Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12264, James Barron, Va. Sea Service And U.S. Navy

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. Sea Service
Barron, James Mary A.B.
W. 12264.
and U.S. Navy CONTENTS
a Va. half pay
See Acc. No. 837- Virginia State Navy James Barron, File Y S Va. Half Pay

Pennsylvania
James Barron
of Washington in the State of Dis. of Columbia who was a Midshipman in the Navy commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by  in the line for Virginia for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dis. of Columbia at the rate of 144 Dollars  Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Aug. 1834 and delivered to Pensioned
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1835 $360.00 Semi-annual allowance ending March 34 72.00
$432.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 11 Page 188
Pennsylvania Grant 1st March 1837 - 27 Sept 1839 has application to Pensioned. Phila 2
See letter Oct. 29. 1846 to Hon. John H. Eaton.
New certificate issued 15. Jan'y. 1847, and sent to Pensioner at Norfolk V a .
Dishon. of accounts 27 Dec 1850
My. H. B. Barron 19 Sept 53
H. Wilson Nov 14 1853
Same " 25 "
Same Dec 14 "

5017 Virginia, Richmond Mary A. B. Barron widow of James Barron Va who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Midshipman
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 144 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 10 th day of March, 1853. and sent to
Capt. G. S. Blake, No 16. Winder's Building Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb 12
St. of Capt. G. S. Blake, 17 th March, 1855; A. B. Magruder July 20/60 also Pension agent & 3 rd Auditor 1860 July 26 - Pension agt & 4 th Auditor
Chilton & Magruder, Aug 4. 1860
A. B. Magruder August 14/60
amt paid to March 24/1860 $1.020.40
A. B. Magruder Aug 23/60 Same Sept. 8/60
Same Sept 17/60
Bill for Commission October 8, 1860

DEPARTMENT OF WAR,
PENSION OFFICE, June 27, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted by the Secretary of War for carrying into effect the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, entitled "an Act supplementary to an "Act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution."
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.
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 exists in this Department, all person claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, 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 } Columbia } County of Washington }
On this 14 th day of Jan y 1834 personally appeared before the Subscribers J. Barron of the A. B. a resident of Phila , in the county of Phil and State, Territory or District of Penn y aged sixty five 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted  entered in the Army  Navy of the United States in the year 1780, with and served in the regiment of the  line under the following named officers  State Navy of Virginia, to the close of the War in 1783.
[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.]
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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court:
James Barron
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I Richard S. Priscoe , a Justice of the Court of  Peace in & for the County of do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said  before me  Court in the matter of the application of James Barron for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 14 th day of January 1834 Priscoe J. Peace
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will receive detailed instructions, respecting the nature and form of the testimony, they must produce, to secure their being placed on the Pension Roll. As the presumption will, in such cases, be against the applicants, in consequence of the omission of their names in the muster rolls, they will be required to furnish, as near as may be, the same evidence as has heretofore been required, by the Regulations and practice adopted for carrying into effect the act of Congress, of March 18, 1818, and the acts supplementary thereto; with such relaxations as have been from time to time, sanctioned by the Department, on account of the rapid decrease of the survivors of the Revolutionary Army, and the consequent difficulty of procuring direct positive testimony in every case.
Wherever an officer or non-commissioned officer is now in the receipt of a pension, he should make application, if entitled to the benefits of this act, by letter merely, setting forth his rank, and the regiment, corps or vessels, in which he served, and his present place of residence. His pension certificate must accompany his letter.
In those cases where the applicants have once been on the pension roll, under the act of March 18, 1818, and have been dropped therefrom on account of property, or for any other reason, or where applica-

