Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2743, William Barr, Penn. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Barr, William
W. 2743
Va.
Mary
CONTENTS

8342 /
Pennsylvania Roll.
William Barr
of St. Clair — in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Russell — of the Virginia line, for the term of the revolutionary war.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania (at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of March 1819 and sent to the Honble Sam l Roberts Pittsburgh — Penn a
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10m: 50 1/3 — 82:0
Semi-anl. all ce ending 4 th Sept: 1819 — 48 —
130:9
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to R d Walker Pittsburgh Pa July 19. 1820

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Depart- ment of War of the U. States.
Allegheny County in the } ss. State of Pennsylvania. }
The Declaration under the Oath of William Barr late a private in the Revolu- tionary Army, and now an applicant for a pension in virtue of the Act entitled "An Act of C to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the U. States in the Revolutionary War."
Respectfully I knoweth
That he is a resident citizen of the U.S. and now lives in the township of St. Clair Allegheny County, and from his age and infirmities requires the assistance of his country for his support.
In the month of March he was enlisted by Ensign George Grant of Capt. Casper Whit- sell of a Regt. of Riflemen raised by the State of Pennsylvania for the Continental Service.
This enlistment took place near the beginning of the said month of the 1775 and was for the term of 18 months.
After the expiration of this term he enlisted near Pittsburgh in the 13th Regt. Virginia Line, in Capt. David Scotts. Company
He was afterwards transferred to

Capt. Thomas Moore; then to Capt. Uriah Springer  Spears under whom he served untill the end of the war.
He received an Honorable discharge from Capt. Springer  Spears . This was a printed discharge which was consumed by a fire which burnt the house in which this applicant lived, and all that he had - upwards of twenty years ago.
He receives no pension from the U.S.
Allegheny County S t .
Before me President of the 5 th Judicial District of Pennsylvania personally came the aforesaid Applicant and being duly sworn saith that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true to the best of his knowledge and remembrance and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 27 th day of April A.D. 1883 William his  W B. Mark
Sam Roberts
Also before me personally came John Vengardner who being duly sworn saith that about twenty years ago he was living in sight of the house wherein the aforesaid applicant resided, and saw the house burnt to the ground, and he believes nothing whatever was saved out of it.
Sworn and Subscribed the day aforesaid } John Vengardner
Sam Roberts

Amongst the pleas inrolled in the District court of the United States in & for the Western District of Pennsylvania it is contained as follows.
United States of America } Western District of Pennsylvania }
At an inquisition held on the seventeenth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said District William Barr aged seventy years resident in Allegheny County said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war viz he was enlisted about the first of March 1776 by Ensign George Grant to serve under Capt Casper Stuttsell of the first battalion of rifle regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Col. Miles and Lieut. Col. James Piper, he was in the battle of Long Island on the 27 August of the same year & in the battle of Trenton on Christmas day (25 December) of the same year & was discharged from this regiment in the month of September 1777 after he was discharged he came to the Western country on the Monongehela river and enlisted under Capt David Scott of the 13. Virginia regiment commanded by Col. Russel. Shortly after his enlistment the regiment being reduced, he was placed under the command of Capt Thomas Moore of the 9 th Regiment & shortly after there was a second reduction of the regiments & he was placed under the command of Capt Uriah Springer of the 7 th Regiment & was discharged

at the close of the war in the first Virginia Regiment by Major William Croghan at Pittsburgh Pa & that he received a pension from the United States by virtue of a certificate from the War department No 8342. It I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818 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 to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed viz one old log cabin built & standing on land belonging to Thomas Belks & for which I hold a verbal lease of charity & in which log cabin I live, my personal property is as follows. one year old heifer. two iron pots. one bake oven, four chairs one old table all worth about twenty five dollars. I also do declare upon oath that the business I have last laboured at was working on a farm but I am now so feeble & frail as to be unable to pursue any labour for any length of time. I have a wife living with me whose name is Mary Ban aged about sixty years. she is feeble & has had a paralytic stroke in the right arm. That I have no other family residing with me, & that I am in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my country. William Bar sworn to & subscribed in open court on the 17. June 1820 before J. H. Walker
373 Mark

10893.
Pennsylvania,
Mary Barr
widow of
William Barr,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 12 Feb'y. 1842 at Allegany Co in the State of Penns. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't commanded by Col. Russell in the Penns. 7th line for 2 years
inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburg the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of December '42 and sent to M. B. Lourie Esq. Pittsburgh Pa
Swears to the 4th of March 1841.
Semi-annual allowance ending
$400.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Mrs. I. Moody Clerk. Book A. Vol. 2 Page 145
Reported,
let to Hon N W Irvine Mar 18 43

