Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21062, Joel Barret, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Barret, Joel
S. 21062
CONTENTS
carded
5

11. 6 23 Memoranda
Joel Barstow
of Windsor Co. in the State of Vt. who was Dr in the Company commanded by Captain Hammond of the Regt commanded by Col Smith in the Vt. Vols. under Proops.
9 Mo Private, $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pension at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May 1833 and sent to J. Parkhurst, Sharon, Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 75.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 31 1834
$120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 52

10 811 Soil Barret. Elevation

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State - Sworn to and subscribed the 7 day and year aforesaid
Joel Barrett
L. Marsh, Register
We Samuel Barstow a clergyman residing in Sharon in the County of Windsor State of Vermont, and Jared Parkhurst residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joel Barrett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the 7 day and year aforesaid
Samuel Barstow Jared Parkhurst
L. Marsh, Register
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 Samuel Barstow, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Sharon and that Jared Parkhurst who has also signed the same, is a resident in Sharon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I, Lyndon A. Marsh, Register of the Court of Requests of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joel Barrett for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this day of 24, day of August, A.D. 1832
L. Marsh, Register

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
On this 24 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Joel Barrett a resident of the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, 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 June 7, 1832 — That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated — — — — —
In the fall of 1779 there was a company of men, called for out of the Towns of Sturbridge, Charlton, Dudley & Sutton, in the State of Massachusetts for three months, said company was detached from the four Companies of Militia of those Towns, and put under the command of Captain Hammond and Lieut. Otton of Charlton, I volunteered for the three months service and marched to Albany in the State of New-York, and then to the Mohawk river where we were stationed for the protection of the Mohawk country frequently scouted after the Indians we served the three months and was discharged at Albany — — — — — on the first of June 1780 I enlisted for six months and passed muster on the fourth day of June at Springfield, State of Massachusetts, and joined the army at West Point, in Captain Smith Company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Smith in General Glens Brigade, served out the term of my enlistment and was discharged at West Point on the 6 th day of January 1781
He was born in Dudley in the State of Massachusetts on the 16 day of May 1763 that he resided in said town at the time he entered into the above service was a resident of said town through the Revolutionary war after the close of the war he moved to
He believes there is a record of his age in the Town Clerks office where he was born that he has no documentary evidence of his services and can procure no testimony of his services, from no living testimony his long absence from the place, and his companions in service being all removed by death, puts it out of his power to procure any further testimony.

Omitted 9 m's # 30.
J. Parkhurst Esq Sharon Vt

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Barrett  County of Windsor  in the State of  Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 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.     Fall In 1779 9 Private Gen. H. Hammond   June 1780 6 Capt Smith Col Smith J. Glaser  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Loudon Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, 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? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Colbutter Examining Clerk.

Disposition 21062 INVALID.
File No. 21,062
Joel Barret
21st Dec 1880
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 21
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11. 623
Vermont Joel Barret
of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hammond of the Regt commanded by Col. Smith - in the Mass'town line for 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 88 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Octbr 1833 and sent to Chester Baxter. Sharon
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $75. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 4th 34. 15. 00 $90. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book Vol. 3. Page 52

Payments to be made at Burlington, Vt by Rev. W. S. B. B. R. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Vt
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book 1 Vol. 3 Page 52 by John D. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Isaac Barnet of the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Tenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lucas Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Edward Commissioner of Pensions.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Barret, Jonathan GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3789 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 20, 1796 to Joseph Fosdick
*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.