tion has been made under the act of May 15th, 1828, and the evidence of service is in the Departments, or having made application and proof of service, and having been rejected, instead of the above declaration they will make a statement, setting forth, under oath, their having been previously on the pension roll, and their having been struck from the same, shewing their rank, the regiment, corps or vessel in which they served, their present place of residence, and their place of residence when the first application was made, or of their application under the act of 15th May, 1828.
In a case where a claimant may make personal application at this Department, and can produce satisfactory proof of service, and of his identity also, at the seat of government, he may make his declaration before a justice of the peace.
2. The case of the State troops volunteers and militia is different. There are in the Department no rolls of the State troops, except those of Virginia; and no rolls of the militia, except those of New Hampshire.
Applicants, who served in the State troops of Virginia, and applicants, who served in the militia of New Hampshire, will be required to produce the same proof, as is prescribed for those, who served upon the Continental Establishment. But, with respect to the other State troops and militia, there is no record to advert to, and no presumption to be rebutted. The nature of the case, therefore, demands a different rule of proceeding.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except as is above provided, will make and subscribe the following declaration:
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State, Territory or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of _____ now sitting, A. B. a resident of _____ in the County of _____ State, Territory or District of _____ aged _____ 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:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; the day (if possible) and the month and year when the claimant entered the service, and the time when he left the same; (and if under more than one engagement, he must specify the particular periods, and the rank and names of his officers;) the town, and County or State, in which he resided, when he entered the service; whether he was drafted, was a volunteer or a substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched; the continental regiments or companies with which he served: and the names of some of the Regular Officers whom he knew, together with such farther particulars as may be useful in the investigation of his claim; and also, if the facts be so, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.]
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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
And then will be annexed the following certificate:
C. D.
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 day 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 _____ 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.

The form of the proceedings and of the certificates will be so varied, as to meet the case, when the declaration is made out of Court, before a Judge, as hereafter provided for.
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, 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, and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which, in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 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 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? 
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 service 
 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 traditional 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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. To require from the applicants positive proof of service from a contemporary survivor would, after the lapse of so many years, be to deprive many of them of the benefit of the law. And as no presumption is raised against the Militia by the existence of Rolls in the Department, there is no good reason why this requisition should be extended to them. On the other hand, to receive the declaration of the parties, as a sufficient ground for placing them upon the Pension Roll, without corroborating circumstances, would be to open the Treasury to great frauds. A just mediata seem to present the best rule for carrying into effect the objects of Congress.
If the two persons, whose certificate is required, cannot be produced in Court, without too much inconvenience and expense to the applicant, then the statement of the facts and opinions, above mentioned, will be made under oath before some Judge or Justice of the Peace, and the certificate of the Court to the situation and credibility of the persons making the statement will be given.
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.
 3. Persons serving in the marine forces. 
 4. Indian Spies. 
Each of these two latter classes of cases will produce proof, as nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding regulations, and authenticated in a similar manner, with such variations as the different nature of the service may require.
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.

A

To the Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Your memorialist James Barron, of Norfolk, Virginia, represents, that he is now in the receipt of a Pension, under the act of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of $144. per annum for services as a Midshipman in the Virginia State Navy, in the war of the Revolution. He further represents that during said war of the Revolution he served also as Aid de Camp to his father the late Commodore James Barron, who was Commander in Chief of the Navy of Virginia, and whose rank was equal to that of a Brigadier General in the land service.
Your memorialist therefore claims that he is entitled to an increase of his pension, over and above what he is now receiving, equal to the amount that would be allowed to an Aid de Camp to a Brigadier General in the land service. He also claims, that for his services as Midshipman, he

has never been allowed as high a rate of Pension as that service alone would entitle him to - The pay of a Midshipman in the Virginia State Navy, in the war of the Revolution having been two shillings and nine pence per day, which would amount to more than $144. per annum.
He therefore asks that his case may be re-examined, and that such increase of his pension may be awarded to him, as he is by law entitled to.
James Barron
City of Norfolk, S d .
Commodore James Barron personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and signed and acknowledged the foregoing memorial to be his own proper act and deed
- Given under my hand seal this 24 th August 1859 E. B. Goode (J.P.)

State of Virginia County of Norfolk. } 68.
On this twenty seventh day of December in the year Eighteen hundred fifty three personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified, in and for the county aforesaid, Mary A. B. Barrow a resident of Portsmouth in the County of Norfolk aforesaid, State of Virginia, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed the third of February eighteen hundred fifty three granting the unclaimed half pay to certain widows and orphans; that she is the widow of James Barrow, who was a revolutionary pensioner under the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred thirty two, at the rate of one hundred forty four dollars per annum for his service, as Midshipman in the Revolution; which pension was payable at the Philadelphia Agency. She further declares that she has received from F. Burt, Third Auditor the sum of nineteen dollars thirty five cents, the same being the balance due on pension of her husband, James Barrow deceased, from the fourth of March eighteen hundred fifty one to the twenty first of April eighteen hundred fifty one, when he died. All which facts, together with Certificate of her marriage will

