Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 566, John Barrow, N.C

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Barrow, John
P 566
CONTENTS

Ex'r.
INVALID.
REVIEWED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
John Darrow
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

John Barrow Schedule V.
Rejected on acct p of property $1036-90 100 Dec r 20 th 1821.-
See Letter to H Reynolds Windsor, N.C. Dec r 20 1821
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"State of North Carolina } "Court of pleas and quarter sessions held "Hertford County ss } "for the said county at the court house in "Winton on the fourth monday of August "A D 1821.
"On this thirteenth day of August A D 1821 personally appeared in "open court (being a court of record for the county aforesaid and "proceeding according to the course of the common law with a "jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of "its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment) "John Barrow a cripple, aged sixty six years resident of "the said county of Hertford who being first duly sworn according "to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order "to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the "18 th of March 1818 and 1 st May 1820 - That he the "said John Barrow enlisted for the term of two and an "half years on or about the 20 th April 1776 in the "county of Bertie North Carolina in the company commanded "by Capt. Mac Lean or Mac Lane, and afterwards "served in the company commanded by Capt. Lewis of "the fourth regiment commanded by Colonel Polk in the "line of the State of North Carolina on the continental estab- "lishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps or "in the service of the United States until on or about the "10 th November 1778 when he was honourably discharged "from the said service in the State of New York - That he "was in the Battles of Brandywine & Germantown, and on "the Baggage guard during the Battle of Monmouth; "That he has no evidence other than that hereto annexed "whereby to prove his said services - He further saith that he "The said John Barrow made his first and original decla- "ration in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress "of the 18 th March 1818 before the Honourable John R. Donnell "one of the judges of the Superior Courts of Law & Equity of said "State of North Carolina on the 29 th day of March 1820 "or thereabouts - And in pursuance of the said act of Congress "of the 1 st May 1820 I the said John Barrow do solemnly "swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States "on the 18 th  day of March 1818 and that I have not since "that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my "property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to dimin- "ish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of

Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged on the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th Day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. viz -
  140 acres of poor land, worth about $1. per acre 140.   2 Negro Girls - 1 aged 16 years & 1 aged 12 do. 550.   10 head of cattle 60.   1 Horse value about $50 50.   7 Sheep 7.   1 Horse Cart 3.   1 pr old chaise wheels 1.   3 beds only 45.   1 walnut side board value abt 7.   3 Tables which cost 7.50   3 Trunks 3.   1 Coffee mill 25   1 Saddle & Bridle 5.   1 Gun value $2 2.   1 pr Steelyard 50   8 Sitting chairs 2.   2 pr fire dogs 1.   1 pr Flat Irons 35   3 Iron Pots 3.   1 Skillet 50   1 Tea Kettle 50   2 axes 1.   4 old hoes 1.   4 Plow hoes 2.   1 pr Iron wedges 50   1 Shovel & tongs 1.   1 set old knives & forks 1.   3 Storks of Bees 3.   1 Flax wheel 75   1 Cotton wheel 35   2 pr Cards 1.   6 Silver Teaspoons 2.50   1 Crook Cut saw 3.   Carried up $910.50 
  Amount bro't up $910.50   2 Augers 75   2 Axes 50   1 Iron Plow 1.   1 Dutch Oven 75   1 Flax Ratchet 1.   6 Bushels of wheat 6.   $920.50 
1 note against John Poland for $100 pay. Dec. 6. 1818 & interest $116.40  $1036.90
1 note agt Benjamin Brown for $148 13 / 100 payable Dec. 6. 1820 which is worth nothing, as I cannot receive the obligor is utterly insolvent  I am indebted to various persons to the amount of $130 or thereabouts which I must pay $906.90
The said John Barrow further saith, that he is a farmer by occupation unable to work or do any thing of consequence towards his support - he is so much a cripple as to be unable to dress or undress himself - He has not been able to work for the last 13 years; is confined to a chair and just able to slide about the room. He further saith

"That his family is composed of three persons besides "himself and the two Black girls mentioned in the "aforesaid schedule, viz - Sarah his wife aged 63 "years, able to do but little by reason of old age, in- "firmity and loss of eye sight - Noah Barrow, his "son aged 24 years able to contribute to his support "Alfred Barrow his son, aged 21 years, able "to contribute to his support. "sworn to & subscribed & declared (Signed) John Barrow "by the said John Barrow in open "Court 30th day of August "1821.
Jur. (Signed) Jas. F. Dickinson C. C.
State of North Carolina } Hertford County - ss }
I Joseph F. Dickinson Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of the County of Hertford do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court - And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, Beds & included, is One thousand and thirty six dollars and ninety cents - And that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said John Barrow is a man of truth & worthy of credit on oath.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Winton this first day of December 1821.
Jas F. Dickinson C.C. By L. M. Cooper

State of N. Carolina. Secretary's office 21 st Aug. 1821. I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war that John Barrow a private in Capt Lewis's Company of the 4 th Reg t (of which Thomas Polk was Colo ? ) was mustered on the 20 th of April 1776 for 2½ years, and that he was discharged on the 10 th of Novem r 1778. Given under my hand the date above. W. Hill
John Barrow Schedule V.
Rejected on acct p of property $1036.90 100 Dec r 20 th 1821.
See Letter to H Reynolds Windsor, N.C. Dec r 20 1821
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