private at Fort Ticonderoga at New London as a substitute for William Towns of Thompson in Capt. Huntington's Company Ensign Swift of Windham. My residence during service was at Thompson Conn. After I received my pay when I ended, to Belchertown where I have ever since resided. I know of no witnesses by whom I can prove my services, nor any part thereof, nor have I any documentary evidence of the same, no discharge being given me. I know of no need of my age unless as to Thompson.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 Massachusetts .
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Smith Barrett Before me Samuel H. Kimberly Judge of Probate in the County aforesaid
We, Isaac Larned residing in the town of Belchertown and Isaac Larned residing in Belchertown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Smith Barrett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 66 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 day and year aforesaid. Isaac Larned Isaac Larned Before me Samuel H. Kimberly Judge of Probate
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Isaac Larned who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in Belchertown and that Isaac Towne who has also signed the same, is a resident in Belchertown and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel H. Kimberly Judge of Probate I, Saml. H. Kimberly Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Smith Barrett for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - Sam. H. Kimberly Register Clerk.

Smith and Barrill Belchertown Mass 2176
Defecit 11 41 3/4 Interrogatories
Paid 6 Mo 7 21 days
$ 22,33
Claimant Belchertown Mass 2167

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Darnley  of  Wilkesboro  in the State of  Massachusetts  (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? 64 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 51 " " 21 Private Gen. Stark,   Septm 51 " 2 " " Gen. Greene Col. M c Lean   Jan y 52 " 2 " " Col. M c Lean   Aug. 52 " 2 " " Gen. Huntington  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Thompson Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no military proof or clergyman's evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Addison Examining Clerk.

29605 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29,605
Smith Barrett
Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 1 st 32"
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 22-1897- History to Mrs. L. G. White & Van Orin-Ills.
Aug. 2, 1904, Hist. to Harold L. Barrett, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

1. 29, 605 Smith Barrett
Aug 15, 1832. Belcher's Farm, Mass. 66
vs Thompson Conn during Sub-
1781
Capt Peter Keith
vs Thompson Conn 3 m. Sept 81. Pri.
Capt Peter Connors
Col Samuel Mc Lellan
2 m.
Jany 82 Pri.
Capt Osborn Clough
same col.
2 m.
Aug 82 Capt Huntington
2 m.
no certf — no copies —

I, Elias Wakefield of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I am the executor administrator of the last Will and Testament of the late Nathaniel Wakefield of Belchertown, which, with Barrett, signed at the accompanying declaration to obtain a pension as a Revolutionary War veteran, that I am personally acquainted with Nathaniel Barrett, who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration that I believe him to be sixty six years of age, that he is reported and believed, in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I being a member of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have had seen that I did not testify to the facts of his life before the Court at the time of his application for a pension, because I did not fully understand the extent of his claims against the government, and because I was informed that the deposition of Nathaniel Barrett and Simon Lord, who had known Nathaniel Barrett much longer than myself, would be equally good. After they had testified and the Court had disposed of the case, I offered to testify to the facts of his life, but was informed that it was unnecessary, as the required evidence had been already obtained Dec 31 A.D. 1832.  Elias Wakefield
Hampshire ss Dec 31, 1832 Then personally appeared Elias Wakefield, signed to the above affidavit and known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit, and known to me to be a person of known credit, and whose name to me is known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit.  Myron Lawrence Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss
I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify, that Myron Lawrence Esq. whose signature is affixed to the within certificate, was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestation done in that capacity - And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Myron Lawrence and believe his signature within to be genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
S. Stoddard Clerk

Miss Barrett Smith Richardson Map 1876
Clamant

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Smith Barretto 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 periods 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

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? yes
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?
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 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 each 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 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 he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
† QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

OLD WAR NAVY JUL 7 1904 FILES. P. S.
U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUL 5 1904

Jamaica Plain, Mass., July 2, 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir:
Will you please send to the undersigned the complete pension record of Smith Barrett of Mass. - with the name of the company, regiment, town + state he was accredited to while a soldier and the town + state he was residing in, when his application for pension was received? Please send a copy of the above mentioned application; also a copy of his pension certificate. He is supposed to have served in the 7th "Conn. Line". He was born in Thompson (Killingly), Ct., July 2, 1766 + died in Belchertown, Mass., Apr. 10, 1837. I want as complete a record of the Revolutionary services of the above Smith Barrett that you can send.
Respectfully Yours, Harold L. Barrett
649 Centre St. Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Van Orin, Ill. May 29th 1897. M. M. 4
Mr Henry Clay Evans.
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir.
B G J
Will you kindly furnish me the war- ( Revolutionary ,) record of the following named men -
Gideon Evans , Palmer, Mass - served during war
David Paine , Ludlow, Mass.
Smith Barrett - Woodstock Conn - later from Belchertown, Mass - was drafted at fourteen for three months to help hold a fort near Boston, and always drew a pension.
I am looking these up with a view to be- coming a "Daughter of the Revolution".
Very Respec-
Mrs Eliz. G. White.
Bureau Co. Van Orin, Illinois

I find upon consulting what records I have that Gideon Graves was Orderly Sergeant in Capt. Nathan Goodale's company. was twice wounded and was present at Cornwallis' surrender. I do not know if he drew a pension.
David Paine was in Capt. Ephraim Chaplin's Cos., Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's Regt. Aug. 12 - to Nov. 30 - 1777. Do not know if he drew a pension.
Also what can you tell me of Major Aaron Graves record - was from Palmer Mass. I give the above thinking it may be of some assistance in looking up the record. Mrs. L. G. White.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Barret, Solomon GRADE Fifer LINE Maryland or Simon
WARRANT NUMBER 10962 and 14152 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 28, 1799 and 201-60-55  to 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Garret, Wait GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3681 and 28-60-55 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 24, 1793 att. 3681 Rev J. Stephenson, assignee
*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.