fully appear by reference to said paper on file in Pension Office. She further declares that she is still a widow and prays for a renewal of the pension afore- said for her sole benefit.
Mary A. B. Barron.
Sworn to and subscribed on the twenty seventh day of December eighteen hundred fifty three, before me, December 27/1853
John Nash J.P.
State of Virginia Norfolk County to wit:
I Arthur Emmerson Clerk of the County Court of Norfolk County in the state of Virginia aforesaid do hereby certify that John Nash J.P. who has given the preceding certificate is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and quali- fied to act as such according to the Constitution and laws of this state and further that the signature thereto " John Nash J.P. " is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Court this 6 th day of January 1854 in the 78 th year of the Commonwealth.
Arthur Emmerson C.C.

Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12264
Mary A. B. Barron
Wid of
James Barron
Midshipman U.S. Navy.
Act: Febry 28 th  1853.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dup. Cert. into. Jan. 21. 1847, having found the original.

No 4.083
Virginia
Mary A. B. Barron Widow of James Barron (Midshipman) 1854 Jany. 16. Let to H. Wilson Rejecting
Sept. 29/54 To Mrs. Mary A. B. Barron
G. S. Blake. Mch. 6" 1855, Grays
Act 3 Feb. 1853

Transfer Com: James Barron to Pennsylvania, and send the Notifi- cation to him at Philadelphia - to take effect for 4 March
1834
J LC

Sir
In the case of I have to state examined and the written to J. H. Lo Last. a copy of.

The Comt. works, No Ewey, to transfer Commodore Barron upon this letter, and not require him to produce the usual proof M.

✓ Nº 4
ACT OF JULY 14, 1862.
3013
Heirs of Comr James Barron
- Va State Navy Revolutionary
Discharged _____, 186
3013
Admitted
47. Day - Act '32
Received _____, 187
H.

B

April 4 th 1831
James Barron is allowed the land Bounty of a Brigadier General in the State Line, for services from the 25 th of December, 1775 to the 7 th of April, 1783, the amount of land Bounty heretofore received by him to be deducted therefrom
John Floyd
Attest J. H. Pleasants
A. Copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office. Teste,
S. H. Parker Reg. L. Office

P. 1st. Sept. 12. 1834 the 1834 trans = Pennsylvania March 1834 him notif. by Captain same day Columbia from 8. 4 Sept 1838 del to Bousign Age. 9. Sept 1839
Pennsylvania  District of Columbia James Mason - of Washington in the State of D. of C. who was a Midshipman in the Navy commanded by Captain of the State by of Virginia in the 2 years
District of Columbia Incribed on the Roll of Dis. of Columbia at the rate of 144 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Jan 1834 and del. Pension
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 3 60 Semi-ann. allowance ending Mar 34 72 $4 32 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Tria — Clerk, Book e Vol. 6. Page 108
or. liv. sent to Sept. 12: =ferred to from H. C. and sent at Phil To Dist of 4 March 183 Notification present here to Pen
2.88 72 3.60

Certificate of William ... to Martin 29. Wife: Mary Anderson. Copy of record of m: 1869; John ... the ...
in 2 v. 1 p. 18. Certificate: 2 ... Certificate of ...
Wit: ... Certificate by ... G. S. Blake. In ... Portsmouth, Va.

Portsmouth V a Sept- 26 th 1854.
Sir
Will you do me the favor to inform me whether Congress, during the late Session, took such action on the Pension Law, as to allow me to receive the Revolutionary Pension, due on account of my late husband Commodore James Barron;
I have been deprived of the benefit of this Pension, by an omission in the Law of 1853, to which you called the attention of Congress.
I am Sir
To
Very Respectfully
The Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Your Oble Servt:
Mary A. B. Barron

Memo.
Patent Office.
March 9 th 1855.
In proof of Marriage, death of Jas. Barron. Having signed title of the Application, see papers proofs filed in support of Claim for War of 1812. as wife of Comd. Barron, before Smith, Esq. of Mary E. Smith in Room No. 94. Under Oath.
D. C. McCall.
Handwritten mark resembling a stylized 'H' or a signature.

