Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16693, George Carr, N.C. Va.

SERVICE
Nb. Va.
Barr, George
NUMBER
S. 16693
CONTENTS
carded
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Missouri 22. 3/44
George Carr
of Boonville in the State of Mo. — who was a Private in the Co. — commanded by Captain Williams of the Regt — commanded by Col. Sevier, in the Virginia line for six months , N.C.
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension, issued the 17 day of Oct. 1833 and Sarah Carr Widow, Boonville Mo.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1833  50. Sem-ant. allowance ending Dec. 31. 34.  60.
$1.10.
Recorded by M. J. Palmer Clerk Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 81
Revolutionary Claim, Pet. June 1, 1832.

The Application of { For a Pension 3 George Carr of Me.
No. 859.

+ State of Mississippi } County of Coahoma } ss
On this sixth day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the county court held within and for the county of Coahoma aforesaid now sitting, George Barr a resident of the county of Morgan and State aforesaid, aged Eighty five years on the twenty eighth day of October last, 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 7th 1832, That he first entered the Service of the United States sometime in the year 1774, the precise time not now recollected; from within the county in the State of Virginia in the capacity of a Militia Soldier under the Command of Capt. Jacob Stephens, Lieutenant Col. Charles Lewis & Col. Andrew Lewis and Col. Christy, the other officers not now recollected; that they marched through Virginia from thence to the bank of the Ohio River at the mouth of the Big Kanawha River where they had a severe battle with the Shawnee Indians that lasted from sunrise till dark, when the Indians dispersed and ended the fight; that they then crossed the Ohio River and marched into the Shawnee Nation but found no Indians; they then returned home and were discharged after three months service as near as he can now recollect. In the battle with the Indians at the mouth of Big Kanawha River Col. Charles Lewis was killed. That in the year 1778 he moved from Virginia to the Territory (Now State) of Tennessee and settled within an mile where Jonesborough in Tennessee is now situated - when he again entered the service in the capacity of a Militia Soldier from the neighborhood of Jonesborough aforesaid, the precise time he cannot now recollect, but states that it was about one year in

As far as he can now recollect before the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Little York, under the Command of Capt. Samuel Williams, Major Sime Hinton, Col. Charles Robertson and Col. John Lewis, from whence they marched against the Cherokee Indians about 130 miles from his residence, that they had had a fight with the Indians at a place now called the Blue Springs after which they returned home and were discharged after having served as far as he can now recollect (the precise time entirely forgotten) three months - That he next entered the Service from his said resi- -dence near Loudonburgh some few months before the battle at Little York (the precise time not recollected) under the Command of the same Officers last afore- said, when they marched over the Blue Ridge into North Carolina and thence into South Carolina on Santee River where they were discharged without having been in any battle, immediately after the Battle at Little York and returned home after a Service of three months as far as he can now recollect. This declarant further states that by reason of infirmity and old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state the precise length of his Service but according to his best recollections he served at least nine months, three different tours as a home State, three months each, that he served each time as a private Militia Soldier and was each time drafted into the Service, and that he has no documentary evidences and that he knows of no person, whose testi- -mony 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 Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 1
Omit

Questions propounded by the Court
Ques 1 st When and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in the State of New Jersey in the year 1746.
Ques 2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so, when is it?
Ans. I have none except what I have recently made from my own recollections of what my father told me, which is now in my paper prior.
Ques 3 rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans. I was living when first called into service in North County Virginia; when called into service at two other times I was living in the then Territory now Tennessee within ten miles of Jonesborough, & have since the war lived in George's County & Maryland & now live in Maryland.
Ques 4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted or did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Ans. I was drafted every time I went into service.
Ques 5 th State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and State Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. My declaration gives as good a statement as I can make (read it).
Ques 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it.
Ans. I never received a written discharge my discharges were all verbal.