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and County of Allegheny 5 S.S.
On the eleventh day of March in thousand eight hundred & forty two personally appeared before me Alexander Barnshon a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Allegheny Mary Barr a resident of Lower S. Clark Township of said County aged about 81 years and to me long and well known as late the wife, and now the Widow of William Barr deceased, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 1836, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3. 1837: That she was married to William Barr who was a private in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and as she believes in the Regular Service in Cap t Spranger's Company and Fort Morgan Regiment, that said William Barr, has had her name on the Pension List Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month since the 27 th day of June 1818 as per Certificate from the War Office numbered on the back 8342 and dated at the War Office of the United States the 24 th day of March 1819 and signed J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War, and which Certificate has been surrendered to the Agent for paying Pensions in Pittsburgh, on her application for the arrears of her pension since the 4 th day of September last.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Barr on the tenth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five in the County of Allegheny State of Pennsylvania that they remained in the County of Allegheny about the year 1779 when they have resided ever since, and where she still resides, but in a very weak and feeble state of health so much so, that she has not been able for eight years past to leave her bed without help. And that her husband the aforesaid William Barr died on the twelfth day of February last past 1842 and that she still remains his widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Mary Barr
Sworn

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first before written before me
Alex n Cannahan
Alex n Cannahan
Allegheny County ss. On the same day viz the 11 day of March 1842 personally appeared before me the said part of the Peace Mr Charles  Charles  Fraser  Fraser aged about 68 years, and to me well and long known as a man of good character and veracity who being first duly sworn accord- -ing to law with oaths and say that he has been well acquainted with William Barr for upwards of forty years sworn and subscribed
before me March 11 th 1842.
Charles Fraser
Alex n Cannahan
Also came and appeared before me Thomas Silk aged about seventy years to me well known as a man of veracity and being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he has been well acquainted with William Barr late a pensioner of the United States and Mary his wife, in this County of Allegheny for the last sixty years past. That they have resided in Lower St Clair Township in said County all that time until the 12 th day of February last when said William Barr departed this life. That said Mr Barr has for many years been a pensioner of the United States. That it is firmly believed in this neighbourhood that he was a pensioner in the Revolutionary War, and that for these services he was placed on the Pension List Note. They have during all my acquaintance with them (and I was intimate) been considered as husband and wife, and I believe were married in this County and that Mary Barr the applicant is the widow of the said William Barr. And remains unmarried in very indigent circumstances and has for many years been confined to her bed by sickness Sworn & subscribed before me this third twenty day of March 1842
Alex n Cannahan
Thomas Silk

April 1, 1940
Mr. Lockwood Barr 60 East 42nd Street New York City, New York
BA-J/MCS William Barr, W.2743
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to William Barr who served in the Revolutionary War under Captain Uriah Springer and who lived in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.2743, based on the military service of William Barr.
The date and place of birth of William Barr and the names of his parents are not shown.
William Barr enlisted in March, 1776, place not shown, served as private in Captain Casper Whitsell's Company in Colonel Miles' Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the first battle of Long Island and in the battle of Trenton and was discharged in September, 1777. He then went to the "western country" and enlisted near Pittsburgh and served until the close of the Revolution as a private with the Virginia troops under Captains David Scott, Thomas Moore and Uriah Springer and Colonel Russell.
over William Barr married February 10, 1785, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Mary, her maiden name not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he was a resident of St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In 1820, he was aged 70 yrs.
I think this is perhaps a better argument In 1820, William Barr stated that he was seventy years of age and that his wife, Mary, was about sixty years of age, and he then stated that he had "no other family residing with him." There are no further data relative to soldier's family.

William Barr died February 12, 1842, in St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania.
* Wm Barr m. Feb-10, 1785, in Allegheny Co., Pa., Mary, her maiden name not stated. Both of them had moved to that county about 1779. In 1820, the soldier had no other family living with him than his wife, Mary. His widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed March 11, 1842, at which time she was living in Lower St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and she then stated that she was about eighty-one years of age, and that both she and William Barr moved to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, about 1779.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Mary Barr, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of the widow, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., giving the following data: Mary Barr, widow of William Barr, Certificate 6893, issued December 7, 1842, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1838, Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Barr
WIDOW, &c.
1927. hist. to Mrs. Katherine W. Ewing. U.C.S. 1940 Apr. 1 hist. to Mr. Lockwood Barr. U.C.S.
File No. 2743
Mary Barr. Widow William Barr For Rev War
Act: July 7. 1838.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mary Barr of William Pennsylvania
Rejected
See let 12 th April 1842 Hon. W.W. Irwin
A husband died after passage of act of 7 July 1838
Act of 7 July 1838