Washington D C
Feb 17. 1861
To the Comm d of Pensions
Sir,
May I enquire whether the question of Mrs. Com. Barron's to receive the smaller pension of $144 per an; originally granted her as the widow of a Revolutionary officer, has ever been submitted, (with my letter to you) to the Atty. General.
In my last interview with you you expressed your purpose to suggest that come to the present acting Secy of the Interior. I have had a conversation with Mr Stanton - the Atty. Genl. He tells me no such case had yet been submitted to him.
May I ask the favor of prompt action in the matter from your office, in confor- mity with your intimation to that effect, when I last had the pleasure to see you? Very Respectfully A. B. Alagender

Letter to Ab. Maynard Sept. 17. 1860.

Pension Office
Dear Sir,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 12 th inst. I have to state that Mrs. Mary J. Barron applied on the 20 th of Sept. 1834, for pension under Acts of 30 June, 1834, and Aug. 11, 1846, on the ground that her husband (the late Commander James Barron) died on the 21 st of April, 1851, of disease contracted while in the line of his duty as an officer in the Navy of the U.S. His claim was suspended and so remained until June 13, 1860, when it was admitted, upon a decision of the Department of State, at rate of $200 per annum to commence on 21 st April 1851, the date of the death of her husband.
In the meantime, namely, on the 10 th of March 1835, Mrs. Barron was allowed a pension under

Acts of July, 3, 1833, and 25 July, 1833, at the rate of $144, per annum, in virtue of her husband's service as midshipman in the Revolutionary War.
As it was stated to you in my letter of the 20 th July last, this officer, when her claim at the rate of $600, was allowed, inadvertently, omitted to order the payment of the pension she was receiving under Act of July, 3, 1833, to be discontinued, and the amount she had already received under said Act to be refunded. This has since been done, and you now ask to be informed of any existing binding authority to justify the course I have pursued.
Independently of the invariable practice of this bureau in nearly analogous cases, and of the decision of the Department, upon general principles, that a widow of two revolutionary soldiers cannot receive pension in virtue of the services of both at the same time, I claim that

sufficient answer to your specific inquiry to refer you to the language of the act of Feby. 3. 1853, taken in connection with the provisions of the act of Feby 29, 1848. The act of 1853 provides that the "widows of all officers, &c, of the Revolutionary Army who were married subsequent to January, 1800, shall be entitled to a pension in the same manner as those who were married before that date." By referring to the act of 1848, which grants pensions to widows of such officers, &c, who were married before January, 1800, it will be perceived that it expressly enacted that "no widow now receiving a pension shall be entitled to receive a further pension under the provisions of this act."
A. W. Magruder, Esq. Washington, D. C.

Washington DC
Aug. 11. 1860
Hon. G. C. Whiting, Commr. of Pensions
Sir,
Hearing from the tenor of your reply to (dated July 20. '60) to my letter of enquiry of 17th ultimo that I may not have been sufficiently specific in respect to the information sought touching the pension allowance to the late Commodore James Barron I beg leave to ask to be furnished with a copy of the certificate pension allowance -to him and which he received up to the period of his death. I presume his widow has surren- -dered the original certificate to your office. An inspection of this paper is deemed essential to enable me to offer a reply to your letter of 20th ultimo touching the pension allowance to Mrs. Barron recently made. Very Respectfully &c. A. B. Almy

PENSION OFFICE AUG 3 1860.

Washington D.C.
August 2 1860
To the Comm. of Pensions
Sir,
As we have received no reply to our letter of enquiry addressed to you at the instance of the heirs of Commodore James Barron and as their Counsel, we suppose that in the occupation & confusion of removing your office to the new Market provided for you, our letter may have been overlooked.
May we ask to recall your attention to the subject of our enquiry and request a reply at your earliest convenience, by which you will oblige,
Very Respectfully, Wm Lloyd Serle Chilton Kilagruider