2nd - State the names of persons to whom you and  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. I can state Joseph Stout, John Chalcot, John McEntire and many others.
Subscribed and sworn to } his George Barr the day and year aforesaid } mark
This Declarant George Barr further states that the reason why he made his declaration before the Court of Cooper County instead of Morgan City where he resides, is because he is informed that the regulations of the War Department require the Certificate of the claim to be sealed with a public seal , or if sealed with a private seal the additional Certificate of Member of Congress; that Morgan County where he resides being a new County recently established is without a public seal and the nearest of Congress lines in St. Louis Mo. about 200 miles from the residence of this Declarant, he therefore makes application to the Cooper County Court that has a public seal , being as near too as the County seat of Morgan about 25 miles each this is the only reason.  Subscribed & sworn to the } his George Barr day & year aforesaid } mark
We David Steele & George Barr residing in the County and State aforesaid and Harry Harper residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Barr

who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Dightly said 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 & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid } David Allen Harry Harper
And the said Court do here by declare their opinion, after the most careful of the matter and after granting 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 David Allen who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident of the County of Cooper and State aforesaid and that Harry Harper who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Cooper and is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit —
Green Seat
A. H. Read
Judge
I Robert P. Clark of the County Court held within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid, do here by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Carr for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this sixth day of May A.D. 1833
Robert P. Clark

24. 859.
122. 24 3/4
George Carr Missouri
Adm 6. Months
$20
John Wilson Boonville Cooper County Missouri

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of George Carr
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1779 9 pm Cap. Williams Col. Severn 86 years Virginia Traditionary   " 3 Same officers  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Service in 1774 as alleged was prior to the Revolution.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
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. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
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 exist in this Department, all persons 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 } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers :
[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. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) 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 (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) 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 days 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                      and 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.
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, the 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, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful 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 (m) 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?  4. 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 services. 
 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
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.
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] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MSB/HRM am
January 15, 1930.
Col. John B. Barnes, U.S.A. Kemper Military School Boonville, Missouri.
My dear Colonel Barnes:
I advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.
The records fail to show such claims on file on account of the services of David Allen or Joseph Stevens as described by you, or of John V. Stark.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S 1 16693, it appears that George Carr was born October 28, 1746, in New Jersey.
While residing in Wythe County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1774, served three months as a "militia soldier" under Captain Jacob Stephens, Colonels Andrew Lewis and Christy, with the Virginia Troops, and was in the battle with the Shawnee Indians at "the mouth of the "Big Kanawha".
In 1778 he moved from Virginia to Tennessee and settled within one mile of Jonesboro. While residing there, he enlisted about 1780, served three months under Captain Samuel Williams, Colonels Charles Robertson and John Sevier, North Carolina Troops, and was in a battle with the Indians at a place which was later called Blue Springs. He enlisted in 1781 and served three months as a private under the last named officers.
After the Revolution he lived in Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1833, while a resident of Morgan County, Missouri (his application was made in Cooper County, Missouri).
There are no data relative to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, George Carr, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
George Carr Certificate Number 22344 Issued October 17, 1833 Rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Missouri Agency. * * * *

16693 INVALID.
1930, Jan 15, Hist to Col. John B. Barnes, m. & c.
File No. 16,693
George Carr
Pr. Rev War
Act: June
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The S. - tory of war, will please attend to the examination of the with- -in enclosed Declarations of George Kathy, Benjamin Proctor David Jones David Mlee Robt Kirkpatrick, Sam. Cann and James Kelley, Revolutionary Claimants, and communicate to them, through me the result of the exam- -ination, and Obli d Yours &c
John Wilson