FREE
Recd July 29. 1826 Mr. Ben. [unclear]
Min. of War Hon. James Barbour Secretary of War Washington Public business

Pittsburgh July 19 1826
In agreeable to the Notice from the War Department of 30 th June 1826 I beg leave to submit myself to the Department My name is William Barr - a United States Prisoner I have lived in the County of Allegheny City & State of Pennsylvania ever since the Year of 1783 - and still reside in the same County
To Hon. James Barbour Secretary of War Sir
his William Barr mark
Mr B. Lowrie Allegheny County Pa
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted personally with the above named Prisoner William Barr and know him to be the person whom he represents himself to be for the purpose of signing my name and affixing my notorial seal July 19 1826
W. B. Lowrie Not. Pub.

Dec 3 42
FREE
Mary Barr Pa.
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Pittsburgh Nov 29 th 1842
Hon. Sir
I beg leave most respectfully to call your attention to the application of Mrs Mary Barr Widow of W m Barr dec d late a pensioner of the United States for services during the Revolutionary War.
The object of this communication is to beg the favor of you to drop me a few lines for her, letting her know how her application has been received - whether any further action on her part is necessary, and if so, what that must be, or when she may expect to receive that assistance of which she is in so much need.
The person with whom she resides tells me that he has frequently called on the Hon. W. W. Brown since his arrival at home, to learn the event of this application, to whose care it had been forwarded, but not being able to see him he requested of me to write a few lines to you on the subject - and firmly believing her to be a worthy object of National gratitude I cheerfully comply with his & her wishes.
I am very respectfully your Obedt Servt
W. N. Lowrie
Hon J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Hall of Representatives Washington City 9 April 1842
My dear Sir;
Inclosed you will find the application of Mrs. Mary Barr for a Pension, to which I respectfully ask your attention -
Very resp ly M c Kim
J. L. Edwards Esqr.

Hon. W. M. Irvine
12 April 1842
OC

Pen. Office
156
April 12, 1842
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs Mary Barr, widow of William Barr, dec d . have been examined. She claims under act of July 1836, but is not entitled under that act because her marriage took place after the revolutionary war, and she is not entitled under act 7 th July 1838. That act makes no provision for those widows who were not such at the time of its passage, and she was not a widow until the 12 th February last. Her claim has consequently been rejected, and the papers filed in this office.
E
Hon: W.W. Irwin, H. R.,
O. C 8236 act '38

Hon N N Irwin
Mar 18 1843

Gen Off.
March 18 th 43
Sir
In reply to your enquiry I have the honor to inform you that Mary Barr's claim was allowed on 7 Dec r last & her certificate forwarded to M c B. Lowrie Esq d at Pittsburgh - The letter of 12 th April last is returned agreeably to your request
Hon W m Irvine Esq d Pittsburgh

Alexander Donahoe, Esq., before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and who has herunto subscribed his name, was at the time thereof and now an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Allegheny aforesaid duly attested, commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such Justice and credit are due and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. The foregoing whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 23 rd day of March Anno Domini 1842.
Alexander Donahoe Justice of the Peace
(ms 236)
8236 ✓ Mary Barr of Williams Pennsylvania act 7 July '38
adm 2 yrs pri 80
H. W. W. Stone 11 12
M c Loorie Esq. Pittsburgh Pa

Allegheny County ss
Also came and appeared before me William Sills aged about 37 years and to me well known from his infancy as a man of veracity - who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says That he has been intimately acquainted with W m Barr and Mary his wife from his earliest childhood that he lived in their family in his youth for about 7 or 8 years which caused an intimacy which existed ever since That he knows said Barr was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of 8 dollars per month and has frequently accompanied said W m Barr to Pittsburgh to draw his pension - That it is very generally believed in this neighbourhood that said W m Barr was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War - and that he and his wife Mary were married in this County of Allegheny - That said W m Barr died in his presence on the 12 th day of February last - after which he assisted in dressing the corpse and was at his burial the next day - That said Mary Barr this applicant has firmly believed was the wife and is now the widow of said William Barr dec d and has not since been married - That she is in very destitute circumstances & wholly dependent upon charity and is, and for the last 7 or 8 years has been unable to leave her bed without help William Sills Sworn & subscribed before me The 23 day of March 1842
Alex Carnahan Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Allegheny County ss.
I Alfred Satten, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do certify, that