Washington D.C.
17 th March 1855
Sir
I have to acknowledge the receipt of my Pensioner's Pension Certificate, and beg leave to say, that she is under the impression her Pension should date from the time of her husband's death April 21 st 1851, instead of from the 3 rd of Feby 1853. — I would ask whether this is the case or not. — I am, Sir,
Very respectfully, Your obedt Servt
J. S. Blake
Wm L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Washington DC 9 th March 1855
Sir
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6 th Inst, relative to the claim of Mrs Mary A B Barran for a pension, under the acts of Febry 3 rd 1853, and the 28 th Febry 1855, and beg to say, that the proofs of Mrs Barrans marriage, husbands death, & her widowhood and identity, were filed by me in your office in her application for a Navy Pension. I would ask if these proofs are not sufficient for the case in question.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your obedt Serv
Jas. S. Blake
Wm L. P. Waldo Comm r of Pensions, Washington

Portsmouth Va February the 28 th 1855.
Sir
I have the pleasure to see, that in the "Pension Bill" just passed that "the widows of the officers, non commissioned officers, Marines, and Mariner, who served in the Navy of the United States during the Revolutionary War, and who were married since the 1 st of January 1800, shall be entitled to Pensions, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as the widows of officers and Soldiers of the Revolution under the second section of the act of 3 rd of February 1853."
I have the honor to request an order for the amount of Pension due me from the death of my husband (the late Commodore James Barron) April 27 th 1854. up to the end of the last quarter
The necessary proof, I believe is now in your office, upon which I was paid (some time since,) the arrearage due up to the day of his death;
I am Sir with Respect
Your obedient Servant Mary A. B. Barron
To the Honorable Loren P. Waldo. Commissioner of Pensions Pension office Washington City D. C.

Portmouth Virginia 10 th January 1834
Dear Sir, At the request of Mrs. Barron the widow of the late Comm re Barron, I forward the enclosed application for renewal of her benefit of Revolutionary Pension of her late husband. I will esteem it a personal favor if you would give it just as early a notice as is compatible with your money engagement, and remit to her the renewal &c.
I am very truly
Obedient Servt
L. N. Waldo Esq Commr of Pensions Washington
H. C. Wilson one of the Ex rs of the late Barron dec d .

✓ Portsmouth, Virginia
Nov. 29, 1853
Holton Wilson
Enclosed copies of Resolutions, ordered to the late Commodore Barron, upon which to base an application for a Pension to his widow.
✓ Respectfully referred to the Commr of Pensions Dept. Navy Dec 5/53 G. R. Whiting Chf. Clk.
C. C.
Concluded Dec 6 1853.

Portsmouth Virginia 29 th Nov 1863
Dear Sir,
My Cousin, Mary A. B. Barron, widow of the late Commodore James Barron, is endeavoring to obtain a continuance, for her benefit, of the Revolutionary pension which the Commodore rec d , during his life, from the Government. It was a pension of $12 per month. In order to enable me to make up the necessary papers for her, I request you to order that a copy of that Pension be forwarded to me as I wish to make special reference to it. If possible, I shall make application for half-pay pension, and the copy would be of service to me in this. I am one of the executors of the late Comm r and my sole object is to procure the pension for my Cousin Mrs. B who has barely sufficient income to support her. Your compliance with my request I shall esteem a favor
Am
Secretary of the Interior
I am respectfully Yr. ob t Serv t
H. C. Wilson
W.B. Mrs. B. has rec d the bal. due the Com r . up to the period of his death. The dft refers to Interior Warrant N o 4652.

Poquoson Va (Nov. 3 rd / 53.
H. Wilson
Rec d Nov. 9 th / 53. Am. same day Resig d up d - to the Court of Pensions & Mt Wilson so inform d 3 rd Auditor's Off ce Nov. 9 th 1853.
Ever, I kind Acting Auditor
Mr Randall
$19.35-

