Mcaon County, NC - Burrell (Burwell) Barnes Revolutionary War Pension, 1832 ~~~~~~~~~~ Note: Transcription to follow is taken from a photocopy of the original handwritten documents. All notations by the transcriber are in [brackets]. I have left obvious misspellings intact with a denotation of : [sic]. There have been no conscious attempts to correct spelling or grammar. Anything in ALL CAPS are the addition of the transciber. Notations within (parenthesis) have been used to identify if the signer of the document signed name or made a mark. Within the following documents he is referred to as both Burrell Barns and Burwell Barnes. In 1855 his next of kin were his children, Aggy Barnes and Thomas Barnes of Macon Co, NC. Evelyn Carroll 8-Jun 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Card] 12860 NORTH CAROLINA BURRELL BARNS or BURWELL BARNES Randolph in the State of N Carolina who was a PRIVATE in the Company commanded by Captain Bledwoe of the Reg & commanded by Col. Collins in the NC Militia there for 9 months _________________ Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina the rate of 30 Dollars ---- cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. _________________ Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of June 1838 Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $60.00 Some and allowance ending 4 Jul 33 15.00 ______ $ 75.00 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting, Clerk Book E Vol 6 Page 34 _________________ Pay [illegible] 19 Mar 35 and 4 Apr 1835 Pensioner [illegible] Hon. T.L. Clingman Dept 15/54 Hon. T.L. Clingman 30 January 1855. _____________________________________________________________________ [Original Document] State of North Carolina § Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Randolph County § November Term AD 1832 On this 5th day of November AD 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Justice of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions, now sitting, Burrell Barns, a resident of the County of Randolph & State of North Carolina, aged Seventy-five [born circa 1757], who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oat make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed hense y. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated- viz. He declares that he was born in Edgecomb County, N.C. on or about the 20th October, 1757 that he was residing in Wake County and was drafted at Wake Court House (no the City of Raleigh) in the summer of 1780 as he thinks, & about six weeks before Gates' defeat at Camden; he does not recollect the name of his captain: [illegible] vowed at Hillsbon & placed under the command of Col. Collin & General Butler & was marched to Camden a few days before the battle; that he was engaged in said battle which took place he thinks about the first of August 1780, was not wounded. He states that the firing commenced by the British about midnight & that the general engagement took place next morning in which the American army was defeated. & he with other defeated troops fled to Salisburg, where he remained untill he was discharged Nov 27, 1780. He states further that he was, a short time after his discharge at Salesbury, again drafted for three months in Wake County, & he rode under Captain Bledsoe who was authorized by Genl. Butler to raise a company of men to guard his family & property- to operated against the Tories; to dispurse & quill them; & that then his company were [eventually ] employed against the Tories in the Counties of Wake, Chatham and Randolph, until the expiration of his term of three months, when he was discharged at Wake Courthouse, he thinks in the early part of the Summer of 1781. He received no written discharge. He further states that he was immediately thereafter drafted a third time & served under a Captain whose name he does not recollect (who lived in Wake County) & was employed in guarding the General Assembly of the State, then sitting at Wake Courthhouse & also in guarding a number of [illegible] for the rest of the Soldiering - that having served three months, he was discharged at Wake Court House but received no written discharge. He knows of no person by whom he can from service & has no documentary evidence of it except his [illegible] discharge. He states, he removed into this County, about fourty years ago and now resides in it. He does not recollect any officers of the Regular Army and did not serve with any regular troops, except at Gates defeat, & then for so short a time & [illegible] circumstances of alarm and danger that he does not recollect them.He is well known to Leonard Dorsete & John Henley by whom he expects to prove his reputation for veracity & Revolutionary Service. He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the presnet and ceclares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to & Subscribed § Burrell Barns (his mark) this day & Year aforesaid § We John HENLEY and Leonard DORSETT residing in the County of Randolph, State of North Carolina, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Burrill Barns, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier & that we concur in that opinion; & Henley states that he saw said Barns going on as a soldier to the south before Gates Defeat Sworn & Subscribed § John Henley (signature) the day & year aforsaid § Leonard Dorsett (his mark) And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogations proscribed by the War Department that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Henley and Leonard Dorsett who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the County and State therein mentioned; & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. WOOD, Wm (signature) ________________________________________________________________ State of North Carolina § On the 8th day of County of Macon § December AD 1855, Personally appeared THOMAS BARNES and AGGY BARNES, children and heirs at law of Burwell Barnes, before me, Joab L. MOORE, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county & State aforesaid, and made oath that Burwell Barnes drew a pension of the United States, for nine months service as a soldier, under a certificated granted June 6th 1833, which pension was suspended, because six months of the service alleged was employed in guarding private property and the General Assembly of North Carolina, on the 4th April, 1835 and never drew the pension for the three months service to which he was legally entitled. That applicants [sic] believe it never was drawn by any one and as his legal representatives, they also [sic] for what money would have been due him, had he drawn under a proper declaration. Thomas Barnes (his mark) Aggy Barnes (her mark) ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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