Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 563, Thomas Barrett, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Barrett, Thomas
NUMBER
R 563
CONTENTS

State of Pennsylvania }
Erie County ss: } November
On this Fifth day of May 1835 personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania Thomas Barrett a resident of the Township of Elk Creek in the County of Erie and State aforesaid age Seventy four years who being first 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 th 1832. He enlisted in the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he resided in the town of Chesford in Massachusetts That on the 12 th of July 1817 he enlisted in the service of the United States at the Town of Chesford for six months under Benjamin Fletcher of the Town and State afore named who after served as 2 d Lieutenant in the Company to which I belonged I soon went to Concord a distance of six miles and passed muster and drawn a gun out of the United States Store

I soon made ready swung my knapsack and shouldered my gun and started a southerly course till I arrived to the Town of Providence Rhode Island State still kept the same course a distance of about fifteen or twenty miles to the river that makes round the Island, here I joined the company commanded by Capt Joshua Parker of Westford forming Chenshire 1 st Regiment Rhode Island Andrews of the Town of Bilirica forming the Town where I resided here we were stationed to guard the lines between the British and Americans the British were stationed on the opposite side of the river Nothing of moment to place till about the middle of October then there were great preparations made to take or drive the British from the Island We marched from the above station the last of December to Providence Rhode Island and on the morning of the 29 th of December our company marched out in double file and were discharged

I was born in the town of Wollingham West County of Hillsborough I think State of New Hampshire in the 1761
I have no record of my age
I had no regular written discharge about Fifty years since I went from New Hampshire, to the Town of Tunkleiden in a large County in the State of Vermont, and resided at that place about Forty years; removed from thence to Royalton in Windsor County in the State of Vermont where I resided for about twelve years; from thence I removed to Elk Creek Township in Linn County, where I have resided about four years, and now reside there - The reason of his not making application before is that he has been delayed in obtaining his proof from the State of Vermont
I want to know what is open land this 5th day of November 1831 - Thomas Barrett
Wm. S. Nelson Esq.

Erie County - The said Court of Common Pleas Do certify their opinion that after investigation of the matter and said Applicant having responded to the interrogatories prescribed by the War department and on the annexed affidavits Nathan King, Thomas Morley, Samuel Austin of Vermont and Otis Wells, David Matthews & Julius Wells reputable citizens of Erie County; that said Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - and that said Otis Wells & Julius Wells are witnesses worthy of Credit -
Certified in Open Court Nov 6 th 1835
Henry Huppert President

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

33, 530
Suspended
let: 9 Feb 1836 Mrs H. Sill
To do - do - July 9 th 1836 of paper copy furnished Hon. D. Paton April 18, 1838
L. D. Barnett, July 5, 1836
563
act. 7 th June 1832

Minot Ely Washington City D.C.
Thomas G. [unclear] from the Pension Office, Official Business FREE
Circular Postmark

12 J. B. Edwards Esq. Pension Office War Dept.

House of Rep
12 th June 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I wish you to have a copy of the publication of Jamess Barnett a soldier of the revolution for a pension under the act of Congress of 1832 with all the papers relating thereto properly authenticated & certified to be given in evidence in a Court of Justice — I would take it as a favor to have it done soon — The fees if any I will pay.
Very respectfully
Yours &c
D. P. Perkins

State of Pennsylvania
Erie County To
Before me the subscriber one of the justices of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Thomas Barrett of Elkenick Township Erie County and state aforesaid..and after being Duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he the said Thomas Barrett served the united states in the Revolutionary War and was attached to the Regiment Commanded by Col John Robertson further saith not sworn and subscribed
Thomas Barrett
Before me this 25 th
Day of May AD 1836
Shepherd Beals
State of Pennsylvania Erie County To
I William Kelley Southway of the County of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Shepherd Beals before me when the above affidavit was sworn to, was also then and there in his own proper person and writing as he well knows, was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in and for the county of Erie duly Commissioned and sworn, to all whom acts or such full faith and credit is due - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 18 th June 1836 - William Kelley - Pro

Claims for 6 mo service Mass. Fletcher Capt Robertson Col
Affidavit 33830
Thomas Barrett Penns
State of Pa Cin Co
I have been No 1010

Affidavit 33 5 30
Thomas Barrett Penn's
State of Pennsylvania } I, William Melick, Prothonotary of Erie County ss } the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie, do certify that the within (Contained on three Sheets of paper, attached by an orange Collar and ribbon) contain the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Thomas Barrett for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of office this sixth day of November 1835 William Melick Clerk