104-00547 Portsmouth Virginia 5 Nov. 1853.
Dear Sir, I rec d your favor this morning and hasten to return herein the receipt of Mrs. Barron for the c o & D o . Remitted to her.
I am requested to ask whether the pension of the Commadore will be continued to her during her widowhood. Please reply as early as your duties will permit and oblige
Yours obed t Serv t H. C. Wilson
F. Rmt. Esq. Third Auditor
I thank you for y r promptness in attending to my letter - Mrs. B. also is obliged.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 27 th 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6 th 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;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the widow of James Barron, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of One Hundred & Forty four Dollars and Cents per Annum under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1851 to the 21 st April 1851.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Abraham Comptroller.
23375 G 2
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Portsmouth - Va - Sep: 11. 1853
Sir,
I am the widow of the late Commander James Barron of the U. S. Navy, who died on the 21 st April 1857 leaving a small balance due of his Revolutionary Pension - Will you be so kind as to forward to me said balance; and do me the further favor, to inform me what certificates are necessary to secure me the regular payment of the Pension due to the widows of Revolutionary Officers - All the papers necessary to establish the claim of my late husband, are still in the Pension Office at Washington - I am not fully aware of the necessary steps for me to take in order to obtain what are considered my rights
I am, &c.
Very Resp. & obed.
H. H. Abbot. Secy.
Mary A. B. Barron.
To The Commissioner of Pensions Washington
J.C.

9 April 1853
Wm N J Godwin N Y
Relative to payment made to the uprs of Com: James Barron under act 5 July 1832.
letter to him 18 April 1853

Oswego New York
April 9 th 1853
Sir
Your communication of the 30 th ulto. informing me that my letter of the 25 th had been referred to the 4 th Audit for reply, has been received, & also my from the 4 th Audit, informing me that no claim of Capt s Barron for services as a Capt s in the "N o State Navy" had been settled at that office.
I must have made some mistake in my enquiry, or else it must have been misunderstood. Some years or two ago, or probably a longer time, Commo. Barron then of the U.S. Navy received a claim & the interest thereon for commutation of half pay for services whilst in the "N o State Navy" & the information I wish to obtain (which is quite important to me) is, the amount he recd. for commutation or half-pay, & the amount of interest he received on said claim.
I am Sir Very Respectfully
Yours ob ly Servt
W m N. D. Goddard
To the
Commissioner of Customs Washington City
DC
1 st letter was charged to Mr Howard

Brief in the case of Mary A. B. Barron, widow of Samuel Norfolk County and State of Pa. act. July 3, 1853 / 28th July 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Sustained was pensioned under the Act of 7th June 1832, as a midshipman at the rate of $14. per mo. Marriage proven by Certified Copy of the record thereof, the Affidavit of the Clergyman who married the parties & the Affidavit of Col. J. C. G. [?], who was personally known to the same. He died April 21 st 1851, as per the Certificate of three Physicians who attended him during his last illness, the Certificate of the Secretary of the Navy & [?], the Register of the Treasury. Widow here [?], it is established by the Affidavit of the Clergyman who married the parties & the Certificate of Commander G. B. Blake, U. S. Navy. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Capt. G. B. Blake, Navy Dept., N. H. Warrenton Building, Name and residence of Agent
H. C. Buxton, Examining Clerk.

C

Executive Department Richmond, Dec: 21 st 1833
James Barron is allowed Land Bounty for his services as a midshipman in the State Navy for three years, if not heretofore drawn. The Register will issue a Warrant accordingly.
James Barron appears to have been an Aid de Camp to Commodore James Barron, Commander in Chief of the Navy of Virginia.
Teste J. B. Richardson
John Floyd
The foregoing is a true Copy of an Executive Order on file in the Land Office of Virginia, and upon which a Warrant for 2666 2 / 3 acres of land issued to James Barron.
Teste,
S. H. Parker Reg. S. Office

Augt 31/50.
Incr: pen: lease of James Barron.

Washington 28 Augt. 1850
Sir,
Enclosed we present to you the application of Com. James Barron for an increase from as Aid-de-camp to his father see paper marked A
By a reference to Henning, Stat. at Large page 85 you will find that "the Navy Officers, Sailors and Marines of this State shall in all respects have the same claims, and be subject to the same restrictions and regulations, in all matters coming within the purview of this act as are allowed to the Officers and soldiers in the land service of the same." And October Session of the same year page 162, that "In case any Officer, seaman, or marine be killed in action with the enemy, his widow and children, shall receive the wages due at the time of his death; and that the Officers & Marines shall be entitled to the same bounty in land and other emoluments as the Officers & soldiers of the V. Line."
The V. line on Continental establishment B. A certificate showing that Com. Barron had was allowed Bounty land

as a Brigadier General. -
C. A. certificate showing that he was aid de camp. -
Yours respectfully Dickins & Coombs
James L Edmonds Esq Comr. of Pensions.

