Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,533, Lewis Barrett, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Ua.
Barrett, Lewis
S. 31,533
CONTENTS

Georgia
12.257
David Barnett — of Wilkes — in the State of Geo: who was a Pr: — in the commanded by Captain Dabney of the Regt commanded by Lt. Merrett — in the Va line for encampments —
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of April 1833 and sent to Andrew Shandler, Washington — Geo
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 40- Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1833 10 50-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book Ee Vol. 6 Page 86

State of Georgia } County of Wilkes }
Personally appeared in open court, before
The Justices of the Inferior court for said county now sitting for ordinary purposes, Lewis Barrett a resident of said county and State aged eighty years the seventh day of last June 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 the seventh of June eighteen hundred & thirty. Seven. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated, with to wit: under the command of Col. Meredith, Col. Charles Dabney & Captain James Dabney. That Col. Meredith took the chief command that they all resided then in the State of Virginia Col. Dabney (& as he thinks Col. Meredith also) resided in Hanover county and that Capt. Dabney resided in the county of Louisa in said State. That he entered the service in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six (& as he thinks early in the spring of that year) and that he continued

in such Service for six months and was discharged to the best of his recollection, in the fall of that year.
That at the time he entered the service he was a resident of the State of Virginia & county of Hanover. That he volunteered for six months as "a minute man," according to the name given to the Service. That he marched from Hanover county to Hampton in the State of Virginia when his service was rendered in guarding the citizens and their property near the Hampton roads from predatory incursions by the British enemy when Dunmore, the govr  govr of Virginia had committed many depredations. That he has no recollection of having any connection with any continental troops or officers during his service. That he has no documentary evidence that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
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.
Sworn to in open Court this 5 th day of 1832
Attest J. W. Dyson Clerk

Question propounded by the court to the applicant
1 st Where & in what year were you born
Ans r In Hanover county State of Virginia on the Seventh of June nineteen hundred and fifty two as reported to & handed down to me by my father Parents
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans r I have no record of my age but have the best of time  my  birth age only by reputation, as above.
3 rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live?
Ans r I lived in Hanover county when called into service. When I came from the service I remained in Hanover county a few years, then removed to Louisa county, in Virginia, where I lived until after the war, some few years. I then removed to Wilkes County State of Georgia, where I now reside, & have been residing for upwards of forty years.
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Ans r There was a draft and for men 20 to 90 towards the sea had to protect the

citizens in the lower part of the State from the incursions of the enemy. And as this applicant now recollects a draft was about to be made but all those who should volunteer were to be exempt; when he volunteered & served as above declared?
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, when you served; such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service.
Ans r
I recollect of no regular officers neither can I give any name to any regiment at the time in service. I recollect that Col. Meredith was the commander in chief at Hampton. I also recollect that while I was in service a repel came into the Hampton roads laden with west India commodities; and ran aground, when the British tenders were about to take possession of her; but were prevented by the commander (Meredith) placing an hoard fair repel, men sufficient for her defence (one of which men was this applicant). Applicant cannot now recollect any other circumstance that is likely to have been preserved by history or memory even if the above fact should have been noticed or recollect by others.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, & if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
Ans r I do not recollect ever to have seen any written discharge.

7th State the names of persons to whom you are known, in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and good behaviour, your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Ans.
Among others in my neighbourhood James Donagh, Luke Turner, James D. Willis, Nicholas Daneyackigiman, who can certify to every thing contained in the seventh Interrogatory except as to my actual services in the revolution.
Subscribed and sworn to before me Lucas B. Bass
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 5 day of August 1832
Attest John D. Dyson Clerk
2d of Oct 1832 We Richard Willis & James D. Willis residing in the county of Wilkes hereby certify, that the above is a true copy of the declaration of Lucas B. Bass who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; and 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. And we have often heard our father who was a reputed Revolutionary Soldier, but now dead, speak of being in service with the applicant. Richard Willis James D. Willis

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Richard Willis & James Willis, who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents of Wilkes County & said State - (the one a Justice of the peace in and for said County the other one of the Judges of this Court) and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit -
Thomas Wootten J.P. Richard Willis J.P. William Kilgore J.P. Lewis S. Brown J.P.
I, John H. Lewis, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Wilkes do hereby certify that the foregoing Certificate contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Lewis Garrett for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 7th day of December 1842.  John H. Lewis - Clerk John H. Lewis J.P.

