Display Patriot - P-109328

Joseph BARNETT

SAR Patriot #: P-109328

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Non-Commissioned Officer

DAR #: A006469

Birth: 11 Feb 1754 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 15 Apr 1838 / Jefferson / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Orderly Sergeant: CAPTs John Clark and William Allen; COLs James Morrow and James Potter, Pennsylvania Troops

Additional References:

Pension S.22668

Spouse: Elizabeth Scott
Children: Sarah; Thomas; Andrew; Rebecca; John; Margaret; Juliette; Joseph;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1974-03-11	PA	Unassigned	Robert Butler Van Atta (106114)	Rebecca
1993-01-04	OH	211912	Richard Rhys Cross (139923)	Sarah

Burial:

Old Brookville(aka Northside) Cemetery_(C-0374078)

Location:

Brookville / Jefferson / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

646901

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

41.164271 / -79.078856

Find A Grave Memorial #:

41909621

Marker Type:

vertical stone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Robert B Van Atta

Joseph Barnett was an orderly sergeant in the Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolutionary War.

His father, John Barnett, immigrated to Pennsylvania from Londonderry, Ireland, prior to 1730 to present-day Dauphin County. As a farmer, John Barnett faced a life of insecurity from Indian raids. Joseph Barnett was born in 1754. Both his parents died in 1757. Joseph Barnett and his brother, Andrew, were raised by relatives.

Joseph Barnett joined with his neighbors to travel north to cut off hostile Indian bands living along the west branch of the Susquehanna River before the Revolution.

Barnett joined a locally recruited battalion of rifleman as a private in 1775. He served in the Long Island area. He was promoted to orderly sergeant. He returned with Colonel James Potter’s Brigade to suffer through the 1777-1778 winter at Valley Forge. His military service included militia action in the Pennsylvania-Connecticut boundary disputes in the Wyoming Valley.

Barnett received a revolutionary land warrant bounty of 300 acres each after the war at Northumberland County. He was dispossessed of their land warrant by the State Board of Property. He returned to Dauphin County. Joseph Barnett, age 35 years, married Elizabeth Scott, age 16 years. They were the parents of eight children.

Barnett and his family moved to French Creek, toward present-day Erie, Pennsylvania. The area became Jefferson County after separation from Lycoming County. He is considered an early pioneer of Jefferson County. He was involved in extending the road from Philadelphia to Erie, and developed the lumber business.

Joseph Barnett died April 15, 1838, at Port Barnett. Both he and Elizabeth Scott Barnett were buried at Old Brookville Cemetery, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

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