IN REPLY REFER TO
Kemper Military School
OFFICE OF THE PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS
HONOR SCHOOL SINCE 1914
Recd Nov 28/29
Boonville, Mo., November 26, 1929.
Honorable Earl D. Church, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Church:
How about getting a pension "off of" you, as the soldiers say? I was wounded in the battle of Rum Causade, at St. Mihiel and Luxemburg. And by the way, red-headed Taylor, who was Inspector, lives in a neighboring town.
As I wrote you sometime ago, I am trying to get some records for the Local Chapter of the D. A. R. Revolutionary soldiers who were living in Cooper or Howard Counties in about 1835. I know it will be some trouble to look all these up, but our D. A. R. is "rarin" to do something about marking any graves we can identify, and the information sought really means much to these female patriots.
It will be noted that in all cases very little data can be given as a basis for establishing the exact identity. I should like to have as much as possible of the following data concerning the men listed below, viz:
Organizations and dates of service. Rank held. Engagements or campaigns. Date pension was granted. Date pension ceased on account of death (?) of soldier. Post Office address at date of last pension remittance. Family connections.
The Revolutionary soldiers' names and records as far as I am able to obtain them are as follows:
notes David Allen - served in Virginia militia, Born 1763. ✓ George Carr - Virginia militia. Born in 1748. ✓ Josiah Dickson - Virginia Continentals. Born 1752. Settled in Missouri about 1812. ✓ Sergeant David Jones - Virginia militia. Born in 1763. Settled in Missouri about 1812. He was a sergeant.

James Kelly - Virginia State Troop; settled in Howard County, Missouri in 1818. Died in 1840. Robert Kirkpatrick - Virginia militia; born 1765. Post Office address after 1819 - Lebanon, Cooper County, Missouri. Benjamin Procter - Virginia militia; born 1761. Richard Westbrook - Pennsylvania militia. John V. Stark - Not a pensioner. Died 1828. Joseph Stevens - Virginia. Address Cooper County after 1817. Edward Robertson - Housegger's German Regiment.
It will be greatly appreciated and in the interest of historical research, if any additional data can be supplied about these men.
Wish I could see you and gossip about old times. Do you ever get out in this part of the world?
Yours,
JOHN H. BARNES, Lt. Col., U. S. A.

3-1901
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON December 7, 1929.
Col. John B. Barnes, U. S. A. Kemper Military School Boonville, Missouri
Dear G-3:
Replying to yours of November 26, you have certainly put in a wholesale order which rather staggered the Revolutionary War Section of this bureau. You would be surprised if you could see the demands made on it, not only by those who want their pedigrees so as to join patriotic societies, but by historians and various societies, and so forth. When I came into the bureau, the work was more than five months behind. We now have it up to within six weeks and in another two or three months, it should be current. In the meantime I know you will not mind if we put your letter in with those received on November 28 for attention when that group of letters comes up, because naturally you can't mark graves in the wintertime. If we were to put this ahead of the work which has come up now, it would mean a decided setback, because from a search of our files it appears that we shall have to make reports on probably all but two or three of these, and in only one or two of them have the cases been worked up so that we may simply send you a copy of those.
I am sorry that we are not able to take this on at once as we hope to later when our work becomes current.
With all best holiday greetings, I remain
Dec 11
Sincerely yours, Earl D. Church Commissioner. Dear all the men - I am surprised I thought they gave you that job because it is a hard one. Church of course I want to talk my time. The R.A.R. and the clear department can do the best without special attention for the next few months. With best holiday wishes - Barnes

December 7, 1929.
Col. John B. Barnes, U. S. A. Kemper Military School Boonville, Missouri
Dear G-3:
Replying to yours of November 26, you have certainly put in a wholesale order which rather staggered the Revolutionary War Section of this bureau. You would be surprised if you could see the demands made on it, not only by those who want their pedigrees so as to join patriotic societies, but by historians and various societies, and so forth. When I came into the bureau, the work was more than five months behind. We now have it up to within six weeks and in another two or three months, it should be current. In the meantime I know you will not mind if we put your letter in with those received on November 28 for attention when that group of letters comes up, because naturally you can't mark graves in the wintertime. If we were to put this ahead of the work which has come up now, it would mean a decided setback, because from a search of our files it appears that we shall have to make reports on probably all but two or three of these, and in only one or two of them have the cases been worked up so that we may simply send you a copy of those.
I am sorry that we are not able to take this on at once as we hope to later when our work becomes current.
With all best holiday greetings, I remain
Sincerely yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.