BRIEF in the case of Lewis Barrett,  County of Wilks  in the State of Georgia  (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? 80  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. As a Gen.     Spring In 1796 6 Private Gen. Dabney Col Mendenhall  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Danover State of Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attested agreeably to the regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
As a minute man George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

June 26, 1924.
Mrs. Frank F. Jones, Clinton, GA.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.31533, it appears that Lewis Barrett was born in Hanover County, Virginia, June 7, 1752. While a resident of said County he enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served 6 months as a private in Captain James Dabney's Company, Colonels Charles Dabney and Meredith's Virginia Regiment. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 5, 1832, while a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

31533
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 31,533
Lewis Barrett
Pri Rev Ind
Act: June 1 st 1827
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 26
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 Aug. 25: History to Miss. Wilmarth Gamble. M.B.H.
1924, June 26 - Hist. to Mrs Frank F. Jones.
1926 July 14. Hist to W. C. u m Garret. au

12.770
In the Matter
Lewis Barnett
Application for a pension

Lucas Barrett Georgia
Admit for 6 mos. as private from 1776 — 1780 Capt. Dalney Col. Murchison
Andrew J. Chandler
Agent Washington Nashville Ga

BRIEF in the case of
of
in the State of
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge ? 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he ? 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. As a Gen. In 17
5. In what battles was he engaged? 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Susan Barrett , 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 as to clergyman yes as to others 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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 except 2
 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.
‡ 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 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 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Rev. Dr. Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 15, 1906. Em
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the record of the Revolutionary Pensioner "Lewis Barrett of Wilkes Co. Ga. in 1833," and

"Abraham Blankenship of Bedford Co. Va. 1835," and oblige.
Yours Very Truly, Miss Wilmirth Gamble 791 W. Peachtree St.

Clinton, Ga.
May 26 th 1924
To the
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Please send me the record of service in the Revolutionary War of Lewis Barrett, a pensioner in 1832.
Please make date of birth very plain.
I have the following in copy, only, and I want a

certified record of it from your office. Won't you please send it to me?
" Record & Pension Office War Dept. ,
Washington, D. C.
The records of this office show that Christopher Irvin served as a private in Capt. William Fowler's company known also as Capt. Henry Terrell's company, & as Capt. Samuel Colston's company, 5th Va. Regt., Revolutionary War. He enlisted Feb. 15 th 1776, and the company payroll for Feb. 1778 shows that he was discharged Mar. 5 th 1778 (over)

Signed -
T. C. Ainsworth
Col. U. S. Army "
Chief of office.
Does your record name the Colonel of the 5th Va. Regiment, and did Christopher Irwin enlist in Fairfax Co.?
Thanking you most cordially, in advance, I am -
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Frank T. Jones

Richmond, Virginia.
May 8th, 1926.
To the Secretary of the Interior Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please give me an account of any and all papers concerning Lewis Barret or Barrett, serving from Virginia, shown in report of the Secretary of War for 1835 pension 3 (Ga) page 58, and greatly oblige,
Yours very truly,
W.E. Barret
W.E. Barret
P.O.Box-1614,
Richmond, Va.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jerome Barnett a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. 5731,533.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1786 6 mos. Pvt. James Dabney Charles Dabney Merlin Va.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Harrison Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug 5 1832. This claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Wilkes Co. Ga.
Age at date of application, born in Harrison Co. Va. June 7. 1752.
Remarks: There is no pension data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.