May 5 th 1835
We the undersigned David Matthews & Julius E. Wells
residents of the Township of Elk creek and County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Barrett and believe him to be seventyfour years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid This Wells David Matthews Julius E Wells
Before me one of the Justices in and for the county of Erie personally appeared the abovenamed residents and who being sworn according to law depose and say the above is true to the best of their belief
Given under my hand and seal this 5 th Day of May A.D. 1835 Shepherd Root J.P.
State of Pennsylvania } I Alvin Miles Clerk of the Erie County } Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie do hereby Certify that Shepherd Root Esq r is a magistrate as above And that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is Genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed the Seal of said Court this Twelfth Day of November A.D. 1835
Alvin Miles Clerk

I Samuel Austin of Tumbledge in the County of Orange & State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that I have been intimately acquainted with Thomas Bancott formerly of Tumbledge & Now residing in Elk Creek Township Erie County & State of Penn- sylvania; for more than forty years & that during my acquaintance with him his moral character has been uniformly good & was considered a man of undoubted truth & veracity - He is a man of the age of about Seventy five years as near as I can judge & I believe him to have been a Soldier of the Revolution Samuel Austin
State of Vermont ( Tumbledge December 28th 1835 Orange County ss )
The above Deposition sworn to before me James Noyes - Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that that Samuel Austin is a man of undoubted truth & veracity James Noyes Justice of the Peace

Hall of Kennebec Orange County
I Harry Hale Clerk of the County Court of Orange County do hereby certify that Lemuel Vose whose name is within written is a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange duly qualified and authorized to administer oaths and that the within testimony to his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my offi- cial hand and affix the seal of said County Court, at Carlisle in said Orange County this 7 th day of Feb. A.D. 1835
Harry Hale, Clerk.

State of Vermont } Orange County ss }
I Harry Hale, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Orange do hereby certify that James Knight whose name is twice written on this sheet, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange, duly qualified and authorized to administer oaths and that the signatures purporting to be his are, in my opinion genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court at Chelsea in said Orange County, this 17 th day of July Anno Domini 1835.
Harry Hale. Clerk

I Nathanial King of Tunkidg in the County of Orange & State of Vermont of Lawful age depose & say that I have been intimately acquainted with Thomas Burritt  Burritt for more than forty years past he has resided in sd Tunkidg for the greatest part of the time of my acquaintance with him he now lives as I understand in Elk Creek Township Erie County State of Pennsylvania - He has ever been here esteemed as a man of truth & veraci- ty & reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution - I further state that he has for many years been in good fellowship with the Church as a member in which I have been their preacher - The age of sd Thomas Burritt to the best of my judgement is between sixty & seventy five years - Nathanial King Preacher of the Gospel
State of Vermont } Tunkidg January 5th 1835 Orange County } ss
Sworn to before me James Noyes Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that Nathanial King the Signer of the above Deposition is a man of undoubted truth & veracity & a clergyman James Noyes Justice of the Peace

I Thomas Mosley of Tompkins in the County of Orange & State of Vermont of lawful age do pose & say that I have lived near Hingham & have been intimately acquainted with Thomas Barrett for about twenty years formerly of this Town & now of Elk Creek Township in County State of Pennsylvania during which time the said Thomas Barrett has uniformly been the reputation of a man of strict integrity truth & veracity he is a man as I should judge of the age of about thirty five years - Thomas Mosley
State of Vermont, Tompkins January 8th 1835 Orange County ss I do hereby certify that James Noyes Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Thomas Mosley the signer of the above instrument is a man of unadulterated Truth & veracity & he is a Preacher of the Gospel James Noyes Justice of the Peace

Monroe June 21 st 1856
Mr J. Minot Esq.
Dear Sir, Yours of the 31 st May has been Recd. In reply I would say that my Father Thomas Barnett applied for a pension in Erie, Erie County Pennsylvania, his declaration was sent to Washington in the winter or spring of '33 I think. As regards making proof of his actual service in the revolution it is out of the question from the fact that his brethren in arms are nearly all dead if not quite. My Father must have killed in Vermont nearly seventy years ago, where he resided till the fall of '31 when he removed to Elk Creek Township Erie County Penn. In the summer of '32 he applied and sent in his declaration according to the then existing law. In the fall of '39 he removed to Monroe Ashtabula County State of Ohio where he died April 1 st 1844 being 83 years of age according to his statement. My Father applied for only seven months service. Now if you can grant his pension on the evidence of his declaration in your office it will be thankfully Recd. Please inform me how the affair stands
Yours Respectfully L. W. Barnett
Direct to South-Ridge Ashtabula County Ohio

Sho-Ban-H
June 25 for
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissary of Pensions
Washington City (D.C.)

Erie, Penn a June 18. 1836
Sir,
Inclosed is the additional statement required in the case of Thomas Barnett an applicant for a Pension; this paper is forwarded in answer to your letter of the 9 th of Feb y last -
respectfully
Yours sincerely
Thomas K. Sice
J. L. Edwards Esq. Censor of Pension