Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37575, James Barrett, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Barrett, James
S. 37575-
CONTENTS

37575 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37575
James Barrett Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7,397 Maine.
Daniel Barrett, 4 of Portland in the Dist  state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Mass ts line, for the term of nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819, and sent to John Mussey Esq. Portland, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 20 mo. 3/4/21 80.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep. 1819 48.00
129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Recd June 30, 1819 from A. B.

James Barrett

I James Barrett Patten of the District of Maine and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of fifty five years of age being duly sworn do depose and say that I enlisted as a private in Majr Knapp's company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Continental Establishment in the town of Malden in the month of July 1779 for the period of nine months which period I fully served and was honorably discharged at Westpoint in the State of New York in April 1780 and about the middle of July following I again enlisted into the same company and regiment for six months which last mentioned period I also fully served and was honorably discharged at the hospital in New Jersey. I further say that I have lost both said discharges and that I am in reduced circumstances in life and am in need of the assistance of my country for support. I further declare that I do not receive nor am I entitled to receive any pension from the United States except by virtue of the late Act of Congress making provision for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War passed the 18 th March 1818 -
James Barrett
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Albion H. Parris Judge etc

I Josiah Chute of Windham in the District of Maine and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly sworn do depose and say that I well know James Barrett of Putnam and that he was a private in Major Knapp's company in Colonel Tupper's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line on the Continental Establishment who enlisted for the period of nine months and that I left said Barrett in the service when I was discharged which was in the month of January 1780 and that I understood said Barrett served the full period of his enlistment and that he is the same person who subscribed the annexed declaration and that said Barrett is in reduced circumstances in life and is in need of the assistance of his country for support
Josiah Chute
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Alcison H. Parrish Judge etc
I James Davis of Standish in the county of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn do depose and say that I well knew James Barrett of Putnam who was a private in Major Knapp's company Colonel Tupper's Reg t Massachusetts Line Continental Establishment who enlisted for six months in 1780 and that he served his period of enlistment and was carried to the hospital in New Jersey a short time before our time expired and was then discharged as I understood that he is the same person who subscribed the annexed declaration
James Davis
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Alcison H. Parrish Judge etc

James Barrett Private Col. Tupper's regt. 1779. 9 months. 28 th April. 1828
Carroll
In the judges certificate on file.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came James Barrett the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the testimony of Josiah White that he said Barrett served as a private for the period of nine months in continuation on the Continental Establishment during the Revolutionary War and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said James Barrett  private in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months  in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Harris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.