Jan Bann 97
5 July 97
Jan 2 nd B. 97

Pension Office
January 2 o 1850.
Upon an appeal to the Secretary of the Interior, he has decided, after obtaining the opinion of the Attorney General, that the representatives of the late Commodore James Barron, who was Commander in Chief of the Virginia State Navy during the revolution, are entitled to commutation and interest, under the acts of July 5. 1832 and March 3 o 1835, in lieu of half-pay for life, which was paid by that State on the 15 th December 1823. Accordingly certified under an order from the said Secretary, that commutation of five years full pay is due, and interest thereon up to this date. The amount of commutation is $ 4258:31 1/3 : interest is to be calculated at 6 per centum per annum on this sum, from the 22 o April 1783 to the 15 th December 1823: add the amount of the interest to the commutation up to December 15. 1823, to the commutation and deduct from the total of these sums, the amount paid in December 1823, viz. $ 2008 52 / 100 , and upon the balance struck calculate interest from that time up to the present date. The amount is payable to James Lyons, Esq r . of Richmond, Va a attorney of George W. Camp, administrator of said Barron.
Approved
Commission of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior

General Land Office 11 th Jan y 1834.
I hereby certify that a Warrant N o 71121 for 2.666 2 / 3 acres, in the name of James Barron dated the 28 th day of December 1833 has been granted by the State of Virginia to said Barron for his three years services as a Midshipman in the State Navy and is now on file in this Office. —
J. M. Moore Chief Clerk

Rev Richardson fees com
Com: James Barron Land Bounty. "
Adm 2 y s Midshipman D.C. Roll
144
Pension, present

To His Excellency Governor Floyd
Norfolk April the 7 th 1833
Dear Sir
I have heretofore from forbore from presenting my claim to the Executive of my native state, for Land Bounty due me for my revolutionary services as a midshipman in the state Navy of Virginia, not being aware of any living person who could establish my claim to three years service.
That difficulty is now removed, and I ask permission to submit my claim for Land Bounty, in conformity to the several acts of the Commonwealth of Virginia referring your Excellency to the several affidavits herewith enclosed.
The service rendered by me, being that of a Midshipman in the state Navy of Virginia during the Revolutionary War, and until the close of it, in 1783 for three years service.
I have the Honor to be,
Most respectfully
Yours Aff ly
James Barron
I John Cox of the town of Portsmouth do hereby certify that during the War of the Revolution, I held a private commission in the service of Virginia as a Captain, and commenced service in the year 1777, and commanded for several years thereafter, many private armed vessels which were engaged in the transportation of munitions of war from the West Indies to the United States, and in performing other duties in the service of the state of Virginia — My public duties frequently required me to receive the commands and instructions

instructions of that distinguished officer (Commodore) James Barron, the commander in chief of the Naval forces of Virginia, and I well remember to have seen on several of these occasions the young James Barron his son (the present Commodore in the U.S.N.) as an officer performing duty in the Naval Service. I was struck with his youthful appearance, and the alacrity, zeal, and intelligence with which he performed service, but the Navy being afterwards reduced or broken up, and the War terminated, I could not then nor can I now say, what was his rank as an officer.
(John Fox)
Norfolk County - to wit -
Before me Arthur Emerson a justice of the peace, in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared John Fox, who is well known to me to be a highly respectable and honest citizen, and made oath that the statements contained in the foregoing certificate, which I carefully read to him contain the truth to the best of his knowledge and belief. — Given under my hand and seal this 18th Dec r 1833.
Arthur Emerson
I John S. Westwood of Elizabeth City County Virginia, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Commodore James Barron of the United States Navy. Affiant has known him from his boyhood until the present period, and he well knows that the said James Barron, when a mere youth during the Revolutionary War, was attached to the Schooner Liberty, as a young midshipman, and served in that capacity under the command of his father Commodore James Barron, the commander in chief of the Virginia State Navy. The said Barron served as a midshipman in the said state navy until  The close of the war in the year 1783. His service commenced at the close of the 1780, or early in 1781 — Given under my hand at Norfolk this 4th day of April 1833.
John S. Westwood