Alexander Carnahan, Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Allegheny aforesaid duly elected, commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of March Anno Domini 1842. N. Sutton Pro.
(no 8236)
8236 ✓ Mary Bass of Williams Pennsylvania act 7 July '38
admt 2 ym pre 808
H. W. W. Irwin 77 2
M c Cluskie Esq. Pittsburgh Pa

J. R. Walker Clerk of the District Court of the United States in & for the Western District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify. That the foregoing oath & schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court; & 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 is only twenty five dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court on this seventeenth day of June 1820 & in the forty fourth year of the independence of the United States
J. R. Walker Clerk of the court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Mr. Edwards
To The Honorable Secretary of the Depart. of War
John P.
[Signature]
Wm H. Lewis

The common enemy for the term of five months on the continental establishment & I also certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the claimant is in reduced circum- stances and I now hand over the proceedings I testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War here- unto to the directions of the above-mentioned officer. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at the City of Edinburgh this eighth day of February AD 1819.
Sam l Roberts

Pennsylv a ss
Before the undersigned President of the courts of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District in the Commonwealth aforesaid personally appeared Jacob Springer late an Ensign in the 13 th Reg t who being duly sworn doth Depose and say that he is well acquainted with the above named applicant William Barr and that the facts as stated in his declaration are true and also that he knows him to be in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support.
Jacob Springer
Sworn & Subscribed this 8 th day of Feby 1819.
Sam d Roberts
Pennsylvania ss
I Sam d Roberts President of the courts of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District in the Commonwealth aforesaid Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Barr did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration signed

Allegheny County ss.
I Ephraim Brantley Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County do certify that Samuel Roberts Esquire before whom the foregoing Depositions were taken and who has thereunto in his own proper person hand writing subscribed his name was at the time of taking such depositions, and now is President of the fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, to whom oaths as such due faith and credit are due throughout the U. States and elsewhere. Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court at Pittsburgh this Sixth day of May AD 1815.
Ephraim Brantley Protho.

2007-25th Ave. S. Nashville, Tenn. May 31, 1927.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Rev. Dept.
Rev
Dear Sir:
Will you please tell me if William Barr of Allegheny County, Penn., was granted a pension in 1870 and if so, please tell me what records say of his family.
Many thanks for the kindness.
Yours.
Mrs. Katherine W. Ewing.
P.S.
Also a descendant of Thos. Elliott, Lieut., from King William County in 1780.

LOCKWOOD BARR
60 EAST 42ND STREET » « NEW YORK, N. Y.
Telephone MURRAY HILL 6-3242
11 March 1940
Veteran's Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am seeking information upon --
William Barr , a private in the Company of Capt. Uriah Springer -- Col. John Gibson's Detachment, which served in the Western Department 1780 - 1781 on the Western Fron- tier. Col. John Gibson was from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Any help will be appreciated.
Yours cordially,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "Lockwood Barr", written over the typed name "LOCKWOOD BARR".
LB:EO

W.C.S.
November 10, 1927
Mrs. Katherine W. Ewing 2004 25th Ave., S. Nashville, Tenn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2743, it appears that WILLIAM BARR enlisted in March, 1776, as a private in Captain Casper Whitesell's Company in Colonel Miles' Pennsylvania Regiment; he was in the first battle of Long Island and the battle of Trenton. He was dis. in Sept. 1777 He then went to the "western country" and enlisted near Pittsburgh and served until the close of the Revolution as a private with the Virginia troops under Captains David Scott, Thomas Moore and Uriah Springer and Colonel Russell.
He married February 10, 1785, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Mary, her maiden name not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he was a resident of St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820 he stated that he was seventy years of age. He then referred to his wife, Mary, as being about sixty years of age and stated that he had "no other family residing with him".
He died February 12, 1842, in St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania.

She was certainly not entitled to pension before 1836 as she was not a widow until 1842 and I can see no reason for this offer excepting the rejection expressed in letter
Apr. 12, 1842
WCS
His widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed March 11, 1842, at which time she was living in Lower St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and she then stated that she was about eighty-one years of age.
In order to make a search of the Revolutionary War records for a particular soldier by the name of Thomas Elliott it is necessary that you furnish as much as possible of the following data relative to him; approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Barr, William GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 11880 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 7, 1793 To Robert Mearns, 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.