Virginia
District of Norfolk - Set-
Before me Frederick Vincent a Notary Public, in and for the District aforesaid personally appeared the Rev. John S. Westwood of the town of Hampton, and made oath that the statements contained in the foregoing  above affidavit, and by him subscribed, are just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal notarial at Norfolk this 4 th day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Frederick Vincent Not. Pub.
Before me William Hope a justice of the peace in and for the County of Elizabeth City appeared William Jennings, an old and respectable inhabitant of said County and being duly sworn, states that he served as a mariner in the state Navy of Virginia during the Revolutionary War, and was well acquainted with Midshipman James Barron (now Commodore James Barron) of said Navy. The said Barron was a young midshipman, and performed service during the said War for at least three years until the peace of 1783, he served principally in the schooner Liberty, and as an aid to his father visiting the various vessels composing the fleet.
Wm. Jennings
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8 th day of April 1833.
Wm. Hope JP
"
Personally appeared before me William H. Hope a Justice of the Peace, Richard Payne, and being duly sworn

sworn on the holy bible, states that he was well acquainted with Midshipman James Barron (now Commodore James Barron) said Barron was a young midshipman and performed service on board of the schooner Liberty, and I think was occasionally on board of other vessels attached to the squadron commanded by his Father; he was in the service at least three years till the peace of 1783.
Richard Payne
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8 th day of April 1833.
Wm Hope I P Seal
Enc JBR
Revenue Department Richmond Va 11 Jany 1834
The foregoing are true copies from the original, on file in this Department
H. Richardson Secy Com te
Rev. James Barron Sand County.
11th
2 nd Midshipman
D.C. Roll
174
Sensum, present

Payment to be made at Philadelphia by Isaac Roach, Esq. Agent for paying Pension= as in the Agency of Philadelphia.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E, Vol. 6. Page 108 by .
D. Brown, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, James Barron _____ of the State of Pennsylvania _____ who was a Midshipman of the Navy, in the Revolution,
is entitled to receive One Hundred and Forty-Four 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. Issued in lieu of one dated 14 th January, 1834, supposed to be lost or destroyed.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this fifteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned, }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Jan 14 '47
I issue a new certificate & send to the Pensioner at Norfolk, Va.
James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
W
Jas. Barron page 32 Henry W -

Norfolk January the 10 th 1849
Dear Sir
On Wednesday evening last, the 7 th inst, my writing desk containing my certificates of Revolutionary, and invalid Pensions, with other valuable papers, was stolen from my dwelling in this City. I have therefore to request of you my Good Sir to have them, or either of them, that properly belongs to your office renewed and forwarded to me here. If both, of those pension documents do not issue from your office, will you be so kind as to cause this request to be made known, to that, from which it does issue.
Very Respectfully I am Your Obedient Servant James Barron

for L. Edwards Esq r Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

J. D. Edwards Esq Censor of Pensions
Bank of the Metropolis 27 th Sep r 1839
Sir
James Barron a pensioner on the Roll of this Agency, under the Act of 7 th June 1832 has been paid up to 4 th day of March 1839
Respy. Your Ob dt . Servt
J. P. Wanless, Agt. by C. W. Wanless

Sept 29.
[Faint handwritten signature or initials]
James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Germantown Sept 6 th 1839
Dear Sir
I will return it a form if you will give me a letter, authorising me to receive my revolutionary Pension in Philadelphia.
With Sentiments of Respect & Esteem.
I am Dear Sir yours
James Barron
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions Washington,

Philadelphia Sept the 10 th 1834
Dear Sir
Will you be so obliging, as to order the amount of my half yearly pension, twenty five dollars to be sent to me here
On the instructions that I received from your office, there does not appear to be any particular direction for persons situated as I am,
With Respect & Esteem I am Dear Sir your Obedient Servant James Barran

To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
Be pleased to transfer my name from the Pennsylvania Pension Roll to that of the District of Columbia. I was last paid to the 4 th March last.
Washington,
James Barron
Washington City - Sept. 6. 1838

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Penswn, Angle

Bank of Metropolis Sept r 12 th 1834.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of this day I have to inform you that Com. James Barron has received his pension as Midshipman upto the fourth day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty four
Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant
John P. Van Klief Pension Agent
J. L. Edwards Esq m